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Official National Publication of the Fraternity
Ely Re-ele'cted W. G_. A. Annual Chapter Inspection. ProfessionalInter-fraternity Conference. Grand Council to Be Archi Board.
Prize for Best Sweetheart Song.
ALPHA RHO CHI'S FOURTEE'NT'H CONVENTION ·WASA HUGE SUCCESS DUE TO ANDRONICUS
CHAPTER:AND CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE
Volume X
W.G.A.
Dwight Paltper Ely, Oem. '17, who w'asre-elected to serve asW.G. A.. forthe, third, tim,e'.
MASTER ARCHITECTSENDS GREEETING
Alpha Rho Chi FraternitySecretary Andronicus ChapterLos Angeles,: CaL ,"
Please cornmt1nicate the following message to the Convention. I send mvmost cordial greetiings to the Andron{cus Chapter and to all the brethren ofthe Alpha Rho Chi with congratulationsfor the success of the society and allgood wishes for the future. I have greatfaith in the po\ver for good of the soci~
ety and its jnfluence for the right forclean living, high thinking, and seriousearnest pwork. I~et our society upholdthe highest sta,ndards of the great artof architecture and of personal and prof.essional character. I wish I could bewith you. CASS GILBERT,
- l\1aster Architect
N-EW SEALS NOW IN USE'-:'On page 01,te: in the upper left --hand
corner you will find the greatse-al of _the Fraternity now in use by the 'GrandCouncn. In upper right hand cor,ner isthe Chapter seal recommended: ;to' :b-eused by the Chapters. Official design1nay be obta.ined upon application to, theG. c; on~y.
,FEBR1J~RY 15, 1929
The Fourteenth Annual Conventionof Alpha Rho Chi has no\v been recorded in the archives of the fraternity.Delegates from nine of the ten chaptersmet as guests of the Andronicusandl-/os Angeles Alun1ni Chapters; at theStudent lJnion Building, University ofSouthern California, Los Angeles, Califqrnia, Dec. 29th and 31st, 1928. Theconvention vvas called to order proluptlyat 9 o'clock by W. G. A., Bro. DwightP. Ely, Columbus.
Carl Denney, Andr. '29, was electedpresident of the conventioin, and TOlnShive, Andr. '31, convention secretary.Routine business was disposed of quickly, and Brother Ely submitted the GrandCouncil's report to the convention. Thetransactions .oJ the. Gr,and_ Council sincethe-13t.h Convention -have -been as fol-lovvs: 'fhe attendance at the preliminaryorganization of the Professional Interfraternity Conference on 1\1arch 2-3.1928, Bro. Ely representing the frater~nity; Ineeting of the Grand Council atColumbus, May 25., 1928, the ,publicationof the Fraternity Handbook and variousnew standard forms novv in use; BrotherPhillips, Anth. '23, representing thefraternity, attended at New York N-ov.30, 1928, a second meeting of the Professional Interfraternity Conference.
The Worthy Grand Estil11ator's reportsho'iVed the following chapters not ingood standing: Demetrios, $306.81; andPolyklitos, $145.07..
Report On Last Year's Petitions-N 0 petitions for nevv chapter.s are at
hand at present. The repdrt of theGrand Coucil on the subjecf of expansion is as follows: Bro. Ely visitedGeorgia Tech on January 4, 1928. TheGeorgia Tech Architectural Society iRcomposed largely6fstudents affiliateawith gene,~al, fraterniti<:s, ,', -h-~l<is its\veekly meetings on Sunday, afternoons.and is definitely opposed,-to mainte;nanceof 'a, chapter .house.-Under ·these Cil~"cumstances -the..~Crand ' Council. thoughtit best to -tollow the- policy laid down bythe 13£h-- Convention, a;nd therefore returned- the petition without action. ,
Bro. Christen~ Anth. '18, visitedNorthCarolina State College in the Spring of192.8, ai-id --rep-orted favora.l?:Iy:: on the
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Delta Alpha Sigma fraternity whichpetitioned the 13th C'onvention. Sincethat time, however, letters and telegramshave received no answer. Bro. Christe:n's severe illness during this Fall hasprevented him re;..visiting the college,but he will probably do sO during the.coming spring.
No dir:ect word has been receivedfrorn the Triangle Club at ClevelandSchool of Architecture since the 13thConventioin. Letters from G. C. toCleveland Alumni on the subject remainunanswered. .
Yale University as a prospect has beenpushed several years by our alulnni atYale, Harvard, and New York City4Bro. Cass Gilbert has given the luatterhis support and is influencing the headof the department of architecture in ourbehalf. The "n1atter has .TIot reached anydefinite conclusio:n, however.
Bro. Annis, \V. G. S., is working on aproposition at University of Washington.JoinsProfessional Interfraternity Con-'
ferenceThe motion that Alpha Rho Chi join'
th.e Professional Interfraternity COl1'-'ference unamilnously passed.
The interim committee on SLllnmerSketch Competit1on reported for Mnesicles c~apter,that effQrts to carryonthis con1petition have been unsuccessful.
Under the head 0-£ nevv business themotion "vas carried that the'G.-, C.'beelnpowered to establish a sister pin inthe form of a minature badge.
Bro. Ely reported that a new .GreatSeal has been' designed and is now inuse by the Grand Council. There was'considerable discussion regarding h,eraldie inconsistencies of the present :arlTls.The opposition con~tended that a <;h~nge
in the p-resent arms would put much,9fthe jeweI'ry in the obsolete clas? fina:1-,ly, a committee was appointed -:t9' re,~
port to the 15th Convention on: thesubject of a revised coat of anus. Bros.King and Ronan (bern. -Honorary) wereselected as the committee to investigah~
and submit their findings to the GrandCouncil before the next convention.
Bro. Ely' reported that unifonn engraved stationery for use of th,e chapters
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vyould soon be available. '[his stationery will: have the fraternity crest and ~ill
be furnished at cost to all the actIvechapters upon application to the GrandCouncil.
Revisions in By-Laws.l\JIinor revisions and additions to the
Constitution and By-Laws were' recommended by the Grand Coucil, and all"vere adopted- by the Convention, themost important ones being briefly asfollows:
'1'he \V. G. S. will no\v have supervision over all the aluIn'lli bodies.
Initiation will not be less than FortyFive Dollars ($45.00). It forInerly wasnot less than $25.00. All honorary lnen1"bel's Inust novv pay Fifteen l)ollars($15.00) for "an i'l1dividual certificate of111eulbership and for a life subcsriptionto The /irchi.
'I'he Alull1niBuilding Funds should bekept by the Chapter's recognized AlumniAssociation and kept as a separate account to be deposited to draw interestand u'sed only for the purchase, buildingor ren10deling of a chapter house. Incase a chapter does not have a recognized Ahllnni Association, a cOll1mitteeconsisting of tvvo alumni Inelnbers,selected by the active chapter, and theWorthy Clerk shall have charge of thisfund.
I-Iereafter the Grand Counci shall bethe i\rchi Board and publish The ~l1"chi.
'1'hey shall select ea'ch year (ending July1st) an Editor :1nd Publication Manager.'I'he VV. G. E. will be the Business Manager of The Archi, and all life subscriptions should be sent direct -to hin1.
Hereafter Associate members will beeligible to alu111ni mernbership by chapter vote only after the cOll1pletionofthree years of academic "york in the DepartIn~nt of Architecture, and not then'until three years have elapsed after their"vithdravval. 'I'here is no difference inrights or priviledges of either ll1ell1bership in the Inaj ority of chapters, and thisrl1eans that a man upon graduating isreally entitled to a little higher title thanthe 11lan \ivho quits school ill1111ediatelyafter initiation.
.Annual Chapter InspectionThe convention continued with ne\v
business and a general discussion f01lo\ved regardin g Standard', Bookkeepin gSystenl for all Chapters. Bro. A. I),Baker, And. Ex. '24, was appointed as apernla'nent conlmittee to investigate andreport his findings to the W. G. E.
Upon recomrneridation froln the GrandCOlIncil, the convention voted the au-thotiZation of an annual irispection ofchapters under the auspices o,f the GrandCounciL The expenses of ,inspectingrnenlber to be dra\v~n: from the -generalfraternity funds: The G.; C. plans forthe dpresel1tto have ,each of its -membersinspect the:,chap.ters," ne'arest to hisper--'InanentJocation; We ,feel that this is'one 'of the 'high poinfs -of thedFourt"eenth'COlt\;e:ntiori, as it :isjust one- step 'nearerto the day <\vhen Alpha Rho, Chi \vill bein a pOsition fi-na:ncially: to hire- a fulltime traVel-ing· Secreta,ry.'
THE ARC1-I1
Permanent Meeting Place Vetoed'[he .l\JInesicles delegate reported that
his chapter favored a perman~,nt nleetingplace. 1'he opinion of the convention"vas unfavorable to this because they allfelt that the extra expense Incurred atcertain intervals 1110re than paid for itself by the benefit the entertainingchapters received from having the con-
-vention at their house and 'LJ niversity.Also the annual meeting.. at., sQme largerCIty \vhere \ve do not, have a chapterlocated \vould mean the dispensing vviththe ritual work as has been the annualCUStOIl1 at each convention. This convention will cost the active men1bers approxilnately Twelve Dollars each, vvhichIS 'fwo Dollars per lllell1ber under theestilllate set for the California trip. The'l'exas· convention, which ranks next intotal ll1ilage necessary for delegates totravel, cost Nine Dollars per active, theaverage being about Seven Dollars.\tVith the ten chapters, it will mean thatit will be at least eight years before itwill be Dinocrates' or' Andronicus' turnto be hosts again. rrherefore we donot see how a central Ineeting placecould cost less than Seven Dollars percapita per year over a period of eightyears, due to the geographical 10catio!1of our present chapter s.
Prize Offered for Best Sweetheart SongBro. Dwight P. Ely, Dem. '17, no.-w
serving his second tenn as W. G. ,A.,\ivas xe-elected vVorthy Grand Architectby acclall1ation for the next three yearsstarting July 1, 1929.
The. conve'ntion moved that the reportand recoll1mendations of Brother Phillips, Grand Lecturer, on a FraternitySong Book be accepted. The reportspecified that a ten1porary loose-leafsong book be assell1bled at once, andthat each active chapter should send insheets consisting of vvords and music ofits o\vn songs.' These should be blueline. prints of standard 8~" x II" size,and the cost is to be borne by the individual chapters.
Each active chapter in the futureshould require each initiation class topresent one original Fraternity song ofa serious nature before its initiation. i\PRIZE OF $10.00 WILL BE AWf\RDJ:--:D FOR THE BEST "S\i\TEETHEART" SONG C01,1POSED BEFORE MAY 15, 1929, THE JURY TOBE, ANNOUNCED BEFORE THATDA]'E; SEND ALL SONGS FORLOOSE-I~EAF BOOK AND YOUR"S\VEETHEART" SONG TO BH,O.A.S. PHILLIPS, ,63 \lV~ 88th ST., N'E\i\TYORK CrT,Y; BEFORE ~fAY 15, 1929.
A P X Schola.rship MedalsThe- \VorthyGiand Scribe was em-
powered to investigate and take suchaction as he may deem advisable regardingthe furni'shingof yearly medals inthe name of, the Fraternitv in all thi~
recognized schools of Atchitecture inthe United - States,ihesemedals to bea\varded fOl:',excellence in the supportof the deparfments of Architecture as\-vell as schQlarshi'p~:
In view of assembling an accurateFraternity History, \vhich \\"ill be printed and bound, this Convention authorized the two parent chapters, _-\nthemiosand Iktinos, to provide material for ahistory and subInit it to the Grand Council before the next convention.
Jubilee Co'nvention at Illinios ...-..In closing, telee-rams were read fronl
Bro. Cass Gilbert, M. A.; Bro. Parr, \V.G. E.; and Bro. Tousley, Archi Editor.Brother Tousley's teleg'ram containedthe ne\vs of his resignation as Editor ofThe Ai'chi-due to the increase' in his 15. 0fessional activities the last several years.
1'he Anthemios Chapter invited the15th Convention to Champaign, and \va~
accepted as the host for the JubileeConvention.
NEW YORK ALUMNICHAPTER GRANTED
The New York Alulnni Chapter "vasrecognized on Jan. 1, 1929, by reason ofa petition, submitted to the Grand Council, containing 32 tlames of ~-\.lpha RhoChi tnembers, Brother Cass Gilbert,lVIaster Architect, heading the list. Bro.A. S. Phillips is Alull1ni _\rchitect, andBrother Charles R. Sutton is A..lunlniScribe. Brother Arthur Pickett maintains the directory of the ~ e"v YorkAlpha Rho Chi A.lun1ni Chapter mell1bers in his office at 220 Gravbar build-Ing, New York City. .
The Mail BoxBy Horace W. Tousley
Do"vn at Oklahoma A. & 11., \-vherethe)" are missing the ne"v W. G. S., \vehear from Donald ,A. Hamilton, 'Poly.'27, \vho is e~ntering his second year 3.S
a rnember of the faculty of the architectural departnlent. "B·oth myself andfan1ily like it very much here and theboys at the A P X house (Theron) makeus feel at hOlne." His family consistsof his \:vife (nee Grace Lysinger) andtheir daughter l\1arilyn born Jan. 8, 1923.
Hamilton Succeeds AnnisBrother Haluiltori, in a "vay, has as
varied a career as the present \"1. G. S.Born in Seattle June 21, 1893, he livedin the \vest for a time, graduating fromthe Spokane high school in 1913. Heentered the University of Illinois in 1913transferring to Carnegie Institute orTechnology in 19J6. He left for servicein 1917 finally to return and obtain hisdegree from Tech. in 1927.
1\1iss Judith Andrews arrived in thehome of Bro. _ and Mrs.- David E.,Andrews, Jr.,on A.pril 2, 1928. -Congratulations of his brothers of Kallikrates are due him. Dave left the U. ofVa. ,in 1926, a member of the E'x '27 class;1\1rs. Andrews, J r., was Lesa 1\1almquistuntil June 11, 1927. Brother Andrewsis manager of the Bridgewater (:NIass.)Brick Co.
From out of the west, Portland, Ore,gon, to be exact, comes word frorri Edga'rI. 'Kbbel', An fh~ Ex <'18~--wh6 Hi s n ow-"s-fo-ie---
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designer and Inerchandising engIneer forthe Grahd Rapids Store EquiplnentCorp. (successor to the G. R. ShowC'ase Co.,) operating out of the PacificCoast Plant. Ed and his wife (Helen:NIcChesney, June 14, 1921) have twoyoungsters, Ch,arles and 1farcia.
Tousley Gets "Orders to MoveWell, ,ve got that far ,vith copy for
the N ovetnber issue of The Archi, theMail Box was elnpty, no chapter newshad arrived yet when the boss did.. fIechecked over the job we have beennursing along for the last 27 months andasked, "How soo:n can you lllove?"
The long and the short of it was thatwe laid everything aside that lookedlike The A rchi and set sail the follovvingmorning, and drove up here to Dixon,111., spent some little time looking for ahouse nad found it at 514 E. Chalnberlain, St., and then returned to Alton toaid our much better half in packing therest of our belongings (and how theydo accumulate) and lllade a date witha truck line.
The Latch String is OutWe called up the A P X folks in St.
Louis and advised theln of our departurefrolll the 49th state and said good by,inviting them to drop in on us at Dixon.Incidentally that applies to any of thebrethren. Dixon is at the junction ofIllinois routes 2 and 6 (or to put it inother words US 51 and US 30 which isthe Lincoln Highway), 104 Iniles westof Chicago.
The St. LDuis Twins did manage toget up the night before we loaded thevan and the coach. Twenty-four hoursafter the truck left Alton it arrived atDixon, 28~ lniles away. After a fe,,'\}days getting partly settled we left forthe office at Urbana to catch up on thehistory of the new job, a" high schoolthen under way, for about six 'iVeeks.
Enroute to the office we dropped' thewife and small son off at Joliet with relatives and proceeded. 'We arrived inChaIllpaign-l]rbana on the' eve of theH,olnecomirig ganlc and ,the,n:waslittlechance to talk business that night. orSaturdav lnorning.Wedid however see1'.]. (Duke) Strong, Anth; '17, former\V~.G. E., who by the way. is, in theoffice (Royer, Danely& Smith),Urbana)most of the tinle nO\iV handling among?ther things most of the specifications,Job correspondence and sonle inspectiontrips.
We Insp,ect New HouseIn the office we also fonnd Burr Pat
terson, (lV[arvin. A.nth. Ex'28) ,vho isdoing, real <:reditable, drafting for thefirm. Burris liy-ing at the hou'seand sodid your . editor during the 'ten- days· orso he \-vas in the office., ~ " , -
'T\-v'as a realpleastire ,to see the newAnt~eI11;ios' house, true t4,e'rewerema'nyrough spots, unfinished -terrace, and wha1"not: 'But the place was' livable and·h0ll:lelike :and {he. rough spots '"willwe-aroff: :0.1(.' The'locatlon -is fine'"downSouth Fiist in C~anlpaign' only a coupleof blocks from, the stadium~
Of C9urse\ve c~nno~ ..relat~ sOtpe.t1}ing.
FRATERNITYBy the Old Tin1er
~4 glimpse of a collegiate "LV'aistcoat 'lvith its badges and keys sotneti11'z,es tnoves the O. T. to wonder'll()hich one of the societies represented thereby is reall'J' the 'l('earer)'sfraternity) the rel1tainder being justother organizations.
The "Loord "fraterll.it)I)) 1~tself seeJ11<Sto signify brotherhood) a ver)' closebond to be obtaiJ'ted hardly bJ' occasional contact bu,t by every-day association in a joint systel'n of living.
College fraternities are generallycatalogued as general)' professionaland honorary; yet) some generalfraternities lin1,it their 1ne7nbership'm·ore closely than the professionalfraternities and 111any so-cafled pro~
fessionaL fratcrJ/tities seenl to theOld Ti111er to be little 'Jnore thanprofess1'onal clubs or societies.
/llpha Rho Chi 'z:s above all a fraternit},) f"LJen though lintited in 1nembreship. It is Not aFt extra-fraternit,vorganization in 'zuhich frL;ternalis1;zis secondary to professionalis111 orsocial activity. It is no t honorary.
It is rather an association of 711e1:thaving cOm1tlOn ainls a'nd inspirations 'luho feel that they can enio)1thereby a closer bond of brotherhood and identity 'luhich goes to11take a true fraternit)l.
((Hand graslJing brother)s hand)) isnot an e1Jtpt)' phrase.
about all. of the 30 and 1110rc Anthenliosbrothers vve ,saw at homecoming, butthe r e vverca nu IT1 be r whorn we h a c1never 111et, we were glad to do so andthen too the \vives of SOlne. In the lat-·ter classificatiorl were the LorenzrSchmidts and Squeek Hartwells ofvVichita. ()f course we saw Mrs. DukeStrong again.
Boys',TellsUs News\Ve J11Ct So\;Vhittt~n's good \-viEe for
the fjrst till1e_ and)ikcvvise Mrs. JamesPurcell of C1:Jic(-~go.\Ve ,saw the gan1cwith Jin1 and his boss. Fronl Chi alsocanle 20 Cerling fr,om\VhOlllwe learnedcd the arrival of Bruce Albert Sept. 12,1928. M'rs.Cerli'ng \vas lVIary ElizabetbSparkebefore her nlarriagetoFredo"lph.Then: is also a little claug-hter, Joanl\t[arcla,who will be two in April.
11'roll1 Clen Costello we learned thatGib C;uiney ,vas in l\/Iaple\voo:d,N. T.Rueb Pfeiffer was inI.. ebanon, Ind., ,viiht he,UlenSecuriti~s folks. lVIet BobBryan for" the : first tilneand before hesaid .good-by he slipI{edus ten for hisLife Subscription. Bob at the time ,vas'floatingbetwee,n jobs' for the' Stone &\Veb~terpeople.
Cas Garnes, Our IndianapQlis information, man,advisedthat ,Flea Hougen hadr.etu~ned to LaCrosse, Wis., to enter thehfe I?SUrante gam,e. Tirn Hall, vv'ho is1,11r!-rned a~ain and is happy at Jackson,MISS., a,dvised that he understood ,that
there was a wee babe in the Eg Spencerhome, how about it, Spence?
Bert Thorud IntroducesAmong the fellows we met for the,
first tinle was Ed Lerch, who is withthe United Railways at Rock Island.Ed Was an old acquaintance hovveverthru the postoffice. Johnnie Doak \iVe
met on Sunday morning for the firsttinle, he is with English Bros. on thecall1pus work.
Bob Iv1itchell we met again, delegate~
to the Charlottesville convention will remember him. Robert is novV with Hall l
Lawrence & Ratcliff of Chicago, working under Ralph Hammett, 1Vlnesicles.Of recent classes we saw also John F.English, \vho is ,vith Ihner of 51. Louis,and Kinkaid who reported he was associated with Bartholemew of the saInecity.
Bert Thorud almost knocked us flatwhen he introduced his wife to us.The old batch had failed to report theglad tidings so we were rather taken bysuprise. Hazel 1\!Ioore was the narneand 6-19-28 vvas the day. Bert by theway is sharing offices ,vith Geo. F.Keck.
Lacey Leaves The BoardsFronl Liz Field we learned that Paul
Wicklund, 1\!Inesicles, had returned tothe Windy City- after inspecting SOlllequantity of marble in f process downsouth for the Chicago State bank job.
Ken Lacey was among those presentand advised that he had left the stageand vvas contemplating settling downfor a change. He is headquartering inGary, Ind., and sees Joe Wildernluthconsidet-able. .
A,nd so vve lnet them, SOlne of the oldfriends and brothers and sonle ne,iV.I t was a great time, perhaps the largestcrowd that had' ever returned at oiletilne, they wanted to see the new house.,rrwas vvell worth the trip, too and allseemed \iVell satisfied. As Ed SteubeIlrach of Sheboygan expressed it, "thegang has a house to be proud of."
Back To Mail BoxBut all good,tirnes lllUSt end, by Sun
clay night the gang had all cleared outfor their respective places of abode, except the writer who enjoyed the fello'Vvship of the Anthemios activities forsonle ten days, going back and forth towork with Brother Patterson.
After that we returned to Dixon viaJoliet and plunged into a whirl ofactivity on the job, relieving our pinchhitter. Good weather conditions perIllitted steady 'work right up to Christ~
nlas and in the whirl were shop dra\v::ings and what " : not, plus ',fltl' andThanksgiving and Christrnas and all,
In all this The Archi had to take a~ack ?eat and the mail box got to' bulgIng nght pert smart. Conditions werestich th~t we were unable to get to theco~ven~lo'n, but there was this compensatIon It cut the cost of the conventionfor the active boys anyway. So here isthe November issue, late. The ,~V. ' G.A. will have to tell the story of the convention in the]anuary issue.
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THE GRAND COUNCIL
THE FRATERNITY DIRECTORYChapters and Associations I-Jisted in Order of Charter Grants
S UBS'CRIPTIONSLife subscription ten dollars. Annual subscription h\TO dollars
per year in advance.
THE ACTIVE CHAPTERSAnthemios Chapter House, 1108 So. First St., Champaign, Ill.;
J. Elof LindstrOll1, VV. A.; Eldon H. Lusk, VV. S.Iktinos Chapter House, 608 E. Madison Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich.;
Harper Fovvley, "''''. A.; Jack vVilliams, VV. S.Demetrios Chapter House, 1919 Indianola Ave., Columbus, Ohio;
vVm. R. King, W. A.; Chas. R. Keller. Y\T. S.Mnesicles Chapter House, 315 19th Ave. S. E., Minneapolis, lVIinn.;
Dudley C. Bayliss, Y\T..A.; \lV1n. Doneghy, \V. S.I{allikrates Chapter (no house), Dept. of .A.rcht., University. Va.;
Neil D. Gilfoyle, v\!. A., Raleigh Court Apts.; L. E. Nuckols,W. S.
A.ndronicus Chapter House, 2679 lVlenlo Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.;Harry L. Jan1es, W. A.; Robert E. Peterson. W. S.
Paeonios Cha,pter House, 1020 Houston St.. Manhattan, Kan.;Leslie 'iVilkie, W. A.; H. H. Gregory, W. S.
Dinocrates Chapter House, 705 W. 24th St., Austin, Texas: ClinChas. A. lVIillhouse, VV. A.; Janles Hamn10nd, W. S.
Polyklitos Chapter (no house), J. .A. McGrath. W. A.; CarlAllendorf, W. S., 5601 Wilkins Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Theron Chapter House, 524 IIester St., Stillwater, Okla.; CarlVotaw, \V. A.; Louis Williams, 'iv. S.
THE ALUl\,fNI C'HAPTERSDetroit. San1uel L. Holn1es, A. A., 1137 Putnam Ave.; J. J.
Zimlnernlan. A. S .. 61 Blaine Ave.Chicago, Directory with Geo. L. Lindeberg, 30 No. La Salle S1.;
S. L. Tesone, A. A., 7433 N. Seeley Ave.; David A. Kendall,A.. S., Chicago.
Minnesota, functions V\Tith the l\1nesicles Alumni j-\..ssociation andhas the same officers. See below.
Colulnbus, functions with the Delnetrios Alumni ....-\.ssociation andhas the same officers. See below.
Los Angeles, Rowland Crawford, A. A., 2371 Portland St., LosAngeles; Lionel Ba.nks, A. S., 1336 VV. 55th St.
Indiana/polis. Lot H. Green, A. A .. 641 'V. 31st St.; HOvvard S.Garns. A. S.. 106 De Quincy St.
Texas, l\tIalcolm G. Sirnons, A. A., 601 Builders Exchange,San Antonio, Texas.
Nevv York, .A. S. Phillips, A. ,A., G3 W. 88th St.. Chas. R. Sutton,A. S.
THE ALU1\!lNI ASSOCIA.TIONSMnesicles, Frank S. ~loorman, Pres., 728 Goodrich .A..ve., St. Paul,
J.\iIinn.; Ch8ster.T. Dock, Treas.. lVlaryland Hotel, Minneapolis.r\.nthen1ios, Arthur E. Benson, Pres., 5153 N. Clark St.,; Bert M.
Thorud, Treas., fH2 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago.Demetrios, John F. Kennedy, Pres., 190 14th .A.ve., Columbus;
gfflo E. Eggert, Secy., 198 PaC€ln'ent Road VV .. Colulnbus.Theron. 436 W. 12th St.. Oklahol11a City. Okla., Hugh 'iV. Brown,
Jr., Pres.; Harold Flood, Sec'y.• and Earl F. Holyfield, Treas.
Feb. 15, 1929
THE ...4.RCHI STAFFEfflo E. Eggert Managing Editor
198 Pacemont Rd., vVest, Columbus. O.Harold L. Parr, vV. G. E. Business Manager
327 S. vVashington Ave., Saginaw, Mich.Frank S. Moorll1an Circulation Manager_
728 Goodrich A.ve.. St. Paul, Minn.
Published Six l.."imes ])uring the College Year ByTHE ALPHA RHO CHI ARCHITECTURAL FRATERNITY
,Entered ar; second class Inail rna,tter October 23~ 1923. at thepost office at St. Paul, Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Jl-I[ =AQCl-I ]fi or ALPUA QUO CI-Il i1
Vol. X, No.3
vVorthy Grand Architect Dwight Palmer ElyROL! Buckeye Bldg., Colun1bus, Ohio
vVorthy Grand Scribe 'Verne L. AnnisBox H4, U. of So. Calif., Los ..A.ngeles, Calif.
Worthy Grand Estilnator Harold L. Parr327 S. vVashington Ave.; Saginaw, Mich.
Grand Lecturer Andrevv S. Phillips63 vv. 88th St., New York City.
THE CONVENTION AS SEEN'rHRU ROSE-COLORE,D
GLASSESAndronicus Chapter was the host to
the 14th Annual Convention and theysurely did live up to the full meaning ofthat -vvord. I t is going to be prettyhard for Anthenlios to conlpete with thelayout Andronicus had for the Convention.
The delegates began arrivi-ng by various rOlltes as early as December 24t11.Brother Fowley, Iktinos delegate, pulledone over on the boys and arrived aheadof the hosts. Next canle Brother Vo-ta,v from Theron who imn1ediately tookup l)is residence with Brother .A.nnis, W.G. S. Brother Millhouse,' Dinocratesdelegate \vas the next to arrive, followedclosely by Brothers King of Demetrios,Scribner of Kallikrates, Olmstead ofPaeonios, 1\!Ielkus of l\,fnesicles, and lastbut not least Brother Pickens fron1A.. nthenlios. "Pop" Ely, W~ G. A., arrived on Saturday morning, but he canbe excuseddwe suppose due to illness inhis family.. It Was the Night Before Convention
The time between arrivals and thetheater party Friday evening 'vvas spentin sight-seein g -mostly around LosAngeles and Hollvwood. This theaterparty was one of the high spots'of theConvention. The party was held at the\tTine Street Theater 'in Hollvvvood andthe tittle of the-- p~ay" was '.'Her Card-
board Lover," starring Ed\vard EverettHorton. SOl1le of the delegates, especially the "Three Musketeers" vvereof the unaninlous opinion that the felualelead was deserving of the stellar honors,but then after all their opinions were always hotly contested and perhaps theywere wrong. "Perhaps," we say!Nevertheless everyone thoroughly enjoyed thenlselves.
Formal Dinner DanceThe next morning at 9:00 the Con
vention \vas formally called to order atthe beautiful new Student Union Build·ing by W. G. A. Ely who exalnined thedelegates' credentials and found, all thechapters represented except Polyklitos.Brothers Carl Denney, Andronicus \V.A., -and Tom Shive, W. S., \vere electedConvention President and Secretary,respectively, and business was tackledvvith a vengance. At 12 o'clock meeti-ngvvas adjourned for lunch.
Convention was again called to orderat 1:30 and more business \vas dishedout to the delegates. Adjournment wasagreed upon early in order to preparefor the Formal Dinner Dance vvhich Viasheld that evening.
\¥e don't know where they managedto find so many beautiful girls "villing' totrust their luck on blind dates, but everyone\vas. supplied with a member of the"\veaker sex" and transported -to thebeautiful "West Point Beach Club" righton the ocean sand·s.- \Vords fail us \vhenwe try to. describe· the wonderful -setting,
music and entertainment. On one sideof the living room and hall thru theFrench doors could be heard the roar ofthe ocean \\raves pounding on the beach,and on the other side thru the windowscould be seen the open patio with its
i fountain and tiled floor and '''Ping-Pong''table. Suffice it to say that the guests,including the Andronicus actives~ pledgesand alumni, all had a most wonderfultilne and were very unwilling to nlakefor home when the "Holne Waltz" vvasplayed.
A Visit to the Famed "Mission Inn"Sunday lnorning early 3.11 the delegates
were piled into three waiting limousinesand started on an automobile trip thruthe country and towns adjoining LosAngeles. Thru orange groves loadedvvith ripe fruit we vvere driven to Riverside for luncheon at "The Mission 1nn/'an old Spanish type house, which hasbeen added to from time to til11e to accornmodate the increasing nurnber ofantiques of every description which the
I o\vner has collected from all parts ofthe \vorld. We \vere told that it hou~edthe largest private collection of antiquebells in the country. Lunch was served-in the open patio bv \Naitresses costumed
i in the Spanish mode, all the while softmusic could be heard, vvhicn \vas playedby a string trio. One could hardlv imagine anything- of its kind in the UnitedStates, it see~ed so much like the foreign Inns. After spending hours eatingthe delightful: food and exploring' the
THE ARCI--IT
ALPHA .RHO CHI A'T LOS ANGELES.FOURTE,ENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
Reading from left to right: Top row, Andro:nicus Alumni; C'. A. Millhouse,Dinocrtaes; A. D. Baker, Andronicus .A.lumni; L. A. 1YIelkus, Mnesicles; W. A.ICing; Demetrios; H. L. James, Andronicus; T. I-I. Shive, Andronicus; G. A. Postle,Anthemios Alumni. BOtt0l11 ro,v, I-I. P. Fowley, Iktinos; Carl Votaw, 'Theron;R. vV. vVare, Iktinos Alumni; C. W. Denny, Andronicus; D. P. Ely, GrandCouncil; V. L. Annis, Theron Alumni; B. L. Pickens, Anthemios; L. Scribner,l(allikrates.
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to their native haunts and the partygradually dwindled till Brother Fowleywas the only one left Thursday morning.
And that, dear readers, is the storyof how eight "foreign" delegates metand conquered the 14th Annual Convention. Your unworthy correspondent"Spats" is novv signing off hoping to live.to be able to attend another session ofthat "August Tribunal" of A P X.
CONVENTIONALITIESby "Thelma"
.A.l11.ong other things, Californians arethe greatest entertainers in the world.
Bro. I(ing was disappointed to findthat his spats made little impression onHollvwood.
Br-others 1YIillhouse and Scribnuhfound the California climate a littlechilly but thoughtfully refrained frommentioning the matter.
The delegates feel very grateful tothe Pasadena Packard agency for an enjoyable ride.
'The only thing vvhich occurred to Inarthe dignified tone of the Convention ,vaswhen several of the delegates sa,iV <~le
phants, zebras and giraffes running 100. 'eon the streets of Hollywood on NevIYear's Eve.
A large class of pledges will be expected at Champaign next fall.
A voice rent the air. It was the voiceof a child. We listened intently. "1I1arna, n1ama, I'nl fru."
contents of the Inn, we "vere againloaded. into the cars and driven thru'more ora'nge groves, vineyard and thriving to\vns, touching on the ocean, wherewe saw the airplane carrier, Lexington,riding serenely at anchor. We reachedhome after dark, havi:ng covered alnlost200 miles of road' during the trip. Thepicturesque orange groves with ,sno"vcovered mountains in the distance shining in the sun, just can't be beaten forpure: beauty and color.
Stag B;anquetl\IIonday morning "vas spent cleaning
up the final business lnatters and theConvention was officially ad lourned at'noon, with everyone feeling t'hat resultshad really been forthcoming. The after··noon was used seeing nlore of the sightsof Hollywood and preparing for theFormal Stag Banquet which was heldthat night.
'The ba;nquet was presided over byBro. C;lrl Denney, Andr., Professor Clayton M. Baldwin, Andr. Honorary, wasthe principal speaker. Bro. Ely andeach' of the chapter d~legatesgave shorttalks. Bro. Win~' Mulley, '16, Demetriosfirst· \V. A:, was unable to attend convention sessions but was at this banqnet.After the banquet was ad lourned, everyone "vent home to bed immediately; itbeing, New Year's Eve? "
The Tournament· of RosesTuesday we were aroused bright and
early and 'taken to Pasadena to vif:w the-panide of "'The Tournament of Roses,"which 'Nas a 'very spectacular display
of flowers woven into almost unbelievable patterns' and .color c0l11bination~
decorating floats of every descriptionand size. Then in the afternoon "vewere hied to the Rose Bowl, also locatedat Pasadena, to witness the football encounter between Georgia Tech and theUniversity of California. Yes, \ve sa",,:Reigel run the wrong way for altllost atouchdown!!! 'But that was only onf'incident in the exciting game in whicbGeorgia came out on the long end ofthe score of 8-7. It "vas a great ganIcand such a crowd!!
A Trip to the Movie Studios\Vednesday morning was spent on a
trip through the "First National" IV[ovieStudios \iVhich was nlade possiblethrough Brother Patrick, Andronicur.;Alumni who is a draftslnan in the.Art department there. He personallyshowed us around the "lot" and gave usthe low-down on all the trick photography and other deceptions that arepracticed on the unsuspecting "fan." Weeven watched them "shoot"sOITIe scenesfor "The Man of the l\10ment", withBillie Dove; Rod La Rocque andG\venLee, and "The House Of Horrors" \vithLouise Fazenda in the cast. We're allfor you, Billie!! ~And how!- Hovleverthere were no casualties and everyonegot safely back to the chapter -housesaying to themselves as they rode, "N0\\7I can sure tell the boys back home hovvit's done."
By this time 'SOlne of the delegatesbegan thinking about having ~o return
THE CHAPTERSDEMETRIOS-OHIO STATE
Dutch Knowlton, Correspondent
rrhe winter quarter started January3rd with the return of the fellows fromChristmas vacation. Bro. Hannon returned after being out of school for onequarter. Carl Meinhardt is back inschool after working for "Dr." Omanlast fall. Jer'ry Beem started his lastquarter of school following several yearsof, off and on school work.
Dick King arrived home safely ,fromthe trip to the Convention, and surelyhad a big story to tell. We heardITIostly about the trip, and of the won··derful tilTIe he had in California vvithAndronicus Chapter. He let out that hereally did attend Convention.
On Monday night, Jan. 28th, throughthe courtesy of Bus Spencer, the activechaptei- of the aluDlni made an inspection of the new Doddington House,which was built as a showroom of architecture and millwork. D. P. Ely, W. G.A., and King gave the highlights of ·the .Convention.
Brothers Rice, LeFevre, and Stanleywere initiated into Tau Beta Pi lastquarter. Brother Stanley was also bidby Tau Sigma Delta. These fellowssurely have helped to bring the housescholastic recognition durii1g the year.
On Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22nd,the chapter \vill give the winter formalin the Spanish. room of the Deshler
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On top of the pile in the nlail box is adata blank from Forrest A. Gildersleeve,Ikt. '28,· who is draftin g for Claire Allen& Sons of Jackson,. Mich. Red Confesses that he married lv1iss·RuthIsbell.June 12 last. Congratulations old timer.
Frorn do,vn at Columbia, ~!fo., conlesword fronl Howard N. Haines, Mnes.'22, to the effect that he· has left theteaching of high school' youngsters andthat he has returned to architecture. Heis supervising a church building therefor the Missouri Methodist Foundationwhich was planned by the office headedby H. M. King, also l\!lnesicles, who isarchi tectural secretary for the 1vI. E.church, south, extension board.
Howard advises that he left l..,ouisvilleprior to the death of Stevv \Vright.The house of Haines now has two kiddies, both girls, Marilyn Jean, 3, andPatricia Ann, who will be a year old inApril. Mrs. Haines was Francis Palmer.
Stadelman, reports from Honolulu..Another chap who moved and whom
we finally located is Richard Stadelman,Andr. Ex '27, who is working for Davis& Co. of Honolulu, H. 1. Dick leftschool in 1925 and was married shortlythereafter to Doris Schlater. There isa snlall daughter Gloria who will bethree. in February.
Chas. l~. A lberdin g, Pae. Ex' '25, isno\v superintendent for ,E. RokalJr &Sons, l..,incoln, Neb., contractors. Dickadvises that he is-in vVichita,I(an., on anc\v tnillion dollar, hi'gn school \vhichshould be a good o'ne as it. was largelydesigned by L. W.Byers, Pae. '22.
When we heardfrolll- Stan Pedbiel-· niak, Ikt. Ex '29, he was looking for a
.lob and we trust that he has won oneer~ this as his returning to school de-'pended upon it. Brother Stan ley waschosen for l"ake Forest scholarship butcould not go. He advises that it is needless to relate that he is fortunately stillsingle under the conditions.
Kall Is Now in HoustonHarold I~. Peterson, Ikt. '27, is novv
living in Gary, Ind., and vvorldng inChicago for J as. C. Llewellyn Co., architects,- as a draftsDlan. Pete is still en··joying single blessedness (.?).
A really newsy comlTIunication appeared in the Mail Box froD1H. J.Lawrence, Kall, '25, recently. Heiniewrote as follows "I-leaded south aftergraduation, landing in Miami, Fla., madegood progress and finally located inbusiness vvith Ine as boss. In October,1925, I decided r was doing well enoughto take a wi.fe.
"I did, marrying Miss Helen BrQoks.Henders·onville, .N. _Co:.,. at .RockHill, S.C., Oct. 12, 1925 and retllfnedto Florida.'The next, year and a half I spentplug.cging, saving 'and indulging in' real.eso:tate 11ntil the big hur:ricC\n;e jn
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Sept. 1926.While: neither of t~S,w~re':injured.It.-vir-.tu~l1y ruined i'De,fOf:~ I. lo~t':,rny :.busineSsand )lqldingsfinally. -
"Hung around there until April, 1927,'and then headed. "for :- H,oustou,. Texas,
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landed a job the day I hit here and hayebeen plugging away ever since. And Inow have visions of being illy own bossagain in a fe\\' months. n At the time hewrote Heinie was \\'ith .LA..lfred C. Finn,Houston architect.
Sketching ..:iJ;l:.the OzarksLast we heard':- tron1 Paul W. J one~,
NInes. '28, he was contemplating teaching at the U. of Mo. School of Mines atRolla, 110., and then 10 and behold weheard that 1'ubby was at Fargo, N. D.,succeeding Eddie Holien and Al Riggon the faculty of the State College there.Paul is teaching soph. design and lecturing in elements, construction andhistory. .
Hovvever the Rolla job was kept inthe fraternity. Everett L. Peterson,M nes. '25, secured the job Tubby passedup. Word fron1 Pete is to the effectthat he is handling engineering drawing.descriptive geonletry and elenlentaryarchitectural drawing..
"Great country here, right in theOzarks. I have my work finished forthe day and am off- for some quiet spotto do a little \vater color sketchingTI'here is plenty of inspiration here,Weeks go by like days used to, but Ilike it."
W. G. S. Teaching Advance DesignA memo,frorn H. K. Jennings, fornler
lYI nesic1es lad 'vhoi s now at the U. 0 fPenn. at Philadelphia, is' that 'at the present titne he is studying painting undera scholarship; that is, the developnlen t,not the technique, He is occupied asan instructor in the Fine ,Arts Studio atthe 'U.
After V. L._Annis, W. G. S., got intI)the harness at the University of South-.ern California, Los Arigeles, he \iVrotcin part "vhen giving 'his address: ';1\1: yne\v work (as critic of advanced desig~here at U. S. C. ). is proving a' real taskbu~ a pleasant One. I am particularlyenj oying tl1Y associations with ~A..ndronicus chapter.'1
1'wo epistles arrived frOll1 Frank R.Root, l\![tl"es. '24, late oLWheeling, \V,Va., the first inquiring about a prospec"tive vvork·as his then job looked like an
.end, due to slack "vork in those parts, atleast for. his employers. The next weheard frotn Frank was South Bend,\vhere he had lined up with the HayWeaver Co., contractors for a sizeab'leStandard Oil job there.
Leaves .Architecture for Insurancelnsurance-anykind-anywhere - any
thin g is Clyde H. Cless' slogan fron~
Rossville, Kan. Dutch, Pae. Ex 127,never finished his course as Dan Cupidgot him. Remember, he married Alberta Woodvvard.Xn, of Hutchinson,IZan., inl\,fay, 1927.
While Vie are thinking of Kansasbrothers we are reminded that HaroldA. Barr;forme'rlv on the faculty at K, S.A. C. has been -located again.~ He ad~"vises that~he is: assistant chief draftsmanfor-the· Texas . Co.,-at Port Arthur.' Healso chronicled the arrival of his fhi rdchild, Helen -Louise~ a year ago Dec. 12.
.Fredrick C.Hagen1an, ~A..ndr. '28, (he
received his degree in: February) isasly fox. We have learned the particulars rrnlch to the discomfiture of Le(~
Ellis, et al. Fred confessed to us, gleefully and all~we think. "After finishingschool work last February I proceededaccording to a pre-arranged plan (prearranged with the girl) and was Dlarriedsemi-secretly on the 7th.Hageman Puts One Over on the Boys"Lee Ellis, lTIy rOOtTI Dlate, was in the
rootn at the time I vvas dressing for thewedding and never tU111bled, ho-ho!N or did any of the other boys, un tilthose who had been invited to the supposed dinner party, learned it after the\vedding, and told the glad ne,vs. Wehad invited about six couples to thislittle dinner and slyly whispered that itwas to be an announceDlent of the date.
Instead, we appeared late with t,,ynother couples (vvho had witnessed thejust c0111pleted cereDlony) and Dlade thenews known. You can inlagine thestupefied look on their faces. We (thefonner 1'liss Evelyn RaYDlond and ll1Yself) had a nice motor trip up the coastto 1\10nterey and Carmel. Make thoseplaces -some day, ~!fonterey is a vvonderfully charming town. By the waybefore vve pass on from the thought oflV[onterey hovv 111any have read RichardHenry Dana's, Two Years Before TheMast? He tells of Monterey's life ninety years ago." .
VVhile we are thinking of Sunny California. Delegates to the Michigan convention in 1925 \vill retTIetnber thelVInesicles alumni delegate as being'Geo. H. Prudden, '17, who at that ti111C\vas""'.ith the Stout AlJ-Metal AirplaneCo. A year ago when Bill Stout andhis good vvife accompanied ~lrs. Lindeberg to l\!Iexico in the Stouf-Ford planewe talked to Bill on the phone wheti he\vas in St. Louis and learned that Georgewas no\v in the aircraft game for him-:-'self in Southern California.Prudden Manufactures Transport. Planes
S0111e tinle later we chanced to see apicture in one of the daily papers·of aPrudden All-l\!Ietal Transport plane used~~s the police plane to handle traffic atthe big mass flight at San Deigo. We'iurnlised that it. was George's plane andwe wrote vertifying our hunch. Thesingle engine monoplane used for the"air cop" bore the order on the side"Land at once, S. D. Board of Air Control."
George, who at one time \vas our instruc.tor at ~/[innesota in elements isrightfully proud of his aircraft corp'~ra~tion in San Deigo. "Our. ship \va~
chosen for its maneuverapility, controlability and visibility, all of \vhich a-reimportant with hundreds' of plane~ i~the air."
Another brother who has' finally beenlocated is HowarqA,,'Page, Poiy . ,,'24,who is designer for Frank.B-. Simpson,Raleigh,' N. C., architect. dPagie advisesthat he is "not yet" married? RalphW..Beckes"A.ndr. Ex '27, is an instrumentInan vvith the California Highwav Conl':'mission.' . -. .
Kiefer Locates in DetroitLeRoy E. Ki~fer, Ikt. '25, \vho \von
the Booth Fellowship for 26-27, advisesthat he has been with Albert Kahn,Detroit, as a designer since his returnfrom abroad. Battin, Howard H., Also1kt. '21, is no\v abroad, but south inColombia, S. A. He is- with Velez, Herrera Carrizosa & Cia of Medellin. Batand his wife, nee Pauline Neiman, announce the arrival of Georgia Elizabeth,9-16-28.
i\nother 'September birth, ·the 29th tobe exact, was that of Harry J. Kerslund,J r., at Norwood, J\i1ass. Harry Sr. advised us of the event the latter part ofN ovelnber. "Have been extremely busythe past season and from the looks ofthings will be busier still.
"VVe recently dedicated a municipalbuilding here in Norwood which has aGothic tower housing one of the largestclarions in the world.. Had the goodfortune of working with Mr. Cyrus Dallin, noted sculptor, who executed twomilitary figures for us; and also withProf. J. ].- Heffner of Harvard whopainted a decorative civil war panelabout thirteen feet high, which is placedover a stone mantel in the memorialhall.
Many Splendid Christmas Cards"See Rheuben Damberg quite often.
He is main taining Bohenlian apartmentsin the famous Beacon Hill district inBoston. He is so comfortabally situatedthat I don't think he will eve~ be Inar-
. ried. I wish to congratulate you on theexcellence of T"he L4rch1', and think youare doing fine work for the Fraternity."Thanks Harry, it Dleans real labor, andSOBle of you realize it, that helps.
While Damberg is in mind it recallsthat we received a rather interestingYuletide greeting from 6:ne R. PennDaDlberg "vhich we judge was his o\vncraftsmanship. Among the many, Dlanysplendid holiday greetings we receivedwere novel and original ones from Ireneand George A. Whitten, Wm. 'T. To",Tnes,Fred, Billings, Chas. R. Sutton, Haroldand Helen Parr, Gladys and Ralph Hanlmett. Oh yes, you knew that GladysBroulliard and Ham were married now,didnt you?
But" to continue the "special" greetings, there were also some £ronl Laura,Betty and Ed Loye, l\IIadline and JosephPatterson, Dwight and Ruth Ely, Hazel,Bert and Toe Thorud, and finally onefrom the E., E..Eggerts announcing thearrival of a little brother for Eloise, oneJohn·Renick on Dec. 6, 1928.
,'Baird, T'acks Up His ShingleAlnong the fellow,sh\vho have launched
into business for themselves is 1-ferrill\TV. Baird. Andr. 'Ex·'2S. who is in architecture a~dengineeririg in Santa l\tIonica,·Calif. He advises, that it will not belong now until he gets married. By theway Baird, Hageman after telling allabout his marriage-- added a note' askingforgiveness for using so ll1uch space andob-serving 'ho\\Tever that tnarriage should'oe taken seriously! Forsooth, Fred is a'Sage for being married.suchh:-a shQrt: time.
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Odgen F. Beenlan, Mnes., writes fromPullman, Wash.: "You have observedthat Fred Rounds, Anth., had gone toChehalis, WasIL, to engage in privatepractice "vhere he is doing \vell and ishappy on his o"vn. Upon getting mydegree here in June I was appointed tothe faculty, al11 teaching a little morethan before, the ne"v subj ect being Renaisance and Modern H!storv."
O. D. Lantz, Pae. '27, "v;'iting frOIDKansas City, advises that "Cowboy,"Norman - E. l)alnlquist, at last has beCOBle eBlbued WIth the charms of one ofthe fait sex. He' took~ the leap at 8 A.lVL, Thursday, Oct. 18, \vhen he Inarried1V11s5 l)orothy Jean \Vi11its at her honlein 'fopeka. They took a four weekstrip to Los ~A.ngeles and the Pacificcoast, but now live on Sheridan Road,North I(ansas City, 1\110. And, Allen N ~
[ngle has accepted a position in Keokuk,la., and has l110ved there "vith his farnily.
Black Returns From E'uropeWord relayed to us by the W. G. A.
fronl l~. H. Christen,Anth. "18, told thathe had been taken ill the lat ter part ofAugust and that he' has found it necessary to relnain at his old home inEIgiI{, Ill., fO'r the balance of the yearto fully recuperate. Lester is in the"teel galne in Richmond, Va.
H,obert A. lVlclViahon, Denl. Ex '21,writes Viva la Archi! r Bob is drafts·,lnan for Mark D. Feinknopf Co., Inc.,Colulnbus. lVlrs. 1fcMahon was Genevieve Sears and their son Robert S. ,wasborn June 19, 1927.
"They say that no news' is good news,so that is all I've got," "vrites KennethC. Black, 1kt. '25. "Just got back froDlanother trip abroad, this tillle in company with Bros. Leo Perry and VerneSidnlanl and also t"vo other fellows fromthe office. A fine tinle "vas had by alland Sid is still over there." Ken is "pencil pushing" for Jalnes Gamble Rogers,New York.Gehring's Letter, Postmarked Chicago
Doc (Ferol P.) Gehring, Pae. Ex '28,last \iVe kne\v was at home in Bartles-'ville, Okla., "'Then "vord came to us thathe vvas drafting in the office of Rolibird& ]{oot, Chicago architects. ShortyGrisson, lVines., has also changed hisaddress, but he is still in Detroit estinlating.
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Hotel. The Scarlet J\iIask Band \vil1furnish the ll1usic, and everybody is allset for a: big tinle.
A·NDRON-ICUS-U. S.. ·C.~ -Robert Peterson, -Correspondent
As, "an outcome, of our recent electionwe .find Harry James in the office of\V. A., Charles Fry as W. i\.A., Kirkl\1artin \V.C,,: RaySteve1;lsW~ E., Robert Peterson W., S., -and Henry Vander·Kuhlen W. Sup't. \Ve expect a mightygoodyear with these fellows. Theyhave a lot of fire and with the conven-:tion to inspire them we should go Dver 'big.
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Finals are on now; so "ve are allrushed to death, but not so rushed thatwe can't think of rushing. \"1e've planned a rush dance to be given at thechapter house on the eighth.
It seenlS that every Archi reportbrings news of SOUle poor brother's marriage. This one is no exception. LeeEllis put on 1th.e ball and chain the 20thof December. Hazel Marie ColeluanI luean Ellis-is, the lucky' girl. Morepower to you, Lee, and all the successin the "vorld;·
PAEONIOS-K. S. A. C.Harold Gregory, Correspondent
Our annual Christmas banquet washeld on December the 17th. I twasconsidered the best banquet that wasever held by Alpha Rho Chi, here. Fivefaculty melllbers were present. We areplanning a bigger and better one fornext year.
Paeonios Chapter of. Alpha Rho Chiis glad to state that a fornler Inember,E. ,T. \Tan Vranken, is now in the eln-,ployulent of the government at Washington, D. C.
Dur.ing Christnlas vacation, our erstvvhile president, L E. vVilkie, sojournedto Kansas City on an unknown 111ission.However on his return it was noticedthat a certain article was missing. Uponinvestigation the facts were disclosed.A certain little lady, Francis Schepp bynanle, the first WOlllan architect to evergraduate frol11 K. S. A. C., was thelucky or unlucky one. Anyhow we wishthern all the success in the world.
Another Inember,. Wallace Piper, isabout in the same condition. He hasarrived at the point· where he figures'the. tiI11e in seconds between vacations.
A sadder case is that of Bro. Olmstead, our delegate to the Convention atL,os' Angeles this year. \,yhile there a'certain 'sweet girl nallled Ramona soaffected his heart, that you can he·ar· him,playing the re.cord, "Ramona" iilorningand night.
W. 1\/1. "Gabe" Crossen has been afflicted "'Tith a bad habit recently a~
qui red. Every night about ten oiclockhe goes to a certain sandwich sh'op into"vn and gets a cup of coffee. Ofcourse, he c has a reason. I t is in theshape of a little girl nallled "Owena."
\.Ve are glad to have with us again,G. R. "Jigger" Crossen, brother to"Gabe," who has been out of school forthe past selnester on account of anop.eration.
Paeonioshas: sODlething to be proud'of,p:having \VOlr: the trophy for havingthe best decorations during homeconling. Congratulations are due 1. A.Cortes and H. W. Baker, the t\VO nlen\vho designed and put their idea across ..
a'ur annual Bow Tie Brawl is dra\ving 'near and "veare planning to rnake·.it the big party of the year;
A. H. "Hoxie" Freeman, our all ...around athlete, received another letterin football this season. That· makes t"voletters in football,. .one .in basketball,and.
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one in baseball. He is only a Sophomore, so that is the most he could haveup to date. Fromprese~t appearancesit looks as though he vvIll get anothel'letter in basketball.
\Ve are proud to say that one of ourSOphol11ore straight Architect pledges,C. A. Rinard, made eleven hours of A'sthe first sel11ester'd .which is a record tobe proud of. .
DINOCRATES-TEXASJ eln Hamlnond, Correspondent
N evv Year's resolutions n1ay be a goodthing, but the Dinocrat.es Chapter believes in fewer resolutIons and 111\'revvork, and things have sta~ted off WIt~la banK around the house SInce the ho11days. It all started with the pep andinspIration Bro. 1\;fillhouse brought back£rol11 the 14th Convention, and. has beengaining mOlnentulTI every day SInce then.
1'he big talk lately .has be.en about theconvention and the Ideas It gave Bro.:Nlillhouse and which he intends to p~tinto deeds here. According to Char11ethe Convention must have been the bestimaginable, and \ve wish to con?ratu.l~tethe Andronicus brothers on theIr abIhtyto aet the boys together and shovv thenla \~onderful -ti111e and still lTIa.nage totransact a lot of important bUSIness.
N evvofficers were elected at the first111eeting after the holidays, and theW.A.'s position naturally fel.l ~o Chas."Nookie" Millhouse. Charhe IS full ofnew ideas and is going to put them over,so just watch our slnoke frol11 no\v 011.
You may think these Texas boys arekinda fu-nny, but they shore can getthere!
Alumni news is rather scarce, but stillwe have some since last time. 1VIost important of all is t~e ~ews of ~he Inarriage oiG. L. Wyhe, 28, to 1\11ss IreneGoen of Cleburne, Texas. The sentencewas pronounced Dec. 16th, and thecouple will make their hOlne in. Dallas,where Wylie is connected WIth the1'Ioshier Steel Con1pany. It is rumoredthat Joe 1\1 ills, '27, also of Dallas, isconsidering following Wylie's lead.. Thelady this time (name llnknovvn) beIng aFo;t \"Iorth product.
Ben Bailey, '25, vvas our visitor for' afew days. Ben has had an easy fall except for a bad attack of flu, but is star.tingwork soon with Gutzon BorglulTI Inhis San Antonio studio. Power to Benin hisriew profession of sculptor!
Two ITIOre of the alumni are seekinga little city experience and adventure.Bill Klein, '25, and George Harker, '26,pulled out for N ew Yo~k last month,andwGhaven't heard from:thelTI, yet wehope to get in touch with them soon.
Dinocrates is working on big plansfor bur v.,rinter initiation and hope toput it over as it should be .done. Wevvillhave about eight n1en eligible' afterexams and \vill : certainly -e:njoy the .funof hell..;\veek as·:\~rell as the: needed' boostto the chapter:. roll. :\Ve also intend toget'R few" more in the .house, filling itto· capacity with seventeen ·men.
THE ARCHI
POLYKLITOS-CARNEGIEEchvard H. Reidmaier, Correspondent
At the beginning of the school year,Polyklitos Chapter elected the follovving officers: lVIcGrath, W. A.; Leiva,W. A. A. ; Allendorf, W. E.; H.iedmaier,W. S.
McLeary, .Din., has returned from atrip to Europe,. and _is . now -teachingC'lass B design at C'arnegie. He is veryable in the presentation of proble'll1s,.and his good work is felt throughout I
the school. ChesterL. Wiseman, W. A.of last year, isno\v teaching design atPenn State.
.A.s is customary at this time of year,Po1yklitos is again offeri t1 g a prize forthe best design submitted in the comingfreshman judglnent.
J\1uch good vvill \vas shown ata littlebanquet held after the last Class Acharrette, at 'which time the comingrushing season \vas the Inain subjectdiscussed.
MNESICLE ALUMNIFra111{ l\loOl'man
1\1innesota congratulates. or condolesIllinois for its scheme of financing it~
new house. It puts our real estateventure in the shade. HO'iVever, vvc 110\V
have an excellent house, a wonderfulspirit an10ng the actives, a relatively lo\v11l0rtgage, and a chumrny sort of alunl11i.There it's all in a nut shell!
Eddie Holien, the blushing youth whois second designer for John D's ne,vchurch, was h0111e over the Christmasholidays.. He's .saving his pennies foranother European trip.
Gil Holien is half of a finn n1akingcardboard models for buildings.
Paul Darl1burghas Inoved down frolnEveleth, and is now \vorking for I-(a;ng,Rangland & Lewis in JYIinneapolis.
:Ralph Hammett and his new vvife,formerly Gladys Brouillard, were up inthe Twin Cities over the holidays.:l\lnesicles wishes them all the happinessin the vvorld.
I . got an interesting Christn1as letterfron1 Glen Ingles,-he started out in hischaracteristic way: "Long time, nosee." Glen is now editor of a littlenewspaper in Los Angeles, The Hancock Park Press.
Lee Burton is no\v living in Everett,Wash.
Hennan Franzel is sQjourning in thelarge village of New Yavvk.
Herb Jennings \vas in St. Paul overthe holidays, after which he vvent backto Philadelphia to attend school at"Penn." He is rooming with Jack Grisdale, another M nesicles man.
On each succeeding trip. to the TvvinCities, Armin Kleinsch~idt: looks moreprosperous than ever.
George Poulsen was recently made aproud father ·again-I believe. it was agirl.
Ray BOXI11eyer sent his Christmasgreetings via air nlail from Los Angelesin the fonn of a' niCe check to\vardsour house.
Mnesicles Alumni held a bridge partyat the house January 29th. Prizes, eats,wives, sweethearts, Victor music, coffee,.etc.
DEMETRIOS ALUMNII-I. E. Letqon, Correspondent
Bill Breidenbach, '22,. is "Hollyhockin g" for '~,Walker& Gillette, and alsoseeking a degree in Architecture atC'olumbia.
Walt Taylor, '21, has also entered theSchool of Architecture at ColuillbialJniversity.
:l\1:i1ton S. Osborn, '22, has returnedto teaching ~tAlabama Polytechnic Institute following a three months' tour ofFrance, Holland, Germany, I taly andEng~and. Milt received a degree ofMaster of Science last June at C'olumbia.
Paul L. Wood, '23, and faluily are novVliving in New Haven,. Conn., where Paulis fulfilling a five years' ambition to receive further design instruction at Yale.
Joe Thomas, '24; is a "scissors-build"vvith Bourne-Fuller Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
Hern1an Lovejoy, Ex '23, who hasbeen alternating between Architectureand Drama, is now with the JitneyPlayers in Connecticut, where they arepreesnting several of Sheridan's costumeplays.
NEW INITIATESNot until the W. G.:E. receives (1)
Forn1s Eland E 2, (2l triplicate certifi.cate of membership order,' (3) the reqUIred fees a:nd (4) badge approval stubdoes a lnan's name appear in this, the
Iktinos, Oct. 12, 1928Crissey, John C., '30, 402 E. ,Buena Vista
St., Chester; .. Ill. .Fuger, F'rederick W., '31, 395 Lake Shore
Rel., Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.D~mttrios, Oct. 27, 1928
A.drian, Wm. H., '31, 131 E. Oakland Ave.,Colun1bus, Ohio.
Corwin, Raynl0ndK.,'31, R. R. 10 Box 142Dayton, Ohio. "
Gar,vick, J. Parker, '30, 51' W. North,vood~:\.ve., Columbus, Ohio.
Josephson, M. C., '30, 13400 Forest Hill Ave.,E. Cleveland, Ohio.
Kno'wlton, A. Eldon, '31, 726 N. Main St.,Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Larimer, Richard M., '30, 2101 Fuller St.,Colun1bus, Ohio.
Lynch, G. Leslie, Honorary, 250 E. Oakland~:\.ve., Columbus, Ohio.
Shisler, Edgar P., '30,R. F. D. No.2,Beach City, Ohio.
Ste'wart, Ernest W., '30, 1535 Gallia ,St.,Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mnesicles, Dec. 1, 1928Bergstedt, Milton ·V., '31, 1152 Ashland Ave.,
St. Paul, Minn.Johnson, Arnold R., '31, 1457 Portland Ave.,
St. Paul, Minn.Koester, William R., '31, l\tIinneapol1s, Minn.Te\vs, Oscar J., '31, St. Paul, Minn.
Kallil{rates, }\Iarch 13, 1928Scribner, Loui.e L., '29,Unlversity, Va.
Polylditos, May 6, ·.1928Allendorf, Carl, '30, 2895 Fontel)ayRd-;;
Cleveland, Ohio.. .Jones, "Vm. G., '30, 1542 Lee St.,
Charleston, W. Va,.Lindquist, Sherrill F., '30, R. F.' D. No. 82,
Jameston, N. Y.Neefe, Leon S., '28, 5876 Shady Forbes
Terrace, Pittsburgh, Pa. ~Riedmaier, EdV\rard H., '30, 1660 'Vaterbury
Rd., Lake,vood, Ohio.Smith, T. Frasier, '29, Parkview Lane
"The€l1ng, W.·Va. '