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FEBRUARY 1ST. 1923

EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

leisure hours "with the boys." Hehas conducted the class of instruc­tion for all pledges for a number ofyears, has expended a great deal of,vork. thought and money in thebuilding up of our ritual equipment.and never fails to take a prominentpart in the' initiations.

He has been very active in theaffairs of the Colun1bus AlumniChapter,. helping it to grovv and takeits place as the means by which theactive chapter has been able to buyits house and progress as it has.Brother Ely was elected President ofthe Alumnj Chapter in March, 1922.

To upbuild .i\lpha Rho Chi to theexpression of our highest ideals has

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The newly elected \t\Torthy GrandArchitect of Alpha Rho Chi is alTIan who, by his constant interestand activity in the fraternity, hasinfluenced the development of Den1­etrios Chapter from its earliest days.

Dwight P. Ely was initiated intothe mysteries on April 1, 1916, andsince that day has never ceased tolabor for the advancement' of theorganization, and, even since hisgraduation, he has kept in unusual­ly close touch with affairs. He isabout the -house a great deal, eatingthere, and spending most of hisContinued on Page 2

With the dawn of December 29 the assembled members of Alpha Rho Chi at Columbus roused themselves inpreparation for the first day's work of the eighth annual convention. The first arrivals from other chapters wereBrothers Dixon and Law of Kallikrates, and Dock and Johnson of Mnesicles, "Tho dropped into Columbus abouteight o'clock on the evening of December twenty-eighth and vvere follo'Ned about an hour later by Brothers Farleyand Cowen of Iktinos and Brother Baker of Andronicus. The visitors then observed the infor111al initiation of twomen by the Demetrios chapter.

The convention opened about eight o'clock the next morning, being slightly delayed' by the late arrival of thethree delegates from Anthemios, Brothers Whitten, alumni representative, I)hillips and Olson. ? The forluality ofexamining the credentials took up part of the time, the question of alumni representation and proxy voting forjunior delegates being raised because .. of the presence of two alumni delegates, namely G. A. \t\Thitten of Anthemiosand F. L,. Smith of Demetrios. The proxy voting for junior delegates vvas raised in the case of Andronicus, ,:vhichonly sent one delegate. Another interesting and more or less unfortunate circun1stance was the absence of anyof the Grand Council, Brother Peterson granting his vote for the Grand Council to Chester Dock, which furnishedthe spectacle of the junior delegate from Mnesicles writing out four votes on most questions. Brother Smith waselected President of the convention and Brother Arnold of Den1etrios, an active of Demetrios, vvas called as clerkof the convention.

The next important move was the appointment of con1mittees. Su~ges.tions vvere n1ade that the conventionprovide some substitute for the present lax means of amending the constItutIon. Alu111ni representation was alsoreferred to the same committee. A committee on music was appointed, and another ,vas appointed to take care ofexpansion of the fraternity.

The reading of the various reports, discussion of some of the tentative suggestions occupied most of the day.

·but on the thirtieth some real vvorkwas accomplished. The committeeon constitution and by-laws reportedfavorably on the admission of deco­rators and landscape architects andthe convention voted affirmatively.'It turned in a drawn-up interpreta­tion of the constitution and by-lawswhich the convention accepted.Brother G. A. Whitten was calledon to explain the plan o'f the ChicagoAlumni association and was giventhe right by motion to cont,inue thework with the recognition of thefraternity a~d was asked to submitthe final plan at the next convention.The committee on expansion' sub­mitted the petition of Kansas, which

ever been the effort of Brother Elv.He has a very keen appreciation ~fthe niceties and joys, of fraternalbrotherhood striving always for thestrengthening of the bonds of loveand harmony which must character­ize the perfect fraternity. He knovvsthe syn1bolic significance of theritual ~as Jew 0.£ us do, and thebrotherly instruction he has givenall of us in our pledge days in hisMonday night classes, prepared usin a manner to appreciate and un­derstand the initiation more fully,and, initiated, to take our place inthe fraternity better.

Asking for a little personal glimpseof his past, the writer vvas given aslip of paper on "rhich was recorded,"Thirty years ago on January 17, inthe little village of New Philadel­phia, Ohio, which nestles among thec1.ay banks of the Tuscarawas River~

the hOlne of the village minister(and his wife) was gladdened bythe birth of. a little baby boy,ycleped Dwight Palmer Ely. At anearly age his parents noted his pre­cocity' but thought it best.to keep ita secret to avoid jealousy among theparishioners, and it has always re­mained so."

Despite the handicap due to thesecrecy surrounding his precocity,he was admitted, when the timecarne, to Denison University, atGranville, Ohio, in the Class of 1914,corning a few years later to OhioState University, where he wasgraduated from the Department ofArchitecture in 1917. His servicein the Army dated from July 15,1918, to Decen1ber 6, 1918, at thel\1:achine Gun O. T. S., Camp Han­cock, Georgia. At the present heis occupied as a Fire PreventionEngineer.

And so, Brothers All-l\1eet'Brother Ely!

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was voted upon favorably. .i\ com­mittee on ritual and costume ex­plained the inability of the previouscomn1ittee to produce the requested111aterial and was made a permanentcommittee to report at next con­vent1ion.

An interesting, we might almost

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say tense, n10ment canle after Har­old Peterson, present W. G. S., andD. P. Ely of Demetrios were nom­inated for the position of W. G. A.The vote was cast and the ballotread, the result being a tie. A sec­ond vote vvas cast with the sameresult. To end the awkward stateof affairs, the junior member ofMnes1icles vvithdrew the candidatewhich his chapter had put forward.,making the election of D. P. Elyunanimous. Mnesicles was awardedthe Archi for another year, and withthe offer, made by Chester Dock,that Mnesicles be host for the nextconvention, the eighth annual con­vention of Alpha Rho Chi drew to aclose. The evening of the thirtiethwas occupied by a banquet at theChittenden Hotel, Howard DwightSmit? being the speaker of theevenIng.

AN EPOCH-MAKING MOVE

At the last convention. December30. Brother G. A. Whitt~n of G~ry,Indiana, introduced a scheme, stillin a tentative form, for an alumniassociation vvhich had been drawnup by the Chicago .Alumni Chapter.The scheme was enthusiastically re­ceived by the assembled delegates~ nd was referred back to the Chi­cago chapter for further perfection.]'he scheme, should it be as valuableas it now seems to be, will be one ofthe greatest moves for the develop­tllent of the fraternity since the or­iginal organization was completed.

1'his scheme called for an alumni? ssociation for each chapter to whichall, graduates of that chapter wouldbelong regardless of where situated.'"fh enrolhnent of this organization\vould be automatically applied toeach new graduate.' It would carryv'Iith it the right to collect dues fornecessary expenditures. The organ­ization "vould be incorporated underthe state law where situated andv/ould be independent, as far as in­corporatio11 is concerned, from thecentral" organization of Alpha RhoChi, in order that it might be per­111itted by existing state laws to takecharge of the real estate transactionsand other similar activities for the2ctive chapters to which they wereconnected. The association wouldprovide means for a central execu-

tive body which would have activecharge of actual business as well ashave charge of keeping the alumnidirectly in touch with their commoninterests. These alumni associationsvv'ould send one delegate each to ther\.lpha Rho Chi convention andwould provide the means for financ­ing the expense of these delegates.

For the first time we have pros­pects of a thoroughly unified frater­nity with both actives and alumniclosely in touch and represented inits life and government.

RAVAGES OF CUPIDDuring the past Christmas season

Old Nick n1ust have been busv dis­tributing wedding rings and the re­sulting wedding announcements.because from Anthenlios alone vvehave received reports of four mar­riages among their alumni. Thenewly-weds are E. E. Newcon1b('21) and Miss lVlary Phelps of Law­rence~ Kentucky; B. G. Webb ('20)and Miss Josephine Downing ofLouisville, Kentucky; P. S. Hall and1\1iss Rhoda McClelland of Ripon,\!Visconsin; and Joe H. Wildermuth('20) and Miss Madeline Haven ofGary, Indiana.

In a' letter from G. A. Whitten ofGary, Indiana, we received a clip­ping from the "Gary Tribune" witha heading "Madeline Havens Be­comes the Bride of Joseph Wilder­muth." It was a home wedding withjust the close relatives and friendsof the couple present. Mr. and Mrs.Wildermuth are spending their hon­eymoon in the east and will be athome at 425 Jefferson after Febru­ary 1.

Mrs. Wildermuth attended North­western University and is a memberof the Beta Gamtna Upsilon Soror­ity.

eRAWFORD WINS FIRSTMENTION

R. C. C'rawford of Andronicus gota first mention placed on the firstEsquisse-Esquisse, Class B, of thefall term of the Beaux Arts in NewYork. It was an eight-hour sketchproblem of ,a small open air theatrein a private estate.

THE ARCHIPublhlhed for the

ALPHA RHO CHIFRATER,NIT'Y

By Mnesicles Chapter152'9 University Avenue S. E.

Minneapolis, Minn.

T'HE AROHI BOARD

Harold Peterson Donald CampbellEdgar Buenger

THE ARCHI STAFF

E. L. Johnson l\tlanaging EditorE. O. Holien Edi tor- in-ChiefC. R. Barnum Circulation ManagerChester Carjola Treasurer

TIME FOR THOUGHT

At the last convention of AlphaRho Chi were representatives fromthe westernmost, from the northern­most, and from one of the Atlanticcoast states. With the increasingwidespread location of chapters, thetime approaches when for severalreasons the present system of hold­ingconventions will become un­wieldy, and it is about time that thefra ternity begin considering howbest to change the condition'S of rep-­resentation or provide some otherconvention arrangement.

With the new alumni representa­tion, each chapter under the pre~ent

system is permitted to send threedelegates. T'his increased represen­tation~ coupled with present unwrit­ten custom of rotation of 'conventionsamong the chapters would eventu­ally result in 'a California conventionwith the other chapters having theright to send eighteen delegates.Such a convention would, practicallybankrupt the fraternity. We could,perhaps, leave that to th'e best judg­lTIent of the chapters, trusting themto send but a single delegate. Butwhat about the alumni?

Another consideration is' thelength of time required for the roundtrip across the continent and the re­sulting interference with school thatsuch a period of time for travelwould necessitate. The Californiadelegate put in several days on theroad. and ,if you add to his journeythe distance from Columbus to Vir­ginia you will have the maximumpossible trip which, would be prac­tically prohibitive to most students.

Just what changes could be made

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we do not know. rro reduce theactive delegation to a single meluberwould place the altlluni vote on anequal basis with the active, whichwould hardy be just. Another pos­sibility would be the choice of somecentral location for conventionsvvhich would not reduce the expensea dollar but would equalize to a cer­tain extent the expenditure of timeof the various members of the con­v~ntion. The problem is a knottyone, and the earlier vve begin think­ing about it the more certain vveshall be to have a solution when thatbecon1es imperative.

AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The eighth annual convention hascome and gone. During the periodof two full days the delegatesthreshed out several problems, themost important of which was this,the formation of an alumni associa­tion.

The delegates had all been in­structed by their respective chaptersto straighten out the question ofalumni representation, which hadhad been provided for, but had beenleft very indeterminate in n1any re­spects by the previous convention,and the fact that there were onlyt\lVO alumni present further etTIpha­sized the necessity of clearing upthe matter. Just who were tochoose this representative, who vvereto pay his expenses, and the rightto such representation by proxy hadbeen n1atters of argument and doubt.

The Colun1bus members of De­n1etrios had already framed up aform of organization which it wasexpected would care for the manytasks that only such an organizatio~could, but the first real solutionwas brought forward by the AlumniChapter at Chicago. This wouldprovide for alumni representation,for real estate supervision in thevarious chapters, for active associa­tion of the alumni in a chapter of'their own and for a variety of minorinterests of which perhaps a mostimportant one would be a depend­able source of alumni support for theArchi. '

The first draft of the idea was asyet incompiete and it was referredback to the Chicago chapter for pre-

sentation in a completed form to theninth annual convention.

By far the most important pieceof legislation that has come beforethe organization in some time, itshould awaken the active interest ofeverv n1ember and we should watchits developn1ent carefully that \iVen1ight be prepared to offer sugges­tions, criticisms, support, and onceit is formulated, active co-operationin putting it into effect. It is un­necessary to dwell on the needs ofsuch an organization, and the Archiis prepared to push it with all theenthusiasm \lve possess.

HIGHLIGHTS OF T'HE

CONVENTION

Being that this is ot1'r first tasteof a convention, personally, we con­fess that we really have no true.basis for judging what general ten­dencies are, and consequently \vehave "sin1ply got to ask somequestions." Are baldlheaded menconsidered n10re handsome, morebrainy, more impressive, or n10re ag­gressive than others? At leas~ thatwas our conclusion after sizing' upthe bunch around the conventiontable, for fully fifty per cent of thosethere had no superfluous hair ontheir domes.

In spite of a certain an10unt ofpolitics, or because of it. this lastconvention vvas evidently one of theslTIoothest running affairs imagin­able.

Last year's delegates would havefelt quite at hon1e because of thecommanding presence of G. i\...Whitten.

Evidently the men of this year'schoice were a silent bunch, or n1aybethat was because they were outaluong strangers and didn't act likethey do at hOlTIe. At least, a numberof the junior- members said nextthing to nothing during the vvholeconvention.

But, speaking of silence everyoneof the delegates talked a whole lotmore effectively while sound asleepand saying nothing.than most alum­ni do when it comes to talkingabout themselves. Modest bunch ofarchItects in our alumni band.

We wish to quote the followingextracts fron1 a letter from MyronDassett (Mnesicles), who is now astudent at the Ecole des Beaux Artsin Paris. "Aside from a visit fromEd I..oye and Galen Oman, my con­tact with A.P.X. since leaving 11in­neapolis has been very slight, as youmay know. Howard Gilman writesoften enough and always with suchforce and humor that it seen1S a mo­ment's chat with him-such as weused to have around the table at1021 University."

"One other surprise I had whichI almost forgot to mention and thatwas Prof. S. C'hatwood Burton's vis­it last i\pril. We had a jolly lunchtogether with Joe Lalonde, thefamous mural painter from St. Paul.and managed to cover pretty \vellthe gossip in connection with Min­nesota and New York, where Joeand Mr. Burton had 1nany acquaint­ances in con1mon with me."

"Since then my brother Joe hasbeen here.- \Ve traveled in N or­Inandy, Brittany and Tourraine, andthen spent three weeks here whilehe got oriented and saw a bit ofParis. Then we went through AI­sace and Lorraine and finally foGermany. At Nuremberg we parted,J oe to/go home, and I to go to Dres­den; then Prague, Brunn, a ten daycamping trip in the Carpathians,th.en to Vienna and Budapest. Warhaving broken. out in Turkey, I \vasunable to get farther than easternHungary."

"I am now settled in my "new".apartmient'J which dates from the17th century. Every Sunday even-­jng fron1 six on I am "at bome" atNo.1 rue de: l'Alba.ye, and vvould bepleased if any brothers would dropin at any time. Since there is no"con.cierge" and the entrance islocked, just ,yell for ,Mike and per­chance if he is not there just drop aletter in the box on the door. I willalV\Tays be glad to hear from thefellows-address letters through

'Poste Privee-Credit LyonnaiseBold. des I taliens-Paris.Sincerely and fraternally yours,

"Mike."

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A P'RACTICAL PROBLE,M

The President of the University,in view of the present campaign toraise ten millions for a greater' U ni­versity of Southern California, hasoffered a prize of twenty-five dollarsfor the best design for a new campuslayout. The jury will consist of thepresident, the faculty of the Archi­tecture Department and the promi­nent architects of the city. Thecompetition 'is conducted along theplan of the Beaux Arts systen1.

Esquisses were submitted and thedesigns drawn up and criticized byseveral architects. The problemcalled for a plan at 1/32"=1'0" andan aeroplane perspective at the san1escale to be subn1itted by each con­testant. The competition closedJanuary 15th. Seven men competed,but the results have not yet beenrei·'orted. The best designs sub­rnitted V\Till be displayed in variousplaces up tOvvn during the closingclays of the call1paign as a specialadvertising scheme.

ANTHEMIOS NEWS

Chapter activities have been fewsince the last rublication of thelZ\ rchi. \\1e have entertained in­formally at dinner in honor ofScarab, another professional archi­tectural society, and again in honorof Mr. Lorado Taft, who, is giving aseries of lectures at the University.

"Newk" dropped in on us for acouple of days after the holidays.Son1e more of the old alumni thatwere back lately are: "Pewie" Dun-­lap, Spencer, TJave Postle and Geo.Lindeberg.

In the billiard tournament, vvehave won all our games so far, butin basketball we have not fared so\vell. The Department of Architec­ture has been very successful in ob­taining the drawings of the TribuneCompetition. This is their first tri\pout of Chicago, so we consider our­selves very fortunate. A number ofAnthemios men entered the compe­tition, and one of them, "Pewie"Dunlap, was one of the eight highestreceiving revvards.

Only one out of some fifteen ofthe boys vvho wanted to go to theJ unio.r Prom for111al this month wereable to obtain tickets, and so plans

are being laid for Demetrios to giveour first formal next month if themare can be kept going without too111uch goading. Formal has beentalked, pleaded for by our ArrowC'ollar Ads and Social Lions, andorated against by our Plebians formany years, and now, with a com­mittee armed with instructions andeverything, it is hoped that we maybe able to obtain the' Elks C'ountryClub for this dinner dance in thelatter part of February. A numberof the alumni have expressed theirintention of being with us.

IKTINOS NEWS

Iktinos closed the first stretch ofthe school year at Michigan with ahilarious Christl11as party at whicheveryone seemed to have a very en­joyable tin1e on the evening beforethe holidays began.

Brother Kline is keeping the ac­tive memlbers of Iktinos busy thisyear by sending them after the inter­fraternity championship in everyathletic sport that is played here byfraternity teams. At the presenttin1e basketball and bowling ~re

keeping many of the men from over­\vorking the111selves with studying.Brother Kline is quite an authorityon this business of winning champ­ionships. Shortly before the holi­days he was awarded the coveted 1\1for his performance on the 'tenniscourts last spring, and was deco­rated with the pledge badge of TauSigma Delta, national honorary ar­chitectural society, on the same day.

MNESICLES NEWS

An informal dancing party washeld at the chapter house on Satur­day evening, January 13.

Our bowling team, which was sosuccessful last year, has again comeup to our highest expectations, andafter a season of sensational bow'\lingscores has copped off the champion­ship cup of Professional Inter-fra­ternity Council. The scores were847,892 and 961 ; the high score, 601,being made by Dewey Gerlach. .

Our boy Chester (C. J. Dock) andLarry Bakken, both Norsemen ingood standing, received their sheep­skins at the Christmas Commence­ment. They both bought largerhats.