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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

BEGINS DUTIES

CHAPTER INSPECTORS

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EDKTOR9§ COMMENT r:_erother (}eorge Sheetz

1\. 1' its Nashville meeting held during July, Ge the Supreme Council elected Brother llti~rge E. Sheetz, of Alpha chapter, as Exec­She e Secretary of the Fraternity. Brother

etz · the li' lS a man upon whom the confidence of eno raternity can be bestowed. He is young hro~gh to have the spirit of the undergraduate essa er and old enough to have the poise nec­tak ry for the important job he has under-

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Ctea:Other Sheetz steps into a new niche gin ed for the Fraternity, a position that be­lie

8• a new area in the life of Pi Kappa Phi.

the ~s the first full-time officer employed by lli l{ raternity. His interests and energies are the ;Ppa Phi's. He is working constantly for grad raternity, for you brothers in the under­ha\1 Uate chapters and for you brothers who \\>or~d left ~lma mater and gone out into the Of th · If1s office is to be the clearing house shou~ Fraternity and through him all business

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and un we bespeak the hearty co-operation A.n assistance of every man in the Fraternity. lind especial appeal is made to the officers of can ergraduate and alumni chapters to heed his ing fromptly and painstakingly. He is work­Suer. or the Fraternity and if his task lis to be

·essfully done you must help.

Pi Kappa Phi has taken a big step. A move­ment has been launched. The Fraternity has reached the point in its development where such a full-time officer was necessary to handle the affairs of the Society. The Executive Sec­retary is a decided indication of the importance of the Fraternity and his appointment is a step in which all Pi Kapps should take pride.

Warm Welcome for Old Epsilon

W HAT is the Biblical statement about the shepherd leaving the ninety and nine

and going out in search of the one strayed from the fold? What is the statement about the great rejoicing over the recovery of the lost sheep?

While Pi Kappa Phi always rejoices at the addition of a new chapter to its gradually and surely increasing roll it is doubly delighted at the return of a chapter that once enjoyed the privileges of our Fraternity. Joy and thanks­giving at the revival of "old Epsilon," which back in the old days nobly represented Pi Kappa Phi at Davidson College, prevailed throughout the Fraternity last spring.

Now that Epsilon has been duly re-instated and is now a full-fledged member of the Fra­ternity, we pause here to give official welcome

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back into the fold. To the young men of Davidson, who have met the standards set up by Pi Kappa Phi and who are members of New Epsilon, with inspiring traditions behind, a most cordial welcome is extended.

You have a fine opportunity to live the life of true Pi Kapps. Your example, placed be­fore you by the brothers of the old chapter, is ennobling. We are confident that you will measure up in the fullest fashion.

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The Constitution

E RE now the new constitution, drafted by the Supreme Council at its summer meet­

ing in Nashville, has reached the various chap­ters. This revised constitution has been sub­mitted for ratification.

Members of the Supreme Council, armed with authority from the Supreme chapter, at its last meeting in Atlanta, gathered in Nash­ville, during the hot days of July and for two days and part of two nights, labored unceas­ingly in the rebuilding of the Fraternity's con­stitution.

The result of their work has been submitted to the chapters for approval. Carefully study the draft, not with the idea of picking minor flaws, but with the purpose of ascertaining if the work meets the requirements of the Fra­ternity. Let your vote be thoughtful and re­member that the officers, long experienced in the conduct of the Fraternity, have set down what they deem the best working rule for Pi Kappa Phi.

A Jf/_/ember Worth While

E VERY individual, with a spark of ambi­tion, desires· to be a worthwhile part of

any organization to which he belongs. Real, red-blooded Pi Kapps, endowed with that fraternal spirit that permeates our Order, surely have the desire to be worthwhile.

Worthwhileness means service. If you are serving your Fraternity you are proving a worthwhile integral.

· · ns io If you answer the followmg quest!O . Y

the affirmative, you are serving the Fraterrut and are proving to be worthwhile:

1 Are yo.u an enthusiastic member of yo~

chapter? Have you that capacity to !113 e I your enthusiasm contagious.

. what· Are you always ready to serve it m

ever way you can? d Do you do this without being asked, begge

or plead with? Do you attend all meetings regularly? . Do you take part in the initiations and ell

ter into the spirit of the ritual? Do you take an active part in obtain:ng

new men? Do you pay your dues promptly? Are you courteous and polite to non-fra·

ternity men? - . 1 ttotl · Have you attended at least one conven f')V Are you a subscriber to THE STAR A

LAMP? Have you contributed to its pages? Do you take an interest in reading it? tO

Are you on the alert for good men goi.ng a I College where Pi Kappa Phi mainta1ns chapter?

Do you write the chapters informing tbe(ll of these men?

Founders Day lf N a short time, there will come ro!litl~ ll around that mystic date which means

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much to Pi Kappa Phi: December 10. ee On that memorable day, in 1904, those tbr it

revered brothers met together, pledged the~· hearts and lives to fraternal living, and laun'te ed a fraternity. All chapters, undergradua~e and alumni, should observe the passing of; iS day with fitting ceremonies. December 1 pi a day that stands out in the history of i· Kappa Phi; so let us this year make the an~r versary of our founding memorable ~or . ~es reconsecreat:on to the ideals and pnnctP 110 which led Fogarty, Mixson and Kroeg, to ba pa themselves together and to give us Pi I{aP Phi.

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By L . HARRY MIXSON, A

G EORGE E . SHEETZ, the newly-elected Executive Secretary, is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, being born

there J anuary 9, 1898. He moved shortly after to V irgini a, where he li ved till 1915 and where he secured his ea rl y education. f-Te attended prepara tory school at the Porter Military Acad­emy, Charleston , S. C., and was graduated in 1917 with th e rank of cadet li eutenant-quarter­master, ent-ering the office of that institution as secreta ry to the Rector, wh ich position he held un ti l the fa ll of 1918 when he resigned to ente r the S. A. T . C. Uni t o f the College of Charl es­ton. \1\fhen that corps was di sbanded in Decem­ber he returned to the work at the Porter Mi li ­tary Academy.

ln the fo llowing October, 1919, he entered th e Coll ege of Charleston, continuing to hold his pos ition a t Porter, and did so during his four­yea r co ll ege course. He majored in E nglish and hi story, and in May, 1923, rece ived the degree of Bachelor of Science. ·Some of hi s coll ege honors and activities are:

Track team , ' 19, '20, '21; Chrestomathic Literary Society, '20; president Freshman class, '20 ; Sophomore honor committeeman, '2 1; pres ident Junior class, '22; president Sen ior Class, '23; Y. M. C. A., '20, 121, '22; Coti llion Club, '20, '21 ; assi stant manage r footba ll , '21 ; GJee Club, '21; co llege magazine staff, '21, '23; ed itor- in­chief of magazine, '22; Gyco club, '22, '23; won magazin e prize, '22; Comet staff, '22; editor-in­chief of Comet, '23; vice-president of " The Bats," '23.

After hi s g raduation from college, he agai n connected himself with the Porter M ilitary Academy, teaching E ngli sh and commercial sub­jects, as well as taking post-graduate work at the coll ege of Charleston. For the past six yea rs, hi s summers have been spent as council ­lor and instructor at Camp Osceola, Henderson­vill e, N . C.

Brother Sheetz was initiated into Pi Kappa Phi by Alpha chapter , November 17, 1920, and

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from the ve ry s tart was greatly intereste uiri;JJ" work. T he other men of the chapter were q hitt to realize thi s, and successively honoredCI aP dgt with the offices of Chapter A rchon, and \ 11r g, ( la in , as well as sending him as delegate to delinde

. • 1 atten 1 Berkeley conventton 111 1921. He a so 1 er Ude1

the Atlanta convention of 1923. ln short, tl te ' a J, are very few men if any who have had a gr:a ~ ·oned in f luence for good in Alpha chapter. 1-Te '\u ith

1 . N~ present pres1dent of the Char.leston f 1 l!g

Chapter. "cl'l'h The position of executive secretary haS ne. e l)recC 'eorg

been fill ed before. 1-{e has, therefore, no 1 itl r b b 1 oW 1 Y, · dents to go y, ut those men who <11 dit qu·

best feel sure that he wiJ I not on ly fi ll it cret it ct 'Pr. . . . 1 . g otl llct

ably, but that the pos1t ton wtll best Jnn ha' er him the qualities and talents he has. T-fe derro an

• • 11n ne had an unusual amount of expertence ttl vi lth ' graduate chapter work, and therefore, k5n~',. ,, .er

t!l ., te from fir st hand the tri als of a chapter. 11t A. the Berkeley convention he has been in con st~h' ' r t 1

. of Ol!r touch w1th the supreme government f ontlft ~ frate rnity, and therefore knows th e storY r ofnit~r that side. . Add to these quali fications, that re· 1:ahl

I. . d . bl ·verall c strong persona tty, 111 om1ta e perse1 gc n t\ and tactful diplomacy. And above all c~o~er ·a~ 1

Sheetz is a true P i Kapp, loving his chaptet, dlt ru s, . I I 1 . . . I . th rot'" rga tc ea s anc mstttut10ns. P i Kappa P 11 th~' ' 11: her new ly-created office wi.ll bring out all g1 Ud ·

. . f Ge~ ~ stronger many of the ftn e tra1ts o 1 a· 1\' "' 1P I• . v· Sheetz, and in turn George Sheetz will en phi \ C' size many of the fine points of Pi Kappa ~Is ·

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·luh ELLIS-ALLEN ENGAGEMENT '!'~(

. Jt ol 'I ( Announcement ts made of the engagemet , Ji ii·

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Miss Catherine A llen to Brother John C. £ tfl • 1il ia both of Toledo, Ohio, the wedding to be an eve~ tlary of late fall. Mr. Ellis is a member of Onteol l:·· al chapter, Class of 1921. He is a lso a member itt · \V Tau Beta Pi and was former ly an instructor i' i 1\ft the Michigan College of Mines. Miss AJlel1 JhSl!1

a very charming and talented young lady. l~et 1

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Jini'D~ : quir ' the afternoon of May 20, 1924, there Ffotel Charlo:te GLll·ing the evening. Drother d hitd gathered in the ante-room of the Pythian Price acted as toastmaster and right well did he ChaPb ge, 011 the top floor of the Piedmont Build- perform.

tht g, Charlott N c f 16 · The new chapter was welcomed to the David-to lind ' e, 1 • ., a group o sen ous-tende u

1 ed YOung. men. These clean-cut. youths were son campus by R. R. Jones, president of the

tl er cents f D senior class and representative of the Pan-T-Tel -1 o avidson College who for a year

' te 1 a lo 1 ' lenic Council. 1 r. Jones, who is a member of Pi ~rea

0 ca group known as Kappa Phi had peti-

is a ned p· T( Kappa Alpha, spoke in the highest terms of the ~ 'tl 1 r appa Phi and who now had come, 1 Junill 1 1 he . . group and said that the chapter shall ma <e a ' f arts aglow, to be received mto the full mark for itself and measure up to the fine tradi-

ttlgen cl'i'h . ce of the light of the Star and Lamp. tions handed down by the old E .psilon. J]CI e .. . ·c ,. II1Itiatory ceremonies, in charge of brother Other Sl)eeches were made as follows: "Wei-pre• •Org M

, hili ry e · Grant, of Troy, Ia. , supreme secre- come Into Pi Kappa Phi," Henry G. Harper, Jr.; 1

dil !U.' Were conducted in the spacious and well- response, \A/. M. Heston; ·'The Traditions of ~~t i1 dt:~r~;l Pythia~, Hall. Brother Grant as chief Old Epsilon," W. H. Neal; "Responsibilities of . ]ia:er Was assisted by Brothers Henry G. Har- New Epsilon," \iVil.liam Gracey; "Greetings from .e derfonancl Richard L. Young, Kappa, and J. Ralph the Alumni," Richard L. Young; "History of Jilow~lth e, Mu, in the exemplification of the ritual. Kappa Phi," C. M. Streibich; "The Supreme ~in~" 1 i:t1~ ~~others of the Charlotte Alumni chapter Chapter,'' George M. Grant; "Broader Fratern-

tant At c 111 the administration of the final degree. alism," E. T. Pul.len, Jr. Brother Barnett Garri-os' the b · · 1 · · 1 f th' ~ro egmmng, t 1e entire group was carnec son, who was the last man initiated by Old Epsi-

fronllfte:gh t.he pledging service by Brother Young, Jon, spoke happily of the days when Epsilon

t of Oitj 1 W~lich each one was taken through the flourished at Davidson.

1a a ct1 · . ce· 1'h VISIOn of the ritual. Brother Price, at the close, read a number of

rail Ose · · · . rd< n , 1 111ItJated were: F. C. Kulger, vVashmg- congratulatory messages from supreme officials

eo" · ''~. C · W M H A I · B \i" W'l her all! · • . . eston, t anta, . v. I - of the Fraternity and from several of the dif-f' gl1 ~~r s, Greensboro, N. C.; E. T. Pullen. Jr. , ferent chapters. roll · gaw, N C C M B J- W 1 · · 1

the 1r · ., . . rown, 1. , as 1111gton, 1 rgc ~·~dt · Streibich, Okolona, Miss.; James Biddy eo]!a·ll'. \~' Greensboro, N. C.; E. 1. Buck, Richwood, nl~hi :. C: ~-;I: ~-T. Hall and J. C. Fowler, Statesville,

j~l s ·,Witham Gracey, of Tennessee; John M. ;reeer, Spartanburg, S. C.; Kenneth Lewis, n~o R .. p . ro, . C.; Caldwell P. Johnson and .

S~"' ttic:e, Charlotte, N. C., and H. L. Shaw, Jr., . ,, er S C

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letecle in_stitution of _the new c~apter was com­glh-11\ i]J· With the election of officers as follows : :,,en1 1 ~tta:an1 Gracey, archon; E. T. Pullen, Jr., sec-1Je~ lr ~; Kenneth Lewis, treasurer; FL L. Shaw, :r of 1 :.\~, lin1ni secretary; E. 'r. Buck, chaplain, and Jf i.11 t\r · Williams, warden. ~11 1; r,ns ter the re-installation and initiation which

ttn1ecl I . l~et t 1e entire afternoon, an elaborate ban-

\Vas served in a private dining room at the

BYRD-SMITH NUPTIALS

Brother George Adam Byrd, Alpha, and Miss Pierrine St. Clarie Smith were married in St. John's Lutheran Church, Charleston, S. C., the eveing of June 25, 1924 .

Brother Byrd was always prominent in fra ­ternity affairs while in College and was Archon of Alpha; after hi s graduation in 1921 he taught at the High School of Charleston for several years, but has now gone into business in Green­wood, S. C., where he and hi s bride will make their home. Miss Smith is also a grad'.tate of the Co.llege of Charleston, of the Class of 1922, receiving the highest honors of the class for her work during the entire four years-

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By JoHN D. CARROLL, l: (F ro 111 /li e files of 'I'H I! S·rAR AND LAMI\ February, 1912)

~HE North Carolina E psilon chapte r of

Jl the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity wa inst i-

~ tuted at _Dav idson College, Davidson, ·,C .. on the evenmg of February 3, 1912. rhe ceremonies were presided over by F ratres

\John D. Carroll, chief instituting officer, and V'J.

J I !ram M. Monckton, Jr., assistant. F ratres ohn D. Framer, Herbert Langford, D. G. Max­

l~e.ll , Robert Madarlan and Gus E. Reid, par­lrc1Pated.

1. Several of the establi shed fraternities on the

11111 made ve ry kind offers of the use of their ~all for the institution and while at fir st it was 110Ught best to use the rooms procured for the new chap ter, after some consideration the gener­ou Proposal of the Kappa r\ lpha's was accepted anct the ce remonies carri ed out in their hall.

1 Owing to a sudden premonition that somehow

fle Was in imminent danger of losing his beauti­ul b · ~> nde out across the Father of \Vaters, Grand

r r 'd b es1 ent Harry L. Mixson, who was to have een present, made up hi s mind on the eve of

the insti tution that he wou ld put an end to h is ~nx:iety by seeking out the fair lady and settling 11e matter for all time. Consequently at the last ~11011lent he wired of his inability to attend the 1118titution .

. 1'his institution was, therefore. unique, in that It Was the first in the history of the Fraternity not · 1

Ill cha rge of one of the founders, and need-ehss to say there were misgivi ng and anx iety in

t e . mmds of those upon whose shoulders rested

6e responsibility for the success of the occasion. nee underway, howeve r, each part of the pro­

~tam was executed with clock-like precision, and In an orderly and fitting manner . There was 110

1 a hitch or interruption, and during the tedium Of the rituali s tic ce remonies there was the same chara t · · 1 · d · I · · ' 'c ensttc o emn1ty an srmp e rmp resslve-11.e s that had been so pleasantly conspicuous on 81

.n1ilar occasion . Absolute orderliness and dig-111~Y prevai led throughout and it is with mingled Ptrde and g ratitude that the writer records here

that there was not a singJe visiting brother, and,

of course, none of the local men, in any way at any time while on the hill under the in fluence of intox icants- a condition so sadly mistaken by the average co llege man as altogether e senti a l to the

proper performance to his duties a t such func­tions.

At the conclusion of the ce remonies 111 the Kappa A lph a hall , a r eturn was made to the rooms, th at were to be the future home of the chapte r, where a generous and elaborate banquet had been provided. To a ll human appearances. each man seemed to cons ider that it devolved upon him indi vidua lly to demonstrate hi s appre­ciation of the timeJy repast that had been so thoughtfully prepared by taking care of just a little more of it than the other fellow. Well , yes, it wa a right close match, but histo ry re­peated itse lf and by general concession the event was declared won by John D. Hamer. Short informal speeches of we lcome were then made by Fratres Langford, Maxwell , and Carroll , fo l­lowing which F rater John T. Young, read several congratulatory telegrams, which had been re­ceived during the evening from some of the South Carolina chapters.

Tow a word or two about the men themselves . Every walk of college life at Davidson is repre­sented . Many of the men are leaders, among them being J ohn T. Young, president of the Eps ilon chapter ; Paul L. Schenk, edito r-in -chi ef of Quips and Cra nks, the annual ; Everett L. Dooe, capta in of the 1912 baseball team and the best athlete in college; J. L . Sm ith , junior speak­er, 1912, and assistant business manager of the annual; and George Howard, Jr., on the manage­ment of the Glee CJub. A ll of them maintain good standing in their class room work, and some are active in the Christian life of the institution; in a word they are a ll men, sturdy, sterling men, and that is what the F raternity most wants .

The faculty does not a llow chapter hou es at Davidson, but they a llotted two rooms on the

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. . . . I d iii I ml sswn and have been luxun ously furn1 s 1e 1

the same style at considerable expense. All t 1~

f ratres a re justly proud of th eir quarters, ani ugJ

well they may be, for they are fo r tunate eno 1 f t iC

to be outfitted vastly bet ter than some 0

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larg c' er fraternities when they first established napters there.

te Ail in all, then, the institution of Epsilon chap­thr \~as. a delightfully pleasant occasion, and one

at IS tnd l"bl . . lVI e t y tmpressed on the mmds of those 10 Wer e present. And many there were, when

these had returned from their pilgrimage to Da­vidson and had rendered an account of the trip, who were sincerely sorry that they had not at­tended.

Before closing, the instituting officer, as chair­man of the committee on extension, wishes to

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acknowledge g ratefu lly the unti ring efforts of Frater John T. Young in behalf of the new chap­ter . It was he who gave impetus to the move­ment and who also rendered invaluable service to the committee on extension while the application for the charter was in their hands. It was in

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dent. f I ch 'fhe writer is confident of voic ing sentiment .~ .

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1 f . . t . nlnen son c 1apter or the1r delightful enter ·aJ

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1 Pent there wa. very p.l easant, tndeed. n cone] · · . ch uston, Just a word of warnmg to the

apters 1 '!'he )) .w 1o fee l secure in their own strength.

avtdson fratres are a ll in earnest. They

are go ing to do everything in their power to build up in that institution as fin e a chapter in eve ry sense of the word as there is anywhere in the F rate rni ty, and to this end we wish them God speed but to you chapters in South Carolina

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especia ll y, \vho are proud of your past and pres­ent, I say look ye to your works and be on the alert, lest your zeal be excelled and your efforts surpassed, and the flag for the banner chapter be Aung aloft to the breeze of the '.L'ar Freel State.

FIRST CHAPTER LETTER OF OLD EPSILON

(Fro111 the Februm-y, 19.12, STAR AND LAMP)

T HOUGH only a month old, we are glad 'o report to all interested brothers the best of

conditions and a prosperous outlook. It was through the untiring efforts of Brother John T. Young, formerly of S. C. Beta, that on February 3, 19 12, a charter was granted to . C. Epsilon of Pi Kappa Phi. Much has been accompli shed in the past month and our new hall will be ready for occupancy by March 9.

'vVe are much grieved to report the departure of :Prater Booe to P ittsburgh, where he will join the big leaguers for this season . Frater Booe was captain of last year's baseball team and is pronounced one of the best players in the south. Brother Schenck, ed itor-in-chief of the 1912 an­nual, has just completed hi s labor and the book is now off the press. Brother Smith, assistant manager of the annual, is still busily engaged in helping to straighten the accounts.

As soon as it was known that the chapter was to be installed, the Sigma A lpha Epsilon's and the Kappa Sigma's gave a r ception in the Kappa Sigma hall. There followed in quick suc­cession similar attentions from the Pi Kappa Alpha, then from the Kappa A lpha and Beta Theta Pi together in the Kappa Alpha hall.

Ou r welcome to the fraternity ranks at David­son has been most hearty and cord ial- not a single opportunity has been lost by the S. A. E.'s for extending to us those little courtesies which make life a pleasure.

\11/e recently initiated into our ranks Brother McWhirter, of Jonesville, S. C.

VVe are looking forward with the keenest ex­pectations to the spread of ] i Kappa Phi in North Carolina since its introduction at David­son.

FIRST CHAPTER LETTER FROM :NEVI EPSILON

By TT. L. SHAW, JR.

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E PSILON chapter, new to the £ole, 1 . g · d ean111

ready passed the teethmg an w 1

1 rea stage and is now enjoying some of t 1e r meat of fraternity life. New Epsilon chapt~d in trying to li ve up to the reputation of.

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Epsilon is handi capped in hav ing a small 1'n­

The trustees of the college have recently cod es an ented to the building of chapter hous ·on

. ·ectt steps are already bemg taken for the et ·ne of a new home for Epsi lon. Unti l the

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!)Jete . when the new hou e shall have been com nd

. I . . t pace a the chapter IS en argmg 1ts presen s . ,.ill when this task is completed, Pi Kappa Phl 'of have a hall second to none on the campus. •ill

I 1se 11 course, and needless to say, the new 10t itl

f atern . be nonpareil. Tn every respect the r . deed situation at David.son is :' looking u.p" as 1;~hree the whole college ts growmg extenstvely.

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new and large dormitories have been com~ e,in­within the .last two years and a $400,000 a n oc­

i ~tration building is. in. the process of cOI~rha' t10n. A new athlet tc f1eld that cost $30,0

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just been completed and adds much to the ca

pus. . . . at the Eps tlon has only nme men tn her ~old :N c.,

present. G. R. Sims, '27, of StatesvJile, paw has been pledged. Due to the faculty and dged Hellenic rulings no freshmen may be pie her until December. Pi Kappa Phi will get ,110

']'h nen 11 share Of the best Of the new men. e I oar· are in the chapter now are: C. P. Johnson,

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lotte; C. M. Brown and F. C. Kugler, \ ll/aS11

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· H Ha ton, J. C.; J. C. Fowler and J. · borO· Statesv ille, N. C.; Kenneth Lewis, Greens T f,. N.C.; W. M. Gracey, Covington, Tenn.; 1 ~"'''•

Burv<• Shaw, Jr., Sumter, S. C.; E. T. Pullen, "

N.C. 1er· Epsilon is working hard for the inter-f~;1, as

nity scholastic cup. Last year the fraternt) i, a local led the entire school and the chapt~~ettl st ri ving to repeat and win the beauti fu 1 e!11 )

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· Pled s· in coll egiate circles in the state. A ltogether, Epsilon is looking forward to a banner year at Davidson and is goi ng to do its utmost to mak Pi Kappa Phi take its logical and rightful place on the campus here and in the fraternity world at la rge.

I\ i!J ge Jms, as center for the snarling ove 1~~ts, played hi s part in our recent victory is tl · C. ( ha rd luck, Beta). · B rother Gracey

, al· ,ing real pter old

le ca t · · and . < P a 111 of the track team for th1s yea r IS c . I ons1c ered the most ver satil e track man

~e:~ History of Ka ]p>]p>& Phi the I ][ N . the fall of 1923 there were onl y five na-

1aJI. tJonal and three local fraternities at David-

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son Coli 1 · f b ·oil' low the . ege~ a num Je r r~cogn1zed as ar e-and bod P1 oport10n to be des1red, for a student-tioi1 nal of nea rl y 600. The agitation for more

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inle fr ttit on t e Dav1dson campus began to bear ted. Delt When the nachelors' Cl ub went Phi Gamma

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an 13 roth 11 1vi!l the p :r 1. C. Stith , of Chi chapter, who saw Of . J'li T\:osslbilities of re- in stating Epsilon chapter of

will I appa Phi at Davidson, immed iately set to ~it)'

eed tree ted ,iw

M . C. STITH FOUNDER OF NEW EP S ILON

IVork ''pi T\: to organize a loca l whose slogan became IVith ttPpa Phi or Nothing." Th e organization a hall

1: name of Kappa Phi soon a rranged for

J'li T\' l11creased its membership and petitioned Ptese appa Phi. Before the petition could be latio ntec] th e diffi culty of P i Kappa Phi's regu-

11 req · · Of a 1 Lllnng a t least a year for organization

11 ocal was encountered ' •rothe - W . . .

Stith IS . M. Heston, R. L. Pnce, and M. C. Of 1: Were sent to Davidson to present · 61aiftl s 11i 1·'app1 rhi at the national conventi on of sa t j ~aPpa Phi. Th e question of a special dispen-

11 reg d' ~hd i . a r 111g the Davidson local was made l'otect View of certain conditions, th e conventi on

to se t aside the one-year rulP and to re-

ceive the petition. With the fraternity's permis­s ion to petition, steps were at once taken to draw up the petition, which was finally arranged under the direction of Brother Stith.

Meanwhile Kappa Phi went her way, st rength­ening her membership and standing among the other groups on the campus. Social functions were held within the immediate group and in cooperation with other fraternities on the Hill. A lumni of Pi Kappa Phi res iding in Charlotte were invited a nd were interested enough in the petitioning g roup to accept and often visited th e chapte r h use. One of these visits was the in­spection by Brother Tom Henderson, of Char­lotte, who was officially appointed by Supreme Archon Driver. These social ventures and vi. i:s helped to more firmly establish Kappa Phi on the campus.

The chief event in the hi story of the local J(appa Phi was the reception of the news May 14 that its petition had been accepted and that the charte r, for the re-establi shment of Epsilon chap­ter of Pi Kappa Phi, would be granted. The date for the re-insta ll ation was set as May 20 in Charlo:te. This news brought to a close the short histo ry of an organization which did a ll in its power to be worthy of the name of Pi Kappa Phi.

GARIS AT SAVANNAH

Brother G. F. Garis, Jr., Xi chapter, new phy­s i ~al directo r of the Savannah Y. M. C. A., ha <> afrived, an d ·. Ls::.:.nciw arranging - hi s personal affa irs preparatory to taking up hi s work wi th the assoc iation. The new director is expec ted to soon go into plans for the fall athletic acti vi­ties of the Jocal association.

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J . E . FAW , R. F . BROWNLEE . J . G. 'THACKER. A. . M. . FA\'RLEY.

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~HE Sc~tch - Tri s h P resbyterians, who set­JL tied P 1edmont Carolina a quarter of a Wit] century before the Revolution, brought of

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th e.m th eir love of liberty, of religion, and le bearnlng. The fir st culminated in the Meck-

n urg D 1 . I .. est b . ec a rat10n. t 1e econd bore fnnt 111 the a a hshment of numerous high-grade classical cade111 · •

Ao les, and a half-century later burst mto Wer · 1 . . '!'] . In t 1e foundmg of Dav1dson College.

a lelr Patriotism, religion, and love of lea rning re blend d .

co ]] e 1t1 every word of the motto on the le e~e seal, Alenda. lwr ub-i orta libcrtas (Let

arnmg b I . . . 0 e c 1en shed where liberty has an sen).

ca. 11 March 1, 1837, D av idson College began its I eer wit! . . d . d IVitl 1 s1x ty-s1x stu ents 111 attendance, an

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Dr. Robert I-:T all Morrison as its first Presi­and t. .. Several presbyteries of the state united tio 1 alsed funds for the support of the institu­ll t1~ '. and many prominent men also contributed. Of Just as the college was entering upon a perio:i ca Prosperity and wider influence the Civil \Va r

llle t 1 . Of tl 0 c leek 1ts development. O nly one-fourth th ~e endowment survived the finan cial ruin of 13:

1 out!1 that followed in the wake of the war.

th 11ero1 c self-denial and untiring labor during

co~] lalf century following the war, howeve r, the Ces ~ge Was able to maintain its standards. Suc­ha Slve campaigns in 1908, 1915, 1918, and 1923

ve g 'f'l reatly increased the endowment and plant.

hv le college is situated in Mecklenburg County, enty .I .

]Ji d 1111 es north of Charlotte, 111 the famous h/11110nt section of the Carolinas, noted for its

a th a d b ,.. . . be . c n eauty. .1 he campus 1s spaciOus and autJful . . I f f' . I ad . , compnsmg a Jout orty- 1ve ac res, w1t 1

111 Jacent go lf links conta ining about forty acres ore 0

IV] • • n the front twenty-five acres, most of llch · ·

to IS 111 the lawn, there are thirteen buildings, nnect d 1 !if

1 e )y a system of walks, shaded by beau-

;~ elm s and great oaks.

huiJ~~ larges t building of the coll ege, Chambers 1921 lllg, was. dest~·o):ed by fire in November, ro · In th1 s bt11ldmg were numerous class

onl s d 1 b . 111e · an a oratones, th e museum, the Com-f11 ncement Hall, and dormitory accommodations

r one I d d 1un re and twenty students. Chambers

is to be replaced by a much better fire-proof building, the const ruction of which is already well under way. One of the dormitories was also destroyed by fire in the winter of 1923. This dormitory has been repl aced since that time by a thoroughly fire-proof structure.

The Library building wa erected through the generosity of Mr. A ndrew Carnegie at a cost of twenty thousand dollars. It contains 21,000 bound volumes and an unusually full series of the public documents and state papers of the U nited States Government.

A new athletic field has recently been prepared and is one of the best in the Carolinas. Tt con­tains two football fi elds, a baseball diamond, and a quarter-mile cinder track with a straight-a-way of two hundred and twenty feet. There is a fr eshman athletic fi eld in addition to this large one. The college also maintains several tennis courts and a nine-hole golf course.

Based on original cost and not on present value the plant investment amounts to approx­imately $605,000 and the E ndowment and Schol­arship Endowments amount to $607, 121, totaling $1 ,212,000. At current valuation the plant and equipment would a mount to more than $750,000 or a total investment of $1,352,000. The total expenses for the year 1923 were $177,000, not in­cluding the expenses of the R. 0. T. C. depart­ment which probably amounted to $50,000 more.

The student body has grown much more rapid­ly than the plant and endowment justify. Con­sequently the numbers admitted have for several yea rs been limited. A t present the enrollment of the college is approximately 600.

This student body, however, is unique among institutions of learning and the moral a tmosphere is striking ly different from that prevalent at the majority of other institutions. The habits and tradition of the college a re all in favor of purity, sobriety, and gentlemanly conduct. The students are a picked body of men, two-thirds of them be­ing the sons of church officers, and on the average more than nineteen out of twenty are themselves professing Christians.

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The activities of the college are many and varied. Because of their fight and stamina Da­vidson athletic teams have won for themselves the well -merited nickname "Wildcats." Teams in footba ll, basketball, baseball, track, tennis, wrest­ling, golf, and shooting are maintained. Social, religious, departmental, debating, musical and honor societies play an important part in the life of the co llege. There are four debating societies, a glee c.lub, a dramatic club, and about a dozen honorary fraternities and clubs, Ph i Beta Kappa being included in these. T he publications are The Davidsouian, the weekly newspaper of the college recently adj udged the best college paper in the Carolinas; the Davidson Colleg'c Maga::rine, the literary publication of the college; the Quips and Craulls, the college annual; and the Y. A1. C. A. H audbook, issued at the opening of each year.

There are eight national fraternities and two locals. Only during the past year did the faculty grant permission to the fraternities to build and li ve in their own houses, and it is hoped that be­fore very long many of the organizations will be situated in homes of their own in phce of the cramped quarters which they now occupy.

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EASTERBY-ACKERMAN

The wedding ceremony of Mi s \!Vinnie ck­erman and f1rother J. Harold Easterby, Alpha, Tuesday, September 2, was performed at the home of the bride's parents, at Reel Oak, Cot­tagevi lle, S. C. Brother Easterby is prom inently connected with the College of Charleston, being head of the hi story department. He is a honor grad uate of the Coll ege and a post-graduate of Harvard. Brother Easterby and his bride will make their home at Hampton Terrace, 142 F ish­burne Street, Charleston, S. C.

WOOD-WILLARD NUPTIALS

Edwin K. vVoocl, Alpha-Gamma, was mar­ried to Miss Frances Elizabeth Wi ll ard, of San Marcos, Texas. Brother \i\Tood is acting head of the H istory Department, East Texas Teachers Cnllege, Commerce. Texr~.s.

NORTH CAROLINA EPSILON

JOI-IN YouNG (Fro111 TH" STAR AND LAMP of Ma.rch, 1914)

0 I . . f Epsilon

T t 11s man we owe the foundmg o chapter-a debt which we can never repaY

I . . . . I t ess the 11m, except 111 carrymg on wtt 1 earnes n

work which he started so well. C He came here from S. P. C. at Clinton, S.

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M Shil 11'• worry and no little labor, he, with \N. · ,. S I enc~· John Barry, George Howard, Jr., Paul c 1

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E. L. Booe, and J. M. Smith, fixed up the 1' r

which we now have and obtained our chart\ After doing that they took in several more 111.e 1 ~ thus giv ing us a good start on an equal foottl1tl with the other fraternities which had long b~~i­establi shed here. To him we extend our h~atall est thanks. and wish him as much success 1 ~ 'g of hi s undertakings as he met with in foun

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w·~ILLIAM MINOR GRACEY, JR. · Jlhan 1v.r · 1s a 1 mor Gracey Jr. of the class of '25

111a ' ' ' ' o1v 11 11 whom Davidson is proud to call her

· Gra · llesse cey IS a· native of Covington, Ten-al! .r0 e, and without a doubt is one of the best lttrne~nd track men that this institution has ever lltake out. He began, in his freshman year to a,,d a name fo r himself in thi s branch of sport

ever · Staun

1 Since tha t time he has been one of the

c le t the ci d upporters of the Red and Black on the J.

11 er Path. .He holds the coUege record for

aveli, tl every 1 1row and is high point man in nearly lea111 • ~:et.' He is the captain-elect of the 1925 ter to .Sides this he is Archon of Epsilon chap-

Which he devotes much of his time.

CHARLES MEREDITH STREIBICH

Charles Streibich, more popularly known amongst hi s friends as "Low-Pockets," drifted in from Mississippi in the fall of 1919, entering Davidson a year ahead of the rest of the clas of '24, but he liked the bunch so well that he stayed out a yea r to let the rest catch up. "Low" began to make a record for himself at once by his high marks in his studies and by his splendid showing on the cinder path. He was a feature of the \Vildcat track team from the beginning and was always an A-1 hurdl er and pole vaulter. He holds the college record in this latter event. He captained the track squad during the past 1924 season.

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By PAUL WALKER, y '11

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W E men who are so unfortunate as to be of our founders, who has been cal led to the 11

floating around over the country in one Eternal Chapter by the Supreme A rchon of 111

capacity or another to earn our daily bread often U niverse. e J ha'

of have diffi culty in finding entertainment over a Somehow I feel different now that 11 e~ week end. One Saturday ni ght last summer I visited the old chapter rooms there in Charl eslt~; I 111 I re tC· wired 1-J arry Mixson from Augusta, Ga., that I and have seen some of the old pictures anc of 1 ej would spend Sunday with him in Charleston on that were quite important in the early days c my way into Savannah. He met me at the train our existence. Pi Kappa P hi means more to

1111~ I ~v~ the next morning. \11/e men of Pi Kappa P hi owe it as a du~Y 11,1 1 l'

The week-end is a thing of hi sto ry now with our fr aternity to visit Charl eston whenevet 1

me. In fact it is Monday morning and I am a re near. Charlestonian hospitality is sinccr: I fr C R I. . I I . M I . J ·usaletll· ho writing this en · route via the Atlantic oast Line e tg tons 1ave t 1e1r ecca; t 1e1r et ' ··h·

into Savannah. Pi Kappa P hi has always meant their Salt Lake City and Benton Harbor, Mtt f se a lot to me. It means more to me thi s morning igan. Fraternities in turn have their shrine

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than ever before. Far more. I wish every real pilgrimage. Ours is Charleston. There Andre'd man in our brotherhood could meet the men of Kroeg, Simon Fogarty and Harry Mixson Jighdt\

. I to a. Alpha that I met yesterday in Charleston; visit the lamp and pointed to the star whtc 1 th.e the campus of the College of Charleston where helps to direct our brotherhood throughout .

:gven Yc ht: 'J'i

our order was founded. I believe every one of Janel. Again I t·epeat, go to Clnr:eston! ·e you would be better just for having stood be- Pi Kappa P hi man is welcome. I know. I ]la'

fore the grave of Brother Andrew Kroeg, one just been there. fo

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gc nc By G. W. B. EveRSON, X

0 NCE more the pride of A merica's intel­lect ri ses like a mighty and invincibl e army and with a cadence of music and

.laughter enters the coll eges and universttt es of our country to secure th e bless ings of an educa­tion that is now becoming widespread and almost uni versa!.

The primary purpose of the care and training of this vast army of young A meri can manhood and womanhood should be to develop them into sturdy, vigorous men and women, fitted for effi­cient citi zenship and usefuJ members of society. T his requires something more th an mere book learning. It is of the highest importance for their li ves to be so directed that their activities and experiences will be organized in order to insure the development of the standards and ideals that

'11 'd I . . I . tion not th wt gut e anc msptre t 1em to apprecta of ]] onl y of their rights ancl priveleges, but alsO thl k

1 their duties and obligations as citi zens of fi conu11unity, state and nat ion. . the a

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Our co lleges and uni ve rsities should b'e .J 1-~ ti very cradle of American ideals and ideas. 'J en~il' Jt ing and believing in America and Ameri can :Jd A

. . . . d I f shot stttuttons, patnottsm an ove o country 1

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be their a im. A far greater .l oyalty and fea ~ ri 11 one has for hi s A lma Mater. Never in the h1510ed lc of thi s g reat republic has th ere been such a ne f' 1 to more closely and more rig idly foster and pe11. 11 . • ntSI petuate a one hundred per cent Amertca

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Never has there been a g reate r need of true ~0' 11 11 I 1r) alty, patriotism and respect for the ConstitU of of the U nited States of America and the flag f' I e

11te our country. A cancerous growth is even e

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0[ lour colleges and universities. The very vital. My good brothers of Pi Kappa Phi, we must

I bol:Jle t~ation ar e being poisoned by communists, remember that our constitution is the basis of

01 levtst and reds. Their paid speakers tear all law and that our f.lag is its symbol. The

I tr consft . 1 tJl' it 1 Ttt10n to threads and tatters and hold Amercan flag, the emblem of our country, is

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. a s tgned and sealed bond of slavery. They t.h e third oldest national flag in the world, older a tgn th h of e c aracters and question the integrity than the U nion Jack and the Tri-Color of France.

hare the fou I f . . e. nc ers o thts great republtc and then \iVe must ourselves love and respect it and teach ~st.ott. I )(tenc] the·. d . - in It arms an say, "'vVe want everythmg the coming generation to stand up and take off ·ehr· Anl eri ca . . . R . .

I I e·J \ c as 1t IS 111 uss1a." Tobody IS arrest- their hats, when the Stars and Stripes are dis-'S o , . Ve h 1 1 u1c.

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1Vh . ave aws that enable us to arrest a man played. Some may titter. It is · in the blood

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Ptts on th e sidewalk, but there is no .l aw to to deride all expressions of noble sentiment. ty to ee P illen f · · 1 · · f 1 0

r ,,·e l' . rom sp t: tmg on t 1e constitutiOn o t 1e ne may blaspheme on the streets and no one ilttec] S

cerl'·l fr tates. \ Ve have laws that keeps men will pay much attention to you, but if you should on1 c1· . .

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tssemmatmg poison that might destroy the get down on your knees and pray to Almighty cy b t ,...

fich· se . ' l1 we have no laws to prevent men from uod, or if you should stand with bared head f Wtng · 1 · eo Pais POt on in the soul s and hearts of men, a w 11le our national emblem passes by, somebody

jre''' ,1,~ 11 that destroys their patriotism. wil.l think you a re showing off, but don 't mind , ·hted Paicllere are no less than twenty-five tho~ts::J.nd when that grand flag comes by sa lute and let ada)' and ~rators preaching that kind of doctrine d:tily them think what they please . . thC y

011rntghtly in the U nited States. You may think For all the signs and symbols since the be-

veri' bnt 1 country, my country and our coun try i. safe g inning of creation none is so full of meaning

Jtal'e 'i'he et me inform you thi s country is not safe. as the flag of our country. That emblem means for y have been preaching that kind of doctrine many thousand years of struggling upward to-

Years ward a higher goal. It is the blossoming flower Linles · .

sens s eve ry A mencan wakes up to a keener of liberty . It stands for a glorious future. 1 t to h~ and appreciation of hi s civic duty, hi s duty is the flag of tomorrow. It stands for liberty.

1111 Se! f t h · · · · t ' d d It t d f tl he t 1

, o ts country and h1s family, unless JUS 1ce an emocracy. san s or 1e corner-lllov a <es Part in a great nation-wide educational stone of our country's welfare-our public

I gent~ lll ent, long continued, well directed, intelli - school s. no illY formulated to meet these false arguments, Brothers, you have much to do to carry on

not the tn can afford to give bond for the security of the principles those before you developed and, of 11[

0\ Uture. Russia has already gone by the board. should a cri is ever come which requires a so lid

the kno v long will it take her to get back ? No one phalanx to ra lly for its defense against any foe, first's. Max Gorky, after the bolshevists had you will ri se as a myriad host, who have every are rtaken possession of Russia, exclaimed, "We day seen floating over you the fl ag of the free

cit· lion .eaching the beginning of the end; civiliza- and upon your hearts will be emblazoned in itt' I iun

1ts crumbling; man is once more back to the characters of living light the broadening, the ele-

tld A.nl!r~·:· I do not believe it, but I do believe that vating sentiment, "Our Country."

at1 JlrAs tea, the last citadel of civilization, must be ... erv 1

IVitl ec to save the day. The only trouble l llS i tJ U . . loiVec] n 1e mt ed States ts that we have al-

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1.\V.vv t.~em to sell communism, socialism and lhat · ~ 111 and all the "ISMS" and the schi sms

1" j ~ltro spnng form the di seased minds o f social ,tt Prop Pe, .but nobody has thought about se lling,

ISN! agatt~g and developing the greatest and best eve ' Whtch should spring from the heart of

ry American and that is A mericaw·sm.

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ODGERS WELCOMES NEWCOMER

Born to Brother and Mrs. George Allen O d­gers, at their home at Rockwood, Darjeeling, Calcutta, India, a daughter, Aljeanne Elizabeth, on June 27, 1924. Brother Odgers is a member of N u chapter and is now in charge of the Methodist Episcopal Mission, Pakaur.

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By T. H . GRAF'l'ON

Wf-TILE it is an almost inconceivable feat fo r a college man alone to place hi s college in the limelight, cer ta inly

Brother Lonnie S. McM illian, of Beta chapter, has clone more than any other student to bring Presbyterian Coll ege in to prominence.

W hen McM illian entered the li tt le col lege at Clinton, S. C., back in 1915, the extent of activ­ities along athletic lines may be judged by the fact that only f if teen men turned out for foot -

LONNIE S . M c MILLIAN

ball. T he young coach, just out f rom a normal school, was obliged to scrimmage one side of the line again st the other . A mong the men who donned uniforms that first season, was Brother " Pistol-Ball Lonnie." McM illian made his name famous fo r two seasons, and then answered the call of the U ni ted S ta tes government to de­fend her li beM:ies.

At hi s return the A rkansas youth found that , I ge

a great change had taken place. T he col e rt had g rown tremendously, and with the suPP

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. . . Jace tO o f ac tive alumnt , was ready to take tts P t· the athletic world . For two seasons, thi s veld

. ] r cot! eran player led teams to v tctory. - e . t,,.o play any pos ition equally well , and fot ·r· yea rs th e state newspaper criti cs had little che· fi culty in choosing an end for their mythical s

lections.

Graduating in 1921, a fter a year of ach.\~~~; ments that were remarkable indeed, McMt d

· ter art coached in hi s coJiege town for one w 111 ' f at ·its close was called to assist in the work ~I moulding teams out of the promising mate ~'.1 '.

'I'he !11 that now thronged the college g rounds. . . f \lo'"' auguratton of f reshman footbaJJ 111 the 0

1 . d I . . f eshn,at mg yea r, cause 11s appomtment as r 5 mentor, and since tha t time the f irst year\ tea.

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of the institution have t aken a proud standt!l among the leading a thleti c machines of that sec· tion of the south. d

McMillian is now head coach in track, at\ although he is largely occupied by pioneer word in that direction, hi s efforts have effecte

I romising restults. , r as H av ing chosen as his bride one of Caro 111 a

maidens, "Lonnie" is now back at hi s j\J!ll'1 M . . d f . . f eshn,et a ter, trammg a squa o ftghtmg r

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that have every possibility to achieve fame t ~)' autumn. Some of these boys were coached !I him in their high-school clays, and they are al·

· co eager to . how their love, not only for thetr . d .l ege, but also for the coach who has tranle them so well.

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Thomas M . S tri ckland, Jr. , E ta, was mar G;t. June 10, to M iss Cleo W ebb, of Elberton . .'tit B rother Stri ckland is engaged in business wt c1

hi s father under the firm name of Strick1311

Bros. at P lant City, Fla.

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DR. D. D. CAR ROLL, Dean of the School of Commerce, Unive rsity of North

t . Carolina, and a brother of Kappa chap­e, ' has a iled for foreign coun tri es to spend

a Year ab road in study and t rave l. D r . Carroll a~d his fa mily sail Saturday, eptember 13, ~ oard the Cuna rd liner Lancastria, a new oil lLJ rner. T hey go f irst to E ngland .

. \V hi!e ab road D r. Carroll will devote some t1n1e t t. o a study of ship and water transporta-Ion b . Pro .!ems. He was secreta ry of the com­

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.1 which recently submi t ted its report on De sh1p and water transportation in thi s State. t] r. Carroll said before leaving he was confident

t~: Peo~) ] e of the S tate will eventuall y approve th n1a111 recommendations of the report. If

I e 111atter is not settl ed this yea r he has a plan to lav · th e It th reshed out before the people through

1.e annual high-school debates under the aus-

s).'ces of the Extension D ivision of the U ni ver­Ity I .

\ · n th1s way more than 2,000,000 persons ovfoulcl hear both sides of the question, is the view act b'~·· Carroll , who refu sed to lobby fo r the

8 1°Ption of the report bu t feels ce rtain th e high­

t~ 100 1 debates as a last resort would convince e '11ost skeptical.

ec b r. Carroll will make a study of socia l and 1) anomie cond itions in the principal countries of <:.tlro );' . Pe, among them E ngland, Scotl and, Spain , Crance, Ita ly, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, t zechos lovakia, A ustri a and Russia. He w ill a~~~' e l by automobil e mos t of the time, thus en­el i In~ him to make a close study of the rural ~Jet a well as the cities.

b 11 reaching E ngland one of his f irst ca ll s will e at the U niversity of London. Later he w ill

go to Oxford where he has been asked to serve as tutor for a whil e, which means he will te ll the E ngli sh students through .lectures of economic conditions in merica. A lso he will visit the U niver ity of Birmingham and Manchester, noted for their exce llent courses in business.

D r. Carroll will call on a number of prominent E nglishmen, among them J. Roun tree Gillett, a student of economics, .who visited the · nive rsity yea r before last .and whose brother is a member of the labor 1 a rty in the Briti sh House of Com­mons; Professor Macek, of the U niversity of Prague in Czechoslovakia, and Sir ] Ienry ] Tiggs. Alabama, gathered together at a banquet in A nni ston, A labama.

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SOLDIER KI KAPPS HOLD BANQUET

On Monday evening, July 21, the following named members of our fraterni ty, in attendance at Summer T raining Camp at Camp McClellan, Alabama, gather together at a banquet in A nnis­ton, A labama.

E el . Benton, Eta, E mory; J oe Cantey, Zeta, Wofford; N. S. Morgan, Omicron, Alabama; R. R. Carothers, Om icron, A labama; C. H. Tor­ton, Alpha Epsilon, F lorida; R. C. \ iVilliams, O micron, Alabama; B. L. Eddy, A lpha Epsi lon, F lorida; H. J . H indman, Beta, P resbyterian Col­lege of South Carolina; W. M. Sullivan, Eta, E mory; L. R. Bennett, Lambda, U niversity of Georgia; G. D. Hamilton, A lpha Eps ilon, U nive r­sity of F lorida; Cha rles Swoope, A lpha Eps ilon, F lorida; W. L. R ive rs, Zeta, \ iVofforcl; R. A F lournoy, Eta, E mory.

Brother Bullock, of E mory U ni versi ty, acted . . as toastmast r.

T his was a representative gathering fro m the entire southeast, and as each brother was called on he p refaced his remarks wit h a shor t outline of the pl ans of his chapter for the coming year .

11rother T. L. Thurston, O mega, is managing a fa rm at H artsville, Ind.

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By G. SHl\LTON FARRAR, p

0 NE Saturday afternoon in the latter part of A ugust, in Shreveport, La., I was standing on the corner in front of the

post offi ce awattmg a rather delayed appoint­ment when from out of the noise and bustle I hea rd a shout of "Duke."

T. turned and saw a taU young man with a three-day gr'Owth of beard, who was dressed in a slouchy pair of knickers. Judging by his coat of tan I thought he might be a life guard on some beach in the Panama Canal zone.

After staring at him for about two minutes I f inally penetrated his veneer of whiskers and recogni zed my own brother of R ho, Bill Helli er , f rom Alabama. Now Bill is really a nice-l ook­ing chap, and of course my couriosity was aroused as to "why" and "wherefore" as to what he might be doing in my home town without letting me know. So I asked what he was do ing here. To which he replied that he with Brother Rudy Lane and McLeod had motored from Los A ngeles to Shreveport and did not have much t ime.

I then inquired "if they were trying to estab­.li sh a trans-continental speed record . He said that they had wired brother A l A ment to make

dates fo r them in Bi rmingham for Monda)' night.

t ]k­T hen I remembered las t fin als they were a · b d · · C J"f · f I ool was mg a out n vmg to a 1 orma a ter sc 1

th eY out but I never doubted for a minute but . Ja would change their minds and go to F lort C' instead.

Then I looked down the street and saW a · f · ana~ dust-covered sport m.odel But ck. o passt olf

red, loaded down w tth everythmg from g clubs to cooking utensil s.

Bill and I strol.l ed to the road-weary mota: a~d aft.er looking among the luggage for a~~c ft ve mmutes I a t last found R udy and · about half asleep. · 1

A fter exchanging " H ellos," etc., R uddy s~ t c, "Golly, Shreveport's got some good looktt1g girl s."

I said , "Of course, you are staying over." "No," said Mac, "we a re due in Hirminghant

Monday." ,, " Th ere's a good dance on the R oo f tonig~t~­"We have pl enty of time to get to Birmtn t>

h . d " says am, Mac, a httle rest would do us goo , ' R udy and Bill .

They stayed.

By FERLvs vV. THoMAs, r

K ~h ould like to take this opportuni ty to call to the attention of the various chapters of Pi Kappa P hi , a more or less minor point,

but one that w ill lead into diffi culti es if over­looked too long.

T he past few years have been very gratifying f rom the standpoint of national expansion, and 1 should like to direct the attention of the chap­te rs to what may be termed local expansion. By this I mean the building up of the personnel of th e chap ter f rom different geographical locali-

'ff rent ti es, different cit ies, and, if possibl e, dt e states. . ]I

A survey of the additions to the Chapter Ro re·

of Gamma chapter made several years ago .5

veals one striking thing: the number of memb~ JI registered from the same city or citi es. . , h l.f. attot1 · t ese men embodied the necessary qua t tC ·e

tha t go to make up a tme P i Kapp ; they wet _ all splendid additions to the chapter . Neverth ~­less the locali zation of the source of membet ship resulted in difficulti es for the chapter at a

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litter d t . ate. As it happened the supply of fra-erntty .

matenal from th se "st rong holds" was not llff . . Of · 1C1ent 111 late r yea rs to fulfiLl the needs Pr ~~le cha pte r. The chapte r then faced the

0 em o f obtai ning its members from other ou rces 'l'h . · 1s proved a stony path to follow for Otneti b

re me, ut has been safely traversed, as th e cent dd' . th 1

a 1ttons to the chapter roll show. Never-e ess tl . .

Ill 1e JOurney over th1s path was not as casant . . •1, as 1t mtg ht have been.

"1-1. he loca li zation of member ship in a few ' tes ·1 d WJ 1 also result in a better chance for the tlevelopment of factions in the chapter, one of le illost I. .

the . c 1sastrous thmgs that can happen. If th· vanous members com e from different cities

101s development o f factions is much less .liable Occur ]:;'rom . · .

that a pe rspect ive of severa l year. 1t eems the ·d 1 in th' 1 ea course for the chapters to follo w IS rega rd would be a se rious effort to es-

tablish a new st rong hold each year, w ithou t

losing the hold on those a lready fixed. Thi s

will tend to broaden out the life in the chapte r in general, as well as avoiding several things that

are bound to be detrimental to the chapte r.

The burden of this " locaJ expansion" rests,

in a la rge part, on the a lumni . nl ess the alum ­

nus is willing to look over th e possible frater­

nity material in hi s di stri ct, and report on such

to the chapter, the expansion is difficult to say

the least. H owever if a ll the a lumni will co­operate with their r espective chapters in this

r ega rd half the battl e wil.l be won. \Nith the know ledge that their alumni a re behind them in

this ma tter the active members wi ll put added

effo rt into the work. As an is ue directly con­nected with this, the r elationship between the a lumni and the chapter will be strengthened . n thing much to be desired.

(Fro m flll rr-Fra leru ily Co ufereure Bullrtiu)

F A TERN IT Y ideals. They are much app rox imately 470,000, of which about 55,000 talked about in a vague way, but few are are underg raduates . Total member ship increases

tha able to say, "Here, these a re the ideals at the rate of about 20,000 a year. The well -t fra t · · · ·

111e ·ern1t1es stand for ; here are the funda- ('Stabli~hed fraternities w h1 ch are assoc1ated in fr

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1tal .Precepts, principles and ideals upon which the Interfra ternity Conference number 54, with

a ern t' 111e 1 tes a re founded." Genera ll y, fraternity 2n aggregate li ving membership of 423,000. Of ha~1

cred it all fraternities with those idea ls which these 51 , with a membership of 398,000 and an f.' e lll eant mos t to them in their own societies. average founding da te of 1877, replied to the fraactts l~a ve been lacking. The A meri can coll ege questions upon which the report was based. lt

ern t . there 11 Y IS older than the Republic, and yet is reasonably safe, then, to predicate an apprai-

sis las never yet been an a uthoritative ana ly- sal of the idea ls of the col.l ege fraternity upon spa o: the fundamentals as announced by re- the findings o f this report.

nstbl e f · · · · I f . . 1'1 . d' . lt . 1 a tern tty oftctals. Let it be noted t 1at ratern1t1es, 1 <e 111 IV1ci -ahv 15 true, undoubtedly, that the ideals a re not uals, differ. They have many traits in com­

' ays r tiv 1Ved up to. The question of the effec- mon, but sweeping gene ralities would be more eness of tl I · f f · · · · I A l f t · · I llq

1 · 1e avo wee a1ms o ratern1t1e 1s swecpmg t 1an accurate. so, ra ern1t1 es co

Por~ 10Wever, a part of thi s study. It is im- not stand still, a lthoug h changes a re slow. ~in ant enoug h to know what are frate rniti es' The following subj ects we re taken up, in

15 and t 1 "D f t·0 o assume that their constant reitera- question form, sue 1 as: oes your rate rnity 11 n11 t · 'l'h IS tnflu . nce mind and character. either in constituti on or in ritual declare te:1ch

itie ~ number of men 's general national fratern- or require allegiance to the Govern ment of the S IS · . . esttmated at 70, w1th a membersh1p of United States?"; Patriotism, recognition nf

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Deity, Scholarship , Participation in Campus Ac­tiviti es, College Loyalty, Moral Living, Liquor, Gambling, Racial or Religious or Political Pre­judice, Racial or Religious Limitations upon Membership, Friendship, Service to Man kind , Honesty, Charity, Snobbery, Philanthropic Ac­tivity, Monetary Limitation upon Membership,

Donation of Chapter "Ef ouses to the Government during the war."

The report classifies the replies received exactly. 1 n this summary there is space only to say that the replies show that fraternities en­courage a recognition of and a proper respect for the Deity, encourages moral living, dis­courages gambling, discourages the use of liquor, places a high premium upon friend ship, empha­sizes the virtue of honesty and integrity, urges the virtue and practice of charity.

As far as the individual is concerned, it was shown that fraternities sincerely and earnestly attempt to play their rol e as a vital and helpful part of the machinery of education by encourag­ing high scholarship, requiring participation in campus activities and urging college loyalty.

T he weight of influence of fraternities in mat­ters pertaining to community interests may prop­erly be summarized as follows: Fraternities are intensely patriotic, promote concord among groups of different religious and racial and poli­tical backgrounds, teach the duty and privilege of service to mankind, denounce snobbery and the fetish of social demarkation on the basis of wea lth or family , foster to a substantial extent participation in social se rvice or philanthropic work.

The report concludes: "lt is apparent that fraternities began as es­

sentially socia l clubs. The premium was on the personali ty of the individual. If he was con­genial socially and intellectually he was material for membership. It would seem that the ear­li er literary purposes which, according to a ll availab le hi storical sources, were the prime in­terests of the original (and for the most part now ex tinct) fraternities, gave way to the club notion.

"Comradeship, fellowship, recreation and relief from university discip.line were the bonds. It is not unlikely that the interests of the fraterni-

ties before 1850 were not infrequently at vari· ance with those of college and community. . .

"A sense of responsibility in both these dll·ec t the tions apparently began to develop abou d

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fraternities founded in the late 's ixties and earl) rc · 'seventi es must have sensed thi s, for the wo 1 · f · · · · 1 l' e to pe mg o the1 r constitutiOns or ntua s spo'

point, though by implication. _ '·The late 'eighties crystallized the metanl~r-

. . . . 1 f frateii1 phos1s and the constitution s or ntua s o it:es founded on the average then and there; afte r specifi ca lly enjoyed upon the membef

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. . f I . pecll' to their co lleges and appreciative o t 1eir r· li ar obliga tions to serve and help the less fo tunate .

1 . 't o\I'I. The fraternity ideal has come mto I s . In principle and intention the part it plays . 1~ univers ity education is vital and probably 11

· uP replaceable. The task of keepi ng practice t

to th e high plane of precept challenges the b~S effort not only of fraternity men, but of all ~" 10

wish to conserve and improve the good things that are incid ent to public education."

Editor-in-chief of Liberty, the new we.ekl~ magazine, is John E. Wheeler, a Sigma Chi, ~e Columbia U niversity. The first cover for t

. h o!l new journal was drawn by John T. McCutc e who is also a Sigma Chi from Purdue.

. r thC Sorrow abounds throughout Acacia ove . t · fu·s death of Dr. James M. Cooper, 'Of Detroit,

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York Giants, and Harold "Muddy" Ruel, catc 1"

0 for the victorious vVashin~ton Se~1ators, are ~~·s Phi Delta Theta's who f1gured m the War Series.

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L IAISON officers of P i Kappa P hi are the chapte r in spectors . T hey are the means of inter-communication between the F ra­

ternity's outposts and the national headquarters. 1'hey are the most important cogs in the ma­c! . 11 11ery of our government. And as a result, they bear upon their shoulders the responsibiliti es of keeping the chapte rs in closer relationship with the F raterni ty as a whole.

So it is with great pleasure that we present the new inspectors, of whom several have been re-appointed a~d others designated for the fir st tin1e.

KURT C. LAUTER Fi·rst D1:strict

. From the organization of Komos local frater­llJty Which later became Psi chapter of P i Kappa Phi, Brother La uter has been interes ted in fra­~erna ] affairs. He first saw the light of T HE

1'An AND LAMP when Psi chapter was installed

November 24, 1921. .

1'he first year after the organization of Komos he held the position of chapter secreta ry. H e left c · .

ornell m 1918 to enter the army but re-turn d . li e and 111 1919 and 1920 was house manager.

e Was on the Cornell track squad in 1919 and 1920

B is present address is 2640 Kenmore P lace, Brooklyn, N. Y.

DR. A. P. WAGENER S eco11d District

D r. Wagener was one of the f irst members of th e F raternity, having been ini tiated back in 1906 when P i Kappa P hi was operating at the Coll ege of Charl eston before the clays of nationalization. H P. was identified with all the early history of the F ra ternity and took a leading part in the es­tablishment of the national organi zation.

He held various offices in the local chapter including that of archon. He was also deputy archon and treasurer of the national F raterni ty. Brother Wagener was graduated from the Col­lege of Charleston in 1906 with highest honors. A fter four years postgraduate work, he received the degree of P h. D. at J ohns Hopkins U niver­sity. H e is at p resent head of the department of Latin and Greek at Roanoke College, Salem, Va., where he was instrumental in securing a charter fo r Xi chapter.

J. RALPH RONE Thi1·d District

Brother Rone was a charter member of Mu chapter and since his entrance in to the F rate1'ni ty has been constantly interested in the welfare and advancement of not only his own chapter but of the entire F raternity. He received the degree of A . B. from T rinity College in 1916 .

\1\fhile in col.l ege Brother Rone was active in college affairs. For three years he was a mem­ber of the Varsity baseball team and played class basketball fo r two years. He was for two years a singer in the Glee clu b and during hi s senior yea r managed the organization.

He was a lso a member of T he Tombs, t he highest honor confer red upon a T rini ty man.

A fter graduation and until the outbreak of the World \Var he was a salesman for R. J. Rey­nolds Tobacco Company and traveled the states of Maine and New York. He was fo r a time in an a rtill ery battery at Camp J ackson and was

.l ater a candidate in the third officers training

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camp, graduating with the commiss ion of second li eutenant.

TT e is at present city salesman for Haralson & Grice, Charlotte, N. C.

WILLIAM HAMPTON MIXSON, JR. Fo11rlh District

Mixson is a magic name in 1 i Kappa P hi and the subject of this sketch bears with honor that cognomen. On October 4, 1909, he was initi ated into Pi Kappa Phi, which his brother helped to launch. 'W hile at the College of Charleston he played varsity football for two years and was treasurer of A lpha chapter in 1911.

In the fall of 1911 he entered the University of South Carolina and because of the one-year rule could not play varsity football but was cap­tain and quarterback of the class team. I-Ie was archon of S igma chapter in 1912.

lfe left the University in the summer of 1912 and worked for the United Fruit Company at New Orleans and Galveston. From 19 13 to 1918 he was located in Colum bia, S. C., but returned to Cha rleston in 1918. He is now manager of

the Southern Fruit Company, importers and wholesa le fruit and produce dealers, Charl eston.

In 1922 he was a rchon of the Charl eston Alumni chapte r. He is a member of the 1 fa· sonic Order, of the Exchange Cl ub, of the Charleston Country Club and of the Charl eston RiAe Club.

JOE A. McCLAIN, JR. Fifth Distric t

Brother McClain entered Mercer University in the fall of 1921 and from the beginning was rrcminent in student activities. H e played foot· ball for three yea rs and was a member of the Ro~md Table, an honorary organi zation .

Jn hi s seni or yea r he was interco llegiate d ~ ­bater and judge of the student tribunal. lT e ~~~l~ graduated from the Mercer Law School IV

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first honors last spring. 1 ajJ· In 1922 he was treasurer of A lpha-Alpha c 1'

ter and archon in 1923. He was also representa· tiv on the Pan-Hell enic council and in 1924 was president of the Council.

1-le is now assoc iate professor of law, Mercer U ni versity.

T. E. BUNTIN S e11enth District

L]ni· Brother Buntin was graduated from the .

versity of A labama with the degree of LL. B .. 111

May, 1921, and since then has been practic1 ~g law at Dothan, A la. In November, 1923,

1~ was appointed judge, court of common pleas, a Dothan, to serve until January 15, 1925. He was elected in May this year to serve four years,

commenci ng J anuary 15. ·d He holds a commi ssion in the N a tiona! Guat I c 1

of A labama with the rank of capta in and ea l summer spends fifteen days in training at for Bragg, J . C. ' c;

Brother Buntin is chairman of Omicron: Building Association, which now has $3,500

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hand for the erection of a $15,000 chapter h0115,

. 1 an' at labama. For every dollar wh1c 1 ~ F raternity will raise the U niversity of Alabat1

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will present two; so O micron 's goal of a ne:'. ss 1 ~ chapter is not far off. M uch of the succe

due to the efforts of Brother Buntin .

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CLANCY R. LATHAM Eighth District

•1, l3rother f.atham entered the Law School of ulane TJ · · S

L . ntverstty, ep tember 1920 and was grad ' ' N uated Jun e 6, 1923. He opened an office in

ew Orleans, January 1, 1924, for the exclusive Pra t' c tee of civil law.

p· r r: wa president of the local, whi ch petitioned

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eta c 1apte r, a nd was the ftr t a rchon of 1Pha-Beta.

thIn 1922-23 Brother Latham was treasurer of e 1' M ulane Square and Compass, interco llegiate asonic Fraternity and was a delegate to the

convent' . . l. ton of thts order held at vVashmgton and atee _niversity, Lexington, Va., in January, 1923, f Whtch time he was elected national treasurer

0 the organization. \VJ . ltle at T ulane he was president of the Law

class of 1922-23.

WADES. BOLT Ninth District

B rother Bolt, than whom there is none more

famous in the Fraternity, was a member of the

class of 1912 at the U niversity of South Caro­

lina. He was co-founder of The E manon Club,

which became S igma of P i Kappa P hi. During

his freshman year he was histo ri an of his class

and manage r of the freshman footba ll team.

Later he was an associate editor of T he Game­

cock, and played right guard on the varsity bas­

ketba ll team for two years.

He, with his father, for several years, ha had

a monopoly on the public utilities at Otte rbein,

Ind . Last March he disposed of his interests in

the light and power plant of the town and pur­

chased the local telephone system.

J J e is a past master of the Masonic Lodge, is

a member of M. \ V. of A., American Legion, and

-tO Hommes et 8 Cheveaux.

RALPH E. ANDERSON E lcvc11th District

A va ried and distinctive career has been ca rved

out by Drother Anderson. H e attended the Un i­ve rsity of Nebraska from 1913 to 1917. For two yea rs he was on the cross-country team and was captain of the fres hman track team. He was a member of the D ramatic Club, of the Uni­vers ity P layers, was assistant secretary of the Y . M. C. A. and was president of the T unior class.

In the spring of 1917 he enli sted in the air service and for two yea rs was a fl y ing in tructor in Texa . Later he was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was awarded permanent Aying in structo rs' wings by specia I order of the com­mand er-in -chief and was decorated by the Secre­tary of the Treasury for fl ying work in behalf of L iberty Loan . He was eli charged in October, 1919, and ente red commercial av iation and had the general management of the Central Continen­tal Flying Schools at Ok lahoma City. He is now sta te manager of the Cedar Rapids Life Insur­an ce Company for Nebraska and sti l.l finds time to do a good dea l of fl ying.

Drother A nderson is at present a director of the Pi Kappa 1 hi Building As ociation for N u chapter, alumni advisor of N u chapter and presi­dent of the L incol n Alumni chapter.

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J. H. ROBINSON Twelfth Dist1·ict

Brother Rob inson was a charter member of Phi chapter and was cl~airman of the petitioning committee of Pi Kappa, which became Alpha­

Gamma chapter of Pi Kappa P hi at the Univer­sity of Oklahoma.

A graduate of Bliss Business Coll ege, Columbus, O hio, Brother Robinson .taught commercial sub­

jects at Tu lsa while pu rsuing hi s scholastic work. He was vice-president of Zeta Chi , local in 1916-

17. and at the same time was manager of the football team, and ath letic editor of The Col­legian. T he next year he was business manager of The Colll'gian and of Kendallabnwu. l~or two yea rs he was a member of the vars ity debate team. 1-Te studied 111 di cine, 1921-22, at George \Vashington ( ni ve rsity, Washington, D. C., but next year entered the Medical School at the U ni ­vers ity of Oklahoma.

Brother Anderson is also a member of Phi Beta Pi, medi cal fraternity, and Pi Kappa Delta, forensic fraternity. He is a Master Mason.

FERLYS W. THOMAS Thirteenth District

Those P i Kapps who were fortunate enough . n ;~l

to attend the eleventh biennial conventtO

Berkeley, will remember the chap in charge of

the enterta inment features. He is now chapter

inspector for the thirteenth district.

Brother Thomas was initiated into Gat11'11 ;~ chapter in February, 1917. From May, 1917, to

· er· August, 1919, he was absent from the UntV

sity, for he had a little job to do for U ncle Satll·

He was a second Jieutenant of coast artill er~ while A merica was tak ing part in the \ Vorl

f . the \Var. In 1920-21 he was house manager ot f chapte r and was archon for the fall semester

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't 0 ship, in the geology department, nivers t Y . C · ,·n agrt' alifornia. At present he is in terested

cultural development at Moreno, Calif.

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WALTER R. JONES Fourteenth District

Broth land . er Jones was born in Birkenhead, E ng-Year' ~11 1900, and went to Seattle in 1916. Last

I act . e became a citi zen of the country of his 0Pbon l~nt ·

he ~s en_n~ the Tnivers ity of Washington in 1919 thr Pec,al!zecl in aeronautical eng ineering and

ougho t 1 . . . Viable l1 11 s coll ege ca reer mamta med an en-fli

1 schola tic record. E lected to Tau Beta

Ye~ r 10110rary engineering fraternity in his junior h011~ rh e later became president and as a crowning to ll Was sent by the local chap ter as delegate

le nat" 1 li e c Iona convention in the east. Ci11 b Was one of the founders of the Canadian

anct i Cl · ·o ·1 c ou8 off n 11 ps1 on hi after holding va ri -lleg0t" '.ces was elected archon in 1923. In the

Iat,ons "tl p· TT Pl . d" .

only aeroplane company in the north west and one

of the iargest in the United States. He holds

a position of marked responsibility in the experi ­

menta l department.

PRAISE FOR PI KAPPA PHI

Brother L. H arry l\ lixson sends in the fo llow­

ing interesting bit of news: The College of Charleston M aga:;ine ha jusl

published an lunmi N um ber, con ta ining articles written by different a lumni which de cr ibe con­ditions a t the College during the time when they were stud ents.

O ne of the articles is by J. \ Virron Willson , a Kappa Alpha, of the Class of 1908, and who was at the Co.llege when Pi Kappa P hi was founded. Perhaps it will be of interest to the Fraternity in general to see how he felt about it. He says:

" \Ve reca ll that a bunch of good fellows asso­ciated themselves together, declined a charter in a fraternity of national fame, and began a new fraternity, which now has chapte rs in many of the co ll eges of the country with our own Col ­lege of Charleston as the mother chapter. The writer being a member of another fraternity was not connected with this movement, but it has his sil ent endorsement and admiration."

\Vill on was one of the most popular men in Co.llege, and I had the pleasure of play ing base­ball with him two years as catcher when he was shortstop and captain. H e i now cashier of the Bank of Spartanburg. 'T'o me, it is just a little significant that he, another fraternity man, should remember and write about the founding of our Fraternity, after twenty yea rs have passed.

grant" W I 1 1 J.'-appa 11 regar mg the and lllg of a cha rter he played an important part

1 he \as a member of the installation committee (L Vorked a "d 1 . 11 . . .

John H. \ Vamsley, L psilon, is employed in the genera l offices of A rmour & Co., U. S. Yards, Chicago.

11e 1 ss1 uous y, espec1a y 111 mterestmg ~ lltnni. 11lce .

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~raduatiOn Brother Jones has been con-ee With the Boeing Aeroplane Company, the

Capt. Herbert Hardy, Gamma, is assistant pay­maste r of the Marine Corps, a t Quantico, Va.

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=================1JI ~ T rr 1~ S '1' A R A N D LA M P f o r 0 c '1' o B E R, 1 9 2 4

T I riS notice is to offi cial ly announce that Drother George Sheetz has been elected Executi ve Secreta ry of the F raternity.

His add ress is Room 11 , Exchange Bank Build­ing, Charleston, South Carolina.

. \II chapter repo rts and members' reco rd ca rd s shoul d in the futu re be sent to the Executi ve Secretary in stead of to thi s offi ce.

T he Supreme Council asks fo r the full est de­gree of cooperation from a ll chapters, both alumni and undergraduate. Brother Sheetz w ill be on the job at all times and will render any member of the F raterni ty such ass istance as may be necessary.

Gr.:ORG I~ M. C R.\ N'I',

S nprcme Secre tar·y.

WHAT THE SECRETARY SAYS

I n accepting th e work of Execu tive Secretary fo r the F ratern ity I was impressed principally by its poss ibiliti es, bo th of developing the job and of satisfaction to be deri ved from the work ; and af ter several cl ays of delving into the accum­ul ated records thi s impression is still grow­ing . T here is much work to be clone, bu t there is a lso much persona l pleasure to look forward to in attempting to full y use such an or portuni ty fo r serv ice to I i Kappa P hi . The purpose in estab li shing thi s offi ce (which has been di scussed thoroughly at th e last two conventions) was to provide an effi cient working unit to relieve and unify the work of the Supreme offi cials and of the F raternity at la rge. T hi s I hope to accom­pli sh. Th is is the central office- the national headq narlcrs. l .:lere your repor ts, clues, com­pla in ts, et cete ra, should be sent- everything ex­cept copy fo r the Ed ito r of Tr-11~ STAR A D LAM!', wh ich shoul d go to him direct. Th e mailing li st of 'J'r1r~ STAR "No LAM I' w ill be handled here, howeve r, and any future subscripti ons or changes of add ress should be sent to thi s offi ce.

A ny business whi ch should go before the Su­preme Council will be handled through thi s offi ce a lso. Matte rs not already provided for in our Constitu tion and Laws, or through the established policies and customs of the Sup reme Council ,

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a ri se, but I can and do pledge you thi s, that \~~~ C business o f thi s office will be handled prompt ]) son

. . of ne h and that to the best of my abtltty the Laws ,~\ F rate rnity will be ca rri ed out and enforced. 1}1

I 1 I . .. . f Pi ](apP cha as< t 1e ac t1ve cooperatton o every /1 in accompli shing these ends. Make it 111 .\' fall list if you can, but do your bit first. hu:

to 1 September 26, 1924·

BULLETIN NO. 1 \I I tl

General Juformation . ]tl· f II' Ol ' l

I n order that all the r outine work o Ol dl sev. gan ization shall be car ried on w ith despatch ant- dra

. . tch nt ~ that there be no lack of mfo rmatton on st . ,e ~l i ·

0 0 0 0 to tt il ' ters, Bulletm wtll be tssued f rom t tme ·

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fore 1 from this offi ce, as ha been clone hereto . ting to 1

di vidually by the Supreme Officers, acquat n ·,g . 5etttl

the chapters wtth any changes made or !d forth any general facts with whi ch they sholl be fami liar . :\

1 ALL REPOR TS, DUES, l N L'l' I A' I ' f,~·II T

FEES, O R GENERAL CORRES PON D£!\ c- Tn SF-IOULD BE ADDR ESSED TO TH E EXE LJTl VE SECRETAR Y.

Yot the tha

Reports a11 d Rem-ittances ,, 1 aV• to

The offi cia l monthly repor t which you e~;1 cr Se1

been sending to the Sup reme Secreta ry, tog for af f with th e monthly dues of O ne Doll a r ($1.00} the each acti ve member as of the last day 0 • 11 ~ I -unnt " month , beginning with September 30 anc 1 ']'ti£

Of Slit

through Apri l 30, should be forwarded by : ng fli beat' CH J TER SECR E T AR Y to thi s o ce·, 1 ~st f the ' a postmark not la ter than midnight o .

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clay of the month ; otherwise the chapter \l~cei'' subj ec t to a fin e. A full li st of chapter 0 ti"e shoul d accompany thi s report and the Execf·ll nl'

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Secretary should be notified immedi ate Y changes in thi s li st. ,e,,· ca

Within fiv e days a f ter the initia tion of a 1a11d I (;<

member the Chapter Secreta ry hall fill ou\er's be fo rward to the Executi ve Secreta ry a Met11 w be Record Card and Initiation Report Blank, for gether with the Chapter T reasurer's cheC~

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$2 1. 50, covering $ 10.00 for a L ife Subsc ri pt101

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'J'IJR St L t . · . AR ANn AM r; $10.00 for Supreme Chap-e, 1n,t' t' F C .. I a Ion "'ee; and $1.50 for a Membership ert, fIca te.

the}' tt thel Orde1's for Insignia

1pLi)'· 80 )rder your badges direct from Burr, Patter­,£ the ho~ & Company, Detroit, Mich. The order,

'l'f.rv~ve r , MU~1' BEAR THE APPROVAL OF r\apP eh E CHAP1 ER SECRETARY. A list of a ll

II apter offi 'II b I · jail list lCers vV I e <ept at th1s office and a

n of all chapter secretar ies will be supp'ied 'lirr p , .

to 1' atterson & Company. 1 he same app l1 es

24. p edge buttons and other supplies.

T C'o11stitntion a11d By-La·ws Ati n accordance with the instructions of the

anta c . _, . . J 1 ' onvent10n, uunng the latte r part of r ot· u y the S

dl se upreme Council met and agreed (after

an Vera! · 1 ' d. llig 1ts of hard work) upon a revi eel mat· 'aft of . . . e k our ConstitUt iOn and Supreme Law.

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1 ap eel copies of th is draft will be Ill toy lands in a few clays and will then be mailed

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1 With full instructions for handling. tting 0uld September 27, 1924.

BULLETIN NO. 2

ro.\' I fl The F..recutivl' OffiCi' ~CE y lllietins more in detail wi.ll be issued shortly. EC- 11 the

Yo meantime, please regard this office as llrs · . .

th )'\ 111 every sen se. Tt IS here for service to e t' rat . 1' that '", ernity. . he new Constituti on provides

1a1•C to 1 he Supreme Council shall have authority ther Se employ or discharge a full-time Executive

cretar 1 · for aff . Y w 10 shall have act1ve charge of th ~ the Of aiirs of the F raternity subj ect to the clirect;on

,ing Sti/ 1: Supreme Council. " That is a ll the Con­

f{'£ 111a lltJon has to say about it. At first glance that ing ie/ appear rather meagre treatment of the sub-as! th t, but on second thought you w ill find thnt

at st· t . IJC ever a ement covers the matter from pnctica ll y

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angle. You will receive shortl y from . ot ler D . S .

i1•e 'nn- ·] nver, upreme A rchon, a Jetter clefm-" t 1e · · n.l' ret POSition more fully. T he Executive Sec-ar h

Prof Y as undertaken this work with a very :11· ear ound sense of the responsibility and qualifi-

I':.I I Co~~:· ti.nvolved. The legislation of the Atlanta he

1 11 Ion must be carried out; nothing mu st

r be ~ lowed to relax or drag behind. A ll this can ,r 1110 one on ly by all working together in the com-o the~ cause and cooperating with this office and

llpreme Council.

Chapters are urged, therefore, at the outset, to be prompt in sending in reports and dues and in supplying any in formation requested by this office or through the Chapter Inspector.

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OMAHA PI KAPPS GET ORGANIZED

By C. H. COLLINS

1f T has been the . custom of the Oma~a bunch lL to meet occasionally and have dinner to­gether at some one of Omaha's famous or infamous eat ing houses . There are about a dozen Nu men located in this burg. \Ne usu­all y meet about once a month, sometimes sel­clomer, and each pays for hi s own meal except when Deyo Crane (the vice-president of the Peterson Banking Company ) pays for them and then forgets to coll ect f rom the others.

Well , this spring we cleciclecl to organize an alumni chapter in Omaha and we elected Bar­low Wetherbee as president and Steve Brown secretary. Now you should know something about Steve Brown. He came to Omaha from clown in Carolina somewhere. \Ve thought it wou ld be on ly fair to the south to make Steve an officer and not Jet Nu chapter hog it all, so Steve became secreta ry. Now, Steve "clone us wrong" and left shortly thereafter. It then developed that he had been married for eight months without notifying any of us and to make matters worse he went and left town without giving any of us a chance to kiss the bride. We presume that the Equitable told him to leave and we hope he wil l enj oy the New York atmos­phere as we ll as we enjoyed having him with us.

Then your humble servant became secretary. 'J he bunch tinely got a petition signed up and we now have a beautiful charter in black and gold with ribbons on it and everything.

The fellows decided to do someth ing for the cause this fall and September 6 we had a real banquet and O rpheum party at which we enter­tained a bunch of likely young fe llows who are attend ing Nebraska this year. We filled them with enthusiasm for Pi Kappa P hi and sent them t·o T incoln rejoicing, leaving it to Archon Morris :- "rl hi s cohorts to do the rest.

\Ve had the pleasure of seeing our old friend "'ncl brother Edw in Partrid g-e at this funrtiO'l . T'~··tridge is now located in Hanmmond . Tnrl .. "'"rl exnPrts to see the Chicap-o men occasionall y ..,,d tell I'OW we do it out at Omah'l.

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======================~ 1 ~ TJ-JE STAR J\ D LAMP f01' 0C'l'OBER, 1924

By w ADJ.: S. 1101:1'

T '-fE convention of the Alpha Chi Omega was held during the last week of June, at Swampscott, Massachusetts.

Three new chapter homes were reported by The Palm of A lpha Tau Omega in the May is­sue. They a re located at U niversity of Iowa, U ni versity of F lorida and O hio Wesleyan.

. of the Pi Beta Phi, proud in its possess ton First Lady of the Land, held its eastern co~­ference in Washington, D. C., Apri l 11 and :r"'

, J. ustt )' 1924. fhe attendance was so large as to f . g 0

the claim that it was the largest gathenn

fraternity women ever held .

T he 'l'hulanian s at 1\'1 inneso ta became Alpha

.Pi of Theta Chi .

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The Zeta Beta Tau Quarterly j s a more r e­cent addition to our exchange fi les. Let us say of this publication that it is frank and fea rless in its policies. The organ of a Jewish Frater­nity, it presents to its members as well as to the public the problems which face the Jewish student of today, together with suggestion s for improvements.

f ur re-featured by Brother Young in one o 0 1 re­

cent numbers of TnF. S'l'AR AN D LAMP, was

Sigma Alpha Epsi.Ic:m proves claim to twelve basketball captains during the last toss ing cam­paign, viz.: Kansas, Franklin , Case, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Southern Method ist, Montana State, Tennessee . P ittsburgh, Kentucky, George ·wash­ington and A llegheny.

O hi o E psilon chapter of ~ A E are rectptents of a chapter home as a memorial to J ames Gambl e N ippert, one of the chapter members. N ippert was a plucky member of the U niversity of Cincinna ti footba ll team, who as a result of injuries in a game on Thanksgiving Day, died Chri stmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. N ippert, hi pa rents, a re donors of the memorial chapter house.

P hi Gamma Delta is reputed to have "sworn off " on expansion for three years. At leas t the statement is g iven thti s in The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi and credited to the A. T . 0. Palm.

printed in full in The Arrvw of Pi Beta Phi.

, , f being J. au chapter of Delta Gamma boasts o ]. cat11'

the fir st women's fraternity on the owa f Delta pus to bui ld its own home. A lpha R ho o . T\f a)'·

Gamma was installed at O hio Wesleyan tn

d N[on­A lr)ha Gamma Delta has recently entere U\V

tana State. We are also informed at Depa d . tate .

the dormant chapter (Eta ) has been retns

are Kappa Delta's three newest chapters

at Georgia, Montana and North Dakota.

. . . . . atiotl S tgma .Pht S tgma, unttl 1919 an organ tz da

of but four chapte rs, installed her Larn~is· chapter thi s spring at M issouri . Mu, at \~ ·d

1 towa' consin , and Nu, at Ohio State, followec

the end of th e scholastic year.

Rurt A. Ingwerson, head foot! all Towa, is a Phi Kappa Psi.

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I 'I' 0 stimulate scholarship among its members

and t I dented session of the Democratic convention, John W. Davis, who was initiated into l hi Kap­

pa Psi at \Vashington and I ee, was named a. the Democratic nominee. A co-incident in this

section is the fact that two .leaders were stu­dents at Virginia universities. lot content with

copping the Democratic nomination Phi Kappa

Psi's also played an important part in the ballot­ing for the vice-presidential nomination at the Republican convention. Judge William S. Ken­yon, Iowa Alpha, and Senator James E. Watson, Indiania Alpha, were among the leaders. Judge Kenyon, with 172 votes received the next to the highest vote on the first ballot whi le Senator \Vatson received 79.

I h 0 s 1ow the Fratern ity's recognition of

sc ol· . . clStJc attainments, Phi Kappa Psi has de­

Cided t o purchase and to present to each under-

gracluat . 1

e member of the Fratern1ty who may be e ectecl t PI . . . 11 o 11 Beta Kappa the of flc1al key of le honor society. .

0 Pi Gamma Sigma, a new local, has just been

rganized I . F - anc recogmzed by the faculty at Wake leorest College. Less than two years ago col­'l'ge officials lifted the ban on fraternities.

\Vo . th . nationals now exist there: Kappa Alpha,

e f, rst t d . IVith o en~e.r, an Ch1 Tau, formed ~ecen~ly Of No t_he coah~IOn of_ .l_ocals at the u_mversity an] 1 th Carolma, Tnmty, North Carolma State llitc Wake Forest. Chi Tau is the first frater-

y to be organized in North Carolina.

1'he fo · t; . rmat10n of the new fraternity Theta Psdon 0 ' .

OtJ mega, from a group of locals at van-s Colle · Co f ges, accomplished at the last Plenary 11 ere a110th nee, was attended with such success that

er ·11 Co f WI probably be formed at this next

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se aus . 'TI U 'I ec1 Pices 1eta ps1 on Omega was form-G' announced that he had been notified by

eorge B frat . anta that the formation of another new

ern t · for .' Y IS already in process. Details of the

'l1ation d' I . ab] b are not yet 1sc osed, and wlll prob-c/f e held until the Committee reports at the

11 erence Judge B~ d I . . gra c yes reporte t 1at an mterestmg pro-lllnle . b .

fere IS emg arranged for this year's Con-Of

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1ce of local s which wi lJ be held at the time

c he Tovember convention- Interfrat ernity Dnference Bulletin.

In thr a 111 ee of the last four presidential elections ~lee ~~~lber of Phi Ka_ppa Psi, has been the nom_i­,11 19 the Democratic party. In 1912 and agam );'tat

16: V\loodrow \Vil son, a member of the gini ern,ty' chapter at the University of Vir­Dena, Was the successfu l standard-bearer of the

locra[' 19 lC party. In 24, after the unprece-

At the Inter-fraternity Conference Executive Committee's first meeting, held September 18, at the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club in New York, with Chairman A. Bruce Bielaski presiding, plans were discussed for the next Plenary Con­ference, scheduled for the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York on November 28 and 29, the Fri­day and Saturday following Thanksgiving Day.

s has been the case every year, thi s Confer­ence wi lJ mark another stride forward in inter­fraternity history. Interest in the Conference is already noticeable in the correspondence be­tween numerous fraternity men and the officers 9f the Interfraternity Conference. Probab.ly more fraternity men than ever will attend the Conference, although care will be taken that the meetings will not become so large as to be un­wieldly. Committee work wilJ again be relied on for the transaction of most of the business. A general luncheon, with dinners of editors and secretaries, are again being planned. In addition, such important allied meetings as the Confer­ence of Locals and the Undergradutes will

again be held. P lans for the Conference are not yet com­

pleted, but they are going forwa-rd rapidly. Certainly there is not any lack of enthusiasm on the part of the Conference's officers, if attend­ance at the first meeting may be taken as a criterion. Fourteen officers were present at the first meeting of the year.-Tnterfratern ity Co n­fcrence Bulletin.

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The Pulse of the Fraternity

Fourteen Back at Beta-9amma Initiates Eight-Eta Has New House-f{appa all Spruced Up- Upsilon Wins Five

Cups-"9iant" is Chi Neophyte

FINE YEAR LOOMS FOR BETA

By Cr-r :\ RLES L. \tVoonsmE

W ITH the opening of college, Beta chap­ter has fourteen men to, begin another

year. We will mi ss very greatl y six of our leading men who will not return . Four of these graduated last spring, and two are unabl e to re­turn on accoun t of business. 'vVe hope, how­ever , to be abl e to fill these gaps with new men, whom we feel we can eas il y get from the ma­ter ia l we now see in the freshman class.

We have two brothers from other chapters with us this year : Bill M eaclows, from R ho chap ter , and E el Reid, f rom E psilon chapter .

The rushing season is just beginning. and we hope to get some fin e men from the new class . We find that we have some ve ry good frater­ni ty materia l in a class of 11 5, which is the larges t in the hi story of the college.

S ince last year two new buildings have been erected on the campus. A spl endid dormitory, has just been completed, and the Leroy Springs Gymnas ium, ra ted as one of the bes t in D ix ie, is near ing completion. 'vVe have a lso two new additions to th e faculty. T he coll ege is making rap id progress in every way.

In the college activities, we a re well repre­sentee!. Brother Ferguson is sl1 owing up wel l on the g ridiron . and we hope to see him f ill the pos ition at center thi s fa ll. O n the cross-coun ­try squad we have Brot hers f-lughes and Graf­ton. Brother Corn wa ll is managing football this yea r , and is also p res ident of the senior class, whil e Drother Dendy is president of the Y. M. C. A.

Beta chapter takes an important part in the litera ry work of the college. Brother H indman was salu tatorian of the class of 1924, and we find other men leading scholars in the younger

classes who weJr the badge of P i Kappa Ph i.

Bct 1 is also well represented on th e staffs of

th;; va ri ous co llegiate publications.

GAMMA INITIATES EIGHT

B,l' NORM.\N C. KLOTZ

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O N A ugust 12 the toys of Gamma asse!11 ac· at th e chapter house with a husky tan

quirecl during three months vacati on and eager

to start the new college year with a bang. I. tel)'

Rushing maneuvers were taken up immec ta

un der newly formul ated plans which resulte.rl

in great success. Competiti on among the va r~ ­ous houses was very keen at the beginning of thtS

semester clue to the limited supply of likely p ro~-. d d ttl pects. Gamma was ve ry fortunate .111 ee

hav ing the honor of formally initi ating e i gh ~ nuggets on September 8. The initi ates were·

Walter Yoyle-"T ar-H eel. " J ohn ]-:Iayden Perkins-"Perk ." F rederick W illi am Cooper-"Freclcli e." R obley E merson Passalacqua-" Passy.''

Lawrence W ilmer Dill on-"Dink." Harold Randolph Hartz-"H al." \Valter E dwards M itchell- "Mitch." J ohn :Ma rshall H erndon-"Mush." ,, Walter Hoyle. our "Black Coal .Mat11 111Y

from l orth Carolina, is going big on the man; age ria l staff of th e Pelica11 , leading th e fi eld b)

a la rge margin . ' 'Perk," who ha il s f rom Val.l ejo, is out for

bas· F rosh footba ll and basketball. He played . h ketball and foo tball two yea rs for Va llejo Btg and should make good.

"Freddie" comes from the country, namely, Y uba City.

. hOt wtde open He has alreadY

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11,1ade th e Frosh Glee Club and the A. S. G. C.

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. ' sy 1s gomg out for basketball. 1.1 e was ' teammate of " Perk" at Vallejo High and ;lta ncJ s a goo d chance of .landing a position on le 1928 team.

, ''Dink," small but mighty, is trying out for coxswain on the Frosh crew and is also out for Rocce. II '

, 1 · IS homo town is \ Valnut Creek. C ;! Ia!" is on th e ed itorial staff of th e Daily h a.tfornian . He is sure to forge ahead, having t;.cl experi ence on the publications of Berkeley lllgh,

1.c ·;11 itch" hail s from Carlotta, among the giant \ <Woods of northern California. He is on the '1· S. l ' . . band and pl ays for va rious campus 1 ances.

''Mush., is at present working after college hou1·s

,1, and has littl e time for campus activities.

ho he soph omores and upper clas men in the

t. Use have aga in assumed their camJ)US activi­Je- T

80 ~ . hey are ai.J out either for a thlet ics o r ~c campus publications or in the Glee Club.

f 11 August 20 brother Paul Boren returned

l)r~ 111 his trip to Paris with the OlymJ)ic T eam· tJn i . . '

11 g llg With h1m all the souvenirs of a J·our -ey t ~

111 ° l•ran ce a nd E ngland. All of the other en h::td t I . . . .

St - leu· t1111 e well occup1ed dunng the . llllnJe. . I . .

ll I ~ 1t 1er workmg or away on tnps. lan f . -

1.a . s or the new P1 Kapp home have been

111 P1d!y progress ing and by next fall we hope to Ove . t Ill ·o our new hou se.

livAt !~ resent there are 31 men in the house, all \V' Iel Wires, and Ganm1a during the ensuing yea r

I. ce t · Califo _r ~ 1 11 ly continue her upward trend on the

1 Ili a campus to the top where she belongs.

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TWENTY RETURN TO ZETA

By J. N . H oLcOMBE

'// n· ~ ~ A entered . th e new coll egiate yea r with llt an enrollm ent of twenty- rath er a large

lllJbc. . . . in . 1 Ill relat1on to the s1ze of th e coll ege. or

con,1J · · 1 1 . anson w1t 1 our past record. cle t IS not the province of thi s letter to chroni-

lll a rrow r record g loom; yet, in spite of our ea llre

1 Ill reassembling with all the good ltothers I w ~ o returned to school, a ce rta in no te

of regret comes over us when we think of those who e coll ege courses are completed. \ Ve g radua ted six men last June-each one of whom we gladly intrust with the good name of Pi Kappa Phi : "B ill" Regg who has entered th e wholesale produce bu siness in Spartanburg; Wil­ton II olcombe, coach in Easley High School ; Ra lph Ow ings, who is teaching at Swonse:t ; "Bill" Hoole, coach of the Spartanburg II igh School ; Theron Houser, pride of St. :\I atthews; ''Zero" Lindsay. at present in business in or­folk. In addition to these men who graduated, Brother Kiels Nix, of Greenville, fa il ed to re­turn to schooJ .

The seniors are: "Stumpy" I lanks, Archon; Lawrence Rikard, who is captain of football; J. T . Ff udson, J oe Cantey, Ralph Smith and "Branch" Ri ve rs.

Among the juniors we have: Claude Chipley. Frank Rogers, Frank Ow ings, "Frog" Reames, and Neville Holcombe.

And meet the sophomores: Clarence Lee, Ed­win Carroll, O'N eale Landrum, " 13uck" Swett, John Cantey, "B ill" Beckham, and Eel T ennent.

As for the freshmen, those on our campus are anybody's game so far, as Pledge Day comes November 15. Subsequent to that elate, we are confident that we shall be able to cat;tlog the names of several new men who can be entru sted to exemp.Jify the noblest ideals and tenets of our Fraternity.

Of course, in the realm of sports, - the thud of the old pigskin is the order of the day, and the football squad is the center of attention. Our team is making the bes t record of everal years. Brother Rikard , captain and center . is play ing the best game o.f his career, and it is largely clue to his inspiring leardership that the old team is spreading the name of Wofford abroad. \ Ve a re further represented in the line by Brother Joe Cantey at end , and by Brothers "11uck" Swett, "Pike" \Vest, and "Frog" Reames in the backfield .

\Ve have recently moved into a new chapter hall , located just one door further down Eas t Main street than our former location. vVe ex­tend to any visiting brothers a most sincere in ­vitation to make our hall their headquarters while in Spa rtanburg. The unattached end of ou r latch st ring is always on the outside.

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NEW HOUSE 'N EVERYTHING AT ETA send a cordia l invitation to any who can possibl)'

By L1~wrs T. BuLLOCK

66GLAD T idings of Great Joy"-such is a fit-ting title for any news from Eta chapter

as she prepares to enter upon what promises in

every way to be the most successful year in her

entire history. Each brother is waiting impatient­

ly fo r the time when all will gather 'round and we

wi ll strive together once more for the g reater ad­

vancement of Pi Kappa Ph i. T he great spirit, frequent visits. continual correspondence, and earnest work on the prospective pledges, which a ll have shown throughout the entire summer, arc decided indications that each member of the chapter is going to devote his every effor t to the increasing of our a lready high stand ing on the J~mory campus.

\11/ e are very sorry to hear that Brothers B. K. Bilbry, Tallassee, A la., Bi ll Parker., W t·ights­vi ll e, Ga., Roy Dorm iney, Fitzgerald , Ga., and Marshall Vandiver, Rome Ga., will not be back with us this year; however we know that Mar­sha ll and his far-famed trumpet will be wel­comed by R ho chapter at Washington and Lee, and hope to have the other three back with us by next year. As Boonie Bowen from Charles­ton, S . C ... was the on.ly man we lost by gradua­tion last year we expect to have quantity as well as quality as a characteristic of our chapter this yea r.

T he Pi Kapp spi ri t has been especially high in Atlanta this summer where there has been a continnal round of dances and receptions in honor of the " 1924 Atlanta P ledge Club" of P i Kappa P hi. We feel that we have the pick of the At lanta boys who wi ll enter college thi s year in th is club, and they feel a lmost as if they were already a true follower of the "Star and Lamp."

come to see us. 1

The entire chapter wi ll be on hand severn

days before school starts in order to co11lplcte . 11 thC our elaborate plans for rushmg season. Y

time of the next issue of Tm~ STAR AND l., .l~~~· we expect to have made some very valuable a.,; d. . 1' f f I , '''' tt10ns to our tst o pledges, a ll o w 10 11 ,

measure up to the high standard set by tho;~ who are already wearing the ''1 iamond" of Kappa P hi.

KAPPA ON THE JUMP By BrLL Cox

T I~'E . f I U . . f ~orth , ~ openmg o . t 1c mverstty o . I Carolina found Kappa chapter well ftxct

· cl t '1'0 as to old men . \11/e returned 23 o.ld men an , . ~~ pledges. fhe pledges are Werth Eaby frot11 · .

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F . A I evtiC· Bern and John ras ter Glenn from . s 1 d T hey are both fine fellows and can be counte on to become good Pi Kapps. . g

House Manager W illi s has been renovatll' I 1 , -ter5· t1e 1ouse. \11/e have very comfortab le qu<~t

'fl f · d tnorc 1ere are ourteen men roomtng here an are expected later in the quarter. .

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this fall. B rother Chri s Fordham has been go; ing like a house-a-fire at hi s regular stand g~. guard. J~ff Fordham turned up weighing 1 •

J ff . I . . g var e ts p aytng at ha lf on the second strtn 1

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stty. No doubt he wi ll play in many o ; games this season. l-Ie is one of the main co~~ in what looks like a great aggregation of ba~t

ar '1 field men for the Carolina team . Last ye

1 the South Atlantic track meet, Brother fot;~: ham placed first in the discus. He now hO

the State record. l'lti Jean A rmfield was awarded the coveted .

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ment in other ways, Eta is to have a wonderfu l new house for the coming year. For the first Lime the entire chapter will be allowed to stay in the house; so we have secured one la rge t nough to accommodate them all. It is the la r­gest house on the campus, has been very attrac­t:vcly furnished, and we expect it to make quite a hit with the freshmen. T here are a lso several rooms reserved for visiting P i Kapps, and we

elected president of the Junior Class. Cit .. Fordham is president of the Un iversity Mhlc;;~ Assoc iation. Paul Smith made Phi A.l jJha l)e

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'j'hert Rae m.ade P hi Chi Med ical Fraternity.

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are too many honors, if you will permit me to 0

call them, that I haven 't time nor space to Put them clown.

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11 ngs look bright for a prosperous year. vVe lave

severa l freshman prospects who are con­nected . I ']'J W1t 1 the fraternity through their brothers.

0f1e . chances are that we will pledge a bunch fJrst class men.

cl ]f any old Kappa men o r brothers from other

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1~Pte rs wish to pay us a visit come on down. ve II b I d 'tt e g a to see you. Would adv ise you to

Y' tencJ the V. M. I. game here November 11 , if ou .

!I WJsh to see a real football game and meet 1e 1 · )Jggest bunch of old g rads.

f [ came very near forgetting to ad d the name

o I' I n Jrot 1cr Jeff 11ynum to our li st of faculty 1Cntb · · ·, Cis. 13rother Bynum 1s an old Kappa nan 1-J . .

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tl1 Other and M rs. IJynum back agai n and hope

lat tl , ley wil.l stay with us for many yea rs to con, e.

BRILLIANT PROSPECTS FOR MU

By ] O f-I N H . TYLER

A. S the first issue of Tm~ STAR AND LAM!' ~> J goes to press, we can do no more than "ance cl' . over our prospects and make a few pre-

lctJo , tl ns 111 rega rd to the success of M u. A l-

lOLtgl I 1 t 1e new term is not well under way as Yet '" ',.we can a lready see ri Kapps g raduall y e e~'1 111g themselves into a ll ph ases of activ iti es,

1~1c 1 one doing his part to uphold the spirit oi

h/alty, enthu siasm, and aggressiveness which fe

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e l llg of . d I . . . and . co~operat10n an c ete rmmat10n ex1sts, hi

1• With th1s, how can we help but atta in the

lhg, crow n of success which lies waiting for ~se Who onl y would but achieve it.

a 1 \ Jth the opening of a new year, and likew ise

Ye lew era at Trinity, we see twelve of our Jast ar' ·

lh s e1ghteen l'i Kapps returning. Each of Sirese b1·ings with him hi s same ambition and de­he e to foster the progress of Mu a nd to place

r for · · lie . emost 111 the realm of active chapter s. Sides tl lJr . l ese twe lve men, we take g reat pleas-e Ill . ,

llltroducmg our new pledge, A. H. Bor-

land of Durham, who has already demonstrated hi s ab ility as a hard and willing worker . \1\le

predict great things for "Bus." No news, how­

ever, was ever received more cordiall y than the

fac t th at "Big J ack" Caldwell is in the cam1. of Coach Jones. For two years, brother Cald­

well was a bulwark of strength in the B.lue Devil line a nd this yea r promises to be even greater. A long with him, we find brother Pick­ens working faithfully, who received first call for the center posit ion as Coach Jones lined up hi s men against N. C. State September 27. Drother P ickens deserves a great deal of cred it as he has never before taken part in a football contest, a nd , in addition to thi s, as manager of basketball, he has already arranged us an in te rest­ing schedule. The footba l.l team, as a whole is well taken ca re of under the able management of brother Ray Downey, who has been with us only two yea rs, but, during that time, he has proven a most worthy member.

In addition to I rothers P ickens and Downey, we also have in the class of '25 Brother ]. E . Dempster, Jr., and brother C. H. Pegram. Th e former is this year's captain of baseball, senior rep resentative on the student council , and a mem­ber of quite a number of honorary organizat ions. During the portion of hi s tim e which is not taken up by the ladies, we find brother Pegram ably managing The A1·chive, our monthly publica­tion, and we must say in this connection that he a lways does things well. Brother Harvey John ­son, a junior, who has fullbacked for the Blue Devils for the past two yea rs, has decided not to play this year, owing to the fact that he is going to follow baseball and wants to avoid all chances of injury to his throwing a rm which won for him the position of a ll -state catcher last year. Brother J ohn son is a power on both offense and defense and will be quite a loss to Coach J ones' squad.

Lest we forget at this time we menti on brother " /:il.l " Bailey who instituted wrestling at Trinity Coll ege and who, for the past two yea rs, has worked wonders in hi s branch of sport. Last yea r he coached a championship team and , with practically a ll of hi s men back, he bids fair to "open the eyes" o f a 11 the fol­lowers of w rest ling . As for other branches of

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spo rt , and actt vlttes, brother Ralph .Raiford w ill no doubt ma intain hi s pos ition on the cinder ­path , while brother Bright from last yea r's fre sh­men looms up as one of the best tenni s aspir­ants. Brother " Bill " T ay.lor will transfer hi s bas ketball ability from Freshm an to V arsity, while brother Bundy will no doubt uphold and bet ter hi s record in literary acti viti es. Brother Vest' s tim e will be well ta ken ca re of between the new materia l and th e ladies, bu t, in spite of th e latter . we hold him up as one of th e best a ll ­round men in th e chapter .

Thus we have a right to predict g reat things fo r M u dur ing the coming season and we take thi s opportunity to extend to each and every chapter and th e fra ternity as a who.le our bes t wishes for th e mos t success ful yea r in the hi s­tory of Pi K appa Phi .

RHO HAS NEW HOUSE B·y G. S n~L.'rON FA RR A R

J U DG I 1\'G from all indication Rho is looking forward to one of th e most success ful yea rs

in her hi story. T o begin with a spacious 15- room house with

huge po rches on three sides, sta nding almost hi dden on a cool shady lawn in the center o f th e l_,ex ington res idential section has 1Jeen secured to bear th e letter s of P i Ka ppa Phi on its bal ­cony. H av ing one of the best houses•on the campu s is considered an admirable asset to pledg­ing and also to th e va rious social activities be­g inning with Thanksgiving baiL

Fifteen brother s have returned to resume their ac ti vities a nd a lso studi es, dropped last finals. This a lso in clud es "Doc" Leake who has been in ­duced to ass um e the responsibility o f conducting classes in Spani sh and E conomics in the lJ ni ­ver s ity .

\Ve a re a lso g lad to have among us a brother f rom E mory whose correspondence, in the sum ­mer will be rece ived by him if addressed to Mr. M a rshall Vandi ve r, Rome, Ga.

That pos iti on of responsibility, A rchon, is be­ing capably fill ed by " Reel" R oseborough and equa ll y capabl e th e dut ies of sec reta ry and treas­urer a re being carried out by AI ment and

. c s. D ighy \\'est, while the a lumni secreta ry tS '· Farra r.

W as hing ton and L ee is developing a co111Par~: ti vely light, but speedy, eleven to uphold her reP' tation in the football world. c

Th e fir st day of rushing ]Jassed with titre. . . 'J'ItCI

new acldtlt ons to our g roup of brothers. e ;-- re Freel !\'ow ell of Birmingham, A Ia.. J)a

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Corn egycs o f Shreveport, La., and Freel Croll'le o f La ke City, Fla. arc

By the number of wholesome ·' Recs." we' anti cipa ting a ve ry acti ve year.

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TAU RETURNS FIVE By II. H. RI-:DWI NI·:

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T J I JS letter finds T au beginning Its r; year with only fi ve of its old J11 C 11~dbe:

ld Frt al· back. O ur first meet ing was he '11 II ten September 19, and office rs for the Fa 1 , A ·ch01• were elected . fh ey are as foll ows: 1 . J. H. Klutz ; Secreta ry, H. H . R edwine; 'frea~

. a1w urcr. 1:<. . A. Sutton ; Chapl ain , E. .Robtson, \\ 'a rden, N. T . S mithwick. ]t•tl'l'

VV e a re a ll planning a big yea r and we ' ~eve ra l good men in v iew. , 11·.

W e a lso ha ve with us thi s year IJrother 1). 1•

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ter and looks \'er y premi sing on the fresh1113

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Tn conclusion we wi sh eve ry Pi l'"app '1

cessful yea r in every respect.

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UPSILON WINS FIVE CUPS

By R. A. Wruu Ms f th~

T IIJ:<. past year for Upsilon has been one 0

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S !JO '1' mos t uccessful years in its hi story.' c ·cr· ti c standing has been cons iderably abo ve the a' ac

d · · · I b I I a J a r~ age an act1 v1t1 es 1ave een stressec JY ' 1~ · · f I l] · · ]( the sa" 1

lll aJOI'Ity 0. t 1e pS!I On P1 apps, at . . ·gil· t . I . I h I . d . ')' hI 1me <eep:ng t 1e sc o astt c stan tng vel ·ell' • 0 psilon ranked in th e first fifteen of th e se' ·itll ty-od 'l C ni versity of lllinois fr a terniti es

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L'psilon members to attain scholast ic honors and We are d . .

c very prou to have attamed the standmg that ha . been accomplished throug h sincere en­deavor.

'l'he individual activities of ' psi lon Pi Kapps have b . b een vaned and numerou s and honors have peen scored by quite a number of our chap~er.

1 q·other Glenn Potter . captain of the Illinoi s

Jasketb II f I . I . f a t am, oug1t w1t 1 h1 s team to a con-~ren ce victory, thereby giving Upsilon an added

dlstin ··f f h . f f . ~ 1011 o avmg or one o tts members one so successful in attaining his highest ambition,

one of the high est atta inments of college life,

al~cl we, broth er s of "Goudy," are mighty proud Of I. _ 11111, not on ly for hi s accomplishment as an <tl~llcte and scholar , but for hi s personalitv and IV 11li .

ngness to ever help the brothers in wlntever 'Vay he could se rve.

llro ·l ·1) 1er otter graduated this June and has acce t I f I~ ec a position as coach at a school in Cali-s~ ;·,nla . _ t~ I though brot~1er Potter has left ~1 s,

Out st ncere best wtshes extend out to htm on 1 · f lt s new tasks of break ing in hi s new nnterial 01' hi s f t 1 · 1 · . · u ure c 1amptons 11ps, and may they be t great in thir capacities in California as hi s ast One at Illinois

. llrother Wickhot:st attained the honor of mak­Ing the football squad, although play:ng in but 011e . game due to a bad shoulder sprained ea rly In the 1-, . . eason. .>rother Wtckhorst has gamed a World of experience under Coach Zuppke and \Vh"n I · ll . ... 11 S two hundred pounds gets in the line

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.ea. on, George will be there with the goods ~nng home another winning team for Illinois. 1 '~"Otl1er Thompson worked his way into a

Positio 1 F . n on t 1e rosh varstty football squad anc1 Iii- p 1 · · } . ' e •rot 1er Wtckhorst, ht s pa t years' ex-1 Crtence 'II II I . . I . th . W I _ena}. e 11111 to gtve 11s con 'enders

0/ ttffest lone! of competition for the position

'rl fu ll -back on the regular varsity squad. Brother

1 10nlpson comes from the home town of

Jroth - 1-, 1. eJ otter, O range California, which spea ks ltghly for the town.

Hrother McCoy has been very successfu l in \VresT b

' mg outs on the gym f loor and with his one I d lun reel and seventy pounds he has given n1e11 t , wenty pounds heav ier than he very stiff olllJ) t ' . e ·,tton . Upsilon boys have learned to re-

spect Mac's ability with hi s arms and legs. \11/ e

anticipate large attainments for Brother McCoy in the field of sport. Not on ly is brother M c­

Coy accompli shed in the art of wrestling but hi s

scholastic standing warranted hi s attaining hon­

ors of Phi Eta Sigma in hi s first semester. Brother Walker tied for first place in the in­

termural track meet, event of the high jump,

winning for himse lf the honor of sharing with

one other the distinction of clearing the bar for the first time at 5" 7'. The watchword is

.. Watch George from now on."

Brother Bucher who was pledged last March and initiated in May made his numerals on the

Frosh varsity baseball, filling the position at

second base. Brother Bucher is fast on hi s feet and every chance that came his way, he took without error. V\ ith his ability, he should make

th e regular varsity nex t season which we sin­cerely anticipate and are most hopeful.

These are the accompli hments of a few Up­sil on Pi Kapps for which the chapter as a whole is very proud, but the chapter itse.lf was also very active in scoring honors at intermural sports, capturing four cups the last emester of the past year, which adorn the mantle over the fire place at th e chapter house. These were attained through winning the fraternity division in baseball, one for the interscholastic circus stunt, one for the best pair of clowns entered in the circus, Brother Frank Howard entering in this capacity and with hi s partner, took the honors for being the most entertaining. The last cup was won form Gamma chapter at Cali­fornia, through the v ictory of Illinois over the University of California. It can be readily seen that Cpsilon is as much in the run as most of our other chapters and even larger achievements a re expe ted this year as we participate in the fall activities as well as the spring. Playground ball and basketball appear to be the first fields for conquests and with the past year's team­work and practice. things should go very smooth­ly going toward organizing a winning team in contests entered.

Prospects are mighty good for winning more cups to help adorn the mantle, with the return of old members who played last year.

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CHI HAS INITIATE SIX FEET, FIVE INCHES TALL

Hy E. G. I ruN I NC'I'O r

C I-I T chapter is fortuna te thi s year 111 hav­ing fo urteen active members back to carry

the P i Kappa standa rd into all phases of co ll ege act ivity . S tetson University opened with a twenty-f ive per cent. increase in the student body. F rom the f in e crowd of new men, Chi has secured the best seven as neophytes, and ex-

pects to bid in one or t wo more to g ive us our usua l quota . O ne of our pl edges is the best banj o pl ayer seen on the campus in a number of yea rs, others a re out fo r foo tball , tennis, and the g lee clu b; but our real cla im to di stinction

fro m thi s group. is in the person of Neophyte Rob in son who hail s from T ampa, F la., he is six fee t and f ive inches in heig ht and can hold up hi s head in any crowd.

O ur house is .l ooking fin e and homelike thi s yea r with th e help of a new set of furniture and a ,)l ew phonograph to li ven things up a bit . Seve~·a l of the fellows a re painting their r ooms to sui t their taste and the resulting color schemes are wonderful.

\\ 'e a re always glad when the alumni drop in

to see us. O ur pledges thi s year a re: McClain , Auburn­

dale, F la.; M cCambell , vVest P alm Beach, l•la.; J ohnson, D etroit, J\t1 ich. ; Carr, St. P etersburg, F la.; R obin son T ampa, F la . ; Marsh, 11 iami , 1~ Ia. ; S tewart, Daytona Beach, F la.

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MUCH DOING AROUND OMEGA

By P. L. MonT oN

W 2 :1 re o:1ce ag:1' n sta rt ing th e annual routi ne of the s:.· hool year , although

r · fast s::: mingly altered at P urd ue. urdue tS '· developing into an outstanding universi ty. At the present time there a re three buildings and a s ~ aclium under construction, another build ing be­ing just completed. T hese buildings a re an electri cal bui lding, un ion building, and a power house-the poultry building being just completed. 'l'h e ca feteri a of the S tudent Memori al Union nuilding is operating at the present time, and t he fir st dance in the new hall was held Sep­tember 20. We boast of thi s building as a re~ markabl e achievement of the students and alumnt

I'' B rother 'vValker, the Supreme A lumni Secre- qf P urdue U niversity. The " Ross-Ade Bow. tary, was with us for a day and gave u a num- -called such in honor of George A de and Davtd ber of ve ry help ful suggestions. R oss, alumni and chief promoters of construe-

We are looking fo r ward to a great yea r along tion- is receiving much of the students' atten­all lines of activity. In football Lay ton is sure · - lion . It is hoped that the hill side, which was of a place a t encl . In basketba ll Smith is our only a pasture at the ending of the school tertll fas t lette r man and t wo of our pledges were last spring, will be transformed into a beautiful whirl winds in high school , }{enderson and K ing concr ete stadium by "Homecoming," N ovember a re both back for tennis and Neophytes McCla in 22, 1924. and Ma rsh a re go ing to try to get their p laces. A lthough young in years, Omega at P urdu_e Chi furni shed f ive va rsity baseball men last yea r is fast becoming recognized throughout the un~ ­and with the exception of Lambert all a re back. ve rsity. The professors and leaders of the un.t· \\'e a re represented in the Glee Club by seven ve rsity a re not hes itant in making known thetr men and in dramatics by three. confidence in P i Kapp men.

Our a lumni a re wide awake, a number of 'vVe have been very success ful with pledges them being back for the opening of school to thi s yea r. A t present we have pledged fiv e and help things get sta rted. Brother Ben Ketchum have severa l prospects lined up. The pledgers who is practi cing law in K ey Wes t was here. He a re George E. Spencer, \!\falter 'l'. Spencer, John is ve ry much interested in getting the a lumni of E. Drul ey, Russell J . Chance, and L endell D. the state lin ed up to take a more active interest Crowell. The first three of these have sta rted in things perta ining to co llege and fra ternity. off their ac ti vity li st by making the J urdue Ba~d . Brother Peterson of Pierson, F la., also was here. "D oc" Crowell is lining himself for the varsttY

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track team. Chance an upperclassman was busi­ness manager and editor of the P urdue Hand Book.

NEWS FROM ALPHA EPSILON

By J. M. PT\ARCT\

F OO'I'B A I L occupies the major attention at th e Lr ni vers ity of Florida as the Fall term

gets un de r way. Sixty F reshmen have reported for workouts and many new asp irants have shown up with the Varsity. New steel bleachers that wi ll seat several thousand sr)ectato rs arc b . . .:ltlg rap1dly assembl ed and the new sodded l:e]cJ i in fine hape.

Pour of our chapter were with brother P i l(apps a t the R 0. T. C. camp at A nniston, A la. . Last spring we didn't see a new house in

~' J ew but in two weeks we moved into a new 1011le on U nive rsity avenue just one Jot from the campus entrance. A reception room extends ~cross the front with a la rge homelike fireplace ~ 11 the center. The terraces in front and bricked-111 side porch a re di stinctive features. In the ~eparate li ving quarters a re two baths and ten :edrooms furnished uniformly with twin beds or twenty.

11rother Gerry Adams was transferred to Cornel.!. \Ve hate to lose him but trust that he IViiJ make g reat friends at P. i.

Brother J. C. Babson is with the Sanford Light and Power Company.

Drother H. E. Behrens is with the Kennedy

Construction Company at A von Park, F la. Brother J. C. Byrd is having fine success

with Maxwel Daxter Jaw firm of Fort Lauder­

dale, Fla. Brother B. L. Eddy was with the 4th Corps

area rifl e team at Camp P erry O hio until Octo­

ber first. l\ lany new buildings a re goi'ng up on and near

the campus. The new admini strat ion building is being rushed to compl etion. The new L ibra ry is well started. ~ A E and IT K A have new houses near the campus, the former is ad jacent to the n K <l>'s new home.

1eophyte Lewi s is with a law firm at \Vest Pa lm Beach .

Brother Nort on represents IT K <l> on the Var­sity Footba l.l team at guard and five neophytes a re out for freshman football.

Brother Carpenter toured th e \Vest v isiting California, VVashington, a nd other places of in­terest.

Our neophytes a re: Bi ll y A llen, Palatka; Geo. Currie, Palatka; Kirk M ullin s, Crescent City; J rother Renfroe, Lake City; F rank Thrower, Q uincy; N. Ed Bridges, O rlando; Chas. Crozier, Clearmont ; Brother Melson, Jacksonville; 1-Til ­iarcl M alpas, Sanford ; M a rsha.JJ Meadows, she­vill e. N. C., and A lton C. Goode, Orlando.

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SIM ON F O GA RT Y, JR. L . HARRY 1\UX SO N

A N DREW A. KR O I,;G, JR. ( D eceased )

SUPREME CHAPTER

Supreme Archon George D. Dri ver , I 309 T elephon e Rld g .. ............ Omaha, Ne br.

Supreme Secretary George ~ 1. Gra nt, F olmar Huildin g .............................. Troy, Ala .

Supreme Treasurer William F oga rt y, 90 Broad S treet ..................... Charl es ton, S. C.

Supreme Alumni Secretary Paul W a lker ........ ..... .... ....... .. ..... .. ............. ......... (;rcenup , Ill.

Editor, The Star and Lamp Ri c ha rd L. Youn g, 2 Ashl and Ave nue, M id wood Ma nor,

Cha rl otte, N. C.

Executive Secretary Ceo. E. Sheet z, II Excha nge Ba nk Buildin g ..... Charl eston, S. C.

CHAPTER INSPECTORS

First District K . C, L a uter, 2640 K enmore Place .................... Brookl yn, N. Y .

Second District Dr. A. P. W age ner , R oan oke Coll ege ............................ Sal em, V a .

Third District j . Ralph R one, 3 Colonia l A venu e ..................... Charl otte, N. C.

Fourth District II ampt nn Mi xson , 2 17-1 9 Eas ty llay ...................... Cha rl es ton, S. C.

Fifth District ,1. A. M cCla in , Jr., D ept. of Law, O ffi ce o.f Sec'y Mercer U ni.

~lacon , Ga. Sixth District

George B . Eve rso n ......... . ............................... ............ Palatka , Fla.

Seventh District T. E. Buntin ................................................................... D oth an, Ala.

Eighth District C lancy F. Latha m, 120 1 H iberni a l31d g .......... New O rl ea ns, L a.

Ninth District Wade S. Bolt .............................................................. Otterbe in, Inc.l.

Tenth District V. R. Flemin g , 306 North State Street.. .............. Champai gn, Til.

Eleventh District R a lph E. A nd erson, 919-920 Termina l Bldg .. ...... .. Lincoln, N ebr.

Twelfth District } . R . Robinson, U niv er s ity H ospital.. ........ Oklahoma Cit y, Okla.

Thirteenth District F e rl ys W . Thomas , Ri ver s ide Company ................ M oreno, Calif.

Fourteenth District W a lt er R. J ones , 703 4 Sycamore Avenu e ................ Sea ttl e, W ash.

UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS

Alpha Coll ege of Charl eston ............................................ Charl eston , S . C.

Beta South Carolina Presbyteria n Coll ege ....................... Clinton, S. C.

Gamma U ni ve rs ity of Ca liforni a, 26 14 Dwight W ay ........ Berkeley, Calif.

Epsilon D avid so n Co ll ege ........ , ........................... .... .. ............ D avidson, N. C.

Zeta Woff ord Coll ege .............. Spar ta nbur g, S. C.

Eta G•· Emo ry U ni ve rs it y ......... ... .................. ........... E mory U nivers it y,

Iota {;a-Geor g ia Schoo l o r T echn o logy, 17 Eas t S ix th St ....... Atl anta.

U niv ers ity o f Kappa

Nor th Ca ro lin a ........................... Ch:t pe l Ifill, N. C.

U ni ve rs ity o f Lamb~a .. Ath ens, G•· Geo rg ia, 158 Daughert y ~ t. ........... ... .

Mu Trini ty Coll ege ................................................ . ... Durh am, N.C.

Nu U ni ve rs ity of Ne bras ka, 1548 H Street .... .. .... Lincoln, Nc\J r.

Hoa noke Co ll ege ........................ X.i ...................................... Salent , I '"·

Omicron . . Jll•· U nive rs ity o f Al a bam a .......... ................ .................. U nJ vcrs lty,

Pi . G•· O g leth orp e U ni vers ity ........................ Ogleth orp e U niverSi ty,

Rho VV as hin g to n and .Lee U nive rs ity, 54 Wa shin g to n S treet, \':t-

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Tau l' ·,,I e•'gh. N. C. North Caroli,·a S tate Coll ege ................. .. .... W est _,

U nivers ity of Illinois , l 06 lc~~:i~~ee n Stree t ...... Champaign, Ti l.

U ni vers ity of Tul sa ................ ~~i ................................ : rul sa, Okl•·

Chi J ohn B. Ste tso n Uni ver si ty ............ .......................... D e Land . fl•·

Psi Y Co rn ell U nivers it y, 301 Edd y Street ............. ........... Ithaca, N. ·

Omega [ 1d Purdue U ni ve rsity, 128 Wiggins S t ............ W est L aF ayette,

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Alpha-Alpha G•· M erce r U ni ve rs ity ................ .................. ................. .. .... 1\llacon,

~_rul an e U ni ve rs ity ------~~~-~-~-~~~~~-- -··· · ·········New Orl ea ns, t_.:t .

Alpha-Gamma Okl•· U nive rs ity o f Okl aho ma, 532 B o ul ev;a rd ............... Norm an,

Alpha-Delta w ash· Univer sity o f Washin gton, 52 12 18th Ave ............. Sea ttl c,

, . Alpha-Epsilon . t svill c, Jl\a· U nivers ity o f l' Ianda, U m vers tty Avc nuc ............ Ga n

ALUMNI CHAPTERS

Atlanta, Georgia A1·chon : Chester R eeves, 17 Eas t S ix th Street

Shreveport Louisiana 11y

A rchon : W. A. P ea vy, P eavy- Byrnes Lumber Co111P"

Spartanburg, South Carolina Archon: Paul C. Thomas, Spa rta Mill s

Roanoke, Virg inia A rchon : R. R. Ru sh, 608 Windsor A venu e

Archon : New York City, New York 1 "

K. C. L auter, 264 0 K enm ore Pl ace, Brook Y

Los Angeles, California c Archon : L es ter Erickson, 864 North Orange Grove /C\ v,a~ i1f~r;lin

P asad ena, Greenville, South Carolina

A rc hon: L . D. D odson, 509 W . W ashin g ton St ree t

A rchon: Chicago, Illinois

Carl Kit·k, 4708 D rexel Bl vd.

Archon: Bris tol, Tenn.-Va.

J, F. Fletcher, l 011 South 16th S treet

Omaha, Nebraska A rchon: C. H. Collins, 2505 D ewey Avenue

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