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The Sigma Nu Fraternity"

A NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLLEGE MEN

A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO

FRATERNITY AND COLLEGE

INTERESTS

VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT

OCTOBER 1920 TO MAY 1921

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VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHT

Note the following abbreviations : —
Ulna.— Illustrated.
Ed.— Editorial.
Sec. T. — Secretary's Table.

Accounting; system —

See Uniform accounting system.
Administration —

Changes in the administration (Ed.)t 546.

Hopes realised, by Walter Edward Myers, 487.
Akron Alumni Chapter —

Letter. 100.
Alden, Spencer, post (Ulus.), 62.
Alpha Chapter —

Alumni notes, 115, 314.
Alumni Chapter letters, 100, 303, 427, 629.
Alumni Chapter standing, 60.
Alumni notes (Illus.), 115, 814, 430, 643.
Alumni, The (Illus.), 06, 298, 415, 621.
American Legion —

Alden, Spencer, post, 62.
American soldiers life In Germany, An, by George

T. Wyche, 388.
Anderson, John Byron, Death of (Beta Iota), 148.
Ann Arbor Alumni —

Letter, 303.
Annlston Alumni Chapter —

Banquet, 293.

Letter, 303.
Anti-fraternity movements, 456.
Arkansas Chapter House, by Leroy Harrington

(Illus.), 200.
Armitage, George, Gamma Phi, 417.
Armsby, Harry Horten, Delta Delta, 624.
Armsby, Henry Prentiss. Delta Delta, 423, 624.
Arney, Charles E., Jr., Gamma Chi, 373.
Athletes, The (Illus.), 84, 286, 408.
Atterbury, Chester Wesley, Death of (Nn). 148.
Augusta Alumni Chapter — ,

Letter, 100.
Aydelotte, Frank, Beta Eta, 528.
Ayer, Charles Henry, Death of (Delta Beta), 470

Baily, Harrell V.f B«ta Beta. 405.
Bakersfleld (California) Alumni —

Letter. 101.
Ball. Lewis H., Delta Kappa, (121.
Baltimore Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 629.
Banking and democracy, by Henry A. Thels, 26.
Burnett. Orville M.. Rho, 499.
Barrett, Lewis T.. Death of (Alpha), 338.
Barron. Harold E., Delta Delta, 84. 85, 143, 287
Beta Beta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 118, 317. 441, (V44

Initiate roll. 06.

Letters. 234, 566.

Scholarship, 54.
Beta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 314, 043.

Initiate roll, 63.

Letters, 225, 557.
Beta Chi Chapter-
Alumni notes, 048.

Initiate roll, 08.

Letters, 245. 576.

Beta Eta Chapter—

Alumni notes, 119, 317, 645.

Athletes, 90, 408.

Initiate roll, 66.

Letters. 236, 567.

Scholarship, 54.
Beta Iota Chapter —

Alumni notea, 119, 318, 441, 045.

Athletea, 89.

Initiate roll. 66.

Letters, 238, 569.

Reunion, 93, 294.
Beta Kappa Chapter —

Alumni notes, 120, 442, 647.

Initiate roll, 67.

Letters, 238, 570.

Rushing "dope" (Sec. T.), 395.
Beta Mu Chapter —

Alumni notea, 319, 442, 647.

Athletes, 408.

Initiate roll, 67.

Letters, 239, 403, 571.

Scholarship, 54.
Beta Nu Chapter —

Alumni notes, 120, 319, 647.

House, 377.

Initiate roll. 67.

Letters, 240, 571.
Beta Phi Chapter —

Alumni notes. 319.

Initiate roll, 68.

Letters, 244, 404, 575.
Beta Psl Chapter —

Alumni notes, 120, 648.

House, 506.

Initiate roll, 69.

Letters, 246, 577.

Scholarship, 54, 224.
Beta Rho Chapter —

Alumni notes, 319, 442, 04s

Initiate roll, 67.

Letters, 241, 573.
Beta Sigmn Chapter —

Initiate roll, 68.

Letters. 242, 573.
Beta Tau Chapter —

Initiate roll. 68.

Letters, 243, 574.
Beta Theta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 318, 645.

Initiate roll, 00.

Letters, 237, 568.
Beta Upsilon Chapter —

Alumni notes, 319, 648.

Initiate roll, 68.

Letters, 244, 575.
Beta XI Chapter —

Alumni notes, 120, 647.

Initiate roll, 67.

Letters, 241. 572.
Beta Zeta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 118, 317, 441.

Initiate roll, 66.

Letters, 235, 567.

Purdue hikes to football game, 412.
Blddle, Word G., Beta Eta, 419.
Big five, The, 95, 37.8.
Biscboff. Paul A., Gamma Phi, 300.
Bland, Oscar E, Beta Efa, 301, 417, 465.
Blnnning, Howard A., Epsilon, 623.
Blayney, Albert Paul, Death of (Epsilon), 147.
B'.vthe, Harrv E., Beta Iota, 302.

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Bookshelf, Chapter, 137, 458, 661.
Grey, Zane, Beta Rho, by Richard LaQaUlenne,

139.
Grey, Zane, Beta Rho: Mysterious Rider, The,

662.
Grey's, Zane, books for boys, 459.
Matberly, Walter J., Beta XI: A number of

things, 661.
Piper, Warren, Gamma Beta, and Nelson, Jack,

Gamma Beta : Hold that purple line. 458.
Rightor, Chester, Gamma Lambda : City man-
ager In Dayton, 137.
Stars and Stripes, The, 458.
Theis, Otto Frederic, Gamma Epsilon : Transla-
tions, 139.
Zane Grey's books for boys. 459.
Booth, Willis H., Beta Psi, 415.
Boston Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 102, 303, 629.
Bowder, Wilbur F.t Death of (Beta Omlcron), 339.
Boykin, Gideon Frierson, Death of (Theta), 670.
Bridges, Howard L., Xi, 539.
Bridges, Willard W., Death of (Beta Beta), 671.
Brown, Alexander Cameron, Death of (Zeta), 670.
Bunnick, Neal Thorn a p. Death of (Gamma Sigma),

149.
Butte Alumni —
Letters, 102.
Butzerln, Arthur Joseph, Death of (Gamma Phi;.
073.

Clary. John Henry, Death of (Gamma XI), 841.
Clayton, Henry, Theta, 423.
Clement?, Dudley Alsey, Death of (Theta), 148.
Cleveland Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 103, 427, 630.
Clippings and comment," 455.
Coat of Arms, 481.
Cofer, John D., Upsilon, 371.

Cohoou. Brock Edwin, Death of (Beta Mu), 672.
Commencement poem, by James Sumner Draper,

554.
Conboye, William Thomas, Death of (Delta PI).

342.
Confession of Faith, A, by Ernest Lee Williams.

504,
Connecticut Yankees on a cruise, by John R.

Reitemeyer, 24.
Connelley, Fred D.. Beta Nu, 423.
Conventions and rallies, 91, 292, 413, 613.
Cook, George M.. Beta Eta, 298.
Curtis, Harry A., Gamma Kappa, 418.

Camping as a vocation, by Lea A. Relber (Illus.),

414.
Case school of applied science —
Finger, Ray, "boosts Case". 531.
Two premiers sign covenant, 657.
Cassady, Loyd Herbert, Death of (Beta Chi). 672.
Chapter Ilookshelf —

See Bookshelf Chapter.
Chapter bylaws (Sec. T.), 394.
Chapter Houses (Ed.), 48, 220.

Arkansas Chapter House, by Leroy Harrington

(Illus.), 200.
Beta Nu Chapter House, by Dale McNamar

(Illus.), 377.
Beta Psi's Chapter House, by George E. Weeks

and E. Geoffrey Bangs (Illus.), 506.
Chapter House number (Ed.), 550.
Delta Alpha at home, by Don Brooker (Illus.),

515.
Delta Delta Lodge, The, by Roy L. Bovard

(Illus.), 517.
Delta Sigma buys a House, by William H. King

(Illus.), 523.
Eighth wonder, The, (Ed.), 550.
Financing (Ed.), 552.
Fund depleted (Ed.), 551.
Gamma Epsilon's House campaign, by Roswell

Phillips (Illus.), 379.
Gamma Iota lays corner-stone, by G rover H.

Creech (Illus.), 195.
Gamma Mu's new home (Illus.), 508.
Gamma Nu's new home, by Wade P. Connell and

James M. Bailey (Illus.), 383.
Gamma Pi's new home, by Lloyd C. Enelx

(Illus.), 512.
II. C. L. and the fraternity houses (Ed.), 401.
Upsilon's new Chapter House, by John D. Cofer

(Illus.). 505.
"Vital statistics", 378.
Chapter letterf, 82. 225, 403, 556.

Pickwickian extracts. 663.
Chapter library, Building a (Ed.), 50.
Chapter publications, 50.
Manuals (Sec. T.), 47.
Papers (Sec. T.), 397. 545.
Charleton, Thomas J., Jr., Death of (Alpha). 338.
Cheney, Irwin Lee, Death of (Gamma Omlcron),

673.
Chicago Alumni Chapter —
Letters, 103. 304.

Dallas Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 305, 427, 630.
Dad hits the trail, by Carr Payne (Illus.), 497.
Davidson, Roy L., Beta Beta, 97.
Davis, Jonathan M., Nu, 23, 98.
Day, Frederick Charles, Death of (Gamma Nu),

149, 340.
Deaths, 147, 338, 469, 670.
Delta, The —

Delta contest, The, 56.

Teamwork and your Delta (Ed.), 549.
Delta Alpha Chapter —

Alumni notes, 324.

House, 515.

Initiate roll. 74.

Letters, 264, 593.
Delta Beta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 324, 446, 653.

Initiate roll, 74.

Letters, 265, 594.
Delta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 643.

Letters. 226.

Revival, 201.
Delta Chi Chapter —

Alumni notes, 133, 329, 448, 655.

Initiate roll, 79.

Letters, 281, 607.

Rushing rules, 18.
Delta Contest, The, 56.
Delta Delta Chapter —

Alumni notes. 129, 324, 446, 653

House, 517.

Initiate roll, 75.

Letters. 267, 595.

Reunion, 297.
Delta Epsilon Chapter —

Alumni notes, 129.

Initiate roll, 75.

Letterf, 268, 596.
Delta Eta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 129.

Initiate roll. 75.

Letters, 269. 597.
Delta Gamma Chapter —

Alumni notes, 129, 324. 446.

Athletes, 89.

Initiate roll. 75.

Letters, 266. 405, 594.
Delta Iota Chapter —

Alumni notes, 325.

Initiate roll. 76.

Letters, 271. 598.
Delta Kappa Chapter —

Alumni notes. 131, 447, 654.

Initiate roll, 76.

Letters, 271, 599.

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Delta Lambda Chapter —

Alumni notes, 131, 326.

Initiate roll, 76.

Letters, 272. 599.
Delta Mu Chapter-
Alumni notes, 327.

Initiate roll, 76.

Letters, 273, 600.
Delta Nu Chapter —

Alumni notes, 131. 327, 447.

Initiate roll, 77.

Letters, 274, 601.
Delta Omicron Chapter —

Alumni notes, 327, 448, 655.

Athletes, 88.

Initiate roll, 77.

Letters, 275, 405. 602.
Delta Phi Chapter —

Alumni notes, 133.

Initiate roll, 79.

Letters, 280, 607.
Delta Pi Chapter-
Alumni notes, 328, 655.

Banquet, 615.

Initiate roll, 77.

Letters, 276, 603.
Delta Psl Chapter —

Alumni notes, 134, 329, 656.

Initiate roll, 79.

Letters, 83, 281, 608.
Delta Rho Chapter —

Alumni notes, 328.

Initiate roll, 78.

Letters, 276, 604.
Delta Sigma Chapter —

Alumni notes, 131, 328, 655.

House, 523.

Initiate roll, 78.

Letters, 277, 605.
Delta Tail Chapter —

Alumni notes, 132, 448.

Initiate roll, 78.

Letters, 279, 606.
Delta Theta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 130, 325, 447, 654.

Initiate roll. 76.

Letters, 270. 598.
Delta Upsilon Chapter —

Initiate roll, 78.

Letters, 279, 607.
Delta XI Chapter —

Initiate roll, 77.

Letters, 275.

Reunion, 294, 602.
Delta Zeta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 129, 324, 654.

Initiate roll, 75.

Letters, 269, 597.
Dennis, Arthur Edward, Death of (Gamma Omi-
cron), 673.
Denver Alumni Chapter —

Banquet, 613.

Picnic, 293.

Letter, 104, 305, 428, 681.
Detroit Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 105, 806, 429.
Dew-drops, by Claude McBrayer, 51.
Did you?, by Cyrus Rek», 459.
Directory —

Alumni Chapters, 155, 347, 475, 679.

Collegiate Chapters, 152, 344, 472, 676.

Professional and business, 157. 349, 477, 681.

Sigma Nu Fraternity, 151, 343, 471, 675.
Division changes (Sec. T.), 394.

Eighteenth Division (Ed.), 218.
Dobbyn, Earl Dyster, Death of (Beta Iota), 339.
Dobesh, Amll Anton, Death of (Delta Eta), 673.
Dog mascots —

Hydrophobia is dead, 146.
Dorman, Jesse, Beta Eta —

Reported alive, 674.
Dreisbach, Clyde F., Beta Eta, 375.
Dreishach, Soldier, by Harry L. Hopwood (Illus.),

375.
Dunlavy, Edwin Wesley, Beta Beta —

Dunlavy becomes president of Iliff College, by
Walter Edward Myers (Illus.), 496.

Dun levy. A, 463.

Editorial. 545.

Imperator Quirinalis (Ed.), 546.

Modern church and its minister, A, by Harry A.
Rider (Illus.), 496.
Dunn, John Francis. Gamma Nu, 288.

Dunnick, Neal Thomas, Death of (Gamma Sigma),

341.
Dyer, Isadore, Death of (Beta-Beta Phi), 191r 339.

Earner, Richard D., Psl. 458.
Easton Alumni Chapter —

Letter. 430, 631.
Editor —

Editor's perspective, The, 484.

Little journeys of the Editor (Illus.), 41.

fffiuM, m*100*"' by Edwln w Dunlavy

Team work and your Dilta (Ed.), 549.

Your Editor (Ed.), 549.
Eighteenth Division (Ed.). 218.
Eleventh Division-
Convention, 15, 91.
Elwyn, Fobs, Beta Beta, 88.
Emery, Barle L.. Death of (Delta Nu), 470.
Endowment campaign (Ed.)t 217, 400.

Editorials, 217, 400, 551.

Division standings, 620.

Organisation (Sec. T.), 545.

S. A. E. endowment fund booklet, 555.
Endowment fund, Permanent, 164, 355.

Bulletin, 387, 391, 426, 529. 536, 540, 612, 620.

Per,m.aan?nt endowment fund, The, by A. Miller
Bel field. 503.

Special pages, 502, 525, 532, 658.

Subscription blank. 687.
Epigrams —

After due consideration, 612.

"Dealer's choice", by John D. Cofer, 25.

Delta's p. b. x.'s, The, by Jay C. Sell, 45.

Deferred subscriber objects, The, by George W.
Sullivan, 47. •

Delta Pi's goats, 402.

Don't do It, Brethren, 140.

Far-sightedness, by John D. Cofer, 134.

How to keep young, by Ray L. Burns, 330.

H. C. D. no obstacle, by Charles E. fainter, 23.

Maline stands four-square, by John Francis
Maline, 627.

"Novices in Chivalry", 55.

Sigma Nu's value to me, by George A. Smith,

Starts them thinking, 389.

Where's your insurance policy?, by Homer
Schlamer, 674.

Tour share is only 50x1, by Andrew J. Palmer.
531.
Epsllon Alpha Chapter —

Alumni notes, 330.

Initiate roll, 79.

Letters. 283. 609.
Epsllon Beta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 330.

Initiate roll, 79.

Letters, 284. 406, 609.
Epsllon Chapter —

Alumni notes, 115, 315, 644.

Banquet. 91.

Initiate roll, 63.

Letters, 226, 557.

Manual, 47.

Reunion, 92.
Epsllon Delta Chapter —

Charter granted (Ed.), 219.

Installation, 203.

Letters, 285, 610.
Epsllon Epsllon Chapter —

Charter granted (Ed.), 219.

Installation. 209.

Letters, 611.
Epsllon Gamma, by Eugene G. Smeathcrs, 36.
Epsllon Gamma Chapter —

Alumni notes, 330, 657.

Banquet, 413.

Charter granted (Ed.), 48.

Initiate roll, 80.

Installation. 29.

Letters, 284, 610.

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JEpsUon Seta Chapters-
Charter granted (Ed.), 210.

Installation, 218.

Letters, 285, 611.
Eta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 644.

Initiate rolL 63.

Letters, 227, 558.
Ewry, Ray, Beta Zeta, by Harold E. Barron, 85.
Extension —

Editorial, 399.

New outlook on expansion, A, (Ed.), 553.

Question of expansion, The, by Walter J. Math-
erly, 501.

Sigma Nu and her neighbors (Ed.), 49.

Fairchild, Luzerne H., Beta Kappa, 421.
Faith, A confession of, by Ernest Lee Williams,
504.

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l Iota, 417.
a —
357.

Founders —

Appreciations of Founder Greenfield Quarles,
367.

Chief Founder of Sigma Nu, by W. Terry Feild
(Illus.), 5.

Last Founder passes. The (Illus.), 8.

Memorial Service to Founder Hopkins (Illus.)* 8.

Quarles, Greenfield (Ed.), 399.
Founders' Memorial —

See Memorials.
Fourteenth Division —

Convention, 613.
Fowler, Ora Smith, Gamma Kappa, 299.
Fraternity defense —

Provost Smith defends fraternities, 454.
Fraternity headquarters, Indianapolis as (Ed.)

401.

Other fraternities seek best location, 455.
Fraternity policy (Ed.), 217.

Changes in the administration (Ed.), 546.

Hopes realised, by Walter Edward Myers, 487.

Open letter to Sigma Nu, An, 398.

Steps on the forward march, by Walter Edward
Myers. 17.
Friendly grave, A, by Roswell Phi Hips, 150.

Gamma Alpha Chapter —

Alumni notes, 048.

Initiate roll, 69.

Letters. 246. 577.
Gamma Beta Chapter —

Alumni notes. 120, 319, 442.

Initiate roll. 69.

Letters. 247, 578.
Gamma Chi Chapter —

Alumni notes, 446.

Initiate roll, 73.

Letters. 263, 591.
Gamma Delta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 320, 443, 648.

Initiate roll, 70.

Letters, 248. 579.
Gamma Epsilon Chapter —

Alnmni notes. 120, 320, 443, 649.

House, 379.

Initiate roll, 70.

Letters, 249, 580.
Gamma Eta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 122, 650.

Initiate roll. 70.

Letters, 250, 581.
Gamma Gamma Chapter —

Alumni notes, 120, 320, 433, 648.

Initiate roll, 69.

Letters, 247, 579.

Reunion, 294.
Gamma Iota Chapter —

Alumni notes, 320, 651.

Initiate roll, 71.

House, 195.

Letters, 251, 582.
Gamma Kappa Chapter —

Alumni notes, 122, 321, 443, 651.

Initiate roll, 71.

Letters, 252, 404, 583.
Gamma Lambda Chapter —

Alumni notes, 122, 322, 443, 651.

Initiate roll, 71.

Kindred Brothers. 450.

Letters, 82, 253, 583.
Gamma Mu Chapter —

Alumni notes. 322. 651.

House, 508.

Initiate roll, 71.

Letters, 253, 584.
Gamma Nu Chapter —

Alumni notes, 123, 443, 652.

House, 383.

Initiate roll, 72.

Letters, 255, 584.
Gamma Omicron Chapter —

Initiate roll, 72.

Letters, 257, 556, 586.
Gamma Phi Chapter —

Alumni notes, 128, 444.

Initiate roll, 73.

Letters, 83, 262, 590.
Gamma PI Chapter —

Alumni notes, 124, 323, 444.

House, 512.

Initiate roll, 72.

Letters, 258, 586.
Gamma Psi Chapter —

Alumni notes, 128, 653.

Initiate roll, 74.

Letters. 264, 592.
Gamma Rho Chapter —

Alumni notes, 128, 323.

Initiate roll, 72.

Letters. 258. 588.
Gamma Sigma Chapter —

Alumni notes, 323, 653

Initiate roll, 73.

Letters, 259, 589.
Gamma Tau Chapter —

Alumni notes, 324, 444

Initiate roll, 73.

Letters, 260, 405. 589.
Gamma Theta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 651.

Initiate roll. 70.

Letters, 251, 581.
Gamma Upsilon Chapter-
Alumni notes, 128.

House, 200.

Initiate roll, ?3.

Letters. 261, 590.
Gamma Xi Chapter —

Alumni notes. 124, 443. (i.VJ

Initiate roll, 72.

Letters. 256. 5S6.
Gamma Zeta Chapter —

Alumni notes, 121, 649.

Banquet, 617.

Initiate roll, 70.

Letters, 249, 580.
Geckler, Herman Theodore. Death of (Beta Upsi-
lon), 339.
General Secretary —

Williams, Ernest Lee, by John C. Scott (Illus.).
488

Dad hits the trail, by Carr Payne (Illus.), 497.

Editorial. 548.
Girl of Sigma Nu, The, by Jean Paul Bryan, 468.
Girl who wears the Five-Armed Star, The, by Don

Krull. 684.
Glvan, Clinton H., Beta Eta, 416.

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Goodrich, James E., Rho, 418.
Grand Chapter, Twentieth-r-

Announcement, 482, 628.

Delegates (Ed.). 553.

Editorial, 401.

Official call. 544.
Grand Chapter entertainment, 215.
Grand Counselor, Our new, bj Borden Burr

(Illus.), 493.

Editorial, 548.
Gray, Joseph F., Death of (Ma), 469.
Greek New*, by Albert H. Wilson, 135, 831, 451,

659.
Grey, Zane, Beta Rho, by Richard LeGallienne,

Books for boys (Review), 459.

Mysterious Rldsr, The (Review), 662.
Griffin, pilchard D., Death of (Iota), 469.
Grimm. Warren Ort, -Gamma Cut—

Homage at graves of I. W. W. victims. 40.

Hartford Alumni Chapter —

Connecticut Yankees on a cruise, by John R.
Reitemyer, 24.

Letter, 106, 681.
Hawley, John Layne, Death of (Gamma PI), 673.
High Council, Our (Ed.). 547.
Holland, Edward Bell, Death of (Kappa-Alpha),

888.
Holloway, Edward H., Beta Beta, 299.
Hoosler Rally, 292.

Hopes realised, by Walter Edward Myers, 487.
Hopkins, James Frank, Alpha, 5.
Hopkins, Richard J., Nu, 98, 299, 623, 666.
Howard, Joseph Henry, Death of (Beta Tau), 672.
Howell. Spencer P., Delta Theta, 298.
Huff, Charles Clayton, Death of (Gamma Alpha),

149.
Huguley, George Abner, Jr., Death of (Gamma

Omicron), 149.

Illinois Is fraternity paradise, 619.

Inaugural word, An, by Ernest Lee Williams, 527.

Indianapolis Alumni Chapter —

Hoosler Rally, 292.

Letters, 307. 631.
Indianapolis as fraternity headquarters (Ed.),
401.

Other fraternities seek best location, 455.
Inspectors, Our new —

See Our New Inspectors.
Inspectors Conference (Ed.), 216.
Inspectors Conference, The, by John C. Scott

(Illus), 178.
Inspectors Conference, The : Summary, by Edwin

W. Dunlavy (Illus.), 177.
Installation of Epsilon Delta Chapter, by Arthur

F. Krippner (Illus.). 203.
Installation of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter, by Er-

rett R. Newby (Illus.), 209.
Installation of Epsilon Gamma Chapter (Illus.),

29.
Installation of Epsilon Zeta Chapter, by George

W. Milam (Illus.). 213.
Inter-fraternlty conference, Twelfth, 392.
Internal development —

Steps on the forward march, by Walter Edward
Myers, 17.

Editorial. 547.
Iota Chapter —

Alumni notes, 117, 316, 644.

Initiate roll, 63.

Letters, 228. 559.

Jacksonville Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 107.
Johnson, Howard A., Gamma Phi, 416.
Joiner, Manly Richard, Iota-Gamma Kappa, 298.
Jones, Herold A., Beta Beta. 86.
Judge, Joseph Arthur, Death of (Gamma Sigma),

341.

Kansas-born farmer for governor, A, by Grant W.

Harrington, 23.
Kansas university puts a ban on extravagance, 27.
Kappa Chapter —

Alumni notes, 644.

Initiate roll, 64.

Letters, 228, 560.
Kelley, Walter Pound Stone, Death of (Beta Chi),

672.
Kenney, Edmund John, Delta Delta, 424.
Kindred Brothers (Illus.), 449.
Kimbrough, Samuel A., Delta Iota, 623.

Kindred Brothers, 450.
King, William H., Delta Sigma, 416.
Kramer, Frederick Fenley, Death of (Delta Delta),

Krull, Donald Carl, Gamma Mu-Beta Chi, 541.

Lackey. William G., Zeta. 424.

Lake, James Alvin, Death of (Gamma Zeta), 673.

Lake Leelanau In winter, by John C. Scott

(Illus.), 81.
Lambda Chapter —

Alumni notes, 117, 316.

Initiate roll, 64.

Letters, 229, 560.
Lambda Chi Alpha —

Indianapolis as fraternity headquarters (Ed.),
401.

Other fraternities seek best location, 455.
Land, William Henry, Death of (Beta Lambda-

Rho). 671.
Last Founder passes, The (Illus.), 363.
Law, Fraternity, 1920 (Sec. T.), 545.
Lexington (Kentucky) Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 107, 308, 430, 632.
Little journeys of the Editor (Illus.), 41.
Little Rock Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 108. 431.
Lynch. Hal H. H., Gamma Omicron —

Credit deserved, 221.

McArthur, Clifford N\, Gamma Zeta, 622
McCall, Wlllard. Theta, 625.
McCroskey, J. Houston, Delta Iota, 372.
McCroskey double Brothers (Illus.), 449.
McDanlel, Norman Joseph, Death of (Delta

Kappa), 342.
McKellar, Edward Duncan, Death of (Upsilon),

671.
McNeely. John D., Rho. 625.
MacQueen. John. Death of (Theta), 670.
Mn'1i*on Alumni Chapter —

Letters. 109.

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Maine reunion, 94, 292

Marriages, 144, 333, 464, 608. ^

Marion, Francis Edwin, Death of (Delta PI), 150.
Matherly, Walter J., Beta XI—

Number of things, A (Review), 661.
Maxwell, Harry. Lincoln, Death of (Beta Beta),

338 470
Memorial day, Sigma Nu's — _

Memorial service at Cleveland, by Walter Ed-
ward Myers, 185.

Memorial service at Nevada, by Cyril Praley, 185.

Memorial address, by Harvey Barton Hartsock,
186.

Personal reflections, by Earl Lawrence Hodson,
189.
Memorials — . -.»_•»

Memorial service to Founder James Frank Hop-
kins, 8.

Credit of Inscription, 221.
Memphis Alumni Chapter —

Letters. 109, 308, 432, 633.
Miami Alumni —

Letters, 110, 433. , % nAt%

Miller, Cleo Elton, Death of (Delta .Iota). > 842.
Mills, Harold Colthurst, Death of (Delta Chi),

342.
Minneapolis Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 434.
Montgomery Alumni Chapter —

Reunion, 413, 618.
Morrell, Allen Everett (Delta Psl), 90.
Modern church and its minister, A, by Harry A.

Rider (Illus.), 19.
Moffat, James E. (Beta Eta), 498.
Morris, Fred (Sigma-Mu), 422.
Moyer. Bruce (Beta Iota-Delta Alpha), 288.
Mu Chapter —

Alumni notes, 117, 439, 644.

Initiate roll, 64.

Letters, 229, 561. , A . ^ ,„A

Myers, Walter Edward (Beta Iota), 40, 500.

Napier, George M. (Kappa), 415.
Nashville Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 633.
Nelson, Jack (Gamma Beta) —

Hold that purple line (Review), 458.
New Haven Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 110, 434. 634.
Newson, Albert Sidney, Death of (Gamma Alpha),

149, 339.
New York Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 111, 308, 635.
Noble, Elmer J. (Gamma Chi), 619.
Novices in Chivalry, 63.
Nu Chapter —

Alumni notes, 117, 316.

Initiate roll, 64.

Kansas university puts a ban on extravagance,

27.

Kindred Brothers, 450.
Letters, 229, 561.
Reunion, 92.

Oklahoma City Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 111, 309, 636.
Okmulgee Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 636.
Omaha Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 435, 636.
Omlcron Chapter —

Alumni notes, 317.
Open letter to Sigma Nu, An, by Edwin W. Dun-

lavy, 398.

Opp, Henry, Death of (Theta), 671.
Osmun, Joseph Allen, Jr., Death of, 672.
Our new Grand Counselor, by Borden Burr (Il-
lus.), 493.

Editorial, 548.
Our new Inspectors —

Arney, Charles E. Jr. (Gamma Chi), (Illus.),
371.

Barnett, Orvllle M. (Rho), (Illus.). 499.

Cofer, John D. (Upsilon), (Illus.), 371.

McCroBkey, James Houston (Delta Iota),
(Illus.), 372.

Moffat, James E. (Beta Eta), (Illus.), 498.

Short, Clarence A. (Delta Kappa), (Illus.), 498.
Outdoorsman's prayer, An, by Harold Elnar Mag-

nuson, 527.
Overton, Daniel Hawkins, Jr., Death of (Gamma

Epsilon), 672.
Owen, William Miller, Death of (Beta Phi), 149.

Palmour. Oscar (Kappa), 493.

Editorial, 548.
Papperman, Gustav A. (Delta Kappa), 424.
Parkinson, Robert McKee, Death of (Delta Eta),

150.
Parting gifts, by Claude B. McBrayer, 382.
"Passing It along," by Edwin W. Dunlavy (Illus.),

494.
Patton, Edward Charles (Delta Zeta), 301.
Pendergrass, Allie Lee, Death of (Omlcron), 148.
Pepperell, William E. (Nu), 301.
Permanent endowment fund, The, by A. Miller

Belfleld, 503.
Pettus, Richard Emmett (Theta), 426.
Phares, Edward Long, Death of (Lambda), 148.
Phlblin, David, Death of (Gamma Zeta), 340.
Phi Chapter-
Initiate roll, 65.

Letters, 233. 565.
Phi Delta Theta—

Indianapolis as fraternity headquarters (Ed.),
401.

Othvr fraternities seek best location, 455.
Philadelphia Alumni Chapter —

Letters. 112, 309, 435, 637.
Pi Chapter —

Alumni notes, 117, 439.

Initiate roll, 65.

Letters, 230, 562.
Pickwick Club, by Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C,

M. P. C, 141, 460, 663.
Pilgrimages of the Regent, by Walter Edward

Myers. 39.
Piper, Warren (Gamma Beta), 99.

Hold that purple line (Review), 458.
Pitkin, McKendree (Beta Beta), 464.
Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 112, 311, 436, 638.
Poems —

Commencement poem, by James Summer Draper,
554.

Dew-drops, by Claude McBrayer, 51.

Did you? by Cyrus Reid, 459.

Epsilon Gamma, by Eugene G. Smeathers, 36.

Friendly grave. A, by Roswell Phillips, 150.

Girl of Sigma Nu. by Jean Paul Bryan, 468.

Girl who wears the Five-Armed Star, The, by
Don Krull, 684.

Lake Leelanau, by John C. Scott, 81.

Parting gifts, by Claude B. McBrayer, 382.

Slg by the sea, A. by Eugene G. Smeathers, 36.

Sigma Nu mother o' mine, by Jack T. Nelson,
6S3.

Sigma Nu girl, by Albert Deisseroth, 684.
Porter. Charles P. (Epsilon Gamma), 300.
Pre-legal student. The, by Francis V. Kiesling, 533.
Psi Chapter —

Initiate roll, 65.

Letters. 234, 565.
Publications. Chapter —

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Quantlco (Virginia) Alumni —

Letter, 114.
Quarles, Greenfield, Death of (Alpha), 363, 367,
469.

Editorial, 399.

Read, Ah In C.f Phi—

Burial, 374.
Reeves, Eric J. (Del to Delta), 410.
Regent, Pilgrimages of the, by Walter Edward
Myers, 39.

To go abroad, 500.
Revival of Delta Chapter, The, by Albert II. Wil-
son, 201.
Rho Chapter —

Alumni notes, 440.

Initiate roll, 65.

Letters, 231, 563.
Rider, Harry A. (Delta Zeta), 494.

Your Editor (Ed.), 549.
Rlghtor, Chester E.. Gamma Lambda —

City manager in Dayton i Review), 137.
Rodgers, Ira Errett (Gamma Pi), 291, 409.
Rollins, James F. (Delta PI), 627.
Roysden, Dorance S. (Gamma Phi), 419.
Ruby Eye. The, 61.

Rucker. Ray Fleming (Rho-Gamma Sigma), 302.
Rushing —

Rules at Trinity College, 18.

"Dope" (Sec. T.), 395.

Sahm, ttoy (Beta Rho), 667.

S. A. E. endowment fund booklet, 555.

Saint Louis Alumul Chapter —

Grand Chapter entertainments, 215.

Letters, 114, 436, 639.
San Antonio Alumni Chapter —

Reunion, 95.
Sanderson, Lawson (Gamma Phi), 421.
Sawyer, Esmond Bennett, Death of (Delta Oml-

cron), 342.
Scarborough, James H., Death of (Delta), 338.
Schaub. Baxter L., Death of (Gamma Alpha), 149.
Schenectady Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 311, 437. 639.
Scholarship, 52, 222.

How to succeed in study, by Henry Louis Smith,
222.

Notable chapters and their notables, 54, 224.

Scholarship honor key, by Errett R. Newby, 52.

Scholarship table, 52, 223.
Sears, Walter J. (Beta Nu), 97.
Seattle Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 640.
Second generation club —

Nu Chapter, 450.
Secretary's table, 46, 394, 545.
Shelby County Alumni —

Letters. 312. _ v _

Shlvely, Bert Dewey, Death of (Delta Eta), 341.
Short, Clarence A. (Delta Kappa), 498.
Shreveport Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 312.
Sig by the sea. A, by Eugene G. Smeathers, 36.
Sigma Alpha Epsllon —

Endowment fund booklet, 555.
Sigma Chapter —

Alumni notes, 118, 317, 440, 644.

Athletes, 87.

Initiate roll, 65.

Letters, 232, 563.

Scholarship, 54.

Sigma Nu girl, by Albert Deisseroth, 684.
Sigma Nu mother o' mine, by Jack T. Nelson, 683.
Silent partner, The, by George A. Smith, 526.
Simpson. Russell Sudlow (Delta Sigma). 301.
Sixteenth Division —

Convention, 614.
Slacker or backer ! by Robert Bolwell, 543.
Smith, George H. (Beta Iota), 537.
Smith, James Quinton (Theta), 621.
Smith, Paul M. (Beta Beta), 626.
Smith, Wilbert B. (Beta Rho), 530.
Snead, David Lee, Death of (Iota), 148.
Song contest —

Third contest award, 688.
Spauiding, David Leland (Gamma Chi), 421.
Spokane Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 313.
Springfield Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 438.
Star of Sigma Nu, The, by Greenfield Quarles, 485.
Stars and Stripes, The (Review). 458.
Steiner, Robert E. (Theta), 420, 622.
Steps on the forward march, by Walter Edward

Myers, 17.
Stowers, James A. (Rho), 625.
Sutton, l£verne Hobart, Death of (Gamma Gam-

ma), 340.
Swain. Russell Hedges, Death of (Beta Mu), 339.
§SMleS ?tft.nl2y JiDe*th of (Beta Iota), *49
Swlnk, Ralph Snowden, Delta Rho —

Reported alive, 342.
Sylvester, Clarence Albert, Death of (Delta Omi-

cron), 150.

TaZeta) ^a*1*8 Wllllam» Jr" Deatn of (Gamma

Th«-i8» Otto Frederic, Gamma Epsllon —
Translations (Review), 139.

Theta Chapter-
Alumni noter, 116, 315, 439. 644.
Initiate roll, 63.
Letters, 227, 559.

Theta Nu Epsllon —
See T. N. E.

Third Division-
Convention, 613.

T. N. E.--

T. N. E. and basing, 194.
Permits for T. N. E. (Sec. T.). 394
Editorial, 402.

Tuscarawas County Alumni —
Rally, 295.

Twelftn Division —
Convention, 15, 91.

Two premiers sign covenant, 657.

Uniform accounting system in practice, The. by

Lee A. Yochum, 390.
Upsilon Chapter —

Alumni notes, 118, 441.

Chapter House, 505.

Initiate roll, 65.

Letters, 232, 563.
Upsilon's new Chapter House, by John D. Cofer,

505.

Van Boddle, Newton, Death of (Kappa). 338.
Vanderblue, Homer B. (Gamma Beta), 422.
View and review, 48, 216, 399, 546.
"Vital 8tati8tic8,•, 378.

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Wolf, George P., Death of (Epsilon), 147.
Wright, Joseph Darlington, Death of (Theta), 14H

Wade, Thomas Henry, Death of (XI), 470.
Wallace, Clarence W. (Delta Alpha), 624.
Waller, William C.t Death of (Theta), 338.
Warren, John Lawson, Death of (Theta), 469.
Washington Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 641.
Waterloo Alumni Chapter —

Letters, 313, 438, 643.
Watt, Robert W. (Delta Gamma), 89, 289.
West, Charles H.t Death of (Alpha), 338.
Western Reserve university —

Two premiers sign covenant, 657.
White, J. Finley, Death of (Alpha), 147.
Williams, Cranston (Xi), 621.
Williams, Ernest Lee, by John C. Scott (Illus.),
488

Dad hits the trail, by Carr Payne (Illus.), 497.

Editorial, 548.
Wilson, Walter E. (Nu), 623, 666.
Wolf, Edmund Meinard, Death of (Beta Zeta),

Xi Chapter —

Alumni notes, 117.
Initiate roll, 64.
Letters, 230, 562.

Zeta Chapter —
Alumni notes, 315.

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Bailey, James M. —

Gamma Nu's new home (Illus.), 383.
Bangs, B. Geoffrey —

Beta Psl's Chapter House, 506.
Barnett, Orvllle M.—

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles,
367.
Barron, Harold B. —

Bwry, Ray, 85.

Kindred Brothers, 143.
Belfield, A. Miller-
Permanent Endowment Fund, The, 503.
Bennett, Rawson —

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles,

Unexpected rise, An, 674.
Bolwell, Robert-
Slacker or Backer? 543.
Bovard, Roy L. —

Delta Delta Lodge, The (Illus.), 517.
Bridges, Howard L. —

Death ship of Constantinople, The, 539.
Brooker, Dan —

Delta Alpha at home (Illus.), 515.
Bryan, Jean Paul —

Girl of Sigma Nu, The, 468.
Burr, Borden —

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles,

Our new Grand Counselor (Illus.), 493.

Bnelz, Lloyd C—

Gamma Pi's new home (Illus.), 512.

Feild. W. Terry —

Chief Founder of 8igma Nu, The (Illus.), 5.

Hopkins, Brother and man (Illus.), 9.
Fraser, Harry Carleton —

Marriages and weddings, 462.

"Chaplain" Fraser arrives in the U. S., 404.

Another vice-president, 664.
French, J. Wymond —

Moffat, James B. (Illus.), 498. < ...

Gee, Frank W. —

Prayer (Hopkins memorial service), 12.

Chandler, George A. —

Gamma Lambda double Brothers, 450.

Curiosities of Gamma Lambda, 665.
Cofer, John D. —

Autobiographical sketch (Illus.), 371.

Upsilon's new Chapter House, 505.
Collins, Robert F.

Hlahaha hunting ground in Hatch, 461.
Connell, Wade P.

Gamma Nu'b New Home (Illus.), 383.
Creech, Grover H. —

Gamma Iota lays corner-stone (Illus.),

195.

Harrington, Grant W. —

Kansas-born farmer for governor, A, 23.
Harrington, Leroy —

Arkansas Chapter House (Illus.), 200.
Hartman, Dale A. —

Pickwickians again, The, 460.
Hopwood, Harry L. —

Soldier Dreisbach (Illus.), 375.

Deisseroth, Albert —

Sigma Nu girl, 684.
•Draper, James 8ummer —

Commencement poem, 554.
Dunlavy, Edwin Wesley —

Inspector's conference, The (Illus.). 177.

Little journeys of the Bditor (Illus.), 41.

Open letter to Sigma Nu, An, 398.

"Passing it along," (Illus.), 494.

View and review, 48, 216, 399.

Keesllng, Francis V. —

Pre-legal student, The, 533.
King, William H.—

Delta Sigma buys a House (Illus.), 523.
Krippner, Arthur F. —

Installation of Bpsilon Delta Chapter (Illus.),
253.
Krull, Don C. —

Fried Kruller, A, 463.

Girl who wears the Five-Armed Star, The, 684.

Politics and other things, 141.

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Le Galllenne, Richard —

Grey, Zane, 139.
Lynch, Hal H. H. —

Tribute to Hopkins (Illus.), 1 1.

McBrayer, Claude B. —

Dew-drops, 51.

Parting gifts, 382.
McCul lough, John A. —

Finger, Ray, "boosts Case," 531.
McKee, Charles W. — ^ m tj _

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles,
369.
' Mc Namar, J. Dale —

Beta Nu Chapter House (Illus.), 377.
Magnuson, Harold Einar —

Outdoorsman's prayer. A, 527.

Outdoorsmsn's prayer, An, 527.
Matberly, Walter J. —

Question of expansion, The, 501.
Meyers, Charles Willis — v v

Tuscarawas County Rally (Cartoon), 296.
Milam, George W.— _

Installation of Bpsilon Zeta Chapter ( Illus. )t
213.
Myers, Walter Edward — „.._„„

Dunlavy becomes president of Iliff College, 496.

Hopes realised, 487.

Pilgrimages of the Regent, 39.

Steps on the forward march, 17.

Reed W. Leo-
Beta Eta triumphs in carnival, 90.
Relber, Leo A. —

Camping as a vocation (Illus.), 414.
Reid, Cyrus -E. —

Did you? 459.
Reltemyer, John R. —

Connecticut Yankees on a cruise, 24.
Rider, Harry A.— _^

Editor's perspective, The, 484.

Modern church and its minister, A (Illus.), 19.

View and review, 548.
Roberts, John M. —

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles,
370.
Robinson, Isaac P. — ^ ^ ,. _

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles.
368.

Scott, John C—

Foreigners? 357.

Inspectors conference. The (Illus.), 178.

Lake Leelanau in winter (Illus.), 81.

Williams, Ernest Lee (Illus.), 488.

Where's the House? 665.
Sears, Walter J. — _ m %Jk _

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles.
370.
Smeathers, Eugene G. —

Bpsilon Gamma, 36.

Sig by the sea. A, 36.
8mith, George A. —

Silent partner. The, 526.
Smith. George H. —

In flight from the Crimea, 437.
Smith, Henry Louis —

How to succeed in study, 223.
Stevens, Clyde E. —

Morrell of Delta Psi, 90.

Nelson, Jack T. —

Sigma Nu mother o' mine, 683.
Newby, Errett R.—

Installation of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter (Illus.),
209.

Scholarship honor keys, 52.
Norris, J. I.—

Hopkins the pioneer (Illus.), 9.

Terrell. Frank H.—

Nu news confuses the Delta, 660.
Theis, Henry A. —

Banking and democracy, 26.

Payne, Carr —

Sigma wins lnterfraternity basketball series, 87.

Dad hits the trail (Illus.), 497.
Perkins, Arthur B. —

Directions desired, 665.
Phillips, Roswell —

Friendly grave, A, 150.

Gamma Epsilon's House campaign (Illus.), 379.
Pickwick, Mr. Samuel, Esq., G. C, M. P. C—

Pickwick club. 141 v 460, 663.
Polk, Lucille Quarles —

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles,
367.

Weeks, George E. —

Beta Psi'B Chapter House, 506.
Williams, Ernest Lee—

Conufession of Faith, A, 504.

Inaugural word, An, 527.
Wilson, Albert H.—

Greek news, 135, 331, 451, 659.

Installation of Epsilon Gamma Chapter (Illus).
29.

"Novices in chivalry," 55.

Revival of Delta Chapter, The, 201.
Woods, Clarence E. — -.**%—

Appreciation of Founder Greenfield Quarles,
369.
Wyche, George T. —

American soldier's life in Germany,

388.

Quarles, Greenfield —

Hopkins at rest (Illus.), 12.
Star of Sigma Nu, The, 485.

Yochum, Lee A. —

Uniform accounting system in practice, The,
390.

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Alaska Sigma Nus, 99.

Alden, Spencer Thorndyke (Gamma Nu-Gamma

TheU), 62.
Arkansas Chapter House, 200.
Arney, Charles E., Jr. (Gamma Chi), 373.
Aydelotte, Frank (Beta Eta), 528.

Bpsilon DelU Chapter House, 202.
Epsilon Epsilon Chapter House, 20S.
Epsilon Gamma Chapter House, 28.

Barnett, Orvllle M. (Rho), 181, 500.
Barron, Harold E. (DelU Delta), 287.
Beardsley, Harry M. (Gamma Rho) —

Daughter's birth announcement card,
Beta Iota track team, 89.
Beta Nu Chapter House, 377.
Beta Psl Chapter House, 507.

128.

Felld, W. Terry (Gamma Upsilon ), 14.
Ferguson, Hill (Theta), 96.
Founders —

Hopkins, James Frank, 5, 6, 14.

Suarles, Greenfield, 9, 13, 362, 365.
iley, James W., 7.
See also Memorial Service.
Frankfort M. B. Church, 20.

Caldwell, Perry D. (Beta Iota-Delta Zeta). 183.
Cartoons —

Tuscarawas County rally, 296.

Watt, Robert W.t 290.
Chapter Houses —

Beta'Nu, 377.

Beta Psl, 507.

Delta Alpha, 515.

DelU DelU, 516.

DelU Sigma, 523.

Bpsilon Gamma. 28.

Epsilon DelU, 202.

Epsilon Epsilon, 208.

Gamma Iota, 45, 195.

Gamma Epsilon, 379.

Gamma Ma, 509.

Gamma Nu, 384.

Gamma Pi, 513.

Lambda, 43.

Upsilon, 505.
Coat of Arms, 16.
Cofer, John D., Upsilon, 179, 371.

Gamma Epsilon Chapter House, 379.
Gamma Iota Chapter House, 45, 195.
Gamma Mu Chapter House, 509.
Gamma Nu Chapter House, 384.
Gamma Pi Chapter House, 513.
Grau, Otto K. (Beta Chi), 184.

Hopkins, James Frank (Alpha), 5, 6, 14.
Hopkins Memorial, 13.
Hopkins memorial service, 10.

Inspectors Conference, The, 176.

Dyer, Isadore, BeU-BeU Phi, 190.
DelU Alpha Chapter House, 515.
DelU DelU Chapter House, 516.
DelU Omlcron's letter men, 88.
DelU Sigma Chapter House, 523.
DreUback, Clyde F. (Beta Epsilon), 375.
Dunlavy, Edwin Wesley (Beta BeU), 19, 22, 43,
45, 198, 496.

Johnson, Howard A. (Gamma Phi), 416.
Joiner, Manly R. (Iota -Gamma Kappa), 182.
Jones, Hero!d A. (Beta Beta), 86.

Krull, Donald Carl (Gamma Mu-BeU Chi), 541.

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Lambda Chapter House, 43.

Lynch, Hal H. H. (Gamma Omicron), 15.

Rider, Harry A. (Delta Zeta), 495.

Rightor, Cheater B. (Gamma Lambda), 187.

Riley, James M. (Alpha), 7.

Riley memorial, 4.

Roberts, John M. (Beta Lambda-Beta Pi), 181.

McCroskey, J. Houston (Delta Iota), 372
McCroskey trio, 448.
Memorials —

Hopkins, James Frank, 13.

Riley, James M., 4.
Memorial service to Hopkins, 10.
Moffat, James B. (Beta Eta), 183, 499.
Moore, Orlo S. (Gamma Kappa), 181.

Scholarship honor key, 53.
Scott, John C. (Beta Zeta), 81.
Segur, Raymond H. (Delta Chi), 180.
Short, Clarence A. (Delta Kappa), 408.
Sigma basketball team, 87.
Smith, George A. (Beta Zeta), 41.
Smith, George H. (Beta Iota), 537.
Smith, Wilbert B. (Beta Rho), 530.

Nu Chapter second generation, 450.
Nu reunion, 92.

TuBcarawas County rally (Cartoon), 296.

Upsllon Chapter House, 505.

Palmour, Oscar (Kappa), 182, 494.
Phillips, Roswell (Gamma Bpsilon), 180.
Porter, Charles P. (Bpsilon Gamma), 300.
Pulliam, Harold A. (Gamma Iota-Gamma Thcta),

197.
Pulliam, Keeling G. (Gamma Iota), 197.

V. M. I. gates, 1, 41, 161, 353.

Quarles, Greenfield (Alpha), 9, 13, 362, 365.

Watt, Robert W. (Delta Gamma), 289, 290.
William*. Ernest Lee (Gamma Kappa), 486, 491.
Wilson. Albert H. (Beta Iota), 180.

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OCTOBER 1920

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Published by

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Birthplace of Sigma Nu

Devoted to Fraternity and College Interests, Published
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Contents

The Chief Founder of Sigma Nu, by W. Terry Feild 5

Memorial Service 8

Steps on the Forward March, by Regent Walter E. Myers 17

Rushing Rules at Trinity College 18

A Modern Church and Its Minister, by Harry A. Rider 19

A Kansas-Born Farmer, by Past Grand Recorder Grant W. Harrington 23

Connecticut Yankees on a Cruise, by John Reitemyer 24

Banking and Democracy, IV, by Henry A. Theis 26

Installation of Epsilon Gamma Chapter 29

Epsilon Gamma Songs 36

Pilgrimages of the Regent 39

Attorney Walter E. Myers 40

Homage at Graves of I. W. W. Victims 40

Little Journeys of the Editor. 41

Secretary's Table 46

View and Review 48

Dew Drops, by Claude B. McBrayer 51

Scholarship 52

The Delta Contest 56

The Ruby Eye '. 61

Spencer Alden Post 62

Novicbs in Chivalry 63

Lake Leelanau In Winter, by Past Editor John C. Scott 81

Chapter Letters 82

The Athletes - 84

Conventions and Rallies 91

The Big Five _ 95

Th^ Alumni 96

Alumni Chapter Letters 100

Alumni Notes 115

Greek News, by Past Regent Albert H. Wilson 135

Chapter Bookshelf 137

Pickwick Club 141

Marriages 144

Deaths 147

A Friendly Grave, by Roswell Phillips 150

Fraternity Directory 151

Illustrations

Riley Memorial 4

James Frank Hopkins 6

James M. Riley 7

Memorial Service 10

Hopkins Memorial 12

Greenfield Quarles 13

Founder Hopkins and Terry Feild 14

Hal H. H. Lynch 15

Dr. Dunlavy ; 19

Frankfort Community Building 20

Epsilon Gamma Chapter House 28

Alpha Sigma Delta, The Petitioners 32

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In Belief ontnine Cemetery, St. Louis

To James M. Riley, Alpha No. 3

One of the Founders of Sigma Nu

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The Chief Founder of Sigma Nu

By W. Terry Feild, Gamma Upsilon

THE chief Founder of one of the
largest Greek Letter societies in the
United States, Sigma Nu, spent
nearly his whole life in Arkansas and is
buried at Mabelvale, nine miles from Little
Rock. Another Founder of this Fraternity
is one of the leading citizens of Arkansas.

ton, Va. Returning to Little Rock from
that institution in 1870, he served as one
of the locating engineers on the Little Rock
and Memphis railroad. He practiced the
profession of civil engineering until 1874,
when he moved to Mabelvale with his
father and thev built a large home on a

Hopkins the Cadet

Half a century ago a few students of
Virginia Military Institute organized
Sigma Nu. One of these students was
Greenfield Quarles, of Helena. The man
who wrote the Ritual and designed the
badge of the Society was James Frank Hop-
kins. He was born at Ripley, Miss., on
December 30, 1845. When he was six years
old his father moved to Memphis and when
he was about ten years old his father es-
tablished a home on a large tract of land
he had bought at Arkansas Post. The
family moved to Little Rock in 1860 and
lived in a frame house where the Southern
Trust building now stands.

In 1863, when only eighteen years old,
young Hopkins slipped through the lines
of General Steele's troops and joined Gen-
eral Fagan's cavalry, which was in Price's
Division of the Confederate States army.
He served through the two remaining years
of the war. When peace came he went
to Virginia Military Institute at Lexing-

Hopkins the Trooper

farm of 640 acres. He married, in 1870,
Miss Jennie A. Barclay, of Lexington, Va.
They had six children, four of whom are
living, Barclay, Clay, and Hugh Hopkins
and Mrs. Bessie Milling. Mrs. Hopkins
died in 1905 and Brother Hopkins on De-
cember 15, 1913, at the age of 63

Early in May a monument, erected by
the Fraternity in whose Founding he had
the principal part, was dedicated at
Mabelvale and the occasion will be made a
national event by this society.

Sigma Nu was founded on January 1,
1869. A strong fraternity had for five
years existed at V. M. I. without a rival,
and its influence had dominated the insti-
tution. Its membership included most of
the honor men, and it also had a large fol-
lowing among the sub-professors of the
institution. Owing to a vivid description
being given by a cadet, who accidentally
got past the guard of one of the meetings
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saw was a number of white forms with
black feet, the members of this organiza-
tion were termed "Blackfeet."

A number of Western cadets, resenting
the dominance of the "Blackfeet," organ-
ized themselves into a rival organization
which became known as the "Whitefeet."

Associated with Cadet Hopkins were
Cadets Greenfield Quarles, of Helena, Ar-
kansas, and James M. Riley, of St. Louis,
Missouri. These and several others he led
out one night on the campus of V. M. I.
and there beneath the stars they bound
themselves into a Fraternity which was

James Frank Hopkins

Alpha No. 1

One of the Founders of Sigma Nu

Cadet Hopkins had become a Mason at
Lexington, Va., and was a member of the
"Knights of the White Camellia," a South-
ern order. Espousing and fighting the
battles of the underclassmen, he soon
gained the enmity of the upper-classmen
and of the "Blackfeet" as well; but at the
same time he won the warm friendship of
the underclassmen.

destined to grow far beyond their pres-
ent vision. The organization grew rapidly
and forty men were initiated before the
1869 commencement. The rivalry be-
tween the new organization and the older
society of "Blackfeet" was bitter. By
the following commencement Sigma Nu
had secured practically all of the prin-
cipal offices in the cadet corps. Success

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brought ambition and the idea of extend-
ing the Order was proposed and discussed.
A constitution, badge, and symbols were
adopted. The badge of Sigma Nu has
never been changed as it was designed
and the symbols suggested by Cadet Hop-
kins.

In the quiet surroundings of Mabelvale,
where he spent the last years of his life,
Brother Hopkins became interested in the
local problems and served for a number of

in every State in the Union except eight.
The total number is 80l and there are 49
Alumni Chapters in the principal cities of
the North, South, East, and West.

Mr. Hopkins was Vice-Regent of Sigma
Nu in the early eighties, and during the
latter years of his life attended many of
the biennial conventions of the Fraternity.

In 1906 at Indianapolis and 1908 at
Chicago, Founder Hopkins and Founder
Greenfield Quarles attended the convention

James M. Riley

Alpha No. 3

One of the Founders of Sigma Nu

years as justice of the peace. He was prom-
inent in the Masonic fraternity and was
secretary of the Eastern Star and the Ma-
sonic lodge. Founder Hopkins was con-
sulted and aided the petitioners at the Uni-
versity of Arkansas in securing a Collegi-
ate Chapter of Sigma Nu at that institu-
tion. This was the sixty-eighth Chapter
granted by Sigma Nu, and is known in
Greek terms as Gamma Upsilon Chapter.
Sigma Nu now has Collegiate Chapters

together, and they were received by the
young and the old college men with a
notable demonstration.

A large number of men prominent in
the national affairs of Sigma Nu used to
visit the home of Founder Hopkins at

This was correct at that time, but since then
Epsilon Gamma Chapter has been installed at
Wesleyan University and our old Delta Chapter
at the University of South Carolina has been re-
vived, making a total number of 82.

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Mabelvale and hear from his lips the story
of the early days of the Fraternity.

The relics of the Fraternity possessed by
Founder Hopkins were disposed of by him
before his death. The collection of cadet
photographs was presented to Clarence E.
Woods, .then living at Richmond. Ken-

tucky, who for twenty-two years was the
guiding spirit in the growth of Sigma Nu.
The original Sigma Nu badge was pre-
sented to W. Terry Feild, of Little Rock.
A diamond badge presented to Founder
Hopkins by the 1908 Indianapolis conven-
tion was retained by the family.

Memorial Service

Unveiling of Monument Erected by Sigma Nu to

Founder /. Frank Hopkins

Mabelvale, Arkansas, May 7, 1920
Friday, 4:00 P. M.

[To Brother Terry Feild, Founder of Gamma Upsilon Chapter and long-time friend and
neighbor of Founder Hopkins, the Fraternity owes a debt of gratitude which can never be
repaid. The arrangements and program for this Memorial Service were placed in the hands
of the Little Rock Alumni Chapter, of which Brother Feild is president, and to him at last
fell the conduct of the Service under most trying handicaps. Past Regent Walter J. Sears,
under whose terms as Grand Historian, Grand Recorder, and Regent, the plans for this
Memorial were begun and carried out, was unable to come. As Grand Historian, Brother
Sears had become well acquainted with Founder Hopkins and his historical articles on the
Founding of Sigma Nu and its Founders appeared in The Delta. It had been his dream as
Regent to dedicate this tribute of the Fraternity to its First Brother, but the war interfered
and the monument could not be set in place until this year. Then, too, no member of the
High Council could be present, and at the last moment the General Secretary's presence was
prevented by unavoidable circumstances. Past Grand Recorder Clarence E, Woods and
other old and honored dignitaries of the Fraternity also saw their plans to attend miscarry.
To Brother Feild fell the entire burden to carry through a program whose gaps were to
him most disheartening; however, with the aid of Inspector Hal H. H. Lynch and other
Brothers of the Division the Memorial was unveiled by Founder Greenfield Quarles in a
service due and fitting to the man whose memory will ever live in the thoughts of every
Sigma Nu. We are glad to present here to our readers a verbatim account of the ceremonies,
for which Brother Feild has thoughtfully arranged. — The Editor.]

THE memorial service to Founder
James Frank Hopkins at Mabelvale,
Arkansas, May 7th, four p. m., at
which time was unveiled and dedicated
the monument erected by Sigma Nu to
Founder J. Frank Hopkins, the Little Rock
Alumni Chapter with Sigma Nus from
Arkansas and delegates from the Collegiate
Chapters in the Eleventh and Twelfth Divi-
sion Association met at 2 :30 in front of the
old State Capitol grounds and drove in
automobiles to the little cemetery lying at
the edge of Mabelvale.

Awaiting the Sigma Nu delegation were
citizens of the community, as well as rela-
tives and friends of the Hopkins family.
The day was all that could be desired. The
air was balmy and the foliage resplendent
from the rain of the night before.

W. Terry Feild acted as master of cere-
monies and the program was as follows:

Invocation — Dr. J. I. Norris, Pine Bluff,

Ark.
Address — Dr. J. I. Norris, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Quartette— Abide With Me.

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Address— W. Terry Feild, r Y, Little Rock,

Ark.
Prayer— Rev. Frank W. Gee, B B, Little

Rock, Ark.
Monument Unveiling — Hon. Greenfield

Quarles, A, our only living Founder,

Helena, Ark.
Memorial Address — H. H. H. Lynch, r O,

St. Louis, Mo.
Quartette — Rock of Ages.
Placing of wreaths at foot of monument

by Collegiate and Alumni Chapters.
Closing Prayer — Rev. Frank W. Gee. B B,

Little Rock, Ark.

Dr. J. T. Norris opened the services
with a prayer, after which he delivered a
short address:

and if there was no priest or preacher to
officiate, he himself would read some
simple ritual. He splendidly exemplified
the doctrine of his master, "If any man will
be great among you let him be your serv-
ant," and you are doing a worthy thing
today; you are paying a worthy tribute to
a worthy man, when you come to this spot.
Mr. Hopkins was a brave man; he was
a soldierly man; he was an orderly man;
he was a Godly man. He feared God; he
loved his fellowman. Probably no man
had done more different forms of service
for his fellowman than this man whose
memory you commemorate today.

Hopkins, the Pioneer

By Dr. J. I. Norris

I wish to thank you for having it in
your heart to erect a Memorial to this man,
who was a friend of my later childhood
and early manhood. I wish to thank you
for the privilege of saying a word in this
pleasant spot today. This man taught me
some beautiful lines that have ever been a
part of my nature; he taught me this:

"A sacred burden in this life ye bear,
Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly,
Stand up and walk beneath ft steadfastly,
Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,
But onward, upward, till the goal ye
win."

I learned those words from this man.
Upon one occasion I heard him deliver an
address in which he was many weeks in
preparing and the address was on this sub-
ject: "Look Up and Not Down" It was
he who taught me that a man knows most
about this world who knows most about
the Heavens; it was he who taught me that
men are only capable of measuring the
earth who know something of the universe
above; he was a civil engineer.

If there was a road to be built, a bridge
to be built, if the cemetery was to be
cleaned off, if a school house was to be
built, if there was a church house to be
built; if there was any noble program, he
took the brunt of the services, bore the
heaviest part of the work. If there was a
grave to be dug he willingly lent his hand;

The Founder and Two Gamma Omlcron Brothers
Left to right — David L. Miller, Founder
Quarles, and Horace W. Pote.

A quartette consisting of Mrs. Lorena
Smith, Miss Eulalie Ramsey, Mrs. Will
Nichols and W. Terry Feild rendered
"Abide with Me."

The following address of W. Terry Feild
was supplied for Charles McKee, Z, who
was treasurer of the Memorial Fund for
Sigma Nu:

Hopkins, Brother and Man

By W. Terry Feild, Gamma Upsilon No. 1

The next part of the program was to
have been taken by my good friend,
Charles McKee. I selected Brother Mc-
Kee because he came with me to the burial

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of Brother Hopkins in 1913. At this time
Brother McKee stated to the assembly then
present, just what Brother Hopkins had
done for the fraternal world. Brother Mc-
Kee has not yet arrived for some cause and
I regret that he is not here. I don't know
why he is not here. I had not expected
to make an address myself, but our origi-
nal program is badly shot to pieces.

Our Brother for whom we are holding
memorial Services to day, rendered to the
young men of this country a great work
and has been the means of inspiring young
lives as well as those who have now grown
old in the service. Today there are fifteen
thousand college men in die Order founded
by J. Frank Hopkins. Brother Hopkins
did not know when at the Virginia Military
Institute, that he was founding an Order
that would become what it now is. Neither
did he ever dream that the college fra-
ternities would be worth what they are to
the colleges of this land.

It has been my pleasure to know
Founder Hopkins. I have made trips out
to this little town to see him many times.
My first trip was made in 1903, while I
was at the University of Arkansas. We had
put in a petition for a Chapter at the Uni-
versity of Arkansas, and for some reason
this was turned down. A Brother in Chi-
cago informed me of the existence of two

Memorial
at the Grave of
Mabelvale,

Founders of Sigma Nu living in Arkansas.
I found out where Founder Hopkins lived
and came out to see him. It was one Sun-
day afternoon. He had his Bible under his
arm, having just finished Sunday School.
I spent the afternoon with him.

That was my first acquaintance with
my beloved Brother. Since then for a
number of years it was my pleasure to
make a trip out here to see Founder Hop-
kins quite often. His was a life of devo-
tion, love and truth. It was my privilege
together with some other Brothers of the
Fraternity, to come out one night to see
Brother Hopkins when the trains were late.
We were taken in by his hospitality and
we spent the night, or the greater part of
the night, with him. In the early morning
he called us and told us that the local was
coming and got out of his bed and took us
to the station and we bade him adieu.
Such was the acts of kindness that he did.

This meeting today reminds me of him.
Our program shot to pieces, still we are
attempting to carry it through. I, in my
humble way, am endeavoring to carry out
this principle. We are disappointed that
the chief speaker is not with us, neverthe-
less, we hope you will bear with us and
make this occasion dne to be long remem-
bered in your community.

This monument has been supplied

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Service

Founder Hopkins

Arkansas

through the means of Sigma Nus all over
this land. Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma,
Kansas, Florida, Maine, California, every
section has contributed a small mite to its
erection. When this Brother, who is now
departed, with Brother Quarles, whom we
now have with us, went together at the con-
ventions of our great Fraternity, no men
ever received ovations such as they re-
ceived. There was a large gathering of
college men at our convention in St. Louis,
last December, and when Founder Quarles
was escorted to the platform, no candi-
date at a political convention, or no presi-
dent ever received an ovation such as was
accorded this man, one of the Founders of
Sigma Nu. It was grand. It is such a
feeling that comes over us college fellows
who worship these Brothers who have set
us such noble examples to follow.

It will always be my pleasure to re-

■ member the little town of Mabelvale.

Many times in the past have I ridden my

bicycle over in the evening and taken sup-

rr with Brother Hopkins and his family,
myself, will never forget those times,
and neither will I ever forget this assembly
here gathered together to pay tribute to a
Brother who was a Brother to all. I can-
not say much more and add to the love
we hold for our departed Brother.

We have with us other members of the

Fraternity, and we will have our Founder
who is now living, speak a few words to
you. It is my pleasure to wish all of you
to forever hold in your hearts the love
•that this man held for you in this com-
munity. We all know, you all know, how
you loved him. His life was a simple one
and you here who were at his funeral know
the entire simplicity of it, which was in
accordance with his life. He lived the
simple life and his love for everyone in
this community was that of a father or a
brother. I have been told that he was a
justice of the peace in this township and
that his trials were few and most cases
were settled out of court. If we had more
citizens like Founder Hopkins, who would
try to be peaceful and keep the peace, and
serve the flag that he served, we would not
have so many red flags waving over the
land and we would not be so troubled with
the bolsheviki.

I thank you for your bearing with me.
I did not expect to make a speech myself,
but in the name of Sigma Nu let us follow
the example of devotion to truth and
Brotherly love set by our noble Founder,
James Frank Hopkins, Alpha, No. 1.

A prayer by Rev. Frank W. Gee, B B,
of Christ Episcopal church, was as fol-
lows:

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ERECTED IN MEMORY Of

J. FRANK HOPKINS. ALPHA

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SIGMA NU FRATERNITY

VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE

JANUARY 1. 1869

ON THE FOUNDATION WHICH HE LAiD
HAS BEEN BUILDED A GREAT FRATER-
NITY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE
AND BROTHERLY LOVE WHICH HE
TAUGHT HAVE BEEN CARRIED INTO
ALL THE COLLEGES OF THE LAND

E CCTED JANUARY 1020 BY
THE SIGMA MU FRATERNITY

J. FRANK HOPKINS

DECEMBER 30. 184S
DECEMBER IS. 1913

JENNIE B. HOPKINS

SEPTEMBER 26. 1848
FEBRUARY 8. 10OS

Inscription ou Monument

By Past Regent Walter James Sears, Author of the

Creed of Sigma Nu

Prayer

By Frank W. Gee, Beta Beta

Our Father in Heaven: we humbly
thank thee for the opportunity that we
enjoy this afternoon of assembling our-
selves here in this quiet spot in God's
acre, with only the blue skies above us
and the nature that God created about us,
to listen to these words that have been
spoken and that shall be spoken of one of
God's truly noble men. And as we listen
to these words of appreciation the thought
comes to our hearts that not only every
Brother of Sigma Nu Fraternity should
feel their hearts growing warm and tender,
should feel a pride in the relationship
that existed and still exists between our
hearts and the heart of one that has passed
out from our presence, should feel proud
that he not only belonged to our loved Fra-
ternity, but he was one of the Founders of
the Order, but yet there comes to us a
greater pride this afternoon, that is for his
manhood, for his nobility, for his charac-
ter; for the simple, yet grand life he lived
That he not only belonged to the fraternity
but that he belonged to the world and to
God. "If the lives of all great men remind
us, we too can make our lives sublime," we
pray that this life may make us aspire to
noble deeds. May his spirit rest upon
those of his loved ones that are left behind

and those of us fraternal Brothers that
mourn his absence, yet we thank Thee
Father, that we do not mourn as those who
mourn without hope, but there comes a
quiet joy, a supreme satisfaction to our
hearts this afternoon, that while he may
not come back to us, yet we may go to
him. We pray that Thy spirit may lead
us all, guide us into the truer life of
nobler deeds, and finally, when we have
finished the work Thou hast left for us to
do, bring us home to live. Amen.

W. Terry Feild, in introducing Sigma
Nu's only living Founder to the assemb-
lage, asked Founder Quarles, after he had
unveiled the monument, to say a few
words. It was fully three minutes before
Founder Quarles could express his
thoughts, so great was his emotion stirred,
no doubt by the memories of his young
manhood and the span of years which had
intervened between that time and this.

Hopkins at Rest

Remarks by Founder Greenfield Quarles

My friends, I had not expected to say
any thing at this time, for no words at my
command can express my feelings while
taking part in these exercises. What a
lovely day, what a quiet place, this last
resting place of our dear Brother. I

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Hopkins Memorial

In Cemetery, Manelvale, Arkansas

To James Frank Hopkins, Alpha No. 1

Founder of Sigma Nu Fraternity

count it a great privilege to be here, and
yet memory carries me back many years
and many miles away.

Fifty-four years ago I first met and
knew Frank Hopkins. It was at the Vir-
ginia Military Institute, in Lexington, Va.

"I hold in my hand photographs taken
near that time; they show that we were
boys, he 20 and I 18. We were active, am-
bitious, confident of the future and the
world was before us. We were filled with
a desire to do something worth while.
Brother Hopkins formulated the principals
of Truth, Honor, and Brotherly Love,
called about him a chosen few and under
the stars looking into infinite space and
calling on. the God of the Universe to bless
us, established Sigma Nu.

The photographs have faded, we have
changed, our dear Brother has been called
to "go up higher," but the principals then
and there annunciated will live always.

We were intimately associated for four
years. We were schoolmates, roommates,
classmates, we visited the girls together,
and we were both admitted to membership
to the same church at the same time and
place. It was my privilege to know the
beautiful and lovely Jennie Barclay, who
became the wife of our Brother. She was
a beautiful bride, a loving wife, a devoted
mother, and a faithful member of her
church. Her light was set upon a hill and
her influence for good will be felt wher-

ever she was known. So many sweet and
pleasant incidents of their courtship come
to me now. What a beautiful vista opened
in those days before the eyes of expectant

Greenfield Quarles, Alpha No. 2
Only Living Founder of Sigma Nu
(Snap-shot by Horace W. Pote, Gamma Omi-
cron taken as Brother Quartes was delivering bis
wonderful eulogy on Founder Hopkins.)

youth. 0, my friends, those were the
blessed, happy days of the long ago.

The love of our Brother for his fellow-
man was only excelled by his love of his
God. His example has instilled into the

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Founder Hopkins and Terry Feild, Gamma Upsilon No. 1
(Taken at Mabolvale, Arkansas, in the summer of 1913)

hearts of us all the principles which guide
us now, and these principles will go down
to future generations for all time. His life
has been an inspiration to all youth. All
that was mortal of Brother Hopkins lies
buried here, but his immortal spirit will
live forever. I believe that from that
place prepared by God for His elect that
our Brother is looking down on us today.
Let us hope that in God's own time that
we may all gather around the Great White
Throne and there with Him join in the
words of praise, saying Hosanna, Hosan-
na, Hosanna in the highest, peace on earth
and good will toward men.

After Founder Quarles's address, W.
Terry Feild spoke as follows:

You have heard the most enjoyed trib-
ute to our departed Brother. The conven-
tion had arranged to have one of the most
eloquent orators of the present time,
Brother Walter J. Sears. I am indeed
sorry that he is not with us. His address
would have been most inspiring, but not
any more in love and esteem than that
which we have just heard. I am going to
ask to take the place of Brother Sears one
of our younger fraternity men. He is an
architect by profession, and I am going to
apologize for his lack of oratory for he
told me he did not expect to make a speech
but would say a few words.

Brother H. H. H. Lynch, of St Louis,
was one of the hardest working men in the
convention held in St. Louis last year, and
was one of the most responsible for its
success."

Brother H. H. H. Lynch spoke briefly:
A Tribute to Hopkins

By H. H. H. Lynch, Gamma Omicron
Inspector, Eleventh Division

Friends, Sigma Nu Fraternity, as you
know, was founded over fifty years ago
by a little group of four men, the princi-
pal of which was our dearly beloved
Founder Hopkins. That Fraternity has
grown until today it numbers close to
twenty thousand young men of the colleges
and universities of the land, from the At-
lantic to the Pacific, and from Canada to
the Gulf of Mexico. We have over eighty
Chapters. All that has grown from seed
and inspiration of Founder Hopkins. It
is altogether proper that the Fraternity
should erect a monument to the memory
of Founder Hopkins, but it seems to me
that the fraternity itself stands as a still
greater monument than any stone we could
put over his grave, and as I came over to
Mabelvale and talked to the Founder's
sons and neighbors and heard of the love
of his friends and neighbors for him, I
felt that a greater monument has been

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erected than the Fraternity, that is the
place that he bears in the hearts of those
who knew him, hearts of all Sigma Nu.
It seems to me that rather than dedicate
this monument it is for us to here dedicate
ourselves or pledge ourselves to carry
away the principles he taught. Emulate
them, spread them over the land; the prin-
ciples of Truth and Brotherly Love. The
whole world will be better by Brother
Hopkins having lived.

The Monument

The Hopkins Memorial monument in
honor of J. Frank Hopkins, Founder of the
Sigma Nu, was dedicated at Mabelvale
yesterday afternoon by members of the
Fraternity. The monument, which is ten
feet wide, six feet high and two feet wide,
is of white marble, bearing the Coat-of-
Arms of the Fraternity on a bronze shield
and the inscription : "Erected in memory of
J. Frank Hopkins, Alpha; Founder, Sigma
Nu Fraternity, Virginia Military Institute,
January 1, 1869. On the foundation which
he laid has been builded a great Fraternity
and principles of justice and brotherly
love which he taught have been carried
into all the colleges of the land. Erected
by Sigma Nu Fraternity, September 15,
1917." At each side of the central tablet
is a smaller stone, bearing the names and
dates of birth and death of the Founder
and his wife. Brother Hopkins was born at
Mabelvale December 30, 1845. He died
December 15, 1913. He was a senior at
Virginia Military Institute at the time he
founded Sigma Nu.

Hal H. H. Ljnch
Gamma Omicron

After the address of Brother H. H. H.
Lynch, who supplied for Walter J. Sears,
the quartette rendered "Rock of Ages."
Wreaths of wild evergreen were placed on
the monument by members of the collegi-
ate and alumni chapters of Sigma Nu. The
closing prayer was made by Rev. Frank
W. Gee, B B, after which the assemblage
was arranged for a photograph.

On the return to the city of Little Rock,
the guests and visitors were given an auto-
mobile ride about the city.

The Division Convention

The dedication services was as follows:
Invocation and address, Rev. J. I. Norris,
Pine Bluff; quartette; address, Charles Mc-
Kee, Marianna; unveiling of monument,
Judge Quarles; dedication address, Walter
J. Sears, past regent, Sigma Nu; quartette;
closing prayer, Rev. W. H. Irvine, Helena.
At the close of the ceremony, wreaths were
placed by representatives of the Collegiate
Chapters.

The third annual convention of Divisions
Eleven and Twelve of Sigma Nu Fraternity
opened yesterday morning at the New Cap-
ital hotel. Governor Brough gave the ad-
dress of welcome and a short business ses-
sion was held. Delegates were present
from nine Collegiate Chapters ana eight
Alumni Chapters of Arkansas, Oklahoma,
Kansas and Missouri.

Judge Greenfield Quarles, of Helena,
the only survivor of the original Founders
of the Fraternity, presided over the con-
vention. A banquet and smoker were held
last night at the New Capital hotel. The
convention will transact other business to-
day. It is said that this is the first time
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a centrally located point for the various St. Louis, and W. McC. Martin, St. Louis,

states represented, but Little Rock was The Convention Committee consists of the

chosen as the meeting place this year that following members: W. Terry Feild, C.

the fraternity members might be present E. Taylor, Jr., Russell May, Hubert Gay,

at the dedication of the Hopkins memorial, and Joe Murrey of Little Rock; Thomas

Among the college men who were pres- Collier, Jr., and Howell Westbrook, Pine

ent were Judge Quarles, H. H. H. Lynch, Bluff. — Arkansas Gazette.

[Some of our readers will recognize the old pictures, accompanying this article, re-
printed from Deltas, 1914 and earlier, for the new initiates since then and for our faithful
old readers who like the flavor of reminiscence. — The Editor.]

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A Few of the Aims of Sigma Nu in its Internal Development

By Regent Walter Edward Myers

[We are all interested in the present college situation. This Fraternity, with the others,
may and should assume the leadership in the college world, and co-ordinating its work with
the colleges overcome the prejudice and hostility that sporadically breaks out in sundry
spots in our country. This article of the Regent's is taken from the Ninth Division Annual,
and was addressed primarily to our Chapters there — it applies to all divisions, however, just
the same. While this pamphlet has been sent to all our Chapters, we are reprinting here
for the benefit of our many Alumni readers who have not seen it, and to call it again to
our Collegiate Chapter members' attention. — The Editor.]

THERE are a number of important
things which are confronting the
Chapters of our Fraternity at this
time, which will have a great deal to do
with the success of our Chapters in the
colleges and universities, and which must
be considered very seriously by the mem-
bers of each Chapter.

We are in rather an unsettled state, both
in college and commercial life, and the
law of averages has not yet brought equity
to all. I am suggesting these matters for
the purpose of internal development and
with no thought of criticism. Our Fra-
ternity exists for a good purpose and we
must face any problems or suggestions of
this nature with this in mind.

Each Chapter is an individual unit and
a link in the chain of our great National
Brotherhood. We do not want any weak
links, nor do we want any unfavorable crit-
icism from the outside.

First — I feel that a Chapter to be strong
must necessarily observe certain things
which will give it stability and standing
on the campus. I am firmly of the opinion
that a Chapter composed of men who are
courteous and kind enough to recognize
the men of the other Chapters will lift
itself more by showing a proper courtesy
toward the other Fraternity and its mem-
bers than by showing an attitude of in-
difference and criticism.

Second — The college Faculty and the
college presidents at the present time are
grossly underpaid.' This has arisen be-
cause colleges and universities were not
able under the present endowments and
income to increase the salaries of their
presidents, professors, and Faculty mem-
bers in proportion to the increases in all
other lines outside of the college world.
This condition has to some extent called

both president and professors to take a
more critical attitude toward college fra-
ternities who are making more than nor-
mal expenditures for social functions

Third — Opposition has arisen at several
colleges and universities based on the
housing of college students, the proximity
of fraternity houses and sorority houses,
prodigal expenditure of money by mem-
bers of the Chapters, and the attitude an J
actions of the group as relates to their
work on scholarship, athletics and the con-
stant rivalry of fraternities for campus
honors. Some of these things are not sub-
jects of criticism and should not be criti-
cized, others should be corrected by the
Chapters as a unit and by the individuals
as members of the Chapters.

Fourth — I am of the opinion that pan-
hellenic meetings would be a good thing
at this time in order that the various
Fraternities could get together for the pur-
pose of discussing things of common in-
terest and agreeing upon things that would
correct the present growing opinion that
college fraternities are purely social or-
ganizations and as such have become prod-
igal in the expenditure of money.

Fifth — I feel that the loud pedal should
be taken off of social functions at this
time and placed on the matter of scholar-
ship and standing in the college and uni-
versities.

Sixth — The matter of expansion will
largely take care of itself, and the Chap-
ters will determine by their votes whether
or not we shall continue a policy of con-
servative expansion, or whether we will
stop with the number of Chapters we now
have and not grant any new charters.

Seventh — The High Council of the Fra-
ternity is seeking to work out a program
which will renew the interest of the

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Alumni and at the same time create a
Chapter House and an Endowment Fund
which will enable the General Fraternity
to assist and help finance a large number
of Chapters who are either buying or
building fraternity homes.

Eighth — I feel that it should be our
supreme purpose to begin with the indi-
vidual Chapter, and suggest that each
Chapter try to make a record on scholar-
ship and standing in the university which
it has never before attained, and if it now
holds and maintains a high standing that
it resolve that it shall continue to keep its
record and maintain its standing.

Ninth — The war was fought to decide
whether force should rule the world and
settle the question as to whether the world
would continue to be safe for democracy,
but now in these turbulent and unsettled

times after the supreme sacrifice has been
made the question arises as to whether
democracy is safe. Democracy rests with
the individual purely and simply, and the
same thing is true of the Chapters in our
great National Fraternity.

The standard of scholarship and leader-
ship must be as high as can be attained,
as the college men, and especially the col-
lege fraternity men, must be the leaders
in the stabilizing of commercial, industrial
and religious activities of the world. Force
has lost its crown, but Christian education
and Christian leadership must succeed to
the throne.

Let us make the Sigma Nu Fraternity a
power for good in the college world that
she may send out a leadership of real
value into every activity of life.

Rushing Rules at Trinity College

Regulations which will govern all fra-
ternities at Trinity College during the
rushing season, or times when new men at
college ar sought for the organizations,
were adopted by the Inter-Fraternity
Council.

This is the first time, within recent years,
that an attempt has been made to join the
various fraternities by a central council,
and it is also the first time in some years
that rushing rules have been formulated
with some hope of their being observed.
An effort was made to keep the regula-
tions as simple, and brief as possible, be-
cause it was believed that only in this way
could a satisfactory agreement be
reached.

There were but three clauses in the rules
as adopted. The first provided that no
new man at college could be pledged
until he had been and undergraduate stu-
dent at Trinity for fourteen days. This
was done because it was believed that it
would be fair to both the man and to the
fraternity, if he had a chance to examine
conditions in Trinity fraternity life before
pledging himself to one particular unit.

The second item provided that the fresh-
man who had correspondence with a par-
ticular fraternity or who had friends in a
certain fraternity would be entertained
first by that fraternity. The chairman of
the rushing committee of that "first date"

fraternity is, by the rules, in charge of
this man's entire entertainment schedule,
and it is his duty to see that every such
freshman is introduced at every other fra-
ternity house.

Provisions for inviting the new men to
join a fraternity are embodied in the last
section. According to this section, at 7
'clock on the last night of the "no pledg-
ing" period, the members of the freshman
class shall assemble in Alumni Hall. At
that time, dinner invitations for the next
night, prepared on a form to be published
by the council, will be distributed among
the new men, it being understood that the
new man will accept the invitation of the
fraternity he desires to affiliate with. By
one o'clock the following day, all new mem
are to place in a box — situated in some
position to be designated by the council —
the invitations they desire to accept.

From the time the invitations are issued
to the time the men arrive at the houses
the following night, no fraternity man is
to speak to them on any matter whatever.
This is to prevent the exertion of any in-
fluence, and also to make the business of
joining a fraternity more impressive.

The council declared last night that any
fraternity which had men already pledged
for next year, should notify these men
that the pledges are not valid. — Hartford,
Conn., Courant.

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A Modern Church and its Minister

A Few Intimate Glimpses of Our Gen eral Secretary's Professional Career

By Harry A. Rider, Assistant General Secretary

[As Regent, I wish to authorize and direct you to prepare an article for The Delta,
such as will give credit to Brother Dunlavy for his work at Frankfort. You can state at
the heading of the article that it is prepared at the suggestion and direction of the Regent,
without the knowledge of the General Secretary. WALTER EDWARD MYERS, Regent.]

NO doubt the most surprised man in
our whole Fraternity will be our
General Secretary and Editor of
The Delta, when he opens this October
Delta and sees this article. Believing that
the Fraternity should be informed con-
cerning the activities and achievements of
the man whom the High Council has
chosen as our chief administrative officer,
the Regent has suggested and directed me
to prepare an article on Brother Dunlavy's
work as pastor of the Frankfort Methodist
Episcopal Church which is his regular job,
as those readers who know him are already
aware. Furthermore, this Delta will go to
the presidents of all our colleges where
Sigma Nu is located, and it will be of valu-
able aid and assistance in co-operative work
with the officers and Faculties of these uni-
versities, if they know something of the
manner of man with whom they are deal-
ing. Naturally, Brother Dunlavy would
be loath to use The Delta as a publicity
medium himself, and hence the Editor has
been overruled for once, in behalf of the
right of our Brother readers to hear this
story.

Dr. Edwin W. Dunlavy — DePauw Uni-
versity at its commencement last June, con-
ferred upon him the degree of D. D. in
recognition of his achievements as* a
scholar and practical man of affairs in his
church, such as the minister of a modern
church must be — came to Frankfort in Sep-
tember, 1916. The church building was
old and ivy-covered, but the congregation
was composed of enthusiastic and broad-
minded people, largely led by young pro-
gressive business men, awaiting a minister
who could inspire them to work out a
modern program of true Christian ideals.
As they have often remarked upon his
Fraternity connections and other college
work as lecturer at Illinois and Wisconsin,
"we would rather have a man whom every-
body else wants, even if we must share him,

whom nobody else wants for

than a man
all his time.'

The results of his three years' work
stands a lasting monument in the picture
on the next pages, and all through the
future years the boys and girls of Frank-
fort, and the men and women, too, will

Dr. Dunlavy
DePauw Commencement,

1920

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benefit from the community classes and the
physical training they will obtain in this
new community building and its gymna-
sium alongside of the old church which has
been remodeled and redecorated until it is
part and parcel of its side-partner. Bishop
Thomas Nicholson, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, has pronounced it one
of the best equipped plants, not only in
that church, but in the country, and its pro-

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Frankfort M. K. Church
The New Community Building at the Left

gram as an unexcelled example of practi-
cal Christianity.

A Seven Day Church

Not one holy day. but seven.
Worshiping not at the call of bell,
But at the call of my soul.

Individually churchgoers have expressed
this sentiment often in recent years, but
the church as an institution has just real-
ized this, and in consequence is attempting
to make of itself a "seven day" church
ministering to the wishes of the community
every day as well as Sunday. In other
words, it has remained for a few churches
to start this movement to make of them-
selves community houses where religion,
education, and recreation go hand in hand.

To the First Methodist Episcopal church
of Frankfort belongs the distinction of be-
ing one of the leaders in this progressive
movement in the middle west. In Frank-
fort, a city of 11,585 population, this
church with a membership of 1,100 has
built a wonderful community house, "a
possession as solid as a landed estate."
These Methodists, it seems, have become
imbued with that logic so cleverly ex-
pressed by Stevenson:

"There is an idea abroad among moral
people that they should make their neigh-
bors good. One person I have to make

good: myself. But my duty to my neigh-
bor is more nearly expressed by saying
that I have to make him happy — if I may."

A Modern Program

And so, after several years of planning
and replanning, the present building was
erected, being completed this spring with
dedication services held June 20th, by
Bishop Nicholson. The idea of the build-
ing as adopted was to give as wide a serv-
ice as possible, not only to the church,
but to the community at large. To ac-
complish this no pains or expense were
spared in erecting a church for both old
and young, for both religious education
and a sane program of recreational life.
In fewer words, the congregation saw the
wisdom of constructive religion as opposed
to the old chapel-gospel of "Thou shalt
not."

The Buildings

As it would take a moralist to describe
the effects of this new religious theory, so
would it take an artist to do justice to a
description of the building itself. It has
combined the dignity of old church ma-
sonry with the beauty and science of mod-
ern architecture. Having the old church
building as a nucleus from which to build,
the present structure was fashioned around

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Just Before Dinner Time

Interior of Gymnasium, Also Used as Dining Room and Lecture Hall

Frankfort Community Building

it, completely changing the appearance of
the former edifice.

The main floor of the new building is
on the same level as that of the old, and
is connected with it at the front and rear.
The structure covers a quarter of a block
and is three stories high, with elevator
service making each of the seventeen
rooms easily accessible. The exterior finish
is of soft gray stucco, making the entire
building with its entrances and towers of a
uniform and beautiful appearance. The
building does not lack for entrances, all
similar with wrought iron lighting fixtures
of English lantern style on either side.
The floors are of polished oak, except
where the service is hardest, and here ter-
razo supplants the wood floor.

The art glass windows are noticeable for
their delicate design and coloring, which
enhances the beauty of the interior wall
colorings as the light softly streams
through them. The interior designing is
more modest and subdued than has been
the custom of past years in church decora-
tion. The lighting system has been en-
tirely changed, the indirect lighting system
being used. Another change in the audi-
torium is the organ, which has been re-
decorated in accordance with the general
effect, the pipes being done in a beautiful
soft gold.

The auditorium, however, is but one of
the seventeen rooms. Sixteen others are
all clamoring for description, and justly
so for in these sixteen rooms all other
needs of this wonderful community build-
ing are encompassed.

Boy Scout Club Rooms

The basement, finished in white enamel
for light and cleanliness, has two large
departmental rooms, a nursery and cradle
roll department. The old basement has
been made water proof and thoroughly re-
finished as boy scout club and game room.
Locker rooms, shower baths and dressing
rooms for both boys and girls are also
located here.

The Gymnasium

The most distinctive part of the new
plant is possibly the second floor. This is
a beautiful hall with art glass windows and
galleries on three sides. This room, 42x70
feet, lends itself admirably to four pur-
poses. Primarily it is a gymnasium well
equipped and with a standard size basket-
ball floor. Experience has proved that it
makes a wonderful banquet hall where 600
plates can be laid at one time. It will ac-
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is desirable, and finally makes a splendid
lecture hall with a portable stage and a
seating capacity of 1,000.

Moving Pictures

This room is fitted with a complete mo-
tion picture machine at an approximate
cost of $600, which was provided for out-

range, steam tables and spacious cup-
boards and leads to a large butler's pantry
which greatly facilitates serving.

Raising the Funds

How did they accomplish it — a congre-
gation of 1,100? How did they even have
the courage to conceive it? When it is
learned that the Boy Scouts can pledge
$1,000, the Ladies' Aid $5,000, and others
give of their modest fortunes to the tens of
thousands, can the question be repeated?
Such faith as this can move mountains and
in this case has entirely cleared of debt this
enterprise, which has cost more than
$82,000.

To the present minister, Rev. Edwin W.
Dunlavy, too much credit can not be given.
During his four years' pastorate in Frank-
fort his work for the community building
has been untiring and his optimism unfail-
ing. He is a graduate of DePauw Univer-
sity and of the University of Boston and is
a natural leader of men.

Our General Secretary

side the regular building fund. The last
general conference of the church indorsed
the motion picture machine as a means of
religious education and has established a
motion picture bureau to supply to the
churches' films on missionary work,
Americanization, and young peoples' work.
The large, white kitchen, as modern as a
hotel cuisine, finds place on this floor also.
It is equipped with a twelve-hole gas

A Beta Beta Brother as
Physical Director

Realizing that with these new assets
comes new responsibility, the church has
provided for an assistant minister who is
to guide the activities of the young people
in regard to the community building. They
are fortunate to procure the services of
Harold Jones, B B, a graduate of DePauw
University, a musician of ability and a
leader of athletics in the state. Brother
Jones will devote most of his time to gym-
nasium and Boy Scout work. In addition
he will lead the choir and take charge of
the social and entertainment program
which the church has also planned. [See
The Athletes for Brother Jones's record
this year at DePauw.]

[The description of this building and other de-
tails in this article are quoted from the Indian-
apolis News.]

H. C. D. No Obstacle

Missed The Delta. Glad to have it start again. Never mind about the
increase in the cost of The Delta. It is worth it

CHARLES E. TAINTER, Beta Mu,

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A Kansas-Born Farmer for Governor

Jonathan M. Davis, Nu
By Past Grand Recorder Grant W. Harrington

OUT in Kansas the people have a
fashion of voting just as they
please and every few years they
swat the dominant party a body blow by
electing a Democratic Governor. It looks
at this writing, as if the year 1920 marks
one of these periodical uprisings and that
after the inauguration next January, Sig-
ma Nu can add to her roll of distinguished
Alumni the name of Jonathan M. Davis,
Governor of Kansas.

Brother Davis belongs to Nu Chapter
where he is No. 44 on the roll, having
been initiated in the fall of 1888. He did
not finish his college course, being called
home by the death of his father. He came
from the farm and to the farm he returned
and his interests today are along agricul-
tural lines. He is a farmer himself and
the breeder of fine stock.

He was born on *The Little Osage Stock
Farm," in Bourbon County, Kansas, on
which he now lives. This farm contains
1,957 acres and the specialties it produces
are Poland China hogs, Short Horn cattle
and Percheron horses. In his platform
he says:

"I am a farmer, living on and working
my own farm where I was born. I am a
Democratic candidate for two reasons.
First, because I am a Democrat having,
perhaps, like Topsy, been bom that way.
Second, because the law requires that any
one becoming a candidate shall declare
their party affiliations. But I believe, and
feel sure you believe also, that we have
had entirely too much politics, especially.
personal partisan politics, and entirely
too little business in our Government,
more especially in the last two years.
Further I believe that the farming and
live stock interests, being the one greal
outstanding unorganized industry, has
been neglected by political government
and has teen made to bear more than its
fair share of the burden in the economic
activities of the last few years, during
which period our business seems to have
run largely on the theory of "Get it now
while the getting is good."

I am sure that the advent of a man, who

has been accustomed to working and who
is still accustomed to making his living
in the ordinary activities necessary to keep
a farm going and who will undoubtedly
think of matters that come to his atten-
tion, by reason of this office, from the
standpoint of the farmer and the laborer,
will have a decidedly good effect upon the
affairs of Kansas. I know of no reason
why the great State of Kansas, whose out-
standing interest is agriculture and stock
raising, should not occasionally have a
farmer Governor. The question in my
mind is whether the farmers and stock
men themselves will stand by one of their
own kind or whether they will insist that
this high office be always entrusted to
lawyers and editors or those whose habits
of thought and business sympathies run
counter to their own. It is up to the
farmers to decide.

I have had twelve years' service"in the
Legislature, four in die Senate and eight
in the House. I call your attention to the
fact that I am the author of the bill under
which the State is publishing our school
text books. I invite your inspection of
my record in the public service. I believe
you will be convinced that I can be de-
pended upon at all times to work earnestly
for the best interests of the whole people.
I have no other interest except farming
and stock raising save that I am the owner
of five shares of stock in a small country
bank, the presidency of which was wished
on me some six years ago and I have
been compelled to learn enough of the
banking business to keep the little bank
in safe condition. I cannot be justly
called a banker farmer, I am rather a
farmer banker.

I assure you that I have no other desire
in seeking election to this high office save
to render to the people of Kansas the
fullest measure of service of which I am
capable. I trust you will find it agreeable
to give me your support in the November
election regardless of what your political
affiliations may be."

As Brother Davis says, it is now up to
the farmers to decide.

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Connecticut Yankees on a Cruise

Hartford Alumni Chapter Sails to Middletown

By John R. Reitemyer, Delta Chi

["I am enclosing account of boat trip taken by Hartford "Sigs" down the Connecticut
river to Middletown, last Saturday afternoon. The story was written at the instigation of
Brother Raymond H. Segur, Division Inspector. Please pardon bad condition of copy as
it was dashed off after we had put the "bulldog" to bed and I am too tired to rewrite it,
even for "The Delta/ "

Thus Brother Reitemyer places on the pinnacle of fame the joyous cruise of Skipper
Segur and his Hartford pirates. Brother Reitemyer is on the editorial staff of the Hartford
Courant, and writes better, as you will see, than he likes to admit. — The Editor.]

Sailing, sailing, o'er the rolling blues!

There never were such hardy tars as the Hartford Sigma Nus.

IF, by any chance, the International
yacht cup ever leaves the shores of
America, and it becomes necessary for
some American challenger to wrestle the
honors from Tom Lipton or whatever
other sea-going gentleman may have them,
the odds are ten to one that the New York
Yacht Club — owner of the Resolute — will
not be the challenger. That is, it will not
be the challenger if ability, and ability
only, is the point on which the choice rests.
If this race should ever have to be staged
on the Thames, or wherever they hold boat
races in the land of the monocle, it is
safe to predict that the alien craft will be
painted in gold, white and black colors,
that it will be named the Sigma Nu, and
that the skipper will be none other than
Raymond H. Segur, who is now handling
the helm of the Eighth Division. All signs
pointing in this direction were seen on the
voyage which the Hartford "Sigs" took
down the Connecticut river to Middletown
on Saturday afternoon, July 31.

Boats today, seem an end to a means
which means something wholly different
from what it used to at the time those
grizzled New England sea captains were
staging displays of fireworks about the
.rock-bound coast of Maine. At that time
every man who embarked on a boat of any
kind did so for business reasons, and busi-
ness reasons, only. Today every boat is a
tangible advertisement for some jazz or-
chestra. Formerly the men who manned
the boats were stimulated by a shot of grog
to slide around on decks made slippery by
ocean brine. Now they are stimulated by
Ceylon tea and the strains of "0 by Jingo"
to trip about on decks made slippery by
beeswax. Today every mariner, ancient or

otherwise, counts that day lost whose low
descending sun does not reveal a hazy
image of Terpischore rising above the
western horizon. All of which concerns
the voyage of the Hartford Sigma Nus in
no way except that the dance at the Epsi-
Ion Gamma House, at Middletown, was the
thing which . sustained them during their
perilous passage along the dangerous Con-
necticut.

Promptly at noon on Saturday, Skipper
Segur instructed Assistant United States
Attorney Allan K. Smith, first mate of the
craft, to instruct the deckhands, Seaman
Vogel and Whalen, to hoist the anchor.
While the whistles of ths various factories
along the river sounded and many voices
cheered, the staunch little craft headed its
nose down the stream. (It might be well
to add here that the whistles were signal-
ling the noon lunch period and that the
cheering voices represented joy at the
thoughts of pay day. Neither was intended
as applause for Skipper Segur or his
crew.)

Hartford is dry, very dry. This is the
chief objection to studying — attending
would be better — at Trinity College today.
Whenever a man needs a drink it is neces-
sary to go to New Haven, Bridgeport, Cuba
or some other foreign province in order
to fill that need. This dryness almost
caused a mutiny on the craft, and almost
caused those young men in the party who
were unmarried, to come into port like
their married brothers — in chains. All
the trouble was caused by bars in the Con-
necticut river. Of course, they were not of
the floating kind such as the writer saw in
the vicinity of Ambrose Light during the
recent races, but were J 00 per cent. sand.

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Still a bar is a bar — it might also be a
bar even if it were not still of course — and
the sight of one aroused the spirits of
every lad. Some were for diving over the
side and like the lotus-eaters, forgetting
all else in the environment of the bar.
They railed — they had to, there was no
brass one there — at the skipper; they
railed at the mate. All to no effect though.
"Sail on, sail on," exclaimed Captain
Segur in determined tones, and on the
craft went, with the crew grasping the
mast like so many modern Ulysseses to
hold themselves aboard.

Except for a slight squall, which arose
near Glastonbury, the remainder of the
trip was uneventful. This squall would be
termed "squalling," probably, by purists
— it was caused by a prospective Sigma Nu
now but six months old — but we must be
nautical. Finally the famous sky line of
Middletown appeared, with its statue of
liberty — the Central House where they sell
it for fifty cents a throw — as the dominant
figure. The argonauts had at last reached
the land of the golden fleece.

One who noticed the party on its way
from the wharf to the Epsilon Gamma
House, might have labored under the im-
pression that the various sailors had had
something else to brace them aside from
the salt sea air. But this was one instance
where the "eyes were made the fools of
the other senses." The swaggering gait
was only the famed sailors' stride which
these heroic navigators had affected.

Had some of that "inclement weather,"
our Leland Stanford Brothers know of,
rocked the E. G. House a short time after
the arrival of the Hartfordites, one could
not have told the place from J. P. Mor-
gan's yacht on the day the failure of the
wind prevented the Resolute from winning
the series sooner than it did. There were

the tars and the landsmen. There was the
Neapolitan ice cream, arranged for patri-
otic purposes in red, white, and blue;
there were the lady-fingers; there was the
tea. And last, but not least, was the final
rite — the dance. Everyone who had come
tripped it as he went, apparently on the
road for pleasure bent.

Two Hartford Brothers, however, proved
that there was no more viking blood in
their veins than there are Republican votes
in North Carolina. They would take no
chances on submarines, floating mines, or
any of the other things which make travel
on the whirling Connecticut one of the
causes of the heart disease from which
every local insurance company head is suf-
fering. These two came by car — not the
public service kind either — and conse-
quently were not so well fitted to take
part in the opening dance — the sailor's
hornpipe. So, gentlemen, meet Brothers
Lipford and Jette.

Eventually the party came to an end —
as everything seems to do except national
prohibition. Returns will be mentioned so
often during the coming election period,
that it is probably best to avoid any men-
tion of this return here. There was that
soft, yellow moonlight, and — but that's
enough. Some of that white moonshine
we have been forced to drink in Raleigh
was deadly enough, but then it affected
only the brain, whereas — .

Among those present were: Brothers
Raymond H. Segur, Mark J. Whalan, A.
Newton Matthews, Robert G. Bruce, Jack
H. Parker, A. K. Smith, Russell Z. John-
ston, Nat K. Allison, Rollin M. Ransom,
Frederic J. Vogel, Arthur N. Burnap, R.
H. Flanders, Alfred N. Guertin, William
G. Cahill, Claude Z. Jette, R. W. Lipford,
Edward C. Marsden, of New Haven, and
W. G. Washburn.

"Dealer's Choice"

Steer Clear of the Ruts

You know we get so in the habit of taking our Fraternity for granted, a
good place to sleep and eat and gather a bunch for "dealer's choice," that when
we have brought home to us every once in awhile the true ideals upon which
the Fraternity is founded, we cannot help but feel the extent to which we
have failed to reach the ideal.

JOHN D. COFER, Upsilon.

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Banking and Democracy

By Henry A. Theis, Gamma Epsilon
Guaranty Trust Company, New York

[We were in error in announcing the third article of Brother Theis's, published in the
March Delta, as the last. The following article will be the most important of the series to
the Brothers who have not yet chosen their life work. This entire series by a Brother who
has achieved distinction in his work, can most profitably be reread. — The Editor.]

IV Banking as a Career

THOSE who have followed this series
of articles, particularly young men
who have as yet not determined what
business or profession they are to take up
as a life work, may be interested in a dis-
cussion of the opportunities which bank-
ing offers as a career. We have seen what
the attitude of the modern financial insti-
tution is toward the public, toward its
customers, and toward its employes. What
now, is the attitude toward banking and
finance of the thousands of youths who
each year enter upon the practice of it?
What is there to justify their hopes of
finding in it the possibility not only of
making a decent salary, but also of finding
that satisfaction of intellectual, social, and
moral aspirations in which real living con-
sists?

The answer is to be found in the fact,
already noted, that the province of the
modern banker is enlarged beyond any-
thing his for-bears of the money-changer's
table or merchant's strong-box ever
dreamed. With the gradual broadening
of the base upon which he operates, with
the multiplication of his contacts with all
phases of human activity, the banker has
been compelled to fit himself with some-
thing more than a faculty for making
money, if he would succeed. To anyone
who keeps in mind the varied activities of
the great metropolitan banks, it will read-
ily appear that this must be so. Nor will
a genius for organization alone suffice.
Besides knowing how to bring banking
department, trust department, bond de-
partment, foreign department, and all the
other departments into effective co-opera-
tion, the man who guides the destinies of a
financial institution must know at least
the foundational principles upon which
each of these departments operates and
his standing as a banker is very likely to

be measured by the knowledge .of details
which he has in addition to this.

The student, then, who looks about him
for a field of activity that will enlist the
best of his powers of concentration, of
persistence, of thought; in other words,
that will appeal to him as intellectually
worthy, need not hesitate to enter banking.
To begin with, the study of the bank's
work alone would provide a task not to
be lightly reckoned. We have men at the
Guaranty Trust Company who have spent
their lives upon the work of a single de-
partment arid they are still finding intel-
lectual stimulus in the problems that arise
from day to day. Look over the text-
books on the theory and practice of bank-
ing and you will find there material
enough to keep the most active mind busy
for many long months. But the opera-
tions of the various departments do not
fix the limits of the bank student's mental
operations. Behind each operation is not
only a theory and a present-day practice,
but there is also a history and a future.
Time-honored methods are ever giving
way before new conditions and new pur-
poses. Both the imitator and the inventor
will find scope for their talents here.
Again there is the matter of related busi-
ness. Your bond man must know some-
thing of the industries whose obligations
he is handling. The trust officer must deal
constantly with fiduciary problems. The
foreign trade expert is immeasurably ben-
efited by an understanding of the peoples
and countries whose imports or exports
he is financing. Wherever you turn in the
bank whose services are diversified, you
will find attractive fields for investigation
and learning opening before you. Beyond
all that there is the romantic, adventurous
side of banking, overlaying all the hum-
drum routine, the side that looks across
seas and plains, into valleys and over
mountains where human progress stopped
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of revolution. Not all bankers see this
side, but it is there, inviting the thoughts
and emotions of the appreciative.

So pronounced, indeed, are the oppor-
tunities for intellectual development in
the study of banking, that in many of our
colleges courses in banking theory and
practice are offered as the equivalent of
the old-time humanities in their disciplin-
ary values. It is argued that in threading
the problems of banking, especially if
that be undertaken in conjunction with
studies in economics and finance, the stu-
dent will get his mental training and will
also be acquiring a knowledge that will be
of practical use to him in the business
world. It is not my purpose to make a
comparison of the disciplinary and cul-
tural values of banking studies with those
of the classics, but even the possibility of
such a comparison is an indication of what
may be got out of the study of banking
by those devoted to it.

As to the general equipment which the
man just out of college may bring to the
practice of banking without fear that his
abilities will be wasted, I may quote Mr.
Charles H. Sabin, president of the Guar-
anty Trust Company of New York, who
said in an interview recently:

"Every employer is looking for the man
who not only can think, but will think.
One can hire any number of people mar-
velously skilled in routine or in detail —
human machines that will run on splen-
didly as long as motive power is supplied
and nothing unusual turns up in the work.

"The rare man is the one who can
think; who can, so to speak, see beyond
his nose and understand that a fact is of
no particular importance merely as a fact,
but that it derives its importance from its
relations, and who will know what those
relations are.

"It is this ability to view things broadly,
to have understanding as distinguished
from mere technical skill, that I look for
in the man who has had college training.
Sometimes I find it and sometimes I do
not. When it is not there, it is usually
difficult to say whether it is the man or
the educational system that produced him
which is at fault.

"It has been impressed upon me,
through many years of contact with col-
lege graduates in business and in banking,
that the well-trained college man grasps
intricate situations and reduces them to
essentials much more quickly than the
equally well-trained man who has not had
the advantage of the broader fundamental
education which the college should give.

"I am not a college man myself. If I
could live my life over again, I would get
a college education at any cost, for I think
that the reasoning processes which study
develops would have made many things
easier for me. I should have saved time.
And I should save time in my detail work
today if the background had only been
provided. I am perfectly frank to say
that the mastery and solution of many of
the broad international affairs which come
before me now would be far easier had
I been trained to think when I was in my
formative stage."

In conclusion I may suggest that even
the man who can think straight will not
always be a successful banker, no matter
how hard he works, but where nature has
implanted a gift for this particular busi-
ness and full advantage is taken of the
opportunities which it offers, the banking
business will be found replete with per-
sonal satisfactions. In the study and prac-
tice of it will be found the elements of a
well-rounded development.

K. U. Puts a Ban on Extravagance

LAWRENCE, Kans., April 19.— The death knell of elaborate fraternity
and sorority parties at the University of Kansas was sounded at a meeting of
the Pan-Hellenic council of the men's fraternities, when a ruling was passed
forbidding flowers, favors and expensive decorations at social affairs. Definite
minimum expense accounts for parties were also decided upon. — Clipping sent
in by Inspector Grant W. Harrington.

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Wesleyan University

Installation of Epsilon Gamma Chapter

Wes'eyan University
By Past Regent Albert H. Wilson

The Pledging

FRIDAY, May 7th, the Alpha Sigma
Delta House, Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., was the scene of
intense watchfulness. The telephone that
afternoon, never was deserted. At the first
faint sound, scurrying feet were heard ad-
vancing from every imaginable quarter.
When the actual word came that Wesleyan
had won her charter in Sigma Nu there
was an extremely happy group of men in
this fine old college.

During the afternoon Inspector Segur
arrived from Hartford, and began the pre-
parations for the pledging of the Alpha
Sigma Delta to take place that evening.
No elaborate arrangements had been made
for the pledging as all the big works were

being conserved for the installation set for
Saturday, May 22.

At six-thirty a most tempting course
dinner was served at the house, and the
Wesleyan men proceeded to entertain the
visitors with their remarkable singing of
college and fraternity songs.

At eight o'clock the pledging ceremony
was given with Inspector Segur, Edward
Marsden, and A. H. Wilson composing the
*team, while the other Sigma Nus present
formed a half circle about the altar and
fastened the serpent button to the lapel of
each of the following men who were
pledged in groups of class distinction :

Seniors: Raymond Walton Allen, Ar-
thur Sands Bibbins, Charles William Dein-
inger, Francis Raymond Wight.

Juniors: Charles Barrett Brown, John

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INSTALLATION OF EPSILON GAMMA CHAPTER

East Hall
Wesley an University

Alpaugh Conover, Clark Smith Defandorf,
Charles Nathan Dowries, Ralph Murlay
Easton, Robert Harvey Hibbard, Paul
Axford Newsom, Clesson Alden Rogers,
Donald W. Sherman.

Sophomores: Philip R. Burchard, A.
Merritt Deitterick, Lawrence Howard Doo-
little, Halstead H. Hill, Charles Newman
Hogle, Lawrence Edward Keenan, Norman
Robert Lee, Alfred Yeaton.

Freshmen: D. Gorton Downing, Bard-
well Hastings Flower, John Henry Irons,
Jr., Frederick Francis Lovejoy, Rising Lake
Morrow, Clarence Leonard Smalley.

At the close of the pledging there was a
called meeting where the Sigma Nus and
a representative from each of the classes
in Epsilon Gamma of Sigma Nu-to-be gave

short talks and at the close Brother Hoff
led in a rousing Hi Rickety, and for the
first time the old elms of Wesleyan Uni-
versity caught up the cry of the Sigma Nu
war song.

On May 22, the full ritual initiation will
be given by a team from Brown University
being carefully coached for the occasion
by Brother A. E. Kenyon, Chapter Advisor
of the Delta Lambda Chapter.

Next week is Junior week at the univer-
sity and the town will be thronged with
visitors. Every fraternity house will be
filled with fair maidens and their chape-
rons and for the first time at Wesleyan the
Knights of Sigma Nu will be there to play
their part in mis annual celebration.

The Sigma Nus attending the pledging

Flak Hall
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Parlor
Ep8ilon Gamma Chapter House

services were: Inspector R. H. Segur, E.
S. Gear, William Grime, Gerald Segur,
from the Hartford Alumni Chapter; Broth-
ers Nelson, Ransom, Matthews and Clapp
from Delta Chi Chapter at Trinity; Broth-
ers Karl Hoff, president, and Edward
Marsden, secretary, New Haven Alumni
Chapter, and the writer.

The new Chapter is in a most excellent
condition and Inspector Segur will see that
Epsilon Gamma remains there.

The Installation

WHEN Sigma Nu established her
Epsilon Gamma Chapter, Wes-
leyan University, Middletown,
Connecticut, during the month of May,
1920, she therewith enrolled her eighty-
first active college Chapter, erected her
seventh New England altar, and estab-
lished her second active group within the
State of Connecticut.

Since 1915 the advisability of entering
Wesleyan has been discussed, within the
Fraternity, and, to those privileged to

know our Epsilon Gamma Brothers, there
is complete satisfaction in the final de-
cision. The future years, in double meas-
ure, will prove the wisdom of our entrance
at "Old Wesleyan."

The Initiation

The initiation of the Alpha Sigma Delta
petitioners into Sigma Nu took place Sat-
urday, May 22d, and at the famous old
Steuck's Tavern. The ceremonies began
at ten o'clock and closed in time for the
luncheon at the Chapter House, near one
o'clock.

The compiler of these notations has at-
tended more than twenty installations into
Sigma Nu, yet the Wesleyan installation
was by far, the most complete and inspir-
ing we ever have witnessed with the pos-
sible exception of the Carnegie installa-
tion.

The Ritual team, from Providence, R.
I., had memorized all the parts, and with
perfect hall appointments, gave the full
Bennett initiation without a flaw any-
where. The team was composed of the

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following Brothers: Edson K. Smith,
Arthur E. Kenyon, P. R. Manchester, and
H. C. Campbell, Brown University; Walter
H. Robinson, Columbia; and Philip B.
Warner, Trinity.

The following Wesley an men won the
"White Cross:"

Class of 1917: F. R, Custard, F. W.
Pettingill; Class of 1918: £. P. Porter, R.
T. Purnell; Class of 1919: H. C. Cutbill,
E. F. Lounsbury; Class of 1920: R. W.
Allen, A. S. Bibbins, C. W. Deininger, F.
R. Wight; Class of 1921: 0. H. Andrews,
C. B. Brown, C. S. Defandorf, C. N.
Downs, R. M. Easton, R. H. Hibbard, P. A.
Newsom, C. A. Rogers, D. W. Sherman;
Class of 1922: P. R. Burchard, A. M.
Dietterich, L. H. Doolittle, Halstead Hill,
E. N. Hogle, L. E. Keenan, N. R. Lee, A.

E. Yeaton; Class of 1923: D. G. Downing,
B. H. Flower, J. H. Irons, Jr., F. F. Love-
joy, Jr., R. L. Morrow, C. L. Smalley.

The Reception

At the close of the initiation a buffet
luncheon was served at the Chapter House.
The dining room was tastefully decorated
in the black, white and gold ribbons. At
this luncheon is where "Mother" Smith
shone and showed all visiting Sigma Nus
just how our Wesley an Brothers fare with
such a matron on the scenes at all times.

At 3:30 o'clock Epsilon Gamma held an
open reception to which hundreds of col-
lege and prominent townspeople came out
to pay their respects to the new Chapter.
In the receiving line were: Mrs. William

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Dining Room
Epsilon Gamma Chapter House

Arnold Shan kl in, Mrs. George M. Dutcher,
Mrs. Frank E. Farley, Mrs. William J.
James, and Mrs. Frank W. Nicholson.

The Banquet

The crowning event of the day was the
banquet at Steuck's Tavern. Splendid
service, fine singing and high fellowship
made the evening one long to remain in
memory.

Brother M. L. Crossley, A A, was toast-
master. Toasts were given by Brother C.
N. Downs, Inspector R. H. Segur, and
Vice-Regent George A. Smith from Sigma
Nu, while President William Arnold
Shanklin, Wesley an, and Professor George
M. Dutcher, Wesleyan, gave warm wel-
come to Sigma Nu.

Telegrams and Letters

From the four quarters of Sigma Nu
came greetings to Epsilon Gamma. From
Chapter, officers and plain lay-members,
these greetings came until there was a per-

fect bundle of letters and telegrams. As
one Brother remarked: "The heart of Sig-
ma Nu beats in Wesleyan today."

Fraternity Life

Fraternity life at Wesleyan is ideal. A
high sense of honor prevails among the
different groups and there is that fine
spirit of an open field and fair play, that
appeals to all visitors at Wesleyan.

Sigma Nu was welcomed openly by the
chapters of Phi Nu Theta, Alpha Delta
Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Psi, Psi
Upsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Beta Theta Pi,
Alpha Xi Rho, and Delta Upsilon; while
at the banquet representatives from each
of these houses were guests of the newly
entered Fraternity. Sigma Nu, doing her
part, will have no trouble fitting into the
real life of the fraternal endeavor at Wes-
leyan. Sigma Nu cannot feel other than
truly grateful for the way in which her
new Chapter has been made welcome
among the Wesleyan Greeks.

Epsilon Gamma starts her Sigma Nu

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(To the Tune of Indiana)
By Eugene G. Smeathers, Delta Chi

"When we were up at Wesleyan and put through that splendid bunch of fellows, the
undersigned sorta got soft under the chapeau and drafted his Waterman to do the following

bits of ? (call 'em whatever you want to). Thought you might like to just realize

how nutty some Sigs grow.

"These were sung at the banquet in the evening.

"E. G. S."

Now Sigma Nil's in Wesleyana,
And her flag is raised on high.
The gleaming Five-Point Cross is shining brigh*.
Where the hearts of men beat true;
The pure white rose sends all its fragrance
To the Knights of Sigma Nu —
. Brotherhood and Wesleyan are bound forever
In the bonds of our dear old Sigma Nu.

A Sig by the Sea

By Eugene G. Smeathers, Delta Chi

(To the Tune of Uil Liza Jane)

A story now 1 will relate, O, Sigma Nu!
About a Sig who met his fate, O, Sigma Nu!

Chorus:

O, dear Brothers, please watch your step,
0, wise Serpent, make us wiser yet!

A maid he met when at the shore, O, Sigma Nu!
A dream, a peach she was he swore, 0, Sigma Nu!

They dipped and played upon the surf, 0, Sigma Nuf
This Sig thought Heaven was on earth, 0, Sigma Nu!

Then he took a dive for life, 0, Sigma Nu!
Asked her if she'd be his wife, 0, Sigma Nu!

They bought a farm and settled down, o, Sigma Nu.:
Cows and chickens all around, 0, Sigma Nu!

Soon a little Sig arrived, 0, Sigma Nu!
Happy was the countryside, 0, Sigma Nu!

Father Sig cried out with glee, 0, Sigma Nu!
I've got a son and a legacy, 0, Sigma Nu!

Now if this Sig you'd like to be, 0, Sigma Nu!
Go to the shore and dive in the sea, 0, Sigma Nu!

Chorus:

0, dear Brothers, please watch your step,
0, wise Serpent, make us wiser yet!

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Gymnasium
Wesley an -University

career thoroughly equipped for good work.
Well housed, fully manned, splendidly
environed, the future of this Chapter is
destined to he both wholesome and bril-
liant.

University, as an educational and cultural
center, cannot be surpassed. Sigma Nu is
fortunate in claiming a place in this re-
nowned university.

The Singing Chapter

Wesleyan is known far and wide as the
"Singing College," and Epsilon Gamma is
doing her full share to maintain that pres-
tige. To sit about the tables, after a din-
ner session, and hear Epsilon Gamma, with
Brother Ralph M. Easton leading these
songs, is worth a trip to Wesleyan to hear.
Not only Wesleyan and Sigma Nu songs,
but the songs of Brown, Trinity, Yale,
Harvard, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams,
Bowdoin, et al, are sung with as much en-
thusiasm as those of their own beloved
Alma Mater. It is a beautiful custom and
with power to bind the hearts of the sing-
ers to college and Fraternity long after col-
lege days have ended.

South College
Wesleyan University

The College

Wesleyan, as such, is her own endorse-
ment. She stands among the best of the
purely old-line colleges in America.
Scholarship is not a pastime but a ne-
cessity at Wesleyan. Handsomely en-
dowed ; beautiful in buildings and for situ-
ation; officered with strong men, Wesleyan

Epsilon Gamma's Adviser

Inspector Segur has recommended
Brother Edward M. Marsden, secretary of
the New Haven Alumni Chapter, for Ad-
viser to Epsilon Gamma. With such an
enthusiastic and loyal Brother blazing the
trail, the new Chapter has great reason to
congratulate her good fortune.

Wesleyan Needed Sigma Nu

In 1911, when Alpha Chi Rho entered
Wesleyan, there were some 350 in attend-

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ance. In the fall of 1919, the student body
had increased to 595 men. In the interim
of 1911 to 1919, no other national fratern-
ity had entered Wesleyan to help take care
of the fine men who had become too nu-
merous for the established fraternities;
hence, when Sigma Nu preceded by Delta
Upsilon a few weeks, established there it
was to help fill a great need and to receive
the unanimous and hearty welcome of all
the older houses on the campus.

President Shanklin gave our petitioners
every possible advice and encouragement
and to him Sigma Nu owes a debt of grati-
tude.

Dartmouth, Brown, Trinity, Bowdoin,
Maine, Vermont, Stevens, Cornell, Lehigh,
Purdue, Idaho, North Carolina, Indiana,
DePauw, Columbia, Stetson, and Mount
Union.

The Attendance

The number of Sigma Nus in attendance
set a new record in our Eastern annals.
Not only were there large delegations from
New Haven, Providence and Boston, but
the active chapters sent splendid represen-
tation. Brown and Trinity, the nearest
chapters, naturally polled the largest at-
tendance. The University of Maine, the
most remote Chapter, sent down two fine
Brothers.

Among officers and past officers present
were: Vice-Regent George A. Smith, Past
Grand Chaplain Paul M. Spencer; Inspec-
tor R. H. Segur, and Past Inspector Kirk
Smith. Inspector Segur had left nothing
undone to make this installation a noted
and notable occasion.

The Sigma Nu colleges represented
were: Penn State, Vanderbilt, Emory,

Chapel
Wesleyan University

Pure Thanks

To the Brothers in Epsilon Gamma, all
the visiting Sigma Nus offer thanks for
their many favors and courtesies. Every
man in Epsilon Gamma is a live wire and
a worker, and Sigma Nu can expect, with
great reason, to always find Epsilon Gam-
ma, at Wesleyan University, one of her
shining jewels within the golden chain of
her extended Brotherhood.

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Pilgrimages of the Regent

By Regent Walter Edward Myers

Los Angeles

In The Delta for March, 1920, there
was an account of my trip to San Fran-
cisco and to the Chapters at Leland Stan-
ford and the University of California. M>
letter to the Editor was published just as
he received it after my visit there. Now
I wish to tell something about my trip in
Southern California.

We went from St. Louis to New Orleans
and from there to Silver City, New Mexico
to visit my brother, H. F. Myers, and then
on to Los Angeles, arriving there January
15th. We went to San Bernardino, and
while there* Brother Vernon Brydolf came
up from Pasadena to see me.

Brothers Brydolf, McGilvry and other
Alumni, arranged for a dinner at the Los
Angeles University Club, on Wednesday
evening, January 21st, which was a very
enjoyable affair. There were about thirty
Alumni present and the evening was spent
in good fellowship, with speeches and a
general good time.

It was a great pleasure to me to meet
these good Brothers on the coast. Al-
though far away from any chapter, still
the spirit of Sigma Nu burns warm in
their hearts, and they have not forgotten
Sigma Nu and what it means to us all.

I was very agreeably surprised to meet
three Brothers from my own Chapter, Beta
Iota — Brothers Blythe, Cannon and Bax-
ton, who are with the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co. Brother McGilvray took us,
the next day, to see the new rubber plant
being built by that company.

This visit to the land of sunshine will
always be remembered with great pleasure.

Des Moines

I went to Des Moines on May 1st as a
lay delegate to the General Conference of
the Methodist church, and while in Des
Moines, met "Bob" Bannister, former
Grand Counselor. On Wednesday, May
5th, I had the pleasure of attending the
weekly luncheon of the Sigma Nu Alumni
of Des Moines, and meeting such Brothers
as Bill Nye, Jim Burrows, Charlie Wagner,
John Kraft, et al.

These loyal Alumni meet once a week,
and a finer bunch of Sigs cannot be found.

On Thursday, May 13th, the Alumni of
Des Moines, gave a dinner for the Regent
at the Des Moines Club. There were nine-
teen present. The Regent was called upon
to speak and it turned out to be a real old
fashioned experience meeting for Sigma
Nu. Many of the Alumni confessed that
they never knew a great deal about the
national organization.

"Bob" Bannister, that prince of Sigma
Nu, was there, who knows the history and
development of the Fraternity, and the
younger men were given a synopsis of the
national organization. They said that
heretofore their interest had been purely
local, but during the banquet and after-
ward, many of them said from now on
their interest would be national.

They were much interested in the es-
tablishment of the Chapter House and En-
dowment Fund. The Des Moines Alumni
Chapter voted its approval of any plan
adopted by the High Council and will
support the movement and agreed to do its
part.

This was the first time a Regent had
visited them and they took on a new en-
thusiasm and new spirit that will augur
well for Sigma Nu in Iowa.

Iowa State University

On Monday, May 10:h, I had the pleas-
ure of visiting Gamma Sigma, Iowa State
College at Ames. Jim Burrows took us
over — "us" meaning Brothers Burrows,
Kraft, Wagner, and the Regent.

After driving around the campus and
inspecting one of the finest agricultural
colleges in the country, we watched the
varsity baseball team in a practice game,
and then went over to Gamma Sigma Chap-
ter House to meet the boys.

We found here a fine Chapter of Sigma
Nu. They have maintained a high stand-
ard of scholarship, and are represented in
most all of the college activities. They
are commodiously housed in a well ar-
ranged Chapter House in a fine location,
overlooking the campus. We ate dinner

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with the boys, sang songs, and enjoyed
every minute of our visit, and will cherish

in memory the good time we spent to-
gether.

Attorney Walter E. Myers

Attorney Walter E. Myers, '99, (b i),
is another Mount Union Alumnus active
every day in the year. He is president of
the Ohio Royal Building and Loan Com-
pany and of the Alexandria Company, and
treasurer of the Federal Mortgage Finance
Company, with his offices in the Engineers
Building, Cleveland.

But because of his business genius and
indefatigable nature this has not been suf-
ficient; so he, with several business asso-
ciates, has organized the D. & M. Cord
Tire Company, of Warren, with a capital-
ization of $1,000,000. He has been named
president of this firm.

Not long ago he was chosen superinten-
dent of the Windermere Methodist Episco-
pal Sunday School. His organizing ability
has manifested itself in the rapid develop-
ment of departments and in the building
up of a large and aggressive school. Last
fall at the North-East Ohio Conference, at
Youngstown, he was elected first reserve
lay delegate to the Methodist General Con-
ference to be held at Des Moines in May.

Mr. Myers maintains an active interest
in college fraternities. On January 2,
1920, at the Nineteenth Grand Chapter

Convention of the Sigma Nu Fraternity,
held at St. Louis, he was elected Regent,
the highest office within the gift of this
Fraternity.

Mr. Myers believes that life is too short
for one to waste his time. Therefore this
Alumnus does things with vigor and en-
thusiasm.— Mount Union College Bulletin.

National Post for Our Regent on the
M. E. Board of Missions

We would add to this thumbnail sketch
of our Regent which appeared in his own
college paper, the latest recognition of him
which is an appointment to a national post
of high influence in his church:

Walter Edward Myers, who was one
of the lay delegates from the Cleveland
Conference to the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, held at
Des Moines in May, 1920, has been ap-
pointed by the Board of Bishops as lay
representative-at-large on the Board of
Foreign Missions, which has in charge the
distribution of the forty millions raised by
the Methodist Centenary last winter.

*£?w

Homage at Graves of I. W. W. Victims

CENTRALIA, Wash., August 11.—
Franklin D'Olier, national commander of
the American Legion, came to Centralia
yesterday to pay homage at the graves of
the four Legion members slain by mem-
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World last armistice day. Two hundred
Legion men and women accompanied
D'Olier and stood with bowed heads in
Mountain View cemetery as he pledged
the Legion to everlasting reverence to the
memory of its martyred members.

"I come here as to the shrine of the
American Legion," said Mr. D'Olier, at the
grave of Warren Grimm [r X], one of the
armistice day victims, "Centralia will
mean to the Legion what Bunker Hill,
Gettysburg and Chateau Thierry mean
to the nation. At these places the spirit
of America met the enemy and triumphed.
Here in Centralia the spirit of the Ameri-
can Legion likewise met the enemy of our
country and triumphed." — Indianapolis
News.

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Little Journeys of the Editor

Fifth Division

It is always an inspiration to be able to
meet with the Fifth Division. Ever since
Walter Sears emigrated from Kansas back
to Ohio State we have always had a high
standard of Sigma Nu life in Ohio.

The Convention met Friday, April 9th,
at the new Beta Nu Chapter House, with
Brother Caldwell in the Chair and every
Chapter in the Division represented by
two delegates. Two days were spent in
discussing fraternity problems.

We were especially interested in the new
Beta Nu Chapter House when the Conven-
tion convened. It is well located in "Fra-
ternity Row/' and while the Chapter was
compelled because of immediate needs to
buy rather than' build, they may well be
proud of their new home.

The climax of the Convention was the
banquet at the Athletic Club, on Friday
evening. Wherever such old time wheel
horses get together as Brothers Sears, Tall-
madge, Hunter, Connelley, Hopwood, Cas-
key, and Regent Myers, and a host of
kindred spirits, there is always a feast of
Sigma Nu Spirit.

First Division

On April 24th, the First Division Con-
vention met with Beta at the University of
Virginia. This was a one-day convention

First Division Convention

Vice- Regent George A. Smith in Center

Held at Lexington. Virginia

(which should never be), and too crowded
to get the best possible results. It was
marked by the presence of the fewest
Alumni of any of the Conventions we have
visited this year. Brother Past Regent
Wilson, Vice-Regent Smith and Inspector
Edgar were all present, however, and these

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made up in interest for a host of Alumni.
The University of Virginia is a shrine of
learning and of patriotism to which every
college man ought to journey at some
time. An extended description here would

Psi Chapter here has worked under dif-
ficulties since the burning of their home
a couple of years ago. Events are rapidly
progressing, however, to a new and mod-
ern home. It has been found impossible

The Quad at Virginia

be impossible. Ijs historic associations
embrace almost the whole of our national
history from Thomas Jefferson and his
beautiful home at Monticello, to the stu-
dent quarters of President Wilson. Brother
Shands is a member of the Edgar Allen
Poe Club and took us into the little room
in the west quadrangle where this genius
of the world's literature "dreamed dream 3
and saw visions."

Beta entertained in her new House with
a gracious hospitality, closing with a de-
lightful banquet at 9 p. m., from which
the Secretary was compelled to rush to
catch a sleeper for the Carolina Chapters,
without having proper opportunity of
meeting personally a large number of
local Alumni who came in for the eve-

Serpentine Wall

Built Under Direction of Thomas Jefferson

University of Virginia

to lease a house and the university de-
sires the lot on which the old house stood.
Delay has been incidental to an adjust-
ment of these questions, but with the int-
erest and leadership of Brothers Walter
Murphy, Speaker of the House, Brother

On the Campus at North Carolina

The Carolinas

The University of North Carolina is
situated. in the hills about an hour's ride
by auto from Durham, N. C. While not
so prominent in the eyes of the educa-
tional world as the University of Virginia,
it holds an ancient and honorable place in
the life of our country.

Psi Brothers in Athletic Bleachers
University of North Carolina

Gardner, Lieutenant-Governor, and Brother
Dr. Rayford K. Adams, it will not be long
until th new House is a reality.

From Chapel Hill we journeyed to
Raleigh where we were met by Dr. Adams,
Brother Paul Fenner and a whole crowd
of Brothers from Beta Tau Chapter. We
were taken to a down-town hotel and plied

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with questions concerning Sigma Nu prob-
lems, local and national, until near mid-
night. Brother Adams, who is in charge
of the State Hospital at Raleigh, found
time to drive us over the campus of the
North Carolina College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, and over the quaintly
beautiful old city of Raleigh.

Beta Tau Chapter is much handicapped
by the fact that the school is semi-military
and the men live in barracks. Under the
direction of strong Alumni, this Chapter
maintains, in spite of these handicaps, a
high standard of Sigma Nu activity.

Rock once stood. The old campus is now
graded into a new parade ground.

We stood with hats off before the win-
dows of the old room of Founder Hop-
kins, walked through the campus in the
evening by the light of the same old stars
under which the first Knights of the
Legion of Honor swore fealty and felt

Main Building
Washington and Lee University

The Editor at Lambda Chapter House

ourselves thereby as understanding some-
what better how Sigma Nu came to be
founded upon Knighthood and be shot
through and through with the high ideals
of patriotism and of honor.

Lexington, Virginia

Some idea of travel in the hill states
may be realized when it is known that it
took us a full day and night to reach Lex-
ington, Va., from Raleigh, N. C. That
Brother Edgar has been able to do as well
as he has in directing the large Division
is a tribute to his de#p interest in our
Brotherhood.

The Editor Standing
Where Sigma Nu Was Founded

We cannot describe our feelings as we
journeyed up the James river valley,
crossed the Alleghany Mountains and
dropped over into the head of the valley
of the Shenandoah and stood for the first
time on the campus of the Virginia Mili-
tary Institute at the spot where Founders'

Tower Room Where Founder Hopkins Roomed

East Barracks

Virginia Military institute

We had hoped to meet Colonel Purdie
and Major Baldinger, but found both no
longer connected with this most famous
military school in our country outside of
West Point. We were able, however, to
have a brief visit with Brother Major F. A.
Grove, A 145, who is the sole remaining
Sigma Nu in V. M. I. Brother Grove ex-
pressed his conviction that the present re-
strictions against fraternities would never
be removed at V. M. I. and that it is bet-
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nities that this condition exists, feeling
that the fraternity system cannot exist at
its best in a strictly military school.

Adjoining the campus of V. M. I. is
the campus of Washington & Lee, another
of the most historic schools of our coun-
try. We were here called into consulta-
tion with President Smith and the Faculty
committee on fraternities, which is en-
deavoring to work out a better basis of
co-operation between the fraternities and
the institution. The historic policy here
has been to not recognize the fraternities
officially, but practically. There were
thus no formal rules of regulations or co-
operation. This leads to misunderstanding
and sometimes to extremes on the part of
the fraternities.

The officers were kindly in their atti-

. tude. Their housing conditions are acute

and we understand they have offered a

choice lot next to the new Memorial Gate

to the first fraternity which will build.

We are extremely anxious that Lambda
Chapter will be quick enough in its build-
ing plans to procure this location.

We spent wenty-four happy hours with
Lambda. The Chapter had President
Smith of the University in to dinner in
our honor and as a result both Chapter
and Institution gained a better understand-
ing of the ideals of the other.

Arkansas

It was our unexpected privilege to
spend the day of May 6th with Gamma
Upsilon, at Fayetteville, Ark. Their Chap-
ter House is the Arkansas State Building at
the Chicago World's Fair. It was moved
to Fayetteville and placed on top of a
high hill (they call them mountains) over-
looking the beautiful little city. Its loca-
tion is ideal. It is the most prominent
building in the city to a stranger. It is,
however, in disrepair and poorly ar-
ranged for the everyday life of the Chap-
ter though ideal in arrangement for social
functions. An option has been taken on
another piece of property which seemed
to us to present an unusual bargain and
we hope to hear that sufficient interest
among the Alumni has been aroused ere
this to warrant the purchase of that de-
sirable property. We found Gamma Up-
silon with a large Chapter, full of enthusi-
asm, well disciplined as regards its House

management and full of the real spirit of
hospitality.

Detroit Alumni

It was our great privilege on May 22nd,
to speak at the annual banquet of the De-
troit Alumni Chapter. The banquet was
held in the beautiful new Detroit Athletic
Club, and a more representative group of
Sigma Nus we have seldom met. There
seemed to be two points of contact with
most of the Brothers, Sigma Nu and the
automobile business.

We do not here attempt a detailed ac-
count of this meeting, but we cannot for-
get the fine reports from the Collegiate
Chapters which were represented at this
banquet.

Gamma Nu at the University of Michi-
gan, and Gamma Gamma at Albion, are
always considered the proteges of the De-
troit Alumni. Both these Chapters were
well represented (19 from Michigan and
6 from Albion), and both presented re-
ports of activities which set a high stand-
ard for other Chapters, not the least of
which was new Homes for both Chapters.
The climax of the evening in the matter of
applause came when Gamma Gamma,
after telling the story of the new House,
stated that Gamma Gamma has led all the
fraternities and sororities of Albion in
scholarship for three successive years.

The Detroit Alumni Chapter has a list
of one hundred thirty-five Sigma Nus in
Detroit, and there are doubtless many
others whose names have not been secured.
We know of no place offering better op-
portunity for establishing a Sigma Nu
Lodge. The matter is under discussion
and we expect results soon.

The Detroit Chapter sets a fine example
of hospitality in that it provides on the
occasion of its annual banquet for the
entertainment of all the Brothers from the
Collegiate Chapters in the homes of the
members. Brother J. Richard Newman,
r T, the live Secretary, gave his personal
attention and time to the General Secre-
tary.

Gamma Nu

While at Detroit we found time to pay
our first visit to Gamma Nu since they
have acquired their beautiful new home.

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Description of this House will be found
elsewhere. For artistic beauty, this House
exceeds any which we have seen.

We had litle opportunity to meet the
Brothers on the visit as it was field day at
the university and all were busy entertain-
ing members of visiting high school teams
and getting lines on prospective Brothers.
We were impressed, however, by the wide
representation of States in the Chapter.
It seemed that scarcely any two men came
from the same State.

the University of North Dakota three
years ago. He, with his trustees, has pre-
pared a new plan for the University of
Kentucky which is going forward rapidly.
Among the new building plans is con-
templated "fraternity row," on a new and
beautiful location provided by the Uni-
versity. Sigma Nu was the first to select
a lot under this provision.

Lexington, Kentucky

By these words the mind is at once en-
snared by the romance of the blue grass
country and many incidents of Sigma Nu
history. We go back farther than we de-
sire to our first recollections of Clarence
Woods, J. Robert Boatman, Tom Pickets,
Bob Riggs, T. Hood Little, and a host of
other Brothers long associated with Ken-
tucky.

On July 3rd, we laid the corner-stone of
the beautiful new Gamma Iota Chapter
House. Detailed account of this will be
found elsewhere. Brother Keeling Pul-
liam, Jr., met us at the train and took us
at once out to the University where we
held a conference with Dr. Frank L. Mc-
Vey, the President. Dr. McVey came from

The General Secretary Laying the Cornerstone
Gamma Iota Chapter House

President McVey and Dr. Melcher, Dean
of Men, were both present at the exercises
and were both very much interested in the
problems of fraternity administration.

Gamma Iota House is to be dedicated
to the memory of Brother Harold A. Pul-
liam, who met death at New Port News,
Va., in the fall of his seaplane just after
he had been selected by the government as
one of the pilots to make the first historic
trip across the Atlantic.

The Delta's P. B. X's.

[Brother Sell here unloads a mighty good idea. Many Brothers have already opened
a P. B. X. in their community, connecting Alumni of Sigma Nu and The Delta. Would
every town and county might be so represented. — The Editor.]

Editor of The Delta:

Enclosed find subscription handed me by Dr. W. C. Matthews, B B, Kent*
land, Indiana.

I intend to see all the Sigma Nus in our county — I believe there are only
four or five — and get their subscriptions, if they have not already subscribed.

I have found that a large majority of Brothers simply neglect to renew
their subscriptions. "Jump them" for lack of loyalty, and they will come
across almost every time.

I suggest that a live Sigma Nu be given the responsibility of seeing per-
sonally all the Brothers in his community, who forget and neglect their Delta
subscriptions. J. C. SELL, Beta Eta.

I. U. '02.
Kentland, Ind.

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Changes in Fees

By action of the last Grand Chapter,
the following changes in fees take place
with the opening of the new fiscal year,
on July 1st, 1920.

The subscription to The Delta is
changed from one to two dollars per year
and the per capita tax increases from five
to six dollars.

All officers of Chapters, both Collegiate
and Alumni, are earnestly requested to
make special note of the above fact and
thus save all possible confusion.

Good Inspection

Brother Raymond H. Segur, Inspector
of the Eighth Division, writes in a recent
letter, requesting inspection blanks (with
extra copies for his own file), that he is
planning a personal letter to the Alumni
Secretaries, urging fine letters for this (the
October) Delta. The Inspector should
keep in mind the whole interest of the
Fraternity in his Division and not merely
pay a perfunctory visit to the Collegiate
Chapters now and then. We would add
to Brother Segur's good suggestion, that
Inspectors should write personal letters to
their Advisers. This is good inspection.

Brother John H. Roberts, Inspector of
the Ninth Division, also keeps duplicates
of his inspection reports for his files.

We will hereafter send all Inspectors
two sets of blanks so that they may have
one copy of each inspection for their own
use after they send us the original report.

Division Conventions

Is there any reason for the well nigh
universal custom of holding Division Con-
ventions late in the College year?

It has long seemed to us that many ad-
vantages would accrue by holding these
workers' conferences as early after the
rushing season as possible. The ideas
worked out, the enthusiasm engendered,

and the suggestions made at the conven-
tions could then be utilized to greater
profit than when received so late in the
college year.

Holding so many conventions so nearly
at the same time also makes impossible
the presence of the General Secretary at
a very large number of these meetings.

If at all possible, arrange your conven-
tion by selecting a date as far in advance
as possible, file your date with the General
Office, and place some of the dates as early
in the college year as possible.

Week-end Summer Reunions and
Conferences

Epsilon Chapter set a good example to
all our Chapters by calling a week-end
summer reunion at the Chapter House for
the week-end of July 25th.

Unoccupied Chapter Houses offer good
accommodations for such an event as this.
The Chapter Brothers can' here get to-
gether at the point of greatest interest and
surest return in brotherly service. The
problems of the Chapter House, the Col-
legiate Chapter, rushing, etc., present
themselves most favorably at a time and
place like this. Thank you, Epsilon. This
is a good example for others to follow.

Colorado Sigma Nus, pursuant to the
annual custom, called a meeting for the
week-end of July 30th, at "Dad" Williams*
cabins in the mountains about sixty miles
from Denver. Brothers are requested to
bring tents, camp beds and also their en-
tire families. The General Secretary is
announced as one of the "end men" of the
show, but fears he can not be present.

Gatherings like these add untold rich-
ness to the lives of the Brothers and are
of value to the Brotherhood beyond meas-
ure.

Financing New Houses

To all Chapters contemplating building
we would recommend a careful study of

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the plan adopted by Gamma Iota Chapter,
described elsewhere in this issue. It is in
our judgment the most simple and efficient
of plans of this kind.

The ordinary subscription of the Broth-
ers are made to the Common Stock. The
subscriptions required of each member of
the fraternity are made to the same issue.
The Preferred Stock which is in reality a
first mortgage bond and bearing current
rate of interest is disposed ofto special
friends and members of the fraternity who
have given outright all they feel able to
give. The Common Stock issued for rental
and pledges of new initiates is depended
upon to take up the Preferred Stock in a
given number of years.

Alumni Chapters Below the Dead Line

Did you see that big black line through
the list of the Alumni Chapters as pub-
lished in the May Delta? That is the dead
line. All Chapters below it are not in
good standing according to our law. The
saddest part of the matter is that almost
half (26 out of 60) of our Alumni Chap-
ters were recorded as below that ugly
mark.

Is your Chapter one of these? If so,
get after your Chapter Secretary. Before
you do so, however, hand him $2.00 for
The Delta. That will give your argu-
ment the proper weight.

A Christmas Present

A year ago Brother Brice Toole, E. C.
of Gamma Phi Chapter, wrote us for one
hundred and fifty copies of the Creed of
Sigma Nu. "Gamma Phi Chapter wishes
to &end a copy of the Creed to every Sigma

Nu in Montana when we get out our
Christmas greetings."

This is a thoughtful practice that their
Alumni will surely appreciate.

Another custom many Chapters have is
to present each new Pledge with a copy
of the Creed, and some wait until initiation
time. It would be well to give each Pledge
a copy where the initiation season is post-
poned to the second semester. It will help
him and help his parents to understand the
Fraternity and his relationship to it.

The Creeds are waiting for you! Place
your order now. The small size for stu-
dents' rooms are furnished free. On the
large size there is a small charge covering
the cost of printing and mailing. Singly
they are fifteen cents each; in quantities,
special rates will be given.

Chapter Manual

Epsilon Chapter of Bethany College has
set a very fine example which with some
changes might be emulated by all our
Chapters. They have issued a "Manual
of Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Nu Fra-
ternity," under the editorship of Brother
U. G. Palmer, Jr. Besides fifteen of the
most popular Sigma Nu Songs, the manual
contains the requirements of pledges be-
fore being initiated, the Division organiza-
tion, the list of Chapters of Sigma Nu, the
complete roll of Epsilon Chapter, and
other matters of importance to Sigma Nu.
This little volume contains thirty pages
and is well printed and bound in stiff
covers.

This example of Epsilon, if followed
generally, would make much more intelli-
gent Sigma Nus. We are making great
progress in this matter, but the lack of
knowledge of the ideals and history of
Sigma Nu on the part of many initiates is
still appalling.

The "Deferred" Subscriber Objects

I received my receipt for The Delta subscription and note that it reads
that I am in good standing, until July 1, 1928.

Are we supposed to get The Delta for eight years after graduation? If
so, I am anxious to see a change for I do not believe that to be a fair proposi-
tion. I think that if we get The Delta free for one or two years at the most,
it should be enough, and I for one, am willing to subscribe regularly.

GEORGE W. SULLIVAN, Delta Delta.

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Our fiscal year closed on July first.

While the unsettled industrial conditions

have added much to

t *?»!' —- the work and perplexi-

Great Progress i

ties of the General
Office, yet so far as statistics can tell it
will be the most successful year in our
history.

The General Secretary has, in his en-
deavor to reach the Chapters personally,
long since realized that Sigma Nu is in-
deed "A National Society of College Men."
We have, however, personally made forty-
three visits to Chapters scattered all the
way from North Carolina to Puget Sound.

The edition of the May Delta was 7,000
copies, an increase of 2,400 copies in the
past three and one-half years. The total
Chapter Membership for the year in round
numbers is 3,000. The paid initiations of
the year are 1,201 as against 1,030 of the
year 1918-1919, which was the previous
high water mark. The cash surplus of the
year is in round numbers, $5,000.00. The
wonderful increase in Chapter Houses is
spoken of elsewhere.

We hope that another year will see a
rising standard in the Scholarship of our
Chapters, and one hundred per cent, of
our Chapters using our accounting system.

The vote on the Alpha Sigma Delta
local fraternity at Wesleyan University,
closed favorably on
May 7th, with the
largest vote ever re-
corded on a body of petitioners. The rec-
ord of vote was sent to the Collegiate Chap-
ters within thirty days, according to the
law passed by the last Grand Chapter.

Epsllon Gamma
Chapter

The installation took place on May
22nd. The ceremonies were in charge of
Brothers Segur and Wilson. The installa-
tion team was furnished by Delta Lambda
Chapter, Brown University. A detailed
account of the ceremonies and banquet ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue.

Epsilon Gamma is the eighty-first active
Chapter on our books and gives promise
of being a great Chapter of Sigma Nu. It
is housed in its own home, has an enthus-
iastic membership and is guided by Broth-
ers whose experience insures its success.

Some folks think that thirteen is a

"hoodoo," but Sigma Nu accepts it as

signifying her year of

Thirteen greatest progress since

Chapter Houses ° r °

in One Year she has possessed her-

self of that number of
Chapter Houses in a single year. This
fact has all the more significance when it
is remembered that the past year will be
generally remembered as one when real
estate held too fictitious a standard of
value to buy and material was far too
costly to build.

Early in September the Chapters at Col-
orado Mines, Lombard, Chicago, Albion,
and Virginia "toflkr possession of commodi-
ous homes which they had purchased dur-
ing the summer previously. A little later
Ohio State and Nebraska followed suit, and
since school is closed the Case Chapter at
Cleveland and the Chapter at West Vir-
ginia have each purchased homes. Our Ep-
silon Gamma Chapter at Wesleyan, which
was installed on May 22d, had purchased
its own home before the installation. Illi-
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in the latter part of the year, and the Uni-
versity of Kentucky Chapter has the walls
up, enclosing the first Chapter House to
be built on the campus.

As we write we recall active building
campaigns now in process at Perm State,
Oklahoma, Montana, Colorado, Colorado
Aggies, North Carolina, Manford, and La-
fayette. No doubt there are a number of
others. More than seventy-five per cent, of
the Chapters are now either collecting
building funds or paying for Houses al-
ready built.

Over sixty per cent, of our Chapters
are now living in their own Homes and at
the present rate of progress we can very
soon make it one hundred per cent.

as "fraternity row." The University of
Alabama has adopted this plan and the
comparatively new and beautiful home of
Theta Chapter stands on University
ground. We understand that Washington
and Lee has offered a beautiful location
across from the new college gate to the
first fraternity which will build thereon
and a news item signifies that Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri, is contem-
plating the adoption of the "Northwest-
ern9' plan as a solution to its acute hous-
ing problems.

This movement offers in our opinion,
an easy way of solving the housing prob-
lem which is so pressing in many if not
most of our American colleges.

The University of Kentucky has joined

the increasing number of Universities

which have adopted

University Cooper- plans 0f co-operation
ation In Chapter . , ■ * . .

House Building with the fraternities in

building Chapter
Houses.

Considerable discussion and some criti-
cism was aroused a few years ago when
Dr. A. W. Harris, then President of North-
western, proposed a co-operative building
plan to the fraternities as a solution of
the housing problem. The University fur-
nished the lots and loaned the money to
such fraternities as wished to build under
that plan. As a result Northwestern has
today a beautiful group of fraternity
houses on the campus, planned as an artis-
tic whole and the capital and interest rep-
resented in the same is steadily coming
back into the treasury of the University.

Many of our Universities, including a
number of State institutions, are now
adopting some form of the above general
plan. The new Sigma Nu House at the
University of Kentucky is the first to be
built upon a new tract of ground recently
purchased by the university and set apart

Sigma Nu and
Her Neighbors

The "Caduceus" of Kappa Sigma pub-
lishes in the May, 1920, issue a very inter-
esting statistical table
as to the location of the
general college fratern-
ities. From this table we have compiled
the following figures showing the fratern-
ities which the eighty-one Chapters of Sig-
ma Nu come in contact with most often.

The fraternities having the largest num-
ber of chapters where Sigma Nu is located
are Kappa Sigma and Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon with fifty-six Chapters each in asso-
ciation with Chapters of Sigma Nu. Beta
Theta Pi and Sigma Nu are associated
in fifty institutions. Phi Delta Theta and
Sigma Chi follow with forty-nine Chap-
ters. Alpha Tau Omega is in forty-six
institutions with Sigma Nu; Delta Tau
Delta in forty-three and Phi Gamma Delta
in thirty-eight

The above statistics give food for
thought. If these few fraternities which
are so truly national could agree on cer-
tain educational and fraternal standards
which could be demanded of all Chapters
represented, it would be easy to make

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rapid progress in scholarship and in dem-
ocratic service to the colleges of America.

We have rarely seen a more enthusias-
tic, painstaking letter than that of May
12th, written to his
An Admirable Chapter, by Brother L.

Alumni Letter q Gibson, of Gamma

Pi.

The letter consists of five pages of single
spaced type. It contains news items of
seventy-five of the Chapter Brothers, a
boost for the new House, which was pur-
chased shortly after, and closes with the
following plea for The Delta:

"Subscribe to The DELTA now! The
address is Lemcke Building, Indianap-
olis. It is growing better every year, and
will keep your heart from growing old
long after your head is bald. Gamma Pi
is almost at the bottom of the list in per-
centage of Alumni subscribers. Let's put
her at the top. Dig up a dollar, or two, or
three, and subscribe for a period of years.
If you forget the address, send the money
to me, or to the Chapter, but why not do
it now?"

We wish space permitted the reprinting
of this entire letter as a fine example of
the amount of Sigma Nu enthusiasm and
knowledge generated by such a dynamo of
Sigma Nu Spirit as Brother Gibson.

We have before us several special num-
bers of Chapter papers issued at the end
of the college year.

The Beta Iota Bulle-
tin, in its ninth annual
appearance, is a book of 32 pages, illus-
trated. The principal feature article is
"Sigma Nu in the Rubber World," by
Brothers Hugh E. Marsh and H. Russell
Rymer, detailing the rise of Brothers W.

Chapter
Publications

D. Shilts and L. C. Rockhill in the Good-
year Tire and Rubber Co., and other
Akron Sigs from Beta Iota. Much Chap-
ter and Alumni News is written up in
"college annual" style, giving a bird's eye
view of the year's activities. The Alumni
directory covers five pages and shows hard
work in keeping up the mailing list — the
link between the Chapter new and the
Chapter old. It is needless to add that
the Bulletin is proud of the new Regent,
Walter E. Myers, who is the second Regent
Beta Iota has given Sigma Nu — "Bert"
Wilson being the first.

The Shield of Delta Omicron this year
is devoted largely to the Service Records
of the Sigs of Idaho. It is illustrated by
pictures of House and Chapter groups.

Beta Chapter has revived the Beta Ad-
vance with a long account of their new
Chapter House. Delta Phi has turned
The Delta Phinder on itself with a grace
that all our Chapters may approve.

Several Chapters publish several issues
a year: Delta Delta News (two issues),
is an attractive illustrated four-page
paper; Gamma Zeta Bulletin appears
yet more frequently — three times the year,
full of Chapter notes and Alumni News.

The series of "Short Sermons for Sigs"
by Brother "Araco," is so filled with good
practical suggestions
that the real benefit can
only be derived by
reading and rereading. They have been
widely quoted in other magazines and we
should like to see them reprinted.

If there is any superiority in any num-
ber of this series, we believe it to be in the
seventh article published in the March issue
dealing with some necessary details of
decent scholarship. Nothing needs more
emphasis than this.

Particularly do we desire to call atten-
tion to the remarks concerning the Chapter

Building a
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Library, containing suggestions of the do-
nation of text books by individual Broth-
ers, as fast as they have finished with the
same, and the acquiring of a few good
reference books.

To the books specifically mentioned by
Brother "Araco" we would add a good
dictionary. Doubtless the author thought
this so fundamental that it would not need
to be mentioned. (He has not visited as
many Houses as has the Editor.)

We would also add to every library a
good collection of the great biographies.
Nothing is so stimulating to real achieve-
ment as the life stories of those "who have
dreamed greatly and achieved mightily."

Nothing has put us more to shame in
our official visitations, than to see the
average Chapter Library. In more than
one of our Houses we have found the new
homes of old Chapters with beautiful

library rooms with the shelves curtained
to conceal the naked bareness of the book-
shelves in a House dedicated to the search
for truth.

Again, we always inspect the shelves for
the official files of The Delta which are
bound and presented to the Chapters free
of charge by the Fraternity. In more than
half the Houses examined, we have been
unable to find these volumes.

The usual explanation is — "somebody
swiped them." The plain facts are that
in these Houses where the choicest room
should be set apart to the best collection
of books possible, nobody thinks or cares.
We give all honor to men like Brother
Bard well, who has for years made it his
special concern to build up a good library
for Gamma Beta Chapter at Northwestern.

Take a real pride in the Chapter
Library.

Dew-Drops

By "Pat" (Claude B.) McBrayer, Beta Tau

There was a tiny dew-drop

Fell down from heaven above;
It was a wonderful expression

Of purity and of love;
It fell on a withered blade

In a garden of despair
Now, changed as if by magic,

Roses are blooming there.

Once a child in passing,

Smiled down on a man unkempt;
It was love's own reflection

From a heart without contempt;
It stirred the soul of the ragged man,

He saw the world wasn't vain,
Changed by the smile of a tiny tot

He's back on his job again.

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Scholarship Table

We are replacing our Scholarship Table
in this department. Data are again being
compiled by the colleges, but reports are
still meager.

Colleges not listed below, either re-
ported statistics unavailable or failed to
answer our inquiries. We ask college offi-

cers who read this to place this Fraternity
on their mailing list for scholarship data,
and also invite the co-operation of our
Alumni in Facilitate and of our Chapters
in securing this valuable information.

Capitals emphasize first place in ranking
of national fraternities.

Rho (Missouri) — Fifth among 15 fraternities.
Psi (North Carolina) — Thirteenth among 13 fraternities.
BETA BETA (DePauw)— First among 11 fraternities.
Beta Kappa (Kansas Agric) — Second among 6 fraternities.
Beta Nu (Ohio State) — Sixteenth among 20 fraternities.
BETA PSI (California)— First among 34 fraternities.
Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech) — Sixth among 14 fraternities.
Gamma Beta (Northwestern) — Ninth among 11 fraternities.
GAMMA GAMMA (Albion)— First among 4 fraternities.
Gamma Epsilon (Lafayette) — Second among 13 fraternities.
Gamma Kappa (Colorado) — Tenth among 13 fraternities.
Gamma Lambda (Wisconsin) — Eleventh among 28 fraternities.
Gamma Mu (Illinois) — Seventh among 38 fraternities.
Gamma Nu (Michigan) — Fourth among 29 fraternities.
Gamma Pi (West Virginia) — Third among 10 fraternities.
Gamma Rho (Chicago) — Fourteenth among 24 fraternities.
Gamma Phi (Montana) — Third among 3 fraternities.
DELTA EPSILON (Oklahoma)— First among 8 fraternities.
DELTA ZETA (Western Reserve)— First among 11 fraternities.
Delta Lambda (Brown) — Fourteenth among 19 fraternities.
Delta Omicron (Idaho) — Second among 4 fraternities.
Delta Psi (Bowdoin) — Seventh among 10 fraternities.

Scholarship Honor Keys

By Errett R. Newby, Delta Epsilon

Chairman, Scholarship Committee; Past Inspector, Twelfth Division; and
formerly Registrar of the University of Oklahoma

[The Scholarship Committee is desirous of urging the adoption of the custom of award-
ing Scholarship Keys as honors to the best students in the Chapter, in accordance with their
report to the Nineteenth Grand Chapter, The Delta, January, 1920, page 503. The chair-
man, Brother Newby, has written the following article in the hope that this custom will
accomplish something in the way of encouraging good scholarship. "I believe these Scholar-
ship Keys will make an interesting addition to our insignia and a coveted prize in the eyes
of active members." He further asks us to run again the fac simile illustration of the key
which appeared in the Proceedings number of The Delta. — The Editor.]

THE days when the scholastic ambi-
tion of the average college student
was merely to "get by,** when many
lived up to the idea that "C is a gentle-
man's grade," are largely a thing of the

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past. Fraternities have sometimes been ac-
cused of having a good deal to do with
the setting of these questionable standards.
I am inclined to think, however, that these
standards came about as a result of the

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laisse faire policy that has been aplied to
the government of American universities.
It seems now that there is a general ten-
dency to face about from this attitude and
to give more serious attention to the seri-
ous purposes for which colleges and uni-
versities are established and maintained.
Here's a place where the fraternities of
the land can set the pace and by so doing
give those who oppose fraternities another
solar plexus blow.

What has led to this change of attitude?
In my mind the war has had more to do
with it than anything else. During those
feverish days of preparation when the
United States was exerting every energy
to prepare its young men to win the war,

sire of the Fraternity to pay more attention
to bettering the scholarship of its mem-
bers, adopted a scholarship key with the
recommendation that each Chapter award
this gold key annually to the member of
the Chapter who makes the best average
for the year. The Grand Chapter also
recommended that in case the gold key was
won by a student other than a Freshman
that there also be awarded a silver key to
the Freshman who makes the highest grade
among the Freshman members of the Chap-
ter.

The key adopted by the Grand Chapter
is of a beautiful design and will be a mark
of honor for any man who is able to win
it. The fact that the silver key is to be

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HONORS 1919-20

Awarded to

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FRESHMAN HONORS 1919-20

Awarded to

college men by the thousands and tens of
thousands were made to realize that there
was a good deal more to trigonometry,
history and other subjects that are studied
in college than merely "getting by." Many
of these men, for the first time in their
lives, applied themselves diligently to their
studies and they found that after all it
wasn't such a nasty job to master a sub-
ject, and that a great deal of satisfaction
came with knowledge that did not ac-
company the "get by' sort of studying that
they had been doing.

Sigma Nu has achieved many wonderful
things and has repeatedly stood as a leader
among the college fraternities of the
country. Once more she has an opportun-
ity to pave the way and to set an inspiring
example to others by her success in rais-
ing the standards of scholarship in the
eighty-two Chapters of the Fraternity.

The last Grand Chapter, sensing the de-

awarded to a Freshman in case a Freshman
does not win the gold key will give in-
creased encouragement to all Freshmen to
ftay attention to their studies. It was be-
ieved that as a rule a Freshman would not
be able to win the gold key in competition
with all members of the Chapter and it was
believed to be very important to give the
freshmen separate honors if necessary. If
the Freshman Class, for four successive
years, can be inspired to study, the scholar-
ship standing of the entire Fraternity will
take care of itself.

The Grand Chapter recommends that
each Chapter provide these honor keys.
This can be done early in the fall by reso-
lution authorizing purchase of same out
of the Chapter treasury. In most Chap-
ters, however, there are one or more
Alumni who are sufficiently interested in
doing something to better the scholarship
standing of the Chapter that if the matter

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is presented to them by delegates from
the Chapter they will doubtless agree to
pay the cost of the key or keys. The im-
portant thing is to provide for the award
of the keys early in the fall so that all
members may have due notice and may
begin early to work for the honors. These

keys may be purchased through the Gen-
eral Offices of the Fraternity, the 14 karat
gold key costing $15.00, the 10 karat gold
key costing $13.00, and the sterling silver
key costing $7.00, with war tax of five per
cent, added.

Notable Chapters and Their Notables

Scholarly Achievements of Record

Sigma Nu First at California

Beta Psi Chapter Leads All Organiza-
tions — Forty-five

Here is a clipping out of the San Fran-
cisco Bulletin which explains itself. Being
of the '07 class of Beta Psi, it naturally
sent a thrill through me when I picked up
the paper and read the news last night.

University of California, August 25. —
Of the forty-six University of California
fraternities and men's house clubs, Sigma
Nu ranks highest in average scholarship
record for the spring semester of this year.
An average grade of 2.69 has been the
standard maintained by its members.

General increase in fraternity scholar-
ship is indicated by a comparison of the
average grade for all undergraduate fra-
ternity and club men of 2.4623 this spring,
with 2.4448 for the spring semester of
last year.

For Sigma Nu to rank highest in schol-
arship, in what is probably the largest
university in point of attendance in the
world today, speaks well for our organiza-
tion. L. A. FREI, Beta Psi.

Beta Beta Chapter Leads

Greek Letter Men at DePauw

DePauw University has just issued a re-
port of the scholarship standing of fra-
ternities and sororities. The Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority and the Sigma Nu Fra-
ternity head the honor list, having the
highest number of credit points. The re-
port shows that scholarship this year was
better than last. Sigma Nu is the only
Fraternity to hold a high place on the
honor list, the sororities taking most of
the laurels for scholarship.

Rhodes Scholar

Vergil M. Hancher
BetaMu

Brother Vergil M. Hancher was selected
from some twenty or thirty men to receive
one of the Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford
University. Hancher, who is now in his
first year of law, after having taken five
years of Liberal Arts, is now in the Fresh-
man Law Class. He is a Phi Beta Kappa,
A. F. I., honorary Senior Society, Delta
Sigma Rho, honorary for declamatory
work, and Phi Alpha Delta Law fraternity.
He has been president of Zetagathian Lit-
erary Society, Senior Class, Forensic
League, A. F. I. (Senior honorary society) ,
and Delta Sigma Rho. He is, at present,
president of the Inter-Fraternity Council,
treasurer of the Law School Association,
and Commander of Sigma Nu. Hancher
has recently been assigned to Worcester
College, and has been informed that he
must be on hand on October 1, 1920.

Brother Hancher is altogether an Iowa
man. His father is V. F. Hancher, a
farmer living at Rolfe. Vergil was vale-
dictorian of the Rolfe High School in the
class of 1914. In September, following
completion of his high school course, he
enrolled at the university in the college of
liberal arts and in his Sophomore year
captained the debating team which won
from Northwestern. The following year
he was captain of the team which defeated
Minnesota in debate. During his Junior
year he also represented the university in
the Hamilton club oratorical contest in
Chicago. He was elected president of the
Senior class in 1917, and at the close of
the academic year, was elected to member-
ship in Phi Beta Kappa fraternity with
highest honors, having 64 hours of A
grade work out of a total of 120 hours.

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Hancher enlisted in the navy. He was re-
leased from active service in January of
the present year, returned to the university
to do graduate work until June, and re-
turned in September to register as a Fresh-
man in the college of law.

Founder's Medal at Vanderbilt
Awarded to Sigma Chapter Man

Since Sigma Nu became the permanent
owner of the scholarship cup by winning
it for three consecutive years, none has
been offered and consequently no record
of the rating of fraternities in scholarship
for the past year has been compiled.

I am proud to announce that Brother
Lemuel Stevens has won the greatest indi-
vidual honor a man can win in class work,
at Vanderbilt. He will receive on gradua-
tion day, the Founders Medal for the Engi-
neering School. This means that the aver-
age of the grades of Brother Stevens for
his four college years is higher than any
other student in that department.

To show that a student may be some-
thing besides a grind, I will give you
Brother Stevens' record:

L. B. Stevens, vice-president Freshman
Class; president Sophomore Class; honor
committee, Junior Class; Commodore
Board (annual) ; letter on track team;
president, Engineering Association; Fresh-
man Mathematics Medal; glee club; mem-
ber Commodore, Owl, and Nemo Clubs

(Senior, Junior, and Sophomore elective
social clubs) ; Commander, Sigma Chapter.
CARR PAYNE, Sigma.

Brothers in Phi Beta Kappa

Beta Eta Chapter

Sigma Nu somewhat startled the Greek
world of Indiana University by winning
two places in the election of thirteen new
members of the Phi Beta Kappa scholar-
ship fraternity, on December 3rd. Our
two Seniors who achieved the much co-
veted honor are Brothers Kenyon Steven-
son and Hiram E. Stonecipher.

This is the first time since 1915, when
Brother James G. Woodburn made it, that
a Sigma Nu has been elected to Phi Beta
Kappa. Only four Beta Eta men have
achieved the honor. The first was Frank
Aydelotte, '00, now professor of English
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
American secretary to the Rhodes trus-
tees, and an acknowledged authority on
English literature.

As a token of appreciation to the key
men, the Chapter has installed on the
mantel a Phi Beta Kappa Cup, on which
hereafter are to be engraved the names of
all Beta Eta men who are elected to wear
the Key. Sigma Nu should have another
Phi Beta Kappa man at the Spring elec-
tion, as Brother Cecil C. Craig's scholar-
ship is in the same class with that of
Brothers Stevenson and Stonecipher.

"Novices in Chivalry"

The active Chapters read the Roll of Initiates carefully, at least their own.
But do our Alumni readers? It is published so that you may see who are your
successors in the Old Chapter of yours, and who are the new Sigs in our other
Chapters, too.

Past Regent Albert H. Wilson writes: "I have read through the list of
the Novices in Chivalry from Alpha to Epsilon Alpha (not to Omega, we may
proudly say) and have found many familiar names — the sons of old-time
friends and Brothers and, too, the scions of wellknown families in their States.

"It is one of the most interesting features in the October Delta, for all oi
its apparent dryness. It is better reading than a telephone directory or a dic-
tionary, because it is not 'rather disconnected.' The connection by the bonds
of Sigma Nu makes the whole list a masterpiece of Fraternity."

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The Delta Contest
Final Results for 1919-1920

Gamma Lambda
Win. with 97

Delta Chi
Stands First with 102.5%

The Delta Contest for 1919-1920 ended with our old friends Gamma
Lambda and Delta Chi still on top and far in advance of the thoroughly winded
Chapters following them. Brothers George A. Chandler, Harry A. Phillips, and
Charles W. Dorries were the Wisconsin boys entitled to credit besides the men
who subscribed. Inspector Ray Segur and the Hartford Alumni turned the
trick at Trinity.

The Loving Cup will long call witness to the loyalty of these Chapters and
their Alumni. Unfortunately, the manufacturers are behind in their orders and
have not delivered these prizes yet.

The results of this Contest are amazing. Our paid subscriptions more than
doubled, ending this year with 1,895 Alumni and 2,967 Collegiate subscribers.
Our deferred subscribers added to these make our editions during this past year
7,000 copies.

The Leaders

The top-notchers on July 1 are:
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Kansas .59

Arkansas 48

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2 A ¥ Bowdoin 21 57.1

3 T A Wisconsin 182 53.3

4 E B Drury 42 50.0

5 A 2 Carnegie Tech 55 45.4

How the Chapters Stand

"The Acid Test" has proved the loyalty of our Chapters — see for yourself
where your old Chapter stands, Brother.

Where are your fraternal activities centered?

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Missouri Valley 11 9.0

Lombard 147 8.8

Georgia .287 8.6

Leland Stanford 175 8.0

Central (Missouri).... 38 7.8

Vanderbilt 228 7.8

Wash. (Seattle) 172 7.5

Tulane 120 7.5

Central (Ky.) 80 7.5

Texas 188 7.4

Louisiana 136 6.6

Alabama 415 6.5

Emory .249 6.4

North Georgia Agric. .240 6.2

Univ. of the South 16 6.2

Rose Polytech 141 5.6

Arizona 20 5.0

S. C. Mil. Acade.ny .... 25 4.0

N. Carolina A. & M...130 3.8

Howard 217 3.6

North Carolina 165 3.6

Maryland 31 3.2

Nevada 38 2.6

South Carolina 41 2.4

Mercer 260 2.3

The Delta's Rolls 1920-1921

While the High Council has not authorized continuance of The Delta Con-
test formally, we will publish the figures just the same, so that each Chapter can
fee the strength of its Alumni.

The Leaders

The top-notchers on September 1 are:

1 Beta Zeta (Purdue) 23

2 Gamma Lambda (Wisconsin) 16

3 Lambda (Washington and Lee) 14

Nu (Kansas) 14

4 Gamma Theta (Cornell) 13

Gamma Kappa (Calorado) 13

5 Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech) 11

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How the Chapters Stand

Below we give "the acid test,'9 as Brother Sears calls it — a table with
each Chapter in its Delta subscription roll, as it stood on September 1st.
Where does your Chapter stand?

In Numbers

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Purdue 23 B

Wisconsin 16 T

Washington & Lee 14 T

Kansas 14 A

Cornell 13 A

Colorado 13 A

Georgia Tech 11 A

Arkansas 11 13 3

Oklahoma 10

Northwestern 9

Columbia 9

Penn State 9

Indiana 3

Albion 8

Iowa State 8

Carnegie Tech 8

Virginia 7

Alabama 7

DePauw 7 14

Iowa 7

Ohio State 7

Michigan 7

V. M. 1 6

Georgia 6

Mount Union 6

Illinois 6

Minnesota 6

Washington (Seattle) 6

Case 6

George Washington 6 15

Leland Stanford 6

California 6

Bethany 5

Lehigh 5

Oregon 5

Colorado Mines 5

Washington (St. Louis) 5

Syracuse 5

Brown 5

Idaho 5 16

Colorado Agric 5

Missouri 4

Louisiana 4

Vermont 4

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A Stevens

P Chicago

B Dartmouth

H Nebraska

8 Lombard

K Delaware

Emory 3

Vanderbilt 3

Cornell (Iowa) 3

Kansas Agric 3

William Jewell H

Pennsylvania 3

Lafayette 3

Missouri Mines 3

Montana 3

Washington State 3

Maryland 3

Howard 2

North Georgia Agric 2

Texas 2

North Carolina 2

North Carolina A. & M 2

Tulane 2

West Virginia 2

Z Western Reserve 2

M Stetson 2

S Nevada 2

T Oregon Agric 2

South Carolina

Central (Kentucky )

Mercer

Bethel

0 Alabama Polytech

A Central (Missouri)

1 Kentucky

N Maine

T Colgate

A Arizona

X Trinity 0

Y Bowdoin u

E B Drury 0

E T Wesleyan 0

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Alumni Chapters!

One thousand one hundred one — that was last year's total membership of
our Alumni Chapters, paid and in good standing, as against 484 the year before.

Stepping lively are our Alumni Brothers these days — Port land -in -Maine,
Waterloo-in-Iowa, Okmulgee-in-Oklahoma, and San Antonio of Texas.

To the Secretary

Please remember the fiscal year ended June 30, 1920, and send in at once
your subscriptions for this year. You will want to keep your Alumni Chapter
in good standing, and your members on The Delta's mailing list.

Standings for both last year and this year, to September 1st, follow:

1919-1920

Pittsburgh 12

Chicago 58

Philadelphia 55

St. Louis 52

New York City 50

Washington, D. C 47

Denver ' 44

Springfield, Mo 40

Cleveland 39

Hartford 39

Little Rock 39

Kansas City, Mo .32

Indianapolis 26

Spokane 26

Boston 23

Lexington, Ky 22

Detroit 21

Portland, Orei 19

Akron 18

Jacksonville 18

Minneapolis 18

Wilmington, Del 18

Atlanta 17

Birmingham 17

San Francisco 17

Milwaukee 16

Topeka 16

Portland, Maine 15

San Antonio 15

Columbus 13

Memphis 13

New Haven ....13

Providence 12

Salt Lake City 12

Syracuse 12

Tucson 12

Madison 11

Oklahoma City 11

Okmulgee 11

Omaha 11

Waterloo 10

Seattle 9

1.0S Angeles 8

Baltimore 7

Des Moines 7

Savannah 7

Dallas 6

New Orleans 5

Buffalo 4

Cincinnati 4

Montgomery 4

Lincoln 3

Richmond 3

Shreveport 3

Augusta 2

Galesburg 2

Houston 2

Nashville 2*

Tampa 2

Toledo 2

Lewis County, Wash 1

1920-1921

Pittsburgh 22

New York 20

Chicago 12

Little Rock 12

Oklahoma Citv 12

St. Louis... 12

Atlanta 10

Geveland 9

Washington, D. C 9

Milwaukee 8

San Francisco 8

Akron 6

Columbus 6

Indianapolis 6

Minneapolis 6

Denver 5

Detroit 5

Philadelphia 5

Spokane 4

Madison 3

Baltimore 2

Birmingham 2

Dallas 2

Des Moines 2

Hartford 2

Jacksonville 2

Kansas City, M) 2

Montgomery 2

Omaha 2

Savannah 2

Seattle 2

Shreveport 2

Syracuse 2

Wilmington, Del 2

Boston

Buffalo

Galesburg

Lincoln

Memphis

New Orleans

Portland, Ores

Richmond

Salt Lake Citv

Springfield, Mo

Toledo

Topeka

Waterloo

Augusta 0

Cincinnati 0

Lewis County, Wash 0

Lexington 0

Los Angeles 0

Muskogee, Okb 0

Nashville 0

New Haven 0

Okmulgee, Okla 0

Portland, Maine 0

Providence 0

San Antonio 0

Tampa 0

Tucson 0

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The Ruby Eye

In this department appear only additions since May. Lack of space forbids pub-
lication in full each issue.

For this reason, too, we can only record the names of captains and managers of
athletic teams, and corresponding positions in other college activities, with individual
honors in sports, in scholarship, etc., of more than local importance.

We have explained, heretofore, the object of this department and regret that we
may not publish the college honors in full. We trust that our Chapters will realize
the imposibility of doing this, and send us only the items noted above and others of
special importance.

What 2 N stands for!

STANDINGS

(including positions published in

The Delta for March

and May)

81 Chapters

1920-1921

7 Football Captains

3 Basketball Captains

2 Baseball Captains

1919-1920

5 Firsts in Scholarship

Athletics

Sigma (Vanderbilt) — Julian Thomas,
captain, baseball, 1920-21; Charles W.
Knight, manager, track.

Beta Beta (DePauw) — Foss Elwyn, cap-
tain, baseball, 1920-21.

Gamma Zeta (Oregon) — Robert 0. Mor-
rison, instructor, boxing.
. Gamma Nu (Michigan) — H. Leslie
Popp, athletic board; Frederic Fletcher,
manager, hockey; Jack Dunn, captain, all-
campus football team.

Gamma Psi (Syracuse) — Russell Har-
rington, cross country team.

Delta Gamma (Columbia) — Charles E.
Shaw, captain, track; Walter M. Eberhart,
captain, swimming team.

Delta Mu (Stetson)— Ruf us S. Miller,
captain, football.

Delia Tau (Oregon Agric) — Andrew
Gill, B H, coach, football.

Scholarship

Xi (Emory) — Garner M. Petrie, Latin
medal.

Sigma ( Vanderbilt ) — Lemuel Stevens,
Founder's Medal, Engineering School.

Beta Beta (DePauw) — Clark Arnold,

* B K.

Beta Eta (Indiana) — Cecil C. Craig,

* B K.

[Reports of Scholarship standings transferred
to the Scholarship department.]

Student Council

Gamma Zeta (Oregon) — Donald R.
Newbury, Senior Class; Carl Newbury,
Sophomore Class.

Delta Gamma (Columbia) — Charles E.
Shaw, chairman; Edward M. Healy.

Y. M. C. A

Delta Gamma (Columbia) — Horace N.
Sibley, president.

College Publications

Beta Beta (DePauw) — Paul W. Jones,
business manager, Mirage, 1921.

Gamma Zeta (Oregon) — Fred A. Dod-
son, dramatic editor, Oregona,

Gamma Nu (Michigan) — Francis M.
Smith, associate editor, Michigan Chimes,
1921; Russell Persing, manager, Gargoyle.

Gamma Omicron (Washington at St.
Louis) — Louis L. Roth, business manager,
Hatchet.

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Debating

Epsilon (Bethany) — John R. Lumpkin
and William S. Herbster, T K A.

Gamma Nu (Michigan) — Wade P. Con-
nell, coach, Freshman Debating Team.

Musical Clubs

Sigma (Vanderbilt) — Battey B. Coker,
president.

Gamma Nu (Michigan) — Louis J.
Schindler, manager, Michigan Union,
Opera, and "Red Feather" orchestras.

Gamma Psi (Syracuse) — Albert C. Die-
seroth, director, Tambourine and Bones,
leader, band.

Dramatics

Gamma Zeta (Oregon) — Sprague H.
Carter, cast, Senior play.

Gamma Omicron (Washington at St.
Louis) — Karl T. Wachman and David L.
Millar, cast, Thyrsus, monthly plays.

Gamma Psi (Syracuse) — King J. Moss,
manager, Dramatic Club.

Military Societies

Gamma Nu (Michigan) — Harris D. Mc-
Kinney.

Faculty

Vanderbilt— Robert S. Kilvington, in-
structor, drawing.

Ohio State — Darwin Hindman, A A, in-
structor, Physical Training.

Tulane — Charles H. Spurgeon, E B, as-
sistant professor, Anatomy.

Michigan— W. Carl Rufus, V T, instruc-
tor, Astronomy; Harry F. Becker, A ®-r M,
instructor, Medicine.

Oregon— Burchard W. DeBush, B H,
professor, education.

Syracuse — Philip A. Parsons, T *, pro-
fessor, Sociology; Hugh M. Tilroe, T B,
professor, Rhetoric and Public Speaking:
director, School of Oratory; Harry Helt-
man, instructor, Oratory.

Spencer Alden Post

New Local Post at Fort Wayne

That the Fort Wayne post of the na-
tional association of American officers of
the Great War, which was formed with a
charter membership of fifty, will probably
be called Spencer Alden post, in honor of
the late Naval Flying Lieutenant Spencer
Thorndyke Alden, [r N-r 0], son of
Judge and Mrs. S. R. Alden, who met a
hero's death in a fall with a naval plane
during the Great War.

Lieutenant Alden was the first Fort
Wayne officer to lose his life in the Great
War, and the Fort Wayne commissioned
officers of the army and navy during the
War, feel that it would be merely paying
a fitting tribute to this gallant hero's
memory in naming the Fort Wayne post
of the National Association of Officers of
the Great War, after him.

Spencer Thorndyke Alden
Gamma Nu- Gamma Theta

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Novices in Chivalry

*To believe in the life of love; to win in the fresh morning of our youth the loyal love
of faithful friends, who will go with us unmoved into the darkening shadows of life's closing
day; and so to seek and to find, to have and to hold the friendships that will abide. * * *
And so to be true to the Knighthood of Love." — The Creed of Sigma Nu.

A list of our initiates for the college year 1919-1920:

UNIVERSITY OP VIRGINIA
Beta Chapter

209 Ramsey v Bartlett Yancey, 312 Shotwell St.,

Bain bridge, Ga., (Aff. from Mu 384), No-
vember 4, 1919.

210 Carmlchael, Hugh Dunbar, 814 Excelsior

Ave., Butte, Mont, (Aff. from Gamma Phi
109), November 4, 1919.

211 Morris. John James, Jr.. Milton, Del., (Aff.

from Delta Kappa 148), November 4,
1919.

212 Hubbard, Garland Reid, Bardstown, Ky.,

(Aff. from Gamma Iota 128), November
4, 1919.

213 Hlnes. Robert Lee, 651 Main St., Tupelo,

Miss., October 8, 1919.

214 Reeves, Walter Thomas, Jr., Tupelo, Miss.,

October 8, 1919.

215 Mulford, Joseph Lewis, Jr., West Point,

Va., October 3, 1919.

216 Moore, James Edwin, Bennett 8 ville, S. C,

October 3, 1919.

217 Johnson, Frederic Hoten, 2301 Rldgeway

Rd., Wawaset, Wilmington, Del., Octo-
ber 3, 1919.

218 Bland, Edward Franklin, West Point, Va..

October 3. 1919.

219 Swinford, Mac, Cynthiana, Ky., November

9. 1919.

BETIIANY COLLEGE
Epsilon Chapter

170 Anderson, Harold Edward, 113 N. Walnut

St.. Springfield, 111., October 10, 1919.

171 Carlisle, Floyd Lester, Utica, Ohio, Febru-

ary 21, 1920.

172 Darsie, Leigh Lobengie, 306 8th Ave., West

Homestead, Pa., February 21, 1920.

173 Shafer, Paul David, 421 E. Reynolds St.,

New Castle, Pa., February 21, 1920.

174 Ford, Wilbert Reno, 151 Oneida St, Pitts-

burgh, Pa., February 21, 1920.

175 Herbster, William Sweeny, 622 Industry

St, Pittsburgh, Pa., February 21, 1920.

176 Davis, Homer Edward, Waterford, Ohio,

February 21, 1920.

177 Walter, Herbert Ernest, 309 Pennsylvania

Ave., Oakmont, Pa., February 21, 1920.

178 Rezsonico, Arthur Elliott, Clendenln, W.

Va., February 21, 1920.

179 Gist, Joseph Christopher, R. R. No. 1.

Wellsburg, W. Va., February 21, 1920.

180 Thomas, Percy William, Parnassus, Pa.,

February 21, 1920.

MERCER UNIVERSITY
Eta Chapter

308 Oslin, George Poer, West Point, Ga., Janu-

ary 14, 1920.

309 Walker, Samuel Ellsha, 38 Gilmore St ,

Waycros8, Ga., (Aff. from Mu 336), Jan-
uary 14, 1920.

310 Swenson, William Edward, Blakely, Ga.,

January 14, 1920.

311 Hart, Jesse Bowen, Jr., 102 Vlneville Ave.,

Macon, Ga. (Aff from Mu 343), Janu-
ary 22, 1920.

312 Jennings, William Clyde, Menlo, Ga., Janu

ary 2f ~~~
313

ary 26, 1920.

Stivarius, Fred William, 3106 Hamilton

Ave., Columbus, Ga., February 10, 1920.

314 Coachman, Harold Whitney, Rutledge, Ga.,

March 2. 1920.

315 White, Francis Marion, Lake Park, Ga..

March 2, 1920.

316 Coachman, Edwin Horace, 340 Flover

Drive, Blakely, Ga.. March 2. 1920.

317 Harper, Charles Edwin, 237 Carling Ave..

Macon, Ga., March 9, 1920.

318 Hamrich, Joe Fred, 819 S. Jackson St.,

AmerlcuB, Ga., April 20, 1920.
819 Stone, William Arthur, 560 Arch St., Ma-
con, Ga., May 6, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Theta Chapter

433 Hood, Solon Lycurgus, 1515- 15th Ave.,

South Birmingham, Ala., (Aff. from Iotn
199), October 1, 1919.

434 Cory, Armstrong, Roebuck Springs, Bir

mingham, Ala., (Aff. from Beta Theta
215). October 1, 1919.

435 Johnson, Joel Edward, Geneva, Ala., 'Aff.

from Beta Theta 226), October 1, 1919

436 Murpbree, Dean Siler, Troy, Ala., October

29. 1919.

437 Betts, Tom Owen, Tuscumbla, Ala., Octo-

ber 29 1919.

438 Walters,' Joseph Franklin, Troy, Ala., Oc-

tober 29, 1919.
430 Fits, Henry Vernon, Jacksonville, Ala., Oc-
tober 29, 1919.

440 Ide, Richard Knox, Jacksonville, Ala., Oc-

tober 29, 1919.

441 Cooper, Ernest Eugene, Brewton, Ala., Oc-

tober 29, 1919.

442 Scott. Chester Kirkpatrick. Greenville, Ala ,

October 29, 1919.

443 Lee, Walter, Jr., Evergreen, Ala., October

29, 1919.

444 Laslie, Edward Carney, Tuskegee, Ala., Oc-

tober 29, 1919.

445 Dunklin, John Rutledge, Greenville, Ala..

October 29, 1919.

446 Blue, Ike Feagin, Union Springs, Ala., Oc-

tober 29, 1919.

447 Dickson, Beecher Otis, Ft. Robinette, Cor-

inth, Miss., January 10, 1920.

448 Prater, William Robert, Millport, Ala..

January 10, 1920.

449 Branch, John Luther, 709 S. Lawrence St..

Montgomery, Ala., March 3. 1920.

HOWARD COLLEGE
Iota Chapter

Robinson, Memory Leake, 200 S. 80th St.,
Birmingham, Ala., November 17, 1919.

Runyan, William Bricken, Ashland, Ala-
November 17, 1919.

Expelled.

Sheffield, Clifford, Pine Hill, Ala., Novem-
ber 17, 1919.

Cowart, Burnett Coleman, Nauvoo, Ala.,
November 17, 1919.

Vaughn, Jewel Comer, Ashland, Ala., No-
vember 17, 1919.

Roberts, James Clearence, Leeds, Ala., No-
vember 17, 1919.

Angell, Henry Russell, 1019 N. 15th St.,
N., Birmingham, Ala., January 27, 1920.

Lea, Sumter, 3rd. 222 N. 73rd St., Bir-
mingham. Ala., March 8, 1920.

290
291

292
293

294
295

296
297

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NORTH GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGK 366
Kappa Chapter

332 Kennon, Benning Moore, Jr., McRae, Ga.,

September 14, 1919.

333 Hopkins, William McKinley, Jasper, Ga.,

September 14. 1919.

334 Nicholson, Clayton, Clayton, Ga., Novem-

ber 22, 1919.
385 Snoots, Samuel Wynn, Lyerly, Ga., No-
vember 22, 1919.

336 Collins, Algia Brittan, Metter, Ga., Feb-

ruary 1, 1920.

337 Young, Albert Lee. 2101 Noble St., Annis-

ton, Ala., February 22, 1920.

338 Jackson, Warren Cobb, Jr., W. New York

Ave., DeLand, Florida, March 7, 1920.

339 Hill, George Perry, Winder, Ga., March 7,

1920.

340 Wade, Newman Atkinson, Loganville, Ga.,

April 11, 1920.

341 Meadors, Homer Turner, Swain sboro, Ga.,

April 12. 1920.

342 White, Coley, Ellenwood, Ga., May 16, 1920.

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
Lambda Chapter

210 Taylor, Austin Blackwood, Lexington, Va ,

(Aff. from Gamma Upsilon 129), Sep-
tember 17, 1919.

211 Harrison, Lee Moncrief, Bluff ton, Ga., (Aff.

from Xi 292), September 17, 1919.

212 Ballard, Sherman Hart. Peterstown, W. Va ,

(Aff. from Gamma Pi 118), September 17,
1919.

213 Thompson, John Wesley Bell, Waynesboro,

Va., January 30, 1920.

214 Rosamond, Edward Powell, Jr , 1114 N.

30th St., Birmingham, Ala., January 30.
1920.

215 Jones, Rudolph, Brunswick, Tenn., Janu-

ary 30, 1920.

216 Daves, Oliver Roy, Fayetteville, Tenn.,

January 30, 1920.

217 Wallace, Gaines Turner, 1701 Lamar, Hous-

ton, Texas, (Aff. from Upsilon 226), Jan-
uary 80, 1920.

218 Carr, Robert Howell, 1876 Overton Park

Ave., Memphis, Tenn., January 30, 1920.

219 Manley, William Woody, Jr., 1100 River-

mont Ave., Lynchburg, Va., January 30,
1920.

220 Hall, Cyrus William, Jr., 28 Ruffner Ave.,

Charleston, W. Va., January 30, 1920.

221 McDonald, Joe Ward, Jr., 622 Prospect

Ave., Hot Springs, Ark., January 30,
1920.

222 Orr, Benjamin Palmer, 7807 St Charles

Ave., New Orleans, La., (Aff. from Beta
Phi 135), January 30, 1920.

223 Sowell, Charles Louis, Jr., Quincy, Fla.,

April 23, 1920.

224 Mioton, Donald Jean, 2013 Ursuline Ave.,

New Orleans, La., April 23, 1920.

225 Polk, Cadwallader Lconidas, 822 Porter St.,

Helena, Ark. June 19, 1920.

Frederick, Felder James; Marshall ville.
Ga., November 21, 1919.

367 Hanahan, Marion Lothrop, Jr., 800 W.
Main St., Dothan, Ala., November 21,
1919.

368 Smith, Malcolm McMal, McRae, Ga.. De
cember 8, 1919.

369 Cocker, Frank Burke, care of M. C. Riser
Realty Co., Atlanta, Ga., September 22.
1919.

370 Wilcox, Boyer, 811 Belleven Ave., Dublin.
Ga., September 22, 1919.

371 Trapnell, Lee Roy, Metter, Ga., (Aff. from
Kappa 304), September 17, 1919.

372 King, Hlllyer Clark, Cordele, Ga.. (AIT.
from Eta 274). November 19. 1919.

373 Emmitt, Peter Harrv, Statesboro. Ga.. 44
Main St.. N., (Aff. from Kappa 318).
September 17. 1919.

374 Patterson, Robert Alexander. Cuthbert.
Ga., (Aff. from Beta Theta 267), Septem-
ber 16, 1919.

375 Walker, James Willis, Sylvanla, Ga.. Jan-
uary 24, 1920.

376 Upshaw, Berrlan Kinnard, 117 Woodbum
Road, Raleigh, N. C. January 31. 1920.

377 Gaines, Walter Burford, Sandersville. Ga ,

(Aff. from Kappa 284), November 1.
1919.

378 Ratchford, William Carey, LaFayette, Ala..

January 10, 1920.

379 Oxford, James Morris, Rutledge. Ga..

March 21, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Nu Chapter

337 Martin, Raymond Ellsworth, 601 E. 12th

St., Winfleld, Kans., (Aff. from Gammn
Beta 189). September 22, 1919.

338 Scott, Jay Dewey, Hutchison, Kans., Janu-

ary 25, 1920.

339 Gossard, Edgar Harrison, Oswego, Kans..

February 8, 1920.

340 Flickinger, John Perry, 336 N. Hillside,

Wichita, Kans , February 8, 1920.

341 Harrington, Ralph Grant, 914 Orville,

Kansas City, Kans., February 8, 1920.

342 Cambern, ' Theodore Jessup, Erie, Kans..

February 8, 1920.

343 Glahn, Eugene Norman, 1128 Connecticut

St, Lawrence, Kans., February 8, 1920.

344 Stevens, Walter John, 530 Ohio St., Law-

rence, Kan 8., February 8, 1920.

345 McAdams, Carl Armstrong, 525 W. Main

St.. Independence, Kans., February 8,

346 Engel, William James, 1211 Kentucky St..

Lawrence, Kans., February 8, 1920.

347 Huddleston, Nicholas Thomas, R. R. No. 1,

Danville, Kans., February 8, 1920.

348 Meeker, Bruce Paul, 723 S. Main St., Wi-

chita, Kans., May 24, 1920.

349 Blrkhead, George Edward, 1390 S. Main

St., Carthage. Mo., May 30, 1920.

350 Boyman, Waldo Gleaaon, 1106 Ohio, Law-

rence, Kans., May 80, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Mu* Chapter

357 Thompson, Charles Greene, Thomas ton, Ga..

October 6, 1919.

358 Short, Charles S., Shell man, Ga., October

6, 1919.

359 Mlms, William Frank, 406 Polk St.. Marl-

atte. Ga., October 6, 1919.
300 McRae, Charles Parker, McRae, Ga., Octo-
ber 6, 1919.

361 Bird. Joseph Herbert, Metter, Ga., Septem-

ber 22, 1919.

362 Miller, James Griggs, Bronwood, Ga., Oc-

tober 14. 1919.

363 Lester, James Pitts, Marshalville, Ga., Oc-

tober 14, 1919.

864 Underwood, Francis James. 17 S. Main St.,
LaFayette, Ga., October 14, 1919.

365 Pritchett, Thomas Jordan, Dublin, Ga., Oc-
tober 14, 1919.

EMORY UNIVERSITY
XI Chapter

320 Lester, Paul Ellison, Waynesboro, Ga., Oc-
tober 4. 1919. '

821 Jones, Robert Ryler, Fort Valley, Ga., No-
vember 22, 1919.

322 Lester, Robert Fleming, Statesboro, Ga.,

January 7, 1920.

323 Griffin, Carlus Howard, Valdosta, Ga., Jan-

uary 6, 1920.

324 Davis, Hiram Daniel, Gordo, Ala., January

7, 1920.

325 Tigner, Warner Stinson, Greenville, Ga.,

January 10, 1920.

326 Hopkins, John Taylor, 10 Thomas St,

Waycross, Ga., January 10, 1920.

327 Petrie, Garner McReynolds. Fairvlew, Ky.f

January 10, 1920.

328 Dllworth, Harold Caldwell. Jasper, Ala.,

January 21, 1920.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
PI Chapter

212 Fisher, Craig Roystan, 154 High St., New-

bury Port, Mass., October 19, 1919.

213 Wolfe, Charles Clifford, Shoemakersville,

Pa., October 19, 1919.

214 Wilson, Samuel Marshall, 422 Tyson Ave.,

Glen Bide, Pa., October 19, 1919.

215 Thomas, Albert Price, 7 Central Place,

Newbury Port, Mass., October 19, 1919.

216 Carlson, Joseph Martin Napoleon, Renova,

Pa.. October 19, 1919.

217 McFadden, Michael Charles, 4th and Pine

Sts., Bethlehem, Pa., October 19, 1919.

218 Watrous, Jerome Anthony, Forest Hill

Inn, Forest Hill, Long; Island, October
19, 1919.

219 Vojrt, Charles Clinton, Jr., 1540 Walnut

St.. Allentown. Pa., October 19, 1920.

220 Achorn, Howard Francis, 27 Bryant St.,

Wakefield, Mass.. October 19, 1919.

221 Kopf, Otto Willard, 253 Deaver St., New

Britain, Conn., November 30, 1919.

222 Hartsock, Edward Chambers, 812 Qulncy

Ave., Scranton, Pa., November 30, 1919.

223 Grundy, Park Allen, 420 Canal St., New

York, November 30, 1919.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Rho Chapter

&35 King;, Henry Mason, Lee Summit, Mo., (Aff.
from Beta Xi 179).

336 Slayter, Richard Eugene, 4826 Gaston Ave.,

Dallas, Texas, (Aff. from Epsilon 142).
September 15, 1919.

337 Mefford. Frank Harvey. 529 K. Allison,

Nevada, Mo., December 20, 1919.

338 Deal. Theo Avery, 15 E. 53rd St., Kan sag

City, Mo., November 21, 1919.

339 Coffee. Jack C. Jr., 515 E. 7th St., Paw-

huaka, Ok la., January 2, 1920.

340 Moffltt, John Charles. 8736 Flora St..

Kansas City. Mo., December 20, 1919.

341 Ball, Jack Washington. 804 W. Daugherty

St. Webb City. Mo., December 20, 1919.

342 Brewster, Robert Raymond, 235 W. 53rd,

Kansas City, Mo., December 20, 1919.

343 Burnett, Joseph John, 208 N. 7th St., Han-

nibal, Mo., December 20, 1919.

344 Holland, George Dewey, Eldon, Iowa, Jan-

uary 2, 1920.

345 Ament, Orville Webster, 509 New Centre

Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., December 20,
1919.

346 Gurley. Blexander Frederick. Springfield,

Mo.. December 20, 1919.

347 Stockdale, Rider, Shelbina. Mo., (Aff. from

Beta Xi 183), January 17, 1920.

348 Threldkeld. Glen. Shelby ville. Mo., Decem-

ber 20, 1919.

349 McVey, John Franklin, Montgomery City,

Mo.. February 7. 1920.

350 Norton. Edgar Woolfolk, Troy. Mo, Febru-

ary 7. 1920.

351 Shook, Robert Edgar. 231 E. Arrow St.,

Marshall. Mo.. February 7. 1920.

352 Stower8, James Evans, Columbia, Mo., Feb-

ruary 7, 1920.

353 Lander, Kenneth Major, Sedalia, Mo.. Feb-

ruary 7, 1920.

354 Rhea, Clifford. 7503 Main St.. Kansas City,

Mo., February 7, 1920.

355 O'Keefe, Jr., 7540 Madison Ave., Kansas

City. Mo.. April 3. 1920.

356 Kassebaum. Leonard Cecil Charles. 3950

Walnut St., Kansas City. Mo.. April 3.
1920.

357 Keller, Kirk Lawson, 5168 Vernon Ave.,

St. Louis, Mo., April 5, 1920.

358 Harrale, Gerald Maxey, Golden City, Mo.,

April 5, 1920.

initiated in year 1918-1919, but not reported
until after July 1, 1919.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Sigma Chapter

262 DunlaD, Richard Newell, Paris, Tenn., June

263 Luton, Maxey Bryan, R. F. D. No. 2, East
*>*jl xt ?,a8hIiUe» Tenn., June 2, 1919.1

264 Neill, Francis Kennedy, 4200 Sixth Ave.,
o** o)fyIam' Ala» October 4, 1919.

265 Slier, Mahan Marshall, Jellico. Tenn., Oc-

tober 18, 1919.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Upsilon Chapter

237 Wickliue, Roger Earl, 605 W. 16th St,
ooo ™ Austin, Texas, May 25, 1919.*

238 Fenley, Greene Brashear, Uvalde. Texas,

1920 lambda 185). February 18,

239 Macfariane. Robert Harper Kirby, 817

Victoria Ave., Chatham, Ont, February
8, 1920.

240 DeCourcy, William Earl, 1909 East 12th
**a+ ™st» Chattanooga, Tenn., May 26, 1920.
J41 Harbour, Homan Arch, Coleman. Texas.

May 26, 1920.

242 Hutchison, Paul Richard, Deport, Texas.

May 26, 1920.

243 Manes, Cole, Coleman, Texas, May 26, 1920.

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Fm Chapter

205 Klrkpatrick, Marion Hazen, 3918 Char-

lotte St., Kansas City, Mo., January 16,
1920.

206 Middlebrook, James Louis, 46 E. 52nd St.,
o/vt a Batton 5?u*e^ **- Ja»uary 10, 1920.

207 Smelley, Elon B.. 'Liberty Hill, La., Janu

ary 16, 1920.

208 Herget, Arthur Taylor Prescott, 453 Boyde

Ave., Baton Rouge, La., January 16,

209 Swing.' Robert. Jr., 2009 Cavon De Set,

New Orleans, La., (Aff. from Lambda
181), September 14, 1919.

210 Collins, George Fred, Blakely, Ga., (Aff.

from XI 310), October 10, 1918.1

211 Rosevear, Helon Allen, 2333 Glenwood

Ave., Toledo. Ohio.

212 Rodman, Frank Augustus, 958 Post St,

Toledo, Ohio, May 6, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Psi Chapter

186 Brewer, Joseph Beaman, Rocky Mount.

N. C, October 6, 1919.

187 Wearn, Robert Morrison, 1509 Elizabeth

Ave., Charlotte, N. C, October 6, 1919.

188 Hardin, John Haywood, Jr., -102 8. 4th St.,

Wilmington, N. C, October 6, 1919.

189 Smith, Robert Edwin, Mount Airy, N. C.

October 6, 1919.

190 Young, James Robert, Dun, N. C, October

6, 1919.

191 Hooker, Edgar Frank, 512 N. Queen St.,

Kinston, N. C, October 6, 1919.

192 Williams, Alfred, Jr., 412 Fayettville St.,

Raleigh, N. C, (Aff. from Beta Tau 160),
October 6. 1919.

193 Stevens, Elliot Walker, Warsaw, N. C,

January 9, 1920.

194 McNeill, Kenneth, Fayetteville, N. C, Jan-

uary 9, 1920.

195 Aycock. Manalcus Douglas. Wilson, N. C,

January 9, 1920.

196 Durham, Plato, Gastonia, N. C, (Aff. from

Beta Tau 156).

197 Wooten, Thomas Myers, Rowan St., Fav-

etteville, N. C, April 20, 1920.

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DBPAUW UNIVERSITY

Beta Beta Chapter

288 Lollar. Theron, Carbondale, 111., February
15. 1920.

239 Anderson, Harold Weir, Odon, Ind., Feb-

ruary 15, 1920.

240 Henderson, Virgil Gleason, Odon, Ind.,

February 15, 1920.

241 Garvin, John Gleason, 1558 Webster St.,

Wabash. Ind., February 15, 1920.

242 Pierce. Clyde Raymond, 205 N. Kyle St..

Edinburg, Ind., February 15, 1920.

243 Godwin, Wendell Roberts, Akron, Ind.,

February 15, 1920.

244 Pitkin, Dwight Leon Idas, 311 N. Broadway,

Greensburg, Ind., February 15, 1920.

245 Elliott, Maurice Blanton, Plainfleld, Ind.,

February 15, 1920.

246 Hunt, Est! Eri, Danville, Ind., R. No. 1.

February 15, 1920.

247 Thomas, Charles Darwin, Danville, Ind.,

February 15, 1920.

248 Thomas, Alvin Vivian, 4346 Olcott St., E.

Chicago, Ind., February 15, 1920.

249 Ewlng, Edward Joseph, Winamac, Ind.,

February 15, 1920.

250 Smith, Cecil Rhodes, Sullivan, Ind., Feb-

ruary 15, 1920.

251 Elliott, Eldrldge Armstrong. Plainfleld,

Ind.. April 11, 1920.

252 Blggerstaff. George William, 470 N. Hunt-

ington St., Wabash, Ind., April 6, 1920.

253 Bailey, Wayland, E. Seminary St., Green-

castle, Ind., May 10. 1920.

254 Gardner, Joseph.1

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Beta Zeta Chapter

283 Anderson, Carl Robert, 7217 Dillenbaugh

Ave., Cleveland. Ohio, (Aff. from Delta
Alpha 84), 1919.

284 Bolt, Harry Edward. 731 Collinsville Ave.,

East St. Louis, 111., (Aff. from Beta Up-
silon 156). October 22. 1919.

285 Deakyne, Hollis Way mil n, Fortville, Ind.,

(Aff. from Beta Eta 264) November 1,
1919.

286 Auxier, Herschel Alnsworth, Edlnburg,

Ind., (Aff. from Epsilon Alpha 28), No-
vember 3, 1919.

287 Wetzel, John Otto. 644 Broadway, Gary.

Ind., November 23, 1919.

288 McCurdy, Kenneth Lynnville, 216 W.

Brown St., Seymour, Ind., November 23,
1919.

289 Matthews, Byron Harvey, R. R. "P," Box

151, Indianapolis, Ind., March 27, 1920.

290 Wible, Charles H.f 621 R St., Bedford, Ind.,

March 27, 1920.

291 Husselman, Edward JaB., 114 N. Indiana

Ave., Auburn, Ind., March 27, 1920.

292 Johnston, Frank Donald, Plainfleld, Ind.,

March 27, 1920.

293 Busch, Ralph Christian, 62 N. Pershing

Ave., Indianapolis. Ind., March 27, 1920.

294 Feucht, Paul Eugene. 3418 W. Michigan

St., Indianapolis, Ind.. March 27, 1920.

295 Dalton, Oral Alonzo, Mitchell, Ind., March

27 1919.

296 Coxe', George Harmon, 708 College Ave.,

Elmlra, N. Y., March 27, 1920.

297 Baker, Russell, Willoughby, R. R. No. 2,

Boonville. Ind., March 27, 1920.

298 Taylor, James Hayden, Fortville, Ind.,

March 27, 1920.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Beta Eta Chapter

284 Fee, Robert William, 1303 E. 10th St.,
Bloomington, Ind., June 1, 1919.*

Reported by name only.

'Initiated in year 19181919 but not reported
until after July 1. 1919.

"Affiliated in year 1916-1917 but not reported
until after July 1, 1919.

285 Niblack, John Lewis, Wheatland, Ind..

(Aff. from Beta Zeta 257), September 13.
1919.

286 Bell, Vernon Sal yard 8, 511 S. Fess Ave.,

Bloomington, Ind., December 8, 1919.

287 Hill. William John, 132 Hohman St., Ham-

mond, Ind., February 22, 1920.

288 Thomas, Eugene Stuart, Fortville, Ind.,

February 22, 1920.

289 Willis. Frederick William, Paxton, Ind..

February 22, 1920.

290 Raymond, Robert Russell, 584 Jefferson

Ave., Evansvllle, Ind., February 22, 1920.

291 Ireland, George Roland, Pendleton, Ind.,

February 22, 1920.

292 Lineback, Oaks Franklin, Greenfield, Ind.,

February 22, 1920.

293 Campbell, Donald Troy. Greenfield, Ind..

February 22, 1920.

294 Mendenhall, Louis Cicero, 500 Richmond

St, Winchester, Ind., February 22, 1920.

295 Shoemaker, W. Albert, Kewanna* Ind.,

February 22, 1920.

296 McCarty, Virgil Jennings, Liberty, Ind.,

February 22, 1920.

297 Service, William Corr, Greenfield, Ind.,

March 28, 1920.

298 Hammond, Harold Walter, 928 S. Hohman

St., Hammond. Ind., March 28, 1920.

299 Lukenbill, Lewis Arthur, Marco, Ind.,

March 28, 1920.

300 Dochterman, Layton, 505 5th St., Coving-

ton, Ind., June 3, 1920.

301 Anderson, Robert VirgU. 106 E. North St.,

Delphi, Ind., June 3. 1920.

302 McCarty, Raymond. 12th St., Brookville,

Ind., June 3. 1920. _ ^ ^

303 Helms, Carl A., Fortville, Ind., Oak St..

June 3. 1920.

304 Owens, Robert Han, 410 Vine St. Boon-

ville, Ind., June 3. 1920.

305 Whltted. Harry Talbott, Cannolton, Ind.,

June 3. 1920. mt ^ ^

306 MacDanlels, Harold Ferguson, Winchester,

Ind., June 3, 1920. M _

307 Chamberlain, Samuel, Rochester, Ind., June

3. 1920.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Beta Theta Chapter

274 Moseley, Frank Shackelford, 11 Noble Ave..

Montgomery, Ala., May 22, 1919.

275 Combs, James Evans, Fairfax, Ala., Octo-

ber 5. 1919. n , n

276 Whipple. Ulysses Virgil, Jr., Cordele, Ga..

(Aff. from Mu 316), January 2, 1917»

277 Hogan, William Jephtha, Hogansville, Ga.,

(Aff. from Kappa 319), October 28, 1919.

278 Moore, Lewis Mathews, Eufauln, Ala., De-

cember 18, 1919.

279 Mason, George Milner, -Columbiana, Ala.,

January 11, 1920.

280 Longshore, Paul Jennings, Columbiana,

Ala., January 11, 1920.

281 Buchanan, Claude Nave, Rlverton, Ala.,

January 11, 1920.

282 Brooks, Posey Purser, Jr., 107 7th St.,

Opellka, Ala., January 18, 1920.

283 Rountree, Joe Hamer, 81 E. Main, Hart-

selle, Ala., January 11, 1920.

284 O'Neal, Daniel Grady, 45 S. Three Notch

St, Andalusia, Ala., February 17, 1020.

285 Blalock, James Crow, 513 E. Tuscaloosa

St.. Florence, Ala., April 4, 1920.

286 Heflln, James Thomas, Jr., La Fayette,

Ala., May 10, 1920.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE
Beta Iota Chapter

295 McConkey, Mack, 421 W. Highland Ave..

Shawnee, Okla., (Aff. from Gamma Rho
109), February 1, 1920.

296 Dobbyn, Earl Dlster, March 1, 1920. Died

in service.

297 Town, Franklin David, Wrenderleah Ave.,

Barberton, Ohio. March 22, 1920.

298 Lighthizer, Charles William, Mingo Junc-

tion, Ohio, March 22, 1920.

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209 McElroy, Ralph, R. B. No. 6, Washington,
Pa., March 22, 1920.

300 Thomas, Harold Oliver, 1136 6th St., N.

W., Canton, Ohio, March 22, 1920.

301 Guthrie, Marion Eldon, 181 West Cam-

bridge, Alliance. Ohio, March 22, 1920.

302 Farmer, Wayne Dudley, Mingo Junction,

Ohio, March 22, 1920.

303 Newell, Edward George, 672 Bryson St.,

Youngstown, Ohio, March 22, 1920.

304 Corl, Ralph Lee, Lake, Ohio, March 22,

1920.

305 Watson, D wight Leland, 2352 Ind. Way,

N. B., Canton, Ohio, March 22, 1920.

306 George, Dwight Emerson, 1019 Auburn

Ave., N. W., Canton, Ohio, March 22,
1920.

307 Beachy, Garrison Lincoln, 807 Rex Ave.,

N. E., Canton, Ohio, March 22, 1920.

308 Grieslnger, John Jacob, Jr., 121 S. 4th St.,

Steubenville, Ohio, June 18, 1920.

309 Thompson, William Robert, 9407 Anderson

Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, June 13. 1920.

310 Whttaker, Christopher Wathey, 135 W.

Grant St, Alliance. Ohio, June 18, 1920.

311 Whitman. Willis HarUell, 760 S. Linden

St, Alliance. Ohio, June 13. 1920

312 Shipman, George Walter, West 89th St.,

Shadyside. Ohio, June 13, 1920.

KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Beta Kappa Chapter

104 Pike, John Kent, Chanute, Kane., Novem-
ber 10, 1919.

165 Mowry, Ross Davis, 1031 Leavenworth,

Manhattan, Kane., November 10. 1919.

166 Gallagher, Clifford, Perth, Kans., November

10, 1919.

167 Morgan, Leonard Glenco, 217 Husband St.,

Stillwater, Okla,. November 10, 1919.

168 Lovejoy, Arnold Leone, 309 N. 16th St.,

Manhattan, Kans., November 25, 1919.

169 Wheeler, Harold Parker, 1389 14th St.,

Milwaukee, Wis., November 25. 1919.

170 Marston. Henry White, 810 Harrison St.

Wilmington. Del.. (Aff. from Delta
Kappa 91), January 14. 1920.

171 Binford, Lindley Charles, Havlland, Kans.,

March 7, 1920.

172 McCausland, Ross, 1403 Wassar Ave.. Wi-

chita, Kans.. March 7, 1920.

173 Kelly, Eugene Edward, 1711 N. Market.

Wichita. Kans., March 7, 1920.

174 Kelly, Arthur Joseph, 1711 N. Market, Wi-

chita, Kans., March 7, 1920.

175 Beeler, Douglas Clifford, 901 Moro, Man-

hattan, Kana, March 7, 1920.

176 Crawford, Harold Lee. Paola, Kans., R. F.

D. No. 4. March 7, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OP IOWA
Beta Mu Chapter

251 Soper, Harland Robins, Emmetsburg, Iowa,

February 28, 1920.

252 Fisk, Henry Leach, 202 Bloomington St.,

Iowa City, Iowa,- February 28, 1920.

253 Prentiss, Henry James, Jr., Iowa City.

Iowa, February 28, 1920.

254 Holbrook, John Suldam, Onawa, Iowa,

March 28, 1920.

255 Vorwick, William Scott, 038 Argyle Court.

Clinton, Iowa, February 28, 1920.

256 Parnham, George LeRoy. 2895 Boston Ave.,

Des Moines, Iowa, February 28, 1920.

257 Organ, Lawrence Carrie, 1311 Harrison

Ave., Des Moines, Iowa, February 28,
1920.

258 Glassgow, Charles Franklin, Shenandoah,

Iowa, February 28, 1920.

259 Richardson, Harold James, Marshalltown.

Iowa, (Aff. from Gamma Sigma 134),
March 22, 1920.

260 Torstenson, Rohel Freedom, Milford, Iowa,

April 11, 1920.

261 Martin. John Edwin, Tripoli, Iowa, May

80, 1920.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Beta Nu Chapter

264 Maukey, William Guy, 120 Brighton Rd.,

Columbus, Ohio. October 11. 1919.

265 Van Atta, Byron Lucein, Pataskala, Ohio,

R. F. D. No. 5, November 17, 1919.

266 McGuire, Dwight Mitchell, 34 12th Ave..

Columbus, Ohio, February 29. 1920.

267 Creamer, David Harold, 53 12th Ave., Co-

lumbus, Ohio. February 29, 1919.

268 Lawson, Lee Winston, 114 w. Fourth Ave.,

Williamson, W. Va., (Aff. from Lambda
204), April 8, 1920.

269 Temple, Walter Dllts, 524 Main St., Urichs-

vlile, Ohio, May 16, 1920.

WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE
Beta Xi Chapter

192 Funkhouser, Robert George, 649 N. Light-

burne, Liberty, Mo., November 8, 1919.

193 Boydston, Paul Wilkerson, Liberty, Mo..

January 2, 1920.

194 Lott, «dwln Harrison, Liberty, Mo., Feb-

ruary 7, 1920.

195 Halferty, Herschel Harold, Llbertv, Mo,

February 7, 1920.

196 Pickett, William Darr, Holt, Mo.. February

28, 1920.

197 Maher, Leo Clifford, Liberty, Mo., Febru-

ary 28, 1920.

198 Kennedy, Kirk Randall, Kearney, Mo.,
March 19, 1920.

199 Eby, Donald Jay, Holt. Mo., March 19,

1920.

200 Barton, George Cecil, Liberty, Mo., June 7,

1920.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Beta Rho Chapter

229 Connelly, Charles Frederick, 629 S. 8th St..

Terre Haute, Ind., (Aff. from Beta Upslion
144), October 27, 1919.

230 Moul, David Genimlll, 303 Walnut, Han-

over, Pa., November 18, 1919.

231 Seabrlght, Burnell Allewalt, 447 Carlisle

St., Hanover, Pa., November 18,. 1919.

232 Brown field, Maro, lola, Kans., (Aff. from

Nu 295), December 2, 1019.

233 Rose, Ralf Douglas, 22 Cherry St. Sharon

Hill, Pa.. (Aff. from Gamma Rho 129),
March 2, 1920.

234 Davis, Russell Kay, 413 Grove Ave., Johns-

town, Pa.. March 15. 1920.

235 DeVere. Rollin Russell, 1005 Tuscarawua

St,, West Canton, Ohio, March 15; 192(>.

236 Grfesmer, William Charles, 309 S. Wash

ington St.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa., March 15,
1920.

237 Kahl. Harold Thomas, 708 Sherman St.

Johnstown, Pa., March 15, 1920.

238 Law, Raymond Gawthrop, 215 Webster

St., Clarksburg, W. Va., March 15. 1920.

239 Lindsly, Elmer Harold, 220 W. Chestnut

St., Hartford City. Ind.. March 15. 1920.

240 Lumpkin. Dallas Blake, 826 N. Carrollton

Ave., Baltimore. Md., March 15, 1920.

241 McCarthy, John William, 1991 15th St.,

Troy, N. Y., March 15, 1920.

242 Miller, Hillard Alvin, 2012 Marne Ave.,

Northampton, Pa., March 15, 1920.

243 Murdock, Jacob Milton, Jr., 514 Somerset

St., Johnstown, Pa., March 15, 1920.

244 Pearman, Maurice Daniel, 423 Thomas Ave ,

Johnstown, Pa., March 15, 1920.

245 Reynolds, Ralph Harvey, Roxbury, N. Y.,

Box 45. March 15, 1920.

246 Russell, Richard John, 1202 Michigan Ave ,

LaPorte, Ind., March 15, 1920.

247 Scanlon, William Edward, 112 Walnut St.,

Johnstown, Pa., March 15. 1920.

248 Traynor, James Frank, 119 Court St.,

Plattsburg. N. Y , March 15, 1920.

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249 Waidner, Harry Frew, Jr., 2408 Roslyn

Ave., Baltimore, Md , March 15, 1920.

250 Wall, Howard Pratt. 1124 S. 48th St.,

Philadelphia, Pa., March 15. 1920.

251 Weber, Walter Thomas, 1305 Shorb Ave.,

N. W., Canton, Ohio, March 15. 1920.

252 West, Harold Burton, 1330 43rd St., Des

Moines, Iowa, March 15, 1920.

253 Whitley, George Aldridge, 189 Barn in gt on

St., Rochester, N. Y., March 15, 1920.

254 Young, Calvin Augustus, Jr., 629 Somerset

St., Johnstown, Pa., March 15, 1920.

255 WatBon, James William, 425 % 2nd St.,

Marietta. Ohio, March 15. 1920.

256 McAvay, Thomas Bell, Jr., Phoenlxville,

Pa., March 22, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Beta Sigma Chapter

213 White, Robert Anthony, 54 S. Willard St.,

Burlington, Vt.. November 22, 1919.

214 Adams, John Goldthwaite, Huntington, Vt,

November 22, 1919.

215 Hays, Lindsay Mortonner, Jr., Essex

Junction, Vt, November 22, 1919.

216 Jennings, John Walter, St. Albans, Vt,

November 22, 1919.

217 Wheelock, Rupert Jasper, Colchester, Vt.,

November 22, 1919.

218 Sugg. Philip Wilson, Lunenbury, Vt.. Jan-

uary 20, 1920.1

NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE
Beta Tau Chapter

167 Swain, William Whitmel, Jr., R. F. D. No.

1, Henderson, N. C, October 10, 1919.

168 Blanten, William Hackett, Jr., 316 S. Lay-

fette St, Shelby, N. C, February 7, 1920.

169 Jones, Clarkson, Little Switzerland, N. C,

February 7, 1920.

170 Wright, Robert Hardaway, Jr., Asheville,

N. C, February 7, 1920.

171 Cheatham, Young Thomas, 176 N. Garnett,

Henderson, N. C, February 7. 1920.

172 Smith. Frederick William, Mt Airy, N. C,

Feb ru ray 7. 1920.

173 Bostic, George Thornton, Shelby, N. C.t

February 7, 1920.

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Beta Upsilon Chapter

173 Wilson, Hubert Lester, 2001 N. 18% St.,

Terre Haute, Ind., September 29, 1919

174 Taggart, Eubert Fowler, 548 S. 5th St.,

Louisville, Ky., September 29, 1919.

175 Suttie. Alfred James, 607 S. Lambert St.,

Brazil, Ind., September 29, 1919.

176 Acheson, Louis Kruzan, 718 N. Meridian

St., Brazil, Ind., September 8, 1919.

177 Henderson, Robert Lee, 121 S. 16th St..

Terre Haute, Ind., September 29, 1919.

178 Dunlap, Albert DuPell, 1639 N. 8th St.,

Terre Haute, Ind., September 29, 1919.

179 Conover, Owen Edward, 2230 N. 7th St.,

Terre Haute, Ind., September 29, 1919.

180 Price, Robert Knestrick, 2210 N. 11th St.,

Terre Haute, Ind., September 29, 1919.

181 Harmas, Kearney Edgar, 2442 Cleveland

Ave., Terre Haute, Ind., January 19.
1920.

182 Geckler, Herman Theodore, 1344 Sycamore

St, Terre Haute, Ind., January 19, 1920.

183 McDargh, Harry John, Jr., 6514 Ellis Ave.,

Chicago, 111., April 12, 1920.

184 Ellis, Clyd, Seeleyvllle. Ind., April 12, 1920.

185 Brown, Eugene Clifton, Kansas, 111., April

12, 1920.

VThls is the last member reported properly, but
two more initiates have been paid for: 219 —
Parker, W. F. ; 220— Patton, J. F.

•Initiated In year 1918-1919 but not reported
until after July 1, 1919.

186 Connelly, James Bernard, 810 S. Eighth

St, Terre Haute, Ind., April 12, 1920.

187 Mewhlnney, Donald Larsh, 1000 S. Center

St., Terre Haute, Ind.. April 12, 1920.

188 Wright, Royce Davis, 1218 St. Peter St.,

Indianapolis, Ind., April 12, 1920.

189 Quinlan, Leonard Francis, 1112 N. Sixth

St., Terre Haute, Ind., April 12, 1920.

TULANE UNIVERSITY
Beta Phi Chapter

143 Evans, John Rufus, Cordele, Ga., April 14,

1919.*

144 Brumfleld, Robert Hugh, Magnolia. Miss-

May 4t 1919.*

145 Kennedy, Robert Louis, Metter, Ga., (Aff.

from Kappa 301), September 23, 1918.*

146 Cook, William Harp, Station No. 20, Tu-

lane University, New Orleans, La., (Aff.
from Phi 177), October 1, 1919.

147 Horn, Joseph Robert, Luverne, Ala., (Aff.

from Theta 897). October 1, 1919.

148 Maxwell, Blan Raymond, Osceola, Ark.,

(Aff. from Gamma Upsilon 130), October
1, 1919.

149 McMahon, Rhett, care of Standard Oil Co.,

Baton Rouge. La., (Aff. from Beta Psi
153), October 1, 1919.

150 Blackshear, Gill Wyeth, Wake Forrest Col-

lege. N. C, (Aff. from Beta Theta 221;.
September 28, 1918.1

151 Bailey, Kenneth McGrath, Fordocher, La.,

February 8, 1920.

152 Harrell, John Wells, Jr., Ruston, Ln..

March 21, 1920.

153 Hargrove, Marion Douglas, Natchitoches,

La., March 21, 1920.

154 Phvfer, Lamar Fontaine, New Albany,

Miss., March 21, 1920.

155 McGee, Jesse Chandler, 2310 Calhoun St.

New Orleans, La., May 9, 1920.

156 Crews. William Dyset, 1417 S. 17th St.

Birmingham, Ala., (Aff. from Theta 402).
October 1. 1919.

LELAND STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Beta Chi Chapter

214 Giesecke, Walter Ulrich, 440 Eddy St., San

Francisco, Calif., (Aff. from Upsilon 192),
April 1, 1919.*

215 Woollomes. James Paul, Whittier, Calif..

(Aff. from Delta Tau 20), November 25,
1919.

216 Krull, Donald Carl, Bakersfleld, Calif.. Box

751, (Aff. from Gamma Mu 185), Novem-
ber 25, 1919.

217 Clifford, ConnelL 728 Madison Ave., Ke-

wanee, 111., Aff. from Gamma Beta 195).
November 25, 1919.

218 Mitchell. Clifford Leo, 1210 Stan yon St,

San Francisco, Calif., (Aff. from Gamma
Zeta 115), November 25, 1919.

219 Coll, Dan, Jr., 2309 California St. San

Francisco, Calif., (Aff. from Delta Xi 29),
November 25, 1919.

220 Rhodes, Mason Marlon, 41 W. 9th St,

Reno, Nev., (Aff. from Delta Xi 37), No-
vember 25, 1919.'

221 Benson, Ivan B., Ely, Minn., (Aff. from

Delta Upsilon 48), November 25, 1919.

222 Sweet Harold David, 908 Boyce Ave., Palo

Alto. Calif., January 19. 1920.

223 Fawcett, Will Mahlon, Whittier, Calif.. R.

F. D. No. 1, January 19. 1920.

224 Blood, Richard Edson, 718 E. 50th Place,

Chicago, HI., January 19, 1920.

225 Gurley, Lee Sivley, 127 King St., Redwood

City. Calif., April 25, 1920.

226 Knapp, Addison Perry, 1360 Willamette

Blvd., Portland, Ore., April 25, 1920.

227 Murray, Paul Chaney, 21 S. Hutchins St.

Lodi, Calif., April 25, 1920.

228 Baptle. Albert Sheldon, 1914 Orange St.

Bakersfleld, Calif., April 25, 1920.

229 Helser, Charles Willard, Jr., 100 Lanor

Drive, Piedmont Calif., April 25, 1920.

230 Midgley, Charles William, 438 Staten Ave..

Oakland, Calif.. April 25, 1920.

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2S1 Putnam, Cecil Monroe, 2051 Buena Vista
Ave., Alameda. Cal., April 25, 1920.

232 McGill, George Franklin, 24 Eddy St., Fort

Scott, Kans., April 25. 1920.

233 Schleslnger, James William Lee, 1718 Val-

lejo St.. San Francisco, Cal., (Aff. from
Beta Psi 257), May 31, 1920.

UNrVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Beta Psi Chapter

254 Royston, Frank Feurt, 446 Washington St,

Portland, Ore., September 5, 1919.

255 Gill, Harold Eugene, 281 San Jose Ave.,

San Francisco, Calif., September 5, 1919.

256 Madison, Harold Gustave, 2250 Vallejo St.,

San Francisco, Calif., September 5, 1919.

257 Schleslnger, James William Lee, 1718 Val-

lejo St., San Francisco, Cal., (Aff. to
Beta Psi 257), September 5, 1919.

258 Church, Ralph Withington, 2105 West

Adams St., Los Angeles, Calif., (Beta Psi
258), September 5, 1919.

259 Barr, Robert Cecil, Billings, Mont., R. No.

2, September 5, 1919.

260 Simpson, Paul Raymond, 2606 Bancroft

Way, Berkeley, Calif., (An*, from Gamma
Phi 91), September 5, 1919.

261 Bailey, Herbert Mooney, P. O. Box 14, Le-

moore. Cal., October 19, 1919.

262 Bakken, Henry Norris, Jr., 1181 Colusa

Ave., Berkeley, Calif., October 19, 1919.

263 Brown, Lenox, 911 North T. St., Tacoma,

Wash., October 19, 1919.

264 Jimerson, John Richard, Box 487, Payette,

Idaho, (Aff. from Delta Omicron 960).
November 1, 1919.

265 Hardin, Sam, Alameda, Cal.. (Aff. from

Delta XI 48), December 1, 1919.

266 Taylor, Kenneth Gordon, 109 Manor Drive,

Piedmont. Calif., February 5, 1920.

267 Shea, Edmund Hill. 583 Johnson St., Port-

land, Ore., February 5, 1920.

268 Simpson, James Richmond, Stevensville,

Mont. (Aff. from Gamma Chi 211),
March 21, 1920.

221 Schemenskl, Benjamin, Belleville, Kan a,

(Aff. from Beta Kappa 149), November
17, 1919.

222 Cameron, John Glen, 1200 First Ave.. S.,

Great Falls, Mont, February 21, 1920.

223 Younker, Milton Jacob, Peotone, 111., Feb-

ruary 21. 1919.

224 Durno, John Gearhart, 707 Forest Ave.,

Evanston, 111., February 21, 1920.

225 Steele, Alfred Nu, 109 Mingo St, Albion,

Mich., February 21, 1920.

226 Palmer, Charles William, 6405 S. Paulina

St., Chicago, 111., February 21. 1920.
[utchison, Hoge Vinson, Williamson, W.
Va., February 21, 1920.

228 Wootan, John Dllley, New York City, Feb-

ruary 21, 1920.

229 Cllne, John William, Poison, Mont.. Feb-

ruary 21, 1920.

230 Mills, Dwight McCabe, 1639 Hinman Ave.,

Evanston, 111., February 21, 1920.

231 Rowen, Howard Earl, 26 Lincoln Ave. Fr?e-

port, 111., February 21, 1920.

232 Churchill, Lewis Delos, Chenoa, 111., Feb-

ruary 21, 1920.

233 Baschen, Alford John, 1601 Euclid Ave..

Chicago Heights, 111., February 21, 1920.

234 Ostln, Hector Emanuel, 1639 Buena Vista,

Chicago Heights, 111., February 21. 1920.

235 Schweser, Fred Gatter, David City, Neb.,

February 21, 1920.

236 Kautz, Ray Lyon, 2929 Washington Blvd.,

Ocean Park, Calif., February 21, 1920.

237 Glanton, Paul J., 1115 Davis St, Evanston,

111., February 21, 1920.

238 Gowan, Howard, 8238 S. Park Ave., Chi-

cago, 111., February 21, 1920.

239 Garrell, Julius Caesar, 636 Forest Ave.,

Webster Grove, Mo., February 21, 1920.

240 Johnson, William Adam, 2014 Orrington

Ave., Evanston, 111., May 10, 1920.

241 Mann, Albert Howell. 914 Hickory St., Tex-

arkana, Ark., May 10, 1920.

242 Stevens, Franklin Patrick, 297 West Park

Ave., Aurora, 111., May 30, 1920.

243 Atkinson, Paul Ellas, 6426 S. Paulina St,

Chicago. III.. May 30, 1920.

GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
Gamma Alpha Chapter

270 Laney, John Francis, Jr., 200 E. Windsor

St, Monroe, N. C.» October 4, 1919.

271 Osborne, James Louis, Umatilla, Fla., Oc-

tober 4, 1919.

272 Hay, Thomas Preston, Jr., Huntsville, Ala.,

October 4, 1919.

273 Simmons, John Whitfield, Balnbridge, Ga.,

October 4. 1919.

274 Willis, Elisha James, Jr., Balnbridge, Ga.,

October 4, 1919.

275 Thomas, John Scott, Jr., Rocky Mount, N.

C, October 4, 1919.

276 Daughtridge, James Wntkins, Rocky Mount,

N. C, October 4, 1919.

277 Strosier, Frank Calloway, Jr., Greenville.

Ga., October 17, 1919.

278 Wooten, Sam, Eastman, Ga., October 17,

1919.

279 Edwards, Edwin McCullouch, Eastman, Gii..

October 17, 1919.

280 Boatwrlght, Purvis James, 320 Telfair St,

Augusta, Ga., October 17, 1919.

281 Anderson, Arnold B reman, Statesboro, Ga..

(Aff. from Kappa 323), October 22, 1919.

282 Morgan, Edmund Richards, 6C9 First St.

Macon, Ga., (Aff. from Eta 291), Novem-
ber 7. 1919.

283 Mclntyre, John Franklin, Jr., 714 Pine St..

Pine Bluff, Ark., November 21, 1919.

284 Drew, Thomas Champ, Jr., '751 College St,

Macon, Ga.. November 21, 1919.

285 Mclntyre, Harry Edward. 714 Pine St,

Pine Bluff, Ark., November 21, 1919.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Gamma Beta Chapter

220 Chadwick, John Russell, Tuscola, 111., July
12, 1919.

ALBION COLLEGE
Gamma Gamma Chapter

224 Oakes, Ellery Armour, 419 E. Cass St., Al-

bion, Mich., November 10, 1919.

225 Whitmer. Floyd Harold, Burr Oak, Mich.,

November 10, 1919.

226 Gorton, Gernsey Frank, Divines Corners,

N. Y., January 19. 1920.

227 Harrington, Jean Clare, 1010 E. Porter St.,

Albion, Mich., January 19, 1920.

228 Greens, John Harold, Brooklyn, Mich., Jan-

uary 19, 1920.

229 Saunders, Wallace King, Charlevoix, Mich.,

February 23, 1920.

230 Faust, Judson William, Ithaca, Mich., Feb-

ruary 23, 1920.

231 McCall, Jonathan Watson, Ithaca, Mich.,

February 23, 1920.

232 Martin, Murry John, 707 S. Ionia St, Grand

Rapids, Mich., February 23, 1920.

233 Longworth, J. Glenn. 604 N Division St..

Albion, Mich., April 26, 1920.

234 King, Thomas Mills, 35 Morse St., Cold-

water, Mich., April 26, 1920.

235 Johnson, Carl Freeman, R. F. D. No. 2,

Alma. Mich.. April 26, 1920.

236 Ackland, Nell William. Morence, Mich.,

April 26, 1920.

237 Corliss, Rae Stephens, 218 Austin Ave.. Al-

bion, Mich., April 26, 1920.

238 Witney, Grant Owen, Y. M. C. A., Detroit

Mich., April 26, 1920.

239 Lewie, Roger Clyde, 308 Elm St, Albion,

Mich., May 24, 1920.

240 Ruts, Donald William, 113 E. Pine St., Al-

bion, Mich., May 24, 1920.

241 Supernaw, Jack S., 305 Dixon St, Charle-

voix, Mich.. May 24, 1920.

242 Toupalik, Frank Edward. 37 E. Palmer

Ave., Detroit, Mich., June 16, 1920.

243 Masten, Will Charles, 46 E. 20th St., Hol-

land, Mich., June 16, 1920.

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244 Turner, Kenneth William, Morley, Mich.,
June 16, 1920.

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Gamma Delta Chapter

155 Faust, Walter Livingston, Murray Hall, N.

J.f December 13, 1919.

156 Brown, Raymond David, 58 W. Sidney Ave..

Mt Vernon, N. Y., December 13, 1919.

157 Okie, John Trenery, 906 Broadway, Bay-

onne, N. J., December 13, 1919.

158 Drenkard, Adam, Jr., 35 19th St., West Now

York, N. J., December 13, 1919.

159 Strain, Clifford, 125 Highland Ave., Jersey

City, N. J., December 13, 1919.

160 Dickinson, Edwin Angell, 1038 Garden St..

Hoboken, N. J., December 13, 1919.

161 Bradley, Clifton Newton, 1151 40th St.,

Brooklyn, N. Y., December 13, 1919.

162 Poole, Herbert Powell, 488 Putnam Ave.,

Brooklyn, N. Y., December 13, 1920.

163 DeCamp, Harold Longstreet, Went Long-

branch, N. J., December 13, 1919.

164 Child, Thomas Abell, 1222 Bloomfield St.,

Hoboken, N. J., December 13, 1919.

165 Bajusz, Julius Joseph, Froth Ave., Bronx -

ville, N. Y., May 3, 1920.

166 Benjamin, Orrin Light, Pennington, N. J.,

May 3, 1920.

167 Reed, Edwin Romalne, 98 Fairview Ave..

Jersey City, N. J., May 3, 1920.

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
Gamma Epsilon Chapter

178 MlUiken, John Russell, Waynesburg, Pa..

December 17, 1919.

179 Kohl, Raymond Carl, 6 Grand View, Buf-

falo, N. Y., December 11, 1919.

180 Lerch, Benjamin Franklin, 411 High St,

Easton, Pa., December 17, 1919.

181 Radcllffe, Robert Stanley, 196 Green St.,

Doyleston, Pa., December 17, 1919.

182 Relley, Edward Leigh, 95 Main St, Phil-

lipsburg, N. J., December 17, 1919.

183 Rosen be rg^er, Harrington John, West St.,

Doylestown, Pa., December 17, 1919.

184 Walker, Samuel Rhea, Mercersburg, Pa.,

December 17, 1919.

185 Willever, Clayton, 1 Davis St., Phillips.

burg, N. J., December 17, 1919.

186 Ziegler, Charles Israel, 741 W. Market St.,

York, Pa., December 17, 1919.

187 Sayre, Fred Vernon, Hillside Ave., Chat-

ham, N. J., December 17, 1919.

188 Conlon, Joseph Edward, 22 Miner St., Hud-

son, Pa.. March 29, 1920.

189 Conlon, Peter Ambrose, 22 Miner St., Hud-

son, Pa., March 29, 1920.

190 Conlon, Paul Jerome, 22 Miner St., Hudson,

Pa., March 29, 1920.

191 Bailliet, Allen Mosser, 39 N. 13th St., Allen -

town, Pa., May 19, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Gamma Zeta Chapter

160 Van Bosklrk, Donald Richard, 1235 Uni-
versity Ave , Eugene, Oreg., February 8.
1920.

101 Morelock, Guy Emley, Joseph, Oreg., Feb-

ruary 8, 1920.

102 Campbell, Cogswell Frazer, 252 Pearl St ,

Eugene, Oreg., February 8, 1920.

163 Newhall, Jack Schofield. 526 First National

Bank, San Francisco, Calif., February 8.
1920.

164 Dodson, Fred Ankeny, 1850 Resort St.,

Baker, Oreg., February 9, 1920.

16.1 Barager, James Stuart, Stantield, Oreg., Feb-
ruary 8, 1920.

106 Kurtz, Hurry McClintock, 699 Scheyler St.,
Portland, Oreg., February 8, 1920.

167 McKinney. Ivan Browning, 450 Montgom-
ery St., Portland, Oreg., February 8, 1920.

168 Morrison, Robert Oliphant, 68 Trinity

Place, Portland, Oreg., February 8, 1920.

169 Sheppard, Robert Loring, Jr., 658 Ravens-

view Drive, Portland, Oreg., February 8,
1920.

170 Tuck, Arthur Wood, Redmond, Oreg., Feb-

ruary 8. 1920.

171 Day, Dudley Roderic, 217 E. 11th Ave..

Eugene, Oreg., February 8, 1920.

172 Gochnour, George Robert, 217 E. 11th Ave.,

Eugene, Oreg., February 8, 1920.

173 Wiest, Sard Wilbur, 775 E. Lincoln St.

Portland, Oreg., February 8. 1920.

174 Newbury, Donald Ran eon, Medford, Oreg.,

(Aff. from Beta Chi 211), February 2,
1920.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Eta Chapter

152 Keough, Otis Edmund, 4343 Llndell Blvd..

St. Louis, Mo., (Aff. from Gamma Omi-
cron 102), October 20, 1919.

153 McKenzle, William Carlton, Moultrie, Ga.,

(Aff. from Kappa 277), November 28,
1919.

154 Peck, James Arthur, 917 N. Nevada Ave..

Colorado Springs, Colo., December 6,
1919.

155 Clarke, George Wooding, 1220 W. 16th St..

Oklahoma City. Okla., December 6, 1919.

156 Green, Lorn Albert, 1143 Dayton Ave.,

Wichita, Kans., December 6, 1919.

157 Marshall, Joseph Edward, Forsythe, Mont.,

December 6, 1919.

158 Anderson, Ray Walter, Forsythe, Mont,

December 6, 1919.

159 Sheriger, Maxwell Paul, Stattsburg, N. Y.,

December 6, 1919.

160 Livingston, Harry Crofton, 2820 Vallejo

St., Denver, Colo., December 6, 1919.

161 McWhorter, William Sprenger, 2272 Eudora

St., Denver, Colo., December 6, 1920.

162 Withers, John Peter, 3010 McGee St,

Kansas City, Mo., (Aff. from Rho 318).
February 24, 1920.

163 Clifford, Thomas, Edgewater, Colorado,

March 5, 1920.

164 Charles, Iestyn Martin, Golden, Colo..

March 5, 1920.

165 Riecken, Hugo, 125 S. Li mite St, Colorado

Springs, Colo., March 5. 1920.

166 Knill, Raymond Rufus, LaFayette, Colo.,

April 29, 1920.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Gamma Theta Chapter

239 Kretschman, Edwin Charles. 443 W. Clin-

ton St., Elmira. N. Y., October 19, 1919.

240 Swartwout, Richard Arthur, Clinton, N. Y.,

October 19, 1919.

241 Swan, Verne Sturges, Sherburne, N. Y.,

(Aff. from Beta Nu 173), November 15,
1919.

242 Kellogg, Raymond Pond, 34 S. Garden St,

Norwalk, Ohio, December 6, 1919.

243 Leet, Ernest Delos, 409 Prendergast Ave.,

Jamestown, N. Y., December 6, 1919.

244 Pryor, Lawrence Bellfleld, MUlington, Tenn.,

December 6, 1919.

245 Andrews. Clifford Kincaid, 512 W. Houston

Ave.. Marshall, Tex., December 6, 1919.

246 Radcliff. William Leslie, 279 S. Broadway,

New York. N. Y., December 6, 1919.

247 Llttaner, Stephen Lewis, 102 Bruce Ave.,

Yonkers, N. Y., December 6, 1919.

248 Tobey, Donald Mortimer, Sherburne, N. Y.,

December 6, 1919.

249 Donaldson, Lewis Henry, 6 Pain St, Nor-

wich, N. Y., December 6, 1919.

250 Fltts, Kenneth Linton, 30 Linwood Ave.,

Ardmore, Pa., February 22, 1920.

251 Suender, Russell Light, Frackville, Pa.,

(Aff. from Pi 198), March 11, 1920.

252 Stevens, Earl Knights. 50 Ayrault St, New-

port, R. I., May 30, 1920.

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UNIVERSITY OP KENTUCKY
Gamma Iota Chapter

112 Wallace, Earl Dickens, Wilton, Ky., Janu-

ary 8, 1918.1

113 Morgan, Willard Davidson, R. R. No. 3,

Hickory, Ky., April 3. 1918. »
115 Gregg, Edgar Robert, 2606 Hale Ave., Louis-
ville, Ky.. November 4, 1918.*

125 Jennings, Harry Edgar, 821 7th St, Ash-

land, Ky., November 4, 1918.»

126 Rlorden, Roy J., 643 Park Ave., Newport,

Ky., November 4, 1918.»

127 Eaton, William Park, 721 E. Winchester

Ave., Ashland, Ky., May 5, 1919.*

128 Faulconer, William Parker, 818 E. Main St.,

Lexington, Ky., May 5, 1919.*

129 Barnhlll, Roy, Madisonville, Ky., May 5,

1919.*

130 Eddleman, Richard Neat, 1228 4th Ave.,

Louisville, Ky., May 5, 1919.«

131 Graham, Charles Daune, 353 Aylesford

Place, Lexington, Ky., May 5, 1919.»

132 Slade, Karl Prentice, Lexington, Ky., May

25, 1919.*

133 Skill man, Avery Winston, No. Broadway,

Lexington. Ky., July 2, 1919.

134 Colpitts, James William, Jr., 150 A St.. N.

Is., Washington, D. C, November 25,
1919.

135 Lewis, Arthur Edwin, Winchester, Ky., No-

vember 24, 1919.

136 Wilkerson, Neil Mitchell, St. Petersburg.

Fla.. November 24, 1919.

137 Kloeckner, Carl Ferdinand, 632 Eldsmere

Park, Lexington, Ky., February 22, 1920.

138 King, Edward Norwood, 439 Fayette Park,

Lexington, Ky., February 22, 1920.

139 Fuller, Thomas Bruce, 189 Kentucky Ave.,

Lexington, Ky., February 22. 1920.

140 Duvall, Guthrie Froman, Bardstown, Ky.,

February 22, 1920.

141 Parks, Frank Armstrong, Plnevllle, Ky.,

February 22, 1920.

142 Beam, George Lee, Bardstown, Ky., Febru-

ary 22, 1920.

143 Taggart, John Dauds, Bloomfleld, Ky.,

February 22, 1920.

144 Watts, Clyde, Harrodsburg, Ky., February

22 1920.

145 McMahon, Emmett Burns, Louisville, Ky.,

February 22, 1920.

146 Coleman, Walter Payne, Lexington, Ky.,

February 22, 1920.

147 Cameron, Arthur Arden, 239 S. Limestone

St, Lexington, Ky., June 4, 1920.

148 Ridgeway, Samuel Howard, Jr., Shepherd 8-

vllle, fey., June 4. 1920.

149 Gregg, Turner William. 2606 Hale Ave.,

Louisville, Ky., June 4. 1920.

150 Scott John Calvin, Ghent, Ky., June 7,

1920.

151 Beam, T. Jere, Bardstown, Ky., Aff. from

Gamma Nu 235), February 4, 1920.

152 Ingram, Samuel P., 1405 Lelghton Ave., An-

nlston, Ala., (Aff. from Iota 269). Febru-
ary 4, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Gamma Kappa Chapter

171 Hemingway, D wight, Erie, Colo., October

27. 1919.

172 Payne, Ralph Tressie, Nederland, Colo., Oc-

tober 27. 1919.

173 Wolf, Lyle Havener, 312 S. College Ave.,

Ft. Collins, Colo., (Aff. from Beta Psi
235), October 20. 1919.

174 Polk, Edward Wlnfleld, 1823 Broadway,

Little Rock, Ark., (Aff. from Lambdn
194), October 20, 1919.

175 Smith, William Ervin, 3825 Umtllla St.

Denver, Colo., January 17, 1920.

176 Edwards, Paul Nelson, 2405 Federal Bldg.,

Denver, Colo., January 17, 1920.

* Initiated in the year 1917-1918, but not re-
ported until after July 1, 1919.

Initiated in the year 1918-1919, but not re-
ported until after July 1, 1919.

'Reported by name only.

177 Smith, Howard Elmer, 615 Grant St. Den-

ver, Colo., January 17. 1920

178 Craven, Edward Bernard, Willlston, N. D.,

January 17, 1920.

179 McGrew, William Anderson, 746 Corona

St., Denver, Colo., March 4, 1920.

180 Cambler, Mont VanLare, 1401 Carterette

Ave., Pueblo, Colo., March 4, 1920.

181 Moore, Orin Prince, 748 Race St, Denver,

Colo., March 4. 1920.

182 Grav, Lisle Meredith, 112 E. Routt Ave.,

Pueblo. Colo., March 4, 1920

183 Christensen, E. W.«

184 Barnett, Louis Philip, 712 Providence Road,

Columbus, Mo, (Aff. from Rho 323).

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Gamma Lambda Chapter

240 Harrington, Delos James, Elkhorn, Wis.,

March 13, 1920.

241 Roberts, John, 793 Racine St., Milwaukee,

Wis., March 13, 1920.

242 Bond. Russell Conwell, 2141 Chapllne St..

Wheeling, W. Va.. March 13. 1920.

243 Gregory, Seth Harwood, Delavan, Wis.,

March 13, 1920.

244 McCandless, Lee, 1020 E. 6th St., Daven-

port, Iowa, March 13, 1920.

245 Klnsey, Kersey Wood, Arcadia, Neb., March

13 1920

246 Borntraeger, Victor William. 152 S. Chero-

kee Road, Louisville, Ky., March 18,
1920.

247 Warner, 1 »ln St,

Beloit,

248 Hobblns, >n St.,

Mad 1 soi

249 Melzer, J Jh St.,

Erie. Pi

250 Amldon, < South,

Fargo,

251 Schwinn. Iowa,

June 18, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Gamma Mu- Chapter

245 McFarland, Wilfred Meyers, Burnet

Heights, Vincennes, Ind., (Aff. from Beta
Eta 228), November 3. 1919.

246 Hughes. Henry Loren, R. F. D. No. 3, Table

Grove, 111., (Aff. from Delta Theta 173),
December 1. 1919.

247 Ollbrich, Fred George, Cedar Falls, Iowa,

(Aff. from Gamma Tau 75), January 5,
1920.

248 FesBler, Albla Henry, Elkland, Pa., (Aff.

from Beta Nu 259), January 19, 1920.

249 Peden, Donald Chartes, 612 S. Grove St.,

Kewanee, 111., (Aff. from Delta Theta
176), January 24, 1920.

250 Gorrell, Ralph -Henry, E. Washington St.,

Knox. Ind., (Aff. from Beta Beta 208),
February 19, 1920.

251 Wreith, Boyd George, Ancona, 111., Febru-

ary 29, 1920.

252 Pollock, James Stuart, 223 S. Burr St., Ke-

wanee, 111., February 29, 1920.

253 Welsh, William James. 622 6th St., Clinton.

Iowa, February 29, 1920.

254 Green, Philip Thompson, Attica, Ind., Feb-

ruary 29, 1920.

255 McLean, Jack Flinn, 325 N. Grove Ave., Oak

Park, 111., February 29. 1920.

256 Bramberg. Rudolph William, 216 N. Hum-

phrey Ave., Oak Park, III., February 29,
1920.

257 Quigley, Francis Harlan, 4527 Labadle

Ave., St. Louis, Mo., (Aff. from Gamma
Omicron 112), February 8, 1920.

258 Murphy, Lawrence Webster, 657 N. First

Ave., Canton, 111., April 25, 1920.

259 Brown, Henry James, 303 E. John St.,

Champaign, 111., April 25, 1920.

260 Bliss, James Harrison, Jr., 1518 Louisiana

St., Little Rock, Ark., April 25, 1920.

261 Baldwin, Kenneth Dennison Holmes, 323

Moss Ave., Peoria, 111., April 25, 1920.

262 Bardwell, William Utley, 612 E. Second St.,

Dixon, 111., April 25, 1920.

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Gamma Nu Chapter

234 Persing, Russell S., Clyde, Ohio, July 10,

1919.

235 Beam, Thomas Jere, Bardstown, Ky., (Aff.

from Gamma lota 121), September 29,
1919.

236 Harney, Charles Harrison, 420 W. Second

St, Lexington, Ky., (Aff. from Gamma
Theta 232), October 18, 1919.

237 Schumacher, George August, 711 N. Supe-

rior St., Albion, Mich., October 16, 1919.

238 Connell, De Bert Wilson, 632 Quapass Ave.,

Hot Springs, Ark., March 6, 1920.

239 Lally, Thomas Beck, 1104 Olivia Ave., Ann

Arbor, Mich., March 6, 1920.

240 Proctor, Charles Ernest, 323 W. Second St.,

Flint, Mich., March 6, 1920.

241 Evans, Richard Brenton, 339 W. Berry St.,

Ft. Wayne, Ind., March 6, 1920.

242 McKinney, Harris Dunbar, 111 Portage

Ave., Soo. Mich.. March 6, 1920.

243 Nash, Lloyd Samuel, 380 Edison Ave.,

Detroit, Mich., March 6, 1920.

244 Moore, John Ferdinand, Howard, S. D.,

March 6, 1920.

245 Hume, James William, 407 W. Garison St.,

Jackson, Mich., March 6, 1920.

246 Stone, Arthur Elwood, Hopwood, Pa.,

March 6, 1920.

247 Pierce, William Ernest, 46 Condit St., Ham-
• mond. Ind., March 6, 1920.

24S Hammer, Henry George, Cooperstown, N. D.,

June 15. 1920.
249 Tennent, Frank Lee, 600 E. Chicago St.f

Stnrgis, Mich., June 15, 1920.

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma XI Chapter

141 Schmidt, Karl August, 1205 N. Grant,

en*ln»flA1/l If st n/ummkn. 10 1919,

142 St, Caney,

143 Main St.,

144 , Mo., De-

145 Sixth St..

919.

146 N. Denver,

147 i Ave., Co-

19.

148 Lane Ave.,

1919.

149 W. Third

r 12, 1919.

150 LI Jackson

ember 12,

1919.

151 Meinecke, Egmont Samuel, Bay, Mo., De-

cember 12, 1919.

152 Turner, William Archie, 4142 Locust, Kan-

sas City, Mo., December 12, 1919.

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Gamma Omicron Chapter

116 Ingram, Thomas Roland, 909 N. Thirteenth

St., Pine Bluff, Ark., October 14, 1919.

117 Tedstrom. Milo Kenney. 1701 Chestnut St.,

Pine Bluff, Ark., October 14, 1919.

118 Wood, John Andrew, Ashdown, Ark., (Aff.

from Gamma Upsilon 127), November 15,
1919.

119 Hardin, Joseph Carrol, Grady, Ark., (Aff.

from Gamma Upsilon 139), November 15,
1919.

120 Kirtley, George Sylvester, 4119 Walnut St.

Kan gas City, Mo., (Aff. from Beta Xi
174). November 15. 1919.

121 Barrentine, Harry Marion, Millport, Ala.,

(Aff. from lota 266), November 15, 1919.

122 Broeder, Clifford Frederick, 4644 Cote Brll-

liante St, St Louis, Mo., December 11.
1919.

123 Snider, Theodore Wallace, 4104 Flad Ave.,

St Louis, Mo.. December 11, 1919.

124 Wackman, Karl Fenger, Washington Uni-

versity, St. Louis, Mo., December 11,
1919.

125 Duden, Charles William, 5069 Horton

Place, St. Louis, Mo., December 11, 1919.

126 Johnson, Alfred Lewis, 343 Hillside Ave.,

Webster Grove, Mo., December 11. 1919.

127 Muckerman, Edward Christopher, 5873 Jul-

ian Ave., St. Louis, Mo., December 11.
1919.

128 Hudson, Joel Carrington, Maples, Ind., De-

cember 11, 1919.

129 Settles, James Bowles, Palmyra, Mo., De-

cember 11, 1919.

130 O'Neal, Earl Aaron, 508 South Boulevard,

Springfield, Mo., December 11, 1919.

131 Harrison, William Mace, Jr., 1003 Elgin

Ave., Muskogee, Okla., December 11,
1919.

132 Paine, Stephen McCullough, 509 E. Jeffer-

son St., Kirksvllle, Mo., December 11,
1919.

133 Faust, Leicester Busch, No. 1 Portland

Place, St. Louis, Mo., December 11, 1919.

134 Hoester, Julius Charles, Jr., 127 Jefferson

Ave., Klrkwood, Mo., December 11, 1919.

135 Hamlin, Edwin William, 7337 Myrtle Ave.,

Maplewood, Mo., December 11, 1919.

136 Roth, Louis Llnan, 5062 Kensington Ave.,

St Louis, Mo., (Aff. from Rho 3(>6), Octo-
ber 1, 1918.

137 Campbell, Edward Jameson, 217 S. Maple

Ave., Hannibal. Mo., (Aff. from Rho 289).
October 1, 1918.

138 Brinkman, Harold Tobln, 5091 Cates Ave.,

St Louis, Mo., (Aff. from Rho 315), Feb-
ruary 2, 1920.

139 Payne, Edmund Gordon, Jr., 1030 Sixteenth

Ave. S.. Nashville, Tenn., February 25,
1920.

140 O'Neal, Lynn Holland, 508 South Boule-

vard, Springfield, Mo., February 25, 1920.

141 Thomas, Wallace Andrews, 6237 Delmar, St

Louis, Mo., February 25, 1920.

142 Smith, Oliver Mathias. 720 Fairview Ave.,

Webster Groves, Mo., (Aff. from Rho
322), February 29, 1920.

143 Haase, Walter Stracke, 3523 Longfellow

Place. St. Louis, Mo., (Aff. from Gamma
XI 125), December 23, 1919.

UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA
Gamma PI Chapter

172 Nugent Normand, Henry, Sigma Nu House.

Morgantown, W. Va., December 29, 1919.

173 Stewart, James Warren, East Clarksburgh,

W. Va., December 29, 1919.

174 Kan, Robert H. C, Point Pleasant, W. Va.,

December 29, 1919.

175 Cronin, Harry Raymond, Fairmont W. Va.,

November 29, 1919.

176 Tregellas. Harold Milton, 23 W. Washing-

ton St., Grafton, W. Va., February 28,
1920.

177 Hutchinson, Edwin Berry, Raven swood, W.

Va., February 28, 1920.

178 Starcher, Harold Eugene, Ripley, W. Va.,

February 28, 1920.

179 Winter, Rupert Edward, Bridgeport, W.

Va., February 28, 1920.

180 Shott, Hugh Ike, 557 Raleigh Terrace, Blue-

field, W. Va., February 28, 1920.

181 Charlton, Harry, Jr., 118 Tazewell St, Blue-

field, W. Va.. February 28, 1920.

182 Shlnn, Hugh Sherwood, Bellngton, W. Va..

February 28, 1920.

183 Nefflen, Edgar Lance, Elkin, W. Va., Feb-

ruary 28, 1920.

184 Bradford, Harold Keith, Pennsboro, W. Va..

May 9, 1920.

185 McClung, William Nelson, Rupert W. Va.,

May 9. 1920.

186 Baker, Clay Riley, Spencer, W. Va., June

11, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Gamma Rho Chapter

154 McMasters, Lowell Hill, Iowa Falls, Iowa,
October 15, 1919.

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155 Craig, Alfred Leslie, 953 Chestnut Ave.,

Long Beach, Cal., November 8, 1919.

156 McMaster, Lewis Lipton, 927 Washington

St., Waterloo, Iowa, February 1, 1920.

157 Lusher, Frank Rudolph, 701 W. Beardsley,

Elkhart, Ind., February 1, 1920.

158 Moudy, Harold Alphonso, 1032 N. Perry

St, Napoleon, Ohio, February 1, 1920.

159 Hull, Laurel, 505 Haley Ave., Napoleon,

Ohio, February 1, 1920. _ n m

160 Hassinger, Orville Denton, 434 S. Tremont

St., Kewanee, 111.. February 1, 1920.

161 Tabke, Carl William, 309 W. Sixth St.,

Lincoln, 111., February 1, 1920.

162 Hallgren, Mauritz Alfred, 7825 Green St,

Chicago, 111., February 1. 1920.

163 Stahr, Robert Louis, 1304 W. Franklin,

Elkhart, Ind., (Aff. from Beta Eta 278),
March 1, 1920.

164 Lee, James Potter, Peterson, Iowa, May 9,

1920. ^ .„ w

165 Hartley, Paul Bone, Petersberg, 111., May

9. 1920.

IOWA STATE COLLEGE
Gamma Sigma Chapter

139 Benson, Joseph Lambert, L. Box 313, Dav-

enport, Iowa, (Aff. from Beta Mu 201),
January 5, 1920.

140 Laird, Everett Alva, Auburn, 111., January

23 1920.

141 Henderson.' Malcom Victor, Jewell, Iowa,

May 7, 1920.

142 Boyd, Donald Lindsey, 311 N. First St.,

Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 7, 1920.

143 Judge, John Edward, 112 Walnut St, Ames,

Iowa, May 7, 1920.

144 Henderson, Porter Irvin, Randall, Iowa,

May 7, 1920.

145 Riggs. Isaac, 683 Thirty-second St, Des

Moines, Iowa, May 7, 1920.

146 Bodholdt, Richard Sop ha 8, 222 Logan Ave.,

Waterloo, Iowa, May 7, 1920.

147 Weatherill, Orvln Holmes, 715 Hammond

Ave., Waterloo, Iowa, May 7, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Gamma Tau Chapter

141 Cochran. Paul Brlggs, 1609 Hennepin Ave..

Minneapolis, Minn., (Aff. from Gamma Up-
silon 115), October 31, 1919.

142 Gold. Paul John, 419 Sixth St., S. E., Min-

neapolis, Minn., (Aff. from Gamma Up-
silon 123). Ocotber 31, 1919.

143 Gold, Malcolm Harrington, 419 Sixth St,

S. E., Minneapolis, Minn., (Aff. from
Gamma Upsilon 134), October 31, 1919.

144 Dory, Roy William, Watertown, S. Dak.,

January 26, 1920.

145 Brown, Harold Wellington, 3555 Queen

Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn., January 26,
1920.

146 Swanson, Alvin Jerome, Frldley, Minn.,

January 26, 1920.

147 Callender, John Wesley, 2001 Fremont

Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn., January 26,
1920.

148 Austin, Paul Dodge, LeSueur, Minn., Jan-

uary 26, 1920.

149 Wiggins, George Bennett, 505 Fifteenth

Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn., January
26, 1920.

150 Hobbs, Charles Warren, 2131 Fremont Ave.

N., Minneapolis, Minn., January 26, 1920.

151 Stone, Frank Sherman, Jr., 2441 W.

Twenty-second St., Minneapolis, Minn.,
January 26, 1920.

152 McMlllen, James Stewart, 1830 Lincoln

Ave., St Paul, Minn., January 26, 1920.

153 Cash, Robert O., Hume, 111., (Aff. from Beta

Upsilon 147).

154 Laurltsen, Anders Victor, Fergus Falls,

Minn., May 24, 1920.

155 Barlow, Louis Leland, Sleepy Eye, Minn.,

May 24, 1920.

'Initiated in year 1918-1919, but not reported
until after July 1, 1919.

156 Wiggins, Wilfred Wendell, 505 Fifteenth

Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn., May 24,
1920.

157 Callender, Manley Theodore, 2001 Fremont

Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn., May 24,
1920.

158 McDonald, Donald Byron, 226 First St, S.,

Virginia, Minn., May 24, 1920.

159 Barker, Marlon Hobert, Canistota, S. Dak.,

May 24, 1920.

160 Sterling, Leon Marryess, 2815 Guard Ave..

S., Minneapolis, Minn., May 24, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Gamma Upsilon Chapter

143 McRaven, Mullins Duncan, 1618 W. Twen-

tieth St., Little Rock, Ark., October 8,
1919.

144 Minnis, Hal Fletcher, Roe, Ark., October 8.

1919.

145 Sallee, Lyttleton Thomas, Jr., 402 W. Fif-

teenth St, Pine Bluff, Ark., October 8.
1919.

146 McCulloch, Hugh, Elaine, Ark., October 8,

1919.

147 r - Ark..

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UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
Gamma Phi Chapter

136 Roysdon, Dorrance Scott, 3755 Ganssen

Ave., Chicago, 111., November 26, 1919.

137 Walterskeinshen, William Mathew, 221

Higgens Ave., Missoula, Mont, November
26, 1919.

138 Hughes, William F., Box 406. Missoula.

Mont, April 18. 1920.

139 Holroyd, John Hardie, Helena, Mont.. April

18, 1920.

140 Kershner, Leroy, Box 400, Billings, Mont,

April 18, 1920.

141 Gillespie, James Donald, Lothair. Mont,

April 18. 1920.

142 Crosby, Howard, Jr., 301 Blackstone

Apartments, Great Falls, Mont, June 1,
1920.

143 Jaqueth, Fred Dewey, 501 Third Ave., E.,

Kallspell, Mont. June 1, 1920.

144 Dunlavy, Guy Leslie, Bedford, Iowa, June

1, 1920.

145 Tbels, Richard Arnold, 226 S. Third St, W..

Missoula, Mont, June 1, 1920.

146 Angland, Maurice Patrick, 613 First Ave.,

S. W., Great Falls, Mont, June 1, 1920.

147 Bell, Ralph Wallace, Florence. Mont, June

1, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Gamma Chi Chapter

222 Baird, Lloyd Tallmadge, 2711 Thirty-sec-

ond St, Seattle, Wash., April 21, 1919.*

223 Aldrich, Eric Newton, 330 Third St, S.,

Walla Walla. WaBh., April 21, 1919.1

224 O'Brien, Robert Stewart, Cedar Apartments,

Spokane, Wash., April 21, 1919.1

225 Martin, Harry Thomas, Doty, Wash., April

21, 1919.»

226 Blaine, James Arthur, Denny Blaine Park,

Seattle, Wash., April 21, 1919.1

227 Maurer, Joseph John, Pe Ell, Wash., April

21, 1919.1

228 Sullivan, John Edward, 5023 Eighteenth

St, N. E., Seattle, Wash., April 21, 1919.1

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229 Shannon, George Edward, 703 Euclid Ave.,

Spokane, Wash., November 3, 1019.

230 Jepson, Clifford Waldon, 3909 Eighth, S.f

Seattle, Wash., November 10, 1919.

231 Black, Myron Watt, Orchard Ave., Spokane,

Wash., December 15, 1919

232 Burnett, John Andrew, 1611 Thirty-ninth

Ave., Seattle, Wash.. December 8, 1919.

233 Huntworth, John Willard, 4817 Aurora

Ave., Seattle, Wash., December 8, 1919

234 Haynes, Stephen Bernard, 1008 Washington

Blvd., Seattle, Wash., December 8, 1919.

235 Graefe, Herbert William, 6841 Seventeenth

Ave.. N. E., Seattle, Wash., Jauuary 21,
1920.

236 Wilcox, James Gervan, E. 304 Seventeenth

Ave., Spokane, Wash., January 25, 1920.

237 McClymont, Wallace Orr. 301 N. H St.,

Aberdeen, Wash., January 25, 1920.

238 Miles, John Hunter, Chehalls, Wash., Jan-

uary 25, 1920.

239 Welsh, John Burke, South Bend, Wash.,

January 25, 1920.

240 Madden, Ned Dodd, Caldwell, Idaho, Jan-

uary 25, 1920.

241 Hay, Bruce Muir, 930 E. Twentieth St.,

Spokane, Wash, January 25, 1920.

242 Spaulding, David Leland, Hood River, Ore-

gon, January 25, 1920.

243 Carlson, Emll Gim, Cosmopolis, Wash., Jan-

uary 25, 1920. ^

244 Cundall, Joseph Raymond, South Bend,

Wash , January 25. 1920.

245 Callison, Henry Sheldon, 922 N. N St.,

Aberdeen, Wash., January 25, 1920.

246 Ward. Harold James, 3214 Third Ave., W..

Seattle, Wash., January 25, 1920.

247 Hoare, William Curtis, Seaview, Wash-

January 25, 1920.

248 Tingling, Norman Jay, 921 Roanoke Ave.,

Seattle. Wash., January 25, 1920.

249 Hayes, Justin, 1008 Washington Blvd.,

.Seattle, Wash., January 25, 1920.

250 Lister, George Vernon, Pauline, Oregon,

Jauuary 26, 1920.

251 Yancy, William Adrian, Primvelle, Oregon,

January 26, 1920.

252 Trenholne. Dickson Grandy, 1000 E. Sev-

entv-flfth, Seattle, Wash., February 2,
1920.

253 Foran, Leo Lester, 1616 E. Forty-seventh,

Seattle. Wash., March 18, 1920.

254 Drumheller, Joseph, 1321 W. Sixth Ave.,

Spokane, Wash., March 18, 1920.

255 Mclnroe, Lloyd.1

256 Boutyett, Charles Percy, 311 N. "II" St.,

Aberdeen. Wash., March 18, 1920.

257 Pierce, Gordon Depew.*

258 Parey, George Stanley, Coulee City, Wai»h.,

May 22, 1920.

259 Ward, Thomas Edward, 3214 Third Ave.,

W., Seattle, Wash., May 2. 1920.

260 Bridgeman, Morris Lewis, Great Falls,

Mont., (Aff. from Gamma Phi 86), Jan-
uary 26f 1920. , „

261 McCarthy, Owen Bernard, Anaconda, Mont.,

(Aff. from Gamma Phi 95), January 26,
1920.

262 Dunn, Cecil Forest, 504 E. 26th St., Port-

land, Oreg., (Aff. from Delta Tau 68),
April 18, 1920.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Gamma Psi Chapter

169 Maurer, Harold Mltchel, Fairmouut Ave.,

Chatham, N. J., October 29. 1919.

170 Heobich, Edward Thomas, Sea Cliff, N. Y.,

October 29, 1919.

171 Parks, Francis Joseph, Sea Cliff, N. Y.,

October 29, 1919.

172 Hanford. Russell Evans, Unlonville, N. Y.,

October 29, 1919.

173 Haneman, Vlucent S., 223 S. Burnett St.,

East Orange, N. J., November 7, 1919.

174 Conger, Dunham Ford, 86 S. Parkway, East

Orange, N. J., November 7, 1919.

initiated in year 1918-1919, but not reported
until after July 1, 1919.
'Reported by name only.

175 Whitcomb, Frank Edgar, Fulton, N. Y.t

November 7, 1919.

176 Van Ness, Donald Murray, Baldwinsville,

N. Y., November 7. 1919.

177 Pontius, Murray, Seneca Falls, N. Y., No-

vember 7, 1919.

178 Ketcham, Sherman Gordon, Eastport, N.

Y., November 7, 1919.

179 Aufderhar, Charles F., 105 Savannah St..

Rochester, N. Y., November 7, 1919.

180 Strong, Charles Edwin, Trumansburg, N.

Y., March 15, 1920.

181 Harris, Russell A, Phoenix, N. Y.. March

15, 1920.

182 Leidy, Henry Kenneth, 1871 W. Avenue.

Buffalo, X. Y.. March 15, 1920.

183 Harpending, Asbury Hathaway, Dundee, N.

Y., March 15, 1920.

184 Hogue, Russell Lowell, Frankly nvllle, N.

Y., March 15, 1920.

185 Morse, Julius Galen, Cambridge, Vt., March

15, 1920.

186 Percival, Walter Clement, Jericho, Vt.,

March 15, 1920.

187 Campbell, David Holland, Kirkvllle, N. Y..

March 15, 1920.

188 Holly, Leon William W., Fulton, N. Y.,

June 18, 1920.

189 Halsey, Roy Davis. Fulton, N. Y., June 18,

1920.

190 Bertenshaw. William Herbert, Easton,

Mass., June 18, 1920.

191 Waite, Everett LaFrance, Owego, N. Y..

June 18. 1920.

CASE SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Delta Alpha Chapter

101 Moyer. Bruce Hamlin, 2037 E. 105th St,

Cleveland. Ohio, (Aff. from Beta lota
238), January 19, 1920.

102 Graeff. Herbert Jay, 2272 Grandvlew Ave..

Cleveland, Ohio', (Aff. from Beta Iota
283), February 11, 1920.

103 Jones. Carl Bevan. 127 Kline St,, Girard,

Ohio. (Aff. from Delta Zeta 68), February
19, 1920.

104 Blgler, Ralph William, 445 E. Second St..

Dover, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

105 Colllngs, Alfred Miller, 7309 Clinton Ave.,

Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

106 Donkin. Wilfred Thomas, 12501 Vashti
* Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

107 Enright, James Joseph, 181 Beck Ave.,

Akron, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

108 Eynon, Walter Eugene, 707 Fourth St., N.

W , Canton, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

109 Firestone, Leland Starr, Lisbon, Ohio, Feb-

ruary 21, 1920.

110 Gregson, James Alexander, 10582 Elgin

Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

111 HaBkell. William Clark, 1663 Glenmont Rd.,

Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

112 Koester, Carl John, 1250 E. 125th St,

Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

113 Maxwell, Virgil Milton, 8605 Carnegie Ave.,

Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

114 Mitzel, John Howard. 2320 Cleveland Ave.,

N. W., Canton, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

115 Roblshaw, John Harold, Ashtabula, Ohio,

February 21, 1920.

116 Sauber, Werner Karl, 409 N. Main St. Ma

rine City, Mich., February 21, 1920.

117 Stimson, Warren Burlingame, Richmond,

Ind., February 21, 1920.

118 Vaughn, Arthur Harris. R. F. D. No. 1,

Alliance, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

119 Vaughn, Harold Gar, 19 Meyers Ave.,

Jamestown, N. Y., February 21, 1920.

120 Wakefield, Merton Jeffrey, Chehalls, Wash ,

May 25. 1020.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Delta Beta Chapter

181 Morrlssey, Leonard Eugene, 70 Linden St.,

Waterbury, Conn., November 5, 1919.

182 Neary, William James, Jr., 126 Fairvlew

Ave., Naugatuck, Conn., November 5,
1919.

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183 Almy, Frank Sanford, 579 N. Main St., Pall

River, Mass., March 13, 1920.

184 Broad ley, George Harold, 23 Buflfem St.,

Salem. Mass., March 13, 1920.

185 Carbough, Eugene, Jr., 32-46 Smart Ave.,
,«„ ^Kansas City, Mo., March 13, 1920.

186 Corrigan, William Botsford, 117 Wallace
« M ~ Ave- Mt- Vernon, N. Y., March 13, 1920

187 Curry, Frank Douglass, Jr., 1046 Beaumont
too Ave., Harrodsburg, Ky., March 13, 1920.

188 Keith, Henry Meiggs, 3rd, San Jose, Costa

Rica, care 17 Battery Place, New York
,«« City. N. Y., March 13, 1920.

189 Kershaw, Richard Bement, 18 Hubert

Place, New Rochelle, N. Y., March 13,

190 Norton, Thomas Lowell, 170 Forrest Ave.,
• «- ^Brockton, Mass., March 13, 1920.

191 Weser, Win field Scott, Jr., Pelhamdale Ave ,

New Rochelle, N. Y., March 13, 1920.

ie^ v Place,

163 Seventh

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xo* ?s Ave.,

1ft. 19.

165 In Ave.,

166 ith St.,

lfiT L9'

167 >n Ave.,

168 Brook

169 Alberta,

I™ efferson

171 . 1919.

171 r. 113th

172 • 1919
1U [>ck St.,

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178 Place.

Gamma

174 le, Mo.,

i2), No-

veuiuer a, i»i».

175 Peterson, Edwin Eanes, 217 N. Mont Clair,

Dallas, Texas. (Aff. from Upsilon 206),
November 8, 1919.

176 Brodll, Franklin Vincent, 211 E. 78th St
*~~ «1£ew York« N- Yv January 9, 1920.

177 McCourt, Alfred, 344 Eighth St., Brooklyn,

N. Y., January 9, 1920.

178 Moszcsenskl, Carl Richard, 216 Ovington
,™ „ Ave*» Brooklyn, N. Y., January 9, 1920.

179 Graeb, Victor Cecil Ochum, 1253 75th St.
„«,v ». Brooklyn, N. Y., January 9, 1920.

180 Maas, Hendrik Peter, 820 Washington Ave.,
-«- ^ Brooklyn, N. Y., January 9, 1920.

181 Kicks, Paul Revers, 1404 Fourteenth St.,
^_ _ Altoona, Pa., January 9, 1920.

182 Kessler. Archibald Donald, 536 Fifth Ave..

ico TriHuntin^on^W- Va» APril 19' 192<>.

183 King, Karl Clarence, 2041 Elmwood Ave

Kansas City, Mo., April 19, 1920.

184 Bauden, William Church, 25 Riverside Ave .

Red Bank, N. J., April 19, 1920.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Delta Delta Chapter

159 ^chwonh^Oeor^ ^erett. Fairohance.

160 TaFe°b^a°eiffri8S§b Pun»ut»™>-. P»~

161 Snleb^bi5. m'o"' Puniratawne^ Pa-

^MSffjVrmJ?-1919, but not reported

162 Post, Alan Edward, 5858 Bartlatt St., Pitts-
i«a iribUrJ?h' PaV Fe,bruary !5, 1920.

163 Ely. George Louis, 121 N. First St., Jean-
1«4 w"nte' £*" February 15, 1920.

164 .Welles, Ernest E., 820 N. Main St., Scran -
i«« c ton' P£; February 15, 1920.

165 Savers, Edwin Mitchell. 45 N. Morris St
i«« t Waynesburg, Pa., February 15, 1920. '

166 JTaU^!%0BrOadbeDt' Da,ton' Pa"

167 Rife John Percival. 3704 Hamilton St.,

168 Talbot, Hammond, Jr., 142 Frazier St.,
«™ ™.state College, Pa., April 18. 1920

109 Fink, Earl Louis, 395 E. Broad St., Tama-
qua, Pa., May 9, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Delta Epsilon Chapter

1M MFibrSaDry^a,i!r20Reed' BUlCkWe"- °k,a-

155 Stutsman, David Burford, Shreveport. La
,M n February 7, 1920. *

156 Co^u»arDo"ey Wing, Okmulgee, Okla., Feb-

157 McCubbins, Ernest Lee, 903 E Street
1*« wPeIry' °kla" February' 7. 1920. '

158 Woodmansee, Thomas James, Cherokee.
,«o „ ?kla., February 7, 1920. '

159 Palmer, Lester Tilden, Okemah, Okla.. Feb-

ruary 7, 1920. '

100 Craig, John Robert, Ada, Okla., February

161 Wilson, Quintos W„ Blackwell, Okla., Feb-

ruary 7, 1920. '

162 Settle, Ernest Thompson, 406 N. Broadway
**o TTShawnee, Okla., February 7, 1920.

163 Hughes, Donald Dudley, Perry, Okla., (Aff
inA nfr2m Seta ?aPPa 1°3). March 22, 1920.

104 Hardy, Russell D., 316 E. Fifth St., Okla-
i«K 0h°ma City. Okla., April 8, 1920.

105 Stone, John Henry, Cordell, Okla., May 24

100 Qu2,nn-1 K°bert Dennis. Guymon, Okla., May

107 Francis. Harold Hite, 316 S. Fifteenth St.
Muskogee, Okla., (Aff. from Gamma Omi
cron 99), May 31, 1920.

WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
Delta Zeta Chapter

97 H,SfwiyA.R0laSd White 820 Frederick Ave.'.

Ocriber6^.^'!^"- ^ *** l0ta 21^

98 WhJ£°fy' L,?La.nd LeRoy. 800 Linden Place.
AOl ^ Marion, Ohio, November 24, 1919

99 Daugherty, Charles Westfall, 6726 St. Clair

we'o^fveTIand» °h,°' <Aff- 'rom Beta
^ wIota 270>' January 14, 1920.

100 Warnes, Rav Edwin, 103 E. LIbertv St.

Ashland 6hio, February 21, 1920 '

101 Sample, Howard Donaldson, 453 Ohio St
1no _ Sharon, Pa., February 21, 1920.

102 Zuck, Fred Hecket, 373 Windsor St., Ma-
rion, Ohio, February 21, 1920

Blake, Frederick Elmer, 1692 E. 84th St.,

1fti _ Cleveland, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

104 Cassidy Cornelius Joseph, 21% Fairfield
1M ^,Ave» Ashtabula, Ohio, February 21, 1920.

105 Glasser, Joseph Henry, 743 E. 91st St
m« * 9,levelaJ?d? Ohio, February 21, 1920.

106 Collins, Robert Frank, 423 W. Lake Ave
1A. Barberton, Ohio, March 22, 1920.

107 Dray, Clarence Hildebrand, 7215 Colgate

Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, May 3, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

Delta Eta Chapter

127 Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, Ransom, Kans.,
,«« « February 29, 1920. '

ruaVyP2OJ.d1920.ertU8' Halgler' Nebr" Peb"
129 JornueJ.yArchlbalJ Neff, Deaver, Wyo., Feb-

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180 Hammond, Edwin Henry, 320 N. 83rd St.,
Billings, Mont, February 29, 1020.

131 Medlin, Lewis Everett, Morrill, Nebr., Feb-

ruary 29, 1920.

132 Anderson, Elmer Robert, Holdrege, Nebr.,

February 29, 1920.

133 Modlin, Earl Hanford. Perry, Iowa, Febru-

ary 29. 1920.
184 Galrdner, Charles Tudor, Waco, Nebr., Feb-
ruary 29, 1920.

135 Dobesb, Amil Anton, Ansley, Nebr., Febru-

ary 29, 1920.

136 Stevens, Ellis Alfonso, 1301 Park Ave., Nor-

folk, Nebr., June 3, 1920.

137 Mackey, Richard, Ansley, Nebr., June 3.

1920.

138 Holyoke, Edgar William, 1515 F St., Lin-

coln, Nebr., June 3, 1920.

LOMBARD COLLEGE
Delta Theta Chapter

186 Nelson, Thomas Eugene, 238 S. Chestnut

St., Kewanee, 111., September 15, 1919.

187 Runkle, Earnest William, Macomb, 111., R.

F. D. No. 7, February 22, 1920.

188 Pittenger, Harlan Vera, 420 S. Randolph.

Macomb, 111., February 22, 1920.

189 Surkamer, Ivan Morris, Glenellyn, 111., Feb-

ruary 22, 1920.

190 Rowe. Franklin Bartlett, 526 N. Lombard

Ave., Oak Park, 111., March 10, 1920.

191 Faulkner. Delbert Waldeen, 486 N. Prairie

St, Galesburg. 111.. March 10, 1920.

192 Rambo, Lawrence, 1046 Grand Ave., Gales -

Burg, 111., March 10, 1920.

193 Hughes, George Kenneth, Table Grove, III.,

R. R. No. 3, March 14. 1920.

194 Arnold, Ewart James, 497 Carleton Ave..

Glenellyn, 111., March 14, 1920.

195 Paine, Beaumont Charles, 600 Euclid Ave ,

Glenellyn, 111., April 11, 1920.

196 Olson, George Edwin, 716 Pine St, Ke-

wanee, 111.. May 6, 1920.

197 Schaefer, William Alfred, Glen Ellyn, 111.,

May 6, 1920.

198 Mlshey, George Paul, 88 Walnut Ave..

Galesburg, 111., May 6, 1920.

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
Delta Iota Chapter

142 Knettle, Lemyrt Dlx, Pomeroy, Wash., (AfT.

from Gamma Chi 210), November 8, 1919.
,148 Dunton, Ford Eugene, 2321 Sharp Ave.,

Spokane, Wash., February 9, 1920.

144 Tozer, George Austin, 1805 Hewitt Ave.,

Everett. Wash.. February 9, 1920.

145 Miller, Cleo Elton, Pullman, Wash., Febru-

ary 9, 1920.

146 Gallagher, Raymond Charles, 354 Fernon

St., Oakland, Cal., February 9, 1920.

147 Reed, Frank Ballard, 425 Twentieth St.

Cairo, 111., February 9, 1920.

148 Ellsworth, Arthur LeRoy, 4210 N. 38th St.,

Tacoma, Wash., February 9, 1920.

149 Kee, Walter Hamilton, E. 16 Tenth Ave..

Spokane, Wash., February 9, 1920.

150 See, Elmer Jayson, R. R. No. 1, Bull, Idaho

February 9, 1920.

151 Brunton, Reece Ramseur, Dixie, Wash..

February 16, 1920.

152 Hall, Wayne Lee, W. 2325 Sinto Ave., Spo

kane, Wash., February 16, 1920.

153 Mack, James McHugh, Bellevue, King Co.,

Wash., April 19, 1920.

154 Rouse, Julian, 1306 Broadway, Spokane,

Wash., April 19, 1920.

155 McCarthy, Charles Ashton, 209 McKenzie

St.. Pullman, Wash., April 19, 1920.

DELAWARE COLLEGE

Delta Kappa Chapter

152 Christfleld, John Gilbert, 618 W. Fifth St.,
Wilmington, Del., June 7, 1919.1

^Initiated in year 1918-1919, but not reported
until after July 1, 1919.

153 Jones, Edward Gorges Pardee, Wood side,

Del., February 16, 1920.

154 Harmer, William Fredrick, 1818 S. Han-

son St, Philadelphia, Pa., February 25,
1920.

155 Lynch, John Mitchell, Lewes, Del., Febru-

ary 25, 1920.

156 Murphy, Jay Edward, Milford, Del., Febru-

ary 25, 1920.

157 Grier. William Humes. Milford, Del., Feb-

ruary 25, 1920.

158 Crawford, Howard Favorite, Jr., 627 Geddes

St., Wilmington, Del., February 25, 1920.

159 Lilly, William Staley, 3rd. 240 S. 54th St,

West Philadelphia, Pa., February 25,
1920.

160 Underwood. Clarence James, 505 E. Tenth

St., Wilmington, Del., February 25, 1920.

161 Stewart, Eugene Lyman, 12 Badeau Place,

New Rochelle, N. Y., February 25, 1920.

162 Williams, John Davidson, Newark, Del., R.

F. D., March 31. 1920.

163 Gilbert Walter Mairs, New and Wall St.

Spring City, Pa., March 31, 1920.

164 Collins, Theodore, Milford, Del., June 2,

1920.

165 Grier. Frank L., Milford. Del., June 9, 1920.

166 Sackett, Benjamin Richardson, 5618 Balti-

more Ave., West Philadelphia, Pa., June
9, 1920.

BROWN UNIVERSITY
Delta Lambda Chapter

104 Richardson, Edwin Ware, Burlington,

Maine, October 21, 1919.

105 Nelson, Godfrey Nichols. 703 Sterling

Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., February 9, 1920.

106 Alden, Everett Robert, 57 E. Haselwood

Ave., Rakway, N. J., February 18, 1920.

107 Broking, Gilbert Egert, Hote, Gramatan,

Bronxville, N. Y., February 18, 1920.

108 Brown, Philip Chace, 157 Bath St, Provi-

dence, R. I., February 13, 1920.

109 Day, Clarence Raymond, Shirley Mills,

Maine, February 13, 1920.

110 Fenner. Walter, Jr., 146 Brldgham St,

Providence, R. I., February 13, 1920.

111 Libby, Vernon Alden, Pittsfleld, Maine,

February 13, 1920.

112 Roux, William Charles, 10 S. Arlington

Ave., East Orange, N. J., February 18,
1920.
118 Nichols, George Henry, 30 Beach St, Wol-
laston, Mass., February 13, 1920.

114 Thorndike, Richard, 20 Francis Ave., Au-

burn, R. I., February 13, 1920.

115 Nelson, Arthur Rem sen. 708 Sterling Place,

Brooklyn, N. Y.. April 26, 1920.

116 Brown, Donald Proctor, 8 Beacon St, Den-

ver, Mass., April 26, 1920.

117 Connctt, Halsey Stuart, 19 Second Ave.,

Newark, N. J., June 9, 1920.

118 Lawson, Raymond Carl, 55 Sanford St,

East Haven, Conn.. June 10, 1920.

119 Blake, Kenneth Pond, 50 Merrlam St. Lex-

ington, Mass., June 10, 1920.

STETSON UNIVERSITY
Delta Mu Chapter

95 Whitehair, Francis Preston. Junction City,

Kan s., November 4, 1919.

96 Lesley, Emory LeRoy, Jr., Kisslmmee, Fla.,

November 4, 1919.

97 Byrnes, Daniel John, Oldmar, Fla., Novem-

ber 4, 1919.

98 Jones, Geo. Ditson, Duluth, Minn., Novem-

ber 4. 1919.

99 Senn, Edward John, Winter Haven, Fla.,

November 25, 1919.

100 Wheeler, Lloyd Nichols, 6940 Perry Ave.,

Chicago, 111., November 25, 1919.

101 Bradley, Randon E., Palmetto, Fla., Decem-

ber 6 1919

102 Holtzendorf, Richard Lee, Arcadia, Fla.,

December 9, 1919.

103 Davis, Robert Clair, Orlando, Fla., January

21, 1920.

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104 Magruder, Clarence Cephas, Orlando, Fla.,

January 21, 1920.

105 Smart, Alger Alonzo, Arcadia, Fla., Jan-

uary 21, 1920.

106 Stoner, Sydney MacDonald, St Petersburg,

Fla., January 12, 1920.

107 Parker, Locke Ell wood, Bartow, Fla., Jan-

uary 21, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
Delta Nu Chapter

158 Johnson, Pearl Ernest, New Gloucester,

Maine, November 4, 1919.

159 Sterns, Drew Thompson, Hebron Academy,

Hebron, Maine, November 4, 1919.

160 Whipple, William Heman, 52 Burleigh St.,

Watervllle, Maine, November 4, 1919.

161 Mac Lellan, Harold Russell, 144 S. Bruns-

wick St. Oldtown, Maine, November 4,
.1919.

162 Simonds, Elwin Hunnewell, 210 Brunswick

Ave., Gardner, Maine, November 4, 1919.
168 Burr, Howard Dwight, 193 Essex St., Ban-
gor Maine, November 4, 1919.

164 Steward, Leon Henry, Madison, Maine, No-

vember 4. 1919.

165 Leach, Paul Joseph, 5 Cherrv St., Fitch-

burg, Mass., November 4, 1919.

166 Lunge, Raymond Frank, Kennebunk,

Maine, November 4„ 1919.

167 Fisher, Lynwood Winter, Fort Fairfield.

Maine, November 4, 1919 .

168 Harvey, Reed Darrell, 1 Clark St, Mill-

town, Maine, November 4, 1919.

169 Bragdon, Stacy Lloyd, 15 Lincoln St., Gor

ham, Maine, March 15, 1920.

170 Barton, Lawrence Price, Greenwood St.,

Watervllle, Maine, March 15, 1920.

171 Jowett, John Naylor, Uxbridge, Mass.,

March 15. 1920.

172 Kaler. Stephen Scamman, 559 Ocean St.,

South Portland, Maine, March 15, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
Delta Xi Chapter

51 Necker, Christian Frank, 14 Lincoln Apt.,

Reno. Nev., October 29, 19 17.1

52 Kielhofer, Karl Louis, Truckee, Cal., Octo-

ber 29, 1917.*

53 Coke, Sterling Dent, Fort Duchesne, Utah,

October 12, 1919.

54 Shirley, Herbert Vinton, 81 W. Ninth St.,

Reno, Nev., October 12, 1919.

55 LeKamp, Myron Leslie, 332 Marsh Ave.,

Reno, Nev., October 12, 1919.

56 Graham, Clyde Adolphus, 1316% North St.,

Sscramento, Cal., October 12, 1919.

57 Markettl, Frank Raymond, Dayton, Nev.,

October 12 1919

58 Packard, Oris, Springville, Utah, Decem-

ber 7 1919.

59 Simpson, Daniel Clark, 537 Ralston St.,

Reno, Nev., December 7. 1919.

60 Abbott Herbert Louis, Verdi, Nev., Decem-

ber 7, 1919.

61 Stenlnger, John Barrett, Elko, Nev., De-

cember 7, 1919.

62 Wise, Peyton Randolph, 309 G St., San

Rafael, Cal., February 23, 1920.

63 Keables, Albert Elisha, 1528 Height St.,

San Francisco, Cal., February 23, 1920.

64 Cann, William Silas, 629 Jones St., Reno.,

Nev., February 23, 1920.

65 Cann, George Arthur, 629 Jones St., Reno,

Nev., February 23, 1920.

66 Fraser, Harold Alexander, 1625 California

St, Eureka, Cal., February 23, 1920.

67 Harmon, Ellis, 1244 L St., Eureka, Cal.,

February 23, 1920.

68 Williams, Roland Charles, 301 Eleventh St.,

Sparks, Nev., February 23, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
Delta Omicron Chapter

100 Dart, Harold Adolphus, 814 Third St.,

Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, February 14, 1920.
Gartin, William WoodrufT, 1108 Cleveland

Blvd., Caldwell, Idaho, February 14,

1920.
Chamberlain, Frederick Bishop, 1017 Fourth

St., Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, February 14,

Hibner, Lloyd Dewey, Chesterfield, Idaho,

February 14, 1920.
104 McQuaig, Howard Melvln, 809 Garden St,

Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, February 14, 1920.
Schroeder, Otto Whitfield, Fraser, Idaho

February 14, 1920.
Ficke. Arthur Benjamin, Fayette, Idaho,

February 14, 1920.
Schroeder, Leo Walter, Fraser, Idaho, Feb-
ruary 14, 1920.
108 Kimmell, Rex, Kicco, Fla., February 14,

1920.
Goranson, Charles Eugene, 346 S. Jackson

Ave., Pocatello, Idaho, February 14, 1920.
Brockman, Cecil Clare, 1420 Belmont Ave.,

Seattle, Wash., February 14, 1920.
Kern, Amand Joseph, Genesee, Idaho, Feb-
ruary 14, 1920.
Haymond, Harold Albert, 718 Elm St,

Moscow, Idaho. February 14. 1920.
Hughart, Harold Hershal, 449 S. Seventh

Ave.. Pocatello, Ids ho, March 10, 1920.
Day, Jerome James, Moscow, Idaho, March

18, 1920.
115 Anderson, Emil Arthur, 612 Third Ave., E.,

Kalispell, Mont, June 2, 1920.

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'Initiated in year 1917-1918, but not reported
until stfer July 1, 1919.

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Delta Pi Chapter

103 Mozlngo, Harley 1., Seymour, Iowa, Octo-

ber 18 1919

104 Duggan, ' James Henry, Jr., Irwinton, Ga.,

Route No. 1. (Aff. from Mu 352), Novem-
ber 29 1919

105 Donald Salisbury Bartlett, 404 Fourth Ave.,

Lewiston. Idaho, (AfT. from Beta Pel
208). November 28, 1919.

106 Otterback, Philip Graham, 3529 Thirteenth

St.. N. W., Washington, D. C, (Aff. from
Delta Upsilon 10), November 29, 1919.

107 Yates, Frank Lloyd, Rlppon, W. Va., (Aff.

from Gamma Pi 115), November 29,
1919.

108 Davis, Fred. 3030 Second St, N. W., Wash-

ington, D. C, December 6, 1919.

109 Burdick, Robert Cortez, Double Springs.

Ala., December 6, 1919.

110 Miller, Nelson Alexander, 1886 N. Capitol
^ ^ St., Washington, D. C, December 6, 1919.

111 Saltzman, George Clifford, 1303 Newton St,

Brookland, D. C, December 6, 1919.

112 Carmody, Francis Joseph, 224 W. Grand

Ave., Decatur, 111., December 6, 1919.

113 Harlow, Wilbur Frank, Brentwood, Md.f

December 6, 1919.

114 Myers, Myron Lewis, 1420 Ames Place, N.

E., Washington, D. C, December 6, 1919.

115 Harris, William, 1506 Lamont St., N W.,

Washington, D. C, February 7, 1920.

116 Falls, Charles Donald, Brazil, Ind., Febru-

ary 7, 1920.

117 Rollins, James Franklin, Tulsa, Ok la.. R

F. D. No. 3, February 7, 1920.

118 Morgan, Robert Emmet 1714 S. Boston St.,

Tulsa, Okla., February 7, 1920.

119 Braham. William Walter, New Wilmington.

Pa., February 7, 1920.

120 Tolson, Hillary Alfred, 524 S. Twelfth St.,

E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 1, 1920.

121 Tolson, Clyde Anderson, 524 S. 12th St., E.,

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 1, 1920.

122 Chandler, Robert Carswell. 101 Jones Ave..

S., Waynesboro, Ga., May 1, 1920.

123 McKoy, Francis Kelton, 402 S. Third St,

Wilmington, N. C, May 1, 1920.

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COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Delta Rbo Chapter

87 es Samuel, Rocky Ford,

January 25, 1920.

88 rold, 1057 S. Washlng-
:olo., January 25, 1920.

89 , 101 Goodrich St., Jer-
iary 25, 1920.

90 fames, Box 243, Sunny -
ry 25, 1920.

91 Henry, 809 Whedbee
Colo., January 25, 1920.

92 \ Alexander, Box 404,
nary 25, 1920.

93 rrie, Box 254 R. P. D.
:olo., January 25, 1920.

94 sroy. Box 406, Paonia,
, 1920.

95 Rocky Ford, Colo., Jan-

90 >1 More, Monte Vista,

o. 2.

97 b Dennis, 701 Chestnut
Colo., January 25, 1920.

98 itt Samuel, West Lib-
„„„, iry 25, 1920.

99 Burnett, Raymond Seton, 126 S. Whltcome,

Fort Collins. Colo., March 21. 1920.

100 Staab, John Leonard, 619 Wedbee, Fort

Collins, Colo.. March 21, 1920.

101 Morrell. Lawrence Bernard, 220 E. Seventh

Ave., Denver, Colo., May 30, 1920.

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Delta Sigma Chapter

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Muncie, Ind., February 7, 1920.
Monroe, George Edwin, 146 E. Pine St.,

Grove City, Pa., February 7, 1920.
Bowman. Howard Alexander, 461 Norwood

Ave., Buffalo, N. Y., February 7, 1920.
Nutting, Ian Fltzallen, 107 Mifflin Ave.,

Wilklnsburg, Pa., February 7 1920.
Fritz, John William, 205 Hickory St.,

Johnstown, Pa.. February 7, 1920.
Holmes, Frederick Stlllman, Crescent St.,

Buffalo, N. Y., February 7, 1920.
Brink, George Alfred, 204 Coleman St.,

Marinette, Wis., February 7, 1920.
Gordon, John Hans, 4232 Fifth Ave., Pitts-
burgh, Pa., February 7, 1920.
Gates, John Calhoun, Jr., 224 S. Euclid

Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., (Aff. from Epsilon

104), March 6, 1920. , ^

Cramer, Robert Lee. 2036 First St., N. W.,

Washington, D. C, (Aff. from Delta Pi

100), April 16, 1920.
Gossard, George Ralph, 205 First St., But-
ler, Pa., May 23, 1920.

OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Delta Tau Chapter

71 Tracy, John Edmund, R. F. D. No. 3, Al-

bany, Oreg., (Aff. from Gamma Zeta 135),
October 6, 1919.

72 Dyment, Donald St. Clair, 760 Bowdoin 8t.

Portland, Oreg., (Aff. from Gamma Chi
198), October 6, 1919.

73 Aulnuf, Chester Otto, Cottage Grove, Oreg.,

October 11, 1919

74 Hoefler, Myron Page, Jerome Ave., Astoria,

Oreg., October 18, 1919.

75 Hubbard, Roland Asahel, 322 S. Riverside

Ave., Medford, Oreg., October 18, 1919.

76 Steele, Leighton Howe, 512 Lewis Bldg.,

Portland, Oreg., October 18, 1919.

77 SchiUe, Anthony George, 608 Kookham

Ave., Portland, Oreg., October llv 1919.

78 Snook, Meurice Carroll, Madras, Oreg., Feb-

ruary 20, 1920.
.79 Nichols, Rudolph Isadore, Wenatchee,
Wash, February 21, 1920.

80 Crout, John Shaw, 1326 Tillamook St,

Portland, Oreg., February 21, 1920.

81 Cook, Ransom McCundy, 407 E. Fortieth

North, Portland, Oreg., February 21. 1920.

82 Bremner, Alexander, 595 Eleventh St.

Aatorla, Oreg., February 21, 1920.

83 White, Sidney Clark, 1420 Alemeda St,

Portland, Oreg., February 21, 1920.

84 Dlesell, Thomas White, 1185 Crescent Ave.,

Klamath Falls, Oreg., February 21, 1920.

85 Sweeney, Edmund James, 456 E. Seven-

teenth N., Portland, Oreg., February 21,
1920.

86 Nelson, Alder Edward, 1547 Belmont St.,

Portland, Oreg., February 21. 1920.

87 Persons, Philip Sheridan, 1618 Arch St,

Berkley, Calif., February 21, 1920.

88 Jennings, Richard, 515 College St, Port-

land, Oreg., date not given.
S9 Angle, Frank Cecil, 728 E. Ash St, Port-
land, Oreg., date not given.

90 Judy, John Wesley, Medford, Oreg., date not

given.

91 Moffltt, John Paul, care J. C. Mann Cloth

Co., Medford, Oreg., date not given.

COLEGATE UNIVERSITY
Delta Upsilon Chapter

65 Brunstrom, David Leroy, 109 Allen St.,

Jamestown, N. Y., October 8, 1919.

66 Audrieth, Ludwlg Frederick. 165 Ried St..

Elisabeth, N. J., October 8. 1919.

07 McQuarrie, Angus Allan, Noark, Conn.,

October 8, 1919.

08 Thomas, Wm. Benjamin Sylvester, 81 Ma-

olis Ave., Bloomfield, N. J., October 15,
1919.

69 Anderson, Wilton Hobart, 221 Fulton St,

Jamestown, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

70 Beers, LeRoy Edward, 152 Bartlett St,

Rochester, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

71 Cole. Robert Ernest, 109 Stuben St., Bath,

N. Y., December 3, 1919.

72 Cooper, Frank Albert, 9 Pleasant St, Port-

land, N. Y.. December 3, 1919.

V> Ford, i*aul Fanner. 15 Baldwin St., John-
son City, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

i4 Hanson, Wilbur Irving, Redwood, N. Y.,
December 3, 1919.

75 Hedgcock, Leland Merrll, 225 Oak Ave.,
Takoma Park, Washington, D. C, De-
cember 3, 1919.

70 Johnson, Clark Albert, 612 Budd St, Car-
thage, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

77 Le Tray, Frederick Alfred, 36 Sterling St.,

Gouverneur, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

78 Letts, Boyd ThomaB, 60 Clinton Ave., Cort-

land, N. Y., December 3. 1919.

79 Mason, Floyd Sanford, 80 River St, Cort-

land, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

80 Peck, Donald Allen, St Laurence Inn.

Geuverneur, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

81 Phalen, Stanley Frank, 130 N. Johns St..

Carthage, N. Y., December 3, 1919.

82 Van Amburgh, John Daniel, Port Crane, N.

Y., December 8, 1919.

83 Weston, Stan dish, 1664 Columbia Road.

Washington, D. C, December 8, 1919.

84 Savllle, Jean Latimer, 18 Camp St., New-

ark, N. J., December 17, 1919.

85 Hurn, James Marshall, Hamilton, N. Y.,

March 10. 1920.

86 Smith, Gordon Kroll, 1329 S. Wall St, Spo-

kane, Wash., March 10, 1920.

87 Stevenson, Horace Lorraine, 157 You St,

N. W., Washington, D. C, (Aff. from
Delta Pi 93), September 25, 1919.

88 Jester, Edgar Frederich, Franklin, N. Y.,

April 28, 1920.

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MARYLAND STATB COLLEGE
Delta Phi Chapter

45 Cogging, Irving, 8023 New Hampshire Ave.,

Washington, D. C, May 27, 1919.*

46 Murrell, Archibald Arthur, Cosden OH &

Gas Co., Covington, Okla., October 1,
1919.

47 Hindman, Edward Russell, New York, N.

Y.t Apt. 64, 521 W. 122nd St., October
10, 1919.

48 Ntsbet, Andrew Nelson, 1923 B. 35th St.,

Baltimore, Md., December 5, 1919.

49 Luckey, George James, Jr., 289 Spring St..

Trenton, N. J., December 5, 1919.

50 Finney, Argyle Norwood, 748 Rockcreek

Road, Washington, D. C, December 5,
1919.

51 Moore, John Frederick, 1255 Eye St., N. E.,

Washington, D. C, December 5, 1919.

52 Pollock, George Finnley, Boyd, Md., Feb-

ruary 17, 1920.
58 Lescure, William Joseph, Jr., 803 N. Sec-
ond St., Harrisburg, Pa., February 17,
1920.

54 Lescure, John Motter. 803 N. Second St.,

Harrisburg, Pa., February 17, 1920.

55 Hawkins, Joseph Mowell, Jr., 1516 S.

Twelfth St, Harrisburg, Pa., February
17, 1920.

56 Parks, Frederick Herman, Tlmonium, Md.,

February 17, 1920.

57 Buchheister, George G., Leeland, Md., Feb-

ruary 17, 1920.

58 Burroughs. James Edward, LaPlataa, Md.,

February 17. 1920.

59 Gundry, Richard, Catonsvllle, Md., Febru-

ary 17. 1920.

60 Wallls. Albert Grafton, 103 W. Third St.,

Frederick, Md.. April 12, 1920.

61 LeSavoy, Nathaniel A., 580 Broadway, New

York City, N. Y., April 17, 1919.

62 Davis, Milton Ernest, Merville and Llnwood

Ave., Mt. Washington, Baltimore, M*i.,
June 15, 1920.
68 Johnson, Joseph George, 3350 Oilman Ter-
race, Baltimore, Md., June 16, 1920.

TRINITY COLLEGE
Delta Chi Chapter

53 Plerpont, Nathan Merrill, R. F. D. No. 1.

Waterbury, Conn., June 20, 1919.1

54 McGee, Marcus Thornton, 1101 E. Breckin-

ridge St., Louisville, Ky., July 8, 1919.

55 Nelson, William Lionel, 718 Tenth Ave., New

Brghton, Pa., September 24, 1919.

56 Cross, Robert Ellis, Y. M. C. A., Hartford.

Conn., October 18, 1919.

57 Seymour, Chester Rhoades, Asst Tress.,

Ensign-Bickford Co., Simsbury, Conn.,
October 18, 1919.

58 Randall, Lester, 62 Webster St, Hartford,

Conn., October 18, 1919.

59 Francis, Walter Lyman, Glastonbury,

Conn., October 29. 1919.

60 Canner, Walter William. Main St, Cheshire,

Conn., November 1, 1919.

61 Charleton, William Wesley, 765 Crescent

St, Astoria. N. Y., November 1, 1919.

62 Clark, Henry Hayden, Woodbury, Conn.,

November 1. 1919.
68 Cram, Clare Edward, 33 Madison St., Hart-
ford, Conn., November 1, 1919.

64 Nordlund. Relnhold Enoch, 40 Woodland

St, Hartford, Conn., November 1, 1919.

65 Jette, Claude Zoel, Wauregan, fonn., No-

vember 1, 1919.

66 Stevens, George Ernest, 76 Houston St,

New Haven, Conn., November 1, 1919.

67 Linton, Donald Samuel, 227 Slsson Ave.,

Hartford, Conn., November 19, 1919.

68 Cooley, James Madison Love, Box 83, Fari-

bault Minn., January 4, 1920.

69 Tate, William James, Yanltic, Conn., Feb-

ruary 18, 1920.

^Initiated in year 1918-1919, but not reported
until after July 1. 1919.

•Affiliated In year 1918-1919, but not reported
until after July 1, 1919.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE
Delta Psi Chapter

52 Granger, George Borden, Rockvllle Centre,

N. Y., (Aff. from Gamma Delta 117),
April 30, 1919.»

53 Chase, Elton Fletcher, 124 Upland Road,

Quincy, Maine, March 18, 1919.1

54 Reiber, Lea Alfred, Bunkie, La., October 8.

1919.

55 Morrell, Allen Everett, Sudbury Road, Way-

land, Mass., October 8, 1919.

56 Black, Lester Miles. 100 Garfield St, Saco.

Maine, October 8. 1919.

57 Jardine, Irvine Wendell, Fort Fairfield,

Maine, October 8, 1919.

58 Latty, Elvin Remo, Stonlngton, Maine, Oc-

tober 8 1919

59 McLaughlin, Cecil Cleophus, 28 Riverside

St, Houlton, Maine, October 8, 1910.

60 Small, Clfford Osgood, Mexico, Maine, Oc-

tober 8. 1919.

61 Tootell, Frederick Delmont. Hampshire

Road, Salem, N. H., October 8, 1919.

62 White, Stanley Edison, 132 Penobscot St.,

Rumford, Maine, October 8. 1919.

63 Benton, Albion Moulton, Kezar Falls, Maine,

December 10, 1919.

64 Eldridge, Dean Stratton, 8 Gaylord St.,

Amherst, Mass., December 10, 1919.

65 French, Earle Kenneth, Bath R. F. D. No.

1. West Bath. Maine, January 14, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Epsilon Alpha Chapter

37 Rider, Percy Sowers, 405 N. Main St, Tuc-

son, Ariz., August 15, 1919.

38 Rhoades, Richard Carroll, 136 E, Indianola

Ave., Phoenix, Ariz., September 23, 1919.

39 Rubel, Albert Chatfleld, Room 9, First Na-

tional Bank Bide., Albuquerque, N. Mex.,
November 4, 1919.

40 Rogers, Edgar Albion, 838 N. Euclid Ave.,

Tucson, Ariz., November 27, 1919.

41 Wooddell, Allen L., 4920 Van Ness, Los

Angeles, Calif., February 14, 1920.

42 Ross, Paul Victor, 1154 Orange Drive, Holly-

wood, Calif., February 16, 1920.

43 Rolf, Harold Von, 839 Sec. St., Phoenix,

Ariz., February 16, 1920.

44 Asking, Herbert Roland, 7th St. & Sheridan

Ave., Phoenix, Ariz., February 16. 1920.

45 Sines, Raymond Ralph, 223 N. Alarcon St.,

Prescott, Ariz., February 16, 1920.

46 Hobbs, John Cole, Warren, Ariz., Box 811,

February 16, 1920.

47 Casey, Perry William. R. F. D. No. 3,

Phoenix, Ariz., February 16, 1920.

48 Connlff, John Sarsfield, 25 Finley Ave.,

Montgomery, Ala., February 16, 1920.

49 Bell, 'James Bryan, Farbanks, Ariz., Feb-

ruary 16, 1920.

50 Edwards, Albert Ingaels, 8210 Arlington St.,

Chicago, 111., February 16, 1920.

51 Hereford, Francis Rockwell, 840 N. Main

St, Tucson, Ariz., February 16, 1920.

52 Pittmann, Dalton Beverley, Luray, Va., Feb-

ruary 16. 1920.

53 Webb, Walter Duvall, Jr., Tempe, Ariz.,

February 16, 1920.

54 Mlsbaugh, William Robert. 24 E. Washing-

ton St. Phoenix, Ariz., February 16, 1920.

55 Sweet Alvin Jay, 526 N. 6th Ave., Tucson,

Ariz., February 16, 1920.

56 Baker, James B., 417 W. Van Buren St,

Phoenix. Ariz., June 3, 1920.

57 Keteisen, Hto, Jr., Oatman, Ariz., June 8,

1920.

DLURY COLLEGE
Epsilon Beta Chapter

1 Kirby, Guy Don n el I, 502 E. Walnut St.,

Springfield, Mo., December 17, 1919.

2 Page, Alfred, 782 S. Florence St., Spring-

field, Mo., December 17, 1919.

3 Spurgeon, Charles Haddon, Sheridan, Ind.,

December 17. 1919.

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Andrew, Paul Edward, 725 Madison St,
SDringfleld, Mo., December 17, 1919.

Meador. Lewis Ellern, 529 E. Walnut St,
Springfield, Mo., December 17, 1919.

Elkius, Ralph Willis, Elmvas Apts, Spring-
field, Mo., December 17, 1919.

Blain, James Reginald, 412 Boonville,
Springfield, Mo., December 17, 1919.

Duncan, Jack Harlan, U. S. S. North Caro-
lina, c/o P. M., San Francisco, Calif., De-

Me7rTtterHarJ|19Wadsworth. 937 Benton
Ave., Springfield, Mo., December 17, 1919

Lilley, James Frank, 2531 Froost .Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo., December 17, 1919.

Quinn, John' McCarthy. Hotel Sansone,
Springfield, Mo., December 17, 1919.

Cope, Wallace Carmel, Crane, Mo., Decem-

Mo^rV^mn' Bert, 414 W Walnut St.,

Springfield. Mo, Decem%U V9fL
Neville, James Harvey, 1055 , E. Elm St.,

SDringfleld. Mo., December 17, 1919.
GrXmf Frank Blue, Perry, Iowa, Decem-

Lanedrrum, ^'hard Hundley, Mt. Vernon,
Mo., December 17, 1919. «.,.,.«„ a*

Snaveiy, Ralph Adele, 725 E. Madison St.,
Springfield, Mo.. December 17. 1919.

GroSsenheider, Herman E^***'*0* ®97'
Burkbumett, Texas, December 17, 1919.

True, Frank Cleveland, 3124 Chestnut Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo., December 17. 1M».

Wright Thomas Jackson, Walnut Grove,
Mo\, December 17, 1919.

Jones, Joseph Levi. West Plains, Mo, De-
cember 17, 1919. _

Williams, E. Raymond. Miller, Mo., Decem-

e, 1347 Benton
jcember 17. 1919.
, Republic, Mo,

np Manor Apts,
er 17, 1919.

1865 N. Grant
cember 17, 1919.
318 Nichols St.,
er 17, 1919.
ebanon, Mo., De-

, Mo, December

T41 S. Grant St..
er 17, 1919.
ndler, Okla, De

Washburnr James Harrison, 1009 N. Jeffer-
son St, Springfield, Mo, December li,
1919

Thompson, Lloyd Veru, West Plains, Mo,
December 17, 1919.

Jones, Harold Milborn, Sarcoxle, Mo, De-
cember 17. 1919. ^ . lt _.

Jarvis, Howard William, 439 South St,
Springfield, Mo, December 17, 1919.

Manlove, Dudley Pierson, Pierce City, Mo,
December 17, 1919.

Summers, Jacob son St.,

Springfield. M L9.

Pierce, Abial 1 pge St,

Springfield, M L9.

Coffelt Oscar T ie Ave.,

Chicago, 111,

Mansfield, Alfre< es Ave,

St Louis, Mo. _ _

Smith, Willis B , ~, Pacific

R. R, Little Rock, Ark, December 18,

1919.

Derry, Harold David, Buffalo, Mo, Decem-
ber 18, 1919.

Llchllter, Levi Leroy, 3721 Holmes St,
Kansas Cltv, Mo., December 19, 1919.

Hartley, William Elmo, R. F. D. No. 4,
Carthage, Mo, December 19, 1919.

Shinkle, Clifford Alois, 732 W. 1st., Webb
City, Mo, December 19, 1919.

Schoppee, Charles Vernon, Pierce City, Mo,
December 19, 1919.

Chamberlan, Iris McKay, Division & Oak
Sts, Springfield, Mo, December 28, 1919.

Chalender, Charles Leon, 906 E. Center St,
Springfield, Mo, December 28, 1919.

49 Littrell, Francis Harvard, 217 E. Mt Ver-

non St, Springfield, Mo, December 28.
1919.

50 Robertson, Verne Wilson, 982 N. Jeffersou

St, Springfield, Mo, January 20, 1920.

51 Moffltt, Hugh Charles, 555 W. Center,

Springfield, Mo, December 28. 1919.

52 McLemore, Alexander Ralph, Walnut Grove,

Mo, January 23, 1920.

53 White, Turner, Jr., 1225 Clay St, Spring-

field, Mo, February 11, 1920.

54 Homer, James Thomas, Sigma Nu House,

Springfield, Mo., February 16, 1920.

55 Woody, Roger Calvin, Ozark, Mo, February

16, 1920.

56 Armstrong, Ernest Alva, Willow Springs,

Mo., February 16, 1920.

57 Steineger, Charles Frederick, 623 Cherry St,

Springfield, Mo, February 16, 1920.

58 Morris. Gerald Wade. 119 S. Mill St,

Springfield, Mo, February 16, 1920.

59 Coltrane, Wesley Lichliter, 948 N. Jefferson

St., Springfield, Mo, February 16, 1920.

60 Toung, Victor Ernest, Coldwater, Kana,

February 16, 1920. _ ^ 1

61 McCormack, Charles Goodsell, 425 Pearl

St, Springfield, Mo, March 6, 1920.

62 Robertson, Kern Bryan, Leeland Apts,

Houston, Texas, April 2, 1920.
03 Davis, Marion Ross, 4743 Beacon St, Chi-
cago, 111, April 6, 1920.

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Epsilon Gamma Chapter

Custard, Frank Robert 126 North, Willi-

mantic, Conn., May_22f 1920.
Pettengill, Francis Wilbur, 4524 Mulberry

St., Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa, May 22,

1920.
Porter, Charles Pullman, Beechmont Drive,

New Rochelle, N. Y., May 22, 1920.
Purnell, Russell Talcott, 741 Main St, S.

Manchester, Conn, May 22, 1920.
Cutbill, Harold Clifford, R. F. D., No. 37. S.

Norwalk, Conn, May 22, 1920.
Lounsbury, Elford Floyd, Kensington,

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22

ashlngton
2, 1920.
Highway,

Grant St,
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Man St,

St, Stan-

ie, N. J.,

13 Conover, John Alpaugh, Maple Ave, Glad-

stone, N. J., May 28. 1920.

14 Defandorf, Clark Smith, 525 Pawling Ave.,

Troy, N. Y, May 22, 1920.

15 Downs, Charles Nathan, Riverhead, N. Y,

May 22, 1920.

16 Easton Ralph Murley, 294 College Ave,

Kingston, Pa, May 22, 1920.

17 Hibbard, Robert Harvey, 188 Edgewood St,

Hartford, Conn, May 22, 1920.

18 Newsom. Paul Alford. 9 North 7th St, Pat-

erson, N. Y, May 22, 1920.

19 Rogers, Clesson Alden, 22 Highland Ter-

race, Gloversvllle, N. Y.f May 22, 1920.

20 Sherman, Donald William, 63 Caroline St,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, May 22, 1920.

Burchard, Philip Raymond, 161 Park St.,
New Canaan, Conn, May 22, 1920.

Dietterch, Albert Merritt. 10 Abbots Ford
Place. Buffalo. N. Y, May 22. 1920.

23 Doolittle, Lawrence Howard, 265 Farming-

ton Ave., New Britain, Conn., May 22,
1920.

24 Hill, Hoisted, 53 SiBSon Ave, Hartford,

Conn, May 22, 1920.

25 Hogle, Charles Newman, South Glens Falls.

N. Y, May 22, .1920.

26 Keenan, Lawrence Edward, Highlands, N.

J, May 22, 1920.

27 Lee, Norman Robert, 1216 Debmark Rd.,

Plainfleld, N. J, May 22, 1920.

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28 Teuton, Alfred Everett, Main St, Darien.

Conn., May 22, 1920.

29 Downing, Dudley Gordon, 147 Prospect St.,

GloTersville. N. Y., May 22, 1920.

30 Flower, Bordwell Hastings, West Pawlet,

Vt, May 22, 1920.

31 Irons, John Henry, Jr.. 60 Frankln St,

Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 22. 1920.

82 Lovejoy, Frederick Francis, Jr., 41 Second
St.. East Norwalk, Conn.. May 22, 1920.

33 Morrow, Rising Lake, West Pawlet, Vt..

May 22. 1920.

34 Smalley, Clarence Leonard. Gladstone, N. J.,

May 22, 1920.

35 Folk, Walter Edward. Baldwin Are., Merl-

den. Conn.. June 12, 1920.

Lake Leelanau in Winter

By Past Editor John C. Scott, Beta Zeta

[Brothers who know our Past Editor, John C Scott, will be interested in this poem
and accompanying illustration. Brother Scott spent a part of last winter and all summer
in his old-time haunts at Leland, where many Sigma Nus have foregathered in past years
as his guests. — The Editor.]

Lake Leelanau, a field of ice,

Lies peacefully asleep;
Her wooded borders banked with snow

In places twelve feet deep,

A dozen fishing shanties mark
The haunts of big lake trout.

It's fun to hook them through the ice,
And sport to pull them out.

The icebergs piled along the beach

Have walls of drifted snow
And rounded tops that make them look

Like huts of Esquimo.
The road along the shore is blocked,

And when Mel brings the mail,
He drives his sled across the ice

From down near Weinhardt's trail

Lake Michigan has been subdued.

No longer does she toss
The sturdy little mail-boat,

Now they drive the mail across.
The strangest sight, and one which put

My vision out of joint,
Was when I watched the setting sun

Go down off Pyramid Point.

Although the sun seemed out of place
The color scheme was true

As when in summer-time it sets
Behind North Manitou.

Big banks of purple clouds beneath

The brilliant after-glow,
Spread tints of gold and lavender

Across the lake of snow.

/ watched this changing picture

Till it faded into night,
Then turned my startled vision

To the full-moon's crystal light.

A Lake Leelanau Fisherman:
Past Editor John C. Scott on a Winter Vacation

It changed my thoughts like magic,
And cheered me with a thrill,

When I saw the silhouetted
Summer-houses on the hill.

It brought me understanding

Of the force which seems to draw
Thoughts and hearts to dear old Leland

By the spell of Leelanau.

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The Chapter Letter for December is Due October 15, 1920

We are again repeating this notice for Chapter Letters for December, as announced in
the May Delta. We trust this advance notice will aid us in prompt co-operation. Re-
porters, you will greatly relieve the Editors overtaxed nerves, if you will plan out your
letters ahead of time and send them immediately on receiving the regular call by post.
If this call fails to reach you on time, send in your letters just the same, without waiting
for the telegraph boy to remind you further.

Printing conditions are still abnormal and we must set our schedule much further
ahead of the old-time-limit in order to ensure The Delta's coming out on publication date.

Three Chapter Reporters voluntarily contributed letters not knowing of our custom of
not requiring a summer letter. We print them not only for the news that is in them, but
as an example of faithful Reporters who do not need to be asked to attend to the duties
of their office. More power to that kind of Brotherly spirit.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Gamma Lambda Chapter

Commencement has gone, and with it
the following Brothers: Herbert Cramer,
James Payton, Berthold Mann, Walter
Mueller, Newton Wagner, Leslie Bosworth,
Clarence Joerndt, Donald McCandless, and
Francis Whitney.

Besides these, Stanley McCandless and
Maklem Gregory are now attending sum-
mer school, and this will finish their work
at the University of Wisconsin. In addi-
tion to those who have been mentioned in
previous Deltas, as having won their
laurels as students, three more men have
greatly aided in showing that Gamma
Lambda still upholds its high scholastic
standing. Maklem Gregory was elected
to Artus, the honorary Economic society.
Leslie Bosworth was awarded an honor for
his thesis. Stanley McCandless was
awarded a scholarship, which he will make
use of at Harvard, next fall.

During the second semester we initiated
Oak Amidon of Fargo, North Dakota.
Brother Amidon was kept out of school for
some time because of serious illness. Al-
though he is not returning to Wisconsin in
the fall, we are sure that he will make a
worthy Brother wherever he may locate.
We also pledged and initiated Walter K.
Schwinn, of Red Oak, Iowa. "Walt" surely
won his spurs on the campus before we
found him. He is now a member of the
Glee Club, the Press Club, and of Hares-

foot (our musical comedy organization).
He served as Skyrocket editor on the
Daily Cardinal during the past year, and
will continue in that position during the
coming year.

Besides "Walt," two more of our men
made Haresfoot this year. These men
were Howard (Sparks) Dodge, and Robert
McDonald.

1919-1920 was a golden year for us in
athletics. In inter-fraternity meets, we
stood on a level with any bunch on the
campus. We boast of having won 6even
cups during the short nine months. Five
of these cups were won in inter-fraternity
athletics. We hope to make it a cup a
month next year.

Our success has not, however, been lim-
ited to inter-fraternity circles. Willis
(Slew) Fanning won his "W" in tennis.
Malcolm McCartney, Wellington Brothers
and George Stolley were all regular mem-
bers of the varsity track team, and counted
in many of Wisconsin's victories this
spring.

It might be well to mention that the new
men have not been standing still. Lee Mc-
Candless, Russell Bond, and Ed Weeks
won their numerals. McCandless was a
member of the Frosh track team; Bond
was elected manager of the Frosh baseball
team; and Weeks was elected manager of
the Frosh track team.

In baseball, we emerged in third place
from about thirty-five competing teams.
We can hand out the same old hard luck
story that if we hadn't lost our pitcher in

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the finals, we would have surely come out
on top.

With "Chuck" Dorries at the wheel, and
with Harry Phillips as rushing chairman,
we look forward to next fall with the full
confidence that we will just grab off those
men we want and make them permanent
fixtures in our House, of which we are all
so proud.

HARWOOD GREGORY, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

Gamma Phi Chapter

Since our last letter to The Delta, Gam-
ma Phi has passed through many things
that can be placed in the "success" column.
There have been some incidents that can-
not, however, go in that column.

At the beginning of the spring quarter
there were 32 men, active and pledges, in
the House.

Only two men were pledged during the
spring quarter. They were: Fred D. Ja-
queth, Kalispell; and Ralph W. Bell,
Florence.

On April 10th, four new Brothers were
initiated into Sigma Nu. They were: James
Donald Gillespie, Lothiar; John Hardie
Halroyd, Helena; William Hughes, Mis-
soula; and Leroy Kerschner, of Billings.
On account of low grades, six pledges
were ineligible for initiation at this time.

The evening after the initiation of the
men mentioned above, was the date set
for our formal dance. The affair was
recognized as one of the best social func-
tions of the year.

Brothers Walter Skirchen and Kershner
have done well in representing Sigma Nu
in athletics. Walter Skirchen won his M
in football, basketball and baseball. Kersh-
ner made the Freshman football and bas-
ketball teams and by the aid of war credits
became eligible for the varsity baseball
team. He did not get his letter, but ac-
companied the team on its invasion of
Washington and Idaho.

Brother Kershner was appointed Editor-
in-Chief of the Freshman edition of The
Kaimin, the official paper of the State Uni-
versity. Fifty-fifty honors were shared, in
this line, with Kershner by Pledge Bor-
land, who edited the Sigma Delta Chi
edition of The Kaimin. As the talents of

the Sigma Nus seems to run to this sort of
activities it might be as well to mention
here that Brother Guy H. Mooney has just
recently been elected Editor of The Kaimin
for 1920 and '21.

Brother Al LeClaire organized a five-
piece jazz orchestra which is fast becom-
ing the favorite orchestra for functions,
both in and out of the city.

Financially, perhaps more than any
other way, the Chapter has made progress.
Under the efficient management of Brother
Sid Ballard the Chapter has paid off all
the debts incurred during the war and has,
at the same time, paid for the house fix-
tures that were necessary at the beginning
of the year.

During the Inter-scholastic Track Meet
the Sigma Nus were more than active and
the prospects for a successful rushing sea-
son next fall is unusually bright.

When the W. S. C. baseball team came
over the Chapter was visited by Brothers
Norman Ross, Roy Hanley, and Mike Mo-
ran, from Delta Iota Chapter.

In scholarship, this year, Sigma Nu has
been uncomfortably low. We were fourth
of the six men's fraternities on the campus.

On Monday, May 21st, five more men
were introduced to the Snake. They were:
Pledges Guy L. Dunlavy, Bedford, Iowa;
Richard A. Theis, Missoula; Fred D. Ja-
queth, Kalispell; Ralph Bell, Florence;
and Maurice Angland, Great Falls.

The main issue before Gamma Phi now
is, like that before many other chapters
in the country, a new House. Literature
has been prepared and sent out to all the
Alumni by Commander Brice Toole, and
indications are that we will have a new
House in which to start the quarter next
fall.

And so, with the outlook for the future
of Gamma Phi brighter than it has ever
been before, this last letter of the year is
being sent with best wishes for the coming
year to The Delta and the great "Society
of College Men" which it represents.

LEROY KERSCHNER, Reporter.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE

Delta Psi Chapter

Bowdoin returned to the old plan of
holding commencement during the middle
of the week this year, giving up the newly

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inaugurated idea of a week-end commence-
ment such ad was held last year. The sou-
venir badges were in the form of the State
seal in honor of the Centennial of Maine's
admission to the Union. Sigma Nu played
a prominent part in the class day exercises
this year, Brother Constantine being chap-
lain and Brother Draper, poet. Fourteen
members of the Chapter received degrees
this June, Brother Grant becoming an M.
D., while the others graduated from the
academic department. Brothers K. V. Pal-
mer, Draper, Thebeau, and Chase were
awarded the degree of Bachelor of
Science, while Brothers Libbey, Haddock,
Norwood, E. C. Palmer, Hurrell, Demuth,
Lindner, Constantine, and Hurlin are now
Bachelors of Arts.

Brother McCrum was elected a Junior
member of Phi Beta Kappa and was initi-
ated at commencement, thereby maintain-
ing Delta Psi's record of at least one man
elected to that honorary fraternity each
year. This record is one which was started
in the first class graduating from Delta
Psi, in 1916, and has yet to see a year
when a member of this Chapter is not
chosen for his scholastic ability. Brother
Helson was admitted to the Ibis, the Senior
literary society, of which Brother Draper
was a member last year. Brother Young
received the highest honor at the hands
of the student body in June, when he was
elected president of the Student Council
for the coming year. He was also elected
a member of the Union Governors for
1920-21.

The Brown Memorial Scholarship for
the class of 1921, was again won by

Brother McCrum, who has held this honor
throughout his college course. Brother
Helson is a member of the Orient Board
for next year, and Brother R. W. Noyes of
the Quill Board. Brother Morrell was
elected business manager of the annual
Bugle Board for the class of 1922, and in
addition to that honor, received his letter in
baseball and hockey last year, playing in
every game of the season. Brother Tootell
ran away with first place in the 36-pound
weight event in the annual Freshman-
Sophomore track meet last year, and
should be even better this present year.
Brothers Granger, Eldridge, Keene, and
Tootell will be out for the football squad,
and Morrell will probably join them, and
make good his reputation established in
last fall's interclass contests, in which he
was easily the star of the game.

Brother Chase and Mrs. Chase passed a
portion of their wedding trip at Bowdoin
during commencement, following their
marriage on the Friday before. They are
now residing in Medford, Mass.

There will be comparatively few old
members of Delta Psi back at Bowdoin
this fall, as the medical schools are re-
ceiving a good sized delegation of our
men this fall. At commencement, less
than twenty of last year's Chapter signi-
fied their intentions of returning for 1920-
21, and consequently a large number of
good pledges must be found. A new
pledging system was adopted last spring
which it is hoped will insure the initiation
of the best men in the incoming Freshman
class this fall.

C. E. STEVENS, Reporter.

The Athletes

Barron Makes U.S. Olympic Team

The American Olympic committee has
made its final selections of the athletes
who will essay to uphold the prestige of
the United States in the international
games at Antwerp next month, and one of
the finest and most capable teams ever to
compete for the Stars and Stripes will
make the journey to Belgium.

More than 100 of the most physically

fit will battle against the nations of the
world in the track and field events, and of
these six are connected by club or univer-
sity affiliation with Philadelphia.

One of this city's representatives and
his achievements attained in the final
tryouts at Boston on Saturday, follow:

Harold Barron, A A, Meadowbrook
Club, first in 120-yard high hurdles.

Barron came through unexpectedly in the
hurdles, copping the high-timber event in

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15 1/5 seconds, beating such stars as
Walker Smith, of Cornell, former inter-
collegiate champion; John Watt, of Cor-
nell, and holder of the world's 440-yard
hurdles record; Yount, of Los Angeles,
and Fred Murray, the former California
champion, who now competes for the New
York A. C. — Philadelphia Ledger.

Barron Wins Second Place in
Hurdles at Antwerp Games

ANTWERP, August 18.— In the Olym-
pic games, the 110-metres hurdles, H. E.
Barron, A N, of the Meadowbrook Club,
Philadelphia, was second.

The hurdlers all got away to a perfect
start. For the first fifty yards Thomson,
[A K E, of Dartmouth, representing Can-
ada], Barron, and Murray [representing
New York A. C], were taking the hurdles
abreast.

Thomson was two and one-half yards
ahead of Barron at the end of the race,
with Murray third by an inch. — New York
Globe, sent in by A. H. Dean, A K.

Yank Athletes Outdistance Allies

On the sporting page of the Amaroc
News, the official paper of the American
Army of Occupation in Germany, pub-
lished in Coblence, appears an article on
track and field finals at the Carnival
Island.

"While a band tooted out stirring strains
on a field gaily bedecked with flags of
every allied nation, the sturdy track and
field athletes of the American forces in
Germany showed a clean pair of heels to
their British and French opponents in the
finals of the inter-allied competitions, held
on Carnival Island, on May 24, 1920. The
final score was A. F. in G., 14 points;
British, 59 points, and French, 21 points."

In the write-up is the following refer-
ence to Brother Powell, of the University
of Missouri, according to the clipping sent
to us by Captain George T. Wyche, B ®,
The Delta's correspondent with the A. F.
in G., stationed at Coblence. Inasmuch as
only his surname is given, and we have
three Brother Powells in Rho Chapter, we

are unable to identify him. Only one ap-
pears in our Rho Chapter soldier list,
hence we assume he is Brother William D.
Powell.

"Pole Vault— Powell, A. F. in G., first;
distance 10 feet, 6 inches.

"Powell, who formerly was a star pole
vaulter, when at college, in the Missouri
valley conference meets, proved that he
can still climb over the cross bar at a
good altitlde when he copped the cham-
pionship even at ten feet. Later he cleared
10 feet, 6 inches."

Brother Powell is a first lieutenant in
the 50 Infantry, at Mayen, Germany. He
fulfills the measure of a good soldier as
General Allen gives it, in his address at
the conclusion of the meet, speaking to
the athletes who had competed in the
finals:

"You have demonstrated four qualities
that make good soldiers: first, that what is
worth doing, is worth doing well; second,
activity; third, more activity; and fourth,
still more activity. A man is not such a
good soldier, no matter how keen and alert
his mind may be, if he does not possess a
body that will measure up to his mind."

This is the reason for college athletics,
for the measure applies to civilian as well
as to military standards.

Ray Ewry, Olympic Champion
By Harold E. Barron, Delta Delta

We have read of the American victories
at Antwerp, Belgium, this summer, where
the world's best athletes vied with Amer-
ica's title holders for world's supremacy.
All Sigma Nus and the men interested in
track, especially, will be pleased to learn
that the holder of the greatest number of
Olympic championships is a Brother from
Purdue.

Ray C. Ewry, B Z— B. M. E., 1894; M.
E., 1897 — is the only athlete who has won
ten Olympic championships. In 1898, as
a member of the Chicago A. A., he won his
first two national championships, beating
the best in America in the standing high
jump and standing broad jump. His fav-
orite events were crossed off the schedule
in the National Champs for seven years
and replaced in 1906. That year, as a
member of New York A. C, Ewry con-

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tinued his successes and brought his total
to eight championships in 1910.

At Paris, in 1900, and at St. Louis, in
1904, he was proclaimed world's champion
in three events, each time, the standing
broad, high and triple jumps.

At Athens, in 1906, and at London, in
1908, the standing triple jump did not ap-
pear on the Olympic program and Brother
Ewry had to be content with two first
places in each meet. With such a string
of championships it is natural that he
should hold a couple of world's records.
His standing broad jump of eleven feet,
four and seven-eighths inches at St. Louis,
August 24, 1914, has never been equaled
and his record of 35 feet, 83,4 inches, still
stands for the three standing jumps.

The high spots, as gleaned from the
records of the Athletic Almanac, are likely
to be incomplete, but they show that
Brother Ewry has a record of champion-
ships that is not equaled nor likely to be
equaled. Between the lines, one can read
that for twelve years his proclivities were
globe trotting and a lust for gold (medals)
and watches, cups and trophies. He seems
to have had little regard for the feelings
of the athletes who competed against him,
and one can imagine him guarding his
titles and records for over a decade and
then hanging up his spikes regretfully, say-
ing: "I might as well give the boys a
chance."

and in the high and low hurdles. This
seems a bit too much work for one day,
but the lanky DePauw athlete is trained
to go through the three events. Jones
placed second in the conference hurdles,
at Chicago, two years ago."

In the State meet this spring, DePauw
came out third. All colleges in Indiana
participated and the point-winners were
Notre Dame, Purdue, DePauw, Wabash,
Indiana, and Earlham. Brother Herald
Jones won first in the 100-yard dash and

Jones Stars for DePauw

Brother Harold A. Jones, B B, was De-
Pauw's star track man in the 1920 season.
He was high individual point winner in
the DePauw Earlham meet, and was, in
fact, the main reason for DePauw's vic-
tory. He made first in the 100-yard and
200-yard dashes and in the 220-yard low
hurdles, stepping the hundred in ten flat,
and clipping the track two hundred and
twenty low stick record with a mark of
0:26.1. His brother, Paul, took second
in the high jump in the same meet

The Indianapolis News, commenting on
athletic prospects last spring, said: "De-
Pauw will rely upon Harold Jones, one of
the best all-round track men in the State,
to score most of its points. Jones probably
will perform in the hundred yard dash

Herald Jones
Beta Beta

second in the 220-yard dash and 220-yard
low hurdles, tying with Wynne of Notre
Dame as high-point man, with eleven
points each.

Brother Herald Jones was graduated
this June, but his brother, Paul, will still
be in the track line-up next year. Herald
is now athletic director of the Frankfort
M. E. Community House, recently estab-
lished by Brother Dunlavy's church. He
is also taking charge of the church music,
and is planning a community singing pro-
gram in addition. He is known in Indiana
both as an athlete and a musician, and was
as foremost in the Glee Club as he was on
the track. See further account of him
elsewhere in this Delta.

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Sigma Chapter Basketball Team
Vanderbilt University

Sigma Wins Inter-Fraternity
Basketball Series

By Carr Payne, Sigma

During the past year Sigma has found
itself fortunate in being represented very
widely on the hill, but wanted an honor
in which the whole Chapter might partici-
pate. Unusual enthusiasm was aroused
this season by the Pan-Hellenic Council
in the annual series of inter-fraternity
basketball games. Each fraternity donned
their colors with new uniforms. Sigma Nu
looked dangerous from the start when the
boys appeared all dressed up in Sigma Nu
jerseys with colors, letters and pride. A
number of prep school teams were played
in practice for the series. Sigma Nu de-
feated Kappa Alpha, Phi Psi, and Zeta

Beta Tau in short fashion. This left three
strong teams for the finals, namely Beta
Theta Pi, Sigma Chi, and Sigma Nu. It
fell to the lot of Sigma Nu to play two
games so we met Sigma Chi for the semi-
finals. From here we may let the college
annual tell the story which says, "In one
of the closest, most thrilling games ever
staged in Vandy's gym, Sigma Nu nosed
out Sigma Chis by one point win 23-22.
The play was fierce and torrid and not
until the final whistle blew was the fray
decided. In fact, the championship
changed hands no less than four times
during the last three minutes of play.

The finals were then pulled off and a
similar game was staged only not quite so
rough as the Sigma Chi battle. At the
end of the first half, Sigma Nu led Beta

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by four points, the score being 13 to 9, but
in the second half the Betas came back and
for a while had the large end of a 19-15
tally. The final score found the record
standing at 23-22 in favor of the Sigma
Nus.

This closed one of the hardest fought
tourneys in the history of the university.
The Pan-Hellenic Loving Cup went to
Sigma Nu and Howe Emerson Sporting
Goods Co. contributed an engraved bronze
plate to the winner.

The line-up in the picture is as follows:
Front row — L. B. Stevens, manager; J.
K. Neil, guard; Mahan Siler, guard; Lin-
ton, center; W. D. Hardison, forward;
Back row — Shupe Collins, forward; John
Thomas, forward; Paul Stumb, forward.

campus. The former made his letter as
pitcher on the baseball team.

This is the first time any fraternity has
ever had a full page write-up and a full
page picture in our annual, The Commo-
dore, as far as I know, so naturally our
Chapter is extremely proud of our team's
record. And we kept the scholarship end
up, too.

DePauw's Baseball Captain

DePauw recently elected Brother Floyd
Elwyn Foss as captain of baseball for the
coming year. Last year was his first year
playing for DePauw. He was out of col-
lege for two years during the war, and re-
turning last year, won position as first
baseman.

Delta Omicron's Letter Men

Scotty Neil, the powerful Sigma Nu
guard, together with Siler and Thomas,
earned laurels for our team. Neil was
also a football player and a varsity short
stop.

Brother Mahan Siler came to Vanderbilt
as a varsity man from the Georgetown Col-
lege, Kentucky, basketball team.

John Thomas was a scrub in football,
a Nemo (Sophomore honor club) and a
member of the West Side Board.

Maxie Luton, the Sig center, is quite a
singer on the Glee Club besides being an
athlete.

Brothers Paul Stumb and Shupe Col-
lins, though spending their first year at
Vanderbilt, are quite well known on the

Letter Men in Delta Omicron

The men to receive their letters this past
year in Delta Omicron Chapter, were
Football, Herbert L. Glindeman, Grover C.
Evans, Felix A. Plastino, Fred C. Graf,
Carl F. Nagel, and John P. Evans; basket
ball, William H. Carder and John P,
Evans; baseball, Kenneth M. Hunter,
Brother Edwin V. Toran, T X, now at
tending the University of Idaho, won his
letter as pitcher on the baseball team at
the University of Washington, in 1915.

The Brothers in the picture are, from
left to right: Glindeman, G. C. Evans,
Carder, Plastino, Toran, Graf, Nagel, J. P.
Evans, and Hunter.

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Columbia Athletes Get Insignia

Nearly a hundred Columbia athletes
were rewarded for their season's efforts by
receiving letters and numerals. Among
the winners were the following Sigma Nus:

In minor sports "C" for water polo —
Louis J. Salmon, Gustave A. Beiswenger.

Swimming "sCt"— Walter M. Eberhart.

"1923" award for basketball— Carl R.
Moszczenski.

"1923" award for swimming — Franklin
V. BrodiL

Columbia, just before commencement,
held in May a referendum election on the
standing of students in achievement and
popular favor. We quote from an article
in the New York Times:

"The most typical Columbian, class
statistics say, is Ed Healy, of 540 West
113th Street (Delta Gamma Chapter
House), permanent resident of the Senior
class, member of the athletic committee
and of the student board. Healy was also
voted the most respected and the second
most popular.

"Second, as the best all around man,
best athlete, and one who has done most
for Columbia, and second to Healy as the
most typical Columbia man and most re-
spected, is Charles Edgar Shaw (also a
Delta Gamma man), of Louisville, Kans.,
chairman of the student board and a foot-
ball and track star." — From clippings sent
in by Past Regent A. H. Wilson and
Brother LeRoy E. Kimball, T T, registrar
of Columbia University.

Watt Graduate Manager

Former Baseball Star Succeeds to Columbia
Post

Announcement was made by the Colum-
bia University Athletic Association yester-
day of the appointment of Robert W. Watt,
class of 1916, as Graduate Manager of Ath-
letics.

Mr. Watt, who is well known in inter-
collegiate sport as captain of the 1916 in-
tercollegiate championship baseball nine,
prepared for Columbia at Hamburg High
School. At Columbia, which he entered in
1912, Watt was actively interested in ath-
letics and other university activities. He
was elected Chairman of the Student Board

and also an undergraduate member of the
University Committee on Athletics in 1916.
After graduating, Watt played profes-
sional baseball for two years with Detroit
and the Chattanooga Southern League
team, retiring in June, 1917, to enlist in the
Air Service. He was commissioned a First
Lieutenant and joined the 12th Aero
Squadron in France, where he saw active
service in the St. Mihiel and Argonne cam-
paigns. He spent the winter and spring of
1918-19 with the Army of Occupation. —
New York Times, sent in by A. H. Dean,
A K, and Past Regent A. H. Wilson.

Beta Iota Track Team
Mount Union College

Beta Iota Wins Inter- Fraternity
Meet at Mount Union

The Sigma Nu Track Team won the
Inter-fraternity Meet, at Mount Union Col-
lege, on May 22, 1920.

The picture shows the Brothers taking
part. From left to right, top row — Broth-
ers James S. Harrington, John R. Cheney,
Harold 0. Thomas, and Garrison L.
Beachy; middle row — Clyde C. Van Van
Dorsten, Carl J. Zimmerman, David E.
Shively, and Howard R. Burkle; bottom
row — Wyatt A. Smith, Harry L. Brown,
Dwight J. Watson, and William S. Ritchie.
Brother Wayne D. Farmer is not in the
picture.

The final score stood as follows: Sigma
Nu, 80 points; Alpha Tau Omega, 36
points; Phi Kappa Tau, 6 points; non-
fraternity men, 3 points; and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, no points. Everyone of the thir-
teen entrants of Sigma Nu were point win-
ners, while two men of Alpha Tau Omega
won thirty of their thirty-six points.

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Morrell of Delta Psi

By C. E. Stevens, Delta Psi

That the fame of Al Morrell, star short
stop on the Bowdoin baseball team during
last spring's contests, has spread beyond
the confines of the campus, can be seen
from the clipping from the Portland Ex-
press. Transferring to Bowdoin in the fall
of 1919, from Tufts, Brother Morrell
quickly showed his athletic ability by go-
ing out for and making the Sophmore
football team. In the annual contest be-
tween the two lower class teams, he scored
more touchdowns than all the other play-
ers of both teams combined. Owing to his
transfer from Tufts, he was ineligible for
the varsity eleven, but should have no dif-
ficulty in making it in 1920. At the close
of the grid-iron season, Brother Morrell
turned his attention to hockey, where again
he proved his versatility by starring in
every contest of the Bowdoin varsity seven,
receiving his "B" at the end of the season.
Spring came, and with it Brother Morrell
turned to track and baseball, devoting his
efforts largely to the latter sport, but
nevertheless, showing that he can make
good time in the dashes by competing in
the indoor inter-fraternity meet in the la^e
winter. During the baseball season, he
participated in every game and was the
center of every star play, his work stand-
ing well out above the majority of the var-
sity, both in the field and at the bat. His
second "B" came at the end of the baseball
year. Following is the newspaper clip-
ping in question:

"It is understood that 'Lanky* Morrell,
the crack Bowdoin College shortstop this
past season, will bring down two of his
brothers to Bowdoin next fall. Both of
them are reported as star ball players.
They have been playing on fast Massa-
chusetts ball teams this past year. One is
said to be a crack pitcher and the other a
fast infielder. If they are anything like
their brother who has preceded them to
Bowdoin, the Morrell boys should mako

some men step for a position on the Bow-
doin team next year. One reliable base-
ball critic in the State, who has seen all
the Maine colleges in action this past sea-
son, was heard to remark that if he was to
pick one ball player from the Maine col-
leges who had the makings of going
'higher up' in the baseball world, it would
be Morrell of Bowdoin."

Beta Eta Triumphs in Carnival

By W. Leo Reed, Beta Eta

Beta Eta of Sigma Nu, won the inter-
fraternity carnival held at Indiana Univer-
sity, on May 21, 1920. Out of ninety-three
possible points, Sigma Nu took thirty, de-
feating its nearest opponent by a margin
of eight points. There were twelve fra-
ternities entered in the meet.

The carnival consisted of track and
field events; there being a total number of
seven contests. The three major events
were the shuttle race, the centipede race,
and chariot race. These events were par-
ticipated in by at least ten men from each
fraternity and were representative of the
average athletic ability of each organiza-
tion. It was in these three events that
Sigma Nu took first place. Each event
gave the winner ten points, and after win-
ning these three the Sigs could not be
headed.

Perhaps one reason for Sigma Nu com-
ing out on top in the meet was the fact
that every man turned out to practice for
the carnival. Two practices were held and
the best men selected after each man had
shown his prowess. But the main thing
that won for the wearers of the five armed
star was the display of spirit and pep,
both on the part of this participating and
those rooting for the Sigma Nu team.

The loving cup for the winner of the
contest was presented after the carnival.
It is now gracing the fireplace mantle in
the Sigma Nu den, and is keeping com-
pany to the eight others that nave been
won in previous years.

To the Reporters:

The editor wants Athletic Notes, Clippings and Feature
Articles.

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ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH
DIVISIONS CONVENTION

The following officers were elected by
members of the Eleventh and Twelfth Di-
visions on May 7th and 8th, in their con-
vention in Little Rock, Ark.: H. Lynch,
St. Louis, president; W. Terry Feild, Little
Rock, vice-president; E. H. Hashinger,
Kansas City, secretary and treasurer. The
election was the principal feature of the
business session of the Divisions.

A session of the Arkansas Alumni was
held in conjunction with the Arkansas Uni-
versity delegates and Inspector Lynch, and
problems confronting the Chapter were
worked out. Several of the visitors at-
tended the track meet at Kavanaugh Field
in the afternoon. The visiting officials said
that the Arkansas convention was the most
successful ever held by the Fraternity.
Arkansas Sigma Nus were present who had
been out of touch with the Fraternity for
15 years. Plans were laid for a large
meeting of Arkansas Sigma Nus at Pine
Bluff, in the early fall.

Members of the local Alumni Chapter
said that the proposed plans for the con-
vention had been successfully carried out.
More than 110 Sigma Nus were registered
at the opening session, and many others
attended the memorial exercises at Mabel-
vale in honor of J. Frank Hopkins, Foun-
der of the Fraternity. Judge Greenfield
Quarles, of Helena, sole living charter
member of the Fraternity, presided over
the convention and made two addresses,
one at the unveiling of the memorial and
and one at the banauet. The latter address
was said to be the best fraternal speech on
Sigma Nu ever given.

EPSILON'S ALUMNI BANQUET

Epsilon's Alumni stag banquet was held
commencement evening, Thursday, June
17th, in the college gymnasium, and was
the largest of its kind that has been held
yet, fifty-two being present. The feature

of the evening was the talk by Past Regent

A. H. Wilson on 'The Revival of Epsilon."
A unique part of the affair was the

service — the waitresses being six charming
young ladies, all good Sigma Nu girls,
from Phillips Hall. They were secured
at the last moment to fill the breach
caused by the non-appearance of our col-
ored waiters from Wellsburg. Later, in-
formation revealed that the shines got to
Bethany, but were induced by another fra-
ternity to leave us, as they thought, in the
lurch.

Brother Ritter, the toastmaster, asked
those who had seen service in the A. E. F.
to stand, and eleven stood up. Then he
called for all who had been in the service
to stand, and 36 stood up. Then he asked
for all Delta subscribers to stand, and
every one in lie house but four arose,
and three of the four subscribed on the
spot. On a call for chapters, eight were
shown to be represented. Mention was
made that four men, Brothers J. D. Par-
riott, r n, and W. H. Fields, George Wad-
dle and R. E. Ash were unable to be pres-
ent, but had paid for plates anyway.

Those present at the banquet were:
Brothers A. H. Wilson, Farmer, and J. J.
Griesinger, B I; H. L. Ash, r II; Don
Stewart, A A; Howard Merkel, A T; Wm.

B. Blake, A A; Frank Merryman, E-r 0;
0. J. Brown, E-A T; R. B. Metzner, E-II;
John W. Chapman, E-A A; Frank Barger,
J. F. Ryan, W. R. Ritter, Edwin Wells, Jr.,
Brookes, Porter, Mahan, Molden, Colvig,
M. L. Lumpkin, U. G. Palmer, Jr., Scott,

C. N. Chapman, Payne, J. R. Lumpkin, H.

D. Darsie, V. H. Bixler, Sutton, Reid, J. C.
Bullard, Walker, Hershberger, Perry, C.

E. Palmer, B. E. Chapman, Reinhold,
Beadling, Loyd, Oldaker, Massay, Day,
Anderson, Carlisle, L. L. Darsie, Shafer,
Ford, Herbster, Davis, Rezzonico, and
Gist, E; and Pledge Robert C. Cook. Other
commencement week visitors were Brothers
Fields, Pierce, Baber, S. M. Thompson,
Hunt, Rosenberg and McCracken, and
Brother Boone, from Vanderbilt

U. G. PALMER, JR.

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EPSILON'S SUMMER REUNION

The summer reunion of Epsilon Chap-
ter was held at the Chapter House, Beth-
any, W. Va., Sunday, July 25th — the last
Sunday of Summer School. Those present
included Brothers Anderson, Beadling,
Vinson Bixler, Carlisle, Byron Chapman,
Clarence Chapman, Leigh Darsie, Davis,
Day, Ford, Gist, Helmick, Loyd, Mc-
Cracken, Massay, U. G. Palmer, Jr., Perry
and Walker, and Pledge Henry Taylor.
With Brother Helmick were his parents,
wife and brother. With Brother Ford
were his mother, uncle (a trustee of the
college), and two young fellows who in-
tend to enter college this fall; one at Le-
high and one at Bethany. Regrets were
received from Brothers Edwin W. Dun-
lavy, Albert H. Wilson, Charles Hoover,
Oldaker, Hershberger, Crawford and
others. The attendance this year was
about twice as great as that at the one held
last summer, when the idea was first tried.
U. G. PALMER, JR.

The hall was beautifully decorated with
the Fraternity colors and lighted by the
electric rays that came from an illumi-
nated "white star of Sigma Nu" at the end
of the hall.

After the party the sessions were ad-
journed to the Chapter House which was
turned over to the visitors, all the active
members sleeping out for the night Here
the old timers grouped themselves and the
"Bullfest" lasted until morning. It was
announced that the first man in a bed

Nu Chapter Reunion

NU CHAPTER ALUMNI PARTY
AND BANQUET

The second annual Alumni party and
banquet of Nu Chapter was held at the
Fraternal Aid Hall in Lawrence, April 10
and 11, according to program. Dick Wil-
liams had worked his "seperator" and
Harry Lewis pronounced it a good one and
the old boys "kicked in" with their checks
for fives and tens and fifteens just as Dick
knew they would. Better than that, 38 of
them came back to renew their youth.
Among them were two of the charter mem-
bers— Grant W. Harrington and Albert C.
Markley — and Alvah J. Graham, Gen. W.
H. Sears and Prof. Elmer F. Engle, mem-
bers of the early group that gave Nu Chap-
ter a place in the sun at old K. U.

The accompanying picture shows some
of the older members present. From left
to right, back row — Albert C. Markley,
General Wm. H. Sears, and Grant W. Har-
rington. From left to right, front row —
Elmer F. Engel and Alvah J. Graham.

The party was held Saturday evening at
the Fraternal Aid Hall and was chape-
roned by Mother Young, assisted by Mrs.
General W. H. Sears, Mrs. Professor E. F.
Engel and Mrs. Professor Arthur McMur-
ray. About fifty couples were present.

would be entitled to keep it, but some of
the crowd, notably "Pinky" Bigelow, Merl
Prunty and Webb Holloway, couldn't find
a bed before daylight. Bixby Willis, Past
Grand Treasurer and Past General Secre-
tary of the Fraternity, was a guest of the
Chapter, and the numerous stories that he
and General W. H. Sears had to tell had
something to do with keeping the crowd
up, for who wanted to slip off to bed when
two such distinguished "spreaders of the
bull" were exhibiting their talents.

The banquet was held in the banquet
room of the Fraternal Aid building, Sun-
day afternoon, the visitors and the active
members of the Chapter filling the places
at two large tables. General W. H. Sears,
flanked on the right and left by the two
charter members — Harrington and Mark-
ley — acted as toastmaster and demon-
strated that a good toastmaster always
means a good snappy program. The toast
was drank in the usual manner, soft music
being furnished by the active Chapter dur-
ing the impressive ceremony.

After the program the gathering was
turned into a business meeting and ways
and means for building the new Chapter
House was discussed. The report of
Treasurer Williams showed that there were
enough past due house notes to clear up

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the indebtedness on the property and leave
a balance in the treasury. It was decided
that this must be done before commence-
ment time. Then the directors were in-
structed to either sell the old house or
move it to some new location that the site
might be cleared for the new building.
Numerous pledges were made to the fund
for the new building and the meeting
closed with the feeling that good progress
had been made and that the new building
would soon be a reality.
Alumni present were:

4. Grant W. Harrington, Kansas City,
Kans., charter member.

5. Albert C. Markley, McAlester, Okla.,
charter member.

13. Alvah J. Graham, Winfield, Kans.
15. William H. Sears, Penwater, Mich.
22. Elmer E. Engel, Lawrence, Kans.
95. Arthur McMurray, Lawrence, Kans.
105. John P. Baldwin, Kansas City, Mo.
117. Ben C. Hoefer, Kansas City, Mo.
135. Frank S. Wettack, CofTeyville, Kans.
142. Solon W. Smith, Oklahoma City,

Okla.
158. Frank M. Cortelyou, Kansas City,

Mo.
170. Harry H. Lewis, Topeka, Kans.
174 Clay B. Shinn, Ottawa, Kans.
176. Merl C. Prouty, Tulsa, Okla.
190. John H. Maser, Parsons, Kans.
193. Howard C. Bigelow, Gardner, Kans.
194 Joseph 0. Moffett, Jr., Peabody,

Kans.
201. Webster W. Holloway, Kansas City,

Kans.
204. Samuel E. Thornburrow, Wetmore,

Kans.
208. Lewis W. Breyfogle, Chanute, Kans.
210. Charles F. Alexander, Kansas City,

Mo.
230. Harold J. Higley, Kansas City, Mo.
234. Chas. W. Smith, Jr., Topeka, Kans.
239. John M. Martin, Hutchinson, Kans.
244 F. L. Loveless, Topeka, Kans.

249. Carl W. Benson, Independence,
Kans.

250. Dick Williams, Lawrence, Kans.
252. Thomas A. Ashby, Sapulpa, Okla.
255. James G. Norton, Wichita, Kans.
260. Edward H. Hashinger, Kansas City,

Mo.
271. Albert E. Hyer, Olathe, Kans.
279. Page P. Wagner, Old Mexico.
281. J. Edward Jones, New York City.
289. Earl W. Youngmeyer, Wichita, Kans.

290. Thomas L. Crawford, Topeka, Kans.
294 Clell Todd, Topeka, Kans.
299. Dwight M. Smith, Wichita, Kans.
306. Edward F. Hudson, Fredonia, Kans.
GRANT HARRINGTON.

BETA IOTA ANNUAL PARTY

Congress Lake Country Club was the
scene of the annual term party of the Sig-
ma Nu Fraternity held on Saturday, May
5, 1920. Jupiter Pluvius was on a ram-
page and the day was dark and rainy
which prevented those present from taking
part in boating, swimming, tennis and
golf; sports, which might have furnished
much pleasure. Yet at the same time those
present were royally entertained, the trip
and party making it a pleasant afternoon
and evening.

Fountain pens were presented to the
guests as favors. Guests attending the
party were the Messrs. Lockhart, E.
Thomas, Hall, Carter, Rader, E. Murphy,
Shumaker, Starn, H. George, K. Ellett,
Gregory, Linton, Sefert, Walker, H.
Murphy, Hartman, Weybrecht, Kelly, R.
Cameron, Peck, R. George, Anderson,
Greenwood, Spring, Walser, Russell, El-
lett, Pluchel, Thompson, Evans, Roe, Mc-
Cready, Earsman, Dorsey, Flickinger,
Shrimplin, Latshaw, Tressel, Shaw, Hall,
Alliance; Misses Kreichbaum, Walters,
Maurer, white, Canton; Mr. and Mrs. Gib-
bons and Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Canton;
Misses Marsh, Bridgeport, Ownsey, Steu-
benville; Summers, Bolivar; Butcher, Can-
ton; N. Lockhart, Youngstown; Zimmer-
man, Akron; Corl, Uniontown; Moore,
Union town; Morrison, Mansfield; Grove,
Columbian; Lachenmeyer, Oberlin. The
Alumni present were Harrold Gibbons,
Canton; Harry Carter, Alliance; Adrian
Helwick, Bolivar; Percy Harris, Canton;
Ed. Marlowe, Akron; D. Pike, Canton, and
Walter Vick. Brother and Mrs. J. M.
Scott acted as chaperones.

BURN THE MORTGAGE
BANQUET

The mortgage on the Beta Iota Chapter
House went up in smoke at the Annual
Alumni Banquet held at Alliance, Ohio,
June 16, 1920.

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The "Old Boys" turned out en masse and
we staged the biggest Sigma Nu Banquet
ever held in Alliance. Ex-Regent Bert
Wilson was toastmaster and his return to
his old college was a happy day for the
active boys as well as Alumni. Regent
Walter E. Myers was present and added a
great deal to the party. Beta Iota is very
proud to have the names of two Regents
on her roster.

To finally see the old red brick free
from debt has been the aim of every Beta
Iota man in the last twenty years. The
movement was started this spring when a
loyal group of Beta Iota Alumni got to-
gether on the occasion of the Cleveland
Initiation. Banquet and decided there was
i«o time like the present to clear off the
House mortgage of $3,750.

Brother L. C. Rockhill, sales manager of
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
directed the campaign, from Akron. Let-
ters were sent to every man on the Chapter
roll and an intensive campaign begun.

Well, when the "Jack" was counted on
the night of the banquet, we found we had
gone " 'way over the top" and it was de-
cided by the House Committee to use the
surplus for improvements.

The active boys are mighty happy to
have the "Old Red Brick" in fee simple,
and we greatly appreciate the help given
to us by our ever loyal Alumni.

DAVID E. SHIVELY, Reporter.

FORT FAIRFIELD REUNION

A very pleasant reunion banquet was
that of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, at The
Plymouth, July 14, 1920. The Brothers
represented our two Chapters in Maine —
Delta Nu at the State University, and Delta
Psi at Bowdoin. Sigma Nuism was the
spirit present.

A fine program was enjoyed, consisting
of music by the Ja-Mo-Ka jazz orchestra,
also the following: E. C. Palmer acting
as toastmaster: "Welcome to Fort Fair-
field," T. E. Houghton; greetings from
Delta Psi Alumni, L. J. Hart, of Bath,
formerly principal of the Limestone High
School; greetings from Delta Nu Alumni,
R. C. Gellerson; response by Delta Nu
Active Chapter, Lawrence Goodhue; re-
sponse by Delta Psi Active Chapter, J. W.

Hone, of Presque Isle. L. W. Fisher acted
as cheer leader.

The following were those present be-
longing to the Delta Nu Chapter of the
University of Maine: R. C. Gellerson, *07;
T. E. Houghton, '11; L. W. Goodhue, '22;
L. W. Fisher, '23; and those from the
Delta Psi Chapter of Bowdoin, were: L.
J. Hart, '16, Bath; E. C. Palmer, '20, Fort
Fairfield; J. W. Parent, '21, Van Buren;
S. C. Martin, '23, Van Buren; Irvine Jar-
dine, '23, Fort Fairfield; E. Theriault, '22,
Lille; R. B. King, '21, Caribou; J. W.
Hone, '21, Presque Isle; P. McGlauflin,
'23, Houlton; F. H. Sleeper, '22, Houlton;
and W. V. Hone, Presque Isle, a pledge of
Delta Psi, '16. H. F. Cates, of Houlton,
and Glen Chamberlain, of Fort Fairfield,
were guests.

Brother T. E. Houghton, A N, remarked
that he was only able to visit Delta Nu
Chapter but three or four times a year.
Delta Nu is indeed fortunate to have a
graduate of 1911 who shows so much in-
terest in her welfare. A few men in each
Chapter of Brother Houghton's caliber,
and Sigma Nu would be the goal for all
men entering college.

"Lary" Hart, A % drove the fact home —
that "a fraternity man's more to the gradu-
ate than to the undergraduate."

R. C. Gellerson, A N, suggested more in-
formal banquets between the active and
graduate members of the Fraternity. He
feels that more can be felt in common,
more strength gained in both the Alumni
and the Chapters in Fraternity spirit. The
Fraternity should hold sessions for twelve
months each year somewhere and every-
where.

Lawrence Goodhue, A N, and J. W.
Hone, A & — both men who will return to
college as Juniors this fall — gave the old
Active Chapter fight in their talks. Both
agreed to forget the gains in the past by
both Chapters and to see only the failures
and solve the problem of "how" to turn
these into merits for the Chapters.

L. W. Fisher, A N, led cheers and sing-
ing of Sigma Nu songs. Cheers ushered
each course in and out of the banquet hall.

It was at this meeting that the members
voted to hold another reunion banquet at
Van Buren, July 29th.

Here it came about, that for once Maine
and Bowdoin — rivals in every sport, bitter
opponents always on field or track — met

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and put all thoughts of rivalry aside. Such
was the Sigma Nu Spirit present July 14th,
when Delta Nu and Delta Psi met at Fort
Fairfield, Maine.

EDWIN C. PALMER, Delta Psi.

SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI
CHAPTER BANQUET

We met in the Rose room of the Gunter
Hotel that night, the guests of the recently
organized San Antonio Alumni Chapter.
Six of us went over from the Chapter here,
Brothers Brown, Lipscomb, Hill, Thomas,
Alexander, and myself. We certainly had
a good time. There is something romantic
about the very atmosphere that you breathe
in San Antonio that thrills you, particu-
larly when there is a repast spread before
you as there was that night. The banquet
was primarily for the purpose of enter-
taining some San Antonio high school
graduates who will be in the University

this coming year. They were a fine bunch
of young men and we hope to get every
one of them. Brother Benton, of the San
Antonio Alumni Chapter, president, was
toastmaster, and carried off the ceremonies
with rare grace. Brother Ed. Lange and
Brother Thomas made good speeches and
I made a fair one, and after that was over
we got together and had an awfully good
time. The typical Sigma Nu spirit was
present, and we took the opportunity of
putting in a good word for the new Chap-
ter House. All in all, it was a wonderful
evening, and just before we left we got to
see and talk to Brother Rigg's beautiful
wife, and the evening was complete. You
know it takes a Texan to entertain, and
then when you have mixed with your
Texas bunch, a man from Washington
State, a man from Kansas, a man from
Minnesota, a man from Delaware — well,
you are bound to have a good time. They
were all there that night

JOHN D. COFEFL Upsilon.

The Big Five

These figures are taken from the new (Ninth) edition of Baird's Manual,
just published. (If you wish a copy, see page 159 in this Delta.)

Old Delta Chapter, at South Carolina College was revived in September,
1920, with the initiation of nine Brothers, which raises our standing, as pub-
lished in May, 1920.

Active Dead Per Cent.

Chapters Chapters Active

Sigma Alpha Epsilon 90 31 .743

Kappa Sigma 85 19 .817

Phi Delta Theta 85 24 .780

Sigma Nu 82 12 .872

Beta Theta Pi 80 23 .773

From these figures, it will be seen that Sigma Nu (among its peers) has
both the fewest dead Chapters and the largest percentage of living Chapters.

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HILL FERGUSON

Theta

[This is one of our Alabama Sigs, and he is
one in a thousand. It is Brother Ferguson's

Eroudest boast that he pledged a Freshman once
y the name of Borden Burr. Read what lie has
done since. This article was written by Mr. Tom
Garner, secretary of the Alabama Alumni and
editor of the University of Alabama News, one
of our most prized exchanges — he has so much to
say about Sigma Nus. — The Editor.]

Of Hill Ferguson it is difficult for any
Alabama University man to speak in
moderate terms for he has been ever
since his own college days, one of the
strongest forces for university progress in
this State. Mr. Ferguson is a son of the
late General Fred S. Ferguson, of Birming-
ham, his mother having been Laura Burr.
He graduated from the University with the
degree of A. B., in 1896, taking his LL. B.
the following year. From his "rat" days.
Mr. Ferguson was identified with college
activities of every sort. He took a promi-
nent part in athletics and in every college
enterprise and did much for Alabama
spirit in its formative period.

On leaving college he went into the
newspaper business, being connected with
the Birmingham Age-Herald from 1897 to
1899, going then with Louis V. Clark &
Co., Insurance Agents, and from 1906 has
been actively engaged in the insurance
business. He has been vice-president of
the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance Co.
since 1914. He and Robert Jemison, Jr.,
'97, developed Mountain Terrace, Cliff
Road, Altamont Road and other orna-
mental residential additions to Birming-
ham. He has been connected with prac-
tically every enterprise for the furthering
of Birmingham interests in any form. He
was the first president of the reorganized
Birmingham Real Estate Exchange, 1914-
15, and was secretary of the National As-
sociation of Real Estate Boards, 1916-17.

He has been liberal with his time and
means and has given enthusiastic service in

all matters of public interest No chari-
table or patriotic movement is complete
without his aid, and in the war drives and
any other activities for the national, state
or civic good, he has been always in the
lead. He originated the "Own Your
Home" movement in 1916, which has since
assumed national proportions and the
United States has had a special organiza-
tion to push this idea ever since the signing
of the armistice. Whether it was for a

Hill Ferguson

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"Alabama's Most Loyal Alumnus"

society circus or the building of a mam-
moth industrial plant, Hill Ferguson has
been called upon and never failed to give
his time freely. He is a Rotarian and un-
questionably one of the livest business men
in Birmingham and one of the most un-
selfish, public spirited men in that city of
big individualities.

His service to the University can never
be fully estimated. He has long been re-
garded as Alabama's most loyal alumnus.
He was made president of the Alumni So-
ciety in 1904 and served until 1907, dur-
ing which period he inaugurated the

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Greater University movement, which re-
sulted in the securing of funds from the
legislature for the building of Comer, Mor-
gan and Smith Halls. He was a man of
vision and do we not all remember when
he had a corner stone ceremony for Smith
Hall before most of the people dreamed
that any new building could be hoped for
on the university campus? He has been
at the back of each and every forward uni-
versity movement and his plans for the
beautifying of the grounds and for the
proper planning of buildings, etc., are still
cherished with hopes of early fruition by
all lovers of the institution. He was one
of the earliest Alumni to be honored with
election to Phi Beta Kappa when that
scholarship society was re-established at
Alabama. — University of Alabama Alumni
News.

TWO SIGMA NUS AT CANNERS'
CONVENTION

President Walter J. Sears Discusses Inspec-
tion Service, and Grocer Davidson
Talks on Jobbers

Walter J. Sears, Past Regent, president
of the National Canners' Association, was
the principal speaker at the session of
the Indiana Canners' Association, which
met at the Hotel Severin, in its annual
spring gathering. He talked on inspection
service, showing its relation to the canning
industry, and how best results might be
obtained. The relation of the jobbers to
the canner was the subject of an address
by Roy L. Davidson, B B, president of the
Indiana Wholesale Grocers9 Association.

SEARS DEFENDS PRO RATA
CONTRACT

In the New York Journal of Commerce,
for May 15th, appears an address by Pres-
ident Walter J. Sears, of the National Can-
ners Association, delivered before the
Southern Wholesale Grocers Association,
at their convention at St. Louis, on May
11th. (We are indebted to Brother Archie
H. Dean, secretary, New York Alumni
Chapter, for this clipping, from which we
may only briefly quote extracts to show
Brother Sears's latest business activities.)

"As I understand it, the Southern Whole-
sale Grocers' Association has criticized
three forms of future contracts. Two of
these forms have to do with the naming of
of the price, the other as to the character of
delivery.

As to the forms which have to do with
the price, one is known as "firm at opening
price" contract. This contract permits the
purchase of definite quantities of goods.
Price is not named at the time of the con-
tract but such prices as are named later
are to be accepted as a part of such con-
tract.

This contract is justified upon the as-
sumption that the producer at the time he
makes such contracts is not in a position to
know or to determine his costs of manu-
facture. Like other future contracts, the
prices, when named are presumably based
upon the cost of manufacture, plus a rea-
sonable profit.

This form of contract grew up during
the war when, in many instances, it was
impossible for the canner to determine the
constantly changing elements of his costs.

The other form of contract which has to
do with prices is called "price subject to
approval" contract. This contract is
wholly in favor of the buyer, as it gives
him an option to either reject or accept it.
I can see nothing commercially or ethi-
cally wrong in such a contract.

The third form of contract to which ob-
jection is made has to do with the charac-
ter of the delivery and is called "the pro
rata contract." This contract provides
that 100 per cent, delivery of the product
purchased shall be made, unless such de-
livery is prevented by causes beyond the
control of the seller, such as drouths,
floods, fires and other acts of God. When
full delivery cannot be made for these
reasons the total output of any product
so purchased shall be pro rated among the
buyers.

This contract implies :

1. That tHfc seller shall limit his sales
to his expected output, based upon the
average production, covering a period of
years.

2. That the processes of pro rating of
a short output shall be fairly and honestly
made.

This form of contract is devised and
used to protect the seller from the finan-
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were compelled to either deliver in full
his contract.

One of the profound truths in all human
relationships, is that contracts rest for
their enforcement not upon legal remedies,
but upon the honest and honorable in-
stincts of the men who make them. It is
generally stated and accepted that 95 per
cent, of all business men in this country
are honest, not merely because it is noble
to be honest, but because honesty pays, and
that without it the whole fabric of our com-
mercial life would fall to the ground.

After all, is the pro rata contract radi-
cally unfair to the buyer? Basically, it
provides that the seller shall assume the
hazards of overproduction, and that the
buyer shall assume the hazards of under-
production.

In the one case the seller and buyer
shall share alike the market depression,
which will likely follow a general over-
production of some commodity. However,
this depression is greatly relieved by the
fact that many buyers had previously en-
tered the market and purchased this com-
modity at honest values, i. c, the cost of
the product plus a reasonable profit.

The argument that the jobber must make
a full delivery to the retailer on all future
contracts for canned foods, is not sound,
because the retailer does not sell these
goods upon future. contracts to the con-
sumers. He sells them exclusively from
his stock in hand. Moreover, there is good
reason why the retail grocer should as-
sume with the wholesaler and the canner
his just share of the hazards of handling
perishable foods."

CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR

Kansas Sigma Nu Enters Race

Jonathan McMillan Davis [n], who an-
nounced his candidacy for Governor of
Kansas at the State Democratic convention
at Wichita yesterday, is a former student
at the University of Kansas, although he
was never graduated. He did preparatory
work here from 1888 to 1890 and was a
Freshman at the university in the college
during the 1890-1891 school year.— Clip-
ping sent in by Grand Historian Burton P.
Sears. (See biographical sketch in this
Delta by Past Grand Recorder Grant W.
Harrington.)

GROOMING A KANSAS DARK
HORSE

A number of Kansas politicians, it is
said, have a "dark horse" prepared for the
race against Attorney-General Richard J.
Hopkins [N], in the August primary elec-
tion this year. Hopkins is a candidate for
renomination.

According to the politicians who have
been looking for a dark horse for this par-
ticular race, the attorney-general is run-
ning under a handicap-— two of them, in
fact — and they are placing their money
against him on that account He displeased
the politicians in his attitude toward the
charter for an investment concern which
the company officials had kindly voted to
themselves. Mr. Hopkins is trying to un-
hitch the company from any appearance
of connection with the State government
That, of course, was a "bad break" for a
candidate to make at the beginning of a
race. His performance even before this
last caper was not all promising from the
political standpoint. In the last session of
the legislature Mr. Hopkins tried to get
some anti-profiteering bills through. He
also favored freedom for the municipali-
ties of the State. He urged upon the ses-
sion a bill that would have enabled cities
to provide ice for the people during the
summer months, and another bill that
would have permitted municipal fuel
yards in case of fuel famines or at such
times as fuel dealers attempted to form
combines to hike the prices of fuel.

All that stamped him as a wild horse
in the eyes of the politicians. They could
see that he was a bad actor. The Employ-
ers' Association, a body of wholesale and
retail merchants in the State who have en-
tered into an iron-clad agreement to fight
all legislation looking toward municipal
ownership of any kind, didn't like the ap-
pearance of the attorney-general.

So, there is a dark horse being curried
and rubbed and groomed, somewhere back
in the political stables of the party. And
the smooth boys of the track are waiting
to lay down a few bets that Hopkins can-
not win the race under the handicap of
weight which the crowd with something to
"put over" has put upon him. Bring on
the dark horse! Let's take a look at him.
— The Kansas City Times.

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ALASKA SIGMA NUS

Brother Sidney Anderson, B E, sends us
this photograph of Sigma Nus now in
Alaska.

Lieutenant Richard H. Gifford, n, is at
this time with the U. S. Naval Commission,
who are investigating the possibilties of
the Matanuska Coal Fields, adjacent to
Anchorage, in connection with their coal
to be used by the U. S. Navy.

Brother Sidney Anderson, B E, is vice-
president and cashier of the Bank of
Anchorage.

Brother William Foran, T X, is spend-
ing his summer vacation in Alaska and is
assisting in making a survey of the Broad
Pass Mining District.

Lieutenant William P. T. Hill, A E, is
also connected with the Naval Commission
and is associated with Lieutenant Gifford.

OUR OWN VICE-PRESIDENT

Piper of J. F. Newman, Inc.

He is none other than our old friend
and amuser, Warren Piper, T B. Some
years ago every Fraternity House in every
college knew when the genial roustabout
Piper landed in the college town, and
every fraternity man hailed him as good
fellow well met — and bought his jewelry.
A shining diamond badge, a pipe or a cig-
arette case, a gift-brooch for the little girl
back home — he couldn't resist Piper's line.
Take it either way you wish, but li'l War-
ren sure could talk you into most any-
thing!

Now Mr. Piper is a regular business
man, yessiree! but he has not lost his
youthful exuberance or his fascinating
manners. Says Buck Wheat, every office
boy and telephone girl adores him and
the cabaret waiters come to the front door
to greet him.

The firm of J. F. Newman was estab-
lished in 1876, and he jogged along pretty
successfully by himself for a good many
years. Not until May 15, 1920, did the
business become a corporation. The vice-

« resident of the J. F. Newman, Inc., is
barren Piper, who has been first sales-
man, Chicago manager, and then Western
sales manager. Their cards announce
there will be no change in policy.

Sigma Nus in Alaska
Left to right — Lieutenant Richard Gifford, Pi;
Sidney Anderson, Beta Xi; William Foran, Gam-
ma Chi, and Lieutenant P. T. Hill, Delta Epsilon.

HONORED BY TEACHERS

The American Association of Instruc-
tors for the Blind elected Dr. John F.
Bledsoe, I, superintendent of the Maryland
School for the Blind, first vice-president
of the association at the election of officers
held at the close of the convention at
Overlea.

GOVERNOR COX WILL HUNT IN
ALABAMA

Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, Demo-
cratic nominee for President, will spend a
week hunting in Alabama during the year,
regardless of what may happen in politics
this fall.

The Democratic nominee in a letter to
Colonel Ed Laslie [0], of Tuskegee, gave
this assurance in response to an urgent let-
ter from the Tuskegee man, written just
before the Democratic convention met at
San Francisco. Governor Cox spent sev-
eral days in Alabama last fall, hunting on
game reserves in Macon county, as the
guest of Colonel Laslie, and at that time
expressed an intention to come back again
in later years.

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The Chapter Letter for December is Due October 15, 1920

We Desire An A-No. 1 Record in the Next Delta
Brother Secretary, Keep This in Mind

AKRON ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Akron Alumni Chapter has been
having a series of successful chicken din-
ners throughout the spring and are now
contemplating a summer social affair to be
held some time in August.

At the meeting at Spindler's Inn, in the
latter part of May, the following officers
were elected to serve till June 1st, 1921:
Harry E. Blythe, president;" George M.
Kryder, vice-president; Don M. Brown,
secretary and treasurer.

On June 16th, a bunch of the fellows
braved one of the hardest rains seen in
this section for years, and drove down to
Alliance to be with Beta Iota in their cele-
bration of the "Mortgage Burning." A
splendid banquet took place and the Akron
bunch thoroughly enjoyed the trip, even
Cap Palmer, Ian Patterson, and Pete
Steltz, who got back to Akron so wet they
had to wring out their eyebrows to see.

On July 26th we held a dinner at the
University Club, and plans were completed
for the dinner dance to be held during the
week of August 9th. C. A. Palmer, as
chairman of the committee, reported on all
arrangements and from present indications
we are looking for a mighty good time.

The Akron Chapter is increasing in
numbers regularly, but we are certain that
there are quite a few Sigs in town with
whom we have not yet contacted. We have
a good live outfit here, and the possibilities
for good, both socially and in a fraternal
business way, are unlimited. We want
every Sigma Nu in Akron and vicinity who
has not already received notices so that he
knows he is on our mailing list, to get in
touch with the secretary at once and send
in his correct address. In that way and in
that way only, can we ever get a complete
organization formed. So get busy, all you
fellows, and let us know where you are.

We have had quite a few additions to
our list lately, comprising chiefly newly
graduated men who are locating in Akron.
Among these we have gladly welcomed the
following to the Akron Chapter: Howard

Burkle, Henry Brown, William Jones,
Harry Ritchie, and LeRoy Marlowe, all
from Beta Iota chapter.

Others who have recently handed in
their names, are: Brothers Frank Hamill,
Maryland State; Harold Saurer, North-
western, and Henry C. Mulch, Northwest-

ern.

All are cordially welcomed, and we
figure on them doing some good work for
Sigma Nu.

D. M. BROWN, Secretary.

AUGUSTA ALUMNI CHAPTER

Notwithstanding that all of the Augusta
colony are either married or should be,
the Spirit of Sigma Nu is unrelenting in
its fervor of holding together.

Returning from brief jaunts of several
years away from Augusta, the secretary,
through a questionnaire, ascertained that
the great majority favor smokers and
luncheons at least once a week as in the
good old days before the war. He finds a
few of them penitent because they have not
subscribed for The Delta, and for other-
wise lagging, but on occasion finds them
still strong to back any move for the good
of Sigma Nu that might suggest itself
from headquarters or from any other
source of Sigma Nuism. Just write us
when you want to "start something."

We again have with us Brother Bradley
Chester, erstwhile president of this Chap-
ter, who has returned from newspaperdom
of Birmingham (Alabama), to take re-
sponsible charge of the news for the Au-
gusta Chronicle.

Brother J. Milo Hatch has deserted
Buenos Aires to become engaged in the
real estate and insurance firm of Lock-
hart, Hatch & Company.

If anybody wants to know about Stewart
Harris, good reports of same can be ob-
tained from the undersigned as to Daddy
Harris' success in Atlanta — four or five
children, an admirable family, and a good
business.

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Brother C. C. Brost travels about the
city only in an automobile, not lame, but
game. He is one of the non-benedict class
that should be married. He represents the
railroads entering Augusta at the city ticket
office — promoted for congenial smiles and
affable service.

Brother H. C. Tillman, Esq., of Green-
wood, South Carolina, comes over occa-
sionally, representing the law firm of Till-
man & Mays. He is always welcome to our
city.

Charles "Jack" Stewart, rightfully Dean
of all Sigma Nus, is also a master factor
in the manufacture and sales of paints, oils
and drugs in this community.

Brother Joe Davenport is a strong rep-
resentative of the same business.

The Augusta Brewing Company (obso-
lete term), found in the beers, is modern-
ized and sanctified by the name, Augusta
Ice and Beverage Co., and ably run by
Brothers Joseph Herman, Ambrose
Schweers and August Schweers — all mar-
ried and erstwhile social courtiers.

Sam Garlington as last heard from, was
too busy to be interviewed, being engaged
with State Legislature matters, but his law
offices are still going strong.

Brother Bob Coffin is representing the
real estate firm of W. T. Houston & Com-
pany, from a legal standpoint.

Brother E. F. Moore is now with the
Georgia Vitrified Brick and Clay Com-
pany, and Brother W. R. McLeod, are new
members in our midst that have just come
to our official attention. We shall hear
more of them later.

Very politic in affability and legal
transactions is Brother Peebles, without
the political intrigue. He could be city
attorney here any day that he wanted to
grace the bench.

Brother Warren Davenport, as electri-
cal engineer and former city electrician
installing the big fire alarm and police
telegraph for Augusta, has some big pri-
vate jobs.

In this big aggregation of Sigs, there is
a varied and comprehensive amount of
business talent that could combine to suc-
ceed in any industrial undertaking, and as
business men, they solicit your correspon-
dence, and as Fraternity men they would
enjoy your social greetings. Yes, the Sec-
retary is married, but is still working.

H. G. HATCH, Secretary.

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

Letter and Creeds arrived on same day,
i. e., today. Nope, Pll take that back, the
Creeds arrived Sunday, but as there was
no delivery yesterday, it being a legal holi-
day in this man's town, I did not receive
the creeds until today. All same, I ketch-
urn and that's all that's necessary.

Suppose that the copy hook is again
hungry for some more Pickwick or other
stuff. Well, sir, to be real frank with you,
I don't know a word of gossip that might
be of interest to Sigma Nu brethren in gen-
eral. I do know that Brother Connell
'Tony" Clifford, T B and B X, is sojourn-
ing down in Los Angeles; that Brother
Giesecke, Texas and Stanford, is working
for the H. W. Johns-Man vi He Co., in San
Francisco.; that Brother Albert Baptie, B
X, will soon be back from L. S. J. U.; that
Brother Vaughn, B ¥, is ranching in a lit-
tle town of Wasco, some forty miles from
here; that Brother Harper, B *, and local
assistant manager of the Consolidated Pipe
Co., is alleged to be in love; that Brother
Frew, T X, and just recently in this vil-
lage, has left and gone back to Seattle;
that Brother Charles Midgely, B X, had
four of his songs used in the Junior Opera
at Stanford; that Brother Addison Knapp,
B X, is reported as going to take up the
marital vows with a girl from the hum
town up in Portland; that I hear from
that big long brother of mine, Walter
Krull, B Z, just about as often as you see
him and that I'd like to write more Sigma
Nu news if I knew it.

As for me, well, the next letter you may
get from me may be from Bakersfield,
mayhap from Salt Lake City and mayhap
from the Hawaiian Islands. I've not de-
cided just yet what I will do. My feet are
beginning to itch and it will take some-
thing to scratch them. If more of the
necessary is forthcoming here, I'll proba-
bly stay here; if a business venture in Salt
Lake pans out, I may go there, and if nei-
ther materialize, I may obey that bee sting
that's been in. my bonnet for some time and
hie me off to The Islands. I've wanted to
go there for a long time and sort of have
a hunch now, that I'll land there eventu-
ally. So, why not now?

Then, some day, I'll write a little book
about 'The Wandering Jew Up-to-Date."
Would not that be a fitting title for an au-

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tobiography of my ramblings within the
past few years? They say that a rolling
stone gathers no moss, yet I believe that
it gets powerfully shiny and bright.

I have a desire to make a trip around
the world some time. Who knows, that
desire may yet come true, and if it does,
then I'll write and tell you all about it.

Meanwhile I ply the pen and typewriter,
walk several miles each day in quest of ad-
vertisers for the copy hungry paper, and
manage to get by and live well. Fm well
and healthy, not hell and wealthy, so why
should I worry?

DON KRULL, Gamma Mu.

BOSTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Boston Alumni Chapter is quietly
slumbering through the summer months,
waiting for its members to return from va-
cations here, there and everywhere, before
starting in with a new campaign in the fall.
There being so many Brothers away, we
deemed it advisable to call things off, for
the time being. Our plans for the fall
are a bit indefinite at present, but Brother
Stront has suggested that we have fewer
meetings, making each meeting so attrac-
tive in its program or entertainment as to
cause a maximum of attendance. We in-
tend also to start a drive for new mem-
bers.

Brother Irving L. Rich, B 2, was in town
a few days ago and I had the good luck to
happen to cross his path. Brother Rich
manages to get over this way once in a
while to see how we are getting along, even
though he is a bit far off. We wish he
were nearer.

Brother W. W. Hayes, B 2, has recently
been promoted to general superintendent
of the Turner Construction Company.

Judging from the performances of Jack
Locke, of South Weymouth, Massachusetts,
at the annual championships at Camp
Mashemokwa, Lake Winnepesaukee, Sigma
Nu has a future Pentathlon and Decathlon
champ. This is the second year that young
Jack has captured the all-round champion-
ship cup. Brother Charles Locke, B 2,
is the proud father of this coming young-
ster. We hope Brother Locke already has
the button on him.

Brother N. W. Emery, A N, expects to
be transferred to New York in August.

Brother Emery is with the National Indus-
trial Conference Board.

Brother L. A. Blaisdell, A N, a member
of the Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter, was
present at the regular Friday luncheon
July 7th, at Filene's Restaurant. "Bud"
has the same old line.

Brother C. C. Maguire, A % attended
the Bowdoin College commencement, driv-
ing down and back in his car.

Brother C. A. Schmitz, B Z, is spending
the summer at his cottage at Hough's Neck,
Massachusetts.

Brother Howard C. White, A A, has re-
cently purchased a house and is living at
12 Wallaston Avenue, Wallaston, Massa-
chusetts. Brother White very generously
turned over the house to us for our last
meeting which was held in May.

ROYAL G. HIGGINS, JR., Secretary.

BUTTE ALUMNI

My correspondence has been slightly
neglected since that auspicious day, April
16th, when I gave the army an honorable
discharge and hit for the wilds of the
great Northwest, "God's Country."

It seemed great to get back here again
to stay, and the only event they can get
me back to Illinois [Brother Johnson has
spent most of his time since the Armistice
in the U. S. General Hospital at Fort Sher-
idan, recovering from his airplane acci-
dent in France while he was in service]
for is a family reunion with my Delta
Gamma. Montana looks good to me.

I haven't been down to Missoula yet
since my return, but expect to visit the
place next fall and see our team trim the
Aggies. Plans for the House' are not pro-
gressing very fast because of the feeling
that now is a bad time to build. Most of
our Alumni are very young yet, and are
not in position to help a great deal.

Business is quite slow out here now, but
shows signs of improvement. I have more
than cleared expenses since getting back,
and feel optimistic. If things come out
as I expect this winter I will be in Illinois
next spring for that reunion.

Brother Dewey M. Fullington, B K, sent
me a new photo of himself the other day.
It is a swell picture and shows him wearing
his well-known rubber-tired spectacles. I
hear from him every few weeks.

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I notice that one of of Upsilon's pledges
or initiates is one William DeCourcey. I
believe that he is the DeCourcey who was
with me in the 638th Squadron, Fifth Pur-
suit Group, up at Lay St. Remy, near Toul ;
if so, I am very glad that he is a Sigma Nu.

In the primaries Tuesday, I was nomi-
nated for the State Legislature on the Re-
publican ticket. For some reason or other
I was the second highest man on the ticket,
and should have a pretty good chance of
being elected in November.

Brothers Ed. Simpkins, r $, and James
Bonner, r $, are engaged in some state
work, and get to Butte occasionally for a
talk and a short visit.

We are now trying to boost for two
referendum measures that mean much to
the University of Montana. One is a five
million dollar bond issue for buildings;
the other is a mill and a half tax for main-
tenance of the State schools. They seem
rather doubtful of passage, but may get
through.

It seems to me that the next year should
be the best year yet for Sigma Nu, and we
are all doing our best to help.

HOWARD A. JOHNSON, Gamma Phi.

CHICAGO ALUMNI CHAPTER

Samuel C. Bloom, B Z, and Benjamin
Nelson, T M, recently married, are partners
in business at 1301 Monadnock Block, Chi-
cago. Bloom is vice-president and Nelson
western manager of the Atmospheric Con-
ditioning Corporation, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.

Brother Gilbert H. A. Rech, T B, has
been elected assistant treasurer of the Har-
ris Trust and Savings Bank, of Chicago.
Mr. Rech has occupied various positions
with the bank during the last thirteen years
and until recently was Pacific Coast repre-
sentative, with headquarters at San Fran-
cisco.

Brother G. I. Bell, T B, is also with the
Harris Trust Company as the manager of
the bond sales department, for the past five
or six years.

H. J. BARDWELL, Beta Alpha.

CLEVELAND ALUMNI CHAPTER

Before I even get under way with this
letter, I want to remind every Sig that

Cleveland has an Alumni Chapter which
is always glad to welcome any Brothei
either visiting or coming to Cleveland (the
garden spot of the world) to make his
home. And we will deem it a favor if the
first thing you do is get to a Bell phone
and call Main 7020. Ask for M. E. Evans,
F. I. Wilson or any other Sig you wish to
find. In fact, the young lady answering the
phone will be glad to give you information
on any subject.

Another thing, the Chapter has been
holding regular monthly meetings at the
Electrical League rooms, top floor of the
Statler Hotel. By regular I mean every
month although not the same date. Our
next meeting will be August I lth, and as
usual at 6:30 p. m. We generally have
about thirty-five attending, but the way
things look now it will be over fifty by
fall. Remember there is always a place
open for one more plate.

We are also laying plans for a picnic
to be held August 14th, but as this is still
in the committee room, I can not give you
the particulars. Then as a vacation for all
we are going to stage a stag party at Mid-
dle Bass Island some time near Labor Day.
Bathing, fishing, and everything with no
worries for "Mike" Evans owns most of the
Island. Also it is only an eight-mile walk
across the water to Canada. Notices will
be published as to the exact date and so
on and we want every one there.

Now for a little of the past as well as
the future. Going back to the first of the
year — February 21, to be exact, the Chap-
ter held its annual banquet at the Winton
Hotel. Ask any one from the Regent on
down through the hundred and fifty who
attended and they will tell you it was a
great success. The banquet was handled
by Brothers Chapin, Parks, McElrath,
Hartman, and Brooker, and we will be
lucky if we can always have as able a
committee, for they put forth every effort
to make it the best banquet we have ever
held. Several Brothers were up from the
Akron Alumni Chapter and we hope to see
them back with us again next year.

So far we have dealt with generalities,
but from now on —

Brother B. P. Stiles, V A, is now located
in this city in charge of a large accounting
firm and can be reached at 812 Park Build-
ing.

Brother Ralph Francy, A Z, is now treas-

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urer of the Vulcan Brass Company, of
Cleveland, and furthermore seems very
much interested in apartments large
enough for two.

That reminds me, Brother Alva Spring,
A 0, has gone and gotten very much mar-
ried, and since that time we have seen very
little of him.

Brother B. W. Packard, A A, is now lo-
cated in Aurora, Illinois, with the Barber
& Green Conveyor Company.

Brother H. C. Rardin, B H, has left to
take charge of the Chicago territory for the
Tubular Woven Fabric Company. At the
present time we do not know his new ad-
dress.

Brother N. A. Miller, A IT, Washington,
D. C, has located in Cleveland with the
Wm. Taylor Sons Company. Brother Mil-
ler, a short time after his arrival, was in-
duced to invest in a plantation in Cuba. If
any one has a half interest in a county
court house to sell, see Brother Miller.
And also please address all mail N. A.
Miller, "King of Cuba."

Brother Walter (Dad) Clark, A Z, is
now connected with the Square D Com-
pany.

Brother B. G. Mcintosh, B B, is now
located in Cleveland with the Firestone
Tire & Rubber Company.

Brothers Walter Evans, T ¥, and H. A.
Phillips, T A, have spent the summer with
us and we hope they will be back to stay.

Now to close as I began, don't forget to
call Main 7020 as soon as you land in
Cleveland.

F. I. WILSON, Secretary.

DENVER ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Denver Alumni Chapter has had
an active summer. Interest in the organi-
zation has been maintained through the
weekly meetings held each Wednesday in
the Tea Room of the Denver Dry Goods
Company. A year ago these meetings were
attended by some four or five members,
but now that number has increased to fif-
teen and twenty. A number of Sigma Nus
from other Chapters throughout the United
States have visited the Denver Chapter at
these meetings. There is always a cordial
welcome extended to all visiting Sigma
Nus whenever they are in Denver.

The first annual picnic of the Chapter

was held at Gilpin, Colorado, July 31,
August 1 and 2. Grand Counselor (Dad)
Williams kindly offered the use of his
two mountain cabins at that place, to the
Chapter for such occasion. Various parties
left Denver in their machines on Saturday
afternoon, July 31, arriving at the camp
in the evening about seven o'clock. The
camping grounds are ideally situated
about thirty-five miles from Denver, high
in the mountains, surrounded by tall pines,
swift mountain streams and wonderfully
cool springs. The country, at the time,
blossomed with most all of Colorado's
numberless kinds of wild flowers. On Sat-
urday evening, everyone enjoyed a camp
fire and sing-out. Sunday, various parties
amused themselves with long hikes, and in
the evening another bonfire and excep-
tionally witty speeches and songs from
those gathered around. Monday, most of
the picknickers returned to Denver.

Brother Williams was an ideal host and
the Chapter is indebted to him for the use
of his cabins.

The Alumni of Gamma Kappa Chapter
have made great progress towards the
financing of the new House during the past
year. The Chapter is now the owner of
almost a quarter of a block opposite the
entrance to the campus of the University
of Colorado. They also own two other
lots in the city of Boulder which they pur-
chased several years ago. The new lots,
which were purchased only last year, are
most ideal for the location of a Fraternity
House. The Chapter has aproximately
$8,000 in assets, and it is hoped that as
soon as the present lots are paid for they
will be able to commence the construction
of their new building. The committees
are now hard at work endeavoring to raise
the necessary funds, and from present re-
ports it appears that success will crown
their efforts.

It is absolutely essential that the Chap-
ter have a new House at this time, as living
conditions in Boulder are exceptionally
crowded as in most other university towns.
With the active Chapter and their Alumni
pulling together there is no reason why the
House cannot be completed during the
coming year. The Chapter has been long
endeavoring to secure a House and it is
only recently that the plans have so de-
veloped, and that the result of their efforts
can now be seen.

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Gamma Eta Chapter will hold its second
annual picnic on the top of Lookout Moun-
tain, on the Saturday afternoon and eve-
ning of September 4. A large number of
Denver Alumni will attend the affair which
will consist principally of a regular Col-
orado beefsteak fry and dancing in the
evening. The picnic last year was well at-
tended, and those who attend the affairs
given by Gamma Eta Chapter know of the
wonderfully good times they will have on
such occasions. This picnic will be no
exception.

Brother Paul Greedy was in Denver for
a short while recently. Tuffy graduated
from the University of Colorado in 1917,
and since that time has been assistant sur-
geon in the United States Navy. He has
spent most of his time in England and at
sea, and has lately been stationed at the
Naval Hospital at Las Animas.

Those who know Charlie (Sloady) Sells
will be glad to know of the arrival at his
home in Terrytown, New York, of petite
Myra Sells.

Brothers W. F. Lumsden and Sidney

Bishop are both connected with the Federal

Board for Vocational Education, and have

offices in the Mercantile Building, Denver.

GEO. H. SWERER, Secretary.

DETROIT ALUMNI CHAPTER

For the first time since before the war,
Detroit Alumni were gathered together on
May 22nd, this year, for what used to be
their annual banquet, with over eighty old-
time Brothers on hand. The Active Chap-
ters from Albion and Michigan were repre-
sented by some twenty old men. There
has always been a warm spot in the hearts
of Detroit Alumni for these two Chapters
and we have always endeavored to help the
Brothers in every way and upon every op-
portunity we could see.

We especially were glad Brother Dun-
lavy was with us. We can readily realize
now at whose hand lies the reason for the
high position now held by Sigma Nu, and
for the many compliments paid to our or-
ganization by other Greeks.

Detroit is proud to possess about 125
Sigs in her midst, representing over thirty
five of the different Active Chapters of
the Fraternity, better than twenty of these
being represented at our banquet. We are

planning as soon as the summer season is
over and the Brothers are back in town, to
either buy or rent and keep up an "Alumni
Lodge." The lack of such a home is the
one weakness of Alumni organizations, as
Pittsburgh is an example of the drawing
strength of having one.

Our Chapter lost one of its most valu-
able and hard working Brothers when
Brother Fred C. Day, T M, died on June
30th. The Detroit Alumni Chapter's past
success was' due as much to the personal
work and Willingness to shoulder responsi-
bility on Fred's part as such things can be
laid to the personal effort of any one now.
Ann Arbor's new house success is due to
Brother Day's efforts more than those of
any one Gamma Nu Man. We miss such
men.

We still hold our luncheons at the Board
of Commerce on every Saturday at 1:00 p.
m., and would feel very sorry to learn that
any new Brother had visited the city and
failed to look us up. We welcome new
faces especially.

Brother Chester E. Rightor, of the De-
troit Bureau of Governmental Research,
visited in June, both our Gamma Tau and
Gamma Lambda Chapter Houses. He re-
ports "Gamma Tau needs a new House,
present one was built in 1909." He at-
tended the meeting of the National Comp-
trollers and Accounting Officers, in St.
Paul, addressing them on the City Mana-
ger Plan. He has also recently been to
Toronto for a day's conference with civic
organizations and leaders of that city.

J. RICHARD NEWMAN, Secretary.

FORT WAYNE ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Fort Wayne has long needed a Sigma
Nu Alumni Association, and it recently be-
came apparent that we have enough Sigma
Nus living here permanently to form a
Chapter. On August 4th, 1920, the fol-
lowing members of the Fraternity held a
banquet at the local Y. M. C. A. :

Ed. G. Hoffman, John H. Johnson, Harry
C. Schlatter, Clyde F. Driesbach, Clarence
A. Getz, Herbert Coverdale, Walter T.
May, Art. P. Irmscher, Fred D. Wilson, C.
R. McAnlis, Elis S. Hoglund, Richard B.
Evans, Alfred H. Randall, J. Earle Wood-
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Herman B. Nussbaum, Artemis G. Pickard,
Francis G. Himelick, Howard L. Van Ar-
nam, Alex. M. Tower.

Brother Hoglund, in the role of toast-
master, conducted the diner entertainment
at a lively pace, until finally it seemed
impossible to cut the stories, songs, and
reminiscences and get down to business
matters. We did manage to have a short
business session and such enthusiasm was
shown toward forming an Alumni Chapter,
that the matter was settled at once and the
following officers elected: President, E.
G. Hoffman; vice-president, John H. John-
son; secretary and treasurer, Harry C.
Schlatter.

Since the banquet we have been holding
weekly Wednesday noon luncheons at the
Y. M. C. A., but expect to make the
luncheon a monthly affair as soon as the
undergraduate Sigma Nus return to col-
lege.

President Ed G. Hoffman gave our social
life a flying start by entertaining us, in
Ed's royal way, at the Country Club, on
August 26th. It was a feast and party long
to be remembered.

The next event on our social calendar is
a banquet scheduled for September 1st.
Brother Edwin W. Dunlavy has wired us
definitely that he will be here.

Following closely after the banquet, a
stag picnic is to be held at Lake Wawasee.
If there are any Sigma Nus in the Northern
part of Indiana who did not receive an
invitation to the picnic, please send your
mailing address to our secretary, for future
use.

As a last stunt for the summer we expect
to stage an Inter-Fraternity dancing party,
the details of which have not been settled.

Everything augurs well for a good live
organization here at Fort Wayne, and it
means not only many happy events for
local Sigma Nus and closer fellowship,
but also a material benefit to the Collegiate
Chapters as we will be better able to co-
operate in securing pledges.

HARRY C. SCHLATTER, Secretary.

Later Bulletin. — Brother Benton Hop-
kins, T T, formerly of Cleveland, now of
Indianapolis, attended the dinner on Sep-
tember 1st, and reports a royal launching
of this new Alumni Chapter.

HARTFORD ALUMNI CHAPTER

The affairs of the Hartford Alumni
Chapter have progressed rapidly and
smoothly since the last letter. Our monthly
meetings have been well attended and a
good many of the Brothers get together
every Thursday noon at the University
Club.

A large delegation from the Chapter at-
tended die admirably carried out installa-
tion of our youngest Collegiate Chapter
at Wesleyan. We were all impressed with
the forceful way in which the initiation
proceedings were carried out. Following
the installation a reception was held at the
Chapter House that was well attended by
Wesleyan men and Faculty. The affair
was dominated by a co-operative and
friendly spirit from the hill. Sigma Nu
was truly welcomed into Wesleyan by her
sister Greeks. A successful banquet was
held in the evening, over twenty Chapters
were represented.

We are working in close relations with
the nearby Collegiate Chapters at Trinity
and Wesleyan. During the winter three
joint dances were held with Delta Chi of
Trinity. Our latest treasured memory of a
good time was a joint boat ride with the
nearby active members of Trinity and Wes-
leyan and ourselves, held on the last day
of July. A pleasant ride down the Con-
necticut with Middletown as our objective
which was attained in time to go up to the
Chapter House at Wesleyan for a picnic
lunch. The dancing which followed cul-
minated a very successful party.

Our last monthly meeting was very well
attended. After a hearty dinner, election
of officers took place, resulting in the elec-
tion of Brothers W. P. Barber, Jr., presi-
dent; R. E. Cross, vice-president; C. G.
Flanders, treasurer; J. M. Washburn, sec-
retary, and M. E. Whalen, sergeant-at-
arms.

We regret that Brother Gerald Segur
has left us but wish him success in his
work as assistant cashier of the Montreal
office of the Travelers Insurance Company.

The Chapter is glad to have gotten in
touch with Brother A. E. Green, n, from
Lehigh, who is employed with the Coyer
Company of this city, and with Brother
W. A. Peck, A Y, from Colgate, who is
spending the summer in Berlin, Connecti-
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We welcome to town Mrs. M. S. Nichols,
the June bride of Brother M. S. Nichols,
and also extend our congratulations to
Brother J. F. English on the announcement
of his engagement to Miss Alice B. Wells,
of Hartford.

J. M. WASHBURN, Secretary.

JACKSONVILLE ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Am definitely located with the Federal
Reserve Bank for the summer, so I will be
in Jacksonville all summer.

I took lunch with the Jacksonville
Alumni Chapter of Sigma Nu the other
day. The Chapter meets regularly twice a
month in the Seminole Hotel for lunch.
About twenty or thirty Brothers are usu-
ally present.

Brother Olaf Zewadski, T N, now prac-
ticing law in Miami, Florida, passed
through Jacksonville the other day on his
way to New York to marry.

Brother Frank Wideman, A M, Jackson-
ville Alumni Chapter, has just been elected
States Attorney for the Fourth Judicial
Circuit, Florida.

Brother Arthur Y. Milam, A M, Jack-
sonville Alumni Chapter, was elected dele-
gate in the Democratic primary to the Na-
tional Democratic convention in San Fran-
cisco, on June 28. Brother Milam was
also a delegate to both the Kiwanis con-
vention and the Shrine convention held at
Portland, Oregon, early in June.

Brother E. A. Martin, K, president of the
Southern Seedsman Association, has been
presiding at the convention of the associa-
tion, which was recently held in Jackson-
ville.

Brother Louis Strumm, A M, president
of the Jacksonville Alumni Chapter, was a
Lieutenant-Commander in the Navy during
the war. Brother Strumm has just suc-
ceeded in having the War Department as-
sign a large vessel to the Jacksonville
Naval Militia which Brother Strumm com-
mands.

GEORGE W. MILAM.

LEXINGTON, KY., ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Since the beginning of the summer the
Alumni in Lexington have taken to the

golf links and the summer resorts and con-
sequently there have been no regular as-
semblies of the Chapter.

On July 3rd the corner-stone for Gamma
Iota's new home was laid under the guid-
ance of General Secretary Dunlavy. Quite
a large crowd of Brothers and well-wishers
attended and all agreed that the ceremony
was well in keeping with the importance
of the occasion.

The House Corporation wishes to report
that construction of the House is well
under way and that by September 1st it is
expected that all exterior work will be
completed, thus allowing the interior finish
and decoration to be done in the inclement
fall weather. The Secretary of the Lex-
ington Alumni Chapter will be glad to fur-
nish information concerning plans of arch-
itecture, method of financing and contem-
plated management to any Chapter of
Sigma Nu which might be contemplating
building.

Brother F. M. Smith, T N, has returned
from University of Michigan and is re-
porting for the Lexington Herald.

Brother Floyd H. Wright is spending the
summer playing ball with the town of Sas-
katoon, Canada. Address, Queen's Hotel.

Brother Collis Ringo has returned to
Lexington for a short visit. He has been
located in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Brother Priest Kemper was in Lexing-
ton for a few days and seemed much inter-
ested in the success of the House Corpora-
tion. His address is Gonzales, Texas.

A corporation to manufacture special
bodies for Fords has been started in Lex-
ington. Brothers C. E. McCormick, Guy
A. Huguelet, and K. G. Pulliam, Jr., are
the originators of the enterprise. The or-
ganization is known as the Mercury Body
Corporation.

Brother K. G. Pulliam, Jr., is welcoming
an heiress which arrived June 15th; felt
almost disappointed that she couldn't ever
be a Sigma Nu.

Brother Farra VanMeter has returned
from the University of South Carolina
where he was of such material assistance
in fighting the battles of the Fraternity in
the Legislature.

Brother Hugh D'Anna spent quite a lot
of his time in Lexington this spring. His
business is located in Hickory, North Caro-
lina.

K. G. PULLIAM, JR., Secretary.

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LITTLE ROCK ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Since holding the Eleventh and Twelfth
Division Association convention at Little
Rock, May 7th and 8th, it may be truth-
fully said that the prospects for Sigma Nu
in Arkansas are brighter than ever.

The convention was a success and the
memorial exercises held at Mabelvale, Ar-
kansas, in memory of our beloved Founder
Hopkins, will ever remain in the hearts of
all attending Brothers. At the convention
it was decided to hold about four good
meetings of the Alumni a year.

The annual election of officers is sched-
uled to take place at an early meeting in
September.

It is regretted that the copy of the pro-
ceedings of the convention and the Hopkins
Monument exercises failed to reach The
Delta in time for the May edition, and
apologies are hereby made.

Very little is happening in this part of
the world excepting politics. Sigma Nu
had an announced candidate for Governor
in Wallace Davis, T Y, *06, but he with-
drew and is accused as being one of the
ring who is to name the next Governor.

We have Brothers Davis and Mahony
strongly supporting one candidate, and
Brother Tillman, r Y, '07, is actively sup-
porting another. With nine candidates for
Governor there is a chance for any Brother
to back his choice.

The writer has been visiting a number
of Arkansas towns the past month and has
called on Sigma Nus in numerous parts of
the State. All signifying their intention
of doing everything possible for the up-
building of Sigma Nu in Arkansas and
e 1 se wh ere

At Russellville, Floyd M. Reed, r Y,
126, is working in a local bank. Floyd
Henry is a farmer and Pollack A. Wallace,
of Delta Epsilon, is a coal miner with the
Hazelton Coal Company.

At Newport, Claude M. Erwin, T O, is
the mayor and also a practicing attorney.
At this town Clarence E. Winfree, r Y 132,
is bookkeeper for the First National Bank.

At Hope, Arkansas, Ross Gillespie is at
home in a beautiful residence. Brother
Gillespie is from Omicron, and is the crack
salesman and vice-president of the Doyle-
Kidd Dry Goods Company, Little Rock.
He says that he is glad to get back in touch

with Sigma Nu again. Keneth McRea is
also living at Hope.

At Ola is Olga J. Harkey, O 66, who
says he is glad he was looked up. Brother
Harkey subscribed to The Delta and as-
sisted in the convention fund. He came to
Little Rock, but forgot the convention.

At Hot Springs is found Brother Stanley
Lee who is cashier of the Como Trust Com-
pany. Brother Lee is still a youngster and
is rapidly rising in the banking world.

At McGehee, Arkansas, one finds Pink-
ney S. Seamans. Pink is the prince of en-
tertainers from singing songs to telling
stories. He backs the political machine
and promotes the Arkansas-Louisiana
Highway. After some fifteen years Brother
Seamans is born again into Sigma Nu.

F. A. Gerig has left McGehee and moved
to Alabama.

At Benton, Arkansas, Charles 0. Thomas
is busy building the Little Rock-Hot
Springs Highway. John L. Hughes is back
practicing Taw after a residence in Wash-
ington, D. C.

At Fort Smith, S. B. Harper, A, is con-
ducting a large agency for the Firestone
tires.

Thomas Harper is reported as having
moved away. The other Brothers at this
city were not located during the short stay
of this Arkansas traveler.

At Forest City only Murray C. Hamble-
ton, O 43, was found out of a possible four
on the list. Brother Hambleton is in a
large mercantile establishment at this
place. Modesty prevented asking if he
owned the business. We think so.

At Marianna, Brother Charles McKee is
in charge of the Lee County Bank, and we
cannot pencil the love and respect Brother
McKee holds for Sigma Nu. As No. 4 of
Zeta Chapter, he helped initiate Clarence
E. Woods, and by that act says he did his
duty to Sigma Nu. Ralph Lynch, T Y, '06,
is now making his home at Marianna and
is a salesman for the Morris Packing Com-
pany.

At Harrison we find John Joseph Hale
(Grouch) , T Y 79. When he is not looking
after his other hardware stores in Fort
Smith and other places, Brother Hale is a
Sigma Nu, in a class all by "his-self." The
writer wishes to advise that he be the
Chapter Adviser for Gamma Upsilon.

At Helena, Arkansas, is our only living
Founder, Greenfield Quarles. Brother

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Quarles attended the convention at Little
Rock. Brother Quarles had a recent photo-
graph made when at Little Rock and I am
sure that Chapters would have no trouble
in securing a photograph from him.

Allie Lee Pendergrass, is now deceased.

This now brings the narrator to the town
of El Dorado, Arkansas. This seems to be
a spot truly well named. The lure of gold
is in the air, not by mines, but by flowing
oils and gas. Here in this beautiful little
town is found Joseph K. Mahony, T Y 16,
and Jessie H. McWilliams, T Y. Union
county was declared famous back in the
early times of Sigma Nu at Arkansas Uni-
versity for having produced Joe Mahony.
Another famous Arkansas Brother hails
from this town in the person of Jarvis
Goodwin, of Washington, D. C. He is
Gamma Upsilon No. 32, and is famous for
using up more space in the Sigma Nu
Catalog, 1917 edition, than any other Ar-
kansas man. Brothers McWilliams and
Mahony took the traveler out to see the
Constantine gas well, within two miles of
the town. All the foliage and grass is
covered with a slime of oil, and this makes
it the only section in Arkansas free from
ticks and "chiggers." El Dorado comes in
one hundred per cent in subscribing for
The Delta.

W. TERRY FEILD, President.

MADISON ALUMNI CHAPTER

There is no report of the Madison
Alumni Chapter, regular meetings having
been suspended shortly before the close of
the regular session. As you know, our
members are practically all professors,
whose work during the summer frequently
takes them out of the city; and so we found
that it would not pay to try to get together
again until fall.

GEORGE A. CHANDLER, Secretary.

MEMPHIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Memphis Alumni Chapter met at
luncheon June 24, 1920, at the Memphis
Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of
organization and election of officers. The
following members were present: R. E.
Baldwin, 2; H. Gannaway, 5; W. W.

Hughes, 2; Lyle G. Kilvington, 2; E. A.
Mar ley, 2; Thomas H. Ingram, 2; W. C.
Graves, B H; James S. Jeten, B H; W. G.
Somerville, 0; J. H. Opp, II; J. W.
Pumphrey, P; E. A. Jenkins, B H; J. S.
Edmondson, A ; Rudolph Jones, A.

Following the luncheon the election of
officers was held: John W. Pumphrey, P,
president; W. Wightman Hughes, 2, vice-
president; Thomas H. Ingram, 2, secre-
tary-treasurer.

The last Tuesday of each month was
chosen for our monthly luncheon. Since
our luncheon we have located several other
Brothers who will soon join our fold,
namely: Rudolph Jones, A; J. E. Harold,
M; John M. McDawell, T A; Robert H.
Carr, J. J. Thomas, 5; J. A. Thomas, A; J.
M. Jenkins, 2.

The members of the Memphis Alumni
Chapter are men who have been affected
with the Baccillus Pepitis and we all get it
by continuity and contiguity and as a phy-
sician is supposed to have an immunity
against all germs, but is some times
blamed for its spread, we as a Chapter, are
going to endeavor to infect all Chapters
with the germ and rid the Fraternity of the
germ of sleeping sickness. It does not re-
quire a severe infection to tell you how
very proud we are to have our Chapter
and to feel again we are in harness pulling
for dear old Sigma Nu. I hope I have
enough of the proverbial Oleares in Pinus
Caeces to hold me to the position of Re-
porter, but should I chance to fall below
I know you will view me with a critic's
eye and will not pass my imperfections by.

I am indeed glad to report to you the
types of men who represent the Memphis
Alumni Chapter and I feel that to show the
type of infection they all are suffering
from it will be best to describe them in
auto terms. In our ranks we have Pack-
ards, Pierce Arrows, Hudson Super-sixes,
but no John Henry's. There are all shapes
of bodies, hoods, large radiators, large
head lights, no dimmers and small tail
lights, bodies of all shapes from the large
upholstered limousine to the stripped ra-
cing type.

Most all are water-cooled at present, but
have a few hot-air-cooled types. Semi-
cliptic springs and a few underslung, none
of them have shock absorbers, because they
cannot be shocked. Most of them are self-
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the latest shift gears, none have brakes;
mostly use gas as fuel, but some have been
known to run quite a long distance on
alcohol alone. They all climb the steepest
hills in high, but make a great noise at
times, because they use the muffler cut-out
and back fire occasionally.

They are all equipped with horns and
don't fail to blow them, some often exceed
the speed limit. Many have anti-skid tires,
but have even known to skid fearfully at
times. Punctures are common, accom-
panied by great noise owing to the sudden
escape of hot air. Their radiators rarely
freeze, owing to the timely use of anti-
freeze. On a whole, we are all up-to-date
machines and our speedometers will regis-
ter one hundred per cent, on any trip
boosting for old Sigma Nu. Just as soon
as the organization of the Memphis Univer-
sity Club is completed, many of our mem-
bers will become affiliated with them.

THOMAS H. INGRAM, M. D., Secretary.

MIAMI ALUMNI

Will you please forward me at your con-
venience details as to the organization of
an Alumni Chapter in this city?

We Sigma Nus here are getting together
every Friday at noon time, and to quote an
item from one of the newspapers:

"Last Friday at Wo Kee's Cafe, the Sig-
ma Nus held their weekly luncheon.
Among those present were: George E.
McCaskell, E. B. Kurtz, S. J. Barco, Dr.
Coleman, Dr. Saler, Thomas L. Jackson,
Yours truly, Morris Harkness, M. B. New-
man, Dan C. Squires, H. W. Watts, Willis
Junkin.

"All Sigma Nus in the city are urgently
requested to attend as many of these weekly
luncheons as possible. They are to be held
at Woo Kee's Cafe every Friday at 12:15.
Plans are being laid for the organization
of an Alumni Chapter in this city."

L EARL CURRY.

NEW HAVEN ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Due to the fact that the best part of the
Chapter were going out of town or to the
shore for the summer, we have held no

meetings since the end of May, but plans
are being made for a very active Chapter
in the fall, and we are hoping for even a
more successful season than the one we
enjoyed last year.

At our last meeting of the year in May,
we had Vice Regent Smith with us, who
gave us a very interesting and instructive
talk on the Fraternity and the House En-
dowment Fund. It was certainly a great
pleasure, as well as an honor, to have him
with us, and we hope to be able to see other
officers of the Fraternity during the coming
year.

The day after our May meeting, a large
number of the Chapter went to Middletown
for the installation of the new Chapter at
Wesleyan. This was a day long to be re-
membered to New England Sigma Nus,
and everyone went away a better fraternity
man on account of hearing the inspiring
talks of different Brothers and seeing the
energy and enthusiasm with which these
newest of Sigma Nus were starting out in
their careers as members of a National
Fraternity.

All Sigma Nu, and Epsilon Gamma
Chapter in particular, is very fortunate in
having such a fine college as Wesleyan for
a home, and everyone was particularly im-
pressed with the loyalty to the college, and
the hearty co-operation between the stu-
dents and the Faculty. These two features
stood out above all else throughout the day
and evening.

It is not out of place to point out at this
time, that the New Haven Chapter was
very much in evidence at this installation.
During the evening every member of the
Chapter gave a short talk, because we were
all from different Chapters, and have rep-
resentatives from every part of the country.
However, the main event of the evening
occurred when the entire delegation arose
and sang for the first time, their now
famous Chapter song, "New Haven by the
Sound."

With regret we have seen some of our
members leave town and the Chapter on
account of completing their work at Yale,
but we wish them every success in other
cities and trust that our numbers will be.
kept up by new Brothers coming for this
or other work at our famous university.

We again extend a hearty welcome to
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to see many visiting Brothers during the
coming year.

E. C MARSDEN, Secretory.

NEW YORK ALUMNI CHAPTER

The New York Alumni Chapter held its
annual meeting and election in May. The
following officers were elected: President,
W. A. Gannon, A A; vice-president, H.
B. Hartsock, B B; treasurer, R. E. Sawyer,
A N; secretary, A. H. Dean, A K. Execu-
tive Committee: Brother Russell Brown
elected to fill vacancy due to Brother T.
T. V. Ely's departure from the city.

The Chapter decided to discontinue the
weekly luncheons during the summer
months, and resume them in September.

Brother H. E. Sibson, T 0, came over
from Philadelphia and gave us a detailed
outline of that Chapter's plans for the next
Grand Chapter. By a unanimous vote, the
New York Alumni went on record in favor
of Philadelphia as a most desirable city
for the next mobilization of Sigma Nus.

Brother George A. Smith told us how
earnestly the High Council is working on
the Endowment Fund. Brother Smith has
drafted Brother Brown, one of our promi-
nent advertising men, into this campaign.
A very interesting letter from Brother
Hayes was read lor the benefit of all
present.

Our new Wesleyan Chapter was repre-
sented by that daring &Ace," Brother
Charles P. Porter. (See photograph and
article elsewhere in this issue of The
Delta.) Brother Porter told how he had
downed seven German planes, incidentally
winning a captaincy. Brother Porter is an
enthusiastic Sig and has groomed some
likely New Rochelle High School men for
Sigma Nu.

Brother A. H. Wilson informed the
Chapter that this Division is in a healthy
condition. The number of Chapters own-
ing their own Houses is steadily increasing.
The next season will find the New York
Chapter linked with Philadelphia, working
for the 1920 convention. Meeting ad-
journed until after golf season.

The New York Times, July 18th, gave
a summary of Brother M. V. Samuel's
forthcoming play based on the Book of
Esther, which is to be produced by Wen-
dell Phillips Dodge. Brother Samuel's

play, "The Wanderer," was a big success
on the stage and also was filmed.

To the newcomers from recent gradua-
tions, we extend a hearty welcome. Your
presence at our Thursday luncheons in the
Machinery Club, 50 Church Street, will
enable you to become acquainted with a
large group of Sigs.

Any visiting Sig should remember to
lunch with us every Thursday noon.

A. H. DEAN, Secretary.

OKLAHOMA CITY ALUMNI
CHAPTER

I am now making my maiden attempt in
dispersing the news of the doings of the
Alumni Chapter of Oklahoma City. The
writer has only been here for some six
weeks, but has already met a great number
of the Sigs, and as usual, I find them to be
a fine bunch of men. The regular meet-
ings are in the form of a luncheon, held
the first Saturday of every month at the
Chamber of Commerce. At these meetings
it seems to be a habit of the older mem-
bers to shove some work off on the new-
comers. At least, at my first setting I be-
came a holder of this revered office.

From what I can gather, we have from
twenty-five to thirty Alumni in the Active
Chapter. As the dues and subscriptions
to The Delta are now due, I have been
around trying to get the Brothers to kick
in. All I have been able to see have wil-
lingly handed over their contribution and
I am sending in their names and money.
I have been unable to see all of the mem-
bers as a number of them are out of town
at present.

Since the last Delta there has been
quite a little activity among the Brothers
here. Solon W. Smith, N, and Miss Rose
Harris, of this city, were married June
19th. Miss Harris is a Tri-Delt from Okla-
homa University and a cousin of L. S.
Harris, a Sig from the same school. There
was great mournnig among the bachelors
of our Chapter for the loss of the Brother,
but our hearty congratulations went with
him.

Brother John Dunkin has been keeping
up our social activities in very good fash-
ion. Recently he gave a series of parties
for some visiting Pi Beta Phis which were
great successes.

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During the summer it is hard to get the
men together as so many are away, but be-
fore school starts we are planning to give
a rushing party for the prospective Sigs
who are going away to school.

The two new additions to our Chapter
*re Brother L. S. Harris, a graduate of
Oklahoma University, who is taking up the
practice of law here, and Brother Terrell,
who is starting out in the same profession.

Have just found out that Brother C. F.
Mitchell, of Texas, has located here, but
as yet, have been unable to get in touch
with him.

I sincerely hope by the time for the next
Chapter Letter that I will be better ac-
quainted with the members here and thus
be able to give some individual news about
each of them.

FRANK H. TERRELL, Secretary.

PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The last meeting of the Philadelphia
Alumni Chapter was held on June 1st. It
was the thought of our president, Percy
S. Lyon, that this event should be held at
a country club at some appropriate loca-
tion where field sports could be held.

We, therefore, gathered at the Manheim
Cricket Club in Germantown, a suburb of
Philadelphia, and a number of the boys
played tennis, while others took a dip in
the fine big swimming pool.

The Philadelphia Alumni Chapter has
enjoyed exceptional prosperity this year,
having grown far beyond the fondest ex-
pectations of many of its members. Out of
an available eighty or ninety Sigs in Phil-
adelphia, we have enrolled fifty-two as
members of the local Chapter, and have
fifty-four subscriptions to The Delta.
When you consider that it was only in the
latter part of December we organized, it
looks as if the Sigs in and around Phila-
delphia had the proper interest and spirit
in their Fraternity.

Philadelphia is very much interested and
very enthusiastic over the possibility of
entertaining the next Grand Chapter, in
1921, and we sincerely hope that the High
Council will hearken to our pleadings and
to the words of Brother Bert Wilson who
made such an eloquent appeal at our last
Grand Chapter.

Brother Frank Mitchell, of Penn State,
is still living in Ridley Park, devoting his
time to horticultural pursuits.

Brother Mike Weller, Penn 1910, spent
a few days in Philadelphia the early part
of June over Alumni Day.

Brother Harold E. Barron, a member of
the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter, gradu-
ate of the West Philadelphia High School,
also of Penn State College, 1918, qualified
and made the American Olympic Track
Team and is now in Belgium with Ameri-
ca's representatives.

Brother William L. Gruhler and his wife
are being congratulated on the birth of a
daughter on July 30, 1920.

Sibson, Sechler, and a number of other
ardent Waltonites have planned a fishing
trip to either Tuckerton or Fortesque, but
from the last reports I hear that business
has interfered with pleasure and the trip
has been temporarily called off.

Brothers Freund, Karnes, Gruhler, and
three others of their friends made a trip
recently to Fortesque and were successful
in landing about one hundred good sized
weak fish and croakers. A member of the
party spent most of the time feeding the
fish that the others caught. My modesty
prevents me from mentioning any names.

We are planning big things for the fall
and winter months, and it is hoped that
by the time we celebrate our first anniver-
sary since our reorganization, that every
available Sig in this vicinity will be a
member of the Philadelphia Alumni Chap-
ter.

WILLIAM L GRUHLER, Secretary.

PITTSBURGH ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter held
the last meeting of the year 1919-20 on
Tuesday evening, June 8th, at the Fort
Pitt Hotel. A large number of the Broth-
ers were in attendance. The dinner was
followed by a spirited meeting, the chief
topic of discussion being methods of im-
proving the Chapter meetings and of in-
creasing the size of the Chapter. It was
finally decided to place the selection of a
meeting place in the hands of a commit-
tee of five, to consist of the president, sec-
retary, and three elective members. This
committee is also to have complete re-

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sponsibility of the arrangements for each
meeting during the coming year.

Officers for the year 1920-21 were elected
as follows: President, A. C. Clarke; vice-
president, C. D. Taylor; treasurer, T. 0.
Carlisle; secretary, H. S. Stockdale; ser-
geant-at-arms, E. K. McHenry. The re-
tiring officers were accorded a vote of
thanks for their efforts in making the past
year a success while the new officers en-
tered upon their duties with the determina-
tion to make the coming year still more
successful. Wish them luck.

Undoubtedly, there are some Sigma Nus
in the Pittsburgh District who are not
members of the Alumni Chapter or on the
Chapter mailing list. To these we suggest
that you call the secretary or one of the
other officers and get your name and ad-
dress recorded. This will assure you of
receiving notices of meetings. All Sigma
Nus are welcome, both to the meetings and
the daily luncheons, whether members of
the Chapter or not. Come around and get
acquainted.

On June 1st, Brother Alfred Staehle
gave up his position as editor of the
Blast Furnace and Steel Plant to enter
the publicity department of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing Com-
pany. Good information has it that "Al"
is about to enter into a "life contract" also.
Congratulations, old man.

Brother R. S. Simpson has recently re-
turned from New York where he was en-
tered in the finals of the architectural com-
petition of the Beaux Arts Society. Simp-
son was awarded second prize.

It is interesting to note that of the five
architects, selected from the various Archi-
tectural Schools and Ateliers of the coun-
try by preliminary competitors as being
eligible to enter the final, two were Sigma
Nus. Both of these men are graduates of
the Carnegie Institute of Technology and
members of the Delta Sigma Chapter. W.
F. McCaughey, Jr., is the other Brother in
question.

Brother McCaughey stopped in Pitts-
burgh for a day on his return from New
Yorli and had lunch with the crowd.
"Mac" is now in Urbana, Illinois, but ex-
pects to locate in Chicago in the near
future.

The Alumni Chapter boasts of only one
retired capitalist — Brother Homer F.
Braddock. Homer's main idea in life at

present, aside from attending to a few
annoying business details, is to kill off
that species of bird known as the clay
pigeon. According to the latest reports he
is making very good progress in his life
work and very few birds escape his trusty
gun. As Brother Braddock occasionally
has difficulty in finding enough "shoots"
to keep him busy, reports of forthcoming
matches will be thankfully received.

We have another ardent trap-shooter in
the person of Brother S. W. Douglass.
Brother Douglass claims that he does not
get enough practice owing to the fact that
he has to work for a living. This statement
is questioned in some quarters. Douglass
is a lawyer.

It is reported that a large robbery re-
cently occurred at the "Lodge." Some
low thief removed the porch swing and a
large collection of cushions. This loss will
undoubtedly cause considerable incon-
venience particularly to the occasional
resident who is out late and finds he has
forgotten his key. The door-bell is never
heard after 10 p. m.

Brother L. L. Hopkins, an old resident
of the Lodge, has left Pittsburgh to take a
position in the Technology Library of the
General Electric Company, Schenectady,
New York.

Brother D. A. Moran has just returned
from an extended tour of the lake region
and New England. Incidentally he visited
Montreal, Canada. His gas tank and spare
tires were very carefully inspected on his
return by certain dry Brothers.

Brother L. A. Bleasdell has left the em-
ploy of the General Electric Company here
and has gone to Los Angeles, California,
where he expects to remain for some time.

Brother G. R. Carroll is at present in
Detroit on some temporary work. We do
not expect to lose him permanently from
Pittsburgh.

Brother L. H. Button has started the
construction of a home. Button has a very
fortunate location and, being an architect,
will undoubtedly produce something of
character.

Brother E. K. McHenry has recently
been made manager of a Scranton, Penn-
sylvania, brokerage office.

Brother T. 0. Carlisle is now located in
Pittsburgh. He is with Heyl & Patterson,
engineering contractors.

It is stated by a resident of the Lodge

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that Brother R. L. Bovard was noticed
making advances toward a strange young
woman on the Boulevard. "Bo" is also
reported as having been out until 3 a. m.
one night recently.

We wish to commend the Bethany Chap-
ter on the way in which they advertised
their annual banquet last spring. The
writer does not have a report as to whether
or not any of the Pittsburgh Alumni were
able to attend, but the spirit in which the
invitation was issued is appreciated.

Brother A. Y. Forthingham, since his
return from the Navy, has been associated
with Alfred Campbell in the sale of Det-
rick Furnace Arches in this district. As a
side issue, "Scotty" is at present very much
interested in the operation of a farm where
he says they raise chickens and cows and
have a nice cellar.

Brother E. H. Grotefend is now filling
the position of chief clerk of the New Ken-
sington plant of the U. S. Aluminum Com-
pany in addition to his work as production
manager of the same plant. Brother F. H.
Haaren was formerly chief clerk but re-
signed to become graduate manager of ath-
letics at Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Brother F. W. Manker took lunch with
us a few days ago. We understand he is
leaving Boston in the near future to make
his headquarters in New York where he is
interested in the manufacture and sale of a
heating furnace for metals.

Brother Frank Brittingham hasn't done
much of interest this summer except spend
some time at Cape May. He also worked
two days last week. However, we want to
get his name in the paper so he will get
some return for his dues. Frank is a hard
man to get to meetings.

H. S. STOCKDALE, Secretary.

QUANTICO, VA.

Brothers Allen H. Turnage, *; L. H.
Miller, T T; and Lawson H. Sanderson,
r $, are with me here at the post and we
get together once in awhile. Brother San-
derson is a flyer and sometime ago I had
thirty minutes in the air with him. Lots of

fun.

CAPTAIN N. M. SHAW, Gamma Beta.

ST. LOUIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

During the summer months our regular
Wednesday luncheons were discontinued,
due to so many being away on vacations.
They will be resumed this fall, the first
one being held on Wednesday, October
6th, and we hope to have large attendance
during the winter months.

Washington University opens the middle
of September and the proposition of hous-
ing the Chapter will again be before us.
The situation looks better than at last
writing for the Faculty and trustees of the
university have signified a willingness to
make a proposition.

Our ranks have been swelled during the
past few months by the addition of several
Brothers:

Brother Dick Williams, N, is sporting
writer for the St. Louis Times and says
he likes the city.

W. H. Moulton, P, is connected with the
interior decorating department of Scruggs,
Vandervoort and Barney. "Wes" is a
Brother of "Shorty" who clipped off the
million dollar insurance policy of Mar-
shall Field, in Chicago.

Shorty Garth, P, slings ink and other
things for the Frisco Railroad. Shorty is
a member of one of the "Rho Generation
Clubs."

Neale Campbell, who recently graduated
from Carnegie Tech, has returned home
and joined us. We don't know what he is
doing at present, but we take a guess at
selling bonds. That's the way they all
start, especially after having studied engi-
neering.

We are going to lose Brother William
Gatewood Lackey, who is going to Okla-
homa to be a millionaire. livery one who
attended the last Grand Chapter will re-
member Brother Lackey's flow of banquet
oratory and his loss will be keenly felt

We also temporarily lose Brother Lyle
Johnson who has decided he wants more
education and accordingly has re-entered
Missouri University .

The open door and the glad hand still
awaits any visitors who may be in town
on our luncheon days.

L. H. ADDINGTON, Secretary-Treasurer.

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Alpha Chapter

Brother Nathaniel H. Massie is now
manager of the Great Southern Refining
Company, Lexington, Kentucky. Brother
Massie was captain in the Marine Aviation
Corps and received the Croix de Guerre for
valiant services at the front.

BETHANY COLLEGE

Epsilon Chapter

W. H. Oldham, '02, has taken a pastorate
at Ebenburg, Pennsylvania.

Allan T. Gordon, '03, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, at Danville, Illi-
nois, has accepted a call to the Christian
church, at Homing, Illinois.

Harry H. Gordon, '06, represents the
Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co., at York, Pennsyl-
vania.

Carl H. Wind is with a builders' supply
firm at Newton Falls, Ohio.

C. E. Palmer is working with Dean E.
Walker, at Jeannette, Pennsylvania.

William S. Shuttleworth, '13, is a cap-
tain in the Dental Corps, at Jefferson Bar-
racks, Missouri.

M. L. Lumpkin, '15, has been appointed
resident surgeon of the Maryland General
Hospital, Baltimore, for the coming year.

Perry A. Jones, '10, has resigned as
principal of the high school at Sharon,
Pennsylvania, to become secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce there.

Franklin R. Payne, now at Williams-
ville, New York, has accepted a call to the
Knoxville Christian church, Pittsburgh.

T. B. Imhoff, '10, of Perry, Ohio, has
accepted a professorship in Lake Erie Col-
lege for Women, Painesville, Ohio.

Stanton C. Crawford, '18, visited the
Chapter recently on his way to Buffalo to
be married, and gave us a supper in cele-
bration of the coming event.

R. A. Fordyce, Penn State '19, is teach-
ing agriculture in the North East, Pennsyl-
vania, high school. He expects to move
back to Greene county, Pennsylvania, next
July.

E. E. Harmon, '13, maneuvered over
Bethany in an aeroplane long enough to
attract the attention of all the residents
and students one Sunday afternoon re-
cently. The machine was a Martin
bomber, having double twelve-cylinder
Liberty motor, a speed of 120 miles per
hour, and a seating capacity of twelve. It
was enroute from Washington to Dayton,
and carried a crew of five, commanded by
Brother Harmon. A son was born to
Brother and Mrs. Harmon on February
13th (the anniversary of the founding of
the Chapter). Mrs. Harmon is also a
Bethany graduate and a member of Alpha
Xi Delta. The February number of the
Motion Picture Magazine carried a photo-
graph of Brother Harmon with Mrs.
Charlie Chaplin about to take a flight.
Brother Harmon's younger brother, Frank
H. Harmon, another one of Epsilon's
Alumni, is also a first lieutenant in avia-
tion.

Charles 0. Price signed up as chief
storekeeper on the Army transport "Mt.
Vernon," for a three months' voyage from
San Francisco to Vladivostock, New York,
etc. He expects to be back for commence-
ment. The report that Brother Price was
married was a false alarm.

Born, to Brother and Mrs. John Kinley
Tener, of San Francisco, California, a son,
John Kinley, Jr.

Born, to Brother and Mrs. Russell W.
Harris, of Washington, Pennsylvania, a
daughter, Margaret Concordia, May 31st,
1920. Both parents are Bethany people,
Mrs. Harris being a Z T A.

A young Sigma Nu, John Wilson
Hoover, arrived at the home of Brother
and Mrs. Charles E. Hoover, in Somerset,
Pennsylvania, May 29th, 1920. Mrs.
Hoover is a Bethany AHA.

Brother William P. Hoover, Jr., gradu-
ated in pharmacy from the University of
Pittsburgh, last June.

Brother Frank H. Harmon is a patent
examiner, in Washington, D. C.

Brother Clarence N. Chapman, '20, is
to teach mathematics and physics in the
Washington Irving high school, Clarks-
burg, West Virginia.

Brother H. D. Darsie, '17, will enter
Columbia for post-graduate work this fall.

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While in the A. E. F. he attended the Uni-
versity of London.

Brother J. F. Ryan, '04, will remain in
Bethany as principal of the new high
school. He was principal of the Prepara-
tory School of the college, which was
abolished last spring.

Brother M. L. Lumpkin, '15, is at Mary-
land General Hospital, Baltimore, as resi-
dent surgeon.

Brother Nizzo Suruda, '06, is with Sale
& Fraser, a large mercantile firm, in
Tokyo, Japan. After graduation, Brother
Suruda was connected with the Federal
Courts in Washington, D. C, for a number
of years. Before taking his present posi-
tion, he was a professor in Keio University.

Brother William H. Erskine, '02, for
sixteen years a missionary in Osaka, Ja-
pan, is back on a year's furlough to attend
the University of Chicago. He visited the
Chapter House in July. Brother Erskine
acted as guard outside the door during
the installation of the Alpha Xi Chapter
here seventeen years ago; one of the char-
ter members is now Mrs. Erskine.

Brother Joe Bryant, T B, visited Bethany
June 29th, before appearing on the Chau-
tauqua program in Wellsburg. All the
Brothers in summer school drove in to
Wellsburg for the performance and then
brought the whole troupe, consisting of
four young fellows from Northwestern and
a lady in charge (all musicians), out to
Bethany. They put on a complimentary
midnight performance in the parlors of
Phillips Hall, the women's dormitory,
which was even better than the regular
show they gave in Wellsburg.

Two of the 1883 charter members are
living in Kentucky — Brother Louis R. Rog-
ers, E 1, at Paris, and Brother John W.
Goodin, E 3-Z 25, at Elizabethtown. An-
other, John D. Littlejohn, E 5, is with the
Scioto Gazette, at Chi 1 loco the, Ohio. The
other two are dead. George R. McVey,
E 6, founder of Rho Chapter, is with the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, at Illmo, Mis-
souri. Of the remaining five who were
initiated by the charter members, two are
known to be dead and three have been lost
sight of.

Brother Hugh Cory, '17, is principal of
the high school at Chariton, Iowa. Chari-
ton is the county-seat of Lucas county and
has a high school of over four hundred
students. Brother Cory was acting pastor

of the Collegiate Methodist church, at
Ames, during the past summer while taking
graduate work at Iowa State College.

U. G. PALMER, JR.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Theta Chapter

Brother Leon G. Bradley has been ap-
pointed acting private secretary to Gover-
nor Thomas E. Kilby.

Thomas Sydney Frazer, '95, is engaged
in the practice of law at Union Springs,
Alabama. He was a prominent student in
his college days and has been prominent
in his section ever since, representing Bul-
lock and Macon counties in the State Sen-
ate and otherwise taking part in public
affairs. He was in service on this side
during the war, being in the Judge Advo-
cate General's department with the rank of
major. He was a member of Governor
Jelks' staff and is one of the best known
men in the State in both social and public
life.

At the meeting of the Alabama Bar As-
sociation held in Birmingham, on May 1st,
the following Sigma Nus, all members of
Theta Chapter, were elected to hold offices:
J. Kelly Dixon, of Talladega, president;
W. W. Lavender, of Centerville, vice-pres-
ident; B. P. Crum and J. Q. Smith, of
Montgomery, on 'the executive committee;
and Z. T. Rudulph, of Birmingham, and
Alto V. Lee, of Gadsden, on the central
committee.

Judge Henry D. Clayton is vice-presi-
dent of the University Club, a new organi-
zation in Montgomery.

Brother John C. Morrow is one of the
assistant solicitors of the circuit court of
Birmingham, Alabama.

Brother Motier N. Eley is conducting the
Eley Motor Company, of Union Springs,
Alabama.

Brother E. Perry Thomas is a member
of the law firm of Jones, Thomas & Jones,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The following members of Theta Chap-
ter were appointed by President S. T. Cla-
baugh, to serve on the committee on the
Alabama Alumni War Memorial: V. Hugo
Friedman, '97, chairman; Hill Ferguson,
'96, of Birmingham; and General R. E.
Steiner, '80, of Montgomery.

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HOWARD COLLEGE

Iota Chapter

Brother Daniel Jenkins Gantt has been
in the service of Uncle Sam, revenue de-
partment, since 1893, and has steadily
risen in rank until now he is supervising
federal prohibition agent and is making
life miserable for moonshiners and boot-
leggers in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis-
sissippi, and Louisiana.

WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY

Lambda Chapter

One of the Big Four from Alabama to
the Democratic national convention was
Past Regent Borden Burr, 0-A.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Mu Chapter

I had the pleasure of meeting Brother
James S. Francis, in Augusta, sometime in
May. We had a nice time for a few days
before he returned to Campus, Georgia, to
his automobile business. I returned to my
mercantile and tire business, in Matthews,
Georgia.

LEONARD ALLEN GANNS.

UNIVERSITY OP KANSAS
Nu Chapter

Thomas A. Ashby is manager of the
Long-Bell Lumber Co., at Keifer, Okla-
homa, a suburb of Sapulpa.

J. Edward Jones, known as "Blondy"
for short, having put the Hun out of busi-
ness, is now in the oil game. A letter
addressed to 646 West End Avenue, New
York City, will reach him.

It is reported that Charles A. Kistler,
long listed on the "unknown" list, is an oil
operator at Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Who
can get in touch with him and bring him
back into the fold?

Brother Fred Ellis is now located at
Ardmore, Oklahoma, and is practicing law.

Clell Todd is with the McCormick Mo-
tors Co., in Topeka, Kansas.

Martin U. B. Van de Mark is the Re-
publican candidate for the Kansas State
Senate in the Cloud County district.

W. P. Harrington is the Democratic can-
didate for the Kansas House of Repre-
sentatives in the Gove County district.

EMORY UNIVERSITY

Xi Chapter

Brother Howard L. Bridges, who has
been engaged in Red Cross work overseas
since the war began, has recently been
transferred from London to Constanti-
nople, where he goes as director of finance
and accounts.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

Pi Chapter

Brother C. D. Marshall, '88, one of the
founders of Pi Chapter, has been re-elected

C resident of the Alumni Association of Le-
igh University, Inc.

Brother E. M. Allan, '20, Commander of
Pi Chapter during the recent college year,
is now with the Union Carbide Co. His
address is 702 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara
Falls, New York.

Brother A. F. Knoss, '17, is now located
at Harrison, New Jersey, with the General
Electric Company.

Brother W. A. Bornemann, '17, is lo-
cated with the Carrier Engineering Cor-
poration and may be addressed at 39 Cort-
landt Street, New York City, in care of
the above corporation. Brother Borne-
mann is engaged in installing machinery
for the company and reports that he is
highly interested in his work.

Brother Chester J. Langdon reports that
he recently met Brother Weston G. Frome
in Philadelphia. Brother Frome is located
at Webb City, Missouri, in the employ of
the Atlas Powder Company. Brother
Langdon is a member of the scale commit-
tee of the Bituminous Coal Operators,
which convened recently in Philadelphia.

Brother John P. Dobbins, '14, is located
with Cosden & Company, oil refiners,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the capacity of assis-
tant chief operating engineer. Incidentally,
he is also president of the Refiners Syndi-
cate, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Brother Harry Faust, '14, is located at
Crumpler, West Virginia, with the United
Pocahontas Coal Company.

WAYNE H. CARTER.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Sigma Chapter

Each summer the close of Vanderbilt
for the vacation period leaves a few Sigs
in Nashville who feel mighty lonesome.
Fate has invariably been kind to us and
let little groups of wandering Brothers
drop in to brighten us for a time. Some
of the old Brothers to be on hand to liven
us up, were:

Brother Esmond Crutchfield, who has
taken a job with the Nashville office of
Western Union, is rapidly becoming an
authority on the ways of telegraph opera-
tors.

Brother Robert Sneed drifted into his
home town the other day after a prolonged
travel around the country, touching such
cities as Cleveland and Norfolk in con-
struction work.

Brother Leland Sedberry came in to tell
us that he is now a regular preacher in the
Baptist ministry, with his church at Lewis-
burg, Tennessee.

Brother Perry Lipscomb spent his vaca-
tion with us, but has gone back to Flint,
Michigan.

Brother John D. McMillon came by on
his way home for a few days, at Martin,
Tennessee.

Brother Lee J. Loventhal was elected the
most popular man in the Kewanis Club,
at a carnival recently in Nashville, Ten-
nessee, and was awarded a big cake as a
prize.

Brother William Leath will instruct in
Wafford College next year.

Brother Garland Cooper, founder of
Sigma, was in town recently from his
home in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

The writer spent a pleasant day recently
with Brother Teddy Helgason, in Vicks-
burg, Mississippi. This Brother has be-
come a cotton broker in the firm of Parker
& Raworth.

Brother John Neilly will teach and
direct athletics next year with Brother Lyle
Kilvington, in Memphis University School,
at Memphis, Tennessee.

Brother Merle Dunne dropped in fresh
from South America and most everywhere
else. He gave his address as 360 Wash-
ington Street, New York, but does not
promise to be in when you call. His
present occupation is that of foreign rep-
resentative of the United States Shipping
Board. Most of his time is spent aboard
ship. He has just returned from a trip to
South America and expects to be sent on a
Pacific journey before long.

Our more recent Alumni find themselves
occupied as follows:

Brother C. W. Knight is in real estate
business with his father, in Decatur, Ala-
bama.

Brother David Hardison is farming on
an extensive degree, in Lewisburg, Tennes-
see.

Brother Lemuel Stevens is with the
Gould Engineering Company, at Nashville.

Brother Mahan Siler is spending the
summer at his home in Jellicoe, Tennessee,
but intends returning to school for gradu-
ate work next year.

CARR PAYNE.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Upsilon Chapter

Brother George Dyer Jackson, of Rho,
and later of Upsilon, received his law de-
gree this year and is practicing law in
Ft. Worth.

JOHN D. COFER.

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

Beta Beta Chapter

Brother and Mrs. Ray L. Burns an-
nounce the arrival of Charlotte Jean, born
May 26, 1920.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Beta Zeta Chapter

Brother J. Walter Krull is president of
the Purdue Alumni Association and a mem-
ber of the advisory athletic board.

Past Vice-Regent James W. Noel, an In-
dianapolis attorney, has been appointed
as counsel for the fuel and food commis-

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sion, created by act of the special session
of the legislature. In the event of litiga-
tion to prevent the fuel commission from
operating, defense of the fuel commission
act will be conducted by Brother Noel.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Beta Eta Chapter

Brother and Mrs. Ward G. Biddle an-
nounce the birth of their daughter, Nancy
Ward Biddle, July 18, 1920.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE
Beta Iota Chapter

Brother Robert E. Stauffer, a member of
the staff of the New York Public Library,
has been engaged as librarian and associ-
ate professor of English for the coming
year.

Brother Walter E. Myers was elected
president of the Alumni Association of Mt.
Union College, and Brother L. C. Rockbill
and Brother W. D. Shilts were elected trus-
tees for a period of three years, the latter
having held this office before.

Brother Earl W. Hamblin is principal
of the Grand River Institute, Austinberg,
Ohio.

Brother Allen M. Springer is salesman
for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
with offices at 28 Worthington Street,
Springfield, Massachusetts.

Brother Charles Victor Hughes, Marion
L. Slates, Wilbur D. Hunter, and Albert P.
Morris hold positions with the Dine-De-
Wees Company, wholesalers of automotive
equipment, Canton, Ohio.

Brother S. C. Kerr, of Steubenville,
Ohio, is now associated with A. C. Lewis
in a very prominent and successful law
firm known as Lewis and Kerr. Brother
Kerr is a true and a live Sigma Nu.

Brother Charlie Cannon and Stanley
Buxton are still with the Goodyear people,
but are associated with the San Diego
plant Brother Cannon is the salesman-
ager.

Brothers "Lena" Bletzer and Percy
Jackson are very instrumental in putting
"Velvet ice cream" in every nook and
corner of Stark county in the interests of

the L. J. Noaker Ice Cream Company, of
Canton.

Brother Roy P. Crawford is pastor of
the Methodist church at East Springfield,
Ohio, and is doing a very good work.

Brother Roy Sprankle managed the
championship basketball team of Canton,
Ohio, and next year is going out for State
honors.

Brother Merle Stambaugh and Jay Shoe-
maker have become fathers in the past
year. Merle says that his boy is going to
be a Sigma Nu and Jay says his daughter
is going to be for a Sigma Nu.

Brothers Jake Kester, Warren Scott, and
Ed. Marlowe drop in the House every now
and then when they pass through this way.
They are in the rubber game in Akron.

Brother Curtis M. Shetler is serving his
second term as City Solicitor of Alliance,
Ohio. Curt is the proud father of twins.

Brothers Homer, Edward and Bill
Johns are all in business with their father,
the Johns Real Estate & Insurance Co., of
Massillon, Ohio.

Brother Carl "Birdie" Robins is in
charge of the branch office in Cambridge,
Ohio, of the Geiger- Jones Company.

Brother Fletcher Simpson is a professor
in the Mansfield High School. Fletch says
that he sees Brother "Red" Weimer out on
the farm a few miles out of the city, every
nowand then. George got married last
winter and it is reported he is a very happy
man.

Brother Major Harry F. Hazlett is Post
Commander of the American Legion, of
Canton, Ohio, and is manager of the
Lighting System Department of the Can-
ton Motor Car Company.

Brother Walter Hazlett is branch man-
ager of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com-
pany, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Brother Major Ashley Copthorne has re-
signed from the U. S. Army and will be
the manager of the London branch of the
Remington Typewriter Company.

Brother Clifford Esterly is now at his
own home, having married recently, Miss
Ruth Reese, of Montgomery, Alabama.
"Pearl" is working in Youngstown in the
National Sheet & Tube Company.

Brother Alf. Lovell and wife recently
had a son born to them. Alf. and his fam-
ily are living in Kent, Ohio.

Brother W. A. Walls has been elected
the superintendent of schools, at Kent,

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Ohio, and will start his work there this
coming fall.

Brother "Tibby" Shidler is the manager
of the Youngstown branch of the Pratt
Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, consulting
engineers. No, Tibby is not married yet.

KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Beta Kappa Chapter

Brother L. H. Fairchild, assistant in
dairying, at Purdue University, has been
promoted to associate professor.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Beta Nu Chapter

Brother Harry L. Hopwood is still poli-
ticking— he is on the ways and means com-
mittee of the Republican organizations in
Franklin County, Ohio.

Frederick M. Henry, "Pat," as he is
known by all his friends, is secretary and
treasurer of the St. Louis Shoe Manufac-
turers' Association, St. Louis. "Pat" used
to be secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor
of Missouri.

WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE

Beta Xi Chapter

Brother and Mrs. J. S. Jeter announce
the arrival of a daughter, Jean, born
August 8, 1920.

Schilling & Company, of San Francisco,
California.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Gamma Beta Chapter

Fred A. Weston, the genial advertising
manager of Rothschild & Co., recently
purchased a home at 422 Cumnor Road,
Kenilworth, and is the proud parent of a
son, born June 23, 1920.

James H. Gilson ("Deacon"), with his
genial wife, has moved to Omaha, Ne-
braska, as district manager of the Cleve-
land Tractor Company. Home at 1409
Webster Street, Chicago, Illinois.

Brother Homer B. Vanderblue is now
professor of transportation in both the
College of Liberal Arts and the School of
Commerce, at Northwestern University.
Dr. Vanderblue is now on a year's leave of
absence doing research work for the Civic
and Commercial Club of Denver, on manu-
facturing transportation problems. His
address is in Chamber of Commerce Build-
ing, Denver, Colorado.

H. J. BARDWELL, Beta Alpha.

ALBION COLLEGE
Gamma Gamma Chapter

A son, Murray Fred, was born to
Brother and Mrs. A. Harold Brown. Mrs.
Brown is an Alpha Chi.

Truman Cummings, Jr., was born to
Brother and Mrs. Truman Cummings.
Mrs. Cummings is a member of Delta
Gamma Sorority.

UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA

Beta Psi Chapter

Brother Marsh Paxton, '19, has left for
the Orient, representing the Pacific Mail.

Brother "Doc" Renz is in the wilds of
Montana searching for oil??!! The
House cannot understand why he remains
there, as there are no "movies" in the town.

Brother Gilbert Railsbach is enjoying
a six months' vacation "down on the
farm," at Hanford, California.

Brother Paul Simpson is a chemist for

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
Gamma Epsilon Chapter

Brother H. P. Rothermel teaches in
Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Brother Lassen manufactures gold and
platinum novelties at 1020 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia. His hime is at 446 Earl-
ham Terrace, Germantown.

Brother C. D. Long, who lives in Ogontz,
Pennsylvania, is engaged in a manufactur-
ing business in Philadelphia.

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Brother E. Holmes Schwartz is chief
chemist of the Cayuga Cement Company,
Cayuga, New York.

Brother Charles P. Nicholas is chief
chemist for a cement company in North-
hampton, Pennsylvania (Siegfried, Penn-
sylvania).

Brother William E. Lloyd lives next
door to Brother Nicholas and is a chemist
in the same concern.

Brother Arthur Phillips has been in-
stalled as the pastor of the Richardson
Memorial Presbyterian church, on Walnut
Street below Sixtieth, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania.

FRED L KELLER.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Gamma Zeta Chapter

Fred Kiddle has been elected president
of the La Grande Post of the American
Legion.

Roland Geary has gone to Klamath Falls
where he and his brother, Edward, are on
a ranch.

Major Charles W. Taylor, ex-'ll, is now
stationed at the Walter Reed Hospital in
Washington, D. C. Mrs. Taylor and their
small daughter, Jean, are with the major
in Washington.

Henry McKinney went East in January
to represent the Baker Commercial Club
as a member of the Western States Re-
clamation association, which met with the
senators and representatives of the seven-
teen States that constitute the association.

Harold Grady, ex-'15, has accepted a
position with the Pierce-Arrow Pacific
Sales Company, in Portland.

Bryant DeBar, ex-'15 has accepted a po-
sition with the First National Bank of
Eugene, Oregon.

SPRAGUE H. CARTER.

Brother Ersel Kay is manager of the
Salem Woolen Mills. He has become a
champion golfer since his college days.

Brother Flint Johns is now in Athena,
Oregon. It is rumored that he is contem-
plating buying a ranch there and going
into farming.

Brother John Beckett is still in the Ma-
rines. It is uncertain just when he will
begin wearing those civies again. Rumor
coming through the Marine Corps point

to the fact that Johnny has lost his pin to
a gfrl from San Francisco.

Brother Ernest Hoisington is farming
out of Dallas. "Cap" is making good at
the occupation.

Brother Lloyd Tegert is city salesman
for the Vogan Candy Company, in Port-
land. 'Teg ' keeps in close touch with the
Sigs in the Rose City.

Brother Tony Gorescky is the proud
father of an Alpha Phi, born last Decem-
ber. Tony is now connected with the In-
man-Poulson Lumber Company, in Port-
land.

Brother Robert D. McCornack is with
the Old National Bank, in Spokane. Bob
is making good and is quite a booster for
the Sigs around the Inland Empire.

A letter was received a short while ago
from Fletcher K. Ware, Fletcher is sales-
man for the Boorman Powell Lumber
Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and
their subsidiary companies. He expects to
be out in this part of the country and look
up some of the bunch some time this year.

Brother Ben Chandler dropped in the
other day on his way to Roseburg. Ben
is a prominent banker in Marshfield.

Brother Garnet Green is very much oc-
cupied in laying down the law in Astoria.
He has gained a strong foothold and has
clients coming his way in large numbers.

Brother Harry Speck, who now is in the
bombing branch of the Aviation Corps,
gave the natives of San Antonio a thrill
the other day by dropping recruiting liter-
ature from his plane, during a drive for
recruits made by the old Second Division.
The San Antonio Evening News of March
17, featured Harry on the front page with
a large picture of him in an aeroplane
ready for flight.

The following is a telegram received at
the House on April 2nd :

Astoria, Oregon.
Sigma Nu House,'
Eugene, Oregon.

Break out the pledge pins Sigma Nu
still batting a thousand per cent. Leo J.
Malarky, Jr., arrived this morning.

(Signed) FERTIG.

The whole gang offers congratulations.

George Colton also has a new Sig at
his home in Portland. Glad to hear it
George. We're looking for all the young
Sigs when they get to college.

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Brother Elmer Hall dropped in on the
bunch the middle of last month while on
a tour as advance agent for The Roving
Marines. Elmer doesn't know just when
he will get out of the service.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

Gamma Eta Chapter

Arthur Krohn, '14, is "summering" in
Denver, at the Standish Hotel, after a
strenuous winter in Mexico as a mining
engineer.

SIDNEY W. BISHOP, Gamma Kappa.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Gamma Kappa Chapter

Frank P. Clark is now located at 827
North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs,
Colorado, for the summer. The "Duke"
is enjoying much better health than when
he returned from overseas.

W. F. Lumsden, better known as "Scar-
ry," '13, has forsaken the automobile busi-
ness in his home town, Grand Junction,
Colorado, and is now located with the
Federal Board for Vocational Education,
at the Rock Mountain district headquar-
ters in Denver.

Sidney W. Bishop, T K, '16, is serving
with the Federal Board in Denver, also as
a vocational adviser to the disabled ex-
service men.

Paul S. Jolley, former secretary of the
Denver Alumni Chapter,, led the Denver
office of the Travelers Insurance Company
and attained a standing of fourth in a na-
tional contest held by that company re-
cently. In addition to a bonus on the new
business written, Brother Jolley will also
be given a trip to New Haven Connecticut,
at the expense of the company, as recog-
nition of the record he established in
writing new insurance. Brother Jolley ex-
pects to visit a number of the Chapters on
his trip East.

SIDNEY W. BISHOP.

Brother and Mrs. Harry Aurand an-
nounce the birth of a daughter, July 24,
1920.

ERNEST L. WILLIAMS.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Gamma Lambda Chapter

Darrell 0. Hibbard is a true discipline
of the Creek Letter system, for he sends
us a post card from fair Hellas itself say-
ing that his address for the next five years
will be in care of the Y. M. C. A., Athens,
Greece. The Blakan peninsula ought to
be a splendid field for a good live secre-
tary like D. 0.

Bozp Whitney and Marc Antony Payton
are now associated with the Madison-Kipp
Lubricating Company, as field representa-
tives. Inasmuch as their assignments
change from time to time, they can be
reached by addressing the home office at
Madison.

Jeff Koch, whose future we so success-
fully predicted in a recent issue of the
W. G. F. Q., is at last in China, unless
the ship hit a coral reef since the last re-
port was received. He is connected with
the Asia Banking Corporation, a subsidiary
of the Guarantee Trust Company, of New
York City. Won't you send each of the
boys a picture card, Harry, so we can put
the stamps in our collections?

But we sure gave you all a bum steer,
to use the vernacular of the packing house
district, when we remarked that Bogie
White was going into the canned olive bus-
iness. Far from it, gentle reader; he is
now a vicious bond salesman and as vice-
president of a Milwaukee bucket-shop,
seems to be getting away with quite a
bunch of kale. (Do not confuse this word
with "Kehl.")

Stan and Don McCandless are going to
Harvard this fall to take graduate work,
the one in architecture and the other in
political science. Stan got his picture and
a feature write-up the other night in the
"Capital Times," Madison's bolshevik
sheet.

Walt Mueller is reported to have as-
sumed control of the Mueller Lumber
Company, of Davenport, Iowa, either nom-
inally or actually, or both, or neither.
(You will note we have been reading civil
service announcements, which always say
"at a salary of $840 per annum or higher
or lower.")

GEORGE A. CHANDLER.

John A. Stevenson, who taught two
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past year at the. University of Pittsburg,
has been made third vice-president of the
Equitable Life Insurance Company, at 120
Broadway, New York, one of the largest
companies in the insurance world.

H. J. BARDWELL, Beta Alpha.

UNIVERSITY OP MICHIGAN

Gamma Nu Chapter

Brother John F. Holmes is in Duluth,
Minnesota, selling drills for the Denver
Rock Drill Manufacturing Company.

Brother Bryant Donaldson, '20, and
Brother Ian Patterson, '20, are both with
the Goodyear Rubber Company. Brother
Donaldson is with the sales department in
Detroit, and Brother Patterson is a chemist
with the firm at Akron, Ohio.

Brother Earl Canschow, '20, is in busi-
ness in Chicago.

Born to Brother Russel Dobson, ex-'14,
and wife, a son.

Born to Brother Louis Reisch, '20, and
wife, a daughter.

Brother Lee Osborn, '05, is the city at-
torney of LaPorte, Indiana, and is recog-
nized as one of the coming lawyers of the
State.

The annual Alumni party, held for the
Detroit Alumni Chapter by the Active men
every Memorial Day, was largely attended
this year. The Active men came back
strong in the baseball game, defeating the
old boys 8 to 6, with the invincible Sam
Maurer in the box for the Alumni. Last
year the Alumni Chapter won its first
game. Brothers from Gamma Nu, Gamma
Gamma, Psi, Delta Beta, Gamma Lambda,
and Gamma Psi made up the party.

Brother Russel Dobson, ex-'14, recently
sold his interest in the Ann Arbor Times-
News and has gone in the brokerage busi-
ness, at Toledo. Russ, however, still
makes Ann Arbor his home and pays the
Chapter quite a few visits which are al-
ways welcome.

Brother Harold Haviland, '15, has re-
cently moved to Pontiac, Michigan, where
he is practicing law. Brother Haviland's
new address is 436 North Johnson Street,
Pontiac, Michigan.

Brother Frank Sanger, '04, former all-
western pitcher, is now a member of the
Washington State legislature. Brother
Sanger lives at Pullman, Washington,

where the Delta Iota Chapter is located,
and takes an active part in aiding the
Western Brothern.

Brother Artemus Pickard, '19, is a bond
salesman with a Chicago firm.

Brother James Clarke, *19, is in the
automobile business at Janesville, Wis-
consin.

Brother George Myers, '19, is secretary
to Congressman Fairfield of Indiana, at
Washington, D. C.

Brother James Schemerhorn, '18, is still
on the staff of the Detroit Times, as assist-
ant city editor.

Brother Homer Biery is president of the
Biery-Stewart Oil, Lumber & Coal Com-
pany, one of Pennsylvania's biggest sup-
ply companies.

Brother Clarence Otter is with the W.
M. Hamilton Company, of Detroit.

Brother Franklin Randall, '16, and
Brother Joe Ufer, '16, are both connected
with Brother Homer Biery in the oil, lum-
ber and coal business at Franklin, Pennsyl-
vania.

Brother Olaf Zewadski and Brother Tom
Murphy, '15, are practicing law in De-
troit with one of the largest law firms in
Michigan.

Brother Albert Dorrance, '16, has re-
turned to Hangchow, China, after war
service with the army air forces. Pete is
assistant manager of the Standard Oil
Company in the Oriental city.

Brother Mark Day, '16, is with the Ford
Motor Plant, at Dearborn, Michigan. Mark
is now a married man.

Brother Edward Hoffman, '03, one of
Indiana's greatest lawyers and politicians,
is rather busy right now being the secre-
tary of the Democratic National Commit-
tee as well as being a committeeman from
the Hoosier State. Prospects for a cabinet
officer look good.

Brother T. A. Lowery, '03, is a depart-
mental manager of The Chicago Tribune.

Brother J. Randolph Monroe, '06, is at
present old man Burroughs' greatest rival
being the president and owner of The
Monroe Calculating Machine Company of
New York.

Brother James S. Baley, '05, formerly a
big man in Michigan journalism, is at
present with the editorial department of
System Magazine.

Brother Walter S. Rogers, '19, is with
the White Motor Company, at Cleveland.

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Brother and Mrs. H. 0. Siegmund wel-
comed a new daughter, Alice Elizabeth, on
August 12, 1920.

Brother J. B. Bell is manager of the Bell
Walk-Over Boot Shop at Lexington, Ken-
tucky.

Brother John T. Holmes is selling drills
for the Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing
Company, to the mines in Minnesota. He
reports having met one Sigma Nu, Brother
Arthur C. Hansen, of Beta Upsilon Chap-
ter.

F. M. SMITH.

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES

Gamma Xi Chapter

When I reached the Braden Copper
Company's mines in Sewell, Chile, in No-
vember, 1919, to go to work as a shift
boss, I found as assistant mine foreman,
Brother C. R. Miller, I\ Brother Miller
has since left the Braden Company and is
now mining engineer with Douglass, Law-
rence & Company, Casilla 718, Santiago,
Chile. But now Gamma Xi has another
representative in camp since the arrival of
Brother John S. Webb, ex-'17-18, also
Gamma Xi, the first of June, 1920.

JAMES L HEAD.

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Gamma Pi Chapter

This is old Slats Gibson, away down in
Louisiana, hotter than the devil, and a
little homesick, setting out to write a letter
to every man who ever was a Sigma Nu at
Morgantown. I think that I come as near
knowing all of you as any man on the
list, because I was initiated as number
sixty-eight, in 1909, and was in school and
helped to take in number one hundred and
forty-six in 1917.

I am down here as geologist for a little
oil company made up of Morgantown men.
I scout around, keeping my ear, my eye,
and my nose to the ground, buy a promis-
ing oil lease now and then, and trust in
the Lord to let me guess right once or
twice before my contract expires. I in-
herited this job from Brother French Rob-
inson, who passed it up to become the man
with the brass filberts in the Pennsylvania

Geological Department. I am always land-
ing a job through the benevolence of some
Brother who ought to know better; for in-
stance, Jim Hickman and Bill Gist once
connived to make me principal of a little
high school down in Pendleton county. I
liked it so well that I might be there yet
except for the fact that I hate to earn less
than the elevator boys.

I managed to pry loose an engineering
degree back in 1917, and after many and
devious adventures in widely separated
parts of America, including the not unlike
fastnesses of Nicholas county, West Vir-
ginia, and the Osage Reservation in Okla-
homa, I crooked my way into the cold
and unrespective Army. My service was
a most unusually lucky tour of a majority
of the places that got their names in the
papers, plus several that didn't. I came
near tangling tails with several of the
Brothers, including Eneix, Kinx Curtiss,
Buck Burley, and Corney Butler, but the
only ones I actually saw were Doc Guiher
and Spig Webster. I visited Doc in a
woods up northwest of Verdun the day
before the Argonne stuff began. He fooled
around up there a few weeks and got a
chunk shot out of his shin, but I see he is
back now and a Phi Beta Kappa, so you
can't keep a good man down. I ran across
Spig down at Aix-les-Bains. He had the
best beer in town already located, and so,
at his suggestion, we poured a goodly
"libation on the altar of Brotherhood." I
had a letter once from Teunie Beardsley,
inviting me to run into town and see him,
but since I was up around St. Mihiel then,
and he was in Bordeaux, I didn't find it
convenient.

I was lucky enough to ride the old gravy
train right after I had been over on the
Rhine for three muddy months. They
were passing out those British University
scholarships and I drew one of them. I
spent four months as a very ardent and
studious Geology student in the University
of Aberdeen, Scotland, with the result that
I am now trying to make money enough
to go back and try to win my Highland
Mary.

I got home in August, and hooked up as
a sales engineer for the Lakewood Engi-
neering Company, selling dinky railroads
and concrete machinery out of Pittsburgh,
and hitting most of the towns in West Vir-
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lot of you fellows, and to drop into Mor-
gantown every week or so, to mooch a
meal or two off the boys and sit an hour
or so in the Kappa House parlor. I had
six months of it, and so gathered up quite
a bit of news about several of you, which
I am going to set forth for the entertain-
ment of the rest of you:

Pop Ambler was at the W. S. J. game.
He is still a high-flying educator, living
in the "Y," at Parkersburg.

Bill Gist is peacefully farming the finest
acres in the Northern Panhandle, near
Wellsburg.

I had a pleasant talk with Jed. Robin-
son and Harry Friedman in their adjoin-
ing law offices in Grafton. Both were pros-
perous.

I bumped into old Henry Schrader on
the street in Fairmont, one day. He is
still civil engineering and still jolly in
spite of it.

You have all been hearing from Frank-
lin Marion Brand lately, so I needn't tell
you about him. You know he's been to the
legislature Veverything.

Alva D. Kenamond was at the game, the
same old Kenny, with a seven-inch grin.
He is just as young as he was the night he
set forth the advantages of the plush cov-
ered paving brick for Mrs. Dering's yard.

Cockey Bruce was at the game, and
hadn't begun to worry over the Volstead
Act I saw Cockey several times in
Charleston. He is spending a million dol-
lars paving the streets down there, and do-
ing a good job of it.

The last I saw of Jim Smith, he was
floating around like a million nickels in
the William Penn Hotel the day of the
Pitt game.

I saw Hal. Scott once in Charleston and
once in Hutington, where he was taking
in a Shriner's blow out. They say Mike
is ace-high once more down in Beckley,
now that his soldiering is over.

George Colebrook is still putting the
fear of the Lord into the kids in Fairmont
High School.

Tony Lucas has become a building con-
tractor, and is therefore no longer a com-
petitor to Tony Pietro. I had a long talk
with Tony one day, and he and his Mabel
Jane are still happy.

It makes a fellow feel pretty tough to
come down the list to Pick Ely's name.
Poor old Pick! If all the preachers came

as near being real he-men as John Ely
was, we'd all be . good church members,
wouldn't we?

Pee Ryan and Bill Cummins come to-
gether on the list, but I haven't heard from
either of them for eight years.

Tom Patterson was a silent, married,
"scrub-prof" at Penn State, when I was
there in 1914-15, and is still, for all I
know.

Henry Becker, too, has gone beyond the
hearing of our Hi-rickety-whoop-te-doo.

Paul Morrow was one of the good
crowd back of the great W. S. J. game.
He has forsaken oil and Oklahoma, and is
back in West Virginia, Shepherdstown, to
be exact.

Mark Bond is an established business
man in Wheeling, and he and Clare have
been making their happy home out in
Woodlawn so long that I suspect they have
forgotten the meaning of Spruce and Wil-
ley. Mark has two Sigma Numerous
Brothers up at Wisconsin.

I saw Dad Humphreys at the game. He
is down at Athens now.

Balls Bullard married a girl in my home
town, has a fine husky son, and is keeping
the manure spread on the old farm in
Ohio county.

Kemp Shelton needs no reporting. The
sporting page keeps him before you.

Porter Hardman is, in my opinion, one
of the Active Chapter's principal assets.
He sits at one of the tables in the boys'
dining room, and without seeming to try,
he makes of himself a sort of emery wheel
on which they can sharpen their wits. All
you good old argument-lovers know what
I mean — how about it, Moss French, Max
Adams, Bruce Morgan, Prep. Wellman,
Elbert Ballard, Sid Burdette, Harry Curry,
Spig Webster, Bob Duthie, Lloyd Eneix,
and all the rest of you, damn you, and
God bless you?

Jim Parriott is still serving the Lord
and fighting the Devil and the Wops, as
prosecuting attorney at Moundsville. He
preached a sermon in our church at West
Alexander one night last winter.

Stulting is running a brick factory in
Northeastern Kentucky, somewhere near
that dear Catlettsburg, of glorious but de-
parted memory.

Cliff Myers got all shot to pieces in the
war, and is now holding down the job of
State Archivist, in Charleston.

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I've never seen old Brindle-Bollex
since 1910, but she is said to answer to
the name of Dr. Arthur Aquila Brindley,
Port Clinton, Ohio. I wonder if she can
still play, "I think it must be love."

I'd give a lot to hear from Logan Mc-
Donald. I last heard from him somewhere
in New England, in one of those inspiring
I. C. C. evaluation jobs.

Wirt Faust dropped out of a clear sky
and rode three or seven blocks with me in
my flivver one day in Fairmont, in 1917,
and I haven't seen him since. He was a
high school teacher in Indianapolis then.
Russell Gist is the very recentest Brother
I have sene. I was up in Southwestern
Virginia in March, and rode with Russell
on die train, from Wytheville to Abingdon.
Russell has a good business now, handling
timber and mineral lands, and he and
Stella are living in a pretty little bunga-
low which they have built in Abingdon.

They say Colonel Scott was one of them
there legislators winter before last.

Bob Duncan has more business than
Sport Morris. He has saw mills in two or
three States. He has never got married,
although I can't say he goes hungry for
feminine companionship. He still calls
Claysville home, as does also John Miller,
who holds down the good old farm.

Moss French, according to rumor, is be-
coming a coal magnate, in common with
several others of the Raleigh county
Brethren.

Bruce Grimm is in Fairmont, but I
didn't find him.

Hale Erwin, do you remember old long
Hale Erwin, who held down the old ho-hus
with Brindley, and helped entertain Jim
Smith and his champagne? He is one of
the few men who came through with a
hundred dollars in cash, back there in the
days when dollars were worth a hundred
cents. Skinny went through the whole war
in the Canadian Army, got all shot up,
and is now back in Salem, West Virginia.
Erwin, come down and see us, about Cheat
Stunt time, won't you?

Old George Starcher is in the Agricul-
tural school at Auburn, Alabama.

Red Gunnoe, do you remember the time
you almost beat me up, just ten years ago
the thirteenth of May?

Poor Earle Mealy, after years of suffer-
ing, finally found his relief during the
war. Blanche was back for the W. & J.

game. She is just as sweet as a widow as
she was seven years ago as Blanche Myers.
She has a Government position in Wash-
ington.

Guy Montgomery is understudying
Johnny Eiesland, in the Faculty.

They say Paul Jones is in the. oil busi-
ness in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. If this be
true, John Paul, speak up. We have a
kindred bond.

Mrs. McNeil told me that Bob Bates has
become a prosperous Southern gentleman,
somewhere in Maryland.

Claude Spiker was a "Y" man overseas.
I haven't got track of him since.

Brown McDonald is now pastor of the
church at Glenville. He is married and,
presumably, happy.

I enjoyed a well-cooked dinner in the
home of Bruce Morgan and his wife,
Helen, one evening last winter. I also
formed the acquaintance of Fred Bruce
Junior, a right braw lad. Bruce is pros-
pering well enough to have built himself
a goodly house upon a hill, overlooking
the Kanawha.

With a substitution of names I can make
the same paragraph true for Clyde Well-
man, except that I must also put lass for
lad. Prep is now city editor of the Hunt-
ington Advertisor.

Another pleasant visit to charming wife
and bouncing baby was in the Parkersburg
home of Max, Beryl, and Mary Moore
Adams. Max was just home from over-
seas, and was beginning anew to build up
his lost law practice.

Jack Easley was in one of those "bri-
gades that God forgot" He spent the
period of the war in Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Georgia, and, I imagine, bid farewell
to the Army with no regrets. He is prac-
ticing law in Bluefield.

Buck Burlye is back in Old Davis. He
brought two nice turkeys to the boys for
Thanksgiving Dinner. He was in the Ar-
tillery in the Eightieth Division.

Bob Duthie, Dusty Ash, and I had an
unusually pleasant reunion in Clarksburg
just after Christmas. Bob is selling Flint-
kote, out of Philadelphia. Dusty is part-
ner a successful insurance business, in
Clarksburg. Dusty is another one I al-
most met in France. He wears a silver
button.

Kinx Curtiss was in the Eightieth Divi-
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War. He is in the automobile business in
Huntington.

Harry Curry made a post-Armistice trip
to Europe. He is married now, I think,
and is back in Grafton.

Russell Law and Given entertained mc
right royally in their home last fall, when
the Light of their Lives was just one month
old. They are now living in Wheeling,
where Russell is a big insurance man.

Old Yatse got back from France and
landed some kind of a soft job down in
Washington, that allows him to go to
school in George Washington U., thus de-
priving Gamma Pi of one darned good

Pete Hague, after many adventures, is
settled down to business in Huntington.

Sherman Ballard was a shavetail in the
Third Division, but I never could run
across him.

McNemar is a busy lawyer in Charles-
ton. Mac was in high spirits, I might say,
high-priced spirits, at the Thanksgiving
game.

Bunch Dusenberry has a wife and child
and everything. He is working in the City
Treasurer's office in Huntington.

Mickey Flinn was one of those wild
Marine M. P.'s in Bordeaux. He got his
degree in February, and is now playing
ball for the Fairmont Mining Machinery
Company.

Spig Webster is doing some kind of
restful work in Pittsburgh.

Ed. Fox was at the game last fall.

Delbert Robinson is a clerk in the Su-
preme Court He and his wife live at the
Holley, in Charleston.

I saw Alden Winter, the boy-wonder
financier, once or twice last fall. He is at
Wooster, Ohio.

Arthur Valentine comes back to see the
boys, and Effie Anderson, every once in a
while. He had a friend with him, named
Old Taylor, last Thanksgiving, whom it
was a great pleasure to meet. He is selling
Packards.

Tubby Drake, when last heard of was
one of the regular Army officers in charge
of the Cadet Corps at the University of
Nebraska. I don't know where he is now.
Another good man gone wrong.

Frank Madigan came through the Battle
of Cognac without a scratch and may once
more be seen in his favorite act of knock;
ing the morgue out of Morgantown.

Herbert McMillan is another who intro-
duced me to wife and child with pardon-
able pride. He is one of those super*
chemists at Niagara Falls.

Glenn Bord, long married and settled
down, may be seen on a casual visit to
Grafton.

Paul Warden is finishing up taking his
medicine at Penn.

Jim Hickman was at the game. He is
still sending us out good Sigma Nu timber,
from Spencer now.

Dr. Walter Swann, handsome as ever,
has an office, a sweet little wife, and a
happy home, down in Huntington.

Charlie Whiting fought through the
Battle of Tours, formed a cultured taste
for Dubonnet, and portraiture and other
pursuits in the nude, and is now back in
West Virginia. He is in the revenue office
in Parkersburg.

Sid Burdette survived his tour in the
Legislature. He is holding down half of
Uncle Abe's office, playing a mean hand at
stud and trying to beat the stock market on
margins. I had a pleasant visit with Sid.

The bunch at school is a mighty good
one. There are a lot of old timers back
from the war. Friday Morgan has a silver
button and a D. S. C. Corney Butler has
about a dozen holes and a hunk of old
iron in him. Doc Guiher, as I said before,
has part of a shin bone missing. Eneix,
Prep Wilson, Bobby Waters, Floyd Sayre
and Frank Fox all have overseas records,
while Bill Hines, Hunter Neely, Errett
Rodgers, and most of the others can tell
about the war in the camps.

Boys, we surely have been one great old
bunch, haven't we? I know you fellows
mean so much to me that I don't want to
lose sight of you in the years to come. I
think you all feel the same way about each
other. There is just one way for us to
hang together, and that is for us all to
rally around the Active Chapter and keep
it alive and out in front. We've got to
have that House and we have got to have it
now. That's why all of us are digging up
all the cash we can spare. We have all
said, many times* that we didn't like these
little notes, but that, when the time came
to spend the cash, we would come across
with a lump. Now is the time for our
lumps, because the boys need to buy that
House this summer and live in it next
September.

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Let's try to get all the cash we can into
Brand's willing hands by commencement
time. And then, as many as possibly can,
let's gather in Morgantown for a good old
cheat stunt, and make plans to knock them
for a goal in the years to come.

SLATS GIBSON.

Postscript: There are two further pleas
I would make most earnestly: (1) Sub-
scribe to The Delta now! The address is
Lemcke Building, Indianapolis. It is get-
ting better every year, and will keep your
heart from growing old long after your
head is bald. Gamma Pi is almost at the
bottom of the list in percentage of Alumni
subscribers. Let's put her at the top. Dig
up a dollar, or two, or three, and sub-
scribe for a period of years. If you for-
get the address, send the money to me, or
to the Chapter, but why not do it now?
(2) Write me a letter.

UNIVERSITY OP CHICAGO
Gamma Rho Chapter

Clarence Cook and Brother Earl Hugnes
run the institution.

Brother Richard Howell was presented
with a son during the middle of March.
Brother Howell is in the business of selling
steel office and theater furnishings. He is
connected with the firm of Derge-Howell &
Company, of Butte, Montana.

Brother Elmer Hall, T Z, visited the
Chapter during the first of April. Brother
Hall is a lieutenant in the Marine Corps,
and had charge of the Mare Island band
which was touring the Northwest He was
one of the seven Sigma Nus who played
on the famous Marine football team of
1917.

Brother Joe Tope is county attorney for
Prairie county. He is located at Terry,
Montana.

Howard A. Johnson has now hung out
his sign, "Attorney-at-Law," in Butte,
Montana. He writes: "If you see Joe
Seybert" (who, by the way, is still in Indi-
ana Medical School) "tell him that I am
back at work in Butte. Business is only
fair, but I expect to "get by" all right; I
generally manage to keep busy." Lieuten-
ant Johnson was discharged from the army
hospital at Fort Sheridan, only last spring.
Brothers who read The Delta during the
war will recall him as our volunteer war
correspondent and acting secretary of our
A. E. F. Alumni Chapter. They will also
remember his fall in his airplane and what
a bad smash he got — his arm is now as
good as new and the rest of him is all
right. His case exemplifies the triumph
of surgery in remaking our wounded men.

Born to Brother and Mrs. Harry M.
Beardsley, a daughter, Barbara Marguerite,
on July 27, 1920. The picture above shows
the novel reception a journalist accords
the stork. Brother Beardsley is with the
Chicago Daily Journal.

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

Gamma Phi Chapter

Ronan, Montana, has the distinction of
having a wholly Sigma Nu bank. Brother

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Gamma Upsilon Chapter

Brother and Mrs. Lowell R. Moss an-
nounce the arrival of Lowell R. Moss, Jr.,
March 28, 1920.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Gamma Psi Chapter

Miles Whitney, one of the founders of
the Gamma Psi Chapter, is now located at
Chicago, in the McCormick Building.

H. J. BARD WELL, Beta Alpha.

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Delta Gamma Chapter

Brother and Mrs. Charles L. Katzen-
meyer announce the arrival of Charles
Brent Katzenmeyer, on July 22, 1920.

Brother Edward J. Grant, at the last
meeting of the Board of Trustees, was ap-
pointed Registrar of Columbia University.
During the past year Brother Grant was
Acting Registrar. He is the youngest man
in the history of the university to occupy
this position.

Brother Charles E. Shaw, of this year's
graduation class, was awarded the Senior
prize by the Alumni Association of the col-
lege as the "most faithful and deserving
student of the graduation class."

PENNSYLVANIA STATE
COLLEGE

Delta Delta Chapter

Brother C. W. Brown, *19, has gone into
the ice cream business at Cresson, Pennsyl-
vania. Most of the boys are sorry that
Cresson isn't nearer to State College.

Brother E. F. Grundhofer, '14, recevied
his M. E. degree at the recent commence-
ment exercises. He is in charge of the ex-
perimental engineering work at Penn State.

Brother C. R. Mason, '17, has returned
to his alma mater and will teach in the
Hotricultural Department. Brother Mason
has been at Purdue for the past two years.

Brother G. W. Sullivan, '19, has re-
signed as instructor in English to take up
work in the Publicity Department of the
college.

GEORGE W. SULLIVAN.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

Delta Epsilon Chapter

Brother Warner W. Newby came back
for a course in summer school. The last
of his vacation he spent as a geologist try-
ing to make the best guess as to the loca-
tion of the elusive "liquid gold."

Brother Errett R. Newby is secretary of
the Buttram Petroleum Corporation, with
offices at 313-314 Mercantile Building,
Oklahoma City, Okla. Brother Newby is
just as active a Sigma Nu as ever, if not
more so.

WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY

Delta Zeta Chapter

Brother Robert George W. Bolwell is
with the Department of English, George
Washington University, Washington, D. C,
this year.

PERRY D. CALDWELL

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

Delta Eta Chapter

Brother 0. A. Buerstetta is now located
in San Diego, California. He is with the
San Diego Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Cor-
poration.

R. C. WOODSIDE

Brother Earl A. Trager is now organiz-
ing a geological research laboratory for
the Morland Refining Company, at Ponca
City, Oklahoma. His work has largely
to do with the collection of well cutting
samples, but he also does some work on
oil shales.

Brother Ernest Cornelius, president of
the Industrial Construction Company, is
located at 411 Central National Bank
Building, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Brother Francis Dinsmore is at present
located in Lincoln, Nebraska. His address
is 1441 South 11th Street.

Brother Cal Emery is still in Lincoln.

Brother Earl Carse is in Omaha, at 114
North 30th Street.

Brother Charles Yochum is farming at
Ta Image, Nebraska.

Brother Ernest Kenny is interior decora-
tor for the Hardy Furniture Company, of
Lincoln, Nebraska.

Brother George Spooner is in an archi-
tect's office at Des Moines, Iowa.

Brother Gus Mastin is selling cars and
trucks at Auburn, Nebraska.

Brother Leon Samuelson is with the
Hildreth Mercantile Company, of Hil-
dreth, Nebraska.

Brother Roswell Weeks is with the Cen-
tury Oil Company, of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Brother Roy Hanks is on a farm near
Julian, Nebraska.

Brother John Willis Clark is farming at
Stella, Nebraska.

Brother George Armstrong is with the
Bradstreet Company, of Omaha, Nebraska.

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Brother Ernest R. Brock is connected
with the Citizens' State Bank, at Blair, Ne-
braska.

Brother George Kindig is farming at
Doniphan, Nebraska.

Brother Hugh Drake is an attorney at
Kearney, Nebraska.

Brother J. Laird Warner is a geologist,
temporarily located at Marion, Kansas.

Brother Lumir Safarik, M. D., is prac-
ticing at Haven, Kansas.

Brother Ira L. Watson is manager of the
Watson Hay Company at Inman, Nebraska.

Brother J. E. Chambers is city salesman
for the Powell Supply Company, of
Omaha.

Brother Emil Krahulik is an interne-
house staff, in Long Island College Hos-
pital, Brooklyn, New York.

Brother Frank Morrissey is secretary
and treasurer of the M. F. Morrissey Con-
struction Company.

Brother Frederick Crites is county at-
torney, located at Chadron, Nebraska. He
is also associated with his brother in the
lumber business.

Brother Harold Stevens is receiving
teller in the Norfolk National Bank.

Brother William Mackey is at present
with the Stroud Manufacturing Company,
of Omaha.

Brother Harold Brehm is a geologist
with the Richmond Levering Company,
with main offices at 120 Broadway, New
York City. He has been in New Mexico
since September.

Brother Hugh Harlan is at 150 North
Euclid Avenue, Long Beach, California.

Brother Ashbey Stratton is with the
First National Bank, of Bethany, Nebraska.

Brother Wayne Munn is with the Chev-
rolet Motor Company, in Omaha.

Brother Rolland Cooper is salesman for
Teeter and Homan, of Grand Island.

Brother Lisle B. Kingery, M. D., is con-
nected with the New York Skin & Cancer
Hospital, New York City.

Brother B. B. Ames is a dentist at Drum-
right, Oklahoma.

Brother Garrett Folken is a physician
and surgeon, at 121 Clark Street, Albert
Lea, Minnesota, and is associated with Dr.
H. D. Burns.

Brother Ralph S. Moseley is an attorney
and counsellor in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Brother Carl Aldrich is manager of the
Lincoln branch of Wilson & Company.

Brother Verne Gittings, secretary to the
Missouri Valley Cattle Loan Company, is
located at 3319 Cuming Street, Omaha.

Brother Lois C. Hummell is an attorney
in St. Louis.

Brother Forrest T. Larsen is connected
with the Standard Oil Company, at Grey
Bull, Wyoming.

Brother Edward Schumacher is assistant
cashier of the First National Bank of Til-
den, Nebraska.

Brother Fred Trumbull is on a ranch at
Laramie, Wyoming.

Brother Arthur J. Ross is a physician,
with offices at 806 Brandeis Building,
Omaha.

Brother K. P. Fredericks is with the
Long Beach Press, of California.

Brother Orville Pierce is located at
Washington University, St. Louis, Mis-
souri.

Brother Arthur Dobson is a contractor
and engineer in Lincoln.

Brother Roy Brownell is assistant
cashier of the Live Stock National Bank, of
South Omaha.

Brother Robert Hawley is an attorney
at Douglas, Wyoming.

Brother Charles Peery is a U. S. In-
ternal Revenue agent, and lives at 2635
Garfield Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Brother L. W. Petree is a geologist with
the Richmond Levering Company, 120
Broadway, New York City.

LOMBARD COLLEGE
Delta Theta Chapter

E. L. Hodson has left the Fargo, North
Dakota, Public School's music department
to go to Chicago where he is now at work
in the music department of Silver, Burdett
& Company, publishers, at 623 South Wa-
bash Avenue.

Mark C. Pickrel is now assistant district
attorney (15th Judicial district), and is
located at Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Dwight C. Beatty has resigned as as-
sistant postmaster, at Galesburg, Illinois,
and is now traveling coal salesman in the
territory in and about the same city.

E. L HODSON.

Brother and Mrs. Bert M. Eustice an-
nounce the arrival of a son. "Another
good Sigma Nu," says Bert.

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DELAWARE COLLEGE

Delta Kappa Chapter

Brother W. I. Brockson is with the Mar-
inette Seed Company, at Marinette, Wis-
consin.

ard Young, ex-' 16, are with the Liberty
Starters Corporation: present whereabouts
unknown to writer.

Brother Walter P. Gunn, ex-'15, is living
at 618 Summer Avenue, Springfield Mas-
sachusetts.

WALLACE A. GANNON.

BROWN UNIVERSITY
Delta Lambda Chapter

Brother B. A. Johnson ("Jack"), '18,
after seeing service in France and Siberia,
is now located with the Aberthaw Con-
struction Company, at Lowell, Massa-
chusetts.

Brother George M. White, '16, is the
proud father of a baby girl, Eleanor, born
in June, 1919.

Brother Stuart E. Yeakel ("Stew"), ex-
'16, is with the Butterworth Judson Cor-
poration, at Newark, New Jersey. Stew
gave a fine account of himself in Uncle
Sam's ambulance service with the Italian
Army and returned with the Italian War
Cross and a host of experience, to say
nothing of a myriad of friends for Stew
makes friends wherever he goes. On
Thanksgiving Day, 1919, he was married
to Miss Verna Fluck, of Pennsburg, Penn-
sylvania. They are now living in East
Orange, New Jersey.

Brother W. A. Gannon, '15, is associated
with the Amalgamated Products Company,
of New York.

Brother M. L. Crossley, '08, is in charge
of the chemjcal department of the Calco
Chemical Company, at Bound Brook, New
Jersey.

Brother Walter G. Harrington, '10, is
manager of the New York district of the
Good Roads Machinery Company, with
offices at 30 Church Street, New York City.
With him are associated Brother Kenley
S. Bell, '12, and Brother George M. White,
'16.

Brother William L. Yeaton, ex-'16, is
now a full fledged M. D., practicing in
Hoboken, New Jersey.

Brother F. W. Conover ("Covey"), '17,
is with the Turner Construction Company,
of New York.

Brother L. L. Perry, '17, is with the
Calco Chemical Company, at Bound Brook,
New Jersey.

Brothers Fred Seagrave, '12, and How-

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

Delta Nu Chapter

Brother R. C. Wentworth, '18, is teach-
ing school in Springfield, Vt.

Brother R. G. Higgins, Jr., '17, is with
a bond house in Boston, Mass.

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Delta Sigma Chapter

Brother William Diehl, who is doing a
flourishing business in architecture in
Huntington, West Virginia, has taken on
two other Brothers of Delta Sigma as as-
sistants, Brothers Pop Stewart and P. F.
Simpson.

Brother William R. Weigler is doing
civilian work at McCook Field, in Dayton,
Ohio, and extends a hearty invitation to
all Brothers to visit him at which time he
promises to show them the finest field for
aerial purposes in the country.

Brother M. E. Boyer in tne past year,
has embarked in business for himself in
architecture, taken a wife and become a
father. Marty has been quite active in-
deed and he says his new business is very
promising. He is located in Charlotte,
North Carolina.

Brother Frank H. Haaren is very busy
preparing for the coming football cam-
paign in connection with his new duties
as graduate manager of athletics at Car-
negie Tech, in Pittsburgh.

Brother Grotefend has recently received
an advance in position and salary by hav-
ing been made chief clerk of the Aluminum
Company, in New Kensington, Pennsyl-
vania, in connection with which new work
he also retains supervision over the de-
partment which he started and developed,
the production department. Now that
Dutch is demonstrating his worth in a
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fulfillment of other prophesies so freely
passed out by him during his student days.

Ed McKee is having the time of his life
cavorting about the tropics in white flan-
nels, etc. ,and advises that all that is lack-
ing in his new location in Paraguay is his
buddy, Tom Carlisle.

Brother H. D. Dickinson is doing very
well in a new forge shop venture located
in Ell wood, Pennsylvania, which is con-
trolled and owned by a group of Pitts-
burgh Sigma Nus.

Russell Simpson and William Mc-
Caughey, although unsuccessful in the
final competition of the Paris prize, gave
very excellent accounts of themselves, Rus
placed second and Mac fifth.

Bert Colmery is doing considerable um-
piring among various independent base-
ball teams in the Pittsburgh district, and
is making a reputation for himself as an
arbiter.

J. W. Hershey is located in Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, where he is practicing archi-
tecture.

The following Brothers have paid their
House-building obligation in full: Col-
mery McKee (Ed), Toler, Sweeney, Dil-
lenback, and Haaren.

FRANK H. HAAREN

Brother Lemuel C. Dillenback has left
Sioux City, Iowa, and is now assistant pro-
fessor of Architecture at the University of
Illinois. He is the father of a daughter.
Mary Louise, born August 24, 1920!

Brother Russell R. Willoughby, wht
was recently married, is associated with a
company in Jamestown, New York, which
makes a specialty of art metal filing cases
and cabinets.

Brother Ed. McKee is at present at
Asunction, Paraguay, where he is about to
start some experimental work for the Ar-
mour Packing Company. He expects to
be in Paraguay for some time and is par-
ticularly anxious to be kept in touch with
things American. His address is c/o In-
ternational Products Company, Casillo
Correo 152, Asuncion, Paraguay.

Robert Edward Wildman is working at
architecture in Pittsburgh.

Carl 0. Kingsbury is taking mining and
petroleum engineering at Pitt under the
jurisdiction of the Federal Board, which is
providing for soldiers who were injured in
service.

H. Donald Dickinson is located at Ell-
Wood City with a forge company which is
being built by several Sigma Nus.

Kenneth Ramsey Benson is a salesman
with the Atlantic Refining Company.

Charles H. Clark is an architect in Pitts-
burgh.

OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Delta Tau Chapter

Brother Ed. Olsen is in the automobile
business in Pendleton and has the agency
for several popular makes of cars.

Brother Ralph Otis is a typical modern,
scientific farmer, and is doing well in the
business. His farm is near Newberg and
keeps him mighty busy so that he isn't
able to get to town often or for any length
of time. Ralph is the same as ever and
smokes as many cigarettes as in the old
days.

Brother Tracy Moore is making quite a
success in the engineering contracting
game in Astoria. Four months ago he
took a contract with the city of Astoria for
the construction of 5,000 feet of large
poured cencrete sewer and has just finished
the work. At the present time, he and Art
Fertig are in business together and are
starting logging operations on a large
tract of alder land between Astoria and
Seaside.

Brothc ^ick Werner is teaching school
and doing extension work at Esparto, Cal-
ifornia. It's hard to picture Dick, with all
his pep and jazz, being a Prof — though
we know he has the brains and ability to
get away with it.

Brother Orville McAdams has been with
the Carmen Manufacturing Company, in
Portland, for some time and has worked
into a good position. He knows the busi-
ness from the ground up and can tell you
all about furniture.

Brother Ralph Day is in a new line of
work in Portland now and has a good posi-
tion with a manufacturing firm which puts
out a pipeless furnace. He has charge of
the wholesale distribution of the product.

Brother Gilbert Hunter is running a
wheat ranch near LaGrande at the present
and has quite a job on his hands.

Brother Clif Ross and his wife have

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moved to Hood River, where he is engaged
in raising those famous Hood River apples.

Brother Wilson Coffee is working in
Portland in the lumber business and has
been learning the game from the bottom
up. We understand he has already worked
himself into a good job, so we're inclined
to believe that he is no exception to the
rule that you can's keep a good man down.

Brother Caryl "Porky" Hazeltine writes
from Cathlamet, Washington, that he and
Mrs. Hazeltine are enjoying life immensely
in the jungles along the shores of the
Columbia river. Porky has been up there
since he got out of the Army and should
be a regular logger by this time. Mrs.
Hazeltine was in Corvallis recently, visit-
ing her parents and sister. We were
mighty sorry that "Porky" could not come
down with her.

At various times during the past year
we have received letters' from Brother L.
K. Fraley, each one posted in a different
port in his travels around the globe. L. K.
shipped with the Merchant Marine after
his discharge from the Army. He is back
in Portland now, after an extended trip
to many South American ports and then
over to Europe. The last letter we got
before he got home was from Rotterdam,
Holland. Many of the boys saw him in
Portland during spring vacations. The
lure of the sea evidently has a permanent
grip on L. K. for he is shipping out again,
this time for the Far East. His stories of
life on the briny and wild adventures in
seaport towns where red liquor flowed,
nearly induced a number of our Active
Brothers to forsake their college careers.

Brother Edgar "Monty" Montell is pro-
prietor of the Tillmont Apple Orchard, of
Swoop, Virginia, consisting of 5,000 apple
trees.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Delta Phi Chapter

Brother Roy C. Towles is representing
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company,
of Alexandria, Virginia, his home address
being College Park, Maryland.

Ed. Powell spends a good bit of his
time coaching the LaCrosse team. Ed. is
in the Park often and takes a great interest
in the Chapter activities.

Les Bopst and John Bowling are work-
ing at the department of chemistry in
Washington. Johnny and Les make oc-
casional visits to College Park.

Stanley Day is the county agent of
Washington county.

The last we heard of "Pat" McHenry he
was in the grocery business. We think
"Pat" took in forty-two cents the first day,
but that is nothing, you have got to start
young and low.

Jim Towles has the agricultural statis-
tics of the State of Maryland. These he is
compiling in Washington.

Bill McLean is farming at Glyndon.
Maryland. Pinky and he are trying to
control the market in Fern products.

Hobby Derrick is still busy. He is mar-
ried now and is making his home in Chas-
tertown, Maryland, where he is county
agent.

Peck Clark is in business for himself in
Charles county. They tell us he sells
everything from flees knees to salt water
gold.

Fred Chichester and Henry Duvall are
still down on the farm.

TRINITY COLLEGE

Delta Chi Chapter

W. P. Barber, Jr., has been made an
assistant actuary of the Connecticut Mutual
Insurance Company.

R. W. Woodward has been on a trip to
the Pacific Coast and reports that the
"Sigma Nu House at the University of
Washington is one of the best Houses I
have ever seen."

C. R. Seymour is the assistant treasurer
of the Ensign-Bickford Company, of Sims-
bury.

J. H. Cahill is with the Martin Varnish
Company, of Chicago.

A. B. Churchill has a son, John A., born
March 26th, 1920.

W. L. Francis is assistant cashier of the
Toronto office of the Travelers Insurance
Company.

J. M. Parker is with the Pratt & Whitney
Manufacturing Company.

J. W. Woessner, '12, can now be ad-
dressed at 14 Talcott avenue, Rockville,
Conn:

J. A. Racioppi has been awarded a fel-

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lowship. He was honorably mentioned in
the Preaching Prize Contest and won a
Forty Dollar prize for the best reading of
the Scriptures. He was ordained at the
Cathedral on May 30th, and sails for Italy
on June 8th.

W. Grime was ordained a deacon at the
commencement exercises at the Berkeley
Divinity School.

G. A. Sanford is working with his
brother, Bill, at 544 West Lake Street,
Chicago.

E. L. Johnson is solociting insurance for
the Travelers.

G. S. Francis is the secretary of the
Wethersfield Business Men's Association.

A. K. Smith has been appointed a special
assistant U. S. district attorney for Con-
necticut. •

A son, Allan Swift, has been born to
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Taylor.

Rev. J. W. Woessner has arrived from
Texas to spend the summer.

R. H. Bentley is now assistant principal
of the Wadsworth Street School.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE

Delta Psi Chapter

Brother Allan W. Constantine, '20, who
has served for the past few years as pastor
of the Congregational church at Richmond,
Maine, while attending college", has ac-
cepted a call to a church in Cape Town,
South Africa, and closed his services in
Richmond last July. He sailed from New
York soon after, and has now joined his
wife and two children who preceded
Brother Constantine a year ago. He is a
native of Durbar, South Africa, and at-
tended school in England before coming to
America in 1913. He was a student at

Bangor Theological School, coming to
Bowdoin as a member of the Sophomore
class in September, 1917, and receiving
his Bachelor of Arts degree last June.

Brother Karl V. Palmer, 918, who has
been manager of the Spear Folks9 candy
store in Brunswick, Maine, for the past six
or seven months, has now taken charge of
the store in Portland, Maine, at a gratify-
ing advance in salary. "There's no keep-
ing a good man down."

Brother Henry M. Howard, ex-*18, is a
Senior in Bowdoin Medical School this
year and is now located at the Maine Eye
& Ear Infirmary, Portland. Other mem-
bers of Delta Psi who are attending this
school are Eric M. Simmons, '19; Doug-
lass A. Haddock, '20; Forest H. Rogers,
ex-'22; John G. Young, *21; George B.
Granger, '21; Evans F. Sealand, '22, and
Francis H. Sleeper, '22.

Brother George H. Blake, '18, has ac-
cepted a position as instructor at New
Hampshire State College, and began his
duties there in September.

Brother William H. Van Wert, '18, Har-
vard Medical School, '22, passed the sum-
mer at the Eastern Maine General Hospital
in Bangor, where he gained much useful
experience.

Brother Eric M. Simmons, '19, was em-
ployed by the Pullman Company at Port-
land, Maine, during his summer vacation
from Bowdoin Medical School.

Brother James S. Draper, '20, is with
the Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts,
in the labor department. He can be reached
in care of the Y. M. C. A.

Brother Clarence R. Lindner, '20, is
located with the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company, in New York City.
His address is 49 Willow Street, Brooklyn,
New York.

C. E. STEVENS.

'Tar-Sightedness"

(It too often passes for the REAL thing)

I have always found that when anyone sets about to reform the Fraternity,
they are like most of the people who are trying to reform the world — they are
using a telescope to discover the evils to be remedied, when what they really
need is only a mirror. — John D. Cofer, Upsilon.

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By Past Regent Albert H, Wilson

The great Northwest country which was
opened to the fraternity world by the en-
trance of Sigma Nu at the University of
Washington, in 1896, has grown amazingly
since that time and now there are eight
Fraternity colleges in that vast section;
entered in the order given:

University of Washington: Sigma Nu,
Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Beta
Theta Pi, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Alpha
Tau Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta
Tau Delta, Delta Chi, Delta Upsilon,
Acacia, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Sig-
ma Phi, Theta Delta Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Xi, Psi Upsilon, and
Lambda Chi Alpha.

Washington State College: Kappa Sig-
ma, Sigma Nu, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Beta
Theta Pi, and Sigma Chi.

Whitman College: Phi Delta Theta, and
Beta Theta Pi.

University of Oregon: Sigma Nu,
Kappa Sigma, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Chi,
Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi
Delta Theta, Delta Tau Delta, and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.

Oregon State College: Alpha Tau
Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa
Sigma, Sigma Chi, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu,
Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
and Phi Delta Theta.

University of Idaho: Kappa Sigma, Phi
Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Nu,
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

University of Montana: Sigma Nu,
Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.

Montana State: Sigma Chi.

The Beta Theta Pi correspondent from
Davidson College, North Carolina, states
the opinion there is room for another na-
tional Fraternity at that college and goes
on to state there are two locals looking
toward such a step. These local orders
are: The Bachelors, and the Diamonds.

The national Chapters are: Kappa Alpha,
Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, and the Pi Kappa Alpha.

At the Georgia Technological Institute
the following Chapters are found in order
of entrance thereto: Alpha Tau Omega,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sig-
ma Nu, Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Theta,
Chi Phi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Al-
pha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Pi. Kappa Phi,
and Beta Theta Pi. To this list has been
added recently, the Delta Sigma Phi, while
local societies are said to be petitioning:
*elta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, and
Sigma Chi.

The University of Oklahoma, which has
grown by leaps and bounds the past few
years, has become a real center for the
Fraternities which have been active in en-
tering there are as follows: Kappa Alpha,
Kappa Sigma, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Nu,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi
Gamma Delta, and Phi Delta Theta. At
the present time four locals are busy pe-
titioning Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa
Psi, Delta Tau Delta, and Pi Kappa Alpha.

Alpha Tau Omega has placed a Chapter
at the Colorado State College, Fort Col-
lins, and thus made her second entrance
into that State. In 1915, Sigma Nu was
the first national to enter the State college
and since then the following have estab-
lished there: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, and Sigma Chi.

Delta Gamma sorority has placed a
Chapter at the Washburne College, To-
peka, Kansas, where she meets Alpha Phi
and Kappa Alpha Theta. This new Chap-
ter of Delta Gamma carries a great deal of
interest to all Sigma Nus in that one of
the charter members is Miss Flora Har-

own Brother
Nu Chapter,

rington, daughter of our
Grant W. Harrington of
Kansas.

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In these days of conjecturing as to how
the colonies look upon the reigning house
of Great Britain, and their loyalty thereto,
it may not be amiss to let the Reporter of
the Gamma Phi Beta sorority tell us
through her chapter letter to <4The Cres-
cent."

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Alpha Alpha Chapter

The Prince of Wales at the University of
Toronto

Convocation in Toronto is always a
stately and beautiful ceremony, but it
never was more picturesque or thrilling
than when the university conferred the de-
gree of Doctor of Laws on the Prince of
Wales.

The hall was crowded when the acad-
emic procession entered. Governors of the
university, senators, professors, doctors,
members of the staff were all present,
flaunting every kind of hood and making
the platform gay with all the colors of the
rainbow. The Prince entered with Presi-
dent Falconer, amid a storm of cheers. He
was in uniform, wore the scarlet gown of
Doctor of Laws, underneath which one
caught a glimpse of khaki and brown rid-
ing boots, and he carried an academic hat.

After the cheering died down, the Presi-
dent rose and made a brief speech express-
ing his appreciation of the honor which the
university was receiving. He spoke of the
connection already^ established between the
University of Toronto and the reigning
house. In 1861, King Edward VII, had
been enrolled at Toronto, and in 1901,
King George, then Duke of York, had re-
ceived the degree of Doctor of Laws. The
present Prince of Wales had a hereditary
right to a place in the university.

When the Prince arose, the organist
played "God Save the King." Thrilling
is an overworked word, but it is the only
one which can describe the feelings of
everybody present to whom the university,
its traditions and its associations mean any-
thing at all. The Prince stood there de-
lightfully shy and embarrassed, but when
the irrepressible undergraduates burst into
the Toronto yell, he enjoyed himself im-
mensely, and looked rather as if he would
like to join in. Sir William Meredith con-
ferred the degree in the simple and beauti-

ful ceremony, and the Prince signed the
roll. Tumultous cheers greeted him as he
stepped forward to speak.

No one present could fail to feel the cur
rent of enthusiasm with which the Univer
sity of Toronto greeted its future sovereign
The Prince of Wales is a very boyish, hu
man sort of person; he has an extraordi
narily charming personality, and a very
high conception of public service, so that
he has won the respect as well as the love
of every Canadian. His speech was simple
and brief. He spoke of his pleasure in
being able to continue the connection be-
tween his family and the university. Be-
fore he left England the Duke of Con-
naught had told him a great deal about the
University of Toronto, and its splendid
achievements during the war. He himself
had met many Toronto men in France and
would feel it a privilege to be allowed to
subscribe to the War Memorial Fund. He
extended his deepest sympathy for the loss
of so many of our men in active service
and expressed his appreciation of Toron-
to's share in the war work of Canada.
Amid cheers such as never before shook
Convocation Hall, the Prince of Wales left
the university, bearing with him the loyalty
and good will of every Toronto person
fortunate enough to be present.

Randolph-Macon College (Women) en-
rolls six hundred women in her four
classes. The ten sororities: Phi Mu, Zeta
Tau Alpha, Kappa Alpha Tau, Pi Beta
Phi, Kappa Delta, Sigma Kappa, Delta
Delta Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi
Omega and Alpha Delta Pi enroll a total
membership of 150. Thus 450 girls are
denied the sorority privileges. One of two
things should be instituted at Randolph-
Macon, to-wit: To have each sorority
double her active membership, or to en-
courage other sororities to enter. None of
these ten established chapters are safe
when the great majority of the students are
unattached.

The University of Florida has made
great progress during the past ten years
and her enrollment has doubled several
times. The fraternities at Florida are:
Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Tau
Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Theta
Chi. The Nu Sigma society is petitioning
Sigma Nu for charter privileges.

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CITY MANAGER IN DAYTON. Chester
E. Rightor, T A, in collaboration with
Don C. Sowers and Walter Matscheck.
(Citizen's library of economics, poli-
tics, and sociology, new series.) New
York; The MacMillan Company.
$2.50.

The readers of The Delta will remem-
ber Brother Rightor's article in the issue
for March, 1918, on "Municipal Research
as a Profession for College Men," and his
quotation from Lowell, at its conclusion:

"New times demand new measures and new men.
The world advances, and in time outgrows
The laws that in our fathers' day were best;
And doubtless, after us, some purer scheme
Will be shaped out by wiser men than we,
Made wiser by the steady growth of truth."

This theme he has chosen round which
to build his history of the commission-man-
ager charter plan of Dayton, which was
adopted on August 12, 1913, by the people
of that city, lately wrecked by a disastrous
flood, and for the reconstruction of which
new measures were demanded.

This book, as Brother Rightor states in
his preface, is not concerned with the the-
ories of government, nor does it seek to
make a case for or against any particular
form of government "It is a record — a
story, of what has been done — the good
and the bad, the accomplishments and the
disappointments." It sets forth the actual
practice of the city-manager government in
one city only, and for purposes of com-
parison gives data for the four years, 1910-
1913, preceding, and for the four years,
1914-1917, following the new plan. Their
interpretation is left to the reader.

The purposes and objects of the book, as
enumerated by the preface, are briefly:

1. To summarize the results of a study
which Dayton is making of herself.

2. To assemble in permanent form the
experience of four years of business man-
agement of public affairs in one of the first
cities and the largest to apply these princi-
ples.

3. To help other cities to learn what

they might expect if they adopted this plan,
and to help those cities which have adopted
in some form, to copy its good features
and avoid its weaknesses.

4. To furnish students of government
everywhere, and college instructors and
students in particular, with a story of ac-
tual application, and a fact-basis for lab-
oratory work.

Chester E. Rightor
Gamma Lambda

5. To give a non-technical, practical,
readable discussion of "business govern-
ment" to the "capable citizen" with a civic
spirit.

Brother Rightor derives his knowledge
of affairs in Dayton at first hand. He was
an assistant under Dr. Lent D. Upson who
founded the organizer and first director
of the Dayton Bureau of Municipal Re-
search, whom he succeeded as director in
1915. Upon the outbreak of the war,
Brother Rightor joined the Federal Bureau
of Efficiency. Later he was called to the
Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research

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where he now is. He was born in Rock-
ford, Illinois, in 1884, was initiated into
Gamma Lambda Chapter in 1905, and was
graduated from the University of Wiscon-
sin in 1909.

Every magazine dealing with economics,
political science, and governmental affairs,
has reviewed this book, giving hearty com-
mendation on both its plan and author's
treatment. To mention a few of these
journals, American City, Survey, American
Review of Reviews, National Municipal
Review, American Political Review, New
York Municipal Reference Library Re-
views, Engineering News-Record, will give
an idea of the reception accorded to the
work. "Dayton has been the object of
numberless junkets, questionnaires, and
conversations," says the American Politi-
cal Science Review, and then joins the
American Review of Reviews in the asser-
tion, "Other cities throughout the country
have turned to Dayton for information.
This book answers hundreds of questions
about the experiment. Mr. Rightor offers
a statement of fact, not an argument."
The New York Municipal Reference Li-
brary review leaflet endorses the book as
"a mine of information" and "the leading
contribution to the history of America's
most interesting governmental innovation."
There are more than one hundred and fifty
cities and towns now trying out the city-
manager idea. To their officers and citi-
zens, the work programs laid out in this
volume will offer guidance and inspiration.

"In a few pages," says Professor C. A.
Beard, in the National Municipal Review,
"they tell us how Dayton came to adopt
the city-manager idea and set about in-
stalling the new system. In a few more
pages they show how the first manager,
Mr. Waite, built up his organization, car-
ried on the routine of his office, prepared
the budget, and co-operated with the people
of the city in making the manager's pro-
gram a vital part of civic thinking in Day-
ton. Then follow chapters on the great
branches of municipal administration,
public welfare, public safety, public works
and public finance. In these chapters are
set forth in very concrete form, the meas-
ures taken by the Dayton government to
improve all branches of public service.
Sixteen pages are given to a very frank and
illuminating discussion of the 1917 cam-
paign in Dayton, the attacks made upon

the city-manager plan, and the methods
employed by the defenders of the idea on
the one hand and the oponents on the
other." The Engineering News continues,
"Other chapters deal with Protecting Life
and Property, Municipal Housekeeping,
Purchasing for a City * * * [and]
the volume closes with sample pages from
the Dayton budget, including a detailed
classification of accounting items, a con-
solidated balance sheet, and annual appro-
priations and expenditures by organization
units." It further proposes that "similar
studies of a dozen each of other commis-
sion-manager cities, commission cities
without managers, and mayor-and-council
cities, would be most welcome," and, if this
plan is impractical, suggests "two or three
books in each class" of similar design and
content.

The opening chapter outlines the history
of the city-manager idea in Dayton, giving
credit to John H. Patterson, of the National
Cash Register Company, to whom the book
is dedicated, for his vision and toil in
awakening the various civic and commer-
cial organizations and committees to the
need of business methods in municipal
government. The chapter on 'The City
Manager at Work" relates the methods and
program of Henry M. Waite, the engineer
who became the first manager, whose suc-
cess was due as much to his "art of stimu-
lating and controlling men" as to his en-
gineering knowledge and his employment
of trained experts as his departmental
chiefs. "He was able to send them" [citi-
zens who came to his office, perhaps op-
posed to him and to the plan itself] away
with a smile even though there may have
been harsh words spoken in the confer-
ences." This is the topic of the chapter
on "Humanizing City Government" and
strikes a vital chord in political aspects of
all government.

"The book," comments Dr. Lent D. Up-
son, "is the first real appraisal of the
earliest practical experiment with a city
manager, and it is able, honest, and inter-
esting." Pertinent illustrations and graphs
add greatly to the value of the work. The
Delta's interest in this book, apart from
the recognition to be accorded to Brother
Rightor's achievement, lies in the opor-
tunity herein afforded to tell college men
of their duty — their oportunity — to be
good, live citizens, and have a civic or

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community interest. It is Brother Righ-
tor's motive in writing the book — "to ex-
tend the gospel of good citizenship, as a
basis for a greater America and a truer
democracy.*'

TRANSLATIONS BY 0. F. THEIS

The New York Times is advertising
among the new books these translations by
Otto Frederic Theis, T E, and a brother
of Past Inspector Henry A. Theis, Seventh
Division: Noa Noa, by Paul Gauguin, be-
ing the great French painter's own story of
his flight from Europe and his life among
the natives of Tahiti in the South Seas.
Snow, a play in four acts, by Stanislaw
Przybyszewski.

ZANE GREY
By Richard Le Gallienne

The "Western Story" has now for a long
time taken its place as one of the classical
types of imaginative literature. Its con-
ventions are as fixed and familiar as those
of the fairy tale or the old pantomime. Its
plot formula is scarcely less variable than
the formula of a sonnet, and its dramatis
persons scarcely less old and welcome
friends than those of Punch and Judy. The
cowboy is as fixed a literary figure as a
musketeer, a toreador or a troubadour, and
the ranchman, "the bad man," the gambler
with a touch of sentiment, the young engi-
neer "superman," bridge builder or what-
not, vary only at the risk of our disap-
pointment. And( alas! it must be added
that the Western heroines — the serious-
minded, fearless, superbly athletic and
withal dazzlingly "pure" and tremulously
feminine "star," with her romping "second
lead" dare-devil ingenue — are no less fixed
and unchangeable. One is not complain-
ing of this any more than one complains of
Kings and Queens and mermaids in fairy
tales or knights and minstrels in an Arthu-
rian romance. With all our demand for
"modernity," so-called, mankind at large
really loves best the old stories and the old
characters, with just that "perpetual slight
novelty" which Keats declared the only
necessary and acceptable innovation in
poetry. As for "realism," fairy tale*

properly considered, represent the highest
form of reality. The elements of the hu-
man drama inevitably change but little.
Such change as there is is a matter of cos-
tume, time and place and artistic manipu-
lation. In the Western story America has
given us the real new "Arabian Night" of
our time. Bret Harte was, of course, its
father, but since he laid down his pen no
man has employed the Western story form-
ula with better results than Zane Grey.

With the rules of the game so rigidly
prescribed, the traditions to be observed so
familiar and inviolable, it is really a re-
markable achievement for a writer so to
revitalize the old story and the old charac-
ters that one hangs on the story as though
one had never heard the like before, and
loves and hates the characters as though
one had just met them for the first time.
And this Mr. Zane Grey has surprisingly
done, and to one's great gratitude in 'The
Man of the Forest." The "hardened novel
reader" — if there be such a person, for I
don't think there is the novel reader being
one who refuses to be hardened, and who
loves to invite and preserve illusion — may
smile to himself as the well-known story
unfolds once more, and the well-known
characters one by one take their places on
the stage; he may say that he foresees
clearly what is going to happen, and knows
in advance just what the characters will
say and do; yet, such is Mr. Zane Grey's
art, his gift for telling a story, and creating
or recreating living human beings, that one
reads on, all the same, in that state of in-
nocent suspense and excitement which,
whatever a writer's material, leave the
paramount gifts of a romancer beyond
doubt.

One great reason for Mr. Zane Grey's
success is his possession of the sense of at-
mosphere. His last book, an excellent ex-
ample of Mr. Grey's work in fiction, is
flooded from end to end with the golden
loveliness of Arizona. The breath of its
forests fills it with a profound freshness
and earth mystery. The landscape in
which his characters live and move and
have their being is a living presence
throughout. And, apart from the story,
some of his descriptions — never dragged
in, but always inevitably "occurring" —
have that beauty of reality which only
comes of that intimate love and knowledge
of natural things which have ceased to h*

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conscious, but become part of the very soul
and body of the observer. The description
of the sensations of the two Eastern girls
as, traveling in the train to the ranch of
their Arizona uncle, they gradually wind
into the strangeness of the West, is in itself
a fine piece of scenic drama. Here is a
brief quotation from 'The Man of the
Forest," though quotations can do little
justice to the pervasive quality I mean:

"It was with regret that she saw the last
of the valley of the Rio Grande, and then
of its paralleled mountain ranges. But the
miles brought compensations in other val-
leys, other bold, black upheavals of rock,
and then again bare, boundless yellow
plains and sparsely cedared ridges, and
white, dry washes, ghastly in the sunlight,
and dazzling beds of alkali, and then a
desert space where golden and blue flowers
bloomed.

She noted, too, that the whites and yel-
lows of earth and rock had begun to shade
to red — and this she knew meant an ap-
proach to Arizona. Arizona, the wild, the
lonely, the red desert, the green plateau —
Arizona with its thundering rivers, its un-
known spaces, its pasture lands and timber
lands, its wild horses, cowboys, outlaws
and lions and savages!"

Perhaps the scene in which the surround-
ing nature is best blended with the human
situation, as though it were an enfolding,
shaping destiny, is that where Snake An-
son, a leading character in Mr. Grey's last
novel, and his little dispirited band of out-
laws seek their last sinister refuge in a
gloomy bowl in the centre of the forest,
dense and dark with trees, a place of sun

and stars, and echoing with mournful
winds and weird sounds of the savage
wilderness. The drama enacted there is
very convincingly a piece with the setting:
that last camping together of the dis-
heartened, disgruntled gang, at their last
ditch, round a fire that won't burn, and no
one has the heart to feed, and all the rest of
the grim business. And the humanity of
the sordid crew is no less convincing. Each
one of the outlaws is a distinct, vividly
realized individual. They are no mere
pasteboard vidians. The men, one and all,
"types" though they may at first sight
seem, are very living and realizable "char-
acters" as well, with all the variety and
suspense of human beings; and to say that
Las Vegas is the best and most fascinating
cowboy in the whole range of the Western
story is more than I dare venture, as I can-
not claim to have covered so vast a field;
but certainly I can imagine none better.
He is one of those characters that one
would like to go on reading about as long
as the author cares to write. It is a pity
that we can have no 'Twenty Years After"
for this Western d'Artagnan.

It is a favorite theory of certain critics
and of writers whose books do not "sell"
that "best sellers" can only be written by
men who cannot write. Mr. Zane Grey has
incurred the disgrace of popularity, a dis-
grace he shares with that other master of
the Western story, Mr. Rex Beach. But
the man who wrote "The Man of the For-
est" and "The U. P. Trail" and "Riders
of the Purple Sage," can afford to smile at
that theory and softly whisper "Sour
grapes!" — New York Times Book Review.

Don't Do It, Brethren

Some of the Brothers make it a habit to "josh" the candidates when they
are being prepared for the different degrees.

Brothers, perhaps you have never given it a thought that this cheapens the
institution in the mind of the candidate and distracts his thoughts from the
serious and solemn lessons he is taught as he progresses in the work of the
degrees, and the beauty of the lessons is lost to him.

Instead of joking with the candidate, it would bring more pleasure to you
if you would remember the lesson you were taught when you took your degrees,
i. e., "Silence and circumspection," and leave the candidate's mind in a re-
ceptive mood so that he may behold the beauty of the lessons unfolded to him.

— The Trestleboard.

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THE POSTHUMOROUS PAPERS OF
THE PICKWICK CLUB

Containing: a Faithful Record of the Per-
ambulations, Perils, Travels, Adven-
tures and Sporting Transactions of
the Corresponding Members

♦•♦»»»

THE PICKWICKIANS

This is the beginning of the fourth year
of the Pickwick Club in The Delta. The
tales of adventure from roaming adven-
turers of our Sporting Fraternity are ar-
riving in more frequent intervals than ever,
and display that charming diversity of
taste that ever characterizes the members
of our Noble Society. Mr. Pickwick is de-
lighted with vivacity and perspicacity of
the narratives and is humbly appreciative
of the corresponding members and their
timely assistance.

As every year adds new faces to our
band, and thousands are passing by that
may have never read our introductory ac-
count of the organization of this Society
of United Pickwickians, Mr. Pickwick be-
lieves it is in order to report briefly the
reasons for publishing the transactions of
Pickwick Club.

Into this benighted world of ex-colle-
gians, for that term fits most of you who
have not yet acquired the Pickwickian
sense of humor that will enable the mortal
mind to look into the inner universe within
itself, there are numerous Brothers of la-
tent talents, which, if opened and spread
abroad, would cheer and enlighten the
pathway of our peregrinations.

Hence, a few select spirits banded them-
selves together and wrote their motives
for all to see: "That while this association
is deeply sensible of the advantages which
must accrue from the continual revolution
of human events, they cannot but entertain
a lively sense of the inestimable benefits
which must inevitably result from the

periodical contact of one Brother with
another, if only for a few minutes and by
writing, from the good fellowship and
comraderie of the pals of our college days,
all of which promotes keener interest in
our Fraternity and living loyalty to that
old but never forgotten Chapter of ours.
That the corresponding members of this
Society be requested to forward, from time
to time, authenticated accounts of their
journeys and investigations, of their ob-
servations of character and manners, and
of the whole of their adventures."

Nor should the uninitiated, whose feeble
intellects can not hope to penetrate the
hidden mysteries that lie beyond the scope
of their limited vision, fail to consult the
dictionary, that wonderful compendium of
hand-me-down knowledge, which thus con-
strues the Pickwickian sense — "a parlia-
mentary, merely technical or constructive,
or conveniently esoteric, sense; a sense
other than the obvious one." No one
should, therefore, feel aggrieved or of-
fended at aught that appears herein, for no
matter what is intended, it is always what
you wish it to say and not what it says.

Contributors are urgently invited, and
upon our impressions of their contribu-
tions will rest their election as Correspond-
ing Members. They should always forward
a complete history of their lives to Mr.
Pickwick, and only men of known reputa-
tion will be accepted. No one who is
ashamed of his own name, will be admitted.
No restrictions to others, if you are clever
enough to get by the censor.

This proposal, being deemed "worthy of
the great minds from which it emanated,"
our Society "hereby signifies its perfect
acquiescense therein." The way is open
and Mr. Pickwick awaits your coming.

POLITICS AND OTHER THINGS

A man living out in Bakersfield — you
don't know where that is, and maybe you

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don't want to! — naturally has a political
itching, or rather did have it in July. Be-
ing near San Francisco, he couldn't help it,
and then he's a newspaper man, too, is
Brother Don C. Krull. Since he doesn't
like the way Mr. Pickwick introduced him
last time, and, therefore, Mr. Pickwick will
now let him introduce himself, so here
goes for better or for worse —

Honorable Samuel Pickwick,

c/o The Copy Hungry Editor,

Delta of a National Society of College Men

Lemcke Building, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dear Samuel:

I refuse to tell any more stories about
any of the Brethren, Mr. Pickwick, since
you took editorial advantage of me and
gave them all away before they started.
I maintain very stoutly that the one about
Brick Mitchell is very true and never hap-
pened to any Sigma Nu before, for I know
the girl and the time and the circumstances.
Now, I'm mad and won't play in your back
yard any more or make mud pies or any-
thing.

I have been asked by a number of people
out in this neck of the woods why I didn't
attend the Democratic convention along
with Brother Sears and all the rest of us
highbrows, or was it Brother Burr who
hails from Alabama and is interested in
politics. I think it is the latter on second
thought. In answer, I fear I must agree
with Irvin Cobb, my contemporary in the
field of letters, who says that they used to
open the convention with corkscrews, but
now they open them with prayer.

But speaking of Cobb, I don't mean to
cast any reflection on him by associating
him with me or even mentioning us in the
same breath, for I have written things that
Cobb would never think of writing. Of
course, he might have written them first,
but then, not nearly as well. In addition,
I have been in places he has never heard
of; probably never will, as long as he
maintains his respectability.

A man insulted me very highly the other
day, Mr. Pickwick, and I'm going to tell
you my troubles in hopes you may help
me. I was sitting in my office when a guy
waltzed in and I said in tones sarcastic:

"Who left the door open?"

"I don't know," he shot back, "how did
you get in?"

"I don't use the door," came my reply,
and quick as flash he said to me:

"No, I suppose you use the transom or
the keyhole."

Now, wasn't that just too cutting for any
words.^ But then, he had some liquid for-
bidden fruit (sh-h-h-h, don't tell this to
any revenue officers), and we soon forgot
our troubles and I was telling him just
who I was going to nominate for president
at the 1936 convention. And whom do you
think it was? It's a secret, Mr. Pickwick,
it's no one else but the famous corres-
pondent who is writing this.

A Delta Chi from Stanford the other
day, had the crust to tell me that a fine lad
in this town, who is going to Stanford next
fall, is all lined up for his league. Now,
can you imagine such outright nerve?
Huh, I think I'd rather see the boy die than
have such a horrible fate, Mr. Pickwick,
and think I shall try to line him up for
Sigma Nu. That at least, could be no
worse than death, now could it? Be real
honest and frank about it and tell me what
you think.

I'd like to dispense some gossip, but I
fear if I ever started that I would have no
time, and besides, they ain't none nohow.
Some of the younger element in and about
the village, including myself, have been
talking about having a rushing party be-
fore the summer is over. If we can pro-
cure the required amount of white lightnin'
it might be successful, and then we'd land
a few.

Until the next time, Mr. Pickwick, au
revoir, even if there isn't any next time.
Yours in misery,
DON C. KRULL, alias "KRULLERS,"

T MB X.

SIGN HERE— ON THE DOTTED
LINE

Brother Fowler has the right Sigma Nu
spirit — whatever it is from his Fraternity,
he wants it! Maybe it flattened out his
pocket-book for the time being, but no
doubt those addresses will bring back some
of his college pals to memory that he
hasn't seen since before the war. Mr.
Pickwick welcomes him to the ranks of our
Corresponding Members for he has amply
proved his worthiness to mingle in the
Society of the Scornful.

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Editor of The Delta:

Enclosed please find two dollars in na-
tional currency for subscription to Delta.

Was in France and naturally let this
Delta business slip. Some time ago I
signed a damn slip and thought I was
signing for The Delta, but received one
of those volumes of addresses from the
New York Brothers which will knock me
off for about ten bucks a/c carelessness.

Please send on The Delta.

WAYNE A. FOWLER, Nu.

HANDICAPPED

Coincidences of this kind were common
enough in the army, but we like to read
about them yet. Fine when the discovery
come in time, isn't it?

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.

Dear Sir:

What would you think of two Sigma Nu
Brothers living on the same ship in Uncle
Sam's Navy for about six months without
knowing that they were Brothers. That
was really the case of Charlie Emery, First
Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, and my-
self.

We ate almost side by side three times a
day, went ashore together for recreation,
played gold and did a thousand other
things together for six months or more
before we discovered that one of us was
from Delta Nu at Maine, and the other was
from Delta Kappa at Delaware. One night
we were ashore at Astoria, Oregon, and got
to talking about college days when Charlie
began talking about winter up in Maine
with the wind blowing a gale outside.

"Why, Charlie that's a good bit like the
way we used to sleep on the "Hurricane
Deck" in our fraternity house in Dela-
ware— all the windows open and a pile of
covers on top of you, including anything
from rugs to overcoats."

Then he told me it was the same way in
his fraternity and before we knew it we
were shaking hands as Brothers that h.:d
been separated for years. After that ue
were always together and many times I
wished that there was some way for a
service man to show his pin.

FRANK H. DEAN, Delta Kappa.

U. S. S. Arkansas.

KINDRED BROTHERS

It kind o' takes the conceit out of a man
to have a thrust like this taken right out
of his mouth. How many younger Broth-
ers go through college on reflected reputa-
tions or at least under the stigma of their
possibility? But do many get into the
Fraternity by this means? Well, Grant
Harrington tells that about his brother,
Wynne, who wouldn't stay at Kansas U.
because of the name that preceded him
there, went out to Stanford where he could
hold his own, and not simply be known as
"Grant's brother." Brother Harold Bar-
ron seems to have justified his individual
existence, however, on sufficient grounds.

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.
Dear Sir:

In 1914, I journeyed from West Phila-
delphia High School up the mountains to
Penn State to enter a track meet. The visit
was replete with introductions to the big
athletes and Brother Bert's Sigma Nu
Brothers.

On the journey homeward, besides some
medals, I had a Sigma Nu pledge button
which I wore a half year in high school.

Later, after entering college and being
initiated, I met a Sigma Nu in Phila-
delphia. We chatted a while and I hap-
pened to mention that I had a brother who
was a Sigma Nu and added, "That's the
way I got in." He looked at me scornfully
a few seconds and said, "Humph, that's
the way a lot of them get in."

After that I always envied Bert for hav-
ing become a Sigma Nu with an unques-
tioned title.

Respectfully,
HAROLD E. BARRON, Delta Delta.

A FAIR EXCHANGE

Purdue and Indiana are rivals, natur-
ally. Both Beta Zeta and Beta Eta Chap-
ters reached into each other's pockets last
Fall and surreptitiously drew out a man.
In affiliating, they gave them the same num-
ber. So everything would be square.

Beta Zeta 285 is Hollis Wayman
Deakyne who was Beta Eta 264.

Beta Eta 285 is John Lewis Niblack who
was Beta Zeta 257.

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Alpha — Brother Nathaniel H. Massie
and Miss Kathreen McConnell Tucker, Sep-
tember 1, 1920, at Old Saint Paul's
Church, Norfolk, Virginia. Brother and
Mrs. Massie will live at 453 East Maxwell
Street, Lexington, Kentucky.

Epsilon. — Brother Arthur C. Mornes, by
Rev. C. M. Smail, E, at New Castle, Penn-
sylvania, June 10, 1920. Further details
unknown.

Epsilon. — Brother Raymond S. Reid, of
Oak Park, Illinois, and Miss Sara Thomp-
son, of Fallansbee, West Virginia, in the
Sigma Nu House, Bethany, West Virginia,
June 26, 1920, by Rev. Franklin R. Payne,
E, pastor of the Knoxville Christian
church, Pittsburgh. Other Sigma Nus
present were Brothers Hunt, C. Chapman,
Walker, Loyd, Massay, Day, and Palmer.
Brother Bob Duncan, T II, opportunely
happened into town in his Ford and car-
ried the Brothers in noisy pursuit of the
newlyweds for a couple of miles when
they left town in Brother Walker's Stude-
baker. Brother and Mrs. Reid are residing
in Follansbee, West Virginia.

Epsilon. — Brother Nelson H. Myers, '17,
and Miss Nan Furbay, Z T A, Bethany '17,
at Uhrichsville, Ohio, July 10, 1920.

Epsilon. — Brother Dean E. Walker, in
August. No further particulars.

Epsilon. — Brother Charles Kaiser and
Miss Burdella Hall, July 9, 1920, at the
Methodist parsonage, New Philadelphia,
Ohio. Brother and Mrs. Kaiser are living
at North 8th Street, New Philadelphia,
Ohio.

Springs, Alabama, where Brother Frazer
is engaged in the practice of law.

Mu. — Brother Leonard A. Ganns and
Miss Rosalie Eubanks, at Augusta, Geor-
gia, on May 30, 1920.

Mu. — Brother H. G. Hatch, of Augusta,
Georgia, and Mrs. Jessie Frizell, of Sa-
vannah, Georgia, October 14th, 1919.
Brother Hatch is still engaged in civil and
industrial engineering, but is very muchly
wedded. Mrs. and Mrs. Hatch are now in
Augusta.

Nu. — Brother Solon W. Smith and Miss
Rose Harris, of Oklahoma City, on June
19, 1920. Mrs. Harris is a cousin of
Brother L. S. Harris, A E, and a member
of Delta Delta Delta at Oklahoma Uni-
versity.

Sigma. — Brother William Knox Tate
and Miss Harriet Hinds, of Arab, Ala-
bama. Brother and Mrs. Tate are at home
at Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Upsilon. — Brother George Cressy Haw-
ley and Miss Ann Bartholomew, of Austin.
Mrs. Hawley is a Kappa Alpha Theta,
University of Texas.

Upsilon. — Brother J. Boen Swinny. No
particulars.

Upsilon. — Arthur G. Uhl. No particu-
lars.

Upsilon. — Chester Pugh. No particu-
lars.

Theta. — Brother Thomas Sydney Frazer
and Miss Alice Miller, of Brewton, Ala-
bama, at the Church of the Transfiguration,
New York City, January 28, 1920. Brother
and Mrs. Frazer are living in Union

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Beta Beta.— Brother Harrell V. Baily
and Miss Dorothea Elizabeth Denny, June
30, 1920, at Indianapolis. Brother and
Mrs. Baily are living in Los Angeles,
California.

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Beta fieia.^-Ralph Bales and Miss Hazel
Hill, on May 4, 1920, at Winchester, Indi-
ana. They will reside in Indianapolis,
Indiana, where Brother Bales is employed
in the purchasing department of the L. C.
Nicholson & Co. (Co. stands for Brother
Sieber Nicholson, B B.)

Beta Eta. — Brother Kenyon Stevenson
and Miss Louise Hervey, II B fc, at Logan-
sport, Indiana, on June 1, 1920.

Beta Eta— Brother Ralph Winslow, of
Greenfield, Indiana, and Miss Aldena
Copeland, of Moorefield, Indiana, on Sep-
tember 1, 1920, at North Madison, Indiana.
Both are graduates of Indiana University.
They will reside in Richmond where
Brother Winslow is telegraph editor of the
Richmond Palladium.

Beta Iota. — Brother Harold C. Gibbons
and Miss Leah C. Roderick, of Canton,
Ohio, May 29, 1920. Mrs. Gibbons is a
member of Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity.
Brother and Mrs. Gibbons will live in
Canton.

Beta Iota. — Brother Percy L. Harris and
Miss Mary Esther Koch, at New Waterford,
Ohio, May 26, 1920. Mrs. Harris is a
member of Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity.
Brother and Mrs. Harris will reside in
Canton, where Brother Harris is engaged
in real estate work.

Beta Kappa. — Brother Cliff Errett Aubel
and Miss Dora Marie Otto, June 16, 1920,
at Manhattan, Kansas. Brother and Mrs.
Aubel are living at 1320 Tremont Street,
Manhattan, Kansas.

Beta Tau. — Brother Claud Bernard Mc-
Brayer and Miss Lucile Anne Wise, at
Bridgewater, Virginia, on January 7, 1920.

Beta Chi. — Lieutenant John H. Wise and
Miss Ethelwynne Frick, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in the Church of the Royal
Palace, Coblence, Germany, March 18,
1920. Mrs. Wise was formerly of the Y.
M. C. A. Overseas Department. Brother
Wise is on duty with the 8th Infantry,
Coblence, Germany.

Beta Psi. — Brother William Vaughan
and Miss Janice Tobringer, in January.
Mrs. Vaughan is a member of Delta Delta
Delta.

Gamma Alpha. — Brother Benjamin M.
Hall, Jr., and Miss Elizabeth Laughton
Vaughan, of Atlanta, October 27, 1919.
Mrs. Hall is a member of Chi Omega Fra-
ternity, Randolph-Macon Woman's Col-
lege. Brother Hall has entered engineer-
ing practice in Atlanta.

Gamma Alpha. — Brother Earl A. Web-
ster and Miss Elizabeth Louise Rankin, of
Knox vi lie, Tennessee, May 6, 1920.
Brother and Mrs. Webster will reside in
Knoxville.

Gamma Alpha. — Brother Montgomery
Haynes and Miss Florence Wood, of Wash-
ington, D. C, May 19, 1920. Brother
Haynes spent almost two years in France
and the Balkans. Brother and Mrs. Haynes
will make Atlanta their home.

Gamma Alpha. — Brother Howell K.
Wilkinson and Miss Ruth A. Candlish, of
Valdosta, Georgia, June 18, 1920, at the
Governor's mansion in Atlanta, Georgia,
the home of Brother Wilkinson's sister.
Brother and Mrs. Wilkinson will be at
home in Valdosta.

Gamma Delta. — Dudley W. Pennington
at Baltimore, Maryland, in May. No
further information.

Gamma Lambda. — William Monroe
Young and Miss Marion Boyce, of Mil-
waukee, June 5, 1920.

Gamma Nu. — Brother H. Hart Ander-
son, '20, and Miss Vesta Shaw, Owosso,
Michigan, April 13, 1920. Brother An-
derson received his A.B. this year and will
engage in business with his father at Flint,
Michigan.

Gamma Nu. — Brother Ernest Kurie, ex-
'21, and Miss Allene Martin. Brother
Kurie is in the cattle business near Colo-
rado Springs, Colorado.

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Gamma Nu. — Brother Harry Welford,
*18, and Miss Roberta Prothro, Memphis,
Tennessee, June 16, 1920.

Gamma Phi. — Brother Paul A. Bischoff
and Miss Bernice Perkins, K A 0. Brother
and Mrs. Bischoff are living in Bluefields,
Nicaragua, Central America.

Gamma Phi. — Brother Earl Hughes and
Miss Nellie Smith, of Great Falls, the latter
part of February, 1920. They are living in
Ronan, Montana.

Delta Beta. — Brother Donald W. Green-
wood and Miss Dorothy B. Christensen, of
Chicago, June 26, 1920. Mrs. Greenwood
is a graduate of Wisconsin where Brother
Greenwood obtained his degree of C. E.
He is now with the State Highway Commis-
sion at Pierre, South Dakota.

Delta Delta. — Brother Richard A. Bohn
and Miss Elizabeth de Laguna, of Oak-
land, California, on January 19, 1920, at
Norfolk, Virginia. Brother and Mrs. Bohn
became acquainted in Porto Rico, where
Mrs. Bohn was teaching French and Eng-
lish at the university, and Brother Bohn
was stationed as ensign in one of Uncle
Sam's "sub-chasers." Mrs. Bohn is a.
graduate of Pennsylvania State College.

Delta Delta.— Brother Walter Hoxie Hil-
lary and Miss Loretta Marie Mehling, June
5, 1920, at Cleveland, Ohio.

Delta Zeta. — Brother Carl L. Bechberger
and Miss Hazel le Lind Bishop, May 20,
1920, at Cleveland, Ohio.

Delta Zeta— Brother Walter D. Clark
and Miss Katherine Anna Brady on August
18, 1920, at Cleveland, Ohio. They will
reside at Northfield, Ohio.

Delta Zeta. — Brother Malcolm Strong
Nichols and Miss Ruth Mary Lyman, June
16, 1920, at Cleveland, Ohio. Brother and
Mrs. Nichols are at home at 144 Oakland
Terrace, Hartford, Connecticut.

Delta Zeta — Dr. Robert Emmett Stobie
and Miss Maude Ficklin, July 15, 1920, at
Clifton Hill, Missouri. Dr. and Mrs. Stobie
will reside at 1115 14th Avenue, Seattle,
Washington.

Delta Kappa. — Captain John Wilson
O'Daniel and Miss Helen Ruth Bowman,
at Nogales, Arizona, March 24, 1920.
Brother O'Daniel is a member of die 25th
U. S. Infantry, stationed at Nogales, Ari-
zona.

Delta Mu. — Brother Luthern Earl Curry
and Miss Anna Mathilda Chamberlain,
June 2, 1920, at Miami, Florida.

Delta Nu. — Brother Royal G. Higgins
and Miss Alma G. Anderson, August 11,
1920, at West Somerville, Massachusetts.

Delta Chi. — Brother M. T. McGee and
Miss Elsie J. Clemens, June 5, 1920.
Brother and Mrs. McGee are living at 1101
East Breckenridge Street, Louisville, Ken-
tucky.

Hydrophobia is Dead

Beta Eta Loses a Notorious Member

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 25.— Hydrophobia is dead. He ran true to
his name, it is believed. Hydrophobia was a scrubby, yellow dog, the mascot
of all Indiana University athletic teams. He delighted crowds with his antics
on Jordan field and was shot by a Bloomington policeman yesterday after he
attempted to bite several persons.

Hydrophobia marched at the head of the column in every military review;
came near breaking up the Indiana-Rose Poly game by carrying away players9
baseball gloves, and never failed to turn somersaults when Indiana fans de-
manded. He was owned by the local Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. —
Indianapolis News.

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COLONEL J. FINLEY WHITE
Alpha

Many men will agree with me that the
death of Colonel J. Finley White calls for
much more than the formal funeral notice
that brought to us the news of his passing
away. He did a notable thing in his youth,
a piece of construction work whose bene-
ficence is nationwide and bids fair to go
on down the centuries in a large and larger
way.

Some eight or ten years ago. the Sigma
Nu Fraternity at the University, began to
move toward their beautiful house that
now adorns the campus. Of course, the
boys came to Birmingham for a start with
the money, and we had a little lunch at
what is now the Pearson house, but was
then the struggling University Club, at the
top of the hill on South Twentieth Street.
We had a tiny bit to eat and lots of speech-
making and a generous contribution to the
cause. The star performer was Colonel J.
Finley White, and what he told us warmed
our hearts toward this modest man who
had made so much fraternity history. Here
was his story:

In the early seventies he was a Selma
boy and a student at the Virginia Military
Institute. One fraternity was already or-
ganized there and was raking in all the
honors in sight. White was one of the
boys who joined our Founders, Hopkins,
Riley, and Quarles, in 1869, in organizing
the Sigma Nu, Chapter No. 1, and notified
the old set that competition had arrived.
Colonel White said the effect was marvel-
ous. The Chapter grew, the best boys were
gathered in and in another year they had
their share of the college places and
honors.

In Selma, at the same time, was Thomas
W. Clark, one of the most attractive and
intellectual boys who ever attended the
University of Alabama. The next session
Clark brought with him from association
with White, the impulse to organize a
Chapter at Tuscaloosa. Tom Clark, Sum-

ter Foster, R. E. Pettus and Leon Wyman
and others of that intellectual caste, were
in at the start and made Chapter No. 5 of
the new Fraternity. Their work has grown
until Sigma Nu is one of the greatest col-
lege fraternities in the world.

To have been one of the fathers of this
great and useful institution was a noble
life work if our dead friend had done
only that. When I first knew him in the
eighties, he was a bright particular star in
the public life of Selma and of Alabama.
We were a small State then, and there were
not many honors to go around. He held
one of the chiefest of them all, being ad-
jutant general at a time when it was more
conspicuous and noteworthy than it is now
to fill any office except governor.

As long as the great Sigma Nu Fra-
ternity shall go on living and serving, Fin-
ley White's memory should be kept green
in all our halls and houses and hearts.

CHAPPELL CORY, Mu.
— Birmingham, Ala., Age-Herald.

ALBERT PAUL BLAYNEY

Epsilon

Albert Paul Blayney died at his home
in Rankin, Pennsylvania, October 19th,
1918, in his thirty-seventh year. He was a
victim of influenza and pneumonia.

Brother Blayney was initiated into Sig-
ma Nu at Bethany, in the fall of 1906.
He later attended the University of Pitts-
burgh, graduating from the Pharmacy col-
lege.

Brother Blayney is survived by his
parents, two brothers, two sisters, widow
and little son, Paul Blayney, Jr.

U. G. PALMER, JR.

GEORGE F. WOLF

Epsilon

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother George F. Wolf. No
further particulars.

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DUDLEY ALSEY CLEMENTS

Theta

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother Dudley Alsey Clements.
No further particulars.

JOSEPH DARLINGTON WRIGHT

Theta

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother Joseph Darlington
Wright. No further particulars.

DAVID LEE SNEAD
Iota

The Delta has received word* of the
death of Brother David Lee Snead. No
further particulars.

EDWARD LONG PHARES
Lambda

[The Delta is indebted to the mother of
Brother Phares for this little sketch, and we
would further quote a few lines from her letter
to us: "I want to inform you of my son's death.
He loved his Fraternity, and I want his friends
in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
to know of his passing."]

Edward Long Phares died of acute ap-
pendicitis, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, May 25,
1920.

Brother Phares was born in Wilmington,
North Carolina, twenty-one years ago, but
moved to Jacksonville, Florida, a few years
ago.

While a student at Washington and Lee,
he became a member of Lambda Chapter.
Since leaving college, he was employed as
salesman for an automobile accessory firm,
his territory being West Florida, Georgia
and Alabama.

His death was especially sad, as he was
the youngest of six sons, all living, whose
beautiful devotion to their "six-foot baby
brother" was unusually noticeable.

Many friends will miss Ed's genial
smile; vigorous, cordial hand clasp; and
pleasing, though forceful, personality.

His body was taken to his old North
Carolina home for interment

MARY JONES PHARES.

CHESTER WESLEY ATTERBURY

Brother Chester W. Atterbury died four
or five years ago. Further details not
known.

ALLIE LEE PENDERGRASS
Omicron

Brother Terry Feild, in a recent letter,
reports the death of Brother Allie Lee
Pendergrass.

JOHN BYRON ANDERSON
Beta Iota

John B. Anderson, one of Mount Union's
most respected men, died at the Mount
Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, April 24,
1920, with spinal meningitis. He was
buried from his home in Steubenville.

Brother Anderson was one of Mount
Union's most respected and honored stu-
dents. The news of his death was a sud-
den blow to all of his friends and was
deeply felt by every Mount Union student.

He was a member of Beta Iota Chapter
where he had won the heart of every
Brother. His activities were not limited
to any one field, nor to a small circle of
friends, but his influence was felt in every
phase of college life. It has often been
said that he was one of the best debaters
ever turned out of Mount Union College.
He served as president of the College Ora-
torical Association for two years, as mem-
ber of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet, directed
the college I. P. A. campaigns and was
managing editor of the Dynamo. He was
a Senior and would have graduated with
the class of '20 in June.

The entire Beta Iota Chapter attended
the funeral in a body to pay the last tribute
to a faithful Brother. A large number of
other students from the college also at-
tended the funeral services.

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STANLEY JAY SWINDLER
Beta Iota

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother Stanley Jay Swindler. No
further particulars.

WILLIAM MILLER OWEN
Beta Phi

Lieutenant William Miller Owen died
of pneumonia, March 14, 1919, at Camp
Zachary Taylor. Brother Owen had just
passed all examinations prior to being
taken into the regular army as field artil-
lery officer.

CHARLES CLAYTON HUFF
Gamma Alpha

Brother Charles C. Huff died at Fort
Rosecrans, California, on August 1, 1920.

Brother Huff was a United States engi-
neer, and did splendid work during the
war period, being sent out to be engineer
in charge of the construction work at Fort
Rosecrans in 1917. The work was recently
completed, and only a week before he died
was accepted by an officer representing the
war department on the Pacific Coast. He
was ill at the time, and was to have
started on a month's leave of absence.

Funeral services were held August 3rd,
in Los Angeles, where he had been living
most of the time for the last sixteen years.

Brother Huff was an Atlanta boy, grad-
uated from the Boys9 High School in 1899,
and from the Georgia School of Technol-
ogy. He is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Vivian Curtis, of Los Angeles ; . a
daughter, Virginia, aged thirteen; a son,
lames, aged four; his mother and a sister,
Mrs. J. Chalmers Buchanan, of Atlanta.

ALBERT SYDNEY NEWSOM

Gamma Alpha

Brother Albert Sidney Newsom was
killed near Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an air-
plane accident, July 18, 1920. Brother
Newsom was twenty-one years of age and
served as a lieutenant in the air service
during the war.

He is survived by his mother, four sis-
ters and four brothers. Three of his
brothers are Sigma Nus: Dr. Earl T.
Newsom, M, of Moultrie, Georgia; Ralph
O. Newsom, r A, of Sheffield, Alabama;
and Roy Newsom, r A, of Union Point,
Georgia.

BAXTER L. SCHAUB
Gamma Alpha

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother Baxter L. Schaub. No
further particulars.

FREDERICK CHARLES DAY

Gamma Nu

Brother Frederick C. Day, died June 30,
1920, at the age of 41 years. Brother Day
was for several years secretary of the De-
troit Alumni Chapter and promoter for
Gamma Nu's new Chapter House. He
leaves a widow, Harriet S. Day, a member
of Kappa Alpha Theta at Albion College,
and a nine-year-old daughter.

J. RICHARD NEWMAN, Gamma Gamma.

NEAL THOMAS BUNNICK

Gamma Sigma

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother Neal Thomas Dunnick.
No further particulars.

GEORGE ABNER HUGULEY, JR.
Gamma Alpha

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother George Abner Huguley,
Jr. No further particulars.

FREDERICK FENLEY KRAMER
Delta Delta

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother Frederick Fenley Kramer.
No further particulars.

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ROBERT McKEE PARKINSON
Delta Eta

Brother Robert McKee Parkinson died
on April 21, 1920, at Dayton, Ohio.
Brother Parkinson, while in college, was
editor of The Cornkusker, the college an-
nual, a member of the Inter-Fraternity
Council, Iron Sphinx, and other organiza-
tions.

Brother Parkinson graduated in engi-
neering, and went to Dayton in 1918. He
was connected, when he died, with the
State Oil Co. His home was in Omaha,
Nebraska.

CLARENCE ALBERT
SYLVESTER

Delta Omicron

The Delta has received word of the
death of Brother Clarence Albert Sylvester.
No further particulars.

FRANCIS EDWIN MARVIN
Delta Pi

The Delta has received word from Cap-
tain Norman M. Shaw, of the death of
Brother Francis Edwin Marvin. No further
particulars. Brother Marvin was secretary
of the Washington, D. C. Alumni Chapter
at the time of his death.

A Friendly Grave

By Roswell Phillips, Gamma Epsilon

Here by a friendly grave

I watched the children play

And thought of good and brave
Who in their day were gay.

And as I quiet sat

To while the hours away,
I started thinking that

Sometime will come the day

When under yonder stone
And turning into clay,

I shall not be alone

If children round me play.

A happy thought for me —
The day may now be near

When folk may smiling see
Some children playing here.

If living I can smile,

With joy my way I pave;

Then I'll be smiling while

The young play on my grave.

Life then to me not vain,

The grave can have no sting,
If round the place Fm lain

The children's voices ring.

May those who follow me

In days when Vm forgot
Believe I love the glee

Of children on our plot.

I wish it may be said:

From him joy living sprung;
His grave, now he is dead,

Is playground for the young.

As in the cell I sleep

And free at last from care,
I charge them not to keep

The young from playing there.

—ScrarUon, Pa^ Republican*

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Sigma Nu Fraternity

Founded at Virginia Military Institute, January 1, 1869.

Founders

JAMES FRANK HOPKINS, Alpha No. 1,
"70; born December 30, 1845; died Decem-
ber 15, 1913.

GREENFIELD QUARLES, Alpha No. 2,
'70; Helena, Ark.

JAMES M. RILEY, Alpha No. 3, '70; born
May 16, 1849; died June 8, 1911.

General Officers

EDWIN W. DUNLAVY, Beta Beta, General
Secretary and Editor of The Delta.

HARRY A. RIDER, Delta Zeta, Assistant
General Secretary.

General Offices, 707 Lemcke Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.

High Council

WALTER E. MYERS, Beta Iota, Regent,
114 Engineers Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta, Vice-Re-
gent, 217 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

SAMUEL F. PEGUES, Theta, Grand Treas-
urer, Room 1201, 537 South Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

ERNEST L. WILLIAMS, Gamma Kappa,
Grand Counselor, Gas & Electric Blag.,
Denver, Colo.

Grand Officers

BURTON P. SEARS, Nu, Grand Historian,
Room 440, 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.

JOHN R. SAMPEY, Iota, Grand Chaplain,
500 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky.

STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance

THE VICE REGENT.

JOHN M. ROBERTS, Beta Gamma-Beta Pi, 460
East Ohio Street, Chicago, 111.

MANLY R. JOINER. Iota-Gamma Kappa, Tal-
ladega, Ala.

WILLIAM W. KETSER, Lambda, 8820 Pine
Street, St Louis, Mo.

CLYDE T. KIRKBRIDE. Beta Iota, 1111 Wil-
liamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

KENYON STEVENSON, Beta Eta, Lancaster, Pa.

GROVER H. CREECH, Gamma Iota, 416 Bast
Maxwell Street, Lexington, Ky.

Jurisprudence

THE REGENT, ex officio.

THE GRAND COUNSELOR, ex officio.

HARRY L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu, New First Na-
tional Bank Building, Columbus, Ohio.

PERRY D. CALDWELL, Beta Iota-Delta Zeta,
433 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

ORVILLE M. BARNBTT, Rho, University of Mis-
souri, Columbia, Mo.

JOHN D. COFER, Upsilon, 2809 Nueces Street,
Austin, Texas.

Scholarship

ERRETT R. NEWBY, Delta Epsllon, 1117 West
15th Street, Oklahoma City, Okla.

ALBERT H. YODER, Beta Eta. University of
North Dakota, University, N. D.

FRED W. BREMIER, Delta Delta, Railroad Com-
mission, Bismarck, N. D.

HARLEY F. WILSON, Gamma Lambda. Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

FRANK AYDBLOTTE, Beta Eta, 86 Hawthorne
Street, Cambridge, Mass.

GEORGE A. CHANDLER, Gamma Lambda. 501
. North Henry Street, Madison, Wis.

DALE A. HARTMAN. Delta Zeta. 11448 Euclid
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

Chapter House

LEROY B. KIMBALL, Gamma Gamma, 82 Wav-
erly Place, New York, N. Y.

BORDEN BURR, Theta- Lambda, Brown-Marx
Building, Birmingham, Ala.

WALTER S. McGILVRAY, Beta Chi, 020 Santa
Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.

JOHN B. MALLERS, Gamma Mu, 803 East John
Street, Champaign, 111.

ROY L. BOVARD, Delta Delta. 5590 Baum Boul-
evard, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ritual

RAWSON BENNETT, Nu, 6108 Stelner Avenue,
Chicago, 111.

THOMAS M. OWEN, Jr., Theta, State Capitol,
Montgomery, Ala.

GRANT HARRINGTON. Nu, 914 Orville Avenue,
Kansas City, Kans.

Fraternity Songs

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta. SI North State
Street, Chicago, 111.

PETER E. F. BURNS. Gamma Chi. 612 State
Street, Madison. Wis.

FRANK H. THORNE, Gamma Mu, 505 Sunny-
side Ave., Chicago, 111.

Uniform Accounting System

THE VICE-REGENT.

MILO C. NEWTON. Delta Zeta. 771 Bast 95th
Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

CLIFFORD B. LEPAGE, Gamma Delta, Mount
Vernon, N. Y.

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THE DELTA

Collegiate Chapters

With a List of their Chapter Commanders and Advisers

FIRST DIVISION

Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina

INSPECTOR, William R. Edgar, Delta Kappa,
1410 Harrison Street, Wilmington, Del.

BETA — 1870), University of Virginia, Char-
lottesville, Va.

Commander, R. B. Round, Sigma Nu House.

Adviser, A. H. Wilson, 441 Pelham Road, New
Rochelle, N. Y.

LAMBDA — (1882), Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, Lexington, Va.
Commander, Lewis S. Musgrove, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, J. T. McCrum, Peoples National Bank.

PSI— (1888), University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Commander, Paul B. Edmundson.
Adviser, Walter Murphy, Salisbury, N. C.

BETA TAU — (1895), North Carolina State College
of Agriculture and Engineering, West Ral-
eigh, N. C.
Commander, P. S. Child s.

Adviser. Dr. Ray ford K. Adams, State Insane
Hospital, Dix Hill, Raleigh, N. C.

DELTA KAPPA — (1910), Delaware College,
Newark, Del.
Commander, Melvin F. Wood, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Clarence A. Short.

DELTA PI — (1915), George Washington Univer-
sity, Washington, D. C.

Commander, Frank L. Yates, 1739 P St, N. W.

Adviser, Harold F. Enlowe, 122 Willow Ave.,
Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

DELTA PHI — (1917), University of Maryland,

College Park, Md.
Commander, Austin C. DiggB.
Adviser, Frank B. Bomberger, College Park,

Md.

SECOND DIVISION
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

INSPECTOR, Oscar Palmour, Kappa, 425 Grant
Building, Atlanta, Ga.

DELTA— (1886), University of South Carolina,
Columbia, S. C.
Commander, J. Farra Van Meter, 1351 Blanding

St.
Adviser, .

ETA— (1884), Mercer University, Macon, Ga.
Commander, Peter Z. Geer.
Adviser, John R. L. Smith.

KAPPA — (1881), North Georgia Agricultural
College, Dahlonega, Ga.
Commander, S. H. Christopher.
Adviser, Professor E. N. Nicholson.

MU— (1884), University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Commander, W. B. Gaines, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Dr. Dan H. DuPree.

XI— (1884), Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, G. H. Alexander.
Adviser, S. Russell Bridges, Healy Building.

GAMMA ALPHA— (1896), Georgia School of
Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, Robert B. Betts, 73 W. 5th St
Adviser, W. L. Kemp, 10 Auburn Ave.

DELTA MU— (1913), Stetson University, DeLand,
Fla.
Commander, Neill S. Jackson, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Robert P. Walters.

THIRD DIVISION

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee

INSPECTOR — Manly R. Joiner, Iota-Gamma
Kappa, Talladega, Ala.

THBTA— (1874), University of Alabama, Uni-
versity, Ala.
Commander, Omar L. Reynolds, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Judge Henry B. Foster.

IOTA— (1879), Howard College, East Lake, All.
Commander, A. D. Carlisle.

Adviser, William J. Waldrop, County Con re
House, Birmingham, Ala.

SIGMA— (1886), Vanderbllt University, Nashville,
Tenn.

Commander, Battey B. Coker, 215 22d Ave., N.

Adviser, C. Madison Sarratt, Vanderbllt Uni-
versity.

BETA THETA— (1890), Alabama Polytechnic

Institute, Auburn, Ala.
Commander, Ulysses V. Whipple, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor George C. Starcher, Alabama

Polytechnic Institute.

FOURTH DIVISION

Indiana, Kentucky

INSPECTOR, Alfred C. Evans. Beta Beta Gam
ma Rho, City National Bank Bldg., Lafay-
ette, Ind.

BETA BETA— (1890), DePauw University, Green-
castle, Ind.
Commander, Royal E. Davis, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Roy Davidson, 3925 Broadway, Indian-
apolis, Ind.

BETA ZETA— (1891), Purdue University, La-
fayette, Ind.
Commander, C. G. Roberts, 268 Littleton St.
Adviser, Professor Thomas A. Coleman.

BETA ETA— (1892), Indiana University, Bloom -
ington, Ind.
Commander, Fred S. Matthews, 322 East Kirk-
wood Street.
Adviser, James E. Moffat.

BETA UPSILON— (1895), Rose Polytechnic In-
stitute, Terre Haute. Ind.
Commander, Jacob Rein king, 461 N. 6th St.
Adviser, Frank Baxter, Whitestown, Ind.

GAMMA IOTA— (1902), University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Ky.

Commander, Grover H. Creech, 416 E. Max-
well St.

Adviser, Guy A. Huguelet, 505 Trust Company
Building.

FIFTH DIVISION

Ohio, West Virginia, That Part of Pennsylvania
West of the 78th Meridian

INSPECTOR— Perry D. Caldwell. Beta Iota-Delta
Zeta, 433 Williamson Building, Cleveland.
Ohio.

EPSILON— (1883), Bethany College, Bethany, W.

Va.
Commander, Clarence N. Chapman.
Adviser, W. Edwin Wells, Jr., East Liverpool,

Ohio.

BETA IOTA— (1892), Mount Union College, Al-
liance, Ohio.
Commander, John R. Cheney, 1690 S. Union Ave,
Adviser, D. M. Armstrong, 422 E. Main 8treet.

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BETA NU— (1891), Ohio State University, Co-
lumbus, Ohio.
Commander, John L. Carrutbero, 22 16th St.
Adviser, Trafford B. Tallmadge, Suite 327, Citi-
zens Bank Bldg.

GAMMA PI— (1904), West Virginia University,
Morgantown, W. Va.
Commander, J. Robert Waters, 221 Willey St.
Adviser, J. F. Robinson, 284 Second St.

DELTA ALPHA— (1907), Case School of Applied
Science, Cleveland, Ohio.
Commander, Frederic D. Brooker, 2037 Adelbert

Rd.
Adviser, James A. Moffett, 1397 E. 109th Street

DELTA ZETA — (1909), Western Reserve Uni-
versity. Cleveland, Ohio.
Commander, J. Keith Henney, 11447 Euclid

Ave.
Adviser, Howard K. Hunter, 11447 Euclid Ave.

DELTA SIGMA— (1916), Carnegie Institute of
Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Commander, R. E. Dake, 5540 Forbes St.
Adviser, Frank H. Haaren, 18 Garland St.,
Edgewood, Pa.

SIXTH DIVISION

That Part of Pennsylvania East of the 78th
Meridian

INSPECTOR, Roswell Phillips, Gamma Epsilon,
123 W. Market St., Scran ton, Pa.

PI — (1885), Lehigh University, South Bethle-
hem, Pa.
Commander, Elwood M. Allan, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, .

BETA RHO— (1894), University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Commander, Benjamin E. James, 3312 Walnut

St.
Adviser, William L. Gruhler, 44 W. Upsal St.,
Germantown, Pa.

GAMMA EPSILON— (1900), Lafayette College,
Easton, Pa.
Commander, Allen C. Grasier, 32 Cattell St.
Adviser, H. T. Spengler, 337 Shawnee Drive.

DELTA DELTA — (1909), Pennsylvania State

College, State College, Pa.
Commander, Arthur E. Pringle, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor Edward F. Grundhoeffer.

SEVENTH DIVISION

New York, New Jersey

INSPECTOR, Albert H. Wilson, Beta Iota, 441
Pelham Road, New Rochelle, N. Y.

GAMMA DELTA— (1900), Stevens Institute of
Technology, Hoboken, N. J.
Commander, Christopher Strachan, 507 River

St.
Adviser, Clifford B. LePage, Mount Vernon,
N. Y.

GAMMA THETA— (1901), Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y.
Commander, Samuel C. Gist, 230 Wlllard Way.
Adviser, David R. Mixsell, 611 Haselton Ter-
race, Rochester, N. Y.

GAMMA PSI — (1906), Syracuse University, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Commander, Irving B. Lydecker, 212 Euclid

Ave.
Adviser, A. Fairfax Montague, 702 Keith Bldg.

DELTA GAMMA— (1908), Columbia University,

New. York, N. Y.
Commander, Donald G. Tewkesbury, 540 W.

113th St.
Adviser, Anthony J. Romagna, 31 Liberty St.

DELTA UPSILON— (1917), Colgate University,

Hamilton, N. Y.
Commander, Justin C. Morgan, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Lyndon H. Strougb, Oneida High

School. Oneida, N. Y.

EIGHTH DIVISION

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Vermont

INSPECTOR, Raymond H. Segur, Delta Chi, 67
Farmington Ave., Hartford, Conn.

BETA SIGMA— (1898), University of Vermont,
Burlington, Vt
Commander, Harvey H. Sunderland, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor W. E. Aiken,

DELTA BETA— (1907), Dartmouth College, Han-
over, N. H.
Commander, A. D. Thompson, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, P. E. Gear, Hitchcock Hospital.

DELTA LAMBDA— (1912), Brown University,
Providence, R. I.
Commander, John W. Chapman. 104 Waterman

St.
Adviser, Arthur E. Kenyon, 134 Wesleyan Ave.

DELTA NU— (1913), University of Maine, Orono,
Maine.
Commander, F. E. Baldwin, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Thomas E. Houghton, Fort FairfleW,
Maine.

DELTA CHI— (1918), Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn.
Commander, Arthur N. Matthews, 74 Vernon St.
Adviser, William P. Barber, 334 Washington St.

DELTA PSI— (1918), Bowdoin College, Bruns-
wick, Maine.
Commander, Lee S. Gorham, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, C. C. Magulre, 18 Fairmount Terrace.

EPSILON GAMMA— (1920), Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn.
Commander, Charles M. Downs, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Edward C. Marsden, 791 Elm St., New
Haven, Conn.

NINTH DIVISION

Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin

INSPECTOR, John M. Roberts, Beta Gamma-Beta
Pi, 460 E. Ohio St, Chicago, 111.

GAMMA BETA— (1898), Northwestern Univer-
sity, Evanston, 111.
Commander, Robert E. Schweser, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, C. J. Luther, Evanston State Bank.

GAMMA GAMMA— (1895), Albion College, Albion,
Mich.
Commander, W. Ray Wlnegar, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Robert Baldwin.

GAMMA LAMBDA— (1902), University of Wis-
consin, Madison, Wis.

Commander, Charles W. Dorries, 625 N. Henry St.

Adviser, Professor H. F. Wilson. Entomology
Building, University of Wisconsin.

GAMMA MU— (1902), University of Illinois,
Champaign, 111.
Commander, Donald M. Eaton, 303 E. John St.
Adviser, .

GAMMA NU— (1902), University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Commander, John T. Finley, 700 Oxford Rd.
Adviser, .

GAMMA RHO— (1904), University of Chicago,
Chicago, 111.
Commander, George L. Schuyler, 5541 Wood-
lawn Ave.
Adviser, George M. Cook, Public Relations Dept,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, I1L

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GAMMA TAU— (1904), University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Commander, John J. Kelly, 015 University Ave.
Adviser, W. M. Babcock, 610 Temple Court.

DELTA THETA— (1891), Lombard College, Gales-
burg, 111.
Commander, Harold S. Bates, 1443 B. Knox St.
Adviser, Webb A. Herlocker, Carr Bldg.

TENTH DIVISION

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Iowa

INSPECTOR. Wiliam L. Randall, Delta Eta, 437
Omaha National Bank Bldg., Omaha, Ntb.

BETU MU— (1893), University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa. m „

Commander, Lawrence A. Block, 708 E. College
St

AdvUer, J. M. Fiske, Supt. of Grounds ft Build-
ings.
GAMMA SIGMA — (1904), Iowa State College,
Ames, Iowa.

Commander, Ingram J. Kleaveland, 2166 Lincoln
Way.

AdvUer, -.

DELTA ETA — (1909), University of Nebraska,

Lincoln, Neb.
Commander, Fay Pollock, 1615 F St.
Adviser, Ernest Kenny, care Hardy Furniture

Co.

ELEVENTH DIVISION
Missouri, Arkansas

INSPECTOR, Hal H. H. Lynch, Gamma Oialcron,
625 Locust' Street, St. Louis, Mo.

RHO — (1886), University of Missouri, Columbia.
Mo.
Commander, Henry M. King, 620 College Ave.
Adviser, Orville M. Barnett, University of
Missouri.

BETA XI— (1894), William Jewell College, lib-
erty, Mo.
Commander, Troy M. Smith, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, E. H. Norton, Citizens State Bank.

GAMMA XI — (1903), Missouri School of Mine?,

Rolla, Mo.
Commander, Robert N. Stubbs.
AdvUer, Dr. J. W. Barley, Missouri School of

Mines.

GAMMA OMICRON— (1903), Washington Uni-
versity, St. Louis, Mo.
Commander, David L. Millar.
AdvUer, Dr. John Vaughn, 5241 Waterman Ave.

GAMMA UPSILON— (1904), University of Arkan-
sas, Fayetteville, Ark.

Commander, Lyttleton T. Sallee, Sigma Nu
House.

AdvUer, L. D. Lighton.

EPSILON BETA— (1919), Drury College, Spring-
field, Mo.

Commander, James H. Washburn, Sigma Nu
House.

AdvUer, .

TWELFTH DIVISION

Kansas, Oklahoma

INSPECTOR, Grant W. Harrington, Nu, 914 Or-
ville Ave., Kansas City, Kans.

NU — (1884), University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kan.
Commander, Harold M. Roberts, 1246 Oread St.
Adviser, Professor E. F. Engle, University of
Kansas.

BETA KAPPA— (1913), Kansas State Agrlcultu-

tural College, Manhattan, Kans.
Commander, Hartsell Burton, 1031 Leavenworth

St.
AdvUer, Malcolm Seweli.

DELTA EPSILON— a 909), University of Okla-
homa, Norman, Okla.
Commander, Leland H. Hartford, Sigma Nu

House.
AdvUer, Isaac D. Taylor, 509 Baum Bldg., Okla-
AdvUer, Isaac D. Taylor, 509 Baum Building,
Oklahoma City, Okla.

THIRTEENTH DIVISION

Louisiana, Texas

INSPECTOR — John D. Cofer, Upsilon, 212 Arch-
way, Austin, Texas.

UPSILON— (1886), University of Texas, Austin,

Texas.
Commander, Giles R. Thomas, 11 1H E. 18th

St
AdvUer, George E. Shelley, 201 W. 6th St.

PHI— (1887), Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, La.
Commander, Richard L. Benoit, 608 Third St.
AdvUer, Frank B. Jones, Fuqua Hardware Co.

BETA PHI— (1888), Tulane University, New Or-
leans, La.
Commander, Edmond E. Talbot.
AdvUer, Charles E. Dunbar, care Fenner, How-
ard, Spencer ft Walker.

FOURTEENTH DIVISION

Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico

INSPECTOR, Orlo S. More, Gamma Kappa, Gas
and Electric Bldg., Denver, Colo.

GAMMA ETA— (1901), Colorado School of Mines,

Golden, Colo.
Commander, George D. Thomas, Sigma Nu

House.
AdvUer, Oscar A. Fisher, Sigma Nu House.

GAMMA KAPPA— (1902), University of Colorado,

Boulder, Colo.
Commander, Clarence W. Robinson, Sigma Nu

House.
AdvUer, Earl J. Dickinson, Gas and Electric

Building, Denver, Colo.

DELTA RHO— (1915), Colorado Agricultural Col-
lege, Fort CollinR, Coio.

Commander, John R. Fitzeimmons, 405 Reming-
ton St.

Adviser, II. N. Wheeler, U. S. Forest Service.

FIFTEENTH DIVISION

Idaho, Montana, and That Part of Washington
and Oregon East of the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, J. Houston McCroskey, Delta Iota,
Garfield, Wash.

GAMMA PHI— (1905), University of Montana,
Missoula, Mont.
Commander, Brice Toole. 319 University Ave.
AdvUer, John J. Lucy, 414 Eddy St

DELTA IOTA— (1910), State College of Wash-
ington, Pullman, Wash.

Commander, Edwin M. Copeland, 510 Montgom-
ery St.

AdvUer, F. E. Sanger.

DELTA OMICRON— (1915), University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho.
Commander, Arthur G. Wood, 1030 Blake Ave.
Adviser, F. E. Sanger, Pullman, Wash.

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SIXTEENTH DIVISION

That Part of Washington and Oregon West of
the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, Charles B. Arney, Gamma Chi, 202
Hotel Frye, Seattle, Wash.

GAMMA ZETA— (1900), University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oreg.
Commander, John Matheson, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Luke Goodrich, First National Bank.

GAMMA CHI— (1896), University of Washington,
Seattle, Wash.
Commander, Maurice S. Holcomb, 1616 B. 47th

St, N.
Adviser, S. H. Hedges, 702 14th Ave.

DELTA TAU— (1017), Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, Corvallis, Oreg.
Commander, Alan C. Brandes, 119 N. 9th St.
Adviser, Sigurd H. Peterson.

SEVENTEENTH DIVISION

California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona

INSPECTOR, Otto K. Grau, Beta Chi, 1205 Chron-
icle Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

BETA CHI— (1891), Leland Stanford University,
Stanford, Calif.
Commander, Robert F. Pelouze, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Donald Seymour, Apt. 100, 2701 Lar-
kln St., San Francisco, Calif.

BETA PSI— (1892), University of California,

Berkeley, Calif.
Commander, Robert L. Harter, 2610 Durant Ave.
Adviser, George M. Lindsay, 2516-A Hilgard St,

Berkeley, Calif.

DELTA XI— (1914), University of Nevada, Reno,
Nev.
Commander, Hugo W. Quillcl, Lincoln Hall.
Adviser, C. S. Knight, Dean of Agriculture, 125
B. Seventh St

EPSILON ALPHA— (1918), University of Ari-
zona, Tucson, Ariz.
Commander, Walter D. Pusch, 745 N. Stone Ave.
Adviser, J. F. McKale, University of Arizona.

Alumni Chapters and Secretaries

ALABAMA—

Birmingham — Secretary, Jack Hornady, 3420 N.
12th St

Montgomery — Secretary, John Paul Jones, 16 %
Court Square.

ARIZONA—

Tucson — Secretary, J. F. McKale, University of
Arizona.

ARKANSAS—

Little Rock — Secretary, Alfred H. Craig, 110
Schiller Ave.

CALIFORNIA—

Los Angeles — Secretary, Vernon M. Brydolf, Jr.,
508 Security Building.
Luncheon, every Thursday noon. Fifth St.,
Chocolate Shop.

San Francisco — Secretary, Leroy Hitchcock, 5G5
Market St.
Luncheon, every Friday, 12 :15 p. m., Univer-
sity Room, Palace Hotel.

COLORADO—

Denver* — Secretary. George H. Swerer, 408 Ga&-
Electrlc Bldg.
Meeting, every Wednesday, 12 :15 p. m., Tea
Room, Denver Dry Goods Co.

CONNECTICUT—

Hartford — Secretary, John M. Washburn, 211
Laurel St
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12 :30 p. m.
Dinner, second Wednesday each month, 6 :00
p. m.f University Club.

New Haven — Secretary! Edward C. Marsden, 791
Elm St
Meeting, third Friday of each month, 6:30
p. m., Hotel Bishop.

DELAWARE—

Wilmington — Secretary, William M. Schllttler,
1524 W. 7th St.
Meeting, second Thursday each month, 7 :30
p. m„ Hotel DuPont.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—

Washington — Secretary, Harold F. En lows, 122
Willow Ave.. Takoma Park.
Monthly luncheon, first Thursday in each
month at Cushman's, 12 :30 p. m.

FLORIDA—

Jacksonville — Secretary, Fred H. Sides, 1855
Forbes St.

Tampa — Secretary, John W. Bull, care Hilburn
ft Bull.
Meeting, first Tuesday in each month.

GEORGIA—

Atlanta — Secretary, R. L. Reynolds, 908-10 Em-
pire Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturdays, 12 :30, Hotel Ansley
Rathskeller, corner North Forsyth and
James St

Augusta — Secretary, H. G. Hatch, 2409 Walton
Way.

Savannah — Secretary, Charles D. Ellis, Consoli-
dated Naval Stores Company.

ILLINOIS-
CD icago— Secretary, V. C. Cutts, Marshall Field
ft Co.
Luncheon, every Wednesday, 12 to 1 :30 p. m.,
sixth floor Marshall Field Bldg., for men,
Washington St. and Wabash Ave.

Galesburg — Secretary, Webb Herlocker, 15 Carr
Bldg.
Meetings, first Tuesday each month, 7 :30 p.
m., Carr Bldg.

INDIANA—
Indlanapoli

-Secretary,

Luncheon, every Wednesday noon, 12:15 p.
m., 8th floor. Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

IOWA—

Des Moines — Secretary, J. H. Kraft 1037 Sev-
enth St.
Luncheon, every Wednesday noon, Younker's
Tea Room.

Waterloo — Secretary, Pressey H. Frank, 509
Black Hawk National Bank Bldg.

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KANSAS—
Topeka — Secretary, Floyd L. Lovelace, 519 New
England Bid*.
Luncheon, second Saturday each month, noon,

Pelletier's Tea Room.
Meeting, last Friday evening each month,
6:30, Elks' Club.

KENTUCKY—

Lexington — Secretary, Keeling G. Pulllam, 505
E. Main St.

MAINE—

Portland — Secretary, Paul D. Greely, Deerfleld
Road.
Meeting, first Thursday each month, 7 p. m.,
Congress Square Hotel.

LOUISIANA—

New Orleans — Secretary, Charles E. Dunbar,
Jr., Union St.

Shreveport — Secretary, N. W. Sen tell, 315 First
National Bank Bldg.

MARYLAND—

Baltimore — Secretary, John F. Bledsoe, Superin-
tendent Maryland State School for the
Blind, Overlea, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS—

Boston — Secretary, R. G. Illggins, 8 Irvlngton
St

MICHIGAN—

Petroit — Secretary, J. Richard Newman, 720
Penobscot Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturday, 1 p. m., Board of Com-
merce.

MINNESOTA—

Minneapolis — Secretary- C. K. Mlchener, Min-
neapolis Athletic Club.
Luncheon, Tuesday, 12 :30 p. m., Dayton's Tea
Rooms.

MISSOURI—

Kansas City — Secretary. Russell L. Jolley, 111
Railway Exchange Bldg.
Luncheon, every Saturday, 12 :30 to 2 p. m.,
University Club.

St. Louie — Secretary, L. H. Addington, 535
Clara Ave.
Luncheon, Wednesday, 12 :30 p. m., Planters
Hotel.

Springfield — Secretary, Paul Andrews, 725 E.
Madison St.
Meeting, first Saturday of each month. Lun-
cheon at Chamber of Commerce.

NEBRASKA—

Omaha — Secretary, V. B. Elseffer, Occidental
Building & Loan Assn.
Meeting, every Saturday noon. Loyal Hotel.

NEW YORK—

Buffalo— Secretary. Allison F. Eberle, 727 Ma-
rine Bank Bldg.

New York — Secretary, A. H. Dean, 142 B. 150th
St.
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12 to 2 p. m., pri-
vate dining room Machinery Club, top floor
Hudson Terminal Bldg., 50 Church St.

Syracuse — Secretary, Ralph R. Herrold, Room
429, Y. M. C. A.

NORTH CAROLINA—

Wilmington — Secretary. --.

OHIO—

Akron — Secretary, D. M. Brown, 540 Buchtel
Ave.
Meeting, first Monday evening of each month,
at Akron City Club.

Cincinnati — Secretary, S. Clark Hiker, 1916
Bigelow St.
Dinner, last Thursday each month, Palace
Hotel.

Cleveland — Secretary, Francis I. Wilson, Erner
Electric Co.
Visiting Slgs, please stop in at 701 Ulmer
Bldg., or call Main 7020.

Columbus — Secretary, G. L. Mooney, 743 Denl-
son Ave.
Meeting, every two weeks, Saturday noon.
Athletic Club.

OKLAHOMA—

Muskogee — Secretary, H. L. Armstrong, Flinn-
Ames Bldg.

Oklahoma City — Secretary, Frank H. Terrell,
912 Colcord Bldg.
Luncheon, first Saturday noon each month,

Savoy Cafe.
Meeting, first Saturday of each month, Cham-
ber of Commerce.

Okmulgee — Secretary, R. E. Jackson, 1 Rebold
Bldg.
Meeting, first and third Thursdays of each
month, Parkinson Hotel.

OREGON—

Portland — Secretary, George T. Col ton, 310
Chamber of Commerce.
Luncheon, Friday noon, Portland Hotel.

PENNSYLVANIA—

Philadelphia — Secretary, Wm. L. Gruhler, 44
Upsal St
Luncheon, every Saturday, 1 p. m., English

Room, Adelphl Hotel.
Dinner and meeting, first Tuesday each month
6 :00 p. m., 3312 Walnut St.

Pittsburgh — Secretary, Henry S. Stockdale, 816
Oliver Building.
Dinner, second Tuesday each month, 6 :30

p. m., Fort Pitt Hotel.
(Moi *

fonthly meetings and dinners omitted during
lng June, July and August.)
Informal dinner every day, 12 :15, at Kauf-
man & Baer's dining room.

RHODE ISLAND—

Providence — Secretary, Walter H. Robinson, 104
Waterman St.
Meeting, last Monday each month, 8 p. m.T
104 Waterman St.

TENNESSEE—

Memphis — Secretary, Thomas H. Ingram, Ex-
change Building.
Luncheon, last Tuesday of each month, Cham-
ber of Commerce.

TEXAS—

San Antonio — Secretary, Louis A. Hlllje, 724 No-
lan St.
Luncheon, second and fourth Wednesdays
each month, 12 :00 noon to 2 :00 p. m..
Room 112, Gunter Hotel.

UTAH—

Salt Lake City — Secretary, Arthur C. Stone, 144
S. 11th St.
Dinner, third Friday every month, 7 p. m.,
University Club.

VIRGINIA—

Richmond — Secretary, J. C. Blaelngame, 708
Mutual Bldg.

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WASHINGTON—

Lewis Comity — Secretary.

Brown, 450 New

Seattle — Secretary, Edwin J.
York Bldg.

Spokane — Secretary, Frederick W. Salt, Federal
Land Bank.
Luncheon, every Tuesday noon, University
Club.

WISCONSIN—

Madison — Secretary, George A. Chandler, 151
Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin.
Luncheon, first and third Mondays, 12:15
p. m., University Club.

Milwaukee — Secretary,
Bradford Ave.

George Blakeney, 570

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SIDNEY THORNE ABLE, Gamma Omkronr '06

303-300 Pierce Building

Fourth and Pine Streets

St. Louis, Mo.

ROBERT J. BANNISTER, Beta Mu, 50

STIPP, PERRT, BANNISTER ft STARZINGER

1013-1020 Equitable Building

Des Moines, Iowa

GEORGE J. BREAKER

Beta Xl-Gamma Omlcron

1748-02 Pierce Building

St Louis, Mo.

WILLIAM L. RANDALL, Delta Eta, '13

PALMER ft RANDALL

437 Omaha National Bank Building

Omaha, Neb.

J. HOWARD RBBER, Pi

Mutual Life Building, 1001 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia, Pa.

ANTHONY J. ROMAGNA, Delta Gamma

31 Liberty Street, New York City

Tel. Nos. John 2206; John 2267; John 1774

SHERMAN W. SALTMARSH, Delta Beta

706 Kimball Building, 18 Tremont St.

Boston, Mass.

BORDEN H. BURR, Theta-Lambda

PERCY, BENNERS ft BURR

Brown-Marx Building

Birmingham, Ala.

GEORGE E. SHELLEY, Upsilon

FISET. McCLENDON ft SHELLEY

726-730 Littlefleld Building

Austin, Texas

EDWARD G. HOFFMAN, Gamma Nu 23

BARRETT, MORRIS ft HOFFMAN

Shoaff Building, Fort Wayne, Ind.

H. L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu

INDUSTRIAL LAWYER

Associated with

DOUD, CRAWFIS, BRADFORD ft DONBS

Columbus, Ohio

C. T. KIRKBRIDE, Beta Iota

1111 Williamson Building

Cleveland

WILLIAM M. MATTHEWS, Beta Nu, v.*

MATTHEWS ft MATTHEWS

Callahan Bank Building, Dayton, Ohio

A. FAIRFAX MONTAGUE, Gamma Psi

HENRY E. DODD, Gamma Psi

MONTAGUE ft DODD

702-703 Keith Building

Syracuse, N. Y.

JAMES W. NOEL, Beta Zeis

919 Lemcke Building

Indianapolis, Ind.

PERRY 8. PATTERSON. Gamma Rho 29

Mccormick, kirkland, pattbrson

ft FLEMING
Tribune Building, Chicago

KIRK SMITH, Beta Iota-Delta Lambda

EDWARDS ft ANGBLL

10 Westminster St.

Providence, Rhode Island

SOLON W. SMITH, Nu, »03

TWYFORD ft SMITH

American National Bank Building

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

HUBERT W. SWENDER, Gamma Omlcron

ALLEN, ALLEN ft SWENDER

Attorneys-at-Law

Suite 620, Ferguson Building, Los Angeles, Cal.

PHYSICIANS' DIRECTORY

DR. J. FRANKLIN LITTLE, JR., Delta PI

CHIROPRACTOR AND SPINAL

THERAPEUTIST

2417 18th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

JOHN S. PARKER, Theta

FRANKLIN A. WAGNER, Gamma Nu

PARKER. DAVIS ft WAGNER

646-649 Mutual Life Building

34 Nassau Street, New York City

HILL FERGUSON, Theta

Vice-President

J EMI SON REAL ESTATE ft INSURANCE CO.

Real Estate, Sales, Loans, Appraisals

Birmingham, Alabama

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CENTER AVENUE GARAGE CO., INC.

0424-28 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

JOHN E. ROSSER, Xl-SIgma

Southwestern Manager WORLD BOOK COMPANY

313 S. Preston St., Dallas, Texas

H. G. HATCH, Mu
ENGINEER
Surveys, Reports, Estimates, Construction Super-
vision, Highways, Sewers, Concrete Struc-
tures, industrial Efficiency
Box 704, Atlanta, Ga.

n. H. H. LYNCH, Gamma Omicron

J. HAL LYNCH ft SON

Architects

Dolph Building, St. Louis, Mo.

GLENN B. MILLER. Gamma Lambda

G. B. MILLER ft COMPANY

Government, Municipal, Corporation Bonds

Northwestern Bank Bldg., Portland, Oregon

H. HARPER MOULTON, Rho

Life Insurance

1905-08 Harris Trust Building

Chicago, 111.

J. B. NEWCOMB, Beta Nu

CRESCENT PAPER CO.

Indianapolis, Ind.

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta

Life Insurance

As tor House Building, 217 Broadway

New York, N. Y.

HARRY T. WATSON, Gamma Chi

Assistant District Manager GEO. H. MORRILL

CO., of California

432 Wall Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

FRATERNITY JEWELRY

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta
Vice-President
F. NEWMAN, Inc., Fraternity Jeweler
31 North State Street, Chicago

ANDREW SALLADE, Beta Eta

Representing

J. F. NEWMAN, Inc., Fraternity Jeweler

Railway Exchange Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.

ERNEST L. OLP, Gamma Beta

Manager FISK TEACHERS' AGENCY

Suite 814-823 Steger Building

28 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111.

WILLIAM P. YATES, Beta Rho

Representing

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Sigma Nu Fraternity

A National Society of College Men

ac s*e General Offices ati s*e

Lemcke Building, Indianapolis, Ind.

The Gates of Virginia Military Institute
Birthplace of Sigma Nu

Devoted to Fraternity and College Interests, Published
on the first days of October, December, March and May

EDWIN W. DUNLAVY. Editor

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Contents

The Permanent Endowment Fund 163

The Inspectors Conference: Summary, by the General Secretary 177

The Inspectors Conference: Personal Impressions, by John C. Scott 178

Sigma Nu's Memorial Day 185

Past Regent Isadore Dyer 190

T. N. E. and Hazing 194

Gamma Iota Lays Corner-Stone, by Grover H. Creech 195

Arkansas Chapter House, by Leroy Harrington 200

The Revival of Delta Chapter, by Albert H. Wilson 201

Installation of Epsilon Delta Chapter, by Arthur F. Krippner 203

Installation of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter, by Errett R. Newby 209

Installation of Epsilon Zeta Chapter, by George W. Milam 213

Grand Chapter Entertainments 215

View and Review 216

Scholarship 222

Chapter Letters 226

The Athletes 286

Conventions and Rallies 292

The Alumni 298

Alumni Chapter Letters 303

Alumni Notes 314

Greek News, by Albert H. Wilson 331

Marriages 333

Deaths 338

Fraternity Directory 343

Illustrations

The Inspectors Conference 176

John D. Cofer 179

Raymond H. Segur, Albert H. Wilson, and Roswell Phillips 180

John M. Roberts and Orville M. Barnett 181

Orlo S. More 181

Oscar Palmour 182

Manly R. Joiner 182

James E. Moffat and Perry D. Caldwell 183

Otto K. Grau 184

Isadore Dyer 190

Gamma Iota Chapter House: Front View 195

Gamma Iota Chapter House: Floor Plans 196

Harold A. Pulliam 197

Keeling G. Pulliam 197

Dedication Exercises at Gamma Iota 198

Gamma Upsilon Chapter House 200

Epsilon Delta Chapter House 202

Epsilon Delta Chapter 204

Main Hall, University of Wyoming 206

Epsilon Epsilon Chapter House 208

Epsilon Epsilon Chapter 210

Epsilon Zeta Chapter 212

Founders of Nu Sigma 213

The Original Ten— Nu Sigma 214

Harold E. Barron 287

Robert W. Watt 2s9

Life and Adventures of Bob Watt; Cartoon 290

Tuscarawas County Dinner-Dance; Cartoon 296

Charles P. Porter 3°0

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Foreword

By Regent Walter Edward Myers

LIKE the cub lion who grew up with the sheep as its foster mother and
then discovered itself, the Sigma Nu Fraternity has awakened to the fact
that it has become a great National College Fraternity.
No longer can it be on the defensive, but it must become a great active and
constructive organization. Its obligations have become multiplied by the rapid
increase in the member of its Chapters, and its membership. We must provide
for its future internal development and expansion by creating the powers and
resources that will permit it to function in the right direction.

The war has demonstrated the wisdom of our foresight and frugalness.
We were able to continue our activities, publish our magazine and maintain our
Chapters during the war.

We Now Need a Permanent
Endowment Fund

to insure our future. This Endowment Fund will enable us to help finance and
build Chapter Houses. Its income will insure a better Central Office, and the
employment of men of the highest type and ability to lead the policies of our
Fraternity.

Our Fraternity has become more than an Association of active college men.
It is now a National Fraternity of Alumni as well. We now have on our rolls
14,000 Alumni and 2,000 active men. Shall we as Alumni be awake to the
opportunities that are given to us to help train college men to be versatile and
outstanding leaders in the Christian Activities of the World?

A life subscription to the Permanent Endowment Fund or an annual fee
from you as an Alumnus of our Fraternity will accomplish this result. We
need 2,000 Life Subscriptions to the Permanent Endowment Fund to put this
across. Awake Alumni and active men to the possibility of this opportunity.

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The Most Important Problem Facing
Sigma Nu Today, and the Announcement
M of a Plan to Solve the Problem m

By the PUBLICITY COMMITTEE ON ENDOWMENT FUND
Vice-Regent George A. Smith, Chairman John A. Stevenson, T A A. 0. Dillenbeck, T Y

SIGMA NU is today at the period of greatest development — and
greatest danger — for great size carries great responsibility.
We have representation in eighty-five colleges — in every State
but five in the Union.

Our membership is in excess of 16,000.

Finances cause more trouble in chapters than any other one thing.
Good scholarship is induced by suitable surroundings.

Our one big problem is adequate Chapter housing, adequate in the
sense of the right kind of a House for the Chapter's needs, and adequate
as to the soundness of its financing.

We cannot afford any longer to regard the house problem on any other
than a national basis.

Today, it is as much the concern of a Sigma Nu in New Orleans as to
how the Fraternity stands in Maine or in Oregon as it is in his home
Chapter.

The problem is national. The response to this call must be national.

In brief, what Sigma Nu has to do now is to get down to the funda-
mentals that make for a solid development and strengthening of every
Chapter that needs added strength.

Sigma Nu must have a national permanent endowment fund which
can be called upon by any Chapter which really demonstrates its need
and ability to use funds right.

There are at least half a dozen fraternities that are infinitely better
financed to take care of their growth than Sigma Nu is.

We can sum it up briefly — they have better chapter houses, with all
that follows from having them.

This is no time for half-way measures. We have got to meet this issue
squarely.

We are going to be very frank. If we are going ahead as every Sig
wants to see his Fraternity go ahead, and keep our standing, we must
be able to compete with other fraternities in the matter of chapter houses.

Just as the home is the basis of sound family life, so the right kind of
fraternity house is the basis for sound collegiate life and growth.

Poor Chapter House accommodation is a terrible handicap in rushing,
despite the fine quality of the men who rush.

Every Chapter has had this situation sharply brought to its attention
on numerous occasions.

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The High Council has had many requests
for loans for the financing of new Chapter
Houses and remodeling old ones.

The High Council has had to turn down
the great majority of these requests. The
funds available have been nothing like suf-
ficient to make any kind of a showing to
meet the needs.

Are we going to let the opportunity for
a worth while, more influential Sigma Nu
be hampered by the lack of the right kind
of financing?

Are we going to set the sort of records
for Sigma Nu in the future that we set in
the past?

Are we going to co-operate with the
active Chapters so that they will continue
to be made up of real Sigma Nu material?

There are many sides to this proposi-
tion. Almost every active Chapter has
some sort of a House financing problem on
its hands now.

This permanent fund will help them all.

For example — suppose you have raised
a substantial part of the amount necessary
to proceed with your Chapter House con-
struction. With the endowment fund we
would be in a position to supply the dif-
ference between the amount on hand and
the amount that could be borrowed locally
on mortgage.

In other words the permanent endow-
ment fund will in all cases supplement
every individual Chapter's efforts.

That's one reason why you will support
this regardless of how much you are also
contributing to your own individual Chap-
ter House fund.

There is no one so vitally affected by
poor Chapter Houses in the Fraternity as

those Chapters which have fine Chapter
Houses. They have a greater investment
to protect.

If you have a good House and another
nearby Chapter has a poor one — the de-
sirable Freshman who comes to your col-
lege is prejudiced by what he knows about
conditions at some other institution.

If it is true that a chain is no stronger
than its weakest link, it is true that a fra-
ternity is no better than its poorest Chap-
ter.

What would you think of a family
which let one or two of its weakest mem-
bers go without care, when care would
make them strong?

We know, of course, that we have to
contend with a certain amount of false
social standards such as judging men by
the house they live in, but we also know
with greater certainty that we have to meet
that competition eventually, and in any
event, the important thing is that Sigma
Nu must surround its active Chapters with
the best home influence.

It is the belief of those who have worked
long and earnestly on this house proposi-
tion that the room rent to active Chapter
members will not be more than the room
rent in a dormitory.

The permanent endowment fund has to
be raised immediately. It is the biggest
thing before Sigma Nu today.

We have within Sigma Nu a greater
force than we realize. All we need is or-
ganized co-operation. This we have lacked
up to now. The permanent endowment
fund will co-ordinate the resources of
Sigma Nu for a greater Sigma Nu.

The Aim of the Endowment Fund is $100,000 by

December 1921

The endowment fund is merely an at-
tempt to make up for failure to provide
previously for Chapter House financing.

At the Nineteenth Grand Chapter in St.
Louis, it was unanimously agreed that the
Alumni should take part in the financing
of the Fraternity.

Further, it was recommended that regu-
lar dues should be paid to the Fraternity
after the men left college. This, however,
was left for the High Council to decide

and they, in joint meeting with the Inspec-
tors at Indianapolis in November, 1920,
decided that dues or assessments were not
in keeping with Sigma Nu's spirit

The plan approved for raising the fund
is very simple. It consists of:

(1) A paid up life subscription to the
endowment fund in the Fraternity, carry-
ing with it a life subscription to The
Delta, $50.00 cash or Liberty Bond.
(Payable on easy terms or cash down.

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You write your own ticket.) Or, (2) An-
nual contributing subscription of $5.00,
which includes The Delta.

This is all voluntary. There's nothing
compulsory about it. Nothing to guide
you but your conscience. Once a Sigma
Nu always a Sigma Nu — but that's just the
point. Your moral duty to help make a
better Sigma Nu is a duty you can't dodge.
Your pride in Sigma Nu is something to
make you come across.

What is said. in the comments on this en-
dowment fund among the reasons why
Sigma Nu Alumni should support this
fund covers so many phases of the ques-

tion that we shall not try to cover that
question here. Every man has his own
individual reason, and the reasons are as
numerous and so varying that they would
require this issue of The Delta to cover
them. It may be a son, who will soon be
ready for Sigma Nu — it may be a start in
business life to which he is indebted to
Sigma Nu, it may be real friends, the
world's most priceless possessions, brought
him through the bonds of Sigma Nu.
Whatever the reason or reasons we know
this plan will have the support of every
Alumnus financially able to contribute.

2,000 Paid Up Alumni Subscribers is Our Goal for 1921

This is no time to burden you with more
details. The plan of organization and
campaign has been approved by the High
Council.

What we want to rouse is the old-time

Sigma Nu spirit — that sees its duty and
does it

What we want is action united, spon-
taneous, enthusiastic.

Fifty Dollars Cash or a Liberty Bond

1. A paid-up Life Subscription to the
Endowment Fund in the Fraternity, carry-
ing with it a Life Subscription to The

Delta, Fifty Dollars Cash or a Liberty
Bond (payable on easy terms or cash
down. You write your own ticket).

Who Will Give the First Hundred Life Subscriptions?

The Committee in Charge of the Permanent
Endowment Fund

Brother G. A. Smith, B Z, (Purdue, '02),
the present Vice-Regent and the father of
the permanent endowment fund is chair-
man of the committee.

There is no more earnest worker for the
advancement of Sigma Nu than George
Smith, and this plan Brother Smith be-
lieves to be the biggest move ever started
for the Fraternity.

Working with him on the committee are
Brothers John A. Stevenson, T A (Wiscon-
sin, '11), and Brother A. 0. Dillenbeck,
T* (Syracuse, *08).

Brother Smith is the metropolitan rep-
resentative of the New England Mutual
Life Insurance Company, 217 Broadway,
New York.

Brother Stevenson is one of the vice-
presidents of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, located at 120 Broadway, New
York.

Brother Dillenbeck is secretary of Hanff-
Metzger, Inc., advertising agents, 95 Madi-
son Avenue, New York.

Ideas and suggestions will be welcomed
by any member of the committee.

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We men out of college must not longer neglect systematic participation in
Sigma Nu's needs, says Brother John C. Scott —

I am intensely interested in the plan for
an Endowment Fund, not alone for what
it promises to do for' the Collegiate Chap-
ter, but also for what I am sure it will do
toward bringing to the Alumni a greater
appreciation of what Sigma Nu is doing,
and of what it now means to be a Sigma
Nu.

The privilege of membership in this
great Brotherhood has become worth many
times more than any of us paid in initia-
tion fees and dues. The place the Frater-
nity has won in the very front rank of na-
tional college organizations was achieved
with the financial burden resting almost
entirely upon the young men in college.
The pressure has certainly exceeded rea-
sonable limits. These men in college can-
not continue to carry the load imposed
upon them. Young men deserving of the
honor and privilege of becoming Sigma
Nus are being deprived of membership be-
cause of financial limitations which would
have eliminated 80 per cent, of us who now
share the glory of Sigma Nu without hav-
ing paid our share of what it has cost to
achieve it.

During the war we learned that hanging
out a flag was not sufficient proof of a
neighbor's patriotism. The systematic
campaigns for financial support of patri-
otic causes gave every community the
means of testing the depths of loyalty of

each citizen, and it was frequently evident
that many a man's patriotism was given a
stimulation and his soul stirred to greater
appreciation of his country by the acts of
giving and investing at the call of his
country.

So the endowment fund campaign is go-
ing to test the depths of Fraternity loyalty
of every Sigma Nu. To those who do not
evade its call there will come not only the
satisfaction of having done one's part, but
there is sure to be awakened an enriched
sense of appreciation of Sigma Nu, and a
deeper feeling of pride in being a living
part in the organization.

I am sure tine first thought of a burden,
which often comes to one with a call for
financial assistance, will be quickly dis-
placed by every fair-minded Brother when
he gives a second thought to the situation.
The Fraternity has grown in achievement
and in purpose until its financial require-
ments are too great to be carried entirely
by the men in college, its worth has grown
until we men out of college must not
longer neglect systematic participation in
its financial needs,

I am certainly for the endowment fund
plan and I am at your service in any way
I may help to put it over.

JOHN C. SCOTT,

Past Assistant General Secretary and Editor of
The Delta.

The permanent endowment fund will make a greater Sigma Nu nationally,
and a better Sigma Nu of every man who contributes. Count on the West,
says Brother Charles R. Hays —

Brother Williams and I have been talk-
ing about the proposed Endowment Fund
and I am going to express to you some
thoughts, which may or may not be of
service.

First and foremost let me say that I am
thoroughly in favor of it, and next to the
centralization of its business affairs, I be-
lieve it is the biggest thing for the Frater-
nity that has ever been suggested.

The tendency has been and still is to
look upon the Fraternity too much as a
purely collegiate organization to which
one belongs during the short period he is
in college and to be cast aside upon gradu-
ation, or if he feels any ties at all it is to
his local Chapter rather than to his Fra-
ternity as a whole.

This is not entirely as it should be.
Every initiate should be made to feel that

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once a Sigma Nu he is always a part of
that great organization.

I have long felt and believed that as
great, if not greater benefits come to the
Alumnus in later years than to the under-
graduate in collegiate life, through his
Fraternity membership. It is a distinct
asset and gives him entre to persons and
places that he could not gain otherwise.
Being a Fraternity man he at once has an
acquaintance in any strange place with
men of ability and standing.

But the same principle .holds true with
Sigma Nu as with all other of life's activ-
ities; we must serve and we cannot take
from an organization more than we put in.
Those things are most prized and highly
regarded that we assist and work for. On
the contrary, we esteem lightly those
things that come cheaply or with little
effort*

It is based upon these fundamentals
that I believe in the endowment fund, for
as a result it should

(1) Bring increased interest and
energy on the part of every member.

(2 Enable the Fraternity to do things
which it must now forego due to lack of
funds.

(3) Build up an organization of which
we can all be proud.

Personally, I would much rather pay
$5.00 per annum for membership in a
live, progressive, efficient organization, and
one I can take pride in, than pay no dues
at all for membership in a dead one.

You have the right idea, I want to en-
courage you in it and see it accomplished.
I think I can say for the great majority of
the fellows in the West that we are with
you. We do not want to ride free; we are
not only willing but anxious to serve the
Fraternity we love so well, to make it
prosper and by so doing benefit ourselves
in return.

CHARLES R. HAYS,
President, Denver Alumni Chapter.

Most important step ever taken, agrees Brother O. 5. More —

Consider permanent endowment fund
campaign most important step ever taken
by any national college fraternity. The
time has come when every fraternity man
should realize that he owes a debt to his
college and to his fraternity. The coming
campaign for a permanent endowment
fund to enable Sigma Nu to fulfill her
ideals must be made a success and will be

if every Sig can be made to realize that
the Fraternity has come to be a recognized
part of college government, and as such
must be in a position to properly assist in
the training of young men of present and
future generations so that they may take
a proper place in the national government
of the future. O. S. MORE.

Denver, Colo.

It's a duty to subscribe, says Brother John M. Roberts —

I am glad to see that you are taking such
an interest in the endowment fund for I
believe it is the one big constructive meas-
ure that our Fraternity has adopted in the
last several years, and it is of such im-
portance that it should demand the atten-
tion of every Alumnus. A large endow-
ment fund will enable us to do a number
of things.

First, we can endow scholarships and in
this way increase the average scholarship
of our active men, and do away with the
big criticism against fraternities, — namely,
that their members are low in scholarship
— unfortunately this has been the case in
the past

Second, it will enable us to assist Chap-
ters that perhaps through no fault of their
own are involved in financial difficulties.
We should endeavor to have each Chapter
own its Fraternity House outright, and in
this way reduce the expenses of men in
our active Chapters and enable a number
of worthy men to become members who at
the present time cannot afford it.

Third, those of our Alumni who sub-
scribe to this fund will be more interested
in the general fraternity work and will
watch the Chapters in their vicinity and
in addition will report good men in pre-
paratory schools who expect to attend
some university. In this way our Chap-

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ters will be enabled to get better informa-
tion on good men from all of the prepara-
tory schools.

Fourth, this endowment will give us a
standing among educators and universities
in the same way that a large endowment
gives standing to educational institutions,

and the respect of the educators and col-
lege authorities will be greatly increased
for our Fraternity.

I believe that it is the duty of every
Alumnus who is financially able to sub-
scribe to this permanent endowment fund.
Chicago, DJL J. M. ROBERTS.

Don't overlook the Delta — jree jot life, says Brother Roswell Phillips —

Inasmuch as the Chapters of the Sixth
Division are all working an building pro-
ject and finance, the liveliest interest is
being manifested in the endowment fund
project with a special emphasis on The
Delta Life Subscription. It should be
emphasized that the endowment fund is to
assist Chapters to finance their houses by
offering funds at a low rate of interest, but
the principal burden must remain on the
Chapters themselves. Let us urge the

Alumni and undergraduates to take on
this additional obligation requesting mean-
while that they do not substitute this new
obligation for what they owe their Chap-
ters. On this basis the fund will make
headway in this division, particularly with
a life subscription to The Delta as an
added attractive feature we stand ready to
do our part

ROSWELL PHILLIPS.
Scranton, Pa.

Count on Alabama, says Brother M. R. Joiner —

Permanent endowment fund must be
raised. Fundamental principles and base
of our Fraternity existence necessitates
building of Chapter Houses. The spirit of
co-operation and companionship centers
around the Chapter House fire-place.
Greatest forward step of Sigma Nu and
received enthusiastically by Brothers seen

on recent visit to Birmingham. Count on
Alabama. Urge each Brother subscribing
to pledge himself to secure like amount,
making endless chain each collegiate mem-
ber pledged to secure one Alumnus. We
can put this over this way without trouble.

M. R. JOINER.
Talladega, Ala.

A great step forward in the progressive history of Sigma Nu, says Brother
O. M. Barnett—

Contemplated creation of endowment
fund for use by the High Council in giving
aid to building program of various Chap-
ters, by granting loans where such loans
are essential to the success of such pro-
gram, is, as I see it, a great step forward
in the progressive history of Sigma Nu.
It seems that there should be a strong ap-

peal for liberal contributions to such a
fund, which having rendered a service to
one Chapter, would thereby be enlarged
for a greater service to the Fraternity. To
assist in the housing problem of the
colleges adds another justification for our
organization.
Columbia, Mo. ORVILLE M. BARNETT.

Will mean untold good to the Fraternity, says Brother A. H. Wilson —

The permanent endowment fund, as pro- time it occurs to me that here is a very fine

posed by Sigma Nu, appeals to me from way to help hold our members in active

several angles. It will permit the carry- service. Success to the endowment
ing out of certain plans that will mean un- A. H. WILSON,

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Sigma Nu is an Alumni Fraternity, says Brother Caldwell, and we are
strong for the endowment plan here in Ohio —

Strong for endowment. Ohio will back
Sigma Nu to the last dollar. Ours is a
Fraternity for Alumni as well as men in
college, and we will support her progress.
You may count on Pittsburgh, too. When
the old boys pay their share, they will

want more — just watch the Alumni interest
grow. They'll be back at the Chapter
House next year just as active as the
"active men."

PERRY D. CALDWELL
Cleveland, Ohio.

Corner-stone to the foundation of our national Fraternity, says Brother
O. K. Grau—

To establish a permanent endowment
fund is to add a permanent corner stone to
the foundation of our national fraternity.
I am heartily in favor of such a fund and
I am convinced that when the members of
the Sigma Nu Fraternity realize the im-

portance and far-reaching benefits to be
derived by Active Chapters through such
a fund, members will contribute liberally
to such a fund. Let us get started imme-
diately in establishing this fund.
San Francisco, Calif. 0. K. GRAU.

Give the Alumnus a chance, is what Brother Palmour sees as the next step
in the Fraternity9 s progress —

In age, in number of Chapters, and in
influence, Sigma Nu Fraternity is one of
the leading fraternities of America, but if
we would fulfill our mission in the world
this influence must be broadened. Oppor-
tunity must be offered the Alumnus, the
successful business man, to join the un-
dergraduate in strengthening and promul-

gating our ideals. The sustaining mem-
bership and permanent endowment fund is
indeed a forward step and should be sup-
ported by the entire membership. This is
the beginning of a movement, the influence
of which can only be measured by the
coming years.
Atlanta, Ga. OSCAR PALMOUR.

Will insure Sigma Nu a position among the leaders and hold interest of
Alumni, says Brother R. H. Segur —

The Alumni of a fraternity constitute a
great, largely undeveloped field of frater-
nal strength and 'support. Our permanent
endowment fund is planned with the idea
of bringing this potential power into the
every day life of the Fraternity, and, as

such, it merits our hearty support. A suc-
cessful endowment campaign will insure
Sigma Nu a position among the leaders of
the Greek world.

RAYMOND H. SEGUR.
Hartford, Conn.

Make solid our foundation, urges Brother Cofer —

The problem in making solid the foun-
dation upon which our Fraternity is built
is the solution of the housing proposition.
A Fraternity Chapter without an adequate
means of housing its members cannot sur-
vive. Too often it is impossible for the
local Chapters to back and get started a
movement toward securing a permanent
House, so this necessity for some plan

whereby the national organization can
help in lauching house campaigns in every
Chapter, has become absolutely necessary.
The campaign having been launched, the
rest is easy. This is why the Thirteenth
Division is behind the endowment fund
strong.

Austin, Texas.

JOHN D. COFER.

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Every Chapter should have a real home, says Brother J. E. Moffat —

I am in favor of the endowment fund
because:

1. Every Collegiate Chapter should
have a permanent home.

2. High prices make the housing prob-
lem more serious now than ever before.

3. The fund plan will meet the present
emergency.

4. It will give every Brother a chance
to help in a real way.

5. It will provide amply for the future.

6. It will make possible a fair and
reasonable distribution of the financial
burden.

7. An adequate and business-like hous-
ing policy will make possible more efficient
Fraternity activity along all other lines,
and will thus contribute both directly and
indirectly to the welfare of Sigma Nu.

J. E. MOFFAT.
Bloomington, Ind.

Read the four great benefits Brother Roberts sees from the endowment
fund —

ters to obtain suitable homes on reason-
able terms reducing their living expenses
and eliminating another criticism expense.
Third, the college and university author-
ities will have increased respect for our
Fraternity. Fourth, the receiving of The
Delta by the Alumni will cause a revival
of interest in the Fraternity.
Chicago, Dl. J. M. ROBERTS.

In accordance with the spirit of the
times it is necessary for our Fraternity to
undertake some real constructive work. A
permanent endowment fund will enable us
to do the following. First, to endow
scholarships thus increasing the average
btanJing of our active men and nullifying
one of the criticisms against fraternities
low scholarship. Second, to assist Chap-

py hat Sigma Nu means to me, by Vice-Regent George A. Smith —

Last night I attended a regular weekly
meeting of an Active Chapter. It was a
well managed meeting with just enough
criticism for shortcomings to make it in-
teresting.

The chairman of the Rushing Commit-
tee resigned because he had been criticised.
If this was justified or not, I am not stat-
ing, but the good healthy bawling out that
he and his committee received from sev-
eral others, is what makes for success in
organizations of this kind.

It is worth a great deal to any boy to
take part in such meetings; to have respon-
sibility thrust upon him and given an op-
portunity to see them through.

As I listened to the boys reviewing their
financial problems; their various successes
and failures at rushing; their preparations
for initiations and all these things that
meant so much to me when I was in school,
I felt at least twenty years younger than I
really am.

As I was going home on the train, I be-
gan to think of the subject of this article
and as I reviewed the various men, ac-

quaintances and friends, I began to feel
that if it had not been for Sigma Nu, I
might be very lonesome. It was a Sigma
Nu who induced me to come to New York.
When I wish friendship and advice I in-
variably seek a Sigma Nu. My lawyer is a
Sigma Nu and a great many of my clients
are Sigma Nus.

I believe that I could go across this
country today and find Sigma Nus every-
where that I would be proud to know. The
fact that Sigma Nu soldiers found each
other in France where they were not al-
lowed to wear a badge, and the stories that
are told about the friendship that de-
veloped between Sigs from different states
as soon as they knew the other fellow was
a loyal Knight, emphasizes the value of
Sigma Nu to me and, I am sure, to every
other Brother.

About seven years ago, I picked up a
Sigma Nu badge in a pawn shop under
Brooklyn bridge. Last night I found the
owner and had the pleasure of restoring
this badge to him. The owner of the
badge was from the Montana Chapter and

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lost his pin in Boston. He forgot to re-
move it from his shirt when sending it to
the laundry. He's happy, I'm happy and
we both have a closer friend in Sigma Nu.
Did you ever think what Sigma Nu means

to you? Just stop and think what the en-
dowment fund means for a better and
stronger Sigma Nu.

GEORGE A. SMITH,
Beta Zeta.

Sixteen thousand friends, is the way Brother /. A. Stevenson sees Sigma

Nu—

made me very enthusiastic about the per-
manent endowment fund for Sigma Nu.
Without mentioning any specific Chapter
Houses all of the Wisconsin Sigs remem-
ber the difficulty we experienced in rushing
men from certain cities. The men from
these cities were quite familiar with the
Sigma Nu houses there and could not pos-
sibly appreciate even the beautiful Wis-
consin home. What was the result? We
lost many valuable men to our Fraternity.
All Wisconsin Sigma Nus are happy be-
cause of our wonderful home. A big in-
vestment has been made to give us these
advantages in order to realize on this in-
vestment we cannot possibly turn a deaf
ear to our Brothers who are not so for-
tunate as we.

We must have good Houses everywhere.
If I should build a beautiful home I
should certainly be interested in knowing
what kind of houses were going to be ad-
jacent to it. Poor houses adjacent would
depreciate my home, no matter how beau-
tiful. The problem is identical with those
Chapters now enjoying beautiful homes.
Brother Sigma Nus of Wisconsin and other
Brother Sigma Nus who enjoy beautiful
homes — let's protect our investment by
giving all Sigs good homes.

JOHN A. STEVENSON,
Gamma Lambda.

It is very difficult for me to convey any
adequate appreciation of Sigma Nu. Per-
sonally one of the things that appeals to
me about being a member of that great
Fraternity is that fact that I have fifteen or
sixteen thousand friends scattered all over
the United States. My work occasionally
carries me from coast to coast, yet when I
arrive in a large city, I do not have the
feeling of lonesomeness because where
ever there are Sigma Nus, there I know I
have friends. I have had the occasion dur-
ing the past few years, to visit a number of
universities. I have had the occasion to go
for football games and other athletic
events and after a visit or two of this sort
and after accepting of the wonderful hos-
pitality of Brother Sigma Nus, I come to
the conclusion invariably that it was worth
while to be a Sigma Nu. It guarantees
real friends everywhere. Real honest to
goodness Brothers.

How much would you personally give to
be guaranteed a friendship of eighteen or
twenty thousand real men in the United
States? Don't answer — it is too large a
sum.

I confidently believe that if it were not
for my Sigma Nu connections at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin that my contact there
would have severed years ago.

My own experience at Wisconsin has

More than ever today Sigma Nu is a national organization with national
problems, says Brother A. O. Dillenbeck —

Our Chapter at Syracuse is typical of a
Chapter that would be benefitted by the
endowment fund and would in turn benefit
the Fraternity by the effect that a new
House of the right kind at Syracuse would
have on Sigma Nu throughout a great part
of the East

We have a fine Chapter at Syracuse
ranking high in scholarship, good fellow-
ship and campus activities. The active

Chapter is fighting hard and successfully
to keep Sigma Nu to the front in the face
of totally inadequate housing facilities, in-
adequate not alone from the standpoint of
meeting other fraternity competition, but
inadequate as a home.

I am 100 per cent, for the endowment
fund. It's going to make our own Chap-
ter House plans work out sooner than they
would if we had to go it alone. And I

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know that Cornell, for example, where the
house is all that can be desired, is just as
keen to have a good house at Syracuse as
we are to have it, and is going to have just
as many live Alumni memberships in pro-
portion as Syracuse will have.
Situations paralleling these two exam-

ples exist everywhere. More than ever
today Sigma Nu is a national organization,
with national responsibilities, foremost of
which is to make the Sigma Nu House a
real home for real men at every college
where her banner is unfurled.

A. 0. DILLENBECK, Gamma Psi.

We aren't going to say "send us a check today," but we'll take it if you
send it.

But will you say-

"You bet I'm with you for the permanent endowment fund. To build a
bigger National Sigma Nu — count on me."

Name

Address

Chapter.

Tear off and mail to Permanent Endowment Fund Committee

General Offices

707 Lemcke Building

Indianapolis, Ind.

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Volume XXXVIII

DECEMBER, 1920

Numbei 2

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The Inspectors Conference

Summary

By The General Secretary

THE first Conference of Inspectors,
provided for by the Grand Chapter
met at the Claypool Hotel, in Indi-
anapolis, on Friday and Saturday, Novem-
ber 12, 1920. Although authorized by the
Eighteenth Grand Chapter, the meeting was
not called two years ago on account of the
war. Preliminary meetings, foreshadow-
ing the need and desirability of this Con-
ference were held in connection with the
Grand Chapters at Cleveland and St.
Louis. The original idea of the legisla-
tion providing for the Conference was
that the Inspectors should come together
with the General Secretary to work out the
direct problems of administration.

The meeting, however, was or larger
significance since it met jointly with the
High Council in consideration of the En-
dowment Campaign. Every member of the
High Council was present and the follow-
ing Inspectors:

Divisi
Divisi
Divisi
Divisi
Divisi
Divis:
Divisi
Divisi
Divisi
Divisi
Divisi
Divisi

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2 — Inspector

3 — Inspector

4 — Inspector

5 — Inspector

6 — Inspector

7 — Inspector

8 — Inspector

9 — Inspector

11 — Inspector

13 — Inspector

14 — Inspector

17 — Inspector

Oscar Palmour.
Manly R. Joiner.
James E. Moffat.
Perry D. Caldwell.
Roswell Phillips.
Albert H. Wilson.
Raym'd H. Segur.
John M. Roberts.
Orville M. Barnett.
John D. Cofer.
Orlo S. More.
Otto K. Grau.

First Session

The Conference came to order at 10 a.
m., with Regent Myers in the chair. The
Regent spoke briefly of the purposes of

the special meeting of both High Council
and Inspectors.

The General Secretary then introduced
the discussion of the problems of our ad-
ministrative work, as faced practically in
the work of inspection by all the Frater-
nity's staff of officers. A few of the sub-
jects considered were: Length of term of
Inspectors, the time, place, and program
of the Division Convention, the best
method of Chapter Inspection, the In-
spector, and his Chapter Advisers, In-
spectors9 Reports, relation of Inspectors
and General Officers to the college author-
ities, Alumni Chapters and the Inspector's
jurisdiction over them, the duties of In-
spectors in expressing our national ideals
as against the local club idea, and the Uni-
form Accounting System in its actual op-
eration.

Second Session

At the second session, which convened
at 2 p. m., the Regent outlined the pro-
posed Endowment Campaign, stated the
action of the Nineteenth Grand Chapter,
and asked for a full discussion before the
High Council should take up the matter
of its final adoption.

Prolonged and interesting discussion
followed, concerning each point of the
original and tentative outline. At 6 p. m.,
the entire Conference adjourned to the
beautiful and historic Columbia Club for
dinner, where the informal discussion was
continued. At 8 p. m., the evening ses-
sion resumed the formal discussion of the
remaining points, and referred the whole
matter for a full report on Saturday
morning.

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Third Session

The next morning, after further discus-
sion, the Endowment Plan, as outlined in
the front pages of this issue, was endorsed
by the Conference.

The remainder of this session wa*s de-
voted to further consideration of the prob-
lems of administration, as suggested by
the General Secretary. The problem of
extravagance in Chapter expenditure and
ways to reduce it, was the principal sub-
ject, together with the question, "How can
we better our scholarship?" Inspector
Moffat offered the following resolution,
which was adopted: "Be it Resolved,
That it is the sense of this Inspector' Con-
ference that the High Council should re-
quire each Collegiate Chapter to maintain
scholarship standing at least equal to the
average standing of the men in its insti-
tution and that provision be made for the
enforcement of this requirement by ap-
propriate penalties."

It will be seen by this brief outline that
there was not a single minute during the
entire Conference which did not demand
and receive the attention of "the order of
the day."

Notwithstanding this fact, however, the
social atmosphere was delightful. Each
day, lunch was served in a private room
at the Chamber of Commerce (only a few
steps from the hotel, thus assuring our
Southern Brothers that they were still in
the region of the north wind). Here the
Brothers visited together in real fellow-
ship and got acquainted with each other
in the two days of the Conference. They

were never separated save when they were
asleep and there was very little of that on
the program.

Hoosier Rally

On Saturday night the climax came in
the Hoosier Rally, that historic event the
rallying call of which is annually heard
far beyond the confines of the Hoosier
state. The detailed account of this de-
lightful close of this important Confer-
ence will be found elsewhere in this issue.

The General Secretary was compelled to
leave at this point, but the story goes that,
after seeing most of the party to the train
on Saturday night, Grand Councilor Wil*
Hams, Inspector Grau, and Past Editor
John Scott went back to the hotel for one
more "talk-fest," when suddenly, right in
the middle of conversation, Brother Wil-
liams grabbed his grip, rang for a taxi and
disappeared. He nearly lost his train
which left at 6:30 a. m.

In fact, other Inspectors and High
Councillors were inclined to linger a
while and continue their "fraternizing" (as
Brother John calls it) as far as they might,
and could be seen Sunday hobnobbing
round the hotel lobby. This "fraterniz-
ing" feature was one of the outstanding
benefits of the Conference, and — we will
now let Brother John Scott tell it his way,
for he has summed up for us, in the main,
the personal characteristics, and the fra-
ternal, of these men, into whose hands is
placed the guidance of our Fraternity, so
that all readers of The Delta can have
their share of fellowship with them.

The Inspectors Conference

Pen Pictures and Personal Impressions

By John C. Scott, Past Editor of The Delta

THE buildings around Monument Cir-
cle at Indianapolis were beginning to
seem familiar to Inspector John D.
Cofer, of the Thirteenth Division, when he
realized his taxi driver was utilizing this
confusing quarter-mile of thoroughfare to
run up a sur-tax. From his viewpoint of
six-feet-four, this towering Texas Sigma
Nu might have cheerfully agreed to a sug-
gestion that his altitude warranted excess

fare, but from his cramped position folded
up in the cab, it peeved him to observe the
taximeter getting along faster than he
was. "Say fellow," he called out to the
driver, "now I don't mind paying the bill
if you'll just get me somewhere. I'm
freezin' to death."

Only a few feet of Brother John's stat-
ure are accommodated by his overcoat.
As the accompanying cut will indicate, the

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exposed remainder was not molded to
combat the chilling force of a driving
November wind in Hoosier-land. So it
was a grateful handshake that was liber-
ated when the kinks were thawed out by
the warmth of fellowship in the circle of
early-comers at the Conference and there
stood before us the magnificence of "Lone
Star" Sigma Nuism.

John D. Cofer
Upsilon

"I'm John D. Cofer," was the informa-
tion handed me in my turn. "I saw the
answer unfolding,'9 I replied, explaining
that my familiarity with the proceedings
of the last Grand Chapter had prepared
me to recognize him. Many Brothers have
been Sigma Nus longer than Cofer, but
few have been longer Sigma Nus. So it
may be understood why in the Conference
even the eminent members of the High
Council looked up to him. Not only in a
physical sense did they take notice, for
something beyond physique attracted
Sigma Nu to this University of Texas
Frater in Facilitate. Something besides
pleasing expression is mingled in his
words as is known by Delta readers who
have been captivated by his style and im-
pressed with his logic. When the long,

outstretched arm of this "Semaphore"
lowered after John D. had released a sec-
tion of his train of thoughts in the Con-
ference, it was a signal mat the right-of-
way was clear for Sigma Nu.

True to tradition, Albert H. Wilson was
first on the scene. So far as Sigma Nu is
concerned, perpetual motion was solved
when Bert joined the Fraternity. Most
Regents upon retiring have welcomed a
restful period of retarded effort, ready at
call, but not restless with restrained activ-
ity. If Bert expected any such status at
the end of his term, he did not reckon with
his ungovernable Sigma Nu spirit, the per-
petual-motion mechanism within him
which carried him up to the dizzy heights
of Regency eminence, then by its unceas-
ing vibrations shook him off the ladder
and without missing a revolution drove
his energies along in the ranks until he
was again made an Inspector.

I need not review here any of the char-
acteristics which have become so widely
known of this son of Beta Iota, who has
been father of a dozen Chapters and fos-
ter-mother to a score which in the past
twenty years have had his patient and
affectionate service during discouraging
periods of reverse. As usual, he was full
of warranted boast of the Chapters in the
East, but not forgetful of the trials that
have been experienced in attaining their
position.

A living-model testimonial to this pres-
tige was present in the person of Ray-
mond H. Segur, a clean-cut Yankee from
Hartford, Conn. Coming from a Chapter
only two years in the Fraternity and from
a state which was foreign territory to
Sigma Nu before his Chapter was admit-
ted. Brother Segur give no hint of a no-
vice but shows the zeal and interest of a
veteran. His reserve and quiet manners
might have deceived a new acquaintance
had not his warm-hearted smile melted
any doubt of the companionable nature
which led him to seek friendships in
Sigma Nu and inspired him in the service
so rich in fraternal associations.

Brother Segur was no stranger to those
who attended the St. Louis convention, and
he will be no stranger to those who are
present at later Grand Chapters. His en-
thusiasm is of the healthy, well-nourished
variety which, when fed at one biennial
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for the fellowship that creates a hungry
anticipation for the next Grand Chapter.

In recommendation of Inspector Ros-
well Phillips of the Sixth Division, his
predecessor included the assertion that

Conference. He showed a decided desire
to get all the details. "I would like to ask
a question," his frequent declaration often
developed some important point in the dis-

cussion.

Raymond II. Sogur, Delta Chi ; Albert II. Wilson,
Ketn lotn ; and Roswell Phillips, Gamma Epsilon

Brother Phillips "thinks straight and talks
straight." I would add that he looks
straight. His big, boyish eyes gaze out
from such a youthful countenance that I
was quite unprepared to expect the ten-
dency to baldness exposed when he re-
moved his hat. I had to go to the Frater-
nity record cards to satisfy my curiosity,
and I was surprised to note he is past
thirty-four. When I read again his
verses, 'The Friendly Grave" in the last
issue of The Delta, I understood that the
heart of a child was reflected in his coun-
tenance.

But Phillips is doing a man's work in
his division. He has just finished a suc-
cessful campaign which put Gamma Epsi-
lon in her own home after twenty years of
tenantry. Others have been discouraged
in the effort, but our Poet-Inspector comes
from a stock that meets reverse with fight-
ing courage. He was four years old when
the Johnstown flood washed away prac-
tically all the belongings of his parents.
They saved three sons with whom they
journeyed on foot to Scranton, Pa. AH
the boys became Sigma Nus. Roswell's
early business experience included work
as reporter on a Scranton newspaper. His
training was evident in the Inspectors9

I think the outstanding feature of the
Conference was the evidence that the new
order of administration has met its prom-
ise in attracting men of means and busi-
ness ability by its practical appeal. Under
the old system of choosing inspectors we
were reasonably assured of a collection of
prime, good fellows, but more often by
chance than by reason we acquired the
ability and judgment necessary to insure
a capable official. Inspectors were fre-
quently chosen at a five-minute caucus in a
corner of the Grand Chapter hall where a
group of delegates would scurry at the
call for nominations, and agreement would
be hastily reached more in the manner of
a popularity contest than by sober consid-
eration of all-around fitness. Good ma-
terial was sometimes selected, but better
talent was often overlooked or ignored.
Our present system provides a training
school for Inspectors in the work of Chap-
ter advisers.

Exceptional examples of development
through such channel were two gray-
haired enthusiasts, Inspectors John M.
Roberts of the Ninth, and Orville M. Bar-
nett of the Eleventh Division. Brother
Roberts is a successful manufacturer of
Chicago, a man of means and influence
and having marked ability as an organizer.
He has demonstrated this in work in his
division which is the largest in the Fra-
ternity, comprising important University
Chapters of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota. Eight Chapters are within
his jurisdiction and each one is a home-
owner, six of the houses having been ac-
quired since he became Inspector. In the
Conference Brother Roberts had a port-
folio carrying evidence of his study and
labors as an Inspector, the principal ex-
hibit being a year book in which the rec-
ord of achievement of his Chapters was
set forth with an interesting collection of
pictures and personals.

In stature, too, Brother Roberts is an
all-round, big fellow, his proportions ex-
tending to a full, round face, which
sparkles with boy-like enthusiasm for the
work of his Fraternity. His exuberant
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Pickwickian remark, by a hand-slap on a
neighbor's shoulder or with a friendly
wink from a pair of kindly eyes which are
cramped into a picturesque squint by a
broad grin which radiates wrinkles of
good humor across his countenance.

safety as he nodded emphasis into an ar-
gument which he unraveled by a sinuous
jesture with the left hand and punctuated
with jabs from a lighted cigarette he
flourished.

Another striking figure typical of the
substantial character of our corps of In-
spectors is Orlo S. More of Denver. The
first glimpse of this big, broad-shouldered
Westerner is convincing that he had the
power to push through to the splendid
business success he has attained; but a sec-
ond glance focused upon his countenance
inspires respect for a gentler element more
powerful than physical force in winning
achievement. Framed by a heavy shock
of dark hair which would be the pride of
a handsome youth at college-boy age,
there is a clear-eyed look in More's coun-
tenance which certifies cleanliness in

John M. Roberts, Beta Lambda-Beta Pi, and
Orville M. Barnett, Rho

Inspector Orville M. Barnett is attorney
for the University of Missouri. He is
staying young with a Sigma Nu son, who
is one of the eight members of Rho Chap-
ter's second-generation group. In the Con-
ference, Brother Barnett showed the thor-
oughness of his interest by his tendency to
analyze each step in the proceedings, giv-
ing studied consideration not only to the
intent of a motion, but with the idea of
having it properly and pleasingly ex-
pressed. This legal inclination helped
bring out the ultimate limits of a proposi-
tion before it was accepted, eliminating
dangers of misunderstanding and develop-
ing the fine points by the analytical prac-
tice.

Roberts and Barnett were Conference
companions. They usually sat side by
side in the sessions, and during recess
hours they were frequently observed con-
tinuing the discussion, Roberts standing
with coat thrown back, hands plunged
deeply into his trouser pockets, and head
inclined in a patient, listening manner;
Barnett with hat tilted back to a point of

Orlo S. More
Gamma Kappa

thought and conduct and reveals char-
acter of the highest order. It is certainly
gratifying to have such type of fellow di-
recting the progress of the important
group of Chapters in the region of the
Rockies.

Brother More is not demonstrative in
manner. He was the most tranquil figure
in the Conference. This made more im-
pressive the commanding elements of his
appearance. I have no doubt it is a factor
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a degree that enables him to inspire into
their minds and conduct the principles and
precepts which have guided him to
achievement in business and inspired him
to an unwavering interest and active loy-
alty in Sigma Nu.

"The Dean of Inspectors" was the so-
briquet applied to Oscar Palmour of At-
lanta, Ga. He has earned this distinction
in his five years of continuous service as
Inspector of his division. I once heard

needs and of the viewpoint of the Alum-
nus. And when it comes to starting any-
thing new, you may be certain it has had
the "ifs and ands" carefully considered
when it bears the 0. K. of 0. P. When he
had his doubts in Conference discussion,
he was not timid about raising an issue,
yet he was quick to withdraw objection
when he was satisfied the wisest course was
being followed. Keep pace with Sigma
Nu progress the next few years and you

Oscar Palmour
Kappa

the boast of a bald-headed sage that they
never put a marble top on a cheap piece
of furniture. The reference is borne out
in the case of this veteran from the South,
but it is decidedly out of place to risk an
inference that Brother Oscar is anything
in the nature of a piece of furniture.
There were no chair-warmers in the Con-
ference, but if a watch had been held on
the Inspectors to reckon the total time of
each on the floor, I am sure Palmour
would have a substantial lead in the count.
And mind you when this sturdy figure
arose with right hand in trousers pocket
and left pointing in commanding gesture,
it was the signal that something worth
while was going into the minutes.

Inspector Palmour's experience in
Sigma Nu labor has given him a practical
understanding of the collegiate brother's

Manly R. Joiner
Iota-Gamma Kappa

will be in step with Palmour. He will be
right up in the front of our onward march.
He knows the way, he is devoted to the
work and he is a natural leader.

From old Alabama, citadel of Sigma
Nuism, came Manly R. Joiner, Inspector
of the Third Division, his kindly counten-
ance reflecting the soft-hearted temper-
ment which finds service in Sigma Nu not
only a pleasure, but a passion. He is a
credit to the State of Borden Burr, who
pledged him to Sigma Nu, and a loyal
disciple of the early apostles of the Fra-
ternity who linked devotion and duty in
such a way that made Sigma Nu a part of
their religion. He came to the Conference
a day early so as not to miss any of the
fellowship, and his companionship gave a
pleasant foretaste of the two days asso-
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Southern accent provided the familiar note
without which a Sigma Nu gathering of
national character would lack compete-

ness.

Besides the inspiration received in his
Chapter life at Iota, Brother Joiner had
the broadening influence gained by affilia-
tion with Gamma Kappa at the University
of Colorado. Combined with the experi-
ence and enthusiasm acquired at the last
Grand Chapter, this has helped develop in
him a well-rounded Inspector who may be
counted upon to render valuable service in
his division. Manly is a business man,
cotton grower and banker, but never too
busy to give hours of each day to Sigma
Nu.

I have singled out individuals conspic-
uous in physical appearance and temper-
mental tendencies, doubled up the gray-
haired representatives and set the eastern
wing out in triplicate. Now in logical
order let me pair off the two Inspectors
across whose divisions has been traced the
westward-moving pathway of the country's
population center during the last three de-
cades of Sigma Nu growth which in its
broad national spirit has consistently fol-
lowed the census center, making the states
of Ohio and Indiana pivotal sections of
Fraternity activity and Indianapolis the
logical location for our centralized system
of administration.

Let me introduce to you first the Hon.
Perry DeFord Caldwell of Cleveland,
Councilman -at-Large in the sixth city the
past three years and "at large" the past
twenty-three wherever he heard the call
for service in Sigma Nu. You may al-
ready know him. You will have to dodge
the "big doings" of the Fraternity if you
fail to bump into him. I met him first
at the Case installation in Cleveland,
twelve years ago. His heart and head
were then bent on Sigma Nu effort. His
heart has never yielded, and his head is
still inclined, not only mentally, but in a
noticeable physical way. For Perry has a
striking characteristic in locomotion in
which his head is slightly tilted forward,
his shoulders a little inclined with a sug-
gestion of the wedge-like twist of a fellow
about to hit the line, the tendency off per-
pendicular accelerating his movement to a
lively step, the whole conveying the im-
pression that he is going some where. And
since his head is leading, let it be taken

for granted Perry gets there. He spent
six years absorbing knowledge and ac-
quired two diplomas in his preparation for
a legal career. His Fraternity experience
during these collegiate years embraced the
trying ordeal of helping found a Chapter.
The busy course of his Alumni life has in-

Jamos E. Moffat, Beta Eta, and Perry D.
Caldwell, Beta Iota-Delta Zeta

eluded the immense responsibility of di-
recting preparations for a Grand Chapter.
So Perry contributed a varied knowledge
of practical ways and means in the In-
spectors' Conference.

Professor James E. Moffat of the Fourth
Division had been appointed only a short
time before the Conference, but he came
into the meeting with the practical expe-
rience gained as a Chapter adviser and
with the knowledge acquired from fre-
quent personal contact at the General
Offices, where he arose to speak, it was
with a deliberate manner which added im-
pressiveness to his words. He always
spoke without gesture, his countenance
carrying marks of sincerity and earnest-
ness that commanded attention and re-
tained it until the last word spoken. He
maintained a fixed expression during the
proceedings which denoted unusual men-
tal concentration upon the discussion and
signified a fascinated interest in the work,

Brother Moffat is connected with the de
partment of economics at Indiana Univer
sity. The old call for better understand
ing between Faculty and fraternities is be
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His associates on the Faculty will be en-
lightened and impressed as a result of his
Fraternity work, and his Chapters will be
strengthened by virtue of his position in
the Faculty.

One of the far-reaching effects of the
Conference was the impetus given to the
idea of our broad national spirit. Every
Chapter has members whose vision never
extends beyond the bounds of local inter-
est. In the far West, this tendency has
been more pronounced because the iso-
lated position of the Chapters limited their
Fraternity associations. Our Coast Chap-
ters without exception, have made enviable
records, maintaining a high standard in
personnel, building splendid Chapter
Houses and developing the limit of loyalty
for Sigma Nu as far as they conceived it.
But lack of intersectional intercourse lim-
ited their understanding of the national
relationship, curtailing their enjoyment of
the privilege and losing for Sigma Nu the
service of eminent men whose interest and
knowledge was too often local. Delegates
to our Grand Chapters from the Coast
Chapters have always been outstanding
figures in our biennial conventions, com-
manding admiration and forming ties of
warmest friendship during their three
days9 association. But too often they have
returned to local activities forever gone
from national view, leaving a mingled sen-
sation of curiosity and regret.

Past Regent Frank Keesling was a royal
exception. To those men who shared in
the enjoyment of his companionship and
who remember his valuable service to
Sigma Nu, the desire for more of his kind
has been most keen. More than a dozen
years ago Keesling put into form a plan
for a centralized system and inaugurated
activities which resulted in the adoption of
the present form seven years later. It is
a pleasing bit of sentimental fitness that
this Inspector's Conference, one of the
most important developments of the new
order, included a second edition from the
twelfth floor of the San Francisco Chroni-
cle Building.

Inspector Otto K. Grau in many ways
reminds one of Keesling. His tone of
voice has a familiar character; his delib-
erate manner is similar; the becoming dig-
nity of his erectness of stature and the
graceful swing of his carriage are identi-
cal; and there is a decided suggestion of

Keesling's embonpoint about Grau's cir-
cumference. He seems to have acquired a
similar capacity for Sigma Nu interest and
loyalty, and has the same natural talent
for winning and enjoyment of friendship.

Otto K. Grau
Beta Chi

His staying qualities are without limit.
Upon this point Grand Counselor Wil-
liams is prepared to render an opinion.
The three of us escorted departing groups
to midnight trains and, after coffee and
doughnuts, made ourselves comfortable in
the deserted High Council chamber. The
evidence of daylight reminding the Grand
Counselor of his early morning train time
was the first disturbing element in a de-
lightful session of fraternizing, rich in
reminiscence and rare in the fervency of
its spirit of fellowship. It welded the link
connecting our chain of Far-West Chap-
ters with the centralized administration,
drawing them into closer fellowship and
uniting them in the broader service of the
Fraternity. It was an appropriate con-
clusion for a meeting where hard-working
hours of one day merged into early morn-
ing of the next, the discussion swinging
from pending problems of today to rem-
iniscent tales which flavored the atmos-
phere with the mellowness of old wine,
stimulating the greatest degree of devo-
tion to the Fraternity and intoxicating the
senses to the acme of enjoyment of friend-
ships in Sigma Nu.

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OUR Fraternity's Memorial Day is
the first Sunday in November. For-
mal observance by our Chapters,
Collegiate and Alumni, and by individual
Brothers everywhere, should be the uni-
versal custom. Its observance is founded
on the ideals expressed in our Creed. It
is gaining acceptance of late years and we
recommend that next year each Chapter
enter the date on its calendar and make
plans ahead for a public tribute to our
Brothers in the Chapter Grand.

Tlie Delta has received accounts of
three widely separated services— one in
New York City, one in Cleveland, and one
in Nevada. We are glad to publish these
articles as typical instances for we feel
sure other services, not reported, were
held over this brave land of ours, in mem-
ory of our two departed Founders and
elder Brothers who are joined in fellow-
ship with them.

The New York service was held in Past
Regent Albert H. Wilson's church, where
"Bert" serves as minister when not work-
ing for Sigma Nu. The address was given
by Brother Harvey B. Hartsock, B. B., New
York Alumni Chapter, and in private life
a lawyer. The Cleveland service was held
in the Regent's church, where Brother
Myers is superintendent of a large Sunday
school of more than local repute.

Memorial Service at Cleveland

By Regent Walter Edward Myers

Our Reserve Chapter, Delta Zeta, came
to my church in a body, on November 6,
in observance of our Fraternity's Memo-
rial Day, together with a number of
Alumni. There were about forty alto-
gether, each wearing a white rose, and it
was a very pleasant sight to see so many
of the young men and the Alumni march

into the church two by two to attend the
services.

Dr. Fisher who supplied the pulpit that
day, gave a very fine little talk in recog-
nition of the boys being present. I had
given him enough data to make a five-
minute talk. The church bulletin also
bore the following notice : "We have with
us Delta Zeta Chapter, Sigma Nu Frater-
nity, at Western Reserve University. Mr.
Walter E. Myers, of this church being the
Regent of the Fraternity. Sigma Nu is
represented in eighty-five universities and
colleges of the United States, and all
Sigma Nus are observing today as their
national Fraternity Memorial Day. We
trust these boys will become as good
churchmen as their Regent."

I hope next year we can suggest that
every Chapter in the Fraternity and
Alumni Chapters in each city will attend
some church in a body on Memorial Day.

Memorial Service at Nevada

By Cyril Fraley, Delta Xi

The members of Delta Xi Chapter ob-
served Sigma Nu Memorial Day last Sun-
day by gathering at the home of Messrs.
Will and George Cann for a meeting, and
then attending the services at the First
Baptist Church, en masse. Rev. Brewster
Adams made an inspiring talk on "The
Gift of Sight" which was thoroughly en-
joyed by everyone.

Those present were: Messrs. Will and
George Cann, Hugo Quilici, Charles
Frisch, Cyril Fraley, Herbert Shirley,
Clark Simpson, Ellis Harmon, Alex
Fraser, Roland Williams, Marc Le Due,
William Herndon, Waldo Proctor, Walter
Reid, David Tobias, John Ross, Robert
Skinner, Robert Scoular, Chris Uecker and
Neil Cadagan.

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Memorial Address

By Harvey Barton Hartsock, A. B., LL. B., Beta Beta

At Past Regent A. H. Wilson's Church, 111th Street and Lexington Avenue, New York
City, at 11 A. M., November 7, 1920.

My friends and my Brothers of the Sigma

Nu Fraternity:

We come here not to mourn but to re-
member. We come not to pray that the
souls of our deceased Brothers be received
into the place we call Heaven, for their
fate or reward is already determined be-
yond mortal power to change. We come
not in an effort to establish a psychic or
spiritual communication between our
Brothers who are in the next world and
those of us still in this. The veil between
this world and the next may be transpar-
ent from the other side, but from this side
it is opaque and through it we shall not
endeavor to see. If our Brothers, who
have passed beyond, can look back
through the veil, we hope they will be
made happier seeing us burnishing and
brightening the monuments they have left
in the minds and memories of the living.
If they cannot see us or know what we are
doing, our work will still not be in vain,
for whatever those monuments may be to
the dead who built them, they are guide
posts and inspiration points to the living
who look upon them.

Half a century ago, three college youths,
students in Virginia Military Institute, at
Lexington, Va., believed that certain con-
ditions existing in their school were wrong
and that they could by united effort change
those conditions to right. As lads, they
had participated in the great Civil War,
which was finished but five years earlier,
and had learned with the nation that in
union there is strength. They had also
learned that serious undertakings can best
be begun by an earnest few in secret. They
had lived their boyhood in the country and
they naturally felt that their pledge, their
tryst, should be made in the great out-of-
doors. After they had carefully consid-
ered the situation and had determined to
undertake the task, they went forth into the
night, therefore, and drew themselves to-
gether near a great rock, there near their
school, in the Virginia Valley, between the
Blue Ridge and the Alleghanies; and they
looked up into the starlit heavens and

pledged themselves to each other for life
"to guard with jealous care * * * the
ancient rights of human freedom * * •
and * # * to be faithful to the Knight-
hood of Truth."

How natural it seems to us now, that
these boys of long ago should do as they
did. Their character, their experiences,
and their difficulties, we say, combined to
cause them to conceive a noble work, to
found an organization upon eternal ele-
ments, to start it under the most favorable
life-giving conditions at the time when ex-
panding college and university life in
America gave it opportunity to grow. It
has grown from the three boys standing by
the lonely stone in the starlight, to eighty-
one Chapters spread nation-wide as Alma
Maters to more than fourteen thousand
members of the Knighthood of Truth.
That growth may seem as natural as that
of a great redwood which stands up
through the forest secure and firm against
the storm. And so it may be, for the great
Divine, our God, has lifted them both
from small beginnings, the one directly
by soil and seasons, and the other through
the hands and minds of the children of
men.

To acknowledge that our Founders and
workers were instruments in the hand of
God is not to detract from their glory, but
it is to add to it. The greatest success
which a man can achieve is to be an effi-
cient tool in the hands of the Creator.
Our Lord, when upon earth, counted it a
privilege to be a servant to men. Our
greatest privilege is to be servants of God.
"But," you say, "that is a platitude! It is
trite! It is old and worn out!" It is a
platitude; it is trite; it is old, but it is not
worn out. We have all heard it so often
that it now stirs up only echoes and not
action in our minds. We have grown so
tired of hearing it that many of us live as
though we do not believe it. The minds of
most of us dwell for the most part upon
material things — the making of money, the
possession of physical comfort and pleas-
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school and train ourselves to become effi-
cient in a business or profession, but how
little thought and care we give to making
ourselves proper instruments for the work-
ing out of the Divine's great plan for hu-
manity. Men are greatly interested today
in business proficiency and mental effi-
ciency. Books and eduactional courses in
applied psychology are widely advertised
to give one control of himself, to make
him king of his own life and master over
others so that by the prescribed process of
mental gymnastics and hypnotic tricks he
can lift himself from clerk to manager,
from poverty to riches, from follower to
leader. The tendency to today is toward
mental training, self reliance, and will
power. All these things are good and
necessary in their proper place, but they
should not be magnified so as to blind us
to the need of external help from men and
from God. Through the coming years, as
always before, the man who knows that he
is tilling the place in the Divine plan
which he was intended to fill, and who
knows that God is supporting and guiding
him, will overcome all opponents who
travel by their own power alone, will ac-
complish more and greater things, and
also will have that choicest of all bless-
ings,—a mind content, at peace and in
tune with the Infinite. Such men were our
founders — sound in mind, strong in body,
courageous in spirit, pure in heart — James
Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles and
James M. Riley.

Brothers Hopkins and Riley have, you
know, passed to the realm closer to the
King whose work they so nobly performed.
Brothei Quarles is still living and coun-
selling the younger knights as how best
they can live the lives of true Sigma Nus.
Let us remember them all today as the
earnest, able and noble instruments
through whom our Fraternity was so for-
tunately founded.

Even to enumerate the many other
Brothers who have helped with zeal, and
sacrifice* and good result, to build and
maintain Sigma Nu, would be impossible
at this time. Since the Founding at the
beginning of 1870, we have had 16 re-
gents, 19 vice-regents, 5 grand recorders,
10 grand treasurers, 4 grand historians, 6
grand counsellors, 3 grand chaplains and
2 general secretaries. Each and every one
has served well and has given the best that

was in him for the upbuilding of the Fra-
ternity. Fortunately, most of these Broth*
ers are still living and doing their parts.
Of the Past Regents, the following are de-
ceased: Our Founder, James M. Riley,
who served from 1870 to 1882; Brother
Edward R. Arthur, also of Alpha Chap*
ter, who served 1884 to 1886, and Brother
Daniel W. Langston, of Theta, who served
1886 to 1890. Of the Past Vice-Regents,
our Foundei, James F. Hopkins, who
served 1870 to 1882, Brother Jacob P. Im-
boden, of Kappa, who served 1882 to
1884, and Brother James A. Clark, of
Delta Theta, who served 18% to 1898, are
no longer with us. Of the Grand Treas-
urers, Brothers Daniel W. Langton, Jr., of
Theta; James W. Ouzts, of Tau, and
Henry M. Furman, of Phi, have passed
through the veil.

Beside the grand officers, there have
been thousands who have given of their
time, of their means, and of their lives in
service as editors of the Delta, as inspec-
tors of divisions, commanders of Chap-
ters, and as workers in minor offices or
without offices at all. As in every organi-
zation, and with increasing truth as the
organization grows larger, there has been
and is a great majority of the members
who work without office or renown. In
every healthy Chapter, the officers hold
their places and perform their duties by
the suff ranee and with the aid of all the
members. The real work of getting new
pledges, of initiation, of maintaining the
House, of managing the table, of keeping
the members active in college studies, en-
terprises, athletics, and society, of keeping
the morale high and the morals clean, of
making the Chapter harmonize with the
ideals of the institutions and co-operate
with the Faculty, all these things — which
are the things for which our Fraternity
must stand in the colleges — must be done
by the group, by the Chapter as a whole.
Each of us can recall Brothers who were
always busy in such work, who by their
personal touches were ever helping along
yet who never received wide recognition.
Some of those men too have gone beyond
the veil and it is only fitting that we in-
dividually should call them again to mind,
revive our memories of their persons and
deeds, renew our gratitude for their help-
fulness and remind ourselves of their at-
tributes which are worthy of emulation.

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Children love persons who give them
gifts or do them service; the more attrac-
tive the gift, or the more apparent the
service the greater is the child's love.
Adults are much like children in this re-
spect. As a society, we most honor and
praise those who apparently do most for
society. The most noticeable and most
easily appreciated service which an indi-
vidual can render society is to fight for it.
Life is, to most men, their dearest posses-
sion. For a man to fight and die for his
country is, therefore, commonly recog-
nized as the greatest service and sacrifice
of which he is capable.

We must not fail in this occasion, there-
fore, to recall in memory those of our
Brothers who so quickly and cheerfully
responded to the call for brave and able
men to go across the Atlantic to crush the
German giant which was strangling and
stabbing his neighbors. Men of every
land and time have fought for their own
freedom. Any man will fight for his home
and his family. But never before were
young men called upon to leave home and
school and business, which were not di-
rectly threatened, to go so far away into
foreign lands and fight solely for the sup-
port of right principles and ideals and the
destruction of an enemy of the best ele-
ments of civilization. Never before was
the call to war upon such a high plane. It
was upon the plane upon which Sigma Nu
was founded and is built. Had our Fra-
ternity been founded and fostered solely
for the purpose of training soldiers in
mind and spirit for the use of our country
in the great war, its principles, its creed,
its practice, need not have been different
from what they were. Never did young
men more willingly offer themselves to
their country. Every Chapter throughout
the land sent every man who could go.
Out of 13,660 living members, 4,383 or
35.65 per cent were in our nation's war
service; of these 105, or 2.16 per cent, were
killed in action or died while in the serv-
ice. Trained as they were, our Brothers
were of much service to our country in the
infantry, field artillery, aviation, signal
corps, and wherever they were placed.
Some were still serving and preparing on
this side when the armistice was signed;
others did get across and to the battle
fronts. St. Mihiel, the Argonne Forest,
Chateau Thierry and other historical

places are to us linked forever with the
names of certain of our hero Brothers.
Cherished stories of how they fought and
died will be told by brother to brother and
by fathers to sons for generations. Theirs
was the privilege to prove the sincerity of
their vows and they did not fail. In the
peace of happy homes, in the joy of col-
lege life, in the companionship of Frater-
nity Brothers, their ideas and ideals were
moulded and their resolutions were made;
in the war of nations, in the terror of bat-
tle, in the face of fire and fighting, bay-
oneting, maniacal devils, they did not lose
sight of those ideals or falter in those reso-
lutions. They died as they had lived, true
Knights of Truth.

Brothers of Sigma Nu, it is right that
we are here today to honor and praise
these Brothers who have served our Fra-
ternity, and us, and the world, so well and
have died quietly in peaceful times or gal-
lantly on battlefields. They have reflected
glory on us by their service and by their
courage. We should not neglect to give
them honor and praise, but that is not the
end of our obligation to them or to our
Fraternity. We, too, must live and serve
as true members of the Knighthood of
Truth.

We are entering a new phase, a new era
for our Fraternity's development. It was
founded, has been up to the present and
always must primarily be, a college or-
ganization. Its chief function must be the
training of men while in the college Chap-
ter Houses. It has become a National Fra-
ternity with Chapters all over the nation.
Its development in that respect is ap-
proaching the limit. The work in the
Active Chapters still, of course, can and
will be improved, but the great develop-
ment of Sigma Nu in the coming years
will be among her Alumni. We must
realize that Sigma Nu is not merely for the
four years' college course, but is for life.
It is not merely a frame-work of nests
from which graduates fly to return only
occasionally. It is a national organiza-
tion of men for their training while in col-
lege and for their guidance and encourage-
ment in post-collegium days. Our mem-
bers are growing with increasing rapidity;
in almost every city of the land there are
enough of us to form an Alumni Chapter.
None of us need remain apart from all in-
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scores of Sigma Nus from the various
Chapters, yet the most of us know only a
few of the others, and only a faithful few
take an active part in our local Alumni
Chapter or attend the delightful luncheons
on Thursdays at the Machinery Club in
the building at No. 50 Church street As
Alumni, we have not realized what we can
do. Here we are, trained men, with the
same high ideals implanted in our hearts,
but not co-operating closely enough since
we left our college homes. A potential
force for good is ours which should not
stand idle.

Our Fraternity has extended over the
whole nation; let us now extend it over
our whole lives. Let us band together in
our Alumni Chapters, and stand together,
helping, encouraging and counselling one
another all through life. By so doing we
shall be of more benefit to ourselves, to
the active college Chapters, and to the
world in which we live. To ourselves, to
our undergraduate Brothers, to the people
among whom we live, to our Brothers be-
yond the veil, to our Founders and to our
God, let us renew our pledge and in the
words of our Creed "guard with jealous

care not only the ancient rights of human
freedom in whose name we shall destroy
all wrong and oppression, but also the
modern rights of social service, the ulti-
mate purpose of whose ministration shall
be to give to every life the opportunity to
enjoy the earth in the fullness of its beauty
and grace, its comfort and good cheer;
holding fast the convictions that whatever
sweetness our natures, uplifts our ideals,
strengthens our characters, and disen-
thralls our spirits, will bring us in the end
into the full stature of a noble manhood
and so inspired cling to the visions of our
youth and despite the sordid struggles of
the selfish world to practice every day as
lads in college and men in the world, the
faith of our Fraternity, thinking of it not
only as a brotherhood of militant power,
but also as a creative force for the spirit-
ual development of men, whose lives it
shall dedicate to Love, glorify with Honor,
(and conquer for Truth, and so to be faith-
ful to the Knighthood of Truth. To be-
lieve in the Life of Love, to walk in the
Way of Honor, to serve in the Light of
Truth, this is the Life, the Way and the
Light of Sigma Nu."

Personal Reflections on Memorial Day

I shall observe the Memorial Day as set aside by our High Council as per
your letter of October 21st. One of my closest pals, a Fraternity Brother, Carl
O. Rosequist, of Delta Theta of Sigma Nu, was taken from us overseas, and
such an occasion means much to me. It was right or it would not have been
so, though it did seem hard at first.

Both his brothers, Victor and Theodore Rosequist, are pledges at Lom-
bard College this year as their brother Carl had hoped. Delta Theta has, in a
big measure, made this possible as it was Carl's wish. His being taken meant
much to Lombard College as well as Delta Theta.

E. L. HODSON, Delta Theta.

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Past Regent Isadore Dyer

Beta-Beta Phi

[Dr. Dyer's life is thoroughly recorded in the reference works in our libraries. This
sketch has been compiled from these standard sources and from the files of The Delta. We
are further indebted especially, for material and tributes, to Past Regent Isaac P. Rob-
inson, Past Grand Recorder Clarence £. Woods, and Brother Harry J. Bardwell, B. A. presi-
dent, Chicago Alumni Chapter, and, for data and clippings concerning Brother Dyer's death,
to Beta Phi Chapter and Brother Edmund E. Talbot, Commander. — The Editor.]

PAST Regent Isadore Dyer, Dean of
the Medical School of Tulane Uni-
versity, died at his home in New Or-
leans, at 6 a. m., on Tuesday, October 12,
1920. His death, caused from heart fail-
ure, came as unexpected shock after an
illness of two months. Dr. Dyer was a
recognized authority in the treatment of
cancer and malignant skin diseases and
had an international reputation as a
leprologist. Beside the high honors he
won in his profession, his constructive
work at Tulane will live as a monument to
his memory. He was buried, with full
military honors, in the presence of hun-
dreds of Orleanians who thus paid tribute
to the esteem in which they and the world
held him.

out abuse the grand old name of gentle-

man.

"As 1 was Editor and Grand Recorder
during his Regency," says Brother Clar-
ence E. Woods in a letter of reminiscences,

Inter Fratres et Amicos Rex

In his death, Beta Phi Chapter has lost
a valued friend and Alumnus. Brother
Dyer was initiated into Beta Chapter as
No. 15 in 1887 and the next year, on ar-
riving at Tulane, he founded Beta Phi
Chapter and appears as No. 1 on its rolls.
Since then he has been a continuous
worker and adviser in the Chapter and
among its Alumni, and a leader in na-
tional affairs also. By the Twelfth Grand
Chapter, 1904, held at New Orleans,
Brother Dyer was elected Regent and
served until 1906.

"In his passing, the Fraternity has lost
one of her noblest men, at one time the
Regent of all Sigma Nu," Beta Phi, in her
resolutions, pays tribute to her founder,
"the esteemed and revered founder, the
sound councillor, the worthy Brother, and
the constant inspiration of laudable
achievements of this Chapter, and we
mourn his irreparable loss in the manner
peculiar to our Brotherhood and with the
respect due one so upright that it could
not but be said of him that 'he bore with-

Isadore Dyer
Beta-Beta Phi

"I can speak personally of his high qual-
ities as an executive officer. He was in-
tensely interested in the Fraternity, and
though one of the busiest of professional
men and of more than national repute, he
gave the best of himself during his two
years as Regent to the affairs of Sigma
Nu. Ordinarily, it is a mistake to honor
inactive prominent Alumni with the Re-
gency— for they reflect little glory and
perform little service in return. But Dr.
Dyer was a notable exception. He had
the high sense of obligation to reward the
Fraternity with real service. I love to
think of Dyer's intensive work for the

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Chapters, personally visiting nearly all of
those from the Gulf to the Lakes and on
the Far East Coast — the first and possibly
the last time a Regent ever made such a
tour (at his own expense, too).

"Then also Brother Dyer edited and is-
sued our big Song Book — in one year, dis-
charging a task others had failed to per-
form in fifteen years. May I not reveal
this bit of secret history, illustrative of his
tenacious sense of justice and fidelity?
He ordered me to exhaust all efforts to
establish the guilt or innocence of the ex-
pulsion by their Chapter of two certain
Brothers who appealed to the Regent for
an open trial. I believe the record of the
case covered over a thousand typewritten
pages, filling one whole drawer of a fil-
ing cabinet I visited the Chapter, as did
also a special committee, and the floor of
the Grand Chapter was offered to the ex-
pelled men. But they left the hotel and
were never heard from afterward by me.
But Dyer did his part!

"Brother Dyer came into office as Re-
gent with a chilling reception from the
North. But on his tour from New Or-
leans to New York he won all hearts by
his extraordinary intellectual and social
qualities, so that when he retired from
office no Regent ever was so overwhelmed
with testimonials of love and respect, as
witness the badges presented to himself,
his wife, and his infant child. As each
badge was presented to him, he responded
in a way seemingly the limit of man's
power of expressing his gratitude— each
speech was a gem. But to his golden
words tears were added, when he was
handed by Brother Borden Burr, the badge
for the newly-born babe in New Orleans.
The event was epochal in oratory and in
beauty of expressing our love for a good
man. God bless his precious memory.
'He was so gentle, and the elements were
so mixed in him, that Nature might stand
up and say, "There is a Man"!' "

'The Judgment of His Peers"

New Orleans, as a city, mourns the loss
of an active and honored citizen, whose
influence far outstretched the narrow
bounds of his professional fame. "New
Orleans could ill spare Dr. Isadore Dyer,"
says the Picayune, editorially. "The pass-

ing of promising citizens full of years and
honors, of great men well across the di-
vide, is ever a time of solemnity and pub-
lic sympathy, but when one like Dr. Dyer
is taken at the very zenith of his mental
powers, when long study and full experi-
ence have primed him, as it were, for a
decade or more of intensive results, sym-
pathy becomes poignant public regret."

As medical association leader and club
man, he was prominently identified with
the larger activities of his city and his
state and country, also. His club affilia-
tions included the Boston Club, Louisiana
Club, Young Men's Gymnastic Club,
Country Club, Round Table Club, and
French Opera Club, of New Orleans. He
was a member of the Simplified Spelling
Board. In the Stars and Bars, honorary
fraternity, of Tulane University, he was a
member, and in 1915, president

"Fortunately," continues the Picayune,
"Dr. Dyer was a man who early found
himself, so that his accomplishment has
been great and his contribution to per-
manent scientific knowledge such as to fix
his name for all time in the halls of fame.

"Personally, Dr. Dyer was extremely
popular because of the earnestness of his
friendships and devotion to the highest
ideals of a medical career that was, above
all, one of service, service to the individ-
ual, nation, and to posterity. Dr. Dyer
was too busy a man to devote much time
to the frivolities of life, although he was
a man of keen artistic and aesthetic per-
ceptions.

"Tulane University was one of the dom-
inant factors in his life, and his devotion
to that institution of learning one of his
most distinguishing qualities."

That Tulane will miss its dean goes
without saying. "He was respected, hon-
ored, and loved by all the university," says
the Tulane Hullabaloo. "No member of
the Faculty, no other guider of the univer-
sity's affairs, was ever more loyal or more
zealous. What Dean Isadore Dyer meant
to Tulane — and indeed, to the entire
world — is best told in Dean E. A. Bechtel's
own words: 'He knew more about medi-
cal education than anyone else in the
South and perhaps in the country. He was
connected with the council on medical edu-
cation of the American Medical Associa-
tion since its institution. The pre-medi-
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country were largely the result of his
work. He combined with his unsurpassed
medical education a thorough academic
training which gave him the proper in-
sight into all student and university activ-
ities. While he was heart and soul for
the medical college, he had a broad uni-
versity viewpoint surpassed by none. In
his personal relations, he was one of the
most kind-hearted and courteous men I
have ever known. It was a real pleasure
to work with him for he combined real
efficiency with a constant consideration for
others.* "

Not only as an educator, but as a man
and friend, was Dr. Dyer loved by his stu-
dents. "It were useless for us to even at-
tempt to set down in lifeless black and
white the regret," continues the Hulla-
baloo, "which swept the three campuses
the morning his death became known. All
we can say is that a great man has passed
from our midst — a man who has helped
every one of us be greater in our own
small way. Now that he is gone his spirit
must linger with us, still helping, still
guiding, still counseling."

Family and Early Life

Isadore Dyer was born in Galveston,
Texas, on November 2, 1865. His parents
were Isadore Dyer and Amelia A. Lewis.
The father was a native of Germany and
came to America with his parents in his
infancy, for he was their youngest child.
The Dyer family was prominently identi-
fied with the city of Baltimore, and an
uncle of Dr. Dyer took an active part in
the suppression of the notorious Baltimore
riots. His mother was of the Lewis family
of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, whose ances-
ter Francis Lewis, was a signer of the
Declaration of Independence.

His early education began at Lyon's and
Crawford's schools in Galveston. He at-
tended grammar school No. 35 in New
York City, 1879-1880, and the Bellevue
high school, Virginia, 1880-1884. He was
graduated with the degree of Ph. B. from
Yale (Sheffield Scientific School) in 1887.
At Yale he was a member of the Berzelius
Society. During the year of 1887-1888, he
began the study of medicine at the Univer-
sity of Virginia, then entering the medical

department of Tulane University, where
he received his degree of Doctor of Medi-
cine in 1889.

Medical Career

Dr. Dyer first practiced in Galveston,
but in the early part of 1890 left to study
at the New York Post-Graduate School.
On December 1st he was appointed an in-
terne on the house staff of the New York
Skin and Cancer Hospital, where he served
until June, 1892, during part of which
time, he was assistant to the chair of dis-
eases of the skin at the post-graduate
school, ending his last year in New York
with the appointment as lecturer in that
subject. Receiving a similar appointment
at Tulane, he entered upon his duties in
October. During the summer, he went
abroad and studied diseases of the skin in
the St Louis Hospital in Paris, and in
hospitals in London. In 1905 he was pro-
moted to an associate professorship, be-
came professor and associate dean in 1907
and since 1908 has been dean of the Col-
lege of Medicine. From 1893 to 1907 he
was professor of skin diseases in the New
Orleans Polyclinic, being secretary-treas-
urer from 1895 to 1905.

Not only as the leading dermatologist in
America, but in many other professional
lines, Dr. Deyer had claims to greatness.
He was delegated by local societies and
authorities to the International Leprosy
Conference in Berlin in 1897, and to the
International Congress for the Prophy-
laxis of Syphilis and Venereal Diseases in
Brussels in 1899. He was a member of
the American Dermatological Association,
of which he was president in 1912-1913;
at one time vice-president of the American
Medical Association and of the New York
Medico-Legal Society; president in 1899
and 1900 of the Orleans Parish Medical
Society, and of the Louisiana State Medi-
cal Society from 1902 to 1903; and presi-
dent of the New Orleans Academy of
Sciences from 1913 to 1914. He was a
member of la Societe Internationale Mor-
ale et Sanitaire, of the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science, and
of the American Society of Tropical Medi-
cine, and also an honorary member of the
Mississippi State Medical Society.

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Other high positions he has occupied
were secretary and treasurer of the New
Orleans Sanitarium from 1893 and the
same two-fold position in the New Orleans
Polyclinic from 1895 until recently, when
he was elected one of the vice-presidents,
which place he held at the time of his
death. He was also a member of the
Council on Medical Education, and of the
National Board of Medical Examiners. In
1913-1914 he was president of the Ameri-
can Association of Medical Colleges.

At the time of the organization of the
Southern Medical Association, Dr. Dyer
enjoyed an international reputation, but
he felt the need for a great medical or-
ganization in the South; and he entered
heartily into the plans to build up an as-
sociation for the advancement of medicine
and surgery in the region which he loved
so well. He was its third president being
elected at the Nashville meeting in 1910.
In many; cases an ex-president's interest in
the work of a medical association lags, but
Dr. Dyer, with the exception of one meet-
ing, was always president at the annual
convention of the Southern Medical Asso-
ciation and a few days before his death
was planning to attend the next session
which is to consider and carry out some
plans which he had suggested.

Scientific and Literary Work

Among his many and diverse activities,
his specialty has been the study of leprosy
and on this subject is built his interna-
tional reputation. In 1892 he was elected
visiting dermatologist to the Charity Hos-
pital and consulting dermatologist to the
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, both
of New Orleans and has annually been re-
appointed since that time. He founded the
Louisiana Leper Home, a State institution,
in 1894 and was its first president of the
Board of Control from 1894 to 1896, and
honorary consulting leprologist since
1903. His writings on leprosy are author-
itative works for the United States.

Dr. Dyer has been a most industrious
investigator along this line especially and
entirely unselfish in the communication of
his knowledge to the profession. Between
1890 and the present time, his papers were
read before the various medical bodies of
which he was a member and his contri-

butions to the medical press number hun-
dreds of titles, covering the entire field of
medicine in which he is known through-
out the world as an original and extremely
deep and careful investigator. He has
been editor of the New Orleans Medical
and Surgical Journal since 1896, and of
the American Journal of Tropical Diseases
and Preventative Medicine, and was a col-
laborator in L&pra Bibliotheca Interna-
tionalis since 1898. He has also con-
tributed many articles on his specialty to
standard text books and works of refer-
ence.

Army Record

Brother Dyer was appointed a first
lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps
in 1908 and did Mexican Border duty in
1916. At the outbreak of the war with
Germany, he promptly offered his services
to his country, and was commissioned
major and served on the staff of Surgeon-
General Gorgas, being stationed at Camp
Pike and Camp Beauregard, and later
transferred to Washington, D. C. His in-
stincts and his national leadership were a
tower of strength in organizing the sur-
gical service so urgently needed in the
emergency.

Military Funeral

It was entirely fitting, therefore, that his
city and his university should give him
military honors with impressive cere-
monies at his funeral. A solemn cortege
of hundreds of Orleanians paid their trib-
utes to the esteem for Dr. Dyer. At the
cemetery the Seniors and Juniors of the
medical school lined the pathway from the
gate far into the interior to the grave,
where they stood with bared heads as Dr.
Dyer's coffin was borne to its last resting
place. As it passed they fell in behind, a
rear guard of men who had followed the
great leader in life and who honored and
mourned him in death. At the grave-side
a squad of soldiers fired a military salute
of three volleys in recognition of his serv-
ices to the army in the world war. As taps
sounded, his body was slowly lowered into
the grave.
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the Dyer home were many men widely
known in medical circles as well as per-
sonal friends. The. active pall-bearers
and the honorary pall-bearers were his
associates on the university Faculty and
several other prominent physicians and
citizens.

The members of Beta Phi Chapter at-
tended the funeral in a body. Their trib-
ute to their lamented founder and Brother
was a magnificent wreath of White Roses,
tied with our Fraternity Colors — Black,
White and Gold — in the center of which
was a large reproduction of the Badge of
Sigma Nu, all of which was supported on
an easel at the head of the casket as it lay

in state before and during the services.
(The Chapter wishes to give credit to
Brother William K. Lloyd for the design
and its execution.)

"It is rare to find a man of versatile at-
tainments," as the Southern Medical Jour-
nal says, "who becomes distinguished in
everything in which he lends his efforts;
but Dr. Dyer had such unusual qualities
of leadership that, though of a modest, re-
tiring nature, he was always forced to the
front. He was a leader who will be missed
in the medical councils of the South and
of the nation."

T. N. E. and Hazing

A Letter From the Inter-Fraterniiy Conference

[This letter from the Inter-Fraternity Conference coincides with the attitude of Sigma
Nu Fraternity, and the action of Grand Chapters years ago which wrote our Law.

Chapters are warned not to permit members to join T N £ and, in case of violation by
individual members, to take at once summary action against offenders.

Hazing is not a part of the Fraternity's initiation ceremonies. We do not believe it
needs further comment here than embodied in the Conference's recommendations. — The
Editor.]

Sigma Nu Fraternity:

The following resolutions have been
adopted by the Executive Committee of the
Inter-Fraternity Conference as expressing
their attitude in a vital matter.

"Whereas, there exists in various col-
leges and universities certain irresponsible
organizations, under various names, that
are antagonistic to academic and fraternity
ideals, among them T. N. E., which has
been repeatedly condemned in fraternity
conventions throughout the country and in
this Conference; and

Whereas, it apears that hazing is prac-
ticed by certain of these organizations, and
also persists in some fraternities or chap-
ters thereof, contrary to the better tradi-
tions and more modern customs in frater-
nity life;

Be It Resolved, that it is the sense of
this Executive Committee of the Inter-Fra-
ternity Conference that such organizations
and such practices should be condemned
by all loyal fraternity men; that every
member of this Conference should place
itself on record as unalterably opposed to
such organizations, and should further-

more take steps to rid itself of members
who continue to belong to T. N. E. or any
similar organization; that the fraternities
in this Conference should also condemn
hazing by any student organization at any
time in any form as dangerous and silly,
as opposed to the dignity and ideals of
college fraternities, and as injurious to
their good name, and that they should take
steps to eliminate any such practice from
their own organizations if the same be in-
dulged in;

And Further Resolved, that a copy of
this action be sent to each fraternity in
the Conference prior to the opening of the
coming college year, for publication in its
magazine, and to Banta's Greek Exchange.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES DUANE LIVINGSTON."

By direction of the Executive Commit-
tee, I am sending these to the representa-
tive of every fraternity in the Conference
and also to Banta's Greek Exchange.
Yours very truly,
HERBERT WHEATON CONGDON,

Secretary.

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Architect's Design

University of Kentucky

Gamma Iota Lays Corner-Stone

By Grover H. Creech, Gamma Iota

JULY 3d, 1920, was a great day for
Sigma Nu at Kentucky, as well as an
important event in the life of the
whole university.

In the presence of Sigma Nu Brothers
from all parts of Kentucky, friends of
the Chapter, and University of Kentucky
officials, including President Frank L. Mc-
Vey and Dr* C. R. Melcher, dean of men,
the corner-stone was laid for the Harold A.
Pulliam Sigma Nu Memorial Home for
Gamma Iota Chapter.

Brother Edwin W. Dunlavy, our Gen-
eral Secretary, officiated and conducted a
very beautiful and impressive ceremony,
his remarks being as follows:

"Brothers in Sigma Nu, Officers of the
University, and Friends: We are as-
sembled here this afternoon under the
authority of the University of Kentucky
and the dispensation of the Knights of the
Legion of Honor — the Sigma Nu Fra-
ternity— to lay the corner-stone of a new
House of College Brotherhood, to be ul-
timately dedicated to the memory of
Harold A. Pulliam and others of our

Brothers who died in the service of our
country in the great war.

"Let us not doubt but that in pursuing
this expression of unselfish service we shall
have the rewards of our approving con-
sciences and the favor of Almighty God."
(Here were inserted in the cornerstone
Prospectus, Photographs, Delta and Col-
lege Catalogue, after which the General
Secretary spoke as follows:)

"In the name of the Great Father God
of us all, the foundation, the cornerstone,
and the keystone of all character and all
life, we lay this cornerstone for the foun-
dation of a Memorial House, to be builded
for the perpetuation among college men
of the principles of Love, Truth, Honor;
of a love that finds its unselfish reward in
the building of this college home for on-
coming generations of the Youth of the
Republic; of a Love of the Truth which
makes men free and which shall instill in
young men a passion for knowledge for
its own sake; of a Love of Honor that
counts as did those in whose memory we
build, our own lives not dear unto our-

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selves in any hour of danger to our
Country."

Brother Keeling Pulliam, Jr., brother
of the late Brother Harold A. Pulliam,
assisted the General Secretary in placing
the cornerstone. Brother Pulliam's father,
Mr. K. G. Pulliam, Sr., who has been of
invaluable asssitance to us in erecting the
House, was also present.

The House is being built as a memorial

putting up a House which will not be sur-
passed for many years. The House is be-
ing built along English lines of architec-
ture, will house thirty-four men, and will
be ready for occupancy December 1st,
1920. It is estimated to cost $30,000. The
officers of the association are: Guy
Huguelet, president; Grover H. Creech,
vice-president; Floyd H. Wright, secre-
tary, and K. G. Pulliam, treasurer.

Harold A. Pulliam
Gamma lota-Gamma Theta

to Brother Harold A. Pulliam who lost
his life in the naval aviation service when
his plane crashed at Newport News, Vir-
ginia, April 4th, 1919. It is particularly
firing, we think, that this House be dedi-
cated to him, as it was mainly due to
efforts put forth by him a few years ago
that the House was made possible.

The House is located just across the
street from the University campus. It
overlooks the street and the front com-
mands a view of the entire University
grounds and buildings. Directly in front
of the House is Stoll Athletic Field, and
the new gymnasium will be located very
near.

This is the first House of the proposed
fraternity row which will be built in the
near future upon the campus and by co-
operation of the university itself. We are

Keeling G. Pulliam
Gamma Iota

The Building

The design of the House embodies the
three-way system of housing college men.
The three floors of the House provide ac-
commodations for dining, study and as-
sembly, sleeping and dressing, so that no
group of men doing any of these things
interfere with any other group engaged in
any other occupation.

The first floor, or basement, is to con-
tain the kitchen, dining hall, furnace room,
trunk storage room, billiard room and ser-
vants' quarters. The dining room is of
artistic brick and tile design, Rathskeller
type, with heavy beamed ceiling and dark
stained floor. Three tables will seat the
members and the chairs used will have
leather backs, bearing the Fraternity Coat-
of-Arms. Between the dining room and
kitchen is a service alley which enables

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the waiters to handle the food with the
least possible delay. The kitchen is com-
plete in detail with ice box, service table,
large sink, dish cupboards, range and stor-
age room. The floor is cement and the
walls and ceiling are of stained plaster.
The furnace is of the hot water type and
in connection with it is a gas hot water
heater which heats automatically 100 gal-
lons of water. The servants' quarters are
complete with bath.

is fitted with complete bath and all com-
forts necessary to the proper care of the
sick. The center section of the House
contains the hall and stair, both of which
are finished in hardwood of Old English
design. A cloak and wash room is located
to the right of the stair.

The third floor embraces eight bed
rooms, each of which is fitted with two
double-decker three-quarter width beds.
Each bed room is equipped with four

Dedication Exercises

Gamma Iota Chapter House

University of Kentucky

At tbe General Secretary's right stand Keeling G. Pulliam. Sr., and Dean C. R. Melcher;
standing second at left, Keeling G. Pulliam, Jr. ; sitting down third from corner-stone la
G rover H. Creech.

In the west wing of the second or main
floor, is located the living room. This
room is 20 by 26 and is furnished with
heavy beamed ceiling, rough browned
stained walls and hardwood floor. In this
room is located the memorial fire-place,
in the face of which is located the memo-
rial tablet which bears a suitable inscrip-
tion. To the rear of the living room is
the library, which is also to be finished in
Old English. In the east wing of the
House are seven study rooms each having
stationary built desks. In the rear of this
wing is located the hospital room which

built-in chifforobes, one for each man and
with a large clothes closet. The walls
are stained a grey-green and each room
has cross ventilation. Woodwork is pine
throughout. In the center section is lo-
cated the wash room which is completely
equipped with showers, etc.

The Chapter room is located cm the
fourth floor and is designed in keeping
with the needs of the Chapter.

The exterior follows the Elizabethan-
Old English style, with foundation of
stone, and brick sills for windows. The
first floor is of heavy red brick. The

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second floor overhangs the first and is
composed of stucco with timber work in
cypress. The roof is of slate.

Plan op Financing

We quote below Article IV of our Arti-
cles of Incorporation, showing in detail
our plan of financing this project

'The authorized capita] stock of this
corporation shall be Twenty-five Thou-
sand ($25,000.00) Dollars; of said total
authorized capital stock, Ten Thousand
($10,000.00) Dollars is to be common
stock, divided into one thousand (1,000)
shares of the par value of Ten ($10.00)
Dollars each; and of said total authorized
capital stock, Fifteen Thousand ($15,-
00O.00) Dollars shall be preferred stock,
divided into fifteen hundred (1,500)
shares.

"Said preferred capital stock shall be
convertible at the option or election of
the holders or owners thereof, at any time,
par for par, and with an adjustment of
accrued and current interest and dividends
as between such shares of stock and said
bonds or other obligations of the corpor-
ation, upon such terms and conditions,
and with such rights, powers, privileges,
priorities, preferences and benefits, as may
be authorized or prescribed by either the
stockholders or Board of Directors of the
corporation; and said bonds into which
any preferred stock may be converted,
shall bear such rate of interest, payable at
such time or times, and to be divided into
such classes, with such designations, and
to have such priorities and preference,
and to be subject to redemption or retire-
ment by the corporation, at such time or
times or within such period or periods,
and in such manner and upon such terms
and conditions, as may be authorized or
prescribed by either die stockholders or
the Board of Directors of said corporation.

The owners of said preferred stock are
to be entitled to and upon which shall be
paid an annual preferential dividend, at
the rate of four (4) per cent, per an-
num, and no more, on such stock, payable
only out of the net profits or earnings of
said corporations, when and as declared,
before the payment of any dividends on
the common stock of said corporation, or
on any other issue of stock that may at

any time hereafter be authorized by the
charter of this corporation; and said divi-
dend each year, shall be payable in semi-
annual installments on such date or dates
as may be fixed by the By-Laws or author-
ized and directed either by the stockhold-
ers or the Board of Directors of this cor-
poration.

"Said preferred stock shall have no vot-
ing powers for any purpose whatsoever
on any question, except in case of non-
payment of dividends for a period of fif-
teen (15) months, in which event, such
preferred stock upon which no dividend
has been paid for said period, shall have
equal voting powers with the common
stock; and upon the payment of all such
unpaid dividend or dividends upon any
such stock, the voting power of such stock
shall again cease and so on from time to
time, as said dividends may remain un-
paid for said period of time or may be
paid as aforesaid.

'The right is hereby expressly reserved
and given to this corporation to redeem
and retire, at its option or election, on any
dividend or interest-paying date, all or
any part of the issue of said preferred
stock, and all or any part of the issue of
any of said mortgage bonds of this cor-
poration, into which any such stock may
be converted, on and after the expiration
of one year from the date of the issue of
such preferred stock, at such prices, and
after such notice and in such manner and
upon such terms and conditions, as the
stockholders or Board of Directors of this
corporation may authorize or provide
for; any such stock so redeemed or re-
tired, shall not be reissued or resold, but
shall be cancelled.9'

It is planned to place the common stock
among the subscribers in as large amounts
as each member can take, and no plan is
now in mind as to the retirement of this
common stock, because it is deemed best
that the corporation retain the perpetual
control of the House. The Fifteen Thou-
sand Dollars of preferred stock is a gilt
edged loan that we are offering to our
subscribers. You will note that this pre-
ferred stock has the same effect and is con-
vertible into first mortgage bonds, and
that the investment is fully protected, and
this stock will pay an annual four per
cent, dividend. It will be the policy of
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stock as soon as possible and under our
present plan, we believe that all the pre-
ferred stock can be retired within ten
years. The House will be leased to the
Chapter at a rental to be later determined
upon. There will be available after all
expenses and interests are paid, a certain
amount from this rental to be applied to
a sinking fund for the retirement of the
preferred stock. As an additional income
for the sinking fund, and until all of the
preferred stock is retired, each active

member will undertake an obligation of
not less than twenty-five dollars per an-
num, during his attendance at the uni-
versity. We, therefore, earnestly urge
each Alumnus to subscribe for as much
common stock as possible and also to sub-
scribe for the largest amount of preferred
stock, which will be loaning your money
to the Fraternity on a first mortgage bond,
gilt edge in every respect, at four per cent,
per annum, which money will be returned
within two to ten years.

Arkansas Chapter House

By Leroy Harrington, Gamma Upsilon

PERHAPS some of the older Brothers
remember the Arkansas Building at
the World's Fair, held in St. Louis,
in 1904. The building was moved to Fay-
etteville and was for a time used as a resi-
dence.

For the last six years Sigma Nu has oc-
cupied the building. It has a large dance
hall, two front halls and a beautiful par-
lor, besides plenty of sleeping room. It
is by far the best fraternity house at the
University of Arkansas and is also the

scene of many good times. There are
spots that hold to every Brother, the mem-
ories of the good old school days which
will remain long after they have gone.

The House is located on the highest hill
in town and from it the town and country
for miles around, can be seen.

We are indeed fortunate to have this as
our home, but we are all looking forward
to the time when Gamma Upsilon shall
have a home of her own. Plans are in
progress for it, I am glad to say.

Gamma Upsilon Chapter House
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University of South Carolina

By Past Regent Albert H. Wilson, Re-installing Officer

[The following article describes the coming to life of a Sigma Nu Chapter long* recorded
as dead. This description is the more interesting by including the First Chapter Letter of
the vintage of 1886.

The Nineteenth Grand Chapter gave authority to the High Council to restore charters
as well as to withdraw charters. Delta is the first product of the new legislation. — The
Editor.]

DELTA'S FIRST CHAPTER LETTER
Reprinted from The Delta, 1886, v. 3, No. 4

"Dear Brothers: Delta sends greetings
to her sister Chapters in this her first let-
ter for publication in our magazine. Suc-
cess to the Sigma Nu Delta. May its visit
be hailed with delight by the brethren
everywhere and may it be the means of
uniting Sigma Nu all over our 'Sunny
South' closer in our holy bonds.

"I take pleasure in being the first grand
scribe to publicly record the organization
and existence of Delta, and I sincerely
trust this bud of the grand and towering
tree of Sigma Nu may ere long blossom
into a full blown flower, and contribute
its fragrance and beauty toward the ad-
vancement of oiir common order.

"Delta was organized principally
through the instrumentality of Brother
Alexander Howard of Dahlonega, Ga., to
whom our success is due. Our Chapter
first 'saw light9 through the darkness of
the night of January 28, 1886, and though
there were already six fraternities in the
field, yet we succeeded in 'spiking' some
of the best students in college for our
Chapter.

"Our charter members are: F. H. An- *
derson, Spartanburg, S. C; W. P. Coan,
Spartanburg, S. .C; L. D. Hopson, Rich-
land, S. C; B. B. James, Spartansburg, S.
C.; M. D. Murray, Orangeburg, S. C; J.
H. Scarborough, Sumter, S. C; Robert E.
Wannamaker, Orangeburg, S. C. We have
had many obstacles to surmount — six
rival fraternities to contend with, but by
untiring perseverence and labor we have
nearly overcome every difficulty. We have
kept in view quality rather than quantity,
for we have too often seen the other fra-
ternities here stagger and lay under the
weight of some unworthy members.

"Assuring you of our hearty co-oper-
ation in the Delta enterprise, and promis-
ing quickly to add to the list of subscrib-
ers inclosed, I remain yours in Sigma Nu.
"R. E. WANNAMAKER."

THUS we see plainly before us the
type of Sigma Nu that first carried
the teachings and precepts of our
Fraternity into the proud old State of
South Carolina, and thus it was that Sigma
Nu prospered at the fine old South Caro-
lina University until the year 1897, when
a law was enacted recommending that all
fraternities leave the state colleges. Sigma
Nu, along with several other fraternity
Chapters, contracted cold feet and quietly
withdrew, but not until a total of fifty-six
men had been added to the rolls of the fra-
ternity.

Within the years 1915 and 1916 a prom-
inent member of another South Carolina
fraternity discovered that the law pro-
hibiting the existence of fraternities at the
university was not one that decreed, but
merely recommended and there was no
oath, of any kind whatsoever, required
from the matriculant, nor any penalty
specified. The fact was evident that the
only hardship or the fraternities was the
one that will not permit the fraternities to
have representation in the publications of
the university nor to recognize them as
distinct units in the life of the college.

The truth of the matter is that' the uni-
versity has read the hand writing on the
wall since practically all the other col-
leges of the state are re-opening their
doors to the fraternities and the young
men of the state are considering the fra-
ternity angle when making the choice of
their future Alma Mater. Not only are
the old fraternities re-entering their chap-
ters at the university, but a great number

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of locals have been organized in prepara-
tion to petition some national society.

Fortunately, for Sigma Nu there entered
the University of South Carolina, at the
close of the war, Brother Van Meter, Uni-
versity of Michigan, and Jack Roper, a
pledge from Emory University. These
men were discovered by the members of
the local Sigma Delta Nu, a happy com-
bination of the Chapter and fraternity let-
ters, and immediately became leaders in
the effort to restore our Delta Chapter.
To make a long story short, the petition
of Sigma Delta Nu (local) fraternity was
forwarded to the members of the High
Council after Brother Van Meter had con-
ferred with the General Secretary and met
with the Chapters, of the first division, in
their annual convention at the University
of Virginia during the month of April,
1920. At the July meeting of the High
Council the decision was reached to re-
store Delta Chapter.

Owing to the illness of Brother Oscar

Palmour, Atlanta, the writer made the trip
to Columbia, South Carolina, the latter
part of August and there, at the Jefferson
Hotel, quietly conducted the initiation of
nine splendid young men into the rites and
ceremonies of the Fraternity. Thus after
a lapse of almost twenty-three years the
Fraternity became a part in the life of
this historic university. Old Delta, the
eighteenth Chapter on the rolls of the
Fraternity, is again in active service and
if the standing of the men that have re-
stored her means any thing, and we may
rest assured that it does, then Sigma Nu
may expect always to find the South Caro-
lina Brothers alive to every interest of the
Fraternity.

The university has taken on a finer life
within the past few years, and always has
been rich in accomplishment and tradi-
tion. Last year the attendance, all male,
was slightly above the five hundred mark.
Into this old-new field Sigma Nu has made
a most auspicious re-entrance.

Installation of Epsilon Delta Chapter

University of Wyoming
By Past Regent Arthur F. Krippner

EPSILON DELTA Chapter of Sigma
Nu was formally installed at the
University of Wyoming, Laramie,
on Friday, October the twenty-ninth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty. The Regent had
authorized Brothers Charles R. Hays, X,
president, Denver Alumni Chapter, and
Orlo S. More, TK, Inspector, Fourteenth
Division, to have official charge of the in-
stallation. The active parts in the pledg-
ing and installation ceremonies were per-
formed by members of -the Denver Alumni
Chapter, the full ritual being used, and
nearly all parts were memorized for the
occasion. The installation officers were
the following:

Commander, Charles R. Hays, X; Lieu-
tenant-Commander, George H. Swerer, r
K; Chaplain, Guy K. Brewster, T K; Mar-
shal, Arthur F. Krippner, T A; Sentinel,
Sidney W. Bishop, T K; Recorder, Paul
Mansfield Spencer, B B; Treasurer, Wil-
liam McMurray, N.

In their work the foregoing Brethren
were so ably assisted by Brothers W. J.
McKenna and W. D. Keough, both of
Gamma Eta, Golden, as to deserve special
mention. These two Brothers were on
hand for every emergency as well as for
every pleasure whether it was to arrange
the "Chapter" room in the Woodman Hall,
drill the candidates in their duties, or
grace the receiving line by their genial
presence on the afternoon of the recep-
tion.

For many anxious months previous to
the time of which we write the petitioners,
known as Gamma Theta Chi, and those of
Sigma Nu who had espoused the petition-
ers' cause awaited with intense interest the
outcome of the Fraternity's vote. When,
therefore, there flashed from Indianapolis
the glad tidings of a favorable vote, the
necessary steps were taken immediately in
preparation of the work of installation.
At Laramie, the boys of Gamma Theta Chi

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planned for a warm and whole-hearted
welcome for the visitors who were to come
to make them Sigma Nus. In Denver the
installation officers were promptly se-
lected, the work was carefully organized,
and plans were perfected in harmony with
those outlined by the boys at Laramie in
order that the installation might be as com-
plete and impressive as possible. Those
from the Denver Alumni who were to offi-
ciate, also Past Grand Chaplain Spencer,
who kindly re-arranged a busy schedule so
as to lend his presence, and Brothers Mc-
Kenna and Keough, TH, reached Lara-
mie on the evening of Thursday the 28th.
The delegation was headed by Grand
Counselor Ernest L. Williams, who en-
joyed a peculiar sense of satisfaction on
this occasion in experiencing the fruits of
his faithful labors in connection with the
Wyoming petition during his two terms as
Inspector of the Fourteenth Division.

In the Woodman Hall there was a room
that was appropriately arranged on Friday
afternoon by the boys of Gamma Theta
Chi ably directed by our hustling "Miner'*
delegates, McKenna and Keough. In this
comfortably appointed room the pledging
ceremony was performed at four o'clock
in the afternoon. Here, in the presence of
the Brethren who had assembled from the
three active Chapters of the Fourteenth
Division, the Denver Alumni Chapter, and
from various other sources, twenty-seven
men formally pledged themselves to Sigma
Nu. Twenty- three of the twenty-seven
were active members of Gamma Theta Chi
and four were Alumni members. The
complete pledging ceremony as given in
the Liturgy was used.

Pending the final outcome of the Wyom-
ing petition and the pleasure of the Re-
gent, the team planned an initiation cere-
mony that would exemplify in letter and
in spirit the beauty of sentiment and sin-
cerity of purpose of our ritual as designed
and enriched by our faithful Brother, Past
Regent Bennett. It was felt that all its
splendid teachings should be so impres-
sively presented* to the incoming Brothers
that it would make its lasting imprint on
the memory of everyone present. Once
they were appointed, the installing officers
realized that here was a mighty and worthy
purpose that was to have a vital, definite,
and constructive influence on the lives of
college men, and these officers set about to

fully meet the requirements imposed upon
them. No portion of the ceremony was
omitted and each member of the team
memorized such parts as are intended to
be given without manuscript. Especial
credit is due Brothers Charles R. Hays and
George H. Swerer, Commander and Lieu-
tenant-Commander respectively for the
manner in which their long and difficult
parts were given from memory. Deeming
the installation ceremony of utmost im-
portance the members of the team gave
much time and consideration to the many
details that necessarily enter in to make
such an event an unqualified success.
When men, such as these, gladly and en-
thusiastically give of their time, taken
from their business hours, for the purpose
of exemplifying for their Brethren the
highest possible ideals of their Fraternity,
then we must truly acknowledge that the
Creed of Sigma Nu commands our high-
est respect and our sincerest loyalty.

By courtesy of the Knights of Pythias
their well appointed lodge room was
placed at our disposal for all our work of
pledging and initiation. At seven o'clock
in the evening about thirty of our Broth-
ers^ gathered to gether in this afore-men-
tioned room from various quarters of the
Fourteenth Division for the . purpose of
leading the successful candidates to the
shrine of Sigma Nu. Twenty-three men
were welcomed into our Brotherhood and
their names were written indelibly upon
the Roll of Honor. These are as follows:
Glenn Stewart Burton, Laurence Melvin
Smith, Robert Hugh Allen, Leslie Horton
Eager, William Osborn Blenkarn, Earl
Mortimer George, Irl Orion Foltz, Wilbur
A. Bergquist, Clarence Alton Rue, Nelson
McKraig, Jr., Oliver Benton Curry, Glad-
wyn C. Freeman, Edwin Holliday Fitch,
Arthur Kenyon McWhinnie, Everett Dale
Barker, Philip Hutson Templeton, Everett
Edwin Shores, Wendell Ernest Haywood,
Glenn Harris Hurd, Charles Albert Har-
ker, Robert Madison Willoughby, Samuel
V. Long, Marcus Robarts Ogden.

The above named Brothers, therefore,
became the charter members, of Epsilon
Delta, and a new Chapter took its place
among those that have built, during the
years, the firm foundation of a truly "Na-
tional Society of College Men.*9 Among
the Alumni of Gamma Theta Chi whom the
High Council had approved for initiation

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the following were present: Ralph Ed-
win McWhinnie, Albert McKinley Smith,
Richard Claris Talbot, Guy Amos John-
son.

With the assistance of the installation
officers, Epsilon Delta immediately initi-
ated the above men as Alumni of its own
Chapter and of Sigma Nu. Following the
ceremony in each instance the newly made
members were made to feel welcome by
their visiting Brethren.

The records of this installation would
not be complete without an unconditional
acknowledgement of the splendid work
done by Brother Will McMurray during
the time the petitioners were on probation
and during those happy days in Laramie
when Epsilon Delta was taking definite
form as a Chapter of Sigma Nu. Whole-
hearted encouragement, unbiased counsel,
and enthusiastic support, were given liber-
ally by Brother McMurray throughout this
formative period, and those who were so
fortunate as to hear his words of welcome
to the new Brothers at the banquet knew
full well that only one made joyous
through the happy consummation of his
fondest hopes could speak the message of
welcome expressed by him. His constant
courtesies to the Chapter's many guests
throughout the various functions won for
him die esteem of many warm friends.
Another of our Brethren worthy of special
mention is Brother Paul M. Spencer of
New York City. Brother Spencer, while
enroute from the Pacific Coast to the
shores washed by the Atlantic stopped
long enough in Denver to learn of the in-
stallation plans, then promptly joined the
party of Sigma Nus that was Laramie-
bound, to add to the pleasure of the oc-
casion.

Epsilon Delta begins its Chapter career
under circumstances both favorable and
encouraging. With a group of charter
members of splendid character in a uni-
versity that is constantly broadening its
scope of usefulness to a rapidly develop-
ing commonwealth there should be no
limit to the Chapter's possibility for good.
Every effort was made to place before these
new Brothers, the university, and the State,
the high ideals of our Fraternity. To them
we entrust the welfare of Sigma Nu in the
University of Wyoming with the feeling
that its sacred honor will ever be guarded
with unremitting watchfulness. As we

welcome them most heartily and cordially,
so also do we extend to them our assurance
of helpfulness in any way that can assist
them to the fullest realization of those
benefits to which their new relations justly
entitle them.

One of the finest features of the two
days' session was the reception given by
the new Chapter to the Faculty and stu-
dents of the University of Wyoming and
to the leading citizens of the city of Lara-
mie. In the receiving line were members
of the new Chapter, and of the other three
Chapters of the Fourteenth Division, Past
Grand Chaplain Spencer, Past Regent
Krippner, Grand Counselor Williams, and
Councelor to Epsilon Delta, Eldrige Hart,
and others; the Chapter House was dec-
orated in most delightful taste, by the
hands of beautiful fairies from the various
sororities, and friends of the initiates,
while with winsome smiles and beautiful
costumes these fair ladies led the visitors
through bowers of flowers and celestial
music from the harp to participate in the
delicacies brought from every clime; the
ice cream came in the form of the white
rose, and the grapes dipped in sweets;
with all grace and beauty, Miss Ruth
Schwartz, instructor for women of the uni-
versity, aided "mere man," and Mrs. Bills,
in her fine cultured way, crowned her
efforts to bring her boys out in elegant
style.

This reception had the effect of bringing
to the citizens of Laramie, the fact that
fraternity life is a democratic life, and is
not buttoned up in its own dooryard.

The crowning feature of the installation
was the banquet presided over by Brother
Will McMurray, N, as toastmaster. Brother
McMurray bid a gracious welcome to the
new Chapter and presented every one of
the speakers with an elegance of manner
and eloquence of speech which cannot be
described. Brother Spencer responded to
the subject of The Fraternity and Educa-
tion; Dr. Nelson, president of the univer-
sity, gave a most inspiring toast on the
present and future of the university;
Brother Smith, of the new Chapter, read
the Creed of Sigma Nu; Brother Homer E.
Vanderblue, V B, outlined Fraternity Pol-
icy in a most helpful manner ; Brother Mc-
Whinnie, E A, gave The History of the
New Chapter, and Grand Counselor Wil-
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Ideals, while Inspector More closed the
program with a welcome to the Chapter
from the Fourteenth Division.

The tone of the banquet was high class
and we are certain the members of the new
Chapter in Sigma Nu will always remem-
ber it as one of the bright stars in the con-
stellation of their experiences.

"If you've breathed the air of her hills and
plains,

If you've watched her peaks in the gloam-
ing,

If you've felt her pride when her horse-
men ride,

You'll join in the toast — Wyoming!"

Installation of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter

Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College

By Errett R. Newby, Delta Epsilon, Installing Officer

ONCE more Sigma Nu, known as a
Fraternity that has the courage and
the foresight to be a pioneer, has
entered a new settlement in the great
Southwest, and has broken ground for a
new fortress from which Knights will be
sent forth to carry the gospel of Love, of
Truth, and of Honor.

The installation of Epsilon Epsilon
Chapter of Sigma Nu was completed on
November 13, 1920, at the Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical College and
the White Star of Sigma Nu now shines
brightly from this new outpost.

The A. & M. College is young in years,
but old in the educational history of Okla-
homa and has played an important part in
developing Oklahoma into one of the
greatest states from an agricultural, live
stock, and mining standpoint. It is one of
the state's two leading educational institu-
tions. It is located at Stillwater, a charm-
ing college town in the north-central part
of the state. In buildings and grounds it
rivals the State University, and each year
it enrolls thousands of students drawn
from every part of the state.

It is one of the schools that is included
in practically every athletic schedule made
by Ben Owen, the Sigma Nu general man-
ager of athletics at the state university.
Representatives of the two institutions,
therefore, meet frequently and have found
that they have many things in common.
The old spirit of jealousy between these
two institutions has given away to one of
mutual interest and helpfulness.

The group of men whose petition lead
to the establishment of Epsilon Epsilon
Chapter organized as Phi Kappa Delta in

1914 and have maintained an active or-
ganization since that date. They have had
a Chapter House each year, and own their
own furniture. At present they are living
in the finest fraternity house in Stillwater
and are making plans to buy it. The mem-
bers of this organization have carried more
than their share of responsibilities in the
student body at 0. A. M. C. All members
of the Faculty who were interviewed rate
them very highly.

A fine group of Sigs from various
points in Oklahoma and Kansas gathered
to assist with the installation. Those pres-
ent were:

Sigma Nus who attended the installation
of the new Chapter at Stillwater, Leonard
D. Morgan, BK, Stillwater; H. S. McKee,
A 0, Cushing; G. D. Munch, N, Lawrence,
Kansas; Donald D. Hughes, BK, Perry,
Oklahoma; Homes Hicks, II, Tulsa, Okla-
homa., and the following members and
Alumni of the University of Oklahoma
Chapter (Delta Epsilon) :

Errett R. Newby, Oklahoma City; Earl
Bechtold, Perry; Carl Magee, Quay; Les-
lie High, Cushing; Dr. W. K. West, Okla-
homa City; Lester Fraker, Cherokee; Le-
land Hartford, Oklahoma City; Geo. L.
Townsend, Shawnee; Joe W. Curtis, Sal-
lisaw; Warner W. Newby, Oklahoma City:
David B. Stutsman, Shreveport, La.; Col-
well C. Chastain, Chickasha; John R.
Craig, Ada; C. E. Young, Carmen; Lester
T. Palmer, Okemah; T. J. Woodmansee,
Cherokee; H. McBride, Oklahoma City;
Wm. V. Cox, Carmen; Wm. K. Stahl,
Perry; David D. Morris, Norman; Forrest
M. Darrough, Hugo; Donald D. Hughes,
Perry; Jack Burton, Lawton; Russell

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Brasted, Norman; Kenneth McMullin,
Perry.

On Friday night, November 12, certain
preliminaries connected with the installa-
tion were attended to, and early Saturday
morning the ceremonies of installation
were held. The petitioners had secured
the Stillwater Masonic hall for this pur-
pose, thus providing an abundance of
floor space for the work.

The initiation team consisted of Errett
R. Newby, Commander, who had been ap-
pointed by the High Council to take
charge of the installation. The post of
Commander for the Liturgy work was ably
handled by Leland Hartford, Delta Epsi-
lon. Brother G. D. Munch of Nu Chapter
was Lieutenant-Commander, Brother Don
Hughes of Beta Kappa and Delta Epsilon
was Chaplain; Brother Chastain Colwell,
Delta Epsilon, Reporter; Brother Harold
McBride, Delta Epsilon, Treasurer;
Brother T. J. Woodmansee, Delta Epsilon,
Marshall; and Brother Leonard Morgan,
Beta Kappa, Sentinel. Uniforms were
used by all Sigma Nus present, thus mak-
ing the work more impressive.

While all members of the team did fine
work, Brother Hughes deserves special
commendation for his work as Chaplain.
Possessed of fine personality and splendid
voice for this work he added greatly to its
effectiveness by delivering all his lectures
and dialogue from memory.

The men initiated into Epsilon Epsilon
Chapter, in the order of their entrance,
were as follows:

Members of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter:

Thomas E. Molacek, Sulphur; Pat Wm.
Wilson, Leonard, Texas; Geo. W. Whitten-
berg, Stillwater; Wm. H. Hughes, Ames;
K. V. Bryan, Stillwater; Emory G. Shir-
ley, Stillwater; Harry R. Grow, Stillwater;
C. L. Dean, Ryan; Chester A. Clausen,
Stillwater; Chas. F. Barrett, Jr., Okla-
homa City; Ira B. Kirkland, Muskogee;
Roscoe M. Shanklin, Medford; Allen
Craig Walker, Ryan; C. H. McElroy, Still-
Water; W. L. Blizzard, Stillwater; Wm. E.
Bagby, Pawnee; James Scrivner, Pauls
Valley; Ray M. Hull, Dillard; C. E. Kel-
ley, Stillwater; Russell T. Abercrombie,
Oklahoma City; Glen N. Douglass, Guth-
rie; Shelley R. Stone, Oklahoma City;
Dean A. Bishop, Stillwater; Geo. Bird
Noble, Oklahoma City; Ernest D. McTag-

gart, Stillwater; G. W. Frier, Sulphur;
Raymond F. Ahem, Ardmore; L. L. Swim,
Stillwater; Horace C. Dixon, Fairfax;
Edward S. Hull, Stillwater; J. Sims Nor-
man, Trenton, Texas; Ben Williams,
Altus; Frank D. Thomas, Whitesboro,
Texas; B. H. Brown, Tulsa.

These men made most excellent candi-
dates. Many of these men have had ad-
vanced work in Masonry, and these, as
well as the others, expressed great pleas-
ure at the beauty and significance of the
Liturgy.

In the afternoon following the installa-
tion the annual football game between the
University and the A. M. College was held,
the result being a decisive victory for the
University.

Saturday evening the new Chapter enter-
tained the visiting Sigs with a splendid
banquet, with a fine menu, hand painted
menu cards, tables decorated profusely
with the Sigma Nu flower, special orches-
tra for music, and excellent toasts. The
inspiration that came from the day's
events lead the Alumni of the new Chapter
who were present to hold a meeting Satur-
day night at which definite financial aid
was pledged to the new Chapter in its
move to purchase its home.

Officers of the college extend open hands
to receive Sigma Nu. President Cantwell
expressed real pleasure that Sigma Nu had
decided to enter his college. Faculty men
belonging to other fraternities likewise
were warm in their words of welcome to
Sigma Nu. It would be hard to find a
finer bunch of young men. Prospects for
the future of this Chapter are very bright.
Moreover ,this Chapter will be of great
value to Delta Epsilon Chapter at the
State University. These two Chapters will
work hand in hand in winning victories
for Sigma Nu. The University Chapter
needs to have the Fraternity represented
at 0. A. M. C. because of the fact that sev-
eral other fraternities have now entered
that college, namely, Lambda Chi Alpha,
Kappa Sigma, Kappa Alpha (S), and
Sigma Phi Epsilon. It is reported that
others will probably enter there soon.

Thisnew Chapter will greatly strengthen
the cause of Sigma Nu in the great South-
west and will add luster and glory to the
banner of our Fraternity.

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Founders of Nu Sigma
Left to Right — Brothers Woodburn H. Tripp, Eta : Raymond W. Blacklock, Gamma Psi ; George
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Installation of Epsilon Zeta Chapter

University of Florida
By George W. Milam, Sigma-Epsilon Zeta

THE afternoon of October nineteenth,
1920, the Nu Sigma House, Univer-
sity of Florida, was the scene of a
group of anxious men. That afternoon
they were to learn whether Sigma Nu had
granted them a charter. Finally, a tele-
gram was received by Brother Milam, of
Sigma Chapter. Brother Milam read it
and then passed it to Brothers Reese, B N,
and Brown, A M. They said nothing, but
simulated worried expressions. Anxious,
white countenances appeared among the
assembled group. The three above men-
tioned Brothers called the oldest Senior
into one of the back rooms and placed the
serpent in his coat lapel. Keeping the
pledge men in the room, the rest were
summoned one by one and pledged.
Afterward they almost mobbed us three
Brothers for the hoax that we had played
upon them. The actual pledging cere-
mony was postponed till the installation.

On Friday afternoon, Brother Woods,
Past Grand Recorder, and Brother Pal-
mour, Inspector of the Second Division, ar-
rived in Gainesville. A few minutes later
the entire Delta Mu Chapter of Stetson
University arrived in cars from Deland;

with them they brought most of their
pledges. The entire group with the ex-
ception of the football men who stayed
with the team, were the House guests of
Nu Sigma.

At nine o'clock the pledging ceremony
was put on by Delta Mu Chapter. Sixteen
men were carried through in great form in
the presence of numerous Alumni from all
portions of the State.

Saturday morning at nine o'clock, Epsi-
lon Zeta Chapter was called to order with
Delta Mu officers filling the chairs. Then
in the presence of an increased number of
Alumni a wonderful, beautiful initiative
ceremony was put on. The Delta Mu
Chapter officers knew their parts perfectly
and the ceremony was very impressive. All
hail the following Brothers: Seniors: Ta-
tom, Hartman, Merchant, Gunn; Juniors:
Boswell, Redmon, Crago, Barco; Sopho-
mores: Hunt, Henley, Cooper, Hoskins,
Green, Hollinrake, Cox; Graduate Student:
Jeff Chaffin.

No Freshmen were initiated in accord-
ance with Florida's pan-hellenic rule gov-
erning them.

The time from noon till four p. m. was

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spent in a general "get together" at the
House. Pictures were taken for The
Delta; the new initiates rubbed their pins,
took them off and looked at them, put them
on again, took them off and so on ad infin-
itum; Alumnus swapped old stories with
Alumnus; everybody admired Brother
Clarence E. Wood's wonderful pin;
Brother Woods, Inspector Palmour, and
"Uncle Bob" Walters, Chapter Adviser of
Delta Mu, made disparaging remarks con-
cerning the baldness of the others' heads,

G. W. Brown, A M; G. W. Milam, 5; L. F.
Weinman, A A.

The program at the installation banquet
seemed brief to all of us, although it looks
long in writing — its features were:

Brother Karl E. Whitaker, president,
Tampa Alumni Chapter, Toastmaster.

Invocation — Brother Oscar Palmour, In-
spector Second Division.

1. Presentation of Charter of Epsilon
Zeta Chapter of Sigma Nu — Brother
Clarence W. Woods, who for nineteen

The Original Ten
Nu Sigma

while Brother Blacklock, Chapter Adviser
of Epsilon Zeta, pated his still thick locks;
"bull sessions" galore flourished while
Epsilon Zeta and Delta Mu Sigs mingled
together.

At four o'clock all departed for Fleming
Field where the Stetson and Florida teams
were to clash that afternoon. The Stetson
team was out-weighed many pounds to the
man, but fought like tigers and held the
Orange and Blue "Gators" to twenty-one
points. Florida won, but not overwhelm-
ingly.

The members of Epsilon Zeta Chapter,
initiates and affiliates, are:

Founders: J. W. Dalton, T A; R. W.
Blacklock, T *; G. C. Alderman, H; W. H.
Tripp, H; G. W. Milam, 2.

Initiates: L. J. Tatom, H. M. Merchant,
G. W. Hartman, A. Crago, T. P. Green, R.

B. Hoskins, R. P. Redman, C. K. Barco,
E. R. Boswell, A. T. Hollinrake, J. R.
Gunn, T. D. Henley, A. C. Cooper, D. A.
Hunt, J. 0. Cox, J. Chaffin.

Pledges: C. C. Col ley, R. A. Simmons,

C. Brown, A. D. Williams, F. U. Mills, G.
C. Huie.

Sigma Nus at the University of Florida:
R. S. Blacklock, T *; C. A. Reese, B N;

years was Grand Recorder and Editor of
The Delta.

2. Acceptance of Charter — Brother
June Rawls Gunn, E Z.

3. University of Florida — Dr. James
M. Farr, vice-president, University of
Florida.

4. Sigma Nu in the State of Florida —
Brother Thomas M. Mc II vain, vice-presi-
dent, Jacksonville Alumni Chapter.

5. Sigma Nu at Stetson — Brother Neill
S. Jackson, Commander, Delta Mu Chap-
ter.

6. What Sigma Nu will be at Florida —
Brother R. S. Blacklock, Chapter Adviser.
Epsilon Zeta Chapter.

7. The Brotherhood — Brother Joseph
W. Dalton, pioneer Sigma Nu at Univer-
sity of Florida.

8. Welcome to Florida — Mr. Herbert
G. Ford, A T O, for the fraternities at
Florida.

9. Introspection — Brother Clarence E.
Woods.

Brother Woods enthused the assembled
group with his oratory in the "Introspec-
tion." Brothers Whitaker and Palmour
also were enjoyed to the utmost. Brother
George W. Milam, who made out the pro-

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gram and wisely omitted his name from it,
was the butt of much good humor, when
the toastmaster called on him and rallied
him for omitting his name.

Prominent Alumni were present from
many parts of the state. They enjoyed the
ceremonies, the meeting of the active men,
the renewals of old friendships, the Stet-
son-Florida football game, in a word,
missed not a thing. Among those present
were Brothers Clarence E. Woods, Z, Past
Grand Recorder and Editor of The Delta;
Oscar Palmour, K, Inspector of the Second
Division; "Uncle Bob" Walters, Chapter
Adviser, Delta Mu; R. W. Blacklock, T *,
Chapter Adviser of Epsilon Zeta; A. H.
Odom, H, Palatka; G. W. Brown, A M,
Lawtey; John D. Harris, A M, St. Peters-
burg; S. H. Harris, A M, St. Petersburg;
John C. Ainsworth, A M, Mason City, 111.;
Karl E. Whitaker, A T, president, Tampa
Alumni Chapter; Harry R. Delcher, 2,
Tampa; C. A. Reese, B N, Gainesville;
Harry W. Fogg, A N, Eustis; Joseph W.
Dal ton, r A, Tampa; Guy B. Zewadski,

T N, Tampa; W. L. Getzen, B *, Webster
and Lakeland; L. F. Weinman, A A.

The following members came over from
Delta Mu: Brothers Neill S. Jackson,
Commander, Edward J. Semi, R. S. Brad-
ley, L. E. Parker, Lloyd N. Wheeler, Fran-
cis P. Whitehair, Robert C. Davis, Alger
A. Smart, D. J. Byrnes, P. F. Enwright,
Clarence C. Magruder, H. B. Weston, and
Pledges Pope, Fowler, Kunkle, Johnson,
Roland.

A wonderful time was had by all. Epsi-
lon Zeta Chapter wishes to take this op-
portunity to thank the men that made this
occasion possible; Brothers Albert H. Wil-
son, Past Regent; Brother Clarence E.
Woods, Past Grand Recorder; Inspector
Palmour, Delta Mu Chapter, and many
friends throughout the country. Especially
are we grateful- to Delta Mu Chapter.
Without wishing to boast, I wish to pre-
dict that Delta Mu and Epsilon Zeta will
take possession of the State of Florida and
make it a Sigma Nu State.

Grand Chapter Entertainments

[The following letter to the High Council and General Secretary has been sent to the
Editor with the request that it be given publication. It was put in type for the October
Delta but "squeezed out" in the make-up.

The letter is in response to some criticism in the February Delta. This- criticism was
directed at entertainments which have the sanction of custom at our National Meeting.
There has been a remarkable interest displayed in the entire matter. Some Brothers desire
to emphasize the entertainment feature, others feel that time is too precious and wish more
time for personal association with the delegates. We have been surprised at the number
of undergraduate Brothers who have expressd themselves as among this latter class. If
you have steam up, let us hear from you. — The Editor.]

Having read the many flattering com-
ments in the February Delta, the St. Louis
Alumni feel amply repaid for their efforts
in entertaining the 19th Grand Chapter.

However, the question of the advisabil-
ity of holding future Grand Chapters in
large cities has been raised and regret has
been expressed by some that too much
time was devoted to pleasurable diversions.
The St. Louis Alumni Chapter feels that
these things should be decided by the High
Council for the guidance of future Grand
Chapter committees. The local Alumni
are particularly interested in entertaining
hospitably, but economically and feel that
the Fraternity should benefit by experi-
ence of past Grand Chapters.

The cost of entertaining the 19th Grand

Chapter was $4,103.00. A registration fee
of $5.00 was collected from each of the
232 visiting Brothers and each of the 101
local Brothers, which fee was set aside
for the cost of the banquet, therefore, it is
readily seen that the larger expenses of
entertainment were borne by the local
Alumni in the Convention City, and by the
Chapters in the Division.

Since dissatisfaction has been expressed
in the February Delta, the St Louis
Alumni Chapter feels that Alumni Chap-
ters in cities where future Grand Chap-
ters are to be held, should be advised offi-
cially concerning the character and extent
of the entertainment desired by the Grand
Chapter, in order to prevent any improvi-
dent expenditures.

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The Delay of this Issue

This issue of The Delta has been delayed by the order of the High Council which
wished to give publicity to the Life Membership Endowment Campaign.

The March issue is already partly made up and will be out on time insofar as the
work of the office is concerned and insofar as we can control the printing and publishing.

The regular departments dropped out of this issue for lack of space will be resumed in
the next issue.

The Inspectors'
Conference

The first conference of Inspectors at the
General Offices was held in connection with
the High Council meet-
ing on November 12th
and 13th.

The General Secretary's report to the
Eighteenth Grand Chapter in Cleveland,
contained a recommendation that a confer-
ence of the Inspectors should be held at
the General Offices in the alternate years
between Grand Chapters. This recom-
mendation was adopted but no meeting
was attempted in the midst of the war
period so that the recent conference was
the first one actually held.

This meeting amply justified the wis-
dom of its provision as an additional per-
manent activity of Sigma Nu.

It is impossible for any official of the
Fraternity to render the best possible serv-
ice without being in personal touch with
the General Offices as well as with the
General Officers.

The conference met on Friday morning,
September 12th, at 10 a. m. All of the
Divisions except five were represented.
Every point of the work of the Inspector
was discussed in detail.

The experience of each was made avail-
able for all. The educational and frater-
nal became more firmly fixed in the minds
of these leaders and, last but not least,
there was a deepening of the personal
bonds of Brotherhood by the very fact of
these Brothers representing every section

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of the United States coming together for
these two days.

The personnel of this body of college
men, all busy and successful in their pro-
fessional life, is such as to make one more
proud than ever of being a Sigma Nu.

Dropping their individual business
cares, they came and spent two full days
in consideration of Fraternity matters and
in fellowship together.

Lack of space prevents the printing of
the entire proceedings, which would be
well worth while.

Aside from the general discussion the
meeting placed itself squarely on record
for a new minimum standard of scholar-
ship (referred to elsewhere) and for the
endowment fund campaign.

Such other subjects were discussed as
"The Why?" of the Division Convention,
Time, Place, Program: How to conduct
Inspections; The Inspector and the Ad-
viser; The Accounting System; The In-
spector and College Authorities.

Action was taken asking that some form
of song grace for general use of Chapters
be presented to the next Grand Chapter.
A committee was appointed for this pur-
pose consisting of Inspectors Phillips and
Segur and Grand Chaplain Sampey.

The personal impressions of the Confer-
ence by Past Editor John C. Scott, which
appear elsewhere, will reflect many inter-
esting sidelights of the Conference.

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The college fraternity seems in the main

to have been accepted as a permanent

part in the educational

The Fraternity as world in America. Its

An Educational . .

institution members have run into

the hundreds of thou-
sands and its property interests into the
millions. College administrations show an
increasing spirit of co-operation and a bet-
ter understanding of the fundamental pur-
poses of the fraternities.

This is shown in furnishing compara-
tive grades to the fraternities, in the build-
ing of fraternity houses on the campus and
in frequent loans of capital for building
purposes.

All this means that certain definite and
growing responsibilities on the part of the
fraternity itself are increasingly clear.

The executive and administrative lead-
ership should be on a par with that of the
colleges themselves. We hope to see the
time when Sigma Nu shall be financially
able to "lift" a Brother of real educa-
tional leadership for our own executive.
Sigma Nu ideals are an essential part of
a well rounded education. Education is
more than material and more than that
which is revealed by the curriculum of the
modern college.

The cultural and fraternal elements
which have all but disappeared from the
modern college with its great emphasis on
the material side of education and its vast
numbers, must be emphasized by idealism
of the Fraternity.

The emphasis on scholarship should,
therefore, be something more than a mat-
ter of grades.

Sigma Nu, therefore, in our judgment
ought to be looking toward establishing
in the near future, scholarships by which
one Senior each year shall be retained in
charge of Chapter scholarship and inci-
dentally take his own master's degree.

A Chapter House should be owned by
every Chapter. These Houses should be

comfortable homes presided over by a
"Chapter Mother" and with the fraternal
and cultural atmosphere of homes. The
fine social atmosphere of that home, and
its local reputation, should be as jealously
guarded as that of the homes of our own
parents.

A home of this kind is not necessarily
"the most expensive house in town" and
often fails to be such a home because of
this fact. It does, however, cost more
money than can usually be provided by
any one Chapter at any one time.

All the above ideals will require a new
financial basis. Hence the campaign to
increase our permanent funds.

The forepart of The Delta this month
is given up to a prospectus of our Endow-
ment Campaign. This
TheEndowment material is published

as received from the
hands of Brother George A. Smith, the
chairman of the campaign committee.

The needs of such a campaign, from the
standpoint of the Editor-General Secre-
tary, are stated in the current editorial on
"The Fraternity as an Educational Insti-
tution.*' None of the three objectives of
Sigma Nu, as they appear to us, can be
attained without a great increase in our
financial resources. If we are to be a real
and potent part of the educational system
of our country, as we are, we must be
placed financially where we can fully em-
brace our opportunity and perform our
tasks. When we, as Brothers, see this, we
will as gladly finance our Fraternity as we
have our Almae Matres.

Not only should there be an immediate
and decided response to the proposed cam-
paign to increase our reserve funds, but
there are, we believe, many Sigma Nus
who, could they see the fine type of work
now being done, would be glad to put
codicils to their wills leaving larger sums

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THE DELTA

The Eighteenth
Division

to endow properly the work of our great
Brotherhood.

On the revival of Delta Chapter the
High Council authorized a better arrange-
ment of our administra-
tive districts in that re-
gion if possible. Our
experience in covering the old First Di-
vision last spring made us appreciate
this provision.

Under the new arrangement South Caro-
lina has been taken out of the Second Di-
vision and North Carolina from the First
and the two organized into a new Division,
the Eighteenth.

This Division now consists of three
Chapters — Psi at the University of North
Carolina, Beta Tau at North Carolina
State College and Delta at the University
of South Carolina.

The new Inspector of this Division is
Brother Rayford K. Adams, M. D., of
Raleigh, North Carolina. Brother Adams
is an Alumnus of Psi Chapter and has
been for some years the Adviser of Beta
Tau. Brother Adams lives at the seat of
one Chapter and is in driving distance of
another. He is therefore admirably lo-
cated and will, we predict, make a fine
leader for the new Division. The Gen-
eral Secretary has promised to meet with
the Chapter representatives in perfecting
a Division Association. Here's to the
Eighteenth Division.

New
Inspectors

The directory this month records the

names of new Inspectors for the First,

Fourth, Eleventh, and

Eighteenth Divisions.

Of the last Brother R.

K. Adams, ♦, we have already spoken

under the new Division.

In the Eleventh, Brother Orville M.
Barnett, P, succeeds Brother H. H. Lynch,

who has rendered several years of good
service. Brother Barnett is the attorney
for the University of Missouri to which
he devotes his entire time. He has been
a faithful worker in Sigma Nu for many
years and is thoroughly familiar with both
educational and fraternal problems.

In the Fourth Division, Brother James
E. Moffat, B H, succeeds Brother Alfred
C. Evans, B B, who has recently become
the general attorney for the Monon Rail-
road System, with offices in Chicago.
Brother Moffat is a member of the Fac-
ulty of his Alma Mater and is often out in
the State teaching in the university ex-
tension work. This Inspector is also pro-
moted from Adviser of Beta Eta Chapter,
which has made a fine development under
his leadership.

In the First Division the Inspector is
Brother Clarence A. Short, one of the
founders of Delta Kappa Chapter, some-
time professor of engineering in his Alma
Mater and a leading business man of his
State. Brother Short has likewise been
his Chapter's Adviser for several years.

All these Brothers measure up to the
fine type of professional as well as Fra-
ternity men which we demand for officials
in Sigma Nu, and whose generous serv-
ice has made her what she is.

Almost all our Chapters are reporting
lists of pledges again this year which in-
sure Chapters for sev-
eral years to come of a
size which makes the
old Alumnus, with his ideal of a limit of
fifteen or twenty men, "sit up and take
notice."

It was thought last year that the un-
usual number of initiates could be attrib-
uted to the war, as it was. The influx
of the students to the colleges, however,
seems to be permanent This makes for
the present at least larger Chapters in all

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the Fraternities and ultimately more Chap-
ters. This is the only solution.

The question now confronts our Chap-
ters as to the proper process of making
good Sigma Nus of the large number of
pledges. Always an important question,
it now becomes a vital one. Already we
see tendencies in some large Chapters to
break up among themselves into cliques
and to lower the standards of Sigma Nu.

The solution of these questions must
begin with the pledges.

First, there must be in every Chapter
House the maintenance of wholesome dis-
cipline. Without this the certain out-
come of that Chapter can be forecast and
it is not a pleasant one. We once thought
there was too much discipline, too many
rules for the freshmen, now we know
there are often too* few. The best dis-
cipline is indicative of example. When
the upperclassmen do not observe the na-
tional Chapter House Rules, and when
they hold lightly their solemn obligations
as a Knight, they cannot expect to im-
press these ideals on others.

Secondly, if pledges are to make real
Sigma Nus they must be carefully edu
cated in our history, traditions, and ideals.
If they do not know these, they are with
out the only bond which can hold to
gether the increasingly large Chapters.
They should be able to pass examina
tions upon our History, our Creed, our
Declaration of Principles, our national
Chapter House Rules, and, last but not
least, the form of our organization, both
local and national.

Thirdly, the Freshmen ought to be care-
fully taught how to study. Many fine
fellows do not find themselves in these
days until too late, when they are in the
lower one-third or one-fourth of the Fresh-
man class which the overcrowded institu-
tions deliberately intended to "squeeze
out." We recently visited a Chapter
where every Freshman had failed in his
mid-term examinations. A general fail-

Three New
Chapters

ure of that kind is always an indictment
of the Chapter itself. Lack of rules, dis-
cipline, and example on the part of the
upperclassmen is absolutely certain.

It was with considerable misgivings
that the High Council and General Offi-
cers consented to the
unprecedented program
of handing down three
petitions to the Fraternity at one time.
All three, however, had passed their Di-
visions and were ready for final action.
It was difficult, if not impossible, to choose
between them as their claims so nearly
summed up as equal.

The Chapters, however, have declared
their choice in the referendum which
closed on October 19, and have admitted
all three.

The group of petitioners at the Uni-
versity of Wyoming, becomes Epsilon
Delta Chapter. It has been organized
eight years and has the strong Denver
Alumni Chapter behind it. Located in a
university which, on account of oil fields
on its lands, has increased its income by
one and a half million dollars in the past
few months, this new Chapter owns her
own House, and is already set for a big
record in Sigma Nu.

The Oklahoma Agricultural College was
opened to the Fraternities last year. It is
one of the future great institutions of the
Southwest. In their period of probation,
the petitioners made rapid headway and
Epsilon Epsilon Chapter takes her place
in Sigma Nu with the aid and godspeed
of her sister at the University of Okla-
homa. Hand in hand these two Chapters
will ride the crest of the wave ' in this
newly and rapidly developing State, and
enhance our fraternal relations in a field
scarcely touched as yet.

The Florida group, the youngest of the
three, grew out of a half dozen stray Sigs

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The Fraternity
and Athletics

who formed themselves together at the
State University. They began the Nu
Sigma Club and pledged a number of men
and went right after a charter. This year
eight Sigs came to college at Florida in
anticipation of the new Chapter. Though
the youngest petitioners, Epsilon Zeta
Chapter is not lacking in the least in spirit
nor in position in either the State or the
University.

Never has such a healthy set of triplets
been born — and they surely speak well for
this departure in our Fraternity's pro-
gram of expansion. These three State
universities will become strongholds of
Sigma Nu.

The post-war period is being character-
ized by an increasing return to excesses in
college and out of* col-
lege. It is more true
today than when uttered
a couple of decades ago that "over every-
thing save our virtues may be written "too
much."

A recent article in The Outlook on "Is
the Athlete an Ass?" should be read by
every college man. Also the succeeding
article in the same issue (December 1) on
"A Response in 'Perspiration'."

There is no doubt that athletic sports
constitute the best form of necessary physi-
cal exercise for most young men, combin-
ing as it does healthful activity in the
open with generous rivalry which gives
healthful recreation.

There is equally no doubt of detriment
to the one who specializes in athletics to
the point of loss in his studies; also of
the all too frequent cases of handicap for
life because of some form of physical
over-strain.

The man who gets the most out of ath-
letics is frequently the man who puts in
the amount of physical activity which be-
longs to normal recreation. Athletics,

New Chapter
Houses

therefore, are frequently of more value to
the men who do not make the team.

The above heading has become so com-
mon in this Department as to be left
standing since its
necessary re-occurrence
in every issue.

To the thirteen new Houses mentioned
in the last Delta, there have been added
fine homes purchased by Upsilon at the
University of Texas, Gamma Epsilon at
Lafayette College, and Delta Sigma at
Carnegie Tech.

In addition to the above, our new Chap-
ter, Epsilon Delta, at the University of
Wyoming, owns its own House, thus mak-
ing four new Houses since the last issue
and seventeen since last year.

We believe that there will be at least
three other new Houses to be announced
in the next issue. Let the good work go
on.

A Reasonable
Ideal

The Inspectors' Conference, after pro-
longed discussion of the problem of
scholarship, adopted by
a unanimous vote the
following resolution:

Be it resolved, that it is the sense of this
Inspectors' Conference that the High Coun-
cil should require each Collegiate Chapter
to maintain scholarship standing at least
equal to the average standing of the men
in its institution and that provision be
made for the indorsement of this require-
ment by an appropriate factor.

This resolution presents a very reason-
able ideal of Fraternity scholarship.

It will be noticed that the proposed
requirement is not the average of the fra-
ternities of the school but rather that our
Chapters in order to be in good standing
shall as a Chapter make the average grade

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of the male student in their institution.

Any fraternity which cannot maintain
that standard has something vitally wrong
with its organization and is a very real
peril to the whole Fraternity movement.
When such a record becomes habitual the
college administration has a right to ask
as was recently done in several cases in
one institution that the deficient organi-
zations either "pull up or pull out."

This standard is soon going to be
adopted everywhere and if any of our
Chapters are wavering around this danger
line they should begin now to "pull up."

A word of warning is needed concern-
ing the Dormitory system which is now
coming into general use.
When it is good it is
the best possible sys-
tem since it takes the Brothers out of the
vitiated air of the study rooms during the
hours of sleep. When the dormitories are
insufficiently ventilated, however, they are
the most dangerous contrivances in the
world as regards health. We have visited
some Chapter Houses where the sleeping
quarters have been improvised from the

The Chapter
House and Health

third story of Houses built for private
residences, which positively perils health.

Where there is no college medical offi-
cer the Commander of every such House
should employ a competent medical ad-
viser to look over the sleeping quarters
and advise as per the possible cubic feet
of air per capita. Twenty to forty men
sleeping in one room without the most
constant change of air is a positive danger.

Do not allow ignorance to rule in the
seats of learning.

The high rates of postage, the constantly

rising schedule for composition, and the

unprecedented prices of

paper, are working a

terrific hardship on the

fraternity magazines.

Five of the late issues of our leading
contemporaries lie on our desk as we
write. The average number of pages for
the five is only 85.

Only the wise provision of the Nine-
teenth Grand Chapter, which doubled the
subscription price of The Delta, makes
it possible for us to continue to run with
a minimum of 160 pages.

Oar Lean
Contemporaries

A Credit Disclaimed and a Credit Deserved.

In the October issue of The Delta, Brother Walter J. Sears was credited
as being the author of the inscription on the Founders Memorial erected at the

Eave of Brother Hopkins. This credit should have been given to Brother Hal
Lynch, the designer of the monument.

Brother Sears had been selected by the High Council to prepare a suit-
able wording of the inscription. Instead of this, Brother Sears simply endorsed
a proposed wording submitted directly to him by Brother Lynch, instead of pre-
paring one of his own, and states that full credit should be given Brother
Lynch. The Editor knew nothing of the correspondence between these two
Brothers. Hence the credit to the Brother who had been officially selected for
this service. Inadvertently the description of the dedication of the memorial
which was sent in as a contributed article failed to credit Brother Lynch as the
designer of the monument. He not only designed it, but supervised its con-
struction as a labor of love to the Fraternity.

We are glad to make these corrections and acknowledgment of the services
of this our Brother.

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How to Succeed in Study

And Yet Find Time for Outside Activities

By Henry Louis Smith, President, Washington and Lee University

[The following article by President Smith, of Washington and Lee, was written as one
of a series of educational Bulletins which are published monthly by the university upon
such subjects as "On Getting Rich," "A Letter to the American High School Student/*
"The Cash Value of Book Learning/' "Working One's Way Through College," 'The Value
of Morale," "University Training for Big Business."

The following suggestions are so pertinent that we have reprinted the entire article,
with the kindly consent of the author.]

Peaceful seclusion and scholastic quiet
are no longer characteristic of our institu-
tions of learning. The American college
arid boarding school of today has become
such a whirlwind center of "outside activi-
ties/'— social, athletic, musical, religious,
journalistic, dramatic, — that the casual
observer, looking on from the outside, can-
not see "where the studying comes in," and
many young men who left home to obtain
a college education are led by campus
pressure to substitute for it a varied as-
sortment of courses in college life.

To serious-minded students beset by
such conflicting claims and earnestly de-
siring to utilize for their all-round develop-
ment both college life and college studies,
the following suggestions are offered.
They are born of long and sympathetic
experience, and are presented with full
confidence that in them will be found a
solution of the problem, unless the requi-
site wisdom and will-power to follow them
are lacking.

First. Systematize your daily Program
of Work and Play.

Time is your most valuable possession.
By utilizing for intensive study the odd
half and quarter hours now wasted, you
can probably save an hour each day for
outside activities or recreation. Have a
daily program and the backbone to stick
to it. Never drift through a day. Drive
your ship of life under its own steam along
a self-chosen course toward some definite
goal regardless of wind or tide.

Cultivate promptness and quick decision

even in the smallest matters. Despise
dawdling over anything, and shun the habit
of postponement as you would a loathsome
disease. Take a savage pleasure in doing
promptly the things you hate but know you
ought to do.

In short, organize, systematize, and
speed up your daily routine and you will
double your legitimate leisure, without in
the least diminishing your daily output of
regular work.

Second. Limit your outside Activities,
and be wise enough and strong enough to
Cut out purposeless Loafing and useless
Recreations.

Such' indoor sedentary recreations as
chess, cards, pool, picture shows, drug-
store and hotel loafing, novel reading and
theater-going may be suitable for other
. people but for students in college or board-
ing school are a foolish waste of precious
time. Invest most of your leisure time in
manly, competitive, strenuous sports and
games, preferably in the open air, and gain
on the one investment a half-dozen divi-
dends. Such recreations test the mind, in-
vigorate the body, strengthen the will,
quicken the judgment, make the bodily
senses alert, and train the participant in
habits of fairness, loyalty, and co-opera-
tion.

Do not make the common and harmful
mistake of joining too many organizations.
Investigate the merits of each. Some min-
ister to childish vanity but are devoid of
real campus value; some are merely time-
wasters; some are positively harmful;

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while many are of great benefit if wisely
utilized.

In general, choose both your recreations
and organizations with reference to their
real and permanent value in your own all-
round development and future welfare,
rather than their present pleasantness or
temporary value.

Third. Learn to Study Always with
White-hot Concentration.

This will not only rapidly develop men-
tal power now undreamed of, but will en-
able you to do your work in half the time,
thus solving the problem of securing suc-
cess in study and ample time for outside
activities.

Try these three suggestions :

A. Make your surroundings favorable
to intense undivided concentration during
your chosen times for study. If you can-
not do this, have wisdom and backbone
enough to seek a new and more favorable
location.

B. Invent and adopt Methods of Stimu-
lating your Concentration. Study in com-
petition with others. With your watch

open before you, study against time. In
studying, read a paragraph with intense
attention, then spend the same number of
minutes, with your eyes shut, recalling
every word of it. Try a mercilessly ap-
plied system of personal rewards and pun-
ishments, forcing yourself to earn such
rewards as playtime, recreations, picture
shows, trips, and social pleasures, and
penalizing yourself for neglected duties,
failures and wasted time.

C. And finally, -Learn to Concentrate
your Attention on a Subject as a matter of
Willpower^ regardless of its intrinsic in-
terest or attractiveness. Until you can do
this, you have still the untrained mind of
a child whatever your age, appearance, or
college degrees. This ability to control
the attention is at once the chief end of all
college training and its most accurate
measure. It is the infallible sign of men-
tal maturity, die steppingstone to intellec-
tual power, the surest guarantee of future
success. To master a distasteful study by
sheer power of will is the most valuable
exercise in your whole college curriculum.

Scholarship Table

Our Scholarship Table is still rather
slender in proportion, and covers only re-
ports up to the end of the last college year,
ending June, 1920. The first semester of
this year is not yet finished, and we hope
we may report better showings on the part
of our Chapters in our March issue.

Colleges, not listed below, either re-
ported statistics unavailable or have failed
to answer our inquiries. In general we
are receiving cordial co-operation and as-
sistance from college authorities. We ask

college officers who read this to place Sig-
ma Nu on their mailing list for scholarship
data and also invite co-operation from our
Alumni in Facultate and from our Chap-
ters in securing this valuable information.
This Fraternity is promoting better
scholarship and it is only through knowl-
edge of present conditions that we are en-
abled to help our Chapters.

Capitals below emphasize first place in
ranking of national Fraternities:

Nu (Kansas) — Ninth among 15 fraternities.
Rho (Missouri) — Fourth among 16 fraternities.
Psi (North Carolina) — Thirteenth among 13 fraternities.
BETA BETA (DePauw) — First among 11 fraternities.
Beta Kappa (Kansas Agric) — Second among 6 fraternities.
Beta Nu (Ohio State) — Sixteenth among 20 fraternities.
Beta Phi (Tulane) — Third among 15 fraternities.
Beta Chi (Stanford) — Seventh among 22 fraternities.
•Beta Psi (California) — Thirty-fourth among 34 fraternities.
Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech) — Sixth among 14 fraternities.
Gamma Beta (Northwestern) — Ninth among 11 fraternities.
Gamma Gamma (Albion) — First among 4 fraternities.

•Our announcement in the October number that Beta Psi was first in scholarship last
year, was in error — Beta Psi was last. An explanation of this curious mistake will be
found on the next page.

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Gamma Epailon (Lafayette) — Second among 13 fraternities.
Gamma Kappa (Colorado) — Tenth among 13 fraternities.
Gamma Lambda (Wisconsin) — Fifth among 30 fraternities.
Gamma 'Mu (Illinois) — Seventh among 38 fraternities.
Gamma Nu (Michigan) — Twenty-eighth among 29 fraternities.
Gamma Xi (Missouri Mines) — Third among 5 fraternities. '
Gamma Pi (West Virginia) — Sixth among 10 fraternities.
Gamma Rho (Chicago) — Fourteenth among 24 fraternities.
Gamma Phi (Montana) — Third among 3 fraternities.
DELTA EPSILON (Oklahoma)— First among 8 fraternities.
DELTA ZETA (Western Reserve)— First among 11 fraternities.
Delta Eta (Nebraska) — Second among 16 fraternities.
Delta Lambda (Brown) — Fourteenth among 19 fraternities.
Delta Xi (Nevada) — Second among 3 fraternities.
Delta Omicron (Idaho) — Second among 4 fraternities.
Delta Upsilon (Colgate) — Second among 11 fraternities.
Delta Psi (Bowdoin) — Seventh among 10 fraternities.
Epsilon Alpha (Arizona) — Third among 3 fraternities.

Notable Chapters and Their Notables

Scholarly Achievements of Record

Sigma Nu Last at California

Our boast in the October Delta that
Beta Psi Chapter lead all — forty-five — or-
ganizations, proved to be a boomerang.
Instead of first place, Beta Psi stood at the
foot of the class — forty-fifth in all organ- '
izations and thirty-fourth in all fraterni-
ties. Our information came from Brother
L. A. Frei, B % who Bent us a clipping
from the S<m Francisco Bulletin which
carried the story. It was backed up, we
supposed, by authoritative data from the
University of California itself in the shape
of its scholarship tables.

Curiously, the university compiles its
tables of fraternity scholarship with the
lowest standings first and the highest
standings last— exactly opposite from the
methods of all other universities from
which we get reports. Therefore, we feel
that our error, and the error of Brother
Frei and the newspapers on the Coast,
though made greatly to our regret, is en-
tirely pardonable.

It is with much greater regret, however,
that we find such an announcement pos-
sible. It is a serious reflection upon a
Chapter to bring up the rear among so
large a number of fraternities. No doubt

the publicity which has resulted from the
error in the announcement will arouse the
consciences of our Brothers in Beta Psi
and focus the influence of the Alumni, too,
upon improving conditions of scholarship
in the Chapter.

"In regard to an article that appeared
in the October Delta under the heading
'Sigma Nu First at California,* writes
Brother Winfield Scott Wellington, Re-
porter of Beta Psi, 4it is my regretful duty
to inform you that this is not so. In fact,
instead of being first, Beta Psi was last.
The clipping was published as a result of
the ignorance of a reporter in retard to
the system of grading employed here at
California.

"Although Beta Psi was last on the list
of last semester, I am glad to say that
from all reports so far this semester, she
is steadily climbing toward a higher
mark."

Realizing that other fraternity editors
have read our previous boast (and our
Alumni and Chapters as well) we insert
this retraction under the heading where
the original article appeared, although the
achievement is far from scholarly and
notorious rather than notable.

A Life Sentence

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Prize A ward

The Delta's Prize Book this time is 'Theodore Roosevelt," by William Roscoe Thayer.
The publishers have put this new book out in an inexpensive edition in order to promote
the American ideals embodied in the life of this eminent American, and we are glad
to avail ourselves of the opportunity to aid in this work. The Delta's prize is always
worth winning.

The prize for the Chapter Letter belongs to Brother John R. Fair, Beta Eta. Not only
a model in news and diction, his letter is concise and to the point. We would call your
attention especially to the definite and direct portrayal by name, place, and fact of the
various activities of the Chapter and its members.

Honorable mention covers a larger class— the best are Beta Kappa, Beta Nu, Gamma
Lambda, Gamma Nu, Gamma Upsilon, and Delta Tau.

Reporters, do not forget the Chapter Letter awards cover more than the letter — Alumni
Notes and general fraternity news.

100% Record

The Editor proudly reports a 100% record this issue — a Letter from each Chapter,
including also two of our three newly installed youngsters — Epsilon Delta, at Wyoming and
Epsilon Zeta at Florida.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Beta Chapter

At the close of the college year 1920-
1921, Beta Chapter made plans for the
coming year. In brief, these plans in-
cluded some improvements to our House,
a regular "go-get-'em" system for the fall
rushing, and a program of intensive work
for the Brothers.

To date the above plans have worked
out as follows: The walls of our House
were painted during the summer, and a
complete set of new furniture was pur-
chased for the new "Blue Room," in which
room, by the way, we should like to en-
tertain many visiting Brothers this year.

Twenty-three of last year's men returned
this year; and the new system of rushing
netted us eight pledges, whose past rec-
ords and future prospects are worthy of
mention here. Three of these new men are
products of Stone School, Boston, Mass.,

Goward and Davis having been members
of the varsity crew there. The third mem-
ber of this New England trio, Otis, is an
ex-soldier of the Canadian Army. Wash-
ington, D. G, is represented among our

pledges by Steven May, Walker, and

Morgan (Happy) Birge. May's accom-
plishments include service as life guard at
the municipal bathing beach, for which
Steve was given honorable mention in the
Washington newspapers.

The real Southern boys among our
pledges are Claude Ramsey, from Ashe-
ville, N. C, and Reeves, from Tu-
pelo, Miss., a brother of "Red" Reeves, a
member of Beta Chapter last year, and the
younger Reeves comes with excellent
scholarship records. Ramsey was our
guest many times last year. He has an
enviable record in his work on the Uni-
versity's weekly publication, College Top-
ics, and he has been made athletic editor
for this year.

JOHN J. MORRIS, JR., Reporter.

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA

Delta Chapter

The first official meeting of Delta Chap-
ter since its revival was held September 16,
1920, at the Jefferson Hotel. As Delta
Chapter has been dormant since 1897, our
revival held in August was indeed a glor-
ious one. With the return of nine charter
members of "Sigma Delta Nu," we have
succeeded in pledging eight good men who
promise to make a worthy name for Delta
Chapter. The following men returned
this fall: Van Meter, Roper, Gaillard,
Reeves, McCarley, Beasley, Marion, Wil-
son, Porter, and Connor.

New Brothers initiated are: John A.
Chase, Samuel C. Jefferies, Claude E.
King, Campbell P. Laney, John C. Smith,
A. Jerome Beck, Hubert C. Cox, and
Claudius A. Sherrill.

The campus honors won by Delta rep-
resentatives are, in brief: Brother Beck,
president, Senior (academic) Class; presi-
dent student body; manager, varsity foot-
ball; secretary, Athletic Association; re-
corder and vice-president, Clariosophic
Literary Society; president, Anderson
County Club; Social Cabinet; and Ger-
man Club. In Brother Beck we have one
of the most influential men on the campus.
He underwent the torments of rushing, by
the four fraternities in the university.
After deliberation, he clearly saw what to
do and now flashes the White Star of
Sigma Nu. Brother Hubert Cox was
elected treasurer of German Club; assist-
any manager, varsity football; Social Cab-
inet; and member, Law Association.
Brother Troy Beasley is cadet sergeant-
major of R 0. T. C. Brother J. F. Van
Meter, Gamma Nu, is treasurer, State
Inter-collegiate Tennis Association, and
member, varsity tennis team. Brother
"Wyn" Marion is holding down the posi-
tion of right tackle on the varsity squad.
Brother L. N. Connor is treasurer, Euphta-
dian Literary Society; vice-president,
Drama Club; Social Cabinet; and is on the
staff of the two student publications.
Brother Claude King is assistant to the
university boxing instructor.

We regret very much the loss of the few
charter members who did not return this
fall. Brother Clarence Wilson entered the

medical school at Washington and Jeffer-
son. Brother R. C. Thompson, '20, ex-
editor of both the Gamecock, and the Caro-
linian, student publications, is a member
of the Faculty, department of English, of
Clemson Agricultural College. Other
Brothers not returning are: Edward Wim-
berly, St Matthews, S. C, who is engaged
in cotton business; T. E. Snelling, who is
in the fire insurance business in Greens-
boro, N. C; and Dwight W. Phillips, who
is in the cotton trade at Springfield, S. C.
Prospects for Delta could hardly be bet-
ter or brighter. With every man full of
enthusiasm and determined to keep Sigma
Nu ace high at Carolina, we shall en-
deavor to make every man who struggled
for our revival proud of Delta. And as
one Brother has said, "With the traditions
of our Fraternity in mind and the Spirit
of Sigma Nu in our hearts, we cannot
fail."

L. N. CONNOR, Reporter.

BETHANY COLLEGE

Epsilon Chapter

* The 1920-21 session of Bethany College
opened September 21 with the following
men returned to Epsilon, and eager to do
and give their best for their school and
Fraternity: Brothers Finis W. Dunn, Vin-
son H. Bixler, Paul B. Sutton, Russell H.
Rosenberg, Donald R. Hershberger, Ern-
est M. Reinhold, Jr., Sheridan L. Lloyd,
Floyd L. Carlisle, Leigh L. Darsie, Paul
D. Shafer, W. Reno Ford, William S.
Herbster, Homer E. Davis, Herbert E.
Walter.

Two new Brothers have been initiated
this fall: Henry W. Taylor of Bethany,
W. Va., who was pledged here last year,
and Denton D. McCormick of Cameron, W.
Va.

Our House is in excellent condition. Ex-
tensive repairs have been made which,
along with a little paint, give the house a
pleasing appearance.

Much is expected this year from Beth-
any's football team. Coach Harry M. Bu-
land from Cleary College, Mich., has com-
plete charge of the team. The Chapter is
represented by Brother Dunn, veteran
tackle; Brother Rosenberg, tackle and
backfield; Brother Lloyd, utility center.

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Epsilon is starting out this year with
representative men in every branch of
school activity. Brother Carlisle is presi-
dent of the Neotrophian Literary Society;
Brother Sutton is our representative on the
student council. We have three Class vice-
presidents: Brother Hershberger, Senior
Class; Brother Carlisle, Junior Class, and
Brother McCormick, Sophomore Class.
Pledge Cooke, who, at present, is not in
college, expects to return in the spring —
Cooke is our baseball captain. Brothers
Herbster, Shafer, and Carlisle are out for
the debating team. Brother Herbster
made the team last year and proudly wears
his Tau Kappa Alpha key. Brother Ford
is a member of the tennis team. Brother
Sutton is business manager of the Colle-
gian. Brother Carlisle is fraternity editor.

Among the Alumni and friends who
have visited us are: Brother E. H. Wray,
Buffalo, N. Y.; Brother R. S. Reid, Foll-
ansbee; Brother U. G. Palmer, Jr., Verona,
Pa.; Brother E. R. Porterfield, Steuben-
ville, Ohio; Brother P. B. Metzner, Wheel-
ing; Brother H. F. Molden, Wheeling; S.
J. Reno, Pittsburgh; W. J. Herbster, Pitts-
burgh, Pa. We are always glad to have
our Alumni and friends visit us and wish
to encourage such renewals of past friend-
ships.

LEIGH L. DARSIE, Reporter.

F. M. White as Marshal, Brother E. H.
Coachman as Reporter, and W. E. Swen-
son as Treasurer.

The year was begun with six pledges,
thirteen of last year's members having re-
turned. The pledges are: Gibson, Derby,
Herrington, Bennett, Hart, Daymore and
Davis. We have not yet completed our
pledging for this year.

Sixteen men make up the total of Sigma
Nu at Eta. One of our former members,
Brother J. L. C. Smith, is connected with
Mu Chapter at the University of Georgia.

We owe a large portion of our success
to the Alumni members of this Chapter,
now located in this city, and other Sigma
Nus residing near us. We feel very grate-
ful to our older Brothers in giving us their
aid and encouragement at all times. They,
as well as we, believe "success lies in
unity."

Out of the college football eleven, we
have one man on the team, and another
who wc feel sure will make it.

E. H. COACHMAN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Theta Chapter

MERCER UNIVERSITY

Eta Chapter

The members from last year all re-
turned except one Senior and two Fresh-
men, who were prevented from doing so
because of private financial affairs. To
fill their vacancies we have one man, who
has been out of college for a few years,
back with us. We also have two members
of other Chapters with us.

Every one of the members were on the
campus doing fraternity work several days
before the college was open.

The Chapter elected the following offi-
cers to serve this year: Brother P. Z. Geer
as Eminent Commander, Brother M. Jack-
son as Lieutenant-Commander, Brother
Houser Massey, a new initiate, as Chap-
lain, Brother Paul Lester as Recorder,
Brother C. E. Harper as Sentinel, Brother

We will begin this letter with the Sigma
Nu dance given by Theta in the university
gymnasium, last commencement. Visitors
from Alabama and other States were most
liberal in their praise. Decorations were
simple. "In the spring, a young man's
fancy . . ." In the spring of 1920, while
all Sigma Nus present stood with their
partners before the orchestra, a white rose
in each girl's hand, and Brother Farris H.
Batson sang "When You Look in the Heart
of a Rose," many a young man's fancy
turned — It was a moment for future mem-
ories to return.

Our twenty-three Brothers who answered
the silent call and returned to Theta this
term, are: Brothers F. Batson, E. Blue,
I. F. Blue, Branch, Cooper, Cory, Gardner,
E. Grimes, P. Grimes, Fitz, C. E. Hamil-
ton, G. Hamilton, Hood, Hicks, Ide, John-
son, Key, Laslie, Longshore, McCall, Mc-
Donald, Reynolds, and Walters. By these
men Sigma Nu is well represented in every
phase of college life. Brother Cooper is

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tackle on the varsity football squad.
Brother McDonald is business manager,
Crimson- White, Alabama's college weekly,
and Brother C. E. Hamilton is on the edi-
torial staff. Theta also has two presidents
— Brother Blue, president Pan-Hellenic
Council, and Brother Cooper, president
Sophomore Class. By Brother McCall we
are more than doubly represented for he
was elected by the Senior Class to the exec-
utive committee of the student government
association by the first year Law Class to
the Forensic Council, and by the student
body to the position of cheer leader, and
on the Forensic Council Brother Cory
serves as representative from the Senior
Law Class. Nor has the muse of music
been neglected, for we have on the glee
club Brothers Laslie, Ide and Fitz, and in
the university band Brothers Branch and
Fitz.

Just at present we are in the midst of
"Rush Week." Theta now has a round
dozen of pledges, all Alabamians: Thomas
Lane, Sylacanga; Charles Curtis, Tuske-
gee; Charles Jinks, Union Springs; Gor-
don Avery, Columbiana; James Doster,
Birmingham; John Kirk, Tuscaloosa;
Bruce Sargent, Russellville, and Carol
Smith, Ormand Somerville, John Steiner,
Earl Cobb, and Joe Brit, Montgomery.
Pledge Cobb is now one of the fleet-footed,
chosen to represent Alabama in the cross-
country races at Mississippi A. & M.

ARMSTRONG CORY, Reporter.

HOWARD COLLEGE
Iota Chapter

Aside from the Brothers lost through
graduation, all are back except one.

Brothers Walker and Robinson are
Iota's representatives on the football. team.
They are both quarterbacks; Brother
Walker is "first-string" while Brother Rob-
inson is his understudy.

Iota is exceptionally well represented on
the glee club. Nine "Sigs" are indus-
triously "oiling" their vocal cords in an-
ticipation of the first road trip which will
be made in the near future. This trip will
take in the principal towns of Alabama
and Mississippi. Brother Sims deserves
special credit for his splendid work as
manager and director.

Iota's opening reception will be October
29. Also every other Sunday afternoon,
Iota's House becomes a tea garden where
beautiful girls and happy boys while an
hour or two and indulge in refreshments
material as well. This is a custom which
Iota cherishes.

M. L. ROBINSON, Reporter.

NORTH GEORGIA
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Kappa Chapter

Kappa opened in September with a ma-
jority of last year's undergraduate Broth-
ers back. We have initiated two men and
pledged four. We take great pleasure in
introducing our newly made Brothers in
Sigma Nu: W. 0. Christopher, Douglas,
and C. E. Irvin, Anniston& Ala.; and
pledges T. E. Steele, Jackson ; R. E. Brook -
sher, Winder; Cal. Humber, Nona, and J.
H. Wiley, Macon, Ga.

We are well represented in football this
fall. Coach Baker is a Kappa man and
on the varsity we are represented by Broth-
ers G. E. Meaders, C. E. Irvin, C. Nichol-
son, and Pledge R. Booksher.

We were pleasantly surprised last month
by visits from old Brothers Homer Mead-
ers, ,W. Graham, W. J. Owens, and L. J.
Christopher.

Brother S. H. Christopher is business
manager of the Cyclops, the college an-
nual, this year. The college is publishing
a semi-monthly paper this year and Broth-
ers W. 0. Christopher and S. W. Snoots
are two of the editors.

Plans and preparations are being made
to raise a building fund so that in a few
more years Kappa may be established in a
home of her own.

Kappa is upholding the standard of Sig-
ma Nu in the R. 0. T. C. this year. Brother
C. White is captain in Q. M. C; S. H.
Christopher, adjutant; G. E. Meaders,
color sergeant; C. Nicholson, lieutenant,
and W. 0. Christopher, A. L. Young and
Perry Hill, corporals.

The Chapter is planning a dinner dance
at the "Mountain Inn" about the first jf
November, and an informal dance or two
this fall.

S. W. SNOOTS, Reporter.

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WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY

Lambda Chapter

We have returned twenty old men this
year and pledged nine first year men. The
pledges came from different parts of the
country and are: Frank Jackson and G.
W.^Fooshe, Memphis, Tenn.; J. G. Parker,
Portsmouth; H. A. Hall, D. M. Tucker and
J. K. Thomas, Charleston, W. Va.; J. H.
Baird, Independence, Mo.; D. E. French,
Bluefield, W. Va.; and J. B. Price, Beau-
mont, Texas.

We are represented on the football field
by Brother McDonald who was changed
from his position of fullback. to end this
year, also by pledges Tucker, Hall and
Thomas. Pledge Tucker has been declared
the find of the season — his playing to date
has been nothing less than spectacular and
his broken field running left nothing to
be desired. He was easily the individual
star of the game. Both Thomas and Hall
are first string substitutes. Brother Jones
is one of the assistant managers of the
team.

A call was recently made for track can-
didates and Brothers Carr and Page and
Pledges Fooshe and Jackson answered.

Brother Benford is president of the Pi
Alpha Nu Society, and Brother Musgrove
is president of the Cotillion Club, the lead-
in^ social club of the university.

Brother Ballard is Commander for this
year and Brother Taylor, Lieutenant Com-
mander.

In closing we urge all of our Alumni
and all Sigma Nus to pay us a visit some-
time during the year. We have lots of
room in the Chapter House!

CYRUS W. HALL, Reporter.

Brothers P. B. Ford, L. 0. Freeman, 0. S.
Willis, D. Lee Wicker, C. P. McRae, W. F.
Mims, Willis Walker, F. J. Frederick, M.
M. Smith, B. K. Upshaw, M. L. Hannahan,
T. J. Pritchett, and C. S. Short.

Mu also introduces her eleven new men:
Brother Carey J. Williams, Greensboro;
James M. Heath, Camilla; Joseph J.
Evans, Warrentown; William G. Johnston,
Thomaston; Donald B. Frederick, Mar-
shal lvi He; Osborne W. O'Quinn, Patter-
son; Ernest J. Haar, Savannah; LaBruce
Hannahan, Dothan, Ala.; William Gunn,
Columbus; William H. Isler, Waycross;
Charles J. Thornton, Atlanta.

Also we have three affiliates, Brothers E.
J. Willis, T A; Whaley Graham, K; LL
C. Smith, H.

In college activities Mu's record shows:
Brother P. B. Ford, president, Student
Council and vice-president Senior Law
Class; Brother James M. Heath, a new
man with us, is secretary-treasurer, Soph-
omore Law Class; Brothers Frank Mims
and Charles Short, captains, calvary
unit. Brother Upshaw is a candidate for
the football team. Brother Short, who was
on the track team last year, will be in ac-
tion again this year on the cinder path.

In the society line the Chapter is again
planning for the year a series of banquets
and smokers, also for the early spring a
House party.

Visitors of the Chapter since the opening
of college have been: Brothers Oscar W.
Palmour, Inspector, Second Division; four
former Commanders, Brothers W. B.
Gaines, William McManus, Frank Wil-
hoit and D. P. Whelchel, all of Atlanta;
Charles Hicks, Dublin; Samuel Walker,
Waycross; Morton Carlton, Union Point;
George Malone, Sandersville; Malcolm
Simms, Washington.

CHARLES S. SHORT, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Mu Chapter

Mu men returned this year with renewed
spirit and well filled ranks to the new
home, with the Chapter in much better
condition than last September.

We are fortunate in having as Emminent
Commander, Brother Hillyer King, of Cor-
dele, with thirteen more old men back;

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Nu Chapter

We returned more than thirty-five old
men and pledged ten freshmen. The
pledges are as follows:

Ernest W. Bowmar, Ft. Worth, Texas;
Real F. Morris, Oswego; Max Bucking-
ham, Wichita; William Paton, Indepen-

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dence; Harold Watt, Independence; Roger
Hackney, Wellington; Montgomery Tal-
cott, Hutchinson; Robert Cramm, Hut-
chinson; Carol Bendit, Kansas City, Mo.;
Kenneth Whyte, Kansas City, Mo.

Brother Eugent Carbaugh, Jr., A B, who
resides in Kansas City, has enrolled here;
he intends to affiliate in the near future.

"Mother" Young is still with us — of
course — for we could not possibly get
along without her. Each year she becomes
dearer in the hearts of the men of Nu
Chapter, and believe me, our own mothers
might become righteously jealous.

Brother Harold Roberts is our present
Emminent Commander. Other officers are :
Lieutenant-Commander, Brother George
Munch; Recorder, Brother Nicholas Hud-
dleston; Steward, Brother Palmer Shelton.

The report of our last year's scholarship
has not yet been completed at the Regis-
trar's office, but from certain estimates, we
are sure that it will show a great improve-
ment over the year before. This year the
Chapter has a wonderful opportunity to
place itself near the top in scholarship and
the study rules are being conscientiously
obeyed. Brother Jack Kollman, with 80
hours of A's and B's, is showing real Phi
Beta Kappa stuff.

C. BLAIR, JR., Reporter.

mander; Eubanks, Lieutenant-Commander;
Dillworth, Recorder; Jones, Treasurer; J.
W. Harned, Reporter; Alexander, Chap-
lain; Parks, Sentinel; and Willis, Mar-
shal.

We have at last been able to secure a
Chapter House. It is located in the Fra-
ternity Row on the Campus. The owner
of these houses insisted upon selling them
but we were at last able to induce him to
rent one of them to us. The Phi Delta
Thetas and the Sigma Chi petitioners are
still without a house. We are able to
sympathize with them because we were in
the same position all of last year. .

We have six pledges so far with good
prospects of several more. They are:
Simpson, Snow Hill, Ala.; Owens, Talla-
poosa; Hooks, Camilla; Isom, Moultrie;
Boyd, Thomaston; Fickling, Reynolds.
Several old pledges will be back with us
after Christmas.

Brother Eubanks is manager of the Man-
dolin Club this year and a soloist on the
glee club again. Pledges Simpson and
Isom have been selected for the Freshman
Social Club.

G. N. Petrie won the Latin Mcda1 for
1919-1920.

J. W. HARNED, Reporter.

EMORY UNIVERSITY
Xi Chapter

Brothers Eubanks, Dillworth, March-
man, Jones, Willis, Alexander, Chappel,
Shearhouse, J. W. and B. K. Harned are
back in college, and Brothers Parks and
Copeland, from Eta, in the Medical School.
We expect that they will be of a great deal
of service to us this year as they were last
year.

We want to congratulate Sigma on get-
ting the Petrie Brothers. They are cer-
tainly missed from the ranks of Xi„ and we
wish them the best of luck in the pursu-
ance of their duties in Vanderbilt. We
lost an excellent man in Griffin to Lambda,
and we hope that he will be as bright a
light on the Washington & Lee eleven as
he was at Emory last year.

New officers were elected at the begin-
ning of the year: B. K. Harned, Com-

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Pi Chapter

We have back with us this year, J. S.
Stanier, H. C. Shaw, E. M. Berger, C. F.
Goldcamp, L. N. Bute, J. M. Klin-, G. P
Knerr, Maxwell Glen, R. A. Keenan, F. C.
O'Keefe, H. J. Kleine, A. R. Little, G. C.
O'Keefe, C. R. Fisher, S. M. Wilson, P. A.
Grundy, M. C. McFadden, C. A. Vo3s, and
J. H. Darsie.

We are glad to introduce Brother Brad-
ley, an affiliate from Stevens Institute of
Technology.

Our pledges are: Therman Britt, Abing-
ton; Edward Scheete, of Wyncote, whose
two elder brothers are Sigma Nus; Robert
Allen, of Jermyn, brother of Elwood Allen
who was a member of the Class of 1920;
Frank Harris, Wilmington, Del.; Clayton
Sheedy, Groton, Mass.; Harlan Feuille,
Panama Canal Zone; Jack Shigo, Free-
land, and N. Carter, of Bethlehem, brother

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of W. Carter of the Class of 1917 who is
now an instructor in Quantitative Analysis
at this university.

The loss of Brother Jack Marshall is felt
by all and we are hoping that we shall see
him again next February or sooner.

Elections were held and those elected
were as follows: Brother Stanier, Emmi-
nent Commander; Brother Shaw, Lieuten-
ant-Commander; Brother Butz, House
Manager; Brother Little, Treasurer;
Brother Keenan, Sentinel, and Brother G.
R. Knerr, Arcadia representative.

October 9 we ran an informal dance
after the Rutgers game. Mrs. "Doc" Mil-
ler, wife of Brother Miller, was our chape-
ron.

In the way of athletics we are well rep-
resented. On the gridiron, Brother "Mike"
Wilson, who has earned a permanent place
at right end on one of the best teams Le-
high has ever had, is starring, while Broth-
ers Stanier and Darsie are fighting hard
for a place on the team. Brother Grundy
is out for assistant manager. At the end
of last year's baseball season Brother G. C.
OTCeefe was elected assistant manager of
the varsity.

Brother Berger, who was in Europe as
an ensign in the naval reserve with the
United States Olympic team, is back with
us again and is telling what a wild time
he had across the "pond."

Brother Glen, who is a member of the
Burr and Epitome boards and the Phi, Co-
tillion and Scimitar Clubs, was recently
elected to the Cyanide Club.

Brother Fisher, who left us last Christ-
mas, is back and is a changed man. He's
hitting the books for a change.

The inter-fraternity rushing rules adop-
ted last year, prohibit the pledging of the
new men until after three weeks of the
college year have passed. The rules were
strictly adhered to, but there was a general
feeling that they were too long.

By graduation we lost Brothers Allen,
Melville and W. Knerr. Brother Allen
now has a fine position with the Union Car-
bide Company at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Brother Melville is working in New York
City. Brother W. Knerr has a responsible
position with the Buick Company, at Flint,
Mich.

With the rushing season past, every one
is settling down to make a good scholastic
showing.

Some members of our Alumni that have
visited us since the opening of college, are:
Brothers C. D. Marshall, C. J. Langdon,
W. Carter, and A. H. Achorn.

The Gompers, who have been with us
two years, are taking care of us in their
usual fine manner.

S. M. WILSON, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Rho Chapter

The men in Rho Chapter are enthusiastic
and, better still, optimistic. One of the
main factors in our success, is the excellent
management of our House by our new ma-
tron, Mrs. Inez Clark.

Rush week, under the management of
Brother Shore, resulted in our pledging
twelve men. The following men have been
pledged: Asbury Withers, David Rhea,
George Sutter and Carol Willis, of Kansas
City; Thomas Nelson, Dallas, Texas; Ver-
non Daniels, Beloit, Kansas; Paul H. Had-
ley, Denver, Colo.; Elmer J. Langdon, San
Diego, CaL; Raymond Wiggins, Carthage;
John P. Pumphrey, Memphis, Tenn.; Her-
bert Johns, Carthage; Spencer Shore, St.
Louis. Two of these men are sons of Sig-
ma Nus.

Study hall for the Freshmen is held five
times a week, under the supervision of one
of the old men. The results from this are
very gratifying. This method was used by
us last year and as a result Rho Chapter
stood fourth in the scholastic standing of
the sixteen social fraternities here.

Our autumn dance was given October 8,
and another informal dance on November
12. We are already making arrangements
for a Christmas party to be given on De-
cember 10, and have set the date of our an-
nual formal dance for February 25, 1921.
Alternating every Wednesday evening, we
give a dinner dance for the girls; then a
dinner to various members of the Faculty.
On September 22, the coaches were our
guests, and on September 29, we had the
Sigma Nu Alumni of Columbia, out for
a dinner and a smoker.

In athletics we are slowly and surely
getting back to the position which we held
before the war. Three of our pledges are
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bility a fourth will get on before the season
ends. These men are Pledges Langdon,
Hadley, Johns, and Pumphrey. Brothers
Harrah and Kassebaum will make a strong
bid for a place on the varsity track team
next spring.

Brothers Goff, from Arkansas Univer-
sity, and Meinike, of Rolla School of
Mines, have affiliated with us, which brings
the number of old men living in the House
up to thirty.

We wish to thank the Brothers from
other Chapters who co-operated with us
during rush week, and extend to them and
to all Sigma Nus a cordial invitation to
visit us. We especially urge our Alumni
to come back to their Chapter home for
the Turkey-Day game with Kansas.

GEO. D. HOLLAND, JR., Reporter.

Coker is president and Brother Owen sec-
retary and treasurer.

Brother John Thomas was elected cheer
leader by a large majority, and is dis-
charging his duties with great zeal. Broth-
ers Owen and Coker were elected to the
Senior Honorary Club, the Commodore
Club, this year.

Brother Julien Thomas was elected as
baseball captain for the team of this year.
Brother Neill was elected president of the
Junior Class and Brother Buckner, ser-
geant-at-arms of the Sophomore Class.

The Brothers on the Faculty this year
are: Dr. Surratt, I, professor of Mathe-
matics, and Professor Turk, B $-A I\ of
the law department.

Sigma has started with renewed effort
her house-building campaign, and is hop-
ing for some real results in the near future.
R. D. HUDSON, Reporter.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Sigma Chapter

We have pledged eleven Freshmen this
fall: T. B. Butler, Gaffney, S. C; C. E.
Parker, Newman, Ga.; W. D. North, New-
man, Ga.; B. Chaney, Lumber City, Ga.;
H. A. Duncan, Birmingham, Ala.; G. E.
Finch, Memphis; E. R. Derrit, Birming-
ham, Ala.; W. A. Rountree, Hartsell,
Ala.; P. 0. Orr, Hartsell, Ala.; F. T.
Henry, Ripley; and C. R. Van* Order,
Ithaca, N. Y.

All of the Brothers of last year are back
with the exception of Brothers Knight,
Siler and Hardison.

We have moved to a different locality
this fall and have a much better House
than last year. Our new address is 1003
Fourteenth Avenue, South.

Brothers Buckner, Neill, J. I. Thomas,
and Pledge Rountree have made the var-
sity football squad. Brother Thomas and
Pledge Orr are on the "scrubs."

Most of the Brothers who composed our
championship basketball team are back
and we are expecting great things from
them when basketball season opens.

In the general college activities Sigma is
taking her usual part. She will be repre-
sented on the glee club by Brothers Julien
Thomas, John Thomas, B. B. Coker,
George Owen, and Maxey Luton. Brother

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Upsilon Chapter

[Upsilon Chapter has had Brother Cofer so
long as Reporter she can't give him up, although
now he is on the Faculty and Inspector, too. It's
too bad Longjohn can't get over his school-day
habits, but you see he has his excuse ready —
that's why we yield to temptation and print his
apologies. He never misses a chance to boost the
Fraternity.— The Editor.]

Dear Brother Dunlavy:

As usual I am late beyond all excuse.
I attempted to resign this job this year,
but they refused to let me. I have so much
to do that I have hardly a moment to
breathe. I am carrying six courses, teach-
ing one hour at High School, public speak-
ing, and working the rest of the afternoon
for the State on the Senate Journal, which
I have to proof-read and edit. Besides,
though not married I have a friend who
takes more time than if I were, and I am
trying to raise the rest of the money for
the Chapter House. It is a full program.
I literally don't have time to stop and write
a letter. I hope it will get in in time to
prevent a default.

Fraternally,

JOHN D. COFER.

The dream of many years having been
realized in our new Chapter House, Upsi-

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Ion Chapter started the year more jubilant-
ly than ever. We went wild with our en-
thusiasm and before we came to, we had
pledged twenty men to Sigma Nu. Thanks
to the work of our San Antonio Alumni
Chapter, we were able to pledge eight men
from the Alamo City, the town which for
years has been admitted, by themselves
mostly, of course, to be Phi Gam exclusive
territory. We were equally successful in
other parts of the State, and our Freshmen
bid fair to make good in the university as
they did, unless somebody has been kid-
ding us, in high school. I will enclose
a list of their names, and if you think the
names are pretty you can print them at
the close of my letter (that is if this letter
gets in in time to be printed, all of which
I doubt).

Most of the fellows are back. We miss
the music of Brother Brown. We miss the
smiles of Brother Jones. We miss the
clothes of Brother Swinney. We miss the
"Old Fellow" Brother Wallace whom we
traded Lambda for Brother Fenley, who by
the way to some extent compensates the
loss of the only dear and original Old Fel-
low. We miss the six "A's" of Brother
DeCo<urcey who is living the high life in
dear old Paris, France. Yes we miss them
all. But then, the rest are back and it is
a good old place to hang around when the
boys get to throwing washers out in the
yard and they start a domino game in the
House, for you see Upsilon Chapter has
reformed and poker games have stopped,
and our visitors go away with their clothes.

Sallade was with us for a few days, and
though we had a little trouble getting him
out to the House, when he did come we
bought a little jewelry and he told us how
J. F. Newman Co. was going broke selling
us badges, just because Warren Piper was
one of the bunch. He also said that Piper
had quit work all together and that was
one reason the price of the badges had
gone up — they have to support him. So
some of the boys bought a little jewelry
and Sallade smiled.

Owing to five Brothers withdrawing from
the university last year and counting
straight failures, Upsilon Chapter failed
to make the scholastic average, and cannot
initiate. We stand every chance of making
it up by Christmas, however, and then we
will have some ten new Brothers to intro-
duce to Sigma Nu. We have adopted a

definite plan of doing systematic studying
and we feel sure that we will not be below
long.

We are beginning to prepare for the
University Home Coming, Thanksgiving.
Our Chapter is expecting some fifteen
Alumni visitors, and if Texas beats A. &
M., we ought to be able to get over the
effects of the election, that is if they don't
want two to one that we beat them fourteen
points.

As mid-terms close the Chapter is plan-
ning to give a Chapter House dance to
initiate the new place. A great time is
planned. At a smoker given by the Chap-
ter some three weeks ago, our House
gained for itself the reputation of being
the best in school. We are inviting the
girls over this time to confirm what the
boys have already told them about it. It
really is a wonderful place and we again,
as many times in the past, extend to all
Sigma Nus an invitation to visit us.

Well, I guess I'll be moving on.

JOHN D. COFER.

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Phi Chapter

The opening of college this year found
Phi Chapter with only thirteen old men
back.

The prospects for new men this year are
exceptionally bright. The enrollment of
the Freshman Class is the largest in the
history of the university and we are confi-
dent that when pledge day comes, Sigma
Nu will get her share of Freshmen. In this
connection we wish to express our appre-
ciation of the splendid aid rendered us by
our various Alumni associations through-
out the State. They have helped us very
much by recommending men to us and by
investigating men for us.

As always, Phi Chapter is taking an
active part in college activities. Brother
Benoit, one of the best quarterbacks in the
South, is captain of the varsity football
team and is leading his team to victory.
Brother Rosverr has been placed in com-
plete charge of all wrestling work at the
university. Brother Kirkpatrick is out for
the varsity basketball squad.

We opened our social season this year

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with a small informal dance at our House.
A banquet and dance will be given after
the annual football game with Tulane Uni-
versity, on Thanksgiving Day. We are ex-
pecting many of our Alumni.

In a financial way Phi Chapter is in
splendid shape. We have no old debts
and at present have a working surplus on
hands. We are drawing up plans for buy-
ing a House. We are organizing a house-
holding corporation and have been assured
of the hearty co-operation and aid of our
Alumni.

M. H. KIRKPATRICK, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA

Psi Chapter

Psi has returned ten Brothers to con-
tinue the Chapter's activities. The re-
turned Brothers are: Joseph Brewer, Paul
B. Edmundson, John Hardin, Frank
Hooker, Robert Edwin Smith, Samuel
Schenck, Walker Stevens, Joshua Tayloe,
Robert M. Wearn and Alfred Williams,
Jr. We also have two affiliates this year:
Brothers Robert Wright and Harry Hicks,
of Beta Tau.

Fall initiations have been held and we
introduce our newest Brother, James
Thomas Little, of Greenville, N. C.

We announce with deep regret that the
following Brothers could not return this
year: John Cotton Tayloe, who has gone
to the Universiyt of Pennsylvania to finish
his medical course; Kenneth McNeil,
Thomas Myers Wooten, Emmit Brewer,
and Douglas Aycoch have decided to
throw aside their books and be led down
the hymeneal path.

Psi Chapter will be well represented in
activities this year. On the football squad
we have Brothers Williams and Wearn; in
the glee club we will likely be represented
by Brothers Hicks, Hooker and Schenck;
on the basketball squad we will have the
following candidates: Brothers Little and
Edmundson ; we will be represented on the
track team by Brother Brewer, who shows
great form. In fact, there is no phase of
college activities at North Carolina in
which Sigma Nu is not represented.

Our entire attention is turned toward the

new Home for Psi Chapter. We are pro-
gressing very nicely and at present we have
many subscriptions through building and
loan and cash.

Among the new members of the Faculty
are numbered Brothers William A, Mal-
lery and Peacock, both of whom are as-
sistant professors in economics.

The German Club, of which we are all
members, will give a dance after the V.
M. I. game, on November 5.

WALKER STEVENS, Reporter.

DePAUW university

Beta Beta Chapter

Fourteen old men were back when col-
lege opened and they pledged fifteen Fresh-
men. Brother Simpson Stoner, our spike
captain, managed the annual campaign
with a pep and thoroughness that brought
results. We introduce the following can-
didates for Sigma Nu: Ralph Richardson,
Muncie; Roger Pierson, Spiceland; Tho-
burn Clerk, Sullivan; Paul Shoemaker,
Bluffton; Alden Kumler, Rochester; Carl
Christy, Mitchell; Joe Rarick, Markle; By-
ron Young and Wesley Ozais, West Alex-
andria, Ohio; Paul Scull and Tyler Veasy,
Jeffersonville; William Hearst, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; Frank Irvin and Frank
Young, Greencastle; Clyde Hart, Rich-
mond.

Our Alumni splendidly assisted in the
spike and either brought or sent spikees.
Brother Henry A. Coleman, '10, sent us
two men whom we pledged; moreover, ht>
has sent $100 to the treasurer, Brother Al-
fred C. Evens, of our House corporation
for ten shares of stock. Through the man-
agement of Brother Evens the Chapter
House is now resplendent with two fresh
coats of paint and when the Brothers re-
turned this fall it was with difficulty they
recognized the old place which is now one
of the imposing fraternity houses on the
campus.

For the first time in its history, Beta
Beta has the advantage of having two fra-
tres in facultate. They are Brother Dane
S. Smith, S, Vanderfcilt University, in
the English Composition department,
and Brother Harrison M. Karr, T I\ Al-
bion College, executive secretary of the
university.

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Beta Beta headed all the fraternities in
the inter-fraternity scholarship standing;
we were second in the whole list (counting
from the top), the Kappas taking first
place by a close margin. This year, how-
ever, we should be first among both fra-
ternities and sororities as we have ten Rec-
tor scholars. Five of them are Freshmen
and five initiated men who have free tuition
in recognition of their scholastic ability.

Two men were lost by graduation:
Brother Harold Jones, star trackman, and
Brother Clarke Arnold, who made Phi
Beta Kappa.

Brother Foss Elwyn will enter school
next semester when he will captain the Old
Gold baseball team. Although he had
only been in school two years he was
elected to this office for his big-league
playing at first base. Brother Cecil Smith
and Pledge Pierson are likely to be with
Captain Elwyn on the team. In football,
Pledges Irvin and Ozais are doing good
work. If they are not letter men this year
they are bound to be next Several are
sure of making the basketball and track
squads.

Every co-ed on the campus knows the
Sigma Nu songs. For the boys have given
more serenades than the rest of the fra-
ternities put together. We opened the fall
serenade season. As the Chapter has a
complete jazz orchestra and five men who
have made the glee club the quality of the
music is not to be questioned. Brother
Alvin Thomas, pianist, Brother Wendell
Godwin, trombonist, Brother Cecil Smith,
violin, Brother John Garvin, saxaphonist,
and Pledge Hart, drummer, compose the
orchestra.

Here are our officers: Royal Davis,, Em-
inent Commander ; Cecil Smith, Lieutenant
Commander; Maurice Elliott, sentinel;
Frank Weathers, recorder as well as stew-
ard and house manager; Wendell Godwin,
chaplain; W. G. Biggerstaff, marshal, and
Alvin Thomas, treasurer.

Seven Brothers from Gamma Gamma
were here for the Albion football game
and were at the House. We regretted they
could not have been with us longer than
they were.

We want to thank the Brothers at Beta
Zeta for their hospitality when a number
from here attended the DePauw-Purdue
game. They, like Albion, are well repre-
sented on their school team.

Brother Paul Jones was unable to return
to school. He had been elected business
manager of the Mirage.

We are planning our annual Thanks-
giving banquet for November 23. Alumni,
there will be plenty of turkey to go around.

Pledge Irvin was elected treasurer of the
Freshman Class.

Brother Stoner was elected captain of
the Junior Class football team.

Our publicity is well looked after as
Brother Dwight Pitkin is copy editor on
the DePauw Semi-Weekly and Brother
Godwin is on the editorial staff of the De-
Pauw magazine.

DWIGHT PITKIN, Reporter.

. PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Beta Zeta Chapter

Purdue began work this fall with an en-
rollment of twenty-eight hundred students.
Beta Zeta started the spiked wheel rolling
three days before registration and after a
strenuous week, thirteen men were wear-
ing the pledge pin of Sigma Nu: Floyd
D. Wallace, Portland, and Sidney C.
Morse, South Bend, both of whom were
pledged last spring; Harold E. Walknetz,
Huntington, who has returned from ex-
tensive service in the Navy, having been
pledged in the fall of '17; Nils H. Ander-
son, Cleveland, Ohio; Cerel V. Squires,
Marion; Howard L. Bushman, Cleveland,
Ohio; Charles H. Lommel, Lawrenceburg;
Edward D. Anderson, Laporte; Earl G.
Smith, Laporte; Paul H. Schunk and
Harold L. Kast, Garrett; William F.
Wright, Indianapolis; John H. Leonard,
Mt Vernon, and Douglas Hodges, of La-
fayette.

Brother "Bobbie" Roberts returned to
resume the role of Commander and to cap-
tain Purdue's baseball team, also a mem-
ber of Varsity P Club and president of
Varsovienne Club. Brother Ed Wolf, ex-
'19, came back this year to finish. Along
with him came his Tau Beta Pi, Sigma
Delta Chi, Phi Lamda, Upsilon and Iron
Key honors. Other old men that are back
are: Brothers Schultze, Wintersteen, Seel-
;nger, Shepard, director of the Sigma Nu
jazz band, a member of the university
glee club L. C. and Senior Pan represen-

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tative, Clift, Durler, Hagenbuck, McKim,
Nagel, Burton, "Shorty" Wible, our able
House manager and Pan representative.
Brother Anderson is our representative to
the Inter-fraternity Athletic League, while
Brother Bolt, our treasurer, is seeing that
we settle on the tenth of each month and
is keeping up the good work of paying off
the House debt. Brother Auxier has just
returned from an interesting trip to South
America and tells some wonderful tales
of life at sea (we are doubtful about some
of them). Brothers Mathews, Husselman,
Busch, Feucht, Dalton, Baker and Taylor
are back for the second lap and are down
on the Freshman (Sophomores true to
form). Brother Husselman being our
chaplain and Brother Taylor our recorder.
Brothers Deakyne, Riggles, Shoemaker are
from Beta Eta, while Brother Hallet is
from Delta Delta; however, they have al-
ready decided that Old Purdue is best of
all.

Our eight Seniors have just returned
from an inspection in Chicago. They re-
port having seen Brothers "Rus" and
"Bill" Cooley and Keith Richter, all lo-
cated in Chicago; "Stub" McKinley, who
has been located in Milwaukee, has been
transferred to Indianapolis with the H. Y.
Smith Machinery Company. Caleb York,
was there yelling for Old Purdue, however,
it didn't do much good as the game went
to Chicago. At present Caleb is working
in Fon Du Lac, Wis.

The Chapter has just received a letter
from Brother H. D. Hartley, treasurer of
the Sigma Nu Association, stating that the
House fund is on a sound basis, being due
to the loyal financial support given the Ac-
tive Chapter by our Alumni.

"The Serpent" will soon be published
and will contain more news of our Active
Chapter and Alumni.

H. D. SEELINGER, Reporter.

PrizQ Chapter Letter

This Letter sets a new record for Chapter
Letters. Brother Fair merits especial commenda-
tion for he not only wins the Prize Award in
this issue but he has outdistanced even the prize
winners of many past Deltas.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Beta Eta Chapter

Well, Brothers, I want you to know what
Beta Eta has been doing down at I. U.
Last year was a huge success. Four "I"
men on the varsity football team, and
three Phi Beta Kappas out of four Seniors.

Thirty initiated men returned this fall,
and we have roped in twelve good-looking,
live-wire Freshmen. There are five Sen-
iors, ten Juniors, and fifteen Sophomores.

Sigma Nu is a synonym here for good
football players. Maybe some of you have
heard how I .U. licked Syracuse last year.
Well, Brother Frank Faust was the quarter-
back that turned the trick. Brother Vern
Bell played end; Brother Ed. Leonard,
right tackle, and Brother Bill McCaw,
picked by Eckersall for All-Conference
guard, played right guard. Brother John
Kyle, regular fullback, was out of that
game with a wrenched ankle.

Now this year all five of the above men-
tioned men are back, and we have in addi-
tion, three brawny Sophomores on the
team: Brothers Bob Raymond and Gene
Thomas, half-backs, and Brother Frank
Hanny, right end. These three youngsters
are whirlwinds on the gridiron. Of the
three touchdowns I. U. scored last Satur-
day against Mississippi A. & M. College,
each of these Sophomores made one. The
entire eight men are going on the trip to
Minnesota tomorrow.

We have three fine Freshmen football
men too, Pledges Bahr, Hess, and Eber-
hardt. The last two mentioned were All-
State High School men from Hammond
and Evansville, respectively. These three
pledges will be ready to take Brother
Faust's place next year when he graduates.
Ten men, then, on the varsity next year,
eight now, and they are all regulars! Can
you beat it?

Hurrying on, I want to remind you of
the three Phi Beta Kappas from our Chap-
ter last Spring — Brothers Kenyon Steven-
son, Hiram Stonecipher, and Cecil Craig —
or you will think we specialize in athletics.
Will also say that Brother Kyle, varsity
fullback, is one of the best students in
the House and bids fair to win the Con-
ference Medal for student-athletes.

Brother Leo Reed is editor of the Red
Rook — the I. U. Bible. He was also re-

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cently elected president of the Junior Law
Class.

On the Indiana Daily Student — World's
greatest college daily — we have seven rep-
resentatives: Brothers French, supervisor;
Mays and Reed, associate editors; Nib lack,
Hess, Faust and Jones, reporters. Of the
Arbutus, Brother Mays is associate editor
and Brother Sinclair is on the staff.

Brothers John Nib lack, Victor Mays,
and Alvin Stiver are members of Sigma
Delta Chi, journalistic fraternity. Brothers
Niblack and Mays are associate editors of
the Crimson Bull, a new magazine of wit,
and I might say that Brother Reed is chief
cartoonist

We have seven men in the university
band, four in the swimming fraternity,
Sigma Rho Tau, eight in the glee club,
three in the Garrick club, two in the Span-
ish club, and five songsters in the Metho-
dist church choir, which last brings us to a
perfect balance.

0, yes, we are going strong socially.
How could we help it with all our "rep?"
The co-eds want to share our fame, too.
Brother Bill McCaw calls himself "King
of the Pi Phi House," and it is rumored
that we are about to lose some jewelry
over there. We are well represented in
the Sphynx club and Mu Beta, two organi-
zations that wield the social rein, having
two in the former and four in the latter.

On the occasion of the Iowa-Indiana
football game on October 2, we were
favored with a visit by Brothers Wayne
Hamilton, Arthur A. Hess, Walter Jones,
Paul Means, Robert Rogers, Emmett Sears,
Jay C. Sell, William R. Stuart, Marshall
Williams, and Paul Zollinger. We were
very glad to have these Brothers with us
and hope that others of our Alumni will
visit us at their convenience.

This is about all except that we put on
a fresh appearance by having our Home
retrimmed and our yard bedecked with
flowers. You see we are right on the main
street, half way between town and the
campus, and as we are right in the public
eye (and ear, too) it is up to Beta Eta to
keep herself well groomed and locally
honored.

To All Reporters: Read this Letter again and
carefully, and then next time see if you cannot
beat the record Brother Fair has set.— The Editor.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE

Beta Theta Chapter

The opening for the 1921-22 session of
Auburn marks a new epoch in the history
of the oldest institute of technology in the
South; an epoch already distinguished by
extended improvements both along acade-
mic lines and the repairing of building and
grounds. Dr. Spright Dowell, succeeding
Dr. C. C. Thach, assumed duties as presi-
dent of the institution on July first of this
year. Since that time a great number of
long needed repairs have been made and
everything is being done with one purpose
in view — a greater Auburn.

Along military lines Auburn was sig-
nally honored by the War Department in
being selected one of the fifteen distin-
guished R. 0. T. C. schools out of two
hundred and twenty-five in the country.

Beta Theta has shared to a great extent,
in all the distinctions of Auburn. Having
returned fifteen old men and pledged thir-
teen Freshmen we are looking forward to
one of the best years in bur history. As
far as college activities have progressed
our expectations have certainly been re-
warded. There is no activity in all Auburn
that Sigma Nu is not prominently con-
nected with.

In the Senior Class elections Brother
Wade was elected honor man and Brother
Reid, historian.

Brother Combs was honored with the
presidency of the Junior Class with Brother
Weedon elected to the Discipline Court.

In the Sophomore Class, Brother C. N.
Buchanan is historian.

The Freshman elections have not yet
been held.

The national Electrical Engineering Fra-
ternity, Eta Kappa Nu, established a chap-
ter here last year. As this is the first
Southern chapter, Auburn feels doubly
flattered. Brothers Buchanan, Wade and
Reid are members of the chapter. Brother
Buchanan is president and Brother Wade,
vice-president.

A good number of Beta Theta's athletes
are back this year. Brother Longshore is
out for football. Auburn is putting out
one of the best teams in her history and
that is saying a great deal as she has some
ten Southern championships to her credit.

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Brother Wade as manager of varsity
basketball, promises us another champion-
ship in that line, too.

Brother Reid as captain of varsity track,
says there is more cinder material than
ever and Auburn ought to compete favor-
ably with any Southern school.

Brother Whipple as varsity third base-
man also looks forward wiht confidence to
another championship this year in base-
ball.

Beta Theta takes pleasure in announcing
the following pledges: Bruce Black, Ath-
ens, Ala.; J. C. Banks, Eutaw, Ala.; E. L.
Blasingame, Montgomery, ,Ala.; J. M. Dif-
fee, Cordele, Ga.; R. H. Morris, Bain-
bridge, Ga. ; W. M. Mathews, Montgomery,
Ala.; C. M. Smith, Montgomery, Ala.; A.
R. Swanson, Gadsden, Ala. ; W. M. Turner,
Sheffield, Ala.; J. L. Wilkinson, Prattville,
Ala. ; W. T. Wood, Montgomery, Ala., and
Lewis Sanders, Opelika, Ala.

J. E. COMBS, Reporter.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE
Beta Iota Chapter

Beta Iota began the year with thirty-
two active men back in school, including
ten seniors, eight juniors, and fourteen
sophomores.

Mount Union started the football season
with a bang, winning three straight games
and under the coaching of Eddie Casey,
Ail-American half from Harvard, we
should lead the Ohio conference this year.
Brother Dale Sprankle is manager of the
team and has for his assistants, Brothers
Smith and Greisinger. Brother Zimmer-
man is again at guard, Brothers Olinger
and Evans at tackle, Brother Whitman at
end, and Brothers Beechy and Thomas at
half and quarter respectively.

The Brothers have shown an increased
interest in scholarship as the Faculty are
considering giving a silver loving cup to
the fraternity with the highest standing in
scholarship. Brother John R. Cheney is
president of Psi Kappa Omega, the hon-
orary scholastic fraternity at Mount Union.

Every one has been busy looking over
the new men for pledging, and we expect
to add fifteen new men to our roster.

The active boys entertained twenty-five
Freshmen at a six o'clock dinner October
12th, and had a pleasant time. Brother
H. E. Blythe, president of the Goodyear
Industrial University of Akron, was pres-
ent and gave a very interesting talk.

Brother McConkey, T P, and Brother
Bigler, A A, have recently affiliated with
Beta Iota. Brother McConkey is assistant
professor in the Chemistry Department

Nearly every Fraternity meeting has
found some of our Alumni on hand and
things look good for Beta Iota this year.
DAVID E. SHIVELY, Reporter.

KANSAS STATE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Beta Kappa Chapter

Kansas State College opened with a run-
ning start, and all the college work and
activities are in full swing. There is an
enrollment of about twenty-five hundred,
and a few more coming in every day.

There have been a good many improve-
ments made on the campus and buildings.
One especially deserves mention and that
is the new engineering building, which is
rapidly nearing completion. This is a
very much needed addition as the present
enrollment in engineering is over a thou-
sand, and is increasing every year.

Another change has been made which
is in athletics. We have a new director of
athletics, Mike Ahearn, a man that every
Aggie respects and the best liked man on
the hill. Also, a new head coach, Bach-
man, coach-player on the famous Great
Lakes eleven. Coach Bachman has an able
staff under him, and is working hard to
turn out a victorious team. A good start
has been made in the winning of the first
game played.

Beta Kappa, also, started the year under
full sail. Eighteen old men are back in
school. We put on a very successful rush
week. Several events came off so well
that they are still talked about. Especially
"The night when we went watermelon
stealing and Brother Fallis broke all rec-
ords for cross country running," "The real
banquet, biscuit and beans," and 'That
serenade, an eight-piece orchestra, the best
in the State." Brother Maupin with his
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events of the week. We ended the week
by pledging fifteen mighty good men.

We were fortunate in having Brothers
Burton, Fallis, Quinlan, Neeley, Fred Mil-
ler, and Morgan back to help us during
rush week, but we are equally unfortunate
in the fact that they did not come to stay.
Brothers Burton and Fallis have gone to
Northwestern. Brother Quinlan to the
University of Colorado. Brother Morgan
to Oklahoma A. & M. However, Brothers
Neeley and Fred Miller will be back ii
school the second semester. Another
Brother, who left us last fall, will be back
in a few days. Dick Coe, who has been
over in Servia aiding his father in the
administration of that nation's railroads.

Since school began we have had the
pleasure of entertaining some Brothers
from other Chapters, and also a few of our
Alumni. Brother Magill, B X, enroute to
Leland Stanford, spent a few days with
us. Brother Sallade, B H, traveling for
the J. F. Newman Co., dropped in for a
few days. Brother Schemonskie, B K, and
now affiliated with Gamma Beta, stopped
off a few days on his way to school.
Brother Fielder, T A, now a lieutenant sta-
tioned at Funston, expects to be with us
often during the year. Alumni of the
Chapter who have visited us this fall arc
Brothers Shafer, Russell, Dudley, Robison,
and Lloyd Miller.

A number of Sigs are on the Faculty
again this year. Ten in all. Brother
Westbrook has charge of the music de-
partment, and has Brothers Wheeler and
Lovejoy as two of the instructors under
him. Brother Lippincott has charge ot
the poultry department. Brother David-
son heads the School of Agriculture.
Brother Haymaker is the head of the plant
pathology department. Brother Sewell
has charge of the soils department.
Brother Baker heads the architectural de-
partment. Brothers Aubel and Marstor*
are connected with the animal husbandry
department.

Beta Kappa is out for athletics. We
have three men out for varsity football,
but are crippled somewhat by the loss of
Brothers Burton and Quinlan. Five men
are out for Freshman football, and two of
these show prospects of developing ink
real stars. We are also taking interest in
cross country running, four men being out
for this event.

We are fortunate in being able to retain
the services of Mother Norris again this
year. The Brothers all like her, and she
exerts an influence which tends to control
and better the Chapter.

We have a couple of Alumni who have
started working in double harness since
college closed last spring. Brother Robi-
son, our renowned "Kike," rather steward,
fell overboard the last of May. Brother
Stearns overstepped the bounds of single
blessedness just a few weeks ago.

R. McCAUSLAND, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Beta Mu Chapter

Beta Mu started its fall campaign with
a dance for the Freshmen on the night of
September 18th, at the City Park pavillion.
All of the prospects were there, and from
them were selected the following men:
Carlyle Sammons, of Weatherford, Texas;
Robert Rankin, of Fort Dodge; Everett
Kelloway, of Annita; William Iten, of
Clinton; Ray Tiessem, of Laurens; Paul
Barton, of Fort Dodge; John "Barnie"
Dondore, of Iowa City; Royce "Mickey"
Forshay, of Annita, and Leslie Lewis, of
Wellman.

Football prospects this year are most
promising at Iowa. On the team, Beta Mu
has Brothers L. A. Block, Robert Kauf-
mann, Glenn Devine, and Aubrey Devine.
On the "First string" are Brothers L. C.
White and Lawrence 0. Organ, who are
doing very commendable work and who
will no doubt serve in a number of games.

The university armory is not yet com-
pleted, but will be finished by the first of
the year. I am told that this armory is
the largest university armory in the United
States. The work on the new nurses home
and the Pschycopathic Hospital is pro-
gressing rapidly.

Within the last few days we have been
pleased to have with us a few of the Breth-
ren from other Chapters. They are "Pol-
ly" Koch, formerly of the Wisconsin Chap-
ter; Brother Chesebrough, of Delta Rho of
the Colorado School of Agriculture and
Mechanics; and Brother Terrell, of the
University of Kansas. We are always glad
to have tne men from other Chapters visit
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see us, and we hope they will come again.

A letter from Brother Handier tells us
that he is on the briny deep enroute to
England. In that country he will take up
jurisprudence at Oxford as a Rhodes
scholar. Later on, his mother and father
will go to England to stay until Hancher
has completed his course.

A number of men attended summer
school last summer, and for them the
house was kept open. Among those pres-
ent were Brother John Jessup, principal
of the Harlan, Iowa, High School, and
Brother John D. Martin, of Burlington
High School. Brother Martin is from the
Chapter at Northwestern University.

W. L. FLANAGAN, Reporter.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Beta Nu Chapter

Those enrolled in the university will
see an epoch making year in its history.
The campaign for the nation's largest sta-
dium and the Semi-Centennial Jubilee have
given an impetus to an unconquerable
school spirit, and have welded the Faculty,
classes, colleges, and Alumni together in
the greatest individual and collective ef-
fort the student body has ever seen. Every
man has his part, and is a unit in the vast
machine. The Freshmen are being started
right this year, and are given every op-
portunity to realize the privileges that the
institution confers. They must walk in
the paths of tradition.

In the great task Beta Nu is doing its
part. Daily, men have been assigned to
jobs from pitching of tents to work of
organization in the drive and entertain-
ment committees. Brother John L. Car
ruthers, Eng. '21, is chairman of the stu-
dent sub-committee for the Jubilee.

Thirty-one active men, including la?*
year's pledges, returned to college. A
successful rushing season, during which
thirteen men were pledged, culminated in
the annual pledge dance, given by the
members for the pledges, at the Senaca
Hotel. The chaperones were Brothers and
Mesdames Trafford Tallmadge and Tor.
Nash. Alumni in attendance were Broth-
ers and Mesdames Frank K. Brown, C; H.
Nudd, and Robert B. Reed.

A show of strength was made in the fall

election when Brother Gladden N. John-
son, Arts '23, was elected to the presidency
of the Sophomore Class, and Brother J.
Perry Geiger, Arts, '23, to the two-year
term of the student council. With Brother
Carruthers as treasurer of the student
council, Beta Nu has a representation of
two men in student government.

In athletics the Fraternity's contribution
is no less promising. Brother H. Robert
Weiche, Ag. '21, who has two varsity
"O's" to his credit as a member of Ohio
State's famous elevens, is back at his old
position of guard. At tackle Brother John-
son promises to be a worthy successor of
his predecessors. Brother Walter H. Ham-
ilton, Med. '23, who played half-back in
'19, is now out for the position of end.
For football manager Carl T. Howe is a
candidate. Awaiting the opening of track
events are Brothers Albert G. Harter, Arts
'23, a pole vaulter and broad jumper who
has already made a name for himself in
Akron, and Ralph S. Force, Com. *22,
hurdler, who holds several city champion-
ships in Cleveland.

Brother L. C. Bonner, Com. '21, has
been for several seasons a member of the
varsity glee club. Other Brothers in stu-
dent activities are William Lewis, Eng.
'21, Pen and Brush Club; J. Dale Mc-
Namar, Delta Sigma Rho, intercollegiate
oratorical; Spencer S. Hunt, Eng. ^1, col-
lege editor, Ohio State Engineer, and pres-
ident of the student branch of American
Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Pledge
John LaMonte, Arts '23, is contributing
editor of the Campanile, college literary
periodical, and a member of the Makio
staff. Brothers W. J. Abbott, Com. '21,
and George Miner, Eng. '23, are candidates
for Scarlet Mask, college musical comedy
club.

With eyes to the future the Chapter has
enacted a comprehensive code of by-laws
and house rules drafted by Brother Mc-
Namar. Each member has a printed copy.
The code contains a provision for the ap-
plication of the scholarship eligibility rule
to all Chapter social events and functions.
This provision was suggested by Brother
Trafford Tallmadge, Chapter Adviser.

A schedule of social events for the year
will soon be announced to all Alumni. A
smoker was held at the House after the
Wisconsin game, October 23rd, and a ban-
quet and reunion after the Michigan game,

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November 16. A dance will be given at
one of the down-town hotels in December.

Active men who returned to school are:
C. P. Wilcox, Com. '21; J. L. Carruthers,
Eng. '21; S. S. Hunt, Eng. '21; J. Dale Mc-
Namar, Law '21; D. D. Deffenbaugh, Com.
'21; W. H. Hamilton, Med. '23; W. R.
Swoish, Eng. '21; W. J. Abbott, Com. '21;
H. R. Weiche, Ag. '21; Vernon S. Lilly,
Med. '24; Roy Reichelderfer, Com. '22;
W. J. Lewis, Eng. '21; G. Gail Dean, Dent.
'23; Ralph S. Force, Com. '22; Gerald B.
Grant, Com. '22; L. C. Bonner, Com. '21;
F. H. Wickline, Eng. '23; Howard H.
Sherman, Arts '23; D. H. Creamer,
Pharm. '23; W. D. Temple, Com. '23.

Last year's Freshmen who were initiated
this fall, are: W. B. Hall, Eng.; W. H.
Paterson, Eng.; B. W. Downs, Arte; G. H.
Miner, Eng.; G. N. Johnson, Arts; C. T.
Howe, Eng.; and W. M. Coffman, Arts.

Unaffiliated Brothers in school are:
Sharp, Pettus, and Lightheiser, B I.
Brother Sharp is one of next year's varsity
football possibilities, and is now in train-
ing.

Recent visitors from other Chapters are:
Brothers McElrath, Sigma; Lieutenant Mc-
Pike, U. S. Army, Beta Psi; Jennings,
Gamma Iota; Wilson, Beta Upsilon; Ca-
dot, Gamma Eta; Alton, Delta Zeta;
Breck, Delta Zeta, and L. E. Stevens, Beta
Nu Ex-'19.

This season's pledges are: Donald
Qiapin, Akron; Melvin Mosher, Lodi;
Charles Evans and Frank Heeter, Cadiz;
Harry Myers, Kenton; Fred Kreiger,
Corning, N. Y.; John Lamont, Floyd Nel-
son, Melvin Beck, and Theodore Sherman,
Columbus; Roland Kemper, Louisville,
Ky.; Ralph Metzger, Akron, and A. Russel
Miller, Canton.

There are ten men in this year's gradu-
ating class as an especial effort is being
made to fit the younger men for the re-
sponsibilities they will later assume.

J. DALE McNAMAR, Reporter.

WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE
Beta Xi Chapter

Beta Xi has been more or less affected
by "after the war" conditions as a good
many of the active men in the '17, '18
Chapter did not return last year. How-

ever, most of them are back this year full
of the old "Sig" pep and determined to
keep Beta Xi the foremost fraternity in
William Jewell.

There are five Beta Xi men showing
well in football: Brothers Barton, Funk-
houser, and Scott, and Pledges Wood and
Joyce. Pledge Wood played with Drury
College last year and won a place on the
mythical All-Missouri eleven.

Sigs are also active in other activities
on the "Ole Hill." Pledge Gore is man-
ager of the Student's Co-operative Store,
and Brother Joyce is assistant physical
director. We have more than our share of
the class offices and are well represented
on the editorial staff of the college paper,
and also on the staff of the Taller, the col-
lege annual.

£. H. BARKSDALE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF PENN-
SYLVANIA

Beta Rho Chapter

On Friday evening, October the seventh,
Beta Rho officially opened with a House
dance. The dance was exceptionally well
attended and we were favored with the
presence of several Brothers from nearby
Chapters.

Beta Rho's active roll numbers forty-
three men this year and we feel exception-
ally fortunate in having lost such a Small
percentage of our active members during
the summer. We are also glad to announce
the affiliation of Brothers Jacobs, Hemp-
hill, Braham, Dean, Fields, Wagner and
Forrest, whose membership will swell our
number to the half century mark.

A precedent was established at Beta Rho
this year in that the House was kept open
all summer. The summer House Com-
mittee, of which Brother "Chet" Frey was
chairman, performed its tasks admirably
well and we all returned to find the House
in better condition than it has been in
years. Our new House manager, Brother
Mitchell, has been displaying his superior
taste and ability during the past two weeks
by adding to the appearance of the house
with such fixtures as new piano lamps,
new draperies and new lighting system
in the dining room. The old friends of
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interior of the house at the present time;
it surely is very attractive.

Beta Rho is starting off the year very
actively. Brother Collins was just elected
manager of the Lacrosse team and Broth-
ers Jewell, Mitchell and Sebald have be-
come members of the musical clubs of
which Brother Carlson is manager. Brother
Strickland, who is managing the basket-
ball team this year, was elected to the
Sphinx Senior Society and Brother John
Sebright, who is one of the leading candi-
dates for the Junior class presidency this
year, was elected to the Phi Kappa Beta
Junior Society recently. All of the old
activity men are hard at work and we feel
that Beta Rho will be very well repre-
sented on the campus this year. We are
quite sure that Brothers Scanlon and Law,
who are running for the vice-presidency
and executive committee of the Sophomore
class, respectively, will bring additional
political fame to the house.

The Beta Rho House fund campaign,
of which we have heard so much lately, is
progressing very well and we all have
hopes of a new and larger house in the not
far distant future. The Alumni Chapter
held a very inspiring meeting here at the
house and all of the members assure us
that they will co-operate most heartily
with the active Chapter in every move-
ment in which their assistance may be
needed. We all appreciate our Alumni
Chapter here in Philadelphia and we feel
that they are very close to us.

Although Brother "Mitty" Murdock "de-
serted the ranks" in favor of Miss Ger-
trude E. Phillips, of Johnstown, neverthe-
less we extend them our heartiest con-
gratulations and wish them all the happi-
ness in the world. Brother Murdock is
the junior member of the J. M. Murdock
Lumber Co., of Johnstown, Pa.

While speaking of the Brothers who are
not in college with us again this year, we
wish to mention that Brother Eyerman is
now assistant manager of the Philadelphia
store of the W. E. Woolworth Co.; Brother
Frey has a very lucrative position with the
North American Life Insurance Co., of this
city, and Brother Van Vliet has charge of
the publicity work of the Tubize Silk Co.,
of Belgium. We wish to congratulate these
Brothers on making such good connections
and we wish them every success in these,
their latest undertakings.

We have just been informed that Brother
Mattox, of Cuban fame, has just been ap-
pointed district manager of the Ingersoll
Watch Co., of Columbia, S. A. We feel
sure that Brother Mattox will "keep good
time" in his new location and we hope
to hear a lot of promising reports from
him in the future.

This is going to be a big year at Penn-
sylvania and many of you Brothers will
be in the city from time to time. We ex-
tend you the most hospitable welcome and
don't fail to come around. We have thrown
away our key.

JAS. W. WATSON, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Beta Sigma Chapter

During the summer we had a $1,000 fire
in the Chapter home, but this was covered
by insurance and repaired so that things
fairly shined when rushing season started.
Vermont, like many other colleges and
universities, had the largest enrollment of
Freshmen in her history. When the rush-
ing period was over, we found that eight
Freshmen and two Sophomores had chosen
Sigma Nu as their Fraternity. These men
are: Nelson F. Duba, of Williamstown, and
Thomas C. Prince, of Saxons River, both
of the class of 1923; Charles P. Barry, of
Fairfield; Arthur D. Emptage, of Newark,
N. J.; James Greig, of Barre; N. John
Kuzmich, of Claremont, N. H.; Robert W.
Ready, of Burlington; Jesse E. Sunder-
land, of Georgia; William C. Towle, of
Enosburg Falls, and Andrew Zwick, of
Nanatuck, Conn. ; all of the class of 1924.

We have twenty-nine men back this year
and with our ten new ones our Chapter
roll will have on it thirty-nine names,
which is a few more than in former years.
Of the new men pledged Duba is a first
string pitcher on the varsity baseball team,
while Kuzmich, Greig, Sunderland and
Zwick are on the varsity football squad.

Beta Sigma men are found in every col-
lege activity. In baseball, Brother Tryon
has represented us for the past two years.
He was picked by the New York Tribune
for the All-Intercollegiate team. We have
in Brother Bartlett the manager of football
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Jennings edited the "Ariel/9 a year book
by the Junior class. We boast of having
four men in the Dramatic Club, namely
Brothers Carson, Jennings, Logan, and
Soule. Brother Patten is playing end on
the football team. On the track, tennis,
and rifle teams and in the Press Club are
to be found many others of our number.

The honor societies all have their rep-
resentatives from, Sigma Nu. Brothers
Bartlett and Jennings are members of the
Boulder Society (Senior). Brothers John-
ston and Tryon belong to the Key and
Serpent Society (Junior). All four of
these men are in the Melissedon Society
(Senior and Junior).

Financially the Chapter is in very good
condition. The room rent has been raised
to keep up with the cost of running the
house and with more men rooming here
than ever before we should go through
the year and come out ahead of the game.

We are steadily crawling up the fra-
ternity averages. Last year we held fifth
place as compared to seventh the year pre-
ceding and hope this year to do even bet-
ter.

We are always glad to see our Alumni
and hope that many of them may visit us
during the year.

JOSEPH F. RAMP, Reporter.

NORTH CAROLINA
STATE COLLEGE

Beta Tau Chapter

North Carolina State opened with one
thousand students enrolled. The campus
certainly did look good to us. Our winter
home had taken on a little different ap-
pearance since June, two new dormitories
greeted us, also a new shop building.

All the Sigs were present the first day,
and before night we had our first meeting.
Our plans had been to rent a flat for Chap-
ter quarters but unfortunately we were
unable to secure even a room. The rules
of the college does not permit fraternities
to have Chapter homes or halls, but we
were going to room off the campus and
use our rooms as a Chapter hall. We still
expect to have some kind of a home before
the college year ends. This will be the
first step towards fraternity houses here.

Six men returned this year: Brothers

Quids, Wearn, Cantrell, Clarkerson, Bos-
tic and Jones. Since then, Brother A. M.
Stack has been added to the list making
the "lucky seven." Brother A. E. Hughes
came back, but will be unable to register
until the spring term.

Our men who did not return are: Broth*
ers Whittaker, Russ, Lattimore, Blanton,
Wright, Smith and Hughes. Brothers
Whittaker and Russ are located in Raleigh
and are as active as if they were in school.
Brother Lattimore graduated last June and
is with the American Bell Telephone Co.,
in Atlanta. Gamma Alpha will find him
to be a great help to them when needed.
Brother Blanton entered Georgia Tech this
year and Gamma Alpha will have use of
two good North Carolinian Sigs. Brother
Wright has entered the University of North
Carolina, giving Psi Chapter another affili-
ate from Beta Tau. Brother Smith has
entered a new field where we have no
Chapter, Davidson College. Brother
Hughes left us last Christmas but we ex-
pect him to return to us soon.

Football season opened September 25th,
our first game was turned into a victory by
defeating Davidson, 23-0. Brothers Wearn,
Bostic and Jones representing Sigma Nu,
in that branch of sport.

In nearly every organization you will
find some worthy Sig. We have one man
in the Junior Order and also two men in
the Sophomore Order. Brother Childs
represents us on the annual staff as busi-
ness manager. The German club boasts
of a Sig as the secretary and treasurer, also
that it has one hundred per cent, member-
ship from Sigma Nu which is very unusual
in this college for the German Club is very
exclusive.

The officers for the R. 0. T. C. unit were
appointed a few weeks ago and Sigma Nu
was well represented. The Beta Tau elec-
tives were: Brother Wearn, captain;
Brother Childs, First lieutenant; Brother
Clarkson, in charge of Bugle Corps;
Brother Bostic, Sergeant, and Brother
Cantrell, Ranking Corporal.

The Chapter officers for the year are:
F. S. Childs, Eminent Commander; W. N.
Cantrell, Lieutenant-Commander; W. R.
Wearn, Reporter; Clarkson Jones, Re-
corder; E. 0. Clarkson, Chaplain; G. T.
Bostic, Secretary and Treasurer; A. M.
Stack, III, Sentinel.

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Gardner was defeated as Democratic nomi-
nee for Governor. A very peculiar inci-
dent come up in the last weeks of the
campaign. Everything was bright for
Gardner and it seemed as if he would be
the next Governor, when Mr. Hervot
Clarkeson, father of Brother E. 0. Clarke-
son, of Beta Tau Chapter, became cam-
paign manager for Mr. Morrison. Mr.
Morrison had been making a very poor
showing up until this time. The result
was Mr. Morrison is Democratic nominee
which is the equivalent of a final election
in North Carolina. Mr. Clarkeson, in the
nomination of Mr. Morrison, won an en-
tirely personal victory.

Some of the men of Epsilon Beta Chap-
ter should have been in Springfield when
Brother E. 0. Clarkeson went through.
Eddie decided that he belonged to "The
race of men that about fit in,'9 so he went
West, mounted on his stealthy motorcycle.
Wichita, Kansas, is rather far from home
so when his steed broke down he shipped
it home C. 0. D. and rode the blinds back.
A regular tramp and proud of it. On the
trip out, Springfield was honored with his
presence.

We are looking forward to pledge day
with great expectations, but we will not
talk yet, just wait and see how we make
out. We take great pleasure in intro-
ducing to you Pledge C. M. Stack, of Mon-
roe, N. C.

W. R. WEARN, Reporter.

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Beta Upsilon Chapter

Beta Upsilon starts out the new term
with thirty-one Brothers and two pledges,
all full of the old spirit that puts Sigma
Nu to the front.

Brothers Reinking, captain, and Con-
over won track letters.

Brothers Taggert, Price Steffen, Rosen-
baum and Brophy were on the baseball
team.

On this year's varsity squad are Brothers
Gray, McDaugh, Steffen, Krausbek, Con-
over, Taggart and Heck.

Brother Gray is president of the Senior
class.

Brother Harmas is president of the
Glee Club.

Brother Lootie is president of the Cam-
era Club.

Brothers Krausbek and McDargh are
on the Techmc staff.

Scholarships were received by Brothers
Schroeder, Conover, Henderson and Pledge
Heck.

H. J. McDARGH, Reporter.

TULANE UNIVERSITY
Beta Phi Chapter

The first football game of the season has
been played and won, the Y. M. C. A.
drive has ended, everybody's purse has
lost its bulge, rushing season and pledge
day for the sororities and fraternities has
come and gone, all of which clears up the
atmosphere for another year's smooth
functioning of scholastic endeavors at
Tulane.

Beta Phi had returned to its ranks the
following old men: Cook, Kennedy, E.
Talbot, Evans, Brumfield, Simpson, Lloyd,
Martinez, LeBourgeois, Home, McMahan,
Carter, Harrell, Hargrove, McGee, and
Bailey. In addition to these old war
horses, Pledges Rabb and H. Talbot were
back from last year. These men were un-
able to be initiated last year due to en-
trance conditions standing against them.
To this list we append the names of Benny
Roberts and "Ikey" Scott, transfers from
Alabama U and Washington and Lee, re-
spectively. In the hot competition for
new men, six men were offered the privi-
lege of wearing the "Sig Snake," five of
that number accepting at an hilarious ban-
quet staged the night of October 6th, at La
Nasa's in the ancient French Quarter. This
gives Beta Phi Chapter a total of twenty-
five men to guard her interests and tradi-
tions at Tulane. The new pledges were
Messrs. Dupre and Sewall, from Boyce,
La.; Johnson and Rose, from North Caro-
line; and Ligon, from Houston, Texas.
Three men were lost to our Chapter last
year: Brother Whiteside by graduation
from the School of Medicine, Brother Phy-
fer by transfer to the University of Cali-
fornia and Brother Maxwell has transferred
his activities to the Chicago U. Brother
MeGee was taken in last year towards the
close of the year and has proven to be one
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rolled in this Chapter in years. Another
Sigma Nu was added to the Faculty this
year in the person of Brother Spurgeon.
M. D.9 who is a professor in the Medical
School.

Some idea of the caliber of the work
turned out by the men of Beta Phi last
year can be gleaned from the official scho-
lastic standing of her name among the
fifteen fraternities at Tulane. Her rank
was raised from tenth to third, the aver-
ages of Zeta Beta Tau and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, who finished in the order named,
being superior, the difference being com-
puted in tenths. The average for the Fra-
ternity was 81.12. This may seem like a
low average to the foreigners, but those
who know Tulane Medical School realize
that if a Chapter has many men in it from
that department such an average is quite
a credit.

In the matter of honors conferred thus
far, our Chapter has reason to be proud of
its men. Brother Harrell was elected
president of the Freshman Law Class.
Pledge Talbot was elected secretary-treas-
urer of the Law Student Body, which is
not so bad for a Freshman. Brother Jesse
McGee inherited the vice-presidency of
the Senior Law Class by virtue of being
defeated for president of that class by two
votes. Brother "Pig" Hargrove hauled
down the presidency of the Sophomore
Medical Class, also hanging opposite his
name the highest average for the Fresh-
man Medical Class of last year. Brother
E. Talbot was elected to Kappa Delta Phi,
a local honorary fraternity, whose mem-
bership is based on general student body
activity and leadership. He has also been
installed as assistant secretary to the Y.
M. C. A. for the ensuing year.

Brother Charlie Turk, an Alumnus of
Beta Phi, and for a long time professor of
Law at Tulane, has been elected dean of
the Law School at Vanderbilt. Brother
Myotone, of W. and L., and Brother Char-
lie Dunbar of the local Chapter, have been
two very active Alumni in the rushing
season at Tulane this year.

Quite a deal of interest is being attached
to the efforts at Tulane to organize a
varsity eight. With all the water facil-
ities of New Orleans, it is a source of
much wonder just why the movement has
not begun earlier. The real reason seems
to be lack of competition in this part of

the world in that sport. The movement is
being fostered by the fraternities and
should it materialize Sigma Nu should be
able to furnish at least two huskies for
the team.

KENNETH BAILEY, Reporter.

LELAND STANFORD
UNIVERSITY

Beta Chi Chapter

The hardest part of making any sort of
a report is to pick out from the great mass
of facts stored away, a few pertinent items
that become general in their interest.

I could write volumes about this Chap-
ter. The way in which it has come form
in a year from a mere question mark to
perhaps the strongest organization on the
campus. But I'll only' say in passing
that Beta Chi and the Sigma Nu Frater-
nity are deeply indebted to the handful of
men who opened this House last Fall with
nothing before them except a big debt,
and a black uncertainty.

I could write much on our prospects for
a near Sigma Nu varsity this Fall. Eight
men are on the field each night, and five
or six at least will play regularly on the
first string.

Rushing season is of course wide open,
and we are doing the best we can. Under
the system that has been imposed on us
by the powers that be, it is as hard to get
a date with a good "pup" as it is to date
up the "college belle."

Sunday mornings are, strange as it may
seem, our busiest times around here; a
crowd of the younger Alumni come from
far and near and we all fall to with paint
brushes and scrapers.

We are trying to paint the House. It
looks like a patch-work quilt, but it serves
as a binding tie to some of the recent
graduates and besides it's a great enlivener
of brotherly spirit.

A few of our number are missing this
Fall. Brother Knapp having married
('the best girl in the world') last year.
Brother Kellogg suffered like fate, and we
are sorry to announce that our present
Eminent Commander is to be misled in the
near future.

Two Alumni, Brothers McGilvray and
Bumgartener were married last Spring.

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In fact there seems to be a sort o( mar-
riage epidemic, and so far we have found
no antitoxin.

PAUL C. MURRAY, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA

Beta Psi Chapter

Beta Psi opened house with twenty-
eight of the old men returning and many
new ideas, preps, and much enthusiasm
inspired by a very enjoyable House party.
For those who do not know — all loyal
Brothers return two weeks in advance of
the opening of college and journey with
their prospects to that ever-refreshing
California resort, the Russian River.
There, for two weeks, all flows freely and
care is nought

At the end of the rushing season we
found ourselves with a Freshman class of
seven, embodying much promising mate-
rial. They are Brothers Gwynne Allen,
Los Angeles; Arthur Donald Atterbury,
Woodland; Percy Sheldon Donahoo, Oak-
land; Ira Christian Hilgers, Berkeley;
Clarence Robert Mitchell, Oakland;
George Bentley Peere, Jr., Ross, and Rich-
ard Scherrer Preston, Manila, P. I.

Also to be added to the Chapter roll
are the names of five new affiliates. They
are Brothers G. F. Fine, A T; R. 0. Gal-
lagher, A I; W. W. McDonald, A T;
Thompson, A A; and John Toole, T$.
Beta Psi has found the old saying that
everyone comes to California sooner or
later quite true.

Members of the Chapter are active in
many branches of campus work and stu-
dent activity, and Beta Psi is well repre-
sented in honor societies. Recently Broth-
ers "Pot" Baker, '20, and "Wallie" Hew-
itt, '20, were admitted into Skull and
Keys.

Some of the Freshmen are out for the
"Frosh" team, the Glee Club and the many
other fields of college work. Brother Bill
Hanley, '21, our able representative in
the drama, was recently elected manager
of Mask and Dagger and made a member
of the English Club. Brother Hanley is
co-author of the Junior farce, "Not So
Bad," to be produced on Junior Day.

Brother "Slep" Downer, *20, starred in
the inter-class football games and also
brought home several places for the Chap-
ter in the recent inter-fraternity track
meet.

Brother Al 'Otto, our House manager,
will represent the Chapter at the Division
Convention to be held at Tucson, Arizona,
next month.

Brother Paul Spencer visited Beta Psi
twice in the last month. He is visiting the
various Pacific Coast Chapters.

After having occupied the present
house for ten years Beta Psi is to have
a new home. As the result of the efforts
of our Alumni ground will be broken in
several weeks and next semester will find
us all lodged around a new hearth.

WINFIELD S. WELLINGTON, Reporter.

GEORGIA SCHOOL OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Alpha Chapter

We have been very fortunate this year
in having twenty-three old men return to
school: Brothers Pruitt, Ry lander, Betts,
Weston, Hardin, W. W. and E. S. Kyle,
Whitley, Phillips, Lasseter, Parchal, Wal-
strum, Granger, Gaines, Morgan, Blake,
Laney, Hay, Thomas, Dautridge, Drew,
and the two Mclntyre brothers. Tech this
year has the largest number of Freshmen
in the history of the school, and we have
picked twelve of them, eleven of which
have been initiated. Namely: 0. L. Betts
of Rome; W. 0. Britt, Jr., of Thomaston;
J. E. Hamlet, of Atlanta; C. Denicke, of
Macon; I. A. Leimbrook, of Rome; L. A.
Roberts, of Eastman; L. D. Baggs, of Bain-
bridge; T. M. Buchanan, Jr., of Tate; D.
R. Simmons, of Bainbridge; H. L. Adams,
of Alice, Texas, and Pledge Fleming.

From all appearances it seems that
Sigma Nu at Georgia Tech has a very
promising year ahead. Through the cease-
less and untiring efforts of the Sigs resid-
ing in Atlanta this past summer, we have
been able to replace the House which we
were so unfortunate as to lose last Spring.
And while speaking of the House we wish
to extend an invitation to all Brothers
visiting Atlanta to make our House their
headquarters, or, if it is not convenient to
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city. We cannot put you up in palatial
style, we cannot give you a suite of rooms,
nor can we guarantee even a private
room; but what we have, such as it is, is
yours for the asking, and welcome.

On die football field Sigma Nu as
usual has its full quota of men. Brothers
Pruitt, Granger and the two Mclntyres,
who play in practically all the games. At
the close of last year Brother Orton Blake
won the school championship in the ten-
nis singles, and it seems quite likely that
he will do so again this year. Though
Brother Laney is a confirmed tea-hound
and ladies' man, he felt the call of the
orator so strongly last year that he entered
the Freshman oratorical contest and pro-
ceded to win first honors. For this he was
presented with a gold medal.

In the inter-fraternity clubs we are also
well represented. In the Anaks: Brother
Pruitt; Bull Dogs: Pruitt, Ry lander,
Hardin and Granger; Koseme: Pruitt,
Weston and Granger; Skull and Key:
Phillips, Hay and Morgan; and in the
Cotillion: Pruitt, Rylander, Weston and
Phillips. The presidencies of the Anaks
and Bull Dogs are held by Sigma Nus.

During the second week of school the
Chapter gave a dinner at which many of
the Alumni were present. Not only were
there Tech men in the Alumni, but quite
a few Chapters of the North and East were
also represented.

Following the dinner a meeting was
held and this year's pledges initiated. The
genuine Sigma Nu spirit was very much in
evidence, and it seemed as though the
Alumni and the active men in the Chapter
were getting closer in touch with each
other all the time. If this be the case, we
feel confident in promising a greater and
better Chapter for Sigma Nu at Georgia
Tech.

J. N. WALSTRUM, Reporter.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Gamma Beta Chapter

On Wednesday evening, September 15,
at our first rushing party, twenty-five
active men were present, in other words,
the whole Active Chapter was on the job.
College began Monday, September 20, and

on Thursday, Gamma Beta announced fif-
teen pledges in the first edition of the
Daily Northwestern. The names of the
pledges are: William McElwain, Evan-
ston; Oliver Nichols, David City, Neb.;
Thomas Wolfe, David City, Neb.; Beverly
Stevenson, Edgar Settles, Roland Feltman,
Chicago; Edwin Smmet, Two Harbors,
Minn.; Elwin Bishop, Williamson, W.
Va.; Arthur Persinger, Williamson, W.
Va.; John Goessele; Warren Rice, Cen-
tralia, 111.; George Fry, Swayzee, Ind.;
Ira Oglivie, Chicago; Herbert Lucas,
Evanston; Herbert Feltman, Chicago.

At the present writing, the football team
is upsetting conference dope. The team
is being piloted by "Chuck" Palmer, and
Dwight Mills holds down a regular guard
position with Brother McKay an eager re-
serve. Pledge Bill McElwain is playing
fullback and is captain of the Freshman
varsity. In this representation, Gamma
Beta is justly proud.

The officers for the new year are: Rob-
ert Schweser, E. C; E. P. McMakin, L.
C; George McKay, Recorder; Joe Bryant,
Chaplain; Dan Hagin, Marshal; Fred
Schweser, Sentinel; Philip French, Treas-

urer.

Under the guidance of our most Emi-
nent Commander, ' Krenshesky" Schweser,
the worthy second to Big Bill Thompson,
succeeded in placing Brother Al Steele in
the office of Sophomore president. I might
also state that Al is one of our most peppy
cheer leaders. Just before school closed
last Spring, Brother Kautz was elected
chairman of the Y. M. C. A. social com-
mittee. His first party, the Y. M. C. A.
joint, was a great success, and now he has
to prepare for one of the biggest events of
the year, The Great Northwestern Circus.
We all know that he will make it one of
the best shows the university has ever seen.

We are glad to have with us this year
Brothers Fallis and Burton, affiliates from
Beta Kappa, and are sure that they will
be of great help to Gamma Beta.

J. BART FOSTER, JR., Reporter.

ALBION COLLEGE

Gamma Gamma Chapter

At the close of school last June, Gamma
Gamma completed a record that we are

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truly proud of. For the eighth time
Sigma Nu has led all of the four National
Fraternities in scholarship. This time
even one sorority. Brother Shorey Peter-
son, the valedictorian of the graduating
class, further added to our honors by re-
ceiving the annual fellowship to the Uni-
versity of Michigan.

Five of our men received letter sweat-
ers for football, three for basketball, three
for baseball, and three for track, the only
track sweaters awarded during the year.
Brother Walker and Oakes received letters
for representing the college in tennis.
Brother Spannenberg held the position of
track captain. He himself putting eleven
points to Albion's credit in the last M.
I. A. A. field meet.

Brother Siple and Charl Greene were
awarded Delta Sigma Rho keys for debate.
Brother Winegar received his for excel-
lent work as representative of the college
at the Michigan Oratorical Contest.

During the summer Brother Frank
Church kept the Brothers in communica-
tion with each other by a method that was
as interesting as it was unique. Brother
Church, although he is studying to be a
chemist, has considerable ability as a
writer. Early in the summer he con-
ceived the idea of putting such gossip as
would be interesting and enlightening to
the Brethren into a six-page "news paper-
ette" about the size of the American Mag-
azine. The title of this whirlwind edition
was "The Gamma Gamma Line." Brother
Church deserves much credit for this novel
way of keeping the Chapter together dur-
ing vacation.

The members of Gamma Gamma were
shocked to hear of the death of Brother
Laverne Sutton on August 28. As a stu-
dent he was ever a hard worker and stood
high in scholastic achievement. But more
than that he was an untiring and faithful
worker for the betterment of the Chapter.
Gamma Gamma will continue under the
inspiration of his life and the zeal of his
efforts.

This year's kick-off starts with an abund-
ance of pep and good men. With twenty-
eight old men back and thirteen pledge-
men of high caliber, this year bids fair to
keep pace with our high record of the
past.

The athletic supremacy for Gamma
Gamma is well established. Brother

Frank Benish holds the much coveted po-
sition of football captain. Brothers Rutz,
Winegar, Kenaga. Martin, Lang and
Spannenberg, along with Pledgeman Hoet-
zel, are also taking an active part on the
gridiron.

Politically speaking, Sigma Nu does not
have to take a back seat on the campus.
Brother Toupalik, the college yellmaster,
hangs his hat in our "kind halls." Brother
Cleveland Jordan is manager of the Col-
lege Co-operative Book Store and presi-
dent of the Junior Class. Brother Frank
Benish is president of the Y. M. C. A., of
the Senior class and of the Social Science
Club. To Brother Jud Foust was en-
trusted the keeping of the money of the
Sophomore class. The business manager
of the Pleiad is no other than Lieutenant-
Commander Alexander. To Brother
Whitmer goes the honor of being presi-
dent of the Contributor's Club, associate
editor of the Pleiad and a member of the
Student Senate. Brother Gorton will have
the honor of representing the college in
this year's oratorical classic which is to
be held at Albion.

Five actives, King, Laity, Turner, Ack-
land and Greene along with Pledgemen
Marsh and Beebe, are members of the col-
lege band. The Glee Club has for its
president, Brother Kenaga.

The Annual Melon Feed, which is al-
ways held on Saturday night of the first
week of college, was a profound success.
The party was held on the spacious lawn
at the rear of the House. Japanese lan-
terns gave a bewitching and artistic effect
to the scene that added to the gaiety of the
affair. Over one hundred people attended
the party.

J. HAROLD GREENE, Reporter.

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Delta Chapter

Stevens's football team is well under
way in their attempt to make this the
fourth year in succession that our team
has remained undefeated. One of the best
finds of the season has been Brother
Bajusz in the backfield. In all the games
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broken field runner. Brother Benjamin
plays at quarterback and Brother Moller
at guard and center. Brother Strachan
and Pledges Cooper and Wappler are on
the first squad.

Many of the old Alumni have been
around the House at meetings this Fall,
and it certainly has been a pleasure to see
the older men and entertain them. It
makes us all feel good to know that such
a large per cent, of the Alumni take this
interest in us and the cause for which we
are active. For those of the Alumni who
have not been around lately and who read
this, we want to urge you to drop in on
us this winter. There is usually a basket-
ball game on Saturday nights and when
there is a game, you can count on one of
those good old parties at the House.

Brother Faust, president of the Dra-
matic Society, has plans under way for a
musical show this winter. Brother Paul-
sen is composing the musical numbers.

Brother Bigger has left Stevens to go to
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
We miss Tim already and feel sorry that
there isn't a "Sig" House at M. I. T. for
him to instill his good humor and pep
into.

Due to the new rushing rules this year,
we have been able to do no rushing as
yet However, the material looks promis-
ing, and we expect to have a strong Chap-
ter on the campus this year. At present
we have in the Active Chapter twenty-three
Brothers. Nine Seniors, five Juniors, and
nine Sophomores. We also wish to intro-
duce at this time the following pledges
from the Sophomore class: J. K. Mount,
Hoboken; Herbert Wootrich, New York
Cijy; Wilfrid Cooper, New Rochelle.
N. Y., and Frederick Wappler, of Yonk-
ers, N. Y.

L. D. BURRITT, Reporter.

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
Gamma Epsilon Chapter

Despite trie unfavorable condition of
the House when college opened, Gamma
Epsilon is again back in the thick of life
at Lafayette.

When the first men returned to college
and came into our newly purchased home,
the decorators had just left and the House

presented anything but a homelike ap-
pearance. Through the earnest co-opera-
tion of every man in the Chapter, in two
days we were in a position to start one of
the most spirited rushing seasons in the
history of fraternities at Lafayette.

We take pleasure at this time in intro-
ducing to Sigma Nu the following pledges :
Willard Weisel, Phillipsburg, N. J.; Ken-
neth Barrett and Frank Barrett, New York
City; Joseph H. Forrest, Spring City; John
H. Grazier, Tyrone; B. Elkins Longwell,
Johnstown; James E. Moore, and W. Stan-
ley Austin, Elizabeth, N. J.; Karl E.
Goedecke, Hazleton ; John J. Palmer, Port
Kennedy.

Among the men returned are three
wearers of the "L." Brothers Bieber and
Gazella won their letters in baseball and
Brothers Gazella and D. Zeigler won mem-
bership to the "L" Club by their work on
the football squad.

Football is now holding the attention
of the college. The material this year is
exceptionally fine. Four teams are prac-
ticing every day and a record season is
predicted. The Chapter is fortunate to
have three men on the squad. Brother
Gazella is playing varsity halfback, and
Brother D. Zeigler and Pledge Weisel are
working for positions at end and tackle.

At the close of college last year elec-
tions came thick and fast. Gamma Epsi-
lon secured four offices worthy of her
charge. Brother Connor was elected
Junior assistant baseball manager. Broth-
ers Grazier and Radcliffe were elected to
the editorial staff of the "Lafayette," the
college weekly. Again, in the editorial
line, Brother Rosenberger was elected to
the board of the new comic magazine,
-The Lafayette Lyre.

At this time Gamma Epsilon is well set-
tled in her new home with an Active Chap-
ter of twenty-two men and ten Freshmen
pledges. With such material and sur-
roundings our year should be indeed suc-
cessful.

ROBERT S. RADCLIFFE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Gamma Zeta Chapter

Oregon has started the new year with a
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year. The passage of the Millage Bill last
Spring gave the University an abundance
of financial assistance. Already there
are several new buildings under construc-
tion and the future looks very promising.

We did not have as many men back this
Fall as we had expected, but seventeen of
the best of us are here and on the job. It
is not putting it lightly to say that the
future looks brighter for Gamma Zeta now
than at any time since the war.

The old men back are John Matheson,
'21; Don Newbury, back for a law de-
gree; Neil Morfitt, '21; Si Starr, *21;
Huber Rambo, '21; Barton Sherk, '21;
Wesley Shattuck, '22; Sidney Hayslip,
'22; Carl Newbury, '22; French Moore,
'22; Max Schafer, '22; Edward Bentley,
'22; Chas. Robertson, '22; Verne Dudley,
'22; Ernest Hoisington, '23; Robert Shep-
pard, '23; Sard Weist, '23, and L. K. Fra-
ley who has reformed and deserted 0. A.
C. for Oregon to take a pre-medic course.

Rushing this year proved to be a hard
fight from start to finish, but we pledged
eight Freshmen. They are: Kellor King
and Chas. Parson, Portland; Wesley Mims
and Lloyd McRae, Pendleton; Raymond
Harlan, Klamath Falls; A. L. Frick and
Jean Du Paul, San Deigo; Ward Johnson,
Kennewick, Wash.; and three pledges from
last Spring: Scanlin Collins, Portland;
and Dick Reed and John Bryson of
Eugene.

Nearly every man in the House is out
for some activity on the campus. Don
Newbury is making his presence felt on
the campus as chairman of the Social Af-
fairs Committee.. Carl Newbury is presi-
dent of the Junior class. Sidney Hayslip
is assistant manager of the football team,
while French Moore and Carl Newbury
are out for the Glee Club. Scanlin Col-
lins and Barton Sherk are on the Oregona
staff.

We are making quite a showing in var-
sity athletics this year, having three men,
Neil Morfitt, Silar Starr and Ernest Hois-
ington on the football squad. Although
several men are getting ready for the bas-
ketball season to start.

Profiteering has at last entered the ranks
of Gamma Zeta through the medium of the
Freshmen in the form of a monopoly on
the Freshman football team. Nine out of
eleven Freshmen are on the squad and
seven are on the first team.

Chuck Parsons, brother of Johnny Par-
sons, all Pacific Coast half, is sitting se-
cure at halfback. Du Paul has a strangle
hold on the other half with Ward John-
son holding down full. This double-fisted
trio is supported by Abe Frick at center,
Reed and King in the tackle berths and
Johnny Bryson at left end constitute our
representation. Then McRae and Harlan
are ambitious contenders for tackle and
guard positions respectively.

We have Brother Bart Spellman with
us now. He is assistant football coach.

It is hardly necessary to say that we are
more than proud of Brother Arthur Tuck
who went to the Olympic games in Bel-
gium as a member of the javelin team.
Although Arthur did not place in the
finals he threw the stick 198 feet in the
preliminaries, but was put out of the run-
ning when he threw his knee out of place.
Tuck is resting up at home this semester
in an effort to get his knee in condition for
track next Spring. We expect him back
in January.

W. HUBER RAMBO, Reporter.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Eta Chapter

Gamma Eta started things off in fine
style this year and we have every pros-
pect of making it a banner year. Our
Chapter is well balanced in regard to
classes. We have seven Seniors, seven
Juniors, seven Sophomores and four
Freshmen. The old men who returned
this year are: Williams, Thomas, Charles,
Keough, Schade, Clifford, Brinker, Mc-
Kenna, Clough, Linderholm, Robertson,
McKenzie, Farlow, Mayall, Withers, Sher-
iger, Livingston, W. S. McWhorter, Knill,
Peck and Clarke.

We are proud to announce the pledging
of the following men: W. P. Gray of
Tulsa, Okla.; Allen E. Hambly of Brock-
ton, Mass.; C. E. McWhorter of Denver;
George Gallagher of Colorado Springs;
Paul Gardere of Marlin, Texas; and Joe
Ruth of Denver.

We have built on a new kitchen at the
rear of our House and we are doubly
proud of it, because we did all the work
ourselves in constructing it from excavat-
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blocks to nailing on the roof. It is of con-
crete construction and is 13 by 22 feet in
dimensions. Due to the fact that we fur-
nished all the labor ourselves, the cost of
the kitchen was cut just about in half.

In athletics this year we have Brother
Linderholm as football captain. Brothers
Clough, Robertson, Farlow, Sheriger, W.
S. McWhorter and Pledge Hambly are
also out for the squad and out of these
men we will land at least two more places
on the varsity. Coach Glaze has obtained
a line coach for this year and he has been
doing great things with our line so far.
Taking everything in consideration, it
looks like a big year for Mines in the way
of athletics. Pledge Gardere is captain of
the Freshmen football team and Pledge C.
E. McWhorter is also playing on the team.

Although no scholastic reports have
been put out, we have every reason to be-
lieve that we stand well up toward the
front among the four fraternities if not
first. There are now three Tau Beta Pi
men in the House and we are expecting
some to be added to this before long. Out
of our seven Seniors there are four that
are members of the Theta Tau Engineer-
ing Fraternity. Brother W. V. Norris is
back with us this year. He is a member
of the Faculty this year in the Chemical
Department.

GEORGE W. CLARKE, Reporter.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Gamma Theta Chapter

Gamma Theta is apparently entering a
very successful year. This Fall there are
twenty-nine old men back, and we now
have two affiliates, Brother G. H. Coxe,
Beta Zeta, and Brother Hugh Swan of
Delta Omicron. We have already pledged
nine men. They are: F. C. Brokaw,
Westfield, N. J.; R. E. Glass, Westfield,
N. J.; C. H. Bleakley, Yonkers; C. H.
Ballard, Springfield, Mass.; R. C. Gil-
lies, Jr., Brooklyn; George Anderson,
Jr., Scranton, Pa.; W. J. Kearney, Jr.,
New Orleans, La.; E. T. Knobloch, Erie,
Pa.; and H. H. Shincel, Waterbury, Conn.

We are now on a sound financial basis,
due to the helpful interest of our Alumni,
and the acknowledged ability of our treas-

urer, Brother S. B. Beach. Due to our
able officers the Chapter was organized
and running smoothly even before the
University term had officially opened.

The new men will have examples of re-
warded effort among the older men to in-
duce them to follow the vital slogan of
the Competitions Committee: "Everyone
out for something." Since the last Chap-
ted letter, Brother C. W. Olney, '22, was
awarded his letter for Crew; Brother L. S.
Hazzard, '22, won his competition for
manager of baseball and during the same
semester was initiated into the Phi Delta
Phi, honorary Law Fraternity; Brother G.
A. Benton, '19, was elected to Quill and
Dagger, Sendor Honorary Society;
Brother S. B. Beach, '20, was appointed
manager of the University orchestra;
Brother A. H. Marsh, '22, won his "An-
nuals" competition, thereby becoming a
member of the editorial board; Brother
E. D. Leet, '23, was the only man of his
class chosen for the editorial board of
the Cornell Daily Sun; and Brother D.
Trainer, Jr., '22, won the assistant man-
agership of tennis.

We are well represented in the military
department by Brother B. K. Shaner, '21,
major, in command of the artillery unit
of the R. 0. T. C; Brother S. B. Beach,
'21, captain, and Brother D. H. Johnson,
'21, first lieutenant in the same unit. .

Brother M. W. Lippitt, acting captain of
the golf team last season, won the Tri-
State Gold Tournament in North Carolina
during the summer.

The social program of last year ended
in a very successful five-day house party,
when twenty guests and some twenty-five
men of the Chapter enjoyed both the
scheduled entertainments of Senior week
and the inter-collegiate rowing regatta.
C. F. BEELER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Gamma Iota Chapter

On the twenty-first of September, the
last day of Matriculation, we found en-
rolled twenty-one active men and two
pledges. They were Brothers Jere Beam,
Walter Coleman, William Colpitts, Ar-
thur Cameron, Guthrie Duvall, Barron
Faulconer, Bruce Fuller, Charles Graham,

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Edgar Gregg, J. G. Heber, Carl Kloecker,
Norwood King, Eger Murphree, Frank
Parks, Sam Ridgway, Melvin Saulsburg,
John Taggart, John Scott, Clyde Watts,
Earle Wallace, Neil Wilkerson, and
Pledges Graham McCormick and Thomas
Menaugh.

A number of Alumni were on hand to
help with the rushing. Among them were
Brothers Grover Creech, Neal Knight, T.
L. Gorman, Harry Jennings, J. S. Yankey,
and several of the members of the Alumni
Chapter. We now have thirteen new men
wearing the button. They are: Madison
Cawein of Louisville; William Carothers
of Bardstown; Headley Card, of Pineville;
Rogers Clay, of Frankfort; Robert Din-
widdie, of Louisville; Will Edd Diuguid,
of Ghent; William Fishback, of Lexing-
ton; Lafayette Herring, of Fulton; Beverly
Mann, of Bardstown; Earle Nichols; of
Dawson Springs; Garry Roosma and Al-
fred Sturges, of Passiac, N. J.; and Wil-
liam Whitfield, of Moddlesboro.

The Chapter offices are held this year by
Brothers T. Jere Beam, Commander; Earle
D. Wallace, lieutenant-commander, Charles
D. Graham, recorder; Edgar R. Gregg,
treasurer; John G. Heber, House manager,
and John D. Taggart, reporter.

Brothers Murphree, this year's captain;
Heber, ex-captain; Fuller, Faulconer and
ColpUts, all last year letter men, are play-
ing their old positions with the University
eleven. Brothers Gregg and Cameron
have taken part in all the games played so
far, and, from the showing they have
made, will have little difficulty in winning
the "K." Brothers Ridgway Watts and
McCormick %re out for the Sophomore
team. Pledge Dinwiddie is end on the
Freshman eleven.

We are represented in the University
publications by Brothers Cameron and
Gregg; the former being associate editor
of the Kernel, feature editor of the annual,
and secretary of the University Press As-
sociation; while the latter is art editor of
the Kentuchian. Brother Beam is man-
ager of the football program. Pledge
Roosma holds the position of reporter on
the Kernel staff.

In the band are Brothers Gregg, Ridg-
way and Parks. Brother Gregg is business
manager of the unit and is arranging a
week's trip through the state for the band
and Glee Club.

Brother Gregg was recently made presi-
dent of the Junior class. Pledge Sturges
was elected one of the three University
cheer leaders, and president of the Fresh-
men Discipline Committee. Brother Gra-
ham McCormick was initiated on Octo-
ber 6.

Counting active men and pledges, the
Chapter is larger than ever before. Al-
most every member is out for some par-
ticular college activity or honor. The
pledges have been given a start and are
taking a remarkable interest in affairs.

The pride of the Chapter is our new
House which is nearing completion. The
exterior and top floor have been completed
and we expect to occupy it during Christ-
mas vacation. It is located just across the
street from the football field and holds
such a commanding view of the gridiron
that it *vas found necessary to nail boards
across the doors and windows lest some
of the voters who possessed neither suffi-
cient ct/rrency for the gate nor sufficient
slimness for the hole in the fence back of
the stands, kick out the second-story panes
in their excitement.

In raising subscriptions for the House,
as in all other interests of the Chapter,
the Alumni have assisted us in every pos-
sible way. The Alumni Chapter is always
on hand to aid and advise the Chapter in
whatever action it takes. Brother Hug-
uelet, who holds the office of Chapter Ad-
viser, is seldom absent from a meeting.
Brother Pulliam, president of the House
Committee, devoted a great deal of his
time this summer to working on the build-
ing campaign and attending to the affairs
of the Chapter while the members were
away. It was due to Brother Pulliam's
untiring efforts that our dream of a Chap-
ter House has at last been put into brick
and mortar form.

JOHN D. TAGGART, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Gamma Kappa Chapter

The opening of college this year found
Gamma Kappa lodged in a new home.
For the three years we have lived in the
old Chapter House we have felt the need
of a larger and better home as under the

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old conditions about half of the Chapter
were forced to live outside the House to
make room for the Freshmen, which at
best does not foster fraternity spirit This
year we are able to comfortably accom-
modate all of our men who do not have
their homes in Boulder.

We take pride in announcing the pledg-
ing of ten good men: Joe Mack Wilson,
Mose T. Lewis and Bob Frederickson, of
Canon City; Rudolph Mitchell and D. T.
James, of Boulder; Freddie Saylor, of
Longmont; Henry Galley, of Grand Junc-
tion; Bob Atha, of Columbus, Ohio; F. T.
Mathews, of Liberty, Mo.; and Dick
Golden, of Kensington, Kansas.

Brothers Stanley Lomax, Boulder, Colo.;
Grange Sherwin, Denver, Colo. ; and Floyd
Griffith, of Norton, Kans., were initiated on
Friday, October 15. These men were
held over last Spring due to the impossi-
bility of initiation after the close of
college.

We are fortunate in having with us this
year Brothers 0. W. Ament, P; A. W.
Quinlan, B K; and Jim Homer, E B. All
have signified their intention of affiliating
and we know that they will be a great ad-
dition to our Chapter strength.

Brothers Smith, O'Day, McGrew and
Robinson are out for football and all have
an excellent chance of making the much
desired golden "C." ' Pledges Galley,
Lewis, Golden and Wilson are out for the
Frosh team.

Brother Howard Smith is to be initiated
into Torch and Shield, Sophomore hon-
orary society while Brother Moore has
been initiated into Arch, also a Sopho-
more honorary society.

HARRY F. KEELER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Gamma Lambda Chapter

To begin with I will tell you we have
eleven pledges: Walter Frautchi, Madi-
son; David Farrand, Green Bay; Earl Me-
cartney (Malcolm's brother), Hinsdale,
111.; Gordon Roberts (John's brother),
Milwaukee; Len Spreng, Madison; Paul
Loranger, Janesville; Frederick Salentine,
Milwaukee; Philip Freeman, Hinsdale,
HI.; Leslie Jones, Wallace, Idaho; Mere-

dith Hendricks, Ingleside, 111.; Kenneth
Mainland, Oshkosh.

We got the jump on every fraternity
and were all settled, serving meals and
rushing in dead earnest before our rival
fraternities appeared in the field. We
threw a dance at the House five days be-
fore school started for our rushees and
pledges. This is the first year that we
have attempted this, but I think that it
will become an established precedent in
the future.

Old Gamma Lambda came to with a
bang in athletics, during the year 1919-20.
In the short nine months we placed seven
cups on our mantel. Five of these cups
were secured in inter-fraternity athletics.
We hope to make it a cup a month this
year. Combining the material which we
already have with the prospects among our
pledges, this doesn't at all seem to be a
hopeless ambition.

Our scope, however, was by no means
limited to inter-fraternity athletics. We
had three men on the varsity track team,
which showed up so well last spring. These
men were Mecartney, Brothers and Stolley.
Brothers won two "Ws," one in track and
one in cross country. He is captain of
this year's cross country team. Mecartney
won a "W" in track and an "aWa" in
basketball. Stolley won an "aWa" in
track. Willis (Slew) Fanning stepped out
and won two "Ws" for himself, one in
basketball and one in tennis. He is cap-
tain of this year's tennis team. Mecartney
Brothers and Stolley all secured places on
the athletic board.

Our last year's Freshmen did a little
something, too. Three of the men won
their numerals. Lee McCandless won his
as a member of the Freshman track team.
Ed Weeks won his as manager of the
Freshman track team, and Russel Bond,
his as manager of the Freshman baseball
team. Ed Weeks is also assistant manager
of the varsity football team this fall.

HARWOOD GREGORY, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Gamma Mu Chapter

True to their resolves of last June, the
majority of Gamma Mu's active men be-

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gan to flock back about a week before
registration. There was a variety of work
to be done, including a coat of shelac for
the cork carpets on the second and third
floors, wax and polishing for the hard-
wood floors downstairs, and the usual
cleaning and readjustment of all furniture
and rugs. Outside was the lawn which had
managed to grow from a barren clay pile
to an unkempt mass of tangled grass and
weeds during the summer. This was
trimmed and watered with pleasing results.
By the time the first rushees appeared,
even amid the characteristic bustle and
disorder of such events, the general feeling
was that the home of Sigma Nu was well
appointed and inviting.

The first two men pledged were Howard
Stiefenhaufer and Earl Schwemn, of Bar-
rington, Illinois. Stiefenhaufer is good
material for Freshman baseball in the
spring, and has already placed in the sec-
ond regiment band; he plays a baritone
horn. Schwemn has a high school track
record of 10:3 in the hundred yard dash,
and in addition to his athletic ability is an
apt student of the cornet. He^is also in
one of the university bands.

The next man pledged was Joseph E.
Johnston, of Chicago, a bundle of enthus-
iasm in many ways, giving vent more par-
ticularly in publication lines.

Art Hoff comes to us with an iron clad
record. Last year he was captain of the
Oak Park high school football team
which won the championship of Chicago;
he has made an excellent showing for the
past four years in football, baseball, bas-
ketball, and track, and he has that meri-
torious distinction of being a brother of
Einer Hoff, now an Alumnus of this Chap-
ter.

Avery Balch was pledged next in order;
his home is also in Oak Park. Balch is a
basketball player of note and promises
well when he dons the gym suit this fall.

Gerald Sherman hails from Chicago and
brings with him his mandolin. "Jerry"
intends to enter publication work.

Charles Eaton Mailers is a cousin of J.
B. and E. B. Mailers of this Chapter, and
hails from Chicago. He is an "A" stu-
dent.

Next pledged was Ormond Lyman, of
Oak Park. Lyman is a genius on the syn-
copation and variation of popular dance
music, having played the piano in a dance

orchestra of his own for two preceding
summers at White Lake, Michigan. At
present he is contemplating affiliations
with a dance orchestra here at Illinois, in
addition to his position as reporter on the
"Daily mini."

Calvin Egry, of Hamilton, Ohio, the
next man pledged, has been forced to with-
draw from school on account of his
mother's unexpected illness. Egry was
considered one of the best prospects on
the Freshman varsity, and although we are
unfortunate in losing such a good man just
now, we look forward with pleasure to the
day when we shall have him with us again.

The next man pledged was Fred Lang,
of Chicago.

The last man pledged to date is Robert
Dickinson, of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Dickinson is a Sophomore, having been
president of the Freshman class last year.

It is the intention of the Chapter to
pledge at least two more men. There are
a number of excellent prospects in sight;
doubtlessly by the time this article is pub-
lished the full quota of Freshmen will
have been reached.

Of the upper classmen who came back,
there are three out for varsity football.
No one but Coach Zuppke can forecast the
chosen eleven with impunity; and yet ex-
pert dopesters contend that at least one,
and very probably two, of these three men
will put in some steady work in the big
games.

Donald Peden, a great all-around ath-
lete, plays half-back in a whirlwind
fashion. In the only game played to date
— the one with Drake University on Octo-
ber 9 — Peden made one touchdown in the
single half that he played.

Henry Hughes, built like a brick shed,
is a reliable man at tackle. He showed up
well in the Drake game.

Roland Cowell, a pre-war varsity tackle,
plays the game like an old veteran.
"Butch" may be incapacitated because of
his long absence from the game, but he
is envied by many of his younger rivals,
nevertheless.

In class football, W. B. Russell, retiring
president of this year's Senior class, will
represent the house on the Senior team;
and F. J. Quinn and E. B. Mailers on the
Junior aggregation.

We have with us in the person of J. H.
Bliss, the president of the Student Coun-

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cil, vice-president of the Student Union,
trustee of the Star Course Board, and mem-
ber of the Board of Oratory and Debate,
and of the Senior Class Committee.

The office of circulation manager of the
"Illinois Agriculturist99 is held by K. D.
H. Baldwin.

For the benefit of the recently gradu-
ated Alumni, and anyone else interested,
we enter here below a Chapter list of initi-
ated men for the present semester. Most
of these men are connected in some way
with outside activities, and many of them
rather conspicuously so, but individual
mention will be deferred until some later
writing in order to assure brevity:

R. A. Cowell, R. E. Spangler, E. H.
Wetherell, C. C. Russell, E. B. Baker, W.
B. Russell, R. G. Baumunk, D. W. Stock-
ham, R. M. Eaton, T. H. Utley, C. M.
Smith, E. B. Mailers, D. B. Murray, E. B.
Wingert, F. J. Quinn, W. E. Hazelrigg, H.
H. Graham, L. E. Walker, D. M. Eaton,
R. S. Holson, H. W. Harding, W. M. Mc-
Farland, H. L. Hughes, A. fi. Fessler, D.
C Peden, R. H. Gorrell, J. S. Pollack, W.
J. Welsh, P. T. Green, J. F. McLean, R.
W. Bramberg, L. W. Murphy, H. J.
Brown, J. H. Bliss, Jr., K. D. H. Baldwin,
W. U. Bardwell.

On October 15th we gave our first House
dance, an informal affair whose chief at-
tributes were good music, hospitality, and
a glorious display of mirth and revelry.
It is in this connection, as well as along
all other lines of fraternity life, that we
appreciate the added convenience of our
new house, which was completed last year.

We begin the year of 1920-21 with a
record of recent scholastic achievement
behind us, our rank among all the national
fraternities on the campus — 37 in number
— having been third for the semester end-
ing last June. This is a notable record
in itself, but it is our intention to boost
it up just a point or two higher this sem-
ester.

HATCH GRAHAM, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Gamma Nu Chapter

Thirty-one Brothers gathered at 700 Ox-
ford Road, September 28th, a week before

the opening of college for the annual rush-
ing season. The boys back this year in-
clude: John T. Finley, Walter G. Conlin,
M. W. Collie, Rufus A. Bailey. Schuy-
ler B. Smith, F. M. Smith, Alfred Ran-
dall, R. A. Hammer. A. D. Byers,
Charles H. Harney, Watts F. Linderman,
John F. Dunn, Allan Bailey, Arthur E.
Stone, Harold Hawks, Robert E. Arm-
strong, Jr., Wade P. Connell, Frederick
S. Fletcher, Russel Persing, Carvel Phil-
lips, Henry Hammer, Frank Tennent,
Charles Proctor, James W. Hume, Richard
Evans, Lloyd S. Nash, Harris McKinney,
George R. Lynn, III, Thomas Lally, and
William Pierce.

Rushing season opened with a bang —
sixty recommendations from loyal Broth-
ers will keep any Chapter on the go for
the annual tilt with the other organizations
over the first year men. Gamma Nu is
proud to announce the pledging of the
following men: Jack Clarke, Beloit, Wis-
consin; William Merner, Cedar Falls,
Iowa; John Evans, Des Moines, Iowa;
Robert Paton, Kansas City, Missouri;
James Wheeler, Kalamazoo; Ferdinand
Rockwell, Kansas City, Kansas; James
McMillan, Newcastle, Pennsylvania; Wil-
liam Lloyd, Uniontown, Pennsylvania;
Paul Biery, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Ar-
thur Beckman, Hammond, Indiana; Don-
ald Cowley, Detroit, and William Baker,
Memphis, Tennessee.

Brother Robert Knode, A $, has entered
Michigan this fall and will become a mem-
ber of Gamma Nu via the affiliation route.
Brother Knode was formerly captain of
football, baseball and basketball at Mary-
land and will undoubtedly distinguish
himself in athletics at Michigan as did his
brother, Kenneth Knode. We are all glad
to have a man like Knode in the Chapter.

Brothers Harold Danglade, T O; Harry
Willson, P; Lore, A 2; Dewey Simon, r
K; Fenno, A M; MacFarland, Y; and Mac-
Farland, T X, have all visited the Chapter
this fall. With the exception of the Mac-
Farlands, the other Brothers will be in
college here this year.

Brother John F. Dunn is the. "find" of
the season in football and Coach Yost de-
clares that Jack is the best quarterback
that ever stepped onto Ferry Field, which
is a statement of some weight. Jack has
been running at quarter with the first team
since the first practices in September.

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Brother Al Bailey and Pledge James
Wheeler, formerly a football star at Notre
Dame, complete Gamma Nu's trio of grid-
iron warriors on the squad. Both Bailey
and Wheeler are out for half-back posi-
tions and are playing regularly with the
first team.
m The Freshman varsity likewise has three
representatives from Gamma Nu. Pledges
Rockwell, Biery and Brother Knode are
all out for quarterback on the yearling
team. Rockwell was formerly an All-
Michigan High School quarter and is one
of the cleverest field generals seen here in
years.

Other men in the Chapter connected
with the fall sport are Brothers Hume,
Fletcher, and F. M. Smith. Hume is a
Sophomore try-out for varsity football
manager; Fletcher is back at his old job as
assistant director of intramural athletics;
while Smith is intramural football man-
ager for the 1920 season.

No calls have been issued yet for the ap-
pearance of class and fraternity teams.
Gamma Nu will have her usual quota of
class team men and hopes to turn out a
strong eleven in the fraternity league.

Several good publication jobs have been
landed for the year by Sigma Nu. Brother
Thomas Lally is one of the business as-
sistants of The Gargoyle; Brothers Stone
and Tennent hold similar places on The
Chimes; Brother F. M. Smith is associate
editor of the same magazine; Brother
Charles Proctor is an advertising shark
on The Technique; Brother Hume is on
the reportorial staff of The Daily, and
Pledge Clarke is busily engaged drawing
for The Gargoyle.

A recent union reception committee
which was in charge of the inaugural re-
ceptions for our newly elected president,
Marion LeRoy Burton, was headed by a
Sigma Nu with Brother Harry Willson, &
A <3>, as chairman. Four men from Gam-
ma Nu were members of the committee.

The attendance this year at Michigan
is estimated at 11,000, the largest in the
history of the institution. Rooming con-
ditions are serious and the rent has natur-
ally elevated throughout Ann Arbor.

The inauguration of President Burton
as the chief executive of the university was
held October 13th and 14th and proved
to be one of the biggest events in the his-
tory of the school. The new president

is very popular with the students and
Faculty.

The million dollar Union building is
nearly completed now, everything being
finished as designed with the exception of
the swimming pool. It is the finest col-
lege Union in die country.

Prospects for the winning football team
this year are very bright and Coach Yost
hopes to stage a come-back and make
amends for some of the drubbings received
last season. Eight assistant coaches, Yost,
and such men as Dunn, Perrin, Steketee,
Usher, Goebel, Goetz, Wieman, Cohn,
Dunne and Vick, hope to turn the trick.
The season opens with Case and includes
games with Michigan Aggies, Illinois,
Ohio, Chicago, Minnesota and Tulane.

F. M. SMITH, Reporter.

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Xi Chapter

With the opening of school Gamma Xi
returned seventeen men including "Doc*'
Armsby of Delta Delta Chapter, associate
professor of Civil Engineering at this
school. Doc has been with us for three
years and is so much one of the boys that
we all look forward to seeing Doc on our
return to school. Five new men have been
pledged to date: H. E. .Zoller, Tulsa.
Oklahoma; M. Christopher, Warrensburg,
Missouri; W. Mickell, Augusta, Georgia;
R. Kenning, Hannibal, Missouri, and J. P.
Bryan, Independence, Missouri.

Despite the fact that few men have been
pledged this year the old House fails to
mother us all; seven of us were forced to
seek lodgings elsewhere and the Chapter
therefore established Sigma Nu Apart-
ments. The apartments are well located
in the heart of town, convenient to Chapter
House and school, and inasmuch as we
cannot all live in the House, the arrange-
ment is pleasant.

Rex, better known to Sigma Nus as
"Bully," passed away suddenly last July,
through old age. Bully was a real Sigma
Nu, having been born in the Sigma Nu
House at Minneapolis, Minn., and having
lived with Gamma Xi Chapter from pup-
pyhood. His death is a great loss to us
and all who knew his never failing
friendliness expressed regrets for his death.

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"Rueben," his successor, has the making
of a good Sigma Nu and we believe that
when he has been with us as long as Bully
was he will have mastered some of Bully's
old accomplishments and will be a good
Chapter House dog.

we have enjoyed several pleasant visits
from our Alumni recently. "Legs*' Amb-
ler, '17, was with us over the week end of
September 25th. We are always glad to
see "Legs" for he is one of the best Snakes
there are. Tom Stevens, football letterman,
class of '21, also visited us following the
Miner's game with Washington University
at St Louis. "Steve" said he couldn't
afford to miss the Washington U. game so
he left the wilds of Oklahoma to visit his
Brothers. "Steve" also tells us that he ex-
pects to return to school next year. His
leaving made a hole in our personnel and
we will all be glad to see "Steve" back
again.

In spite of what looked like an almost
certain defeat for the Miner's eleven, our
Alumni were out in force and it looked
like old times to see Joe Wilson, Pitts
Bland and Walter Kiskaddon, all of Gam-
ma Xi, and all of the steam roller team of
'14, lined up on the side lines when the
whistle blew

CHARLES G. KISKADDON, Reporter.

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Gamma Omicron Chapter

On the eighth of last month the St.
Louis resident faithful met at the home
of Brother Pote, discussed and scrutinized
the list of prospective wearers of the
Twisted Snake, concorted a dope sheet,
and on September 21 Gamma Omicron's
rushing season opened with a wallop at
the home of Brother Haase. Since that
time Gamma Omicron has romped home
with the bacon in the shape of six men:
Pugh, Dresher, Chapman, Sloan, Voohers,
and Werner.

Of the Chapter of last year there are
twenty-eight men back, a powerful nu-
cleus which is already getting in its good
work around the quadrangle. Brothers
Green, Earl O'Neal, Harrison, Barrentine
and Broeder found it impossible to return
to W. U. this year, much to the detriment
of the Chapter, but we hope to have them

with us again next September. Brother
Broeder is at Illinois University, Brother
Harrison at Arkansas, Brother O'Neal at
Missouri and Brother Green is at work
losing (?) money in the oil fields.

Washington has receded somewhat this
year from its rather mushroom growth of
last, but an exceptionally large attendance
is still recorded, a large percentage being
from St. Louis and immediate vicinity.

Football and other activities are well
under way now, the initial game with
Rolla Miners has been played and won,
the various clubs and other organizations
are picking up their studies rapidly and in
every one of them there are one or more
Sigs right close to the top.

On the varsity football squad are
Brothers Paine (built like an Alabama log
wagon) , Brother Ingram, the Arkansas war-
horse, and Brother Hardin, also from the
province of Arkansas. Of the pledges,
Chapman has already secured an assured
berth on the Freshman team (incidentally
Chap can knock wicked harmony from the
pianoforte) as well as being a first-class
pigskin manipulator. Brother Hudson is
head coach and chief athletic gosh-ding-it
at Principia high school, this city, as well
as carrying his regular school work.

In the other school activities, speaking
of regular pledges, Pledge Voohers, with
the powerful backing of his five cohorts,
easily walked away with the Freshman
class presidency. Brother Muckerman
came a very close second in the election
for Sophomore president, so that political
prestige is far from lacking in this Chap-
ter. In the Glee Club are Brothers Paine,
Bunkman, Pote and Roth ; in the Mandolin
Club, Brothers McCurdy and Kirtley;
Brother Commander Millar is Freshman
Regent this year, Brother Roth is on Stu-
dent Council and also the business end of
the Hatchet; Brother Settler exercises his
cartooning ability on the art staff of the
Diege, the college light monthly.

We are fortunate to receive two mighty
good men by affiliation this year: Brother
McCurdy, from Purdue, and Brother Chal-
lender, from Drury. Happily we have no
deaths to report and just as happily we are
glad to announce that Brother Fred Hulse,
of Hanniball, is the proud father of a
brand new Delta Gamma, Ann by name.

In closing, it is important to add that the
problem of a House — we have always had

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rooms in the dormitory — is progressing
rapidly and seems near solution. We hope
before long to be able to stick our feet in
front of our own fireplace and welcome all
Sigs in the good old-fashioned way.

GEO. S. KIRTLEY, Reporter.

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Gamma Pi Chapter

With the opening of college on Septem-
ber 20th, thirty-four men returned to
Gamma Pi. Through the combined efforts
of the Alumni and the active members,
our Chapter is now located in a new home
— one of the finest on the campus. The
opening of this new home has brought a
closer relationship between the Chapter
and its Alumni, and a firmer binding to-
gether of the active men themselves, has
become quite apparent. The spirit of co-
operation which now exists indicates a
glorious year.

The first two weeks covered a most suc-
cessful rushing season during which time
every desired man was pledged. In the
following we believe we have men who
will make real Sigma Nus: James N.
Quinlan, Huntington, W. Va.; Philip W.
Ziler, Elkins, W. Va.; Howard H. Bal-
lard, Peterstown, W. Va.; Frank Burdette,
Lewisburg, W. Va.; Ray E. Feather,
Smithfield, Pa.; Brown Herron, Aspin-
wall, Pa.; Donald McDonald, Huntington,
W. Va.; Charles C. Tallman, Beech Hill,
W. Va.; Robert Hughart, Morgantown, W.
Va.

At the stage of the college year the
numerous activities are rapidly getting
under way, and Gamma Pi is being well
represented. Brother Kay is now Junior
Member of the Athletic Board, having
been elected by the Student Body. Brother
Ball, our representative to the Aeropagus,
the Inter-fraternity Council, was elected
treasurer of that organization and is on the
Finance Committee and the Pan-Hellenic
Dance Committee. Brother Walker is the
Senior captain of the 1st Co., R. 0. T. C,
and is also a member of the Scabbard
and Blade. In the R. O. T. C. band,
Brothers Maxwell, Marr, McDaniels, blow
mighty horns.

In football we are represented by Broth-
ers Dawson at quarterback and Kay at

right guard. Three of our pledges, Quin-
lan, Tallman and McDonald are also mak-
ing a name for themselves on the gridiron.
Qui Ian has made a regular berth, on the
varsity eleven, while Tallman and Mc-
Donald are plugging away on the second
team with good prospects for something
better later in the season. Brother Sand-
ers, who leaves this year through gradua-
tion, goes as president of his class.

Scholastically we are gradually climb-
ing toward our goal. We now stand third
among fourteen fraternities. Brothers
Ball and Valentine are student editors of
the West Virginia Law Quarterly. Broth-
ers E. B. Hutchinson and J. W. Stewart
have been pledged to Theta Psi, the hon-
orary Engineering society, who with
Brother 0. G. Stewart gives us three active
men as members of that organization.

Socially, the prospects of Gamma Pi are
better than ever before. Our new home
gives us opportunities which we have
never before enjoyed and already we are
planning for two or three big social events.
The first of these comes on November 13th
when we expect to give our formal house
opening.

Since the beginning of the term the fol-
lowing men have paid us visits: Brothers
L. C. Eniex, Herman Wilson, French Rob-
inson, Sidney Burdette and last, but not
least, good old "Slats" Gibson.

H. SHERWOOD SHINN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Gamma Rho Chapter

September the twenty-seventh found all
of the old crowd back in their second
home on Woodlawn Avenue. From the
sunny coasts of California, and what's
more, from the frolicsome dominions of
Mack Sennett, namely Long Beach, came
our native son and "prune picker'* — Al
Craig. By the way, Al didn't come alone
either. "They" now have their "love
nest" over on Ellis Avenue where Al may
conveniently hear the roar of the Maroon
rooters from Stagg Field while he polishes
floors for friend wife. The Indiana gang,
hailing from the vicinity of Fort Wayne,
headed by our efficient, and I might say,
tenacious collector of revenue, Elis Ho-

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glund, is back in full force with a replen-
ished stock of arguments to uphold the
honor, integrity and virtue of their native
heath. Edgar Palmer, in spite of Wai-ki-ki
and the so-called "lure of almond eyes"
with which he was brought in contact dur-
ing his recent trip to Japan with the Uni-
versity of Chicago baseball team, is with
us again. George Schuyler, "Jedge" Bow-
den, Robert Matlock and many other old
timers are again at the university this fall.
But the best comes last, so they say. We
are lucky to have "Dad" Cook with us this
year, for a time at least. Dad is looking
more like one of the "Old Guard" every
day of his life and carries a spirit of pep
and optimism that must overcome all ob-
stacles.

At this point I wish to give honorable
mention to those of our number who in
spite of the "call of the open field," as
somebody calls it, survived the trying ex-
periences of the summer quarter. Egan
MacLoone, Alfred Craig, Robert Matlock,
Paul Hartley, and Robert Stahr are the
individuals in question who deserve the
proverbial laurel wreath. "Doc" Hartley,
in the capacity of house manager con-
ducted affairs in his customary efficient
manner, and with but one exception filled
the house with Sigs during the summer
quarter. Among the out-of-town Sigs
spending the summer at Chicago were Don
McCandless, r A, Roth and Hasse, T O,
and F. Anderson, B H.

As for the coming college year prospects
are exceedingly good. Gamma Rho has
been doing her rushing on a decidedly con-
servative basis and so far has accomplished
her purpose in selecting only those men
who will constitute a real credit to the
Chapter and be on a par with the existing
personnel. Nine men to date have been
pledged with such qualifications. These
men are Paul Witte, Terre Haute, Ind.;
Clarence App legate, Perrysville, Ohio;
Ronald Edwards, Birmingham, Ala.;
Lloyd Zimmerman, LaPorte, Ind.; Arnold
Bryson, Gale Kahnweiler, Bernard Cooper
and Earl Brignall, of Chicago, and Henry
Mackay, of Lexington, Ky.

The following is the list of officers for
the new year:

Commander, Edgar Palmer; Lieutenant
Cammander, Robert Stahr; treasurer, Elis
Hoglund; recorder, Howard Van Arnam;
reporter, Kenneth Widdi field; marshall,

Frank Lusher; sentinel, Lewis McMasters,
and chaplain, Earle Wooding.

In athletics, Sigma Nu promises to
maintain her traditional interest. Edgar
Palmer has reached an enviable position
in the Maroon line-up. The first game
of the season with Purdue pointed to Pal-
mer as undoubtedly one of the strongest
men on the squad. Equally deserving of
credit is Lou McMasters, captain of last
year's Freshman football team, and prom-
ising aspirant to football honors with
Stagg's eleven this vear.

B. KENNETH, WIDDIFIELD, Reporter.

IOWA STATE COLLEGE

Gamma Sigma Chapter

Iowa State College has opened her doors
once again to the young men and women
of the country and college is well started
by now. The college has the largest en-
rollment of history, some 4,300 in all. The
institution expects great things this year
and Sigma Nu is going to keep pace.

When college opened on September 29th
we found the following Brothers enrolled :
I. J. Kleaveland, '21; E. R. Moore, '21;
J. W. Whittemore, *21; C. R. Donham, '21;
W. A. Kloppenburg, '21; C. G. Stewart.
'22; H. A. North, '22; J. J. Mulvihill, '22;
L. J. Walpole, '22; E. A. Laird, '22; J. L.
Benson, '22; D. L. Boyd, '22; R. E. Orr.
'23; P. I. Henderson, '23; I. S. Riggs, '23;
E. J. Judge, '23; R. S. Bodholdt, '23; O.
H. Weatherill, *23; and three transfers,
namely: E. J. See, '24, from Gamma Chi;
E. W. Runkle, '23, from Delta Theta, and
G. W. Johnson, '22, from Delta Nu. With
this bunch back, we found that we had the
largest Chapter in years to start with and
we expect a very successful year.

Rushing was very strenuous this year on
account of the large number of men in
school, but thanks to our Alumni and other
active Sigma Nus, we were quite fortunate.
We have seven pledges at present: R. C.
Boyd, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; C. Watts, Ber-
wick, Iowa; Ed. Zoble, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Ralph Maine, Des Moines, Iowa;
Chenning Smith, Granger, Iowa; L. E.
Worley, Shellsburg, Iowa, and J. C. Good-
win, Beaumont, Texas. We have not
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looking for some of the good men left on
the campus.

We had the misfortune to lose Brothers
Dunnick and Arthur Judge at the close of
school. The Chapter mourns the death of
these two Sophomores for they were valu-
able Sigma Nus. The Chapter has finally
landed a letter man in the House, the first
in several years. Brother Moore was the
fortunate man, winning his letter in track
last spring. Brother Dunnick won his let-
ter also, but will never be with us to wear
it. We have the Junior class president and
several other men interested in college ac-
tivities. Our scholastic standing was very
good last year and our social standing was
of the best.

The Chapter is well represented in ath-
letics this fall, having Brother Riggs on the
varsity and Brother See and Novices Zoble
and Watts on the Freshman team. We have
several promising athletes this year and
expect to be represented in other college
activities as well as athletics.

Gamma Sigma is going to enter the
ranks of the Chapters publishing Chapter
papers this fall. We have contemplated
this for some time, but we are down to
actual work now and our paper will be in
the hands of our Alumni and other Chap-
ters in a short time.

Iowa State College is going ahead in
athletics this year, having secured four
very good men for the coaching staff. Dr.
N. C. Paine of Chicago is the new football
coach and is assisted by H. Otopalik of
Nebraska. M. A. Kent of Iowa fame will
have charge of the basketball and base-
ball work and H. H. Mylin of Franklin
and Marshall has been secured as Fresh-
man coach. Athletics are on a big boom
at this school and others should take warn-
ing. Considerable improvement has been
made on the campus lately. We have
four new dormitories built for the girls
and a new armory is to be erected. Plans
have been made for a new Union building
as a memorial for the world war veterans
and a new library is being contemplated.

The college and Chapter are planning
a big home-coming, November 20, the day
of the Ames-Iowa game. We not only ex-
pect our Alumni back for the big day, but
we ask, beg, demand and implore them to
visit Gamma Sigma and Iowa State Col-
lege.

E. R. MOORE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Gamma Tau Chapter

The University opened the first of Octo-
ber, with the largest registration in its
forty-three years of history. Our new
president, L. A. Coffman, made a very fa-
vorable impression on the students at the
opening convocation. Another new ad-
dition this Fall is Doctor Ballantine, who
resigned the deanship of the University of
Illinois College of Law to accept a pro-
fessorship at the University of Minnesota.

The following Brothers have returned
to college this Fall: John Kelly, Irwin,
Strickland, Gruye, Austin, Dory, Barker,
Lauritzen, Rydlun, P. Gold, M. Gold, M.
Callender, J. Callender, Stone, Brown, W.
Wiggins, G. Wiggins, North, Howard, Bar-
low, Hobbs, Fossen, McDonald, Williams,
and McMillan. Pledges Moffat and Wenzel
have also returned. While a number of
Brothers have not entered the University
this Fall, we feel very fortunate in having
an active Chapter of twenty-five to start
with.

Due to the pledging rules, no new men
have been spiked this Fall. A number of
excellent prospects have been lined up,
however, and every noon sees a dozen
rushees at the House.

The Chapter House has been redec-
orated to a large extent, and new furnish-
ings have been added. The dining room
has been enlarged and redecorated, and
one long table, which seats fifty people, is
now used.

Financially, the Chapter is better sit-
uated this year than ever before. All cur-
rent debts are paid regularly, the mort-
gage has been taken care of by a bond
issue, and the House fund has been en-
larged by each members' one hundred
dollar note. The offices of steward and
treasurer have been combined, and all
purchases for the table are made at a
wholesale price, which effects a substan-
tial saving.

The Chapter has not entered deeply into
the social whirl as yet, preferring rather,
to center all activities on the two weeks
rushing season. A smoker for rushees and
Alumni was held Thursday, October 7,
at which we had over twenty-five pros-
pective "Sigs." After the strenuous rush-
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held at the Chapter House, and the winter
"formal" will be held before Christmas.

Realizing that student activities are an
essential part of every fraternity, each
Brother has chosen some one thing that
he can do, and has entered that field, de-
termined to make himself a part of it.
Men are going out for places on the Daily,
the Glee Club, the Dramatic Clubs, and
for all branches of athletics. Brother
Gruye is playing left end on the varsity
football team; Brothers Kelly and Stone
are out for practice every night, and P.
Gold is now the all-university champion
"pug/* having defeated Everett Williams
in a four-round decision match. Due to
his careful and thoughtful training we
now have another handsome cup on our
mantle. Brother Williams made a place
on the cattle judging team, and placed
fourth among all the entrants in the con-
test at Waterloo, Iowa, his team collec-
tively winning first place.

The ambitions of the Chapter are aimed
this year at our scholastic standing. At
the present time we stand about twelfth on
the list of twenty-four fraternities.

A closer relationship between the
Alumni and the active men is being fos-
tered this year, the Alumni being notified
of every event of importance.

PAUL J. STRICKLAND, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Gamma Upsilon Chapter

The 1920-21 session of the University
of Arkansas opened with the largest en-
rollment in the history of the institution.
With over one thousand students on the
campus, exclusive of the members of the
training school, this year opens with
bright prospects for Gamma Upsilon of
Sigma Nu.

Twelve old men, including the men who
at the close of last year had not been
initiated, returned, and the morale of this
Chapter stands at the one hundred per
cent mark. Social life is as attractive as
ever, and soon when things have begun to
move off smoothly the old Armory will
begin to resound to the vibrations of the
jazz band. The scholarship of the Chap-
ter promises to be better this year than
ever. The old men are working hard on

the Freshmen and on themselves with the
idea that Sigma Nu shall head the list of
the various organizations when the grades
are posted by the registrar at close of the
first quarter. The Chapter is rapidly pay-
ing off all its debts and plans are now be-
ing made for. the purchase of a perma-
nent House. Enthusiasm is abundant and
every effort is being made to bring the
Chapter to its highest point of efficiency.

In activities Sigma Nu is widely repre-
sented. Brothers Elmo and Hal Alcorn
and Brother Yoes are again starring on
the Razorback eleven, and in the first game
of the season, in which the Hendrix Bull-
dogs had the good and unusual fortune to
hold us a scoreless tie, these Brothers did
some hard fighting. Brother Elmo Alcorn
went through the line for most of the
yards gained, and several times came
within five yards of the goal line. Brother
Ben Gaines of Lake Village, who left the
University shortly after the opening days,
was scheduled to play center, and if he
had remained, would soon have become
another Sigma Nu football hero. Next
Saturday the Razorbacks meet the Texas
Christian University on the local gridiron.
We are assured of victory by many points.

Gamma Upsilon has representatives in
other activities as well. Brother Freeman
is editor of the University Weekly, the offi-
cial student publication. He is also a
member of the college training class of the
National City Bank of New York and
spent last summer in this work. Brother
Freeman was a witness of the terrible
bomb explosion which wrecked the
world's financial center — Wall Street —
September 16. Pledge Stenson is quite
some journalist, having had one article
published in Outdoor Life and has writ-
ten several more, one of which was ac-
cepted by Field and Stream. Several of
our men are interested in the different lit-
erary societies, members of honorary fra-
ternities and active in various other stu-
dent affairs.

Brother Charles Palmer from Epsilon
Chapter, Bethany College and Brother W.
M. Harrison from Gamma Omicron,
Washington University are with us this
year. Brothers Glen Johnson, Norman
Hall, Littleton Sallee and Mullins Mc-
Raven were up for rushing. Brother H.
H. H. Lynch spent the first part of the
opening season with us. Brother Lynch

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is always a great help and we are glad to
have him visit us.

Gamma Upsilon has pledged the follow-
ing men: Hubert Atkins, Ernest Petit,
King O'Leary, Merrill Taylor and Turner
Lloyd, all from Little Rock; Harry C.
Stenson, Dermott; Wallace Turner, Mar-
vel; Jack Perdue, Pine Bluff; Corneil
Warfield, Readland; Leo Hardin, Grady;
and Gus Lewis and George Wolf of Fay-
etteville.

Littleton Sallee's small brother and a
future Sigma Nu accompanied him on his
visit to Fayetteville. "Lit" believes in
Sigma Nu and this Chapter feels that it
has a strong friend among the Alumni of
Pine Bluff. Brother Sallee was Com-
mander at the time he left the University.
Brother Oren C. Yoes was elected to take
hisplace.

The Little Rock Alumni Chapter and
the Alumni of Pine Bluff have been very
considerate in their attitude towards us
and have agreed to assist us in purchasing
a house. Brother Field a short time ago
paid us a visit and assured us of his wil-
lingness to help us promote the welfare
of Gamma Upsilon.

With the start we have already made
and with the prospects for a big year at
the University, we expect this to be a big
year for this Chapter and for the entire
Fraternity.

C. B. FREEMAN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
Gamma Phi Chapter

Gamma Phi finds herself with a short-
age of old men back, but they are up and
fighting all the time and I think we will
pledge a number of good Freshmen.

The Brothers who are back are Com-
mander Toole, '21; House Manager
Keith Brown, '21; Guy Mooney, '21; Wil-
liam Walterskirchen, '22; William
Hughes, '23; Joe Kershner, '23; Donald
Gillespie, '23; Ralph Bell, '23; Guy Dun-
lavy, '23; and Pledge Phil Angland, '23.
Since registration we have pledged LeRoy
Tillman, of Florence, a Sophomore in the
school of journalism. Several of the
Brothers will be back late and some will
stay out until the Winter quarter, which

starts the first week in January. Among
these are Brothers Francis Gallagher,
Algeroy LeClaire, Cecil Phipps, Earl
Christensen, John Dawes, John Holroyd,
Sidney Ballard and Fred Jacqueth.

Brother John Toole, '22, is attending
the University of California this year and
Pledge Robert Keith, '23, has matricu-
lated at Pennsylvania.

Brother Dorrance Roysdon, '22, who
was a captain in the cadet corps last year,
decided to accept a lieutenant's commis-
sion in the regular army rather than re-
sume his study of business administra-
tion.

Brother Kershner is playing a stellar
game as varsity fullback and Brother
Walterskirchen is holding down his old
position at center. In our next letter we
have hopes of mentioning a few of the
best men on the Freshmen squad as
pledges. The Freshman team has drawn
blood in its first game, defeating Butte
High School, 42-0. The varsity has played
and won two games. Mount Saint Charles
fell in the opening game of the season on
Dornblazer field, 133-0. Washington was
humbled at Seattle, 18-14.

In college activities we are well repre-
sented, although dominating in no one
line of endeavor. Brothers Toole and
Mooney are members of Silent Sentinel.
Senior honorary society with membership
limited to twelve men of Senior standing.
Brother Toole is a member of Alpha
Kappa Psi, honorary commercial society.
Brother Brown is a member of Pi Delta
Alpha, law fraternity. Brother Walter-
skirchen is president of the Mathematics
Club. Brother Mooney is president of
Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity;
editor of the college paper, The Kaimin,
and a member of the Student Council.
Brother Hughes has been initiated into
Delta Phi Delta, art fraternity, and is a
lieutenant in the R. 0. T. C. Brothers Ker-
shner and Walterskirchen are members of
the "M" Club. They both made letters on
the Bruin baseball team last Spring, which
captured the Northwestern Conference
championship. Brother Kershner and
Pledge Tillman are active in journalism
circles.

We are very busy, being in the midst of
the rushing season with a shortage of men.
But the spirit of work and desire to come
out on top as usual with the best bunch

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of Freshmen is keeping the morale up.
Every man is confident of the outcome.
GUY MOONEY, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Gamma Chi Chapter

The University of Washington opened
its doors for registration on September 24.
Upperclassmen and Sophomores returned,
and at the close of a very successful rush-
ing season, eighteen men in college were
wearing the pledge pin of Sigma Nu.
Their names and home towns are: Clay-
ton Rudberg and John Cadigan, Spo-
kane; Rufus Carman, Donald McDonald
and Harry Byrne, Seattle; Claude Wake-
field, Tacoma; Malcolm Button, Ross Col-
lie, Tom Scott and Forest Carter, Hood
River, Oreg.; Jack Stanfield, Pendleton,
Oreg.; Cecil Callison, Aberdeen; Peter
Drus, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho; Neil McCoy,
Oakesdale; Homer Bid well, Portland,
Oreg.; Douglas Gerow, Ilwaco; and Don-
ald McCarthy, Anaconda, Mont.

Brother "Bill" Foran, who was unan-
imously elected captain of the baseball
team for the coming year, has also been
selected as Eminent Commander. Brother
Les Rubicam pleasantly, surprised us by
returning this year. "Rube" is a busy
man these days. Every member of the
Chapter this year has resolved to do at
least one thing, that is, to raise the schol-
arship of Sigma Nu. Our new "frosh"
are well above the average in this respect,
and we fully expect by rigid enforcement
of House rules, and the use of the tub once
in a while, to find ourselves among the
leaders when reports are issued at the
close of this year.

Brothers Wayne Hall, A I, Roland Wes-
ton, B 4>, Garde Wood, A O, and Alvin
Morgan, T E, are affiliating with Gamma
Chi this year.

The game with Whitman College Octo-
ber 15, marked the opening of the 1920
season, as well as the first victory for
Washington, the score being 33-14. Our
schedule this year includes games with
the University of Oregon, Oregon Agri-
cultural College, Stanford, University of
Montana and the final game with Dart-
mouth. The first half of Washington's

new $600,000 stadium is nearing comple-
tion, and will be in shape for the great
Dartmouth game on November 27. This
will be the first game in the stadium, as
well as the first contest between East and
West to be played on the North Pacific
Coast. Alumni from all parts of the state
are planning on attending this game. The
construction of this great stadium, which
is second to very few in the world, is a
mammoth undertaking, and is being
financed entirely by the associated stu-
dents of the University through the sale
of plaques for seats for periods of two
and five years. Brother S. H. Hedges,
who is in charge of its construction, is
co-operating to the fullest extent with the
graduate manager and Faculty, thereby in-
suring its success.

Brother Hunter Miles is occupying the
center position on the varsity football
team, and Brothers Lister and Graefe are
on the first squad. Nine of the first. year
men are turning out for Freshman foot-
ball, and three are answering the call for
Freshman crew. The Sophomore and
Junior classes have not held their elec-
tions yet, with the result that no commit-
tees have been appointed. Brother Spald-
ing is Sophomore representative on the
Board of Control. Brother Ding Foran is
very active in the Knights of the Hook,
being chairman of the committee in
charge of the first all-University dance,
and with Brother Joe Drumheller has
been chosen as a member of Tyes Tyon,
honorary Sophomore society. Brothers
Carlson and Spalding are on the Glee
Club, and this year Sigma Nu has the best
quartet known since the days of "Bee"
Arney and his gang.

Our pledges are already coming to the
front: Clayton Rudberg has been elected
yell king of the class of '24; Forest Car-
ter has been made a member of Mask and
Quill, one of the older dramatic societies;
Claude Wakefield has been pledged by the
Knights of the Hook; Homer Bidwell has
been appointed chairman of the Frosh
Vigilance Committee; Hugh Keller, star
swimmer and surf-board rider, has re-
turned to school, and is practicing daily.

Our guest rooms and a hearty welcome
are waiting for all visiting Brothers in
Sigma Nu.

JAMES WILCOX,
Reporter.

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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Gamma Psi Chapter

The Chapter commenced activities with
thirty-five active men this year. Our im-
mediate opening was somewhat handi-
capped by the loss of Eminent Commander
elect, Lydecker, he being unable to return.
However, at a meeting held on September
15, the Lieutenant Commander T. F. Mul-
downey, succeeded to the office of Com-
mander and the necessary machinery was
set working. Returning to the old home,
we were rather congested, nevertheless,
our hopes still glow for a new home next
year.

Among the thirteen pledges this year,
we are represented by three men on the
Freshman football squad, Thornton,
Cudahy and Martineau. All three men
are playing first string, "Frosh" team. At
a meeting held last week, Thornton was
elected captain of the 1924 eleven. He
plays fullback, and prospects are that he
will control die varsity machine in the
future.

Our group of men comprises men rep-
resenting every college in the University.
We have a well-balanced group, and
scholarship standards of Sigma Nu, at
Syracuse, seem to hold their customary
recognition. Last year Gamma Psi had
the distinction of being one in the Uni-
versity possessing five active members
highest in scholarship in their respective
colleges, so we start the year by the glori-
ous example of the past in this respect.

Brother Moss is the busy man in "Hill"
circles this year, as manager of the Fresh-
man football team and also directing the
Boars Head dramatic society. Our inter-
est is centered a lot on the coming "Pitt"
game, October 16, as Sigma Nu will have
Brother Whitcomb playing guard on the
varsity; It has been a few years since we
have had a representative on the varsity,
so our enthusiasm in football would be
incomplete were our varsity not repre-
sented by a "Sig."

Our social activities opened with a
grand ball and "Frosh" party. Brother
Deisseroth together with the social com-
mittee labored hard to cap the climax in
this affair and they surely put the event
"across" in splendid form. Practically
every sorority in the University was repre-

sented and the general impression created,
was a gorgeous time of it for all.

We are planning strongly on placing
the activities of Gamma Psi before the
Fraternity in general. Of course we move
slowly, but nevertheless, our interests are
centered strongly in this direction. A
monthly bulletin has been suggested to
keep our Alumni and the Fraternity in
general informed as to Gamma Psi's activ-
ities. We feel the necessity and import-
ance of it this year more than ever, since
practically every man active in the Chap-
ter is out for something.

Moss comes in football circles, while
Brother Harrington is manager of the
cross-country and Freshman track teams.
Brother Aufderhar is working daily for
assistant manager of football. Brother
Bertenshaw plays regularly on the soccer
team, while Brother Harris is active on
the staff of the "Daily Orange"; so as a
few of the active men are mentioned, we
feel that the time is ripe for Gamma Psi's
"come-back."

Brother Montague, as Chapter Adviser,
is active in getting the Chapter right where
it should be, and it shall be our aim,
through his direction, to organize the
Alumni stronger this year than ever, since
the Chapter needs their support and co-
operation for a new home to accommodate
the Active Chapter, that Sigma Nu, at
Syracuse, will possess next year. Our
efforts in this direction are most encourag-
ing. The Alumni are more interested than
ever. Their frequent visits insure that
feeling of co-operation, and we feel that
it has come to stay.

THOS. F. MULDOWNEY,
Commander.

CASE SCHOOL OF APPLIED
SCIENCE

Delta Alpha Chapter

Once again we put on the old harness
and start another year of more or less
hard work. When "the bunch" returned,
they found a new House awaiting them —
thanks to the Sigma Nu Building Associa-
tion, made up entirely of loyal Sigma Nu
Alumni. And now, since we are settled
in a real Sigma Nu House, we invite the
whole Fraternity to visit us — providing,

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of course, that they use discretion and do
not come all at once. The new place is
located at 2073 Adalbert Road, and is only
just across the street from the campus.
Needless to say, one doesn't have to get up
very early to make one of those blankety
blank eight o'clocks.

In our pledging this year we have been
very successful, having pledged six men
out of the Freshman and Sophomore
Classes. The pledges are D. Miller, H.
Pocock, R. Buchman, and E. Hines of Can-
ton; and F. Allen and J. Landis, of
Cleveland. Landis comes to us after
graduating from Oberlin, where he played
varsity basketball for three years and var-
sity football for two years. He will un-
doubtedly be very active in all athletics
here at Case. We are holding our pledge
dance at the Woman's Club, and it as
usual, promises to be quite an affair.

We are also well represented in activ-
ities around the school. Brothers Hamlin,
Meyers, Brooker, Wallace, and Vanderhoof
are members of the Owl and Key, the Se-
nior honorary society. Brothers Torgler
and Moyer were elected to the Skull and
Bones, the Junior honorary society.
Brother Hamlin is also president of the
Case Senate, the governing body of the
school, and he is on the Tech Board and
a member of the Boost Case organization.
Brother Knowlton was elected president
of the Case Club Board of Managers, and
he is also manager of the baseball squad
for this school year. Brother Meyers is
make-up editor of the Tech. Brother Torg-
ler is Fraternity editor of the Tech and is
also treasurer of the Junior class. We are
also well represented along musical lines.
Brother Wallace is manager and Brother
Allen is leader of the Glee Club, while
Brother Temple is leader of the Mando-
lin Club. Brother Moyer is quarterback
on the varsity and from present appear-
ances is one of the best prospects for cap-
taincy next year. Brother Stofer is assist-
ant business manager of the Differential
this year. Broher Vaughn has handed the
Senate membership from the Sophomore
class while Brother Maxwell is treasurer
of said Soph class.

We are continually urging our new men
to participate in all of the school activ-
ities, but not, however, at the expense of
their scholastic standing. In fact, we have
a committee appointed for the express

purpose of finding out what each man is
best fitted for and to find out just what
positions are open at various times around
the school.

We have lost a few of our men from
last year through other channels than
graduation. Brother Enright is now at-
tending M. I. T. Brothers Bigler and
Graeff are down at Mount Union this
year. Brother Firestone is attending busi-
ness college here in Cleveland and is al-
ready known around the House as "Ponzi
II." Brother "Phil" Myers was around
the House for a few days. He has left the
employ of the Du Pont Co. and says he is
now ready to take the job of president to
any old kind of plant whatsoever. Brother
Hopper, our only grad of last year, is now
employed in the Cleveland branch of the
National Malleable Castings Co.

We try to make it a point to entertain
the Alumni every chance we get and to
that end we are having a smoker after
every home football game this season, to
which members of the "old guard" are
most cordially invited.

C. W. MEYERS, Reporter.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Delta Beta Chapter

The old battle of the books has begun
once more with twenty-seven of the boys
back. The bunch are working together,
and if the present condition of the Chap-
ter can be taken as a criterion it should be
a wonderful year.

When the last of us had arrived we
were struck with amazement to find J. K.
Weatherby, of Minneapolis, Minn., among
the missing. Now it would not be so much
of a blow if Jake, as he was affectionately
called, was just an ordinary student, but
listen to the facts of the case. Rumor has
it that Jake was present when our illus-
trious founder, Eleazer Wheelock, came to
town with the five hundred gallons of New
England rum. We will refrain from stat-
ing our opinion, but we do know that the
unanimous choice of the people for the
office of mayor of Hanover was the boys9
chief source of amusement during the last
seven years. He was a great old Jake, and
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were not his Fraternity Brothers, as well
as by his Brethren.

Brother Al Palmer is filling the place
of Swede Youngstrom, Dartmouth's ail-
American representative last year, in an
excellent manner.

Brother Charles F. Crathern, captain of
last year's cross-country team, is now in
Constantinople, Turkey.

Of our 1923 delegation Brother Carver,
interscholastic diving champion of the
East, is certain to make a strong bid for
the swimming team which was made pos-
sible by ex-Governor Spaulding of New
Hampshire, gift of a swimming pool.
Brothers Norton and Corrigan are in the
non-athletic competition.

Brother Reginald S. Parks, our present
Commander, was recently elected to the
honorary Senior society, Delta Omicron
Gamma.

The Chapter has many good Freshmen
recommended, the best of whom we are
confidently expecting to pledge during
rushing week in February.

Brother Arthur H. Olivers, professor of
biology, who has been the Chapter's big-
gest asset through his untiring efforts in
our behalf, has arranged for a meeting of
die Delta Beta Realty Trust at Hanover in
November. I hope to be able to disclose
some long awaited for news after this
meeting.

CHARLES J. WINKLER, JR., Reports

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Delta Gamma Chapter

With more than twenty old men back,
Delta Gamma Chapter opened on Sep-
tember 22 what promises to be a most suc-
cessful year. A record-breaking number
of students have been enrolled, a new era
has opened in football and the University
in general is very prosperous.

As might be expected, rushing was the
most important feature of the first three
weeks of college and as a result of our ef-
forts thirteen men from the 1924 class are
now wearing our pin. They are: Edgar
Salmon, of Brooklyn, brother of Brothers
Louis and Armand Salmon, of this Chap-
ter; Carroll Blake, of Brooklyn, brother
of Orton Blake, A ; Hugh McBain, of Clos-
ter, N. J., a cousin of Bobby Watt, of this

Chapter; William A. Dillingham, Gordon
R. Streich, Walter F. Koppisch, Elwyn M.
Bodenbender, and William A. Smith, of
Buffalo; Newton M. Argabrite, Jr., of Pel-
ham Manor; William A. Brady, Jr., and
Robert F. Moore, of New York City; Harry
McNeil, of New York City, formerly of
Birmingham, Ala.; and Julian H. Davis, of
Los Angeles, Calif. The Rushing Commit-
tee was composed of Brothers Frank Mc-
Cormick, Orville Brown, Martene W.
Corum, Charles P. Healy, and Dick Flem-
ing.

We are also pleased to announce the
following Brothers from other Chapters
who are taking work in the university, and
all of whom have been invited to affiliate:
Roger Prosser and John N. Penn, T E,
Dwight McGuire, B N, Joseph Jones and
A. Ralph McLemore, E B; Clarence Grieb,
r ¥, and Joseph E. Daniels, N.

Delta Gamma takes great pleasure in
announcing at this time the appointment
of Brother R. W. Watt, 1916, as graduate
manager of athletics, Brother Watt hav-
ing assumed his duties on August 15.
"Bobby" captained the championship base-
ball team in 1916, was chairman of the
Student Board in his Senior year, has
every qualification for his new undertak-
ing, and has already made good on the
job.

Among other athletic honors and ac-
complishments we may mention that
Brothers Moszczenski and Brodil are play-
ing varsity football and Brothers Schluter
and Charles Healy are on the squad.
Pledges Smith, Dillingham, Bodenbender
and Streich are regulars on the Freshman
team while Pledge McNeil is a sub lines-
man. Brother Carl Merner, as usual, is
coaching the cub eleven. Brother Eber-
hardt is captain of this year's swimming
team and Brother McCaulay will be a
member of it. Brother Louis Salmon will
be on the water polo team again this year,
having played on the intercollegiate cham-
pionship team the past two years, and
Brother Beiswinger will try for the team.
Brother Brodil has been elected president
of Crewsters, an organization composed
of Columbia men, and he will undoubtedly
stroke the Blue and White shell this com-
ing Spring.

Two fine cups, trophies of last year's
inter-fraternity relay and baseball competi-
tion, now grace the Sigma Nu House. Pro-

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posal has been made to have basketball,
track and tennis contests this year in addi-
tion to the other two events, and if these
plans materialize, Delta Gamma will be
entered in all the sports.

In the non-athletic world we announce
that our Eminent Commander, Brother
Tewksbury, and Brother Buonaguro, mem-
bers of last year's nine, are both now wear-
ing Phi Beta Kappa keys. Brother Sibley,
'20, has been made secretary of the Colum-
bia University Christian Association, and
so is still with us at the university, though
not a student. Brother Armand Salmon
received an appointment to West Point
and is now in his plebe year at the mili-
tary academy. Brother Moszczenski is
president of this year's Junior Class and
Brother Edward M. Healy was elected
permanent president of the Class of 1920
upon graduation last June. Brother
Charles Healy is chairman of the social
committee of the University Christian
Association. In May, Brothers James E.
Carroll, Louis Salmon and Norman Sibley
were elected to membership in the hon-
orary Senior society of Sachems. Brother
Mass is on the Jester staff in the role of
cartoonist.

The Columbia Chapter wishes to take
this opportunity to express its apprecia-
tion to all Brothers who have recom-
mended men this year or who have in any
other way extended the helping hand. We
also cordially invite all Brothers who
visit "Bagdad on the Subway" to feel at
home at die Chapter House.

As no Delta Gamma letter would be com-
plete without mention of them, we will
close by adding that Brother Bert Wilson
and Willie Spalthoff are helping us out as
usual, the former in the capacity of Divi-
sion Inspector being a daily and most
welcome visitor at the House, while
Brother Spalthoff has again resumed the
responsibilities of steward.

WILLIAM CHURCH BAWDEN, Reporter.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE
COLLEGE

Delta Delta Chapter

Lemon t specials and Belief on te trains
and busses discharged nearly three thou-
sand students in the mountains when Penn

State opened this Fall. The first change
in the landscape was the paving opera-
tion, the full length of College avenue.
The brick and cement coverings promise
to make the main street of town truly a
boulevard, and but a small stretch re-
mains to be finished to offer to the motor-
ists, a continuous paved street the entire
twelve miles to Bellefonte. Work is pro-
gressing on the destroyed Engineering
Building, but the appearance still remains
unsightly on the campus.

Old-timers would notice a millinery
shop where the post-office once stood and
the new post-office has been opened in the
defunct theater across from the S. A. E.
House. Gorgo retains his post on the cor-
ned with tobacco, candy and periodi-
cals, but a barber shop has eaten into the
space between his store and Dick Harlow's
combined drug store and oriental tea
room. The Y. M. C. A. Hut, the product
of war-time Penn State, remains in the
proximity and connected with Old Chapel,
and the old offices of the Y. M. C. A. has
been taken over by the Athletic Associa-
tion.

Beaver Field with its new, high and
roomy stands across from the old stands,
has taken upon itself the appearance of a
near-stadium and the capacity for the big
events now is about nine thousand. The
nine-hole golf course along the stretch be-
hind the Sigma Chi House finds its regu-
lar exponents, and the prospects are that
soon there will be an eighteen-hole course.

Numbered among the inhabitants of the
still small college town are Grundhofer,
'14; Bill Martin, track coach; Mike Sulli-
van, Alumni secretary; Russell Mason, in-
structor of horticulture and Pat Sullivan
in the publicity work.

This year instead of having to offer to
trade a couple of athletes for a good piano
player the Chapter finds itself with an or-
chestra which ranks well with the regular
dance orchestras. Ernest Wells is the piano
player and Joseph Wright, a recent pledge
from Brownsville, Penn., is the violinist.
Henderson Talbot and Hammond Talbot
make music with the drum and banjo.
Pete Roy furnishes music with his saxo-
phone. Eddie Allen completes the corps
of entertainers with his banjo.

On the campus we have Dick Rauch in
Parmi Nous, Junior Class president and
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team. W. E. Perry, Jr., is business man-
ager of the 1922 LaVie and is first assist-
ant business manager of the "Collegian."
Wright B. Jones, the 115-pound wrestler,
is in Skull and Bones and is also 1922
class historian. R. C. Blaney is on the
Forensic Council. Edward Tice, the best
college pole vaulter and lately of Lehigh,
is under the oak leaf of the Druid Sopho-
more Society. H. E. Barron has returned
after a three-year absence and has a trip
to Antwerp behind him as a member of
the American Olympic Team.

James B. Sayres is first assistant basket-
ball manager and Edward Sayer is on the
track squad. Lawrence Chapin is first as-
sistant track manager and Allan Post is
out for track and also is reporting for the
"Collegian." Kenneth G. Bailey is soccer
manager and also first assistant wrestling
manager. Pete Roy is in the band, Ed-
ward Oberholser is in the Glee Club, G.
E. Letchworth is a first lieutenant in the
cadet corps and Hammond Talbot is on
"Froth."

On the football squads besides Dick
Rauch we have Paul K. Roeder, the old
Harrisburg and Freshman team star, who
has been playing well in the varsity games
and Pledges Feaster, Singer, and Runser,
who are on the Freshman squad.

The pledges are Joseph Wright from
Brownsville; William Abbott Sibson, an
ex-sailor of Germantown; Allan Benson,
an ex-service man, who was four years in
France; Dave Feaster, ex-gob and former
star at West Philadelphia High School;
William Keplinger, a miler from West
Philly and former track captain there.
Earle Singer is an all-scholastic football
player from Dover, N. J., and Anson Fos-
ter is from Sheffield, Ala. Foster is living
with an aunt in State College. Skyles E.
Runser of Westminister, entering the
Sophomore class, is also a pledge. Brother
Charles Wolfe, II, has entered college and
is living at the House.

JAMES B. SAYERS, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

Delta Epsilon Chapter

After one of the busiest and largest en-
rollments, that the University of Okla-

homa has ever had, Delta Epsilon has set-
tled down in earnest to the hardships and
pleasures of school life.

The twenty-eight old men that returned
got their heads together a week before the
beginning of college and formulated plans
to make this the best year of the Chapter's
existence. The realization of these plans
have already come to pass, for when the
din of rush week had blown over, Delta
Epsilon had set fifteen Freshmen toward
the serpent. All of these men have been
active in high school, some on the grid-
iron, two of which made all-state while the
remaining have been very prominent in
high school activities.

In recent political fights of the campus,
Brother Hartford was elected secretary
and treasurer of the Engineering Club,
while Pledge Hendrix was elected vice-
president of the Freshman class.

We have with us three affiliates: Brother
McElroy, B I, who starred as a wrestler
while at Mount Union; Brother Nangle, r
H, and Brother Moore, B, star wrestler of
the South and former football player at
Virginia.

Football practice is well under sway
and 0. U. huskies are working hard to
make a good showing in their first appear-
ance in the Missouri Valley Conference.
As usual the old Sigma Nus are well rep-
resented with Brother Earnest McCubbins
running at half, and Brother John Craig
working hard for a place on the team.
The Sigma Nus are leading all other fra-
ternities on the Freshman team with six
pledges on the field and Pledge Earl Hen-
drix, captain of the team.

Basketball has made an early start in
practice and here again we are well repre-
sented with Brothers Cox, captain-elect;
Waite, letter man and star center of last
year; Quinn and Stahl, former Freshman
stars.

The result of the inter-fraternity base-
ball series, which was played last Spring,
puts another feather in our cap. We now
have a big cup and skin to grace our man-
tle and walls.

Our plans for the new House are mate-
rializing rapidly and we hope by the first
of the year to begin the construction of
our new home.

Brother Newby of our Chapter has
lately been appointed special Inspector of
our Division and we are sure he will be

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greatly liked by all the Chapters, as he
is by his own.

Scholarship has always been one of the
leading factors of this Chapter as has
been shown by the past. We have won the
scholarship cup four times in the last five
semesters, thereby winning one perma-
nently and getting our name engraved on
the new one, which we hope to land this
year.

LESTER PALMER, Reporter.

WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY

Delta Zeta Chapter

With a nucleus of eighteen old men
back in Reserve, Delta Zeta has built up
one of the largest Chapters in its history
by adding twelve pledges to the roll. The
new House proves itself to be admirably
adapted to fraternity life, and was the
scene of the annual pledge dance held the
evening of October 29.

Fraternity politics seem to be particu-
larly active this Fall, and Delta Zeta has
landed several of her men in important
positions. Brother Zuck is president of
the Sophomore class and a member of the
Student Council of which Brother Henney
is vice-president Burri is now a' well
known member of the varsity, his 220
pounds adding much weight to the Reserve
line. The Weekly is written by "Sigs"
this year with Brothers Collins, Henney,
Blake, and Sample, all members of the
editorial staff. The Glee Club is led by
Brother Cheney this year, and the famous
Sigma Nu jazz band will officiate at col-
lege functions under the leadership of
Brother Dray. Brother Suhr manages the
Dramatic Club which was so ably put on
its feet last year by Brother Stoner.

Brothers Rolli and Suhr are reading
about torts and other important law terms
at law school, while the rest of us — includ-
ing Brothers Cullen and Breck from sev-
eral years back — are managing to get
along on a diet of English poetry and
math.

The pledges are all most worthy of the
button. Titley is a scholarship man from
Barberton, and with Corey forms the lat-
est representation from Brother "Possum"

Collins's town. A younger Zuck and Bob
Hecker from Marion, Hetler from Ash-
land, and Stanley Hart from Amherst,
form the out-of-town members of the
pledging class, while McGinness, Bigalow,
Petznick, Hernkesman, and Clayman are
Cleveland men. The third Marion Hart-
man, Jesse, is again in the Chapter after
a year at Ohio State. He is now prepar-
ing to attend his third pledge dance as a
guest, and hopes that he will be able to
pay for the next one that comes along.
Hartman was pledged during S. A. T. C.
at Reserve, continued to be a pledge with
his brother Paul at Ohio State, and is now
back in our fold getting ready for the
final initiation into Sigma Nu. The men
are all of high scholarship records, and
Delta Zeta ought to make a good mark in
inter-fraternity scholarship grades this
semester.

Krock at Leland Stanford and Searl at
George Washington, have affiliated with
our Chapters there. These absent Broth-
ers are missed.

J. K. HENNEY, Commander.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
Delta Eta Chapter

The active Chapter now claims twenty-
eight members on the Chapter roll. There
were only two Brothers who were to be in
college this year who did not return.

Eleven men were pledged this semester
and three were carried over from last year.
The men pledged are: Alvin Thompson,
Cambridge; Marr McGaffin, David City;
Edward McMonnies, Lyons; Woodson
Spurlock, York; Charles G. Trimble,
Omaha; Charles Dundey, Omaha; Sidney
Peterson, Genoa; Ross LeRossignol, Lin-
coln; Harold Warren, Lincoln; Charles
Petree, Oregon, Mo.; and James VanScoy,
Rippey, Iowa.

We have four Brothers on the varsity
football squad this year. Brothers Wade
Munn and Monte Munn are holding down
the guard positions while Brothers Moore
and Schoeppel are working at the halves.

The Freshmen have started the ball
rolling by electing Pledge Trimble vice-
president of the Freshman class. Thomp-
son is holding a regular position on the
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the Freshmen were out with all their war
paint on in the battle with the Sopho-
mores Olympic Day.

Brother Eugene Dinsmore earned the
right and finances necessary to accompany
the football team on the trip to New York
and Pennsylvania, by selling the greatest
number of student's season football tick-
ets. If there is anything you may want
sold, see "Gene," he will sure sell it.

Brother Melville Taylor is in school
this year with "friend wife." On account
of this handicap, Brother Taylor must
make his visits short and snappy. (We
can always tell when she is out of town or
over to mother's, because then Taylor is
over here.)

Delta Eta Chapter of Sigma Nu was
second in scholarship among the sixteen
National Greeks at Nebraska last semester
and we have already started our march to
first place for this semester.

When the Colorado Aggies played Ne-
braska we were pleased to have Brothers
McMichael, Dotson and Richenbach pay
us a visit. The latch is always out boys,
come around and see us some time.

A party was given at the Chapter House,
Saturday, September 26, in honor of the
pledges. Despite a heavy rainfall there
were thirty-five couples present. The eve-
ning was spent in dancing after which
light refreshments were served.

Saturday, October 23d, the Annual Fall
Party was held at the Lincoln Hotel. The
ball room was very cleverly decorated in
black and white and gold under the super-
vision of the Dance Committee, and a very
pleasant evening was spent in dancing.

Brothers Randall, Emery, Clark, Burch,
Kenny, Perry, Moseley, Aldrich, Dobson,
Dinsmore, Holyoke, Weeks and Beckard
of the Alumni have been around to see
us since college began, and we were
mighty glad to see that they knew where
the Sigma Nu House was.

MAURICE T. BRAMMAN, Reporter.

LOMBARD COLLEGE

Delta Theta Chapter

College opened the fourteenth of Sep-
tember, but most of the thirteen old men
who returned were here at least a week

early; and as a result we succeeded in do-
ing some early intensive rushing, the re-
sult of which have been most gratifying;
and we are proud to introduce at this time
ten new pledges. They are: Robert
Stephenson, Oneida, 111.; Edwin Harris,
Macomb, 111.; Reuben Brockmueller,
Fargo, N. D.; Edward Flink, Lockport,
111.; Theodore Rosequist, Evanston, 111.;
Victor Rosequist, Evanston, 111.; Elder
Meyers, Altoona, 111.; Edgar Foedisch, De-
Kalb, 111.; Hershel Johnson, Canton, 111.;
John Hess, Wausau, Wis. Another point
worthy of note is that five of these men
have one or more brothers who became
Sigma Nus at this Chapter.

Eight of the ten pledges are on the
football squad, together with five old men
who have won their letter in previous
years. It is too early in the season to give
any definite idea as to just how many of
these will make their L's, but in the one
game played to date, eight Sigs were in-
cluded in the lineup. Prospects for bas-
ketball and, indeed, all other major sports,
look very encouraging.

Several extensive improvements in the
Chapter House were carried out this sum-
mer, with the assistance of the resident
Brothers. A new steam heating plant was
installed, the contractor being Brother
Marvin Johnson, B B, of Chicago, whose
charges were very moderate, considering
the extent of the job. New furniture for
the dining and living rooms was pur-
chased; most of the first floor interior re-
finished, as well as all new beds for the
dormitory. The House at present is in
better condition than it has been for some
years.

As regards social activities, Delta Theta
began the season several weeks in advance
of all competitors, when the fourth annual
summer party was successfully staked at
the Soangetaha Country Club, the night of
August 14. About thirty-five couples, in-
cluding several rushees, were present, and
also a very gratifying number of Alumni.
Rapalee's orchestra furnished peppy
music for the occasion, although a num-
ber seemed to be more interested in the
moonlight and shadows of the lake.

Since the opening of college, we have
given two very successful picnics, and
plans are being made for a house party
and dance.

L D. RAMBO, Reporter.

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WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
Delta Iota Chapter

After a very successful summer spent
at various occupations throughout the
state, all of the twenty-nine Brothers, be-
sides two affiliate Brothers, returned to
college feeling fit for any task. We began
the rushing season with great vim and it is
safe to say that we pledged thirteen
men on the campus of Washington
State. We are pleased to announce the
following pledges: Pledges Swank, Mor-
lock, Zent, Hickey, Cramer, Hayes, Nor-
ris, Pears, Tompkins, Mulledy, Bradbury,
Ferguson, Bulmer, Hind ley and Carl Mc-
Carthy, who are leaders in every line of
Freshman activity.

There is much to be done and Delta Iota
is a hive of industry. The new House is
now the center of interest and we are rapid-
ly pushing the plans to completion. Finan-
cially, the House situation is settled to
our satisfaction and all that is left to do is
to go ahead with the building. We expect
to be able to extend the hand of welcome
from our new home to all Sigs by this time
next year. Thanks to Brothers McCarthy
and Moss and Brother Sanger and Mc-
Croskey of the Alumni Association, the
dreams of the local Brothers have become
realities and our House is an assured suc-
cess. The present incumbents on the com-
mittee are to be relieved shortly by
Brother Carl Johnson and the author of
this article, who will handle all pub-
licity connected with this and other pro-
jects.

We were saddened during the summer
by news of the tragic death of Brother
Geo Miller of Pullman, Wash. Brother
Miller was killed in a seaplane accident
while giving flight exhibitions at Lake
Coeur cr Alene, Idaho. We grieve in si-
lence; but we grieve deeply, for he was
one of nature's noblemen and more than
a brother to us all. He was incapable of
any action which was not actuated by high
ideals and noble sentiment, he endeared
himself to us all and we'll never forget
him.

When I say that the Sigma Nus excel in
more than one activity here at school, I
am not exaggerating in the least. Foot-
ball is a fine example of my contentment.
While the team was in Spokane, a young-

ster asked a student from this college
where the team came from. He wondered
if it could be Washington State I suppose;
but the student said, "Oh, all those fel-
lows live at the Sigma Nu House." Even
though we also captain baseball and have
one other baseball man in the House, be-
sides seven men who are reasonably sure
of places on the varsity football team, we
are not entirely athletic. We have several
of the .best musicians on the campus and
are just now thinking of organizing a sec-
ond orchestra. We have five men on the
Frosh squad and they are coached by one
of our Alumni members, Brother Norman
Moss, Frosh coach. Our students are
bringing the scholastic standing of the
House even higher, and we are firmly de-
termined that this year we shall pass even
more of the Creek houses on our way to-
ward the top of the honor roll.

The evening of October 6, the pledges
put on a smoker for the members and at
the conclusion, during the supper, pre-
sented the Chapter with a handsome smok-
ing set. Commander Tozer thanked the
pledges and when he said they were an ex-
ceptional bunch of men and had given us
a treat we would long remember, none
of us could help thinking that it was even
more than that.

We have been pleasantly surprised an
two different occasions lately, by the wel-
come visits of Brothers Edwards and Cope-
land, who dropped in to chat with the
"old heads" and advise the youngsters.
JAMES M. MACK, Reporter.

DELAWARE COLLEGE
Delta Kappa Chapter

With only the first week of college com-
pleted, Delta Kappa is already in a fair
way to add successive honors to the Grand
Chapters. There is a predominance of
Sigma Nus as helmsmen for the various
student activities. Brother Howard Alex-
ander is president of Student Council.
Brother S. H. Boggs is president of the
Delaware Chapter of A. A. E.; Brother J.
F. Price is president of the Wolfe Chemi-
cal Club; Brother J. A. Barnard is presi-
dent of the "Ag." Club.

Brother "Jack" Williams is president of
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a berth in varsity football. Brother J. F.
Price is holder of the Du Pont scholarship
for Chemical Engineers. Brother Bar-
nard is holder of the State Grange Scholar-
ship. Brothers Alexander and J. S. Wil-
son are captains respectively of basketball
and track. Brothers Anderson and Waples
are managers of baseball and track re-
spectively. And the present time there are
in the Active Chapter ten letter men.

Approximately half of Delta Kappa
Chapter was entertained for a week at the
summer home of Brother Frank L. Grier
at Rehoboth, Del. The affair was one of
those memorable house parties whose in-
fluence does much to strengthen the bond
of Brotherhood.

There are at the present writing, ten
pledges: Granville P. Alexander, Jr.,
Wilmington, Del.; Herbert P. Kirk, Wil-
mington Del.; John H. Schaeffer, Wil-
mington, Del.; Haywood Johnson, Phila-
delphia, Pa.; Frank H. Leamy, Philadel-
phia, Pa.; Harold H. Watson, Boston,
Mass.; James E. Humes, Milford, Del.;
Harvey D. McDonald, Salem, N. J.; J.
Allen Freer, Wyoming, Del. Verne
Booth of University of North Dakota, is
a Sophomore pledge.

Brother A. H. Wilson paid us a short
visit and was of valuable assistance dur-
ing the rushing.

The House has been "fixed up consider-
able" and we can now look forward with
a clear conscience to the approaching foot-
ball season when we will have ample op-
portunity to practice real Sigma Nu hos-
pitality.

LEONARD B. DALY, Reporter.

BROWN UNIVERSITY

Delta Lambda Chapter

Delta Lambda has opened up her House
at 104 Waterman street with twenty-seven
Brothers back from last year, and Brother
John W. Chapman, formerly of Bethany,
in charge. Brother Richard C. Wirtz, '22,
is back with us after spending his Sopho-
more year at Columbia. Brother Everett
A. Alden is confined to a New Jersey hos-
pital with a slight ailment, but we expect
him back with us soon. Brother Godfrey
N. Nelson has entered Columbia and all
our good wishes go with him. Here's hop-

ing he'll be back with us next year. As to
Brother Lynn B. Fellows, we are at a
loss. When last heard from he was in the
wilds of New Jersey, and we fear that he
has strayed from the fold.

AH the rest of us are safe and sound
and little changed from last year. Wait,
though! Brother Fenner has blossomed
out with a suspicious dark splotch over
his upper lip, and we think that we know
what it is. The old harmony that was so
prevalent last year has started up all over
again, and the piano works overtime with
Brother Burdick in undisputed command.
He is ably assisted by Brothers Wagner,
Roux, Wirtz, and Brown on their respec-
tive ukes, guitars and mandolins. Verily
the soul of Orpheus is stirred on passing
the "Sig" House. The college humorous
(so-called) magazine may be expected to
scintillate this year with Brothers Broking,
P. C. Brown, Thorndike, F. B. Littlefield,
and ye humble scribe all contributing to
it. As to social activities, we follow the
lead of Brother Gallup, who is our able
supervisor in such matters. Within a
short time we expect to make our official
debute of the year with a little dance at
the House, and the elite of feminity will
be present.

Under the inter-fraternity rushing agree-
ment, nothing can be done along that line,
until the first of December. Vigilance,
however, is our middle name, and our eyes
are working even if our tongues cannot
We are especially anxious to get some
football men this year, as at present we
are unfortunately lacking in that line.
There are no rules, however, on upper-
class transfers from other colleges, and we
are busy trying to convince two of them of
the superlative merits of Sigma Nu.

Several of our Alumni have dropped in
to visit us so far this year. Brothers Marr,
Grimm, Johnson, Kotch, Nichols, Camp-
bell, Rushby, Lovenberg, and McKay
have all dropped in to pay their respects
and we want them to repeat their visits,
with as many more as can do so. All
Brothers from other Chapters are wel-
come, too. We are on the New York and
Boston Road, and if any Brother is going
through, we hope he will stop in.

Last June, Brothers Chapman and
Blake paid a visit to the Chapter Houses
at Bethany, Columbia and Carnegie. They
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place, and here and now want to thank
those Chapters again.

W. B. I. BLAKE, Reporter.

Of our returned members seventeen are
living in the Chapter House, four in the
dormitories and the remainder at their
homes in Providence. Rising expenses of
Chapter operation have necessitated a
slight rise in our room rent but even so
it is still somewhat lower than rent charged
in the average dormitory. A house tax
of $20.00 a year has also been levied
against the men not living in the house.

On a whole, the prospects for Chapter
operation are quite bright and we stand in
a fair way to enjoy a prosperous year.
Financially we are about even with the
board, having no outstanding debts or ap-
preciable surplus. Our budget for the
year has been carefully prepared by the
Chapter Treasurer in conference with the
other Chapter officers and Chapter Ad-
visor, Brother Arthur E. Kenyon.

JOHN W. CHAPMAN, Commander.

STETSON UNIVERSITY
Delta Mu Chapter

Delta Mu Chapter started a new year
with twelve active men back, viz.: White-
hair, Bradley, Jackson, Hays, Burns,
Davis, Smart, Senn, Magruder, Alderman,
Wheeler, Parker, and Pledges Weston, En-
wright, and Roland.

We have rented for the year the Montre-
ville house on Michigan Avenue. This
house is well located, being only one block
from the university buildings. The house
affords us ample room for all the men,
and two large double rooms for holding
Chapter meetings. A library, dining room,
and kitchen makes the house very con-
venient for the boys. We had hoped to
have our own Chapter House built by the
beginning of this school year (1920-21),
but the shortage of building material made
the building of a Chapter House this year
impossible. A committee appointed by
the Stetson Association leased the Montre-
ville house on 118 Michigan Avenue for
us. The plans for the new Chapter House
are in the hands of Brother Peek, and the
building will be ready for us by the next
school year. This building will be a mod-

ern up-to-date structure of the latest de-
sign of fraternity houses.

The Sigma Nus are taking a leading
part in athletics. Of four men of the
athletic committee representing the differ-
ent sports, three are Sigma Nus. Six "S"
letter men are back this year, and are
taking a leading part in athletics. The
names of which are Brothers Bradley,
Whitehair, Jackson, Davis, Parker, and
Hays. Brother Hays won his letter "S"
in tennis, and defeated all contestants,
therefore winning the undisputed cham-
pionship of Stetson; Brother Parker won
his "S" in baseball; while Brothers Davis,
Bradley, Jackson and Whitehair won their
"S" in football. Brother Jackson is as-
sistant football coach, and Brother White-
hair is manager of the baseball team.
Brother Whitehair is also editor of the
College Daily News.

Rushing season began early, and all
members went at it in earnest. We first
gave a dance at Blue Lake Park to which
all prospective men were invited. The
dance was a great success. We later gave
a smoker to which all college men were in-
vited. This was an event in which the
new men showed their appreciation by say-
ing the "Sigs" were royal entertainers.

On October the 6th, we held our first
pledging ceremony, and eight fellows
were pledged, viz.: Kunkel, Saunders, F.
Fowler, W. Fowler, Pope, Needham, A. S.
Johnson, and H. H. Haynes. After the
pledging of the newly made novices, the
novices invited the Sigma Nu members
down town to the Tea and Crumpet Room
for refreshments. The tables for the oc-
casion were decorated in the fraternity
colors.

Brother C. E. Woods paid us a friendly
visit last week end.

Delta Mu Chapter is among its peers in
scholarship, nearly all of its members are
in the law department of the university.

The financial conditions of the Chapter
are the best ever and the building of our
fraternity house is a certainty.

The Sigma Nu Chapter House control
is in the hands of Brothers Jackson, Senn
and Davis, who are proving efficient man-
agers.

Brothers Peek, Sherman, Rutherford,
Junkin, Conrad, and Tatum have paid us
a visit this week. The Alumni have been
keeping in close touch with the Fraternity.

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We hope to hold a State convention
here in De Land, some time in December,
and want all Alumni to be present. We
want to hear from all the Alumni. We
wish to keep in close touch with you.
Please send us reports of your Alumni
conventions. We are interested in your
activities.

Visiting Brothers will find a warm wel-
come at the Delta Mu Chapter House.
ALGER A. SMART, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

Delta Nu Chapter

College opened September 13th and
everything is now well under way. The
registration this semester is 1399, the
largest number of students that ever en-
rolled at the university. To keep up with
this rapid development the Faculty has
been increased in size and several new
courses have been added to the curriculum.
The greatest immediate need of the univer-
sity is increased financial support, and the
college authorities will go before the
Legislature this year with a program far
in advance of any previous years. If this
program meets with favorable support in
the Legislature, several new buildings
which were delayed because of the war,
will be erected on the campus in the near
future.

During the past year we have accomp-
lished a great deal towards improving the
exterior appearance of the house. The
property association had the house painted
and made some necessary repairs on it
during the summer vacation. The grading
has progressed to such an extent that we
can complete it this year. The Active
Chapter plans to make additions each year
in the way of furnishings and interior im-
provements until we get everything in
complete shape.

We were fortunate in having a large
number of old men back this year, those
who are back are: Brothers L. J. March,
Johnson, L. S. March, Baldwin, Graff am,
Jowett, Sewall, Reed, Ranger, Riley, Get-
chell, Whitehouse, Steward, Libby, Brag-
don, Leach, Dow, Tinker, Grane, Barton,
Oakes, Fraser, Chapman, Sturtevant, Fogg,
McLeod, and Koler. Pledging has been
slow this season. The Freshmen have

shown an attitude of waiting much more
than in the previous years. We have
pledged six men up to this time: E. 0.
Berg, of Springfield, Mass.; C. H. Crane,
of Foxcroft, Me.; M. R. Driscoll, of Liver-
more Falls, Me.; E. B. King, of Peabody,
Mass.; B. E. Hutchins, of Bangor, Me.;
and R. D. MacKay, of Dorchester, Mass.

At the close of the baseball season last
spring, Brothers Walker, Johnson and
Jowett were awarded letters. Brother
Sewall won the high jump at the State
meet last spring. This fall Brothers
Tinker, McLeod and Dow are playing on
the varsity football squad and "Stubby"
March is making fine progress as quarter-
back on the second team, and Pledge Crane
at half back. Brother Baldwin was in-
jured in practice before the Harvard game
and had to leave college; he was a great
asset to the team on account of his ability
as a punter and a line plunger, although
he will be unable to play football again,
we hope to have him back with us soon.
We will undoubtedly be represented on the
Cross Country team by Pledge Berg. He
has been setting the pace for the squad
during the past two weeks and looks as
good to Coach Preti as any Freshman on
the squad. Brother Oakes is assistant
manager of football and Brothers Steward
and Leach are working out for assistant
managerships in football and track.

We have a good representation in the
class honorary societies this year. Brother
Sewall is a member of the Senior Skulls,
Brothers Oakes and Johnson are Junior
Masks, and Brothers Reed and Jowett are
Sophomore Owls. Brother March is rank-
ing officer in the R. 0. T. C. regiment and
Brothers Leach and Getchell are First
Lieutenants in this organization. The man-
agement of the "Prism" the college year
book published by the Junior class, has
been placed in the hands of Brother Graf-
fam for this year. Brother Barton is go-
ing to assist in making the "Prism" a lit-
erary success.

Sigma Nu holds full sway in musical
circles at Maine this year. Arrangements
for the concert season which opens in De-
cember are being made by Brother L. J.
March, who is manager of the combined
musical clubs. He is planning a trip for
the Christmas vacation, giving concerts in
New England and New York. We are
sure that before the trip starts Brother

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Whitehouse will have his Mandolin Club
playing "Love Nest" in seven variations.
The other "Sigs" in the club are L. S.
March, Bragdon, Kaler, and Leach. In
the Forestry Club, Brother Sewall is sec-
retary and treasurer, and Pledge Hutchins
is on the executive committee.

This is the last issue of The Delta that
will be published before our big social
event of the year, the Washington s Birth-
day house party. We are going to make
this the best house party ever given by
Delta Nu and we expect every Alumnus
who possibly can to be present.

S. C. FRASER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
Delta Xi Chapter

The University of Nevada opened with
the largest enrollment in its history, and
with the prospects of a most successful
year.

Eleven Delta Xi men have returned to
college with the determination to make
this our banner year. They are as fol-
lows: Bacil Crowley, Charles J. Frisch,
Melvin C. Frailey, Hugo M. Quilici, Her-
bert V. Shirley, Daniel C. Simpson, George
A. Cann, William S. Cann, Ellis Harmon,
Harold A. Fraser, Roland C. Williams.

Our motto has been, 'Take the scholar-
ships." In this we were very successful,
taking it both semesters of last year in
spite of keen competitions experienced
from other fraternities.

In athletics and social life we will be
well represented; having back with us
several of last year's basketball and track
stars. At this date we have plans for sev-
eral novel social events which we hope
will be as successful as our past functions.

We have seven pledges this year: Le
Due, Skinner, Hearndon, Reed, Tobias,
Procter, and Ross.

M. C. FRAILEY, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

Delta Omicron Chapter

A short time after school started, we had
thirty-one old men back and one affiliate.
As a result Delta Omicron had a good

nucleus to work with. We very cautiously
chose our pledges and when we had fin-
ished we had twelve good ones. We were
in a position where we could be particular
and as a result we got just what we were
after.

The affiliate, Howard Hansen, from
Gamma Chi, is a Senior here this year.
We have with us now two former Gamma
Chi men, the other being Brother Edwin
Foran. Ed sure made a name for himself
last year. He sang on the glee club, and
was the star hurler on the varsity baseball
team.

The pledges that we have chosen are
Harold Cornelison, Moscow; Guy Wicks,
Moscow; Cecil Boliou, Genessee; Walter
Casebolt, Genessee; George Symns, Cald-
well; George Hoffman, Caldwell; Frank
Kinnison, Fruitland; Kneeland Parker,
Bovill; Jack Musser, Filer; Gus Bjork,
Lewiston; Eric Leithe, Coeur d'Alene;
Bert Munson, Moscow, Idaho. Among
this group of pledges are men who are
going to make a name for themselves.
There are scholars, athletes, musicians and
men of every activity among them. Briefly
speaking, they are good material upon
which to build the future Chapter.

The Idaho football team this year is
being captained by Brother Felix Plastino.
With our new coach, Tom Kelly, a coach
of national fame, we ought to have a win-
ner this year. About half of the team is
composed of Sigs. The men representing
Delta Omicron are: Brothers G. Evans,
Glindeman, Plastino, Nagel, A. Graf, and
F. Graf. The above are all lettermen and
for the most part are playing regularly.

Brother Gip Stalker is the editor of the
college paper, and also has been elected
to fill the place of Yell King held last year
by Brother Wood. Pledge Cornelison is
the prexy of the Frosh class.

It seems as though the university glee
club is to be composed mostly of Sigma
Nus. The glee club is composed of twenty
members, eight of which are Sigs. Pledge
Leithe is to be the piano soloist as well
as the accompanist.

Sigma Nu continues to occupy a high
place on the social ladder. We have the
reputation on the campus for giving the
cleverest parties that are staged on the
campus. Last spring we gave our formal,
which was conceded on the campus to be
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this year we have given two house parties
and they had the same old stuff that makes
them the talk of the university. We have
given a smoker to the Alumni who re-
turned on University Home Coming. The
Sigma Nu Alumni have organized for the
purpose of furthering the welfare of the
Chapter here.

FRED E. GRAF, Reporter.

GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY

Delta Pi Chapter

Delta Pi Chapter has just started in the
college year with a new house, at 1733
N. Street. The house is in a very desirable
location, being in a very fine residential
section of the city, and within ten minutes
walk from the university. It is the old
residence of Admiral William Sheffield
Cowles, U. S. N. It is a five story house,
and very well adapted to fraternity pur-
poses. We are very much pleased with it.

Football has been revived at George
Washington this year for the first time
since 1916. At present we have three
pledges: Savage, Barta, and Terril who
are on the squad. Brother H. A. Searl,
from Delta Zeta Chapter, is playing end
on the team this year. Although the team
is not a very strong one as yet, we hope
to make it so in years to come, and think
Delta Pi will have its share in helping to
put the team on the map.

So far we have had a very successful
rushing season, the following men having
been pladged: Clarence Terrill, Tridel-
phia, W. Va.; Adolph K. Barta, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; George A. Moskey, Wash-
ington, D. C; Horace C. Young, Glasgow,
Ky.; Ralph M. Holt, Burlingon, N. C;
John J. McNeeley, Washingon, D. C;
Walter W. McVay, Waynesburg, Pa.

On Saturday night, October 2nd, we had
our opening house dance. It was one of
the peppiest affairs Delta Pi has held in a
long time, and from a point of view of
rushing, it proved to be a howling success.

On Sunday afternoon, October 17th, we
formally opened the new House by a house
warming given to the Faculty and the stu-
dents of the university. Though this may
sound like a pink tea, we can honestly say
that a good sociable get-together was en-

joyed by all. Several of the sorority girls
from the school helped us to make the
affair a success.

On May 1st of this year we initiated the
following men: H. A. Tolson, Clyde A.
Tolson (two more Brothers in Sigma Nu),
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Caswell Chandler,
of Athens, Ga.; and Francis K. McKoy, of
Wilmington, N. C.

At present we are planning a masked
ball for Hallowe'en.

In school activities, the Chapter is well
represented. Brother Harry W. Newman
has been elected to represent Columbian
College on the Student Council for the
present school year. Brother Newman has
also been elected to Pyramid, the honor
society at George Washington, and has
also been appointed editor-in-chief of the
Cherry Tree for this year. Brother New-
man is fast becoming recognized as the
leading politician in the university.
Brother Frank L. Yates has been elected
to represent the Law School on the Stu-
dent Council.

Brother Bernard Burdick has recently
been elected to the Law School Senate.
We hope that before long, when class elec-
tions are held, we will be able to report
more honors for Sigma Nu.

Brothers Braham and Rollins spent the
summer on the lecture platform as direc-
tors for the Radcliffe Chautauqua.

John Jay Chapter, of Phi Alpha Delta
Law Fraternity, was installed in the Law
School last May. Brothers Morgan, Bra-
ham, Rollins and Yates are among the
charter members.

Inter-Fraternity bowling practice has
begun, and it's a safe bet to say that Sigma
Nu will come out on top in the final play.
Last year, we lost the cup by one half
game, but with several men of the last
year men back, and with the new material
we now have, there is no reason why the
cup should not sit in the Sigma Nu House
this year.

GEORGE R. SHERIFF, Reporter.

COLORADO AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Delta Rho Chapter

With the return of twenty-three active
men for the opening of the first semester,

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Delta Rho was never in a better position
for a banner year.

The returning men are: John Fitzsim-
mons, Harry Dotson, Oliver Osborn, Earl
Whatley, Clark Atteberry, Gordon Feld-
man, William Nicholson, Charles Barthol-
omew, Thomas Vanderhoof, Wade Bales,
Walden Sweet, Edward LeDonne, Earl
Kiely, Earl McMichael, Robert McCauley,
Samuel Riggenbach, Glen Rayl, Frank Mc-
Creary, Francis McCrackin, William Hax-
by, Lawrence Morrell, John Staab and
Raymond Burnette. Besides these men
four novices, held from last year returned.
These are: Truman Moore, Paul McCaf-
ferty, Walter Shutts and William Pitcher.

Due to the large number of men who re-
turned, the Chapter felt it advisable to
rather limit its pledging activities. There-
fore, only seven Freshmen were pledged.
These new novices are: Ival Merchant,
William Jordan, Glenn Pierpoint, Charles
and Oscar Recher, John Chenault, and
Frank Brockman. These men are already
demonstarting their worth. Charles Recher
is already quarterback of the Frosh foot-
ball team and William Jordan has been
elected Freshman representative to the
Student Council.

At the same time none of the Brothers
are resting on their laurels. Brother
Bartholomew has been pledged Alpha
Zeta.

Alpha Zeta is an honorary agricultural
fraternity and membership therein carries
considerable distinction.

Brother Sweet made a successful tryout
for the college dramatic club. Brother
Sweet is also secretary of the Scribblers
club this semester.

At the fall class elections the Sopho-
mores carried away the honors with the
election of Brother Earl Kiely as class
president, Brother Sam Riggenbach as
vice-president, and Brother Francis Mc-
Crackin as treasurer. At the same time
Brother Walden Sweet was elected Junior
class vice-president.

Football prospects this year look ex-
ceptionally good. The team has just re-
turned from a game with Nebraska. This
is our first conflict with any team outside
our own conference. Although we were
beaten by a score of seven to nothing, it
is the opinion of the school that we have
nothing to be ashamed of, as the ball was
in Nebraska territory a large portion of

the time and Nebraska's lone touchdown
came in the fourth quarter when the men
were beginning to feel the effects of the
change in altitude. The results of this
game, with a school of Nebraska's strength
lead us to believe that our chances for a
conference championship are unusually
good.

Delta Rho has seven war horses on the
football squad: Brother Harry Dotson,
who was last year's all-conference tackle,
is holding down his old position. The
others are Earl McMichael, Sam Riggen-
bach, Ed LeDonne, Bill Haxby and Pledges
Bill Pitcher and Walter Shutts.

The big football classic of the year
comes when we battle our old rival, Col-
orado College, on Armistice Day. On
that day Delta Rho plans to hold home
coming day, following up with our annual
pledge dance on the twelfth. We are ex-
tending an invitation to every Alumnus to
come back and help make it a day in
history.

WALDEN E. SWEET, Reporter.

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Delta Sigma Chapter

After a long and patient struggle for a
new home which began among our Alumni
way back in the day of Beta Theta Epsilon
and continued all succeeding years as the
greatest of our desires, the hope of having
a home of our own has at last crystalized
into definite form. Second only in im-
portance to the national installation is the
fact that we announce to our Alumni that
a real home for the Delta Sigma Chapter
is at this moment in the process of being
bought.

The new house is located opposite the
main entrance to the school and nearer
than we have ever been to the center of
school activities. Its accommodations are
exceptionally ample for our large Chapter
and are unusually adaptable to the uses
of a fraternity. The house which has been
in the hands of a private family since its
construction is in excellent condition and
will give us a home of which we can be
justly proud and which will put us on a
par with any of the newly acquired fra-
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predate the value and beauty of the place
it will be necessary for you, our Alumni,
to visit us after taking possession.

Delta Sigma came out strong at the end
of rush week. We have succeeded in
pledging six of the best men among the
incoming Freshmen. Smokers were held
every evening during the week and some
of our Brothers proved to be good enter-
tainers. The result was a 100 per cent,
week, and we take great pleasure in an-
nouncing the following pledges: Ward A.
Tallman, Davenport, la.; Hugh Sprinkle,
Joplin, Mo.; Donald Foster, Pittsburg,
Pa.; M. A. Brace, Waterford, Pa.; Walter
Quick, Caldwell, Ohio; Herbert Fritz,
Johnstown, Pa.; Lorin Farrel, "Canton,
Ohio. The pledges were much in evidence
in the Soph-Fresh field contests. Pledge
Fritz won his match in wrestling for the
Plebes, and Pledge Sprinkle won his match
in wrestling for the Sophs.

Delta Sigma is strengthened in school
activities by the pledging of these men,
and we feel sure that they will make good
representatives of Sigma Nuism.

The past season was one of the most
successful periods in Tech history and
Sigma Nu played no small part in the ac-
complishment. Frank Haaren, as graduate
manager, was, of course, in the limelight
and has been doing great work in building
up Tech athletics. Harvey Hiller, after a
siege with some members of the Faculty,
ran in all meets with the exception of that
with West Virginia, and caught the tape
in every start Hiller runs a pretty race,
and has developed into one of the best
quarter-milers Tech has ever had. His
success on the track team and popularity
with the fellows has won for him the cap-
taincy of the 1920 team. Charlie Blesch
and George Curtis were on the squad and
placed in most of their heats. Warrick,
Shorty Maurer and Tucker were on the
baseball squad and placed well helping
Tech to win ten of sixteen games. Phil
Marshall who piloted the 1919 football
to victory and was incidentally admired
by all, swung a heavy racket on the tennis
team. Carnegie Tech had a most success-
ful year, losing only one match to Michi-
gan. Phil will long be remembered for
his ninety-yard run against Pitt last year.

In the managerial line we have been for-
tunate. Brothers John Nation and Bob
Nation have been elected first assistant

managers of track and baseball and Blesch
is first assistant football manager. Bow-
man due to illness last year, lost out as
assistant tennis manager, but is out hust-
ling again this year.

Our prospects for the coming season are
very bright. Besides the men mentioned
above, we have succeeded in pledging sev-
eral men with athletic ability. Tallman
is a ten second, 100-yard man and placed
third in the Olympic tryouts held in Bos-
ton last summer. Sprinkle, a 210-pounder
from Missouri, is showing up well at
tackle on the varsity. Herb Fritz, from the
flood city, is showing up well on the plebe
team and seems sure of a place. We are
hoping for continued success in athletics
at Tech this year and Delta Sigma will be
well represented.

Delta Sigma was also very actively rep-
resented in non-athletic activities which in-
cludes the musical clubs. Bob Crawford,
well known in the clubs as student leader
and member of the varsity quartet in 1910,
was director, and the enthusiastic and
competent manner in which he filled the
position was a big factor in the successful
season enjoyed. Mike Sweeney served his
second year as president, and Mat Mawhin-
ney was elected president for the coming
year. This keeps the presidency in the
Chapter for three successive years. Others
who were chosen are: Roily Tucker, solo-
ist; Pop Stewart, pianist, and Holmes and
Simpson, tenors.

Invitations have been issued for a Delta
Sigma reunion to be held at the time of the
Wash- Jeff game. The committee is work-
ing hard on plans for that week-end and
the only thing necessary for a good time
is the support of our Alumni. We hope
that they will turn out 100 per cent The
week-end includes November 19, 20 and
21.

At the end of registration this fall,
twenty-eight Delta Sigma men had checked
in. Of this number, nineteen were regis-
tered at the House. Four of the pledges
have been taken in the House, making a
total of twenty-three living in the House.
House rules are being enforced and there
is already a mid-semester spirit floating
around the House. As a result of a slight
overstepping of these rules one tubing
ceremony has already taken place. One
of our dignified Seniors was on the re-
ceiving end.

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When in Pittsburgh you are cordially
invited to visit us in our new home.

HOWARD A. BOWMAN, Reporter.

OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Delta Tau Chapter

With the fall term well under way,
Delta Tau Chapter has settled down to
what bids fair to be a banner year.

Twenty-three old members returned to
the House, and after a week of rushing
we were successful in pledging the fol-
lowing men: Norris C. Sewell, Portland;
James K. Weatherford, Corvallis; Kenneth
S. Perry, Klamath Falls; Ralph W. Ris-
ley, Milwaukee; Ivan Carr, Pendleton;
Orville R. Burres, Wasco, all of Oregon;
W. Lowery Porterfield, Long Beach, Cal.;
and Paul C. Dexter, Gay, Indiana.

We are proud to report that our efforts
of last year to raise our house grades were
successful. For with the official returns
this fall Sigma Nu with an average of
86 per cent stands twelfth among forty
campus organizations. This is four points
higher than the general Student Body
average of 82 per cent. Those in the
House who burnt the midnight juice to the
best apparent advantage were: Brothers
Robert A. Warrens, Anthony G. Schille,
John S. Crout, Richard Jennings, Ralston
Moore and Marion L. Boetticher, who all
had grades above 90 per cent.

Brothers Stewart and Hodler, letter men
of last year, are again representing us on
"varsity" football. Brother Campbell, one
of the best tackles on the coast, is out
regularly though he is ineligible this year
due to the fact that he missed part of the
last school year.

Brother Snook is back and will be m
action again for varsity track in the
spring. Brothers Vanstone and Kramien,
letter men, have so far been unable to re-
turn. With Pledge Porterfield on the
team and Pledge Dugan fighting for a
place we are fairly represented on the
Freshman football team. Brothers Snook,
Sweeny, Delzell, and Angle are out for
Soccer. Brother Snook being manager of
the team. We won the championship in
baseball among the National fraternities

last spring and are out to win in all
branches this fall.

Brothers Brandes and Dunn are on the
Glee Club, the former being president of
it. Brother Cook is third vice-president
of the Student Body, and is also a member
of the board of control. Brother Warrens
is president of the Inter-fraternity Coun-
cil. Brother Stewart, besides his football
activities, is secretary of the varsity "0"
Association and president of Intra-Mural
athletics. Brother Delzell is president of
the Civil Engineers Association. Brothers
Sweeny and Delzell are on the Vigilance
Committee, an honorary Sophomore or-
ganization. The House is also represented
on class and organization committees.

"The Outburst," our Chapter bulletin,
which we put out last quarter, met with
such general approval from our Alumni
and the Chapters to whom it was sent, that
we have decided to make it a permanent
institution. It will be published and sent
out once every quarter. Brother Sharkey
is the editor and the success of "The Out-
burst" is in a great measure due to his
talent and hard work.

Our social schedule for the first term
includes two informal dances. The first of
which was held on October 9th, and was
highly successful.

Many new buildings are being built on
the campus, due to the extra money voted
the institution by the people of the State
at the annual election last spring. The
students now registering are assured of the
best facilities for the pursuance of their
studies at 0. A. C.

ANTHONY G. SCHILLE, Reporter.

COLGATE UNIVERSITY

Delta Upsilon Chapter

The close of the year 1919-20 brought
honors and losses to Delta Upsilon.
Brother Dempsey was elected to the Senior
society, Gorgon's Head, while Brothers
Chamberlin and Brunstrom were admitted
to Delta Sigma Rho, and Brother Nune-
maker to Phi Beta Kappa. Brothers Demp-
sey and Myers were class day orators. The
Chapter loss was in the graduation of
Brothers Allen, Chamberlin, Orrin Dun-
lap, Charles Dunlap, Fisher, Myers, Nune-
maker, Stoddard, Truesdale and Turner.

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In the festivities of Senior week and com-
mencement the House took an active part
entertaining many parents of graduating
men as well as offering its hospitality to
a host of fair damsels in conjunction with
Senior hop.

With the convocation September 23rd,
began what we believe will be the biggest
and best year of Sigma Nu at Colgate.
The usual rushing seas .« was conducted
with unusual spirit undr Jie guidance of
Brothers Morgan and Ipwell. The term-
ination of the season sfiowed a fine group
of good Sigma Nu material in the persons
of Frederick Holcomb, Albany; Isaac La
Grange, Albany; Raymond Beers, Roches-
ter; Robert Dempsey, Peekskill; Charles
Inman, Paterson, N. J.; Gerald Whittaker,
Johnson City; William Moore, Wasco,
Texas; Justin Moran, Brattleboro, Vt.;
Roger Sherman, Brattleboro, Vt.; Bur-
dette Fisher, Spokane, Wash.; Horace Ben-
jamin, Yonkers; Carrol Pierce, Sidney,
Montana ; Thomas Andrews, Toledo, Ohio ;
Leland Altaffer, Toledo, Ohio.

We feel especially honored this year in
having two "fratres in facultate." Brother
Stoddard, '20, is associated with the bio-
logical department as instructor, while
Brother Myers, '20, is instructor in Eng-
lish and coach in varsity debate.

Our achievements on the campus are,
of necessity, still much in the realm of the
probable since no activity has progressed
far in the elimination of material. How-
ever, Brother Beers has already won for
himself a place on the cross country team.
Brother Jackson, as assistant manager of
football, has been busy for a month and
a half and has now begun his week-end
journeys with the team. Brother Hanson
is occupied with his duties as assistant
manager of track while Brother Johnson
has the same responsible position in the
department of baseball. As assistant man-
ager of dramatics, Brother Chadwick is
already planning innovations in Mask and
Triangle Dramatic Club. With the elec-
tion of Brother Anderson to the assistant
managership of tennis, we hail our latest
honor. Representing the Chapter in foren-
sics are Brothers Dempsey and Brun-
strom; on the Maroon are Brothers Aud-
rieth, Latray, Dempsey, Powell; on the
year book, Salmagundi, are Brothers Jack-
son and Chadwick; Brothers Stevenson
and Powell make our showing in the hum-

orous field on the Colgate Banter. In the
field of music, Brothers Audrieth, Smith,
Johnson, Cooper and Latray are in the
Glee Club, while Pledge Holcomb is
trumpeter in the Little Symphony.

With the unfolding of the various com-
petitors and eliminations of the year, Sig-
ma Nu awaits confidently even greater
achievements. With a number of men on
football, track and debate squads, our
prospects are bright. We face the future
with sanguine hopes.

LEROY BRUNSTROM, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Delta Phi Chapter

Once again the initial roll call for the
scholastic year has sounded in the halls
of Delta Phi. Noses were counted and
it was found that Lucky and Barall had
failed to catch the return train for the
coming year. We will feel their loss
keenly for both men were active in campus
affairs. Brother Barall being a three-
sport man and captain of track.

A man maybe down but he is never out,
for the next day Brothers Clark, Goodwin
and Gundry returned to finish their courses
after over a year's absence. Clark (Tater)
and Gundry are varsity men of two sports,
while Nat Goodwin has been voted as the
most popular man on the campus. With
these three nuggets we now number twenty-
one active men in the strictest sense of
the word.

We are back again in our House of last
year and are preparing for a rushing sea-
son of a most strenuous sort. We are the
State university now with the undergradu-
ate college and administrative departments
located at College Park and the graduate
schools in Baltimore.

The Freshman Class is a large one and
several men are standing out as Sigma Nu
types and we hope that on November 13th,
which is pledging day, to report progress
that has been typical of this Chapter in
the past.

Football is well under way. Our team is
meeting the foremost elevens of the
country. As I write this letter the team is
leaving to battle Princeton. We have
Brother Macdonald as captain, with Sulli-
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Buchheister as regulars and Gundry as
substitute center.

We are getting our share of the campus
honors. The Chapter leads all other fra-
ternities in scholastic averages: Diggs is
president of the Glee Club, Keene and
Kemp have been elected assistant managers
of football and baseball, respectively, and
Buchheister and Finney are on the staff of
the weekly.

In closing Delta Phi wishes to congratu-
late Delta Pi on their success in securing
the best fraternity house in Washington
and thanks them for the many courtesies
extended to us when in Washington.

EDWIN KING MORGAN, Reporter.

TRINITY COLLEGE
Delta Chi Chapter

When college opened this September,
there were sixteen old men back to start
this coming big year of fraternity activi-
ties. Seniors were Hersey, Mathews, Jette,
Ransomand Morse. Juniors were Clapp,
Nordlund, Cram, Cuertin, Engstrom and
Crime. Sophomores were Canner, Charl-
ton, Stevens, Tate and Clark. All were
full of "pep," and anxious to give the new
rules in regard to rushing new men, a fair
trial. These rules, drawn up by the inter-
fraternity council last June, were in effect
that a new man had to be on the campus
two weeks before he could receive a bid
from any fraternity. The bids were writ-
ten invitations to the men to come to the
House for dinner the following night.
Delta Chi sent out twelve invitations, and
received seven acceptances, one considera-
tion, and four refusals. There was only
one fraternity on the hill which received
more acceptances than we did. We are
not satisfied with this number for the en-
tering delegation, and every one is on the
look-out for real Sigma Nu material not
yet discovered.

Incidental to the rushing season, a dance
was held at the Chapter House, and the
new men were there en masse. They
had a very good time and I am sure that
we all did. This was the first of many
dances to be held this year.

Since this is the time of year for foot-
ball, mention of the activities of Delta
Chi should be made here. Brothers Nord-

lund, Hersey, Jette, Engstrom and Tate,
and Pledges Woolam and Keating are on
the squad. Brother Engstrom was ap-
pointed one of the two assistant managers
of football last June, but by failing to
put in an appearance at the first call for
men, three weeks before college opened,
he forfeited the position. Brother Crime
was elected to the position at a later meet-
ing, so that the position remains in the
House. Brother^Iersey was fast develop-
ing into a very gtyd end on the team, but
an injury to hi '<*g threatens to keep him
out for the rest of the season. Pledge
Woolam came out for the squad a prac-
tically green man as far as football is
concerned, and proved his worth by com-
ing through in the big game of the season.

The cross country team is also well rep-
resented in the crowd. There are Mat-
thews, Clapp, Cuertin, and Pledges Pal-
mer and Eastman out for the team.

As for the other sports there is not much
to be said at present. Brothers Nordlund,
Canner, and Ransom are members of last
year's basketball squad still with us, and
Grime and Pledge Woolam are going out
for it also.

Baseball material is also a plenty
around the House. Cram, Nordlund, and
Morse are the old men who will be out,
and several of the other men, including
two or three of the pledges, also will be
out.

Altogether Delta Chi is in for a big
year with twenty-three men representing
her in every activity on the campus.

CHARLES GRIME, Reporter pro tem.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE

Delta Psi Chapter

Delta Psi lost twelve men by graduation
last spring, furnishing the largest gradu-
ating class in the annals of the Chapter
which simultaneously contributed to fill
the ranks of the biggest class that ever
graduated from Bowdoin since its founda-
tion, in 1794. This was due mostly to the
number of those who returned from the
war to finish their courses. In the Senior
class exercises, Brother J. S. Draper was
class poet and Allan W. Constantine class
chaplain, while Brother C. R. Lindner, *20,
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ment play, "The Merchant of Venice."
Many Alumni were back for commence-
ment with the spirit of older days to
pledge anew their loyalty to Bowdoin and
Delta Psi, among whom were Brothers
"Noisy" C. C. McGuire and L. J. Hart.

On the evening of Saturday, June the
fifth, the Chapter had its greatest social
event of the year, a pronounced success,
the Ivy dance at the Gurnet House which
was attended by twenty-three couples. The
program opened with a dinner, Brother G.
B. Granger, '21, acting as toastmaster. The
Division Inspector, Brother R. H. Segur,
was present and gave an interesting talk.
After the time was spent in chasing the
glowing hours with flying feet for an order
of eighteen dances. The committee in
charge consisted of Brothers C. R. Lindner,
'20, chairman; A. M. Benton, '21; E. F.
Sealand, '22, and S. C. Martin, '22.

The past year was very prosperous, but
the present prospects this fall indicate a
still more auspicious one ahead. A hearty
welcome to Bowdoin was tendered the
class of 1924 at the Freshman reception at
the opening of college. One of the speak-
ers was Brother John G. Young, '21, newly
elected president of the Student Council.
In The Orient, the college weekly, the re-
port runs thus: "John G. Young, '21,
president of the Student Body, in a very
enthusiastic manner urged all Freshmen,
and in fact, every man to work and work
hard for Bowdoin. The key-note of his
talk was co-operation; he compared Bow-
doin to a large family, regarding it inci-
dentally as a decidedly democratic college
with no room for snobs."

The opening of the House found eigh-
teen men back. Six of the Brothers who
were here last year entered the Bowdoin
Medical School in October; although not
actually active men they often come to the
House and work for Sigma Nu on the
campus. Some are pledged to the Alpha
Kappa Kappa medical fraternity, others
to the Phi Chi medical fraternity. As a
result of intensive rushing started last
spring we have eleven Freshmen pledged.
They are: Donald D. Blanchard, of Cum-
berland Centre; George E. Cobb, of Gor-
ham; Francis W. Gorham, of Round Pond;
Harvey B. Lovell, of Waldoboro; Law-
rence L. Page, of Gorham; Moses S. Ran-
ney, of Portage; Ledyard A. Southard, of
Wiscasset; Forrest C. Butler, of Bath;

Ralph E. Kierstead, of Oakland; Verne
E. Reynolds, of Oakland, and Malcolm E.
Morrell, of Wayland, Mass.

Our Chapter bearing in mind the stress
laid on the importance of high scholarship
at the last Sigma Nu national convention
has carried on strides in that direction.
Last year two men were in the straight A
row who were Brothers P. H. McCrum, '21,
and Harry Helson, '21. Brother McCrum
was elected in Phi Beta Kappa at the end
of his Junior year. In addition to that
he was awarded the Noyes Political Econ-
omy Prize and the Brown Memorial
Scholarship. Brother Helson, leader of
the college orchestra, is assistant in Psy-
chology and one of the two Bowdoin can-
didates for the Rhodes Scholar to be
chosen from the state of Maine. Brother
Reginald W. Noyes, '21, is assistant in
French and filled the vacancy on the Quill
Board caused by the graduation of
Brother Draper. The Quill is the college
monthly literary magazine.

Furthermore the Chapter is well repre-
sented in athletics. Brother Young, '21,
is a letter man in track; Brother R. C.
Tuttle, '22, in baseball, and Brother A. E.
Morrell, '22, in baseball and hockey. The
football season is in full swing; the omens
look promising for Bowdoin and far more
for Delta Psi. We have five Brothers and
a pledge out for football. Brothers A.
E. Morrell, '22, C. H. Keene, '22, and F.
D. Tootell, '23, have already played on
the varsity this fall against Springfield Y.
M. C. A. College and Tufts College.
Brother G. B. Granger, '21, is captain of
the second team that has played two prep
schools so far and may be handed a berth
on the first team any time before the long
schedule is played, while Brother Mc-
Crum, '21, is showing well at practice and
somebody will have to work hard to keep
him out of the race at the finish. Pledgee
M. E. Morrell, '24, comes to us with a
good prep school record in football. The
advanced dope on the campus is that he is
the best bet of the entering class.

Brother Young, '21, has been elected
chairman of the Union Y. M. C. A. Board.
Brother A. E. Morrell, '22, is business
manager of The Bugle, the Junior book,
and is a member of the Abraxas, a Junior
society. Brother Helson, '21, is a member
of the Ibis, a Senior society. To cope
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college politics in this presidential year;
Brother Morrell, '22, is secretary-treasurer
of the Republican Club, and Brother
Young, '21, is president of the Democratic
Club. There is no Prohibition Club here
which predicament sadly debars Brother
L. A. Reiber, '22, from an opportunity to
run for its president and Brother J. W.
Hone, '21, for its vice-president; and if
Brother J. W. Parent, '21, had not entered
the Jefferson Medical School he would be
undoubtedly a possible dark horse for its
secretary-treasurer-

Brothers L. M. Black, '23, and S. E.
White, '23, have transferred this fall to
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
SILVIO C MARTIN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Epsilon Alpha Chapter

Twenty-three Brothers returned to the
I), of A. this fall to give Epsilon Alpha
another very successful boost. Those
who returned were Brothers Walter' Pusch,
Edward Belton, George Wright, Sidney
Lefko, Philip Von Rolf, Harold Von Rolf,
Charles McCauley, Percy Ryder, Carrol
Rhoades, Jack Still, Joe Conway, Walter
Webb, Parson Pittman, Paul Ross, James
Bell, John Hobbs, Perry Casey, Alvin
Sweet, William Misbaugh, and Otto Ketel-
sen, all of whom were with the Chapter
last spring. Brothers Francis Lyons,
Maurice Hetherington, and Maple D.
Shappell have returned after a year's ab-
sence and are back in step again with the
bunch.

The rushing season combined with the
under-class friction have kept things boil-
ing in the surrounding country for some
time, and out of the great number of new
students we take pleasure in announcing
the pledging of Messrs. Ralph Forch,
Idaho; Glenn Broderick and Maurice
Broderick, El Paso; Arthur Behm, Los
Angeles; Carl Siebly, Los Angeles; Riney
B. Salmon, Bisbee, Ariz.; Ralph Bowen,
Tucson, Ariz.; Walter McMillan, Los
Angeles; H. K. McLennan, Tempe, Ariz.;
Russell Hetherington, brother of Maurice
Hetherington, Phoenix.

We also wish to announce the initiation
of Otto Ketelsen and Bert 0. Baker which

took place at the close of school last June.
Brother Baker is not back this term, but
he is planning to return for the second
semester.

The football season formally opened
last Saturday, October 3rd, when the
Frosh grids were raked over the coals by
the old timers to the tune of forty-one to
seven. Pledge McMillan (who, by the
way, was all-Southern California quarter
last fall with U. S. C.) starred in the game
as half for the varsity. Brother Hobbs,
varsity fullback, was responsible for two
of the scores. Brother Bell played an ex-
cellent game at end. In all, we have nine
men out on the gridiron and the chances
are that Sigma Nu will be responsible for
the heavier part of the scores for Arizona
when Thanksgiving Day has come and
gone.

The class elections, recently held,
caused a great deal of excitement when the
ballots were counted and Brother Mc-
Cauley found himself at the head of the
Senior class while Brother Lefko is. guid-
ing the destinies of the Junior Class.
Brother Ross was elected treasurer of the
Sophomore class (which, however, doesn't
prove anything for Brother Ross) . Brother
Bell is a member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and in the Student Body elec-
tions held at the close of school last June
Brother Joe Conway became business man-
ager of the Arizona "WildaU," while
Brothers McCauley and Misbaugh were
both elected to the Student Council. So
it can be seen that Epsilon Alpha is turn-
ing out a number of first class executives.

I wish to report that Brothers Rider,
Von Rolf, and Belton, as a committee of
three, put us on the map socially, already,
with a delightful party. Everybody pres-
ent had a big time and we hope to report
many more of its kind in the future.

The Seventeenth Division Annual Con-
vention is marked up for Arizona this
year, and will be held here sometime late
in October. We are planning to give our
Brother delegates a real royal welcome.

The Chapter House has been renovated
during the summer, both interior and ex-
terior, and we are making more improve-
ments now, buying new furniture, paint-
ing floors and so forth. So that there is
plenty to keep the energetic pledge hearty
and healthy.

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able this year, is Brother Herb Askins, our
ivory tickler. We have plenty to keep
him company for Brother Ross and Pledge
Behm can certainly blow wind through a
saxaphone and Brothers Phil Von Rolf
and Hobbs are vocal enthusiasts. Now
we are laying for a piano player.

P. W. CASEY, Reporter.

DRURY COLLEGE

Epsilon Beta Chapter

It is with pleasure that this letter is
written because it finds us in better shape
than we have been for some time. Not
only is this true regarding our pledges but
also as to our finances and athletics.

We have this year as fine a bunch of
pledges as we have ever had. They are
nineteen in number and represent the
cream of all material in school. The out-
standing feature is the fact that they are
entering school with an interest which is
above the average. With the great amount
of pep and energy that these men have,
they will work wonders for the school and
for Sigma Nu.

This year finds us in fine shape for foot-
ball. Eight of the men are going out daily
for practice and are showing up fine.
Brother Staubus, who was elected football
captain last year, failed to show up for
school and we thought we had lost the
captaincy. Unexpectedly, Brother Bill
Williams, who last year won the place of
all-Missouri fullback on McBrides mythi-
cal eleven, returned and was unanimously
elected, captain to fill the place left vacant
by Brother Staubus. This brightened our
prospects considerably. Then Brother
Grossenheider, who has been a D star for
three years, returned and we had some
steady material to hold the new stuff in
our pledges. Although Drury has lost to
both Pittsburg Normal and Washington
U., we hope to show up better as the new
material becomes accustomed to its work.

Finance, although a somewhat material
subject, is not among our worries. The
past few years have been rather hard, but
we are now clean and above board. All
bills are paid to date, a good supply of
coal on hand and paid for, all notes paid,
and a tidy balance shows on our bank

book. Our Alumni are especially glad to
see this because many of them have been
called on to help financially. We can
certainly appreciate this ourselves for a
Chapter which is behind financially is not
always free from worries.

Drury, after having such great success
in her million dollar campaign, is contem-
plating on entering upon another one for
$250,000.00. There is an eighty thousand
dollar library guaranteed her from outside
sources if she is successful in this last
campaign. New courses and better are
being offered this year and Drury will
soon be the leading college of the South-
west.

FRANCIS V. MARTIN, Reporter.

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Epsilon Gamma Chapter

With the return of twenty-one old men
to college, Epsilon Gamma looks forward
to our first complete year in Sigma Nu.
Our novices are: Roberts, Matthews, Ar-
nold, Fox, McDonald, Magnus, Moll, Net-
tieship, Summers, Sykes, and Walworth
being pledged. The entire delegation is
proving to be a live-wire bunch, three be-
ing out for their class football team, while
one shows promising track material. Four
are out for dramatics and preparatory
school records foretell a good represen-
tation in basketball and swimming.

During the past year, in which we were
initiated, we were active on "The Hill,"
both in athletics and curriculum clubs.
Brother R. M. Easton represented us on
the basketball squad, Brother C. N. Downs
in the high jump, and Brother J. A. Con-
over who placed third at the New England
Inter-collegiates, won his "W" in track.
Approximately five of our men were in
curriculum clubs: Brothers A. S. Bib-
bins, C. A. Rogers, and F. R. Wight in the
Radio Club; Brother C. W. Deininger,
president of the Deutsche Verein; Brother
C. B. Brown, a member of the Classical
Club, and Brother C. A. Rogers in the
Short Story Club. In addition to this
Brothers C. S. Defandorf, R. L. Morrow,
and B. H. Flower were members of the
Dramatic Association; Brothers R. M. Eas-
ton and A. M. Dietterich sang in the Glee
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porter to the twice-a-week edition of the
college body, The Argus.

We lost but four men at graduation:
Brothers R. W. Allen, A. S. Bibbins, C.
W. Deiniger, and F. R. Wight, and only
two or three undergraduates failed to show
up when college opened.

During the summer vacation we en-
larged and partially remodeled our dining
room, thus making it more adaptable to
social functions.

Already Brother Morrow has risen from
reporter to associate editor of The Argus,
and two more men have been elected to the
Classical Club. Brother P. R. Burchard is
on the football squad and Brothers A. M.
Dietterich and C. N. Hogle are members
of the Classical Club. Brother Ailing, T
A, has been visiting us for the past few
weeks and we hope that any other Brother
who may be passing through Middletown
will look us up. Our first House dance
of the season, given in honor of the
pledges, comes October sixth. Drop in
and see us.

BARDWELL H. FLOWER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Epsilon Delta Chapter

Epsilon Delta is getting under way well.
Before the installation it was imagined
that after the celebration was over there'd
be nothing new except the pins and the
name-plate on the door. But being Sigma
Nu has made a great difference; the bonds
of fellowship have been strengthened and
everybody is pulling together in a manner
never before dreamed of. Provision has
been made to pay for the rather extensive
repairs on the Chapter House and the
first of December will see it all paid.

Considering that all our men are work-
ing their way through college, several
working eight-hour shifts in railroad offi-
ces, we think we are well represented in
college activities. Brother Rue is presi-
dent of the Associated Student Body,
Brother Smith is editor-in-chief of the an-
nual, Brother McKaig is business manager
of the Wyoming Student, and Brother Mc-
Whinnie is treasurer of the Student Y. M.
C. A. In the cadet battalion we have two
captains, four lieutenants, and a numerous
representation of "non-coms."

Brother Mc Whinnie has been appointed
king of Freshmen. He keeps a "Fatigue
Detail" posted on the bulletin board. Each
Freshman has a certain day to work. So
far the bath-tub penalty hasn't been ap-
plied.

Several of our old men who were unable
to attend the installation are coming
Christmas. Those that could come for the
installation said they wouldn't have missed
it for anything and — well, neither would
we. MARCUS R. OGDEN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Epsilon Zeta Chapter

[This letter was written before the installation
of Epsilon Zeta on November 27th, and therefore,
relates only the activities of the Nu Sigma Club
to the middle of November. — The Editor.]

Nu Sigma opened the collegiate year
1920-21 very successfully. A new, well-
furnished twelve-room bungalow was
rented during the summer and we are well
satisfied with it. Thirteen of last year's
Chapter returned. There are six Sigma
Nus backing the bunch this year: Brothers
Blacklock, r <i% and Reese, B N, on the
faculty; Brothers Milam, 2, Brown, A M,
and Weinman, A A, students; ; and Brother
Dalton, r A, an Alumnus living with us
in the House. Brothers Hartsfied, E, and
Atkins, A K, are frequent visitors.

Six men have been pledged, two of
whom are brothers of Sigma Nus. They
are: Messrs. C. C. Colley, Starke, Fla.;
C. Brown, Lawtey, Fla.; King, White
Springs; Cooper, Tampa; Henley, Inver-
ness, and Hunt, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Nu Sigma came out splendidly in the
elections. Mr. Hartman is manager of the
baseball team, Mr. Gunn of the football
team. Mr. Green was elected assistant
managing editor of the "Alligator" the
university weekly newspaper; he was also
elected vice-president of the Sophomore
class. Mr. Hartman was elected to be a
director both in the Student Council and
the Athletic Association. Brother Milam,
2, was elected secretary-treasurer of the
Junior class. Brother Milam is student
assistant in the English department, Mr.
Crago in the chemistry department, and
Mr. Redmon in the physics department.
GEORGE W. MILAM, Sigma.

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Beta has two legs on the Cup, offered to
any Chapter at the University of Virginia
that wins the Inter-Fraternity Baseball
Championship for three years. Brother
"Dinny" Dan Ralph is captain of Beta's
team and under his leadership we hope to
gain the coveted prize this year.

Brothers Charles Fenwick and Garland
Hubbard are playing guard and quarter-
back respectively on the varsity football
team. — John /. Morris, Jr.

Lambda (Washington and Lee) —
Whenever the Generals need a few yards in
a game they either forward pass to Brother
McDonald or give the ball to Pledge
Tucker who is the best broken field runner
of the season.

Beta Kappa (Kansas Agric.) — Carl
Merner is coach of the Columbia Fresh-
man eleven.

Gamma Beta (Northwestern) — Brothers
"Chuck" Palmer and Dwight Mills are
regulars on the varsity. "Chuck" being
quarter and Dwight guard.

Gamma Epsilon (Lafayette) — With the
opening of college the Chapter has three
"L" men: Brothers Gazella, Bieber, and D.
Ziegler. Bieber and Gazella played short-
stop and third base, respectively, on last
year's baseball team. The Philadelphia
"Public Ledger" conceded the champion-
ship of the East to Lafayette. Brothers
Gazella and Bieber played every game and
were consistent fielders and batters.
Brother Bieber also alternated between
center and forward on the varsity basket-
ball team. Brothers Gazella and Ziegler
are varsity football men. Brother Gazella
played a fast and steady game at halfback
last year, and is considered the star of this
year's backfield. Brother Ziegler has
played end on the varsity for the past two
years.

Gamma Xi (Missouri Mines) — "Buddy"
(A. L.) Cairns is this year playing his
fourth year of college football. He has an

enviable record behind him and is this
year the mainstay and support of the
Miner's squad. It is only fitting to culmi-
nate his career, that he is elected captain
as well as actual pilot of the team. Buddy
is considered by experts in the game to be
one of the classiest quarterbacks who ever
donned moleskins.

Other footballers, all varsity men, are
Captain Roy Gettler, M. W. Watkins, J.
Mort Wilson, J. P. Gordon, Pledges H. E.
Zoller, R. Kenning, and Christopher.

Delta Iota (Washington State) — Brother
Roy Hanley will captain this year's base-
ball team. This is his first year as captain,
but his third year on the team.

On the football team we are represented
by seven members: Frank R. Skadan, M. L.
Moran, R. B. Hanley, George Bohanan,
Earl A. Dun lap, Ford Dun ton and Harold
Hanley.

Baseball: Moran. Varsity pitcher, Roy
Hanley.

Basketball: Dick Cissna.

Delta Pi — George Washington has re-
sumed football for the first time since 1916
with such teams as Navy, West Virginia,
Fordham, Villa Nova on the schedule.
Delta Pi has Brother H. A. Searl, A Z, and
Pledges Savage, Terrill and Barta on the
team. Brother Francis McKoy is assistant
manager of track, and Brother Hillary Tol-
son is on the track squad.

Delta Phi (Maryland)— Bobby Knode,
who captained the State champion foot-
ball team, is now captaining a baseball
team that has won four of thirty-five games
scheduled, four being all they have played.
Defeated Virginia with a Sigma Nu pitch-
ing, 3 to 1. Brother Ike MacDonald has
been elected captain of football for 1920.
Alumni Athletes

Beta Eta (Indiana) — Andy Gill, late
coach of Kentucky State, Albion, Indiana,
and North Dakota, took up his duties as
head coach of Oregon Aggies this fall.

Beta Rho (Pennsylvania) — Brother Joe
Van Ginkel, of Des Moines, won the State

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(doubles) tennis championship of Iowa
last summer.

Gamma Pi — Ira Errett Rodgers, Ail-
American fullback on the West Virginia
team last year, returned to his Alma Mater
as first assistant coach this year. — W. G.
Palmer, Jr.

and least desirable station. After one false
start, for which the competitors were
hardly to blame, because they were held
for an unconscionable time on their marks,
the six runners got away level. But at the
second hurdles Barron and Thompson
drew out, and by the third it was evident
that, barring accidents, one or the other
must win. They were running as far away
from one another as possible for Barron

Barron, Olympic Track Star

Returns to Penn State

With the return of Harold E. Barron
[A A J, formerly of the class of '19 and
possessor of four medals won in track
classics on European soil, one of them
being for second place in the Olympic 110
meter high hurdles Penn State welcomes
back one of its foremost cinder stars. The
tall hurdler arrived here last Wednesday,
exactly one week after his arrivel in New
York from the English meets, and will at
once resume his studies at this institution.
It is understood that Barron will re-enter
Penn State as a member of the Junior
class but in any event he is bound to be-
come one of the most spectacular track
men that this college has ever turned out.

Although Harold Barron had always
been regarded as one of the satellites in
the firmament of American track men, he
was not looked upon until the trials held
in Boston in July, as one who could com-
pete with the type of hurdlers that would
be entered in the Olympic event. However
at these trials he conclusively proved his
worth by winning first in the final try-outs
and as a result was a member of the Olym-
pic team that sailed on July 26 aboard the
Princess Matoika and arrived in Antwerp
twelve days later after a voyage notable
for its lack of suitable accommodations
and amusement.

* In the 110 meter hurdles, Barron made
a fine showing but lost the race to the
famous Canadian hurdler, Earl Thompson,
by a scant two-yard margin. An account
of the race which appeared in a leading
sporting paper of England is as follows:

"The final of the hurdles produced a
beautiful spectacle and a new record. The
winner, Earl Thompson, of Canada owed
nothing to luck, for he drew the outside

Harold E. Barron
Delta Delta

had drawn the inside Station. The dis-
tinguishing attraction of a hurdle race is
that the exact position of the runners can
be judged at each flight. In such a race
as this, however, few had eyes for any but
the leaders. There was not a pin to choose
between them over the first four fences.
Barron took off to the fifth the merest trifle
in front, but from the next Thompson
landed with a perceptible lead. From that
point to the finish his remarkable strength
of thigh and loin told and he went right
away to win by a bare two yards in 14 4-5
seconds. Thompson is a student at an
American university and has had the bene-
fit of the best coaching available. He is a
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is entirely due to the fact that he is more
heavily built from the waist downwards.
On technical grounds it is impossible to
separate them. Both go straight-legged
over their fences and neither jumps when
he takes off. The great English hurdler,
the late G. L. Anderson, was the last one
to have the tricks that both Thompson and
Barron displayed at his command.

Immediately after the close of the meet
in Antwerp, about twenty-five members of
the American team, including Harold Bar-
ron, were sent to Paris and thence to Lon-
don to compete in several contests that
were held in those cities. In Paris, the
Blue and White hurdler carried off two
events, a first and second place, while at
London the men from this side of the At-
lantic had to be content with a tie with
their English cousins. Barron, neverthe-
less distinguished himself again and drew
a second place medal out of the affair. A
notable feature of these two meets was
the fact that out of three races in which
Thompson was entered, the speedy Canuck
beat the record twice.

Since leaving Penn State in 1917, Bar-
ron has passed through a great diversity of
experiences. At the beginning of the war,
he enlisted as a private in die Ordnance
Department of the army and was at once
transferred to Augusta, Georgia, where he
completed his training before being sent
overseas just prior to the signing of the
armistice. After the signing of the armis-
tice he, with some others, were transferred
to a French university at Toulouse in the
southern part of Spain where he studied
art. While there he took a part in athletic
activities and in a number of instances
competed in intercollegiate meets that
were held between the school at Toulouse
and other French universities. After four
months of study there, he decided to return
to America in order to complete his course
at Penn State.

Soon after his arrival in the United
States he at once began training for the
Olympics by securing a posiion as a
bolter-up in the shipyards. At this naval
training practice he remained until three
days before the final tryouts in Boston,
where he was regarded as a dark horse
and where he upset the opinions of many
dopesters by winning first place in the
trials. — Penn State Collegian, sent in by
Russ Mason, A A.

Case Versus Michigan
Moyer and Dunn, Quarterbacks

When the brown-jersey clad football
warriors representing Case stepped out on
Ferry Field, October 9, at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, in their annual tilt with Coach
Fielding Yost's University of Michigan
aggregation, Brother Bruce Moyer, A A,
the diminutive quarter-back cried out the
signals for the Scientists.

A few minutes later when eleven hus-
kies representing the Wolverine school
romped out under the goal post another
Brother, Jack Dunn, r N, called out the
numbers from the pivot position. It was
Brother versus Brother.

Brother Moyer and Brother Dunn both
showed themselves to be football warriors
of exceptional ability and it can be said
without fear of contradiction that they
each played the best game for their respec-
tive teams.

Brother Al Bailey and Pledge James
Wheeler sat on the side lines. Both are
Gamma Nu men and have both been play-
ing with the first team since September 15,
when the fall practice started.

John Francis Dunn
Gamma Nu

Jack Dunn is the name that is on the
tongue of every Michigan man and yes,
just as many Michigan women most of the
time these days for Brother Dunn is the
sensation of the University of Michigan
football team this year as quarterback.
Furthermore he is not only popular for
his gridiron ability but his genial disposi-
tion and his friendliness to every one —
Frosh and all — has won him the title of
the most popular and best known man on
the Michigan campus.

When Jack piloted the Michigan team
to a victory over Case October 9, he real-
ized a long standing ambition. Jack had
entered the university in 1914, but had
never taken part in varsity competition
until this year. It is a long story.

In 1914, Jack was captain and quarter-
back of the Michigan All-Fresh eleven and
Coach Yost stated at that time that Michi-
gan had fallen heir to a real piece of
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took Jack to the South Dakota Aggie team
where he piloted that eleven to the most
successful season they ever had. He made
the touchdown that year which beat
Brother Andy Gill's North Dakota team
for the championship of the Dakotas.

When the war came Jack enlisted at
once. He was a member of a hospital unit
stationed at Allentown, Pennsylvania. He
was never transferred from this camp and
while there played on the camp team which
was conceded to be one of the best in the
country during the war. Brother Murray
Collie, r N, was also a backfield man on
this service eleven.

Jack came back to Michigan in 1919
after being discharged from the army and
was owing to Conference rulings ineligible
for varsity sports that year. He contented
himself with playing on the All-Fresh
baseball team. The following football
season found him still ineligible because
of the Big Ten rules. He did the next best
thing. Jack was unanimously selected as
captain of the All-Campus football team
and also was picked for the quarterback
job. He was also captain of his class
team during the fall schedule. Jack also
played on the fraternity team both in foot-
ball and basketball. He was on the var-
sity baseball squad.

Jack is a member of Sphinx and Grif-
fins honorary fraternities, but never for-
gets Sigma Nu. He is one of the most
loyal of the Brothers and is always a great
helper in any task undertaken by Gamma
Nu.— Frank M. Smith, ? N.

Bruce Moyeb
Delta Alpha

Brother Bruce Moyer entered Mount
Union in 1915 as a Freshman. He made
the Freshman football team and played
half-back for the varsity at Michigan. In
his sophomore year at Mount Union he
played half-back on the varsity the whole
year. He was then in the service until last
when he entered Case as a sophomore. He
trained all year in spite of the fact that
he couldn't play on any team. This year
he is Case's regular quarterback and is
certainly making good. — Edward R.
Torgler, A A.

"Bobby" Watt

Youthful Graduate Manager of Athletics
at Columbia

With a winning football team to point
the way, sports at Columbia are destined
to make strides such as seemed unbeliev-
able a few years ago, and the guiding spirit
of the progressive movement now under
way is a young man who toils at a desk
in East Hall up there on the Morningside
Heights campus. That is, he toils at his

Robert w. watt
Delta Gamma
Courtesy of Columbia Alumni News.

desk when he isn't engaged in a conference
with one of the Blue and White coaches
or team managers or members of the vari-
ous athletic committees. Bossing athletics
at Columbia is a man's job. Furthermore,
it is a young man's job. An old man or
even a middle aged man would crack under
the strain.

The young man who is holding down the
post most acceptably just now is Robert
Wilson Watt, '16 [A T], graduate mana-
ger of athletics, as they say in the classic
halls, or Bobby Watt, regular fellow, as
they say on the campus. Bobby Watt en-
tered Columbia from the Hamburg, N. J.,
high school in 1912 and was a knockout
at second base on the varsity team as soon
as he got a chance to show what he could
do. He starred around the keystone sack
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1915 and 1916, captaining the team in his
last year. He jumped from Columbia
upon his graduation to the Detroit club of
the American League. Possessing a wealth
of ability, but lacking the experience
needed to make him a regular in fast com-
pany, he was farmed out first to Newport
News, in the Virginia League and then to
Chattanooga, in the Southern Association.
When the United States horned into the
war Watt left the Southern Association flat
and entered .the Aviation Corps. He saw
a lot of action in the San Mihiel-Argonne
sector, and after the armistice, was at-
tached to the Army of Occupation. Re-
ceiving his discharge in August of last
year, he became a salesman for an adding
machine firm in this city, but accepted the
position which he now fills in August of
this year.

So there he is, at the age of twenty-six,
directing sport in all its phases at his Alma
Mater and doing every bit as well as he
did as a second baseman. The task he has
assumed is a complicated one, but he is
equal to it His Enthusiasm is that of a
youth; his judgment in business matters
that of a man far beyond his years. —
Frank Graham, in the New York Sun, sent
in by Past Regent Albert H. Wilson.

Rodgers Declines Offer
To Play on Akron Pro Eleven

Errett Rodgers [r II], assistant coach of
the University football team, today de-
clined a flattering offer from Elgie Tobin,
coach of the Akron professional football
team and formerly coach at West Virginia,
to play on the Akron team the three re-
maining games of the season. Tobin of-
fered him a large sum for playing three
games, but Rodgers held to his decision
not to play professional football and de-
clined the offer.

In making his decision, Rodgers was in-
fluenced by several motives. At the present
time he is much overweight and out of

condition, and if he should play now he
would not be able to give the same exhibi-
tion of form and skill that characterized
his football playing here. More than that,
Rodgers told Tobin that he had long aero
decided to let his reputation as a football
player rest upon his accomplishness dur-
ing four years on the university football
team. He is satisfied with that showing
and does not believe he can better it any
by playing professional football.

In addition to that, Rodgers is inclined
to respect the sentiment of many of his
warmest and most loyal admirers since he
first donned a university uniform. It is
their preference that he should not lend
himself to the exploitation of the profes-
sional game.

Ever since before his graduation, Rod-
gers has been consistently turning down
offers to go into the professional game. —
Morgantown Post.

What Rodgers Stood For

As the Athlete — "Rodgers, the hard hit-
ting back-field man of West Virginia, is
more adept at throwing the pass man any
man who has played this season. In his
running game he hits fiercely and when
tackled goes whirling and twisting on.
But above all this, he is a field general who
has struck the highest spot in running and
forward passing plays, as instanced in the
Princeton game, when he so used his plays
and team as to run up no less than 19
points in only 12 minutes of play.'* — Wal-
ter Camp, in Colliers', December 13, 1919.

As the Student — "Rodgers dug persis-
tently, often remaining overtime, or dom-
ing back to the laboratory to Work out
some particular test in which he was in-
terested. He proved that it is possible to
be a star student and star athlete, too." —
Dr. Frank B. Trotter, President West Vir-
ginia University, in Association Men.

Hit the Bulls Eye

You Win Every Time — No Losers
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THE HOOSIER RALLY, 1920

On Saturday night, November 13, 1920,
one hundred and fifty Sigma Nus assem-
bled at the Claypool and enjoyed a real
old-fashioned Hoosier Rally which has be-
come an institution to Sigma Nus in In-
diana.

The presence of the High Council and
Inspectors added much to the occasion as
their speeches were full of ideals which
embodied that which is best in Sigma Nu.
What it means to be a real Fraternity man
and the relationship of the Fraternity to
the college were subjects discussed by
several of the speakers. Brother Edwin
C. Dunlavy, our General Secretary, Inspec-
tor James £. Moffat, Inspector Brother Al-
fred C. Evens, Past Inspector of the Fourth
Division, Regent Walter E. Myers, Vice-
Regent George A. Smith, Grand Counsel-
lor Ernest L. Williams, Past Regent Al-
bert H. Wilson, and Inspector Perry D.
Caldwell were among those who spoke.
Brother John Walter Esterline served as
toastmaster in his usual masterly way.
Representing the active chapters were
Brothers C. G. Roberts, B Z; Royal E.
Davis, B B; McCarty, B H.

Inspector John D. Cofer, of Texas, was
present and gave a splendid talk. If
Brother Cofer is a sample of Texas Sigma
Nus, we want some more like him. Come
again, Brother Cofer, Hoosier Sigma Nus
like you.

The entertainment was of the usual
classy variety, consisting of two sweet
singers (who sang especially for the High
Council), and the Indiana University
seven-piece orchestra which certainly is a
hot organization.

Beta Eta Chapter is to be especially con-
gratulated upon the showing of the Indi-
ana varsity against Notre Dame at Wash-
ington Park on the same date as the rally.
Seven Beta Eta men played and it was
largely through their efforts that George
Zipp could not penetrate the Indiana de-
fense. Indiana lost 13-10 only after a bad

break in the last quarter. It took all that
Notre Dame's wonderful team could give
to beat the fighting Indiana team. Every
Sigma Nu in the country should be proud
of this team.

It is with the deepest sorrow that we
mention here the death of Brother Herman
Geckler, B Y, who in the company of four
other Rose Poly Brothers, was motoring to
Indianapolis to attend the Rally when the
machine upon hitting fresh gravel, over-
turned. Brother Geckler's skull was frac-
tured and he died soon after on board an
interurban car which was taking him to
Terre Haute. [See Deaths.]

W. A. PITKIN, Secretary.

Indianapolis Alumni Chapter.

NORTHERN MAINE REUNION

The Sigs in Northern Maine, both under-
graduates and Alumni, kept Sigma Nuism
booming last summer. They held two re-
unions and banquets, the first time at the
Plymouth Hotel in Fort Fairfield, and the
second time at the Hammond House in
Van Buren.

The second affair took place at Van
Buren on Thursday evening, July 29th.
Both Chapters in the state of Maine were
represented: Delta Nu from U. of M.f and
Delta Psi from Bowdoin. The spirit of
brotherhood and conviviality filled the air
of the banquet hall and all went merry
as a marriage bell. Brother S. C. Martin
acted as toastmaster and called on the
following to deliver extemporaneous
speeches: Welcome to Van Buren, by
Brother J. W. Parent, A *; Greetings from
the Alumni, by Brother L J. Hart, '16, A
*; A Word from Delta Nu, by Brother
Simond C. Fraser, '21, A N; A Message
from Delta Psi, by Brother E. C. Palmer,
'20, A *.

The Brothers that attended at these two
get-together gatherings were: R. C. Gel-
lerson, '07, A N; Thomas E. Houghton,
'11, A N; Representative-Elect to the State

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Legislature Edwin C. Palmer, '20, A ¥;
Lawrence Goodhue, '22, A N; Lenwood
Fisher, '23, A N, and Irvine W. Jardine,
'23, A*, of Fort Fairfield; Lawrence J.
Hart, '16, A 4% of Limestone; Francis H.
Sleeper, '22, A ¥, of Houlton; Simond C.
Fraser, '21, A N, of Easton; Roy B. King,
'21, A *, of Caribou; J. Woodford Hone,
'21, A *, of Presque Isle; J. Wilfrid Par-
ent, *21, A % and Silvio C. Martin, '22,
A ¥, of Van Buren; and Edmund P. Theri-
ault, *22, A ¥, of Lille.

SILVIO C. MARTIN.

ANNISTON ALUMNI DINNER

The dinner given at the Alabama on
October 11, 1920, by the members of the
Anniston Alumni Chapter to the local
members, was an event of enjoyment to
those who attended every feature being ac-
corded the earnest attention of those in at-
tendance.

The fifteen or more members present
enjoyed thoroughly the extensive prepara-
tions in the private dining room. After
the five-course dinner was served a musical
program was given.

A feature of the evening was the pres-
ence of Manly Joiner, of Talladega, In-
spector of the Second Division, who made
a short talk to the Chapter after the din-
ner.

DENVER ALUMNI ANNUAL
PICNIC

The Denver Alumni Chapter of Sigma
Nu held its annual picnic at the mountain
cabins of Brother E. L. (Dad) Williams
on July 31, August 1 and 2. Sigma Nus,
with wives, kiddies, friends and sweet-
hearts, to the number of twenty-eight
journeyed by autos to a quiet, restful spot
in the hills about fifty miles from the city
where our generous Grand Counsellor
maintains for his friends and himself a
cozy mountain habitat among the peaks
of the Rockies at an elevation in excess of
9,000 feet. With such an ideal camping
spot, a bountiful supply from nature's
storehouse, and a congenial group of
friends, this annual picnic was a most de-
lightful and enjoyable occasion.

Brother Charles R. Hays, president of
Denver Alumni Chapter, was the leading
spirit for this year's event. With his
characteristic sense of the fitness of things
he placed Inspector 0. S. Moore in charge
of the Commissary department and ap-
pointed our matchless culinary artist
Brother George H. Swerer as chef extra-
ordinary, much to the delight of the entire
party. Brother "Hebe," with his well-
trained assistants, served us so appetiz-
ingly that everyone who was present is
looking forward to next year's picnic with
keenest anticipation of a duplication of
this pleasing feature of the program.

No camp, of course, is complete .without
its huge bon-fire, its stories, and its songs.
An abundance of seasoned timber that -lay
near and about the camp grounds and
gathered by the husky members of the
tribe, burned cheerfully far into the night
of each day. The warmth from this fire
fought away the pervading chill that
nightly envelopes these mountain heights,
lending charm to song and story as still-
ness and darkness settled all about us. It
was around one of these camp-fires that
Brother "Bill" Wheeler, of the U. S. For-
est Reserve, entertained us with his inimi-
table and unparalleled discourse entitled
"The Annexation of Cuba." Brother
Wheeler has promised a repetition of this
entertaining feature for next year and we
know that early camp-fire reservations will
be made by those seeking the best in mod-,
ern comedy.

A further interesting feature was to
learn the salierit characteristics of the dif-
ferent ones present. By popular vote it
was determined, as shown below, among
those present, who was the most:

Entertaining Bill Wheeler

Resourceful Orlo More

Generous Dad Williams

Dignified Imogene Krippner

Beautiful Lois Lail

Efficient Heber Swerer

Intellectual Sanford Bell

Jovial Frank Swerer

Musical Rosa More

Adept Jack Bull

Hilarious Emily Dickenson

Practical : Bill Wheeler

Modest Arthur Krippner

Handsome Chuck Adams

Decorous Agnes Bell

Domestic Emily Dickenson

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Pugnacious Earl Dickenson

Courageous Agnes Bell

Thoughtful Grace Hays

Popular Dad Williams

Energetic Jack Bull

Playful Howard More

Fanciful Mildred More

Poetical Dad Williams

Fussy Charlie Hays

Attentive Chuck Adams

Talkative Dad Williams

Sporty Arthur Krippner

Mannish Florence Swerer

Athletic Sanford Bell

Tout Sweet Heber Swerer

On Monday morning, the second of
August, succeeding auto loads left camp
for* the homeward trail. By noon the
cabins and the grounds had lapsed back
into their former order and quiet. No
longer did the sound of happy children's
voices echo through the hills or the delec-
table odor of tempting viands penetrate
the atmosphere at this pleasant Sigma Nu
mountain house, but with every guest that
departed there went also the most cher-
ished memory of a delightful and pleasing
occasion.

PAST REGENT A. F. KRIPPNER.

Hicks, Fraley, Reed, Harmon, Cann, Cann,
Shirley, Cadagan, Quillici, Simpson, Fra-
ser, Robinson, Frisch, Packard, Skinner,
Le Due, Williams and Ross.

GAMMA GAMMA QUARTER
CENTENNIAL REUNION

On June 15 and 16 Gamma Gamma cele-
brated her 25th birthday in the form of a
rousing reunion. Over fifty Alumni, from
all parts of the country, were back to par-
ticipate in the get-together.

The first day was spent at Lyon Lake,
where many of the Alumni, their families,
and the active Chapter with girls enjoyed
a pleasant afternoon at swimming and
other sports. Along about five o'clock all
gathered around the festive board and par-
took of a bountiful picnic supper.

The last day of the reunion was fittingly
closed by a stag banquet. Brother Bruce
Ball, who acted as toastmaster for the oc-
casion, kept the banquet sprinkled with
pep. After the feast an impressive initia-
tion was conducted for the benefit of the
Alumni.

JOHN H. GREENE, Gamma Gamma.

BETA IOTA'S STAG PARTY

DELTA XFS HALLOWE'EN

The Sigma Nus held a stag party last
Monday night at the home of Roland Wil-
liams in Sparks. The townspeople for
several blocks around will vouch for their
having had a good time. Between cigars
and cigarettes there were talks, stories,
recitations and even several rather ques-
tionable dramatic acts. Bowlen demon-
strated the art of persuasion on cards and
acquainted the fellows with several tricks
that could be used to advantage in a poker
game.

The local order of "Turtles" under the
leadership of Nebo Fraley had prepared a
very impressive ceremony to celebrate the
addition of several new members: George
Cann, Herndon and Reed. The evening
was topped off by hot-dogs and coffee that
gave the fellows an added note of satis-
faction and stability.

The guests were: Boyer, Bowlen, Kline,
Faulbaum, Williams and McLean. Mem-
bers present: Proctor, Herndon, Hansen,

Hallowe'en with her mystic cats and
witches; her pumpkins, apples and cider
was the predominating spirit of the Sigma
Nu dance Friday night. The Riverside
Laini would indeed have made a fitting re-
ception hall for the traditional witches had
then deigned to have deserted their brooms
and whirled madly about to the irresist-
able jazz of Tait's orchestra.

From every corner Hallowe'en faces
grinned or scowled upon the dancers.
Witches, black cats and half moons min-
gled unconcernedly on the window panes
or shimmied along the ceiling on invisible
wires. Even the apples that floated in the
bowls of cider attempted to flirt with a
pumpkin full of doughnuts. Hallowe'en
lanterns covered the lights, giving a true
reproduction of that mellow, orange
tinted autumnal moon, that somehow made
the dances more worth while. The only
object unaffected by the mirth which
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a shield that swung in state on one of the
mirrors — the crest of Sigma Nu.

The hosts were Hugo Quillici, C. Fra-
ley, Geo. Cann, Wm. Cann, H. Shirley, R.
Williams, Simpson, Reed, Gordon Harris,
A. Fraser, C. Harmon, Tobias, Skinner,
Herndon, Scoular, Packard, Becker, Le
Due, Jack Ross.

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY DANCE

[This account of our mid-Ohio Sigs' doings
arrived on October 1st, too late for the October
Delta. We are sorry it has been so greatly de-
layed, but these activities cannot be passed by in
spite of their being rather ancient history. This
Tuscarawas dance is an annual tradition now
and deserves a regular place in our chronicles. —
The Editor.]

When, in the course of human events, it
becomes necessary for one person to take
it upon their shoulders to report such a
helluva good time as we have just had, it
behooves all critics to glance lightly over
any errors, and try to figure out the main
idea of this one person's discourse.

Thus it is with all due respect to Noah
Webster, Bill Shakespeare, and all the rest
of the correct English bugs, that we take
our asthmatic typewriter in hand and spill
the following line of drivel. But then the
stuff we gotta fling has gotta be done in
simple lingo so that anyone from frosh
up can understand it. Thereby hangs the
tale:

The reason for this untoward display of
mingled and mangled English is the oc-
casion of the second annual informal din-
ner dance of the Tuscarawas County Sig-
ma Nus. We have twenty Sigs stuck in
various parts and portions of our fair
county and when an occasion arises where
they are all hitting together there is bound
to be something busted — and there was.
In this particular instance it was the calm,
untroubled serenity of the fair village of
New Philadelphia, county seat of the
aforementioned county.

First of all there had to be invites sent
out to the various members and "bred-
dern" And so several hundred of these
invitations were duly printed and sent out
through the medium of Mr. Burleson's
well tangled mail service. From these
several hundred invites we received about
ninety positive answers. Arrangements
were then made to take care of these men

and any members of the fairer and so-
called weaker sex, that they might bring
along. At this point we were greatly aided
by several of our local girls who so kindly
volunteered to take in, for the night, these
members of the f. s.

Then the big night arrived and every-
one had blown in with the exception of a
few of the perpetually late ones (you know
how it is Al). We all adjourned to a
most excellent dinner (not a moving pic-
ture), in the banquet hall of the First
Methodist Church. Brother Bryant, from
the Northwestern bunch, blew in from
somewhere in the county where he had
been thrilling great crowds of Chatauqua
hounds with sublime melodies from his
vio — or whatever it was he played. At
least, the advertisements called his melo-
dies sublime, so they must-a been, far be
it from us to argue. Well, anyway, noth-
ing was heard for quite a while except the
gurgling of soup and now and then an in-
distinct "damn" from some unwary
Brother whose portion of chicken had
caught him napping and had slid off the
plate in a very undignified manner.

After the necessary number of calories
had been consumed and everybody was
comfortably uncomfortable, Brother Doc
Hitter, E, busted in with a few welcoming
remarks to the guests of Sigma Nu, and
made everyone feel like they had known
everyone else all their life.

After this outburst of oratorical zest
from Brother Doc, we all piled into ma-
chines and the parade to the scene of the
struggle began. The wrestling, or dancing
as some are wont to call it, was held in
the large dance hall at Tuscora Park. The
music was furnished by the Fisher-Cross
Society Orchestra, of Cleveland, and was
enuf to make even a cigar store indian
want to cavort around. And the girls —
Oh Boy, you tell 'em tiger, they think I'm
lion. We claim to have had that night
the largest collection of pretty girls ever
brot together under one roof — as our old
friend P. T. Barnum used to say. And in
the language of the "great unwashed" or
more properly, the hoi polloi, they
"knocked your eye out." We think, at this
point, if we wanted to say more it would
be better to page friend Webster, as our
vocabulary is pumped dry.

When at last the smoke had cleared
away and everybody was homeward wend-

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ing their weary way, they all agreed that
it was "hot stuff/9 and that they would not
miss the fracas next year for anything.
Thus can we truthfully say, as did the
country editor, "a good time was had by
all."

P. S. — For those who are ignorant ot
Tuscarawas County Sig doings, the fol-
lowing is being written:

The Tuscarawas County Sigma Nus,
about twenty strong, have organized a
Sigma Nu association for the purpose of
furthering the interests of the best little
old bunch in old John J. Universe. We
learn of fellows near us who are contem-
plating a college career in the near future,
and if they are what we think would make
good Sigma Nu material, we look them up
and find out where they are going. We
then write to the Sig Chapter at that
school and notify them of the coming of
these men, along with some dope on the
man himself.

We have a dinner dance each summer to
which these prospects are invited and con-
sequently we secure quite a hold on them
before they leave for school. We try to
make it as easy as possible for Sigma Nu
to get these men.

Around the holidays, when every fellow
is home from school, we give a stag ban-
quet where everyone swaps stories, and
tells how Sigma Nu has advanced in his
school. Prospects for the coming year
are also discussed and opinions are aired
as to which of the coming men are worth
while going after.

We have hopes of some day establishing
a Sigma Nu Alumni Chapter here, and if
this is ever done, all we have to say is,
"Look out, big boy, we-alls a-comin\"

C. W. MEYERS, Ddta Alpha.

PENN STATE'S HOME-COMING

Penn State, on October 9, 1920, had her
first Alumni home-coming. The day was a
huge success inasmuch as there were ap-
proximately 5,000 Alumni here to visit
their Alma Mater and see the biggest foot-
ball game of the season, with Dartmouth.

The event was of special importance to
Sigma Nu, in that there were twenty-seven
Delta Delta men back for the occasion. A
special meeting of Alumni and the active
Chapter was called for the purpose of dis-
cussing the house-building project. After
Brother Bovard's financial report as to the
house-building fund, the information that
we had been granted a site on the campus,
and a talk from each of the Alumni pres-
ent, we began to feel that our new home
was more than a project and will in all
probability begin to materialize next
spring.

The following Alumni were present: H.
T. Braddock, E. G. Sheldon, Wilburforce
Eckels, R. G. Bailey, Roy Clark, W. S.
Thomas, R. L. Bovard, H. P. Armsby, L.
A. Fredericks, W. W. Smith, T. I. Cottom,
E. N. Sullivan, E. F. Grundhofer, Ike
Walton, G D. Enterline, W. G. Caldwell,
J. W. Hadesty, C. R. Mason, Vance Cot-
tom, J. M. Washburn, J. H. Jeffries, J. E.
Devereaux, C. W. Brown, Ralph Runyan,

E. C. Crow, G. W. Sullivan, J. F. Kell, H.
L. McKee.

The Chapter has also had the pleasure
of entertaining recently the following
Brothers: R. E. Hartman, T A, J. M. Mur-
dock, B P, Traus, B P, T. S. Patterson, T
n, C. W. Martin, B P, F. R. Smith, r r,

F. H. Rhinehart, AS, J. B. Collins, T0,
K. W. Collins, T ©, E. B. Jaggard, T 0, W.
Hart, A A.

JAMES B. SAYERS.

A Solid Foundation

The Endowment Fund Will Provide a Base for
Our Fraternity's Progress Never Before Known

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COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR

Brother Manly R. Joiner, Iota-Gamma

Kappa, Enters Political Arena

in Triumph

Dr. M. R. Joiner [I-r K], one of Talla-
dega's best known young business men,
was elected without opposition as a mem-
ber of the board of city commissioners.
About one-fourth of the city's total vote
was polled, 126.

While the election was quiet, Dr. Joiner
had his contest three weeks ago when an
effort was made to vote out the commission
form of government and revert to a mayor
and board of aldermen. At that time Dr.
Joiner was a candidate for commissioner
without opposition, and the voters sus-
tained the commission by 51 majority in
one of the hottest municipal contests the
city ever saw.

Dr. Joiner, who will go into office next
month, is a druggist with other interests,
and is considered one of Talladega's best
business men. This is his first entrance
into politics.

— Talladega Daily Home,

Brother Joiner is commissioner of
finance and ex-officio mayor of the city.

FIRST TO ATTEND THE
INAUGURATION

Past Regent George M. Cook Gets There
Early

The Associated Press lines carried this
item the day after election:

"MARION, 0., November 3.— Mixed
with the Senator's congratulatory messages
today were several fore-handed requests
for seats at the inauguration ceremonies in
Washington next March. The honor of
having made the first application of that
sort falls, however, to George M. Cook
[B H], of Chicago, an official of Swift &

Co., who telegraphed in two weeks ago to
George B. Christian, Jr., the Senator's sec-
retary, asking for two inauguration seats.
Mr. Christian wired back that the seats
could be regarded as already reserved."

Our George Magnificent will take no
back seat.

WALL STREET EXPLOSION

Experts to Stage Test to Discover Its
Source

WASHINGTON, Sept 27.— Two of the
world's greatest explosive experts — Dr.
Charles E. Munroe and Spencer P. Howell,
[A 0,] — of the staff of the United States
Bureau of Mines, are working together in
an effort to solve definitely die problems
involved in the Wall Street explosion.

Both men are now in New York and the
statement was made tonight that no stone
would be left unturned in their effort to
determine whether the explosion was
caused by accident or by a bomb.

Reports that the Bureau of Mines would
atempt to duplicate the bomb could not
be confirmed tonight, but it was learned
from one official that part of the experi-
mental work to be done by Dr. Monroe
and Mr. Howell would consist of a test
explosion of high explosives from a plat-
form to simulate the New York explosion.
This test will take place at the experi-
mental station of the Bureau, of Mines at
Pittsburgh. Its purpose will be to ascer-
tain whether certain kinds of high ex-
plosives if detonated from a platform, as
from a wagon, would make a crater in the
ground.

Dr. Munroe and Mr. Howell are work-
ing under orders from the United States
Director of Mines. Mr. Howell is the chief
explosives engineer of the Bureau of
Mines.

— New York Times, sent in by Brother Sam
Hibben, Delta Alpha.

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THE ALUMNI

A REGENT OF COLORADO
UNIVERSITY

Past Inspector O. S. Fowler, Gamma
Kappa, Elected by Largest Vote

Dr. O. S. Fowler, one of the charter
members of Gamma Kappa Chapter and
an Alumnus of the University of Colorado,
was elected a Regent of that institution in
the November election by the largest
plurality of votes ever recorded for that
office.

Brother Fowler was a candidate on the
Republican ticket and with the other mem-
bers of the party, cleaned up the state and
national offices in Colorado. Owing to the
Democratic ticket having been infected
with the Non-Partisan League, many old
time Democrats openly supported the Re-
publican ticket and Brother Fowler was
one of those to whom most enthusiastic as-
sistance was given.

With his election as a Regent for a full
term, the university will have the close
personal interest of Brother Fowler for
the next eight years. The Regents will be
able to follow out the building and expan-
sion program arranged for the university
several years ago through the passing of
an amendment to the State Constitution
at the recent election allowing of an in-
creased mill levy for the benefit of state
educational institutions.

Brother Fowler graduated from the Uni-
versity of Colorado in 1903 and since that
time has practiced medicine in Denver,
Colo., where he has the reputation of being
one of the most skilled surgeons in the
West. For a number of years, he served
as Inspector for the old Ninth Division of
the Fraternity and in 1915 was one of the
major figures in making the Grand Chap-
ter held in Denver that year such a big
success.

. SIDNEY W. BISHOP, Gamma Kappa.

INDIANA ORATORICAL POST

Ed Holloway, Beta Beta, Marion County
Chairman

Brother Edward H. Holloway, B B, is
instructor in English at Manual Training
High School and the Normal College of
The North American Gymnastic Union,

both in Indianapolis. He was recently
chosen county chairman for Marion
county, of the State Discussion League,
which is a junior oratorical association,
which holds an annual contest every year
first among the high schools of each
county with a final discussion for the State
Championship. The subject this year will
be the housing problem in the United
States. This association is a feeder for the
college oratorical contest and Brother Hol-
loway's appointment is a distinct reward
for his work in the Indianapolis high
schools.

HOPKINS IS VINDICATED

The Delta has previously published a
sketch of our Kansas attorney-general and
other items concerning his handling of the
coal strike situation in the courts.

Under the caption, "The 'Interests9
Failed to Defeat Him," the Kansas City
Times prints his picture, and follows with
this record of the election:

STATE VINDICATES HOPKINS

Despite the bitter fight to defeat him,
Richard J. Hopkins, attorney-general of
Kansas, was renominated by the Republi-
cans over Edward Rooney, of Topeka, who
had the backing of the Non-Partisan
League-Labor combination. Also oppos-
ing Hopkins were the wholesale grocers,
inimical because of suits instituted by the
attorney-general to break their combine,
and the financial group interested in the
bank holding corporation at Topeka.

Richard J. Hopkins [Nl, for attorney-
general, had his course of protecting the
people against exploiters thoroughly vindi-
cated throughout the State. He lost but
two counties, Shawnee, the home of his
opponent, Edward Rooney, and Washing-
ton, where Rooney was born and where
Walter Wilson, bank commissioner, had
made a personal appeal to his home folks
to "swat" Hopkins because of the ouster
suit the attorney-general brought to re-
move Wilson from office. While Wilson
was fighting Hopkins so hard the Washing-
ton county folks decided that he ought not
to return to the State Senate and defeated
him for the nomination. — Kansas City
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PORTER GETS CAPTAINCY

Brother Charles P. Porter, E I\ Wes-
leyan, '18, recently received a captaincy in
the Reserve Officers Corps. Captain Porter
was to have been given the honor in
France, but due to the signing of the Ar-
mistice no further promotions were made
at that time. Porter served in the aviation
branch and accounted for seven German
planes, besides winning two decorations.

"A bronze oak leaf, for extraordinary
heorism in action in the region of Foret de
Fere, France, July 24* 1918. While lead-
ing a patrol he attacked an enemy forma-
tion of 12 planes (Fokker type). He en-
gaged one enemy and sent it down out of
control. One of his guns jammed, and
while he was repairing the gun two of the
enemy planes got behind him. Unable to
repair the gun and only to fire a single
shot, he turned to attack, destroying a
second plane, and remained in the fight
until the enemy retired."

Brother Porter is an "ace," having cap-
tured the required number of enemy planes
to merit this honor.

This Brother has brought Sigma Nu's
baby Chapter very fine honors. He re-
sides in New Rochelle and is a member of
the New York Alumni Chapter.

ARCHIE H. DEAN, Delta Kappa.

FORMER STUDENTS PAY U
VISIT ON HONEYMOON

Charles P. Porter
Epsilon Gamma

As a second lieutenant in the Air Service
and pilot in the 147th Aero Squadron.
Brother Porter won distinction in the war,
receiving the Distinguished Service Cross
with the following citation :

"For extraordinary heroism in action
in the region of Epieds, Franch, July 16,
1918. While on patrol he observed two
enemy planes (Fokker type) about 1,000
meters above him. He immediately ma-
neuvered to obtain height and a position
for attack. The enemy turned and Lieu-
tenant Porter gave chase and attacked
from below, destroying one and forcing
the other to retire.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Bischoff, former
students at the University of Montana in
Billings, are visiting on the campus.

Mrs. Bischoff, formerly Miss Bernice
Perkins, attended the University in 1914
and 1915. She was graduated from Ober-
lin College in 1917. She is a member of
Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity.

Brother Bischoff left the School of
Forestry in 1917 and went to Central
America, where he has achieved success in
the lumber industry. He is a member of
Gamma Phi Chapter.

Bischoff is at present located in Central
America, with headquarters at Bluefields,
Nicaragua, the latter town being the prin-
cipal English seaport on the eastern coast
of Central America. He is general mana-
ger for the east coast for a large Louisville
concern which specializes in the export
and manufacture of mahogany lumber and
he has as much to do with furnishing the
nation's supply of mahogany as any per-
son on the continent He is beginning his
fourth year as head of the work in the
Central American country, where thou-
sands of natives and white men work under
his direction. During the war he did valu-
able work in obtaining mahogany for use
in aeroplane construction.

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PITTSBURGHER SECOND IN
BEAUX ARTS CONTEST

R. S. Simpson, A 2, a Pittsburgher, was
rated second in the competition for the
$3,000 Paris scholarship of the Society of
Beaux Arts, Architects, according to word
received July 14th from New York. The
design was for a war memorial in New
York.

SURGICAL TRIUMPH BY
YOUNG DOCTOR

Recently a man of forty-nine years of
age was operated upon for brain tumor,
one of the rarest and most delicate opera-
tions known to surgery, by Dr. Edward C.
Patton, A Z. Associated with him was
Dr. Carl Lenhart

The Cleveland Plain Dealer relates the
circumstances:

"Several months ago the patient began
to have trouble with his eyes. He could
only focus with one of them. Then
paralysis developed on his left side and he
was unable to walk steadily. The case
puzzled physicians. Dr. Lenhart and Dr.
Patton diagnosed the trouble as brain
tumor, caused by pressure on the nerves.
An operation was advised, but the patient
was told lie had one chance in a hundred
to recover from such an operation, which
involved delving into the brain. He agreed
to take that chance.

"The operation was witnessed by a score
or more of physicians and surgeons, and
several nurses. They had assembled in
the operating room to see a rare and deli-
cate surgical achievement. It is so pro-
nounced by surgeons who saw the op-
eration. The next morning Dr. Patton
found the patient eating broth and in a
happy mood. He has been improving
rapidly ever since, and Dr. Patton said
he expected him to leave the hospital
in two more weeks. That the patient
survived the operation is all the more re-
markable, Dr. Patton commented, because
of his rather delicate health."

Dr. Edward C. Patton is a member of
Delta Zeta Chapter and a graduate of the
Western Reserve Medical School. He re-
ceived his A. B. at Reserve in 1915, and
his M. D. in 1918. During the war he was
in the Reserve Medical Corps, and an in-

structor in the Red Cross School for
nurses. Since his graduation he has held
an appointment as physician at the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire plants in Cleveland.
He is only twenty-eight years old, having
been born on April 6, 1892. He is also
a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa medical
fraternity.

REPRESENTATIVE BLAND
UNDERGOES OPERATION

Representative in Congress Oscar E.
Bland, B H, of Indiana, underwent an op-
eration at Garfield hospital recently. It
was reported that he had withstood the
ordeal satisfactorily and that he was rest-
ing comfortably. There was no emer-
gency for the operation. He has known
for some time that an operation would be
necessary to correct a slight ailment, but
committee work in Congress prevented him
from going to the hospital until today. His
friends expect him to be soon restored to
his usual vigorous health.

"He is resting comfortably tonight and
we expect him to get along nicely," was
the announcement made at the hospital.
The statement added that there is nothing
serious about his condition. — Indianapolis
Star.

NEW LEGAL HEAD OF WICHITA
LAND BANK

William E. Pepperell, N, Wichita, Kan.,
has been appointed general attorney for
the Wichita Land Bank, and becomes the
legal head of the two-million-dollar insti-
tution, and his district embraces Kansas,
Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico.
The young man is only thirty years of age
and he has been doing some splendid work
since he was graduated from the Kansas
State University. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. L. Pepperell, and they as
well as his many friends are much grati-
fied at his appointment. Mr. Pepperell
was a popular and very energetic student
when he attended school, and his Law-
rence friends, of whom he has many, will
congratulate him upon his success.— Clip-
ping sent in by Grand Historian Burton
P. Sears.

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THROUGH COLLEGE ON
DOUGHNUTS

Doughnuts are paying the expenses of
eight Kansas boys, students at the Kansas
State Agricultural College at Manhattan.
These young men were organized February
10, 1920, as a corporation called 'The
Perfect Bakery," with a capital of $15,000
— one hundred and fifty shares at $100
each. Their bakery turns out all kinds of
bread, small cakes and cookies, but the
specialty is doughnuts.

The bakery is located close to the col-
lege campus and the best buyers are the
students, going to and from classes. They
simply can't resist the sight of the crisp
brown doughnuts, and the biggest sales
come in the afternoon, when the hungry
students are going home from afternoon

This business venture has the unusual
feature that all the corporation members
are fraternity men. Some of the boys are
sons of wealthy parents, but prefer to
make their own way in college, rather than
be dependent upon their fathers. Mem-
bers of the corporation are: R. V. Hill,
of Wichita, president and manager; W. E,
Robison, Towanda, vice-president; J. D.
Scott, Hutchison, assistant manager and
secretary-treasurer; Dick Williams, Law-
rence; W. B. Carey, Hutchison; H. M. Gil-
lespie, Harper; D. M. Fullington, Kansas
City; A. W. Quinlan, Lyons, and Henry
Marston, Delaware. (Brothers Hill, Scott,
and Williams from Nu, the others are all
in Beta Kappa.)

The actual work of baking is done by
experienced bakers. Bakery products,
other than the doughnuts, are sold mostly
to student boarding houses, members of
the faculty and residents of Aggieville,
that part of Manhattan lying near the col-
lege. On the occasion of the opening of
the bakery, the boys did some good adver-
tising by sending hot rolls to the different
fraternities and sororities for Sunday din-

ner.

Doughnuts are sold at the moderate
price of 35 cents per dozen. Since they
are cheaper than chocolate, it is becoming
quite proper for Aggie men to buy a sack
of doughnuts to appease the appetites of
lady co-eds. — The Kansas City Star, sent in
by Grant W. Harrington, N.

MOUNT UNION MAN ELECTED

PRESIDENT OF GOODYEAR

UNIVERSITY

Harry E. Blythe [B I], '13, has been ap-
pointed as president of the Goodyear In-
dustrial University, a college for employes
of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., lo-
cated at Akron, Ohio. Blythe's appoint-
ment makes him one of the youngest, if
not the youngest college presidents in the
United States.

The university includes everything in its
curriculum from reading to higher mathe-
matics and advanced languages, there be-
ing about 5,000 students enrolled in the
different colleges.

Blythe was one of the most popular and
versatile men that ever graduated from
Mount Union. Besides being an excep-
tional student he was a varsity man in
football, basketball, and baseball. After
graduation he entered the Goodyear plant
and has served as branch manager at Den-
ver, as head of the Efficiency Division and
Flying Squadron at Akron and as personal
representative of Factory Manager P. W.
Litchfield in California in co-ordinating
factory functions of the new Goodyear Pa-
cific Coast plant. — Mount Union Bulletin.

RUCKER MEMBER OF WAR
CIVICS BOARD

R. F. Rucker [P], plant superintendent,
has been appointed a member of the board
of directors of the War Civics Committee,
according to an announcement made re-
cently by Director E. W. Coffin, of the
organization.

Mr. Rucker takes the place of Frank E.
Nulsen, formerly president of the Missouri
Malleable Iron Company, who has dis-
posed of the majority of his holdings in
East St. Louis. — Aluminum, Ore., News.

FATHER OF THREE SIGMA NUS
DIES

Mr. Charles W. Baldwin died in Febru-
ary, 1920, at Detroit, Mich. He was the
father of three Sigma Nus — Brothers Rich-
ard T. Baldwin, Robert W. Baldwin and
Joseph A. Baldwin, all members of Gamma
Gamma Chapter.

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The Chapter Letter for March is Due January 15, 1921

We Desire An A-No. 1 Record in the Next Delta
Brother Secretary, Keep This in Mind

ANN ARBOR ALUMNI

All the unaffiliated Sigma Nus on the
campus of the University of Michigan met
for the first time this year, on the evening
of October 12th, and enjoyed an evening
that reminded us of the good old times
that we have enjoyed in our own Chapters
in the past.

Of course, the eats interfered for a while
with the course of events, but after we did
justice to them, we got down to real busi-
ness and elected Phil M. Burnham of Delta
Nu Chapter, to lead us for the year. J.
Dewey Simon, of Gamma Gappa Chapter,
was appointed secretary and treasurer, and
R. H. Sonneborn, of Gamma Eta Chapter,
was elected reporter.

Last year was the first year that the un-
affiliated men at Michigan had been or-
ganized. We had eighteen men represent-
ing Chapters in all parts of the country,
and we met nearly every two weeks at the
Michigan Union, and succeeded in enjoy-
ing ourselves and in keeping up the good
old Sigma Nu spirit without the aid of a
house.

This year we have about twenty-three
men representing around eighteen different
Chapters. We have decided* to meet once
a month at the Union, and to have dances,
keg parties and other functions between
times, thus keeping up our interest in
Sigma Nu, and providing a means where-
by we can meet each other and a place
where all Sigma Nus who visit Ann Arbor
can feel at home.

All Sigma Nus coming this way are
cordially invited to look us up or to let
us know when they are coming, and we
will be more than glad to show them a
good time in the real Sigma Nu spirit.

We are sorry that we do not have with
us this year Brother Clark, who is now
playing tackle on the Maryland state foot-
ball team; Brother Keeler, who has trans-
ferred to the University of Colorado;
Brother Willson who is enjoying the wilds
of Wyoming; and Brother B. B. Mathews,

who, we hope, is having the utmost success
in the law business and in his domestic
affairs.

We will include a complete list of our
men in our next letter.

MICHIGAN'S UNAFFILIATED SIGS,
R. H. SONNEBORN, Reporter.

ANNISTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

For some time there has been a desire
among the Sigma Nus of the city for an
Alumni Chapter. On October 24th, the
bunch got together and decided to ask for
a charter. Our charter has jnist been
granted by the High Council and our mem-
bership includes fifteen very enthusiastic
Brothers.

We have had two well attended business
meetings and the following were elected
officers: Brother Thomas W. Coleman, Jr.,
president; Brother N. Snow Perkins, vice-
president; Brother J. Dean Fleming, treas-
urer; and Brother Sam P. Ingram, Jr.,
secretary. The aim of our Chapter is "To
Help the Fraternity." We intend to get in
touch with all of the Chapters in this dis-
trict and offer "what assistance that is
needed.

An important event of our Chapter was
a dinner given to our members October
11th at the Alabama Hotel. On account
of a great deal of sickness in the city,
several of the Brothers were unable to
attend, but a great time was reported by
all those who were there. After the dinner
was served a musical program was given.
An important feature of the evening was
the presence of Brother Manly Joiner, In-
spector of this Division, who added much
enthusiasm to the dinner.

SAMUEL P. INGRAM, JR., Secretary.

BOSTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

Sigma Nus in Boston awakened from
their slumbers and held their first meeting

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of the year in the form of a smoker at the
City Club. After counting noses it was
found there were forty-five present — our
most successful smoker since we started
up again after the war.

It may be interesting to note the Chap-
ters represented that evening and the num-
ber of members from each. They are as
follows: Delta Nu, University of Maine,
12; Delta Psi, Bowdoin, 4; Delta Beta,
Dartmouth, 3; Beta Psi, University of Cal-
ifornia, 3; Gamma Lambda, University
of Wisconsin, 2; Delta Sigma, Carnegie
Tech, 2; Delta Gamma, Columbia, 2;
Delta Pi, George Washington University,
2; Theta, University of Alabama, 1; Beta
Theta, Alabama Polytech, 1; Beta Upsilon,
Rose Polytech, 1; Delta Alpha, Case, 1;
Epsilon Alpha, University of Arizona, 1;
Pi, Lehigh, 1; Sigma, Vanderbilt, 1; Beta
Sigma, University of Vermont, 1; Gamma
Zeta, University of Oregon, 1; Delta
Lambda, Brown, 1; Gamma Psi, Syracuse,
1; Gamma Omicron, Washington Univer-
sity, 1 ; and three others whose Chapters I
don't know.

I am inserting this list to see if we can't
bring about a bit of Chapter pride in at-
tendance. One of the most pleasant fea-
tures of our Alumni meetings is to see
once again the old familiar faces of the
members of one's own Chapter and to
chew over again the days of old — this, of
course, in addition to the pleasure of meet-
ing or renewing acquaintances with our
other Brothers and swapping yarns as to
how they do it in Alabama, Arizona, Ore-
gon, New Hampshire, and anywhere you
may wish.

For many years it has been the desire
of Boston Sigma Nus to see a Chapter at
die Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
There are now at Tech, sixteen loyal Sigs
—orphans without a home, so to speak.
These Sigs, one hundred per cent, strong,
attended our smoker in a body. They want
that Chapter and want it badly. Oppor-
tunity knocks at our door! We believe
that we now have a splendid chance to
start a Chapter in an institution in which
it would be an honor to have one. With
that end in view the Tech Sigs have or-
ganized and at our meeting we unani-
mously voted to back the movement to the
best of our ability. Brother W. W. Quarles,
B 0, has been elected president of the
Tech men and Brother Strout, A N, and

Brother Arnold, B Y, are the committee
from the Alumni Chapter.

We have again started our weekly lunch-
eons at Filene's Restaurant — every Friday
at 12:30 p. m. Our first attempt this year
netted five members. Let's boost our last
year's record by a better attendance this
year! Last year we averaged about five,
with a record of eleven for our highest
attendance. I'd like to see so many Sigs
there some Friday as to drive half the
regular customers out of the dining room.
(Apologies to Brother Strout, who is store
manager at Filene's.)

Brother Willard Wight, A N, was chosen
as a committee of one for our next meet-
ing, which will also be a smoker. We
hope for a bigger attendance than ever.

Brother F. D. Gibbs is at his home in
South Portland, Maine, convalescing from
a long and serious illness. We have
learned with pleasure that his last opera-
tion was a success and "Gip" will soon be
up and at 'em again and we hope will be
returning to Boston in the near future.

ROYAL G. HIGGINS, JR., Secretary.

CHICAGO ALUMNI CHAPTER

E. P. Snyder, A H, is now located in
Chicago in die practice of law, with Knapp
& Campbell, 1768 Continental & Commer-
cial National Bank Building. Brother
Snyder took his law degree from Harvard.

L. I. Corliss, A B, from the home office
in Hartford, Conn., of the Aetna Casualty
& Surety Company, spent about four
months in the Chicago office of the com-
pany checking up matters. His friends
here are hoping for an early return of
Brother Corliss.

Myles Whitney, r *, is a director and
western manager of the George Batten
Co., Inc., general advertising agents in
the McCormick Building. One of his able
and active assistants is Edward Halperin,
T B.

Earl D. Button, r *, formerly of Chi-
cago, is now located at the corner of East
39th Street and 5th Avenue, New York
City as purchasing agent of die American
Piano Co. "Deacon" has had business in
Chicago twice recently.

Professor H. B. Vanderblue, Ph. D., T
B, who is associate professor of Economics
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year's leave of absence to do some special
research work for the Denver Civic and
Commercial Club. He is located in the
Chamber of Commerce Building, Denver,
Colo.

Edward E. Silk, B Z, has purchased a
new home at 600 Center Avenue, Lake
Bluff, 111.

Fred A. Weston, T B, advertising man-
ager for the department store of Roths-
child & Co., State and VanBuren Streets,
has moved into his new home at 422 Cum-
nor Road, Kenilworth, 111.

The annual election in September of the
Chicago Alumni Association resulted in
the re-election of H. J. Bardwell, B A,
president, and Charles F. Meyer, r B, as
secretary-treasurer.

H. J. BARDWELL, President.

DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER

We are in receipt of your letter saying
that we have the required number of
Delta subscriptions to have an Alumni
Chapter here. By this time you have re-
ceived several more which were sent in by
our Secretary last week. Brother Bickham
came back to us after visiting the Sigma
Nu offices and whatever he promised you,
we are going to stand back of him. Be-
fore the war there was a Dallas Alumni
Chapter, but it has been inactive since
then. Several weeks ago, Brother J. U.
Bigger*, of Oklahoma University, Brother
J. N. Clark, of Arizona University, Brother
T. Terry, of Texas University, and Brother
T. White and myself from Drury College,
met at the University Club and discussed
the forming of an Alumni Chapter here.
Since then we have been holding weekly
luncheons and you can see from our report
what we have done so far.

At our last luncheon, October 2, 1920,
the Dallas Alumni Chapter was organized
and Brother W. L. Bickham, of Washing-
ton and Lee, was elected president;
Brother Charles F. Steineger was elected
vice-president and reporter; Brother
James U. Biggers was elected secretary,
and Brother J. N. Clark was elected treas-
urer. It was decided on that our regular
luncheons would be held every Saturday
noon at 1:15, at the University Club, Ori-
ental Hotel Building. A membership com-
mittee was appointed and a list of Sigma

Nus living in Dallas was gone over. It
was found that about sixty Sigs live here.
We have something like twenty men now
who are paid-up subscribers to The Delta
but we are not going to be satisfied until
every Sigma Nu living in Dallas can be
found and his subscription sent in. Our
Alumni Chapter now is represented by
men from the Chapters of Epsilon Beta,
Delta Epsilon, Epsilon Alpha, Lambda,
Sigma, Zeta, Alpha, Beta Omicron, Gamma
Upsilon, Beta Mu, Beta Eta, Beta Gamma,
and Upsilon. Our luncheons are, there-
fore, very entertaining and as there is al-
ways a football game here every Saturday
afternoon, we usually go out and root for
the bunch who is beating. This is our
first Alumni Chapter Letter from the Dal-
las Alumni Chapter, and it is the first
letter of this kind that I have ever written,
so if there are any mistakes, please excuse
us. We want all Sigma Nus who come to
Dallas, Texas, to know that there is a live
bunch of Sigs here and all we ask is to
let us know when you will be here and
you can leave the rest to us. If you hap-
pen in on Saturday, you can always find
us hanging around the University Club at
1:15 and we cordially invite you to come
and chew the rope with us. The secre-
tary's address is 5122 Bryan Street and
his phone number is Haskell 2577. If
you can't get him, my address is 2527
Ross Avenue and my phone during the day
is X-356.

CHARLES F. STEINEGER, Vice-President.

DENVER ALUMNI CHAPTER

Brother William H. Rathburn, Purdue
'15, commander of one of the largest posts
of The American Legion in Colorado, in
addition to having taken an active part in
quelling the recent Tramway riots in Den-
ver, also assumed one of the leading roles
in the Legion's Armistics Day celebration
and show "Jazzy Jazz Revue, given at the
Denver Auditorium.

Brother J. L. Goree, Arkansas, until re-
cently valuation attorney for the Rock
Island Railroad, is now in Denver at
Phipps Sanitarium recuperating from a
recent illness.

Brother Charles Webster Bessee, T K,
and Miss Grace Dorrance of Denver, were
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taking a wife, Tub has assumed the man-
agement of The Denver Ice & Cold Stor-
age Company. The family is living at
1140 South Washington Street, Denver.

Brother Leslie C. Westerman, T K, mar-
ried Miss Lucille Hildebrand, Tri Delt,
University of Colorado 1915. "Bean" is
again attending the university and is living
in Boulder.

0, Yez, 0, Yez, Brother "Puss" Jolley's
baby can now say "Da-Da" and Oh, a lot
of other things.

George Bettcher, r K, has prepared
some wonderful plans for a new Chapter
House at Boulder. The plans look like
a million dollars. Here's hoping some
one or few of the faithful will step on the
gas and develop a real fraternity house
for them. Gamma Kappa certainly needs
a new home.

Gamma Eta Chapter, at Golden, is ex-
periencing one of it's best years. There's
a bunch of real fellows at Golden and a
large number of Denver Alumni have en-
joyed their hospitality at various times
recently. There is always open house at
Golden and you can't regret a visit to
Gamma Eta.

Denver Alumni feels like patting itself
on the back after having installed the new
Chapter, Epsilon Delta, at the University
of Wyoming. Well, it is a darn fine Chap-
ter and we did a good job of installation
and initiation, if we do say so ourselves.
Thanks, that will be enough.

The Chapter greatly enjoyed the recent
visit of Past Grand Chaplain Paul M.
Spencer. Brother Spencer assisted at the
installation of Epsilon Delta.

Brother J. L. Middlebrook, of Louisiana
state, has recently arrived in Denver and
has offices at 501 Foster Building.

The Chapter enjoyed a visit of the Gen-
eral Secretary at luncheon, November 16.
Brother Dunlavy was called to Denver on
personal business.

Grand Counsellor E. L. Williams and
0. S. More, Inspector of the Fourteenth
Division, attended the meeting of Inspec-
tors at Indianapolis, during the week of
November 7. While there they also at-
tended the far famed "Hoosier Rally."

Brother W. F. Lumsden, who has until
recently, been assistant eligibility officer
for the Federal Vocational Board, has
gone to Cincinnati where he will be eligi-

bility officer for the board. We regret to
lose "Scarry."

Brother Robert Higgins, T H, is another
of the Brothers associated with The Mid-
west Refining Company in the geological
department.

GEORGE H. SWERER, Secretary.

Brother John L. Carruthers, B N, spent
the summer at his home in Denver, Colo.
He writes: "By the way, let me say a
word of praise for the Denver Alumni.
Their weekly luncheons are getting to be
famous. Twenty-five attending last week.
'Dad' Williams and his 'gang' are a bunch
of world beaters, if you will pardon my
dropping into slang."

DETROIT ALUMNI CHAPTER

With the advent of the winter months
and the return of many of the Brothers to
the city after their summer vacations, the
tables in our private dining room at the
Board of Commerce begin to take on the
usual and desired appearance. With about
135 Sigma Nus in Detroit and from 40 to
50 out at luncheon every Saturday, at 1 :00
p. m., we feel Sigma Nu is somewhat alive
even in this town that is apparently too
busy with the rush of business.

Detroit's main interest now is in an
"Alumni Lodge." Plans are far enough
along now that such a home is an assured
success and by the first of January we
propose to be in and enjoying ourselves.
Our plan is to furnish the house by per-
sonal contributions from the entire body
of local Brothers; and then leave the man-
agement and upkeep thereafter to the
Brothers in the house, most of whom will
be single men. A proper and small
charge will be taxed upon outside Brothers
who eat at the "Lodge." All Brothers
will always be welcome to come, the small
charge being merely to take care of the
proportionate part of the overhead. We
hope in the next Delta to be able to fur-
nish plans, photos, and details of our
system.

We feel quite "chesty" to have sent the
head office almost twenty-five new Delta
subscriptions. While the contest was on
we were too busy selling real estate and
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Brother Editor, that this donation proves
our interest in Sigma Nu when properly
stirred up, when the contest incentive is
gone.

J. RICHARD NEWMAN, Secretary.

INDIANAPOLIS ALUMNI
CHAPTER

After a rather dormant summer the In-
dianapolis Alumni Chapter is again taking
a new lease on life and is beginning to
show some of the old time pep and en-
thusiasm for which this Chapter is famous.
Under the able leadership of our presi-
dent, Brother William Russell Stuart, B H,
recently re-elected, we are planning to
put on a constructive program which will
build up the Alumni Chapter and which
will potentially aid the four Active Chap-
ters of this state: Indiana, DePauw, Pur-
due, and Rose Poly.

On the 27th of September the Brothers
assembled at the Chamber of Commerce
for our first meeting since June and the
following officers were elected: William
Russell Stuart, president; Marshall Wil-
liams, vice-president; Frank Levinson,
treasurer, and William A. Pitkin, secre-
tary. Among those present were Brothers
Taylor Asbury, Joe Asbury, Paul Means,
M. C. Pitkin, Russel Ratcliff, George
Stalker, Paul Zollinger, Chester Robinson,
and Brother Harry Rider from the General
Office. Also, definite plans were discussed
as to the Hoosier Rally and committees
were selected to choose a convenient date.
The Claypool Hotel was selected as the
best possible place for holding the Rally.

It was decided to start the weekly lunch-
eons at the Chamber of Commerce, on
Wednesday noon. All Sigs who may hap-
pen to be in Indianapolis on any Wednes-
day are urged to join us at these lunch-
eons. Among those who have been with
us are Robert F. Brewster, of Fortville,
and Claude F. Record, of Francisville;
Brother Henry C. Mulch, of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co.; Brother W. A. Pitkin,
state statistician, formerly of Akron, Ohio;
Brother Paul Zollinger; Brother Henry L.
Nouss, of the Prest-O-Lite Co., and Brother
Eugene D. Hopper, of the National Malle-
able Castings Company, are recent ar-
rivals in Indianapolis.

It is with much pleasure that we an-
nounce the marriage of Brother Henry S.
Nouss to Miss Marian Louise Griffith, who
are now at home at 1244 North Illinois
Street.

Brother Paul Means, superintendent of
Statistics and Methods of the two Indian-
apolis plants of the Prest-O-Lite, has re-
cently been promoted to the position of
superintendent of production for the en-
tire company. Brother Nouss, who was
his assistant, has succeeded him in his
former position.

Brother Richard A. Calkins, of the ad-
vertising department of The Indianapolis
News, is an active member of the new
Junior Chamber of Commerce recently or-
ganized among the younger business men
of the city.

Dr. Edgar C. Davis, formerly in charge
of the government venereal clinic at Mun-
cie, is now on the staff of the City Hos-
pital.

Dr. Merrill F. Steele is an interne at the
Methodist Hospital, and Dr. Joseph D.
Seybert at the Deaconess.

Brother Stanley A. Zwiebel, who has
come from the Bethlehem Steel Mills, is
vocational director at the Nordyke & Mar-
mon Automobile Co.

Brother Robert T. Rogers is now con-
nected with the Willard Service Station.

Brother Bert Binder is a salesman for
the I. J. Cooper Rubber Company.

Brother Clint H. Givan has been re-
elected to the State legislature on the Re-
publican ticket. Although a youngster in
politics, he is a leader in his party, and
his name is prominently mentioned by the
newspapers in the list of candidates for the
speakership of the House.

Brother Frank Levinson is still selling
hats, and Brother Wendell Barrett is writ-
ing policies for the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Company.

Last year we lost three secretaries:
Brother Harrell V. Baily, now with the
Federal Reserve Bank at Los Angeles;
Brother Ralph Winslow, who is on the
staff of The Richmond Palladium; and
Don 0. Niederhauser, who is now district
agent for the Hoover Suction Cleaner
Company at Kokomo.

Brother Alumni, send in your Delta
subscriptions at once! You can't afford to
be without it.

WILLIAM A. PITKIN, Secretory.

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LEXINGTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

Brother Keeling G. Pulliam, Jr., secre-
tary of the Lexington Alumni Chapter, has
moved to Los Angeles to live. He was
accompanied by his wife, small daughter,
mother and father. Brother Pulliam has
taken a position as Western district man-
ager of the Mercury Body Corporary
and will be in charge of the distribution
of Mercury automobile bodies in the
Western states.

Brother Floyd Wright, president of the
Lexington Alumni Chapter, has recently
returned from an extensive stay in Canada
and is again hard at work on his old job.

The $40,000 home of Gamma Iota is
well under way and the exterior of the
house is about completed. Work has been
badly delayed by unfavorable building
conditions and it might be late spring be-
fore the house is completed. It is con-
ceded by all that it is die finest fraternity
house South of the Mason and Dixon line.
It will be the first fraternity house built
in Kentucky.

A number of the older men have paid
visits to Lexington during the summer and
fall, including Brothers Carrol Taylor,
Priest Kemper, W. Lois Thompson, Mark
and Steve Watkins, Prentice Slade, Morris
Pendleton, Homer Combest, Grover Creech
and others.

Brother J. Collis Ringo, one of our
most successful members in love and
finance, has sold out his valuable commer-
cial interests in the city and has gone into
the oil and promotion game. His fame
has spread for it is rumored that several
important eastern banking houses in the
east have been seeking his valuable serv-
ices. The last report from Nicholasville
was that he had made his thirty-second
proposal and received a temporary set-
back.

Brother Prentice Slade has been with us
on a very sad mission, his father having
died. All Sigma Nus give their hearts in
deep solicitude.

GUY A. HUGUELET, Secretary.

MEMPHIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Memphis Alumni Chapter is grow-
ing each month and stray Sigs are coming
into the fold nicely. The day before our

monthly luncheon which occurs the last
Tuesday in each month, we insert in the
paper the meeting for the next day and
at nearly each meeting we get a stray
member.

We have a bunch of live wires in our
membership and many of them have be-
come affiliated with the University Club
that is now in the course of organization.

We were able to get in some good work
prior to the opening of schools and univer-
sities by securing the names of many men
who were going away for school. I wrote
several of the secretaries of the various
Chapters where men from this city would
matriculate and advised diem of some
good material for Sigma Nu. As yet I
have not heard from any of them saying
whether they landed any of them or not

We have now twenty-two members on
our list and hope to have thirty or forty
sooner or later.

THOMAS H. INGRAM, M. D., Secretary.

NEW YORK ALUMNI CHAPTER

With a full table of Sigs, the New York
Alumni opened the new season at luncheon
on October 6th. Immediately, a wager was
on; Brother Gannon, our new president,
agreed to buy cigars for those present at
our weekly luncheons when the table is
not fully occupied, provided Brother G.
A. Smith would purchase cigars for the
crowd whenever a full table of Sigs are
present. The contest ends December 31st.
Free cigars every week until then for
everybody!

We have set our mark at one hundred
members for 1920-21, all of whom shall
be subscribers to The Delta. Already, the
half-way mark has been passed, and sub-
scriptions are rolling in daily.

On Sunday, November 7th, the largest
crowd of Sigs that ever attended our an-
nual Memorial Day service was present
at Brother A. H. Wilson's church. Brother
H. B. Hartsock was secured to make the
address. These services become more im-
pressive each year. Our Columbia and
Stevens Chapters sent delegations of
white-rose bearers.

We take this opportunity of welcoming
into the Brotherhood our three "Baby
Chapters:" Epsilon Delta, Epsilon Epsi-
lon, and Epsilon Zeta. From all reports,

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these healthy Westerners and Southerners
will prove to become real grown-ups in
quick time under the guiding hands of our
Alumni Chapters at Denver, Oklahoma
City, and Tampa.

Brother S. G. Hibben has shaken the
Pittsburgh smoke from his clothes and now
spends Thursday noon with the Sigs at the
Machinery Club. We are glad to have
this genial Brother with us permanently.
Pittsburgh's loss is our gain.

Brother W. S. Cochran has returned to
New York after a long sojourn to the Far
East.

Brother A. G. Kingman writes from Bel-
gium that he would like to be with us, but
he is signed up for two more years with
the Bell Telephone Co., 18 rue Boudewyns,
Anvers, Belgique. He wishes to get into
touch with any Sigs in Belgium or France.

Brother C. W. Murphy has decided that
Florida is the spot for him to regain his
health, therefore, we shall wish him a
speedy recovery and a quick return.

Brother A. H. Wilson is busy issuing
the Fifth Point — with more pointers than
ever before. Send your address, or
changed address, to the secretary for your
copy.

Don't forget the rendevous — Machinery
Club, 50 Church Street, every Thursday
noon.

A. H. DEAN, Secretary.

OKLAHOMA CITY ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Monthly luncheons on the first Satur-
day of each month are regularly held at
the lunch room of the Chamber of Com-
merce. The attendance varies from eight
to eighteen.

Brother Jimmie Woods, Y, is now one of
our regular attendants at the Chapter
luncheons. He is connected with the Okla-
homa City office of the Magnolia Petro-
leum Company and lives at the Pickwick
Club.

Brother John H. Dunkin is one of the
regulars. He is still assistant manager of
the Rorabaugh-Brown Dry Goods Com-
pany, one of the largest mercantile estab-
lishments in the Southwest. Brother Dun-
kin has taken up his residence at the Pick-
wick Club, which is conducted by and for
bachelors alone.

Brother W. P. Lipscomb, 2, is also a
member of the famous Pickwick Club and
one of the regulars at Alumni Chapter
meetings. The Doctor is the chief and
about the only regular polo player in
Oklahoma City and spends all of his leis-
ure time with the "ponies."

Brother Lowe Harris, A E, is the junior
member of the law firm of Harris, Spiel-
man & Harris, which is one of the old
firms of the city.

Brother Frank Terrell, N, who was one
of the regulars this summer, has decided
to make his permanent home in Kansas
City, Mo., there to engage his time and
attention to "unraveling those sharp quil-
lets of the law," for which his experience
and training have qualified him.

Brother E. R. Newby, A E, who has con-
tributed so much to the development of
Sigma Nu in the Southwest, is now a resi-
dent of Oklahoma City and a regular
member of the Alumni Chapter. He is
secretary and treasurer of the Buttram
Petroleum Company, one of the substan-
tial small operators in the Mid-Continent
field.

The Alumni Chapter and Delta Epsilon
at Norman plan to unite in a bis celebra-
tion at Norman on the 6th of November,
at which time it is planned to have every
available Sigma Nu in Oklahoma present
if possible and help Delta Epsilon lay the
foundation for the best fraternity home in
Norman.

SOLON W. SMITH, Secretary.

PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Since our last meeting in June, which
was held at the Manheim Cricket Club,
where some twenty Sigma Nus had a very
pleasant evening at bowling, the Phila-
delphia Alumni Chapter took a recess for
the summer, and on October 5th held its
first regularly monthly meeting for the
season 1920-21. There were thirty men
present, representing twelve different col-
leges. A number of the local Sigs were
unable to attend this meeting, but have
promised to come to later meetings, and it
is the opinion of the writer that before
Christmas we will have fifty Sigs regularly
attending the monthly meetings.

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There has been a feeling among some of
the men that if we could get a little better
acquainted with the men in our city, and
particularly those who are attending meet-
ings, there would be a closer friendship
among the men, and therefore, a greater
interest and willingness to attend meetings.
It was, therefore, suggested by our Presi-
dent Percy Lyon, from Cornell,, that each
man present give a short history of him-
self; what colleges he was from, what
business he was engaged in, where he was
living, and any other points that might
be of interest to those present.

We, therefore, found that J. S. Ander-
egg, of Cornell, was engaged in selling
commercial lines of rubber goods.

R. J. Binford and F. W. Shackleford,
from Georgia Tech, are associated to-
gether with the General Electric Co.

Allen Brandriff, Pennsylvania, is selling
automobile tires and disc wheels in Phila-
delphia.

0. L. Brettner, of Rose Polytech, is an
architect.

R. C. Gray, of Rose Polytech, is with
the General Electric Company, as is Al-
bert Brown, of Lafayette.

H. A. Chamberlain, of George Wash-
ington, is engaged in the wholesale end
of selling raw cotton.

R. L. James, a Lehigh man, and W. L.
Chewning, of Stevens, are both with the
U. G. I.

Chester M. Frey, a Penn man, is with
the Provident Life Insurance, while Harry
Freund, whom all Beta Rho men know, is
not only the Philadelphia manager of Pratt
& Cady, manufacturer of valves, etc., but
has the agency for the Reading Casting
Company.

B. McC. Goldsmith, from John B. Stet-
son University, affiliate of Penn, is manu-
facturing patent medicines, while Dr. La-
fitte, our vice-president, is still pulling
teeth and repairing broken jaw bones.

Jess Harris, Percy Lyon, and H. E. Sib-
son, all of Cornell, are holding very im-
portant positions with the Harrison Safety
Boiler Works, Philadelphia.

Frank Hean is still in the Y. M. C. A.
work, located at Norristown.

Bill Kurtz, of Cornell, and Mac Reiley,
also Cornell, are holding down important
positions with the Bell Telephone Com-
pany.

Andy McClay, of Cornell, is in the elec-

trical contracting game, while Miller
Mack, of Penn, is working himself up in
a very definite way in a local Trust Com-
pany.

H. E. McLaughlin, a recent graduate of
Penn, is taking a course in medicine at the
Jefferson Medical College.

Doc Paules, of Cornell, is associated
with the clerical force of Baldwin Loco-
motive Works.

Frank Register, of Penn, is holding
down a job with the Barrett Manufacturing
Company, and Ralph Runyan, of State, is
manager of a local brokerage concern,
while Mike Riter, of Penn, is associated
with his father in the tin plate and sheet
metal business.

John Solenberger, of Penn, is chief sta-
tistician of the Municipal Court in the
city, having seven different branches of
this court under his supervision.

John Strachan, University of California,
is with the Midvale Steel and told us some
interesting information on the 8-inch How-
itzer, which was made for England to be
shipped to Russia, and with all this infor-
mation regarding these various men, we
have decided at future meetings to have
two or three men tell a few interesting
facts concerning their line of work, and by
this method we feel that we can make the
future meetings ones of interest and mu-
tual enjoyment

The Philadelphia Alumni Chapter at
the present time has fifty-eight members,
with fifty-eight subscriptions to The
Delta. This has all been accomplished
since last December when the ragged ends
were gathered together by three or four
local Sigs and an effort was made to re-
organize the Alumni Chapter, which had
convened a few- times, if any, since the be-
ginning of the war. We have great hopes
and we are extremely optimistic for the
future, and intend to build up the Associa-
tion until we can claim 100 per cent, effi-
ciency.

Those who are taking the trouble to
read this rather rambling, and in some
ways, uninteresting report from Philadel-
phia would no doubt be disappointed if we
did not repeat that we are still hoping for
the next Grand Chapter. In recent issues
of The Delta, we believe we have made
this clear, and have also taken the oppor-
tunity of conveying our thoughts on the
subject to the various members of the High

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Council. Our slogan now is as it was
then. "Meet us in Philadelphia in 1921."

Our greatest problem, however, is to get
a decision from the High Council at an
early date so we can perfect the organiza-
tion and make the necessary arrangements
to give the High Council not only the best
accommodations possible, but the most en-
joyable convention they have ever at-
tended.

Yours for the next Grand Chapter,

WILLIAM L. GRUHLER, Secretary.

PITTSBURGH ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter opened
the year 1920-21 with a dinner and meet-
ing at the Hotel Chatham on September
14th. A good number were present al-
though many of our members were still
out of town on vacations. The business
meeting was devoted mainly to the forma-
tion of plans to increase membership and
stimluate interest in the Chapter during
the coming year. The dinner was en-
joyed, a lot of Sigma Nu spirit was evi-
dent, and the meeting was an entire suc-
cess.

The second monthly meeting was held at
the same place on October 12th. Out-of-
town Sigs are always welcome to our meet-
ings. The monthly affairs are held in the
evening of the second Tuesday of each
month, at the Hotel Chatham. The daily
luncheons are still held at Kaufmann &
Baer's restaurant

Brother S. B. Thorn is making a record
in obtaining new members. His success
may come from experience — he is manager
of the Pittsburgh office of the Equitable
Insurance Company of Iowa.

An architectural office has been recently
opened at 331 Fourth Avenue, by Brother
L. H. Button.

Brother A. C. Clarke is district chief
engineer of the B. & O. R. R. at Pitts-
burgh. A number of improvements of
considerable size are going forward under
his direction in this district Among these
the most important is the replacing of an
old bridge over the Allegheny River at
Here's Island. The construction of the
new bridge involves many engineering dif-
ficulties not met with in ordinary bridge

construction as the new structure has to be
placed in the exact location of the old one
and then raised a distance of fifteen feet,
all without interruption of traffic. One of
the main spans has already been success-
fully placed in position.

Brother J. P. Toler, Jr., is now with the
Crescent Portland Cement Company, Wam-
pum, Pa.

Brother Hubert Conover has left Pitts-
burgh and is now with the Choralcelo
Company, Chicago, 111.

Brother R. M. Crawford has launched
a company to engage in the manufacture
of chemicals used in the dye industry. The
concern is known as the Pittsburgh Coal
Products Co., and has acquired an existing
plant near Butler, Pa. Owing to Bob's
exceptional ability as a manufacturing
chemist, his company should meet with
great success.

Brother E. J. Burnell has been trans-
ferred from the Pittsburgh to the Boston
office of the Link Belt Company.

H. G. STOCKDALE, Secretary.

SCHENECTADY ALUMNI
CHAPTER

With the help of Brothers Palmer and
Hurlin, we are able to pull off a very suc-
cessful initial meeting of Schnectady Sigs
in the Mohawk, Friday night. We had
seventeen present out of a possible twenty
we have lined up and who were in town
last evening. Pretty good percentage, eh?
And they were all apparently keen for
something of the sort. This feature is all
the more noteworthy because of the fact
that we were as yet quite unacquainted.

We had a rattling good dinner, with the
proper embellishment of white roses;
black, white and gold ribbons on the "see-
gars, et cetry"

Our chief business, besides getting ac-
quainted, was to sign up the petition pa-
pers and elect officers.

L. L HOPKINS, Secretary.

The following clipping from the Schnec-
tady Gazette was sent in by Brother Hop-
kins, secretary:

"Seventeen Alumni of the Sigma Nu
Fraternity from various colleges met last
night for dinner in the Mohawk hotel and

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formed a permanent organization. L. L.
Hopkins presided. The following officers
were elected: A. O. Clark, representing
the University of Kansas, president; E. C.
Palmer, Bowdoin College, vice-president;
F. H. Knapp, treasurer; L. L. Hopkins,
Case College, secretary.

Besides the officers, the following mem-
bers were present: L. C. Purdy, repre-
senting Syracuse University; H. L. An-
drews, University of Missouri; John Con-
stable, University of Nevada; J. W. Dow-
ner, University of Vermont; C. W. Falls
and J. W. Mikels, Rose Polytechnic Insti-
tute in Terre Haute, Ind.; C. L. MofFatt,
Lehigh University; W. L. Ellason, Univer-
sity of Delaware; C. F. F. Garis, Lafayette
College; A. B. Gregg, Syracuse Univer-
sity; C. L. McLean, University of Okla-
homa, and W. M. Hurlin, Bowdoin Col-
lege."

SHELBY COUNTY ALUMNI

This county boasts some twenty-one
Sigs, all good men, real producers and
representing the several professions and
other walks of life.

Brothers Louis Lattimore, Thornton
Bostic and Hackett Blanton have returned
to North Carolina State College, Raleigh,
N. C. These boys report that old Sigma Nu
will enjoy another banner year at that
institution. They are members of Beta
Tau Chapter at that institution.

Brother John Schenck, Jr., is superinten-
dent of the big Lily Mill near Shelby.
Brother Schenck and his estimable wife
are residents of mis city. Brother Schenck
received his technical training at North
Carolina State and is a member of Beta
Tau Chapter.

Captain B. F. Williams, % has recently
thrown off the yoke of war and will early
resume the practice of law at Lenoir, N. C.

Brothers Benjamin Suttle, B T, and
Frank Hoey, ¥, among other things, are
engaged in the automobile business rep-
resenting the Page people. They report
that the demand is greater than the supply
for this extraordinary car.

Lieutenant Governor 0. Max Gardner,
B T, is taking an active part in state poli-
tics at this juncture. He is in great de-
mand as a speaker and is utterly unable to
fulfill all of his engagements.

Brother Ralph Royster, B T, is vice-
president of the Olive Hosiery Mills, one
of the largest hisiery plants in the state.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. McBrayer
recently stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa,
as camp surgeon, has been assigned to duty
in the Philippine Islands, having left San
Francisco, Calif., on September 6th. His
temporary address is Philippine Depart-
ment, Manila, P. I. Colonel McBrayer
was in command of Hospital Unite No. 24
in France. The French Republic con-
ferred the decoration of the Legion of
Honor upon Colonel McBrayer in recogni-
tion of his services over there.

Brother F. D. Quinn, ¥, druggist, South
Shelby, and his estimable wife, are guests
at the home of their little son — said son
having arrived a couple of weeks ago.

"PAT" McBRAYER, Beta Tau.

SHREVEPORT ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Forty-five Alumni members of Sigma
Nu, the South's own Greek letter college
fraternity, foregathered one evening away
back in 1917 for the purpose of forming
an Alumni Chapter of the Fraternity here.
Their plans had about been completed
when Kaiser Bill slammed his mailed fist
down on the international table and
gummed the game. Shreveport Sigs
promptly found other and more important
business, requiring a complete change of
costume, the most distinctive feature of
which was that all the suits were of the
same pattern.

Monday night, remembering their inter-
rupted intentions, they met again and re-
newed the business they were about Re-
sult: completion of preliminary arrange-
ments and orders for a dance at the
Youree roof, September 3, at 8:30. Mean-
while, Dr. N. W. Sentell, Tulane, is chair-
man of the organization committee ap-
pointed to perfect that detail and E. E.
Talbot, 1208 Merchants Building, is in
charge of arrangements for the dance. All
Sigs in or near Shreveport are urged to
communicate with him and to bring them-
selves and, if they have accumulated diem,
their wives and their little Sigs Friday
night.

One of the features of die Monday
night's dinner was a short and cheery

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speech by Superintendent C. E. Byrd, of
the Caddo parish schools, one of the oldest
members of the local organization. The
next regular luncheon will take place in
the Youree private dining rooms at 12:15
Saturday, September 11th. At that time
permanent officers will be elected and a
definite date for the weekly luncheons es-
tablished. The dance this week, will ap-
pear on the annual social calendar of the
Alumni association and the committee ex-
pects the party to give the Sigma Nu Fol-
lies of the St. Louis Grand Chapter a race
for honors.

Those attending the dinner Monday
were: Lloyd C. Gibson, Frank J. Baxter,
Sumpter Cousin, N. W. Sentell, J. H.
Tucker, John D. Ewing, A. H. Meadows,
Donald M. Clements, E. E. Talbot, James
H. Cavett, A. D. Mason, F. L. Hargrove, A.
B. Irion, Homa Wood, David B. Stutsman,
H. B. McGuffin, Williamson, Henry Good-
rich, Huffman Sam Jones Smith, C. B.
Johnson, George Lewis, Haller Jackson,
Johnny Marston, Henry Skannal, Justin
Querbes, Leon O'Quinn, Randolph A.
Querbes, Mickey O'Quinn, H. I. Morgan
and David M. Roberts.

The organization committee is com-
posed of Sumpter Cousin, Leonard Har-
grove and N. W. Sentell, chairman; the
dance committee, Mickey O'Quinn, A. D.
Mason and E. E. Talbot; luncheon com-
mittee, Leonard Hargrove; reporter, E. E.
Talbot —The Shreveport Times.

SPOKANE ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Spokane Alumni Chapter has been
quite active of late, after a dull period
during the summer months.

September 17th the Chapter held a rush-
ing luncheon at the Davenport Hotel. The
affair was a success from every standpoint,
and we are thinking of holding one an-
nually from now on. There were twenty-
one Sigs present and thirteen "rushees."
The young men were leaving this fall for
various colleges and universities, and we
know of some cases already where they
have been pledged to the Fraternity. Clay-
ton Rudberg, at the University of Washing-
ton Chapter; Harold Zent and Phil Hind-
ley, at Washington State College. Brother
Ed Robertson, our president, gave the boys

some good advice regarding their future
at college. The luncheon was a good get-
together, and everyone seemed well
pleased. We, in Spokane, believe that the
Alumni Chapters must take a more active
part in rushing, as competition is grow-
ing stronger each year, due to the fact that
most of the colleges are increasing the
•number of fraternities represented.

Reports received by us are that the
Chapters at Washington State College,
University of Washington, University of
Idaho, and University of Montana have
all pledged a fine lot of men.

Plans are now on foot for our annual
banquet, which will be held sometime in
October or the early part of November.
From the talk that is going around, we
want to say that it is going to be the big-
gest and best banquet ever held. Anyone
that misses the banquet this year is going
to miss a "rare time."

Brother "Bee" Arney and Brother Ward
Arney have both been with us recently and
we only wish that they could be here
every Tuesday.

Brice Toole, of the Montana Chapter,
has been in Spokane all summer and has
been on deck at the luncheon every week.

We are still holding our weekly lunch-
eons at the University Club.

We are all agreed, I believe, that a vote
of thanks should be tendered to those who
set the Presidential elections every four
years, as by so doing they allowed the
Alumni Chapter at Spokane to have two
years of peace and quiet at the luncheons,
with nothing to do but talk about the good
old days at college.

If any Brothers, who may read this, are
planning on being out West this fall,
please call on us as we want to show
you what we have.

G. FREDERICK W. SALT, Secretary.

WATERLOO ALUMNI CHAPTER

After several years of endeavor on the
part of Sigma Nus in Waterloo, an Alumni
Association was finally organized in the
fore part of 1920. At its first business
meeting, Judge George W. Wood was
elected president, Le Clair Martin, vice-
president, and P. H. Frank, secretary and
treasurer.

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The Alumni Association meets regularly
the second Wednesday in every month at
6:30 p. m., at the Russell-Lamson Hotel,
and it is our hope that any visiting Brother
who happens to be in Waterlool or vicinity
at that time will be able to be present at
our dinner.

The Alumni Association has started with
twelve members: George W. Wood, X;
Everett Jack, B M; Chesley Jenness, T 5;

Harry Main, T 5; Dr. CarylNelsen, T B;
Fred Clark, X; Charles Fisher, T 2;
Charles Wilson, X; E. K. West, X; P. H.
Frank, B M; and William Cook, T K.

Inasmuch as Millard Bailey and Roland
Merner have both graduated from Michi-
gan, we expect to have them join our ranks
very shortly.

P. H. FRANK, Secretary.

Alumni Notes

VIRGINIA MILITARY
INSTITUTE

Alpha Chapter

Brother Blandy B. Clarkson is coach of
football at Virginia Military Institute.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Beta Chapter

Brother Jim White is now head coach
of all athletics at Wake Forest College;
he has turned out a football team which
has already made a creditable showing
against Georgia Tech, North Carolina, and
Washington and Lee. His younger brother,
Marion White, is playing on the team.

Brother Harold Sparr completed an
eighteen months9 interneship at the Phila-
delphia General Hospital, in October, and
left at once with Mrs. Sparr for his home
in Memphis where he is going into general
practice.

Brother Alex. Nichol is at work in his
father's store in Pine Bluff, and from all
accounts, is making a good business man.

Brothers Doc Jennings and Fat Mc-
Wane, of Lynchburg, made us a visit at the
time of the V. M. I. game.

Brother Allen Thornton frequently
drops in to see us in. his trips around the
state; his millions are being made in the
oil fields, but no testimony can be given
as to the exact amount he has realized to
date.

Brother Hicklin Yates is now back in
his home in Kansas City; the chances are
very much in favor of him now advocating

the cause of the Republican party, because
of Harding's tenth stand on the League of
Nations.

Brother Bob Stephens is another Alum-
nus who has been engaged in politics; he
recently took the stump for Hoke Smith
in his campaign in Georgia.

Brother Eddy Meade and father are en-
gaged in an extensive law practice in
Danville; the former is by far the busiest
member of the firm.

Brother Stud Grayson is in the auto-
mobile business in Atlanta with his
brother.

Brother Warren Birge expects to go in
the real estate business with his father in
the near future.

Brother Manly Cobb is a student in the
Episcopal Theological Seminary, in Alex-
andria, Va.

Brother Percy Bass is taking post-gradu-
ate work in engineering at Boston Tech
this year.

Brother Otto Jennings is in Boston as
the representative of a lumber company of
Bridgeport, Conn. .*•»•''

Brother Powell Dillatd is an interne in
the Post-Graduate's Hospital in New York.-
A. R. SHANDS, JR.

Brother Edwin Meade, a graduate of the
Law School in the class of '20, is prac-
ticing law in Danville, Va. Splendid re-
ports have come to us recently from
Brother Meade and the manner in which
he is taking charge of his father's practice
in the latter's absence.

Brothers Charles Dean and Winifred
Bramham, also members of last year's
graduating class, are attending the Whar-
ton School, at the University of Pennsyl-
vania.

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Brother Jack Jackson has opened a con-
fectionery business in Hopkinsville, Ken-
tucky. The Chapter sends best wishes to
"Big Jack" in "Jack's Place."

Brother Warren Birge will accept a po-
sition in Washington, D. C, in the near
future. Brother Birge very kindly aided
the rushing committee here during the
opening week of this session.

Brother Harry Hout is in business in
Washington, D. C.

Brother Henry McWane, '15, is in busi-
ness in the thriving city of Lynchburg, Va.
JOHN J. MORRIS, JR.

any a week ago on his way from his home
in Somerset, Pa., to St. Louisville, Ohio.

Brother W. H. Erskine, of Osakio, Ja-
pan, spent a week in the Chapter House
during the summer session. This is the
first time Brother Erskine has been able
to visit the House for seven years.

— The Epsilon Informer.

Brother Charles Omer Price is with the
merchant marines, Stewards' Department,
and recently started from San Francisco
to Tokyo.

BETHANY COLLEGE

Epsilon Chapter

The following members of Epsilon
Chapter are attending other colleges this
year:

Brother 0. J. Brown is attending Colum-
bia University, Brother John C. Gates, Jr.,
is at the Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Ernest R. Porterfield is at the University
of Pittsburgh, H. D. Darsie at Columbia
University, Richard E. Slayter at the Uni-
versity of Missouri, John W. Chapman at
Brown University, Royal D. Robeson and
H. D. Jones at Ohio State University, C.
E. Palmer at the University of Arkansas,
Arch L. Oldaker at McCormick Medical
School, James W. Day at the American
School of Osteopathy, and Arthur E. Rez-
zonico at Morris-Harvey College.

U. G. PALMER, JR.

On November 6th, Brother Lt. E. E.
Harmon dropped down on us in a De-
Haviland bi-plane.

On November 13th, Brother F. H. Har-
mon, of Washington, D. C, was here to
see die football game.

Brother U. G. Palmer, of Pittsburgh,
was here pledge night and spent the night.
He is with the Pullman Company at pres-
ent and spends the most of his time in
traveling over the country.

Brother E. H. Wray, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
was with us for a few hours one day.

Brother J. Roane Lumpkin blew in from
Baltimore, Md., one pleasant afternoon.
Lump is connected with a bank in Balti-
more in some way.

Brother C. E. Hoover stopped in Beth-

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

Zeta Chapter

Brother W. C. Hanna is secretary of
agriculture in the state of Kentucky.

F. M. SMITH, Gamma Nu.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Theta Chapter

W. D. Hays has been commissioned a
captain of Field Artillery and assigned to
Camp Bragg, N. C. During the war he
served as a major of Field Artillery and
served twelve months overseas.

A. H. ALSTON.

Brother Charles Doster is now taking
an advanced course in business at Harvard
University.

Brother John M. Hodo is a professor
in the Edgar Preparatory School of Mont-
gomery, Ala.

Brother John B. Aird is practicing law
in Birmingham, Ala., with his father.

Brother Reginald C. Smith is assistant
engineer of the Stockholm Pipe and Fit-
tings Company, of Birmingham.

Brother James Robertson is in business
with his father in Dallas, Texas.

Brother Robert Murphree has accepted
an excellent position with the Troy Bank
& Trust Company, of Troy, Ala.

ARMSTRONG CORY.

William L. Lee is chairman of the
Board of Education of Houston County,
Ala. Brother Lee is a lawyer with a large
practice, both in Columbiana and Dothan.

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Brother Wallace T. Lee, a son of
Brother William L. Lee, 0, is a student at
Annapolis, and was chosen as one of the
representatives of the Naval Academy in
the Olympic games this year.

Brother Thomas M. Owen, Jr., of Mont-
gomery, was elected state historian of the
American Legion at its annual convention
held in Anniston, in June.

Brigadier General Robert E. Steiner, in
command of the Alabama National
Guard, is making a great reputation on
the manner in which he is handling the
big coal strike which has prevailed in the
Birmingham district for several weeks.
There have been no acts of violence since
he and his soldiers arrived on the scene,
and the miners themselves are commending
him for the manner in which he is con-
ducting the campaign for law and order.

Dr. Burr Ferguson is now a major with
the American Red Cross, having spent last
winter with that organization in Vladivos-
tok, and is now helping to clean up the
tyhlus fever and other diseases in the dis-
trict around Tirana, in Albania.

C. Fred Winkler has just been appointed
Probate Judge of Butler County, Alabama,
by Governor Thomas E. Kilby, and his
friends predict he will fill that office with
distinction. As a side line to his legal
profession, Fred has at his home near
Greenville, one of the most complete
chicken farms in the entire Southern states.

Brother William L. Longshore, in the
recent election in Alabama, was elected
Circuit Judge of one of the districts, on
the Republican ticket.

HOWARD COLLEGE

Iota Chapter

Grand Chaplain John R. Sampey was
dean of the Third Annual Bible Class Con-
ference held at Camp Daniel Boone, Ky.,
August 22nd-24th.

WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY

Lambda Chapter

Brother Harry Moran, *14, is now export
sales manager for the Lake and Export

Coal Corporation, with offices at 11 Broad-
way, New York City.

Brother Dick Smith, '10, is head coach
of athletics at Fishburne Military School
and is assisted by Brother Dave Bonne.

Brother Luke Waters, '20, is connected
with a law firm in his home town of
Frederick, Md. "Luke" was president of
the student body last year and probably
received more honors than any other man
in the university.

Brother Dick Simmons, '20, is prac-
ticing law in Springfield, Tenn., and from
all reports he is making a huge success.
We take this opportunity to wish him the
best of luck, but that his work will not
prevent him from paying us a visit before
the year expires.

Brother Fred McWane, '13, is general
manager of the Lynchburg Foundry, and
his success is ours as he has never failed
to help us in any way he was able and
his success in actual life is a great example
for the college boy of today.

S. H. BALLARD.

Brother Martin Simmons came down to
Nashville from Springfield, Tenn., to look
over the Freshmen entering Vanderbilt

CARR PAYNE.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Nu Chapter

Brother J. T. Messenger is head of the
newly created School of Education at the
University of Idaho. Brother Messenger
has been Dean of the University of Ver-
mont's School of Education.

BURTON P. SEARS.

R. J. Hopkins was re-elected attorney-
general of Kansas in the November elec-
tion.

Martin Van Buren VanDemark was
elected to the Kansas Senate from the
Cloud county district last November, and
the term is for four years.

W. P. Harrington was one of the few
Democrats to escape being caught in the
November landslide. He will represent
Gove county in the Kansas Legislature this
winter.

Marvin W. Harms is secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, of Edinburg,
Texas.

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Mary Phillis is the name of the new
daughter that came to the home of Brother
Henry H. Smith, at Hutchinson, Kansas,
May 31st, 1920.

GRANT W. HARRINGTON.

Born to Brother and Mrs. Henry H.
Smith, Coffeyville, Kansas, a daughter,
Mary Phyllis, May 31, 1920.

Brother and Mrs. Clell Todd announce
the birth of their daughter, October 10,
1920.

Born to Brother and Mrs. F. L. Love-
less, a daughter, Norma Louise, May 16,
1920.

CHARLES E. BLAIR.

BETHEL COLLEGE

Omicron Chapter

Brother John Louis Grayot, of Madison-
ville, Ky., managed the Democratic cam-
paign for Cox and Roosevelt, this fall.
F. M. SMITH, Gamma Nu.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Sigma Chapter

Brother Harry Ambrose, of the Ambrose
Printing Company, in Nashville, has been
spending his summer in England.

Brother Harry Leathers has been here
on his vacation and gives his address as
247 South 38th Street, Philadelphia. He
is still with the General Electric Co.

Brother William Leath is teaching at
Wafford College, Spartanburg, S. C.

Brother R. P. Stewart is taking graduate
work at Harvard this year.

Brother Norton, of Ames, was in town
during the Tennessee State Fair. He is
now located at Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

Brother Lemuel Stevens is with the
Gould Construction Company, of this city.

Brother Walter Noel is now connected
with the Tennessee Metal Culvert Com-
pany, with headquarters in Nashville.

Brother David Hardison is farming near
Lewisburg, Tenn.

Brother Leland Sedberry is now a Bap-
tist minister in the same town.

Brother Esmond Crutchfield is working
for the Western Union in Nashville.

Brother Robert Sneed is with Rock City
Construction Co., in Nashville.

Brother Merle Dunne came in last sum-
mer to pay us a visit on his travels off
duty from his supercargo job with the
Merchant Marine. His latest address for
receiving mail is 360 Washington Street,
New York. Just had a card from Dr.
Dunn from Braila, Roumania: "Here
I am, 250 miles up the Danube River from
the Black Sea, loading barley for Ant-
werp." Brother Dunn reached New York
about December 1st, after traveling
through Turkey, Morocco, and Belgium.

DePAUW UNIVERSITY

Beta Beta Chapter

Brother Edwin W. Dunlavy was ap-
pointed a member of the committee to con-
sider placing a Methodist Children's home
at Greencastle, Ind., to be under the joint
control of the Northwest Conference of
Indiana M. E. Conference.

Brother Ray L. Burns is now at Coal
City, Ind., managing the branch bank
there for the Farmers and Merchants Bank
of Clay City, Ind. Brother Burns reports
that the bank just opened for business on
August 25th, but that they are doing a nice
business thus far, with very bright pros-
pects for the future. Brother Burns's
father, Brother James L. Burns, also of
Beta Beta Chapter, is president of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Beta Zeta Chapter

Brother Harry A. Haller is still loeated
with the Haskel and Barker Car Company,
at Michigan City, Ind. He writes that oc-
casionally some of the members of Beta
Zeta Chapter drop in to see him.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Beta Eta Chapter

Brother Ward G. Biddle has just com-
pleted the organization of a new bank in

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Middletown, Indiana, under the name of
the Middletown State Bank, of which he
is cashier and one of the directors. It is
expected to open about the first of the
year.

Brother C. C. Craig, '20, is instructor
of mathematics at Indiana University.

Brother Hiram E. Stonecipher joined
his father in Smyrna, Asia Minor, as Y.
M. C. A. secretary. Brother Stonecipher
graduated in June, 1920.

Be it known herewith that Brother
George Waiters (Tubby) Ford, 166, is not
deceased as was reported in the 1919
"Limelight" Brother Ford has made
known this mistake by sending us a check.

JOHN R. FAIR.

The Little Theater Society of Indiana,
presented the second program of its sea-
son at the Masonic Temple on November
19, 1920, with four one-act plays. Brother
Russell Stuart took part in the final play,
"Aria Da Capo," a fantasy written in the
prevailing style of Greenwich Village lit-
erature.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE

Beta Theta Chapter

Brothers J. M. Ward, "Doc" McCreary,
and Gray Carter paid the Chapter a visit
last Saturday when they came up to see
Auburn defeat Camp Benning in football.
These three, including Brothers J. D.
Ratchford and M. L. Kirkpatrick spent
Saturday night with us and enjoyed the
opening dance given by the college. It
certainly seemed like old times to have so
many of the old men back. We enjoyed
their visit immensely.

Brother Stuart Dent made a pop call
the other day. Brother Dent graduated
only last year, but at present is holding a
very prominent position with the Alabama-
Georgia Power Co.

Brother Frazer, '20, is now working in
LeFayette, Ala., in the mercantile busi-
ness. He has been to see us several times
this year and helped us during rush week
considerably.

Brother Jake Pate is holding a responsi-
ble position in the Lanett Cotton Mills in
Fairfax, Ala.

We were very much surprised to see
Brother Pollard last week. Brother Pol-
lard was with us all last year as instructor
in vetinary medicine, but has received a
commission as First Lieutenant in the
Medical Corps of the U. S. Army and is
stationed at Fort Riley, Kans.

J. £. COMBS.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE

Beta Iota Chapter

Brothers Burkle, Jones and Brown have
completed their factory training in the
Goodyear Tire "& Rubber Company plant
and will soon join the sales force.

Brothers Slabaugh, Morris, Hughes,
Slates and Hunter are in the Dine-DeWees
Co., of Canton. The Dine-DeWees Co. is
a jobbing house for all kinds of automo-
bile accessories for this section of the
United States. Brother Slabaugh is one
of the chief salesmen, Hughes is assistant
sales promoter, Slates is assistant to the
purchasing agent, Morris and Hunter are
in the sales and stock rooms.

Brother Larry Brown, all-Ohio end of
1917, is professor of Mathematics in Ra-
venna Centralized High School, Ravenna,
Ohio.

Brother C. R. Starn is now connected to
the United Furnace Co., of Canton, Ohio.

Brother Stanley A. Cocklin is now an
esteemed professor of Mathematics and
director of athletics of Pritchard Academy
situated in Glascow, Mo.

Brother LeRoy E. Marlowe is a sales-
man for the Automatic Signal & Sign Co.,
of Canton, Ohio. Brother Parke Meyers
is the inventor of this safety contrivance
and a great future for this concern has
been predicted.

Brother Raymond Jeffreys has bought
a newspaper plant in Columbiana, Ohio,
his home town. He is a regular editor now
and recently in a novel advertising stunt,
Jeff (an old army aviator) flew in a plane
over the town and tossed down thousands
of folders saying, "Read the Columbiana
Ledger." This was during the Fair week.

Brother Russell E. Green is now with
the Indestructible Ink Co., with his office
and territory in Detroit, Mich.

Brother Curtis M. Stetler has been re-
elected as City Solicitor of Alliance, Ohio.

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Brother Chet Egnor is now in real estate
development work, having entered the
office of Walter M. Ellett, Alliance, Ohio.

Brother LeRoy Sprankle, manager of
the Canton Independents basketball team,
is out after national honors and recogni-
tion. He is collecting a bunch of stars
and will have a real team. They will tour
the middle-western states.

Brother Jake Kester is playing a smash-
ing game as fullback for the Pitcairn
Quakers pro team.

Brother Homer Johns is in South Da-
kota at the foot of the Black Hills, en-
gaged in mining engineering.

CHET EYNON.

Brother E. L. Bandy is general secre-
tary of the Y. M. C. A. and editor of the
Bulletin at Mount Union.

Brother Stanley Smith, former professor
of Bible, at Mount Union, has taken the
First M. E. church at Willoughby, Ohio.
D. E. SHIVELY.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Beta Mu Chapter

Brother Wearl Hall is managing editor
of the Mason City Globe-Gazette, at Mason
City, Iowa.

To Brother and Mrs. Carlton C. Magee,
about August 1st, a daughter. Brother
Magee was an affiliate at Beta Mu Chap-
ter, having been initiated at University of
Oklahoma. Mrs. Magee was Miss Mar-
garet Cook, a Delta Gamma at the State
University of Iowa.

W. L. FLANAGAN.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Beta Nu Chapter

Brother Harry L. Hopwood is secretary
of the Long Street Improvement Associa-
tion, of Columbus, Ohio.

Brother Robert B. Sherman, Eng. '20, is
in the employ of the state insurance in-
spection bureau, Columbus.

Brother H. C. Call, Com. '20, is an
internal revenue inspector, and has his
headquarters in the Federal Building in
this city. J. L. McNAMAR.

UNIVERSITY OF PENN-
SYLVANIA

Beta Rho Chapter

A. L. Viemeister, who is practicing arch-
itecture in the city of New York, recently
met Brother Chandler in Baltimore. His
arm appeared half covered with gold braid
for he is - no less than Lieutenant-Com-
mander in the Navy, and what's more, he
seems to like it. Those who remember
Chandler will recall that he was our star
Lacrosse player around 1914-15.

Gus Viemeister also literally ran into
Ferd Anderson in New York on a buying
expedition. He is one of the owners of a
huge department store in Wahoo, Ne-
braska.

WM. L GRUHLER.

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Beta Upsilon Chapter

Brother Thomas A. Brophy is with the
Corrugated Bar Co., Chicago.

Brother George L. Brown is with the
Western Electric Co., Fort Wayne, Ind.

Brother Glen N. Maxwell is with the
General Electric Co., Schnectady, N. Y.

Brother Jacob T. Reinking is with the
Westinghouse Co., Wellsville, N. Y.

Brother Herbert B. Sliger is with the
Prest-O-Lite Company, Indianapolis.

TULANE UNIVERSITY

Beta Phi Chapter

Brother George K. Favrot was elected to
Congress from Louisiana, in the recent
election.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Gamma Beta Chapter

Brother Vanderblue is on a leave of ab-
sence from the university and is now direc-
tor of Bureau of Research for the Denver
Civic Commercial Association, with head-
quarters at Denver.

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Brother Halperin is now office manager
for the Barrett Advertising Agency, of Chi-
cago.

Brother Randolph is district manager of
the Hi-Grade Oil Co., Williamson, W. Va.

DAN HAGIN.

cian for the Federal Light and Traction
Company, of New York City.

Ralph A. Moyer is employed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at Altoona, Pa., in
the capacity of transitman in the main-
tenance of way department.

ROBERT S. RADCLIFFEL

ALBION COLLEGE

Gamma Gamma Chapter

Brother Robert Baldwin has been re-
elected trustee of Albion College for the
coming year.

Brother Harland Hatch is teaching
school at Charlevoix, Michigan.

Brother Glen Wilkinson is employed as
chemist at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Co., at Akron, Ohio.

Brothers Perkins and Walker are going
to school this year at Northwestern Uni-
versity.

Brother Oakes is completing his work
at the Detroit Medical School.

Brothers Peterson and Greene are at-
tending the University of Michigan this
year.

JOHN H. GREENE.

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Delta Chapter

Brother Charles A. Locke is at present in
Pittsburgh for the firm of Ford, Bacon &
Davis, of New York, as valuation engineer.
Brother Lock was with the Army Ord-
nance Department until July.

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

Gamma Epsilon Chapter

Hilton N. Rahn is located with the In-
^ersoll Rand Company, at Phillipsburg,
N. J.

Fred L. Keller has taken a position with
the lngersoll Rand Company, at Phillips-
burg, N. J.

W. F. Fackenthal is connected with the
Taylor Wharton Corporation, at Easton,
Pa.

Milton A. Vreeland is assistant statisti-

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Gamma Zeta Chapter

Brother Walter D. Brown is with E.
Naumburg & Company, of San Francisco.
The latest news from him states that he
has recently become the father of twins, a
boy and a girl.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Gamma Iota Chapter

Brother Carrol Taylor organized the
largest airplane manufacturing concern in
the South, in Dallas, Texas, and is now its
secretary.

Brother Clarence C. Youngis in the en-
gineering department of the Western Elec-
tric Company, Chicago.

Brother K. G. Pulliam, Jr., has moved
to Los Angeles, Cal., where he intends to
embark into the automobile business. He
will be missed by the Active and Alumni
Chapters more than can be expressed. Due
to his untiring efforts Gamma Iota will be
in their own home next spring. This Chap-
ter will never be able to repay him for
what he has done for it since his initiation
in 1913. The Alumni and Active Chapters
wish him the greatest of success and happi-
ness in his new home and business.

Brother J. A. Wilmore is now city at-
torney for Lexington, and also one of the
foremost lawyers of the city.

Brother W. L. Baughn is assistant city
engineer and is the best we have ever had.

Brother Bain Morrison is private secre-
tary to the mayor of Lexington.

Brother D. P. Campbell has gone back
into Naval Aviation for a short training
course.

Brother "Dutch" Klauder is farming
down at Henderson, Ky.

Brother Herbert Nogle is one of the
City Engineers of Akron, Ohio.

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Brother Edward Hackney is with the
Goodyear Rubber Co., of Akron.

Brother Steve Watkins is County Road
Engineer of Laurel county, Ky.

Brother J. C. Ringo is doing his best to
beat the Ponies, but don't think he is hav-
ing much success.

Brother M. J. Crutcher is connected with
the Ford people in Detroit and is holding
down a nice job.

Brother Hugh D'Anna conies here about
twice a year for the races. He is located
at Hickory, N. C, where he owns a big
cotton mill.

Brother Ted Sides has the Hudson and
Essex agency for the state of Florida and
is located at Jacksonville.

Brother Guy Taylor has been around
Lexington for several days attending the
Trotting Races. He is now with the Du-
Pont Powder Company, at Wilmington,
Del.

Brothers Horace, Reed, and Tilford Wil-
son have a large and thriving hardware
store in Lexington. They are also running
a garage in connection with the store.

JOHN D. TAGGART.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Gamma Kappa Chapter

Brother H. B. Coulter, better known as
The Sunfish," has deserted the foundry
business to enter the engineering depart-
ment of the Great Western Sugar Com-
pany, at Denver, Col.

The young son which came to Brother
Paul Douden's home in Denver during the
summer, is said to be a natural born sales-
man.

Brother Bill Johnston is making Denver
his headquarters in the cement business.
With bumper crops in that section, he re-
ports that a large number of silos are be-
ing constructed.

Brother and Mrs. Virgil E. Sells are the
parents of a young son born early in
November. "V" is still a medical stu-
dent However, his professional opinion
is that what his offspring lacks in size is
made up in quality.

Brother Don Walker, '14, is reported as
doing a very successful law business in
Sapulpa, Okla.

Brother William H. Cooper, Jr., since
his return from the Army, has been ac-
tively engaged as a geologist with the Mid-
west Refining Co., specializing in recon-
naisance work throughout the Rocky
Mountain region. During the past sum-
mer, he had as his assistant, Brother Ken-
•neth Wilson, who has now been placed in
charge of his own party. Brother Robert
Higgins, r H, '17, has succeeded him as
Brother Cooper's assistant Brothers Clair
Coffin and Harry Aurand are also geolo-
gists with the same company.

Brother Thomas Ekrem, who graduated
from the engineering school in 1917 and
who served as assistant camp utility officer
at Camp Funston, Kans., until the past
summer, is engineering a project in the
vicinity of San Antonio, Texas.

Brother Frank P. Clark, sometime stu-
dent at Colorado, Northwestern, and Cor-
nell, is spending the winter in Boulder,
Colo., where he can frequently visit the
Chapter.

Refrigeration and cold storage is re-
quiring the attention of Brother Charles
W. Bessee these days as he has recently
been appointed assistant manager of the
Denver Ice and Cold Storage Co.

Goodland, Kans., is good enough for
Brother Herbert R. Shimeall, '17, for after
a year's service with various subsidiaries
of the Cities Service Co., he has returned
to his old home to associate himself with
his father in the banking business.

The cleverest exclusive clothing shop for
men in Denver is that which was recently
opened by Brother Belmont C. Preston,
who with his brother-in-law are doing bus-
iness as The Pickens-Preston Clothing Co.

Amongst other Brothers employed by
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. may be
found Ray V. Rhinehart, who is now man-
aging the Billings, Mont, office of that
corporation.

Brother Charles Beattie Johnson is re-
ported to be making a big success in rais-
ing cotton, corn, and hogs in the vicinity
of Shreveport, La. Randolph Querbes,
also of Phi Chapter, is living at that place.

As teachers and athletic coaches in their
respective high schools, Brothers Frank
Hickey, of Canon City, Colo., and Chester
Sells, of Wheatridge, Colo., are making
enviable reputations.

Brother Welcome McMurray, after a
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his family to the Pacific Coast where he
divides his time between Ocean Park and
Venice as "chief inspector of ladies' bath-
ing suits."

Brother Maurice Martensen and his
family have moved from Delta, Col., to
Seattle, Wash., where he will engage in
engineering.

Brother Paul V. Greedy, Lieutenant (S.
G.) U. S. Navy, is expected to return with
his family from California and to be sta-
tioned somewhere in Colorado.

Brother Rex Beckett is now the assistant
engineer at the Swink, Colorado, plant of
the Holly Sugar Corporation.

Brother Pattison A. Waters, better
known as "Pink," is practising medicine
at Lewiston, Idaho.

Brother Clayton S. Wolf is still with the
Great Western Sugar Co. at its Sterling,
Col., factory as assistant chief chemist.

Brother Ted Glendinning is teaching in
the Craig, Colo., High School after having
spent the summer on his homestead. In
addition to his roll as teacher and rancher,
he is also a father, a beautiful young
daughter having been born to the Glen-
denning's the latter part of the summer.
We are all confident that her beauty was
inherited from her mother's side of the
family.

Brother George Heber Swerer, secretary
of the Denver Alumni Chapter, in addition
to practicing law in Denver, is managing
and Brother Jack Donovan, is operating a
truck transportation company in South-
western Colorado known as the Paradox
Valley Land and Transport Co. Brother
Dutch Perry, T H Alumnus, is associated
with them.

SIDNEY W. BISHOP.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Gamma Lambda Chapter

Brother Charles S. Knight, formerly
dean at the University of Nevada, is now
secretary of the Reno Chamber of Com-
merce.

Brother Chester E. Rightor, with the De-
troit Bureau of Governmental Research,
was a delegate to the annual meeting of
the National Municipal League, which was
held at Indianapolis, November 17 and
18, 1920. The week before he attended

the City Manager Conference at Cincinnati,
where he gave an address on the budget
system for cities. Brother Rightor has
given special study to the budget plan,
national, state, and municipal. His last
book, on the history of actual practice of
city-manager government in Dayton, Ohio,
was reviewed in the October, 1920, Delta.

Brother Berthold Mann is in the lumber
business in Mayville, Wis.

Brother Francis ("Bozz") Whitney is in
ihe real estate business.

Brother Clarence Joerndt is now con-
nected with the National City Bank of
New York.

Brother Maklem Gregory is working
with Jones and Laughlin, of Chicago.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Gamma Mu Chapter

C. R. LaBier is attending Rush Medical
College, Chicago.

S. J. Wilkinson is attending Johns Hop-
kins, Baltimore.

E. B. Stover is with General Electric
Company, Chicago.

R. S. Reding is an insurance salesman,
Springfield, Illinois.

L. E. Murray is with David Lupton's
Sons Company, Philadelphia.

C. S. Bernard is with Jesse Barloga,
architect, Rockford, Illinois.

S. W. Bliss is with Blass & Son, archi-
tects, Memphis, Tenn.

0. E. Proeltss is with the New Jersey
Zinc Company, Moundsville, W. Va.

F. G. Olbrict is a drainage engineer in
Fort Dodge, Iowa.

W. F. Gast is with the General Motors
Company, St. Louis, Mo.

J. B. Mailers is visiting in Redlands,
California.

E. B. Hoff is with the United Fruit
Brokers Association, Chicago.

G. A. Carlton is with Alfred, Decker &
Cohn, Chicago.

H. H. GRAHAM.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Gamma Nu Chapter

Brother Uri Carpenter, '20, has entered
the Jefferson Medical College at Philadel-

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phia. "Carp" writes that he has affiliated
with the Phi Beta Pi Chapter at that place
and that seven of the Phi Bets are Sigma
Nus. "Feel right at home," writes Carp.

Brother "Rabbit" Fountain, Michigan's
greatest shortstop, is at present the athletic
officer at Camp Taylor, Ky., ranking as
captain.

Brother Russell Dobson, former owner
of the Ann Arbor Times-News, has pur-
chased a paper at Mansfield, Ohio, his old
home, and will leave shortly for the Buck-
eye city. The boys hate to see "Russ"
leave as he is the only Alumnus living in
Ann Arbor and has always offered the
best of co-operation at all times with the
Active Chapter.

Brother Roland Merner, '20, is prac-
ticing law in Cedar Falls, Iowa, with his
father, Judge William Merner.

F. M. SMITH.

UNIVERSITY OF
WEST VIRGINIA

Gamma Pi Chapter

Brother Leslie Drake is representing
the National Carbon Co. He made Chari-
ton, Iowa, the other day, where Brother
Hugh Cory, E, is principal of the high
school. They had a regular West Virginia
time together.

HUGH CORY.

C. H. Ambler, who taught at University
of Texas this summer, returned to West
Virginia University for the fall term.

W. W. Trent, Elkins, W. Va., is candi-
date for State Superintendent of Schools.

Kemper Shelton is now practicing law
in Huntington, W. Va. He expects to re-
turn to West Virginia as coach of baseball
next spring.

Ira E. Rodgers, captain and fullback of
AU-American team, is now assistant coach
at West Virginia.

Laurence Starkey is professor of animal
husbandry at Clemson College, South
Carolina.

James Guhier has entered Harvard after
being discharged from Walter Reid Hos-
pital at Washington, D. C. Brother
Guiher was elected to Phi Beta Kappa last
spring.

H. S. SHINN.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Gamma Rho Chapter

The Gamma Rho Alumni had a little
get-together October 11th at the Chapter
House. The meeting was an informal one
to lay plans for a Gamma Rho Alumni
Association. Brother Conover presided.
A permanent organization was outlined
and monthly meetings are to be held the
first Monday night in each month. Those
present were Brothers Perry Patterson,
Bodwin, Conover, Ball, Lawrence, Jerome
Fisher, Ring, Dickson, and Prather.

Brother Dr. Harry Blodgett, a charter
member, is practicing medicine in Hono-
lulu, T. H. Brother Blodgett was con-
nected with the medical department of the
U. S. Army in Hawaii until about a year
ago when he resigned to take up the private
practice of medicine.

Brother Donald Rose is attending Kent
Law School, Chicago.

Brother Martin Stevers, editor of the
Maroon, '14, is connected with the Ameri-
can School of Correspondence.

Brother Emil Vacin, last year in Cam-
bridge University, England on a scholar-
ship, is home for a short visit before he
sails for South Africa where he will en-
gage in business.

Brother. Ham Maher is with Armour &
Co., in the employment department.

Brother Fred H. Kay is engaged in busi-
ness in Venezuela.

Brother Jerome Fisher, Chicago's star
athlete in '17, is instructor in the Geo-
ology department.

Brother Mauritz Hallgren is reporting
on the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune.

Brother Dr. Fred Gaarde, baseball cap-
tain in '08, is with the Mayo Brothers,
Rochester, Minn.

KENNETH WIDDIFIELD.

IOWA STATE COLLEGE
Gamma Sigma Chapter

Brother R. G. Anderson, '20, is back at
Ames and is instructing in the A. H. De-
partment. We are glad to have R. G.
with us again for he is a hard worker for
Sigma Nu.

Brother Don Warner, ex-'16, is selling

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the famous Jordan Automobile at Clarion,
Iowa.

Brother W. C. Williams, ex-*13, is lo-
cated at Corn Rapids, and is the agent for
the Ford.

Brother C. F. Jenness, secretary of the
Iowa Holstein Breeders' Association, has
paid us several visits during the past year
and we wish more of the Brothers could
do likewise.

Brother W. L. Henderson is farming at
Sisseton, S. D., and is one of the Chapter's
active correspondents.

Brother Garfield Peterson was back in
Iowa this summer but has returned to Cuba
to continue his work.

Brother Kenneth Maine, of Des Moines,
paid the Chapter a visit during rushing
and helped locate a few men.

Brother L. C. Brewer will soon join the
ranks of matrimony. Further details will
appear later.

JOHN W. WHITTEMORE.

like a restful little bungalow where he
could settle down to a bucolic life for a
while.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Delta Beta Chapter

Brother Winsor D. Wilkinson is an engi-
neer with the Constructing Quartermaster
at Camp Stephen D. Little, Nogales, Ariz.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Delta Gamma Chapter

Brother Jack Stone is cashier of a bank
at Indianola, Iowa. He is a member of
the local Kappa fraternity at Simpson, and
talks Sigma Nu to the boys.

HUGH COREY, E.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Gamma Tau Chapter

Brother Archie Carlson of the 1916 Min-
nesota football team, spent the day of
October 2nd at the Chapter House.

Brother Robert Dougherty is now teach-
ing in Pequoit, Minn.

Brother Ballenback, '20, has been work-
ing in a bank at Wells, Minn.

Brother Paul B. Cochran, '20, salesman
for the North States Motor Company, is
at present living at the Chapter House.

Brother Adolph B. Olsen, after several
years9 absence, is back again in the Twin
Cities.

FRANK B. GETTCHELL.

CASE SCHOOL OF APPLIED
SCIENCE

Delta Alpha Chapter

Brother Clayton E. White is manager
field sales of the Sterling Manufacturing
Company, of Cleveland. During the last
two years he has visited every state in
the Union except one — Arkansas, which
he only passed through on the train with-
out stopping. Brother White said he would

PENNSYLVANIA STATE
COLLEGE

Delta Delta Chapter

A baby boy, Clarke William, was born
_on July 10th to Brother and Mrs. Clarke
Marion, of Hamilton, Ohio.

C R. MASON.

Joel B. Gibson, of the class of 1918, is
with the Stone & Webster Co., of Salem,
Ohio. His address is Box 319, care of his
employers.

William Etters is teaching and coaching
at Eastern High School. At present he is
at 54 North Third St, Easton, Pa.

Louis F. Weinman is attending college
at the University of Florida, in Gainesville.

Jack Kell, 1920 Class Historian, is with
the Refrigerating Machine Co., of York
Pa.

JAMES B. SAYRES.

WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY

Delta Zeta Chapter

Brother Harrison M. Terrell is now
located in London, England, in care of

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the Erwin & Wasey Company, Ltd. He
is assisting this Chicago concern in hand-
ling the European advertising and sales
campaigns of several large American in-
dustries. Brother Terrell was in service
abroad and before returning home was
sent by the War Department for a four
months9 course at London University.

Brother and Mrs. Gurth Baldwin an-
nounce the arrival of Willard Gene Bald-
win, on October 4, 1920.

LOMBARD COLLEGE

Delta Theta Chapter

Harold W. Graham, '18, has left the
Illinois State Agriculture department as
chemist and has accepted a position with
Kenfield Lameroux Co., 743 Conway
Bldg., Ill West Washington St., Chicago,
111.

W. Earl Fronk, *20, has recently en-
tered the advertising department of Mar-
shall Field & Co., Chicago.

"Mike" Holloran is with the 34th In-
fantry and is stationed at Columbus, New
Mexico.

Brother Dwight C. Beatty is now with
the Big Creek Coals, Inc., at Galesburg,
111.

Anthony Martineau is attending the
Marquette Law School in Milwaukee, Wis.

E. L HODSON.

Brother Earl L. Hodson is representing
the Silver, Burdette and Company, Chi-
cago, in their department of music.

George Stephenson is now employed as
chemist for the Santa Fe R. R. Co., with
headquarters at Topeka Kans.

Henry Hughes and Don Peden both vis-
ited Delta Theta a few hours on their way
to Illinois University. Peden is now play-
ing halfback for Zuppke's eleven, and
Hughes is accorded a good chance to make
the varsity line. Both men played with
Lombard in 1917-18, and won their nume-
ral on the Freshman varsity at Champaign
last fall.

Brother Ralph Austin, '04, who is now
practicing law in Joliet, 111., was here dur-
ing rushing season and gave us some very
material aid at that time.

Arthur Stokes is now employed by the
Simmons Hardware Co., at St. Louis, Mo.

Earl Frank is attending Northwestern
University this year in study for a Master's
Degree.

Tom Nelson, of last year's grads, is as-
sociated with Alva Spring, '17, as chemist
for the National Mazda Lamp Co., at
Cleveland, Ohio.

Riley Stevens, '14, is now recuperating
at his home near here, after a strenuous
campaign for the Republican nomination
for State's Attorney, in which he was de-
feated by a narrow margin.

Elery Donaldson is principal of the
high school at Houston, Minn.

L. D. RAMBO.

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
Delta Iota Chapter

Brothers Frank T. Barnard and Joseph
Ashlock, both of this Chapter and of the
class of 1910, and Brother Norman Moss,
of the class of 1920, are on the Washing-
ton State College Faculty. Brother Ash-
lock is professor in the department of
journalism. Brother Barnard is registrar,
and Brother Moss is assistant coach.

Brother L. J. Edwards, 1920, is con-
ducting a large and progressive mercantile
business at Dayton, Wash.

Brother Edward Copeland, 1920, is en-
gaged in farming in the Walla Walla
wheat district.

Brother Richard Hanley is coach and
athletic director of the Pendleton High
School of Pendleton, Ore.

• JAMES M. MACK.

Brother Pat Crane is successfully fol-
lowing the mining game in British Colum-
bia.

Brother Cecil Cave is with the Stockton
High School, Stockton, Calif.

Brother Virgil Patton is considered the
best county agent in the Northwest as well
as having the best county job, being agri-
cultural agent of Spokane county, Wash.

Brother Sam Kimbrough is cashier of
the Exchange National Bank, Spokane,
Wash.

Brother John H. Harbert is an electrical
engineer at Lexington, Ky.

Brother Ralph Lowry is engineer in
the reclamation service of Denver, Colo.

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ston, Montana, is edited by Brother Robert
S. Phillips.

Brother Jack Foran is assistant superin-
tendent of mines in Peru, Brother Frank
H. Brown being with him.

Brother Willard D. Mitchell is executive
of the Great Falls Reduction Company,
Great Falls, Mont.

Brother H. R. Fulton is teaching in a
Seattle High School and Brother A. A.
Eustis is principal of the high school at
Pullman.

Brother Guy V. Stambaugh is appraiser
of the Spokane Cattle Loan Company, Ex-
change National Bank Bldg., Spokane.

Brother Joe Halm is U. S. forest super-
visor, Missoula, Mont

Brother E. A. MacKay is in the lumber
business at Sandpoint, Idaho.

Brother Ben Hoffeditz is teller at the
Fidelity National Bank, Spokane.

Brother Cliff Folger is with the Inter-
national Apple Shippers Association,
Rochester, N. Y.

Brother Mark Twain Clemans is a
cattleman of Florence, Ariz., and Brother
Virgil McWhorter a sheepman of DuBois,
Idaho.

Brothers Will and Art Hooker are with
the Spokane Chronicle, Spokane, Wash.

Brother Joe Brislawn is district agent
for the Phoenix Life Insurance Company,
Hutton Bldg., Spokane, Wash.

Brother Arthur D. Stuart is with the
Westinghouse Electric Company, Butte,
Mont.

Brother Roscoe R. Fullerton is a lawyer
in Olympia, Wash. .

Brother Everett Jinnett is superintendent
of schools, Everett, Wash.

Brothers Grover Graham, Milton Moser,
and Jeff H. Fulton are all druggists, the
former at Colville, Wash.; Brother Moeser
at Sedro Woolley, Wash., and the latter at
Asotin, Wash.

The following members of the Chapter
are farmers: Brothers J. Houston and Bob
McCroskey, at Garfield, Wash.; Brother
Harry Goldworthy, near Rosalia, Wash.;
Brother Macley D. Guinn, at Scollard, Al-
berta, Canada; and Brothers Alex Mc-
Gregor, Maurice McGregor, and Don Mc-
Gregor, at Hooper, Wash.

Three Brothers are still in the service:
Brother Art Walsh is captain, Army, at
Camp Pike, Ark.; Brother Art Durham is

lieutenant, Navy, U. S. S. Minnesota; and
Brother Roscius Back is captain, Army.

Brother Phil Dix is chemist for the
Idaho Sugar Company, Ray, Utah.

Brother Arnold Gleason is assistant
cashier, Scandinavian-American Bank,
Spokane, Wash.

Brother H. H. Williams is location engi-
neer, Vancouver Island, B. C.

Brother Charles A. Lund is with the
Tacoma Light & Power Company, Tacoma,
Wash.

Brother B. Reeves Trout is with the
Great Falls Power Company, Great Falls,
Mont.

Brother Harry W. Deegan is a dentist
at Tacoma, Wash., and Brother George A.
Pynn is a dentist at Spokane, Wash.

Brother E. A. Egge is in the insurance
business at Toppenish, Wash.

Brother Otto H. Ross is an orchardist
at Wenatchee, Wash.

Brothers Howard Handbloom and Ralph
Wilson are both chemists, the former at
Bellingham, Wash., and the latter at Chil-
ton, Wis.

Brother Fred Salt is with the U. S.
Land Bank, Spokane, Wash.

BROWN UNIVERSITY

Delta Lambda Chapter

Brother Benjamin Brown has been ap-
pointed instructor in the English Depart-
ment of Brown University, while he is
working for his A. B.

Brother Ralph H. Nichols has accepted
a position with the Southern Pacific Rail-
way, at Houston, Texas.

Brother Benton B. Orwig has accepted a
position in the advertising department of
Scribner's Magazine.

Brother G. W. Grimm has taken up his
residence in Boston in preparation for en-
tering Harvard Law School. Brother Clif-
ton I. Monroe is already in his third year.

Brother Harold E. Marr has recently ac-
cepted a position with the New England
Telephone Co., with which Brother Arthur
E. Kenyon is already affiliated.

Brother Clifton N. Lovenberg is now as-
sistant general manager of the Keith
Theatre circuit in Rhode Island.

W. B. T. BLAKE.

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STETSON UNIVERSITY
Delta Mu Chapter

Brother J. L. Boone was in Nashville
recently on his way to Chicago to take up
the practice of medicine.

Born to Brother and Mrs. H. C. Sander-
son, a daughter, September 30, 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

Delta Nu Chapter

Brother S. F. Walker, '20, is teaching
and coaching athletics in Montpelier Sem-
inary, Montpelier, Vt.

Brother Willard Wight, '20, is studying
taw at Boston University.

Brother P. I. Flavell, '20, is with Stone
and Webster Construction Co., in Boston,
Mass.

Brother T. H. Crawshaw, '20, is doing
forestry work for Finch, Pruyn & Co.,
Henry River, Quebec.

Brother N. W. Emery, '20, is with the
National Industrial Research Board in
New York.

Brother F. S. Willard, '20, is in London,
England, studying foreign banking with
the National City Bank of New York.

Brother E. B. Kirk, '20, is teaching
school in Springfield, Maine.

Brother Gordon Johnson, ex-'2I, is at-
tending Iowa State College.

Brother L. G. Atwood, ex-'20, is mana-
ger of the Dennett & Prince leather fac-
tory in Eastport, Maine.

Brother J. T. Quinn, ex-'22, is studying
law and playing football at Georgetown
University.

S. C. FRASER.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

Delta Omicron Chapter

Among the new and promising young
lawyers at Pocatello, Idaho, is Brother
Francis "Ebes" Bistline in Judge Stevens'
Law Office.

Brothers Allen F. Kinnison and Davis
W. Alberts are horticulture professors at
the University of Arizona.

Nelson Loyd is farming, as near as we
can learn, at Ralston, Wash.

Brother George Sylvester has hung out
his shingle at Rathdrum, Idaho.

Brother Fay Robinson is attending
Northwestern Dental College, at Portland.

Brothers R. R. Miller and Charles Ficke
are with the Hereford Cattle Breeders As-
sociation and the Hereford Journal re-
spectively, at Kansas City, Kans.

Brother Fred J. Babcock is principal of
the Stevensville, Montana, High School.

Brother Lawrence Guy Mason is still a
wheat grower at Spangle, Wash.

Brother Alfred J. Lyon is flying over
Sacramento Valley patrolling fires and is
stationed at Mill Station, Mather Field,
California.

According to latest dope Brother George
J. Downing is major in the 18th Field Ar-
tillery, Camp Pike, Ark.

Brother H. Banks Kinnison is with the
U. S. Geological Survey at Wharton,
Texas.

Brother Oscar Munson has dissolved
partnership with the Potlatch Lumber
Company and has invested his proceeds
from the deal in the Moscow Fire Brick
Company.

Brother Bill Rooker is bacteriological
chemist at the Van Camp Pork & Bean
Company, Indianapolis, Ind.

Brother Ed Moser is farming at Aber-
deen, Idaho.

Brother Ralph Perkins is in bridge con-
struction work at Superior, Montana.

Brother Oakley Wiley is practicing law
at Jerome, Idaho. His former partner,
Brother Fred Hanson, has returned to his
former home, Minneapolis.

Brother Andy Christenson is now with
the Northwestern Grain Growers Associa-
tion.

Brother Lou Morris is now with the
Pacific Coast Grain Company at Pullman,
Wash.

Brother Bert Woolridge is in the min-
ing game at Wallace, Idaho.

The ambition of Brother Charles Gray is
to raise purebred Shorthorn cattle. He
has just purchased a $24,000 ranch near
Genesee.

Brother Kenneth Newland is the private
secretary to the superintendent of Emigra-
tion of die N. P. Railroad.

Brother Arthur Neilson is farming near
American Falls, Idaho.

Brother Fail Chamberlain is at home
in Couer d'Alene, and Brother Fred

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Chamberlain is following the forestry
production game at Fennwood, Idaho.

Brother Ronald Wood holds a very high
and responsible position with the Mutual
Creamery Company with headquarters at
Seattle, Wash.

Brother Homer Barton is with the Coeur
d'Alene Hardware Company, Wallace,
Idaho.

Brother Logan Bowman is engaged in
fruit farming at Fruitland, Idaho.

Brother Dan Hannah may be seen at
the Exchange National Bank in Spokane.

Brother Claude Y. Garber is with the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Com-
pany, at Kellogg, Idaho.

Brother Charles Field is an auto truck
salesman at Portland.

Brother George McMullan is in the
specialty department of the A. Carlyle
Paper Company of San Francisco.

Brother Clinton F. Bessee is highway
engineer at St Maries, Idaho.

Brother Fred E. Graf is the head of the
Phi Alpha Delta (law) fraternity.

Brother Thomas Doyle has accepted a
position as assistant engineer with the In-
spiration Copper Company, at Miami,
Arizona.

Brother Jerry Cover is at present ranch-
ing near Rockyford, Colo.

Word comes from Greybull, Wyoming,
of the birth of a son to Mr. jand Mrs. Max
Mott.

Brother Vern Brothers is now a bench
chemist for the Great Western Sugar Co.,
Fort Collins, Colo.

Brother Howard Vaughn is ranching at
Bardeen, Colo.

Brother Bruce Thornton has just re-
turned to Loveland, Colo., from Riddle,
Ore., where he has been farming for the
last year.

Brother and Mrs. Gordon English an-
nounce the birth of a son. They are re-
siding near Longmont, Colo., where
Brother English has a position with the
Great Western Sugar Company.

WALDEN E. SWEET.

GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY

Delta Pi Chapter

Brother James M. Guiher, T n, spent
last year in George Washington Law
School, lead his class, and during the sum-
mer, took the Harvard examinations for
advanced standing. Brother Guiher holds
the distinction of being the only man in
training under the Federal Board for Vo-
cational Education, who passed these ex-
aminations.

Brother George F. Gatesman has been
released from the Navy, and is practicing
dentistry in Washington.

Brother Bob Doyle left Washington
recently to take a position with an account-
ing firm in New York City.

GEORGE R. SHERIFF.

COLORADA AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Delta Rho Chapter

Brother Frank Knapp is working for the
Great Western Sugar Company at Greely,
Colo.

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Delta Sigma Chapter

Lamont H. Button has recently hung out
his shingle. He is now running an archi-
tect's office with himself as boss.

Harry D. Dickinson is in the oil busi-
ness somewhere in the middle-west.

Emil H. Grotefend is chief clerk and
directing the production department of the
U. S. Aluminum Co., at New Kensington,
Pa.

R. L. Kirk is in the Naval Inspection
office of the New York Ship Building Co.,
at Camden, N. J.

Clifford W. McMillan is working for
the city of Pittsburgh in the Bureau of
Highways.

Ray A. McKee recently returned from
Paraguay and is now in Chicago.

Frank Haaren is now the graduate man-
ager of athletics at Tech and, believe me,
he is showing results.

William F. McCaughey is an instructor
in the Armour Institute, Chicago.

Marcus A. Fair is in the efficiency de-

Rartment of the U. S. Aluminum Co., at
few Kensington, Pa.
Grant C. Stone is doing metallurgical

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testing for the Ludlum Steel Co., at
Watervleet, N. Y.

William Daugherty is a foreman in one
of the departments of the Honnel Chemi-
cal Co., at Carnegie, Pa.

L. Dale Aul is in the efficiency depart-
ment of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., at
Woodlawn, Pa.

John F. Sweeney is in the engineering
department of the Union Tool Co., at Car-
negie, Pa.

Stanley (Pop) Stewart is an instructor
in the architectural department at the Uni-
versity of Illinois.

Phillip P. Marshall is in the engineer-
ing department of the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co., at Ford City, Pa.

Neal J. Campbell, true to his profes-
sion, is doing civil engineering work for
the Illinois Central R. R. somewhere near
St Louis, Mo.

William Fraser is holding an adminis-
trative position in the technical end of the
American Tubize Art Silk Co., at Hope-
well, Va., having had experience in the
Textile Research Department of the U. S.
Bureau of Standards, at Washington.

H. A. BOWMAN.

George Curtis is doing sales and re-
search work for the Timken Roller Bearing
Co., at Cleveland, Ohio.

Ed McKee is in charge of the chemical
research work of the Armour Company's
branch at Ascunsion, Paraguay.

Lemuel Dillenback recently advised his
Sigma Nu Brothers of the arrival of Mary
Louise Dillenback, a candidate for Mar-
garet Morrison, class of 1945.

Will Weigler recently stopped to see
Pittsburgh Brothers on his way to New
York from Toledo.

Semny Kesner, who is rated as one of
the best football men Tech ever produced,
recently visited the football training camp
to look the boys over.

FRANK H. HAAREN.

TRINITY COLLEGE

Delta Chi Chapter

J. W. Markham is working at the Hen-
dey Machine Co., and lives at 42 Cooper
Street, Torrington, Conn.

W. L. Nelson is superintendent of a
night shift in the Crucible Steel Co.

RAYMOND H. SEGUR.

A son was born to Brother and Mrs. A.
B. Churchill, March 25, 1920.

H. W. Valentine is doing topographical
work for the Connecticut Light & Power
Company in connection with their new
dam at Stevenson.

W. J. Cahill completed his four-year
course here in three years, and is now
teaching English and history at Dart-
mouth. During his three years at Trinity
he was the Holland Scholar for two years,
and the Mary A. Terry Fellowship for the
present year.

R. W. Woodward has recently returned
from a trip through the Western States, and
visited (he Chapter at the University of
Washington. He said that he had never
seen a finer fraternity house in the country.

C. R. Seymour is the assistant manager
of the Ensign-Bickford Co., Simsbury,
Conn.

J. H. Cahill is with the Martin Varnish
Co., Chicago.

W. L. Francis is the assistant cashier of
the Toronto office of the Traveler's Insur-
ance Co.

William Grime was ordained a deacon
in the Episcopal church at Berkeley Divin-
ity School, Middletown, Conn., last June.

On the 28th of September, two worthy
"Sigs" left the shores of Connecticut to
embark on a voyage to Alaska. Keep your
eyes on Alaska from now on if you never
did before, because when Brothers J. A.
Nichols and J. W. Stansfield get up there
something "snappy" is going to happen
to keep die place going. The well wishes
of the Chapter go with them.

HARRY H. CLARK.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE

Delta Psi Chapter

Brothers Simmons, Haddock, Rogers,
Sleeper, Sealand, L. King, J. Young, and
Granger are attending Bowdoin Medical
School this year, in Brunswick, while
Brother Howard is in Portland. Brother
Rounds is substituting on the Bowdoin
Faculty this fall as instructor in French
and Spanish, during the illness of the in-
structor who would have had the work.

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Brother Racine is attending Tufts Dental
School this fall, having given up his posi-
tion with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
at Akron.

Brothers E. C. Palmer, Hurlin and Hur-
rell are with the General Electric Co., in
Massachusetts.

Brother Draper is with the Pacific Mills
in Lawrence, while Brother Lindner is
with the American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., in New York City.

Brother Blanchard is an instructor at a
military academy in Georgia this year.

Brother DeMott has recently become
editor of the local weekly newspaper, the
Brunswick Record.

Brother R. B. King left college this year
to enter business in Caribou.

Brothers S. E. White and Black entered
technical schools this fall, while Brother
Jardine, who left college last February,
returned to Bowdoin.

C. E. STEVENS.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Epsilon Alpha Chapter

Brother Louis Lefko is secretary-counsel
of the Better Business Bureau, of Tulsa,
Okla.

Brother "Georgia" Upshaw is in the
contractor and home-builders game and is
certainly making the grass grow in Tuc-
son, Ariz.

Brother Harry K. Steel is on the busi-
ness end of a muck stick at Butte, Mont.

Brother H. R. Askins has charge of the
accessory department of the McArthur
Brothers, Inc., at Phoenix, Ariz.

Brother Roloff Reeves is testing his ag-
ricultural education at Casa Grande, Ariz.

Brother Wilson B. Wood is literally
mopping up the surrounding country
writing life insurance, at Tucson, Ariz.

Brother Henry Mayhew can be- found
most any time in Tucson, Ariz.

Brother DeWitt Talmadge is associated
with the Consolidated National Bank in
Tucson, Ariz.

Brother Archie Lovette is fanning at
Yuma, Ariz.

Brother Ed Sines is with a mining com-
pany at Bisbee, Ariz.

P. W. CASEY.

DRURY COLLEGE

Epsilon Beta Chapter

Two Drury men, Brother Jones and Mc-
Lemore, enter Columbia University this
fall and have written for rooms. I hope
we have places for them at the House.
These two men make a total of five men
coming from Drury to Delta Gamma, and
so far we have no complaint to make of
the Drury type; Primm, Fine, and Dulin
make three of our best members.

A. H. WILSON.

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Epsilon Gamma Chapter

Brothers F. R. Wight and C. W. Dein-
iger are both connected with Traveler's
Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.

Brother F. R. Custard is in the Young
Men's Christian Association, at Williman-
tic, Conn.

Brother C. P. Porter is employed by
Charles S. Porter, fur merchant, New
York City. BARDWELL FLOWER.

How to Keep Young

Dear Delta:

I am enclosing that check you have been writing for these last three months.
I most assuredly do not want to stay out, for I managed to keep young last
year reading The Delta. It is the one link between the Alumnus and his Fra-
ternity, and keeps him a fraternity man.

Fraternally yours,

"BOBBY" RAY L. BURNS, Beta Beta.
Coal City, Ind.

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Phi Beta Kappa is preparing to erect a
memorial at William and Mary College,
which college is taking on a wonderful ad-
vance in attendance and equipment, and
bases this memorial action on the follow-
ing points:

1. Of sentiment. The foundation of
the College of William and Mary was laid
near the close of the seventeenth century;
its English and American foundation
quickens the imagination. The second col-
lege founded in North America, it was, till
the War of the American Revolution and
for the years immediately following, a
leading force in the higher life of Virginia
and other colonies. In that War, it gave
a good account of itself, both on its own
campus and through its graduates. In the
midst of that struggle, its "fifty founders"
laid a corner-stone on which our present
Fraternity structure was built and is
building.

2. Of future usefulness. The prospect
of enlarged usefulness of the College has
been made brighter through the greater
loyalty of its graduates, through appropri-
ations of the Commonwealth, and through
the increased energy of its officers. With
united zeal, a new day seems to have
dawned for the ancient foundation.

And further, that while the Senate is
without authority to bind the chapters or
individual members it wishes to assure the
officers of the College of William and
Mary, having charge of a campaign for
further funds for the betterment of the
historic institution, of their heartiest com-
mendation and of their best wishes for the
success of the endeavor to secure a Phi
Beta Kappa memorial and to increase its
entire scholarly resources. We believe
that hundreds of individual members of
Phi Beta Kappa will be glad to give to
the fund, both because of the appealing
history of William and Mary, and be-
cause of the early, intimate, and lasting
association of our beloved Fraternity with
its history. The College of William and

Mary and the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
are united in a common purpose and in a
deep affection. •

It is the declared wish of the officers
of the college to cause the proposed
memorial to take on the form of a build-
ing (of course having proper architectural
relations) in which should be included an
auditorium, student activity rooms, and
special rooms for the use of the original
Phi Beta Kappa Chapter and of other
Chapters. It should be said that the one
hundred thousand dollars, the sum fixed
as the cost of the building, is a part of a
larger fund of over a million dollars which
it is desired 'to raise for endowment and
construction.

Alpha Tau Omega has entered her sec-
ond Kansas Chapter at the Kansas State
College. The fraternities in order of their
organization are: Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Sigma Nu, Pi Kappa Alpha, Beta Theta
Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma and
Delta Tau Delta. The sororities are: Pi
Beta Phi, Delta Zeta, Delta Delta Delta,
Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, and Kappa
Kappa Gamma.

Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
»nd Sigma Nu have become house owners
at Carnegie. The homes of Sigma Nu and
Sigma Alpha Epsilon are opposite the
gates of the Institute.

The local Pi Kappa Phi, Stevens Insti-
tute of Technology, is petitioning Phi
Gamma Delta. The fraternities at Stevens
are: Delta Tau Delta, Beta Theta Pi, Chi
Psi, Chi Phi, Theta Xi, Phi Sigma Kappa,
and Sigma Nu.

Lambda Chi Alpha has chartered the
Sycamore Club at Denison University,
Ohio, and finds as friendly rivals Beta
Theta Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta
Theta, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon.

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Beta Theta Pi has placed her third
Chapter within die State of Washington
and at the State College, Pullman: The
following Fraternities are represented
there: Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma, Alpha
Tau Omega, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Lambda
Chi Alpha, and Sigma Chi.

William and Mary College, next to Har-
vard, die oldest college in America, has
taken on a renewed life under the presi-
dency of Dr. J. A. C. Chandler, K A, and
with the provided State appropriation has
been able to double the attendance of the
college within the past two years. The
Fraternities benefiting from this newer ad-
vancement are: Kappa Alpha, Kappa
Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Theta Delta Chi,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, and the local Phi Tau
Beta petitioning Sigma Nu. The college
has been made coed and some wag has
stated that the men are the Williams and
the women are the Marys.

The Phi Kappa Pi has placed a Chapter
at the Washington and Lee University and
becomes the sixteenth active Chapter at
that place. Dormant fraternities at this
college are: Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta
Psi, Theta Delta Chi, Chi Phi, and Delta
Sigma Phi.

July 1, 1920, the Maryland State Col-
lege became, by act of the State Legisla-
ture, the University of Maryland, and
President Woods, College Park, will be
the executive head of the entire university.
By this consolidation the University of
Maryland, Baltimore, which comprises the
schools of law, medicine, and dentistry,
will become branches of the new university
while the college engineering and agricul-
tural branches will remain at College Park.
At College Park there are Chapters of Sig-
ma Nu, Kappa Alpha, and Sigma Phi
Sigma. At the law school in Baltimore
there are Chapters of Kappa Sigma, Phi
Sigma Kappa and Phi Kappa Sigma. It
is expected that the city Fraternities will
remove to College Park where there is
ample material for both sets of Chapters
to maintain Chapters in the college field
proper. The new combination has given
the University of Maryland an attendance
of more than 3,000 students.

Beta Theta Pi has placed her eighty-first
active Chapter at' Carnegie Institute of
Technology. She meets there Theta Xi,
Sigma Nu, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta
Upsilon.

Alpha Phi sorority has chartered a local
at the University of South Dakota. Her
rivals will be Alpha Xi Delta, Kappa Al-
pha Theta, and Delta Zeta.

The University of Southern California
will remove to a fine site outside the city
of Los Angeles. The only national Fra-
ternity there is the Sigma Chi. The sorori-
ties are: Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Chi
Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha, Phi Mu, Pi Beta
Phi, and Kappa Delta.

Swarthemore College, after more than
thirty years of restricting the Fraternities
to halls on the campus, is about to permit
the Fraternities to build a Fraternity row
and to have full use of these Houses for
living purposes. The Fraternities there
are: Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta
Upsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Phi Delta
Theta.

Delta Delta Delta will enter a new
house at Mount Union College, Ohio, this
coming fall and one specially built for
the Chapter. With the housing of Tri-
Delta all the Fraternities and Sororities
own their own home: Alpha Xi Delta,
Delta Delta Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Alpha Tau .Omega, Phi Kappa Tau, and
Sigma Nu.

Beta Theta Pi is being petitioned by
Kappa Delta Chi, Millikin University, and
Delta Sigma, Oklahoma Agricultural Col-
lege. Tau Kappa Epsilon and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon are the nationals at Milli-
kin. At Oklahoma Agricultural College,
Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu, and Kappa
Alpha are established, while several locals
are seeking national affiliation.

Sigma Pi has raised her banners at Tu-
lane University and the State University
of Utah. At Tulane, Sigma Pi becomes the
fourteenth national established there, while
at Utah she becomes the fifth national or-
ganization.

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Beta. — Dr. Sydney Leach of Tuscaloosa,
and Mrs. Kate Perry Marks, of Birming-
ham, Ala., May 3, 1920. Dr. Leach is a
prominent physician of Tuscaloosa and
the bride was a student at the University
of Alabama at the time of the wedding.

Epsilon. — Brother Dean E. Walker and
Miss Florence Ley, on August 18, 1920.
They are residing in North Canton, Ohio.

Theta.— Brother Herbert T. Davis and
Miss Mary Emma Davenport, at the Gay
Teague Hotel in Montgomery, Ala., July
23, 1920. Brother Davis has been a trus-
tee of the University of Alabama since
1898. They will reside at Fort Davis.

Theta. — Brother Hobson Farris, of Ever-
greene, Ala., and Miss Emma Brady, of
Tuscaloosa.

Theta. — Brother Joseph Horn and Miss
Mildred Kettle, both of Triverne, Ala.

Nu. — Brother Millard Clawson and Miss
Ruth Castles, Ponca City, Okla., April 3,
1920. Brother and Mrs. Clawson are at
home at Ponca City, Okla.

Nu. — Brother R. B. Cunningham and
Miss Dorothy Dakin, of Toledo, Ohio,
September 1, 1920. Brother Cunningham
is still attending college at the University
of Michigan.

Nu. — Brother Marvin William Harms
and Miss Mary H. Samson, October 2,
1920, Edinburg, Texas.

Nu.— Brother George Thomas Twyman
and Miss Adelaide Casper, of Independ-
ence, Mo., October 16, 1920. Brother and
Mrs. Twyman are at home at 805 North
Main Street, Independence, Mo.

Nu. — Brother Frank Vermillion and
Miss Alma Gitz, of St. Joseph, Mo., Sep-
tember 27, 1920.

Rho. — Brother John I. Haldeman and
Miss Olivia Bernard Carter, September 8,
1920. Mrs. Haldeman is a member of
IIB$ Sorority.

Sigma. — Brother W. A. Houston and
Miss Virginia May, of Pulaski, Tenn.,
September 4, 1920. Brother and Mrs.
Houston are living in Lewisburg, Tenn.

Psi. — Brother Edwin Hardin and Miss
Virginia Farmer, at Wilmington, N. C.

Beta Beta.— Brother Charles E. Thomas
and Evelyn Gorden Johns, of Danville,
111., June 19, 1920. Mrs. Thomas is a
member of Alpha Chi.

Beta Eta. — Brother Clifford Snoke and
Miss Loretta Langdon, October 2, 1920.

Beta Eta.— Brother Ralph Winslow, '19,
and Miss Aldena Copeland, n B $, Sep-
tember 1, 1920. Brother and Mrs. Win-
slow will be at home in Richmond, Ind.,
where Brother Winslow is employed as
telegraph editor of the Richmond Palo-
dium.

Nu. — Brother Solon Smith and Miss Beta Eta. — Brother Francis I. Wilson
Rose Kathlyn Harris, Oklahoma City, and Miss Ruth Dukes, of Findley, Ohio, on
Okla., June 19, 1920. October 25, 1920.

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Beta Theta. — Brother A. D. Lipscombe
and Miss Fredie Scott, of Auburn, Ala.,
September 6, 1920.

Beta Theta. — Brother Hubert Reynolds
Martin and Miss Sallie Martha Towles,
November 10, 1920. Brother and Mrs.
Martin are at home at Ozark, Ala. Mrs.
Martin is a member of $ M Sorority.

Beta Theta.— Brother T. J. Miles and
Miss Edwinna Strong, of Montgomery,
Ala., September 9, 1920.

Beta Iota. — Brother Stanley 0. Baugh-
man and Miss Ruth Zimmerman, at Akron,
Ohio, September 4, 1920.

Beta Mi*.— Brother Frank B. Charlton
and Miss Elizabeth Herrold, in Chicago,
July 22, 1920. Miss Herrold is a gradu-
ate of the State Teacher's College at Cedar
Falls, Iowa. They will reside at Rolfe,
Iowa, where Brother Charlton has charge
of a number of farms, and is manager of
the Ford Garage.

Beta Nu. — Brother Frank K. Brown and
Miss Dorothy Oust, at Columbus, Ohio.
Brother Brown is assistant division engi-
neer of the Hocking Valley Railroad.

• Beta Nu. — Brother Howard Nudd and
Miss Catherine Clark, at Columbus, Ohio.
Brother Nudd is a salesman for the Visible
Spark Plug Company.

Beta Iota. — Brother Victor Hughes and
Miss Helen Carter, at Alliance, Ohio, June
16, 1920.

Beta Kappa.— Brother Harold D. O'-
Brien and Miss Hester Jones, November
6, 1920. Brother O'Brien is a chemist
with the Ely Consolidated Copper Com-
pany at McGill, Kans.

Beta Mu. — Brother Marshall Barlow
and Miss Ruby West, of Mason City, Iowa,
January 2, 1920, at Hampton, Iowa.
Brother and Mrs. Barlow will reside at
Gilmore City, Iowa, where Mr. Barlow is
in a bank.

Beta Mu.— Brother William Earl Hall,
of Mason City, Iowa, and Miss Ruth
Reeves, of Nashua, Iowa, were married at
the "Little Brown Church" in Nashua, on
July 31, 1920. Brother Hall is managing
editor of the Mason City Globe Gazette.
Mrs. Hall is a member of the A A A
Sorority.

Beta Mu. — Brother Glenn Daniel De-
vine and Miss Marian Estabrook Kerr,
both of Des Moines, June 30, 1920, at the
home of the bride in Des Moines. Brother
and Mrs. Devine will reside in Iowa City
where both will complete their college
courses.

Beta Nu. — Brother John W. Sampsey
and Miss Sara Helene Mehling, September
14, 1920, at Cleveland, Ohio. Brother and
Mrs. Sampsey will be at home at 18093
Clifton Road, Cleveland.

Beta Rho. — Jacob M. Murdock and Miss
Gertrude E. Phillips, of Johnstown, Pa.
Brother Murdock is the junior member of
the J. M. Murdock Lumber Company, of
Johnstown.

Beta Rho.— Brother Elmer C. Wirtz and
Miss Katherine Eileen Moroney, Novem-
ber 25, 1920, Miami, Okla. Brother and
Mrs. Wirtz will be at home in Miami,
Okla.

Beta Upsilon. — Brother Henry L. Noriss
and Miss Marian Louise Griffith, May 9,
1920.

Beta Chi. — Brother Frank LeRoy Baum-
gartner and Miss Maybelle Peck, n B 4>,
July 11, 1920. Brother and Mrs. Baum-
gartner are living in San Jose, Calif.

Beta Chi. — Brother Lloyd H. Cassidy in
the spring of 1920. No particulars.

Beta Chi. — Brother John H. Gardner and
Miss Gertrude Wueste, Z T A, at Texas

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University, July, 1920. Brother Gardner
is now stationed at Eagle Pass, Texas, with
the 90th Aero Squadron.

Gamma Gamma. — B r o t h e r William
Sheehan and Miss Ruth Erwin, June 27,
1920, at Kalamazoo, Mich.

Beta Chi, — Brother William Scripps
Kellogg and Miss Alice Crowe, n B $, at
Stanford, in July, 1920.

Beta Chi. — Brothei Addison P. Knapp
and Miss Margaret Majvin, June 26, 1920,
Portland, Ore.

Beta Chi.— Brother Kenneth K. Little
and Miss Joan Bailey, May 11, 1920, in
San Diego. Brother and Mrs. Little are
living at 1137 West 27th Street, San Diego,
Calif.

Gamma Epsilon. — Guyon A. Smith and
Miss Evelyn M. Guard, of Reading, Pa.,
on July 5, 1920. They are living at 126
West Spring Street, Reading, Pa. Brother
Smith is connected with the Reading Steel
Casting Company at Reading, Pa.

Gamma Kappa. — Brother Roger Bern-
ard Mead and Miss Margaret Eleanor Rey-
nolds, July 27, 1920. Brother and Mrs.
Mead are living in Denver where Brother
Mead is in business with his father at the
May Company. He is also treasurer of the
Denver Alumni Chapter.

Beta Chi. — Brother Linford C. Lull and
Miss Helen Rordwell, October 23, 1920,
at Los Angeles.

Beta Chi. — Brother Malcolm C. McGilv-
ray and Miss Gladys Ordway, II B $ at
Stanford, July 5, 1920. Brother and Mrs.
McGilvray are living in Palo Alto, Calif.

Beta Chi. — Brother Robert F. Pelouze
and Miss Elizabeth Craft, December 30,
1920.

Beta Chi. — Brother Roland R. Speers
and Miss Alice Marie Calkins, November
3, 1920, at Coldwater, Mich. Brother and
Mrs. Speers are at home at 927 Second
Street, Santa Monica, Calif.

Gamma Beta. — Brother Francis Har-
wood and Miss Katherine Lang, of Chi-
cago, June 5, 1920.

Gamma Lambda. — Brother Herbert
Cramer and Miss Mary Elizabeth Brown,
in August, 1920.

Gamma Lambda. — Austin (Tom) Rose.
No particulars.

Gamma Mu. — Brother George Alex-
ander Carlton and Miss Elizabeth Hoff-
man, September 20, 1920, at Champaign,
111. Mrs. Carlton is a member of Chi
Omega.

Gamma XL — Brother Roy Wilbur Hay-
den and Miss Lillian Warren, both of Han-
nibal, Mo., October 15, 1920.

Gamma Sigma. — Brother Richard W.
Reep and Miss Olive Byers, August 24,
1920, at Vincennes, Ind. Brother and
Mrs. Reep are living in New Castle, Pa.,
where Brother Reep has been engaged in
business for some time.

Gamma Gamma. — Brother Cecil Ad-
dington and Miss Thelma E. Frink, August
15, 1920.

Gamma Gamma. — Brother RomaineMc-
call and Miss Frances Jenne, September 2,
1920, at Ithaca, Mich.

Gamma Tau. — Brother Paul J. Gold to
Miss Verda Matthews, September 23,
1920, at El Rena, Okla. Brother Gold has
two years remaining of his study of law.

Gamma Tau. — Brother Robert Everett
Allen Palmer and Miss Naomi Stull, May

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8, 1920, at Minneapolis, Minn. The couple
are living at the home of the bride's par-
ents in Minneapolis.

Gamma Tau. — Brother Paul J. Strick-
land and Miss Lorna Louise Hartong, May
7, 1920, at St. Paul, Minn. They are
making their home in St. Paul until
Brother Strickland completes his law
course.

Gamma Phi. — Brother Arthur E. Harry
and Miss Lynn Walters, A T, September
14, 1920, at Sheridan, Mont Brother and
Mrs. Harry have gone to Cuba where
Brother Harry is connected with a large
sugar company.

Gamma Phi. — Brother Frederick M.
Schlegel and Miss Cone R. Cutler. Brother
Paul Simpson, also a member of Gamma
Phi, was best man. Brother Schlegel is
with the Shell Oil Company, of California.

Gamma Chi. — Brother Winfield Cram,
in September, 1920, at Los Angeles, Calif.

Gamma Chi.— Brother Lloyd "Dyke"
Dysart and Miss Dorothy Dunbar, at As-
toria, Ore., September 2, 1920.

Delta Beta. — Brother E. J, Palmer and
Miss Ruth Helen Magennis, of Akron,
Ohio.

Delta Gamma. — Brother Frederick Mer-
cer Hopkins, Jr., and Miss Henrietta
Marsh, September 9, 1920, Fayetteville, N.
C. Brother and Mrs. Hopkins will be at
home at Neuweid, Germany, where Brother
Hopkins is a Lieutenant in the Air Service.
American Forces in Germany.

Delta Eta.— Brother Melville H. Taylor
and Miss Jeanette McBride were married
in July, 1920, at Elgin, Nebr., the home of
the bride. Mrs. Taylor is a n B * and
last semester attended school at Nebraska
University.

Delta Eta. — Brother Herman B. Thomp-
son and Miss Hazel Edwards at the home
of the bride's parents at Kearney, Nebr.,
September 2, 1920.

Delta Theta. — Glenn A. Stokes and Miss
Catherine Clemans, June 26, 1920, at
Durango, Colo.

Delta Theta.— Frederic Wikoff and Miss
Dorothy M. Haynes, II B <J>, August 9,
1920, at Minneapolis, Minn.

Delta Iota. — Brother Carl Johnson and
Miss Emerson, II B $, both of Pullman,
Wash., during the summer of 1920.

Delta Kappa. — Brother Garrett Cant-
well. No particulars.

Delta Kappa. — Brother Donald P. Hor-
sey and Miss Cornelia G. Pilling, at New-
ark, Del., October 9, 1920. Mrs. Horsey
served as secretary at Delaware College
for several years. The couple will live
in Philadelphia where Brother Horsey has
his headquarters as a national bank in-
spector.

Delta Kappa. — Brother Edward G. P.
Jones and Miss Mildred M. Johnson, at
Wyoming, Del., October 9, 1920. Brother
and Mrs. Jones will live at Woodside, Del.,
where Brother Jones is manager of a large
farm.

Delta Delta.— Brother Charles Miller
Logan and Miss Marion DeLeo Keefer, at
Wahmedah, New York, July 21, 19^0.

Delta Kappa. — Brother Sam Tammany,
'12, and Miss Helen V. Conwell, of Lewes,
Del.

Delta Eta. — Brother Kenneth M. Snyder
and Miss Helen Curtis, October 23, 1920,
•*. Omaha, Nebr.

Delta Lambda. — Bi other Henry G. Gil-
bert and Miss Hazel Short, at Providence,
R. I., in July, 1920.

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Delta Lambda. — Brother John W. Haley
and Miss Beatrice E. Frost, October 19,
1920, at Fall River, Mass. Brother and
Mrs. Haley will make their home in
Westerly, R. I.

Delta Mu. — Brother Claude C. Jones
and Miss Eva Ford, January 4, 1920.

Delta Mu. — Brother Charles Limpus
and Miss Edna Hefner, August 29, 1920.

Delta XL — Brother Allen Brown and
Miss Hazel Vitonsek.

Delta XL — Brother Woodbury Lee Brun-
nell and Miss Gladys Hicks.

Delta Sigma. — Brother John W. Fritz
and Miss Marion M. Slade, both of Johns-
town, Pa., July 5, 1920.

Delta Sigma. — Brother Frank E.
ham. No further particulars.

Gra-

Delta Sigma. — Brother James B. Hays.
No particulars.

Delta Phi.— Brother Walter Parsons
Fisher and Miss Jennie Kolesnikoff, Sep-
tember 28, 1920, at Plainfield, N. J.

Delta Chi. — Brother J. M. L. Cooley and
Miss Annetta Lorin, June 17, 1920. They
are living at Faribault, Minn.

Delta XL — Brother Francis Anthony
Casey and Miss Josephine Orena.

Delta ChL— Brother M. T. McGee and
Miss Elsie J. Clemens, June 5, 1920, at
Louisville, Ky.

Delta PL — Brother Francis G. Cole and
Miss Esther H. Collier, August 3, 1920.

Delta PL — Brother Victor L. Kebler and
Miss Effie Albright, May 24, 1920.

Delta Pi. — Brother James F. Rollins and
Miss Tressa B. Kirby, October 20, 1920.

Delta Pi'.— Brother Milo Sutliff and Miss
Cora Mae Heritage, May 31, 1920.

Delta Sigma. — Brother Ralph M. Bar-
row and Miss Theresa Carroll, of Wash-
ington, during the summer of 1920.
Brother and Mrs. Barrow are living in
Akron where Brother Barrow is an instruc-
tor in the Goodyear University.

Delta Sigma. — Brother William Fraser
and Miss Esther Margaret English, in Sep-
tember, 1920. Brother and Mrs. Fraser
are living in Pittsburgh.

Delta ChL — C. L. Schlier and Miss Har-
riet E. Martindell, on October 2, 1920.
They are at home at 8 Ridgewood Street,
Waterbury, Conn.

Epsilon Beta. — Brother Francis H. Lit-
trell and Miss Louise Thweatt, AAA.

Epsilon Beta. — Brother James H. Wash-
burn and Miss Edith Kawell, of St Louis,
Mo. Brother Washburn is still serving as
Commander of Epsilon Beta.

Epsilon Gamma. — Brother E. F. Louns-
berry, '19, and Miss Elenor P. Lewis, of
Unionville, Conn., on July 10, 1920, at
Unionville. Brother Charles N. Downs,
E r, acted as best man, and Inspector Ray-
mond Segur, A X, was also present. After
a trip to Boston, Brother and Mrs. Louns-
berry spent a month in New Hampshire,
and are now residing in Portland, Conn.,
where Brother Lounsberry is principal of
the local high school.

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WILLIAM C. WALLER

Alpha

Brother Lewis T. Barrett is reported as
being killed in an automobile accident
several years ago. No further particulars.

Theta

The death of Brother William C. Waller
June 1, 1916, has been reported to The
Delta.

THOMAS J. CHARLETON, JR.

Alpha

Brother Thomas J. Charleton, Jr., died
July 25, 1920. Brother Charleton was a
physician and lived in Savannah, Ga. For
many years he was superintendent of the
Savannah Hospital.

EDWARD BELL HOLLAND

NEWTON VAN BODDIE
Kappa

Dr. Newton Van Boddie died November
20, 1920. Brother Boddie's death was due
to acute indigestion and occurred while
he was sitting on the porch of his home
with Mrs. Boddie and his doctor. He was
a prominent citizen of Chipley, Ga., and
his death was a shock to the entire com-
munity.

Kappa-Alpha

Brother Isaac P. Robinson reports the
death of Brother Edward Bell Holland.
No further particulars.

CHARLES H. WEST

Alpha

The death of Brother Charles H. West
has been reported to The Delta. No
further particulars.

HARRY LINCOLN MAXWELL
Beta Beta

Brother Harry Lincoln Maxwell, Beta
Beta No. 8, of Greencastle, died October
24, 1920, following an operation. Brother
Maxwell was an evangelistic singer of na-
tional reputation and had sung with many
great preachers in Europe as well as
America. He was with Dwight L. Moody
for several years.

JAMES H. SCARBOROUGH

Delta

The Delta has received news of the
death of Brother James H. Scarborough.
No further particulars.

HERBERT W. SLOTHOWER

Gamma Beta-Beta Beta

Brother Herbert W. Slothower died
August 29, 1920, at Kansas City, Mo.,
after years of poor health and months of
intense suffering.

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He was initiated into the Fraternity at
Northwestern University at which institu-
tion he completed three years of his col-
lege course. He spent his Senior year at
DePauw, where he affiliated with Beta Beta
Chapter. Brother Slothower's congenial
disposition made him highly esteemed by
all of the Brothers at DePauw. In him
Sigma Nu Fraternity always had a loyal
supporter and the old '98 boys of Beta
Beta will remember him as a true and
devoted Brother.

W. H. TEMPLIN, Beta Beta.

WILBUR F. BOWDER
Beta Omicron

Brother C. C. Loorois, B O, writes as
follows: "William Browder, Jr., formerly
of Russellville, Ky., has been dead for
several years. We attended the University
of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., together."

ISADORE DYER

EDMUND MEINARD WOLF
Beta Zeta

Brother Edmund M. Wolf died Novem-
ber 2, 1920.

Brother Wolf lived in Michigan City,
Ind., and at the time of his death was still
attending college. He was business man-
ager of the Exponent, secretary of the Pan-
Hellenic Council, and a member of a num-
ber of honorary societies.

EARL DYSTER DOBBYN
Beta Iota

Notice of the death of Pledge Earl
Dyster Dobbyn has already appeared in
The Delta for May, 1919.

According to the ruling of the Grand
Chapter he has been enrolled as a member
of Beta Iota Chapter, where he was
pledged.

Brother Dobbyn died of pneumonia, De-
cember 22, 1918.

Beta-Beta Phi

Dr. Isadore Dyer died of heart failure
October 12, 1920, at his home in New Or-
leans, La. See extended notice elsewhere
in this issue.

HERMAN THEODORE GECKLER
Beta Upsilon

Brother Herman T. Geckler was killed
in an automobile accident November 13,
1920.

He and several other Brothers of Beta
Upsilon Chapter were on their way from
Terre Haute to Indianapolis to attend the
Indiana-Notre Dame football game and the
Hoosier Rally.

The accident occurred near Coatsville,
Ind., the machine striking fresh gravel,
skidding and crashing into the cement wall
of a culvert.

Brother Geckler and Brother Carl
Schroeder were the only two men in the
car who were injured. They were put on
an interurban car and taken to Terre
Haute. Brother Geckler died before reach-
ing Terre Haute where he was to have been
taken to the hospital to undergo an oper-
ation. Brother Schroeder has now re-
covered.

RUSSELL HEDGES SWAIN
Beta Mu

Brother Russell Hedges Swain died
April 23, 1920, at Iowa City, Iowa. He
was attending the University of Iowa at
the time of his death.

ALBERT SIDNEY NEWSOM

Gamma Alpha

The following clipping tells of the death
of Brother Albert Sidney Newsom, who

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was killed in an airplane accident July 18,
1920, near Tulsa, Okla.

"Albert S. Newsom of Union Point, Ga.,
and Robert F. Midkiff, an adopted son of
Madame Schumann-Heinck and son of a
minister at Decatur, 111., were instantly
killed in an airplane fall near Tulsa. New-
som, pilot of the machine, was maneuver-
ing for a landing when one of the wings
suddenly dropped off and the plane fell
about 3,500 feet. Newsom was manager
of a commercial flying field at Okmulgee,
about fifty miles south of Tulsa, Okla.

"One of the wings dropped off the ma-
chine, as they were engaged in "stunt" fly-
ing preparatory to drifting to a lower
level to land. The machine had success-
fully looped the loop, and had gone into
a "barrel roll," turning over and over on
its side, when the accident occurred.

"Both men were former army air pilots.
Newsom had been connected with a local
airplane company for about a year and
recently went to Okmulgee to take charge
of a field at that place.

'The men formed a friendship while
serving as instructors at Love field, Dallas,
during the war.

' Before the war Mr. Newsom attended
the Georgia School of Technology, in At-
lanta, and was a member of the Sigma Nu
Fraternity. He was one of the several
Newsom brothers who made wide reputa-
tions amateur baseball."

Brother Newsom is survived by his
mother, four sisters and four brothers.
Three of his brothers are Sigma Nus: Dr.
Earl T. Newsom, M, of Moultrie, Ga.;
Ralph 0. Newsom, T A, of Sheffield, Ala. ;
and Roy Newsom, T A, of Union Point,
Ga.

LAVERNE HOBART SUTTON
Gamma Gamma

Brother Laverne Hobert Sutton died
August 28, 1920, at the Albion City Hos-
pital. The cause of his death was an in-
jury received by falling from a roof he
was repairing at one of the industrial
plants of Albion.

Brother Sutton was born at Hastings,
Mich., December 7, 18%. After com-
pleting his high school education he en-
tered Albion College in 1916, taking a

pre-engineering course. He was initiated
into Gamma Gamma Chapter in March,
1917. .

DAVID PHIBLIN

Gamma Zeta

Brother C. G. Robertson reports the
death of Brother David Phiblin. No
further particulars.

FREDERICK CHARLES DAY

Gamma Nu

Frederick Charles Day, who died on
June 30th, 1920, was born in Portsmouth,
England, on January 17th, 1878, and came
to this country at the age of seventeen
years. He spent his early years in De-
troit and entered Kalamazoo College in
1900, graduating from there with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Arts in 1903.

Brother Day then entered the Law De-
partment of the University of Michigan,
graduating from there in 1906. With
scarcely any funds at his command "Fred**
with his English determination and pluck,
worked his way through both Kalamazoo
and the university by capitalizing his
musical knowledge.

Following his graduation he went to
New York City where he was employed by
Title Guaranty and Trust Company.

Subsequent to the termination of his
employment with the New York firm,
Brother Day maintained law offices in the
Hudson Terminal Building in New York,
while keeping up his home in Little Falls,
New Jersey.

He was married on July 16, 1907, to
Harriet Dalrymple, of Albion Michigan,
Kappa Alpha Theta. One child was born,
Jane Elizabeth, in 1911. During the same
year he returned to Detroit where he was
employed by the Lambrecht, Kelly & Com-
pany in the real estate department; later
in the legal department of the Ford Motor
Company, and about four years ago en-
tered into active practice for himself here
in Detroit.

While in New York he was very active
in the Alumni Chapter, his home at Maple

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Crest, N. J., always being wide open for
any Sigma Nu. Since being here in De-
troit he has been the most active and ener-
getic Brother in our midst. The Alumni
Chapter survived the war and took on re-
newed activity after the great conflict be-
cause of the intense activity and untiring
zeal of this one Brother alone. For several
years he was either president or secretary
of the Alumni Chapter, and bore the brunt
of the hard work necessary to keep such an
organization together.

His activities for his Chapter, Gamma
Nu, at Ann Arbor, gave the Brothers there
their present pretentious home, valued at
$40,000. His loss is keenly felt, both
among the Alumni and the active men at
Michigan, and in trying to fill his place
do we realize the loss of such a great and
good Brother.

J. RICHARD NEWMAN, Gamma Gamma.

JOHN HENRY CLARY
Gamma Xi

Brother John Henry Clary died Septem-
ber 11, 1920, after several years' illness.
Brother Clary was born April 30, 1878, in
Fulton county, Illinois. He moved with
his parents to Nodaway county, Missouri,
in the fall of 1881, where he has spent the
greater part of his life. In 1898, he was
graduated from the Clearmont High
School. He attended Drake University at
Des Moines, Iowa, for three years, then en-
tered the School of Mines and Metallurgy
at Rolla, Mo., in 1903. During his school
course he was prominent in student activi-
ties, being a charter member of Gamma
Xi Chapter. In 1905, he received the de-
gree, Bachelor of Science in Mining Engi-
neering.

He was married to Miss Cora Bell, of
Maryville, Mo., on March 17, 1910. To
this union was born one son, John Henry,
Jr., age nine.

After leaving college, he followed his
profession in the mines at Belleville, 111.,
Arizona, Old Mexico and Idaho. He took
part in fighting the great forest fires of the
Coeur d'Alene district while he was in the
service of the government in Montana. His
health soon failed and in 1910 he was
forced to give up his profession and return
home. After undergoing a critical opera-

tion at Chicago, he became stronger, but
not Well, and for two years served as
highway engineer of Nodaway county.
Since that time he has been connected with
his brother, Guy, in the grain business at
Clearmont.

Burial was in charge of the Masonic
fraternity, of which he had been a mem-
ber for several years.

NEAL THOMAS DUNNICK

Gamma Sigma

Brother Neal Thomas Dunnick died of
spinal meningitis at Ames, Iowa, May 31,
1920.

Brother Dunnick came from Manning,
Iowa, where he was very well known. He
entered Iowa State College in the fall of
1918 as a member of the S. A. T. C. He
was pledged and initiated into the Sigma
Nu Fraternity during the following school
year.

Brother Dunnick was very popular in
the Chapter, a good student and a very
good athlete, having recently won his "A"
in track.

JOSEPH ARTHUR JUDGE
Gamma Sigma

Brother Joseph Arthur Judge was
drowned at Ames, Iowa, June 12, 1920.

Brother Judge was born October 13,
1898. He received his high school educa-
tion at Ames and entered Iowa State Col-
lege as a member of the S. A. T. C. in the
fall of 1918. He was pledged and initiated
in Sigma Nu during the year and became
one of our valuable men.

Brother Judge was a hard worker for
Sigma Nu, and Gamma Sigma Chapter
will miss him greatly.

BERT DEWEY SHIVELY

Delta Eta

Under the ruling of the Grand Chapter
whereby pledges killed in service have
been enrolled as members of the Chapters

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pledging them, Pledge Bert Dewey Shively
has been initiated into Delta Eta Chapter.
Brother Shively died May 11, 1918,
while in the service. He lived at Laurel,
Nebr., but at the time of his death was sta-
tioned at Camp Cody.

in an automobile accident at The Dalles,
Oregon, June 21, 1920.

WILLIAM THOMAS CONBOYI

CLEO ELTON MILLER

Delta Iota

Brother Cleo E. Miller was killed July
12, 1920, at Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,
while giving flight exhibitions with a sea-
plane.

Delta Pi

Delta Pi Chapter reports the death of
Brother William Thomas Conboye. No
further particulars.

HAROLD COLTHURST MILLS

NORMAN JOSEPH McDANIEL

Delta Kappa

Brother M. F. Wood reports the death
of Brother Norman Joseph McDaniel. No
further particulars.

ESMOND BENNETT SAWYER

Delta Omicron
Brother Esmond B. Sawyer was killed

Delta Chi

Notices of the death of Pledge Harold
Colthurst Mills have already been printed
in The Delta for October, 1918, and
March, 1919.

Under the ruling of the Grand Chapter
whereby pledges killed in service have
been initiated, he has been enrolled as a
member of Delta Chi Chapter, where he
was pledged.

Brother Mills was a second lieutenant
in the 6th Regiment of Marines and died
June 17, 1918, of wounds received in
action at Chateau Thierry, on June 10,
'91&

They Are Very Much Alive!

GEORGE WATTERS FORD
Beta Eta

We wish to correct an error in The
Delta for October, 1919, reporting
Brother George W. Ford deceased.

Brother Ford has recently written us a
letter and sent us his Delta subscription.

This report was sent us by the Chapter
and published in its paper. See Beta
Eta's Chapter Letter for Brother Ford's
remonstrance (?).

RALPH SNOWDON SWINK
Delta Rho

A notice of the death of Brother Ralph
Snowden Swink was printed in The Delta
for December, 1918.

Grand Counselor Ernest L. Williams re-
cently advised The Delta that this report
was highly erroneous and contrary to the
facts of the case.

Brother Swink is alive, his address being
Rocky Ford, Colo.

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Sigma Nu Fraternity

Founded at Virginia Military Institute, January 1, 1869.

Founders

JAMES FRANK HOPKINS, Alpha No. 1,
70; born December 30, 1845; died Decem-
ber 15, 1913.

GREENFIELD QUARLES, Alpha No. 2,
'70; Helena, Ark.

JAMES M. RILEY, Alpha No. 3, '70; born
May 16, 1849; died June 8, 1911.

General Officers

EDWIN W. DUNLAVY, Beta Beta, General
Secretary and Editor of The Delta.

HARRY A. RIDER, Delta Zeta, Assistant
General Secretary.

General Offices, 707 Lemcke Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.

High Council

WALTER E. MYERS, Beta Iota, Regent,
114 Engineers Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta, Vice-Re-
gent, 217 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

SAMUEL F. PEGUES, Theta, Grand Treas-
urer, Room 1201, 537 South Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

ERNEST L. WILLIAMS, Gamma Kappa,
Grand Counselor, Gas & Electric Bldg.,
Denver, Colo.

Grand Officers

BURTON P. SEARS, Nu, Grand Historian,
Room 440, 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.

JOHN R. SAMPEY, Iota, Grand Chaplain,
500 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky.

STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance

THE VICE REGENT.

JOHN M. ROBERTS, Beta Gamma-Beta Pi, 460
East Ohio Street, Chicago, I1L

MANLY R. JOINER, Iota-Gamma Kappa, Tal-
ladega, Ala.

WILLIAM W. KEYSER, Lambda, 3820 Pine
Street, St. Louis, Mo.

CLYDE T. KIRKBRIDB. Beta Iota, 1111 Wil-
liamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

KENYON STEVENSON, Beta Eta, Lancaster, Pa.

G ROVER H. CREECH, Gamma Iota, Twila, Ky.

Jurisprudence

THE REGENT, ex officio.

THE GRAND COUNSELOR, ex officio.

HARRY L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu, New First Na-
tional Bank Building, Columbus, Ohio.

PERRY D. CALDWELL, Beta Iota-Delta Zeta,
488 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

ORVILLE M. BARNBTT, Rho, University of Mis-
souri, Columbia, Mo.

JOHN D. COFER, Upsilon, 212 Archway, Austin,
Texas.

Scholarship

ERRETT R. NEWBY, Delta Epsilon, 313 Mercan-
tile Building, Oklahoma City, Okla.

ALBERT H. YODBR, Beta Eta, University of
North Dakota, University, N. D.

FRED W. BREMIER, Delta Delta, Railroad Com-
mission, Bismarck, N. D.

HARLBY F. WILSON, Gamma Lambda, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

FRANK AYDELOTTE, Beta Eta, 86 Hawthorne
Street, Cambridge, Mass.

GEORGE A. CHANDLER, Gamma Lambda, 151
Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin. Madison.
Wis.

DALE A. HARTMAN, Delta Zeta, Sidney, Ohio.

Chapter House

LEROY B. KIMBALL, Gamma Gamma, 32 Wav-
erly Place, New York, N. Y.

BORDEN BURR, Theta-Lambda, Brown-Marx
Building, Birmingham, Ala.

WALTER S. McGILVRAY, Beta Chi, 920 Santa
Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.

JOHN B. MALLERS, Gamma Mu, 303 East John
Street, Champaign, 111.

ROY L. BOVARD, Delta Delta. 5590 Baum Boul-
evard, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ritual

RAWSON BENNETT, Nu, 5112 Genoa Street, Oak-
land, Calif.

THOMAS M. OWEN, Jr., Theta, State Capitol,
Montgomery, Ala.

GRANT HARRINGTON, Nu, 914 Orville Avenue,
Kansas City, Kans,

Fraternity Songs

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta, 31 North State
Street, Chicago, 111,

PETER B. F. BURNS, Gamma Chi, 612 Stats
Street, Madison, Wis.

FRANK H. THORNS, Gamma Mu, 505 Sunny-
side Ave., Chicago, 111.

Uniform Accounting System

THB VICE-REGENT.

MILO C. NEWTON, Delta Zeta. 771 Bast 95th
Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

CLIFFORD B. LEPAGE. Gamma Delta, Mount
Vernon, N. Y.

Publicity for Endowment Fund Campaign

THB VICE REGENT.

ARTHUR O. DILLENBECK, Gamma Psi, Manhas-
sett, Long Island, N. Y.

JOHN A. STEVENSON, Gamma Lambda, 120
Broadway, New York, N. Y.

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Collegiate Chapters

With a List of their Chapter Commanders and Advisers

PIRST DIVISION
Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia

INSPECTOR, Clarence A. Short, Delta Kappa,
Newark, Del.

BETA — 1870), University of Virginia, Char-
lottesville, Va.
Commander, R. E. Round, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, A. H. Wilson, 441 Pelham Road, New
Rochelle, N. Y.

LAMBDA— (1882), Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, Lexington, Va.
Commander, Lewis S. Musgrove, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, J. T. McCrum, Peoples National Bank.

DELTA KAPPA— (1910), Delaware College,
Newark, Del.
Commander, Melvin F. Wood, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, .

DELTA PI — (1915), George Washington Univer-
sity, Washington, D. C.
Commander, Bernard F. Burdlck, 1733 N St.,

N. W.
Adviser, Harold F. Enlows, 122 Willow Ave.,
Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

DELTA PHI— (1917), University of Maryland,
College Park, Md.
Commander, Austin C. Diggs.
Adviser, Frank B. Bomberger, College Park,
Md.

SECOND DIVISION
Georgia, Florida

INSPECTOR, Oscar Palmour, Kappa, 425 Grant
Building, Atlanta, Ga.

ETA— (1884), Mercer University, Macon, Ga.
Commander. Peter Z. Geer.
Adviser, John R. L. Smith.

KAPPA — (1881), North Georgia Agricultural
College, Dahlonega, Ga.
Commander, S. H. Christopher.
Adviser, Professor E. N, Nicholson.

MU— (1884), University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Commander, H. C. King, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Dr. Dan H. DuPree.

XI — (1884), Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, G. H. Alexander.
Adviser, S. Russell Bridges, Healy Building.

GAMMA ALPHA— (1896), Georgia School of
Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, Robert B. Betts.
Adviser, W. L. Kemp, 10 Auburn Ave.

DELTA MU— (1913), Stetson University, DeLand,
Fla.
Commander, Neill S. Jackson, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Robert P. Walters.

EPSILON ZETA— (1920), University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla.
Commander, June R. Gunn, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Professor Robert W. Blacklock.

THIRD DIVISION

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee

INSPECTOR — Manly R. Joiner, Iota-Gamma
Kappa, Talladega, Ala.

THETA— (1874), University of Alabama, Uni-
versity, Ala.
Commander, Willard A. McCall, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Judge Henry B. Foster.

IOTA— (1879), Howard College, East Lake, Aia.
Commander, F. O. Carlisle.

Adviser, William J. Waldrop, County Court
House, Birmingham, Ala.

SIGMA— (1886), Vanderbllt University, Nashville,
Tenn.

Commander, Battey B. Coker, Sigma Nu House.

Adviser. C. Madison Sarratt, Vanderbllt Uni-
versity.

BETA THETA— (1890). Alabama Polytechnic

Institute, Auburn, Ala.
Commander, Ulysses V. Whipple, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor George C. Starch er.

FOURTH DIVISION

Indiana, Kentucky

INSPECTOR, James E. Moffat, Beta Eta, 415
South Fess Ave., Bloomlngton, Ind.

BETA BETA— (1800), DePauw University, Green-
castle, Ind.

Commander, Royal E. Davis, Sigma Nu House.

Adviser, Roy Davidson, 3925 Broadway, Indian-
apolis, Ind.

BETA ZETA— (1801), Purdue University, La-
fayette, Ind.
Commander, C. G. Roberts, 268 Littleton St.
Adviser, Professor Thomas A. Coleman.

BETA ETA— (1892), Indiana University, Bloom-
lngton, Ind.

Commander, Fred S. Matthews, 322 East Kirk-
wood Street.

Adviser, John W. French.

BETA UPSILON— (1895), Rose Polytechnic In-
stitute, Terre Haute. Ind.
Commander, Herman Krausbek.
Adviser, Frank Baxter, Whltestown, Ind.

GAMMA IOTA— (1902), University of Kentucky.

Lexington, Ky.
. Commander, Thomas J. Beam, 416 E. Maxwell

Street.
Adviser, Guy A. Huguelet, 505 Trust Company

Building.

FIFTH DIVISION

Ohio, West Virginia, That Part of Pennsylvania
West of the 78th Meridian

INSPECTOR— Perry D. Caldwell, Beta Iota-Delta
Zeta, 433 Williamson Building, Cleveland,
Ohio.

EPSILON— (1883), Bethany College, Bethany, W.
Va.
Commander, Vinson H. Bixler.
Adviser, W. Edwin Wells, Jr., East Liverpool,
Ohio.

BETA IOTA— (1892), Mount Union College, Al-
liance, Ohio.
Commander, John R. Cheney, 1690 8. Union Ave.
Adviser, D. M. Armstrong, 422 E. Main Street.

BETA NU— (1891), Ohio State University, Co-
lumbus, Ohio.
Commander, John L. Carruthers, 22 16th St,
Adviser, Trafford B. Tallmadge, Suite 327, Cltl-
sens Bank Bldg.

GAMMA PI— (1904), West Virginia University,
Morgantown, W. Va.
Commander, H. C. Hutchinson, 221 Willey St.
Adviser, .

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DELTA ALPHA— (1907), Case School of Applied

Science, Cleveland, Ohio.
Commander, Frederic D. Brooker, 2037 Adelbert

Rd.
Adviser, James A. Moffett, 1397 B. 109th Street

DELTA ZETA— (1909), Western Reserve Uni-
versity. Cleveland, Ohio.

Commander, J. Keith Henney, 11447 Euclid
Ave.

Adviser, Howard K. Hunter, 11447 Euclid Ave.

DELTA SIGMA— (1916), Carnegie Institute of

Technology, Pittsburgh. Pa.
Commander, R. E. Dake, 5540 Forbes St.
Adviser, Frank H. Haaren, 18 Garland St.,

Edgewood, Pa.

SIXTH DIVISION

That Part of Pennsylvania East of the 78th
Meridian

INSPECTOR. Roswell Phillips, Gamma Epsllon,
123 W. Market St., Scranton, Pa.

PI— (1885), Lehigh University, South Bethle-
hem, Pa.
Commander, John S. Stanier, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, .

BETA RHO — (1894). University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, Pa.
Commander, Harold D. Cobley, 3312 Walnut St.
Adviser, William L. Gruhler, 44 W. Upsal St.,

Germantown, Pa.

GAMMA EPSILON— (1900), Lafayette College,
Easton, Pa.
Commander, Allen C. Grasier. 32 Cattell St.
Adviser, H. T. Spengler, 337 Shawnee Drive.

DELTA DELTA— (1909), Pennsylvania State

College, State College, Pa.
Commander, Arthur E. Prlngle, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor Edward F. Grundhoeffer.

SEVENTH DIVISION

New York, New Jersey

INSPECTOR. Albert H. Wilson, Beta Iota, 441
Pelham Road, New Rochelle, N. Y.

GAMMA DELTA— (1900), Stevens Institute of

Technology, Hoboken, N. J.
Commander, Christopher Strachan, 507 River

St
Adviser, Clifford B. LePage, Mount Vernon,

N. Y.

GAMMA THETA— (1901), Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y.

Commander, Paul H. Minton, 230 Willard Way.

Adviser, David R. Mlxsell, 611 Haselton Ter-
race, Rochester, N. Y.

GAMMA PSI— (1906), Syracuse University, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Commander, Thomas Muldowney, 212 Euclid

Ave.
Adviser, A. Fairfax Montague, 702 Keith Bldg.

DELTA GAMMA— (1908), Columbia University,
New York, N. Y.
Commander, James Carroll, 540 W. 113th St
Adviser, Anthony J. Romagna, 31 Liberty St.

DELTA UPSILON— (1917), Colgate University,

Hamilton, N. Y.
Commander, Justin C. Morgan, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Lyndon H. Strough, Oneida High

School, Oneida, N. Y.

EIGHTH DIVISION

Connecticut Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Vermont

INSPECTOR, Raymond H. Segur, Delta Chi, 67
Farmlngton Ave.v Hartford, Conn.

BETA SIGMA— (1898), University of Vermont,

Burlington, Vt
Commander, Leonard S. Bartlett Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor W. E. Aiken,

DELTA BETA — (1907). Dartmouth 'College, Han-
over, N. H.
Commander, R. S. Parks, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, P. E. Gear, Hitchcock Hospital.

DELTA LAMBDA— (1912), Brown University,
Providence, R. I.
Commander, John W. Chapman, 104 Waterman

Adviser, Arthur E. Kenyon, 134 Wesleyan Ave.

DELTA NU— (1913), University of Maine, Orono,
Maine.
Commander, F. E. Baldwin, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Thomas B. Houghton, Fort Fairfield,
Maine.

DELTA CHI— (1918), Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn.
Commander, Arthur N. Matthews, 74 Vernon St
Adviser, William P. Barber, c/o Connecticut Mu-
tual Life Insurance Co.

DELTA PSI— (1918), Bowdoln College, Bruns-
wick, Maine.
Commander, Lee S. Gorham, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, C. C. Magulre, 18 Falrmount Terrace.

EPSILON GAMMA— (1920), Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn.
Commander, Charles M. Downs, Sigma Nu

House.
AdiHser, Edward C. Marsden, 791 Elm St, New
Haven, Conn.

NINTH DIVISION

Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin

INSPECTOR, John M. Roberts, Beta Gamma-Beta
Pi, 460 B. Ohio St., Chicago, 111.

GAMMA BETA— (1898), Northwestern Univer-
sity, Bvan8ton, 111.
Commander, Robert B. Schweser, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, C. J. Luther, Evanston State Bank.

GAMMA GAMMA— (1895), Albion College, Albion,
Mich.
Commander, W. Ray Winegar, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Robert Baldwin.

GAMMA LAMBDA— (1902), University of Wis-
consin, Madison, Wis.
Commander, Charles W. Dorries, 625 N. Henry St.
Adviser, Professor H. F. Wilson, Entomology
Building, University of Wisconsin.

GAMMA MU— (1902), University of Illinois,
Champaign, 111.
Commander, Donald M. Eaton, 303 B. John St.
Adviser, .

GAMMA NU— (1902), University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Commander, John T. Finley, 700 Oxford Rd.
Adviser, .

GAMMA RHO— (1904), University of Chicago,

Chicago, 111.
Commander, Edgar Palmer. 5541 WoodlaWn Ave.
Adviser, George M. Cook, Public Relations Dept,

Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 111.

GAMMA TAU— (1904), University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Commander, John J. Kelly, 915 University Ave.
Adviser, W. M. Babcock, 610 Temple Court

DELTA THETA— (1891), Lombard College, Gales-
burg, 111.
Commander, Harold S. Bates, 1443 E. Knox St.
Adviser, Webb A. Herlocker, Carr Bldg.

TENTH DIVISION

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Iowa

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INSPECTOR. Wiliam L. Randall, Delta Eta, 437
Omaha National Bank Bldg., Omaha, Neb.

BETA MU— (1893), University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa.

Commander, Lawrence A. Block, 70B E. College
St.

Adviser, J. M. Flake, Supt. of Grounds & Build-
ings.

GAMMA SIGMA— (1904), Iowa State College,

Ames, Iowa.
Commander, Ingram J. Kleaveland, 2166 Lincoln

Way.
Adviser,

DELTA ETA— (1909), University of Nebraska,

Lincoln, Neb.
Commander, Fay Pollock, 1615 F St.
Adviser, Ernest Kenny, care Hardy Furniture

Co.

THIRTEENTH DIVISION

Louisiana, Texas

INSPECTOR— John D. Cofer, Upsilon, 212 Arch-
way, Austin, Texas.

UPSILON— (1886), University of Texas, Austin,
Texas.
Commander, Maxwell T. Hill, 214 Archway.
Adviser, George E. Shelley, 726 Littlefleld Bldg.

PHI— (1887), Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, La.
Commander, Richard L. Benoit, 608 Third St.
Adviser, Frank B. Jones, Fuqua Hardware Co.

BETA PHI— (1888), Tulane University, New Or
leans, La.

Commander, Edmond B. Talbot.

Adviser, Charles E. Dunbar, care Fenner, How-
ard, Spencer & Walker.

ELEVENTH DIVISION
Missouri, Arkansas

INSPECTOR, Orville M. Barnett, Rho, Columbia,
Mo.

RHO— (1886), University of Missouri, Columbia.
Mo.
Commander, Henry M. King, 620 College Ave.
Adviser, .

BETA XI— (1894), William Jewell College, lib-
erty, Mo.
Commander, Herbert Eby, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, E. H. Norton, Citizens State Bank.

GAMMA XI— (1903), Missouri School of Mine?,
Rolla, Mo.
Commander, Homer A. Hollingshead.
Adviser, Dr. J. W. Barley, Missouri School of
Mines.

GAMMA OMICRON— (1903), Washington Uni-
versity, St. Louis, Mo.
Commander, Horace W. Pote.
Adviser, Dr. John Vaughn, 5241 Waterman Ave.

GAMMA UPSILON— (1904), University of Arkan-
sas, Fayetteville, Ark.
Commander, Oren C. Yoes.
Adviser,

EPSILON BETA— (1919), Drury College, Spring-
field, Mo.

Commander, James H. Washburn, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, .

TWELFTH DIVISION

Kansas, Oklahoma

INSPECTOR, Grant W. Harrington, Nu, 914 Or-
ville Ave., Kansas City, Kans.

NU — (1884), University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kan.
Commander, Harold M. Roberts, 1246 Oread St.
Adviser, Professor E. F. Engle, University of
Kansas.

BETA KAPPA— (1913). Kansas State Agricultu-
tural College, Manhattan, Kans.
Commander, Henry W. Marston, 1031 Leaven-
worth St.
Adviser, Malcolm Sewell.

DELTA EPSILON— (1909), University of Okla-
homa, Norman, Okla.

Commander, Lei and H. Hartford, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, Isaac D. Taylor, 509 Baum Building,
Oklahoma City, Okla.

EPSILON EPSILON— (1920), Oklahoma Agricul-
tural College, Stillwater, Okla.
Commander, Thoirnia E. Molncek, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, .

FOURTEENTH DIVISION

Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico

INSPECTOR, Orlo S. More, Gamma Kappa, Gas
and Electric Bldg., Denver, Colo.

GAMMA ETA— (1901), Colorado School of Mines,
Golden. Colo.

Commander, George D. Thomas, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, Oscar A. Fisher, 815 St. Paul St., Den-
ver, Colo.

GAMMA KAPPA— (1902), University of Colorado,

Boulder, Colo.
Commander, Clarence W. Robinson, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Earl J. Dickinson, 721 E. Colfax St,

Denver, Colo.

DELTA RHO— (1915), Colorado Agricultural Col-
lege, Fort Collins, Colo.

Commander, John R. Fitssimmons, 405 Reming-
ton St.

Adviser, H. N. Wheeler, U. S. Forest Service.

EPSILON DELTA— (1920), University of Wyom-
ing, Laramie, Wyo.

Commander,

Adviser, Herbert E. Hart.

FIFTEENTH DIVISION

Idaho, Montana, and That Part of Washington
and Oregon East of the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, J. Houston McCroskey, Delta Iota,
Garfield, Wash.

GAMMA PHI— (1905), University of Montana,
Missoula, Mont.
Commander, Brice Toole, 102 Daley Ave.
Adviser, John J. Lucy, 414 Eddy Ave.

DELTA IOTA— (1910), State College of Wash-
ington, Pullman, Wash.
Commander, George S. Toser, 510 Montgomery

St
Adviser, F. E. Sanger.

DELTA OMICRON— (1915), University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho.
Commander, Arthur G. Wood, 1030 Blake Ave.
Adviser, F. E. Sanger, Pullman, Wash.

SIXTEENTH DIVISION

That Part of Washington and Oregon West of

the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, Charles E. Arney, Gamma Chi, 615
Boren Ave., Seattle, Wash.

GAMMA ZETA— (1900), University of Oregon.
Eugene, Oreg.
Commander, John Matheson, Sigma No House.
Adviser, Luke Goodrich, First National Bank.

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GAMMA CHI — (1896), University of Washington,
Seattle, Wash.
Commander, William Foran, 1616 B. 47th St, N.
Adviser, 8. H. Hedges, 811 Central Bldg.

DELTA TAU— (1017), Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, Corvallis, Oreg.
Commander, Alan C. Brandes, 119 N. 9th St.
AdvUer, Sigurd H. Peterson.

SEVENTEENTH DIVISION

California, Nevada, Utah, Arisona

INSPECTOR, Otto K. Grau. Beta Chi, 1408 Chron-
icle Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

BETA CHI— (1891), Leland Stanford University,

Stanford, Calif.
Commander, Robert F. Pelouse, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Donald Seymour, Apt. 100, 2701 Lar-

kln St, San Francisco, Calif.

BETA PSI— (1892), University of California,
Berkeley, Calif.
Commander, Robert L. Harter, 2610 Durant Ave.
AdvUer, George M. Lindsay, 25 16- A Hilgard St.,

eorge at
, Calif.

Berkeley,

DELTA XI— (1914), University of Nevada, Reno,
Nev.
Commander, Hugo W. Qullici, Lincoln HalL
AdvUer, C. S. Knight, 624 Lake St.

EPSILON ALPHA— (1918), University of Ari-
sona, Tucson, Ariz.
Commander, Walter D. Pusch, 745 N. Stone Ave.
Adviser, J. F. McKale, University of Arisona.

EIGHTEENTH DIVISION

North Carolina, South Carolina

INSPECTOR, Rayford K. Adams, Psi, DU Hill,
Raleigh, N. C.

DELTA — (1886), University of South Carolina,
Columbia, S. C.
Commander, J. Farra Van Meter, 1351 Blanding

St.
Adviser, .

Please address all mall either to the Com-
mander's residence, or to 1519 Senate Ave. Do
not send anything care of the University.

PSI— (1888), University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Commander, Paul B. Edmundson.
AdvUer, Walter Murphy, Salisbury, N. C.

BETA TAU— (1895), North Carolina State College
of Agriculture and Engineering, West Ral-
eigb|N. C.
Commander, F. S. Childs.
Adviser, .

Alumni Chapters and Secretaries

ALABAMA—

Annlston — Secretary, Samuel P. Ingram, 1405
Leighton Ave.

Birmingham — Secretary, Jack Hornady, 8420 N.

ery—
?ourt Square.

Montgomery— Secretary, John Paul Jones, 16%
Cou * ~

ARIZONA—
Tucson — Secretary, J. F. McKale, University of
Arisona.

ARKANSAS—

Little Rock— Secretary, Alfred H. Craig, 110
Schiller Ave.

CALIFORNIA—

Los Angeles — Secretary, Vernon M. Brydolf, Jr.,
215 Kendall Building, Pasadena, Calif.
Luncheon, every Thursday noon, Fifth St.,
Chocolate Shop.

San Francisco — Secretary, Leroy Hitchcock, 5v>3
Market St.
Luncheon, every Friday, 12:15 p. m., The
Commercial Club, 13th Floor Merchants
Exchange Building.

COLORADO—

Denver — Secretary, George H. Swerer, 408 Ua*-
Electric Bldg.
Meeting, every Tuesday noon, Tea Room,
Denver Dry Goods Co.

CONNECTICUT—

Hartford — Secretary, John M. Washburn, 211
Laurel St.
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12:30 p. m.
Dinner, second Wednesday each month, 6:00
p. m., University Club.

New Haven — Secretary, Edward C. Marsden, 791
Elm 8t
Meeting, third Friday of each month, 6:30
p. m., Hotel Bishop.

DELAWARE—

Wilmington — Secretary, William M. Schlittler,
1524 W. 7th St.
Meeting, second Thursday each month, 7 :30
p. m., Hotel DuPont.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—

Washington — Secretary, Harold F. Enlows, 122
Willow Ave.. Takoma Park.
Monthly luncheon, first Thursday in each
month at Cushman's, 12:30 p. m.

FLORIDA—

Jacksonville — Secretary, Fred H. Sides, 1855
Forbes St.

Miami — Secretary, L. Earl Curry, P. O. Box 023.

Tampa — Secretary, Karl E. Whltaker, Box 961.
Meeting, first Tuesday in each month.

GEORGIA—

Atlanta — Secretary, R. L. Reynolds, 908-10 Em-
pire Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturdays, 12 :80, Hotel Ansley
Rathskeller, corner North Forsyth and
James St

Augusta — Secretary, H. G. Hatch, 2409 Walton
Way.

Savannah — Secretary, Charles D. Ellis, Southern
Cotton Oil Co., Savannah, Ga.

ILLINOIS—

Chicago — Secretary, Charles F. Meyer, c/o
Northern Trust Co., La Salle and Monroe
Sts.
Luncheon, every Wednesday, 12 to 1 :30 p. m.,
Blxth floor Marshall Field Bldg., for men,
Washington St. and Wabash Ave.

INDIANA—

Fort Wayne — Secretary, Harry E. Schlatter,
202-206 E. Columbia St.

Indianapolis — Secretary, William A. Pitkin,

Legislative Reference Bureau, State House.

Luncheon, every Wednesday noon, 12 :15 p.

m., 8th floor. Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

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IOWA—

Des Moines — Secretary. J. H. Kraft. 1037 Sev-
enth St.
Luncheon, every Wednesday noon, Younker's
Tea Room.

Waterloo — Secretary, Pressey H. Frank, 727 W.
Park Ave.

KANSAS—

Topeka — Secretary, Floyd L. Loveless, 519 New
England Bldg.
Luncheon, second Saturday each month, noon,

Pelletler's Tea Room.
Meeting, last Friday evening each month.
6 :30, Elks' Club.

KENTUCKY—

Lexington — Secretary, Ouy A. Huguelet, Se-
curity Trust Company Building.

LOUISIANA—

New Orleans — Secretary, Charles B. Dunbar,
Jr.v Union St.

Shreveport — Secretary, E. E. Talbot, Ruston, La.

MAINE—

Portland — Secretary, Paul D. Oreely, Deerfleld
Road.
Meeting, first Thursday each month, 7 p. m.,
Congress Square Hotel.

MARYLAND—

Baltimore — Secretary, John F. Bledsoe, Superin-
tendent Maryland State School for the
Blind, Overlea, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS—

Boston — Secretary, R. G. Higgins, 24 Prescott
St., Suite No. 1, Cambridge, Mass.
Luncheon, every Friday, Filene's Restaurant,
12 :30 p. m.

MICHIGAN—

Detroit — Secretary, J. Richard Newman, 720
Penobscot Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturday, 1 p. m.f Board of Com-
merce.

MINNESOTA—

Minneapolis — Secretary, C. K. Michener, Min-
neapolis Athletic Club.
Luncheon, Tuesday, 12 :30 p. m., Dayton's Tea
Rooms.

MISSOURI—

Kansas City — Secretary, Russell L. Jolley, 111
Railway Exchange Bldg.
Luncheon, every Saturday, 12:30 to 2 p. m.,
University Club.

St. Louis — Secretary-

Luncheon, Wednesday, 12 :30 p. m., Planters
Hotel.

Springfield — Secretary, Paul Andrews, 725 E.
Madison St.
Meeting, first Saturday of each month. Lun-
cheon at Chamber of Commerce.

NEBRASKA —

Omaha — Secretary, J. H. Gibson, 2518 Farnam
St.
Meeting, every Saturday noon, Loyal Hotel.

NEW YORK—

Buffalo — Secretary, Allison F. Eberle, 727 Ma-
rine Bank Bldg.

New York — Secretary, A. H. Dean, 142 B. 150th
St.
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12 to 2 p. m., pri-
vate dining room Machinery Club, top floor
Hudson Terminal Bldg., 50 Church St.

Schenectady — Secretary, L. L. Hopkins, 2 Van

Velsen St.

Syracuse — Secretary, Ralph R. Herrold, Room
420, Y. M. C. A.

OHIO—

Akron — Secretary, D. M. Brown, 69 Franklin St.
Meeting, first Monday evening of each month,
at Akron City Club.

Cincinnati — Secretary, S. Clark Riker, 1916
Blgelow St.
Dinner, last Thursday each month. Palace
HoteL

Cleveland — Secretary, Francis I. Wilson, 9231
Blrchdale Ave.
Visiting Slgs, please stop in at 701 Ulmer
Bldg., or call Main 7020.

Columbus — Secretary, G. L. Mooney, 743 Deni-
son Ave.
Meeting, every two weeks, Saturday noon,
Athletic Club.

OKLAHOMA—

Muskogee — Secretary, H. L. Armstrong, Flinn-
Ames Bldg.

Oklahoma City — Secretary, Paul G. Darrough,
303 State National Bank Building.
Luncheon, first and third Saturday of every
month, 12 :15 p. m. ; luncheon room, Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Meeting, first Saturday of each month, Cham-
ber of Commerce.

Okmulgee — Secretary, George A. Scheutsow, c/o
Scheutzow & Keith.
Meeting, first and third Thursdays of each
month, Parkinson Hotel.

OREGON—

Portland — Secretary, George T. Col ton, 310
Chamber of Commerce.
Luncheon, Friday noon, Portland Hotel.

PENNSYLVANIA— '

Easton — Secretary, H. J. Lockwood, 624 Par-
sons St.

Philadelphia — Secretary, Wm. L. Gruhler, 44

Upsal St.
Luncheon; every Saturday, 1 p. m., English

Room, Adelphl Hotel.
Dinner and meeting, first Tuesday each month

6 :00 p. m., 3312 Walnut St.

Pittsburgh — Secretary, Henry S. Stockdale, 816
Oliver Building.

Dinner, second Tuesday each month, 6:30
p. m., Fort Pitt Hotel.

(Monthly meetings and dinners omitted during
ing June, July and August.)

Informal dinner every day, 12 :15, at Kauf-
man ft Baer's dining room.

RnODE ISLAND—

Providence — Secretary, Walter II. Robinson, 107
Westminster St.
Meeting, last Monday each month, 8 p. m.,
104 Waterman St.

TENNESSEE—

Memphis — Secretary, Thomas H. Ingram, Ex-
change Building.
Luncheon, last Tuesday of each month, Cham-
ber of Commerce.

TEXAS—

Dallas — Secretary, J. U. Biggers, 5122 Bryan
St.
Meetings, every Saturday, 1 :15 p. m., at the
University Club Rooms, Oriental Hotel
Building.

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San Antonio — Secretary. Louis A. Hlllje, 724 No-
lan St
Luncheon, second and fourth Wednesdays
eacb month, 12 :00 noon to 2 :00 p. m.f
Room 112, Gunter Hotel.

UTAH—

Salt Lake City — Secretary, J. H. Bagley, 1528
Michigan Ave.
Dinner, third Friday every month, 7 p. m.v
University Club, excepting October, Janu-
ary and April, when the meeting is held at
the Weber Club, at Ogden.

VIRGINIA—

Richmond — Secretary, J. C. Blasingame, 703
Mutual Bldg.

WASHINGTON—

Lewis County-

-Secretary,

Seattle — Secretary, C. B. Arney, 615 Boren Ave.

Spokane — Secretary, Frederick W. Salt, Federal
Land Bank.
Luncheon, every Tuesday noon. University
Club.

WISCONSIN—

Madison — Secretary, George A. Chandler, 151
Bascom Hallv University of Wisconsin. '
Luncheon, first and third Mondays, 12:15
p. m., University Club.

Milwaukee — Secretary, George Blakeney, 570
Bradford Ave.

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SIDNEY THORNB ABLB, Gamma Omicron, Utf

303-305 Pierce Building

Fourth and Pine Streets

St. Louis, Mo.

ROBERT J. BANNISTER, Beta Mu, 50

STIPP, PERRY, BANNISTER ft STARZINGBR

10131020 Equitable Building

Des Moines, Iowa

GEORGE J. BREAKER

Beta Xi-Gamma Omicron

1748-52 Pierce Building

St Louis, Mo.

BORDEN H. BURR, Th eta- Lambda

PERCY, BANNERS & BURR

Brown-Marx Building

Birmingham, Ala.

EDWARD G. HOFFMAN. Gamma Nu 23

BARRETT, MORRIS A HOFFMAN

Shoaff Building, Fort Wayne, Ind.

H. L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu

INDUSTRIAL LAWYER

Associated with

DOUD, CRAWFIS, BRADFORD & DONES

Columbus, Ohio

C. T. KIRKBRIDE, Beta Iota

1111 Williamson Building

Cleveland

WILLIAM M. MATTHEWS, Beta Nu, *0*

MATTHEWS ft MATTHEWS

Callahan Bank Building, Dayton, Ohio

A. FAIRFAX MONTAGUE, Gamma Pel

HENRY B. DODD, Gamma PbI

MONTAGUB & DODD

702-703 Keith Building

Syracuse, N. Y.

JAMBS W. NOEL, Beta Zeta

019 Lemcke Building

Indianapolis, Ind.

JOHN S. PARKER, Theta

FRANKLIN A. WAGNER, Gamma Nu

PARKER. DAVIS & WAGNER

646-640 Mutual Life Building

34 Nassau Street, New York City

PERRY S. PATTERSON, Gamma Rho 29

McCORMICK, KIRKLAND, PATTERSON

* FLEMING

Tribune Building, Chicago

WILLIAM L. RANDALL, Delta Eta, '13

PALMER ft RANDALL

437 Omaha National Bank Building

Omaha, Neb.

J. HOWARD REBBR, Pi

Mutual Life Building. 1001 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia, Pa.

ANTHONY J. ROMAGNA, Delta Gamma

31 Liberty Street, New York City

Tel. Nos. John 2266; John 2267; John 1774

SHERMAN W. SALTMARSH. Delta Beta

706 Kimball Building, 18 Tremont St.

Boston, Mass.

GEORGE B. SHELLEY, Upsilon

FISET, McCLBNDON & SHELLEY

726-730 Littleneld Building

Austin, Texas

KIRK SMITH, Beta Iota-Delta Lambda

EDWARDS & ANGBLL

15 Westminster St.

Providence, Rhode Island

SOLON W. SMITH, Nu, '03

TWYFORD & SMITH

American National Bank Building

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

HUBERT W. SWENDBR, Gamma Omicron

ALLEN, ALLBN A SWENDBR

Attorneys-at-Law

Suite 620, Ferguson Building, Los Angeles, Cat

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HILL FERGUSON, Theta

Vice-President

J EMI SON REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE CO.

Real Estate, Sales, Loans, Appraisals

Birmingham, Alabama

W. P. GETTMAN, Delta Sigma

CENTER AVENUE GARAGE CO., INC.

5424-28 Cenfer Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

J. B. NEWCOMB, Beta Nu

CRESCENT PAPER CO.

Indianapolis, Ind.

ERNEST L. OLP, Gamma Beta

Manager FISK TEACHERS' AGENCY

Suite 814-823 Steger Building

28 B. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111.

JOHN B. ROSSBR. Xi-Sigma

Southwestern Manager WORLD BOOK COMPANY

313 S. Preston St., Dallas, Texas

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta

Life Insurance

Astor House Building, 217 Broadway

New York, N. Y.

HARRY T. WATSON. Gamma Chi

Assistnnt District Manager GEO. H. MORRILL

CO., of California

432 Wall Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

H. G. HATCH, Mu
ENGINEER
Surveys, Reports, Estimates, Construction Super-
vision, Highways, Sewers, Concrete Struc-
tures, Industrial Efficiency
Box 704, Atlanta, Ga.

II. H. H. LYNCH, Gamma Omicron

J. HAL LYNCH ft SON

Architects

Dolph Building, St. Louis, Mo.

GLENN B. MILLER, Gamma Lambda

G. E. MILLER ft COMPANY

Government, Municipal, Corporation Bonds

Northwestern Bank Bldg., Portland, Oregon.

FRATERNITY JEWELRY

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta

Vice-President

J. F. NBWMAN, Inc., Fraternity Jeweler

31 North State Street, Chicago

ANDREW SALLADE, Beta Eta

Representing

J. F. NEWMAN, Inc., Fraternity Jeweler

Railway Exchange Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.

H. HARPER MOULTON, Rho

Life Insurance

1006-08 Harris Trust Building

Chicago, 111.

WILLIAM P. YATES, Beta Rho

Representing

L. G. BALFOUR CO.

Attleboro, Mass.

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Volume XXXV111

MARCH 1921

NUMBER THREE

Published by

Sigma Nu Fraternity

A National Society of College Men

ae sue General Offices ate art

Lemcke Building, Indianapolis, Ind.

The Gates of Virginia Military Institute
Birthplace of Sigma No

Devoted to Fraternity and College Interests, Published
on the first days of October, December, March and May

EDWIN W. DUNLAVY. Editor

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Contents

The Permanent Endowment Fund 355

Endowment Campaign Gains Attention Everywhere, by the Regent 355

Story op a Fifty-Dollar Bill 356

Foreigners? by Past Editor John C. Scott 357

As the Solvers Read the Problem 358

Founder Greenfield Quarles 363

The Last Founder Passes - - 363

Appreciations from Brothers and Friends 367

Our New Inspectors 371

Colonel Read to be Buried at Arlington 374

Soldier Dreisbach, by Harry L. Hopwood 375

Beta Nu Chapter House, by J. Dale McNamar 377

"Vital Statistics" 378

Gamma Epsilon's House Campaign, by Roswell Phillips 379

Parting Gifts, by Claude B. McBrayer 382

Gamma Nu's New Home, by Wade P. McConnell and James M. Bailey. 383

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletins 387, 391, 426

An American Soldier's Life in Germany, by George T. Wyche 388

The Uniform Accounting System in Practice, by Lee A. Yochum 390

Inter-Fraternity Conference 392

Secretary's Table 394

An Open Letter to Sigma Nu, by the General Secretary 398

View and Review 399

Chapter Letters 403

The Athletes 408

Conventions and Rallies 413

Camping as a Vocation, by Lea A. Reiber 414

The Alumni 415

Alumni Chapter Letters 427

Alumni Notes 439

Kindred Brothers 449

Greek News, by Past Regent Albert H. Wilson 451

Clippings and Comment t 454

Chapter Bookshelf 458

Did You? by Cyrus E. Reid 459

Pickwick Club, by Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C 460

Marriages 466

The Girl of Sigma Nu, by Jean Paul Bryan 468

Deaths 469

Fraternity Directory 471

Illustrations

Founder Greenfield Quarles, Alpha No. 2 *. .362

Major Greenfield Quarles, Alpha 365

Inspector John D. Cofer, Upsilon : 371

Inspector J. Houston McCroskey, Delta Iota ,372

Inspector Charles E. Arney, Jr., Gamma Chi 373

Lieutenant-Colonel Clyde F. Dreisbach, Beta Eta 375

Dreisbach at Monte Carlo 376

Beta Nu Chapter House « 377

Gamma Epsilon Chapter House. 379

Gamma Nu Chapter House. 384

Howard A. Johnson, Gamma Phi 416

McCroskey Trio, Delta Iota .449

Second Generation, Nu Chapter 450

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Endowment Campaign Gains Attention

Everywhere

EVERYWHERE I have gone and have had the opportunity and privilege
of addressing our Alumni Chapters — from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh —
the Alumni organizations have unanimously and heartily endorsed the
Permanent Endowment Campaign. . Individual Alumni have enthusiastically
pledged their support and active effort.

Last year I addressed the Los Angeles and San Francisco Alumni in January,
the Cleveland Alumni Chapter in February, the Columbus Alumni Chapter in
April, the Des Moines Alumni in May, the Akron, Canton and Alliance Alumni
at Alliance, Ohio, in June, and the Pittsburgh Alumni in December.

Every Alumni Chapter immediately saw the great benefits that would
come to the active Chapters, and the revival of the interest that would awaken
the Alumni, and were quick to endorse the program and the campaign.

The Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter is the last Chapter I have visited. Brother
Stockdale, secretary, wrote me immediately after my visit, giving a copy of
the Resolution passed unanimously by the Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter.

Brother Stockdale then added, "In talking the Endowment Fund proposition
over with a few of our members, since Friday evening meeting, I find the
sentiment so strong that several subscriptions should be forthcoming in the
near future."

Alumni and Active Men, the Campaign is on, and we must put it over.
Let every Alumnus be proud to say that he has a Life Subscription Certificate
to the Permanent Endowment Fund, and has it hanging on the wall in his
home or in his office.

We cannot at this time measure or comprehend the amount of real service
we can render to our College Men by having this Permanent Endowment Fund.

WE DO NOT WANT TO BE A FRATERNITY OF CHAPTER HOUSES.
IT IS THE TENANT WE ARE INTERESTED IN. We realize however, we
can have better Chapters, and can secure better and higher grade men if our
Chapters are located in theif own homes. Owning your home gives stability,
credit and standing. As we lift each individual Chapter we are lifting our
great National Organization. OUR GOAL IS TO BECOME THE LEADING
NATIONAL COLLEGE FRATERNITY.

WALTER E. MYERS, Regent.

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Story of a Fifty Dollar Bill

[As told to the Permanent Endowment Fund Committee by F. D. Bill.]

HELLO FIFTY, I haven't seen you since we went to the engravers years and years
ago. How do you keep so clean?
Why ! Hello Twenty, I have been having the time of my young life. At first
it was awful for I was exchanged for any old junk. I am very proud of my appearance
and the company I keep but when I got into circulation I had a shock. I was treated
like a nobody. I was torn away from my brothers and exchanged for gasoline and
thrown in with a lot of ragged has beens; then exchanged for cigarettes, a trip to
Coney Island, a silk waist, seats at the World's Series and — And where I have lived,
Twenty. I have had a life — dirty pockets, musty drawers, beautiful banks and some-
times tucked in a stocking-top. Some tales I could tell. But for a long time now 1
have enjoyed life. I fell into the hands of a Sigma Nu who donated me to his Fra-
ternity's Endowment Fund. That was a new one to me. What was I headed for?
The first part of it was that my owner had a heart. He remembered and appreciated
what advantages had been his for his being a Sigma Nu. He had a chance to pay
in part for things that never can be paid for and, besides that, he gets The Delta for
life. I call that fair enough. But, Twenty, just listen. I was sent to help build a
club house for a crown of the livest, noisiest boys you ever saw. We lived in the old
house until the new one was finished. Whan we went into the new house it was a re-
lief. The boys had rooms and they took pride in everything they did. The way their
table manners changed was great. They were proud of that house and it brought out
the very best that was in them.

All the old members came back one time to celebrate. You are not a member of
Sigma Nu only while in college. Well, the old boys came back. One of them had a
son in the Chapter and he was some proud Dad. There was over a hundred slept in
the house each night. Some party. No study rules on and I thought they never would
go to sleep. They all marched around the campus for a couple of days. Met a lot
of old chums, but the real thing that they were a real part of was that Chapter and the
house. They owned the house and they talked the same language as the boys in it

But if the old boys were proud of their college and their Fraternity, it would be
hard to tell how the boys felt when they had their first house party. The rules of the
house and especially the rules of the dining room were taken down from the wall.
Practice, however, had done its work. No crowd of Southern gentlemen had anything
on those boys. In the old house they were apt to get into a dining room chair by
lifting a leg over the back. They would reach way across the table and grab. None
of that now and how quickly the new boys get on the right track.

But I was speaking about that house party. I thought those boys would burst with
pride and dignity. They had reason to be proud. Such a fine club house to show
to the sweetest, finest group of healthy, active, natural girls I had ever seen. Then
there were several nice old ladies, but they did not interest me any more than they
did the boys.

I lived there for several years and the reunions and house parties were always
a success. The largest house party and the livest one was this last year when a dozen
of the youngest married Alumni brought their wives. Most of these wives had at-
tended house parties, but when their "Precious" was sent to the dormitory — well that
is another secret that I must not tell.

Since then I have been in three Chapters doing the same work. It is a great job.
I feel that I make it possible for some boys to get all the good things in Sigma Nu, for
it doesn't cost the boys any more to live in their fine club house than it would cost
to live in the college dormitory and after that the boy has an interest in his home. I
feel as though I go out and take one of those fine boys by the hand and lead him
through the biggest things in his life.

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I have been in Northern universities, Southern and Eastern colleges and I know
that if I wasn't working on that job some of the very finest fellows would have to pass
up being Sigma Nus. But when they find out how reasonable the room rent is and how
human and regular the bunch are — gee, but it is a great life. Too bad you were not
made into a Fifty, for if you got into the hands of a real Sigma Nu and he hadn't al-
ready come across, you would surely get a chance. So long — good luck.

Foreigners?

By Past Editor John C. Scott

IT has been my great privilege to enjoy
for a number of summers an unusual
variety of intimate friendships in an
isolated village of Northern Michigan.
The people are of a mixture of nationali-
ties, principally of Scandanavian nativity,
attracted to this region by the opportunity
for following the fishing industry, and
bound to the environment by their native
love for the water. The charm of these
picturesque associations has some of the
fascination of travel abroad, so generally
is this section populated by foreign types.
At the opening of the World War I was
somewhat uneasy and displeased over the
extreme differences of views and opinions
openly expressed by my summer neigh-
bors. Feeling between the varying groups
threatened to disrupt the harmony which
had contributed much to the delightful at-
mosphere of this quiet retreat.

The entry of this country into the war
was the signal for restrained expression
on all sides, those whose views had been
contrary to the spirit and necessity of our
action yielding to the demand for silence,
the others having regard for the feelings
of those to whom the process of becoming
truly Americans was at first distressing. In
this procedure there was no stronger cur-
rent of influence than the Liberty Bond
campaigns. These "drives" put it up to
every able citizen to go on public record
as to his willingness to participate in this
very necessary demonstration of loyalty.
Some responded reluctantly, but there was
no alibi for anyone with means and it was
almost impossible to evade the obligation.
I think this public manifestation of patriot-
ism, even if forced, was in many cases the
awakening inspiration in realization by
those whose Americanism was just coming
into actuality. It seemed to be the com-

mon factor which united my Northland
friends into a mutual appreciation of "My
Country, Tis of Thee." Although retain-
ing many native mannerisms in speech and
action as a community, they believed them-
selves loyal Americans. They celebrated
the Fourth of July, loudly and long, by
getting vociferously drunk on the third and
still "whooping her up" on the fifth. But
they never really appreciated what they
were shouting for until the act of lending
financial support aroused pride in their
freedom. The real enjoyment of the privi-
lege did not come until they shared in the
cost of maintaining it.

There are a lot of "foreigners" in Sigma
Nu, not named as Swedes, Danes, Nor-
wegians, but distinguished by the Greek
symbols designating their Chapters. You
may consider yourself a loyal Sigma Nu
in spirit and action. You may be faithful
in support of your Chapter, joining in
home-coming reunions and contributing to
local Chapter House funds. That is loyalty,
and may it never cease! But loyalty to
what? To Sigma Nu of course, you say!
How far will it go? What would happen
if each man's loyalty was limited to inter-
est in his individual Chapter without united
effort under a centralized organization
lending assistance to those whose Chapter-
House needs cannot be financed locally?
Whose business is it to help do this? If
you do not understand it to be your duty,
then you need to be Sigma Nu-ized by the
same process my friends Hans and Ole,
Georgan, and the rest were Americanized.
Here is your opportunity to realize enjoy-
ment of the privilege of Sigma Nu by
sharing the cost of maintaining its national
prestige and purpose.

The Endowment Fund pledge is our Vic-
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of half a century of splendid achievement.
Like a Liberty Bond, it is not to be given
without interest on the money. The Delta
will come to you free for life, as quarterly
coupons enriching youth with glorious in-
spiration and bringing back golden mem-
ories in declining years..

Where can fifty dollars be invested with
greater opportunity for service together
with more promise for returns? The prin-
cipal sum is not to be spent by the Fra-
ternity, but loaned to deserving Chapters

and secured by real estate mortgage. It
is inconceivable to try to calculate the
illimitable force of a fifty dollar endow-
ment. Its payment may be arranged in
terms that will not deny anyone the real
joy of being a part of Sigma Nu by sharing
in the cost of perpetuating its national
spirit. If more convenient or preferable, a
fifty-dollar Liberty Bond will be accepted.
What a pleasing opportunity to re-conse-
crate such a token of patriotic loyalty!
Leland, Mich.

As the Solvers Read the Problem

A statesmanlike contribution to the forces of the nation, Brother Sears gazes
into the future of Sigma Nu, in the strengthening of our devotion to the
faith of our Fraternity —

I am very much gratified to learn that
the Fraternity has definitely committed
itself in the creation of an Endowment
Fund, the proceeds of which are to be
devoted to strengthening the Brotherhood
in all fundamental directions.

The free gifts to the fund, on the part
of the Brethren will be a renewed expres-
sion of their faith in the Fraternity, bind-
ing more closely the ties of Brotherhood,
which were first sealed in the halycon
days of their college careers. Moreover,

it will be a statesmanlike contribution to
the forces which are to build the citizen-
ship of the nation in the years to come.

It is a big vision. It is worthy of the
devotion of big-hearted and big-brained
men. It is another step forward in the
direction of building the Fraternity more
permanently, and more strongly. Let us
rejoice at the opportunity to rededicate
our love and loyalty to Sigma Nu.

WALTER J. SEARS,
Past Regent.

Where will you find, asks Brother Burr, a more merited, safer, better satis-
fying investment? —

The most progressive action, and the
one carrying the greatest possibilities for
good, ever taken by Sigma Nu Fraternity,
was the provision made by the Nineteenth
Grand Chapter for the establishment of an
ENDOWMENT FUND.

Returns are rarely yielded except by in-
vestment.

The investment by Alumni in the En-
dowment Fund will yield,

(a) The rekindling of the fires of

youth, the reawakening of dear memories,
the renewal of old friendships.

(b) The inestimable value of the
earned increment in the moral, physical
and scholarship advancement of thousands
of young men in all of the leading educa-
tional institutions of the United States,
and for a period of all time.

Where will you find a more merited,
safer, better-satisfying investment?

LET'S GO. BORDEN BURR, Past Regent.

Heart, soul, and body, stands Brother Pegues, the watch-dog of the treas-
ury, with the Endowment Fund —

Assuming that the purposes of the pro-
posed Endowment Fund for the creation
of which an active campaign is now begin-
ning, has been, or will be fully and clearly
set forth by the committee, I will not at-

tempt to go into that phase of the matter
here, further than to say that each and
every object sought to be attained has my
unqualified indorsement and will receive
my heartiest support.

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The termination of this campaign, which
I confidently believe will, in every respect,
be successful will mark a new era, in many
respects, especially in the financing of the

Fraternity, the most important in our his-
tory. In this campaign I am with you
"heart, soul, and body."

S. F. PEGUES, Grand Treasurer.

Instead of leaning on some one, counsels Brother Williams, let us become
lifters —

The last Grand Chapter made one very
important step to the front when it passed
the law with reference to the Permanent
Endowment Fund. The High Council, by
and with the advice of the Inspectors of
the various Divisions, has perfected the
plans for the consumation of our dreams
and the realization of homes for our Chap-
ters.

This will mean much to the General
Fraternity, and more than words can tell
to the individual Chapters. But far and
above all the good in this wise, is the
effect the consumation of such a program
will have upon the Alumni of Sigma Nu.
It has been felt for some time, among our
Brothers, that something must be done to
bring the Alumni into a permanent rela-
tionship to the General Fraternity, aside
from the habit of thinking in terms of our
own individual Chapter, to which our
minds always revert, when called upon to
rally for Sigma Nu. This idea of think-
ing in terms of the individual Chapter is
not to be discounted in the least, but it will
be enlarged and intensified, when we are
brought to consider the great organization,
as a whole, and its problems. This view
only comes, too often, to the few who hold
official relationship to the Fraternity.

The plan adopted will bring all of the

Chapters to a common ground for serv-
ice, to the end that all the Chapters may
have homes. How much this will mean in
the future, to the Fraternity as a whole, no
one can estimate. Likewise it will enlist
all of the Alumni in a common cause of
service to Sigma Nu, thereby actualizing
our incomparable Creed. In addition, it
will give every member an opportunity to
contribute a small amount of his time and
money to a common purpose, and thus
awaken in our minds and hearts, a keener
sense of loyalty to the organization, the
Fraternal Knighthood, to which we owe so
much.

This, all to accomplish a wonderful
good for our young Brothers who are en-
tering upon the years of college life — a
life fraught with much if much is put into
it, but how sad and barren, if neglected.

Instead of leaning on some one, let us
become lifters; instead of an indifferent
attitude to the wonderful opportunity to
contribute to the making of real American
manhood of our university Brothers, let
us exert ourselves in the direction of a
common good, accomplished by a common
effort, and shared in by a common Broth-
erhood.

ERNEST L WILLIAMS,
Grand Counselor.

Get on the band wagon, shouts Brother Burton P. Sears, and crack the
whip —

By all means let us have the Permanent
Endowment Fund, and let us have it
quickly. The last Grand Chapter author-
ized it, so let us not wait for other Grand
Chapters to again and again authorize and
re-authorize it before we start work upon
the plan.

Let's get busy now and present the plan
to our Alumni, emphasizing the life sub-
scriptions rather than the yearly contribu-
tion, for each $50.00 life subscription
means a $50.00 permanent endowment for
the Fraternity and it won't take many such

subscriptions to make it possible to carry
on more of this internal improvement we
have all heard so much about for the past
ten years. This plan will make it possi-
ble to assist in financing Chapter Houses,
provide for a traveling secretary and bet-
ter inspection, and eventually will make it
possible for the Fraternity to establish
scholarships for worthy Brothers.

Other Fraternities have adopted similar
plans and Sigma Nu should get on the
band wagon and join the procession.

BURTON P. SEARS, Grand Historian.

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Do long trousers fit the Fraternity? Brother Kimball inquires. Are
we grown up into business men or boys living from hand to mouth —

At the start let me say I am fully con-
verted to the endowment idea. To me the
term endowment implies permanency, as-
sured revenue, financial soundness, and
business respectability. It is a bright ray
which has guided time old institutions
through the decades and lets them feel
they are made to go on forever because the
wherewithal is in the safe, the bank, or the
trust company, and is theirs to command.

Let me also say I do not believe it is
necessary to sell the Alumni on the en-
dowment proposition as they have been
busily engaged since they left college in
building up their personal endowment
funds in preparation for advancing years;
they have assisted in raising endowments
for their Alma Maters, churches and
charitable institutions, and know the bene-
fits of endowments or they would not have
assisted in these undertakings.

The present project, as I see it, is sim-
ply the next logical step in the develop-
ment of our Fraternity. We have passed
the awkward stage, have had our long
trousers on for a generation, and are now
ready for business in the form of a per-
manent plan which will make our old age
financially sound and comfortable.

Upon analysis the proposed plan has
four benefits instead of the usual one or
two. These are:

1. You are providing an Endowment
Fund for the Sigma Nu Fraternity — a
fund which will assist your Fraternity to
perpetuate its good works.

2. You are assuring the official maga-
zine of the Fraternity, The Delta, a per-
manent subscription list among the
Alumni.

3. You are providing a permanent
fund which will be available for loaning
to the Chapters for the erection of Chap-
ter Houses, and

4. You are providing yourself with a
life subscription to The Delta, and grant-
ing you a man's sized life and an interest
in your Fraternity, you ought to find it a
profitable proposition if you take even the
more selfish point of view.

Finally, this is not a proposition to close
the door on and hang up the "not in" sign
for fear it's another one of those infant
concerns which need easy money to tide
them over until the reorganization; the en-
dowment idea began the minute interest
was "invented," and it's been on the job
twenty-four hours in the day ever since.
Let's put it on the job for us and thereby
financially perpetuate the Fraternity, The
Delta, the Chapter Houses, and gain for
ourselves a great deal of satisfaction in
seeing a sound job tightly done.

LEROY E. KIMBALL, T T% TO.

Pittsburgh officially backs the Endowment Fund, heartily and unre-
servedly—

On behalf of the Pittsburgh Alumni
Chapter I again wish to thank you for
your efforts in coming to Pittsburgh to our
meeting on December 17, and for the very
interesting and instructive talk which you
gave at that meeting, also wish officially
to advise that at that meeting the follow-
ing resolution was presented by Brother
A. W. Dann, seconded by Brother Means
and unanimously passed: "In view of th3
great benefits which would be derived by
the individual Chapters and the members
of Sigma Nu Fraternity in general, from
the Endowment Fund to be raised by
the High Council, I move that the Pitts-
burgh Alumni Chapter express itself as

heartily and unreservedly approving such
Endowment Fund, the manner in which it
is to be raised, and the purposes to which
it is to be put."

In talking the fund proposition over
with a few of our members since the Fri-
day evening meeting, I find the sentiment
so strong that several subscriptions should
be forth coming in the near future. In
this connection, when subscriptions are
paid in, it will be necessary to change
slightly the method now in operation at
Indianapolis, by which Alumni Chapters
receive credit for members.

H. S. STOCKDALE,
Secretary, Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter.

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Make all checks payable to Sigma Nu Fraternity.

Send all subscriptions and remittances to the General Offices, Sigma Nu Fraternity,
Lemcke Building, Indianapolis.

Alumni not members of Alumni Chapters, should send their subscriptions and remit-
tances to the Sigma Nu Fraternity, Lemcke Building, Indianapolis.

Advertising rates given upon request to the General Secretary.

Advertising

Specimens of wirich may be seen

in current campaigns as follows:
Yale Locks and Hardware Hare's Motors

Paramount Motion Pictures Locomobile

Beacon Shoes Mercer Motor Cars

The Ediphone Kelly-Springfield Motor Trucks

Pathe Phonographs YThe Texas Co., "Texaco"

Sweet Caporal Cigarettes and a dozen others

HANFF-METZGER, Inc.

Advertising Agents
95 Madison Avenue New York City

A. O. DILLENBECK, Secretary. Gamma Psi. '08

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Volume XXXVIII

MARCH. 1921

Number 3

THE DELTA

The Last Founder Passes

Greenfield Quarles, Alpha No. 2
April 1, 1847—Januarp 14, 1921

My short and happy day is done,

The long and weary night comes on,
* * *

The night comes on, the lights burn blue! —
And at my door the pale horse stands
To bear me forth to unknown lands.

— John Hay.

Initiation Into the Chapter Grand

FOUNDER QUARLES passes! It is
hard to realize that our last surviv-
ing Founder is with us no longer.
Despite his gray hairs, he appeared at the
Grand Chapter a year ago, hale and
hearty, firm of voice and bright of eye.
with cheering words to us who have fol-
lowed his footsteps to the altar of Sigma
Nu. The visions of youth still lingered
in his hopes and his mind still grasped the
problems of our Fraternity as keenly as
when he first went out under the star-light
with his comrades, Hopkins and Riley, to
bring realization to the ideals they con-
ceived in college days. He was the same
Quarles, whom the older Brothers remem-
ber at the Chicago Grand Chapter in
1909, where he told us:

"So, I could talk to you, because talk-
ing to young faces like yours, brings back
the days of my youth, although in my
heart I feel as young as I did forty years
ago. The gray hair or the wrinkled face
does not always betoken age. I believe
that as long as a man does his duty here,
we will sing of youth and younger days
until we are called hence to enjoy higher
things than we have here."

His beautiful words describing of the
birth and early days of the Fraternity at
V. M. I., spoken at the banquet at St.
Louis, will ever remain with those who at-
tended the Grand Chapter and those who
read The Delta with historic interest.

"In 1866 I entered the institute. Whether
by chance or whether by the grace of God,
Brother Hopkins and I were assigned to
the same room. We soon became familiar.
We were from the same State, and we soon
became very dear friends.

"A majority of us who entered at the
Fall term of 1866 had seen service in the
army, and while we were young in years,
we had performed a man's work, and we
had been sobered and brought to think of
the affairs of life in a different way en-
tirely from the ordinary student.

"I make these explanations because I
want to show you why we conceived the
idea of bringing into existence Sigma Nu.
A great many Brothers have asked me
why it was.

"Brothers, I want to say that Brother
Hopkins was a remarkable man; he was a
fine organizer. We discussed these mat-
ters, and when we had matured our plans,
one night, fifty years back, by agreement,
we quietly walked out of our rooms and
went to a lonely place on the parade
ground, by the side of a great limestone
rock, and there looked up into the heav-
ens, almost feeling that we could see God
Almighty looking down upon us, we took
the oath and obligation that bound us to
each other for life — it was a solemn oc-
casion to us. That was "The Birth of
Sigma Nu."

"I must confess that we didn't think of
the future or that it would go so far as it
has done. We only thought of righting
what wrongs there were in the Virginia
Military Institute. We carried the glad
tidings to others, and as time went on we
asked others to join, and they did so.

"While we never thought Sigma Nu
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Military Institute, there were young men
among us who saw visions. The Bible
says: 'Young men see visions and old
men dream dreams.9

"They did see visions that it might leap
out of the bounds of Virginia Military
Institute and go further and do good to all
mankind.

"How those visions have been matured!
How those who came after us have taken
up the work and brought this beginning
into the grand organization that we have
now, is a matter that others will talk about.

"It is indeed an experience to meet here
fifty years later and look back at the three
or four of us who stood there in the night-
time, with the stars shining down upon us.

"As I said before, fifty years seems a
long time, and yet as I stand here now and
look into your faces, I cannot but help
going back in my thoughts to the long,
long ago, at Virginia Military Institute, in
Lexington, Virginia, a little town situated
up in the celebrated valley of Virginia,
where three or four of us met in the star-
light and took upon ourselves that obliga-
tion that has lasted up to this good hour.

"Some one has been kind enough to say
that it will last fifty years more. I know
that its principles will last for all time.
Every Chapter that is established takes
something from the little torch that was
lighted fifty years ago and lights up the
students in the different universities and
colleges all over this broad land, and from
them added inspiration shall be drawn.
How pleasant is that thought to me!"

Indeed, we are orphans — as Brother
Clarence E. Woods expressed our condi-
tion in his sorrowful prophecy (he knew
not how soon it was to be fulfilled ! ) :

"And now here is Brother Quarles, upon
whose classic brow the Fraternity tree first
blossomed white, but who, ere long, will
respond to that call 'Come home' and then
we truly will be orphans without his
fatherly inspiration and his living pres-
ence; then I shall say when he goes:
'Oh, Memory! Thou lingering murmurer

in life's broken shell;
Die thou, since they are gone, I loved so
well.'

Alpha No. 2 now takes his place beside
Alpha No. 1 and Alpha No. 3 in the Chap-
ter Grand — Hopkins, Quarles, and Riley —
the three foundation pillars of our Frater-
nity.

There they stand forever, the first Initi-
ates Three. Three lights upon the way of
Sigma Nu. Their presence will always be
with us in the Grand Chapter hall and in
the Chapter shrine.

Some have been kind enough to say to
me that my presence may be an inspira-
tion. Ah, you do not know how much
your presence is an inspiration to me,"
said Quarles at St. Louis. But now his
presence will be the more an inspiration
in that it is withdrawn visibly from be-
fore us.

"It is not given to all of us to occupy
the top, but remember that the foundation
stone is as necessary as the beautiful monu-
ment that stands on the dome of the grand-
est building ever erected."

Thus have Brother Quarles and our
other Founders built their monument, as
he himself has told us.

"Honor, truth, and brotherly love will
continue to prevail in our beloved Fra-
ternity, and each and every Brother will
take upon himself, not only by his work,
but by his example to keep Sigma Nu on
the high plane it now occupies," and has
occupied for fifty years.

And thus the Star of Sigma Nu, brought
down from the heavenly galaxies on that
memorable night, will become the living
home of our beloved Founders.

Death and Funeral Services

Our last surviving Founder is dead. Two
weeks after the Fifty-second Anniversary
of the Founding of his Fraternity, Major
Greenfield Quarles, aged 74, one of the
best-known residents of Eastern Arkansas,
died at his home in Helena, on January 14,
1921, at one o'clock in the afternoon, after
an illness of about two weeks.

Funeral services were held at St. Johns
Episcopal Church on Saturday afternoon,
January 15th, at three o'clock, by the
rector, George L. Barnes. Members of
Camp Cawley, United Confederate Veter-
ans, of which Judge Quarles was a charter
member, attended in a body.

Burial was in Maple Hill cemetery.

Sigma Nu Fraternity was represented by
Brother Charles McKee, Z, Marianna, and
Samuel M. Dillard, A II, who were honor-
ary pall-bearers. The Little Rock Alumni
Chapter sent a floral tribute and Brother
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magnolia leaves, representing the Badge.
Brother W. Terry Feild, T Y, its president,
also prepared, on behalf of the Fraternity,
a design of the Badge in white roses and
lilies, about three feet across, and in the
center the letters 5 N in gold.

benefit of this knowledge. Many times has
he called up the writer of these lines, or
communicated with him through the mails
to correct some statement which he knew
to be incorrect. He wrote a villainous
hand, but when one had mastered the in-

Citizen, Soldier and Man

Quarles occupied a large place in the
esteem of his State and fellow-citizens.
Major, Judge, and other titles indicate his
rank; soldier, lawyer, banker indicate his
professional and business activities; pa-
triot and citizen-at-large indicate his inter-
est in his Country's welfare — his was a
useful life and a wide influence in the
varied affairs of living.

In an editorial, the editor of the Helena
World puts into words the loss to the
community and the tribute of its people to
their friend and counselor.

"It is not often that death claims so good
a man and never a better one than Judge
Greenfield Quarles, whose long and useful
life was ended at one o'clock Friday. Here
in Eastern Arkansas we knew and loved
him, and his influence for good and for
material progress was felt far beyond our
own confines. No more active life than
his has rounded out its tenure in this sec-
tion, and every day of his more than three
score and ten years was a busy one. In-
dustrious and energetic until the very day
of his last illness, Judge Quarles worked
for the welfare of his community and his
state, and no brain was more active and no
heart more loyal than his.

Very frequently Judge Quarles battled
almost single-handed for what he con-
ceived to be right, and always he fought
courageously in the open. Outspoken in
his opinions, he naturally encountered op-
position, but that did not deter him in the
least He went right ahead with his fight
and often won by the force of his argu-
ments.

No man was a closer student of public
affairs than Judge Quarles, and his active
brain was stored with a vast fund of
knowledge concerning the history of East-
ern Arkansas. His long residence here and
his close connection with the growth of
Phillips county gave him opportunities to
make observations of the greatest value,
and he was always glad to give others the

Major Greenfield Quarles
Arkansas National Guard

tricacies of his chirography he found that
it possessed both charm and lucidity.
Whether communicating his views in writ-
ing or verbally, Judge Quarles always
drove straight to the point, and one had
no difficulty in discovering the drift of his
remarks.

A clean, upstanding, God-fearing citizen
has gone from us, and the loss is un-
doubtedly felt by the entire community.'*

Life and Career

Greenfield Quarles was born in Chris-
tian county, near Garrettsburg, Kentucky,
on April 1, 1847, and moved to Phillips
county, Arkansas, with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Nicholas Quarles, in 1851.
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Miss Ida Gist, of Phillips county. His
wife, one daughter, Mrs. Cadwallader L.
Polk, Jr., two grandsons, one of whom is
Brother Cadwallader Leonidas Polk, HI,
A, and one brother, Clarence Quarles, sur-
vive him.

In early manhood, Judge Quarles took
an active part in the political progress of
Eastern Arkansas and as a result of his
civic spirit was frequently honored by the
people with public office. As a young man
he was elected prosecuting attorney for
the first judicial district, defeating the late
Senator James P. Clark. Later he was
elected to the Arkansas Legislature and
served with distinction. He has also held
the offices of county and probate judge for
a number of years. It was under his ad-
ministration that the people of his com-
munity first began to take an interest in
good roads. Judge Quarles remained a
good roads advocate until hfs death. He
was also a member of the Cotton Belt
Levee Board. Ever since its organization,
he has been a member of the Phillips
County Bar Association and his legal abil-
ities were acknowledged throughout the
State.

Judge Quarles remained in active prac-
tice of his profession, despite the number
of his years, until the beginning of his last
illness. Among his business interests, he
was president of one of the banks in
Helena and an able member of the Ar-
kansas Bankers Association.

Military Record

College Days

Brother Quarles entered Virginia Mili-
tary Institute at Lexington, Va., later in
life than the average college student. As
he has told us, the group of men which
our Founders gathered together had seen
service in the army, had performed a man's
work, and had been sobered and brought
to think of the affairs of life in a different
way entirely from the ordinary college
boy. His college life was also different
because V. M. I. was under strict military
discipline with a curriculum accordingly.
The discipline was absolute. There was
never a time when there was not a guard
on duty, summer or winter, day or night
The cadets roomed in the barracks. Every-
thing was done with military precision, all
calls to duties were made by the sound of
the drum or the blast of the bugle. His
Fraternity life was accordingly that of a
military order, without a Chapter House
and without a national background. He
has described the beginnings of Sigma Nu
vividly and realistically.

Still our Founder followed the course
of his Fraternity in its progress outward
and upward, earnestly and devotedly
throughout his life, lending a helping hand
wherever he might and giving a wonderful
impetus in his presence at Grand Chapters
to the cause which always lay with the
Badge, next to his heart.

Let us follow him: "/ charge you to
continue on as you have begun. If any-
thing would lengthen my life, it will be
drawn from this fountain of youth, my
College Fraternity."

As a private in the ranks, Brother
Quarles served in the Civil War on the side
of the Confederacy, and he was a charter
member of Camp Cawley, the camp of the
United Confederate Veterans at Helena.
When the Spanish American War broke
out, he volunteered and was made a major
of Infantry, serving at Chickamauga Park
until peace was declared. During the war
with Germany, he served in various capaci-
ties, chief among which was that of special
agent for the Government under the selec-
tive service act. So it may be said, with-
out qualification, that he participated,
actively, in three wars during his long and
useful life.

No citizen of the State wielded a stronger
influence for progress and clean govern-
ment than Judge Quarles. He was a clear
thinker, a vigorous speaker, and his cour-
age was never doubted even by his enemies
— if there were such. Until the very day
of his last illness he retained his bodily
energy, which was most remarkable, and
his strong mentality asserted itself even
after physical weakness conquered him.
As banker, lawyer, planter, and business
man, Judge Quarles made a record which
will bring a feeling of pride to this section
of the State for many years to come.

No man has done more for his town and
county than he, and few have done more

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for their country. He was a man of strong
convictions, and he had the courage to
stand up for them no matter what the odds

against him. His influence will undoubted-
ly be felt in his State as in his Fraternity
long in the future.

[Founder Quarles is known personally to the hundreds of Sigma Nus who have at-
tended our Grand Chapters. We acknowledge, with thanks, the assistance* of Brothers
Samuel M. Dillard, All; Charles W. McKee, Z; Terry Feild, TT; Alfred H. Craig, TT;
Mr. Winfield Polk, and Mrs. Cadwallader L. Polk, Jr., whose letters, with their data and
clippings have enabled us to compile a sketch of our Founder's life to the day of his death.
Tributes follow this article from his old friends and Brothers in Sigma Nu who knew him
personally or fraternally. — The Editor.]

Founder Greenfield Quarles

Appreciations from Brothers and Friends

Lucille Quarles Polk

Daughter

We have been so overcome with our sor-
row that it has been quite an effort even to
think. But my mother and myself thank
all my father's friends for the many kind-
nesses we have received and the flowers
were beautiful. His Fraternity has shown
him every honor.

I have two boys. One, aged 18 years.
His grandfather gave him the oath of
Sigma Nu last June, at Washington and
Lee. My father was in Lexington for the
anniversary of his fiftieth graduation from
V. M. I. This boy is Cadwallader Leoni-
das Polk, III. The younger is Greenfield
Quarles Polk, aged 12 years. So you see
his work and name will go on even if I
was an only child and just a girl.

Father was thirty years a vestryman in
the church and thirty years the president of
the school board here. He was just as well
as could be up to the day before he died.
And his mind was clear and bright and he
wrote letters, saw his friends, and expected
to go out in a day or two. But the good
God knows best And he died as he lived,
"not afraid," but he will be so missed by
high and low. I know not many have the
blessing of having had such a father.

The Eleventh Division

By Obville M. Babnett, Inspector

Without a living Founder, as we think
and speak of "the living," Sigma Nu will

keep alive the memory of our Founders,
and it may be the memory particularly of
Brother Quarles. His presence at the St.
Louis Grand Chapter, only a short year
ago, and the opportunity thus given . to
many of our undergraduates, as well as
Alumni, to associate with him, observe him,
and listen to his words of wisdom and ad-
vice, should be and it is confidently as-
serted will be in the years to come a valu-
able asset to our Fraternity.

Do not all who read this and who were
there, recall how Brother Quarles carried
his hearers back fifty and more years ago
to Lexington, Virginia, and the home of
our birth, Virginia Military Institute, until
it seemed almost as though we all were
there participating at the christening? We
who met and thus assiciated with him will
always remember him not only with pride
as one of our Founders, but also with love
as an intimate Brother in Sigma Nu.

To fix a lasting impression of our
Founder last to go, there is no better way
than to quote from Brother Quarles's "Re-
marks," as given at Memorial Service at
the unveiling of the monument to Founder
Hopkins, May 7, 1920:

"Fifty-four years ago, I met and knew
Frank Hopkins. It was at the Virginia
Military Institute, in Lexington, Virginia.
I hold in my hand photographs taken near
that time; they show that we were boys, he
20 and I 18. We were active, ambitious,
confident of the future and the world was
before us. We were filled with a desire to
do something worth while. Brother Hop-
kins formulated the principles of Truth,
Honor, and Brotherly Love, called about
him a chosen few and under the stars look-
ing into infinite space and calling on the

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God of the Universe to bless us, established
Sigma Nu."

Shall not our Fraternity as time goes
on, continuing as now to foster the great
principles announced these many years
ago, also treasure for our Founders a senti-
ment similar to that held by our country-
men for the founders of this great Re-
public?

Past Regent Rawson Bennett

Among the good fortunes of my life I
count the meeting once face to face in
familiar intercourse two of the Founders
of Sigma Nu — James Frank Hopkins and
Greenfield Quarles. It was at the second
Indianapolis Grand Chapter, the first na-
tional gathering of the Fraternity either
had attended. And as I studied them both
then, and reflected afterwards upon their
likeness and their difference, I seemed to
reach a clearer understanding why Sigma
Nu is what it is and has become. Here
were Ideal and Application — the Man of
Thought and the Man of Action.

Hopkins, gentle and rather shy, seemed
to have lived much in the open, and to
have communed with the sun and the
winds and the sky. Quarles, alert and
prompt, was more the man of cities, prac-
ticed in dealing with his fellows, and
knowing how to move men to the doing of
what should be done. Both unquestion-
ably Gentlemen in every sense of the word,
and by birth, breeding and habit of mind.
Hopkins more thoughtful; Quarles with
more of the polish that comes through
daily friction with men. Hopkins broader,
perhaps; Quarles keener in the human give
and take. Hopkins winning confidence by
his character, and faith by his own faith
in the Fraternal Ideal; Quarles winning
followers for that Ideal by his efficiency
in showing how it could be practically ap-
plied in promoting honorable ambitions
and those fair personal advancements
whose collective sum means the social up-
lift to higher planes.

Hopkins's reply to a question about the
"how" of Alpha Chapter's swift advance-
ment to the position in V. M. I. the records
show attained suggested this assignment of
his part and that of Quarles in our earlv
history, and confirmed the judgment of

observation of the two men. It was to the
effect that when he thought something
ought to be done "the boys went out and
rounded up the cadets and they did it."
By "the boys" he referred to Riley and
Quarles. I had known such associations
and their efficiency, and how fortunate one
with an idea might be in finding a friend
who had the talent for enlisting recruits to
carry out the idea. Hopkins had the vision
of the Fraternity that might be — better and
broader and finer than any he knew. He
was fortunate in finding two friends with
the talent that wins followers in Riley, as
we have reason to believe, and certainly in
Quarles.

We can proudly say of all our Founders
that in the world without they played their
part as honorable men through such length
of days as the Divine Providence per-
mitted them. It was the fortune of Green-
field Quarles to play a part more conspicu-
ous in the world's regard than that of
either of his Fellow-Founders. He won
many civic honors, and deserved them.
But in my memory, and in the remem-
brance of him I would fain pass on to
those who follow us, he lives as the
Brother who first made the Dream of Hop-
kins come true — the first swift runner with
the Torch that has passed on from hand
to hand for half a century — the first great
Organizer of Sigma Nu.

Past Regent Isaac P. Robinson

The very unexpected and sad tidings of '
Founder Greenfield Quarles's passing away
came a sad profound shock, in as much as
I was not even aware of this so much be-
loved Brother's illness.

With our hosts of Sigma Nus do I bow
in deepest sympathy, for we, as a Fra-
ternity, have truly lost a good, just, and
noble man. It was never my good fortune
to meet in person Founder Quarles, Alpha
No. 2. His fame as a Sigma Nu in both
word and deed is fully known and sin-
cerely appreciated by all Brothers versed
in the annals of the Fraternity's history.

The portrayal, so beautifully pictured
in words by Founder Quarles in his eulogy
delivered on Founder Hopkins, Alpha No.
1, at the Hopkins Memorial in the ceme-
tery, Mabelvale, Arkansas, on May 9, 1920,

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could well be applied to this Brother's
life-work, so closely have these two
Knights of the Legion of Honor been
fashioned in their daily walks of life.

Past Grand Recorder Clarence
E. Woods

I would condense into a few sentences
my estimate of Brother Greenfield Quarles,
lest by use of ornate language I distract
the reader from the object of my praise
to the descriptive matter itself.

Nevertheless, no words are too beautiful
to employ in picturing the character of the
man. Only Walter Sears should attempt
to do justice to this illustrious American.
I want to believe that the founders of
every college secret fraternity were men of
this type, for they all deserve the silent
homage of our souls for projecting into the
economy of life the blessed idea of pure
collegiate brotherhood.

Greenfield Quarles's death gives me a
solemn sadness. So long as he lived, there
remained existent a tie of blood with the
origin of Sigma Nu. His passing leaves
us without the privilege of being longer
contemporaries of the men who gave to
the world an organization which has belted
the earth with brotherhood. As one by
one our beloved Founders passed away, I
was filled with increasing dread of die
day when not one of them should remain
among us, to receive in the flesh the hom-
age of our souls for their great deeds all
through the years we knew and loved their
gentle presence. And now that that day
has dawned whose night fell upon the life-
less form of our last remaining Founder, I
sigh through tears

"But 0 for the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still."

This man was, acording to my concep-
tion of him formed in the open meetings
of several Grand Chapters, first a gentle-
man, in all the word implies; but he was
more: he was a strong and positive force
for good, a resolute opponent of evil, with
a vision world-wide, and intellectually en-
dowed to lead, to teach, or to compel, if
need be, others to follow his footsteps. His
speeches in convention were always gems
ances, which were many because of the
of thought and expression, showing the
scholar that he was; his impromptu utter-

calls upon him for remarks, evinced a
ready command of language and a fund
of information with a delate discrimina-
tion or tact that made him a most agree-
able as well as impressive orator. His
career in the Civil War is told in The
Delta, and many features of his career
afterward are there recorded. Hence, I
shall not attempt reiteration of these
phases of his life.

It then suits me to confine my brief
tribute to the head and heart side of this
beloved man, whose death impresses me
as the death of the last signer of the
Declaration of Independence must have
affected thoughtful Americans of that re-
mote time, as the end of an epoch of the
world's advancement from darkness into
light, from slavery to freedom. His death
leaves us with no living participant to nar-
rate to us the deeds of valor and virtue
which marked the advent of Sigma Nu
among the great forces for the inculcation
and practice of fraternity, honor and pat-
riotism among the learned men of America.

I never met Founder Riley; but I knew
and loved with a passion the dear Broth-
ers Quarles and Hopkins, and now that all
three have answered the last roll call on
earth, I pray that when my end comes I
shall in Heaven see them, again and for-
evermore, face to face.

Charles W. McKee

Zeta

It was my privilege to attend the funeral
on Saturday, January 15th. On account of
sickness in my family I have not had time
to prepare a more extended account of
Brother Quarles's funeral. [Data fur-
nished by Brother McKee has been incor-
porated in our leading article. — The
Editor.]

No man at Helena or in all this section
of the State stood higher than Brother
Quarles for his high integrity and ability
and superb manhood. He was a man
among men and it is a most pleasing
thought that some twenty thousand young
men have received inspiration and high
ideals from this Founder of the Sigma Nu
Fraternity.

I remember distinctly in what high re-
gard I held the Founders of the Sigma Nu

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Fraternity when I first joined the Zeta
Chapter in Richmond/ Ky., in 1884.

It was my privilege to attend the funeral
of Brother J. F. Hopkins at Mablevale,
Arkansas, some years ago.

Past Regent Walter J. Sears

Greenfield Quarles was an ideal com-
panion in arms for Hopkins. Hopkins was
somewhat an idealist — rather tempera-
mental and inclined to rashness. Quarles
was calm, careful and cautious. His nick-
name in college was "Bruin." He had
some of the admirable qualities of the
bear. He never sought a quarrel but he
was an upstanding fighter if a fight was
necessary. He was considerate of others,
but he maintained his own rights against
all comers. He was the balance wheel for
Hopkins. The two together made a team
that was irresistible in the critical days at
V. M. I.

As he grew up into manhood, he be-
came a striking type of our Southern civil-
ization, now somewhat passing away. Self
reliant, resourceful, chivalric in thought
and deed, he became the outstanding leader
of his community. He was faithful to the
abiding fundamentals. He erected a home
and loved it. He believed in the church
and was true to it. He honored the free
forces of our democracy and stood loyally
by his civic and public obligations.

The young men in our Brotherhood may
look up to him with pride and inspiration.
His life was a symbol of noble achieve-
ment. We shall do well to love and re-
vere it.

Past Regent Borden Burr

Quarles can never die. Gentle, modest,
and unassuming, but where principles were
in question firm, courageous, and assertive
— as a young man he dreamed visions of
fraternal service and lived to visualize
them here. His was a long life of ex-
ample and in death he lives in the hearts
and memories of thousands year after year.

The inspiration of his living will in-
crease and the fruitfulness of his example
multiply. Let there be no sadness of fare-
well— rather a thankfulness for his life, a

rededication of his ideals, a reawakening
of fraternal love.

Great men, unconsciously while living,
sometimes write their best epitaph. The
address of Founder Quarles at St Louis
best illustrates the man. Those who heard
it will never forget it. Let the spirit of it
immortalize our Creed!

Inspector John M. Roberts

Ninth Division

It was with great regret that I learned
the death of Greenfield Quarles, our last
surviving Founder. The news brings back
recollections of visits I have had with
Brother Quarles; each time I formed a
higher opinion of his sterling qualities.

The last time I was in his company was
at an informal dinner given by the dele-
gates from the Ninth Division to him at the
St. Louis Convention. There were perhaps
twenty at the dinner, including Brothers
Quarles, Clarence £. Woods, H. J. Bard-
well, B A, and the delegates from the active
Chapters.

After a few reminiscences of the early
days of Alpha Chapter at Virginia Mili-
tary Institute, Brother Quarles gave a very
instructive and heart-felt talk to the active
delegates. He had their uninterrupted at-
tention at least forty-five minutes. After
the dinner we met for a short informal
visit with him and he was able to greet
each one of the delegates personally. After
the conference I met a number of the men
and all said it was one of the most enjoy-
able and helpful meetings to them of the
Convention.

We have been exceedingly fortunate in
having with us so long, Brother Quarles
and thus gained a truer insight of the mo-
tives that were behind the organization of
our Fraternity.

Resolutions

Resolutions have been drawn and sent
to the family of Founder Quarles, by
Lambda Chapter, of Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Virginia, and by
Chicago and Denver Alumni Chapters.
Space limitations prevent their republica-
tion in The Delta.

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John D. Cofer

Inspector, Thirteenth Division
By Himself

[Brother Cofer is our long-time and Yalued con-
tributor of The Delta. From his first Chapter
letter as a green reporter to his sketch of his first
Grand Chapter experiences, through a multitude
of Alumni Notes and Pickwickian Adventures, he
emerges to light in every Delta. It is a diversion
in our editorial duties to open one of his frequent
letters for he lets us right in to the Chapter House
life of our own college days — no brushing or
shifting of furniture when the visiting Brother
arrives! It's just as the boys live every day, with
cigar ashes in the corner and the whole gang rol-
licking round the piano with open mouths. Hence
we appealed direct to "Long John" as the G. C.
delegates called him — he is six feet two in his
socks (he wears shoes in public, always) — for an
account of his life to date. Like Brother Ros-
well Phillips's autobiography, we are letting it
go "as is," for we could never improve on the
Texas steer style of our young history professor.

In a Military Order, such as our Founders .
formed, no apology is necessary for Uncle Sam's
livery«which honors the wearer at all times, and
we will repeat Brother Cofer's explanation of his
appearance alongside of here:

"Of course I am aware that the war is over
and that the picture is somewhat out of date, but
when I went to the photographer to get one, this
was all he had. Of course we all had our pic-
tures taken during the war, and, except a picture
of many years back, this was all that I was able
to scrape up."— The Editor.]

up with mosquitoes, Teddy Roosevelt, and
sow belly. But the war finished and the
country settled down to make the most of
me.

The years that have followed, though
not many, have been rather important in
my life. The little town of Gainesville,
Texas, has produced many prominent fig-
ures besides Joe Bailey and myself, but

IT is said of old that whenever an event
of importance occurred that the heavens
blared forth their approbation, and the
elements celebrated in a series of remark-
able phenomena.. So it is with shame and
remorse that when I look back over the
records and almanacs I find on the night
of March 11, 1898, not a star moved from
its place in the universe. In fact, a close
examination will show that it was a night
extremely still, that there was a heaviness
in the air, a closeness that seemed to stifle,
an almost oppressive inactivity, as though
a forebodence of an impending disaster.
So unheralded by the forces of man or na-
ture, I thrust myself upon an unsuspecting
world.

Then they must have heard about it up
in Washington, and Joe Bailey, or maybe
it was Congress declared war on Spain,
and besides me, my countrymen had to put

John D. Cofer
Upsilon

Joe Bailey moved away to Washington, .
then I moved away, and the town died. Of
course every once in a while some one
wanders down the State from there and
goes Beta and, of course, that hurts the
town. But they got started that way back
a few years ago and it seems like they can't
help it now. But back to myself.

The things that I imagine about myself
are far more interesting than the things
that I really do. Little is so uninteresting
as nothing, and yet that is about all the

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experiences of my life amount to. So
when I had finished high school and pre-

Eared to enter the University of Texas, I
ad just learned about Santa Claus and
the Stork. One day when I was paying my
fees, Ed Price found me and took me over
to the Sigma Nu, House, and that after-
noon when Houghton and Lonnie got
through talking, I said they would have to
ask papa, and Houghton said he didn't
want to marry me, but he said he would
ask him. So they told mamma that they
really weren't wild like the cactus and
everybody said and that nobody drank
much but Tom Stanley, so when they prom-
ised to take care of me, she said I could
pledge, and I did. And they^gave me in
charge of "Steve" Hawley, B N, and I
began to learn things, like whether or not
there was a Sigma Nu Chapter at Ohio
State, etc. I did fairly well for a Fresh-
man. Of course, I stole girls' handkerchiefs
and thought it was cute, thought I was a
devil and went with the Alpha Delta Pi
wild woman once and lost my nerve, and
finally/ met Belle, a Senior, and she took
care of me for a while. I was initiated
my Sophomore year a few days after war
was declared, and then the Chapter went
to war and left me sitting on the sacred
emblems.

So when my Junior year commenced,
there were only four in the Chapter, and
no one would take charge of the books
but me, and so I did. I put them up in
the top of my closet and. did. well to pay
the bills. I think I madfe two. entries in
the books the_ first., night and they dfd hot
balance, so I gave it up as a bad job.. Still
I did fairly well with the finances, and
always managed to collect from "Tid" by
the middle of the month even though it
took some argument. Then I began to
write letters to The Delta and you all
know about me since then. Six months a
shave tail, another year in school, and
"advenimus" (I hope my Latin is right.)
That is about all I know, except that I
love the Fraternity which I have been a
member of now for five years, and it has
been everything to me during my college
years. I am going to get a chance now to
serve it a little. And I am going to do
my best. I am going to put the Thirteenth
Division on the map, and there will be a
full attendance from it at the next Grand
Chapter.

J. Houston McCroskey

Inspector, Fifteenth Division

WHEN Brother McCroskey was
asked to add to the biographical
data concerning himself which we
had already gathered, he finally responded
after repeated requests and demands, say-
ing he stood for this sketch — with reserva-
tions. "I am sure," writes he, "I will only

Houston McCroikey
Delta Iota

mention the very best parts of my life and
will keep some others as dark as possible."
Needless to say, his contributory efforts
were scant and most of our material has
had to be derived from other sources.

We must thank him appreciatively for
the picture for he had it taken expressly
for The Delta. "My last picture is ten
or twelve years old and I look pretty
young," he said, and then went to the
photographer for us.

Joe McCroskey was born at Hollister,
Calif., on February 23, 1886. Some time
later his parents moved to Washington and
Joe prepared for college at the high school
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man, dropped his first name to an initial
and entered Washington State College.

One of the first things J. Houston did at
college was to join a local society to which
his older brother had belonged and thus
became a charter member of Delta Iota
Chapter of Sigma Nu, when our Chapter
was installed at Washington State College.

In college he further distinguished him-
self in many lines. He played on the
football team for three years, and in the
Senior year was football manager. He
captained his Sophomore class football
team and then as a Junior his class track
team for he was also a track man. He
held other important offices, among them
president of the Sophomore class, business
manager of the Alumni, and treasurer of
Associated Students in his last year.

Brother McCroskey is a farmer. As a
student he took honors in the agricultural
department, finally serving on the National
Stock Judging Team in his Senior year.
He received his degree of B. A. in agricul-
ture in 1909. He is now farming some
fifteen hundred acres near Garfield, rais-
ing wheat, Shorthorn cattle, and Durve
Jersey swine. His knowledge of stock is
recognized throughout Washington and he
serves every year as stock judge at the
State Fair. He was a member of the State
Grain Commission in 1912-1913; president
Washington Wheat Growers, Millers, and
Shippers Association, 1919, and vice-pres-
ident Washington Federated Farm Organi-
zations, 1920. At present, he is also pres-
ident of the Whitman County Live Stock
Association and director of the Western
Royal Live Stock Show. He often writes
on agricultural subjects and is the author
of various pamphlets, among them "Cost
of Raising Wheat in the Palruse."

Brother McCroskey is an energetic fra-
ternity man and just naturally grew into
the Inspectorship of his Division. He has
always been a trustee of his Chapter and
watched over its progress from its founda-
tion. He is a Mason, too — Blue Lodge,
Royal Arch, Eastern Star, Knight Temp-
lars, and Shrine. He also belongs to the
Knights of Pythias.

His hobby is linguistic research, and we
note from his letters that he is especially
interested in reforming the spelling of
Greek words, particularly the Greek letter
names of our Chapters.

You will find more about McCroskey in

our department, Kindred Brothers, so
please do not judge them all too harshly
by Brother J. Houston until you have
given them a chance to be heard for them-
selves. A remarkable family, withal, and
one that Sigma Nu in the Northwest, is
proud of. '

Charles E. Arney, Jr.

Inspector, Sixteenth Division

SEATTLE has a rattling good Alumni
Chapter, as delegates and visitors to
the St. Louis Grand Chapter will
never fail to remember. Its main booster
was Claude J. Hunt, then Inspector of the

Charles B. Arney, Jr.
Gamma Chi

Sixteenth Division, who, with Past Grand
Treasurer Carl Lane Clemans, presented
Seattle's invitation for the next convention.
Inspector Hunt, better known to the Fra-
ternity-at-large as "Jump" Hunt, the fa-
mous football coach and athletic director
of the University of Washington, has now
returned to Carleton College, at North-
field, Minnesota, thereby depriving his Di-
vision if its chief.

His successor is Brother Charles E. Ar-
ney, who, though a young man, is experi-
enced in and well qualified for Fraternity
work. He was initiated into Gamma Chi
Chapter in 1912, and, in his college days,
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Chapter; since then he has been an active
worker in the Seattle Alumni Chapter and
a faithful volunteer contributor to The
Delta.

He has a brother, J. Ward Arney, who
preceded him a year into Gamma Chi. His
father, Charles Elwood Arney, Senior, is a
newspaper and railroad man.

Brother Arney was born on January 9,
1891, at Idaho Falls, Idaho, but as an in-
fant followed his parents to Pocatello and
Boise, both in Idaho, where he attended
the common schools. His father became
secretary to Senator Fred T. Dubois, of"
Idaho, and so Charles took his high school
course partly in Washington, D. C, but
was graduated from Boise High School.
He played football for four years, was
president of his class in both Sophomore
and Senior years, and was elected presi-
dent of the student body in 1911. In Sep-
tember, 1911, he entered the University
of Washington, receiving in 1915 the de-
gree of LL. B. He is a member of Phi
Delta Phi (legal) fraternity.

His career has been in law, in which he
has risen rapidly. He entered the office
of the attorney-general of Washington, in
November, 1915, where he remained until
August, 1918, when he was appointed as-
sistant counsel to the United States Ship-
ping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation,
for the Northern Pacific district, compris-
ing Washington and the steel shipyards in
Oregon, at which post he continued until
March, 1920. The counsel for this dis-
trict was Brother Howard Cosgrove, Gam-
ma Chi. On March 1, 1920, he accepted
the position of campaign manager for
Senator Ed T. Coman, candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor.

Brother Arney and his wife, nee Miss
Mildred Streeter, are mighty proud of
their twin girls, "Pat" and "Mickey" (who
will be known as young ladies as Miss
Patricia and Miss Jeanne) , who were born
on St. Patrick's day, 1918. He says, "My
proudest possessions are my wife and two
babies."

Colonel Read to be Buried at Arlington

Word has been received in Indianapolis that the body of Colonel Alvan C.
Read [$], formerly stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, who died in Coblence
in January, is being returned to the United States for reinterment in the national
cemetery at Arlington. It is expected to arrive in New York tomorrow on the
transport Princess Potocka. Colonel Read was in command of the second
officers' training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison in 1917, and went overseas
soon afterward. He was with the Army of Occupation when he died, January
19, of pneumonia. During his service in France he was awarded the Distin-
guished Service Medal. Mrs. Read is now living in Washington. — Indianapolis
Star.

Don't Be a "Foreigner"

Strengthen Your Fraternity and You Strengthen Your Chapter, Too

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Soldier Dreisbach

Beta Eta

A Military Career and Other Things

By Harry L. Hopwood, Beta Nu

[Brother Hopwood occasionally sits down and passes out some good bits of biography.
We all remember his story of Brother Cal Lyon, B H, our Sigma Nu war correspondent and
lecturer, from his student days to his triumph in journalism. Now, a fascinating military
romance unwinds itself before our eyes, and as another Beta Eta Brother, Marshall Williams,
our Indianapolis cynic-philosopher, expresses his opinion of our February and March Deltas
this year: "I see you are still fighting the war." Anyway, we can refer him to the official
records that peace has not yet been declared. — The Editor.]

"D"

tRESSIE" is a Hoosier and proud
of it He was born in Fort
Wayne, Indiana, on December
30, 1879, and lives there yet; in fact, has
lived there all his life except when he has
been "away to the wars."

When he was twenty years old, he went
down to Bloomington and entered Indiana
University, from which he was graduated
in 1903. He played football, basketball,
and scorched the cinders on the track. He
made the honorary societies Jaw Bones and
Skulls. In dramatics he took a prominent
part and was a member of Strut and Fret.
He was elected president of his class one
year, and served on the board of managers
of the annual, The Arbutus, and as secre-
tary of the Athletic Association. His
courses were largely in the department of
economics, but he joined Phi Delta Phi,
legal fraternity.

Here he met a co-ed, Georgia Fosler,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, who later became
his wife. He often says laughingly, "Yes,
I married my college case." They have
two children, Robert Hayes, thirteen years
old, and Eloise, six.

Since his graduation, Brother Dreisbach
has been in the wholesale paper business,
and is now sales manager of S. L. Schwarz
& Co., Chicago, though he keeps his resi-
dence still in Fort Wayne. He returned
to them after his service in the war was
over.

Lieutenant-Colonel Clyde Floyd Dreis-
bach, as his military designation reads, has
had a long and romantic military career.
Like many an American volunteer, he first
enlisted as a private and won his stripes
by merit. He has never hesitated at the
call of his country, but dropped his work
and shouldered his gun at the first need,
and throughout the times of peace he has

been a member of the Indiana National
Guard.

You probably have noticed he did not
go to college until he was twenty. This
was not because he was slow in getting
through his preparatory work, but because

Lieutenant-Colonel Clyde F. Dreisbach
Beta Eta

the interim was filled with military drill.
Young Dreisbach served as a private in
the Spanish-American war in 1898, in the
157th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. To his
intense disgust and everlasting regret he
did not get to the front. After they were
loaded, bag and baggage, on the transport
Florida, she was bumped into at night and
had a hole put in her, and had to be un-
loaded. There was no other boat available
just then. He was located at Post Tampa
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the Shafter expedition went through. "Bar-
ring that accident," he says, "I might have
seen the big show in Cuba."

From 1900 to 1917, Dreisbach served
in the Indiana National Guard, holding
the grades of corporal, sergeant, first ser-
geant, second lieutenant, captain and
major. He took part, as major, in the
Mexican border campaign, and at the con-
clusion of this service he resigned on
March 22, 1917.

On July 19th, he returned to service as
major of infantry, and was sent to Camp
Shelby with the Indiana National Guard,
which became a part of the 38th Division.
On April 22, 1918, he was promoted to
lieutenant-colonel in the 151st Infantry.
The most important work assigned to him
there was the organization and command
of the detention camp where over 23,000
selected men were received, examined, and
given preliminary training.

Colonel Dreisbach was sent overseas on
October 4, 1918, and, upon the breaking-
up of the 38th Division for replacement
purposes, he was assigned to the 88th Di-
vision. This was a combat division, but
before he reached it the Armistice was
signed. While in that division, he was
used as an umpire on maneuver, com-
manded the divisional school of arms* was
master of ceremonies in turn of the 352d
Infantry, the 176th Brigade, the 88th Di-
vision, and the 9th Corps horse shows.
"After running four separate horse
shows," he tells me, "I believe I can qual-
ify for the circus business." He was then
placed on the staff of the 88th Division in
the G-l section as welfare officer, and as
such had active supervision of the welfare
societies represented in that division.

Upon his request for Russian service,
when the 88th Division was ordered home,
he was sent to St. Aignan for re-assign-
ment, but they were trying to get our
troops out of Russia instead of sending
more in, so his request was impossible of
fulfillment. He was assigned to duty as
an assistant inspector of the American Em-
barkation Center at Le Mans, and when
the work there fell off, he was ordered
home in spite of repeated requests to stay
abroad.

Brother Dreisbach had exceptionally for-
tunate opportunities in travel on several
leaves of absence, spending three weeks in
various parts of Italy, and making a visit

to England. He was also journeyed round
a good deal of France. We see him here
in this picture in front of the famous
gambling palace of Monte Carlo, where
he looks as though he might have had
"beginner's luck" and made his "pile.**

Colonel Dreisbach at Monte Carlo
before the Famoua Gambling Palace

"The only battles I took part in were the
battles of Paris, Rome, and Le Mans," he
confided to me regretfully, "and from all
of these I escaped without a wound. I
did not get a chance to win either an iron
cross or a wooden one in over twenty
years of service."

He returned from overseas on the Cape
Finisterre, and his discharge came at Camp
Dix, on August 4, 1919.

He applied for service in the Regular
Army while overseas, was examined,
passed and recommended. If Congress
passes the necessary legislation to make a
larger army possible, he will undoubtedly
receive his commission.

His present work is in the wholesale
paper line, as I have said above, and his
company has twenty-eight men on the
road. As sales-manager, he has plenty
of work to do. "However," he sayD to me,
"I like soldiering better, and am ready to
hire out to anyone who wants to hire a
man to fight for the right."

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story of meeting Lieutenant-Colonel Frank
A. Hunter, Beta Nu (which is my own
Chapter), who was my law partner be-
fore the war. "I met Colonel Hunter,
commander of the Spur Camp, while
at Le Mans, but did not know he was
a Sigma Nu. I had heard that he was
a very efficient officer, and his camp was

so well conducted as to excite favor-
able mention. It had an excellent rating
and since I was in the inspector's office, I
had reason to know. When I met Colonel
Hunter, I was surprised at his youth in the
face of all the nice things I saw and heard
about him. I am proud that he is a Sigma
Nu."

Beta Nu Chapter House

By J. Dale McNamar, Beta Nu

SEPTEMBER 1, 1919, Beta Nu entered
into negotiations for purchase of
and obtained conveyance January 1,
1920, of the new Chapter House, number
twenty-two, Sixteenth Avenue, which has
been our home since the former date.

The location is one of the most con-
venient and accessible to the university,
being only two doors from High Street
which bounds the campus on the east side.
The lot is seventy feet front and fifty feet
deep. The structure is three stories in
height, and is of dark brown rug brick
up to the third floor, the upper portion
being stucco. A porch extends across the
front and east side. The first floor in-

cludes the dining room, the reception hall,
and a drawing room which runs the full
depth of the house. Five study rooms and
a bath are on the second floor and two
study rooms and the dormitory on the
third. The entire interior is finished in
mission oak. The basement contains a
laundry, furnace room and kitchen.

While the house, with a few alterations
which will be made this Summer, will be
an ample and creditable residence for sev-
eral years to come, yet it is not all that is
to be desired as a fraternity home. But
it is a step toward realization of our
hopes, as the site is already saleable at an
advance above the purchase price.

Beta Nu Chapter House
Ohio State University

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"Vital Statistics"

A Comparative Study in Figures of the "Struggle for Existence" with a View to
Determining the "Survival of the Fittest"

FOR the basis of this table we have
used Baird's Manual, ninth edition,
1920, and supplementary statistics
prepared later by the Caduceus of Kappa
Sigma. The fraternities listed are those
classed in Baird's as General National
Fraternities.

Every Chapter should have a Chapter
House and own it when it can. "Own Your
Home" is a good motto, and applies to the
Fraternity Chapters as vitally as to the

individual citizen. Elaborate Houses are
a liability in a crisis like the war we have
just passed through, and in times of peace
do not necessarily make, but often do
break, a Chapter. May we never become
a Fraternity of Chapter Houses only!

Sigma Nu's rank in these statistics com-
pares most favorably with her associates in
the fraternity world.

We will let Brother Reader draw his
own conclusions this time.

Active
Chapters

Sigma Alpha Epsilon 90

Sigma Nu 85

Kappa Sigma 85

Phi Delta Theta 85

Beta Theta Pi 81

Sigma Chi 72

Alpha Tau Omega 71

Phi Gamma Delta 63

Delta Tau Delta 62

Lambda Chi Alpha 53

Kappa Alpha (s) 51

Pi Kappa Alpha* 48

Delta Upsilon 46

Phi Kappa Psi 46

Sigma Phi Epsilon 45

Delta Kappa Epsilon 43

Phi Sigma Kappa 30

Theta Delta Chi ' 29

Phi Kappa Sigma 29

Theta Chi 27

Alpha Delta Phi 25

Psi Upsilon 25

Zeta Psi 24

Delta Chi 22

Chi Phi 22

Theta Xi 21

Alpha Sigma Phi 20

Phi Epsilon Pi 20

Chi Psi 19

Delta Sigma Phi 19

Alpha Chi Rho 17

Alpha Gamma Rho 14

Sigma Pi 14

Delta Phi 13

Pi Kappa Phi 13

Tau Kappa Epsilon 13

Pi Lambda Phi 10

Sigma Phi 10

Beta Phi 8

Kappa Alpha (n) 8

Phi Kappa Tau 8

Delta Psi 7

Sigma Phi Sigma 6

Kappa Delta Rho 5

Phi Nu Delta 3

Theta Alpha 2

878

Dead

Per Cent.

Houses

Per Cent.

Chapters

Active

Owned

.743

.477

.876

.600

.817

.458

.780

.752

.778

.765

.757

.527

.747

380

.724

.761

.720

.467

1.000

.132

.739

313

.800

.270

.920

.760

.680

.739

.803

.222

.754

.930

.967

333

.644

.482

.630

.517

1.000

.222

.714

300

.961

.920

.727

333

.785

.272

.611

318

1.000

.238

.950

300

1.000

.000

.633

.789

.760

.105

1.000

352

1.000

.214

.875

.142

.722

.692

.722

.000

1.000

.230

.714

.000

.833

.900

1.000

.000

.800

.750

1.000

.250

.368

1.000

.166

1.000

,600

.750

.000

1.000

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Gamma Epsilon Chapter House
Lafayette College

Gamma Epsilon's House Campaign

By Roswell Phillips, Gamma Epsilon
Inspector, Sixth Division

[It is with a sense of wrong to Brother Phillips that we accept his article, for some one
else should have written it in order to do Brother Phillips himself justice. Brother Phillips
was the mainstay, backbone, and driver in Gamma Epsilon's campaign for her house fund.

We are glad he departed from the customary style of Chapter House descriptions and
told us of the fight from the first. It will help those who will embark in the future on
such a quest. — The Editor.]

GAMMA EPSILON, our Chapter at
Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsyl-
vania, now owns its home.
The story of this Chapter's fight for a
home, its need of it and the manner in
which it has maintained its place in the
front rank at Lafayette without the aid of
a home, is truly a remarkable one.

At the outset, I should make it clear that
personally I have been against fraternity
houses at Lafayette College. It was my
good fortune to attend Lafayette in the old
days before any fraternity owned its house.
I lived in the dorms. In the next room
there were Phi Delta Thetas, across the
hall were DKE men, just over us were
Delta Tau Deltas. We had great spirit at
Lafayette in those days and some of us

old boys regret that fraternities ever started
building houses.

But I am off the subject. The other fra-
ternities put houses at Lafayette, all but
one building directly on the campus with
college aid. That means that the college
gave the site and furnished as much money
as the chapter for the building of the
house. If a chapter furnished $7,500 the
college gave $7,500 and the house was
built. Some five years ago Gamma Epsi-
lon moved into a rented house on Cattell
Street. Then some of the Brothers learned
that the best home site in Easton and prob-
ably the best built house, was vacant.

Negotiations were opened with Mrs.
Anna L. Drake, the owner, and we obtained
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and grounds for $32,000, the option to
continue until September 1, 1920. For
that option we paid $500 cash which was
to apply on the purchase price of the
house. Meanwhile we were granted a lease
of the house for $1,600 a year.

The boys of the Active Chapter enjoyed
the house. They didn't enjoy it as much as
the Alumni did, however, for the rallying
places of the Alumni that had existed in
other years in the dorms were gone and
the way the old boys lined up along the
fireside and told lies about the days of
long ago would warm the cockles of a

down and assume a $15,000 mortgage for
ten years. We really preferred the former,
because it would mean that we would have
a longer time to clear off the first half of
the payment as any bank would lend us
50 per cent, of our investment at that lo-
cation.

Our plan in brief was to sell second
mortgage bonds, which with the final pay-
ment on the house were to become first
mortgage bonds. The bonds were to pay
4 per cent, interest, with an understanding,
however, that for the first two or three
years no interest would be paid. The rea-

Dining Room
Gamma Epsilon Chapter House

wooden Indian's heart. We decided to buy
that house before the option expired.
Everybody was perfectly willing to let
George do it.

We found it just as easy to get pledges
as all of the other Chapters have found it.
We had reunion banquets, pledged ten or
twelve thousand more and went home and
forgot about it. When the annual reunion
banquet was held last June the same kind
of stuff was handed out, but one of the
Brothers on the committee lost his temper
and gave a talk about pledges not being
wanted, that what we wanted was money.
As a result we got $700 cash that night,
which is going some.

Then came the summer vacation. We
had before us two options: one to pay
$10,000 down and assume a $22,000 mort-
gage for five years and one to pay $17,000

son for that condition is that the Active
Chapter has been paying heavily towards
the house, contributing $2,000 in cash to
the project. The amount of our issue was
fixed at $35,000 with a privilege of in-
creasing it if we needed more to complete
improvements. The plan has been a suc-
cess.

When the summer opened we needed
$5,000 of the absolute minimum, which
was $10,000. With the Brothers scattered
to the four corners of the earth, we had
some job on our hands. We placed no
limit on our subscriptions, but it is our
hope in time to come to so reduce each
man's holding that no one will have more
than $100 or two bonds in the house prop-
osition, but that each man shall have that
much.

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aching to give the last $100. You fellows
who have been through this Chapter House
fight know all about those fellows. We
had a few fellows up here in Scranton who
had pledged liberal amounts. I saw that
these subscriptions were paid around the
first of July and then we started our bul-
letin, which was sent out from Easton July
1, July 15, August 1, August 7, August 15,
August 25 and September 1. The Easton
work was in charge of Brother H. N. Rahn
who with Professor H. T. Spengler com-
prised with myself the members of the
committee. Professor Spengler is Chapter

While these postal card bulletins were
going out to the members, we ran a little
publicity bureau of our own up here in
Scranton. On July 1, the Brothers re-
ceived the first bulletin. On July 10, they
received a screed from me, entitled
"MONEY TALKS— THE ROAD TO
CASH."

On July 15, they received from Easton,
Bulletin No. 2, and, on July 20, there went
out from Scranton a letter: "Liberty
Bonds Helped Win the World War and
They Are Helping Gamma Epsilon in This
Her LAST STAND."

Billiard Room
Gamma Epsilon Chapter House.

Adviser to Gamma Epsilon and head of
the civil engineering department at the col-
lege. Brother Rahn is a brand new Alum-
nus this year; last year he was treasurer of
the Active Chapter and an old hand at
collecting money.

These bulletins had a good effect. I am
giving copy of special bulletin:

Special Bulletin
Gamma Epsilon House Fund

August 25, 1920.

Cash on hand this date $10,639.47

Money paid on option 500.00

Total assets $11,139.47

And still growing! Is your cash helping?
Fraternally yours,

H. T. SPENGLER,
377 Shawnee Drive, Easton, Pa.

The reason for this letter was that the
owner had made an agreement that she
would accept Liberty Bonds at par value
and we were allowing the Brothers par
value for the bonds they would give us.

To resume, the Brothers received bul-
letin August 1 and August 7, and then on
August 10, we sent out from Scranton
"The Legend of the Rhinocerous Used to
Enthrall Us When We Were Little Boys
and Now the Same Legend is Helping
Gamma Epsilon Get Under the Hides of
Some Tough Birds."

That one was a knockout. Still they
continued to get the bulletins Brother
Rahn was sending out from Easton and
Professor Spengler's father was counting
the money as it came in to the professor's
residence. Then we sent out on August
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house and a list of the contributions on the
reverse side.

The money and Liberty Bonds continued
to come, and we passed the mark abso-
lutely needed to get title to the house. We
closed the deal at 11 o'clock Saturday,
August 28, 1920. We are now sending
out invitations for a house warming at
the house Friday and Saturday, November
19 and 20.

Now as to the house. One of our Broth-
ers, Tilghman H. Moyer, of Allentown, an
architect and builder, is preparing a plan
which will show how the house will look
when the few slight changes necessary are
completed. All of our improvements will
be made in accordance with that plan.

Though the house is old, the woodwork
is as good as new. To build it cost
$45,000 thirty years ago. One of the
pleasing features is the remarkable out-
look it has embracing all of the city of
Easton and much of Jersey. The dormi-

tory on the third floor is another fine feat-
ure. Here in a long well ventilated room
with accommodations for thirty men, all
the boys sleep.

Finally, we not only have the house net,
we have the men who appreciate it For
what is a fine house without strong, vig-
orous upstanding Sigma Nus to grace it.

However, it would not be fitting to close
this without a tribute to those who worked
might and main while some of our own
Alumni were sleeping. I refer to Brother
A.. H. Wilson, who collected several hun-
dred dollars, many, many years ago for
the house fund.

For the use of any Chapter desiring
them, we are placing on file copies of our
publicity matter. We can appreciate now
that those who own their own homes —
those of our Chapters have been through a
great fight, but the results justify the ef-
fort.

Parting Gifts

By "Pat" (Claude B.) McBrayer

Tommy spied Sammy on the streets of gay Paree,
Tommy yelled "Sammy, you! re a scout I'm glad to see—
For I've wanted of a pal to do the sights a bit;
We'll chuck the bloomin' rules as we don't care a whit.'

So they did Paree together till the closing of the day-
Being rather famished they did a small cafe;
While they were there a crowd gathered round
To look in admiration on real soldiers of renown.

Soon Tommy said to Sammy, "I've got to hit the grit,

The bloomin' bugle's calling and Vve got to do a bit;

This little coin Til give you, a keepsake for your girl —

The King that's pictured on it made my great grand-dad an Earl!

Now Sammy was no slouch when it came to souvenirs,
As he pulled a tarnished copper in his eyes were looming tears ;
"Take this penny, dear Tommy, and keep it tho it's quaint —
The busted Indian on it made my great grand-dad a saint."

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Gamma Nus New Home

Description by Wade P. Connell, Gamma Nu
Financing Plan by James M. Bailey, Gamma Nu

Description

WE are very proud of our new
home, as we have a just right to
be for undoubtedly it is one of the
show places of the city, very often we are
told by members of other Fraternities and
towns people that we have the best house
in town. The construction and material
is the very best, and we have every modern
convenience even down to an internal and
external telephone .system. All the wood-
work on the first floor is imported hard-

the library and hall has a beamed ceiling.
The dining room is about six feet lower
than the rest of the house. It is a very
large room with high vaulted ceiling.
There is a balcony on both sides accessible
either by means of a spiral stair from the
dining room, or from up-stairs. From the
living room and dining room doors open
upon a wonderful broad porch that over-
looks the garden. The kitchen is spacious
and well adapted for fraternity needs.

The second Hoor has four study rooms
and a chapter room. The latter is a strictly

Study Room
Gamma Nu Chapter House

wood. The house itself is brick and
stucco, roofed with red tile. It is sur-
rounded by a sunken garden, in which
there is a pool and two beautiful arbors.
Perennial plants are scattered in profusion
over the lawn. The entrance to the House
is over an English moat.

Entering the House, a person comes first
into a vestibule and then into a spacious
hall. From this hall radiate the library,
living room and dining room. The library
room is lined with bookcases and has a
large fire place at one end. The living
room also has an open fire place and like

private room for study and for the trans-
action for all fraternity business. Another
small room is set aside especially for the
treasurer, where he holds forth at stated
times.' Both first and second stories have
hardwood floors. There is closet room
galore. Moreover there are four large
bathrooms.

On the third floor there are three large
study rooms, two dormitories, and a sleep-
ing porch. We have no trouble about heat
on the third floor as the furnace is an ex-
cellent one.

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The basement has a trunk room, an ini-
tiation room and separate quarters for the
cook and porter. We have furnished the
whole downstairs with new rugs and furni-
ture and believe that we have the most
beautiful home in the Fraternity.

How It Was Procured

In the year 1916-1917 our attention was
first called to the fact that the finest resi-
dence in Ann Arbor might be purchased

Events took a rapid turn in our favor
and through quick work of the committee
a contract was signed the latter part of
March with Professor Lockwood for an ex-
change of properties — he taking our old
House and lot as part payment for our
new home. The transfer of the properties
was to be made August 15th, according to
the agreement.

Due to interests of the parties concerned
in the deal the figures at which the ex-
change was made have not been published

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University of Michigan

at a reasonable figure. Plans were im-
mediately made for its purchase, but due
to the war and interest in other things the
campaign failed and nothing was done at
that time. At the beginning of the second
semester of the college year 1918-1919
many of the old men returned from the
service and our old House was returned to
us by the army. Interest in the new House
was immediately revived and a committee
of George W. Myers and J. M. Bailey was
appointed to work up the deal.

and it would be a breach of confidence
for me to mention them here. It can be
said, however, that the deal was very fav-
orable to Gamma Nu, and the terms on
which the payment of the differences was
based are extremely lenient. Professor
Lockwood took a second mortgage on our
new home which is subject to a first mort-
gage of an amount that enabled us to close
the deal by raising only $10,000 from our
Alumni, part of which was used for new
furnishings and a few alterations.

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Our plan of campaign in raising these
funds worked successfully, but not as
easily as we had wished. A man was ap-
pointed in each class to act as campaign
manager for the men with whom he gradu-
ated. Here we struck a personal chord
not possible in a letter from an active
Chapter man to an old Alumnus who have
never become acquainted with one another.
The money rolled in fairly well, but it
was necessary for one of die active men
to travel about 4,000 miles to assure suc-
cess of the endeavor of our Alumni —
Brother H. P. Bydon, of Cumberland, Md.,
E. P. Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, Ind., J. F.
Monroe, of New York City, and Homer
D. Biery, of Franklin, Pa., deserve special
mention as the largest contributors.

Our plan of absorbing the mortgages
is similar to that of most Chapters. We
have the one hundred dollar 10-year note
plan. Each man signs a note of this
amount during the semester of his initia-
tion as payments thereno starting the year
following. These notes when properly
worked up should bring in from now on
an income of $1,000 per annum with

which payments on the mortgage can be
made. The interest on the indebtedness
and taxes on the property are met by the
active Chapter as a rental charge. Title
to the property is vested in a corporation
known as the Gamma Nu House Fund As-
sociation. A board of five directors is in
control.

To obtain the greatest possible amount
of co-operation among the Brothers and
yet make the financial burden within
reach of all, the house was furnished to
accommodate 32 men. A Chapter larger
than this would be unwieldy and fewer
men would have upon their shoulders a
financial responsibility which would em-
barrass a few of the Brothers. We could
have filled two houses this size with old
men and worthy Brothers from foreign
Chapters (Does not the writer mean Sister
Chapters?), who have come to Michigan
this year. We regret very much a situa-
tion which has prevented us from affiliat-
ing these Brothers without a Chapter, but
thirty old Gamma Nu men filled the House
the first week and we found ourselves con-
fronted with a desire to do the impossible.

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 1

1 January 1921

John Starts the New Year Right

Nineteen Twenty-One dawned "brite and fair.** Our dear Brother John C. Scott breezed
into the General Office with a Liberty Bond in his right hand and a great sense of
responsibility pervading the atmosphere in the vicinity adjacent to and all round him.
He was greatly relieved to read the proofs of The Delta (which had just come from the
printer) which explained the Endowment for Sigma Nu.

"Let this Liberty Bond Talk!** he shouted wildly and excitedly, "I can't say it quick
enough!** Whereupon he and it were permanently and forever separated, to his financial
disembarrassment and to the progress of his Fraternity.

Thus entered the first contribution to the Permanent Endowment Fund, about which
you will all hear a lot from now on.

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An American Soldier s Life in Germany

Every Day Affairs in the A. F. in G.

By Captain George T. Wyche, Beta Theta

[Captain George T. Wyche, B 8, writes most entertainingly of his doings and sur-
roundings in Coblence. The Editor believes these novel viewpoints of Brothers in foreign
lands are of the utmost interest to our readers — we get a glimpse into unusual scenes and
a picture of what Sigma Nu means when absent from friends and country, which is the
finer and more vivid, because it is drawn between the lines. Therefore, we would invite
contributions from other Brothers in out-of-the-way corners of the earth. — The Editor.]

HERE are a few high spots along the
line of march to the Rhine and its
occupation.

There are three outstanding events of
the march:

Orders were issued that the band would
play and troops march at attention through
all towns. We marched through the old
St. Mihel salient. The first town was only
a few shattered walls and debris, yet the
band played the Marseillaise, troops passed
at attention, colors unfurled. One could
not help being deeply impressed — the
pathos was so great. All through the war-
torn towns, this pathetic contrast of desola-
tion and triumphant blare of trumpets was
very impressive.

It was a day's march before a town suit-
able for billets, was reached. This town
(Bruville) was reached at about 4:00 p.
m., Sunday. I was sent ahead about one
hour to arrange for billets. As I reached
town the inhabitants were coming from
Vespers. It seemed to me that I was
greeted with a kiss by each of the sixty-
four townspeople — old women, children,
and three or four men. The battalion staff
was quartered with a dear old lady who
could not do enough to express her joy.
She had a home of some eight rooms — all
bare except the one small room in which
she was surrounded by her household-gods.
The Boche had taken everything moveable
with them when they evacuated. (The last
German left the town about thirty hours
before we reached it.) While at supper,
the mayor and several people came in to
welcome us officially. He made a speech
and a young girl read a poem and pre-
sented a bouquet of flowers. (I was "de-
tailed" to translate and reply in Dough-
boy French, by some- means, I made every-
one understand.)

After a few days* march, we reached
Lorraine and halted in Gandrange. I was

billeted with a dear old couple who had
lived here all their lives. They had two
sons in the French army. The old man
showed me welts on his back where the
Boche had beat him for speaking French.
They were both just like two children at
Christmas time. The fatted hen was killed
and he dug a couple of bottles of wine out
of the garden. All during dinner, he
would jump up every minute or so and
give a "whoop" and a "hurrah" — the old
lady danced a "jig." It was a wonderful
party. I brought sugar and white bread,
etc. for dinner. They had seen none for
many months. This old man had ac-
complished a wonderful journey. In the
winter of 1917-18, he went through the
lines and to Paris and returned with food
for his wife. How he did it, I don't know,
but he got away with it

I lived in one German home for eight
months and I could not have been treated
any better had I been a member of the
family. I was there Christmas, 1918, and
they did all they could to make me happy
— sent me cookies and candy to my room,
asked me in to see the tree and hear the
Christmas singing and have some "bowl."
From then on I was a member of the fam-
ily. Later on, they would tell me that
they were going to have music, a "bowl,"
etc., and to ask some of my friends down
for the evening. Many jolly evenings were
spent this way. Not once while I lived
there did they ask me to get food or candy
for them, nor for any other favor.

As an indication of how well the men
adapted themselves to their new surround-
ings— in July, 1919, all troops were con-
centrated in tents across the Rhine in the
event that Germany did not sign up. We
were out about ten days. As the troops
came back to their former billets, I was
standing in my room window. As the
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respective billets one heard on all sides,
"Gee, but it is good to be home. Hello
Frau, Hello Fraulein, fine to be home
again." And it seemed so to all of us.

Everyone quickly settled down to the
life here. and it moved on as uneventfully
as if a camp back home. No trouble with
the natives was ever experienced. We had
comfortable billets, most of them with
electric lights and all with running water
— some few with baths.

The American here has been a very
wealthy man. The past few months, the
average private has drawn more money
monthly than city and Kries officials— due
to low rate on die mark. Now that the
mark has strengthened, we are not so
wealthy and prices seem very high as a
result At that, most things are much
cheaper to us than in the States. One can
take the equivalent of ten cents to a barber
shop and buy everything from hair cut to
massage and tonic — including manicures.
(And the doughboy buys "veile" mani-
cure!) Good wine is $1.00, champagne
from $2.00 to $3.00— not bad, but much
more expensive than when marks were 100
to a dollar.

Last winter, life was mostly a bachelor
existence except when we could borrow a
few welfare workers for a dance. This
winter, there are many American ladies
here with their children — and more wives
come on every boat. This gives quite a
large bit of social life to our otherwise
masculine existence. The club is always
full of ladies at tea and the dances — which
are held three times a week. (Last winter
it took weeks of work to stage a party with
a dozen girls.)

As a matter of fact, life here is much
like at home except that it does not cost
quite so much to live and one can buy a
bottle of wine. We have our dances, din-

ners, teas — even have a sort of "Ladies'
Aid Society" as part of the Army church!
One associates almost exclusively with
Americans and does most of one's shop-
ping at the Army store — at which most
anything can be purchased. At the present
time, practically all troops live in bar-
racks, even officers (except married ones) ;
while last winter nearly all troops were in
billets.

I have "wind" of several more Sigs on
the Rhine, and will try and get some
"dope" on them and send to you.

A. F. in G. Alumni Notes

Here are a few items I have "raked up"
in the A. F. in G. :

First Lieutenant John H. Wise, B X,
was married to Miss Ethelwynne Frick, of
Philadelphia, Pa. (formerly of the Y. M.
C. A. Overseas Department), in the Church
of the Royal Palace, Coblence, Germany,
on March 18, 1920. Chaplain Esterbrook,
Senior Chaplain A. F. in G., officiating.
Colonel M. M. Keck, 8th Infantry, gave
the bride away. Lieutenant Wise and his.
bride made an extended tour of Italy and
the French Riveria. Lieutenant Wise is
now on duty with the 8th Infantry, Co-
blence, Germany.

First Lieutenant Pierre Mallett, B T, U.
of N. C, and First Lieutenant Samuel L.
Marshall, A, V. M. I., are on duty with
the 7th Machine Gun Battalion, Erenbreit-
stein, Coblence, Germany.

If I locate any more Sigs, I'll drop you
a line.

GEO. T. WYCHE, B 0.

Captain, 8th Infantry,
American Forces, Germany,
Coblence.

Starts Them Thinking

Inspector Roswell Phillips of the Sixth Division has a trick up his sleeve
that beats four aces. He called for all hands on the table face up. The show-
down surprised the boys, but it sure started them thinking. "I asked every
member of the Chapter, without notice, to get on his feet and tell just what
Sigma Nu means to him."

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The Uniform Accounting System in Practice

Being Experiences of a Chapter Treasurer

By Lee A. Yochum, Delta Eta

[The officers of every Chapter should carefully read the following article. The writer
is a student in the School of Agriculture and had no training in accounting. He gained
his experience as assistant treasurer. When the General Secretary dropped in unexpectedly
and asked for the books, he found the financial standing of Delta Eta in a few minutes'
inspection. Delta Eta Chapter is one of our very best Chapters and has become so by
building on strict business principles. — The Editor.]

THE life of the Fraternity steward and
treasurer is not a path of roses. To
begin with he must make up his mind
that his work is the most exacting and least
appreciated of any in the Chapter. He is
the one who must levy the assessments and
collect the money and quite often it falls
upon him to do the bulk of the buying and
running of errands. Consequently he must
have a keen sense of values and a rare in-
sight into future market conditions if he
is to handle his job successfully. The best
thing that has ever been adopted by the
Fraternity for the use of the treasurer is
the Uniform Accounting System, and it is
of this system that I wish to speak.

A few years ago, before the war, I be-
came a member of Delta Eta. At that
time the accounting system was not in use.
I remember distinctly that when the treas-
urer submitted his report that it usually
required a few days9 notice and when he
appeared with his report he was armed
with loose papers and sheets, which made
me wonder how it was possible for him to
keep tab on the outstanding bills owed by
the Chapter and members of the Chapter.
Surely those were trying days. The sys-
tem worked fairly well, but when a quick
inspection of the book was required it was
impossible to secure accurate information.
So when the present system was adopted
in 1916 we felt that a change for the bet-
ter had indeed been made for Delta Eta at
least it has been a success.

The Uniform Accounting System has my
hearty approval because it gives at all
times accurate information. At a glance
one can tell just what bills are unpaid and
how much money is owed to the Chapter
by the various members. Listed in col-
umns it is an easy matter to see the true
condition of affairs. The exactness of this
system causes it to be successful. If there

is a mistake of one cent it means that this
error must be corrected for the books will
not balance and hence slipshod and care-
less methods are done away with.

I will never forget my first experience
in closing the books. My instruction had
been careful and I could see no reason
why things shouldn't come right at once.
I had smooth sailing and things were com-
ing fine until I hit the table of cash opera-
tions and balances. Here I found that I
was off by some four hundred dollars, and
the difference was not to my favor. I was
absolutely dazed. First I stared at the
figures and then 1 walked out on the
porch, just off my room, and stood there
wondering how soon the police would be
after me. And then my thoughts began to
collect themselves. I went back to my
room and after some minutes found thai
mine was but merely a mistake in addition
and the misuse of figures from the pre-
ceding month. After that the balance
came easily and I knew that I could do it
again for I had begun to master the sys-
tem. The next few times were compara-
tively easy for me\ I did not always ob-
tain a balance, but found that my mis-
takes were generally due to inaccuracy in
adding long columns of figures. Carefully
handled, the books should present no great
difficulty.

The accounting system may have its
faults. Personally, I can't see them. Per-
haps it may be because I have never stud-
ied accounting, in fact I had no knowledge
of bookkeeping, but I know that for our
Chapter it has worked wonders. Our bills,
with the exception of two or three which
are handled in installments, are always
paid in time to receive the benefits of the
cash discounts and we have unlimited
credit among the business men of the city.
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we managed to keep our bills paid so
promptly and wished to know more about
our system of bookkeeping. To us this
system has been our salvation, among the
business men especially.

As a suggestion to the Brother Treas-
urers who may not have discovered this
little scheme for saving time, I wish to sub-
mit a plan which has proven of benefit to
me. During the month I write in all of
the accounts receivable and payable. By
doing this, I save about an hour's work in
closing the books at the end of the month.
The duplicate sheets which are mailed in
can also be filled out in this way. I hope
this suggestion may be of benefit. Another
thing, I try to keep my books as neat as
possible. Sometimes I copy the whole set
so that future treasurers will have some-

thing to pattern after. The added time re-
quired is indeed worth the effort.

To me the system which we now employ
is a decided success. With it we have es-
tablished our Chapter on a firm business
basis and at all times we know our finan-
cial condition. It has brought Delta Eta
to an enviable position among the Greek
Chapters of the school and has given us
unlimited credit should we ever decide that
we need it. Alumni and members of the
Chapter are more' effectually reached' and
hence greater confidence and respect are
injected into our members. The parents
too are pleased to know that we are on a
sound basis. Without it, our Chapter
would be at a disadvantage and I some-
times wonder if the Chapter could stay on
its feet. It surely has worked wonders.

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 2

15 January 1921

A Little More About New Years

John says, says he, in that well-known dialect of the Hoosier, "Now whur air the
Endowment Fund Committee and the Inspectors- they were so keen on starting 1921
on time."

'They're busy drawing up the blanks for us to sign and designing that parchment
certificate of a life 'interest' in Sigma Nu," replied Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M.
P. C. "Yes, and the Inspectors are figuring up how far beyond their quotas they're going.
But 111 match you, 'cause this is a wager where nobody loses. You gain a Life Mem-
bership and the Fraternity gains a Life Member." That silenced John for a Liberty
Bond talks loud.

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Ask Yourself—

What Can an Alumnus Do For His Fraternity?

You Know the Answer

But— "Who Gives Himself With His Gift" Is the Man Sigma Nu Needs

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Inter-Fraternity Conference

Twelfth Session, November 27, 1920

THE Inter-fraternity Conference met
at the University Club, New York
City, on Saturday, November 27,
1920, for its Twelfth Annual Session.
Forty-four national fraternities were rep-
resented out of the present membership of
forty-six. Colleges and universities were
invited as last year, to co-operate, and
eighteen responded, either through mem-
bers who served in a dual capacity, or by
special representatives. The Association
of American Colleges was represented by
its president and secretary. The Chicago
Inter-fraternity Association sent three dele-
gates, including its secretary, Brother
Warren Piper, T B, and its president, Dr.
Frank Wieland, ATA.

Sigma Nu's delegates were: Past Re-
gent Albert H. Wilson, Vice Regent George
A. Smith, and Assistant General Secretary
Harry A. Rider, with Inspector Raymond
H. Segur as alternate.

Two important features were added at-
tractions and aids. The Fraternity editors
dinner, on the evening of the Conference,
is now an annual institution. The editors
were entertained as usual by Frank S.
Rogers, A T A, at the Salmagundi Club.
This year a new experiment was tried — in
the Fraternity secretaries dinner on the
preceding evening, which was held at the
Phi Gamma Delta Club, and it is no longer
an experiment. These specialized sessions
are now recognized as integral parts of
Inter-Fraternity work and its associations.
The Conference was called to order by
the chairman, Albert S. Bard, X *. After
organization and other preliminaries were
over, the following standing and special
committees reported:

Extension, Health and Hygiene, Stan-
ford Situation, Fraternity Jewelry, Theta
Nu Epsilon, Scholarship, Business Man-
agement, Organization of Student Activ-
ities, and Student Self Government. There
was also a report, with recommendations
from the Fraternity Secretaries Meeting.
Colonel F. J. Morrow, chief of the R. O.
T. C, addressed the Conference on the
work of his organization.

The officers elected for the coming year
were: Chairman, Don R. Almy, 2AE;

secretary, Fred H. Nymeyer, X*; and
treasurer, Wayne H. Musgrave, A 2$;
new members of the Executive Commit-
tee, Willis O. Robb, B 0 II, and J. Lorton
Francis, II K A. The new office of educa-
tional director was created, and Dean
Thomes Arkle Clark, A TO, was elected
by a separate ballot, on a unanimous vote.
The chief points of the work of this ses-
sion are:

1. The committee on extension, in their
survey of educational conditions, found
394 colleges in the United States without
fraternities. The committee will later re-
port as to possibilities for further fra-
ternity growth. In order to combat anti-
fraternity sentiment, the Conference in
previous years, has gone on record as
favoring not only more chapters in exist-
ing fraternities, but more fraternities.

2. Publication of a book on fraterni-
ties that will give the college world and
the public an insight into the meaning of
the Greek-letter system and the value of its
work. A preliminary appropriation of
$1,000 was made, for expenses of prepara-
tion. This work is to be an elaboration
of a project of the College Fraternity Ref-
erence Bureau. William C. Levere, SAE,
secretary, which generously placed all the
data it had collected at the disposal of
the Conference. Professor Francis H.
Shepardson, B © II, State Commissioner of
Education of Illinois, was appointed as
editor-in-chief.

3. Condemnation of Theta Nu Epsilon.
The resolution printed in The Delta, for
December, 1920, was adopted.

The report brought out the fact that all
of the disrepute and misinformation which
has resulted in the past decade in so far
as fraternities are concerned has been due
to the clandestine operations of irrespon-
sible local fraternities of which it is
claimed Theta Nu Epsilon is the leader.
Judging from the discussions of the uni-
versity and Faculty representatives it was
apparent that such locals are universally
frowned upon by the Faculties of our
American universities and it was further
evident that in order to promote the fu-
ture well-being of the national fraternity

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system that these locals must be discour-
aged as much as possible. In this connec-
tion a resolution was offered by James
Duane Livingston, ex-chairman for many
years of the National Inter-Fraternity Con-
ference, which resolution was unanimously
carried, to the effect that all members of
the National Fraternities be called upon
to either resign their membership in locals
of this character or resign their member-
ship in their national academic fraternities
for the reason that a man could not be true
and consistent to the ideals which his na-
tional academic fraternity stands for and
at the same time retain his membership in
both organizations. The adoption of this
resolution by unanimous vote of the Con-
ference, with the unanimous concurrence
of the Faculty representatives present, evi-
dences in no unmistakable manner the gen-
eral consensus of opinion among our na-
tional fraternities and our colleges in re-
gard to locals of the character in ques-
tion.

4. A memorial resolution on the life
and work of William S. Baird was
adopted, as a public expression of the ob-
ligations of the Conference to him.

5. A survey of present tendencies in
anti-fraternity legislation was presented
and co-ordinated efforts in States, where
it is stirring, will be made to educate the
legislatures.

6. The study of the Fraternity jewelry
situation developed a deplorable lack of
business sense, not to say business ethics,
among some manufacturers in misrepre-
senting their goods and their relations to
fraternities. [The Chapters and Alumni
of Sigma Nu have been repeatedly warned
to deal only with our official jewelers ac-
cording to our contract. They are offi-
cially endorsed by the Fraternity and you
will always find them courteous, trust-
worthy, and fair in every way. — The Edi-
tor.!

7. The annual dues of fraternities and
the Conference was raised to $50.00 a year.

The report of the Fraternity Secretaries
Meeting, by the chairman, Philip E. Lyon,
$ T A, was adopted and its recommenda-
tions referred to the Executive Committee.

Under the headings of unfinished, new
and miscellaneous business interesting
talks were made by the Faculty represen-
tatives present, indicative of the healthy
interest in the national fraternity situation
on the part of American colleges.

These educators discussed at length the
following subjects:

1. What is being done in your institu-
tion to improve the scholarship of the fra-
ternity group?

2. What is being done in your institu-
tion to improve the business administra-
tion of the fraternity group?

3. What should be the composition
and function of a local Inter-fraternity
Council ?

4. In what way can this national Inter-
fraternity Conference be of service to your
institution?

5. What suggestions have you for in-
creasing the serviceability of the frater-
nity as a college adjunct, and what prac-
tical methods do you suggest for maintain-
ing contact between college and fraternity
(either as a national or local group), for
their mutual welfare?

The only criticism that can be made is
that the time for the Conference is far too
limited. Next year a two-day session is
planned which will allow time for more
discussion.

The advance printed reports were
omitted this year, owing to the high cost
of printing, but we trust this custom will
be reinstated hereafter.

A Solid Foundation

The Endowment Fund Will Provide a Base for
Our Fraternity's Progress Never Before Known

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Another Change in Division Lines

Ever since the Denver Grand Chapter,
the Sigma Nus of the Rocky Mountain re-
gion have from time to time requested that
the State of Utah be changed from the
Seventeenth Division to the Fourteenth
Division. Previous to the Denver Grand
Chapter these two States were districted
together. There is a strong Alumni Chap-
ter in Salt Lake City. The athletic rela-
tions of the University of Utah are almost
altogether with the Colorado colleges.

Because of these conditions and because
of the frequent requests arising from them
the General Secretary recommended that
Utah be taken from the Seventeenth Divi-
sion and placed in the Fourteenth Division.
The Inspectors of both divisions have en-
dorsed this recommendation and the High
Council has taken such action by unani-
mous vote.

Chapter By-Laws

Our Chapters occasionally inquire how
to deal with special problems not covered
by our national Fraternity Law, but which
should be provided for in the Chapter's
By-Laws. Every Chapter we suppose has
its by-laws, but usually they are written
out in an old minute-book or on loose
leaves, and are not available for officers
when most needed.

Beta Nu Chapter has printed its by-laws
in a small sixteen-page booklet, and no
officer or member can now plead "ignor-
ance of the law" as an excuse for derelic-
tions. An excellent idea, which the Gen-
eral Secretary heartily approves and com-
mends.

"Especial attention is invited to the
scholarship and financial provisions,'9
writes Brother J. Dale McNamar, Re-
porter, and drafter of the By-Laws.
"Brother TrafFord Tallmadge, our Chap-
ter Adviser, suggested the application of
the scholarship eligibility rule to social
functions, also the exclusion from social
functions of any members or pledges

whose accounts are in arrears." No doubt
such a measure may appear, at first glance,
rather a drastic one, but we have an idea
it brings results. A man cannot afford to
overlook that flunk if it keeps him away
from the next dance. And how easy the
Treasurer's job will be, too!

The Accounting System Again

There are more Chapters now fulfilling
the law in regard to the accounting system
than ever before. There are, however, still
a lamentable number who are still refusing
to abide by the law and regulations in
this respect.

The accounting system commends itself
wherever it is faithfully tried. There is
an increasing feeling that to simplify this
system until it is "easy to use" will take
from it all its value.

The time has come when Chapters which
will not use the accounting system should
be barred from all loans from the General
Fraternity.

In connection with this whole problem
we urge every Chapter officer to read the
article in this issue on the accounting sys-
tem by Brother Yochum of the Delta Eta
Chapter.

Permits for T. N. E.

One of our Chapter officers writes us
asking concerning a permit to affiliate with
Theta Nu Epsilon. "There ain't no sich
critter" in Sigma Nu Fraternity. Please
read editorial in this issue.

Form Book for Chapter Minutes

The recent Inspectors Conference re-
quested the General Secretary to prepare a
standard form of Chapter Minute Book to
be officially adopted at the next Grand
Chapter.

If any Chapters have standardized their
own minute books we should like to hear
from them with suggestions.

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Rushing "Dope"

Frequent requests for information on
rushing methods come into the General
Office. We reprint below a little folder
which Beta Mu Chapter issued last fall.
It contains many a hint for other Chapters,
besides giving us a good survey of what
Beta Mu's reputation consists in.

The card at the end is a great aid to the
rushing committee.

These folders were sent to the Alumni
of the Chapter and in the whole State.
Our copy was sent in to The Delta by
Brother Clarence V. Hull, B B, who lives
in Charles City, Iowa. Surely facts pre-
sented in this manner "will enable our
Alumni to speak with knowledge concern-
ing their Fraternity."

Some Reasons Why You Can Advise

Promising Freshmen to Join Your

Fraternity at Iowa

I. Scholarship.

1. Sigma Nu has not been below third
position among Pan Hellenic fraternities
in the past five years.

2. A Sigma Nu has been elected to Phi
Beta Kappa every year except one in the
past nine years.

II. Athletics.

1. Six of the eleven m 'regulars' on
Iowa's famous 1919 football team were
Sigma Nus. Captain Fred Lohman of last
year's team is a Sigma Nu.

2. Two of the five 'regulars' on Iowa's
basketball team were Sigma Nus. Next
year's basketball captain, Robert Kauff-
man, is a Sigma Nu.

3. Two Sigma Nus won letters in track
this last year.

4. Two of the six members of the
wrestling team were Sigma Nus. Captain -
elect White is a Sigma Nu.

III. Forensics.

1. The Sigma Nu Chapter roll of 1919-
1920 included two past presidents of lit-
erary societies.

IV. Politics.

One member Student Council.
Chairman Junior Prom Committee.
Five past and present presidents of
classes.

V. Social.

Member Pan Hellenic Association.

VI. Incidental.

1. Sigma Nu has had two members,
elected to A. F. I. each year since its es-
tablishment in 1915. (A. F. I. is an hon-
orary Senior society for which twelve men
are selected each year.)

2. V. M. Hancher, Commander, 1919-

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VII. Activities of Some Members.

L. A. Block, A. F. I., president Medic
class 1918-1919, I football, Sophomore
Cotillion Committee 1917-1918.

Walter Bernard, vice-president Fresh-
man Medic class, Junior Prom Committee
1918-1919.

Clyde Charlton, A. F. L, president class
1917-1918, I football.

Glen Devine, I football, wrestling team.

Aubrey Devine, I football, I basketball,
I track.

Robert Dethleffs, swimming team.

Robert KaufFman, A. F. I., I football, I
basketball, Student Council, captain-elect
basketball.

Lyle Flannigan, president Clinton Club.

Fred Lohman, I football, A. F. I., cap-
tain football 1919.

Robert Block, interfraternity, university
player, Conference.

Edwin Lighter, Board of Trustees Daily
Iowan, managing editor 1922 Hawkeye.

Gilbert Goos, chairman Freshman Party
Committee, 1918-1919, university players.

Alphonsus Mulroney, member Sopho-
more Cotillion Committee 1919-1920.

Max Conn, I track.

Lawrence Organ, Freshman numeral

football, Freshman numeral track, Fresh-
man Party Committee.

Chas. Glasgow, president Silver Star
Club.

V. M. Hancher, Rhodes scholarship, Phi
Beta Kappa, past president Zetagothian
Literary Society, president Senior L. A.
1918-1919, Delta Sigma Rho, winner first
place Hamilton Club Oratorical Contest,
Chicago, 1916-19i7, president Interfrater-
nity Conference.

Stewart Hiatt, Sigma Xi.

Henry Grelck, Freshman numeral track.

Ralph Beck, Freshman numeral track.

Leland White, I football, I wrestling,
captain-elect wrestling team, capain R. 0.
T. C.

Harold Newcomb, A. F. L, past presi-
dent Philo Literary Society.

Carl Meyrick, major in R. O. T. C.

E. B. Soper, first lieutenant, R. 0. T. C.

Tom Norris, General Quadrangle Coun-
cil, first lieutenant R. O. T. C.

The purpose of this pamphlet is two-
fold. In the first place we want to prove
to our Alumni who have not had an op-
portunity to keep in close touch with the
active Chapter, that the Fraternity to
which they belong is the same worth-
while, strong and beneficial organization
that it has been in times, past. We are
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uiac the above facts prove that the men of
the active Chapter are making a creditable
showing in scholarship, in athletics, in
politics, in forensics, and in social activ-
ities.

In the second place, we hope that this
pamphlet will be of some aid to the
Alumni Brothers in the matter of ap-
proaching prospective rushees. We be-
lieve that the facts set forth herein will
enable our Alumni to speak with some
knowledge concerning their Fraternity.

Now, DONT FAIL to send in the en-
closed cards. Please help us to maintain
a strong Fraternity.

Training the Freshmen

We have recently found two Chapters
complaining because every one of their
Freshmen failed on their first mid-term
examination.

In the crowded conditions of our col-
leges there is being manifested on the part
of the colleges a disposition to reduce
numbers by a rigor of examinations which
we believe to be often very unfair to the
young men just beginning their educa-
tional career.

This, however, is generally known on the
part of our Chapters and should be espe-
cially guarded against

An inquiry of die two Chapters referred
to disclosed the fact that there had been no
Freshmen meetings, no study hours and
no conferences by die Freshmen overseers
with the instructors of these Brothers-to-be.

In cases like these, complaints properly
lie against the Chapters and not against
the Freshmen.

Every Freshman should have as over-
seer an upper classman who can command
his confidence and respect and who knows
that a Chapter House is something more
than a boarding-house or a club.

These Freshmen are to be our leaders.
While we have full authority over them,
they should be taught how to study. They
should be held strictly to study hours.
Social privileges should be withheld with
the first lapse of scholarship.

They should also be carefully trained in
the history and the working ideals of
Sigma Nu. They should know the Creed,
the National Chapter House Rules, and our
Declaration of Principles.

These things should be required, not to
be arbitrarily 'hard on them, but to train

them into becoming leaders in the Fra-
ternity, and leaders in life.

Chapter Papers

We take occasion here to call attention
again to our Chapter publications. Many
Chapters issue regular periodicals for the
enlightenment of their Alumni.

As this department was unavoidably
crowded out of the December Delta, we
acknowledge receipt, since the October
number, of the following papers: The
Quaker, Philadelphia Alumni Chapter,
December; The Fifth Point, New York
Alumni Chapter, December; The Epsilon
Informer, (not dated, received Decem-
ber); Psi Chapter News, December 14;
Gamma Zeta Bulletin, October and Decem-
ber; Delta Delia News, January 1; The
Shield, Delta Omicron, October 7; The
Delta Sigma, November 1; The Quiver,
Delta Chi, December.

Much might be said in praise of these
Alumni Chapter papers. The Quaker is
full of news of Alumni round Philadel-
phia and is looking forward with great
anticipations to the first Grand Chapter in
the East which is set for next December at
Philadelphia. The Fifth Point is an old
friend — the December issue is No. 4 of
Volume 5 — and there is never a peppier
booster of Sigma Nu; naturally not, when
you see who the editors are: Bert Wilson
and Vice-Regent Smith.

Gamma Zeta's Bulletin is a regular visi-
tor this year and surely reflects the Chap-
ter. There need be no excuse for lack of
Alumni interest. (The only criticism we
could make is the editor's slip in his
"Alumnae Notes" and he probably has
heard enough about that from his Broth-
ers already. Delta Delta's and Delta Sig-
ma's papers are full of their new Chapter
House plans and the enthusiasm of inter-
ested and alert Alumni associations. The
Quiver is the product of Ray Segur's mul-
tigraph and is a bright youngster of going
seven. These home-made papers, like The
Quiver and The Shield especially appeal
to us, because they are so serviceable and
yet within the reach of every Chapter who
has a man of journalistic inclinations.
Printed papers are by no means necessary
— frequent compilations of news bring the
Alumni home in spirit and often they fol-
low in flesh just to see if it can all be true.

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On Open Letter to Sigma Nu

By The General Secretary

GET us make no mistake. The fraternity movement is under
fire. Part of this may be accounted for by the restless and
unsettled conditions everywhere producing fierce arraignment
of all our institutional life. A large amount of it, however, is
because fraternity men are so greatly failing to live up to their oppor-
tunities for leadership and service in these troublous days.

Let every Chapter remember that we must have Discipline. We
must have decent scholarship and we must have the democratic spirit of
service — without these the fraternity movement is doomed.

We have been recently called into conferences with college authori-
ties, involving our Chapters in various parts of the country.

In each case the scholarship records of the fraternities represented
•were >far below the average grade of the men of the institutions and in
one of these cases Sigma Nu grades were near the bottom of the list of
fraternities.

The dean of men of one of these schools gave us statistics showing
that while the fraternities represented less than fifty per cent, of the
student body, that sixteen out of twenty-two men dropped during the
previous term for failure to make passing grades were fraternity men.

Where conditions like these obtain the following conditions are
always present in whole or part.

First. These Chapters had no House discipline. Some little regula-
tion of Freshmen was attempted, but nowhere were the general Chapter
House Rules respected. Nowhere was it true that "The Chapter House
shall be deemed a temple of learning where the rights of individual
privacy shall be maintained and the hours of serious and self-denying
labor shall be guarded." Nowhere "the periods of rest, sleep and play
shall be known and respected." If we cannot obey such common sense
Chapter House regulations we had better not have Houses.

Again in not a single instance where a Chapter has gotten into diffi-
culties financial or otherwise has the accounting system prescribed by
law been used. These Chapters always report that they are "too busy9'
to master or use the accounting system.

Again in each case we have found more or less of an unconscious
"we are it" spirit, which utterly blinds any group to the real situation.

Simplicity of ideals, economy of expenditure, decent scholarship and
unselfish service to the great cause of democratic education are the
strictly "up-to-date" interpretations of Love, Honor and Truth.

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Greenfield
Quarles

Elsewhere in this issue will be found
the account of the passing of the last one
of the Founders of Sig-
ma N u. Greenfield
Quarles, Alpha No. 2,
soldier, lawyer, circuit-judge, churchman,
Brother, was the last remaining of the
original number of the Knights of the
Legion of Honor who stood beside found-
ers rock on the old parade ground of the
Virginia Military Institute on the night of
January 1, 1869, and swore fealty to the
five-armed Star of Sigma Nu.

No one who attended the Nineteenth
Grand Chapter will ever forget the de-
scription of this event by Brother Quarles,
when amidst almost breathless stillness,
he told of how "we quietly walked out of
our rooms and went to a lonely place on
the parade ground, by the side of a great
limestone rock, and there looked up into
the heavens, almost feeling that we could
see God Almighty looking down upon us,
we took the oath and obligation that
bound us to each other for life — it was
a solemn occasion to us. That was the
birth of Sigma Nu."

Many of us had some premonition of
what has just happened when Brother
Quarles, exhausted with emotion at the
close of his address, said, "standing here,
now, it may be the last time that I will
look upon the faces of many of you, or
any of you, I charge you to remember
Honor, Truth, and Brotherly Love, not
only for Sigma Nu, not only for the inner
circle of your own community, but for
this whole country."

It has been our high privilege to have
known Brother Quarles personally and by
letter through these years since his pres-

ence at the Indianapolis Grand Chapter in
1903. His wise words of counsel, his fine
spirit of brotherly love, and his depth of
religious faith will be a memory and
strength to Sigma Nu through all time.

In the death of Dr. Isadore Dyer Sigma
Nu loses a Brother, the circle of whose
achievements will re-
Dr. Dyer main as an ideal to all

Knights of the Legion
of Honor. He was eminent as scientist,
educator, citizen and Brother.

As a scientist he was one of the leading
authorities on leprosy in the world and
was one of a small coterie of scientists who
are pursuing this dread scourge to the
point of complete mastery.

As an educator, Dr. Dyer was one of the
chief influences in bringing Tulane Medi-
cal, with its post-graduate department and
great charity hospital not only to a first
place among the medical schools of the
South, but also to a first place in some de-
partments among the medical schools of
the United States.

As a citizen one only needs to note the
long list of organizations for public serv-
ice with which Brother Dyer was associ-
ated to somewhat realize the total activi-
ties of this unusual mind and heart.

All these activities, however, did not
deter Dr. Dyer from such an abiding in-
terest in young men that above all his un-
usual professional achievement we remem-
ber him best as Brother. It was our per-
sonal privilege to visit him a few months
ago. He frankly acknowledged that he
was burning life's candle at both ends, but
knew no way to break away from the help-

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ful activities he was so intensely interested
in. He kept a long list of patients waiting
while he persisted in prolonging the con-
versation concerning Sigma Nu, the Tulane
Chapter and the great problems of modern
education. He was particularly enthused
with the reorganization of Sigma Nu and
especially with the deeper emphasis being
laid upon on Fraternity as an educational
institution. His laudation of our maga-
zine contributed to our embarrassment as
well as our pride.

Brother Dyer in the natural order
should have had fifteen or twenty years
more of productive activity, but his heart
could not keep up. With his going we
have lost one of the greatest minds in the
scientific education of our day and his ac-
complishments are such as to be un-
equalled by most men who have their full
allotment of the years.

The March Delta marks the beginning
of a new era in the history of Sigma Nu.
Brother Leroy Kim-
ball, bursar of New
York University, has
sensed the real situation in his pointing
out the fact that what is really happening
is that we have grown into an educational
institution and that Sigma Nu of today de-
mands our interest and support after the
same fashion and on the same basis as of
our "Alma Mater."

It is also interesting to know that Sigma
Nu is not even pioneering in her endow-
ment campaign. There has been a general
"growing up" of the college fraternity as
of all educational institutions since the
war. Beta Theta Pi is working on a fund
of one million dollars "to assist in the edu-
cation of college men, who promise to ful-
fill the fraternity's ideal of leadership."
Delta Upsilon is waging a campaign with
Herbert I. Markham as director-general
fpr "The Stronger Delta Upsilon Fund" of

Our Endowment
Campaign and
Others

$200,000. Phi Kappa Psi already has a
fund of $17,000 which has already fur-
nished scholarships for "assisting fifteen
boys through college." Phi Gamma Delta,
Kappa Sigma, and Delta Tau Delta have
already made substantial progress in ac-
cumulating endowments for houses, or
scholarships.

Sigma Nu has, therefore, to squarely
face the fact that our problem is not
merely that of standing still or going for-
ward. It is more than that We are to be
in competition with college fraternities so
strongly endowed that it will be a material
asset for a bright young man with small
means to belong to them. We, therefore,
cannot choose between "standing still" and
"going forward." We must either move
forward or move backward.

Let every division take this matter into
its own hands and within the next few
months make such substantial progress in
this endowment fund as to put Sigma Nu
at once alongside the leaders among col-
lege fraternities which are becoming edu-
cational institutions.

It has been the Editor's task to have to

do with a goodly number of educational

and philanthropic cam-

&*°d*wment P^S118 involving much

Campaign a Succeer larger sums than the
standard Sigma Nu has set before her.

There is a peculiar psychology to any
movement of this kind. The basis of all
of it is that we cannot persuade others
with an effective eloquence until we sub-
scribe ourselves. Such action alone takes
away all our doubts and kindles our per-
sonal enthusiasm to the point of contagion.
It is like all genuine spiritual uplift. It
is "never in the air." It is never epidemic.
It is, however, contagious. Others get it
by contact with us and because we have it

Let every Brother who is unbiased in
making Sigma Nu a real educational insti-

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tution as permanent a part of American
Education and as powerfully useful as
your Alma Mater — let him first subscribe.
Then we can persuade others, Brother In-
spectors, Officers of Alumni Chapters. Re-
sponsible Committees first subscribe your-
self. The rest of the campaign will then
be easy.

The national convention of Lambda Chi

Alpha met in Indianapolis on December

30, 1920, and ratified

KrateroFty18118 ^ ProPosal to make

Headquarters Indianapolis the na-

tional headquarters.

A recent news item in Indianapolis
papers also states Phi Delta Theta is seek-
ing offices for the location of its national
headquarters in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis is the most centrally lo-
cated of any city in the United States.
More leading cities of the United States
can be reached in one night ride from In-
dianapolis than from any other city of the
country. It will therefore increasingly
become the center for organizations of na-
tional scope.

Ever since the Nineteenth Grand Chap-
ter at St. Louis there has been the greatest
of friendly rivalry as

GSuTw^ntfeth t0 ** meCtillg PlflCe °f

Grand Chapter the Twentieth Grand

Chapter. The East in Philadelphia, the
West in Seattle, and the South in Birming-
ham. Each tried their particular phases
of oratory on the St. Louis Grand Chap-
ter, and since that time the mail of the
General Office has been made heavier with
the presentation of the rival claims backed
by the respective commercial clubs in ad-
dition to multitudinous Sigma Nu repre-
sentatives.

Seattle early withdrew from the contest
leaving Birmingham and Philadelphia in
the contest until the end.

There seemed to be a general feeling
through our Brotherhood from the first
that the time had come when a Grand
Chapter should be held in the East and
this influenced the High Council to its
final decision.

Knowing the spirit of the Sigma Nu
Brothers in Birmingham as we do, we ex-
tend our sympathy to the cities who will
enter the arena against Birmingham for
the Twenty-First Grand Chapter. It will
surely require an enthusiastic organiza-
tion.

The Twentieth Grand Chapter will meet
during the Christmas holidays of 1921-22.
At the usual time.

A recent report from the Inter-Frater-
nity Conference gives average cost of liv-
ing based on the sta-
tistics of fifteen frater-
nities and sororities
during the period from October 1, 1919 to
July 1, 1920.

The cost of maintenance of kitchen and
dining room was added to the cost of food
and the whole averaged 88 cents per day.

All statistics go to show that the actual
cost of living in the fraternity houses is
not only not excessive, but provides the
cheapest possible way of living when the
entire returns are considered. .

The excessive expenses sometimes in-
curred by fraternities are not caused by the
Chapter House System of living. They
are always caused by false ideas of pride,
leading to lavish entertainments in a mad
endeavor to out do some other organiza-
tion. Nothing could be more pueril, more
undemocratic or more unworthy of the
basic ideals of Sigma Nu.

The fraternities should unitedly stand
for the now very ancient ideal and practice
of the American College of "plain living
and high thinking."

II. C. L. and
the Fraternity
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Dealing Honestly
Against Our
Time

Charlotte Bronte somewhere wrote "I
shall be thirty on my next birthday. My
youth is gjone like a
dream and very little
use have I made of it."

This danger of an habitual waste of time
is very real to every college man, but es-
pecially so to him who lives in a fraternity
house. The very advantages which the
House brings easily leads to habitual
guarding of most precious time. A beau-
tiful Chapter House therefore not only
does not make a chapter, but as a matter
of fact, may become a real liability and
problem.

There is too much drifting and too little
aggressive effort in the undergraduate of
today.

Let the Chapter Houses of Sigma Nu
take our national Chapter House rules as a
basis and after making such additions as
local conditions may warrant, enforce these
rules vigorously. This is the only way to
make Chapters and men.

A recent scathing resolution condemn-
ing the activities of Theta Nu Epsilon has

been sent to each na-
T- N- K tional fraternity by

Executive Committee of
the Inter-Fraternity Conference calling at-
tention to the fact that prohibitory regula-
tions of many of the fraternities are being
violated.

Dean Thomas Arkle Clark tells the
story, in the February Palm of Alpha Tau
Omega, of how T. N. E. was recently abol-
ished at the University of Illinois and in
conclusion makes a plea for stronger co-
operation between college and fraternity
officers.

Sigma Nu has for many years taken a
decided stand upon this matter.

Section 6, Clause 5 of our Constitution
reads as follows:

"No member of this Fraternity shall
join or belong to Theta Nu Epsilon, Quo
Vadis, or any similar inter-fraternity so-
ciety which may be declared by the High
Council to be detrimental."

The present administration has always
co-operated with college Faculties in deal-
ing with this problem and will continue to
do so.

The last issue of The Delta consisted
of 192 pages. Several other issues have
been over size. We are
This issue limited by our budget

and therefore are cut-
ting this issue as much below the standard
of 160 pages as possible.

To do this we were compelled to adopt
the regrettable expedient of omitting the
Collegiate Chapter letters from this issue.

Sigma Nu is now where the only publi-
cation adequate for her needs is a monthly.

Let's raise the Endowment Fund, then
the budget and have the same.

Delta Pi's "Goats"

Pledges may be an active aid to the Chapter as well as prospective mem-
bers during their novicehood. Delta Phi has found a good way to link her
pledges to the Chapter and get the benefit of the increased pull in power.
Brother George R. Sheriff, Reporter, reports the new "charter-grant:"
The pledges of Delta Pi Chapter have organized a "Goat's Club," which
the Chapter has sanctioned by granting the club a charter to function as such.
The object is to bring the goats into closer fellowship with each other, and to
give them an idea of what their duties will be when they become Sigma Nus.
Every pledge holds an office in the club.

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The Chapter Letter for May is due March 15, 1921

On account of pressure upon The Delta's space, as elsewhere explained in this issue,
the Editor decided not to publish Chapter Letters and so notified the Reporters. Further-
more, there is a growing custom among fraternity magazines to print Chapter Letters only
twice a year.

However, we are always glad to print the news of our Chapters' activities and so, as
in October, we maintain this department with such copy as our faithful Reporters furnished,
who would not be deterred by the mere announcement that we did not intend to print their
letters. Their efforts are the result and proof of determined fraternity spirit.

We cannot refrain from citing Delta Omicron's Chapter Letter for merit. Brother
Cipson Stalker has shown journalistic ability and reached not only his Chapter's but all
our Alumni. Besides which, the internal evidence shows a mighty good Chapter at Idaho.

To Chapter Reporters

Please read the Delta Omicron Chapter Letter in this issue and the Beta Eta Chapter
Letter in the December issue, before you write your letter for May.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Beta Mu Chapter

Football season is long since a thing of
the past, and other things have come up to
occupy our spare time. However, in ref-
erence to football, Iowa did not do so
badly; our team was given a very good
rating in the Big Ten Conference.

On November 22d the annual athletic
banquet was held at the Pagoda Tea Room,
and at that meeting, Brother Aubrey A.
Devine was chosen to be the captain of the
1922 football team, by a unanimous vote. '
Mr. "Punch" Dunkel, a local business
man, gave a cup to the man who was, in
the opinion of the team, the best man in
their number. This cup was also awarded
to Brother Aubrey Devine. In connection
with this captaincy, I might mention that
Beta Mu is now housing three captains,
who are : Brother L. C. White, of the wrest-
ling team, Brother Robert Kaufmann, of
the basketball team, and Brother Devine,
captain-elect of the football team.

Of seven university parties which are
considered to be real functions, Beta Mu
has the chairmanship of five which lay in
the hands of: Pledge John "Barney"
Dondore, who will attend to the Freshman
Pan-Hellenic parties, Brother George

Parnham, who will oversee the Sophomore
Cotillion Formal, Brother Lawrence Block,
presiding officer of the Pan-Hellenic For-
mal, Brother Carl Meyrick, who will com-
mandeer the Military Ball, and Brother
Charles Glasgow, who will have charge of
the Senior Hop. Besides these men, Pledge
Everett Kelloway is on the Freshman
Party Committee.

Home-coming at Iowa was the 12th and
13th of November. On Friday, November
12th, we held our annual banquet at the
Chapter House. A most delightful five-
course banquet was prepared by our cook
under the direction of our faithful porter,
Wesley Thompson. During the meal,
Brother Clifford Bernard of Beta Mu and
Gamma Mu pinned a watercolor sketch of
a new Chapter House on the wall, and the
discussion began. After the banquet was
over, Brother "Bob" Bannister ("that
prince of Sigma Nu," as Regent Myers
puts it) , told the men of the need of a new
Chapter House. Each alumnus pledged
his financial and moral support, and a
subscription of $4,200.00 was pledged
from the active Chapter. More can be told
about the project in some subsequent let-
ter for the plans are merely in their in-
fancy at this time. It is hoped, however,
that the building can be started next
spring.

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Iowa's new Memorial Union subscrip-
tion is progressing nicely. At home-com-
ing a number . of subscriptions were
doubled, and a field secretary was hired
to devote his entire time to the raising of
funds. One of the home-coming features,
for the boosting of the Memorial Building,
was a play, "Her Husband's Wife," in
which Brother Robert Block starred in the
leading role of the "good-looking" (and
Bob is really good-looking) young hus-
band, Stuart Randolph. The University
Players Club, which staged the produc-
tion, has secured several dates overstate,
and will play in the interests of the Me-
morial Union fund.

During the fall, quite keen interest was
shown over the choice of Junior Liberal
Arts representative to the Student Council.
Four men were contestants. Brother Max
Conn decided that he would like the posi-
tion, and at the last minute placed his
name on the ticket — and was elected. At
the same general election, Pledge Robert
Rankin was elected to the vice-presidency
of the Freshman class.

In the R. O. T. C. this year, Brother Carl
Meyerick holds a position of lieutenant-
colonel, Brothers White and Newcomb are
majors, and Brother Robert Block is a cap-
tain. The S. U. I. Military Band has, as
members, Brothers Dale Kitzmiller, and
John Martin, and Pledge Royce "Mickey"
Forshay.

TULANE UNIVERSITY
Beta Phi Chapter

On December 10th the "Olive and Blue,"
an inter-fraternity cotillion club, gave its
semi-annual dance at the "La Louisiane"
in the old French section of the city. It
was one of the social successes of the year.
Sigma Nu has seven men in this club:
Brothers E. Talbot, Kennedy, Lloyd, Mar-
tinez, Magee, Cooke and Bailey. The lat-
ter three were new initiates and much to
their disgust forced to attend stag.

On Thanksgiving Day the Sigs from Phi
entertained our Brothers most royally, do-
ing honors in the greatest of style and so
captivated some of our good Brothers that
it was with difficulty and regrets that they
left the following day. Indeed we thought

Brother Carter and Brother Rabb were go-
ing to affiliate.

Brother Rabb is one of our pre-war
pledges and has been taken in since the
last Delta. Also we have added a future
Sig to our list of Freshmen, so allow me to
introduce Pledge Charles de la Vergne, of
New Orleans.

Brother Lloyd has been elected editor
and Brother Simpson, manager of the med-
ical section of the Tulane "Jambalaya"
(year book).

Tulane's Y. M. C. A., which has done so
much for our welfare and made our cam-
pus nights a success, is presided over by
Brother Edmund Talbot as president.

Brother Nichols, A A, came through New
Orleans recently and gave our boys the
once over. Also one of our Louisiana
Sigs, Brother Al Roserere from Phi, has
been in New Orleans for some weeks at-
tending the Audubon Sugar School and
consequently we saw a good deal of him.

We feel justly proud, too, of our pres-
ent progress in scholarship, having risen
from tenth to third place among sixteen
fraternities.

KENNETH BAILEY, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Gamma Kappa Chapter

Gamma Kappa feels justly proud of its
splendid record of the past quarter, al-
though we found few prospects for the
leading scholastic honorary societies
among the Freshmen, we lost only one
man. But to leave such sordid details of
the daily grind to be pondered over long
and seriously by the Alumni Association,
permit us to enlighten you upon our ac-
complishments along the lines of school
and social activities. I

Perhaps the most noteworthy of these j
was our glorious march to victory in the
inter-fraternity basketball tournament. At
the opening of the contest Sigma Nu was
rated as a weak contender by all "dope-
sters" in the University but we, the select
few of Gamma Kappa "knew our eggs" as
the current expression puts it and like wise
old owls thought much and said little.
Our victory of the opening game caused
some comment, "just luck" said the "dope-

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sters"; the second victory was rated as a
coincidence; the third, fourth and so on
until the final defeat of S. A. E., were the
results of a series of skillful plays, leav-
ing us alone in the field undefeated cham-
pions.

Lineup: Brother A. Quinlan, forward;
Pledge Mose E. Lewis, forward; Brother
0. C. Lester, guard; Brother H. Smith,
guard; Pledge Joe Mack Wilson, center.

Our two new pledges are Milward Mil-
ler, of Denver, and Clarence Niven, of '
Longmont.

STANLEY H. LOMAX, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Gamma Tau Chapter

After the fifteen-day rushing period,
the following fine men were pledged:
Maurice Hanson, Verne Hanson, Henry
Brock, -Chester Gay, William Colby, Jul
Bauman, Dean Spitler, Norwin Ristey,
Walter Barlow, Tom Wenzel, Richard
Saul, Louis Roemer, Stanley Olson, Glenn
Thompson, James Kelly, and Harvey Dan-
ielson. Every man has stepped right into
his place as a novice, and the Chapter
House, in its neat appearance, shows the
: result of their effort. .

An orchestra has been formed from

among the pledgemen and now the entire

Chapter can sit down in ease and listen to

the very latest in "peppy music."

Many of the Freshmen have already

> made a name for themselves in these first

-'■' six weeks of school. Gay has been a con-

*; stant menace to the varsity as a guard on

* the Freshman football team. He is looked

•' upon as a sure bet for the 1921 team.

/ Henry Brock, known throughout the North-

-: west as a wonderful swimmer and fancy

..- skater, has been the center of much com-

" ment among all those who are interested

in athletics. We are also proud to pos-

;-■ ^ sess two pledges who are members of the

University Band, Berne and Maurice Han-

' son.

±< Gamma Tau's first informal dance was

\t: : held on October 22d — a Hallowe'en party.

[•;■ » The House was very attractively decorated

^ and when the orchestra had sounded the

!*> last note and the party began to break up,

!V everybody voted that the evening was a

!■-;. great success. On November 5th, came

our second informal party and it was run
off even more smoothly than the first. Our
formal party is scheduled for December
10th.

Efforts have been made this quarter to
gain a greater co-operation between the
active Chapter and the Alumni. In order
to gain this end, many of the active men
have been visiting the Alumni at their
weekly luncheons and in this way a "get
acquainted campaign" has been pushed.
On November 19th a home-coming ban-
quet was held, and this further aided in
welding together the active and Alumnae
men. We were also glad to have with us
at this banquet, Brother Roberts, the In-
spector of our division. During his short
visit here he offered several suggestions
for the betterment of our Chapter, sugges-
tions .which were gladly received. In
Brother Roberts, the Chapter could see all
the high ideals on which Sigma Nu has
been founded, and his visit here, short as
it was, has made a lasting impression on
each one, so that we all are looking for-
ward to the time when Brother Roberts can
visit us again.

In an institution of the size of Minne-
sota, it has always been a problem to main-
tain a high grade of scholarship, especially
among the Freshmen. With the over-en-
rollment and crowded classes of those just
entering school, many are forced to drop
out because they don't know how to make
the start. In order to remedy this among
our Freshmen, advisers have been assigned
to each man to look after his work and see
that he is maintaining a good grade. The
system has worked out admirably so far,
and not a single Freshman was reported on
the danger line when mid-quarter grades
were sent in. Gamma Tau is now looking
forward to being able to send in a very
acceptable scholastic report.

CHARLES W. HOBBS, Reporter.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Delta Gamma Chapter

Shortly after the beginning of the col-
lege year, on October 18th, we initiated
the following Brothers into Sigma Nu:
Newton M. Argabrite, Jr., Carrol Blake,
Elwyn M. Bodenbender, Francis Bosqui,

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Julian H. Davis, William 0. Dillingham,
Ora L. Hunt, Walter F. Koppisch, Hugh
McBain, Harry L. McNeil, Robert F.
Moore, Gordon R. Streich, William A.
Smith, and William A. Brady, Jr. We also
announce the pledging of Carl A. Freis, of
Johnstown, Pennsylvania. This makes
three pledges at present, the other two be-
ing Edgar A. Salmon and Aymar DeBar-
court.

In the recent elections of the 1924 class,
Brother William A. Dillingham was se-
lected as vice-president by his classmates.
In the world of sport Sigma Nu is well
represented on the campus as usual this
year. Brother Franklin Brodil and Carl
Mozczenski played center and fullback re-
spectively on the Blue and White football
team which this season met for the first
time in twenty years her old rivals, Penn-
sylvania and Cornell. These two Brothers
were awarded their "C"; Brother Freder-
ick E. Schluter, who was on the squad all
season received the "fCt". Brothers Mass
and McCort are candidates for positions
on the hockey team; "this sport has just
been revived at Columbia and has been re-
ceived by the student body favorably.
Brothers Salmon and Beiswinger are both
playing on the water polo team which last
year annexed the intercollegiate champion-
ship; Brother Davis is trying out for the
Freshman water polo team. Brother Eber-
hardt captains the swimming team.

As part of the revival of athletics on a
large scale at the University an outdoor
board running track has been erected on
South Field for winter practice of the track
team. Brothers Carroll, Moszczenski,
Graeb, Schluter, Koppisch, Smith and
Bodenbender will take their workout on
this new addition to the athletic equipment
of the college.

Brothers Bodenbender, Smith, Streich,
and Dillingham were awarded their 1924
numerals for Freshman football this fall.
In the recent inter-fraternity basketball
league we were eliminated by Delta Upsi-
lon, this being our first athletic defeat in
two years. We have enrolled as partici-
pants in the new inter-fraternity swimming
league.

Our second annual dinner in honor of
the football men will be held shortly after
the Christmas holidays. The coaches of
the various sports of the college will be
present.

In a recent election Brother Carroll was
chosen Eminent Commander; Brother Bo-
denbender, member-at-large; Brother Mass,
treasurer, and Brother Moszczenski, Lieu-
tenant Commander.

WM. EDWARD BAWDEN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
Delta Omicron Chapter

At this initiation time, we review briefly
the first semester of this year. Delta Omi-
cron has never seen better times. She is
well represented in the leading student
activities, her members are all men of
the highest type, and she has the earnest
support of her Alumni. Within the Chap-
ter there is a fine feeling of unity and
brotherhood that was lacking at times dur-
ing the war period.

Due largely to the sound business meth-
ods and loyal energy of Brother Earl
Hunt, House manager, our financial con-
dition is being rapidly improved, and our
Home made more comfortable. A vigor-
ous campaign has been carried on during
the past months with the purpose of keep-
ing in closer touch with the Alumni. The
results have been most gratifying. Fre-
quent visits have been made by the older
Brothers, and the mails bring constant re-
minders of their interest. We are making
monthly payments on our debts, and now,
for the first time, we are able to see the
light of financial freedom ahead of us.
During the Christmas vacation, just passed,
a new and very complete and efficient
steam heating plant was installed in our
home, replacing the old hot air outfit
which has been a source of more dissatis-
faction than heat during the past two
years. We were fortunate in securing a
contract allowing payment in monthly in-
stallments, by which the system will be
paid for in two years. A plate glass mir-
ror has been built into the wall of our
lavatory, running the full length of the
room. This has done much to forestall the
weakening of brotherly love that is apt to
result when the entire Chapter attempts to
shave for a formal party in front of one
small glass.

Dan Cupid has been mixing it with
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well supplied with good cigars as a re-
sult of three betrothal announcements in
quick succession. Brother William Foran,
of Gamma Chi, started it all by dropping
over from Seattle and pinning the five
points and the serpent on Miss Thelma
Hare, KKT, at an informal party given
in the House in honor of the new furnace.
Brother Titus LeClair followed suit two
evenings later, announcing that Miss Alice
Bessee, K A ®, sister of Brother Clinton
Bessee, one of Delta Omicron's charter
members, had fallen for the wiles of the
serpent. A week later Brother Harold
Dart served us with pure havanas in honor
of the bringing of Miss Viola Jeter, of
Boise, Idaho, into the group of Sigma Nu
girls. From those who have gone before
us comes the news of the engagement of
Brother Walton B. Clark to Miss Doris
Priscott Hancock, of Berkeley, California.
Idaho startled the Northwest football
world last fall by climbing from where
she was barely considered worthy of seri-
ous notice to a position third from the top
of the percentage column of the North-
west Conference. Her success is due in
a large measure to Brother Felix Plastino,
who captained the eleven throughout the
season. Brother Plastino played over the
ball at center. Filling out the line on his
left were Brothers Nagle, Glindeman, and
Grover Evans, playing the respective posi-
tions of guard, tackle and end. All four
received letters.

Brother Grover Evans has been elected
to lead the Idaho football squad during
the 1921 season. This is the first time in
six years that the same group at Idaho has
held the football captaincy two years in
succession.

Brothers Albert Graf, Boyd Cornelison,
Titus LeClair, Rex Kimmell, and Clayton
Westover, and Pledge Eric Leithe are six
of the twenty-four members of the men's
glee club and orchestra, which is planning
to start on its annual tour of the State
February 9th. Brother Cornelison is man-
aging the tour, and the club's director
states that all indications point to the great-
est financial success in this enterprise of
any tour that the club has yet made, due
largely to Brother Cornelison's ability and
industry. Pledge Leithe, who shows sur-
prising talent as a pianist, will travel with
the organization as accompanist and piano
soloist.

Brother William Carder, better known
to the basketball fans of this section as
"War Horse," continues to hold a stellar
position as center of the redoubtable Idaho
Vandals, who have already made irresist-
able strides toward the basketball cham-
pionship of the Northwest. Brothers Wil-
liam Gartin and Howard McQuaig are first
string substitutes.

Brother Rex Kimmell has been elected
editor-in-chief of the "Gem of the Moun-
tains" the university student year book,
published by the Junior class. He will
take office next fall.

Brother Earl Hunt is commander of the
local A. E. F. Club. Brother Fred Graf is
Justice of Kent Chapter of Phi Alpha
Delta, the national legal fraternity.
Brother Edwin Foran is president of the
"Muckers' Club," of the School of Mines,
and is leading his organization to a posi-
tion of power on the campus. Brother
Gipson Stalker continues to serve the stu-
dent body as yell king. This is the third
successive year that Sigma Nu has fur-
nished the Idaho yell king.

Less than a week ago Delta Omicron
added to her list of pledges, Lowell Flit-
ner, of Boise, Idaho. Flitner is the only
man from the State capitol now connected
with the Chapter.

Of special gratification to Delta Omi-
cron is the manner in which Gamma Chi
and herself have been drawn closer to-
gether through the exchange of members.
Delta Omicron has on its Chapter role,
Edwin Foran and Howard Hansen, both
formerly of Gamma Chi. Last fall Brother
Gard Wood, leaving Idaho to attend the
University of Washington, affiliated with
Gamma Chi.

GIPSON STALKER, Reporter.

DRURY COLLEGE

Epsilon Beta Chapter

We are glad to report the increased co-
operation of our Alumni. It is not because
of lack of interest that an active Chapter
becomes separated from its Alumni Chap-
ter, but from the lack of getting together
often enough. To keep this separation
from becoming a reality is the goal toward
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stated in another way by saying that we
are trying to keep closer in touch with each
other and cultivate the get-together spirit.
The lack of this causes the drifting apart
of Alumni and Actives more than anything
else.

In the last meeting of our Alumni, new
officers were elected. Brother Elkins was
elected president; Brother Cox, vice-presi-
dent; Brother Rice, secretary, and Brother
Blain, treasurer. Regular luncheons and

business meetings were proposed and a
committee was appointed to visit the active
meetings. Their number and strength is
constantly growing. This is the sort of
an Alumni Chapter that an active Chapter
might well be proud of and thankful for.
This is the sort of an Alumni Chapter that
makes an active Chapter twice as strong
as it would be otherwise. Our Alumni
should be congratulated for their untiring
efforts in Sigma Nu.

The Athletes

Chapter Athletes

Beta Mu (Iowa) — Brother Robert Kauf-
mann is captain of the basketball team.
Brother Aubrey Devine, captain-elect of
the football team is playing regularly on
the basketball team. Pledges Tjossem,
Barton, Kelloway, and Rankin compose
the greater share of the Freshman basket-
ball team. Pledge "Barney" Dondore is
the first man to win an "I" as cheer-leader
in the State University of Iowa.

Delta Omicron (Idaho) — With Brother
Felix A. Plastino captain of the football
team during the past season, Brother
Grover Evans elected to fill the same posi-
tion for the 1921 season, and with Brother
Paul Evans chosen to head the baseball
nine in the spring, Delta Omicron feels
that she is getting her share of the Univer-
sity of Idaho captaincies. Brother Plas-
tino has played his last game of football.
Brother Grover Evans has already put in
three recognized seasons on the gridiron,
and will lead the squad during his fourth
and last season. Brother Paul Evans is a
three letter man, and will be playing his
third year of baseball.

College Athletes

Oklahoma — Bennie Owen piloted the
Oklahoma Sooners to a championship in
the school's first year in the Conference
football race this fall. The powerful
Sooner eleven appeared to be overlooked
by valley teams until it swept the Missouri

Tigers aside on Rollins field. That vic-
tory over, the champions of 1919 threw a
scare into the camps of the Jayhawkers,
the Aggies and other teams. The only blot
on Oklahoma's record was a tie game with
the Kansas Aggies, a team which had been
defeated by Kansas, Missouri and Ames. —
Kansas City Times, sent in by Grant W.
Harrington.

Iowa Versus Indiana

Fourteen Sigma Nus Face Each Other
on Gridiron

Without the Sigma Nu Brothers that op-
posed each other in the Iowa-I. U. football
game, on October 2, it would have been a
tame affair. Four of the Corn Huskcr
regulars wear the Five-Armed Star, and
five of the Hoosiers that played were loyal
Sigs.

It was two half-backs, the famous De-
vine Brothers, who saved the day for Iowa
on that Saturday. They are as game and
gritty apair as have been seen on a grid-
iron. The other two regulars from Beta
M u Chapter are line men : Brothers Block,
a guard, and Kaufman, center. There
were two more Sigma Nus with the Iowa
squad.

Brothers Raymond, a future Chick Har-
ley according to disinterested witnesses,
half-back; Kyle, full-back; Hanny, right
end; McCaw, last year's All-Conference
guard, and Leonard, right tackle, belong
to Beta Eta Chapter. Brothers Faust, Bell,

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and Thomas were kept on the side-lines
awaiting their turn to play but did not get
in this game.

Again we say that fourteen men on two
opposing Conference teams is quite a
boost for Sigma Nu. — John R. Fair, B H,
Reporter.

Beta Mu Introduces Her Athletes

The accompanying picture of the "I"
men of the Beta Mu chapter was taken
one noon last spring. We are very proud
of them. What Chapter could be prouder
of its athletes? This picture shows eight
"I" men, six of whom won their "I" in
football, two of these six won their "I"
again in basketball. Oue man won his "I"
in track, and one in wrestling.

From left to right the men are: Brother
Clyde B. Charlton, who won his letter in
football. Brother Charlton previously
played for a year with a star outfit in the
navy. Because of a dislocated shoulder,
Brother Charlton is not playing this year.
Brother Fred Lohman was captain of last
year's football team. He is a senior in
the College of Medicine this year, and for
that reason is not serving on the team
this fall. His service in the past has been
greatly appreciated, and in one game his
line plunges added up to 105 yards.

Brother Robert J. Kaufmann's work in
football won him a great deal of favor-
able comment, especially his spectacular
playing in the game against Ames last
fall. As a basketball man he is a wonder,
always guarding his man nicely. Brother
Kaufmann is captain-elect of the basket-
ball team. Brother Max Conn is a high
jumper, and though new at the game, out-
jumped the captain of the track team on
several occasions. Brother Conn has done
some pretty work, and promises to win
some victories next year. Brother Leland
C. White is captain-elect of the wrestling
team. He has spent three years at wrest-
ling and boxing, and during those years,
has gained the honor which has been given
him. Brother White has spent some time
in R. 0. T. C. service and has attained to
the rank of Colonel in that branch.
Brother Lawrence A. Block is playing his
last year of football this fall. He has been
a faithful man, and a hard hitter. Coach
Jones has often remarked that he wishes
he had a dozen men who could use their

weight to as good advantage as Block.
Brothers Aubrey and Glenn Devine are
the next in the picture. Their names are,
and should be mentioned together, for
most of their remarkable work is done in
this fashion. There is little that I need
say about these two men, for enough has
already been said of them in journals and
periodicals by such men as Pat Page,
Walter Eckersall, and Walter Camp. There
is no doubt but that they are two of the
most wonderful football men of the pres-
ent day. Aubrey also won his letter in
basketball, while Glenn spent the winter
months under Brother White's tutorage
on the wrestling team.

This fall Brother White is doing some
nice work in football. Brother Lawrence
Organ is running Captain Kelly a wonder-
ful race for place as quarterback on the
first team. Walter Eckersall says, in a
recent article, that "Iowa will bear watch-
ing." Sigma Nu is doing her best to cause
Mr. Eckersall to watch Iowa more closely
than he has expected to. — W. L. Flanagan,
Reporter.

How Rodgers Entered West
Virginia

The story of the departure of Ira E.
Rodgers, [r n], the great West Virginia
athlete and all-American fullback from his
home at Bethany, W. Va., in 1915 to come
to the university, leaked out at the recent
football banquet when a close friend of
Ira's told the story.

It seems that Rodgers's parents thought
he had enough education when he finished
four years' work in the prep department
of Bethany College, and did not concern
themselves with his higher education. But
Ira was an ambitious lad, and, during the
summer of 1915, was quietly making plans
to enter the university. Being a self-sup-
porting and independent fellow, even when
he was in his "teens" he said nothing to
anybody, not even to his father, about
leaving. The day of his departure, finally
arrived, and after he had all his things
packed, he started to walk to the interur-
ban car. On the road he met his father
who inquired where he was going. "Over
to Morgantown to school," replied Rod-
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the father proceeded up the road after re-
plying, "Don't get hurt." That was all,
not even so much as a "goodby."

Rodgers was never seriously hurt in the
four years he was here, so his father has
no reason to complain. At the present
time Rodgers is working as a chemist at
Fairmont, W. Va., and will return next
spring as a baseball coach. — Wheeling, W.
Va.9 Intelligencer, sent in by Francis V.
Martin, Reporter.

He Starred Right Through

Ira Errett Rodgers! If you are a West
Virginian or a football follower at large,
you know him. In national gridiron rec-
ords his fame is just as secure as it is in
the state to which his prowess brought des-
tine tion. There is, however, a difference
of conception. The nation knows him as
an athlete. West Virginia has a more inti-
mate knowledge and realizes him as a man.
College heroes will come after him, just as
Rodgers followed those whose stars have
waned, but for years his influence will be
virile in the lives of today's boys and girls
of Morgantown. It is on them especially
that he has left the stamp of his integrity.

Rodgers was graduated from West Vir-
ginia University last June to take a posi-
tion in the steel mills of Pittsburgh for
which his degree in chemistry had quali-
fied him. He entered the university in
1915, a self-conscious, thick-legged, broad-
backed youngster who had completed his
preparatory work in Bethany College of
the same state. The four subsequent years
— to overlook the one he served with the
army — were filled with notable college
achievement and unfaltering scholastic
progress, athletic stardom.

Possibly a sense of obligation possessed
him, for he himself had felt the influence
of interested leadership, directing his life
into collegiate channels. As a child, play-
ing around a pump in a school yard at
Bethany, he was invited to enter the class.
Under kindly tutelage, during the next few
years he laid the foundation for his future
life. But he came from a home where edu-
cational recreational privileges must be
subservient to the demands of necessity —
a prevalent condition in coal-mining
regions. Rodgers' strength was called on
to produce its share of food. Fortunately

his first place was with a grocery store,
driving the delivery wagon, instead of in
the colliery.

Friendly leadership again directed the
boy. This time, Fred Blanning, football
captain at Bethany, noting the rugged
strength of the youngster's neck, shoul-
ders and legs, urged him to matriculate.
That fall saw Rodgers in a football suit
for the first time in his life, playing at
the outset with the "scrubs." His speed
and natural play instinct brought him into
local prominence rapidly and the first
team claimed him in a few days. His first
season developed remarkably the ability
which brought him, last year, to selection
by Walter Camp as full-back and captain
of his All-American team.

He Worked for What He Wanted

They were not seasons of festivity, those
years at Bethany. Rodgers' finances, too.
were not easy, but stirred by the ambition
which study had inflamed, he found time
to earn money, maintain his place as a
student and lead college ranks as an ath-
lete. Graduation found him in demand by
many universities. Emissaries, attracted
by his wonderful ability, came to Bethany,
and with all the persuasion of artful
tongues, held out many a bright promise.

Rodgers had never been away from
home a night in his life and the thought
of going away for months at a time ap-
palled him. At first he was deaf to all
entreaties. Finally his desire for a
broader knowledge mastered him and he
decided upon the University of West Vir-
ginia. He packed his straw suit case and
started, getting as far as Wheeling. There
homesickness turned him back. Again an
Alumnus visited Bethany and at length
brought Rodgers to Morgantown.

This was in 1915, and the shy young
man was plunged into a process of abra-
sion, from which he soon emerged, better
equipped in every way to meet the dial- ,
lenges of his new life. From the start he
made good, not only in athletics but in :
study. His Freshman year found him not
only starring on the varsity football |
basketball and baseball teams, but captain
of the last two — an honor which seldom |
comes to a first year man in any institu
tion.

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his career, up to that time, Rodgers gained
nation-wide fame his first collegiate year.
One result was the offer of a West Point
appointment, which he declined. No less
wonderful was his baseball record, which
brought contracts from such prominent
managers of major league teams as "Con-
nie" Mack, of Philadelphia. The salary
he could have commanded must have
seemed princely to him whose monthly
wage in past years probably never got
beyond two figures. However he reso-
lutely turned his back then to anything
that savored of professionalism — just as
he did later when it was his opportunity
to join the world champion Cincinnati
team. He held to his course which coulo
only be traversed through study.

Gives His Time to Boys

His popularity as a Freshman must have
revealed to Rodgers his possibilities for
leadership. His decision to give some
time, already almost wholly taken up, to
the boys of Morgantown, followed the re-
newal of his athletic successes the next
year.

He became, not only a spiritual leader,
but he gave of his fast-growing play knowl-
edge, coaching youngsters in basketball.
His pioneering in this led the community
into an interest in clean athletics. The
majority of churches followed in promot-
ing teen-age movements. The spirit
brought into being then has since devel-
oped into the Geneva Club, which makes its
appeal to girls as well as boys. Every
year the Morgantown Church of Christ is
represented at the Lake Geneva conference
by two or more boys.

His Sophomore year found him in even
greater popularity, because of a natural
growth in ability, enhanced by a riper
knowledge. This popularity was by no
means confined to the campus, but was
just as evident out in the city. Homes
were opened to Rodgers, and citizens were
proud to receive him. A local theater
offered an automobile to the most popular
person in Morgantown. Although he did
not stir an atom to secure votes, Rodgers
won by a big margin. He was too busy
studying, playing and leading to think of
it — too busy to drive the car, and he sold
it to help finance his education.
America's entrance into the war inter-

rupted all college work. Rodgers im-
mediately enlisted, and at Camp Lee won
his commission as first lieutenant. But
the signing of the armistice released him
before a call had drawn him overseas.
Back to greater renown he went, when
discharge enabled him to resume his
studies. He was then a junior, which
year was a duplicate of the first two.

Then came the last — when Rodgers's
popularity reached its greatest height. All
of Morgantown genuinely mourned when
the final whistle sounded on the West Vir-
ginia-Washington and Jefferson game last
November because it marked the passing
of an idol. The entire season had been
featured by his playing. Against Prince-
ton, a few weeks before, his generalship
had brought glory to his university, for
West Virginia had won decisively, 26 to 0.

When the team returned from this
brilliant victory, the populace packed the
station to greet it. The cry was for
Rodgers, because his team-mates modestly
disclaimed the honors. But Rodgers had
disappeared. He had slipped quietly
through the throng, taken a side-street to
his home, and was not seen until the Mon-
day morning classes. This was no false
modesty for Rodgers often declared that
no man could star in football save through
the unselfish co-operation of his fellow-
players. He played, not to star, but be-
cause he loved competition. It is declared
that he was probably oblivious to the
cheers which his brilliance called forth
because he was so intent upon the next
play.

His Popularity Is Explained

His athletic career has been so spec-
tacular that there is danger of overlook-
ing the deeper side of Rodgers' nature.
Triumphs in study have not the glamour
of dashing victories, so we find ourselves
forgetting that he stood well in his class.
His grades ranked with those whose inter-
ests were less scattered because of his con-
scientiousness, his persistent burning of
his study lamp, his unrelenting ambition.
Aptness in chemistry, in which he majored,
placed him, during his senior year, as as-
sistant instructor.

What spectators thought of his unusual
symmetry of development shows in this
tribute :

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"Much as Rodgers was admired for his "For his friends and admirers he stood

athletic ability, there was a greater reason as an example of honor and sportsman-

for the high place he held in the hearts of ship both on and off the field,
his fellowmen, his team-mates, his coaches, "He was true to every ideal of attain-

his instructors and his thousands of friends ment which he set for himself, and this

throughout the country," wrote Gilbert is the real secret of the place he occupies

Miller, editor of the Morgantown Post, on in the hearts of all West Virginians. He

the day Rodgers turned in his uniform, typifies to them everything that is clean

"From the first moment he entered the and honorable, and his career will always

university he stood for the highest things be remembered for that"
that college life can offer to a young man. Rodgers steps out into the world

Imbued with a high sense of honor and equipped as few graduates are to direct

duty, he furnished the finest example of a his energy along lines of achievement. In

clean and honorable athlete and student. college athletics claimed him — and he

"For the coaches he was a player to learned clean-playing and square dealing;

whom they could point as faithful and de- his classes claimed him, 'and he discovered

pendable, always willing to give the best the power of thought. Now life claims

he had in every game, ever willing to him, and he goes forward, knowing the

listen to advice or instruction. fight he must make, but conscious of his

"For the Faculty he was the strongest strength in spirit, mind and body, he is

proof of their contention that a man can unafraid. — Frank Weaver, in Association

participate in athletics and still meet every Men.
scholastic requirement.

Purdue Hikes to Football Game

Lafayette, Ind., October 7. — A little thing like car fare will not keep
Purdue students from cheering their team on to victory at Chicago Saturday
afternoon. Two students, George Slater and W. J. Bartholomew, are going to
walk to Chicago, starting tomorrow morning. It is thought that this is the first
time this feat has ever been attempted and shows to what extent loyal Boiler
Makers will back their eleven.

The Sigma Nu Fraternity has hired two trucks to make the trip, and a num-
ber of other fraternities have announced that they will do the same thing. Sev-
eral hundred Purdue students are expected to leave on a special train over the
Monon at 7:30 o'clock Saturday morning. — Indianapolis Star.

Sigma Nu's Value To Me

As I was going home on the train, I began to think of the subject of this
article and as I reviewed the various men, acquaintances and friends, I began to
feel that if it had not been for Sigma Nu, I might be very lonesome. It was a
Sigma Nu who induced me to come to New York. When I wish friendship and
advice I invariably seek a Sigma Nu. My lawyer is a Sigma Nu and a great
many of my clients are Sigma Nus.

I believe that I could go across this country today and find Sigma Nus
everywhere that I would be proud to know. The fact that Sigma Nu soldiers
found each other in France where they were not allowed to wear a badge, and
the stories that are told about the friendship that developed between Sigs from
different states as soon as they knew the other fellow was a loyal Knight,
emphasizes the value of Sigma Nu to me and, I am sure, to every other Brother.

Just stop and think what the Endowment Fund means for a better and
stronger Sigma Nu.

VICE-REGENT GEORGE A. SMITH.

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EPSILON GAMMA'S FIRST AN-
NUAL BANQUET

Epsilon Gamma Chapter held her first
annual, initiation banquet on November 6,
1920. The week-end was filled with activ-
ities. They started at six o'clock, Friday
evening, with the initiation ceremony con-
ferred on seventeen candidates at the Chap-
ter House, followed by the initiation ban-
quet at 11:00 p. m.

The Alumni undergraduate banquet was
held at Fayerweather Hall, on Saturday
evening. The following program was in-
dulged in. Toastmaster, "Cupe" Wight.
Toasts — "Skeeter" Moll, for the Fresh-
men; 4<SunM Flower, for the Sophomores;
"Chuck" Burchard, for the Juniors; "Dum-
my" Defandorf, for the Seniors; "Pip"
. Porter, for the Alumni; "Ray" Segur, In-
spector, and "Bert" Wilson, for Sigma Nu.

Every one of Epsilon Gamma's grad-
uates of last June came back for the initia-
tion and banquet.

PAST REGENT ALBERT H. WILSON.

NEW YEAR'S DANCE AT MONT-
GOMERY

Society found the warmth of Christmas
cheer lingering in the ball room of the
Exchange Hotel, January 3, 1921, when
the last of an unusually enjoyable series
of holiday dances was given by the Mont-
gomery Alumni Chapter of the Sigma Nu
Fraternity. The colors of the Fraternity —
black, white and gold — were used in mak-
ing the scene more festive, and these were
placed against an effective background of
Southern smilax and moss. The Fraternity
emblem, represented in electric lights, was
placed at each end of the ball room, add-
ing beauty to the scene.

A feature of the dance was the grand
march, led by Judge Henry D. Clayton, 0,
and Mrs. Clayton, which was participated
in by about one hundred and fifty dancers.
One of the city's best orchestras furnished

music from 10 to 1 o'clock, and during
these hours numbers of Fraternity leads
were enjoyed. During the Sigma Nu
lead, the young lady guests were pre-
sented with coiled candy serpents holding
in their mouths a reproduction of the Fra-
ternity's recognition pin, as a souvenir of
the occasion.

Throughout the evening punch was
served from a prettily appointed table.

The local members of the Fraternity are :
A. H. Arrington, Dr. John Blue, Bob Bell,
John Branch, Joe Britt, E. L. Blasingame,
Judge Henry D. Clayton, B. P. Crum, Earl
Cobb, W. P. Cobbs, Roy R. Cox, E. A.
Culpepper, Julian Doughtie, Judge Lucien
Gardner, Lucien B. Gardner, Jr., Charles
L. Gay, Dr. L. L. Hill, Mark Hodo, J. Paul
Jones, Tom Jones, Mit Lee Kirkpatrick, Dr.
C. G. Las lie, Lawrence H. Lee, Louis Las-
siter, W. P. LeGrand, Henry C. Meader,
Frank Mosley, Sr., Frank Mosley, Jr.,
Stuart May, T. J. Miles, W. E. Mathews,
3rd., Oscar V. Martin, W. M. Massengale,
Judge Charles F. McCall, Willard McCall,
A. P. McCrary, Thomas M. Owen, Feagin
Rainer, Eugene Reid, W. Temple Seibels,
Judge Ormond Sommerville, Ormond Som-
merville, Jr., T. N. Steagil, Bernard
Steiner, John Steiner, General R. E. Steiner,
Attorney General J. Q. Smith, Fred Smith,
Carroll Smith, Charles M. Smith, Jr.,
George Savage, Judge E. Perry Thomas,
John W. Tullis, Robert S. Teague, Frank
Tennille, Thomas M. West, Luther Wal-
ler, John M. Ward, Robery Woolfolk,
James Wade and William Wood.

MANLY R. JOINER, IT K.

BROTHER SWALM ENTERTAINS
POTTSVILLE ALUMNI

Sigma Nus living in Pottsville and vicin-
ity were the guests last evening of Robert
A. Swalm, at his home, 1313 Mahantongo
Street. The reunion was a very enjoyable
one, and was spent in talking over college
experiences.

The different men who were present and

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the collegiate Chapters they represented
were as follows: Robert A. Swalm, Cor-
nell University; Herbert T. Quin, Lehigh
University; Norman H. Angell, Columbia
University; Roger Prosser and Preston

Shimer, Lafayette College; Francis K.

Moll, Wesleyan University; Russell L.

Suender, of Frackville, Cornell University.

NORMAN H. ANGELL, A T.

Camping as a Vocation

By Lea A. Reiber, Delta Psi

[This little letter of Brother Reiber's, on his camping life, is so entertaining a prose
poem that the Editor wishes to share it. Brother Reiber is combining work and pleasure
this summer vacation, in a delightful manner, at a boy's camp in Maine, as one of the
camp councillors and assistant to the camp physician. — The Editor.]

CAMP TIMANOUS, at the north end
of Panther Pond, consists physi-
cally of some 165 acres of farm,
orchard, pine-grove and mixed woodland
running from a beautiful hill-slope down
along a rocky point of woodland and
fronted by a gently shelving white sand
beach for swimming and water sport.

Beauty of vista in outlook, prevailing
breeze from the South, wide open fields on
the hill slope, deep woods, and behind
them tier after tier of explorable hills,
back to a high, steep, adventureful Rattle-
snake mountain (without the rattler!)
make our camp a veritable boy's Paradise.

Sometimes, in "the silence of star-light,"
I sleep in a canoe, anchored out mid-way
of our Panther Pond. Often "the melody
of birds" awakens me from a night's sleep
in my poncho on a sand beach. To rest
"in the shadow of a great rock" it is my
occasional delight, after a long hike over
Maine roads or after a climb to the top of
Rattlesnake. Too, "the laughter of chil-
dren" is ever cheering me on to more no-
bility of thought and deed. And, do you
know the pluck of eight-year-olds during
a night in the woods through a torrential
thunder storm? Bully, that's what it is.
It's ever a singing they are from dawns
that are the color of wild roses to golden
grey dusk. Surely, the fullness of the
earth's beauty is mine this summer, its

grace, its comfort, and its cheer. Here's
hoping I may take a huge store of it back
with me to the Chapter House this fall !

It is an interesting fact that my chief,
Mr. A. E. Hamilton, who is doing such a
wonderful work with young lads up here

Camp Timanous

in the summer months, is to be one of
Brother Martin's helpers this winter at the
latter's Silver Bay School on Lake George,
N. Y. (See May Delta, page 839.)

Three Greeks are at Timanous with me:
Earl Randall, A Y, of University of Chi-
cago; Professor K. N. Llewellyn, B ® IT,
Instructor of Law at Yale, and Editor of
the Yale Law Journal; and Walter Martin,
A 0 2, of Dartmouth.

A Life Sentence

Have you written yours yet? (See page 357.)

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
GEORGIA

George M. Napier, Kappa

Colonel George M. Napier's [K], pre-
eminent fitness for the office — his skill and
ability as a lawyer and his exalted charac-
ter as an active and useful public citizen
commend him in a surpassing degree to
the people of the State and especially to
his neighbors in De'Kalb county where
many years of his life have been spent and
where he is well known and his high quali-
ties appreciated.

In fraternal circles Colonel Napier is
prominent.

Colonel Napier has filled a number of
important positions in the past in all of
which he has acquitted himself with the
highest credit. He is a citizen of which
any community should feel proud, and
when he is chosen to fill the office of At-
torney General, as he assuredly will be,
the State of Georgia can point with pride
to this office and say the right man is on
the job.

He is widely and intimately known in all
parts of Georgia, and has many strong
and influential friends who think he is cer-
tain of election. — Dekalb New Era.

Virtually every active practicing lawyer
in the Stone Mountain circuit where
Brother Napier has been Solicitor-general,
signed an endorsement of him. The pre-
siding judge of the circuit also heartily
praised him:

"I have known him for twenty-five years,
as Judge and Solicitor, we have come very
close together in the conduct of the busi-
ness of the court; and I wish to say this,
that he is absolutely fearless in the dis-
charge of his duties. He knows no color
line. With him, there is no white, no
black; no rich, no poor; no high, no low.
No man's family prestige, influence, power
or wealth will deter George M. Napier
from doing his whole duty as a prosecuting
officer."

Brother Napier was elected attorney-
general by a large majority.

ELECTRIFYING INDUSTRIAL
ITALY

By Willis H. Booth, Beta Psi
Vice-President of the Guaranty Trust Com-
pany, New York

Since the Armistice, Italy has resumed
her industrial life with considerable rapid-
ity. She has not been free from the uncer-
tainties of radical political action, but
there is every evidence that these- are on
the decline. Italy is at work as completely
as any nation in Europe, and more so than
most of them. Her wealth in hydro-elec-
tric possibilities is being developed at a
rapid rate. The current for industrial pur-
poses, while absorbed as quickly as it is
produced, is extremely cheap and in a few
years it will be abundant.

The whole country is being interlaced
with electric lines. The various com-
panies engaged in this work are well
financed and are working harmoniously in
both plant and line extensions. The men
engaged in this business are young, ener-
getic and capable business men, highly
representative of the new spirit that has
possessed the industrial life of the country.
The electrification of the Italian railways
now proceeding involves 4,000 miles of ad-
ditional trackage. The cost of the current
is not so great a problem as the cost to
the Government of converting the neces-
sary equipment, but the mileage already
converted is considerable, and the equip-
ment is said to be of a very high order.

Many financial institutions formerly
controlled from Germany are now under
control of Italians and they have found
inspiration in their efforts to promote in-
dustrial enterprises. Caution is necessary
to keep their ambitions within control. So
far, they have been very helpful to the up-
building of the industries of the country. —
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A MONTANA LEGISLATOR

Howard A. Johnson
Gamma Phi

Brother Howard A. Johnson, r 4>, of
Butte, Mont., was elected last November
to the Montana legislature on the Repub-
lican ticket.

Brother Johnson was a lieutenant in the
Aviation Corps over in France, where he
served his Fraternity as our volunteer
Alumni Secretary to the Sigma Nus in
the Amex Forces. In his spare moments

Montana's Problems will be Solved by the
Product of Montana's Schools.

For the Legislature

HOWARD A. JOHNSON

From Montana Schools

For Montana Schools

Last, but not least, our Hon. Howard is
a loyal Sigma Nu, still as active as ever
in Fraternity work. The latest phase is an
Alumni Chapter at Butte, which he is or-
ganizing for a Fraternity center in his
State and an aid to his Chapter, Gamma
Phi.

LEGISLATOR A SECOND TIME

Clinton H. Givan, Beta Eta, State Repre-
sentative

Howard A. Johnson
(J am inn Phi

he collected all the data he could ob-
tain concerning Brothers in uniform and
forwarded it to The Delta. He was in
active correspondence with many of our
soldier Knights whom he located not only
in person but through the aid of a notice
in the Paris edition of the Chicago Tri-
bune. Delta readers will remember well
his diverting notes of Sigma Nu affairs
during the war.

Just before the Armistice Brother John-
son was badly "mussed up" in an air-
plane accident and barely escaped with
his life. Fortunately, the genius of mod-
ern surgery remade him just as good as
new, after a long sojourn in the Army
Hospital at Fort Sheridan.

After his discharge from the army,
Brother Johnson resumed the practice of
law in his beloved West, locating at Butte,
where he is already recognized as a rising
young member of the bar. He is a regu-
lar, breezy Westerner and a devoted lover
of his State, as his pre-election cards indi-
cate:

The Indianapolis News published a sum-
mary of the lives of candidates in the elec-
tion this fall. One of them is Clinton H.
Givan, B H, a member of the State legis-
lature and candidate for re-election on the
Republican ticket. His tabloid biography
presents the main points of his activity in
his first term and deserves repetition here:

CLINTON H. GIVAN— An attorney of
good standing. Did good work as a mem-
ber of the last House in connection with
several important committees, including
the ways and means committee. Was ac-
tive in pushing legislation for the benefit
of the city of Indianapolis and for general
welfare. Did effective work on the floor
for good roads and in protecting the finan-
cial interests of the State. Has taken a
lively interest in civic improvement Joint
author Blue*Sky Law.

Brother Givan was re-elected by a heavy
majority.

ARCHITECTS AND PARTNERS

Brothers Twain and King:, Delta Sigma,
and Reeves, Delta Delta

William H. King, Jr., A 2, who is an
architect in the House Building, Pitts-
burgh, Pa., has taken as a partner Brother
Eric J. Reeves, A A, landscape architect
Brothers King and Reeves are expecting
great things from this association.

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SECRETARY OF HAWAIIAN
TOURIST BUREAU

George Armitage, Gamma Phi

George Armitage, [r 4>], '14, the first
graduate of the school of journalism, has
been made secretary of the Hawaiian
Tourist bureau, a company advertising the
Hawaiian Islands.

After his graduation he went to Hono-
lulu where he worked as a reporter on the
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He returned to
Montana and held positions on the Great
Falls Leader and other papers through-
out the State. After he received his dis-
charge from the service he returned to
Honolulu. — Montana Kaimin.

AN ORATOR OF DISTINCTION
Thomas Brooks Fletcher, Beta Iota

Thomas Brooks Fletcher, [B I], is one of
the real stars of the lecture platform.

"Thomas Brooks Fletcher," says Judge
Ben Lindsay, of Denver, "is one of the
most powerful orators of our time. He is
not the old type of platform entertainer.
He entertains but he also has a powerful
message, and knows how to deliver it.
People want to hear about the things that
are being done and need to be done in this
country, and that is what Fletcher is telling
them about, and he is telling it in a way
that commands attention, provokes thought,
and stimulates men to action. He leaves
the impress of his message upon every
community."

Mr. Fletcher comes with a reputation
of being a dramatic orator. It is said that
he dramatizes his message by an intensity
of energy which holds his audiences from
the very start.

Writing of Mr. Fletcher to the commit-
tee in charge of the local course, the Red-
path Bureau, through which Mr. Fletcher
was secured, says: "It is difficult to write of
Fletcher without using superlatives. He is
one of the biggest men Redpath has ever
had on the platform. His personality is
such that, to put it tritely, he simply must
be heard to be appreciated. No one can
use the right word to describe Brooks
Fletcher and his lecture. When you have

told all about him you find that what "you
have said is inadequate."

Mr. Fletcher is a newspaper editor. He
lives in Marion, Ohio, and is editor of the
Marion Tribune. — Newspaper Clipping,
sent in by Francis M. Smith, r N.

BLAND MADE HIT WITH THE
WOMEN

[Though this clipping dates before election,
we make room for it because it describes Brother
Oscar Bland, BH, so accurately. Of course, he
won his seat again. — The Editor.]

LINTON, Ind.— With the election only
a week away, it is easy to form a definite
opinion as to the relative strength of the
opposing candidates for Congress in this
district. The verdict hereabouts is that
Oscar E. Bland, Republican, has W. A.
Cullop, Democrat, beaten badly. This is
Representative Bland's home county, Mar-
tin county.

Mrs. Amos Beasley, chairman of women,
has done hard work among the women and
is confident that they will rally to Bland's
support in great numbers.

"Everybody except the bitterest partisan
has a good word for Oscar," she said.
"From a poor boy reared on a farm, he
has become a self-made man, a true friend
to those with whom he has been associated.
The miners here are for him because they
know him. He has a brother who is a
miner. He knows their problems and is
ready at all times to help them. He car-
ried this town, normally 200 Democratic,
by 350 votes two years ago and will beat
that this year I am sure."

In this as in other counties of the dis-
trict, Bland has made a clean campaign
and should win by at least 6,000. The
women voters declare they don't like Cul-
lop's kind of politics and the men know
him of old. He has misled the laboring
people as well as the farmers and business
men. He is practicing the same kind of
so-called "old school" politics that ob-
tained in the days before the advent of the
telephone and automobile — the days when
a candidate could say almost anything in
one neighborhood and exactly the opposite
in another and get by with it because the
methods of communication were so slow. —
Indianapolis Star.

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RESIGNS FROM UNIVERSITY
WORK

Dr. Curtis Takes Up Research For
Industry

Dr. Harry A. Curtis, [r K], B. S. '08,
A. M. '10, has accepted a position as as-
sistant manager in the development work
with the International Coal By-Products
Company of New Jersey.

Dr. Curtis resigned as assistant professor
of Chemistry at the University of Colorado
in 1917, and served as first lieutenant of
Cavalry with the University Troop until
transferred to the U. S. Explosives plant
at Nitro, West Virginia, where he per-
formed exceptional services in research
work in gas warfare.

After being mustered out of the service,
he accepted a position as professor of Or-
ganic Chemistry at Northwestern Univer-
sity. He recently resigned this position to
go into the business world. Northwestern
University speaks of Dr. Curtis's resigna-
tion as "one of the most severe blows the
university has suffered in recent years."

Dr. Curtis will be in charge of develop-
ment and research work for the Interna-
tional By-Products Company. His address
is 587 Broad, Newark, New Jersey. — Col-
orado (University) Alumnus.

Brother Curtis has always been an en-
thusiastic member of the Fraternity. As
an active member of Gamma Kappa Chap-
ter, he was a leader in scholarship and
student activities. And later as a member
of the Faculty, he served as Chapter Ad-
viser, long before that position was offi-
cially established by the Fraternity. Col-
orado Sigma Nus are proud of their Broth-
er's success.

SIDNEY W. BISHOP, T K.

ATTORNEY NAMED AS
COUNSEL

For Kansas City's Street Railways

A non-partisan aspect was given the new
street railway receivership today at the
opening of federal court when Judge Kim-
brough Stone announced the appointment
of Judge James E. Goodrich, [P], as coun-
sel for the receivers.

The appointment was made without
comment by the court Judge Goodrich
was in the court room when the announce-
ment was made by Judge Stone. He will
accept the appointment

Judge Goodrich has been regarded by
members of the Kansas City bar as a most
capable attorney. He has been a Republi-
can in his residence of twenty years in
Kansas City.

Judge Goodrich came to Kansas City in
1900 from Cameron, Mo. In 1906 Judge
Goodrich was elected to the circuit court
of Jackson county. From 1910 to 1913
he was the only Republican judge on the
circuit bench. It was in his service as a
circuit judge that his ability as a lawyer
and wide experience in the law made him
many friends among lawyers.

On leaving the circuit bench, Judge
Goodrich entered a law partnership under
the firm name of Robinson, Goodrich &
Robinson, being associated with Judge
Elijah Robinson. Judge Goodrich now is
practicing law alone. He is regarded as
an authority on banking, real estate and
corporation law and his practice is made
up largely of cases of that character. He
has been counsel for the Federal Reserve
Bank of this district since its organization,
and in this capacity has been associated
with F. W. Fleming, one of the receivers,
who is now vice-chairman of the tenth dis-
trict federal reserve board.

Judge Goodrich is entering on his new
office at once. He was called into an im-
mediate conference on the street car com-
pany's participation in the Twenty-third
street viaduct project. The new counsel
said his appointment came as a surprise.
He was first tendered the position by Judge
Stone yesterday afternoon. Judge Good-
rich will retain his offices in the Commerce
building, but he said he expected to es-
tablish office hours when he would be at
the street railway headquarters. — Kansas
City Star.

Past General Secretary Bixby Willis,
who sends this clipping, adds:

"Brother Goodrich is also chairman of
the Board of Curators of the University of
Missouri, and is prominent in several other
ways. Look up the newspaper clippings
regarding him which I have from time to
time sent you," [reprinted in The Deltas
in past volumes].

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BIDDLE GOES TO MIDDLETOWN
BANK

Ward G. Biddle, [B H], assistant cashier
of the Anderson Banking Company for the
past two years, has tendered his resigna-
tion to take effect January 1, 1921, when
he will become cashier of the Middletown
State Bank, which has recently been or-
ganized and which will begin business
January 15th. [Ward G. Biddle is one of
the directors of the bank.]

Mr. Biddle organized the bank last sum-
mer with the view of taking active charge
of the institution at the beginning of the
year. He moved his family to Middletown
last month into a home he had recently
purchased and he expects to give the best
years of his life to the building up of the
Middletown State Bank. Before coming to
Anderson Mr. Biddle was assistant secre-
tary of the Pendleton Trust Company. He
had been associated but two months with
the Anderson Banking Company until he
was made assistant cashier. — Anderson
Herald.

A Worthy Young Man

[Under this title, the Anderson Herald also
prints this editorial which will give his Brothers
a glimpse of Brother Biddle as his fellow towns-
men know him. — The Editor.]

We take no small degree of pleasure in
commending Ward G. Biddle to the people
of Middletown and vicinity in the new re-
lation he is soon to sustain towards them.
He becomes the active head of the Middle-
town State Bank which will open its doors
for business January 15th.

Mr. Biddle has been admirably trained
for his new duties as cashier of a new
bank. He has had service here in one of
the best banking institutions of the State,
under the conservative and capable guid-
ance of one of the State's best bankers —
Jesse Vermillion. But Mr. Biddle has had
university training and he has developed
along the lines of good citizenship to the
point where he is now ready for life's su-
preme test.

He is to have the trust and confidence of
the people of Middletown and vicinity in
a way that is peculiar alone to one in
charge of a bank. He is to be the fiscal
agent and trustee of one of the wealthiest

and best communities in the State. We be-
lieve that Ward Biddle will fill that trust
with highest efficiency and the utmost
fidelity.

His native urbanity, his good common
sense and above all his unquestioned char-
acter and integrity, fits him admirably for
the new service he is to render to the
people of Middletown and the farmers of
that neighborhood.

We regret his leaving Anderson because
he is needed here. However, since Middle-
town is at our own dooryard, we shall not
altogether lose the benefit of his fine busi-
ness and social qualities.

RETURNS TO MILITARY
SERVICE

Lieutenant Roysden, Gamma Phi, Commis-
sioned in Regular Army

Dorrance S. Roysdon, [r4>], has received
a commission as second lieutenant in the
regular army, infantry, and has been or-
dered to report to the commanding officer
at Fort Wright, Washington, for duty with
the Twenty-first Infantry by the war de-
partment.

Dorrance Roysdon enlisted in the infantry
at Camp Lewis October 3, 1917. He was
recommended and accepted in the Third
Officers' Training Camp January 5, 1918,
and assigned to Replacements, Camp Gor-
don, Atlanta, Georgia, as second lieutenant
in the National Army. From there he was
sent to the Tenth division under General
Leonard Wood, at Camp Funston, Kansas.
Later, after being transferred to the 805th
Infantry (colored) he went overseas in the
fall of 1918. In October he was invalided
back to Camp Merritt with pneumonia.
After his release from the hospital there
he was transferred to Camp Lee and made
adjutant of the Second Battalion convales-
cent Center. He was discharged March 19,
1919.

Mr. Roysdon entered the university in
the spring of 1919 and entered the R. 0.
T. C. In the fall quarter he was ap-
pointed captain of Company B by Captain
A. C. Cron, which rank he held throughout
the year. He is a junior in the university.
His home is in Chicago. — Montana Kaimin,
October 1, 1920.

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BIRMINGHAM PHYSICIAN
GIVEN POST

Supervisor of Health Inspection of Immi-
gration at Rotterdam

Dr. Burr Ferguson, [0], of Birming-
ham, Ala., who for the past 17 months has
been a surgeon in the service of the Amer-
ican Red Cross organization at Vladivos-
tok, Russia, as well as at points in Al-
bania, has been appointed by United States
Surgeon General Blue as surgeon in the
United States public health service, and
will be stationed at Rotterdam, Holland, to
have supervision' of health of the immi-
grants who come through that port to the
United States.

Under recent immigration legislation the
United States immigration authorities have
adopted the policy of inspecting immi-
grants at their port of embarkation rather
than wait until they land here, and at the
present time Rotterdam is the principal
port, through which thousands of immi-
grants from Central, as well as Southern
and Eastern Europe come to this country.
This appointment therefore is considered
one of greatest responsibility in this part
of the United States public health service.
— Birmingham News.

GENERAL ROBERT E. STEINER

Ranking Military Officer of Alabama

An Alabamian by birth, prominent in
the affairs of state and active in military
affairs in particular for the past twenty
years, Brigadier General R. E. Steiner,
[0], the ranking military officer in Ala-
bama, is one of the most conspicuous fig-
ures in Birmingham today.

Known throughout the city and district,
attention is being paid him not only by
those who are personally acquainted with
him, but by those who have heard of him
and respect his official position.

His great interests are in Montgomery
where he is not only a member of one of
the best known firms of attorneys of the
State, but is counsel for the Western of
Alabama Railroad, Central of Georgia
Railroad, Seaboard Air Line, Mobile and
Ohio and other railroads.

General Steiner was born, in Greenville,
Butler county. He is a Methodist and his
ancestors for two or three generations back
have been Methodists. He resided in
Greenville until aged 30 and was a leader
then in political and civic affairs. He was
elected twice to the State senate, when he
decided to take up law in Montgomery, re-
signing his State senatorship and took up
his practice in the State capital. In Green-
ville he was a member of the law firm of
Stallings, Steiner & Steinhart. Thirty
years ago it is remembered by many citi-
zens the Populist leader, Whitehead, at-
tacked the firm as "patent medicine trip-
lets" and said the end of the company
would be seen. Jesse Stallings, however,
was elected to Congress. R. E. Steiner went
to the State senate and Steinhart was ap-
pointed postmaster of the place.

General Steiner stated that he had heard
some talk of men who had a strong follow-
ing being sworn to oppose and to prevent
him from attaining political preferment.
He declared that he was not now nor ever
would be a candidate for any office.

That he had a political aspiration was
talked of when in the Mexican troubles in
1915 he started a cavalry company. His
reply to the talk then was as it is now, that
he is not a candidate for anything.

General Steiner's prominence brought
the University of Alabama from the third
rank in a military way up the line. For a
number of years he was rated as the best
military man in Alabama. Though not
connected with the national guard in 1916
when the United States called for troops
to go to the Mexican border, General
Steiner announced his intention of organiz-
ing a cavalry regiment. Being a close
personal friend of General Leonard A.
Wood, then in command of the Department
of the East, General Steiner went to the
headquarters and receiving positive assur-
ance of every attention, organized the regi-
ment and was promised all equipment,
even in the face of the fact that the in-
fantry guards of Alabama were having
trouble in getting their supplies. He laid
plans, newspapers were communicated
with, money was liberally spent, men who
had been prominent in military affairs be-
fore were called in and there was a rally-
ing around him that brought about within
27 days the recruiting of an entire regi-
ment of 15 companies. Three of the in-

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fautry regiments needing men had eight
recruiting officers in the field and only got
277 men. The federal government, how
ever, assisted the infantry regiments in re-
cruiting them. General Steiner had his
regiment mustered into federal service
within 60 days after starting the organizing
work and had it well equipped. With the
same influence the regiment was sent to the
border and was stationed at San Antonio.
When the Alabama regiment of cavalry ar-
rived in Texas there were other regiments
without horses, but the first day the general
got busy again and horses were offered, but
because of their quality they were refused..
Other horses, however, were obtained.

General Steiner has made his headquar-
ters at 1106 Eleventh Avenue, South, but
he makes daily trips into the business sec-
tion of Birmingham.

64I can't say what is happening to my
firm," said General Steiner, in answer to a
query.

"Bring it up to Birmingham," suggested
a friend.

"Oh, no, that can't be done, Montgomery
is the place."

— Birmingham News.

UNIVERSITY BOY HAS WAR
RECORD

Dave Spaulding, Sophomore, Gamma Chi, is

Possessor of Three Distinguished

Service Medals

Twenty-one years old and the possessor
of three distinguished service medals is
the record of Dave Spaulding, [r X], who
served as a corporal in the Sixth Marine
Corps during the World War. Spaulding
received his third decoration, the Navy Dis-
tinguished Service Cross, Monday. Ac-
companying the cross was the following
citation:

"He returned to the front lines encour-
aging his men, after being sent to the rear
with a severe wound in the advance on
Bouresches, France, June 6, 1918."

The package also contained a letter
from Major General John A. Le Jeune,
commandant of the United States Marine
Corps,' complimenting Spaulding and con-
gratulating him on the receipt of the navy
decoration.

The other war crosses that Spaulding

has received are the Army Distinguished
Service Cross and the French Croix de
Guerre. The wound referred to in the ci-
tation was the result of a machine gun
bullet which Spuulding received in the
knee, from the effects of which he will
never fully recover.

Spaulding enlisted with the United
States Marines at the outbreak of the war,
and went to France with the first American
troops to be sent overseas. He was only
seventeen years of age at the time of his
enlistment. The battle in which he was
wounded occurred during the Chateau
Thierry drive, and was the first important
offensive operation in which the American
forces took part.

He is a Sophomore at the University of
Washington, where he is Sophomore rep-
resentative on the board of control and a
member of the executive council of the Ex-
Service Men's Club. His home is in Hood
River, Oreg. — Newspaper Clipping.

THIRD PLACE IN AIR MEET

Lieutenant Sanderson, Gamma Phi, in
Vought Class

Lieutenant Lawson M. Sanderson, [r
<l>], was one of the Marine Corps repre-
sentatives in the air meet for the Pulitzer
Trophy and Valentine Fund prizes, held
on Long Island, Thursday, November 26th.
Brother Sanderson came in third in the
Vought class of contestants, finishing the
course of 132 miles in sixty minutes and
nine seconds, coming in sixteenth of the
thirty-six starters. — New York Tribune.
HOWARD A. JOHNSON, T *.

PURDUE CATTLE JUDGING 8
TEAM TOURS WISCONSIN

The Purdue dairy cattle judging team,
with their coach, Professor Luzerne H.
Fairchild, [B K], left Purdue on October
3, 1920, on a trip through Wisconsin,
where they spent a week judging dairy
cattle. The team represented Purdue in
the dairy cattle judging contest at the na-
tional dairy show in Chicago. — Indianap-
olis Star.

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INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN
DENVER

Past Inspector Homer B. Vanderblue, Gam-
ma Beta, Enters New Field

• The industrial research department of
the Civic and Commercial Association has
engaged the services of Homer B. Vander-
blue, [r B,] Associate Professor of Trans-
portation, Northwestern University, Chi-
cago, to become industrial research direc-
tor, to put the city under the microscope
and scrutinize it and make recommenda-
tions. This is a laudable undertaking and
much can be expected from it. There are
still some people who do not believe in such
things and who have little faith in a uni-
versity professor being able to tell a com-
munity or an individual how to run things,
but the number is getting fewer every year.
A practical professor is a mighty useful
fellow; and this we take it, is what Mr.
Vanderblue is. He is not purely a labora-
tory man or bookman.

We are thankful to know that Professor
Vanderblue has given much study, theo-
retical and practical, to transportation,
for we are sure that after he has entered
on his new field he will come to the con-
clusion that transportation plays a great
part in Denver's problems. Official an-
nouncement of his appointment states that
his first activities will consist of a general
survey of the city's situation with respect
to its surrounding territory, raw materials,
transportation conditions and other indus-
trial aspects. This completed, he will take
up specific investigations in manufacture.

To be plain, Professor Vanderblue will
determine what territory legitimately be-
longs to Denver and the reasons why Den-
ver is shut out of its natural tributaries,
what manufactures the city can engage in,
taking into consideration its geographical
position, the raw material at hand and the
climatic and other conditions. Of course,
if this is a handicap in any direction it will
be made plain by the investigator. If the
old railroad policies have been at fault
this will be made known so that proper
steps can be taken to remedy them.

The promoters of this research depart-
ment intend that Denver shall become a
manufacturing center as well as a tourist
city. The time is opportune. The city has
grown under the artificial stimulus created

by the great upheaval and it cannot afford
to go backward. Preparations must go
forward in scientific manner to place the
community on a firmer foundation. Cor-
porations employ this method to build
their businesses and if they succeed with it
there is no reason why a city cannot profit
from expert investigation and advice. If
one who has devoted years of study to the
transportation question informs Denver
that it cannot hope to advance to its proper
place until it has freed itself from imposi-
tion placed on it without much resistance
from the city, the people are likely to give
ear and do something. — Rocky Mountain
News.

RETURNS TO LAW

Captain Morris Resumes His Interrupted
Profession

Captain Fred Morris, [H-M], of Mari-
etta, Ga., one of the best-known members
of the Georgia bar, who has for the past
two years been connected with the ord-
nance department of the army, has re-
turned to private life and will immediately
resume the practice of his profession. Cap-
tain Morris will open his offices in Mari-
etta.

Resigning his seat in the house of rep-
resentatives in 1918, Captain Morris en-
tered the military service as he was com-
pleting his second term as representative
from Cobb county. He was immediately
commissioned as a captain and attached
to the ordnance department, being detailed
to duty at the Eddystone rifle plant near
Philadelphia and then to the Raritan arse-
nal at New Brunswick, N. J. After the
armistice he was transferred to Washing-
ton, D. C, where he was attached to the
office of the chief of the ordnance depart-
ment and given supervision of all main-
tenance work.

Having served for several years as an
officer in the Georgia national guard, Cap-
tain Morris had retired from active service
at the time of the entrance of the United
States into the world war, but feeling that
he should do his bit, lost no time in don-
ning khaki as a volunteer. — Newspaper
Clipping.

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A TRUSTEE OF ALABAMA
UNIVERSITY

Judge Henry D. Clayton, [®], United
States district judge at Montgomery,
.whose home is at Eufaula, was elected as
trustee of the University of Alabama from
the second congressional district at a meet-
ing of the board of trustees of the univer-
sity held on November 11, 1920, at the
University at Tuscaloosa.

General Clayton, father of Judge Clay-
ton, was president of the university during
the eighties and Judge Clayton and several
of his brothers are graduates of that insti-
tution [one of whom was Colonel Bertram
T. Clayton, 0, who was killed in France].

At this meeting action also was taken
looking to the construction of a hospital,
and a large delegation of Tuscaloosa citi-
zens appeared before the board and urged
that a site be donated from the university
lands for that purpose. The board was in
favor of the plan and instructed the execu-
tive committee, composed of Judge Henry
B. Foster, [@], of Tuscaloosa, Daniel
Pratt, of Prattville, and Hill Ferguson,
[0], of Birmingham, to confer with the
hospital committee with a view of framing
a definite proposition. — Birmingham News.

HIGH HONOR FOR MAN WHO
DESIGNED CALORIMETER

The field of science recently bestowed
no little honor on Pennsylvania and its
State College when Dr. H. P. Armsby, A
A, director of the Institute of Animal Nu-
trition at the college, was elected a mem-
ber of the National Academy of Science.
Membership in this organization is re-
stricted to those who have distinguished
themselves in scientific research. For the
past eighteen years Dr. Armsby has con-
ducted experiments here on an animal cal-
orimeter, the only apparatus of its kind in
America for determining what use an ani-
mal makes of food it eats, and which was
designed and constructed by him was the
aid of J. A. Fries, assistant director of the
institute.

The results of their many tests with the
calorimeter have been of great value to
dairymen and steer feeders throughout the
country, for it is possible to compute a
balanced ration through knowing what use

the animal makes of every ounce of its
food and water. Co-operation with the
Bureau of Animal Husbandry of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and the college
school of agriculture has made it possible
to obtain much valuable data in this re-
spect. His many other efforts along the
lines of advancement for animal nutrition
make Dr. Armsby a worthy member of the
National Academy of Science.

Dr. Armsby holds the following de-
grees: B. S., Worcester Polytechnic Insti-
tute, 1871; Ph. B., Yale, 1874; Ph. D.,
Yale, 1879; LL. D., Yale, 1904.

Expert in Animal Nutrition, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture since 1908.

Fraternities: Sigma Nu, Alpha Zeta.
Phi Kappa Phi.

In 1918, Dr. Armsby was one of four
men sent by this country to study the food
situation in Europe. He has always taken
a very active interest in the Chapter and
has three sons who are Sigma Nus: Sidney
P. Armsby, A A (2) ; Henry H. Armsby,
A A (9) ; and Edward M. Armsby, A
A (39). Another son, Earnest, is a Phi
Kappa Sigma, and another, Charles, is a
Kappa Sigma. Quite a family.

GEORGE W. SULLIVAN, Delta Delta.

FRED D. CONNELLEY

Beta Nu

Changes His Business Affiliations

After twenty-two years with the Central
Ohio Paper Co., during which he worked
his way up to the important position of
manager, Fred D. Connelley, [B N], has
resigned, effective January 1, to assume the
executive position of vice-president of the
R. L. Dollings company with headquarters
in Columbus. He is one of Columbus's
most active young business men, is presi-
dent of the board of education and was re-
elected as a member of the board at the last
election without making a campaign. He
was formerly a member of the city coun-
cil. As president of the board of educa-
tion he has been particularly active in put-
ting the affairs of the schools on a sound
business basis. Mr. Connelley graduated
from Ohio State University twenty-two
years ago and has since been identified
with the paper company.

— Columbus newspaper, sent in by Brother
Trafford B. TaUmadge, B T.

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LACKEY TO RELINQUISH
.TRUST COMPANY POST

William G. Lackey [Z], will shortly
tender his resignation as senior vice-presi-
dent of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co.
to become vice-president of the Marland
Refining Co., which has its headquarters at
Ponca City, Oklahoma, where he will be
stationed. According to his associates, his

-salary will be larger than that of any bank
president at St. Louis.

Lackey has been connected with the
Mississippi Valley Trust Co. more than 20
years, starting as chief clerk and rising
through various positions to his present
office. He will continue as a member of
the board of directors and executive com-
mittee of the trust company of which he
has been a member since 1901.

Lackey, who is a lawyer by profession,
was born at Standford, Kentucky.

He has sold his home in Kirkwood to
T. C. Brandle of the Traffic Truck Corpor-
ation, and expects to enter upon the duties

-of his post with Maryland Refining Co.
about September 15. — St. Louis Post Dis-
patch.

DELAWARE COLLEGE ALUM-
NUS IS AWARDED MEDAL

Reverend Custav A. Papperman [A K],
an Alumnus of Delaware College of the
class of 1909, pastor of the First Presby-
terian church of Lockport, New York, has
received from the United States Treasury
Department a life-saving medal of honor
for his bravery in rescuing two men from
drowning at Ocean City, Maryland, August
19, 1919. The medal, which is made of
silver, is a beautiful piece of work. In the
outer border on the obverse side is the
legend, "In testimony of Heroic Deeds in
Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea."
In the center of this side is, "To G. A.
Papperman for bravely rescuing two men
from drowning, August 19, 1919." On the
reverse side is a representation of the sea,
and a rescue by a fairy figure throwing a
line to one in peril. A blue ribbon two
inches wide supports at one end a buckle
representing an eagle's head, the beak
holding the medal. At the other end is a
clasp which supports the whole.

Reverend Papperman was one of the
leaders in his class at Delaware College.
He was prominent in sports, being known
as the greatest center on a Delaware Col-
lege football team. One year he was cap-
tain- of the team. He was editor-in-chief of
the Delaware College Review from 1908
to 1909. He won the highest honors in his
class and was awarded the Bishop Cole-
man Memorial prize. After being gradu-
ated from Delaware College, he studied at
Princeton Theological Seminary, and later
at McCormick Seminary in Chicago, from
which he was graduated in 1913. — New-
ark (Del.) Post.

ASSISTANT TO INVENTOR IN
NOVA SCOTIA

Ed Kinney, '17, former "Penn State Col-
legian" editor-in-chief, Tau Beta Pi;
Sphinx and Skull and Bones, is now with
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor. He
is located on the estate at Beinn Bhregh,
or Beautiful Mountain, near Baddech,
Nova Scotia.

It is here that for thirty-five years Dr.
Bell has conducted his experiments. Ed
is engaged as an engineer in the develop-
ment of the high speed boats of the sub-
merged hydroplane type called hydro-
dromes. These boats appear to have the
combined shapes of a whale and an aero-
plane and are capable of going seventy
miles an hour — the fastest boats in the
world.

Far from being in the wilds of the
Canadian woods, Kinney is living in one
of the beauty spots of the world. He is
kept busy attending his social duties on
the estate. Teas and dances break the
monotony of housework in the cottage
where Ed and another boy have their be-
ing. It is to be imagined that he has a
chance frequently of getting the air at the
rate of seventy miles an hour.

H. E. BARRON, Delta Delta.

FOUR SIGS AT CULVER

Four Brothers were on the Faculty at
Culver Military Academy, Indiana, last
summer: Captain Horace L. Durborow,
B H; Hamer F. Welch, T *; Archibald E.
Webster, r *; and Edward E. Neill, r 0.

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A SIGMA NU COMPANY
All Members of Gamma Iota Chapter

There is one corporation that might
have well been called The Legion of
Honor Body Company for the organizers
and the big men in this new company are
all Sigma Nus. The new concern is The
Mercury Body Company, manufacturing
auto bodies for Ford cars.

All of the Brothers in the company are
from Gamma Iota Chapter at the Univer-
sity of Kentucky. They are Keeling G.
Pulliam, Jr., Guy Huguelet, and C. E.
McCormick, all of Lexington, Kentucky,
and Maury Crutcher, of Detroit, Michigan.
All of these men are still actively engaged
in Fraternity affairs, although they are all
Alumni, having been out of school for at
least four years. Brother Pulliam is sec-
retary and treasurer of the Alumni Chap-
ter, at Lexington, and Brother Huguelet is
vice-president of the same organization.
Brother Pulliam is also in charge of the
Harold A. Pulliam Memorial House Fund
which is building the handsome new Gam-
ma Iota home. Brother Crutcher is a
member of the Alumni Chapter at Detroit.
While attending the University of Ken-
tucky, these men were very active on the
campus as well as in the Fraternity.
Brother Crutcher was captain of the foot-
ball team his last year at college and also
Commander of the Chapter. Brother Mc-
Cormick was also Commander of the
Chapter his last year.

The following clipping from the Lexing-
ton (Kentucky) Herald tells about the or-
ganization of the new company:

The Mercury Body Company, an organ-
ization composed of young Lexington men,
which was incorporated in Delaware, will
file a copy of its articles of incorporation
in Lexington according to an announce-
ment.

The new company which will construct
automobile bodies has a capital stock of
$100,000 divided into shares each having
a par value of $100. The incorporators of
the company are Guy Huguelet, C. E. Mc-
Cormick and Keeling G. Pulliam, Jr., all
of Lexington.

Present plans of the organization indi-
cate that the plant of the company will be
located in Cincinnati, though executive
plant has been located in Cincinnati one

offices will be maintained in this city. The
of the incorporators said, owing to the fact
that much of the machine work necessary
for the construction of the bodies cannot
be done here as the machinery is not avail-
able.

According to Keeling Pulliam it is the
intention of the company to have the plant
in Cincinnati in operation by September 1,
with a capacity of five bodies a day. This
will gradually be increased later in the
year. The bodies to be built by the Mer-
cury Company will be for Ford cars, the
model for their roadster type having al-
ready been completed. A closed body for
winter use will also be designed and con-
structed very shortly, it was said.

The company after organization has
been perfected and the factory placed in
operation and completed will then begin
building bodies for all types of cars,
though for the first several months the
production will be restricted to those types
suitable for Fords.

C. E. McCormick, a former student of
the University of Kentucky and graduate
of the department of Mechanical Engineer-
ing, will be designing engineer and general
manager of the factory it was stated.
Maury Crutcher, former football star at
the university and also a graduate of the
department of Mechanical Engineering,
will come to Lexington shortly to assume
his duties as assistant manager and engi-
neer of the company. Crutcher, at the
present time, is employed in the mechani-
cal engineering department of the. Ford
Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan,
and has already accepted the offer made
him by the Mercury Company.

F. M. SMITH, Gamma Nu.

MISSOURI BAR HONORS SIGS

At the annual meeting of the Missouri
State Bar Association, held at St. Louis,
December 3, 1920, the president of the or-
ganization selected the following men to
give after dinner talks: Brother Allen Mc-
Reynolds, P, of Carthage, Missouri, and
Brother A. T. Dumm, B A, Jefferson City,
Missouri, the latter giving a sketch on 'The
Country Lawyer," which was ordered
printed in pamphlet form.

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DELEGATE TO CITIZENS CON- on the educational needs of the country.—

FERENCE Huntsville, Ala., Telegram.

R. E. Pettus, Theta MITCHUM, TULLY & CO.

Mr. R. E. Pettus, of Huntsville, Ala., Mostly a Sigma Nu Firm

has been appointed as a delegate to the George E. Jones, George W. Weeks, T H

Citizens Conference on Education, at Mem- '08-B * '11, Herbert A. Norton, Jasper W.

phis, December 11. This is one of a series Tully, B * '11, and Colis Mitchum, B *

of a dozen regional conferences called in '11, announce their association under the

many parts of the nation by the Bureau of name of Mitchum, Tully & Co., to engage

Education, Department of the Interior, to in the distribution of government, munici-

get the governors and chief school officers pal, and corporation bonds, with offices in

of States, legislatures, and representatives the American National Bank Building, San

of civic organizations together and confer Francisco.

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 3 1 February 1921

The End of the Beginning

Well, the third lucky man is a son of old Father Knickerbocker, good old Brother
Samuel Ketchura, "old dear." Sam is never the man to go about bragging what a good
fraternity man he is, but you will always find him in the front line and over the top
every time. He is right in his place at Grand Chapters and at Alumni gatherings. When
he speaks, there is a punch in every word, too.

Then there are the three members of the Committee. And still George accuses some

of us of "stealing inside information" to win place ahead of the Inspectors! (John

Scott, nota bene.) And the Regent spoke early for No. 7 — the perfect number in
celestial circles.

Then follow a couple of other New York Alumni who have used a pull with the
Committee for a ring-side seat. You old-timers will sit up and take notice. One of these
"early-birds" is from one of our youngest Chapters — an Epsilon Gamma man of Wesleyan.
Though he's not yet a year old in Sigma Nu, he's here for Life — no suspended sentence,
either.

Life Contributors

No. Name Chapter Division Pledged Paid

John C. Scott

B Z

$ 50.00

Harry A. Rider

A Z

50.00

Samuel Ketchum

r A

50.00

George A. Smith

B Z

50.00

Arthur 0. Dillenbeck

r w

50.00

25.00

Morris E. Pendleton

r i

50.00

Walter E. Myers

B I

50.00

Raymond W. Allen

e r

50.00

John A. Stevenson

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The Chapter Letter for May is Due March 15, 1921

We Desire a No. 1 Record in the Next Delta
Brother Secretary, Keep This Date in Mind

CLEVELAND ALUMNI CHAPTER

The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year by the Cleveland Alumni
Chapter at the last monthly meeting:

President, L. M. Sears; Vice-President,
F. I. Wilson; Secretary, M. E. Evans;
Treasurer, T. B. Scott.

During the month of January the
Alumni Chapter held a dance which was,
except financially, a huge success. It was
decided at the last monthly meeting to
hold the annual banquet on or about
Washington's Birthday. The committee in
charge has set the night Saturday, Febru-
ary 19th, as the date. The banquet will
be held at the Winton Hotel and it is ex-
pected will be the biggest banquet ever
held in Cleveland.

Perry D. Caldwell, the wily politician,
and Inspector of this division has, accord-
ing to the Cleveland papers, discovered a
wonderful device for saving gasoline. Ac-
cording to the same papers, Perry gets
sixty miles per gallon with his flivver. It
seems that he keeps his machine in a
garage owned by a friend who also has
several other machines in the same garage.
It seems also that this friend had a con-
tract with one of the oil companies to keep
his machines filled with gasoline and
Perry's machine, being no different in ap-
pearance from other Ford machines, the
oil company very obligingly filled Perry's
tank. This scheme worked for sometime,
until the friend received his gasoline bills
and upon entering the garage one day, saw
the gasoline man filling Perry's tank.
Meantime, Perry had been boasting to his
friends what remarkable mileage he was
getting.

M. C. Newton is the proud father of
male offspring, name and age undeter-
mined.

Paul Beatty, who has been ill for almost
two years, has now recovered and is able
to be about. He is with the Northwestern
Insurance Company, which as I under-

stand it, is one of the few reliable com-
panies, other than the Provident, which is
so ably represented by Tom Scott

Glenn Bales was recently married. Vital
statistics unknown.

Benton Hopkins, who sojourned in De-
troit for about a year, is back in town, per-
manently, he says.

C. W. Sund, the corpulent dentist of the
South Side, is evidently prospering. As
evidence of his prosperity, we point to the
fact that he is involved in a damage suit
over an automobile.

Dwight Wertz was seen at home last
night.

Walter Braun has migrated to New
Mexico where he will operate a gold mine,
if he can find one.

Ralph Francy has gone South for the
winter.

George H. Smith, who was one of the
charter members of the Cleveland Alumni
Chapter, was back in town for a few
weeks. He has recently returned from
Russia and Roumania where he served as
a captain in the Red Cross. Brother Smith
had some very interesting experiences in
connection with this service. He has gone
to Chicago where he will take up the
duties of his old position which he had
before entering the service.

M. E. EVANS, Secretary.

DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER

I was informed yesterday that the March
Alumni Letter, was due this week and as
we have only had a few luncheons since
the holidays, there isn't much to say. Last
Saturday we held our weekly luncheon and
made plans for the new year which will in-
clude a drive for more members. There
are many Sigma Nus living in Dallas, but
it is hard to locate some of them. Last
fall when the football season was on we
had the pleasure of taking lunch with Sig-
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kansas University who were up for the
game.

In this letter I will mention the members
and what they are doing.

W. L. Bickham, our president, was a
Sigma Nu when there were only three
Chapters.

C. F. Steineger, E B, is connected with
the Padgitt Brothers Company.

J. U. Biggers, A E, is taking an extended
vacation at present.

J. N. Clark, E A, is working for the T.
& P. Railroad.

A. A. Zoll, T Y, is on the sales force of
the Brunswick Phonograph Co.

T. L. Terry is a student at the Medical
College, at Galveston, Texas.

A. J. Engle, B M, is with the Union Oil
Company, of this city.

W. 0. Goodman, A E, is connected with
the Magnolia Oil Company.

W. B. Miller, Y, is assistant prosecuting
attorney of Dallas County and is a relief
to the more unfortunate Brothers who are
brought up for speeding.

G. A. McClellan, Y, is an electrical engi-
neer.

Fred Oswald, V Y, owns the Young
Street Garage.

John Rosser, H 2, is with the World
Publishing Company.

A. C. Schmidt, Y, is connected with But-
ler Brothers.

J. C. Woodward, H, is professor of
Science at S. M. U.

T. White, E B, is in the oil business,
having resigned from the Hercules Oil
Company.

N. K. Brown, Y, is with an Auto Pro-
tectiff Company.

W. C. Ingram, N, is agent of the T. &
P. Railroad.

There are many more of us and it would
be a pleasure to tell about the others but
space will not permit us to do it this time.
We all had a very nice Christmas and some
of the boys went home for. the holidays,
and they are reporting fine times, but a
few are still pale from loss of sleep.

We are starting out on a new year with
one of the livest bunches of men and we
are certainly going to outdo the past year.
We intend to have every Sigma Nu in
Dallas a member of the Dallas Alumni
. Chapter.

We were very sorry that we could not
send any men to the installation of Epsi-

lon Epsilon Chapter at Oklahoma A. & M.
last fall.

We extend the invitation to any Sigma
Nus who pass through Dallas to stay over
and we will show him around. Any Sigs
who move to Dallas, please come to the
University Club any Saturday at 1 :15 and
you will find a goodly number of Brothers
there.

CHARLES F. STEINEGER,

Vice-President.

DENVER ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Denver Alumni Chapter held its
regular quarterly meeting in the Metro-
pole Hotel, January 18, 1921. A large
number was present. Plans were made for
the annual dinner to be held the latter part
of February. The annual banquet is the
one big stunt put on by the Denver Alumni
Chapter each year. It is always well at-
tended, and this year will prove no excep-
tion. Stunts will be furnished by the va-
rious Chapters in the division, and the best
one will be awarded the Ellison Cup. This
cup was presented last year by Brother
Bob Ellison to the Chapter putting on the
best stunt. The one winning it three times
in succession secures it. permanently.

The Chapter adopted various resolu-
tions upon die death of Brother Greenfield
Quarles, one of our illustrious Founders.

The Chapter discussed various plans for
the financing of a Fraternity Home at the
University of Colorado, and the commit-
tee of the house association reported their
present financial standing. The Chapter
at Boulder possesses several lots in the city
of Boulder, which are very valuable, and
although many plans have been attempted
for raising money with which to build a
House none of them has as yet gone over
the top. However, we are all still hoping
that some bright star may appear and put
the thing over as they have done at other
Chapters.

The general plan of the Endowment
Fund now being placed before the Frater-
nity was explained by Brother "Dad" Wil-
liams. There is every reason to believe
that there will be several life subscriptions
from Denver to this fund.

George W. Smith, B K, and also one of
the charter members of Gamma Kappa,

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now of Hayden, Colo., was married on
October 4, 1920, to Mrs. Isa Sprague
Waterhouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnathan Sprague of Hayden. Brother
Smith is the editor and owner of the Routt
County Republican, and a past member of
the State legislature of Colorado.

Sidney Bishop is the proud father of a
iO-pound girl, born January 5, 1921, at
St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver. All's well.

H. N. Wheeler, until recently forest su-
pervisor of Medicine Bow National Forest,
has removed from Fort Collins to Denver,
where he is now serving as publicity agent
for the Forest Service in this district.

Jerry Nagel, TH, has recently become
associated with the Bankers Trust Com-
pany of Denver.

W. 0. Peterson, one of the State sena-
tors, is attending the regular session of the
legislature in Denver. Brother Peterson's
home is in Pueblo.

The Denver Chapter is very proud to
have with it, General Secretary Edwin Dun-
lavy, who has recently come to Denver,
and has taken the chair as President of
Ili£f School of Theology of Denver Uni-
versity. We congratulate Brother Dunlavy
on his good judgment in removing to a
real town far above most others in the
United States-^almost a mile.

Stanley P. Young, of Oregon and Mich-
igan Universities, is one of the recent re-
cruits in the government service here in
Denver.

"Dad" Williams has recently completed
an inspection of the Chapter at Reno, Ne-
vada, and has rendered a very complete
report on the situation there, and from
such report it seems that the Chapter is in
a very flourishing condition, and particu-
larly the personnel of the Chapter seems to
be excellent. Brother Williams is high
in his praise of the University of Nevada.

Ham Cooper, TK, of the Geological
department of the Mid-West Refining Com-
pany is confined to his home because of
illness. Brother Cooper is a very diligent
worker, and his present illness was brought
upon him because of his exceptionally
strenuous duties attending upon his work
as a geologist .

Harry Lavender, T H, is now located in
Denver for a short while. Harry has ex-
tensive land interests in Routt County,
which keep him on the jump.

Paul Douden, T K, announces the birth

of "Firecracker Bill" Douden on July 4,
1920— honest to goodness name "Paul Jr."
Brother Douden is with the General Elec-
tric Company, Denver branch.

GEORGE H. SWERER, Secretary.

DETROIT ALUMNI CHAPTER

Clarence R. Ely, T T, a former Detroiter,
was in our midst this week. "Clarence" is
watching over Henry Ford's interests in
Camden, New Jersey.

Sigma Nu is well represented in De-
troit's high schools. Glen Bechtel, T r, is
at Southeastern High, being principal
there; Owen A. Emmons, TT, is athletic
director at Northern High School, the larg-
est in city; A. Harold Brown is also
. at Northern High in charge of classes in
physics. The military work at Detroit
Central High School has the call on die
services of Captain Roscoe T. McMillan,
of Kansas. Leo J. Breuckner, of Iowa
State, is teaching at Martindale Normal
School of Detroit.

The automobile and accessary business
holds the attention of Frank Albertson, of
Georgia Tech, president of our Alumni
Chapter, and with the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company; Leonard S. House, one
of our former presidents, as resident man-
ager of the National Lock Company, of
Rockford, Illinois; Brothers George Mau-
rer, of Michigan, and Lewis Castle, Syra-
cuse's great football star, in the business
of selling trucks; Eldred Barden, of West-
ern Reserve, with the Goodyear people;
Glen Shipley, another Michigan man, with
the United States Tire Company. In fact
probably half the Sigma Nus in Detroit
are connected more or less with some
branch of the automobile business.

Real estate, in a rapidly growing city
like Detroit, has its share in Brothers
Barak, of Dartmouth; McGraw, of North
Carolina; Meinke, McCune and R. H. Tay-
lor, of Albion; though these Brothers ad-
mit it's a little slow now.

Brothers "Spike" Donaldson, of Michi-
gan, and John Ferris and Truman H. and
Frank D. Cummings, of Albion, are doing
a lucrative business in insurance. It goes
without mention that Brother Harry L.
Newman, of Michigan, an old timer in
Sigma Nu is a topnotcher in this business.

Two of the biggest churches in Detroit

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are occupied by Brothers Oscar T. Olson
and James D. MacDonold, both of Albion,
the latter a charter member of Gamma
Gamma in 1895.

We have heard in an indirect way that
Brother Bruce J. Miles, a former president
of our Alumni Chapter and one of the
chief sponsors for Gamma Nu's new home
at Ann Arbor, is now the representative of
the Cadillac Motor Company, with head-
quarters at Manila, territory consisting of
Philippine Islands, Hawaiian Islands,
Japan and part of China and the Ceylon.

We are pleased to have as recent arri-
vals, Francis E. Whitney, of Wisconsin,
and Roy Hasselback, of Berkley, Califor-
nia.

The last, but we hope not lowest, of the
businesses and professions, that of the
lawyer, holds Brothers C. B. Zewadski, of
Michigan; Carl Bemis, of Albion; Thos.
F. Murphy, of Michigan, and ye humble
secretary of Gamma Gamma.

Brothers Grant (Herman E.), of Albion,
and Michigan; Lowther (Alfred H.), of
Albion, and Harry Hugh Ells, of Lom-
bard, are our chief administers of the sick.
J. RICHARD NEWMAN, Secretary.

EASTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

On December 15, 1920, the Easton
Alumni Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity
came into existence and at the time of writ-
ing we have not held our first regular
meeting.

During the Fall we held several infor-
mal meetings and did what we could to
help out the local Chapter, Gamma Epsi-
lon.

Since we have from 40 to 50 men in this
locality to draw from, we hope to be able
to report in the next Delta a material
growth and also some news items concern-
ing the Alumni in this district.

The following Brothers are the charter
members: Robert M. Bowlby, Harry T.
Spengler, H. L. Lockwood, P. E. Sandt,
A. L. Spengler, D. V. Magee, Charles C.
Brownmiller, Kenneth S. Kuhn, and Hil-
ton N. Rahn, of Gamma Epsilon; and Wil-
liam Etters, Delta Alpha.

We would be glad to hear from any
Brother in this vicinity and also at this
time to extend a welcome to any Brother
passing through this city.

At present we are using the local Chap-
ter House as our meeting place. We have
not as yet decided on a regular place for
the customary daily or weekly luncheons.
H. J. LOCKWOOD, Secretary.

LEXINGTON ALUMNI CHAPTER
Kentucky

The most important event in the history
of the local Alumni and the active Chap-
ter, is the anticipated opening of Gamma
Iota's new Chapter House. It is now ex-
pected that the House will be ready for
occupancy by April 1st, and the active
Chapter will move in at once. When our
new home is completed, we will have a
House that will take first rank with the
best Fraternity houses in the country. It
will be undoubtedly the finest and most
pretentious house for Fraternity men south
of the Mason and Dixon line. Our House
will cost, when completed, forty thousand
dollars, which is exclusive of the price of
the real estate, which is worth $5,000.00,
and which was leased to the Fraternity cor-
poration for a period of one hundred
years at a nominal consideration by the
University of Kentucky. The university
has set aside one side of a street abutting
on the campus for a fraternity row and the
Sigma Nu House is the first house on this
row and has the corner lot. Our new home
is being built as a lasting memorial to our
beloved deceased Brother, Harold A. Pul-
liam, a naval flying ensign, who gave his
life to his country in the late world war.
It was only through the magnificent benefi-
cence of our Brother Keeling G. Pulliam,
Jr., brother of Brother Harold A. Pul-
liam, and members of the Pulliam family,
that this great monument and dream of all
Gamma Iota men is made possible. Plans
are now being made for a real "House
warming" and all Sigma Nus will be ex-
pected and made most welcome. One of
the features of the new House is the alumni
suite, which is set aside only for the use
of visiting old-timers and Sigma Nus.

The Alumni Chapter at Lexington has
devoted all of its time and energy to the
development of this great project In this
work, we have had the most enthusiastic
co-operation of the active Chapter.

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The Alumni have kept in close touch
with the active Chapter, and we have every
reason to be proud of it. We can say
that under the able management of its
present officers that Gamma Iota is one of
the best conducted Chapters in the entire
Fraternity and is in excellent financial
condition.

We have had a large number of visitors
dropping in and every one has gone away
with a new sense of pride in the great work
that has been accomplished on the new
House.

In spite of all of our efforts, Brother
Ringo is still unmarried.

Keeling G. Pulliam, Jr., his wife and
little daughter, have moved to Los Angeles,
California, where they are now making
their home. Brother Pulliam has taken
over the western distribution of Mercury
bodies, a Sigma Nu product, and is the
Western District Manager for the Mercury
Body Corporation.

Prentice Slade is now connected with
Howe, Snow, Corrigan & Bertles, invest-
ment bankers, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Maury Crutcher is now with the Ford
Company in Detroit.

Ted Sides has recently been promoted
to General Manager of his company at
Jacksonville, Florida, having the State dis-
tribution on the Hudson and Essex in that
State.

GUY A. HUGUELET, Secretary.

LITTLE ROCK ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Activity among the local Sigs in pro-
moting fraternalism, has been much below
par during the past few weeks, due to the
recent oil strike in El Dorado, Arkansas.
Local Brothers are either in El Dorado or
on the point of leaving for there, so it
has been almost impossible to bring them
together for a quiet fraternal meeting. El
Dorado is located one hundred miles
southwest of Little Rock, but the oil fever
has swept Little Rock like an epidemic of
Flu. Everyone packs an oil map and a
large assortment of very secret, entirely
reliable inside tips. Local bankers preach
conservatism from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. and
later slip out and buy a few oil leases on
the quiet

We do not know how many Sigs have

made their million out of the new strike,
but we are keeping an eye on the daily
news. Recently the Arkansas Gazette, a
local morning paper, published a story
about Brother Mahoney. They referred
to him as "Poor old Joe" Mahoney — he is
only worth a million dollars this morn-
ing." A few months ago a stranger in
Little Rock would have thought that the
cotton slump had wrecked the business of
the entire State. Today, these same men
who seemed to be hanging on the rim of
ruin, have a pocket full of select oil
leases — civilization's most modern nerve
wreckers.

Even our ultra-conservative Brother
Feild, who formerly was content to live his
life on comfortable retainer fees, as a Con-
sulting Engineer, now has a choice col-
lection of derrick dotted maps, and an
ever broadening vocabulary of oiligrams.
Just recently he tumbled into my office in
a oilish fit of frenzy and floored me finan-
cially with a co-operative 100 to 1 shot
oil gamble. Now in the parlance of oil
men, we are sitting on the cap rock of ex-
pectancy waiting for our millions to blow
in.

Brothers in Sigma Nu, I would like to
follow the approved methods of my pre-
decessors and write a meaty wholesome
Alumni letter, but, figuratively speaking,
my mind is in the oil sand and I cannot
case off the gas that continually blows me
back into oil.

Brother Feild, who is with me at pres-
ent, suggested that I might include the an-
nouncement that Brother John Almond has
a new home. I told him I was in the oil
sand and could not get out. Now he wants
to know if I am in the Trinity or the
Woodbine sand. Ponder over that ques-
tion, Brothers, and get the deep signifi-
cance of that seemingly careless remark.
It is positively weird, this intimate knowl-
edge Brother Feilds has of regions, hun-
dreds of feet below the walks of man.

Smithsonian, or some of the other
famous scientific boarding-house keepers,
should send an expedition to Arkansas to
capture this latest pest of civilization, the
"Oil Bug." Knowing conditions pretty
thoroughly here, I venture the assertion
that they would have little difficulty in en-
listing volunteer "Oil Bug" boarders, if
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House's custom of encasing their boarders
in pure grain alcohol. I offer the above
information in appreciation of the efforts
of those learned scientists, who have en-
dowed our civilization with alcoholic
specimens of three humped camels and
twelve ounce raisins. Publish this news to
the scientists, Brothers, and let Sigma Nu
bask in the intellectual light that their
hearty appreciation will turn upon us once
they find the discoverers of this new won-
derful specie of man.

I charge you not to take this discourse
lightly. Steeped as it is in salt-water, gas
and oil, I do not want to leave the im-
pression that it was hatched from the egg
of frivolity. You men who are wealthy
enough during this season of the year to
sit in daily conference with a dignified
official of our great government, who con-
stantly reminds you of your great worth,
bear with the poor Brothers in Arkansas,
who weekly send the difference between
their salary and their expenses to El Do-
rado, to bet an eight-inch hole in the
ground there against the rest of the earth's
surface.

Condolences for the late Poor Brother
Joe Mahoney will be forwarded by the
Little Rock Alumni Chapter.

ALFRED H. CRAIG, Secretary.

P. S. Brother Feild insists that I ad-
mit that the drouth of news from the Little
Rock Alumni Chapter has been due en-
tirely to neglect on my part. Brothers in
Sigma Nu, I will admit anything except
the statement that my recently acquired
oil leases do not contain the next oil field
of Arkansas.

MEMPHIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

Now as the holidays have passed the
Memphis Alumni Chapter feels that it
must again get down to work for "Dear
Old Sigma Nu", and comb the bushes for
new members the coming year. We can-
not else but feel that there is in our midst
stray Sigs that have not as yet identified
themselves with our Chapter, so it is our
intention to launch a drive during the new
year, so you may expect to see an increase
in our family in the near future.

We are told that we are now living in
the 'Times That Try Men's Souls," but I

feel that the soul of every Sigma Nu has
been tried, weighed in the balance, but
never found wanting, so with this spirit
Sigma Nu must carry the banner of "Vic-
tory" over the top of "Fraternalism** so
that the name of Sigma Nu will shine like
written in letters of gold upon a midnight
sky.

In the October issue of The Delta I no-
ticed that we were fourth in the Big Five.
There is an old adage that 'The Last Shall
Be First," so for the coming year I am in
favor of a better reconstruction of this
adage to the "Fourth Shall Be First" This
can be accomplished with the sincere. co-
operation of every member in Sigma Nu
by its knowledge of the story of Jonah and
the Whale — "You can't keep a good man
down" — so we must endeavor to instill the
germ of new life into the dead Chapters of
our Fraternity, so they may live again to
glorify the spirit of Sigma Nuism which
plays such a beautiful part ill our daily
associations with our fellowman.

This lack of spirit 'That We Are Not
Our Brother's Keeper" has been instru-
mental in keeping afire in our breast the
desire to crush our fellowman for the past
seven years, but today we must learn to
forget the past, bury our dead, make the
swords and cannon into plowshares and
let "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men"
be our slogan and motto for the future.

If all Sigma Nus can live in spirit the
beautiful vows taken at the "Altar of
Sigma Nu" there is not a class of men bet-
ter fitted to spread .the spirit of fraternal-
ism and brotherhood broadcast and make
this world a better and bigger one to live

I must admit there are some men in fra-
ternities that have never grasped the true
meaning of the word "Brother," but I
feel that at the time the vows of their Fra-
ternity were taken fear of being able to
carry them out played a part and kept
them from grasping the beautiful thought
that binds us in true brotherhood and
brings us closer to our neighbor and
friends.

The true spirit of fraternalism has its
power only in the vows we took and the
"grip" when given in true brotherly love
and feeling towards each other.

The writer is today in receipt of an in-
vitation to a studio dance, the compli-
ment of E. A. Jenkins, B H, who in con-

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junction with his duties with the Memphis
Linotype Co., has entered into terpsico-
leon festivities and I feel that with his
grace of manner and figure he will take
the wiggle out of the angleworm and shim
out of the shimmy.

W. G. Somerville was elected president
of the Memphis & Shelby County Medical
Society for the ensuing year and the medi-
cal profession of the city has made an ad-
mirable selection.

J. H. Opp was seen with a can of alcohol
last week while running in high, and his
explanation was that he was trying to get
home to give his car a drink before she
froze up.

Brother Pumphrey, Jeter and Graves
are still holding on to the fleecy staple,
hoping that the price will go up to five
dollars and ninety-eight cents a pound.
This is one time they wish that they did
not have the spots so well spotted, and the
staple shorter than four inches.

Brother Harold is still with the traffic
department of the telephone company and
is now working on a new system whereby
we can get our calls handled in about
twenty minutes instead of thirty, in case
that we want to have St. Peter leave the
gate open for those off the wagon, but rid-
ing the white mule, and coming in a little
late.

C. C. More is superintendent of a feed
company that makes all kinds of chicken,
horse, and mule feed. His letterheads are
adorned with a black mule instead of the
famous white. He says that his chicken
feed is a winner and will make them lay
for you any old place such as the street
corner or at the soda fountain even when
there are roosters around looking on.

Brothers Edmondson, Gannaway &
Hughes are still at the business of bring-
ing up before the judge, so that they may
say good morning, judge. White mule
riding has helped their business a great
deal.

Brother Baldwin is still at the job of
pulling and filling them, and even when
one of them has the nerve ache, he shows
them who has the most nerve and fixes
them up in fine shape.

Brother Cogbill has not honored us with
his presence in so long I fear he is rais-
ing animals — white mules.

The writer has not much to say at the
present because he is finding the "public

distressingly healthy" and the cash that
should have been "his'n" went for Santa
Claus, the grocerman, and white mule.
But I am glad I got through 1920 and am
at this writing able to see the doughnut
instead of only the hole.

Brother Kilvington is still at his job at
the Memphis University School drumming
English into the heads of the youngsters.
He advises me that this year he is going to
open a school of his own where he can
"spare the child and spoil the rod."

Just as I was about to mail this letter
to you for the next issue of The Delta,
Brother Kilvington came into my office
bringing a stray Sig, and as I had men-
tioned that you might expect an increase
in our little family soon, you can judge
that I am a pretty good forecaster.

The new member is Brother H. A. Sparr,
B, M. D.

While talking to Brother Sparr I no-
ticed one of those famous smiles that won't
come off and I thought I had best solve
the etiology of his case, so in a profes-
sional way this was my findings:

On January 10th, Father Stork in mak-
ing his New Year rounds left "a little
fairy" in Brother Sparr's home. The lit-
tle lady came as a Christmas and New
Year's gift and her name is Miss Catherine
Woodman Sparr. All Sigma Nu extends
to Brother Sparr their sincere congratula-
tions and best wishes in guiding the little
lady's destiny to a beautiful and happy
womanhood.

THOMAS H. INGRAM, M. D.,
Secretary.

MIAMI ALUMNI CHAPTER

It gives the Miami Alumni Chapter and
all of its members in this city great pleas-
ure to be able to write you a letter for pub-
lication in The Delta for we are glad to
have our name among the list of Alumni
Chapters. Starting with the regular num-
ber of charter members, that is, ten, it is
our purpose to double that number this
year.

The following are the officers of the Fra-
ternity at present: E. B. Kurtz, president;
Sam Barco, vice-president; Dan Squires,
treasurer; Earl Curry, secretary; Law-
rence Gautier, sergeant-at-arms.

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During the holiday season we had the
first of our social functions, an informal
stag dinner, which was held in the Berni
Grill in this city. By special arrange-
ment the members had the grill room pri-
vately to themselves and, after a most en-
joyable dinner, plans for the Chapter were
discussed by those present who were: E.
B. Kurtz, J. W. Junkin, J. W. White, Jr.,
Sam Barco, Leroy Napier, M. B. Newman,
Dr. W. S. Coleman, Rev. H. E. Sala, L.
Earl Curry, W. Harold Wilson, Harold S.
Withers, Thomas L. Jackson, Dan C.
Squires, Lawrence Gautier, J. M. Markley,
H. W. Watts, R. M. Harkness, G. E. Mc-
Caskill, C. L. Swensen.

We will be glad to have any Sigma Nu
who is in our city visit in the Chapter.
The dates of the meetings may be had from
the secretary and all visiting Sigs are cor-
dially invited to participate with us in
making the latest Alumni Chapter one of
the most active in the Fraternity.

A committee from the Chapter here vis-
ited the Delta Kappa Epsilon Special when
it came through die city conveying to them
our best wishes for a most successful con-
vention in Havana.

L. EARL CURRY, Secretary.

MINNEAPOLIS ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The Minneapolis Alumni Chapter con-
tinues to meet at weekly luncheons, which
are being held at present in the Nankin
Cafe, at 12:30 p. m., on Mondays. The
attendance averages slightly less than a
baker's dozen. Among those most fre-
quently present are: Dr. H. B. Annis, T P,
620 LaSalle Bldg.; Arthur A. Barlow, T T,
Northern State Bank; Dr. C. A. Boreen,
TT, Syndicate Bldg.; John R. Coan, TT,
805 Palace Bldg.; Paul Briggs Cochran,
TT, North States Motors Co.; Dr. Howard
S. Feeney, T T, 2550 Bloomington Avenue;
Halsey O. Harrington, TT, Northwestern
School Supply Co. ; Robie E. Holmes, T T,
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., St. Paul;
Arthur L. Kreitter, T T, Martha Washing-
ton Doughnut Co.; D. H. McFarland, TS,
Universal Portland Cement Co.; Herman
McGuire, TT, North States Motors Co.;
Sherlock Merrill, T T, 323 Second Avenue
South; Carroll K. Michener, TT, North-

western Miller; B. J. Moon, BM, Min-
neapolis General Hospital; Claude W.
Rossman, TT, Rossman & Wilkinson;
Woodlief Thomas, TO, 310 McKnight
Bldg.; Walter J. Trogner, TT, 610 Min-
nesota Loan & Trust Bldg.; Earl S. Wal-
lace, r T, Jameson, Swann, Stinchfield &
Mackall, 900 Metropolitan Life Bldg.;
Fletcher Ware, TZ; Quade C. Weld, TT,
Weld & Sons, 620 Nicollet Avenue;
Charles P. Wilkinson, TT, Rossman &
Wilkinson.

Allan L. McAfee, one of the charter
members of Gamma Tau Chapter, and a
standby of the Alumni organization, has
left Minneapolis and now lives in Port-
land, Oregon, where he is connected with
the Interstate Investment Co., 410 Henry
Bldg.

Two of the Founders and charter mem-
bers of Gamma Tau Chapter, Ralph S.
Stanberry, T T 12, Mason City, Iowa, and
Clarence G. Yoran, T P, Manchester, Iowa,
both originally members of Chi Chapter,
were honored guests at the Founder's Day
dinner given at the Chapter House in No-
vember. The "old boys" especially, were
exceedingly glad to see them again.

Lorn Campbell, Jr., and Victor W.
Fletcher, both of Gamma Tau, are fond
fathers of recently-arrived twins.

C. K. MICHENER, Secretary.

NEW HAVEN ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The Chapter resumed its meetings this
Fall with the same enthusiastic attendance,
and we are all once more together for the
winter.

It was with a great deal of regret that
we learned of several Brothers leaving us
for good. Brother Ackerman has returned
to the sunny South, while Doctors Colt,
Engle, and Foster, having finished their
training at the New Haven Hospital, have
left us to practice in their home towns.
Brother Hitchcock, of Dartmouth, is the
latest addition to our numbers.

Although the Chapter is now reduced
to less than twenty members, we are look-
ing forward to a very active winter, and
several affairs outside of our regular meet-
ings are being planned. We would be very
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part of the State, and hope that any Broth-
ers near us will get in touch with us.

A. G. SCHILLE.

OMAHA ALUMNI CHAPTER

Wm. Randall is now occupying a seat in
the Nebraska legislature. He is not a
Democrat

K. M. Snyder married Miss Helen Cur-
tis October 23, 1920. They are now at
home at 666 North Forty-eighth Avenue,
Qmaha.

Brother and Mrs. Homer T. Gittings an-
nounced the arrival of a son December 4,
1920. Husky Sigma Nu material Dad re-
ports.

F. E. Dinsmore has moved to Omaha
from Lincoln and now carries the heavy
title of general sales manager of the Cen-
tral Chemical Company.

One of the most enjoyable of our recent
Alumni activities was the stag party at the
home of Brother Randall, Friday, Decem-
ber 10th. A good attendance, good eats,
good drinks, not excluding some real
"kicky'y concoctions from Brother Ran-
dall's private stock. Principal interest, for
those hankering for Monte Carlo, was the
nefarious little square top. The inscrip-
tion on each side was respectively, "Put in
One"; "Put in Two"; 'Take One" and
"Take the Pot." The lucky Brothers say
it is a fine game. Some of the rest of us
have different ideas.

The party for January will include the
ladies, and will be held at Dr. Max Em-
mert's palatial home in Dundee.

The Monday luncheons in the "Blue
Room" of the "Quick Serve" are regularly
attended, and any visiting Brothers will
always find at least a half dozen Sigma
Nus to welcome him.

J. H. GILSON, Secretary.

PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The Philadelphia Alumni Chapter has
started its winter season with increased
membership and with greater enthusiasm.
This is in a very large measure due to the
kindness of the High Council in awarding

Philadelphia the honor of entertaining the
next Grand Chapter on December 28, 29,
and 30, 1921.

Our regular monthly meetings, which
are held die first Tuesday at the Chapter
House, 3312 Walnut Street, are very well
attended and the secretary is pleased to
report that a fine bunch of Brothers gather
together at these meetings.

A year ago the Philadelphia Alumni
Chapter set forth in these Alumni Chapter
letters her ideal and set as her goal the
next Grand Chapter. While we realize full
well the responsibility and privilege the
High Council has placed upon us, we can
assure the Fraternity at large a most co-
operative spirit among all Sigs in this
vicinity toward a successful Grand Chap-
ter.

At the December meeting the election of.
officers took place, and the same officers
were re-elected for another year. A gen-
eral committee has already been appointed
for the next Grand Chapter and our
thoughts along this line are gradually be-
ing collected, plans made, and a cam-
paign for greater fraternal spirit started
here in our own vicinity. Through this
and other channels we want to urge as
many members of the Fraternity at large
and those of the eastern Chapters, where
at all possible, to attend the next Grand
Chapter in Philadelphia.

In no other way is the fraternal spirit
shown as much as it is in evidence at these
bi-annual gatherings of our Fraternity.

The entertainment committee of the
local Alumni Chapter plans several stunts
during the winter where the ladies will be
present.

Frank Hobson, Penn, who is now located
in New York, visited the Philadelphia
Chapter at the last meeting.

It may also be noted with pleasure that
J. S. Anderegg, of Cornell, who is in the
Fifth Division regular army, of which
Jay Sechlar was a member, has been or-
ganizing a society of that division in Phila-
delphia, of which he has been elected sec-
retary. Brother Anderegg is manifesting
a very keen interest in our local Alumni
affairs as well.

Brothers Wilson, Carpenter, and Mc-
Laughlin are all at the Jefferson Medical
College.

David Dickerson, of Penn, is on the
editorial staff of the Public Ledger.

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Donald P. Horsey, who was married but
a short time ago, is making his home in
Philadelphia.

Jack Collins, an old Cornell man and
Penn affiliate, has been visiting this city
from Altoona doing some special work at
the Baldwin Locomotive plant.

The Philadelphia Alumni Chapter has
recently issued a paper called The Quaker
which it plans to publish whenever possi-
ble.

Dewey Karnes, a Penn man, has made
possible the publication of this paper, and
to him we owe a debt of thanks.

W. L GRUHLER, Secretary.

PITTSBURGH ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Brother Heckman, TM, formerly with
the Truscon Steel Co., is now identified
with the Westinghouse Lamp Company.

E. R. McKee, A 2, chemist, formerly of
Chicago, 111., and Asuncion, Paraguay, is
now located in Petrolia, Pa., with the
Pennsylvania Coal Products Company.
We understand from Brother McKee that
there are at least two bath tubs in Petrolia
and that he knows where both are located.

It has been the custom of the Chapter
for the past few years to have a vaudeville
or cabaret entertainment at one monthly
dinner during the year. The affair was
held an January 11th, this year. A very
nice entertainment was arranged and a
large and appreciative, in fact very ap-
preciative, audience was present

H. S. STOCKDALE, Secretary.

Regent Walter E. Myers was present at
the December 17th meeting of the Chap-
ter. Regent Myers gave a very interesting
talk on the progress of Sigma Nu, its
present standing, and future prospects.
Hearty approval of the High Council's
plan for an Endowment Fund was ex-
pressed by the Chapter.

While in Pittsburgh, Regent Myers had
an opportunity to hurriedly inspect the
new House of the Delta Sigma Chapter.
He expressed himself as being greatly
pleased with the House and its location.
Brothers King and Haaren of the Alumni
Chapter also Alumni of Delta Sigma, de-
serve much credit for their work in con-
nection with the purchase of the House.

The Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter is for-
tunate in having some of its members
identified with another House proposition.
Brother R. L. Bovard is very active with
plans for a House to be built by Delta
Delta at State College. Brother W. H.
King, Jr., is their architect We wish Delta
Delta complete success in the undertaking.

John H. Schuler, n, and Miss Katherine
Cameron were married in Toronto, Can.,
on November 3, 1920. Brother Schuler
has left Pittsburgh and is at present lo-
cated in Chicago.

Clarence H. Ketterer, B P, M. D., is now
located at 3603 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh.
Brother Ketterer is the only physician on
the Chapter roll, but the healthy state of
the members affords him little opportunity
to practice his profession.

ST. LOUIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

During the Fall of last ye?r it was de-
cided to omit our weekly luncheons at the
Planters Hotel. This was due to the fact,
that we were meeting quite frequently with
the active men at Washington University,
and inasmuch, as the attendance of the
luncheons consisted of the regulars who
lunch together at various civic clubs.

The one feat of our local Brothers
lately, is the remarkable manner in which
Brother George Breaker, and nine asso-
ciate trustees rounded up the Gamma Omi-
cron men and gathered their notes for the
future home of Gamma Omicron Chapter.

At a meeting of the Gamma Omicron
Association (an organization less than
eight months old), the secretary of the
trustees of the Association, Brother J. L.
Brewer, reported that the actual notes re-
ceived amounted to $8,500.00. Before the
meeting was adjourned Brother Breaker,
the president, assured us that this sum
would be increased to $10,000.00, in the
next few weeks. Local Alumni men from
other universities than Washington, has
not as yet been asked to contribute, but it
is planned to allow them to participate in
this important local monument to the Fra-
ternity. There are many of our St. Louis
Sigs from foreign Chapters who are anx-
ious to be a part of our local fraternal
spirit and the representative men of
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sire to invite all St Louis Sigs to be a part
of the home affairs.

With regard to our individual members
everyone seems so busy that it is hard to
follow them.

Roy Addington, our secretary, has re-
moved from St. Louis, and is now sport
editor and chief social reporter, for the
"biggest paper in Joplin", Missouri.

Brother Comstock and Brother Neuhoff
are exceedingly busy figuring up their ex-
cess profits tax.

Brother Keyser, the man who backed up
and made a success of the Grand Chapter
meeting at St Louis last year, has reor-
ganized his Yellow Taxicab Company and
now they keep the largest part of their
profits.

Frank Merryman, the man of the hour
a year ago at the convention, has been very
busy taking care of the seven States around
Missouri and holding them in line for his
Piston Ring Company.

Harry Rhodes has started in the con-
tracting business and plans to build apart-
ments and residences.

Colds, snake bites and other maladies,
prevalent among the American people have
caused Brother Jno. Vaughn, M. D., to
work most of the twenty-four hours in
every seven days of the week.

J. L. Brewer informs us that his com-
pany (Swift & Co.'s) profits are something
near one-thousandth of one per cent of
their sales. No wonder Brother Brewer
claims that his company are scavengers for
the off-falls which a small company
wastes.

W. G. Lackey, formerly vice-president
of Mississippi Valley Trust Co., removed
from St Louis to go with the Morland Re-
fining Co., of Oklahoma.

H. H. Lynch has landed a large job for
his firm in Kentucky and plans to spend
about a third of his time there.

. William Nebe tells us he is not with the
Southwestern, but is only one of the man-
agers of the Bell Telephone Company.

R. G. Murdock is usually too busy to at-
tend luncheon appointments. He likes to
play with all the latest inventions used in
dentistry, which he has accumulated in his
office in the University Club Building.

The slogan in the sheet metal industry
of St Louis, namely, "When in trouble
holler for Hummel," is still in vogue. We
understand Brother Hummel's company

has a hard time satisfying the income tax
investigator.

There are many Sigs in St Louis who
are very hard to get in touch with. We
know of some hundred and forty. We
would like to be of personal service to
them and our Alumni Association can be
a benefit to them if they will come out
from hiding.

The first week in February, we are go-
ing to have a reunion of St. Louis Sigs at
our annual dinner. It is expected that reg-
ular luncheons will be held again after
that meeting.

JOS. E. VALLMAN, President.

SCHENECTADY ALUMNI
CHAPTER

We are just a brand new Alumni Chap-
ter, and not very big as yet, but we want
it to be known that we "didn't die in the
bornin'," so we are going to raise a lusty
voice in this Delta just to prove that we
are alive and kicking.

We have had no meeting since our ini-
tial one late in November, as chronicled
in the previous Delta. It was intended to
hold a meeting in January, but conditions
have made it seem advisable to postpone
this until February. In the meantime we
are maintaining liaison and laying our
plans for future enthusiastic gatherings.
So just watch our smoke in The Delta
after this one!

Brother G. N. Maxwell (Rose Poly.),
was missing from our midst (you see most
of us are General Electric-ites) for a
period of several weeks in December and
January, due to his being temporarily as-
signed to the Pittsfield, Mass., plant of the
G. E. Co. We are now pleased to see his
smiling face in Schenectady once more,
at the Pittsfield works he "garnered em-
other Sig, L. W. Evans (Syracuse), who is
permanently located at the Pittsfield plant.
The secretary was recently favored by a
call from Brother Evans upon the occasion
of the latter's visit to the Schenectady
plant of G. E. Now Brother Evans wants
to know if he can't join the Schenectady
Alumni Chapter. We don't know how much
geographical territory we are allowed to
cover, but if it is permissible, we are surely
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ciently interested to want to join U9 even
from a distance.

Brother C. L. McLane (University of
Oklahoma), is temporarily stationed at the
Pittsfield plant of G. E. He states that he
will be there about three months, but that
he will surely keep in touch with us and
rejoin us in person upon his return to
Schenectady.

L. L. HOPKINS, Secretory.

SPRINGFIELD ALUMNI
CHAPTER

Missouri

Last week the Sigma Nus in Springfield
completed the Alumni organization for the
year 1921, electing Ralph W. Elkins as
president, Harold A. Cox as vice-president,
Reginald Blain as treasurer, and Hugh
Rice as secretary. We have about twenty
men in good standing and expect to raise
this to thirty-five in the near future.

The active Chapter in Drury will soon
initiate nineteen pledges we hope, as the
semester examinations will soon be over,
which with the twelve actives will give us
a good Chapter as to numbers. We have
pledged for next year eight men.

RALPH W. ELKINS, President.

[As you will further note from Epsilon Beta's
Chapter Letter in this issue, the Chapter and
Alumni news is a bit mixed up — that is, com-
mingled. The fact seems to be that there is not
so much difference between them — the Alumni
are active men. It is always good to see such
interest and co-operation between a Collegiate
and an Alumni Chapter. — The Editor.]

WATERLOO ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Waterloo Alumni Chapter has
passed its first milestone and for an infant
is an exceptionally husky one. At the first
annual meeting held at the club rooms of
the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, on
the evening of December 29, 1920, there
were twenty-five Sigma Nus present. A
pleasing program was presented, consist-
ing mainly of "Doc" Nelson at the piano,
knocking off the old songs of our college
days. At the conclusion of the dinner, the

following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Le Clair Martin, president;
George Wood, vice-president, and P. H.
Frank, secretary and treasurer.

Considerable time was devoted to the
discussion of the Fraternity's policy of ex-
pansion and the general sentiment seemed
to be opposed to the attitude taken by the
general Fraternity and in favor of internal
improvement. The rechartering of Chi
Chapter at Cornell College was given a
favorable endorsement and it is the wish
of this Chapter that, in the event national
fraternities are permitted to enter Cornell,
Sigma Nu be in on the ground floor.

The members of this Chapter, regardless
of age or disposition, are as greatly im-
bued with the ideals of Sigma Nu as they
were in their college days and we all stand
ready to support our respective Chapters,
and especially the Chapters nearest Water-
loo, in any manner which may be the most
fitting.

Brother George W. Wood, X, our retir-
ing president, has been recently appointed
to a vacancy existing on the district bench.
Everyone is greatly pleased with the ap-
pointment and there is no reason why he
shouldn't continue there for some years to
come.

Brother Millard Bailey, V N, has been
recently married. He has threatened to
throw a party for the rest of the Brothers,
but our knowledge of his attitude in pay-
ment of his football obligations leads us
to place but very little dependence upon
his statements.

Charles Fisher, T 2, has recently re-
signed as county attorney, to take advant-
age of an opening offered to him by a
prominent local construction company.

Robert Anderson, rS, has accepted a
position on the Faculty of Iowa State Col-
lege.

Fred Clark, X, one of our newest mem-
bers, is pastor of the Congregational
Church. Brother Clark is one of our most
regular attendants and enthusiastic boost-
ers.

Chesley Jenness, Y 2, has been re-elected
secretary and treasurer of the Iowa Hol-
stein Breeders' Association, with office in
Waterloo.

Roland Merner, r N, recently graduated
from Michigan, has entered into partner-
ship with his father, under the name of
Merner & Merner, Attorneys. Brother

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Merncr bores the rest of us at meetings,
with his talk of Michigan and Gamma Nu.
P. H. Frank, r B-B M, was elected dele-
gate to the next division convention, when-
ever that may take place.

Harry Maine, T 2, has started campaign-
ing as delegate to the next Grand Chapter.
He promises each Brother a substantial
present for his vote.

P. H. FRANK, Secretary.

Alumni Notes

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Theta Chapter

J. Bryson Aird is practicing law in
Birmingham, Ala.

Colonel George Vidmer, of Mobile, is
the executive officer in the office of the
cavalry arm of the U. S. Army. Brother
and Mrs. Vidmer are living in Washington
at the Wardman Park Hotel.

Joseph T. Collins is practicing law in
Birmingham and has offices in the First
National Bank Building.

V. Hugo Friedman is president of the
Tuscaloosa Rotary Club.

It is probable that at the next University
of Alabama commencement, J. Q. Smith,
attorney-general of Alabama, will an-
nounce that all graduates of the Law
School following their admittance to the
bar, will be invited to become members
of the State Bar Association for a period
of one year without charge. — University
of Alabama Alumni News.

his father at the Francis Hardware Co.,
Conyers, Ga.

Bure Corker, '19, is in the real estate
business in Atlanta.

Berner Williams, '17, is now in business
with his father, at Dublin.

C. L. Hicks, '18, is with the Mengel
Lumber Co., in Virginia.

D. B. O'Berry, '18, Gladstone Williams,
'18, and Brooks Rice, '18, are now attend-
ing Harvard.

L. E. Tolbert, '18, is connected with his
father's business at Villa Rica.

James Duggan, '18, and Frank Hand,
'18, are working in Washington, D. C.

Morton Carlton, '18, is in business with
his father, at Union Point.

Cranston Williams, H '11, recently paid
Mu Chapter a pleasant visit. Brother Wil-
liams is private secretary to Senator Wil-
liam J. Harris of Georgia.

CAREY J. WILLIAMS.

Born to Brother and Mrs. W. Osmond
White, of Savannah, Ga., on November
28th, a son, W. Osmond, Jr.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Mu Chapter

Frank Wilhoit, '15, and J. D. Woodhall,
'16, are connected with the American Dis-
count Co., Hurt Building, Atlanta.

D. P. Whelchel, '15, is with the West-
inghouse Electric Co., in Atlanta.

Buford Gaines is with the Lowry Na-
tional Bank, in Atlanta.

W. W. McMannus, '15, is with the King
Hardware Co., in Atlanta.

Puss Wooten, '15, is with the Atlanta
National Bank.

J. Raskin Stanley, '18, is principal of
the Vidalia High School.

James Francis, '18, is in business with

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Pi Chapter

Brother and Mrs. Theodore H. Cook,
Rochester, N. Y., are the proud possessors
of a son, T. H. Cook, Jr. We hope Cook
Jr. becomes as good a Sigma Nu as Cook
Sr.

W. J. Knerr is in the employ of the
Buick Automobile Company, at Flint,
Mich.

C. G. Melville has resigned his position
with McClintic-Marshall Company, of
Pittsburgh, and is now located at Harris-
burg, Pa.

E. M. Alan has resumed his position

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with the Union Carbide Company, Niagara
Falls, N. Y., after a slight attack of diph-
theria.

Among the Alumni of Pi Chapter who
were back for the Lafayette game were the
following: Robert H. Hicks, Robert B.
Metzner, Albert F. Knoss, Martin H.
Schmid, N. L. Lichtenwalner, Thomas F.
Hickey, Homer F. Meschter, John Sher-
man, and C. G. Melville.

Robert M. Cortright has been trans-
ferred from the Evansville, Pa., to the
Pittsburgh office of Allentown Portland
Cement Company.

WAYNE H. CARTER.

O. M. Barnett has been appointed In-
spector of this division. Until recently he
was Adviser of the Chapter. The office of
Adviser will be filled by F. W. Nieder-
meyer, Sr.

L. T. JOHNSTON.

Brother Howard A. Johnson, r $,
writes: Fred W. Niedermeyer, Jr., has
been commissioned as a second lieutenant
in the regular army.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Rho Chapter

L. W. Corder, of Mu Chapter, Waverly,
Mo., visited his son, Leon, at the begin-
ning of the winter term.

Past Regent Hamilton Dawes, of New
York, was a guest here while visiting his
daughter, who is a student in the univer-
sity.

Morris J. Harris, '21, sailed January 8th
for Tokio, Japan, where he will assume
duties on the staff of the Japan Advertiser.
His contract calls for three years of con-
tinuous service.

J. P. Withers, an Alumnus of this Chap-
ter, was a representative of the United
States at President Obregon's inauguration
at Mexico City, Mexico. His son, John
Peter Jr., is at the present time a pledge
of Rho chapter.

At the annual home coming which took
place during the Thanksgiving holidays
(the date of the Kansas U.-M. U. football
game), the Chapter entertained two hun-
dred and fifty Alumni and their families.
Among the notables present were: J. T.
Keller, R. W. Hodge, James W. Wight,
Frank Harris, Silas 0. Hunter, Charles E.
Rendlen, George. Branham, Cave Johnson,
Seebre Baskett, Luke Seward, Allan White,
0. M. Barnett, F. W. Neidermeyer, Leo
Archibald, Ellis E. Brownlee, Charles
Avery, Ed Warner.

John E. Bishop, of St. Louis, visited the
Chapter House while acting in the capacity
of Grand Potentate during an initiation of
the Shrine, of Moolah Temple.

Sigma Chapter

Leland Sedberry is taking a course in
ministerial work at the Baptist Theological
Seminary, in Louisville, of which institu-
tion our Grand Chaplain Sampey is head.
Brother Sedberry travels to Lewisburg,
Tenn., every week-end to deliver his ser-
mon to his church there.

Dane F. Smith was home on his vaca-
tion Christmas from Greencastle, Ind.,
where he is teaching in the English depart-
ment of DePauw University.

John Neely journeyed up to Nashville
from Memphis University School in Mem-
phis, Tehn., where he teaches, for a little
visit to his Chapter. However, his primary
reason for coming was to be present at his
marriage last Saturday, January 8, 1921.
to Miss Margaret McKenzie. The present
Mrs. Neely is a member of the Tri Delta
sorority and was a Senior at Vanderbilt
at the time of her marriage to Brother
Neely.

William Morgan sailed on December
28th for Glasgow, Scotland, to do special
work for the Y. M. C. A. He will ulti-
mately go to Roumania, but mail will be
forwarded him from the Y. M. C. A. Inter-
national Commission, 347 Madison Ave.,
New York.

Carl W. Hoffer recently fell on a stob
while hunting and has suffered the loss of
one eye. Brother Hoffer is one of the best
known dentists in Nashville and it is feared
that his remaining eye will be so affected
that he will have to give up his profession.

Roy John has again moved away with-
out leaving a definite address. The last
we have is Okemah, Okla., but we under-
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in connection with Y. M. C. A. work. His
address is 332 87th Ave.

J. Lunsford Boone is now situated in
Chicago with a well-known nose specialist
as his medical associate. His exact ad-
dress is wanted very much by the writer.

A. D. Eatherly, of the Foster Creighton
Construction Company of this city, and
John Foy were among the Alumni present
at the annual Pan-Hellenic dinner.

Sim Howell has been attending Colum-
bia University this year.

Harry F. Ambrose has been elected pres-
ident of the Nashville Printers Club.

CARR PAYNE.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Upsilon Chapter

John A. Laird has been commissioned
as second lieutenant in the regular army.
Brother Laird was one of the "charter
members'9 of the Saint Maixent Alumni
Chapter during the winter of 1917-1918.
HOWARD A. JOHNSON, Gamma Phi.

DePAUW university

Beta Beta Chapter

Beta Beta is planning publishing a Chap-
ter newspaper at the beginning of the
second semester just before initiation. The
paper will be known as The Star. Alumni
who have changed addresses, are asked to
get in touch with the Chapter so as to be
sure of getting a copy.

Foss Elwyn, who has been teaching in
the Onarga Military Academy, Onarga,
111., will re-enter school next semester. He
is baseball captain-elect.

Harold Knoll will also return to school.
DWIGHT PITKIN.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Beta Zeta Chapter

Niel T. Ronan ("Pat") is with the
Bryan-Marsh Division of the General Elec-

tric Co., and his address is c/o Mazda
Lamp Building, Minneapolis, Minn.

H. L. HODSON, Delta Theta.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE

Beta Iota Chapter

S. M. Quigley left this week for the oil
fields of Kentucky. He will take charge of
drilling in the section of Somerville.

The Canton Alumni Association gave a
dinner dance at the Courtland Hotel, Fri-
day night, December 31st. A number of
the Beta Iota men attended and had a big
time. The dance and dinner was in charge
of A. L. Vanderhoof, A A; C. R. Starn,
B I; and W. E. Eynon, A A.

The active men entertained eleven Sigma
Nu Sisters at dinner at the House on Mon-
day evening, December 20th. The Sisters
are all in school at Mt. Union.

W. D. Hunter, '20, manages and operates
two New System Bakeries at Dover, Ohio.

L. C. Rockhill has recently been made a
director of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Co.

R. J. Jeffreys has built a new three-story
business block in Columbiana, Ohio, where
he is owner and publisher of the Columbi-
ana Ledger.

Frank Hoover and wife are the happy
parents of a nine and one-half pound baby
boy. More Sigma Nu material.

D. E. Scott, pastor of the First M. E.
Church, of Lisbon, Ohio, spent the week
of December 13th at the House, as an aid
of "Dad" Elliott, who conducted the re-
vival for the college this year.

Roy Sprankle, '17, manager of Canton's
professional basketball team, is having a
good season, winning from some of the
best college and independent teams in the
Middle West.

C. R. Starn will enter Western Reserve
Law School this month.

Ted Evans, captain of Mount Union var-
sity, is leading a team that promises to
make a high bid for the Ohio Conference
championship this year.

C. M. Shetler is secretary of the Alli-
ance Country Club.

Harry E. Ritchie is director of the Main
Street M. E. Church choir, Akron, Ohio.
DAVID E. SHIVELY.

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L. C. Rockhill has been elected a direc-
tor of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com-
pany. He succeeds J. P. Loomis, who has
resigned. Brother Rockhill is sales man-
ager for the Goodyear Company.

L. L. HOPKINS, Delta Alpha.

KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Beta Kappa Chapter

D. M. Fullington is now living in Mc-
Cloud, California.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Beta Mu Chapter

George H. Finch, B M, is now attending
the University of Louisville Medical
School. He writes that there are two other
Sigma Nus in the school, L. R. Gray, B B,
and A. D. Kessler, A I\

UNIVERSITY OF PENN-
SYLVANIA

Beta Rho Chapter

Captain Alan Pendleton is in the Law
department of the U. S. Army, at West
Point, N. Y.

Mike Weller is not only engaged in
building construction, but in road build-
ing as well, and has contracts all over the
United States and Cuba.

Frank Hobson has returned from Mil-
waukee where he spent a year in the print-
ing business, and has assumed the sales-
managership of an advertising concern in
Brooklyn, N. Y. His address is in care of
Sachett & Wilhelms Corporation, Grant
Street and Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y.

J. Cass Stimson is located in St. Louis
in the construction department of a local
railroad.

J. C. Cooke is still in Oklahoma, making
oodles of money in oil.

Mike Pettit, upon returning from over-
seas, left the butter and egg business with

his father and started an automobile tire
agency in the lower part of New York.

Dr. James P. Dewhurst is practicing
dentistry at Cumberland, Md.

Bill Fenton is way up in the Standard
Oil Cloth Company, in New York.

The two McClures are financing the ter-
ritory around Sunbury, Warren and Dan-
ville, Pa.

Jay Sechler is dividing his time between
his uncle's business, the construction of
railroad work, and die office of Sam Her-
man, where he is helping Sam out to a
considerable extent

Albert E. Mellon, who was in a sani-
tarium recovering from injuries sustained
in the war, has returned home to Florida.

Frank Hean, chairman of the entertain-
ment . committee of the Philadelphia
Alumni Chapter, is traveling for the Y. M.
C. A. and doing good work in the western
part of Pennsylvania.

Brother Jimmy Smith, who has been in
India for seven years, and for the past
twelve months, has been engaged in Y. M.
C. A. work in the United States, leaves in
the latter part of December for Egypt
with his wife and two children to become
the secretary for the Y. M. C. A. in Cairo.

H. E. McLaughlin is at the Jefferson
Medical College.

Sam Herman has recently been ap-
pointed one of the solicitors for P. R. T.
Sam is certainly making good and we wish
him every success in the world.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Gamma Beta Chapter

Frank B. Vaughan is with G. E. Miller
& Company, First National Bank Buildi-
ing, Portland, Oreg.

Emmett Bradley is in the oil business at
Sedan, Kansas.

L. E. Bowman is with the Bay State Mill-
ing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.

George Wehn is with the Glenfield Mills,
Glenfield, Penn.

Guy D. Randolph's address is Hoge Hut-
chison, Williamson, W. Va.

Harker A. Cross is in Toledo with the
Continental Sugar Company.

Dr. Roy T. Mauer is in Malad City,
Idaho. HOMER B. VANDERBLUE

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ALBION COLLEGE

Gamma Gamma Chapter

Harry E. Aseltine is coach of athletics
and teacher of commercial subjects in the
high school at Bismarck, N. D.

E. L. HODSON, Delta Thcu.

C. B. Stillman was elected president of
the American Federation of Teachers and
F. G. Stecker, secretary-treasurer. Brother
Stillman was formerly teacher in the Lane
Technical High School of Chicago and his
present address is 1620 Lake Avenue, Wil-
mette, 111. Brother Stecker was teacher in
the Crane Technical High School of Chi-
cago, and his address is 1618 Lake Avenue,
Wilmette, 111.

H. J. BARDWELL, Beta Alpha.

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Delta Chapter

Brother Campbell, ex. '22, is assistant
purchasing agent of the Greeg Company,
Hackensack, N. J.

H. A. Ailing is an accountant for the
Miller Franklin & Basset Company, 347
Madison Avenue, New York. Brother Ail-
ing has taken numerous trips throughout
the East and has stopped at a number of
the Chapters; among them are Colgate,
Lafayette, Lehigh and Wesleyan. He re-
ports'them all to be in excellent condition.

DeWitt Fisher, '20, returned recently
from a cruise on the U. S. S. Frederick to
the Olympic games. Brother Fisher is now
located in Florida.

H. DeL Gregory, '20, is studying Patent
Law at Washington, D. C.

T. L Lawrence made a flying visit from
California the first of the year. The pur-
pose of the trip being matrimony. Mar-
riage anouncement appears elsewhere in
this issue. Brother Pellett was best man.
L D. BURRITT.

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

Gamma Epsilon Chapter

H. L. Foster is writing for "Leslies" and
other magazines on his experiences in Mex-

ico and Peru and other South American
countries. He had unusual experiences in
Mexico where the Carranza government
placed a price on his head.

T. L Kil lough is with the advertising
department of the "Literary Digest" and
has charge of Pennsylvania and the South.

Born to Brother and Mrs. Harold H.
Rahn, 552 Lafayette Street, Palmerton,
Pa., a son, Kenneth Hauser Rahn, Decem-
ber 7, 1920.

ROBERT T. RADCLIFFE.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Gamma Kappa Chapter

E. D. Pile has been elected cashier of
The Bank of Commerce, of Udall, Kans.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Gamma Lambda Chapter

Oak Amidon expects to take a trip South
and then go West into California for a stay
of a year or so.

E.L. HODSON, Delta Theta.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Gamma Nu Chapter

Born to Brother and Mrs. H. Hart An-
derson a daughter, Nancy Jean, November
27, 1920. Brother Anderson is in the
wholesale plumbing business at Flint,
Mich.

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Xi Chapter

Edgar M. Wilson, class of 1923, has left
Gamma Xi Chapter and is now attending
the University of Kansas.

H. H. Armsby was elected Chapter Ad-
visor succeeding J. W. Barley.

H. P. Rice, who left school in 1915,

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returned for the first time last month. Rice
is with the Independent Tire Company of
Springfield, Mo.

J. M. Morris spent the holidays with his
people here in Rolla. Johnny left school
in the spring of 1919. He is located with
the Allis-Chalmers Company, in St. Louis.

David A. Bash, who was with us last
year, returned last month for a short visit
He is located at the Government Arsenal,
Wilmington, Del.

H. F. Patterson returned to school Janu-
ary 1st after a semester's absence.

F. W. Kaufman also returned January
1st. Coffey way away a year, leaving
school due to poor health.

Mont F. Morgan, '20, is a captain of
Infantry in the Reserve Army of the United
States and at present is a professor of Soils
Chemistry and Agronomy at the West Vir-
ginia University.

Errett Rodgers, '20, was assistant coach
of football at West Virginia during the
fall of 1920, and' has been selected to be
the mentor of baseball in the spring of
1921 at West Virginia.

French Robinson, '18, is now assistant
State Geologist of Pennsylvania.

Harry Cronin, '20, is now practicing
law at Fairmont, W. Va.

W. E. NEFFLEN.

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Gamma Pi Chapter

Charles H. Ambler, '05, a charter mem-
ber of Gamma Pi Chapter, is at present
a professor of history at the West Vir-
ginia University.

Franklin Brand, '07, one of the most
prominent lawyers at Morgantown, W.
Va., is one of the most instrumental factors
in aiding the members of the active Chap-
ter to obtain its new home.

Thomas P. Hardman, '14, was on the
Law Faculty of the Yale University during
the summer of 1920 and returned to the
West Virginia University in the autumn to
resume his place on the Law Faculty.

Lloyd Gibson, '17, is on a United States
Geological Surveying trip in New Mexico.

Landin Reynolds is assistant cashier of
the First National Bank, at Bluefield, W.
Va.

Claude Spiker, '12, is now a professor
of Romance Languages at the West Vir-
ginia University.

Jack Easley, '17, is with the law firm of
French and Easley, at Bluefield, W. Va.

Frank Yates is at George Washington
University completing work in order to
return in the spring to West Virginia Uni-
versity to get his A. B. degree.

William McNemar, *15, recently moved
to Morgantown, W. Va., and has opened a
law office.

Francke Fox, '20, and Edward Perkins,
'17, have the newest and the most popular
drug store in Bluefield, W. Va.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Gamma Tau Chapter

Elmer J. Beithon can be reached at 514
Chestnut Street, Grand Forks, N. D. He
is studying medicine at the University of
North Dakota and graduates this year.

James Blunt is practicing dentistry with
Dr. Cole in Bismarck, N. D., and can be
reached at 108 Thayer Street.

"Hap" L. Schultz is now principal of
the high school at Pembina, N. D.

Dr. R. S. Towne is a prominent dentist
in Bismarck, N. D., located at 723 Sixth
Street, South.

H. L. HODSON, Delta Theta.

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
Gamma Phi Chapter

Gamma Phi has been more than lucky
this year in having some of her older men
return to school. Louie Dennie, Edward
L. Hirst, Maurice Angland and Thomas
Swearingen have all returned. The first
three have returned to finish their school
work. Tom came back to do some post-
graduate work. All of them are staying
at the House.

Most of our Alumni visitors came during
home coming (a week set aside by the stu-
dent body for the purpose of bringing
graduates of the school back to their Alma
Mater and the scenes of their college life),
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having so many of her Alumni, in and
around the House that week. Among the
fellows who seemed to especially enjoy the
privilege of again feeling the joys of real
fraternity life at old Montana U. were:
John Toole, who came all the way from
Berkeley for the holidays. John has re-
ceived his demit and will affiliate with the
Brothers of Beta Psi. The reason he gave
for his desertion of Montana was that he
had to have a special course in business
administration which could not be ob-
tained here.

Kendrick S. Clarke is now assistant
cashier of the Manhattan State Bank.

Clarence "Dude" Cook is assistant
cashier of the First National Bank of
Ronan.

Sylvan L. Olson, r N, who came up from
Billings for the sole purpose of seeing the
university eleven walk over the State Col-
lege team Thanksgiving Day.

Richard Howell, of Butte. •

Henry Hayes, of Potomac.

William G. Kane, who is now doing
some land appraising work over at Phil-
lipsburg. Bill made his visit somewhat
longer than the majority of the Alumni
for he came a short time after the opening
of school and stuck with us until the end of
an arduous rushing season. At the time
Brother Kane came over he was contem-
plating a trip to his home in New York,
but decided that he was needed at Gamma
Phi for at least a few days. Perhaps, more
than we realize, Bill's stay was responsible
for the decidedly successful rushing
season.

James H. Bonner, charter member of
Gamma Phi, was not able to stay with us
more than a day on account of his work
as chief engineer for the Bureau of Public
Roads. Brother Bonner now has his offices
in Helena, Montana.

LaRue Smith, city attorney of great
Falls, promised faithfully to be over for
home coming but later said he was too
busy to make the trip. His evident regret
at not being able to come makes us wish
the crooks of Great Falls would "lay off"
for at least a week next November.

Gamma Phi was materially assisted dur-
ing the late rushing season by Brother
Holmes McClay, who gave freely of his.
wealth and property to help "put over"
some of the rushing parties which later
gave us the "pick of the campus.9'

Paul Gow, r H, is now manager of the
Tuolumne Mining Company, of Butte, and
at the same time serving as the president
of the Chamber of Commerce of that city.

Alfred Whealdon, r X (179), is now
attending the State School of Mines, at
Butte, preparing for a degree in mining
engineering.

Leroy Lebkicker is now a broker in oil
property, with offices located in Lewistown.

R. Lee McCullough, P, judge of the
Fourth Judicial District of Montana, is re-
ported seriously ill at his home in Hamil-
ton.

Dorrance Scott Roysdon received a sec-
ond lieutenant's commission in the U. S.
Army and is now at Camp. Benning,
Georgia.

George Dawson, Y A, has been very good
about writing to this Chapter, and paying
occasional visits in spite of the work he
is doing as a salesman for the Avery Com-
pany.

Paul Bischoff paid the Chapter a visit
while on his way to Billings. Paul is now
manager of a mahogany company in Nic-
araugua, South America. While at the
House he made a rather humorous promise
which few thought he would fill. But
about three months later the presents ar-
rived. It was six large, polished ma-
hogany paddles, perfectly proportioned
and of good weight, and guaranteed to im-
prove with use. They now adorn the wall
of the living room of the Chapter House,
a silent warning to all erring Brothers and
pledges.

George Armitage is now secretary of the
Honolulu (Hawaii) Chamber of Com-
merce.

Payne Templeton is now principal of
the Shelby High School.

Howard A. Johnson, now an attorney of
Butte, was present at our recent initiation
of eleven men and we had the privilege of
hearing again the fellow who used to be
a power on the campus tell of the old times
at the University of Montana. At the last
election, Brother Johnson was elected to
serve in the Seventeenth Legislative As-
sembly. He is the youngest member, one
of the ten ex-service men elected to the
legislature, and the only one of that as-
sembly who is a graduate of the State Uni-
versity. His address, while living at the
capitol, is 202 Lewisohn Building, Helena,
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Brother and Mrs. Allan Toole, of Spo-
kane, Wash., announce the birth of a son.
LEROY KERSHNER.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Gamma Chi Chapter

Roscoe Fullerton was elected prose-
cuting attorney of Thurston County, Wash-
ington, in the last election.

John Maglinn was elected to the legisla-
ture of the State of Washington in the re-
cent election.

Sam Richardson, of Republic, Wash.,
was also elected to the State Legislature.

Norman McLeod is art director of Chris-
tie Comedies, at present in Los Angeles,
Calif.

Roscoe Bell recently transferred from
Portland, Oreg., to Seattle, Wash., as pres-
ident of the Light House Electric Com-
pany.

Carlton Sears, who is at present in the
drug business, in Olympia, Wash., is the
proud father of a baby girl.

Len Aldrich, who is now in the lumber
business in Aberdeen, Wash., announced
the arrival of a son a short time ago. More
Sigma Nu prospects.

Fred Richardson, who is with the High-
way department of the State of Washing-
ton, sends us news of the birth of a son.

GARDE WOOD.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Delta Beta Chapter

partment of Monclair Academy, at Mont-
clair, N. J.

T. S. Jewett is now in partnership for
the general practice of law with his father
at Laconia, N. H. He was elected city
solicitor, a position which he has held for
three years. Brother Jewett is a 32nd de-
gree Mason. On top of this he is the proud
father of two children.

D. A. Thompson is with the Minute Tap-
ioca Company, of Orange, Mass. Brother
H. P. Warren is with the same company.
Within a few years they expect to own the
company according to the reports.

M. C. Ewing is a teacher of piano and
harmony at St. John, N. B., Canada. He
is taking Up research work at McGill Uni-
versity. He has the degrees of Doctor of
Music and Bachelor of Music. Brother
Ewing has composed several classical
pieces, and has written an opera which is
to be presented soon.

Ralph C- Jenkins is the Connecticut rep-
resentative of the American Book Com-
pany.

E. J. Gray is of the firm of Weed and
Gray, 1822 Park Row Building, New York,
N. Y. The marriage of Brother Gray to
his partner's daughter is expected in the
near future.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Delta Gamma Chapter

Announcement has been received of the
birth of a daughter, Ruth Allison, to Chap-
lain and Mrs. H. C. Fraser, January 2,
1921.

W. L. Nourse is assistant headmaster
of the Fessenden School, at West Newton,
Mass. He is married and has one child.

Eliot P. Frost is now director of the In-
dustrial Management Council of the Ro-
chester, N. Y., Chamber of Commerce.

W. H. Leighton is with the Western
Electric, Inc., 195 Broadway, New York
City, N. Y.

C. M. Hilliard is a professor of biology
at Simmons College, Boston, Mass. He
has been given charge of the Simmons
College Endowment Fund.

F. A. Rainey is head of the English de-

PENNSYLVANIA STATE
COLLEGE

Delta Delta Chapter

Albert H. Barron is now coach of ath-
letics at Germantown Academy, Philadel-
phia. His loss was keenly felt at Borden-
town Military Institute where he was last
year.

R. A. Bohn is in Norfolk, Va., where he
is engaged in the roofing business with
his father.

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R. L. Bovard, although still at his old
post in Pittsburgh, is working harder than
ever at the Delta Delta house building
proposition.

C. W. Brown is now making what he
says is the best ice cream in this part of
the country. His creamery is at Cresson.

H. V. Cottom is now a student in the
University of Pittsburgh.

G. W. Cupit is at the University of Illi-
nois, Urbana, 111., making tracks toward
an M. S. degree.

William fitters is located at Easton, Pa.,
where he is an instructor and athletic coach
in the high school.

R. A. Fordyce and family reside in
North East, Pa., where the former is
teacher of agriculture in the high school.

H. N. Hallett, ex-22, is now attending
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.

R. B. Hecht is in the employ of the
Wearever Aluminum Company, New Ken-
sington, Pa.

W. C. Sigworth, ex-22, is now going to
Syracuse University.

G. W. Sullivan is in the publicity depart-
ment of Pennsylvania State College.

S. M. Thompson, according to Dame
Rumor, is teaching and taking some work
in the University of California. Any cor-
rections on this matter will be appreciated.

L. F. Weinman is in the University of
Florida where he is taking a course in
citrus growing, but It is generally believed
that he went there for the purpose of sign-
ing his huge and ponderous signature as a
charter member of the new Chapter there.

Harold E. Barron, of North 53rd Street,
Philadelphia, came to us straight from the
Olympic games at Antwerp, Belgium,
where he covered himself with honors.
"Hal" was the only American to place in
the 120-yard high hurdle race, in which
he took second place.

Brother and Mrs. R. Allen Fordyce an-
nounced the arrival of an eight-pound baby
girl at North East on last December 12th.

J. B. SAYERS.

home address is 3432 Oak Park Avenue,
Berwyn, 111.

Willard Olsen is with the Paige Auto-
mobile Company, at 2215 South Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, 111.

Joseph A. Groff is traveling for the Al-
berger Pump and Condenser Company, at
22 West Monroe Street, Chicago, 111.

The Wright brothers can be found at
these addresses: Dr. Quincy Wright, 311
5th Avenue, S. E., Minneapolis, Minn., is
teaching in the University of Minnesota in
the Political Science department; Dr. Sew-
all Wright, 934 B Street, S. W., Washing-
ton, D. C; and Theodore P. Wright at 19
Meadow Street, Garden City, N. Y.

E. L HODSON, Delta Theta.

DELAWARE COLLEGE
Delta Kappa Chapter

H. Rodney Sharp, '00, recently left Wil-
mington for an extended tour around the
world. As a testimonial of his love and
respect for his Alma Mater, Brother Sharp
entertained the entire student body and
members of the Faculty at a Christmas
banquet. The affair was in form of a
farewell party. The students presented
Brother Sharp with a silver loving cup.
Brother Sharp's absence will be felt keenly
here, since he has been of inestimable in-
fluence in the recent development of Dela-
ware College.

C. A. Short has been appointed Inspec-
tor for the First Division. Brother Short's
affiliation with Delta Kappa started in the
days when he was petitioning the Grand
Chapter. Brother Short's selection is a
popular one and he is being cordially con-
gratulated by every Chapter in the di-
vision.

"Ernie" Wilson, '18, is one of the mem-
bers of the Diamond State Construction
Company. LEONARD B. DALY.

LOMBARD COLLEGE

Delta Theta Chapter

Robert Hendel, Jr., is chemist with a
large corn products concern and his new

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

Delta Nu Chapter

Ralph C. Wentworth, '18, was appointed
county agent for Hancock and Lincoln

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Counties for the University Extension De-
partment. He began his duties in this ca-
pacity January 1st. Brother Wentworth
spent two years teaching agriculture and
coaching athletics in Springfield, Vermont,
and had some practical experience in scien-
tific farming while in charge of the Hood
Dairy Farm, at Lowell, Mass.

Thomas E. Houghton, ex-' 11, is a mem-
ber of the State Legislature from the Fort
Fairfield District

Fred S. Willard, '20, has returned from
London and is now in Panama, C. Z.,
where he is continuing in the employ of
the National City Bank of New York.

SIMON C. FRASER.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
Delta Omicron Chapter

W. Kenneth Newland is now holding a
position as traveling private secretary to
G. A. Palmer, of the department of immi-
gration and industry of the Northern Pa-
cific Railway.

Hugh H. Hughart is now enjoying one
of the leading medical practices in Poca-
tello, Idaho.

In glancing over the records of Delta
Omicron's Alumni, mining engineers seem
to be much in evidence, and all appear to
be doing well.

C. Y. Carber is assistant mining engi-
neer at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine,
at Wallace, Idaho.

W. N. Ellis and Walter Scott are as-
sistant engineers at the Northport Mining
and Smelting Company's plant, at North-
port, Wash.

News has reached Delta Omicron of the
arrival of Hallard Banks Kinnison, Jr., in
the home of Brother and Mrs. H. Banks
Kinnison, at Wharton, Texas. Brother
Kinnison was one of the charter members
of Delta Omicron.

Hallard W. Foester is assistant general
manager of the El Tigre Mining Company,
El Tigre, Sonora, Mexico.

Jerome J. Day owns and controls more
mining property in the northwest than any
other individual. His principal interests
are in the Northport Mining and Smelting
Company and in the Bunker Hill and Sul-
livan Mine.

Bert Smith is employed with the Pre-
mier Gold Mining Company, at Premier,
B. C.

GIPSON STALKER.

OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Delta Tau Chapter

George Vilas, '17, is connected with the
Robert Dollar Company, of San Francisco.

Arthur Fertig, '17, is still following the
engineering game. At the last report he
was located at Waldo, New Mexico.

Richard J. Werner, *17, is principal of
the high school at Esparto, California.

Joe Supple is the chemist for The Puget
Sound Flour Mills, located in Tacoma,
Wash.

Darrel Johnson, '17, is making a great
success as manager of the Willamette Val-
ley Stock and Land Co., located with offices
in Corvallis, Oreg.

Wilson B. Coffey, '19, is in the lumber
brokerage business in Portland, Oreg.

Ralston Temple Moore, '19, is selling
and installing furnaces in the growing city
of Astoria, Oreg.

Dana Frame, '18, is manager and stock
holder of a large dairy farm, at Warren-
ton, Oreg.

C. C. MARSDEN, Secretary.

TRINITY COLLEGE
Delta Chi Chapter

J. W. Woessner is now rector of St
Paul's Church, Southington, Conn.

J. W. Stansfield has a position as prin-
cipal of a government school for natives,
at Metlakatla, Alaska.

R. G. Bruce has a position as instructor
at Cushing Academy, Mass.

James A. Nichols has a position teach-
ing school at Douglas, Alaska. In die
spring Brother Stansfield, who is also
teaching in Alaska, and Brother Nichols
expect to go with a surveying expedition
into the interior. They expect to return
about the middle of next winter.

HARRY CLARK.

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Double Brothers in McCroskey and Delta Iota

"Under separate cover," says Brother
McCroskey, when we appealed to him for
a picture of the new Inspector of the Fif-
teenth Division and his two brothers in
Delta Iota Chapter, "I am sending you
photograph of the McCroskey brothers,
which you have requested for The Delta.
It would appear that I have been very dil-
atory along this line, but the fact is, we
had this picture taken especially for The
Delta, and it has been rather a difficult
task to get us all together at the same
time, and 'fete' was not accomplished until
quite recently."

Here we see them looking at us as nat-
ural as life. They live in Garfield, Wash-
ington, and are* all active Alumni.

The one on the left is the oldest and is
named after his father. Robert C. Mc-
Croskey, Jr., led the way to Washington
State College and in his footsteps his
brothers followed. He was graduated in
1906 in economics, science, and history.
He was prominent in college affairs and
was a member of the Glee Club. At pres-
ent he is farming near Garfield, Wash.

Robert not only led the way to Sigma
Nu, but he blazed the path and paved it.
He was a charter member of the Ophites,
the local society which later was granted
a charter in Sigma Nu as Delta Iota Chap-
ter. This local was the first college fra-
ternity organized at Washington State Col-
lege.

Earl M. McCroskey, the youngest of the
trio, is standing back stage. His college
days are only recently over — he received
his A. B. in 1919. He was editor of the
college paper, The Evergreen, played on
the football team, ran on track, and was a
member of the Annual staff.

We will let J. Houston tell the rest. "All
of us are members of the Masonic Lodge,
and Robert C, Jr., holds a chair in the
Masonic Grand Lodge of this State. All
are married and all married girls that

were members of Kappa Alpha Theta.
None of our wives had ever been pre-
viously acquainted, so you will see that
part was pure accident"

McCroskey Trio of Delta Iota
Left to right — Robert C. McCroskey, Jr., Earl
M. McCroskey, and J. Houston McCroskey.

You will probably notice, by this time,
that J. Houston does not appear in this
sketch except as the starter and ender.
although ne is right there in the picture
before you. The omission is the Editor's.
You see, Brother Houston had to tell all
about himself before the High Council ap-
proved his appointment as Inspector. We
have transferred it to the contributed sec-
tion of this Delta in the department "Our
New Inspectors."

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The Second Generation

Nu Chapter

The accompanying picture shows the
Brothers of Nu Chapter that are not only
sons of Sigma Nus, but their fathers are
members of Nu Chapter, too.

From left to right, back row, they are:
Herman Busch Engel (277), son of Elmer

F. Engel (22); Harris Harrington (326),
son of Grant W. Harrington (4). Left to
right, front row: William James Engel

* (346), son of Elmer F. Engel (22) ; Ralph

G. Harrington (341), son of Grant W.
Harrington (4) ; A. Cooper McMurray

*'(336), son of Arthur McMurray (5).

A very interesting fact in connection with
Nu Chapter is that both Brother Grant W.
Harrington and Brother Elmer F. Engel
are father of two Sigma Nus, all members
of Nu.

Gamma Lambda Double Brothers

By George A. Chandler, Gamma Lambda

To begin with, Gamma Lambda is too
young to have any members whose fathers
were members of the Chapter; in fact,
there is only one affiliate on record whose
father was a Sigma Nu, Carl B. Bougere,
B 4> 112 and T A 154, whose father, Horace
P. Bougere, was Alpha 102.

Of sets of three double Brothers there
are five:

Barker — Charles Per ley, 35; Earle Slay-
ton, 40; Basil Herbert, 102.

Bond — Marcus Orran, r n 42; Harry Wil-
liam, 146; Russell Conwell, 242.

Culbertson — Stephen Roy, T O 16; Rolla
McLoskey, r O 31; Linn Niccolls, r 0
57-117.

McCandless — Donald Sisson, 181; Stan-
ley Russell, 190; Lee, 244.

There are in all twenty-one sets of just
plain "twins":

Bundy — Roy Gilbert, 77; Harry Eugene,

93.
Cartier — Morgan Edward, 113; Vincent

George, 139.
Conley — Joseph Page, B P 123; Claude

Swan son, 218.
Cummincs— Charles Milton, 174-B N 238;

John Holbrook, 177.
Dawson — George Alfred, 85; Charles Wil-
liam, 95.
DouD—Giles Budlong, 52; Willis George,

108.
Ede— Richard Hoyt, 187; Kenneth Leland,

219.
Fraser — John, Jr., 83; Erwin Miles, 94.
Geary— Edward Andrew, T Z 82-149; Ar-
thur M., r Z 54.
Godfrey — Roscoe Wyman, 84; Paul

Swan, 63.
Gregory — Maklem Wallis, 176; Seth

Harwood, 343.
Hibbard — Darrell Osmer, 29; Clarence

Addison, 56.
Koch — Harry Jefferson, 128; William

Walter, 155.
Niss — Clarence Charles, 82; Herman

Voigt, 138.
Olds — Albert Roy, 57; Howard Arthur,

62.
Rumely — Cornelius Francis, B Z 147:

Vincent Philip, B Z 164-116.
Schuetter — Robert L., 69; George Mat-
thew, 120.
Trump — Rodger Murphy, 10; Leland

Lewis, 61.
Wahl— Richard Webster, 104; Arnold

Spencer, 106. .
Wheeler— George Wilford, 49T X 112;

Elisha Ford, 89.
Wilson — Richard Thomas, B K 58; Har-

ley Frost, 160.

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By Past Regent A. H. Wilson

In the Beta Theta Pi for January
there is a very significant "Map of Beta
Theta Pi," showing where college chapters
are to be found. A cursory study of the
map shows the following facts as to dis-
tribution :

There are 7 chapters on the Pacific
Slope; 5 chapters in the Rocky Mountain
States; 16 chapters below the Mason-Dixon
line; 1 Canadian chapter; 9 New England
chapters; the most populous State is Ohio
with 10 chapters and the "Mother Chap-
ter" at Miami University; while the Dis-
trict of Columbia and the following States
have no chapter of the fraternity : Nevada,
Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana,
North Dakota, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ala-
bama, Florida, South Carolina, and Dela-
ware. The ungrouped chapters stretch
from New York to the Missouri Valley
States in tone great, unbroken line of es-
tablishment. Beta Theta Pi carries 81 ac-
tive college chapters.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, at her recent con-
vention, granted charters to petitioning
groups at the University of Southern Cali-
fornia and at Drake University. The only
rival at Southern California is Sigma Chi.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon possesses three chap-
ters within the State of California. At
Drake, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only
national to enter since the anti-fraternity
laws were revoked. Sigma Nu carries a
dormant chapter at Drake.

The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta carried
the following statement, in reference to
expansion, prior to her recent gathering in
Atlanta:

"The big questions, as always, will be
expansion and internal improvement. As
to the former we need only to state that the
Fraternity's policy is now so well settled
as to be beyond re-opening, and is that we
intend to be a truly General Fraternity,
that we propose to enter any university or
college, quality not size being a necessary

criterion, which is of standard rating,
where there is an ample field and where
local petitioners measure up to proper re-,
quirements."

That the writer knew what he was say-
ing is proved by the fact that Phi Delta
Theta granted charters to the University
of Montana, Colorado Agricultural and
Kansas State College. There are now 88
active Phi Delta Theta chapters.

The members of the college fraternities
resident in Washington, D. C, and who
have no local chapter within the District
have organized under the caption: "Wan-
dering Greeks." The organization is fully
officered and holds monthly meetings. The
college fraternities having college chapters
within the District are: At Georgetown
University, Delta Chi; At George Wash-
ington University, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Sigma Chi, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Sigma
Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Sigma,
Theta Delta Chi, Kappa Alpha, and Sigma
Nu.

The Rhode Island State College, Kings-
ton, Rhode Island, has been greatly aided
by the State legislature in adequate finan-
cial backing. The college is growing
rapidly and is meeting a great need here-
tofore not wholly provided for by the
State. Theta Chi and Lambda Chi Alpha
have flourishing chapters at Rhode Island.
Delta Alpha Psi, looking toward Sigma
Nu, owns a fine home and has been organ-
ized since 1911.

Princeton University has decided to re-
strict the student body to 2,000 men. Pres-
ident Hibben states that Princeton should
be "not a big university, but a great uni-
versity." There are at present 1,816 under-
graduates at Princeton.

Kappa Sigma has purchased houses at
Vanderbilt and Massachusetts State Col-
leges.

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Beta Theta Pi recently lost her house at
Bethany College, through fire. Sigma Nu
and Kappa Alpha provided rooms for the
unfortunate Greeks until another home
could be secured. Beta will rebuild this
spring.

Lambda Chi Alpha is the only national
fraternity at Akron University, Ohio.
When Akron was known as Buchtel there
were three nationals at the college, but
these became dormant with the decline of
the college. After the city of Akron took
over the managing of the old Buchtel and
changed the name to the University of Ak-
ron, the college has made a rapid return
to her former position among the middle-
western colleges. The dormant chapters .
there are: Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta
and Delta Tau Delta. Also there are two
forceful locals at Akron: The "Lone
Star,9' and the Zeta Alpha Epsilon.

City College of New York at one time
supported chapters of nine fraternities.
Today die following chapters are active:
Delta Kappa Epsilon, Theta Delta Chi, Phi
Sigma Kappa, and Delta Sigma Phi. The
dormant chapters are: Alpha Delta Phi,
Chi Psi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Sigma
Kappa, and Phi Delta Theta.

Sigma Chi has placed a chapter at the
Colorado Agricultural College, Ft. Col-
lins, and will meet Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Other
Colorado Sigma Chi chapters are found at
the Colorado College and State University.

Boston University has served notice on
the ten sororities at the place to give rea-
sons why they should not all be disbanded
at the close of the present college year.
The Dean of the university seems decidedly
opposed to the sororities. Just now these
ten organizations are doing their utmost
to prove their usefulness to the university:
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi, Gamma
Phi Beta, Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi,
Zeta Kappa, Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Delta
Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Zeta Tau
Alpha.

The men's fraternities are: Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, and Lambda Chi Alpha. Dor-
mant chapters : Beta Theta Pi, Theta Delta
Chi, and Delta Tau Delta.

Alpha Delta Pi sorority was not asleep
when all sororities were disbanded at Jud-
son College, Alabama. Just prior to the
banishment, Alpha Delta Pi moved her
charter to Howard College, East Lake,
Alabama, and there initiated six fair maid-
ens to carry on the ideals and ambitions of
the Judson chapter. The new decree gives
dormant chapters to Delta Delta Delta,
Kappa Delta, and Zeta Tau Alpha.

Chi Phi has been petitioned by a very
strong local society at Penn State College.

Kappa Kappa Gamma is a newcomer at
the University of New Mexico. Phi Mu
and Kappa Alpha Theta are there also.
The fraternities at New Mexico are: Sig-
ma Chi, and Pi Kappa Alpha.

Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, has
opened her doors to the fraternities after
twenty-six years of prohibition. Several
strong locals are preparing to seek na-
tional affiliation. The only national to
establish at Drake was the Sigma Nu which
entered in 1891 and was banished in 1894.

Theta Chi has increased her chapter roll
to thirty by the entrance, the past few
weeks, into Purdue University, Univer-
sity of Rochester, and Leland Stanford
University.

Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, vice-presi-
dent of United Chapters of Phi Beta
Kappa, installed Alpha chapter of Okla-
homa at the University of Oklahoma, on
May 24th, 1920. Twenty-nine members
of the 1920 graduating class and eighty-
one Alumni were initiated. Of the total,
52 out of 110 were men. Sigma Nu was
honored by having five of its members
chosen. This is the largest number chosen
from any one fraternity. The Sigma Nus,
thus honored, were Lawrence W. Cole,
Noble Bryan, Earle S. Porter, Glenn C.
Clark, and Errett R. Newby, all of these
being members of Delta Epsilon chapter
except Brother Cole who is from Beta
Kappa of Southwest Kansas College.1

K)ne of the old Alumni of Beta Kappa, which
Chapter originally was located at southwest
Kansas College, but the name afterward was
given to a new Chapter when it was installed at
Kansas State Agricultural College.

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From the Beta Theta Pi we take the fol-
lowing: "The relations among the fra-
ternities on the campus at the University
of Utah is at present very good. At all
informal dances, members of other Greek
Letter organizations are always present.
However, at the present time, the non-
fraternity men are very bitterly opposing
fraternal organizations. About eighty per
cent of the university are not members of
fraternities. We realize that twenty per
cent is altogether too small a percentage
of a student body to be fraternity men.
However, plans are afoot by virtue of
which three or four new Greek Letter or-
ganizations will be started, each one hav-
ing a national fraternity in mind to pe-
tition."

Alpha Chi Omega has entered her
twenty-ninth chapter at Mount Union Col-
lege, where she meets Alpha Xi Delta and
Delta Delta Delta.

Delta Phi has entered the State Univer-
sity of Illinois and thus establishes her
fourteenth active chapter. The only other
chapter of Delta Phi west of the Alleghen-
ies was at the University of Michigan,
which became dormant years ago as it was
considered too far removed from the other
chapters.

Delta Sigma Phi has entered chapters
at the Pennsylvania State College and Bos-
ton University. Both chapters were
formed from old existing locals and start
out with very fine membership.

Pi Kappa Alpha has added three brand
new chapters and all of them in the South:
Emory University, University of Texas,
and Washington University, Missouri. Sig-
ma Nu will welcome the Pi Kappa Alphas
at all three places.

Kappa Alpha (Southern), has entered
a chapter at the Oklahoma State College,
Stillwater, Oklahoma, and thus adds her
second college chapter in this State. Kappa
Alpha was the pioneer fraternity in Okla-
homa in that her entrance at the State Uni-
versity was the first chapter established.

Delta Upsilon has entered the Univer-
sity of Kansas and will meet Beta Theta

Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma
Chi, Sigma Nu, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Delta Tau
Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Pi Kappa
Alpha.

Alpha Tau Omega has revived her chap-
ter at Marietta College, Ohio, by absorbing
the old Alpha Digamma local that was
formed at Marietta in 1859. The alumni
of the Alpha Digamma are given the privi-
lege of being enrolled as Alpha Tau
Omega. The former Alpha Tau Omega
chapter died out at Marietta in 1898. The
chapters of this fraternity in Ohio are:
Mount Union, Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan,
Ohio State, Reserve, and Marietta. A local
at Cincinnati University is petitioning
Alpha Tau Omega and a dormant chapter
is found at Wooster where all fraternities
were disbanded a few years ago.

Alpha Xi Delta sorority has entered
chapters at the Oregon State College and
the University of Michigan. Alpha Xi
Delta carries twenty-nine active college
chapters and no dormant sisters. Petition-
ers are applying from the Iowa State Col-
lege. This sorority was founded at Lom-
bard College in 1892, and with the inten-
tion of becoming national. In 1902 the
organization felt strong enough to start
out on that line and placed a Beta chapter
at Iowa Wesleyan and the Gamma chapter
at Mt. Union College. Her growth has
been careful and consistently good and
fine. The journal of the Alpha Xi Delta
is a masterpiece in pews and makeup and
is at the very top of all the magazines of
like kind. Well officered and full of
energy, Alpha Xi Delta may well be proud
of her strength and influence.

There are very few places, indeed, where
one fraternity monopolizes the entire field.
The known places where only one fra-
ternity is found, with the fraternity, are:
Lambda Chi Alpha, Akron University;
Stetson, Sigma Nu; Bethel, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon; Roanoke, Pi Kappa Phi; Law-
rence, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Thiel, Delta
Sigma Phi; Montana State, Sigma Chi.

Phi Kappa Psi has granted charters to
the University of Oklahoma and to the
Carnegie Institute of Technology.

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WALTER B. PALMER

The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta devoted
its last issue (dated February, but pub-
lished recently) very largely to the life
of Walter B. Palmer. Among the tributes
from fraternity men throughout the nation
were two from Sigma Nu, as follows:

"I regret exceedingly to learn of the
death of Mr. Walter B. Palmer, one of the
most interested and intelligent of the
workers of the inter-fraternity conference,
The influence of a small number of men
in the past ten years toward higher ideals
and fellowship among college fraternities
has been unmeasured. Among these few I
count Mr. Palmer as one." — Edwin W.
Dunlavy, General Secretary and Editor of
"The Delta."

"I knew Walter B. Palmer as a Pan-
Greek. He was bigger than his fraternity,
his bigness being one which comprehended
the ideals of all fraternities. In short, he
was a true fraternalist. Moreover, he had
a broad appreciation of the problems con-
fronting all young men in college. He
wished to throw about them every oppor-
tunity and incentive for developing endur-
ing character. He was a constructive
force for many years in winning the con-
fidence of the college public for the Greek-
letter system." — Walter J. Sears, Past-
Regent.

FORMAL INITIATION HELPS

A Kappa Kappa Gamma in The Key
pleads for a standard ritual for all the
Chapters of the sorority: "We do feel
that every word in the main body of the
ritual should soon be finally decided upon,
and the whole thing given permanent form,
if not for the good and sufficient foregoing
reason, at least for the historical value the
ritual should have in the annals of the
fraternity."

Is there a Sigma Nu who saw the exem-
plification of our ritual at St. Louis who
does not know his Fraternity's history bet-

ter and feels the inspiration of her ideals
more keenly? We who have our* ritual
"set once and for always," need now to
urge its formal practice for those who fol-
low us.

And now comes the "Teke" of Tau
Kappa Epsilon, with another idea in stand-
ardization that will aid in initiatory cere-
monies.

"The Chapter room equipment has been
standardized so as to insure uniformity
among the various Chapters in the para-
phernalia used during the initiation and
other fraternity ceremonials. The size and
materials used in the different units of
equipment have been specified. While
there has been no marked variation in the
"essentials" as used by different Chapters,
yet there has been wide divergence in de-
tail. Standardization has never before
been attempted. It is a step* in the right
direction."

"PROVOST SMITH DEFENDS
FRATERNITIES"

A defender of fraternities, says The
Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, is Dr. Edgar
Fahs Smith, provost of the University of
Pennsylvania and himself a member of
Phi Kappa Psi. Dr. Smith sums up his
outlook on the fraternity system in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger:

"I can honestly say that fraternities at
the University of Pennsylvania have never
developed into organizations of dissipa-
tion and frivolity, and behind them is a
seriousness of purpose entirely wholesome
and desirable.

"And furthermore, I can safely say, be-
cause I have studied fraternities in many
institutions, that they are generally a
healthy influence in campus life.

"Our fraternities at Pennsylvania over-
see the work and activity of individual
members. They stimulate the members to
finer achievement in scholarship and
campus prominence. I am thinking now

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of one fraternity which sends representa-
tives to the various departments to learn
the standing of the fraternity Brothers in
the courses of study. When there is an ap-
parent falling off in work, the student is
urged, often with reasonable force, to
mend his ways.

"Likewise, the graduate members of the
fraternities exercise a salutary and fatherly
interest in the undergraduate members."

OTHER FRATERNITIES SEEK
BEST LOCATION

The following clippings from Indian-
apolis newspapers show that the national
fraternities are realizing the admirable
situation of Indianapolis as an adminis-
trative center. Its fourteen trunk lines
of railway, coupled with its geographical
location, makes this city the most econom-
ical and accessible center for administra-
tive purposes in the United States.

Lambda Chi Alpha is the third college
fraternity which has been considering a
location in Indianapolis. The first fra-
ternity here, of course, is Sigma Nu,
which came to Indianapolis in 1915, when
it consolidated its national administrative
offices in one General Office. This Spring,
Phi Delta Theta announced the possible
removal of its national headquarters to
this city.

In this connection, it is of interest to
remark that the Chancellor of Lambda
Chi Alpha is Lloyd Claycombe, a member
of the legal firm of Givan, Claycombe &
Stumph, all Indiana University men,
whose senior partner is Brother Clinton H.
Givan, B H.

Lambda Chi Alpha

"National headquarters of the Lambda
Chi Alpha Fraternity, a college organiza-
tion having sixty-five chapters, may be
moved to Indianapolis, according to Lloyd
Claycombe, legal counsel for the fra-
ternity. The present headquarters are at
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

"An effort is being made to have the
headquarters brought here before the next
annual convention, to be held here De-
cember 30 to January 4, but those inter-
ested in the move are having difficulty in
finding office quarters.

"Five colleges in Indiana have chapters
of this fraternity. Ernest F. Fisher, of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is national president."
— Indianapolis News.

Phi Delta Theta

"Fred R. Cowles, national secretary of
the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, who was
in Indianapolis last night, announced that
there is strong possibility of the national
headquarters of his organization being
moved from Oxford, 0., to this city. Mr.
Cowles spent the ..night at the Hotel Sev-
erin on his way to Hanover College to at-
tend a state reunion of his fraternity.

"On his return he will have a conference
with John B. Reynolds, general secretary
of the Chamber, of Commerce, regarding
the possibility of obtaining rooms to ac-
commodate the national offices. Mr.
Cowles said the business of the fraternity
has become so heavy that Oxford does not
afford suitable facilities. Most of the na-
tional officers, he said, favor a removal to
this city. Indiana has seven chapters of
Phi Delta Theta, one of which is located
at Butler College." — Indianapolis Star.:

We should certainly be glad to welcome
these national organizations to Indianap-
olis, and to the Lemcke Building, where
we might often confer on our common
problems.

CLIPPINGS AND COMMENT

Brother George A. Chandler, T A, con-
tinues to wield featly the scissors of the
Sickle and Sheaf of Alpha Gamma Rho,
his agricultural fraternity. His Alumni
Notes in the same journal, about his
brothers in the Wisconsin chapter of that
fraternity, still arouse the ire of his editor
who protests violently against following
The Delta's style and then yields to
Brother George's enticing inducements.
Rather than discourage him from his
copious draughts of information, the edi-
tor prints them in the segregated district
which privilege he refuses to all other
alumni.

Iota Follows Her Alumni Closely

Editor's Note: While it is against our policy
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THE DELTA

to call especial attention to the following. We
hesitated a long time before we decided not to
put this, Brother George's latest outburst in the
"Much Ado About Nothing*' Department. Chap-
ter Correspondents, please take notice.

When Alpha Gamma Rho gets more
Sigma Nu correspondents, she will find
convenient to separate her alumni by their
chapters.

But as our Delta readers know, there
is no limit to Brother Chandler's scope and
interest In the July number of this same
journal, besides conducting one depart-
ment and inaugurating his chapter's share
of another, he slides down the editorial
ways and launches out into the sea of con-
tributors, with an article on "No Vision."
Brother George condemns heartily the
"lounge-lizards" that often litter up the
living rooms of fraternity houses — "The
remedy is for each member to take mental
inventory of himself, listing not his assets,
but his liabilities."

"SCHOLARSHIP FOR SELF-
INTEREST"

The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta for
March, 1920, contains an editorial which
is worth the attention of all college fra-
ternity men.

We are sorry to be compelled to doubt
the statement contained in the first sen-
tence of this editorial. Such statistics as
we have seem to indicate that the fra-
ternities are not meeting the standard of
the average grade of college men. At
least this is the latest allegation from a
number of institutions.

We believe it a perfectly fair proposi-
tion that every fraternity, whether local
or national, should be required to meet
the average grade of the men of the insti-
tution and that any group failing to do so
should be deprived of its social privileges
until such standard had been met.

The Rainbow editorial is as follows:

Lower grades for their members than
those of the student body in general re-
mained as the last accusation that could
be brought against fraternities, and recent
years have seen this one weakness steadily
disappearing.

Really practical steps for improving
the scholastic standing of its active mem-
bers have been adopted by every national
fraternity worth the name. Appeals have

been made to fraternity pride, a healthy
emulation and rivalry stimulated and
preachments made from the pulpit of
every fraternity magazine time after time.

But as never before there now exists a
downright personally selfish reason why
the fraternity undergraduate should give
the most serious attention to his scholastic
work. All our institutions of higher
learning are overcrowded and their teach-
ing facilities heavily taxed. They can not
begin to take care of all who clamor for
instruction. Contraction and elimination
must begin somewhere, and it is perfectly
just that it should be by the dropping of
the students who are not taking their
work seriously nor availing themselves of
the advantages offered. The average an-
nual cost to a college, above all tuition
and fees, to educate each student is
$348.00. It is not right for it to waste
this sum on the idler, the trifler or the
loafer. Besides, the indifferent student is
keeping these opportunities from the
earnest seeker after knowledge and cheat-
ing in value returned the parents who are
providing the funds for his education.

Besides pruning with a relentless hand
the scholastic dead wood, our colleges
should see that the limited number of new
students admitted next fall are of earnest
purpose — and also properly prepared. In
years passed we have witnessed the trag-
edy of many a conscientious, hard-work-
ing freshman dropped at mid-years simply
because he had been admitted without
sufficient preparation to enable him to
keep up with his courses.

ANTAGONISM TO
FRATERNITIES

It is to be expected that with the wave
of radicalism sweeping over the country
since the war, there will be a revival of
more or less fanatical opposition to the
college fraternities. This is borne out by
the following clipping ' from the North-
western of Oskosh, Wis., sent in by
Banta's Greek Exchange:

"Campaign to Abolish Sorority Houses
Is On

"Madison. — A campaign to abolish
sorority and fraternity houses at the Uni-
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university students. At a recent meeting,
attended by about seventy-five students,
preliminary steps were taken to bring the
question before the state legislature again
for action. It was charged that fraterni-
ties and sororities were a menace to the
university, that snobbishness was engend-
ered by fraternities and sororities, that
they had no place in a democratic institu-
tion, and that the grade of scholarship was
lower among fraternity and sorority mem-
bers than among non-members. It is
understood that further meetings will be
held in the anti-fraternity campaign."

We cannot better diagnose the present
movement of opposition than to quote
from the report of a committee on Antag-
onism to Fraternities which was sub-
mitted to the last Inter-Fraternity Confer-
ence.

"In the West or South a violent out-
break against fraternities may commence
again at any time, and, like fire in the
heather, may spread rapidly from state
to state. There must be a cause of the
difference in this respect between the East
and the other sections of the country. The

agitation against fraternities in the West
and South has originated, not among uni-
versity trustees or professors, but among
students or young alumni who have failed
to secure election to fraternities. The
plain facts are the Eastern colleges are
well filled up with fraternities, but that in
Western institutions there are not enough
fraternities to go around among the stu-
dents. State universities and colleges have
grown much faster than fraternities have
in the West.

"If they are to preserve their intimate
social life, chapters cannot be made
larger than they are now, but, to satisfy
the social longings, and really the social
needs of students, the chapters already es-
tablished should encourage the organiza-
tion of local societies, and then encourage
them to apply to national fraternities for
charters. The constituted authorities of
the fraternities should not adhere to the
conservation of the last century, but
should be liberal in granting charters.
This committee most earnestly urges that
this policy be adopted, and believes it
could not make any more important rec-
ommendation."

Wanted— Old Deltas

Brothers who have copies of old Deltas which
they do not want will please send them to the
General Office. We will pay twenty-five cents
apiece for any of the following numbers:

Volume 3 Number 1

Volume 4. Numbers 1, 3

Volume 5 Numbers 2, 3, 4

Volume 6 Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5

Volume 7 Numbers 2, 3, 5

Volume 8 - Numbers 1, 3, 4

Volume 9 Number 5

Volume 12 .....Number 1

Volume 13 Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4

Volume 15 Number 1

Volume 16 Number 4

Volume 20 Number 2

Volume 21 Number 2

Volume 23 ., Number 4

Volume 28 Number 1

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STARS AND STRIPES, THE. Reprint of
the overseas issues; a complete file
bound in one volume. Chicago.
Eames-Luckett Corporation. $12.00.

A limited edition of The Stars and
Stripes has been reprinted by the Eames-
Luckett Corporation, distributors for A. E.
F. Publishing Association — Eames stands
for Brother Richard D. Eames, *.

To the boys in service it is unnecessary
to describe The Stars and Stripes. This is
a complete file of the 71 overseas issues,
reprinted exactly and substantially bound
in a single volume, word for word, line for
.line. It's the same paper the A. E. F.
read in France.

Nothing else can recall the old faces and
places with such startling reality, from the
hard-boiled top kicker to the second looie
in his mighty dignity and cordivan putts —
they're all there. Why, man alive — it's
just like a trip across the old pond with
the sea-sickness, the "hommes 40 cheveaux
8," and all the other, unpleasant details
left out.

The Stars and Stripes is real history,
not the cut and dried variety one associates
with the school room, but a living, breath-
ing record of the war for all times. It's
history of the sort that grips the. heart
and stirs the imagination for it rings with
the sincerity of the man who had a glimpse
of hell and came back smiling.

Nothing can possibly give you so vivid,
so realistic, so intimate a picture of what
our soldiers experienced in France as their
own remarkable account of it as written in
their newspaper — The Stars and Stripes.
It was written for the soldiers by the sol-
diers over there in the midst of the fight.

All the literary talent of the Army con-
tributed to the columns of The Stars and
Stripes. Men whose names are household
words conducted weekly columns or wrote
feature stories — there was no need of fic-
tion in those stirring times. The result is
the most realistic collection of war records
of all time.

It's the most accurate history that could

be written because it was done while the
fighting was going on. Accounts of mid-
night raids, attacks during the chilly hours
of dawn, stories and poems from the front
line trenches written on scraps of paper
during a lull in the attack, tales of bravery
and sacrifice told by eye witnesses, and
through it all the good humor and the fun
that made the Doughboy famous among
the Annies of the world — that's The Stars
and Stripes-. — the Doughboy's Diary.

The Editor recommends that each Chap-
ter provide itself with a set of The Stars
and Stripes for its library. It will be an
authoritative reference book on every
angle and phase of the European war, The
Stars and Stripes has no equal. Its in-
formation is both accurate and complete,
containing all the data and reports from
general headquarters on battles, strategic
troop movements, economic conditions in
France, numerical statistics on the con-
sumption of material and every other sub-
ject which deals with America's part in
the war.

HOLD THAT PURPLE LINE. Words and
music by Warren Piper, r B, and Jack
Nelson, r B. The University Pro-
ducers, 31 N. State St., Chicago, 111.,
4 pp., sheet music size.

Our two song-artists, Piper and Nelson,
both of Gamma Beta, have brought out a
new Northwestern song. The chorus runs:

"Help them hold that Purple line,
Keep on fighting all the time;
Ev'ry single yard you gain
Helps to win Northwestern's game.
Shake them up and treat 'em mean!
We're behind you, team,
And when we yell, Oh, when we yell,
Hold that Purple line!

Some line! Some line!"

No doubt this song has helped boost
Northwestern's score this season.

You know, too, or you ought to know,
that Piper and Nelson are the authors of

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four Northwestern University musical com-
edies: "Miss Romance,'' 1910; "Wishing
Rose," 1916; "Honeymoon Hotel," 1917,
and "For Heaven's Sake," 1920. The last
comedy was noticed at length in The
Delta for May, 1920.

Brother Warren Piper is also the author
of various bits of Sigma Nu lyric and
music. His poems are scattered through
ten years of Deltas. He is now the Chair-
man of the Song Committee which con-
ducted the past three contests and has
issued two Sigma Nu Song Pamphlets.
Brother Jack Nelson is a well-known figure
to all who attended the St. Louis Grand
Chapter, and every other Brother has
learned to know him through the National
Air of the Fraternity— "The White Star
of Sigma Nu."

ZANE GREY'S ROOKS FOR BOYS

We all have read Brother Grey's novels
of Western life and adventure from The
Lone Star Ranger to The Mysterious
Riders, and we know that he is the most
popular novelist in America today with a
growing reputation abroad. In the mili-
tary camps his books were the most sought
after and each new story of his is in the
"best sellers" class.

But few of us would think of him as
a juvenile or, perhaps we should say, a
writer of books for boys. Of course, his
theme is the Great West with one side-step
on to the college campus. His hold is as
strong on the coming generation as on the
present.

We quote briefly from "The Youth's
Companion," in a review on best books for

boys, published in recent years and still
selling widely:

Ken Ward loves adventure, so he spends
his vacations in the Southwest, in the
jungle, on timber land, hunting lions, and
one memorable period on the baseball
field. Everywhere his pluck and good
sportsmanship win admiration, and. each
summer he makes good in the field he has
chosen. Every boy will enjoy these stories,
for he will be thrilled with Ken Ward by
the exciting experiences and dangers
through which the latter passes.

The Young Forester. In this stirring
adventure story of the Southwestern wil-
derness an Eastern boy, Ken Ward, is
shown with a love for trees and outdoor
life which gain him a chance to join a
forest ranger in the West. But his arrival
in Arizona brings him into instant conflict
with timber thieves, the pirates of the for-
est who are stealing from government
lands and leaving waste behind.

The Young Pitcher. Here is the second
book of Ken Ward's career, and the best
baseball story which has been written.
When Ken goes to the university he finds
himself in a strange world.

The Young Lion Hunter. Ken Ward has
in this book many unique experiences
among wild beasts in the West. The story
is packed with interest and with the spirit
of legitimate hunting which discourages
wanton slaughter.

Ken Ward in the Jungle. A thrilling
story of how Ken Ward and his brother
explored the fever-infested jungles of trop-
ical Mexico; of their marvelous adven-
tures with crocodiles and snakes; of the
hunting of jaguars in the thickets; and of
their many encounters with strange beasts
and venomous insects and hostile Indians.

Did You?

By Cyrus E. Reid, Beta Theta

Did you ever stop to think, when sad and blue,
What it really means to be a Sigma Nu?
To wear the badge upon your breast,
The badge of honor that stands for the best.
- Did yott ever think of the duty we owe
To those good Brothers who helped us so?
Who brought us up and passed us through?
They've made us all that we are today.
Don't you think we have a debt to pay?

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By Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.

THE POSTHUMOROUS PAPERS OF
THE PICKWICK CLUB

Containing a Faithful Record of the Per-
ambulations, Perils, Travels, Adven-
tures and Sporting Transactions of
the Corresponding Members

THE PICKWICKIANS AGAIN

Mr. Pickwick first and foremost wishes
to compliment and congratulate several
old and regular friends and ever-present
Corresponding Members for their cheerful
and thoughtful letters relating to their ad-
ventures abroad in this land of ours. It is
a happy feeling to know that in the mails
between this section of published docu-
ments of the archives of our Society and
the next that is to come, there will surely
be a few pieces of copy.

Next, it is Mr. Pickwick's pleasure to
meet new hands (preferably typewriters)
in the morning post and find himself im-
mediately and irrevocably acquainted with
new Corresponding Adventurers. Since our
last publication of Pickwickian reviews, a
larger number of applications, accom-
panied by appropriate documents alleg-
ing the fitness of the candidates for mem-
bership in this renowned order of Learned
Pilgrims and Bachelors of Letters, have
arrived than in many moons before. These
are being read and considered and judged,
and in due time decision will be rendered,
if not in this installment of the Pickwick
Club collections, then in another.

Now, Mr. Pickwick would turn, and in
turn will ask you, initiated and uninitiated,
to turn a moment to the perusal of a bril-
liant suggestion from an original and per-
ennial member, indeed, none other than
Tracy Tupman, M. P. C., one of the peti-
tioners in our first meeting, known to
France and the League of Nations as Cor-
poral Hartman, U. S. A. Mr. Pickwick

coincides and endorses the position taken
by Mr. Tracy Tupman, M. P. C, and will
leave it to all present and future corres-
ponding members to read and govern
themselves accordingly.

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.
Dear Sir:

It has been a long time since I have been
favored by a letter from your facile pen*
and truly I realize that the fault has been
on my side. "But what," said Mr. Swivel-
ler, with a sigh, "what is the odds so long
as the fire of the soul is kindled at the
taper of 'conwiviality' and the wing of
friendship never molts a feather?" Per-
mit me, then, to have the pleasure of re-
newing a correspondence which I shall be
sorry ever to see end.

And, Most Honored Pickwick, permit
me to make a modest suggestion of what,
in my consideration, might help to per-
petuate the ideals of our Society. I sub-
mit the proposition that each and every
member place before the recognized head
of our Order a paper, a doctorate thesis,
if you please, on some subject of common
interest to the members of our Society,
written in true Pickwickian style. I would
suggest that such a document be in order
from each member once a year; that the
various papers be bound together and
annually circulated among the members
of the Pickwick Club; and that any one
failing to submit such a thesis be no longer
considered an active member. Favor me
with your judgment on this matter.
Sincerely,
MR. TRACY TUPMAN, M. P. C.
(DALE A. HARTMAN, Delta Zeta.)

Mr. Tracy Tupman, M. P. C, thereupon
and thereafter continues his disquisitions
upon candidates and initiated members, by
proposing for membership in this Society
a youthful follower of the muse, now wan-

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dering in the paths of parody, and who
Mr. Pickwick hopes will ascend to the
clouds ethereal again and contribute an
original sketch of some daring adventure
in pale-face landscapes.

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, G. C, M. P. C.

Dear Sir:

I want you to meet a gentleman whose
name (0. Possum, by choice and by na-
ture), I desire to bring forth as a proper
candidate for membership in that noble
Society, the Pickwick Club. The indi-
vidual in question is quick of vat, nimble
in thought, and ready in expression.
Though much reading hath given him a
full mind, he is not intoxicated with a
sense of his own importance. He needs
but the inspiration of brotherhood in our
Society to be truly great. I wish that you
might meet him, and pass upon his abil-
ities with your unerring Pickwickian judg-
ment! I am sending you, enclosed with
this letter, some examples of his work.
These are not to be considered as his best,
but others are not at hand at the moment.
Do you not see in them the evidence of a
"conwivial" muse, and the possibility of
an embryonic Pickwickian? Assure me,
sir, that my judgment has not been in
error!

Sincerely,
MR. TRACY TUPMAN, M. P. C

Turning for the nonce aside to an Indian
Olympus, Mr. Pickwick quotes from the
aforesaid samples which are voluminous
and verbiageous, quotes hastily and snatch-
ily for these samples have a growing effect
upon one — like Her — buried under the
eighteenth amendment — who, "to be hated
needs but to be seen, but seen too oft,
familiar with her face, we first endure,
then pity, then embrace."

HIAHAHA'S HUNTING GROUND
IN HATCH

A few annotations are necessary to any
well-ordered classic, and, therefore, as an
introduction to proper literary apprecia-
tion, Mr. Pickwick begs leave to state that
Mr. 0. Possum is attending a strictly non-
co-ed college, from which powder and

puffs are excluded forever, or at least are
restrained to a woman's college across the
wide thoroughfare. Mr. Possum evidently,
for a time, at least, had a fellow sympathy
with the Cornellians who inveighed against
the encroaching proximity of feminine
finery. The scene is at Hatch Library, a
building on the campus of Adalbert Col-
lege of Western Reserve University, de-
signed, in the beginning, for men. The
action wanders a while and finally the cur-
tain sets in eclipse at an m. p. snowhouse
by the unusual name of Alhambra.

There sat little Hiahaha
All surrounded by the army.
Long he pondered while he scribbled —
"Why must all these females come here
With their talk and merry twaddle,
Future hopes of business centers,
Politics, and Prohibition,
Ghastly juggernauts of error,
Searching for the truth of ages
In the musty tomes they have here."
Then he laughed, our Hiahaha,
Laughed and chortled in his coat-sleeve,
Laughed at all the funny maidens,
Gasped and gargled in his larynx,
Tittered like a frenzied titmouse,
Shut his eyes and tittered coyly
Like a walrus eating noodles.
All about him sat the maidens
Stroking slow their triplex chinlets,
Glaring out through thick bifocals,
Always poking at their hair-pins,
Ever smirking through their talcum —
Spinsters full of youthful gambols.

Many sighs fetched Hiahaha,
Long deplored the football wonder,
Till — what ho — he spied a maiden,
Lamped a fair and radiant maiden
With his gleaming uni-optic.
There she sat all by her lonesome,
Dainty, fair, and unaffected,
Harmonious quite in every detail.
Straight the one-eyed Hiahaha
Chucked his books upon the counter,
History one and Polly Science
Chucked he on the barren counter,
Slowly sauntering over to her,
Spoke a few words to the damsel,
Soon they left for the Alhambra.

Hiahaha found his maiden —
Hiahaha laughs no longer!

0. POSSUM.
(ROBERT F. COLLINS, Delta ZeU.)

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A* Soliloquy on Woman's Rights

-'• Nft. Pickwick has received a plaint from
'M1 henpecked husband concerning The
Data's policy under the nineteenth
"amendment and kindred subjects. (His
wife surely has one redeeming feature —
she reads The Delta, too.) It is true that
the larger moiety of the population has
scant representation in The Delta except
by right, in the marriages, and, by priv-
ilege and proxy, in the Pickwick Club.

To our correspondents and Chapter re-
porters, Mr. Pickwick would hasten to di-
rect attention to the lack of definiteness in
some of their reports, particularly where
the question of women's rights infringes,
and ask a more searching examination of
the records wherein liberty turns to license
and is subordinated thereby forever. As
Mr. Pickwick casually reflects, in conversa-
tion with the collaborator of the marriage
page, "We are receiving more and more
invitations to marriages and weddings
and —

The problem of indefiniteness is almost
as severe as that other problem which con-
fronts recipients of invitations, and ex-
pressed naively by a certain Chapter re-
porter in setting forth the visit of an
Alumnus, undoubtedly welcomed royally:
"He honored the Chapter with his pres-
ents."

Yes, Brother Hoo, we are waiting for the
lady to say the last word.

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, G. C, M. P. C.
Dear Samuel:

You and me have got to do something
about the guy that invents or collaborates
the "marriage" page in The Delta. Here
it is Thanksgiving and the whole day
spoiled because my wife picked up a copy
of The Delta to see if maybe there was a
Chapter dead or someone expelled or
something and read that second notice of
the marriages and the beans was spilled.

It was that notice headed "Epsilon
dash" and then "Brother Arthur C.
Mornes, by Rev. C. M. Smail (sounds like
a geneology of Dan Patch or something).
Well, it mentions them two Brethren and
a town or something in Pennsylvania and

the date and then what she calls "insulting
injury," for it says "further details un-
known."

Gee, Sam, that was an awful break. It
shows just how disrespectful the younger
generation has got. There was the lady's
name, which was the whole nubbin of the
story, left out.

We got to be careful in these days of
sufferage and things. The women won't
stand for such less majesty against their
sect. It was something fierce the way she
took on. She called The Delta a bum
sheet and said something sarcastical about
the misprint of a m in the Rev.'s name and
said any girl that married Arthur C. or any
other man was doubtless Mornes deserved,
which was mean.

You know you can't refer to the sect as
"details" these days and get away with it.
They ain't, and they and Cox, both know
they ain't. And then too, Sam, my Delta
subscription must be about due, and in
these anti-war days we got to have all
these little expenditures authorized and
everything. Doesn't it say somewhere in
the Drill Regs that Hell hath no furor like
women ignored? Now could you print
that missing lady's name in the next copy
of The Delta and maybe I'd show it to
the wife and maybe that would fix it up so
I could get my next year's subscription to
The Delta O. K.'d?

She also criticized our having so many
men's names down as married and no
ladies and "no particulars." Really, Sam,
I agree with her there. Where marriages
are concerned you ought to be awful par-
ticular. And that gave her a chance to
say that "anyhow, it was more important
to print in the papers who the married men
was because that was the only way maybe
it would get known." Awful sharp tongue.

I must ask you not to print this and I
don't even dare sign my name because
maybe my subscription has not run out and
maybe she would see this letter and recog-
nize my style even though unanimous.
Yours in the bonds,

UNO HOO.

INSTALLATION BADGES AND
OTHERS

An echo reaches Mr. Pickwick from far-
off Wyoming, where lately one of our new

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triplets — Epsilon Delta — was born amid
true western acclaim "We're wild and
wooly and rough." While we cannot quite
grasp the significance of the purring reel
of events as they pass upon the screen, we
submit this scenario with the label,
"Passed by the Bishop," which, we trust,
will get us by the Church Federation or
whatever labor union Brother Paul the
Apostle, belongs to.

And we shall await, with impatience, the
Grand Counselor's official ruling upon the
following set of legal technicalities:

1. What constitutes proper dress for
eight in the morning?

2. Are barristers subject to "legisla-
tive days" where hours are unlimited in
numbers?

3. What is the difference (in either
sidereal or solar count) between Washing-
ton and Wyoming time?

Past Regent Krippner is hereby ap-
pointed referee.

A FRIED KRULLER

Don Puts His Foot in It Unwittingly

"Out of the frying-pan into the fire,"
is an old adage for cooks. Our erstwhile
caterer of Krullers jumped unwittingly
into a warm session the other night. (Cf.
"Sleeping Beauty" and "A burnt child
dreads," et passim.) Mr. Pickwick does
not remember when Stringer II ever got
off a hotter one than this— though the tale
comes in a roundabout way, and not direct
from him* but from a new Corresponding
Member whose honored shadow we trust
may never grow less!

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.

Dear Sir::

It has come to my notice in reading these
pages in your recent issues that a person
purporting to be that ancient fruit of beer
memories, the Kruller, has been expand*
ing his twisted form over your otherwise
well edited pages. This Kruller seems to
enjoy slipping a laugh over on various of
the Brethren." I will say to the credit of
this Alias that the stories he has told of
Beta Chi are true, yea, very true. (I was
not indicted.)

Do any of you readers who have the
honor of being aquainted with said twisty
Kruller, otherwise known as Don Krull, T
M-B X, remember him as a lover of the
big arm-chair parked before the cheery
blaze? If you do you will appreciate the
results of his sleeping ability as given
below.

One night at the Beta Chi House a num-
ber of the Brothers were resting easily be-
fore the fire talking (that's polite isn't it)
and Don Krull occupied (as usual) one
of the chairs nearest the warmth (both of
the fire and of the bu — talk). When the
session broke up all left but the Kruller
who immediately passed into undisturbed
slumber. I maintain that Don is some
sleeper. Some of the fellows came back a
little later and there was a nauseating odor
permeating .the room, hinting of some-
thing burning, as a bad cigar or worse.
Glancing toward the fire they discovered
that the toe of one of Don's house slippers
was blazing merrily, — and Don slumbered
happily on.

Now, any guy that can sleep and let his
shoes burn off his feet, — well, I leave to
you fellows.

Sincerely,
HAROLD D. SWETT, Beta Chi.

A DUN LEVY

Our Grand Counselor, Brother Williams,
of Denver, reports that in Denver a serious
problem arose, viz. the problem of spelling,
the Editor of The Delta's name. One
solitary member of the Denver Alumni
Chapter who, from internal evidence, had
actually been guilty of reading The Delta
(albeit surrepititiously and by night), in-
sisted on "Dunlavy." Others suggested
"Dunlevey" or "Dunjavey." Then a bold-
spirit stood on his feet and announced:
"This summer I have received at least four
notices from the Editor concerning my
overdue subscription. I believe his name
is "Dun Levy."

Hence and therefore, the Grand Coun-
selor has ruled, and stands thereby de-
termined, that the Editor shall go before
a court of law and legally change his name
to "Ed Dunlevy," as fitting and proper to
his duties and obligations as Ed.

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"CHAPLAIN" FRASER ARRIVES
IN THE U. o.

Our well-read and learned Pickwickians
will all remember a series of interesting
episodes concerning Brother Fraser's ad-
ventures in the army here and overseas.
First, you will recall the Editor slighted
Delta Gamma once in not publishing a
Chapter Letter which the Reporter failed
to send in; then, The Delta did not reach
his army post-office when he didn't notify
us of a change in location, as soon as it
came to Bert Wilson, our Past Regent, who
was with him in the Saint Nazaire Alumni
Chapter. Brother Fraser is never so funny
as when he has a complaint; in fact, he is
a regular "Chaplin" in words. Look at
the curtain:

Dear Delta:

Enclosed please find the sinews of war
for another year.

Don't see many Sigs in this neck of the
woods despite rumors of an Alumni Club
in Boston. We tried to get in touch with
the hotel where meetings were alleged to
be held and two different clerks said there
wasn't no sich animal as a Sigma Nu
luncheon around their hotel, and then
something about its being a respectable
house, that I did not catch. I just nar-
rowly missed the big Paris feed and then
when I was in New York last I missed Ed
Grant, Ted Kiendal, and Bill Brown, on
account of them being so much married,
and now these darn bean-eating Sigs pull
off their luncheons without tipping off the
desk clerk that they are there, and it's
plumb discouraging.

We, that is Tommy Conrad, single, loo-
tenant, and living at Fort Strong (espe-
cially with the wind in the right direction) ,
Captain Samuel E. Hawkins, married and
the father of two fine boys and a Ford,
and myself, spending, the summer at Fort
Andrews, have awful good appetites and
are right good at luncheons, etc., if we
know about them in time to plan — you
know.

Tommy used to root for the Sig bunch at
Gawgeh Teck and Cap (it's Samuel F.
Senior) used to frequent the Mt. Union
Silo House, and I used to be "Columbia ex-
'10" (The ex being for expectation — un-
realized), but we're off the "Loyal Sons"
in this part of the planet if they don't "do

more for you" than give you bum steers
on luncheons. You know it isn't the
luncheons, we get 'em in the army awful
cheap, but it's the spirit — you know — of
the thing.

We're not sore or anything, but can you
tell us right out, man to man, where, wnen
and why these luncheons are held?

HARRY CHARLETON FRASER,
Delta Gamma.
Chaplain, U. S. A.

P. S. Last month I could of signed this
letter "Captain," maybe you could date it
back or something. Don't tell Bert Wilson
I was busted for I know he is swelling
around New York telling them he was a
"friend of Captain Fraser's in France" and
— anyhow it's a good story (except on
payday).— H. C. F.

A RAILROAD TALE

This tale is not a tale about a railroad,
but about that common fabric in office files
— railroad manila. Mr. Pickwick observes,
however, that the accommodating type-
setter has missed the word manilla (judg-
ing from the spelling in this article) be-
cause he didn't know how to spell it So
he left it out of the title altogether. Maybe
it spilled over the line, and so was rejected
as the linotype doesn't like centering run-
overs. Yes, Brother Reader, your mistake
is pardonable, but read on — if you got this
far.

Some few days ago in a refreshing con-
versation with a young doctor of this town
of Indianapolis, of reverend ancestry and
unconcluded proofs of heredity, Mr. Pick-
wick inadvertently ran across a most bliss-
ful innocence on the part of the medical
profession for ordinary business office rou-
tine.

Dr. McKendree Pitkin, B B, (there were
Ed and Charlie and Bill, too, all Beta Beta
men, likewise, but Mac he never did have a
nickname that would grace our archives)
was reading a copy of a letter to the Com-
mander of his Chapter, which Mr. Pick-
wick had shown him. He peered squint-
ingly out from under his eyelids, and said
solemnly and in a matter-of-fact tone:

"So you never sent this letter to Brother
E. C?"

The copy was on the old-time railroad
manila sheet, but it was unsigned and cer-
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IN OUR GALLERY OF FAME

When it comes to the gallery of fame
which was inaugurated by the first Col-
yumist and has been maintained by every
one of his successors, Mr. Pickwick feels
that this Society need yield to none. This
club room is literally littered by distress*
iftgly humorous and pathetic names.
Many parents take advantage of the help-
less condition of babies to fasten on
handles that eventually become a burden
and a handicap.

Now, there's Conover Smith, r P, who
objected to a common cognomen — 'Tate
tried to conceal him by naming him
Smith," and he reversed Fate. Now he is
Smith Conover.

Another Smith who is distinguished
from the ordinary members of his family,
is Warren Walter Wallace William Smith,
B *. Surely his father thought he lifted
him out of the rut of duplicates like John
Smith or Bill Smith. Mr. Pickwick has
often wondered what they called him at
Berkeley.

Then there is a famous Sigma Nu Smith
— Edson Kirk Smith— Past Inspector of
the Eighth Division. He had too many
names so he drops the first one — now he's

Elain "Kirk Smith." Maybe some time if
e tries real hard, he'll get down just to
Smith.

Likewise, there is, or was, Brother Leon
Neil Clinton nee Smith, T *-B X, who lives
in Akron. But he can easily spare one of
his names.

But this piece is not all going to be about
Smiths. We have our prize specimen in
our collection yet to introduce. Would
ever you dream that a Chapter would ini-
tiate a Pullman Porter? Yes, sir, Epsilon
Gamma "done" it His name's Charles
Pullman Porter, and Brother Archie Dean
has a fine article on b'*~ among The
Alumni

BLAND'S "BUREAU"

Mr. Pickwick culls from the Indianap-
olis Star this amusing anecdote regarding
Beta Eta's congressman, Brother Oscar E.
Bland. He is always attentive to his con-
stituients and "furnishes" them "blandly"
withal, as Uncle Sam's nephew should.

Among the most difficult questions in

our government to answer is: "What does
the committee on industrial arts and expo-
sitions of the House do?" This story
never will explain, because the writer does
not know, but, from a letter that Chairman
Oscar E. Bland of Indiana recently re-
ceived it would appear that one of his con-
stituents thought the committee was in the
furniture business. Here is the very note:
"Dear Oscar — I got your bulletin on
food for young children. I also have been
reading about where you fellows have
been working on a woman's bureau. If
you have them finished, I wish you would
send me a big one and a little one for my
daughter. I believe I would want walnut
finish."

THAT TERRA PIRMA SHIMMY

Here are a few lines from one distant
Harrell V. Baily, B B, who now hails from
Los Angeles. This veteran Pickwickian,
though unknown to our columns, is an
adept in speaking "Californian" (was long
before he went there, in fact), and is able
therefore to picture, in moderate terms, the
terrible calamities of the recent earth-
quakes. Mr. Pickwick will gladly receive
all contributions for the sufferers' relief.

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.

Dear Sir:

We sure had our fun Friday (July 16,
1920)— our first earthquakes. And just
to be good sports they gave us three of
them. The first one came about ten a. m.,
and was of the up-and-down variety that
do little damage and feels about like heavy
blasting does. Of course, I was at work
and when I called my wife at noon, she
had missed it entirely and was terribly
disappointed. So just to satisfy her curi-
osity, we had two more about one-thirty
that afternoon in quick succession. Only
five minutes apart, and they were the old-
fashioned sideways rollers. But they did
little damage, but I can't say that I care
much for them. The first one was nice9 and
the second was a fair example of the shaky
kind, but the third time we shimmieJ, it
began to grow monotonous. However, we
aren't scared and realize that our danger
here isn't any worse than it is in Indiana
wind-storms.

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Epsilon. — Lewis E. Perry, of Bethany,
W. Va., and Miss Lillian Lorraine Ash, Z
T A, of Clarksburg, W. Va., December 25,

1920, at the home of the bride's parents.
Brother and Mrs. Perry will reside in
Manlius, 111., where Brother Perry is serv-
ing as assistant principal and coach of ath-
letics in the Manlius Township High
School.

Theta. — James Hi 1 Hard Dunklin and
Miss Isabel Bricken, Z T A, January 12,

1921, at the Court Street Methodist Church,
Montgomery, Ala. Brother Dunklin is as-
sociated in business with his father in
Greenville.

Theta. — Lieutenant Commander Virgil
C. Griffin and Miss Elise Hall, of Mobile,
December 8, 1920, at Christ Church, Mo-
bile, Ala. Brother Griffin graduated from
Annapolis in June, 1912, and is now lo-
cated in Mitchell Field, Mineola, L. I.

Theta. — Hubert Reynolds Martin and
Miss Sallie Martha Towles, November 10,
1920, at Ozark, Ala.

Theta. — Lorenzo Ferguson Woodruff
and Mrs. Lillian McCalla Lockridge, Jan-
uary 14, 1921, at the Trinity Methodist
Church, Atlanta, Ga. Brother Ferguson
served during the World War as a lieuten-
ant in the Seventy-sixth Division and is
known all over the country as a newspaper
writer.

Lambda. — Roger Starnes and Miss
Grace A. Pichel, December 11, 1920, at
Brooklyn, N. Y. Brother and Mrs. Starnes
are living at 251 McDonough Street,
Brooklyn.

Nu. — George S. Allen and Miss Nina
Nicholas, A <I>, December 30, 1920, at
Topeka, Kans. Brother and Mrs. Allen
will live in Topeka where Brother Allen
is engaged in the practice of law with his
father and brother, Otis S. Allen, N.

Pi. — John H. Schuler and Miss Kather-
ine Cameron, November 3, 1920, at To-

ronto, Canada. Brother and Mrs. Schuler
are living in Chicago.

Pi. — Charles Fogle Vance and Miss
Margaret Vaughn, A A *, December 22,
1920, at the First Presbyterian Church,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Rho. — Ralph Gravely and Miss Esther
Marie Hammontree, October 20, 1920.

Sigma. — John Neely and Miss Margaret
McKenzie, January 8, 1921, at Nashville.
Tenn. Mrs. Neely is a member of Delta
Delta Delta and was a Senior at Vanderbilt
at the time of her marriage.

Sigma. — Randall Stewart and Miss Cle-
one O'Dell, KKT, December 29, 1920, at
Oklahoma City. Brother Stewart has
taught in the English department of Okla-
homa University for the last three years
and is now attending Harvard where he
will receive his Master's degree.

Beta Beta. — Fenwick Reed and Miss Lu-
cille Riley, A X and 4> B K, November 13,
1920, at Crawfordsville, Ind. Brother and
Mrs. Reed are living in Crawfordsville.

Beta Tau. — Lieutenant Pierre Mallet and
Miss Florence Miller, of Charleston, S. C,
November 9, 1920, at the Chapel of the
Royal Palace, Coblence, Germany. Brother
Mallet is stationed at Coblence with the
Field Artillery, 7th Machine Gun Bat-
talion.

Beta Phi. — Joseph Horn and Miss Mil-
dred Kettler, of Leverne, Ala.

Gamma Delta. — Carl Graesser, '09, and
Miss Edith P. Mooney, October 30, 1920.

Gamma Delta. — Clarence Rogers, '07,
and Miss Mary Sterling, at Hopkinsville,
Ky.

Gamma Delta. — H. C. Campbell and
Miss Mildred L. Provost Brother and
Mrs. Campbell are at home in Hacken-
sack, N. J.

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Gamma Delta. — T. L. Lawrence and
Miss Elizabeth Runton, on December 30,
1920, at Hoboken, N. J.

Gamma Epsilon. — Brother Donald Van
Mater Magee and Miss {Catherine Agnes
Rebert, January 8, 1921, in the First Re-
formed Church, Easton, Pa.

Gamma Epsilon. — Brother Robert H.
Miller and Miss Helen F. Santee, January
1, 1921. Brother and Mrs. Miller are now
living in Trenton, N. J.

Gamma Lambda. — Albert Miller Storrs
and Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Cone, October
23, 1920, at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Gamma Nu. — Hugh Cornell Smith and
Miss Lydia Winifred Smith, December 31,
1920, at Detroit. Brother and Mrs. Smith
are living in Detroit at 844 Delaware Ave.,
and Brother Smith is with the J. L. Hudson
Company.

Gamma XL — Floyd Durham Jones and
Miss Mildred Hartsough, January 5, 1921,
at San Diego, Calif.

Gamma PL — Jack Easley and Miss Les-
lie Hopkins on September 10, 1920. They
are now living at Bluefield, W. Va.

Gamma Pi. — Herman E. Wilson, '20,
and Miss Beatrice Harrah, X 12, at the
home of the bride at Wellsburg, W. Va.,
on December 29, 1920.

Gamma PL — Cornelius Butler and Miss
Berda Lynch, A B A, of Clarksburg, W.
Va., June 18, 1920. They are continuing
their- studies at West Virginia University.

Gamma Chi. — Raymond Buckley, of
Portland, Oreg. No further particulars.

Gamma Chi. — Winfield Cram. No
further particulars.

Gamma Chi. — Bruce Hay and Miss
Gladys McCort, of Spokane, Wash.
Brother Hay is in the mercantile business
in Wilbur, Wash.

Gamma Chi. — Johnny Larson, who is in
the drug business at Centralia, Wash. No
further particulars.

Gamma Chi. — Ray Lewis and Miss
Adelle Siegle, A r. Brother Lewis is in
the lumber business with his father at Ray-
mond, Wash.

Gamma Chi. — Fulton Magill, of Port-
land, Oreg. No further particulars.

Gamma Chi. — Patrick D'Los Souther-
land and Miss Monica Hughes, K K T.
Brother Southerland is in the newspaper
game in American Falls, Idaho.

Gamma Psi. — Russell Miller Bell, at
Kingston, Pa., January 8, 1921. ■ No fur-
ther particulars.

Gamma Psi. — A. Fairfax Montague and
Miss Catherine Tyrell, June 2, 1920.
Brother Montague is Chapter Adviser of
Gamma Psi and lives in Syracuse, N. Y.

Delta Alpha. — George Monroe Kryder
and Miss Alice Terrice Luck, December
28, 1920. Brother and Mrs. Kryder are
living in Akron, Ohio.

Delta Delta. — S. P. Armsby and Miss
Augusta Marie Callahan, November 10,
1920, at Covington, Ky. They will make
their home in Magnolia, Miss.

Delta Delta. — R. D. Hager and Miss
Genevieve Kimmel, November 25, 1920,
at Akron, Ohio. Brother and Mrs. Hager
are living at Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Delta Delta. — Herbert Henry Shaver and
Miss Aureta Geraldine Mainwaring, Oc-
tober 5, 1920, at Dallas, Pa. They are
living in Shavertown, Pa.

Delta Epsilon. — Carl Horn and Miss
Ruth Reinhart, KKT, December 30, 1920,
at Oklahoma City. Brother and Mrs. Horn
are living at Duncan, Okla., where Brother
Horn is doing geological work.

Delta Epsilon. — Captain Roger W.
Peard and Miss Ida Marie Maddox, of
Washington, D. C, November 26, 1920,
at St. Andrews Church, Quantico, Va.
Captain Peard is instructor in military law
at the field officers' school, Quantico, Va.
Brother and Mrs. Peard are living at the
Marine barracks, Quantico, Va.

Delta Iota. — Eric Egge and Miss Leona
Doerr, n B 4>, October 13, 1920. They
are living at Spokane, Wash.

Delta Kappa. — Joseph C. Kavanaugh
and Miss Helen Miller, March 19, 1920,
Wilmington, Del. They are living at Wil-
mington, Del.

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Delia Nu.— Cornelius F. Giles, ex-'19,
and Miss Elizabeth Doherty, at Peabody,
Mass., on October 6, 1920. They are re-
siding at 4 Brown Street, Peabody, Mass.

Delta Nu. — Royal G. Higgins, '17, and
Miss Alma Anderson, of Bar Harbor,
Maine, at Somerville, Mass., on August 9,

1920. They are residing at 24 Prescott
Street, Cambridge, Mass. Brother Hig-
gins is connected with the firm of Jackson
and Curtis, bond brokers, Congress Street,
Boston, Mass.

Delta Nu. — A. E. Davenport, '04, and
Miss Helen Ross, of New Castle, New
Brunswick, Canada, November 22, 1920,
in New York. Brother Davenport was a
charter member of Theta Epsilon Fra-
ternity, the local from which Delta Nu
Chapter was formed. He was initiated
into Sigma Nu November 29, 1920. He is
superintendent of construction and equip-
ment department of the Texas Oil Com-
pany and has his office in the Whitehall
Building, 17 Battery Place, New York
City.

Delta Nu.— Harrison P. Crowell, '14,
and Miss Jeannette Sturtevant, January 5,

1921, at Skoweegan, Maine, and will re-
side at Espanola, Ontario, Canada.

Delta Pi. — Myron L. Myers and Miss
Martha Jane Tyndall, December 20, 1920,
Washington, D. C.

Delta Tau.— Wilson B. Coffey, '19, and
Miss Marjorie Campbell, of Portland,
Oreg., in the fall of 1920.

Delta Tau. — Geary G. Garret, '19, and
Miss Janette Patterson, A XQ, of Med-
ford, Oreg.

Delta Tau. — Leighton H. Steele and
Miss Daphne Guilliford, K A 6, of Port-
land, Oreg.

Delta Chi. — William Grime and Miss
Alice C. Kair, of Sheffield, Mass.; Decem-
ber 28, 1920. Brother Grime is in charge
of the Sunday School of Christ Church Ca-
thedral at Hartford, Conn.

Delta Psi. — Elton F. Chase, of Quincy,
Mass., and Miss Eleanor Jones, of Arling-
ton, Mass., on June 18, 1920. They are
now living in Medford, Mass., Brother
Chase having received his A. B. degree
last commencement

Epsilon Beta. — Leroy E. Coward and
Miss Beatrice Seddon, of Springfield, Mo.

Epsilon Beta. — Harry Merritt and Miss
Mary Hopkins, II B *.

The Girl of Sigma Nu

By Jean Paul Bryan, Gamma Xi Pledge, 1920

True blue for Sigma Nu, —

To all my brothers, true.
Neat, petite, and rarely sweet,

0, doubly loved are you.
Your eyes alight with light of love

Your lips as fresh as dew;
Our white star gleams in heaven above

For our Girl of Sigma Nu.

True are you to Sigma Nu,

So true to you we'll be.
At school we gave our love to you,

And constant we will be.

Our constancy is from our star;

The hope of our heart from you;
Our lives we lead by our Sigma Creed

For the Girl of Sigma Nu.

Here we cheer for Sigma Nu,

For cheery men are we.
High our hopes, our troubles few,

Our hearts are full of glee.
Above us shines our star of white;

Our love is given to you;
So life seems always fair and bright

With our Girl of Sigma Nu.

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GREENFIELD QUARLES

Alpha

Founder Greenfield Quarles died Janu-
ary 14, 1920, at his home in Helena, Ark.
See extended notice elsewhere in this issue.

JOHN LAWSON WARREN

Theta

John Lawson Warren, 0 142, died Janu-
ary 31, 1921, in Columbus, Ga. Brother
Warren was initiated in the fall of 1890
at the University of Alabama while a
member of the class of 1894. After enter-
ing business in Washington, D. G, he
made a success in both a business and
social way and was associated with his
brother, Bates Warren, also of Theta
Chapter. Brother Warren is survived by
his wife, mother, several brothers and one
sister. His remains were carried to Wash-
ington and laid to rest.

A. H. ALSTON. »

RICHARD D. GRIFFIN
Iota

officers waiting for the opportunity to
offer itself so they could free their com-
rades.

One of the prisoners attempted to make
his escape. Griffin gave chase. Immedi-
ately a shot rang out from the darkness
and Griffin fell to the ground. The shot
struck him in the abdomen. Half a min-
ute later a second shot was fired. This
time the bullet struck the already mortally
wounded man in the foot

Forced to fight for their lives, the other
officers who were with Griffin let the four
other prisoners escape and ran to where
Griffin lay upon the ground. None of the
officers had much ammunition, and after
exchanging a few shots, their supply was
nearly exhausted.

Griffin was placed in the automobile and
started for Birmingham immediately, but
he expired before the hospital was reached.

The prisoner Griffin was chasing at the
time he was shot made his escape, but it is
not believed he fired the shot which proved
fatal to the officer.

Officer Griffin was 25 years old and was
unmarried. His home was at Newville,
Ala., but he worked under the direction of
the Birmingham prohibition officer, with
headquarters at the post-office. The body
was sent to Dothan for burial.

JOSEPH F. GRAY

Richard D. Griffin, federal prohibition
deputy of Birmingham, Ala., was killed
December 7, 1920. The following clip-
ping sent us by Manly R. Joiner from the
Birmingham Age Herald gives an account
of his death.

Officer Griffin was fatally wounded at
Colley Springs, about 35 miles from Bir-
mingham, while he was chasing an escap-
ing prisoner. The officers had captured
five men and confiscated 85 gallons of
moonshine liquor.

It is believed that a large party of moon-
shiners was trailing the small group of

Brother Robert S. Raiford, of Mu Chap-
ter, writes us of the death of Brother
Joseph F. Gray as follows: "Joe was a
roommate of mine in college and the news
of his death is heard here with sincere re-
gret. He was a fine boy when he was in
college and was a finer man when he fin-
ished. He has been associated with the
Southern Railroad for the past few years
and is the son of Joseph F. Gray, of Savan-
nah, Georgia, at one time railroad com-

missioner.

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THE DELTA

THOMAS HENRY WADE

A. H. Dean, secretary, New York
Alumni Chapter, writes as follows:

I have just learned that Brother Thomas
H. Wade, who was professor of English at
U. S. Naval Academy, died in November,
1920.

I studied under Brother Wade at Dela-
ware College in 1910-11. He was a fine
man and an excellent teacher. He gradu-
ated from Oxford University, England,
having won a Rhodes Scholarship.

HARRY L. MAXWELL

other European countries. He was listed
with the four greatest evangelistic singers
and was one of the two of the country's
most noted chorus leaders, ranking with
Charles Alexander in this work.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

CHARLES HENRY AYER

Delta Beta

Word has just been received of the death
of Charles Henry Ayer, at Argonne Forest
of France, during the World War. Brother
Ayer graduated from Dartmouth College
with the class of 1907.

Beta Beta

Harry L. Maxwell, '91, of Greencastle,
Ind., widely known evangelist and singer,
died at the Methodist Hospital in Indian-
apolis, October 29, 1920.

Funeral services were held in the Col-
lege Avenue Methodist Church, at Green-
castle, and the active Chapter attended in
a body. Dr. Henry J. Davis, pastor; Dr.
Salem B. Town, and the Rev. C. Fenwick
Reed, father of Fenwick Reed, B B, offici-
ated and each paid a beautiful tribute to
the memory of Brother Maxwell.

Brother Maxwell died following an
operation for the removal of a kidney
stone.

Brother Maxwell was of the second class
initiated into Beta Beta. He first gained
recognition while attending DePauw Uni-
versity where he organized the famous De-
Pauw quartette. After spending several
years in DePauw University, he went to
Chicago to study music. At that time he
was first tenor in the Linden Male Quar-
tette of Chicago; he had charge of the
music in the Oakland M. E. Church, and
also in the Erie Chapel under the Third
Presbyterian Church.

Leaving Chicago in 1893, he engaged in
evangelistic work with the best evangelists
in the country, Dr. Chapman, B. Fay Mills,
Dr. S. A. Keene, Rev. Henry Ostrom, Major
D. W. Whittle and Dwight L. Moody.

During his evangelistic career, Brother
Maxwell sang in England, Scotland and

EARLE L. EMERY
Delta Nu

Earl L. Emery, county agent of Cumber-
land County for the University Extension
Department, and a graduate of the class of
1917, was fatally injured as the result of
an accident at North Yarmouth, Maine, at
4 p. m., September 30, 1920, when an auto-
mobile in which he was riding was struck
by a freight train out-bound from Port-
land. He died at the Maine General Hos-
pital at 7:45 p. m. There were no wit-
nesses to the accident, the train crew felt
the impact of the collision and threw on
the emergency brake. At the crossing they
found the demolished car, the victim hav-
ing been tossed to one side. It is believed
by the railroad officials that the driver was
literally blinded by a storm which had
been blowing all day and he did not see
the approaching train.

Brother Emery joined the extension
service of the university in June, 1920,
after completing his duties as sub -master
and agricultural instructor at the Mechanic
Falls High School. For one year and
seven months he saw active service with
the Twenty-sixth Division, being overseas
for eighteen months of this time. He was
married one year ago to Miss Mildred
Eden.

SIMON C. FRASER.

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Sigma Nu Fraternity

Founded at Virginia Military Institute, January 1, 1869.

Founders

JAMES FRANK HOPKINS, Alpha No. 1,
"70; born December 30, 1846; died Decem-
ber 15, 1913.

GREENFIELD QUARLES, Alpha No. 2,
TO; born April 1, 1847; died January 14,
1921.

JAMES M. RILEY, Alpha No. 3, '70; born
May 16, 1849; died June 8, 1911.

General Officers

EDWIN W. DUNLAVY, Beta Beta, General
Secretary and Editor of The Delta.

HARRY A. RIDER, Delta Zeta, Assistant
General Secretary.

General Offices, 707 Lemcke Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.

High Council

WALTER E. MYERS, Beta Iota, Regent,
114 Engineers Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta, Vice-
Regent, 217 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

. SAMUEL F. PEGUES, Theta, Grand Treas-
urer, Room 1201, 537 South Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

ERNEST L. WILLIAMS, Gamma Kappa,
Grand Counselor, Gas & Electric Bldg.,
Denver, Colo.

Grand Officers

BURTON P. SEARS, Nu, Grand Historian,
Room 440, 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.

JOHN R. SAMPEY, Iota, Grand Chaplain,
500 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky.

STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance

THE VICE-REGENT.

JOHN M. ROBERTS. Beta Gamma-Beta PI, 460
East Ohio Street, Chicago, IU.

MANLY R. JOINER, Iota-Gamma Kappa, Tal-
ladega. Ala.

WILLIAM W. KEYSER, Lambda, 8820 Pine
Street, St Louis, Mo.

CLYDE T. KIRKBRIDE. Beta Iota, 1111 Wil-
liamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

KENYON STEVENSON. Beta Eta, Lancaster. Pa.

GROVER H. CREECH, Gamma Iota, Twlla, Ky.

Jurisprudence

THE REGENT, ex officio.

THE GRAND COUNSELOR, ez officio.

HARRY L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu, New First Na-
tional Bank Building, Columbus, Ohio.

PERRY D. CALDWELL, Beta Iota-Delta Zeta.
488 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

ORVILLB M. BARNBTT, Rho. University of Mis-
souri, Columbia, Mo.

JOHN D. COFER, Upsilon. 212 Archway, Austin,
Texas.

Scholarship

ERRETT R. NEWBY, Delta Epsllon, 313 Mercan-
tile BuUding, Oklahoma City, Okla.

ALBERT H. YODER, Beta Eta, University of
North Dakota, University, N. D.

FRED W. BREMIBR. Delta Delta, Railroad Com-
mission, Bismarck, N. D.

HARLEY F. WILSON, Gamma Lambda. Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

FRANK AYDELOTTE, Beta Eta, 86 Hawthorne
Street, Cambridge, Mass.

GEORGE A. CHANDLER, Gamma Lambda, 151
Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison,

DALE A. HARTMAN, Delta Zeta, Sidney, Ohio.

Chapter House

LEROY E. KIMBALL, Gamma Gamma, 82 Wav-
erly Place, New York, N. Y.

BORDEN BURR, Theta-Lambda, Brown-Marx
Building, Birmingham, Ala.

WALTER S. McGILVRAY, Beta Chi, 920 Santa
Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.

JOHN B. MALLERS, Gamma Ma, 808 East John
Street, Champaign, 111.

ROY L. BOVARD, Delta Delta. 5599 Baum Boul-
evard, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ritual

RAWSON BENNETT, Nu, 5112 Genoa Street, Oak
land, Calif.

THOMAS M. OWEN, Jr., Theta, State Capitol,
Montgomery, Ala.

GRANT HARRINGTON, Nu, 914 Orville Avenue,
Kansas City, Kans.

Fraternity Songs

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta, SI North State
Street, Chicago, 111.

PETER B. F. BURNS. Gamma Chi, 612 State
Street, Madison, Wis.

FRANK H. THORNB, Gamma Ma, 505 Sunny-
side Ave., Chicago, 111.

Uniform Accounting System

THB VICE-REGENT.

MILO C. NBWTON, Delta Zeta, 771 Bast 95th
Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

CLIFFORD B. LBPAGB, Gamma Delta. Mount
Vernon, N. Y.

Endowment Fund

THE VICE-REGENT.

ARTHUR O. DILLENBECK, Gamma Psl, Mannas-
sett, Long Island. N. Y.

JOHN A. STEVENSON, Gamma Lambda, 120
Broadway, New York, N. Y.

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THE DELTA

Collegiate Chapters

With a List of their Chapter Commanders and Advisers

FIRST DIVISION
Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia

INSPECTOR, Clarence A. Short, Delta Kappa,
Newark, Del.

BETA— 1870), University of Virginia, Char-
lottesville, Va.
Commander, R. E. Round, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, A. H. Wilson, 441 Pelham Road, New
Rochelle, N. T.

LAMBDA— (1882), Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, Lexington, Va.

Commander, Sherman H. Ballard, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, J. T. McCrum, Peoples National Bank.

DELTA KAPPA— (1910), Delaware College,
Newark, Del.
Commander, Melvln F. Wood, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, .

DELTA PI— (1915), George Washington Univer-
sity, Washington, D. C.
Commander, Bernard F. Burdick, 1738 N St.,

N. W.
Adviser, Harold F. Enlows, 122 Willow Ave.,
Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

DELTA PHI— (1917), University of Maryland,

College Park, Md.
Commander, Austin C. Digga.
Adviser, Frank B. Bomberger, College Park

Md.

SECOND DIVISION
Georgia, Florida

INSPECTOR, Oscar Palmour, Kappa, 425 Grant
Building, Atlanta, Ga.

ETA— (1884), Mercer University, Macon, Ga.
Commander. Peter Z. Geer.
Adviser, John R. L. Smith.

KAPPA— (1881), North Georgia Agricultural
College, Dahlonega, Ga.
Commander, S. H. Christopher.
Adviser, Professor E. N. Nicholson.

MTJ — (1884), University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Commander, H. C. King, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Dr. Dan H. DuPree.

XI — (1884), Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, Ben K. Harned.
Adviser, Bond Almand, Healy Building.

GAMMA ALPHA— (1896), Georgia School of
Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, Robert B. Betts.
Adviser, W. L. Kemp, 10 Auburn Ave.

DELTA MU— (1918), Stetson University, DeLand,

Fla.
Commander, Francis P. Whitehall", Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Robert P. Walters.

EPSILON ZETA— (1920), University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla.
Commander, June R. Gunn, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Professor Robert W. Blacklock.

THIRD DIVISION

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee

INSPECTOR — Manly R. Joiner, Iota-Gamma
Kappa, Talladega, Ala.

THETA — (1874), University of Alabama, Uni-
versity. Ala.
Commander, Ernest L. Blue, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Judge Henry B. Foster.

IOTA— (1879), Howard College, East Lake, Ala.
Commander, F. O. Carlisle.
Adviser, William J. Waldrop, County Court
House, Birmingham, Ala.

SIGMA— (1886), Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tenn.

Commander, Battey B. Coker, Sigma Nu House.

Adviser. C. Madison Sarratt, Vanderbilt Uni-
versity.

BETA THETA— ( 1890) ,

Institute, Auburn, Ala.
Commander, Ulysses V.

House.
Adviser, Professor George C. Starcher.

Polytechnic
Whipple, Sigma No

FOURTH DIVISION

Indiana, Kentucky

INSPECTOR, James E. Moffat, Beta Eta, 415
South Fess Ave., Bloomington, Ind.

BETA BETA— (1890), DePauw University, Green
castle, Ind.
Commander, Royal E. Davis, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Alfred C. Evens.

BETA ZETA— (1891), Purdue University, La-
fayette. Ind.
Commander, C. G. Roberts, 268 Littleton St
Adviser, Professor Thomas A. Coleman.

BETA ETA— (1892), Indiana University, Bloom-
ington, Ind.

Commander, Fred S. Matthews, 822 East Kirk-
wood Street

Adviser, John W. French.

BETA UPSILON— (1895), Rose Polytechnic In-
stitute, Terre Haute, Ind.

ate, '.
Commander, Claude M. Gray.
dviser, - - -
N. Y.

Adviser, Frank Baxter. 20 Broad St, New York,

GAMMA IOTA— (1902), University of Kentucky.

Lexington, Ky.
Commander, Thomas J. Beam, 416 E. Maxwell

Street
Adviser, Guy A. Huguelet, 505 Trust Company

Building.

FIFTH DIVISION

Ohio, West Virginia, That Part of Pennsylvania
West of the 78th Meridian

INSPECTOR— Perry D. Caldwell. Beta Iota-Delta
Zeta, 438 Williamson Building, Cleveland,
Ohio.

EPSILON— (1888), Bethany College, Bethany. W.

Va.
Commander, Vinson H. Blxler.
Adviser, W. Edwin Wells, Jr., Bast Liverpool.

Ohio.

BETA IOTA— (1892), Mount Union College, Al-
liance, Ohio.
Commander, Mack McConkey, 1690 S. Union

Avenue.
Adviser, D. M. Armstrong, 422 E. Main Stmt

BETA NU— (1891), Ohio State University, Co-
lumbus, Ohio.
Commander, John L. Carrutbers, 22 16th St
Adviser, Trafford B. Tallmadge, Suite 827, Citi-
zens Bank BIdg.

GAMMA PI— (1904), West Virginia University.
Morgantown, W. Va.
Commander, H. C. Hutchinson, 270 Walnut St.
Adviser, J. French Robinson, Pennsylvania Geo
logical Survey, Harrlsburg, Pa.

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DELTA ALPHA— -(1907), Caw School of Applied

Science, Cleveland, Oblo.
Commander, Frederic D. Brooker, 2037 Adelbert

Rd.
AdvUer, Jamea A Moffett, 1307 B. 100th Street

DELTA ZETA — (1009), Western Reserve Uni-
versity. Cleveland, Ohio.

Commander, Roland W. Hipsley, 11447 Euclid
Are.

AdvUer, Howard K. Hunter, 11447 Euclid Ave.

DELTA SIGMA— (1016), Carnegie Institute of

Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Commander, R. B. Dake, 5540 Forbes St.
Adviser, Frank H. Haaren, 18 Garland St..

Edgewood, Pa.

SIXTH DIVISIOK

That Part of Pennsylvania Eaat of the 78th
Meridian

INSPECTOR. Roswell Phillips, Gamma Bpsilon.
123 W. Market St., Bcranton, Pa.

PI — (1885), Lehigh University, South Bethle-
hem, ra.
Commander, John S. Stanier, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, .

BETA RHO — (1804), University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Commander, Harold D. Cobley, 3312 Walnut St.
AdvUer, William L. Gruhler, 44 W. Upsal St.,
Gennantown, Pa.

GAMMA BPSILON— (1000), Lafayette College,
Baston, Pa.
Commander, Allen C. Grasler, 32 Cattell St.
Adviser, H. T. Spengler, 337 Shawnee Drive.

DELTA DELTA— -(1000), Pennsylvania State

College, State College, Pa.
Commander, Arthur B. Prlngle, Sigma Nu

House.
AdvUer, Professor Edward F. Grundhoeffer.

SEVENTH DIVISION

New York, New Jersey

INSPECTOR, Albert H. Wilson, Beta Iota, 441
Pelham Road, New Rochelle, N. T.

GAMMA DELTA— (1000), Stevens Institute of

Technology, Hoboken, N. J.
Commander, Christopher Strachan, 507 River

St.
AdvUer, Clifford B. LePage, Mount Vernon,

N. Y.

GAMMA THETA— (1901), Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y.

Commander, Paul H. Minton, 230 Wlllard Way.

AdvUer, David R. Mix sell, 611 Haselton Ter-
race, Rochester, N. Y.

GAMMA PSI — (1006), Syracuse University, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Commander, Thomas Muldowney, 212 Buclid

AdvUer, A. Fairfax Montague, 702 Keith Bldg.

DELTA GAMMA— (1008), Columbia University,
New York, N. Y.
Commander, James Carroll, 540 W. 113th St
AdvUer, Anthony J. Romagna, 81 Liberty St.

DELTA UPSILON— (1017), Colgate University,

Hamilton, N. Y.
Commander, Justin C. Morgan, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Lyndon H. Strough, Oneida High

School, Oneida, N. Y.

BIGHTH DIVISION

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Vermont

IN8PBCTOR, Raymond H. Segur, Delta Chi, 67
Farmington Ave., Hartford, Conn.

BETA SIGMA— (1808), University of Vermont,

Burlington, Vt
Commander, Leonard 8. Bartlett, Sigma Nu

House.
AdvUer, Professor W. E. Aiken,

DBLTA BETA— (1007), Dartmouth College, Han-
over, N. H.
Commander, R. S. Parks, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Professor Arthur H. Chivers.

DBLTA LAMBDA— (1012), Brown University,
Providence, R. I.
Commander, John W. Chapman, 104 Waterman

AdvUer, Arthur B. Kenyon, 134 Wesleyan Ave.

DBLTA NU— (1013), University of Maine, Orono,
Maine.
Commander. F. E. Baldwin, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Thomas B. Houghton, Fort Fairfield,
Maine.

DBLTA CHI— (1018), Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn.

Commander, Arthur N. Matthews, 74 Vernon St.

AdvUer, William P. Barber, c/o Connecticut Mu-
tual Life Insurance Co.

DBLTA PSI— (1018), Bowdoln College, Bruns-
wick, Maine.
Commander, Lee S. Gorham, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, C. C. Maguire, 18 Falrmount Terrace.

BPSILON GAMMA— (1020), Wesleyan University,
Mlddletown, Conn.
Commander, Charles M. Downs, Sigma Nu

House.
AdvUer, Edward C. Marsden, 701 Elm St., New
Haven, Conn.

NINTH DIVISION

Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin

INSPECTOR, John M. Roberts, Beta Gamma-Beta
Pi, 460 B. Ohio St, Chicago, 111.

GAMMA BETA— (1808), Northwestern Univer-
sity, Bvanston, 111.
Commander, Ray L. Kautz, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, C. J. Luther, Bvanston State Bank.

GAMMA GAMMA— (1805), Albion College, Albion,
Mich.
Commander, Murray J. Martin, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Robert Baldwin.

GAMMA LAMBDA— (1002), University of Wis-
consin, Madison, Wis.
Commander, Kenneth L. Ede, 625 N. Henry 8t
AdvUer, Professor H. F. Wilson. Entomology
Building, University of Wisconsin.

GAMMA MU— (1002), University of Illinois,
Champaign, 111.
Commander, Donald M. Baton, 303 B. John St.
AdvUer, .

GAMMA NU— (1002), University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Commander, John T. Flnley, 700 Oxford Rd.
AdvUer, .

GAMMA RHO— (1904), University of Chicago,
Chicago, 111.
Commander, Edgar Palmer, 5541 Woodlawn Ave.
AdvUer, George M. Cook, Public Relations Dept,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 111.

GAMMA TAU— (1004), University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Commander, John J. Kelly, 015 University Ave.
AdvUer, W. M. Babcock, 610 Temple Court

DBLTA THETA— (1801), Lombard College, Gales-
burg, 111.
Commander, J. Russell Anderson, 1443 B. Knox

Street
AdvUer, Webb A Herlocker, Carr Bldg.

TENTH DIVISION

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Iowa

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INSPECTOR, Wiliam L. Randall, Delta Eta, 43 T
Omaha National Bank Bldg., Omaha, Neb.

BETA MU — (1893), University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa.

Commander, Lawrence A. Block, 708 E. College
St

Adviser, J. M. Flake, Supt. of Grounds & Build-
ings.

GAMMA SIGMA— (1904), Iowa State College,
Ames, Iowa.
Commander, Ingram J. KleavelandV 2166 Lincoln

Way.
Adviser, .

DELTA ETA— (1909), University of Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb.
Commander, Fay Pollock, 1616 F 8t.
Adviser, Ernest Kenny, care Hardy Furniture
Co.

ELEVENTH DIVISION
Missouri, Arkansas

INSPECTOR, Orvllle M. Barnett Rho, Columbia,
Mo.

RHO— (1886), University of Missouri, Columbia.

Mo.
Commander, Robert E. Shook, 620 College Ave.
Adviser, Frederick W. Nledennyer, Sr.f 1101

University Ave.

BETA XI— (1894), William Jewell College, lib-
erty, Mo.
Commander, Herbert Eby, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, E. H. Norton, Citizens State Bank.

GAMMA XI— (1903), Missouri School of Mine?,

Rolls, Mo.
Commander, Homer A. Hollingshead.
Adviser, Dr. J. W. Barley, Missouri School of

Mines.

GAMMA OMICRON— (1903), Washington Uni-
versity, St. Louis, Mo.
Commander, Horace W. Pote.
Adviser, Dr. John R. Vaughn, 6729 Delmore Ave.

GAMMA UPSILON— (1904), University of Arkan-
sas, Fayetteville, Ark.
Commander, Oren C. Yoes.
Adviser,

EPSILON BETA— (1919), Drury College, Spring-
field, Mo.

Commander, James H. Washburn, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, Arthur W. Allen, Woodruff Bldg.

TWELFTH DIVISION

Kansas, Oklahoma

INSPECTOR, Grant W. Harrington, Nu, 914 Or-
vllle Ave., Kansas City, Kans.

NU — (1884), University of Kansas, Lawrence,

Kan.
Commander, Harold M. Roberts, 1246 Oread St.
Adviser, Professor E. F. Engle, University of

Kansas.

BETA KAPPA— (1913), Kansas State A gricul tu-
tu rnl College, Manhattan, Kans.
Commander, Ilartzell Burton, 1031 Leavenworth

Street.
Adviser, Malcolm Sewell.

DELTA EPSILON— (1909), University of Okla-
homa, Norman, Okla.
Commander, Lei and H. Hartford, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Isaac D. Taylor, 509 Baum Building,
Oklahoma City, Okla.

EPSILON EPSILON— (1920), Oklahoma Agricul-
tural College, Stillwater, Okla.

Commander, Thomas E. Molacek, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, .

THIRTEENTH DIVISION

Louisiana, Texas

INSPECTOR— John D. Cofer, Upsilon, 212 Arch-
way, Austin, Texas.

UPSILON— (1886), University of Texas, Austin,
Texas.
Commander, Maxwell T. Hill, 214 Archway.
Adviser, George E. Shelley, 726 Littlefield Bldg.

PHI — (1887), Louisiana State University. Baton
Rouge, La.
Commander, Richard L. Benoit, 608 Third St.
Adviser, Frank B. Jones, Fuqua Hardware Co.

BETA PHI— (1888), Tulane University, New Or
leans. La.

Commander, Edmond E. Talbot.

Adviser. Charles E. Dunbar, care Fenner, How-
ard, Spencer & Walker.

FOURTEENTH DIVISION

Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

INSPECTOR, Orlo S. More, Gamma Kappa, Gas
and Electric Bldg., Denver, Colo.

GAMMA ETA— (1901). Colorado School of Mines,

Golden, Colo.
Commander, George D. Thomas, Sigma Na

House*.
Adviser, Oscar A. Fisher, 816 St. Paul St., Den

ver, Colo.

GAMMA KAPPA— (1902), University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colo.
Commander, Clarence W. Robinson, Sigma No

House.
Adviser, Earl J. Dickinson, 727 E. Colfax St..
Denver, Colo.

DELTA RHO— (1915), Colorado Agricultural Col-
lege, Fort Collins, Colo.
Commander, John R. Fltsslmmons, 405 Reming-
ton St.
Adviser, H. N. Wheeler. I*. S. Forest Service.
Denver, Colo.

EPSILON DELTA— (1920), University of Wyom
ing, Laramie, Wyo.
Commander, Glen S. Burton.
Adviser, Herbert E. Hart.

FIFTEENTH DIVISION

Idaho, Montana, and That Part of Washington
and Oregon East of the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, J. Houston McCroskey, Delta Iota,
Garfield, Wash.

GAMMA PHI— (1905), University of Montans,
Missoula, Mont.
Commander, Brice Toole. 102 Daley Ave.
Adviser, John J. Lucy, 414 Eddy Ave.

DELTA IOTA— (1910), State College of Wash-
ington, Pullman, Wash.
Commander, George S. Toser, 510 Montgomery

St.
Adviser, F. E. Sanger.

DELTA OMICRON— (1915), University of Idaho.
Moscow, Idaho.
Commander, Arthur G. Wood, 1030 Blake Ave.
Adviser, F. E. Sanger, Pullman, Wash.

SIXTEENTH DIVISION

That Part of Washington and Oregon West of

the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, Charles E. Arney, Gamma Chit M5
Boren Ave., Seattle, Wash.

GAMMA ZETA— (1900), University of Oregon.
Eugene, Oreg. _

Commander, John Matheson, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Luke Goodrich, First National Bank.

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GAMMA CHI— (1896), University of Washington,
Seattle, Wash.
Commander, William Foran, 1616 B. 47th St., N.
Adviser, 8. H. Hedges, 811 Central Bldg.

DELTA TAU— (1917), Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, Corvallis, Oreg.
Commansler, Alan C. Brandes, 119 N. 9th St.
Adviser, Sigurd H. Peterson.

SBVBNTBBNTH DIVISION

California, Nevada, Arizona

INSPECTOR, Otto K. Gran, Beta Chi, 1408 Chron-
icle Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

BETA CHI— (1891), Leland Stanford University,

Stanford, Calif.
Commander, Robert F. Pelouse, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser. Donald Seymour, Apt. 100, 2701 Lar-

kln St., San Francisco, Calif.

BETA PSI — (1892), University of California,

Berkeley, Calif.
Commander, Robert I* Harter, 2610 Durant Ave.
Adviser, George M. Lindsay, 25 16- A Hllgard St.,

Berkeley, Calif.

DELTA XI— (1914), University of Nevada, Reno.
Nev.
Commander, Hugo W. Quilici, Lincoln Hall.
Adviser, C. S. Knight, 624 Lake St.

EPSILON ALPHA— (1918), University of Ari-
zona, Tucson, Ariz.
Commander, Walter D. Poach, 745 N. Stone Ave.
Adviser, Franklin C. Paschal, University of Ari-
- zona.

EIGHTEENTH DIVISION

North Carolina, South Carolina

INSPECTOR, Rayford K. Adams, PsL Dlx Hill,
Raleigh, N. C.

DELTA— (1886), University of South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C.
Commander, J. Farra Van Meter, 1351 Bland ing

Adviser, .

Please address all mail either to the Com-
mander's residence, or to 1519 Senate Ave. Do
not send anything care of the University.

PSI— (1888), University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Commander, Paul B. Edmundson.
Adviser, Walter Murphy, Salisbury, N. C.

BETA TAU— (1895), North Carolina State College
of Agriculture and Engineering, West Ral-
eigh, V c
Commander, F. S. Childs.
Adviser, .

Alumni Chapters and Secretaries

ALABAMA—

Annlston — Secretary, Samuel P. Ingram, 1405
Leighton Ave.

Birmingham — Secretary, Jack Hornady, 3420 N.
12th St.

Montgomery — Secretary, John Paul Jones, 16ft
Court Square.

ARIZONA—

Tucson — Secretary, J. F. McKale, University of
Arizona.

ARKANSAS—

Little Rock— Secretary, Alfred H. Craig, 110
Schiller Ave.

CALIFORNIA—
Los Angeles — Secretary, Vernon M. Brydolf, Jr.,
215 Kendall Building, Pasadena, Calif.
Luncheon, every Thursday noon. Fifth St.,
Chocolate Shop.

San Francisco— Secretary, Leroy Hitchcock, 505
Market St.
Luncheon, every Friday, 12 :15 p. m.f The
Commercial Club, 13th Floor Merchants
Exchange Building.

COLORADO —
Denver — Secretary, George H. Swerer, 408 Gas-
Electric Bldg.
Meeting, every Tuesday noon, Tea Room,
Denver Dry Goods Co.

CONNECTICUT—
Hartford — Secretary, John M. Washburn, 211
Laurel St.
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12:30 p. m.
Dinner, second Wednesday each month, 6:00
p. m., University Club.

New Haven — Secretary, J a men T. McQueeney,
557 Winthrbp Ave.
Meeting, third Friday of each month, 6:30
p. m., Hotel Bishop.

DELAWARE—

Wilmington — Secretary, William M. Schlittler,
1524 W. 7th St.
Meeting, second Thursday each month, 7 :30
p. m., Hotel DuPont.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—

Washington — Secretary, Harold F. Enlows, 122
Willow Ave.. Takoma Park.
Monthly luncheon, first Thursday in each
month at Cushman's, 12:30 p. m.

FLORIDA—

Jacksonville — Secretary, Fred H. Sides, 1855
Forbes St.

Miami — Secretary, L. Earl Curry, P. O. Box 623.

Tampa — Secretary, Karl E. Whitaker, Box 961.
Meeting, first Tuesday in each month.

GEORGIA—

Atlanta — Secretary, R. L. Reynolds, 908-10 Em-
pire Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturdays, 12 :30, Hotel Ansley
Rathskeller, corner North Forsyth and
James St

Augusta — Secretary, H. G. Hatch, 2409 Walton
Way.

Savannah — Secretary, Charles D. Ellis, Southern
Cotton OH Co., Savannah, Ga.

ILLINOIS—

Chicago — Secretary, Charles F. Meyer, c/o
Northern Trust Co., La Salle and Monroe
Sts.
Luncheon, every Wednesday, 12 to 1 :30 p. m.,
sixth floor Marshall Field Bldg., for men,
Washington St. and Wabash Ave.

INDIANA—

Fort Wayne — Secretary, Harry E. Schlatter.
202-206 B. Columbia St.

Indianapolis — Secretary, William A. Pitkin,

Legislative Reference Bureau, State House.

Luncheon, every. Wednesday noon, 12 :15 p.

m., 8th floor. Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

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IOWA—
Des Moines — Secretary. J. H. Kraft. 1037 Sev-
enth St
Luncheon, every Wednesday noon, Younker*s
Tea Room.

Waterloo— Secretary, Pressey H. Frank, 727 W.
Park Ave.

KANSAS—

Topeka — Secretary, Floyd L. Loveless, 510 New

England Bldg.
Luncheon, second Saturday each month, noon,

Pelletler's Tea Room.
Meeting, last Friday evening each month,

6:30, fllks' Club.

KENTUCKY—

Lexington — Secretary, Guy A. Huguelet, Se-
curity Trust Company Building.

LOUISIANA—
New Orleans — Secretary, Charles E. Dunbar,
Jr., Union St

Shreveport — Secretary, B. B. Talbot, Ruston, La.

MAINE—

Portland — Secretary, Paul D. Oreely, Deerfleld
Road.
Meeting, first Thursday each month, 7 p. m.t
Congress Square Hotel.

MARYLAND—
Baltimore — Secretary, John F. Bledsoe, Superin-
tendent Maryland State School for the
Blind, Overlea, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS—

Boston — Secretary, R. O. Higglns, 24 Prescott
St., Suite No. 1, Cambridge, Mass.
Luncheon, every Friday, Filene'e Restaurant,
12:30 p. m.

MICHIGAN—
Detroit — Secretary, J. Richard Newman, 720
Penobscot Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturday, 1 p. m., Board of Com-
merce.

MINNESOTA—
Minneapolis — Secretary, C. K. Michener, Min-
neapolis Athletic Club.
Luncheon, Tuesday, 12 :30 p. m., Dayton's Tea
Rooms.

MISSOURI—

Kansas City — Secretary, Russell L. Jolley, 111
Railway Exchange Bldg.
Luncheon, every Saturday, 12:30 to 2 p. m.,
University Club.

St. Louis — Secretary, .

Luncheon, Wednesday, 12 :30 p. m., Planters
Hotel.

Springfield — Secretary, Hugh Rice, Independ-
ent Tire Co., 725 E. Madison St.
Meeting, first Saturday of each month. Lun-
cheon at Chamber of Commerce.

NEBRASKA—

Omaha — Secretary, J. Harold Gilson, 2518 Far-
nam St.
Meeting, every Saturday noon. Loyal Hotel.

Schenectady — Secretary, L. L. Hopkins, 2 Van
Velsen St.

Syracuse — Secretary, Ralph R. Herrold, Room
42U, Y. M. C. A.

NEW YORK—

Buffalo— Secreta
rine Bank B!

Allison F. Eberle, 727 Ma-

OHIO—

Akron — Secretary, D. M. Brown, 69 Franklin 8t
Meeting, first Monday evening of each month,
at Akron City Club.

Cincinnati— Secretary, S. Clark Riker, 1916
Bigelow St.
Dinner, last Thursday each month, Palace
Hotel.

Cleveland — Secretary, Miles B. Evans, 701 Ul-
mer Bldg.
Visiting Slgs, please stop in at 701 Ulmer
Bldg., or calf Main 7020.

Columbus — Secretary, G. L. Mooney, 743 Deni-
son Ave.
Meeting, every two weeks, Saturday noon.
Athletic Club.

OKLAHOMA—

Muskogee — Secretary, H. L. Armstrong, Flinn-
Ames Bldg.

Oklahoma City — Secretary, Paul G. Darrough,
303 State National Bank Building.
Luncheon, first and third Saturday of every
month, 12 :15 p. m. ; luncheon room. Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Meeting, first Saturday of each month, Cham-
ber of Commerce.

Okmulgee — Secretary, George A. Scheutsow, c/o
Scheutsow & Keith.
Meeting, first and third Thursdays of each
month, Parkinson Hotel.

OREGON—

Portland — Secretary, George T. Cotton, 310
Chamber of Commerce.
Luncheon, Wednesday noon, Imperial Hotel.

PENNSYLVANIA—

Eastern — Secretary, H. J. Lockwood, 024 Par-
sons St

Philadelphia — Secretary, Wm. L. Grnhler, 44

Upsal St
Luncheon, every Saturday, 1 p. m., English

Room, Adelphi Hotel.
Dinner and meeting, first Tuesday each month

6 :00 p. m., 3312 Walnut St.

Pittsburgh — Secretary, Henry 8. 8tockdale, 816
Oliver Building.
Dinner, second Tuesday each month, 6:30

p. m.. Fort Pitt Hotel.
(Bloi "

New York — Secretary, A. H. Dean, 142 E. 150th
St.
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12 to 2 p. m., pri-
vate dining room Machinery Club, top floor
Hudson Terminal Bldg., 50 Church St.

(Monthly meetings and dinners omitted during
lng June, July and August)

Informal dinner every day, 12:15, at Kauf-
man ft Baer's dining room.

RHODE ISLAND—

Providence — Secretary, Walter H. Robinson, 107
Westminster St
Meeting, last Monday each month, 8 p. m„
104 Waterman St.

TENNESSEE—

Memphis — Secretary, Thomas H. Ingram, Ex-
change Building.
Luncheon, last Tuesday of each month, Cham-
ber of Commerce,

TEXAS—

Dallas — Secretary, J. U. Blggers, 5122 Bryan
St.
Meetings, every Saturday, 1 :15 p. m., at the
University Club Rooms, Oriental Hotel
Building.

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San Antonio— Secretary. Louie A. Hlllje, 724 No-
lan St.
Luncheon, second and fourth Wednesdays
each month, 12:00 noon to 2:00 p. m.9
Room 112, Gunter Hotel.

UTAH—

Salt Lake City— Secretary, J. H. Bagley, 1528
Michigan Aye.
Dinner, third Friday every month, 7 p. m.,
University dub, excepting October, Janu-
ary and April, when the meeting is held at
the Weber Club, at Ogden.

VIRGINIA—

Richmond — Secretary. J. C. Blaslngame, 703
Mutual Bldg.

WASHINGTON—

Lewis County — Secretary, .

Seattle — Secretary, C. B. Arney, 619 Boren Ave.

Spokane — Secretary, Frederick W. Salt, Federal
Land Bank.
Luncheon, every Tuesday noon. University
Club.

WISCONSIN—

Madison — Secrets ryf George A. Chandler, 151
Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin.
Luncheon, first and third Mondays, 12:15
p. m.t University Club.

Milwaukee — Secretary, George Blakeney, 570
Bradford Ave.

Professional and Business Directory

The) card of any member of the Fraternity will be entered herein for $1.00 per annum.

LAW DIRECTORY

SIDNEY THORNS ABLE, Gamma Omlcron,
803-805 Pierce Building
Fourth and Pine Streets
St. Louis, Ho.

•06

ROBERT J. BANNISTER, Beta Mu, 50

STIPP, PERRY, BANNISTER ft STARZINGER

1018-1020 Equitable Building

Des Moines, Iowa

GEORGE J. BREAKER

Beta Xi-Gamma Omlcron

1748-52 Pierce Building

St Louis, Mo.

BORDEN H. BURR, Theta-Lambda

PERCY, BANNERS ft BURR

Brown-Marx Building

Birmingham, Ala.

EDWARD G. HOFFMAN, Gamma Nu 28

BARRETT, MORRIS ft HOFFMAN

Shoaff Building, Fort Wayne, Ind.

H. L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu

INDUSTRIAL LAWYER

Associated with

DOUD, CRAWFIS, BRADFORD ft DONBS

Columbus, Ohio

C. T. KIRKBRIDB, Beta Iota

1111 Williamson Building

Cleveland

WILLIAM M. MATTHEWS, Beta Nu, '08

MATTHEWS ft MATTHEWS

Callahan Bank Building, Dayton, Ohio

A. FAIRFAX MONTAGUE, Gamma Pel

HENRY B. DODD. Gamma Psi

MONTAGUE ft DODD

702-703 Keith Building

Syracuse, N. Y.

JAMES W. NOEL, Beta Zeta

010 Lemcke Building

Indianapolis, Ind.

• JOHN S. PARKER, Theta

FRANKLIN A. WAGNER, Gamma Nu

PARKER. DAVIS ft WAGNER

646-849 Mutual Life Building

34 Nassau Street, New York City

PERRY S. PATTERSON. Gamma Rho 29

McCORMICK, KIRKLAND, PATTERSON

ft FLEMING

Tribune Building, Chicago

WILLIAM L. RANDALL, Delta Eta, '13

PALMER ft RANDALL

437 Omaha National Bank Building

Omaha, Neb.

J. HOWARD RBBBR, Pi

Mutual Life Building, 1001 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia, Pa.

ANTHONY J. ROMAGNA, Delta Gamma

31 Liberty Street. New York City

Tel. Noe. John 2266; John 2267; John 1774

SHERMAN W. SALTMARSH, Delta Beta

706 Kimball Building, 18 Tremont St

Boston, Mass.

GEORGE E. SHELLEY, Upsilon

FISBT, McCLBNDON ft SHELLEY

726-730 Littlefleld Building

Austin, Texas

KIRK SMITH, Beta Iota-Delta Lambda

EDWARDS ft ANGELL

15 Westminster St.

Providence, Rhode Island

SOLON W. SMITH, Nu, '03

TWYFORD ft SMITH

American National Bank Building

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

HUBERT W. SWENDER, Gamma Omlcron

ALLEN, ALLEN ft SWENDER

Attorneys-at-Law

Suite 620, Ferguson Building, Los Angeles, Cal

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PHYSICIANS9 DIRECTORY

DR. J. FRANKLIN LITTLE, JR.. Delta Pi

CHIROPRACTOR AND SPINAL

THERAPEUTIST

2417 18th St., N. W.f Washington, D. C.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

HILL FERGUSON, Theta

Vice-President

JEMISON REAL ESTATE ft INSURANCE CO.

Real Estate, Sales, Loans; Appraisals

Birmingham, Alabama

W. P. GETTMAN, Delta Sigma

CENTER AVENUE GARAGE CO., INC.

5424-28 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

J. B. NEWCOMB, Beta Nu

CRESCENT PAPER CO.

Indianapolis, Ind.

ERNEST L. OLP, Gamma Beta

Manager FISK TEACHER8' AGENCY

Suite 814-823 Steger Building

28 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111.

JOHN E. ROSSER, Xi-Siwna
Southwestern Manager WORLD BOOK COMPANY
313 S. Preston St., Dallas, Texas, :

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta

Life Insurance

Astor House Building, 217 Broadway

New York, N. Y.

HARRY T. WATSON, Gamma Chi

Assistant District Manager GEO. H. MORRILL

CO., of California

432 Wall Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

H. G. HATCH, Mu
ENGINEER
Surveys, Reports, Estimates, Construction Super-
vision, Highways. Sewers, Concrete Struc-
tures, Industrial Efficiency
Box 704, Atlanta, Ga. 9

II. H. H. LYNCH, Gamma Omlcron

J. HAL LYNCH ft SON

Architects

Dolph Building, St. Louis, Mo.

GLENN E. MILLER, Gamma Lambda

G. E. MILLER ft COMPANY

Government, Municipal, Corporation Bonds

Northwestern Bank Bldg., Portland, Oregon

FRATERNITY JEWELRY

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta

Vice-President

J. F. NEWMAN, Inc., Fraternity Jeweler

31 North State Street, Chicago

ANDREW SALLADE, Beta Eta

Representing

J. F. NEWMAN, Inc., Fraternity Jeweler

Railway Exchange Bldg., Kansas. City, Mo.

H. HARPER MOULTON, Rho

Life Insurance

1905-08 Harris Trust Building

Chicago, 111.

WILLIAM P. YATES, Beta Rho

Representing

L. G. BALFOUR CO.

Attleboro, Mass.

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Volume XXXVIH

MAY, 1921

NUMBER FOUR

Published by

Sigma Nil Fraternity

A National Society of College Men

Devoted to Fraternity and College Interests, Published
on the first days of October, December, March and May

HARRY A. RIDER. Editor

s*e s*e General Offices ate ae

Lemcke Building, Indianapolis, Ind.

Entered as
for

I class matter Feb. 5. 1916. at the postoffice. Indianapolis. Ind.. under Act of Mar. 3. 1679
special rate of postage provided for in Section- 1 103. Act of Oct. 3. 1917. authorised July 30. 19K

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Twentieth Grand Chapter

Sigma Nu

PHILADELPHIA
Hotel Adelphia

December 29, 30 and 31, 1921
KNIGHTS! ANSWER THE ROLL CALL

Advertising

Specimens of which may be seen

in current campaigns as follows:
Yale Locks and Hardware Hare's Motors

Paramount Motion Pictures Locomobile

Beacon Shoes Mercer Motor Cars

The Ediphone Kelly-Springfield Motor Trucks

Pathe Phonographs The Texas Co., Texaco"

Sweet Caporal Cigarettes and a dozen others

HANFF-METZGER, Inc.

Advrtiiini Agents
95 Madison Avenue New York City

A. O. D1LLENBECK. Secretary. Gamma Psi. '08

THE DELTA

Fifty Cents the Copy Two Dollars the Year

Make all checks payable to Sigma Nu Fraternity.

Send all subscriptions and remittances to the General Offices, Sigma Nu Fraternity,
Lcmcke Building, Indianapolis.

Alumni not members of Alumni Chapters, should send their subscriptions and remit-
tances to the Sigma Nu Fraternity, Lemcke Building, Indianapolis.

Advertising rates furnished upon request, by the General Secretary.

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Contents

The Editor's Perspective 484

The Star op Sigma Nu, by Greenfield Quarles 485

Hopes Realized, by Walter Edward Myers 487

Ernest Lee Williams, by John C. Scott t 488

Our New Grand Counselor, by Borden Burr 493

"Passing It Along", by Edwin W. Dunlavy 494

I>unlavy Becomes President op Ilipf College, by Walter Edward Myers 496

Dad Hits the Trail, by Carr Payne 497

Our New Inspectors 498

The Question op Expansion — A Change op Attitude, by Walter J. Matherly 501

The Permanent Endowment Fund, by A. Miller Belfield 503

A Confession op Faith, by Ernest Lee Williams 504

Upsilon's New Chapter House, by John D. Cofer 505

Beta Psi's Chapter House, by George E. Weeks and E. Geoffrey Bangs 506

Gamma Mu's New Home, by the Reporter 508

Gamma Pi's New Home, by Lloyd C. Eneix 512

Delta Alpha at Home, by Don Brooker 515

Delta Delta Lodge, by Roy L. Bovard 517

Delta Sigma Buys a House, by William H. King 523

The Silent Partner, by George A. Smith - 526

An Outdoorsman's Prayer, by Harold Einar Magnuson 527

Frank Aydelotte 528

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletins 529, 536, 540, 612, 620

Wilbert B. Smith 530

The Prb-Legal Student, by Francis V. Keesling 533

In Flight From the Crimea, by George H. Smith....: 537

The Death Ship op Constantinople, by Howard L. Bridges 539

The Kern River Farmer 541

Slacker or Backer, by Robert Bolwell 543

Twentieth Grand Chapter: Regent's Call 544

Secretary's Table 545

View and Review. J546

Commencement Poem, by James Sumner Draper -.554

A Friendly Challenge to Sigma Nu 555

Chapter Letters J556

Conventions and Rallies , 613

The Alumni 621

Philadelphia Welcomes the Twentieth Grand Chapter 628

Alumni Chapter Letters 629

Alumni Notes 643

Greek News 659

Chapter Bookshelf 661

Pickwick Club 663

Marriages 668

Deaths 670

An Unexpected Rise, by Rawson Bennett 674

Fraternity Directory 675

Third Song Contest Awards ....683

Illustrations

"Dad", Ernest Lee Williams 486

Oscar Palmour 494

Harry A. Rider 495

Edwin W. Dunlavy 496

Clarence A. Short 498

James E. Moffat 499

Orville M. Barnett 500

Upsilon Chapter House 505

Beta Psi Chapter House 507

Gamma Mu Chapter House 509

Gamma Pi Chapter House 513

Delta Alpha Chapter House 515

Delta Delta Chapter House 516

Delta Sigma Chapter House 523

Frank Aydelotte 523

Wilbebt B. Smith 530

George H. Smith _ 536

Donaid C Krull 641

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The Editor's Perspective

Every Delta should have a "leading" article
like all well-ordered magazines. This number
has three — which would make it top-heavy, if it
were not for their timeliness and absorbing in-
terest to all Sigma Nus.

In "Hopes Realized" the new step in the Fra-
ternity's constructive program is outlined, fol-
lowed by sketches of the new officers. Brother
John C. Scott has given us another of his "close-
up" pictures in a personal interview with our
new General Secretary. Departing from the
rigidity of the customary gratulation or the fri-
gidity of the biography, he has portrayed, with
his skilled touch of intimacy, the outstanding
characteristics and thoughts of Brother Williams.
You will catch in it the Spirit of the Fraternity,
and your acquaintance with "Dad" (if you have
never seen his familiar figure at Grand Chapters)
will begin here and now. Fortunately, an ac-
count of "Dad's*9 first official visit came just in
time to paint in living colors Brother Scott's

Erophetic black-and-white outlines. Past Revert
turr throws the lime-light softly upon the new
Grand Counselor, who hitherto has been all too
content to rest in the shadows except when there
was a load to lift or a Brother's burden to share.

In paramount importance is the Permanent
Endowment Fund. Past Vice-Regent Belfield has
illustrated with pertinent facts the Fraternity's
need which so many Life Contributors have al-
ready recognized. Brother Bolwell expresses the
attitude of our Knights-in-uniform toward Sigma
Nu'g campaign — there is no exemption in this
draft when you may write your own ticket.

We are particularly glad to see seven Chapter
Houses. The contributors whose names appear
below each title, are all of them the Editor's
friends for life, for their promptness in sending
in their material — on short notice, too. We
would also call attention to the Sigma Nu archi-
tects who designed several of the Chapter Houses
—you'll find them in a prominent niche in each
article. Although Beta Psi and Delta Delta have
yet to build, we believe their plans, in word and
drawing, will materially assist other Chapters,
and so offer no excuse for this advance publi-
cation.

The last speech of Founder Quarles — The Star
of Sigma Nu — appears in this Delta, through the
courtesy of Past inspector Hal H. H. Lynch.

A year ago Vice-Regent Smith held the interest
of Indianapolis Alumni by a statistical picture-
talk on Fraternity. "The Silent Partner" may
always be observed when you put the man under
analysis.

Two Brothers have just returned from Russia
—Captain George H. Smith, BI, and Howard. L.
Bridges, a — where they served in the American
Red Cross service with General Wrangel's army.
To Brothers Miles E. Evans, A Z, Clyde T. Kirk-
bride, B I, Inspector Perry D. Caldwell, of
Cleveland, and Inspector William L. Kemp, of
Atlanta, we are indebted for brief accounts of
their experiences.

Another Brother in distinguished foreign
service is Wilbert Smith, BP, recently appointed

national Y. M. C. A. secretary for Egypt. Our
thanks are due to Brother LeRoy E. Kimball,
r r, and Norman H. Angell, A I\ for clippings,
and to the International Y. M. C. A. committee
for his latest photograph.

On March 8th the newspapers carried the
story of Frank Aydelotte's election as president
of Swarthmore College. Our faithful corres-
pondents were right "on the job" and clippings
and other data poured in from Past Regent A.
H. Wilson, Vice-Re?ent George A. Smith, Nor-
man H. Angell, AT, L L Hopkins, A A, Frank
R. Hean, B P, C. R. Mason, A A, J. Sumner Dra-
per, AY, and R. S. Radcliffe, TE.

For five years it has been the custom — and a
good one, too — to introduce Our New Inspectors
to the Fraternity-at-large through a brief sketch
in The Delta. We have three before us— Short,
Moffat, and Barnett. Let's hope this department
grows lean from want of material. Long terms
make for better service.

Law students and students preparing to take
law will be interested in The Pre- Legal Student.
To others it will give an insight into the legal
profession. Past Regent Keesling is a well-
known attorney on the Pacific Coast, and it is
unnecessary to recite here his past in State and
national politics. He is best known to us for his
work for Sigma Nu.

We are glad to hear of Brother Ray Finger,
X, again. Our readers will remember him as the
popular Y. M. C. A. secretary at Fort DesMoine*
during the war. Brother Finger has originated
a new profession — promotion manager of educa-
tional institutions.

Announcement of the winners in the Third
Song Contest arrived too late to get into the
"make-up" of our Kruller, the authorship of The
Girl Who Wears the Five-Armed Star.

Delta Omicron has a novel and effective way
of correcting the faults of her Freshmen. You
must not fail to read Reporter Gipson Stalker's
Chapter letter. Though it is not strictly in the
manner of Chapter letters, it is filled with inter-
esting digressions on Delta Omicron's customs
which reflect the Chapter better than a recital of
honors and achievements.

We have often marveled at Brother "Bert**
Wilson's capacity for information and corre-
spondence. He is a source of authority on Greek
affairs among the officers of all fraternities, and
his knowledge of his Fraternity is bounded only
by the oceans and the lakes. You will note else-
where Brother Carr Payne's cryptic comment,
"for other news refer to 'Bert' Wilson, for he has
the knack of finding out news that even the men
on the job haven't run across." "Bert" says he
keeps up his letter-writing by arising 'way before
breakfast — his early mornings are sacred to
Sigma Nu.

In addition to the other appreciations of
Brother Dunlavy in this number, we would make
special mention of the informal tribute paid to
him by Brother Thomas H. Ingram in his Mem-
phis Alumni Chapter letter.

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The Star of Sigma Nu

By Founder Greenfield Quarles

Address delivered after the banquet in connection with the Eleventh and Twelfth
Division Convention, at Little Rock, Arkansas, May 7, 1920

BROTHERS of Sigma Nu: I do not
know how to return the thanks for
the many honors that are thrust upon
me by the Fraternity. I have been asked
to. say a few words on the subject, 'The
Star of Sigma Nu."

Stars have been used as emblems by the
human race since the earliest times. They
affected man in a great many ways, years
ago, and even to this date astrologers say
that they can tell the future by gazing at
the stars. Be that as it may, at an early
date the constellations were divided by men
learned in astronomy. Long years ago
when astronomy was in its infancy, the
stars affected the lovers as they walked in
the dim light, just as they do today when
you are telling the sweet girl the old, old
story. If you have ever doubted that there
was a God that ruled the universe, and then
you have gone into the depth of the uni-
verse, and fathomed the stars; when you
have done that you have known that there
is a God who placed the stars, ruled them
and made the path of each one as it goes
across the heavens. It is something to
think about when we consider the subject
in that way.

Stars are so emblematic of Sigma Nu.
It is said of the American Eagle that he
stretches one wing across the Atlantic, the
other across the Pacific, fans with his
breast the waters of the Gulf of Mexico,
and with his tail the icy waters of the
lakes of the North. Sigma Nu reaches not
only over the United States, but during
the World War reached over Europe.

In the guiding principles of Sigma Nu
we have an emblem in the North Star.
University men know the technical names
of the stars, particularly the one I just

mentioned, but common people know it as
the North Star. This star shines all over
the world. So do the principles of Sigma
Nu shine wherever there is civilization.
We use it as the mariner drifting in the
ocean, driven by storm and wandering in
pathless waters, when he is lost he looks
for the star of the North and sets his* in-
struments by it. The two guiding stars of
the Dipper which point to the North Star
are used as guides and you can always find
yourself and get your location by using
these pointers. Brotherly love is the North
Star; honesty and truth are the two point-
ers. Whenever you are lost, look to
Brotherly Love; that is the star that guides
us all wherever we are and whatever we
are doing. If you fail to realize what
Brotherly Love is, turn to truth and hon-
esty and they will point you to the guiding
star, the Star of Brotherly Love. "»

Brotherly Love guides us in so many
ways; if we are true to each other we can
never go wrong and when we turn to truth
and honor they will point us to the guid-
ing Star of Sigma Nu, which is Brotherly
Love. When a Brother sees Brothers here
from all parts of this great nation and
when I think of their going out into the
night and looking upon the stars; then,
though we may be separated many miles,
yet I know when we look upon the same
object, we are Brothers close together.
When you wander away far from each
other with no hand to guide you, turn and
use as an emblem the North Star which
guides sailors lost on the wastes of the
sea; turn and look at the emblem of
Brotherly Love, Truth and Honesty, and
you will never stray from the straight and
upright course.

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Our New General Secretary

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Volume XXXVIII

MAY, 1921

Number 4

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Hopes Realized

Another Step in Our Constructive Program
By Regent Walter Edward Myers

ABOUT a decade ago someone ven-
tured that Sigma Nu Fraternity,
through its rapid expansion was be-
coming a real National College Fraternity.

The business of the Fraternity at that
time was conducted in the offices of the
Grand Treasurer and Grand Recorder, and
there seemed to be a duplication of ex-
penses and activities.

As far back as 1907 and 1909, the mat-
ter of the centralization of the business of
the Fraternity was brought before Grand
Chapter meetings, but no agreement could
be obtained, and no one seemed to be able
to present a definite business plan that was
accepted, or could be adopted.

The centralization of the business of the
Fraternity was the dream and hope of a
number of our prominent Alumni, who
had been active in the Fraternity for a
number of years.

It was not until the Grand Chapter meet-
ing in Denver in 1915, that a definite busi-
ness organization plan was prepared and
adopted by the Fraternity. This re-organi-
zation of die business affairs of the Frater-
nity is well known to the Alumni and
active men. Central offices were estab-
lished at Indianapolis, from which place
all of the routine business of the Frater-
nity radiates.

Under this re-organization plan a Gen-
eral Secretary was employed on only part
time, but an Assistant General Secretary
was employed on full time to carry on the
business of the Fraternity at this General
Office.

All records, files, and papers whatsoever
belonging to the Fraternity, which had
been in the offices of the Grand Recorder
and Grand Treasurer, were assembled, and

are now kept at the General Offices in Indi-
anapolis.

It was the dream and hope in this new
re-organization plan, that we could at some
future time employ the services of a Gen-
eral Secretary and an Assistant General
Secretary, who would spend all their time
at the General Offices, leading the policies
and conducting the affairs of the Frater-
nity.

Sigma Nu has become a great National
College Fraternity, now represented in
eighty-five universities and colleges, scat-
tered from Coast to Coast, and from the
Gulf to the Canadian Border.

The Grand Chapter meeting in Denver,
in 1915, has become historic, and is a mile-
stone in the history of Sigma Nu Frater-
nity, because this new re-organization plan
was adopted at that time, and put into
force immediately.

Another date will become historic in the
Fraternity, as well as in national affairs, to-
wit: March 4, 1921, because on that date
the High Council of Sigma Nu Fraternity
took another forward step in electing a
General Secretary of the Fraternity, who is
to give all of his time as General Secretary
in conducting the affairs of the Fraternity.
This is the culmination of the hope and
dream of 1915.

The Nineteenth Grand Chapter at St.
Louis will also be historic in that arrange-
ments were made for the raising of a Per-
manent Endowment Fund, for the purpose
of building and financing Chapter Houses,
and enabling us to insure the consumma-
tion of our hopes and dreams, by sustain-
ing the salaries of the General Secretary
on full time, the Assistant General Secre-
tary and Editor of The Delta.

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It was on March 4, 1921, that the High
Council at Indianapolis unanimously
elected as General Secretary of the Fra-
ternity, Brother Ernest Lee Williams, for-
mer Grand Counselor, who is to give his
full time and attention to the affairs of
Sigma Nu. Brother Harry A. Rider, is re-
tained as Assistant General Secretary, and
also was elected Editor of The Delta.

To fill the vacancy in the High Council
caused by the resignation of Brother Wil-
liams, the Regent, according to the Law,
appointed, with the approval of the High
Council, Inspector Oscar Palmour, long
known and loved for his Sigma Nu enthu-
siasm and service.

Brother Williams assumed his new

duties at the General Offices, March 26th,
and we now have two men giving their
entire time in the service.

This places Sigma Nu in a pre-eminent
position to do unusual work for a great
National College Fraternity.

It is with supreme satisfaction that we
can look upon the growth of Sigma Nu
through the years, and that we can look
forward to the great opportunities ahead
of us for our Fraternity. Unmeasured po-
tential power is wrapped up in this great
organization. We will now go forward
with confidence and a firm step, and with
a determination to train Sigma Nus for
leadership in activities in the Christian
world.

Ernest Lee Williams

A Foretaste of the Treat to Be Enjoyed When "Dad" Comes

By John C. Scott, Past Editor of The Delta

AS Mel Gray, driver of the mail sleigh,
introduced a bit of village gossip of
a little Northland settlement which
I was leaving after a winter jaunt: "Now,
of course, I ain't sayin' it's so, but it's the
way it was told me, and it sounds reason-
able,"— so I pass along without guarantee
the story of this near-coincidence. 'They
say," that when our retiring General Sec-
retary, Edwin W. Dunlavy, closed his desk
at the General Offices for the last time, he
did so with the affectionate farewell:
"Good-bye, old desk, I'm going to Den-
ver!" So in turn he addressed familiar ob-
jects around headquarters, not the least
familiar being the quartette of busy girls:
"Good-bye, girls, I'm going to Denver!"
And after the last hand-shake, "they say,"
with uplifted arms and reverently gazing
above he solemnly spoke: "Good-bye,
God, I'm going to Denver!" As Mel said,
that sounds reasonable to me.

Reports are conflicting upon the fare-
well expression of our new General Secre-
tary when leaving Denver. It has been
written he used the exact words above, but
with emphasis on "Good!" in announcing
his departure for Indianapolis. It is more
likely he varied the expression to : "Good !
By Dad, I'm going to Indianapolis," since

his nickname in college was derived from
his inveterate use of the phrase "By Dad!"
As "Dad" Williams he has been known
ever since. This familiar salutation of
college days was not discouraged by the
dignity of his position as lecturer in law
during his last two years in the University
of Colorado, and it continued to be used
by Faculty and students during the twelve
years he lectured to Senior classes in the
university on "Appellate Practice and Con-
veyances."

No Outside Supports

Desiring to avoid fabrication of such
as I believe the above reports consist,
I determined to found this personal
delineation upon first-hand information
and impressions, I accepted the oppor-
tunity of a reminiscent after-dinner mood
one evening following a High Council
meeting. Shielded by the barrage of a
smoke screen laid down from his beauti-
fully colored meerschaum, I concealed the
fact that I was taking notes lest realiza-
tion of my purpose might disturb the de-
lightful freedom of rambling after-coffee
conversation. Intent upon first bringing
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connection, I inquired the source of inspi-
ration of his middle name and received the
casual admission that his maternal grand-
mother was a cousin to Robert E. Lee. Sug-
gesting the knowledge might popularize his
name in our Southern-born Fraternity, he
resented the idea of going back to one's
ancestry for endorsement.

"I want my record in Sigma Nu to be
broad enough to stand alone without lean-
ing against my family tree for support,"
he said. "We should try to disassociate
prominence in public affairs from bigness
in Sigma Nu. The notable achievements
of Past Regent Keesling in State and na-
tional affairs are immaterial to me when
considering the force of such service as he
rendered Sigma Nu when back at the 1908
Grand Chapter he introduced his plan for
our centralized administration. When I
think of Borden Burr, my mind does not
recall his being mentioned for Governor
of Alabama and United States Senator,
but I think of Regent Burr whom I saw
yield his gavel at the last Grand Chapter
that he might go upon the floor and put up
a two-fisted fight against an unjust pro-
posal. A man's eminence in Sigma Nu
and not the prominence of himself or his
family is what counts with me."

Against Self-Adulation

Naturally I shifted my line of approach
from the shade of "Dad's" family tree to
the radiance of his scintillant Sigma Nu
spirit, but I pursued the trend of his opin-
ions by suggesting that any tendency to
snobbery in the Chapters would not be
popular with our new General Secretary.

"Fraternities are just emerging from a
threatened crisis into which inclination to
false ideals was leading some of them," he
declared. "Instead of fights for existence
which we faced in some sections a few
years ago, we are now having opened up
to us territory formerly against frater-
nities. A new and proper understanding
is becoming prevalent. Snobbery was a
general accusation used against frater-
nities. The broad, national character of
Sigma Nu growth should defeat any idea
that we have such narrow ideals. True,
some of our groups occasionally falter in
this regard. Not long ago a bunch of
Sigma Nus, enthusiastic over their univer-
sity, spent the night traveling in engine

cab and caboose to reach the scene of a
big game. I do not recommend their mode
of travel, but I commend their Fraternity
spirit which influenced them to visit the
Sigma Nu Chapter House. I regret the
nature of their welcome was influenced
more by their travel-worn clothes than by
their splendid Sigma Nu spirit.

"A business man came to me on the oc-
casion of a recent visit to a Chapter I
helped to found and -install. He said it
was the first time he realized a Fraternity
was more than a bunch of snobs. 'You fel-
lows stand for the best there is in univer-
sity life,' he said, 'and standing for it you
will ultimately achieve it. In so doing
you are a help to the State.' "

The Fraternity's Place

"You find, then, growing appreciation
among those outside the colleges and uni-
versities?" I asked.

"Especially in smaller places, I have
found that a Chapter of Sigma Nu means
a great deal to the community," he replied.
"Business men are proud of their sons who
belong, and mothers take pride in their
daughters being favored by Sigma Nu.
Recently I was a guest in a home where
are two Sigma Nu sons. The mother
showed not only appreciation for the
wholesome influence over her boys, but
gratefulness for the fact that her daughter
was invited to Chapter social functions,
assuring her proper and well-regulated
associations."

I recalled the publication of opinions by
Provost-Emeritus Smith of the University
of Pennsylvania, in which he declared that
fraternities are a positive benefit to the in-
stitution, and I inquired whether any such
definite admission had been received by
Brother Williams in his college and Fra-
ternity work.

"At a State university where I recently
made a special inspection for the High
Council on a situation said to warrant the
withdrawal of our charter, the president
told me how much his men needed the mel-
lowing influences of fraternity life. 'When
these fellows come in with faces tanned by
wind and sun, awkward with hardened
muscle from strenuous, wholesome, out-
door work, but clean in heart and mind,
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and faces beaming with self-respect, you
must not take it away from here.9 The
Rotary Club in that city had me as guest
and their members agreed the Fraternity
is a helpful and necessary institution in
the life of that university. As a matter of
fact, a self-respecting college or university
today would feel the sting of unfavorable
reflection if it could not maintain a Chap-
ter of a national fraternity alive and ag-
gressive in the acceptance of its opportu-
nities and responsibilities as is Sigma Nu."

An Expansion Platform

"Quite a change from the old days when
sub-rosa Chapters were fostered," I re-
marked.

"A most gratifying change," agreed
Williams. "One thing I deem of import-
ance in granting charters is that we should
be wanted by the institution as well as by
the petitioners. At a recent installation
banquet, I addressed the president of the
university: 'We bring this charter to you
as well as to these boys, and we expect you
to render a good accounting of these tal-
ents we turn over to you. We hold you
jointly responsible for this charter. We
do not give it for this particular group of
men alone, but through them to the uni-
versity to help young manhood so long as
this institution maintains its place by the
standards which influenced us to enter
here.*"

"What are some of the standards you
recognize as most important in favorable
consideration of a petition?" I inquired.

"First of all the institution must be a
growing force in educational affairs," he
insisted, "and not a has-been resting on
traditions and achievements of the past.
Of course it must have ample and stable
financial support, and a Faculty of pro-
gressive men with broad vision. Above
all, I want petitioners set upon the purpose
of winning Sigma Nu and not merely get-
ting a charter of some national fraternity.
There must be reasonable indication of the
need and available personnel for a Sigma
Nu Chapter. Where some have conceded
us only a fighting chance to break in at
places long considered crowded, we have
won by virtue of the courage generated by
our decision. Fighting with records of
scholarship and fellowship based upon our
Declaration of Principles, we have not

only won a place for Sigma Nu, but we
have done a part to raise the general fra-
ternity standing, by proving that prestige
is no longer based upon age and tradition.
I do not want to deny petitions of genuine
merit, but right now my greatest concern
is our duty to those Chapters, already ad-
mitted, whose destinies are yet to be shaped
by intimate study of their needs and pa-
tient consideration of their problems."

Co-ordinating Effort

"How do you propose to go about this
task?" I asked.

"Primarily by co-ordinating the work
of our Inspectors more intimately with the
General Office work," was the quick re-
sponse. "The Inspectors are a vital part
of our administration system. Their re-
sponsibilities and opportunities are far
greater than has been generally understood
by most of them in the past. We have an
exceptional corps of Division Chiefs now
and I hope to direct their ability and en-
thusiasm into a service that will guide our
Chapters to greater achievement and bring
to the Inspectors a feeling of pride and joy
they have not realized in their work. Above
all, I want them to know personally every
Freshman in their Division, and in them
inspire such ideals and enthusiasm that
their college careers may be started right
and more certainly tend to the develop-
ment of well-built American citizens, clean
in mind and body, a credit to the Frater-
nity which claims them."

"Then you look upon your opportunity
as a national as well as a Fraternity serv-
ice," I suggested.

"I think college men should be made to
realize that in diem is the hope of these
United States. Webster said there is dan-
ger in a democracy decaying because of
the lack of young men realizing the re-
sponsibility that is upon them in the mat-
ter of education in the principles of de-
mocracy. It is the problem of every col-
lege and university to educate its students
to become intelligent citizens; it is the op-
portunity of our Fraternity to inspire its
members with right ideals and to lead them
to unselfish service in helping others. Wal-
ter J. Sears put into our Creed inspired
word and meaning, and if we can instill
these principles and purposes into the
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lege, and actualize these sacred lines in
the lives of our Alumni, we shall render a
service not only to Sigma Nu, but to our
country and to our God."

The Alumni Part

"In what way do you hope to revive and
conserve Alumni interest and co-opera-
tion?" I inquired.

"This ever-important problem will ap-
proach something near solution in the suc-
cess of our Permanent Endowment Fund
Campaign," he asserted. "Alumni privi-
lege in Sigma Nu has been made of ines-

great opportunities, a keener appreciation
of our heritage, drawing us closer together
in the bonds of Fraternity — in spirit and
action as well as in name."

A Personal Note

It was my predetermination in this per-
sonal sketch to depart from the customary
biographical effort and present rather a
conversational pot-pourri of views and
opinions from which by deduction might
be obtained the most vital and significant
impressions of the new General Secretary.
1 am forced to deviate from my course in

"Dad" Williams and Red Cloud

timable worth by our wonderful progress,
and enriched by the multiplied associa-
tions afforded by our splendid growth.
The only provision for systematic partici-
pation by Alumni in the cost and main-
tenance of our national growth has been
the price of a Delta subscription, and
until recently the young men in college
carried a resultant deficit from this along
with the steadily increasing expenses of
our growing organization. Endowment
Fund subscriptions will guarantee the life
interest of subscribers. There will be
awakened in them a broader conception
of our national relationships and pur-
poses, a clearer understanding of our

order to admit, more briefly, familiarity
with Brother Williams's unusual legal and
business experiences. For a personally
conducted conversational tour over the
area of "Dad's" travels on business and
pleasure conducts the auditor not only to
all parts of this country, but through Cen-
tral American States, to Panama, to the
Hawaiian Islands, and to Alaska. He is
best known for his knowledge of insurance
law and land titles. His experience in
general practice has included as clients
conspicuous corporations and strong na-
tional organizations of labor. Such diver-
sified relationships, travels, and experi-
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of keen powers of perception, a broad un-
derstanding of men and affairs, and a va-
ried knowledge of practical ways and
means of dealing with both.

Ministry to Men

During the period of almost six years
since the adoption of our centralized sys-
tem, I have been intimately familiar with
the constant determination and diligent
effort of three High Councils to bring the
promises of the reorganized administration
system to fullest realization by trying to
secure as General Secretary a man com-
mensurate with the demands and possibil-
ities who would give his entire time to the
undertaking. Salaries commanded by men
with demonstrated talents and capabilities
proved that our desires were far greater
than our purse. The situation resolved
itself into the necessity of finding an all-
round, capable man with heart big
enough to demonstrate his devotion, with
vision broad enough to conceive the pur-
poses and possibilities, and with enthu-
siasm so boundless that he would sacrifice
normal ambition and desires to devote
himself entirely to the service of his Fra-
ternity. Certainly Brother Williams will
measure up to such test. His heart has al-
ready impelled him to a service that con-
verted his famous "Red Cloud" into a ver-
itable gospel wagon of the Faith. His vis-
ion not only comprehends the purposes of
the Fraternity, but embraces the funda-
mental ideals of our government. His
enthusiasm now compels a sacrifice which
approaches that degree of devotion dem-
onstrated by only a few who in over a half-
century of Sigma Nu history have ignored
opportunities of financial emolument in
dedicating themselves to the Fraternity.

The Urge to Service

Mingled with gratification over the pro-
curement of such a man for full-time Sec-
retary, I anticipated a natural wonderment
over the influences creating such appre-
ciation and compelling such sacrifice. I
sought the answer at the conclusion of our
conversation. Before he replied, "Dad"
pressed a fresh charge into his meer-
schaum, held a lighted match reflectively
before applying it, and puffed gently but
steadily a few moments as if enjoying in

meditation some recollections about which
his answer was evolving.

"When I accepted appointment as In-
spector," he began, "it was after consid-
erable hesitation. Frankly, I had not then
approached full understanding of the pos-
sibilities of that office under the new system
of administration. I was not long in rea-
lizing the necessity for more intimate re-
lationship between the Chapters and the
national organization. Observation then
indicated and experience has convinced me
that ninety per cent, of Chapter failures,
evils and ills result directly or indirectly
from inefficiency that can be controlled by
proper supervision. The opportunity for
real service was so obvious that I was
quickly drawn into closer contact with my
Chapters, and results were so interesting
and gratifying that I was soon fascinated
with the work.

"The problems of Chapters and mem-
bers are so often related that I found
individual personal contact the nearest
avenue of approach to solution of Chapter
difficulties. Personal failures were fre-
quently resultant from short-comings of
Chapter conduct. I recall a case that will
demonstrate. A splendid fellow from a
well-to-do family had followed the incli-
nation of his Chapter and as treasurer he
ignored his error of using Chapter funds
in trying to act the good fellow. Members
of the Chapter participated in the misuse
of funds, but did not recognize a share of
responsibility for the situation. The man
was expelled. I think expulsion should
be always carefully considered. It is a
serious matter. This expulsion hurt this
man's pride. He came to me seeking help
for reinstatement. I urged him to go out
and make good and win the privilege. He
insisted the sting of expulsion would be a
handicap, but he tried. He went to Cen-
tral America and certainly won a right to
re-instatement. I was planning the pro-
cedure when he was killed in a mine ac-
cident. His mother, remembering the
boy's devotion to Sigma Nu, requested my
advice on how best to expend $5,000 as a
memorial. She was ignorant of the mis-
fortune in the Chapter records. I was in-
tent on finding a way to have this cor-
rected when the mother died. The case is
extreme, but it illustrates the opportunity
for service to young manhood.

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As the Vision Widens

"However, I confess my vision was local
before Brother Dunlavy came our way.
He brought the whole Fourteenth Di-
vision a new vision of Sigma Nu and
real appreciation for our centralized
organization. His intensive portrayal
of our national life and character fascin-
ated us; his interesting tales of our na-
tional achievement thrilled us. We were
strengthened by the awakening knowledge
of the power of the national lift, and we
were stimulated to new resolve in being
shown how far-reaching is the force of
local triumphs. His vivid interpretation
of our Creed and his forceful appeals
founded upon our Faith inspired us to new
ideals. His winning personality, the high
standard of his own character, his sacri-
fice of time from a busy career, — these
were elements of inestimable influence
upon us all. Certainly he is chiefly re-
sponsible for the inspiration and under-
standing which has helped me realize this
unusual opportunity for real helpful serv-
ice to young manhood. In sunshine, in
rain, through sleet and snow, he traveled
with me over the mountain-passes of the
States in my Division and his boundless
enthusiasm for Sigma Nu was the same in
all kinds of weather. For whatever suc-
cess I may attain in this service, Sigma Nu
must share the everlasting obligation and
gratitude I owe to Edwin W. Dunlavy for
the inspiration of his Sigma Nu ideals, for

the example of his zeal and devotion, for
the influence of his character and of fel-
lowship with him."

"Dad's Coming!"

I am certain I cannot put into words
more convincing than in his own expres-
sion there is evidence of the attributes and
the essentials which mark our new General
Secretary as the man for the place. His
personality will be found eminently adapt-
ed for the diversified demands of the work.
He will carry the dignity of his office into
conferences with presidents and Faculty
members. As a public speaker he makes
no pretense as an orator, but, with a man-
ner free from affectation, he delivers his
words with a popular punch that makes
him a favorite on a toast list. In conver-
sation he has natural talent for keeping a
session interesting, a direct manner of ex-
pressing himself sometimes seeming a bit
too positive, but a twinkle of an eye which
flashes good spirit neutralizes any sugges-
tion of peremptory attitude. I never met
a fairer-minded man nor one more patient
and tactful under stress. At heart and in
most natural manner he is a boy. When
he tosses his grip to a pledge at the Chap-
ter House, the whole bunch will immedi-
ately feel at home with him. Before he
leaves there will be a concord of fraternal
friendship created that will whet the ap-
petite for a feast of fellowship when next
the word is received that "Dad's coming!"

Our New Grand Counselor

Oscar Palmour
By Past Regent Borden Burr

THE Nineteenth Grand Chapter em-
phasized the wisdom of placing our
Fraternity leadership upon a service
basis.

In filling the vacancy in the High Coun-
cil caused by the resignation of General
Secretary Dunlavy and the election of
Grand Counselor Williams as his succes-
sor, the Regent and High Council are to be
congratulated in carrying out the policy
of promotion and service reward.
Oscar Palmour was born in the moun-

tains of North Georgia on December 4,
1874. He was graduated from the North
Georgia Agricultural and Military College
in 1896 with first honors and as Senior
captain in the Battalion of Cadets. His
service for the Fraternity began with his
initiation in 1890, and has continued with-
out interruption from that date.

While in college, as an officer of the
Chapter, he served with patience, zeal and
fidelity. After graduation, his interest in
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ing to his college Fraternity, remained un-
abated.

The success of the Sixteenth Grand
Chapter, held in Atlanta, Georgia, which
was more largely attended than any Grand
Chapter the Fraternity has ever held, was
due to Palmour's unflagging energy, popu-
larity, and high standing in Atlanta.

Since 1916, Palmour has served as In-
spector of the Second Division, and at the
time of his appointment to the Grand
Counselorship was the Dean of our In-
spectors. During his term of office as In-
spector, he has devoted a large portion of
his time to the work of the Fraternity be-
sides the regular duties of his office. He
has attended all sessions of the Grand
Chapter, and there given to us, both from
the floor and as a member and chairman
of important committees, the benefit of his
wisdom, experience, enthusiasm, and char-
acter.

It has been the custom heretofore in
presenting to the members of the Frater-
nity those selected for leadership to dwell
at length upon their success in the civic
and business world. Palmour, raised on
a farm, a teacher, commandant of cadets,
principal of the Georgia Military Acad-
emy, a high officer of the State National
Guard, an unusually successful business
man, has made a record of which his
friends and Brothers are justly proud.
However, it is upon his achievement of
service to the Fraternity that I congratu-
late the High Council on his selection, and
the members of the Fraternity upon his
acceptance of this high position. His abil-
ity, loyalty, record and zeal for service
will count for much in the continued
growth of our Fraternity.

Not only does his service and ability

merit this promotion, but the representa-
tion of the South upon the High Council
deserves commendation. Our Fraternity is
not a sectional one, but the policy of bring-
ing together in the capacity of leaders se-
lected men from different sections of our
country is a wise one. The High Council,

Oscar Palmour
Kappa

as now constituted, is represented by men
from the East, West, Middle West and
South, and all of them wear not only the
insignia of ability, but have the honor
badges of long continued unselfish service
on behalf of our fraternity.

Passing It Along"

By Edwin W. Dunlavy, Past Editor of The Delta

NEARLY five years ago, Brother John
C. Scott, then retiring Editor of The
Delta, wrote an article introducing
the writer as the new Editor. As I reread
those words after the passing of the years,
I wonder at his temerity in such gen-
erous prediction of the coming editorial

management. Brother Scott then showed
a quality which in nearly twenty years we
have never known him to fail to express —
unqualified support of the official leader-
ship of Sigma Nu.

It is not necessary to take such chances
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Editor of The Delta. He has been my
assistant for nearly four years, not only
in my work as Editor, but in my capacity
as General Secretary. It would have been
impossible for the General Office to have
accomplished what it has in the past four
years without the assistance of Brother
Rider. He not only has an intelligent ca-
pacity for work, but with that an unfail-
ing spirit of most brotherly integrity.

notony. He has real ability as a writer
and unusual talent and originality for
making the magazine pleasing in appear-
ance as well as interesting and enlighten-
ing in substance.

Brother Rider was initiated into Delta
Zeta Chapter as a charter member. He
was graduated from Western Reserve Uni-
versity in 1909 magna cum laude with F*hi
Beta Kappa honors, and from Harvard in

Harry A. Rider

Delta Zeta

The Editor of The Delta

He who has worked so loyally under
another, cannot but make our beloved
magazine better, and he who has been big
enough to give such unselfish co-operation,
will do much to exemplify real Sigma Nu
Brotherhood without which all organiza-
tion work and all material progress is
without value.

The new Editor has had the practical
experience which has given him broad un-
derstanding of the mission and oppor-
tunity of The Delta. He appreciates the
varying desires of the readers and has ver-
satile style wh'oh will discourage mo-

1910 with the degree of A. M. He then
returned to Cleveland and for five years
was in charge of the Library of Research
in Government at Western Reserve. Dur-
ing this period his zealous enthusiasm and
natural talent for Fraternity work at-
tracted attention of national officers, and
in 1917 he was chosen Assistant General
Secretary. He has attended Grand Chap-
ters at Indianapolis in 1910, at Atlanta in
1912, Cleveland in 1917, and St Louis in
1919. There are not half a dozen men in
the Fraternity who have as intimate and
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Sigma Nu as Brother Rider has gained
from his thorough study of old records
and Delta files.

I pledge for myself and bespeak for the

Inspectors, Advisers, and Chapters, such
support for the General Officers, Brothers
Williams and Rider, as has been so loyally
given to the General Secretary and Editor
retiring.

Dunlavy Becomes President of Iliff College

By Regent Walter Edward Myers

AS has been previously announced,
Brother Edwin W. Dunlavy, our Gen-
eral Secretary and Editor of The
Delta, has been elected, and has accepted
the presidency of Iliff School of Theology,
located at Denver, Colorado.

Brother Dunlavy has been Editor of The
Delta since 1916, succeeding Brother John
C. Scott, and General Secretary since 1917,
succeeding Brother Bixby Willis who re-
signed at that time.

While Brother Dunlavy has not been
able to devote all of his time to the work
of General Secretary, yet he came to the
Fraternity at a time when we needed the
best of generalship and the keenest of
leadership, and he has guided the Frater-
nity through the period of the war, so that
we were able to publish. The Delta and
keep all of our Chapters alive and func-
tioning during the war crisis.

Much credit is due to Brother Dunlavy
for his untiring efforts as General Secre-
tary and Editor of The Delta during the
war times, and, in fact, during all of the
time he has served. The High Council
considers itself extremely fortunate in
having been able to obtain the services of
such a high-grade man as Brother Dunlavy,
and in thus having had the benefit of his
leadership at a nominal salary.

Brother Dunlavy is a native Hoosier.
He was initiated into Beta Beta Chapter,
September 26, 1896, was graduated from
DePauw University in 1900, and won
honor for his Chapter and University by
representing it in the State and Inter-State
Oratorical Contest. The ideals of Sigma
Nu inspired him early in life, and for
sixteen years as an Alumnus he was a will-
ing and loyal worker before his official con-
nection with the Fraternity. Delegate to
four Grand Chapters — St. Louis in 1896,
Atlanta in 1898, Chicago in 1900, and
Indianapolis in 1902; favorite toast on

the Hoosier Rally program; first secre-
tary of Indianapolis Alumni Chapter;
Founder of Boston Alumni Chapter, whose
first meeting took place in his room: these
are only a few of the high lights, outstand-
ing in a life of devoted service to the Way
of Honor.

After his graduation from DePauw,
Brother Dunlavy took his post-graduate

Edwin W. Dunlavy
Beta Beta

course at Boston Theological Seminary,
and has held pastorates at Terre Haute,
Lafayette, and Frankfort, Indiana. His
work at Frankfort, which resulted in the
building of a great community church,

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has already received high commendation
from the Methodist Episcopal Church and
the business men of the State. In June,
1920, DePauw conferred on him the de-
gree of Doctor of Divinity.

He severs his connections as General
Secretary and Editor of The Delta of
Sigma Nu Fraternity with the best wishes

of the whole Fraternity. His location only
is changed, but his love and enthusiasm for
Sigma Nu still remains.

We wish to congratulate you, Brother
Dunlavy, upon your elevation to the presi-
dency of Iliff College. We wish you God-
speed and success in your new work, Mr.
President.

Dad Hits the Trail

Impressions Following First Official Visit

By Carr Payne, Sigma

THIS bright Wednesday morning I
brushed my teeth a couple of hours
earlier than usual and picked out a
nice, clean collar so I would be all fixed
up. Down at the Union Station Brothers
Coker, Noel and I scratches our heads con-
siderable and wonders what sort of creat-
ure this is we are fixing to see. Presently
a whistle toots and we begin to watch the
passengers go by. I see one likely look-
ing fellow coming up, so I stop him and
ask him to take his hat off. The lid re-
moved, I knew I was right for there stands
Brother Ernest Lee Williams, Denver,
Colorado, Indianapolis, Indiana, former
Inspector, former Grand Counselor, and
now General Secretary of Sigma Nu Fra-
ternity, besides a lot of other things I
could say about him.

Well, we take him on out to Sigma's
Chapter House where breakfast and a
bunch of expectant Sigs wait. This done
we sit around and begin to tell the high
officer all about how we won the scholar-
ship cup back in 1916 and how we stand
in good with the Faculty, etc. Directly
Dad kicks over a few spittoons and gives
us to understand there is no frock coat
stuff about him and we might as well put
the pictures back on the wall. Ten min-
utes of Dad Williams's company makes a
Sigma Nu feel like "Wonder when was the
first time Dad and I began chewing off the
same plug?"

At noon we stage a little impromptu
luncheon at the Commercial Club so some
of us Alumni might see what sort of ex-
hibit the General Secretary is.

In the afternoon a flock of us drive out
to Andrew Jackson's old shack [The Her-
mitage] and hunt up a few centuries of
relics. Brother Williams rehearses on
history, biology, cemetry etiquette, and

On the Hermitage Grounds
Brothers Williams and Payne

Sigma Nu. On the way in we have a lit-
tle "blow out" and learn what a General
Secretary knows about punctures.

A good supper at the House and an in-
teresting Fraternity meeting afterwards
ends the first day of the first official visit
of our new leader.

I have never enjoyed a day in Sigma Nu
more than that spent with Dad Williams.
His stay was profitable besides being both
interesting and entertaining. He has left
Nashville, but has left much for us. For
the local Sigma Nus, I want to thank
Brother Williams and those who made
possible his visit. We want him back and
that real soon.

We like Dad Williams and are right
with him for Sigma Nu.

Nashville, Tenn.

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Clarence A. Short

Inspector, First Division

CLARENCE A. SHORT is a product
of the Diamond State by birth, pre-
liminary education and college. He
was graduated from Delaware College in
1896, first in his class of fourteen mem-
bers. After graduation he was command-
ant or principal of military schools until
recalled to his Alma Mater in 1902 as in-
structor in Mathematics and Engineering.
Later he became professor of Mathematics
and Engineering, specializing in highways
and sanitation, and held that position until

major and inspector on the Adjutant-Gen-
eral's staff, Delaware militia. In 1918, he
was called in U. S. service as Major A. G.
D., and held the position of Camp Adju-
tant, Camp Travis, Texas, until discharged
on August 20, 1919.

Brother Short's service in Sigma Nu is
one of active record. He is Delta Kappa
No. 2, having been initiated as a gradu-
ate student on January 2, 1911. Since the
time that Phi Sigma (local) society was
chartered as Delta Kappa Chapter in Sig-
ma Nu, he has been Faculty representative
and a member of the Alumni House Com-
mittee. As Chapter Adviser to his Chap-
ter, he has kept in close touch with the ac-
tive men, and also with the affairs of the
First Division. He succeeds as Inspector,
Brother William R. Edgar, whose health
has compelled him to hand in his resigna-
tion.

Clarence A. Short
Delta Kappa

he resigned on February 1, 1920, to be-
come the manager of the Bakelite Depart-
ment of the Continental Fiber Company.

Certain honors in other fraternal organ-
izations have been conferred upon him.
Brother Short is Past Grand Chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias, Domain of Dela-
ware, and Past Master in Masonic circles.
He has kept in touch with military affairs,
holding commissions as captain, and later

James E. Moffat

Inspector, Fourth Division
By J. Wymond French, Beta Eta

BROTHER MOFFAT'S rise into the
official circles of Sigma Nu has been
almost phenomenal. In three years'
time he has risen from a pledge of Beta
Eta to Inspector of the Fourth Division.
But to those who know Brother Moffat in-
timately, his rapid promotion came not
unexpected. His dignity, interest, and
loyalty to the principles of Sigma Nu,
coupled with his untiring labor for the
Fraternity's progress marked him as a
leader.

Lured to the West by the call of Horace
Greeley and the incidental change of resi-
dence by his parents, Brother Moffat cut
loose from his native haunts in the East
at an early age. His youthful ability got
no recognition outside of his adopted ham-
let until he graduated from McMaster Uni-
versity with distinction, in 1914. For at-
taining the highest standing of his class in
philosophy and economics, he was
awarded a medal. Before graduation he
was granted a scholarship in Chicago Uni-
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and was graduated with a Master's degree
in the spring of 1916.

Receiving an appointment as instructor
in the department of economics in Indiana
University, Brother Moffat came South to
Bloomington in the fall of 1916. Not con-
tented with Bachelor and Master degrees,
Brother Moffat began his work on a Doc-
tor's degree in addition to his teaching. It
was here that he first came in contact with
Sigma Nu — three Brothers of Beta Eta be-
ing enrolled in one of his classes. These
three Sigs lost no time in reporting their

James E. Moffat
Beta Eta

"prospect" to the Chapter and at the con-
clusion of a "rush-dinner," one night,
Brother Moffat was spiked, pledged, and
"nailed" by Beta Eta. Hardly had the
echo of "Hi-Rickety" died out in the Chap-
ter Hall before "Pledge" Moffat was work-
ing tooth and nail for the Fraternity.

Immediately following his initiation in
the fall of '17, Brother Moffat was elected
Recorder of his Chapter. Then came the
war, which as Brother Moffat says, "shot
fraternities all to pieces," due to the heavy
enlistment of college men in the service.
It was Brother Moffat's guiding hand that
kept the colors of Sigma Nu aloft during
the stormy siege of fraternity depletion.

Keeping the Chapter's finances on a
healthy footing gave Brother Moffat an
opportunity to make good his apprentice-
ship in fraternity problems.

After the Armistice, the veterans began
to return to the fold and found that Sigma
Nu had suffered the least of all fraterni-
ties at Indiana University during the war,
thanks largely to the careful guidance of
fraternity affairs by Brother Moffat, dur-
ing the dark days of trial.

Two honors came to Brother Moffat in
the fall of 1919, when he was appointed
assistant professor by Indiana University
and Chapter Adviser of Beta Eta by Sigma
Nu Fraternity. In the fall of 1920, he was
again promoted by being appointed asso-
ciate professor by the university and Inr
spector of the Fourth Division by the Fra-
ternity.

Brother Moffat is now planning for a
Division Convention to be held this spring.
Methods of bringing the various Chapters
of the Division into closer relations will
be the main theme of the convention. "It
is time that we were getting back on a
pre-war basis," says Brother Moffat. "Each
Chapter was so busy after the war getting
on its feet that it drifted apart from the
other Chapters. It is our intention to
strengthen the ante helium ties."

The Chapters of the Fourth Division that
have not yet made the acquaintance of
Brother Moffat will have an opportunity to
do so this Spring when he puts on what
he calls a "Spring Drive." He has de-
ferred his inspection tour of the Chapters
until after the "Spring crop of new Breth-
ren" are wearing their pins.

Brother Moffat devotes a great deal of
his time to the interests of the General
Fraternity. Never does he ever pass up a
chance while in Indianapolis, to call at
the General Offices to "hear how things are
getting along."

Orville M. Burnett

Inspector, Eleventh Division

The new Inspector of the Eleventh Di-
vision is Orville Marion Barnett, Rho 25,
of Columbia, Missouri. He is at present,
and for the past seven years has been, at-
torney and counselor for the curators r
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years has acted as Adviser for Rho Chap-
ter.

Brother Barnett has taken a great in-
terest in his own Chapter and in the Fra-
ternity at large, and has always displayed
a willingness to serve. His interest and
activity was apparent as a member of the
Jurisprudence Committee at the St. Louis
convention, and he is now a member of the
Standing Committee on Jurisprudence.

Brother Barnett's family consists of
Mrs. Barnett and their son, Louis Philip
Barnett, Rho 323-Gamma Kappa 184-Rho
367, and all three members of the family
wear the "Bright Star of Sigma Nu." One
of his hobbies is the Second Generation
Club at Rho. He talks about the "sons in
Rho" whenever he can secure a listener,
and never fails to tell that his Chapter has
had not fewer than six sons at any one
time within the past three years, and at the
present time has a second generation club
of ten.

Prior to his work with the University of
Missouri, Brother Barnett was engaged in
the general practice of law, and limited
his activities thereto, save that in the early
years of his professional life, he tempor-
arily strayed therefrom and served two
terms in the General Assembly of Mis-
souri, where he secured recognition as a
sane leader in securing wholesome legis-
lation.

Disregarding the likeness of the new In-

spector of the Eleventh Division, the sub-
ject of this sketch assures the Editor that

Orville M. Barnett
Rho

in general appearance he is considered
normal and in a crowd attracts no unusual
attention.

The Regent to Go Abroad

Chosen as Delegate to the Ecumenical Conference

The Nominating Committee of the Board of Bishops of the Methodist
Church, of which Bishop John W. Hamilton, Chancellor of the American Uni-
versity is Chairman, has honored Walter E. Myers, our Regent, as one of the
delegates to the Ecumenical Conference, that will meet in London in September
of this year.

The Ecumenical Conference is educational and religious, and meets once
every ten years. One hundred and fifty delegates are chosen by the Board of
Bishops from the United States to attend this conference. It is composed of
delegates chosen from every country of the world, and hence becomes a world
conference.

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The Question of Expansion - A Change of

Attitude

By Walter J. Matherly, Beta Xi

Associate Professor of Business Administration, School of Commerce,
University of North Carolina

IN writing to the General Office a few
weeks ago, I referred to a change of
attitude on the question of expansion.
I have been asked to put what I said in
that letter into a short article for The
Delta. Hence the following paragraphs:

As those who attended the Grand Chap-
ter in Cleveland three years ago will re-
call, I took a very radical stand against
expansion. As one of the speakers on the
regular toast list at the Grand Chapter
Banquet, I criticised rather severely the
policy of the High Council and the attitude
of the active Chapters in granting charters
to petitioning groups in various colleges
and universities. For the stand I took, I
was landed on hot and heavy by the vari-
ous leaders of the Fraternity, and was
called almost everything from an upstart
doctor of philosophy to a narrow-minded
aristocrat. Whether the epithets were just
or unjust, I shall not attempt to say here,
but at least, I was perfectly sincere in the
matter. I merely refer to the occasion in
order to emphasize my change of heart.

The reasons for my change of mind on
the matter of expansion are, first, more
light; second, an opportunity for wider
study of fraternity affairs; and third, the
kind of expansion we have had in the past
three years. Wider associations, longer
study, and the changes brought about by
the war have put this question in new light.

In solving any problem, our great need
is more light. We can do little so long as
we wander in darkness. The more light
we have, the more certain will be our foot-
steps. In accordance with this idea, I
have sought diligently for more informa-
tion. I have looked over the policies of
other fraternities, and analyzed the under-
lying principles of our own Fraternity,
and have come to the conclusion that my
former stand was wrong. Hence, in order
to be honest with myself and to set myself
straight with my critics, I wish to express
my change of attitude, and say that I am
heartily in favor of expansion, provided it

takes place along the same conservative
lines we have followed in the past three
years.

I have honestly tried to study the whole
fraternity system. I have endeavored to
see the exact significance of the Creed of
Sigma Nu. I have attempted to under-
stand the democratic philosophy upon
which Sigma Nu is founded. I have
striven to see our relationship to other fra-
ternities. A careful study of these things
has led me to attach a new meaning to our
Fraternity. I now see it as an institution
to help every college community which
has any guaranteed future. I feel that I
would be untrue to the principles of de-
mocracy for which we stand as a Nation,
and untrue to the spirit of Sigma Nu, un-
less I made this admission and passed my
ideas on to other Sigma Nus who may be
standing in the way of extending our "Na-
tional Society of College Men" to worthy
colleges and universities throughout the
United States.

Furthermore, I have watched our expan-
sion very critically since the Grand Chap-
ter in Cleveland. Indeed, I have looked
mainly for blunders, but I must confess
that I have not found any. I believe we
have had the most conservative expansion
possible. I have been very much gratified
to see us go into several old-established
colleges, and especially into the new West-
ern State universities. I have been con-
vinced that our Fraternity leaders have fol-
lowed the right policy.

Let me say in conclusion, that I am back
of Sigma Nu with my whole heart and
soul. I want the National Officers to know
that I am standing with them. I want to
offer Sigma Nu the best I have, whether in
the North or South, in the East or West.
While it is hard for me, as it is hard for
any man, to admit the error of my way, yet
in sincerity I can not do otherwise. Hence,
I confess my sin, pray for forgiveness, and
hail with all loyal Brothers a greater Sig-
rra Nu.

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An Interpretative Study of Our Needs
By Past Vice-Regent A. Miller Belfielo

QUITE a number of the benefits of
this Fund have already been set
forth in communications from vari-
ous Brothers. Other Brothers will doubt-
less see other benefits. But the Fund is
chiefly interesting to me because I believe
it is going to enable Sigma Nu to parallel
in Chapter Houses, the remarkable — yes,
phenomenal — growth it has had in Chap-
ters.

We can all see where it is going to help
Chapter Houses. It is going to permit the
General Fraternity to render financial as-
sistance to worthy Chapter House projects
— assistance which the Fraternity has not
heretofore been able to render, because it
has not had the money. There are now
and doubtless will be hereafter, many such
worthy projects.

In one place a Chapter may have a
House, but is so involved financially thai
the House cannot be saved without sub-
stantial and immediate financial help.
With the funds available, the Fraternity
can step in and save the day, giving ths
Active Chapter and Alumni time to turn
and get the project firmly on its feet.

In another place, a Chapter may have
accumulated a substantial fund, but not
enough to start the project. Things have
been at a standstill for years — gone stale,
as it were — for lack of a few thousand
dollars to bridge the gap temporarily.
With funds available, the Fraternity can
advance what is needed, put the whole
plan in operation and give it such an im-
petus that active men and Alumni will
come in and soon have it running in fine
shape without outside help.

In still another place, because the
university is in or near a large city, prop-
erty may be so high that ownership of a
Chapter House is impossible, without very
substantial financial assistance at the start
— the advancing of a lump sum larger than
active men and Alumni can possibly raise.
The Fraternity with funds available, can
advance such a sum and put the Chapter
on its feet, giving it a House which en-
sures its life and lets it compete with other
Fraternities.

The above instances are not imaginary.
They have all existed in the past; some of
them are with us now; and others in more
or less the same form will occur again.

Where are we now in Chapter Houses?
Let us see. In the last Delta (March,
1921) we credited ourselves with fifty-one
Chapter Houses owned by our eighty-five
Chapters, giving us a percentage of 60 for
Chapter Houses owned as compared with
number of Chapters. This is more liberal
treatment than we are given in the last edi-
tion (1920) of Baird's Manual of College
Fraternities, in which we are credited with
seventy-nine active Chapters owning thirty-
six Houses, a percentage of 45.5. But sup-
pose we take our own figures; they will
illustrate the point.

With these figures giving us sixty per
cent, of Chapter Houses owned, we make a
very creditable and respectable showing,
but we are nowhere near the top. Delta
Psi has seven Chapters owning seven Chap-
ter Houses, a percentage of 100. Delta
Kappa Epsilon has forty-three Chapters,
owning forty Houses, a percentage of 93.
Psi Upsilon has twenty-five Active Chap-
ters, owning twenty-three Houses, a per-
centage of 92. Sigma Phi has ten Active
Chapters, owning nine Houses, a percent-
age of 90. Alpha Delta Phi, Zeta Psi, and
Chi Phi all have a percentage of more than
80. Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, Phi
Gamma Delta, Delta Upsilon, Phi Kappa
Psi, and Chi Psi, all have more than 70
per cent. We are about fifteenth in the
list.

Our showing, as I said, is creditable,
very creditable indeed, considering our
late start and rapid growth; and it is true
that practically all of those with the high-
est percentages are the oldest fraternities,
and some of them are quite small. These
things should not deter us in the least. We
must overcome such handicaps as we have
and it is right here that this Permanent En-
dowment Fund comes in. It will permit
the General Fraternity to supply funds in
critical and important situations which are
supplied in large measure by the older
Alumni in the older Fraternities.

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But what has to be done in Chapter
Houses to parallel our growth in Chap-
ters? Let us see. First let us refer to our
growth in Chapters.

We began life in 1869 with Alpha Chap-
ter at V. M. I. At the end of ten years
there was no net gain in Active Chapters,
although Alpha had established two or
three Chapters during the period. None of
them thrived, however, so that in 1879
Alpha was still our one Chapter. In 1881,
we really began to grow, forming Kappa
at Dahlonega, Ga., followed in 1882 by
the formation of Lambda, at Washington
and Lee. We have been moving ever since.
We now have eighty-five Chapters, located
in institutions of learning of the highest
rank all over the country. In 1881, with
our two Chapters we were about the bot-
tom of the list, so far as number of Chap-
ters was concerned. At that time several
other fraternities, for example, Beta Theta
Pi, and Phi Delta Theta, had about forty
Chapters. Several others, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi,
and Sigma Chi, had over thirty, while
many others had over twenty. Now in
1921, we have more Chapters than any of
them, except three. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
has ninety, five more than we have; Kappa

Sigma and Phi Delta Theta have eighty-
five, the same as we have. In other words,
in the forty years from 1881 to 1921, we
have risen from about the bottom to about
the top.

So now we can see where a growth in
Chapter Houses similar to our growth in
Chapters would place us. It would be
near the top; near one hundred per cent,
of Houses owned, instead of about sixty
per cent., as we are now, and the Endow-
ment Fund is going to let us do it.

No one claims that mere numbers in
Active Chapters or Chapter Houses make a
Fraternity. But on the other hand, no one
can deny that the Active Chapters are the
very foundation of the Fraternity, and
that a substantial list of fine Chapters in
high-grade institutions of learning is an
element of great strength in any Fra-
ternity; nor can any one deny that a first-
class Chapter House is a proper and es-
sential part of each Chapter's equipment,
and that every Chapter ought to own one.

The opportunity is open to every Alum-
nus to help create this Endowment Fund
and thereby help in this rounding out of
his Fraternity's growth. If he is able to
help, I do not see how he can resist the
appeal.

A Confession of Faith

By General Secretary Ernest Lee Williams

THE Faith of our Founders was, that,
whereas there were many evils in the
school of which they were students
and these evils were of such a character
and standing that singly no one of them
could combat the conditions successfully,
therefore, by uniting in one body, bound
by ties of Brotherhood, they could con-
quer the enemies of evil, and thereby do
the institution of learning a great service.

We believe this Faith to be the founda-
tion of all worth-while organizations in
our Great Universities. In other words,
we must render a service tending to the
production of the highest type of manhood
in our system of education.

We believe Sigma Nu Fraternity pos-
sesses the manhood and the spirit to carry

this ideal through every Collegiate Chap-
ter and every Alumni Chapter and instill
it into the heart and mind of each pledge.

We believe that this can be done in a
brotherly spirit, in a manly way and with
a firm purpose to aid one another.

We believe that clean men, clean minds
and clean bodies are necessary for clean
cut scholarship.

We believe that a clean Home is essen-
tial for the realization of our highest
ideals.

We therefore believe in the great move-
ment to secure a Permanent Endowment
Fund and shall use our best efforts to ac-
complish it.

We believe that every Knight will do
his part.

We believe that success awaits us.

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Upsilon' s New Chapter House

University of Texas

By John D. Cofer, Upsilon

THE new Chapter House into which
Upsilon Chapter moved this year rep-
resents the result of many dreams and
much work. Plans for securing a suitable
House for our needs originated back before
the war. But when the Chapter was prac-
tically emptied in the Spring of 1917, all
plans had to be abandoned. But the armis-
tice had hardly been signed and the
the Chapter had hardly organized again
before the work started again. This time
it had the backing of Brother Shelley, our
Chapter Adviser, and the Austin Alumni.
An option was secured by Brother Shelley
on the House we had in mind. Then the
corporation was organized and we began
to sell our stock. We now have the plan
in such shape that within two years, the
whole indebtedness will be paid. To
Brother Shelley, who during the few days
before the option expired, worked night
and day raising the money, deserves the
great credit for putting the plan over.

The House itself is three stories, solid
masonry. The first floor is of stone, the
second floor of gray crushed brick, and
the third of stucco. The roof is slate. The
grounds consist of five lots, two of which
lie on a thirty-foot terrace, and the other
three below the terrace. The House stands
on the terrace. Below the terrace is a rose
garden, a grotto of stucco and shells, and
beyond these, lower down, is the peach
orchard, the tennis court, and then a lawn.
Beautiful live oaks entirely surround the
House on the east and north, and around
•the edges of the lawn are fleur-de-lis, bridal
veil, rose bushes and picturesque cedar.
The whole grounds gives the impression of
a park. The House itself is built accord-
ing to Swiss "chalet" architecture, and is
decidedly foreign in appearance. There
are three beautiful fire-places down stairs,
which lend a dignity and beauty to the
rooms. But the dining room is the show-
place of the House. The House was built
by a Swiss contractor. And around the
walls of the dining room above the panel-
ing is painted, by a really great artist the
scenes of the old contractor's home in

Switzerland. And though probably Corot
would never have acknowledged such
works, they are in good taste and carry out
the scheme of the entire House. There are
four bedrooms on the second floor and
three on the third. The rooms all have
two closets and are large enough for three
people. Two of the rooms are large
enough for four. A large sleeping porch
extends around the south and east side of
the House, on which is ample room for
every man in the Chapter or any visitors.

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The House, though not built expressly
for a Fraternity House, is in many ways
ideal and it suits our purpose entirely.
Installed with steam heat, Rudd heater,
and two bathrooms, it furnishes every con-
venience. All in all, we consider our
House the best on the campus.

We are particularly proud of the way in
which we managed to make the purchase.
In three months we raised the money to
make the first payment. About two-thirds
of this amount was paid in by the Austin
Alumni, the balance except a few scatter-
ing subscriptions was paid by the active
men in the Chapter. When we met at
Brother Shelley's office that night, every
man in the Chapter bought one share of
stock, for $100. And mind you, this $100
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a year, or when you graduated, as is usu-
ally the scheme, but it was to be paid in
full in three months. The surprising
thing was that most of it was paid, and in
every case where it was not paid, a good
and valid reason existed. A large part of
the money was paid by pledges. Is it any
wonder that with such a spirit shown by
the active men that the Alumni were will-
ing to help? We believe the organization
of our corporation and our proposition is
a little bit different from most Chapter
House schemes. And we believe that this
is the reason we were successful.

Briefly to outline it, it is as follows:
The Chapter does not own the House, nor
never will. They rent it from the Sigma
Nu Home Association of Texas, Inc., at a
yearly rental, the present rent being $1800.
This rent is used to pay interest on our
vendor's lien note and six per cent, divi-
dends to the stockholders of our corpora-
tion. No attempt will be made by the
Chapter to buy the stock from the stock-

holders. They own the House and always
will. As a result when we went out to get
money, we went with a business proposi-
tion paying six per cent, dividends. We
were not asking for a gift. And then the
men who put the money were assured that
if anything ever happens to the Chapter,
they who put up the money would own
the House and would realize on their in-
vestment. With Brother Shelley and my-
self who represent the corporation, it is if
you please, a cold-blooded business propo-
sition and we require the Chapter to live
up to their part of the agreement. Al-
though under our charter we could not rent
to anyone but the Sigma Nu Fraternity,
we can sell the House. And if the Chapter
falls down, we will. No one who put any
money in the proposition stands a chance
to lose, as we have been offered $4,500
more than we paid for it.

If anyone in any other Chapter is in-
terested in our plan, we will be glad to
furnish them with information.

Beta Psi's Chapter House

University of California
By George E. Weeks and E. Geoffrey Bangs, Beta Psi

THE first definite step for a Chapter
House for Beta Psi was taken when
Brother Adams secured the present
rented building in which the Chapter is
now housed. It was followed by several
drives for funds to provide a permanent
Home. The drives resulted in the pur-
chase of an admirable lot on the corner
of LeConte and LeRoy avenues, with front-
ages of approximately 95 feet and 100 feet,
respectively. Title to the property was
secured in the winter of 1916-17 at which
time instructions were given to three archi-
tect Brothers, viz. : Newsom, Reimers and
Bangs, to prepare plans for a House. The
lot cost us $10,500.

Unfortunately, Brother Newsom found
it necessary to withdraw from the work
which continued, however, throughout the
Spring. The plans were completed and
ready for bids when the entry of this
country into the war postponed indefinitely
further action in the House building cam-
paign.

With the cessation of hostilities interest
was revived and a determined movement
started to carry the enterprise to comple-
tion. During the interim, however, the
feeling had become general that the south
side of the campus offered more advant-
ages to the Chapter, and accordingly the
committee cast about for a suitable site.
After considering several large residences,
the committee decided to purchase the
present lot and build. The new lot cost us
$13,500.

A California non-profit corporation
without capital stock was formed. The
following Alumni were elected officers and
directors: Leland D. Adams, president;
Ernest Denicke, vice-president; Edwin
Hammer, vice-president; Chaffee E. Hall,
secretary; Geo. W. Weeks, treasurer. S. S.
Stevens was retained as counsel. An arti-
cle of the by-laws of the corporation pro-
vides that each Brother contributing to the
House building association becomes a mem-
ber of the corporation and entitled to vote.

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A better site for the proposed House
could hardly have been found. With a
frontage of 99 feet and a depth of 203 feet
on the south side of Bancroft Way, and
just 99 feet from the College avenue cars,
it becomes a most accessible mecca for
Alumni and visitors. A five-minute walk
brings the active Brothers to the hsart of
the campus.

As the old plans were not adaptable to
the new location, instructions were given
Brother Bangs to prepare new sketches,
and after considerable study on his part,
seven schemes were submitted. A se!ec-

so arranged that they may serve as a large
hall in time of entertainment. The library,
somewhat removed offers reasonable seclu-
sion and possible quietude. Adjoining the
entrance is a guest room with a private
bath adjoining, for a wandering Alumnus
or casual visitor. Provision for servants
is made at the end of the service wing, two
rocms and a bath being allotted.

The upper floors are furnished quite
sin: ply, the main problem being to provide
an arrangement to satisfy varied tastes in
living, such as one would expect to find in
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tion was made and the plan developed and
it is now being executed under contract by
Brother Charles W. Heyer, Jr.

It was the intention of the directors to
eecure a plan which offered at once com-
fortable quarters and a capacity to further
expand as the needs of the Chapter should
require. Accordingly, it seemed advisable
to develop the main floor in units one room
wide which not only gives the effect of
spaciousness through ample lighting, but
offers the opportunity of including consid-
erable space in the living area; a part of
which may in turn be incorporated in the
subsequent development of the plan. In
shape, the present plan resembles roughly
the letter "F" with its major axis 89 feet
in length, parallel to the straight front,
while die two arms embrace a court to the
south. On this floor are grouped the en-
trance hall, living room and dining room,

tion three main schemes presented them-
selves, (a) Units of bedrooms and wash
basins with large general sleeping porches.
(b) Suites of dressing rooms and studies
with joint washing facilities and small
sleeping porches, (c) Separate rooms of
moderate sizes with community lavatory
and sleeping porches. After some study
it was decided to combine under one roof
the essentials of these types, selecting such
factors of each as seemed suited.

Thus on the second floor are included
six large bedrooms for two or three men,
a large sleeping porch, three smaller stud-
ies for two occupants each, with a sleep-
ing porch adjacent, and one large lavatory
containing several basins and separate
compartment for showers and toilets. The
third floor has four rooms of varying
sizes, large porch and general lavatory.
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tion of additional rooms on this floor. Two
flights of stairs at the extreme ends of the
building give access from the main floor.

Actually, the House is three stories high
although presenting an elevation of but
two, the third being developed under the
roof. In architectural treatment, mate-
rials and environment have served to mod-
ify the aesthetic expression of the build-
ing. Brick was selected for the main part
of the building as being the most fitting
material for the walls, giving at once a
sense of dignity and durability — funda-
mentals of the Fraternity, — and harmon-
izing with the important buildings of the
neighborhood. The entrance, the only
embellished element, is in light artificial
stone, while the austerity of the walls is
relieved by window blinds. On the south,
or garden elevation, the brick gives way to
plaster and half timber, materials more
responsive to the domestic sensibilities of
young men who, during their university
days, must find in their new Home some
substitute for the ones they have left be-
hind. Broadly speaking, the site resem-
bles the later English Renaissance and
looks for its refinements to certain "mo-
tifs" of the Italian origin.

The corporation has borrowed $30,000
from a local bank, giving a first mortgage
on both lots and the House. It has bor-
rowed on second mortgage approximately
$10,000 from parents of Sigma Nus and
Alumni; $2,000 of this money came from
the General Fraternity. The second mort-
gage loan runs for approximately eighteen
months. It will be retired by donations
from active members and Alumni. An
active campaign has been under way for
about a year, with considerable success. A
sale of the old lot is being negotiated, the
proceeds of which will be used to help

retire the first mortgage. The House itself
will cost approximately $37,000 exclusive
of furnishings. The corporation will re-
tain title and rent to the Active Chapter at
a figure which will pay interest and retire
a portion of the principal, so that the prin-
cipal will be extinguished in about fifteen
years.

I could write at length as to who is re-
sponsible for finally getting the House. If
but one man were to be named it would be
Brother Lee Adams. His aid, spectacular
at times, has been consistent in time as well
as in money. He put across the building
of the House the Chapter now lives in,
came to the rescue of the Chapter when the
first lot needed about $1,500 to pay off
the mortgage, and now, as president of the
corporation, he has piloted and pushed the
acquisition of the lot and the building of
the new House. His aid barely overtops
that of such men as Ernie Denicke, Willis
and Pat Booth, Eddie Hammer, Bill Mor-
gan, and a score of others. Lack of space
prevents my mentioning them all. After
the smoke is cleared away from the pres-
ent money-raising campaign and the boys
are in the new House, which they will be
when the fall semester opens, it will be
seen that the same individuals who carried
the most responsibility when they were in
the Active Chapter are the same ones who
have made the new House a reality.

The next paragraph is by Brother Bangs.
I cannot add to it:

'The Chapter House is in the embryo.
Man made, its span of life is limited, but
while it stands, symbolical of our Shrine,
let us hope that it shall so serve the sons
of Sigma Nu that the sacrifices which made
it possible shall not have been made in
vain."

Gamma Mus New Home

University of Illinois

By the Reporter of Gamma Mu Chapter

A LITTLE more than a year ago, during
Gamma Mu moved into her new
the first week of January, 1920,
House. For years the Chapter had worked
for the possession of a home, and it was

quite an achievement when the House
stood completed.

Our House is an L-shaped structure with
the longer arm — the main wing — stretch-
ing east and west and facing north. Placed

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well back on a raised lawn, it is of colo-
nial style with pillared entrance and
French windows. Indiana Bedford stone
trimmings set off the red face brick and
the red concrete of the terraces.

The entrance opens into a hallway
flanked on one side by the dining room and
on the other by the living room. All wood-
work and furniture is in oak and the floors
are of hardwood. Six round tables, each
seating eight men, serve the Chapter in the
light and spacious dining room. The
hangings here are French tapestry and
ecru silk curtains. Over the fireplace in
the dining room is the crest done in col-

To the rear of the dining room are the.
pantry and the kitchen, and the living
quarters of our excellent cooks, "Soph and
Mary." Each of these rooms is conveni-
ently arranged and completely outfitted.
In the basement are the Chapter room,
trunk room, and boiler room. The Web-
ster modulation vacuum steam heating sys-
tem is used. The House is piped for a
vacuum cleaning system.

On the second floor are ten study rooms
of varying sizes to accommodate two,
three, or four men. Each room has one or
two double closets, depending on its size.
Linen closets and a storage room are

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ored glass mosaic. In the same position in
the living room is a bronze memorial tab-
let in memory of Brother Eric Pihlgard,
who lost his life in France. The living
room is an inviting place with its deep blue
Glendale rug, its curtains and hangings
like those in the dining room, and the dav-
enports and circle of easy chairs about
the fireplace. Off at one side is a hand-
some grand piano.

Just off the living room to the south are
the library and guest room, the latter
equipped with toilet and lavatory, mission
bed and dressing table. To the west of the
living room is the sun parlor — a light,
pleasant little room with full French win-
dows on three sides. The wicker furniture
here is in gray. A terrace, similar to the
one extending along the north front of the
House, opens off the south side of the sun
parlor.

nearby. On the third floor, in addition to
five more study rooms, is the dormitory,
thoroughly equipped with ventilators, and
stretching the length of the north front.
Both of the two upper floors have ample
toilet, lavatory, and bath rooms, that on
the second floor having showers, and that
on the third floor a tub.

How the House Was Built

Perhaps you are wondering what finan-
cial plan was followed. When the House
corporation was formed in 1908, and
throughout all its good work which cul-
minated in the new home, the only tool
available was Gamma Mu's credit. The
corporation (to which each member of the
Active Chapter automatically belongs)
contracted in 1908 for lots 127x102 feet at
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sequent eight years. These payments were
made in the form of $100 notes given by
each man, of surplus from the Chapter
treasury, and of generous gifts from sev-
eral of the Alumni. The notes are signed
by each man upon initiation — $40.00 is
payable during the four college years, and
the remaining $60.00 in four annual in-
stallments thereafter.

In the meantime those Brothers in the
architectural school made and remade

plans for the structure. The final plans
were being perfected when the corporation,
headed by Brother J. B. Mailers, president
since May, 1919, set out for the final
funds. In December, 1919, the corpora-
tion authorized a bond issue of $15,000,
consisting of ten-year bonds drawing four
per cent, interest, and in denominations of
$10. The sale of bonds was only moder-
ately successful among the Alumni ; $7,200
worth was taken, mostly by the Active

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Chapter. The initiates' notes for $100,
which had formerly been used to pay for
the lot, were now put into the building
fund. A loan of $36*000 was secured from
a building and loan association on a first
mortgage on the House, and the Chapter
treasury gave $1,000. The bonds outstand-
ing, the loan, and notes and donation
totaled $54,000, and on June 28, 1919,
ground was broken. During the Summer
and Fall Brother Mailers was on the
grounds continuously. He oversaw the
construction of the entire building, from

the excavation to the final completion.

The House remains in the legal owner-
ship of the building corporation. The
Chapter pays the corporation a monthly
rental of $550, approximately $300, of
which is used to pay the interest and prin-
cipal on the loan. The remainder is used
to pay the interest on, and to retire the
bonds.

Gamma Mu is looking forward to the
approaching day, about nine years hence,
when clear and unqualified title will be
hers. It is indeed worth working for.

Gamma Pi's New Home

University of West Virginia

By Lloyd C. Eneix, Gamma Pi

IN the future, Alumni of Gamma Pi, re-
turning to Morgantown to visit, will be
spared the embarrassment of having to
ask policemen where West Virginia Uni-
versity Sigma Nus are quartered, for Gam-
ma Pi, after seventeen years of roaming
and tenancy, now has a home of its own.

Nor will the Gamma Pi Brethren have
any reason to be ashamed to bring
strangers into their Collegiate Home, as
the Home is one of the best, if not the
best, Fraternity Houses in the town. It was
formerly the private residence of one of
Morgantown's most wealthy citizens and
today would cost, according to the report
of an architect who inspected the House
for the Chapter, approximately thirty thou-
sand dollars to build.

The Chapter moved into the House in
September, at the opening of the present
collegiate year, and right now the Brothers
are happy in the thought that the worries
of new leases and possibilities of having
to move are troubles of the past.

It took nerve to get the home. Some ten
or twelve years ago, far-seeing West Vir-
ginia Sigma Nus decided that Gamma Pi
needed a home of its own and organized
the Sigma Nu Home Association, incor-
porating the association under the State
laws, and began to raise the necessary
money to buy or build. Like all other sim-
ilar projects, this was received with great
enthusiasm and some money was pledged
and a little collected. However, the en-

thusiasm soon died and new impetus was
not given the movement until the Spring
of 1917. Then came the war, and this
movement along with many other things
was, through necessity, side-tracked.

But the good intentions were not for-
gotten. After a number of the ante-bellum
Brothers returned to complete their collegi-
ate work, the movement was relaunched.
A campaign was planned and it was reck-
oned that, in a year or two, the association
would be ready to buy at least a lot upon
which to build. Then necessity again
brought things to a grand climax.

The lease on the House occupied by the
Chapter expired, and the landlord raised
the rent as he had done the year before.
On top of this he gave warning that the
House would be sold, if a buyer could be
found, and refused to lease unless the
Chapter would agree to vacate upon sale.
The Chapter did not want to buy the
House, nor did it want to continue a no-
madic existence. So it decided that the
time had come to act.

Here is where it took nerve. Rather
frenzied financing was necessary, for after
more than ten years of existence and de-
sultory collecting of money, the association
had only nine hundred dollars, and the
only House available suitable for a fra-
ternity was priced at thirty thousand dol-
lars!

A consultation was held with Brother
Franklin M. Brand, secretary of the Asso-

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ciation, and several of the directors and
Alumni. It was decided to bargain with
the owner and begin raising funds* The
best terms for the purchase that could be
arranged was ten thousand dollars paid
before occupancy was given in September
and the remainder to be paid in five annual
installments with interest, payments to be
secured by first mortgages on the property.
The terms were accepted in spite of the
fact that less than one thousand dollars

though notices were sent out setting forth
the urgent need of having them paid, but
few of the notes were paid. Literature of
the pamphlet variety, setting forth the need
of a Home, and the action that had been
taken, was sent out to the Alumni and this
literature stirred substantial financial re-
sponses.

But more than half the amount necessary
to insure the first payment on the House
came from the men of the active Chapter

Gamma Pi Chapter House
University of West Virginia

comprised the cash on hand, and the Chap-
ter and association officers settled down
to the business of collecting cash for the
first payment.

The campaign for funds was not unlike
that of all other Chapters who have man-
aged through their own efforts to secure a
Home. For several years it had been the
custom to have each new member sign
notes of ten dollars each, totaling one hun-
dred dollars, to be paid in the first ten
years after graduation, and these notes
were in the hands of Secretary Brand.
However, many of the Brothers had ne-
glected to pay these when due and al-

of the year 1919-20. Practically every
member of the Chapter pledged fifty or
one hundred dollars each to be paid by
the middle of summer, and these pledges
were fulfilled. I do not have the exact
figures available, but approximately four
thousand dollars was paid in by the active
members. This, with three thousand more
contributed by Alumni, and added to the
nine hundred on hand at the beginning of
the campaign, totaled eight thousand dol-
lars, not enough for the first payment and
possession of the House. This eight thou-
sand, however, indicated that the associa-
tion meant business and Brother Brand

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succeeded in negotiating a loan at a local
bank for the two thousand needed for the
first payment. The Chapter then arranged
its finances so that two hundred and fifty
dollars a month could be paid into the as-
sociation treasury. The payments that the
Chapter has made since September, and
the money that has come in from the
Alumni who did not make payments dur-
ing the summer, have enabled the associa-
tion to repay the two thousand that was
borrowed so that now all money coming in
is being held to help meet the second pay-
ment, due in September of this year.

Negotiations with the General Offices
have been started and it is hoped that a
loan can be secured there before next fall,
but the fact that this loan will be probably
forthcoming is not going to cause any lax-
ness in continuing the campaign for funds.
More literature and bulletins are being
prepared and will be sent out this Spring,
and it is anticipated that the Alumni who
were not able to contribute last summer,
will find it within their means to do so
this summer.

Each initiate of the Chapter is asked to
contribute one hundred dollars as his
share. While we say contribute, we do not
mean exactly that, for shares of stock are
issued at ten dollars per share, and the
money is in reality an investment. Today
if it were necessary to sell the House and
wind up the corporation*, each share of
stock now issued would be worth more
than forty dollars.

The House and lot, a brief description
of which follows, is an excellent invest-
ment. The property is located at 270 Wal-
nut Street, just one block from the main
business corner of the town, next door to
the Elks Club and across the street from
Morgantown's beautiful new high school,
and, as the town is booming because of the
coal development in this area, it is .worth
today ten thousand dollars more than the
price at which it was bought. In fact,
forty thousand dollars has been offered
for it and refused because the Fraternity
has no other place to go. The property
next door was purchased two years ago by
a local man for twenty-two thousand dol-
lars, and he only recently refused to sell
for fifty thousand. The association would
no doubt sell this property for fifty thou-
sand as that would leave, after paying off

finance building a new House along lines
more suitable for a Fraternity Home.

The House, which stands on a lot front-
the mortgages, enough to buy a lot and
ing sixty feet on Walnut Street and extend-
ing back one hundred feet, is a three-story,
cream-colored brick veneer structure, con-
taining ten large rooms not including the
large pantries, bath room and attic floor.
The first and second floors are entirely
finished with the highest grade hardwood,
and the porches, of which there are three,
are floored with varicolored tile.

On the first floor the front entrance is
into a large reception hall from which
elaborately finished stairs rise to the sec-
ond floor. To the left of the reception hall
is a large parlor, finished with dark cherry
and connected with the reception hall and
living room in its rear by double sliding
doors. The living room in the rear of the
parlor is finished in dark oak and connects
with the dining room to the right by double
sliding doors. The dining room is finished
in dark oak and panelled more than half
way up the walls to the ceiling. There are
elaborately carved mantels in each of the
rooms and reception hall with open gas
fire-places beneath. The ceilings and
walls are all hand-painted and hand-dec-
orated. In the living room there is a
stained glass window valued at five hun-
dred dollars, and on the first landing of
the stairs leading up from the reception
hall, there is a larger stained glass window
valued at eight hundred to a thousand dol-
lars. The kitchen connects with the dining
room through a butler's pantry.

On the second floor there are five large
rooms and a bathroom, all, except the bath-
room, having three or more windows each,
and two rooms having wash stands with
running water. These rooms are used for
study and dressing, while all men living
in the House sleep in the large attic room
that extends over the entire House. The
attic has eight windows and a skylight so
that it is sufficiently ventilated to insure
the health of the sleepers. The entire
House is heated by hot air from a coal
burning heater in the basement The base-
ment extends only under half the House,
but has a furnace room, a laundry with
stationary tubs, and a large room for
storage.

The chief disadvantage of the House is

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the fact that it has but one bathroom and
two toilets, one on the second floor and
one in the basement. The other advan-
tages make up for this, however, and it is
an excellent House for the present needs
of the Chapter.

Beside the loyal Brethren who have pur-
chased association stock, the Chapter is

especially grateful to Brothers Franklin
M. Brand, Floyd Sayre, J. Robert Waters,
Jr., Roy F. Ash, French Robinson, William
Himes, Lloyd C. Gibson, Marcus Bond and
several others who served on committees
and rendered invaluable assistance in con-
ducting the campaign for the first payment
money.

Delta Alpha at Home

Case School of Applied Science

By Don Brooker, Delta Alpha

THE Spring of 1917 saw Delta Alpha
like many other Chapters in sad
straits. At that time we were living
in one of the best Houses around the
campus, located on Euclid Avenue, some
five minutes' walk from school. When war
was declared and the country's need of
engineers, especially, became apparent, the
Chapter dwindled and dwindled until only
five men were left. With such a small
number of active men it was out of the
question to attempt to keep up a House,
so at the. end of the school year of 1917
we let it go.

Since that time we have had a varied
experience. During the years of 1918 and
1919, after the S. A. T. C. regime was
ended we lived with the Brothers of Delta
Zeta, some ten minutes walk from our
campus. This arrangement was never con-
sidered as more than a temporary war
measure. In the Fall of 1919 we had
grown to fair numbers with the return of
men from the service, so we attempted to
get a House. Housing conditions in Cleve-
land were very bad at that time, and after
living in a five-room apartment for a short
time, the best we were able to obtain was
a House on Hough Avenue, a mile from
school. This was far from a satisfactory
arrangement since the school day at Case
begins at 8 a. m.

The Alumni of the Chapter realized our
difficulty very well and did their best to
help us out. There had been a building
fund accumulating for several years, but
accumulation was rather slow. During
the month of January several of the
Alumni of Delta Alpha, headed by Jack

Maline, Jimmie MofTett, and Glen Bales,
formed a company known as the Sigma Nu
Building Company, for the purpose of
building or buying a House. Stock in the
company was sold and enough money to
work with was obtained.

Adelbert Road was the natural location
for the House, so investigations were made

Delta Alpha Chapter House
Case School of Applied Science

there; a House for sale on favorable terms
was found within a hundred yards of the
main building. Through the General Offi-
ces the discrepancy, between the amount of
money we had and the amount we needed,
was made up and we were then the proud
possessors of a House. We took posses-
sion in June, several of the Brothers stay-
ing in the House during the summer. Their
stay was enlivened by a robbery which oc-
curred while no one was in. The burglars,

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some erring young Columbuses from our
Italian settlement, called a second time,
however, and were caught by three of the
Brothers who happened to drop in.

Last Fall when school opened we were
well established in our new Home. It is
a Home worth being proud of, too. There
are two lounging rooms, a reception room,
a hall, a dining room and a well fitted
kitchen on the first floor. On the second
floor we have four large study rooms, and
a room which was given to our worthy
matron, Mrs. Hackman. The third floor is
occupied by two study rooms, a trunk room
and the dormitory. The dormitory, which
is well ventilated by two large windows
and a ventilator, is fitted with enough of
the old-time double-deckers to accommo-
date twenty-two men, with a few vacancies
for visitors. The basement is large, fitted
with laundry tubs, coal bins, furnace and
a fruit cellar. The House is well heated,
having in addition to the furnace seven

fire-places, four on the first floor, and
three on the second. The bathroom is
fitted with a shower, and three wash basins.
Since the House was built in a time when
lumber was cheap, there are numerous
clothes-closets in the rooms, affording
ample space for the Brothers to store their
clothes. The House is well finished
throughout, the lower floor being of oak,
and the hall and one of the study rooms
on the second floor being finished in the
6ame material.

We are all delighted with our House and
proud of it, owned as it is by Sigma Nus,
Alumni of Delta Alpha.

We have grown from five active men in
the Fall of 1917 to thirty-one at the present
time. We are well represented in every
activity at Case and looking forward to
still greater prosperity in the future. Some
day in the future when the House is in tin
possession of the active Chapter itself, W3
will build a new House.

The Delta Delta Lodge

Pennsylvania State College

By Roy L. Bovard, Delta Delta

Location and Grounds

THE new home of the Chapter is to be
located on the campus of Penn Stat?
at the upper end of Fraternity Row.
Our plot of ground, which is 160 feet by
160 feet in size, is situated between the
Sigma Chi and Alpha Zeta properties, a
38-foot roadway separating our lot from
that of Alpha Zeta.

The Lodge will face toward the Old
Main Building and the Library. Just
across the street is a plot of ground, ap-
proximately 350 feet by 250 feet in size,
extending from the Phi Gamma Delta
property to the edge of the college woods.
This tract is to be developed as a garden
approach to the new Recreational Building,
which will be located about 100 feet inside
the woods. The college intends to make
this the future horticultural garden.

To the rear of the Lodge is located the
150-acre college playground which in-
cludes the 50-acre golf course, the tennis
courts, the baseball and football fields.

This assures an unobstructed view in that
direction.

In planning the grounds around the
Lodge, care has been taken to develop a
design attractive, useful, and economical.
A stone-paved terrace extends across the
front and around the sun room side. This
terrace ties the House firmly to the ground,
the width of same being proportionate to
the height of the House, and the general
outline carrying out the same composition
as the House itself. A bed of fairly high
shrubbery surrounds the section in front
of the dining room and the Great Hall giv-
ing a desirable seclusion for gathering in
the open air after meals, access being had
through the door in the dining room bay.
The area in front of the living room and
sun room is open with two balustraded
panels and a growth of English ivy to
soften the monotony of the stone walls and
give character to the composition. The
walk and the wide stone steps leading onto
the terrace are on an axis with the front
entrance.

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At the corner of the sun room the ter-
race narrows down only to widen out again
into an area beside the sun room which
is screened from the street by planting.
This space will be furnished with stone or
old iron furniture and tubbed oleanders
and similar plants. An old English wall
sun dial mounted on a stone column rising
from the wall furnishes an added feature.
On either side of this dial, steps lead down
to a semi-circular walk giving free access
in either direction, yet at the same time al-
lowing for a screen planting that will give
privacy to those sitting on the terrace.

The Lodge Exterior .

A house of the English Tudor type was
selected, as it expresses more than any
other type, the purpose for which it is in-
tended. The walls are to be of rough na-
tive grayish-white lime-stone with the
trimmed white Indian lime-stone around all
windows and doors. The House will be
three stories in height, with a basement
under the whole House for service and
storage space. The roof is to be of se-
lected slate while all floors are to be of
concrete laid on steel reinforcing. The

Delta Delta History

Founded as the University Club, a local fraternity, April 1, 1904.

Secured first Club Rooms in fall of 1904.

Moved into Herman House, Allen Street, April 1, 1905.

Moved into old Sigma Chi House, September, 1906.

Fall of 1907 petitioned Sigma Nu for Charter.

Moved into another House, September, 1908.

Sigma Nu Charter granted December 22, 1908.

Installed as Delta Delta Chapter at Beta Rho House, Philadelphia, April 8, 1909.

Signed 10-year lease and moved into present Lytle House, College Ave., September 18, 1911.

Started House Fund, Spring, 1914.

Adopted $100 House Building Fund Note Plan, Fall, 1914.

Started Alumni Campaign for House Funds resulting in securing the signatures of 113

Alumni on the $100 Notes. Tripled cash in bank in one year.
Awarded Campus Site, 160 feet by 160 feet, on Fraternity Row by the Board of Trustees

of College, August, 1920.
Started work on the design of new Chapter House, September, 1920.
Building Committee selected and application made for Charter.
Charter and Incorporation papers of the Delta Delta Property Association received February,

1921.
Will start actual construction work, Summer, 1921.

In front of the terrace and on the axis
of the sun room terrace is an American
elm so placed that it completes the com-
position with the building. When this
tree reaches its maturity its branches will
just overhang the House and give shade to
that portion of the terrace.

At the rear a drive leads from the street
to a circular entrance court of simple de-
sign, which allows a complete turn to be
made by the largest automobile. A stone
landing, covered by a marquis, provides
comfortable access to machines in wet
weather. This entrance is screened from
the service yard by an appropriate lattice
with vines and shrubbery. The whole prop-
erty is surrounded by an evergreen hedge.

partitions being of hollow tile or metal
lath laid on pressed steel channels.

One of the main features of the House
is the entrance tower. Over the entrance
doorway the Fraternity Coat of Arms, in
lime-stone, is placed and above this two
fine groups of windows give an imposing
character to the tower. To the right of the
main entrance will be noted the fine group-
ing of windows at the front of the living
room wing while on further to the right
hand is noted a sun room with an entrance
to the terrace. To the left of the main
tower one notes the careful placing of the
window groups in the Great Hall as well as
the studied design of the dining room bay
which completes the front composition.

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Note the French doors leading from the
dining room bay and consider their utility
in House party time.

In other words, the whole House has
been planned to give the effect of the old
buildings at Oxford and Cambridge with
the new and modern features of the sim-
ilarly designed, yet up to date, fire-proof
structures at Yale and Princeton. A House,
so designed that depreciation will be re-
duced to a minimum, will be a Chapter

ample light from the front of the House.
Opposite the main entrance the main
stairway of Tudor design leads to the
second floor. To the rear of this stairway
the rear entrance hall extends leading out
to the marquis. The men's cloak room,
which is complete with toilet and lavatory,
is off this hallway and another small hall
leads to the ladies' reception room which
is complete with toilet. A convenient stor-
age closet and a telephone booth is located

M5EMENT PLAN

home which will be appreciated more and
more each year.

First Floor Plan

The main entrance is through the tower
which serves as a vestibule. A massive
oak door with studded wrought iron bars
and hinges makes one think of medieval
times. To the left of the entrance door a
wrought iron light will be placed. From
the vestibule one steps into the Great Hall
46 feet long by 18 feet wide. This long
hall has a beamed ceiling in dark oak;
at the end of the hall a large white lime-
stone fire-place extends from floor to ceil-
ing. Two fine groups of windows give

off this last hallway. A door from the rear
hall opens into the living room while an-
other door leads to the basement.

To the right of the main entrance a wide
doorway gives entrance to the living room
which is 45 feet long by 21 feet wide. At
either end of this room, fine groups of
gothic windows extend from floor to ceil-
ing. Opposite the hall entrance and on
an axis with the Great Hall mantle is
located the Living Room Memorial Fire-
place. Two wide French doors, one on
either side of this last fireplace, lead out
into the enclosed sun room porch. The
living room will have a beamed ceiling
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present, be finished in a rough cream col-
ored plaster. The plans call for dark oak
woodwork panellings for all walls even-
tually. The main floor is of quartered oak
laid on studding inserted in the concrete
floor.

The library is located at the rear of the
Great Hall and its location was selected to
obtain a quiet spot for study or reading.
The mantle in this room is flanked on

a doorway leading into the service pantry.
The dining hall is arranged for three large
tables which will be sufficient at all times
except during House parties when two ex-
tra tables may be added.

A wide service pantry with large closets,
shelves and drawers is provided. A sink
for filling glasses and washing dishes is
also located here. The kitchen is designed
to take care of maximum conditions and

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either side by carefully designed "built-in"
book cases. A door from this room opens
into the ladies9 reception room so that at
times this room may be used as a rest room
for the ladies. *

At either side of the Great Hall fire-place
French doors open into the dining hall
which is designed to seat, if necessary dur-
ing House party time, at least 75 people.
The front of the dining hall is an attrac-
tive bay made up of windows and French
doors opening out on to the terrace. Two
other groups of windows on the side of the
room assure plenty of light. At the rear
of the dining hall is another fire-place with

this is evidenced in the layout of all de-
tails such as range, ice box, service tables,
sinks, cupboards, etc. One door leads to
the rear service porch and another to the
fire tower, thus giving entrance to the
basement or to the upstairs.

Pennsylvania laws require the fire tower
or fire escape, so this has been planned to
go from basement to the third floor. The
tower will be of strictly fire-proof design
with automatic closing fire-proof doors on
all floors. This is to be the service stair-
way and during House party times will be
used by the men in going to the third floor
while guests will use the main stairway.

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Second Floor

The rooms on this floor are arranged in
groups of two, a study and a bedroom, in
each suite. Each room is supplied with
a large built-in closet and the layout is
planned so that each study will accommo-
date two desks, two chiffoniers, and two
study chairs while each bedroom will be of
sufficient size for two single beds, a chair,
and a small stand with light. Each man
will have his own desk and desk lamp with
direct electric connection to baseboard re-
ceptacle. All studies are designed with
floors of cork composition laid on top of
the concrete. This is somewhat cheaper
than wood but also has the additional ad-
vantage of reducing noise, and is also
more nearly fire-proof than wood. Alumni
and active men were practically unanimous
in our carrying out the idea that two men
only be placed in each study. Also that
the connecting bedroom system be used in
preference to the common dormitory idea.

This floor is arranged for seven two-
room suites for students and in addition a
large toilet is supplied as well as two
Alumni rooms with connecting bath, and
two servants' rooms with bath. The two
Alumni rooms are to be completely fitted
out and held only for the use of our visit-
ing Alumni, Sigma Nus from other Chap-
ters, and our guests. These two rooms are
probably the best bedrooms in the Lodge,
the one room being directly over the en-
trance tower. Each room is supplied with
a large closet and the common bath is
made as complete as possible, having a
shower, tub, toilet and lavatory.

The servants' quarters are in the wing
over the kitchen and include two large
bed rooms with closets, a common bath
room and a common sitting room complete
this suite. The entrance to these rooms is
gained only from the fire tower which
leads to the first floor and to the kitchen.

Third Floor

This floor is in every way similar to
the second floor except the two Alumni
rooms here are given over to a study-bed
room suite and the servants' suite is given
over to another study-bedroom group mak-
ing nine study suites in all. One large
bathroom is supplied on this floor, being a
duplicate of the bath on the second floor.
Each of these baths are designed with tile

walls and floors are complete with four
washbowls, two showers, and two toilets.
This floor will be used exclusively by the
men during House parties and the door to
the front stair hall will be closed.

Basement

The stairway from the hall on the main
floor leads to the hallway in the basement.
Here is located the large Chapter Room,
45 feet by 21 feet in size, under the living
room. This room will be supplied with
two ante-rooms and a safe. A ventilation
system forces air into the Chapter Room
and the outlet is up through the main liv-
ing room fireplace chimney. This room
has no outside windows or doors. The
whole room is designed from a standpoint
of efficiently carrying out the ritual of the
Fraternity.

The trunk room on this floor is designed
to hold approximately forty trunks, these
being arranged on the floor and on two
shelves extending around the room.

A laundry, with electric washer, station-
ary tubs, mangle, ironing boards and driers
is provided. A large furnace room with
fire-proof walls and doors and with a con-
necting coal storage room having capacity
for at least fifty tons of coal, takes care of
the heating requirements. A coal chute
leads from a spot under the rear driveway
to the coal storage room thereby facili-
tating the delivery of coal. A hot water
heating system with concealed radiators
will be installed and all piping and wiring
throughout the house will be concealed in
the walls and partitions. Sufficient stor-
age rooms for vegetables, canned goods,
smoked and salted meats, etc., are located
on this floor.

Future plans call for a billiard and poo1
room with outside windows. This room
will be of sufficient size to take care of a
billiard and a pool table and allow for a
large fireplace and side wall seats.

On this floor will also be found the ex-
tra bedroom and bath for janitor, this
toilet being arranged so that it will be ac-
cessible to those using the billiard room.

Summary

While from the above description you
may feel that we have planned a luxurious
palace, yet if you could only know the

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number of cuts and modifications which
have been made to even enable us to bring
the cost within our limited means you
would appreciate that much remains to
be accomplished. Many most essential
and important details have been omitted
which must be supplied later on. The
whole design of the House has been studied
from a standpoint of utility, but utility
in this case has been combined with good
architectural design.

It has taken much work, thought and
planning to reach the present stage. In
the past year alone the House fund has
tripled in size. We have secured a fine
campus site and a Charter and incorpora-

tion papers have been granted to the Delta
Delta Property Association. The deter-
mined spirit of the active men made much
of this possible, but one should not fail to
note that 113 Alumni out of a total Alumni
roll of 134, have subscribed to the fund.

It is only the full payment of the $100
notes that will enable us to carry through
the present plans in all details.

For years past we have talked and
dreamed of a real Chapter home, all of
which is about to be realized. Let us each
do our part that the Delta Delta Lodge
may not be only a real home for our Chap-
ter, but a distinct credit to our Fraternity —
Sigma Nu.

Delta Sigma Buys a House

Carnegie Institute of Technology

By William H. King, Delta Sigma
President, Delta Sigma Association

DURING 1914 the local, which is now
the Delta Sigma Chapter, started
the well-known system of House
Building Fund Notes. Each member
signed a series of ten notes of $10.00 each,
the first note payable January 1st, after
the maker was supposed to have been
graduated. Every man initiated in the
Chapter signed notes. However, with no
definite program before us, collections
were small, and by July 1, 1919, we had
only collected about $850.00.

At commencement time, 1919, Lemuel
C. Dillenbach stopped at the Chapter
House several days on his way home from
war. He talked about the Chapter owning
its own home, and made good his talk by
paying the balance due on his House
Building Fund Notes. His spirit was
thoroughly contagious and aroused enthu-
siasm amongst the men in the active Chap-
ter to the highest pitch. As is usually the
case, it was the active Chapter which put
the deal across.

At the annual meeting of the Delta
Sigma Association (the holding company)
held the latter part of June, 1919, it was
decided to buy a house as soon as a suit-
able house could be found. Realizing the
necessity of having cash, we discounted the
balance due on notes if the makers would

pay the balance then. That is to say the
makers were given the advantage of 4 per
cent, interest between the time the note was
paid, and the date of maturity. We then

Delta Sigma Chapter House
Carnegie Institute of Technology

started an active campaign for collections.
This was as successful as could be ex-
pected with no definite deal in view.
Simultaneously we searched for a suit-

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able house. We searched the entire winter
and well into the summer of 1920, but
could not find an available place for sale.

In September of last year we discovered
that our present house could be bought.
We then had dickers and counter-dickers,
and finally on October 6th signed a sales
agreement at what we had previously set
to be a satisfactory purchase price — and
at the terms we wanted. We then had
about $3,200 cash. We agreed to pay
$28,000 for the property, $3,000 down and
$3,000 additional within ninety days, and
give a mortgage for $22,000 for three
years, the mortgage to be reduced at the
rate of $1,000 every six months. The
Alumni who had charge of the deal knew
the Chapter thoroughly, and knew that in
the past they had always overcome ap-
parently un surmountable obstacles. We
felt secure in taking ninety days to raise
$3,000 amongst our membership. We
actually raised $3,300 in fifty days. We
took title to the property on December
16th, and the Chapter moved in on Decem-
ber 17th and 18th.

Delta Sigma has a living Chapter roll
of 108 members. On December 15th,
forty-six men had paid their House Build-
ing Fund obligations in full. Only eleven
men did not contribute at least something
toward the fund. The active Chapter con-
tributed about $2,400. Not a penny wai
solicited nor received from a person other
than a Chapter member. The spirit shown
was most gratifying. Delta Sigma is a
young Chapter, consequently all her
Alumni are young men, who as yet have
not had an opportunity to accumulate a
surplus of worldly goods, yet they contrib-

uted liberally. The Chapter itself is made
up entirely of men from families in mod-
erate circumstances, yet they come across.
Men who did not have a penny to spare
managed to find a means of paying their
obligation in full, and have found full sat-
isfaction for the money given. A report
would be incomplete unless the following
circumstances were included. Many of the
men watched for an opportunity to take
the time from college and waited on table
downtown at banquets. Others put in a
day occasionally at the mills. Each night
when they went home that money was
turned over to the treasurer's representa-
tive at the House.

This is how Delta Sigma got her home.
It is a fine brick house of fourteen large
rooms and three baths, and was formerly
the homestead of a prominent Pittsburgh
family. It is on a lot 99 feet wide by 265
feet deep, in the best residential section of
the city. When Regent Myers inspected
the House he congratulated us on our abil-
ity to obtain such a fine place. He stated
that while our House is not the finest in
the Fraternity, that we were as well
equipped as any Chapter. He also ex-
pressed the opinion that the building
would cost $75,000 to build today.

The Delta Sigma Association has formu-
lated a sound business plan to complete
payment for the property. We still have
considerable money outstanding in notes,
and we are continuing our campaign for
collections.

Delta Sigma has not bought a bed of
roses. The roses will not start to bloom
for some time to come. But we can, with
proper diligence, avoid the thorns.

Hail!

Collegiate Chapters

You are summoned to constant attendance this summer to conduct the

Endowment Fund Campaign among Your Alumni and

Alumni You Meet.

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Self-Service

Will you send in your subscription and get one
Brother to do the same, or do you want a more
loyal Sig to wait on you?

Here is the one case where a good Sigma Nu
should put himself first.

George Arthur Smith, Vice-Regent.

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The Silent Partner

How Business Men Measure a Man's Worth

By Vice-Regent George A. Smith

SINCE the average boy develops more
from associations and environments
than from books or teachers, the col-
lege fraternity is a big influence in a boy's
life.

The fraternities take the majority of the
best boys in college. The Freshman who
is privileged to eat, live and associate with
the upperclassmen of the best type, has an
advantage, especially if his Fraternity
group is running true to form — where the
upperclassmen see that every Freshman
qualifies in some campus activity. The
man who qualifies even for third assistant
manager of the tennis team and does his
job well, is entitled to every honor.

Campus work, fraternity work and col-
lege work are each doing a part in develop-
ing the most valuable asset a boy can take
from college — Character.

Every fraternity is judged by the char-
acter of its members. This judgment is
soundly placed, for the Fraternity is the
most pronounced influence in college life
for character making. Eating, sleeping,
studying together — living and all its activ-
ities in the atmosphere of the same House,
the Chapter makes or breaks its members.
For the college boy is at that time of life
where his associations and environments
mold him unconsciously.

Another reason for the Fraternity's in-
fluence is its apparent lack of it. The class
room, the collegiate activities, even the
athletics — these purpose to teach the col-
lege man. He knows it and correspond-
ingly resents it. In his Chapter House he
is off his guard. It is his home, where he
can talk among those of his own age and
kind. Hence he is most susceptible to the
ideals of his Fraternity.

Sigma Nu stands for and with the best.
We do not pretend to claim that we have
no errors or weak spots. We have, but we
are trying to approach these obstacles in
a straight forward manner and correct
them, if possible.

This standard of character may not be
the same in all colleges, but I believe it
is becoming more uniform as our Chap-

ters come closer together, and our national
organization and supervision grow.

The Creed that Past Regent Sears gave
us, is playing a most important part. As
far as I know, Sigma Nu is the only Fra-
ternity that has a Creed. The honor that
the Fraternity teaches makes it easy for
the everyday life of each member to square
with his pretentions and altogether de-
velop a better and more uniform character.

To verify my first statement — boys de-
velop more from associations and environ-
ments than from books or teachers — let me
quote from an investigation made by the
Society of Industrial Engineers:

A circular letter was sent out in 1915
asking the question: What are the most
important factors in determining probable
success or failure in engineering? The
relative importance of the qualities as de-
rived from the answers received from 1,500
engineers is as follows:

Character 41.0

Judgment 17.5

Efficiency 14.5

Understanding of men 14.0

87%

Knowledge of fundamentals .... 7.0
Technique 6.0

13%

100%

The tenor of these replies was so unex-
pected and so vital that a second letter was
sent out to the 30,000 members of the four
engineering societies.

More than 7,000 replies were received;
94^ per cent, placed the character group
first, a similar majority put knowledge
and technique last.

Dr. Mann, who made the investigation,
has called attention to the following:

"In the first place, all the qualities men-
tioned are essential to genuine success and
conscious effort should be made to develop
all of them as far as possible. Second,
character, initiative, common sense, and
qualities of this sort cannot be taught ex-

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plicitly like multiplication tables and rules
of grammar. Third, education is a con-
tinuous process of growth and, therefore,
the development of the qnalities of the
first group cannot to advantage be arrested
for four years, even for the sake of a mas-
tery of knowledge and technique. Fourth,
the man whose character, judgment, effi-
ciency, and understanding of men has de-
veloped most during his college years, has
the best show after graduation, since these
qualities constitute 75 per cent, or more of
his equipment."

Sigma Nu is an important, and a very
important, part of the educational equip-
ment in eighty-five of the leading colleges
and universities in the United States — a
"Silent Partner" in preparing young men
for life.

The greatest happiness a man can have
is to help young men become successful.
Therefore, let our motto always be: "My
Fraternity, may she always be right! She
almost always is right, but if ever she is
not right, let us turn in and make her
right."

An Inaugural Word

By General Secretary Ernest Lee Williams

IT is with a keen sense of pleasure that
we take up the duties of General Secre-
tary of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
First, we are proud indeed of the serv-
ices of Brother Edwin W. Dunlavy. He
has done a great work for the Fraternity,
and his broad vision in the educational
world has born a bountiful harvest in our
Chapters and in the ranks of our Alumni.
I will always have an abiding faith in his
purposes and a profound respect for his
brilliant mind, his kindly consideration
and his accomplishments, both in the Fra-
ternity and in his professional fields. He

has before him a great future, in a great
State, at the head of a fine institution of
learning. To both Brother Dunlavy and
his most endearing wife, the portals of
Sigma Nu in every State stand wide open.
We are proud of you and your record and
may the good God keep you and prosper
you in all things.

Second, we are proud of the position we
hold and will do everything within our
power to render unstinted service. The
members of the High Council are in deep
earnest and, Brothers, we must not fail
them.

An Outdoorsman's Prayer

By Harold Einar Magnuson, Delta Lambda

Give me the thrill of the outdoors, its work and its joy and its strife,

With its limitless reaches of splendor, its glory and beauty and life.

Give me the view from the mountain; give me the gloom of the glade.

Give me the breath of the balsam — all the glory the Master has made.

Give me the warmth of the sun, with its gladsome caress and its cheer.

Give me the strength of the tempest, its fury and fight and its fear.

Give me the calm of the evening, and the peace of the rivers that run,

Unhindered through glorious meadows reflecting the set of the sun.

Give me the vastness of Heaven, the myst'ry of moon and of star,

The infinite reaches of prairie, outstretching dim and afar.

Give me the gold of the sunset, with its beauty unpainted by man,

Give me the silver of moonlight, transcending the firmament's span.

Give me the glow of the campfire, when blackness and myst'ry obtain,

And the joy of a friend to sit by me, sharing my pleasure and pain.

Give me sweet rest on a pine-bed; in the morning an untroubled mind,

With the lake stretching silver before me and the pines whisp'ring cadence behind.

Give me the hardship of struggle, up the trail that leads to the end,

With the comfort of rest in the twilight, and the peace that only Thou can send.

And there at the end of the striving, allow me serenely to stand,

Gazing in awe-stricken wonder, at the marvelous work of Thy hand.

--Outer's Recreation Mugaune.

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Frank Aydelotte

Beta Eta

The New President of Swarthmore College

FRANK AYDELOTTE, professor of
English at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology since 1915, and American
secretary of the Rhodes Trust, was elected
president of Swarthmore College on March
8, 1921, by unanimous vote of the board
of managers, to succeed Dr. Joseph Swain
who retires in June, also, by the way, a
graduate of Brother Aydelotte's Alma
Mater — Indiana University.

At the age of forty, Professor Aydelotte
is one of the youngest college presidents in
the United States. That is in accordance
with the policy of the board of managers
which announced it would elect a young
man to head the college. He was born in
Sullivan, Indiana, on October 16, 1880,
and graduated from high school there. He
married Miss Marie Jeanette Osgood, of
Cambridge, Mass., in 1907.

The new president wears a long string
of degrees and honors after his name. His
college days, as an undergraduate, were
spent at Indiana University, where he re-
ceived his A. B. in 1900. Here he was ini-
tiated into Beta Eta Chapter in 1898, and
was also given the golden key of Phi Beta
Kappa. Then he went to Harvard and was
awarded the Master's degree in 1903. His
appointment as Rhodes scholar from In-
diana was soon announced, and he entered
Oxford in 1905, obtaining his degree of
Bachelor of Letters in 1908, for research
in Elizabethan period literature, on which
he is an authority.

Brother Aydelotte is a strong believer
in college athletics, having a reputation as
an athlete, both in this country and in Eng-
land. He played end on the Indiana foot-
ball team, and was selected for several all-
State teams.

After his graduation from Indiana,
Brother Aydelotte entered upon his educa-
tional career, as instructor in English in
Southwestern State Normal School, at Cali-
fornia, Pennsylvania, from 1900 to 1901,
in Indiana University from 1901 to 1902,
and in Louisville, Kentucky Boys' High
School, from 1903 to 1905. He became
associate professor at Indiana in 1908, and

continued there until 1915, when he went
to take the chair of English at Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. In 1918
he was elected American secretary to the
Rhodes scholarship trustees.

During the war Professor Aydelotte was
national director of the war issues course
in the committee of education and special
training of the war department.

Frank Aydelotte
Beta Eta

Positions of national prominence in edu-
cational circles have frequently come his
way. He is president of the New England
Association of Teachers of English and
chairman of Committee "G" of the Ameri-
can Association of University Professors,
which is studying means of cultivating the
intellectual interests of undergraduates.
He is also chairman of a newly organized
committee of the Modern Language Asso-
ciation, which is seeking to have reproduc-
tions made of early English manuscripts
for study in this country. He is a member
of the Society for the Promotion of Engi-
neering Education, and has been identified
prominently for the last six years with the

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movement to liberalize technical training bonds," and "The Oxford Stamp." He has

in the United States, now fast gaining also edited "Materials for Study of English

ground. Literature and Composition," "English and

Professor Aydelotte is an acknowledged Engineering," and "College English." For

authority on English literature and has the last seven years he has been editor of

written many books on Elizabethan litera- the American Oxonian, a quarterly mag-

ture, social history, English and American azine published in the interest of the

educational methods, and the teaching of Alumni Association of American Rhodes

English literature and composition. His Scholars and has been influential in bring-

books are used as text-books in the colleges ing about the present increased interest in

throughout the country. The long list is the scholarships throughout the United

headed by "Elizabethan Rogues and Vaga- States.

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 4 15 February 1921

Schrapnel After the Opening Volley

The December Delta has reached every subscriber and the Committee's attractive
little booklet has gone to all Alumni. The wide-awake Brothers are bestirring themselves
sending in their contributions and getting after others.

The aim of this bulletin is to conduct a little talk-fest round our fraternal altar-fire,
and we will let each one speak for himself.

Past Regent Albert H. Wilson is right at the front as usual. "John Scott is most
enthusiastic over the Endowment. When I make my quota for the Seventh Division, I will
be in better shape to warble. Hope to land a bunch at Schenectady next Monday evening."
To the first contributor he writes this little ministerial testimony: "Hope your enthusiasm
is contagious! In my East Side church in New York, one of the official brethren often
prays: 'Lord, let there be an epidemic of religious fervor sweep over this community !"*
Bert adds: "and over Sigma Nu for this very laudable endeavor."

Brother Roland M. Simmons, T I, Adairville, Ky., writes: "I am only too glad to enlist
in this great move for the betterment of our good organization, and the true Brothers who
are the instigators of the move are to be congratulated, indeed. To make the Fraternity
what it should be and what it most needs is this Endowment Fund. I only wish I could
double my subscription, with cash down."

In Brother John R. Bloom's opinion, "you have hit the keynote to the everlasting
success of our Fraternity."

An Epsilon Alpha man (A. B. Perkins) , way out in California, hopes "to place Epsilon
Alpha among the first hundred, although I believe if I don't, another will." And then he
emphasizes the Fraternity's need: "If you want a bigger national Sigma Nu, build a bigger
backing in your Alumni — and your work is done. The strength of the Fraternity lies with
its Alumni."

There are sure going to be a lot of chronicles in the next bulletin, for the air is full
of tidings.

Among the Contributors

Brother Keeling Pulliam, T I, protests: "What was the big idea in not telling me
before that the actual drive for the Endowment Fund was under way? The first notice I
get is in the December Delta."

We cannot stop to name all the good fellows in the list this week. Most of them have
familiar faces like Archie Dean, secretary; Harvey Hartsock, B B; Henry D. Williams, T 8,
prominent New York Alumni Chapter members; Inspector Ray Segur, Grand Counselor
Williams, and General Secretary Dunlavy.

One thing we can count on is that all the rest will be heard from, from now on. They
have a vested interest in Sigma Nu and they must look after it.

Send for Subscription Blanks and Use Them
Everf Brother Get Another Brother

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Wilbert B. Smith

Beta Rho

National Y. M. C. A. Secretary for Egypt

AN eminent Beta Rho man is Wilbert
B. Smith who has been in Y. M. C.
A. work in India for the past six
years. Our Brothers who attended the Des
Moines Convention will remember the
executive secretary. "Many students will
recall," says the Inter collegian, "the sig-
nal service rendered by Wilbert B. Smith
as executive secretary of the Des Moines
Convention. As presiding officer at Silver

Wilbert B. Smith
Beta Rho

Bay last June, he won the hearts of all the
delegates. These and other friends will be
interested to know of his recent acceptance
of the call to take charge of the Y. M. C.
A. in Cairo, Egypt. A splendid work has
been launched under the War Work Coun-
cil, and it will be Mr. Smith's task to es-
tablish a permanent association on this
foundation."

The title that someone "hung on"
Brother Wilbert B. Smith, that of "Secre-
tary of the Personnel Division and Corre-
sponding Secretary for India of the For-
eign Department of the Young Men's

Christian Association" is rather breath-
taking. And it sounds worse that it is, for
Wilbert Smith is approachable, genuine,
and not at all over-powering. Perhaps it
is not quite descriptive either, for his loca-
tion will be Egypt, where he has been ap-
pointed the national Y. M. C. A. secretary
by Dr. John R. Mott.

"Jimmy Smith" — as college boys still
phrase — an echo of student days when he
traveled all over the United States for the
Student Volunteer Movement, is a man of
enthusiasm, eager to tell of the work the
Y. M. C. A. has done and is to do to help
India meet her new and rapidly increasing
responsibilities. He tells plainly and
practically of India and her needs, because
he has lived and worked there for six
years, but he has imagination, vision and
insight which grasp fundamental truths
behind mere facts, and it is these greater
truths of which he speaks.

Brother Smith is a native of New York
State, thirty-four years old, and attended
the University of Pennsylvania and re-
ceived his B. C. S. from New York Univer-
sity. At Penn he was initiated on Febru-
ary 9, 1906, into Beta Rho Chapter. His
interest in Y. M. C. A. work began in his
college days when he was secretary of the
University of Pennsylvania Association.

At the time of the Student Volunteer
Convention in Kansas City, Wilbert Smith
made an appeal for workers for India that
still lives in the memory of those who
heard him. Making good himself, he
started for India in 1914. Mr. Smith went
first to Poona, and before folks in this
country realized it — and now it seems such
a long way off — India was affected by the
World War. By 1916 Wilbert Smith was
able to write home: "Progress in every
direction is noticeable. Friends have been
won, doors of opportunity opened, reor-
ganization made possible, money secured,
and added secretarial leadership has been
brought forward."

Last year on his way home from India
he visited Associations in Colombo, Hong-
kong, Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Shanghai,

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Nanking, Peking, Hankow, Wuchang,
Kobe, Yokohama, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hachi-
man, and Honolulu, and attended the Na-
tional Secretaries Conference in Japan
and attended the meeting of the China Na-
tional Committee.

Now, back in America, he has a thrill-
ing story and tells it in a convincing way.
Topics like: Students and Democracy in
India, National Movements in the Orient,
How the Association is Helping, Why Does
the Orient Want the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association? answer hundreds of
questions in the minds of many Americans.

After furlough in this country, which
consisted in an extensive speaking cam-
paign in behalf of the foreign work bud-
get of the Y. M. C. A., Brother Smith
sailed in January, 1921, for Egypt, where
he will hold the post of national Y. M. C.

A. secretary. He will be stationed at
Cairo.

A splendid work has been launched
under the War Work Council, and it will
be Brother Smith's task to establish a per-
manent Association on this foundation.
Brother Smith will be very largely inter-
ested in work for students, through the
Moslem University in Cairo, which is the
intellectual center of Islam. The 10,000
students in this university might well be
called the "Citadel of Mohammedanism.'9

P. S. Brother Norman H. Angel 1, gen-
eral secretary of the Pottsville, Pa., Y. M.
C. A., writes us his congratulations to
Brother Smith upon his new work and
expresses his own disappointment at the
same time. He tried to secure Brother
Smith for his own Association at Potts-
ville.

Ray Finger "Boosts Case"

By John A. McCullough, Delta Alpha

BROTHER RAY FINGER, X, has been
selected secretary of the Case School
of Applied Science Alumni Associa-
tion. Brother Finger started the first of
the present school year in his new duties
and already has re-organized many Case
clubs throughout the country besides be-
ing in charge of the new employment
bureau and many other projects. The fol-
lowing is taken from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer:

"When the Alumni Association of Case
School decided on an athletic awakening,
it engaged Ray Finger, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, as its secretary. Finger has his
office in the main building at Case and is
working ten hours a day to wake up the
Case grad and to get them to hustle for
their Alma Mater.

Finger is a graduate of Cornell College
in Iowa, played fullback and center on his
eleven, first and second base on the base-
ball team, and a forward on the basketball
team. He won a trunk full of letters dur-

ing his three years at Cornell. Later he
was physical director at Cedar Rapids
High School and then went in the army as
physical director at Fort DesMoines. When
the war ended he assumed a position in
the curative physical training of wounded
and crippled soldiers.

Organizing a campaign for a greater
Case School is right in his line as for two
years he was successful in establishing
chautauquas in the Middle West.

'We are not saying what we are going
to do,' Finger said yesterday. 'We prefer
to wait until we have accomplished some-
thing and then let the public in on it if our
work has not spoken loud enough for it-
self. First of all, we shall re-establish the
Case Clubs that formerly existed in many
cities. Prior to the war, Case had close
to a dozen such clubs. The one in Toledo
was the only one to survive. Such action,
however, is but a step in our re-organiza-
tion plan.' "

Your Share is Only 50 x 1

The amount collected for the Endowment Fund should be fifty times the
living membership of Sigma Nu. — Andrew J. Palmer, Jr., r A.

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The Best "Policy"

If Sigma Nu is worth founding, she is worth fos-
tering forever! Then let's slip a foundation under
her which shall withstand the recurring crises she
must face with fear and trembling under present
conditions.

The "Permanent Endowment Fund" is the best
health and accident insurance policy she can adopt.
I have already pledged for a life subscription.

Clarence E. Woods,
Editor and Grand Recorder, 1894-1913.

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The Pre-Legal Student

Portions of An Address to Pre-Legal Students of the University of California
By Past Regent Francis V. Keesling, Beta Chi

A proper point of view at your time of
life is so important that I am per-
suaded to attempt, in addition to a
statement of problems, ways and means
incidental to the practice, a description of
a calling whose mission is profound, with
the hope that it will be, as it should be, a
constant inspiration.

Up to the time we begin our college
career, owing to immaturity, we are largely
confined to the acceptance of what we are
taught This should magnify the import-
ance of the responsibility of parent and
teacher in the earlier years. At the outset
of our college career we awaken to the
fact that there are sources of information.
It is our understanding of the value of the
sources and the earnest pursuit thereof that
has a marked influence on our careers.
Those who have had the advantage of an
intellectual atmosphere at home, should
ordinarily have an advantage over those
who have not had it and must learn as
they proceed.

A proper understanding of the value of
sources will promote the student from the
shallowness of the superficial to the
deeper benefit of the fundamental. "Who
said it?" and "What did he know about
it?" are inquiries which may properly be
made throughout one's life. Contemplated
in the word "who" are the integrity, the
ability and the purpose of the individual.
Not only may such inquiries be properly
made but they must be made if one is to
attain correct results. It will promote
an interest in a pursuit of essentials and
develop the powers of reasoning. The
student is thereupon no longer merely the
recipient of class instruction. He is capa-
ble of critical analysis and he should be
in order to arrive at a proper conclusion,
because it may be that the instruction is
erroneous. The early development of the
faculties of analysis will not only be pro-
tection against the absorption of erroneous
doctrines, particularly socialistic nonsense,
but will probably so emphasize the er-
roneous that the instructor of fallacious
doctrines may be rendering the distinct

service of disproving his own theories.
The development of analytical capacity,
essential to an understanding of your
problems, will produce a fuller apprecia-
tion of the value of evidence and the rules
thereof. Powers of reasoning and an un-
derstanding of logic are highly essential
to the proper presentation of a case to a
court or jury.

I wish I could impart to you my learn-
ing by experience. You would correct any
tendency to be superficial. The funda-
mental value of the sources— common law,
equity and civil law, would be readily un-
derstood. The civil law has left its in-
fluence particularly upon Louisiana,
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali-
fornia. You should be familiar with the
various charters of freedom and particu-
larly the history of the development of
institutions and land ownership. I com-
mend you their earnest study. Thoroughly
understand them. It will be indeed un-
fortunate if, after admission to practice,
it may become necessary to do then what
should have been done theretofore. The
one who best understands the proper appli-
cation of the law is the one who knows its
history and why it is. Understand the
reason for the rule. A well equipped law-
yer should have a liberal academic educa-
tion. Build a vocabulary! Oratory is,
perhaps, not now a necessary accomplish-
ment of the lawyer, but clear thinking and
plain statement certainly are.

I have been treating but one phase of
college life. There are other phases
equally important. Association and recre-
ation are among those. By association with
your fellows at college you should learn
how to meet your fellow men. You should
also learn how to make an estimate of
their character — not to judge them, but
merely to understand them. Your under-
standing of human nature and how to esti-
mate individuals, is essential to an under-
standing of the method of presentation of
a case to a jury or judge, in negotiating
between clients, and in the performance of
civic duty.

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THE DELTA

I am certain that it is not contemplated
that we should be constantly serious and
ultimately sour-visaged. Good fun is an
essential part of life. We are taught to
avoid excess. So far as work and play
are concerned, we at least can start with
this rule — that they must not be con-
fused. Concentration is absolutely neces-
sary. You must not infringe on time, par-
ticularly that time allotted for work, by
permitting any distraction. The real
friendships which you form in college
will endure through life and the trust and
confidence that is inspired by your fellows
will also be enduring. This will not be
limited to those closer friendships formed
through college fraternal affiliations.
Through your association with inter-col-
legiate affairs, particularly in athletics,
ought to be developed a spirit of true
sportsmanship which should exist in all
inter-collegiate contests and a proper con-
ception of fair play and justice. These
associations, too, should serve to develop
your understanding of the other fellow's
point of view and to learn to give a proper
value to his judgment.

I believe the student to be unfortunate
indeed whose relation with his instructor
is merely that which comes from his asso-
ciation in class. There is a splendid bene-
fit to be derived from personal association
and it should not be overlooked. I de-
spise the sycophant. So it is not for the
purpose of currying favor that I make the
suggestion. What I have in mind is the
creation of a personal interest and the
value of the exchange of ideas which will
ensue. It may even prevent misunder-
standing. Instructors have had miscon-
ceptions of the character and worth of
students because they have not known
them. It will afford an opportunity for
a proper estimate of your real worth. If
the association is congenial, as it is likely
to be, it will increase the affectionate re-
gard which binds you to your Alma Mater.

Location for the practice of your profes-
sion will probably be your primary con-
cern. Probably it is the best plan during
early years of your practice to be associ-
ated with a dignified and honorable law
firm. As you will be investigated, so
should you carefully investigate the stand-
ing and reputation of any firm with which
you seek to affiliate yourself. It is highly
important to start right. There are pitfalls

to be avoided even in such a relation — that
of becoming a mere brief writer or an office
clerk, owing to the temptation of immedi-
ate reward and loss of sight of ultimate in-
dependence. During this early period it
is necessary that the time be earnestly
employed in building for the future. It
means the making of acquaintances, the
establishment of friendships, the begin-
ning of professional relations. How to do
this, and what to do, must be solved by
each individual. Mere acquaintance or
mere friendship is not in itself sufficient.
It must be borne in mind that that merely
affords an opportunity for the acquaint-
ance or friend to estimate your ability. It
will be discouraging to find how frequently
relatives and retained counsel will stand in
the way, but there is the possibility of dis-
appointment in the relative as well as in
the retained counsel, and always the possi-
bility that arises when either passes away
or retires from practice.

During your early career unimportant
matters of many kinds will drift in or be
sent in your direction by well-meaning
friends, sometimes with the sincere hope
of doing more for you in the future, but
very frequently with the selfish desire of
appeasing your anxiety to make progress.
It is highly important that you should not
overload yourself with detail of unim-
portant matters so that you may be in a
position to give proper attention to more
important matters which will lead to per-
manent results.

It has been said the law is a jealous
mistress and that statement is very true.
As you proceed you will learn how great
the requirements are. You must be well
informed generally. You will find that
the more successful lawyers are thoroughly
versed in business, and have an under-
standing of finance. This is not for the
purpose of invading the field of the busi-
ness man or the banker, but in order to be
qualified to advise his client. If you elect
to enter the practice in a small community
you must redouble your efforts to keep the
pace, because the probable leisure time of
yourself and your friends will make it
more difficult to keep at your task. In
your early days in the practice you will
find it less difficult to answer questions
than you will find it after you have had
experience and you will always be im-
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plication and requirement that you work.
In the early days of practice, momentarily
superficial, you may carelessly use forms
which, as you grow older, you will reject
because of insufficiency and inaccuracies, '
and it is to be hoped that you will never
use a form without at least reference to the
law upon which it based.

You will find that clients desire to be
advised that they can do what they desire
to do. There will be temptation to give
the advice that they desire rather than the
advice that they should have. It takes a
fairness and courage to advise a client that
he cannot do that which he desires to do,
and more firmness and more courage to
advise him that he is wrong when he has
been threatened with, or subjected to, legal
controversy. It is the ethical thing to do,
and it eventually pays.

You will proceed from college theoreti-
cally well equipped. As you acquire
knowledge, learn to make use of it. A
book filled with things worth knowing is
only valuable as it is read. I have en-
deavored to impress you with the import-
ance of understanding the practical appli-
cation of the law. You will understand
the rule and the remedy, but you must
also understand its practical effect. For
instance, if B is indebted to A and B will
not pay, you know that there is a remedy
by suit and attachment. Your practical
mind will teach you what will be the result
of the attachment The solvency or insolv-
ency of the debtor will have an effect on
results and you will then consider the ad-
visability of other procedure which will
produce better results for your client. It
is but a simple illustration of the prac-
tical application of many theories. In
other words, you can do it, but is it ad-
visable? The interests of your client de-
mand that you do not fall victim of your
own ideals. It is unfortunate that you
will find in the practice men whose ideals
are not high. Discouragement, disap-
pointment and disgust in turn may beset
you as you discover the prominent lawyer,
suave of expression, socially prominent
who is inherently crooked; but let it not
swerve you from your purpose, affect your
optimism or your ideals.

I admit conflicting emotions as circum-
stances cause me to pause now and then
and question whether or not after all these
beliefs are not merely vagaries of an im-

practical dreamer. Such will be your ex-
perience as you come in contact with
worldly affairs and, holding to your ideals,
you will frequently find yourself the ob-
ject of the derision of so-called practical
men — moneymakers, merely. You must
not, however, confuse theory and practice.
It is exceedingly important to realize that
there are many factors similar to the ele-
ments of resistance and friction for which
allowance must be made in determining
the efficiency of applied theory to mechani-
cal contrivances, which influence practical
results. There will be failure of attain-
ment due to the limitations in effectiveness
of human beings. You must understand
what the average carrying capacity and
performance may be. That should not,
however, cause you to lower your stand-
ards, but merely to appreciate expediency.
Financial success will not always attend a
useful career. Too frequently the reward
of the faithful is exceedingly meagre as
measured in money. However, financial
success must necessarily receive attention.
It can be attained without sacrifice of
ideals.

You will be engaged not only in the
application of the law but if you are per-
forming your full duty, in the making of
law. Lawyers must guard against im-
proper legislation and wage a constant
warfare against efforts made to break
down safe systems of legislation. They
must frequently stand against the ostensi-
ble demand of the populace when they
know that popular demand is not well
grounded.

With the individual there is the desire
to live; and the same is true of the state,
whether right or wrong. The status of the
individual disassociated from society is
one thing, and quite another when he is
one of a group. Disassociated from so-
ciety the race was to the strong. Physical
might made right. Intelligence increased
as an element in the composition of fitness,
but has never become the sole factor and
never will. The fittest have ever survived.
Highly organized and civilized states giv-
ing way to sheer force of barbarous hordes
may seem not to bear this out because
there should have been a continuation of
those ostensibly superior states. They had
failed, however, in some way and were no
longer the fittest, else they would have
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individual had been weakened by the fail- society. It is subject to the effects of the
ure of society to conserve and develop in- same inexorable natural laws. We should
dividual strength and he was demoralized do that, therefore, which will tend to inv
by frivolity and corruption. The contest prove it and perpetuate it It must be sua-
individually ended or checked by the state, tained by interior development and pro-
There was reversion. The strength of the tected against forces without If it is a
individual is the strength of the state. Any proper system a strong individual fiber
system which caters to the weakling, will will be developed and the task of defense
eventually produce national weakness and be easier than if the system be wrong or
subject that nation to attack and destruc- be diverted from a correct course and a
Hon by other nations which have not weak individual fibre developed,
catered to the weakling What the perfect ¥ have ^ h is to creatc Ao ht
system may be, time alone can tell, if it _now Hence ^ x of subject
ever will. We believe that there is (or Bui wer has said:
was before some recent innovations which *

seem to me to run counter thereto) in our . MThe m*n who. «»*■ •*»». "» £cQow8 .»

- , , ,, ' .. the one who, early in life, clearly discerns his

form of government the correct conception object and lowarci tnat object habitually directs

of the proper relation of individual and his powers."

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 5 1 March 1921

Are You a Foreigner

Once in a while a fellow will say, "I'm helping build my own Chapter's House. Don't
believe I will do anything for the Endowment Fund."

Do you realize that helping your Fraternity also helps your own Chapter? If your
Chapter has not yet arrived at its own, then the Endowment Fund may aid its plans. But
if it has a House now, it will be benefited by the other Chapters' getting their Houses.
Here's a Brother with the right slant on Sigma Nu:

Brother Lyndon H. Strough, A T, writes emphatically, "Count on me! And if the
manner in which the men of my Chapter backed up the drive on our House proposition is
any criterion, count on all Colgate Sigma Nus!"

Read the March Delta — "Are you a Foreigner?"

Washington Alumni Chapter

The first Alumni Chapter to be heard from en masse is our Capital, Washington, D. C
Under Major Ora M. Baldinger, A, and Captain Norman M. Shaw, T B, they rallied to the
strength of twenty on the first call, and others have been coming in afterward. They
organized for a mass play at their annual banquet.

Division Line-Up

In this Delta, page 620, you will find the first report on the standing of the Divisions.
Brother Inspector, are you organizing your territory for the big fight?

Joining the Fraternity Over Again

Brother Robert W. Bolwell, A Z, and Washington Alumni Chapter, has the spirit: "I
am sending my Contribution — it's like joining the Fraternity all over again. The Endow-
ment drive was launched in the first Division with splendid enthusiasm. Well all be proud
of the way the Brothers react when the news gets around."

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In Flight from the Crimea

Experiences of Captain George H. Smith in the Red Cross

CAPTAIN GEORGE H. SMITH, B I,
of Cleveland, has just returned to
America, on the steamship Rotter-
dam, after more than two years' service
with the American Red Cross in Europe.
He sailed on the steamship Rotterdam on
January 9th.

After serving with the American army in
France and occupied Germany, he went for
the Red Cross to Roumania, and was later
transferred to South Russia, where he
served in Novorosisak, Sebastopol, and
Theodosia, winning recently from General
Wrangel the prized decorations of the Or-
der of St. Stanislaus and also the Order
of St. Anne. The Roumanian government
also awarded him the Order of Carmon
Sylvia for his humanitarian work with the
Roumanian refugees.

At the time of the fall of Sebastopol,
Captain Smith was in charge of the Red
Cross supply service there.

Brother Smith comes from Beta Iota
Chapter, at Mount Union College: He was
one of the charter members and the first
president of our Cleveland Alumni Chap-
ter. Twenty-one years ago, on January 12,
1900, seven Alumni foregathered in
Brother Smith's home for their first meet-
ing. Now the first thing he did on his re-
turn to his native land from the Far East
was to hunt up Secretary Miles E. Evans
and send his Delta subscription in.

His interrupted business career with the
company for whom he "peddled rugs" (as
he calls it), is again resumed and as he is
now traveling round the country instead
of being stationed at Cleveland where he
was before the war, more of his Brother:?
will get a chance to see him.

Russia as I Saw It

By Captain George H. Smith, Beta Iota

YOUR letter finally reached me out
here where I am trying to "peddle
rugs" for my old house, John S.
Farwell Co., of Chicago. I regret that I
could not go by way of Indianapolis and

see you. I never miss a chance to have a
good old chat with my Sigma Nu Brothers
and surely enjoyed seeing Perry Caldwell,
C. T. Kirkbride, and Miles Evans, in Cleve-
land.

My experience in Russia was a varied
one.

George II. Smith
Beta Iota

Not since the flight out of Egypt has
there been a more dramatic exodus than
the evacuation of the Crimea following the
collapse of the Wrangel adventure, accord-
ing to Captain George H. Smith, formerly
of the Red Cross in South Russia, who re-
turned to Cleveland yesterday after more
than two years of Red Cross work in
Europe.

More than 110,000 refugees left Sebas-
topol at one time on French, British and
American warships, on fishing smacks and
trading schooners, not knowing where they
were bound for or how they were going to
live.

All of these people were penniless, and
in the harbor in Constantinople I saw them
leaning over the rails of the ships barter-
ing their coats and sweaters for bread.

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But the worst feature of the situation in
Constantinople was the lack of water. I
never saw people die of thirst before, and
my impressions of seeing hundreds of men
and women and newborn babies perishing
of thirst is unforgettable.

There they were, 6,000 people often
aboard a ship built for only 1,000 or 2,000.
They were not permitted to land because
of the fear of infectious diseases, and tank
boats were used to convey water to the
ships. But not enough water could be
brought up, so that there was never enough
to go around.

This great influx of refugees made Con-
stantinople the most expensive city in the
world.

I remained a week in Constantinople co-
operating with French authorities in aiding
the refugees, and sailed for America Janu-
ary 9 aboard the steamship Rotterdam.

I saw Wrangel twice. I called on him
to make arangements for Red Cross head-
quarters, and I was impressed with his bus-
iness-like efficiency. He was in uniform
and he sat at a flat top desk, looking very
much like a business like American execu-
tive. As I talked he scribbled a few notes
on a pad of paper. Then he said: "Return
at 2 o'clock to receive my answer." Then
he arose as a sign that the conference had
terminated.

Just before the evacuation I heard him
make a farewell speech to his troops. It
was a very touching speech and was warm-
ly received. He told them that if occasion
should offer he would be glad to return to
lead them again in a crusade to redeem
Russia.

I went to Russia in February, 1920, and
remained nine months. When I first ar-
rived a friend of mine got a check for
$1,000 cashed. He got enough Wrangel
money in exchange to make a huge bundle
that resembled a package of laundry. At
that time 1,500 rubles would buy a very
good meal. When I left I saw great rolls
of Wrangel money floating in the Bos-
porous, where it had been flung away by
refugees.

In short, the time arrived when it was
no longer possible to print money at a
profit. The paper was worth more than

the money. When I left I paid off some of
my helpers — who included countesses and
barons, by the way — with Wrangel money,
which was all I had. They just laughed
and handed back the money. One of them
even took pity on me and gave me a silver
czarist coin that really was worth some-
thing.

I found all of the Russian people deeply
grateful for anything that we did for them
and I made fast friends among them whom
I shall never forget. Their respondent
faces, but, withal, cheerful demeanor when
they were almost dying (some of them did
die) from thirst and hunger in the evacu-
ation of Sebastopol was a great lesson.
To see them throw away handfuls of their
paper money into the Bosphorus was a
very significant sight — millions of rubles,
once worth 50c a piece in our money, but
now worthless.

The burning of $750,000 worth of
American Red Cross goods when our ware-
house was destroyed at Sebastopol (prob-
ably by the bolsheviki), the machine guns
in die streets to suppress any uprising, and
General WrangePs last speech to the loyal
remnant of his valiant army, exhorting
and praising them and signifying his will-
ingness to lead them again are also sights
I shall always remember.

Finally when the Bolos were coming
over the hills, many stayed behind; some
willingly and a great many bravely taking
their chances with the members of their
family who were too ill to be moved.
There were many of these cases. Those
that stayed were of the poorer working
classes and had nothing to fear. Many of
them were bolsheviks at heart or were will-
ing to join them. But there is no question
but the marked people of the profes-
sional and aristocratic classes, mostly refu-
gees, together with the foreigners who had
been assisting or working with General
WrangePs army, would certainly be de-
stroyed or terribly persecuted.

It looks to me as if the present soviet
government must remain and evolve itself
after many revolutions into a more or less
stable form of government — possibly a
republic; possibly and more probably, a
constitutional monarchy.

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The Death Ship of Constantinople

And Other Romantic Episodes in the Red Cross Man's Life

Introduction

By William L. Kemp, Mu

MAJOR HOWARD L. BRIDGES, E,
who spent the past four years in
the service of the American Red
Cross overseas, reached Atlanta last Feb-
ruary, and is now staying with his brother,
S. Russell Bridges, S, at his home on Penn
Avenue.

During the war, Brother Bridges served
first as auditor and then as director of
finance in London and Paris, with the rank
of major. Since the armistice he has vis-
ited practically all the European coun-
tries, looking after Red Cross commissions.
He was in Russia with General Wrangel's
armies when the end came and was decor-
ated by General Wrangel for distinguished
service in connection with his Red Cross
work. For the past six months his head-
quarters were in Constantinople.

Before leaving Atlanta, Brother Bridges
was secretary and treasurer of the Alka-
hest Lyceum system of the city.

The Death Ship
By Howard L. Bridges, Xi

AFTER General Wrangel's fall, 170,-
000 wealthy Russians fled to Con-
stantinople to escape punishment at
the hands of the soviet government for the
crime of being rich. I was in that city
when that fleet of refugees arrived . They
came in boats that had been gathered here
and there, numbering over a hundred. One
hundred and seventy thousand people,
crowded together on boats of every sort,
from fishing smacks to yachts! It was a
strange sight, that flight by water through
the Bosphorus, into the Black seas and then
to Constantinople. But what happened
there was not an odd or interesting thing,
but something horrible, something almost
unbelievable.

The boats were so jammed that the
people had to stand. They were packed
together as cattle are in cattle cars. They
had poured on board — men, women and
children — until not an inch of space was

left. Up to the docks came these floating
masses of humanity, the people shouting
and crying for joy that they were to be re-
leased from the terrible crush on board the
boats, where some already had died.

But no gang-planks were let down. No
one came ashore. The Turkish officials de-
cided that they could not let that horde of
Russians land in Constantinople, already
so overcrowded that food was selling at
prohibitive prices and lodgings could
scarcely be had at all. So they ordered
that no one land, and those burdened ves-
sels floated back and forth for two weeks,
and in some instances for three, with their
decks so jammed that the miserable people
aboard not only couldn't lie down, they
couldn't sit down. They had to stand all
that time, shoulder to shoulder, unable to
move.

Many jumped overboard. Scores died
from hunger and exhaustion. And — what
may seem impossible — babies were born
on the boats, not one, but over 100 among
that horde of 170,000 people.

On the boats were 6,000 wounded offi-
cers, many children and mothers with new
babies. We got these off first; then the
French took over the situation and ar-
ranged to have the people landed along
the shore and fed with army rations. One
of the efforts of the Red Cross was to find
employment for them, so that they could
have a means of earning bread. They
couldn't remain charges indefinitely, and
they saw no hope of ever returning in
safety to their homes.

As I said, they were rich, and further-
more, many of them were titled. There
were princesses and duchesses among them.
That is really a fact. They had jewels on
their hands, nothing in their pockets, and a
fear of the bolsheviks in their hearts. The
work that seemed most practicable for
them was the opening of little restaurants,
and soon these began to start up here and
there, with Russian dukes and countesses,
and occasionally a prince, waiting on table
or even doing the cooking. That seems a
fantastic situation, colored rather freely,
but it is actual fact.

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of affairs, sent representatives there to buy that they are willing to endure any suffer-
up the jewelry of the refugees. ing rather than attempt now to return

These Russians were from Moscow, Pet- home,
rograd, Kiev, and other cities. They fled The Red Cross did everything possible
from Russia because they feared they for them. We gave them food and cloth-
would be put to death by the bolshevists, ing and hospital treatment, and sought to
for the reason that they are members of the arrange matters so that they could find
wealthy class; and so strong is this fear homes and occupations.

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 6 15 March 1921

In Cold Blood

The hardest proposition to fetch round is the cold-blooded Alumnus who has already
contributed to his own Chapter House Fund and feels he has done his share. Surely we
admit that this Brother in giving his $50— or maybe it was $100 — has showed his interest
in his Chapter and is no piker at heart.

But what about his Fraternity? Is Sigma Nu to him just one Chapter or a National
Fraternity?

The Permanent Endowment Fund Committee wants to know the best answer to give
the Brother. Will you try out in this contest?

And the Other Side of It

Brother R. W. Coker, M: "Old Mu needs a House like the drawing in the booklet.
1 am hard up, but the Endwoment Fund loosened me up."

Division Line-Up

(Table on Page 20)

The Old First still holds her own, but the Ninth is coining right up. These two show
organization and pep.

Look! Listen! But Don't Stop

Several Brothers have told us: "We are for the Fraternity Endowment. But why stop
at $50.00? I would willingly give a hundred" (some said two).

The Permanent Endowment Fund Committee wish it emphatically understood that
there is no limit. The $50.00 mark was only set as within the range of everyone — from the
youngest Alumnus to the oldest.

According to your means, contribute as you can. There is no limit to what Sigma Nu
has done for you.

Old Delta's Wheel Horse

Brother Walter Conant, A, old wheel-horse of old Delta Chapter, shouts: "As soon as I
can, Sigma Nu shall hear from me."

Chicago Alumni Chapter

On Washington's Birthday, Chicago Alumni met in their annual rally. Inspector
Roberts and Secretary Virgil C. Cutts put across the Endowment in splendid shape and
returned 33 yea votes. Although the Ninth Division has the largest quota of all, you will
find it right next to the top already.

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The Kern River Farmer

The Kruller Turns "Back to Land"

OUR old contemporary, the erstwhile
editor of the Fort Des Moines Post,
of which we gave our Brothers "an
earful" (expressing our enthusiasm in a
psendo-Presidential way), has heeded the
modern injunction "Back to the Land,"
and has turned farmer, at least on paper.
The paper is the Kern River Farmer and
Orchardist, published "on Wednesday of
each week at Bakersfield, California, for
$2.00 a year." Its motto is "A Service
Weekly for the Agriculturist." The Krul-
ler does not state what "service," but the
sergeant-editor was at Fort Des Moines and
saw a good deal of service for a couple of
years or so.

Last summer Brother Donald C. Krull,
T M-B X, decided journalism for his fu-
ture career, and with a friend of his
bought him a paper of his own. The
Kern River Farmer proudly displays to
the world (which is California, of course),
"CARL BERNSTON and DONALD C.
KRULL, OWNERS." Of course, he ha?
decided his career many times before, and
in the same way, but now he is committed
to it. His bright optimism runs like a
golden thread through the leading editor-
ial in the issue for September 29, 1920,
and all his friends and Brothers join with
him in wishing it may come true. And it
will, if "Stringer II" keeps up his pace of
pep!

The editorial is entitled "Our New
Year." "With this issue The Kern River
Farmer and Orchardist enters into the sec-
ond year of its career. This is our New
Year's Day, and it carries all of the sig-
nificance, all the hopes, new optimism, in-
creased enthusiasm and determination to
make good accompanied by the views of
prospects and retrospect that come to the
normal, healthy-minded individual upon
awaking from slumber the morning of
January first each year.

"In the matter of new resolves, the man-
agement which assumed control of the
journal six weeks ago formed a formid-
able list of them at that time and so far
has carried out each to the fullest possi-
ble extent So, while we are not making
new resolutions after the manner of all

mankind on January first, we are renew-
ing our pledge to make The Kern River
Farmer and Orchardist, in every respect,
'A Service Weekly for the Agriculturist.'

"A comparison of past and recent issues
will, we believe justify our claim that we
are giving our subscribers and advertis-
ers par value in return for the support

Donald C. Krull
Picking Peaches In a Cotton Field

which they are giving us. And we believe
further that the degree of success which
we have accomplished during our brief
period of publication of the paper justifies
us entering into our new year with bright
optimism. We mean to work for the Kern
county farmer, and to grow with Kern
county. Kern county will grow; let no
one doubt that."

Brother Krull is an old hand at news-
paper work. As we remarked above, he
has many times decided his career and al-
ways as journalism. Four years ago, after
leaving Illinois and Gamma Mu Chapter
behind, he headed west as his patron-god,
Horace Greeley, once advised. After wan-
dering up and down the coast, from Cali-
fornia to Oregon and back again, he
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he spent his days and most of his nights
as reporter for the Bakers field Republican.
Which he might have been doing yet, had
von Tirpitz headed off the kaiser and left
the Lusitania "spurlos versanti" But
when the call for men sounded, it soon
found Brother .Krull in uniform as a pri-
vate in the ranks, and he left Bakersiield
behind him for the front.

The front that Uncle Sam presented him
was at Fort Des Moines, where Private
Don drilled his way up to corporal and
sergeant in the Hospital Corps. Mean-
time, Brother Krull found time to do a
little newspaper work on the post paper,
which was called The Fort Des Moines
Post, and made his famous cognomen,
"The Kruller." Besides serving as re-
porter for his outfit, he ran a colyum
under the title of "Krullers" in which he
outdid F. P. A. and B. T. L. to the delight
of his comrades, and, mind you, the nurses
in the hospital. Then he was kicked up-
stairs to the assistant editorship of the
paper, and finally became editor-in-chief.
He stuck to his Post until his Uncle dis-
charged him — which means something dif-
ferent from what the average journalist
gets.

After Sergeant Krull was mustered out
of service, and became plain Mr. Krull,
he struck out for his old-time haunts round
the Golden Gate, and we found him in
October, 1919, enrolled again as a stu-
dent— this time in Leland Standford Uni-
versity. He stayed here long enough to be
elected Chapter reporter and to write sev-
eral letters for The Delta. He was affili-
ated to Beta Chi Chapter and formed one
of the bodyguard that surrounded our
General Secretary on his visitation trip to
the coast. The next we heard of him, last
spring, he was back at Bakersfield, with
the Republican. He is always on the look-
out for Sigma Nus, and he collected a
bunch of boon companions there for a
Fraternity dinner now and then. Bakers-
field will have an Alumni Chapter yet.

And we must pause a minute to doff our
hats to our Learned Pickwickian — The
Kruller has been for many years an hon-
ored and sung member of this noble order
and a faithful and non-intermittent cor-
responding member. All followers of our
felicitous and illustrious Band and loung-
ers in the Pickwick Club will remember
the happy occasions on which he has fur-

nished entertainment and refreshment in
camp and afield — but not as yet the agri-
cultural field. Here he will be in his ele-
ment, throwing the sportive "bull" during
the day, and roasting chestnuts by the fire-
side in the long winter evenings — but
maybe they're not so long in California.
Here's a health to Brother Donald C.
Krull, M. P. C, alias Stringer II, The
Kruller, and prospective benedict!

Yes, he admits it! The doughty war-
rior has fallen a victim to Dan Cupid —
but we may say no more. Sufficient unto
the day be the evil thereof, and more news
will be furnished later. On second
thought, I believe I may go further and
tell you she's a Californian.

Every tale should have a moral, and
this tale has a good one. It is our good
fortune to run across one time, in our
General Office files, a copy of a letter
which Brother Walter Krull, BZ, wrote
his brother Don when he was a Freshman
at Illinois. It was just at that wonderful
epoch in every Brother's life when he has
first taken the vows of Knighthood and
stands at the threshold a Novice in
Chivalry.

"Dear Brother Donald: Accept my
hearty congratulations on your latest ad-
vent in your collegiate career. I am very
glad, my boy, over the prized outcome.
College life will take on a new interest
for you now.

"Fraternities work for good and for
evil. While one may be successful and
reach the very pinnacle without a frater-
nity, nevertheless one feels that there is
something which he has never attained.
The worst effect a fraternity can have, is
to make snobs out of its members. Be
democratic always — it pays. Be loyal, but
not narrow. There are good men in other
fraternities and very good men not in any.

"This is about as long a 'sermon' as I
can write. Suffice it to say that I am very
glad you've joined, and I hope you will
use your 'Knighthood' for the greatest
amount of good and make a much better
Sigma Nu than I am.

"Fraternally yours,
"WALTER KRULL, BZ."

— Which is, after all, an echo of our
Creed, "to practice every day the Faith of
our Fraternity."

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Slacker or Backer?

Are You a Stockholder in the New Plan?

By Robert Bolwell, Delta Zeta
Assistant Professor of English, George Washington University

"Sigma Nu I am, Sigma Nu 111 be,
Sigma Nu through all eternity."

THIS endowment drive is one of the
finest "bluff-callers" the Fraternity
has ever offered as a challenge to its
members.

There is no perceptible difference in the
tone of two kinds of Sigs when they bray
out a "Hi-rickety." The rah-rah noise is
as loud from the slacker as the backer. It
is difficult, when we crowd about the piano
and sing about the best of all fraternities,
its loving Brothers, and the undying loy-
alty we pledge, to direct in a lyric tenor
or bowel-bursting bass the false note of
mere sentimental froth. We can all yell
and sing of our Brotherhood and its per-
fections. We don't do it too much. We do
it without blood pressure!

There are some of us who confuse Sig-
ma Nu with a Ladies' Aid Society. Some
have prompted their hearts into a comfort-
able sentiment, feeling that collegiate fra-
ternalism is so vague and casual that it
does not have to figure on overhead, or-
ganization, and service. This type of man
usually owes a large Chapter bill, wears
an oversized, over-jeweled badge, and yells
his undying love for the Fraternity. When
he leaves college, he attends a few Alumni
Chapter meetings, lapses his subscription
to The Delta, side-steps a scheme to help
the local Chapter build its home, and grad-
ually settles down behind the horizon.

Surely only neurotics among us would
think of our Order as a missionary society,
sustained by a hard-worked few, while all
others sing hymns about the glorious work.
Yet, it seems that there are some who feel
they are contributing their share of sup-
port by talking of the Fraternity in terms
of oratorical bombast.

A life membership in Sigma Nu, sub-
stantiated by a membership in the Endow-
ment list, is not merely paying a bill for
past services. It is buying something.
That thing which we purchase is not static
in value. It increases with every pur-

chaser. The more buyers of this new Sig-
ma Nuism, the better the Sigma Nuism.

One of the most pitiful spectacles we
see in the Fraternity is that of the Alumnus
who talks hard times and financial inabil-
ity with one lip, and preaches, sings, or
yells a vapid fraternalism with the other.
I believe there is not a Sigma Nu alive to-
day who is truly unable to pledge his sup-
port to the Endowment Fund, and to re-
deem that pledge when due.

It seems to me there is more than a fifty-
dollar bill involved. This is not only a
challenge to every living Sigma Nu, but it
is an indication of a new Sigma Nu. Some-
thing is going to happen to our Fraternity
after this granite foundation is placed,
ready for building. It is not a thing for
oratory; it is a practical bond-issue. Sig-
ma Nu is opening shop in a new fraternity
line. We have been bond-holders in the
old, easy-going company. We are not go-
ing to blast it sky-high because it played
more than it worked; but we are now of-
fered stock in an accumulative, partici-
pating, dividend-paying fraternity, and we
are going to find out who wants Sigma Nu
and who doesn't.

Let's not stop singing the praises of Sig-
ma Nu, but let's break up the long-standing
habit of singing with our hands in our
pockets. One hand can be used to sign the
subscription, while the other draws out the
fifty!

We know some Brothers, grand old
wheel-horses, who must have found some-
thing lovable in the Fraternity to call out
the loving service they have given to it.
We all know conspicuous examples of this
sort of Brother. We are now going to find
who the other members of this precious
clan are; those who have the same work-
able and working enthusiasm, but who
have not yet loomed large as national lead-
ers in our Order. These men are going to
state their faith and their hopes in the
subscription blanks they send in.

To these regular fellows, the Fraternity
is more than a little gold ornament worn
on a vest!

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TWENTIETH GRAND
CHAPTER

To Grand Officers,

Collegiate and Alumni Chapters

of Sigma Nu Fraternity

GREETINGS

This will advise you that the High Council has
set the time and place for the holding of the

Twentieth Grand Chapter

as follows:

PHILADELPHIA

DECEMBER

TWENTY-NINTH

THIRTIETH

THIRTY-FIRST

INCLUSIVE

The formal notice as required by the Law will be
mailed to each Grand Officer and Chapter in due time

Fraternally

WALTER E. MYERS
Regent

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Endowment Campaign Organization

The Permanent Endowment Fund Com-
mittee, in organizing the campaign, left its
details to each Division to be worked out
by local needs and circumstances. Each
Division has its different conditions accord-
ing to its geographical layout and distri-
bution of population, its business ways
and social customs. Each Inspector has
his individual methods of procedure and
original ideas for effective campaigning,
best applying for himself and his Division.

In general, the program is this: Quotas
have been assigned to each Division. In-
spectors appoint captains and captains, in
turn, appoint lieutenants (always notify-
ing Inspector and General Secretary of
their names and addresses). Through
Alumni Chapters and their officers the ur-
ban Brothers can be canvassed. The cities
where no Alumni Chapters are established,
some one Brother can be found who will
take care of the six or eight Sigs near him.

Active Chapters Can Help, Too

Active Chapters can assist greatly by
working among their Alumni this summer.
Many are sending Life Subscription Blanks
along with their Chapter papers and book-
lets. Many are boosting the Endowment in
their Chapter publications. There is an
excellent opportunity at the coming Com-
mencement Reunions to wake up Alumni.
Then, too, as the active men spread out,
during the summer vacation, they can com-
mittee-ize the whole country.

The Law of 1920

The Tenth Edition of the Law, compiled
and annotated by Grand Counselor Ernest
L. Williams, has just come from the press.
One copy has been mailed to each Chapter.
Commanders are requested to see that these
Laws be filed for reference and carefully
preserved. New editions are issued at only
infrequent intervals when new legislation
demands a modification, and as this edition

is limited in number, we cannot undertake
to supply new copies every year. Please
take good care of these books — and con-
sult the Law in your problems and actions.

Chapter Papers

Since the March Delta, we acknowledge
the following Chapter papers:

Philadelphia Alumni Chapter, in the
February Quaker, are pushing their pub-
licity campaign for the Twentieth Grand
Chapter. May it do justice to the time and
work they are putting on the arrange-
ments!

New York's Fifth Point, for January,
is an Endowment Fund number and will be
mailed to all Alumni. The editors, with
the help of the P. E. F. Committee, have
put out an effective "booster" that will aid
greatly in the campaign.

Gamma Zeta's Bulletin, for January and
March, keeps up its reputation as a new-
getter.

The Delta Sigma, for February, is a news-
paper of undoubted first-class. The editor,
in a note, asks a pertinent question: "What
is this bulletin and what is its purpose?"
His answer applies to all Chapter publica-
tions: "It is the medium of exchange be-
tween the Alumni and the active Chapter.
The purpose is to let the Alumni know
what the Alumni and active Chapter is
doing." He appeals for Alumni co-opera-
tion in carrying out the purpose. Enclosed
as a supplement is the annual report of the
building company's treasurer.

Two new Stars have arisen in the Fra-
ternity's firmament. Beta Beta. and Gamma
Xi have commenced the publication of
four-page Chapter papers, large size
9x11%, of good typographical make-up
and appearance, and well edited. We hope
to see them regularly hereafter.

How's Your Fraternity? is the name
under which Nu Chapter's annual appears
this year. It is a booklet of sixteen pages
and cover, brimful of the Chapter's ac-
tivities and plans.

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Changes in the
Administration

The High Council met on March 4th
and 5th for consideration of momentous
issues in the history
of Sigma Nu Fra-
ternity. Brother Dun-
lavy's removal to Denver had compelled
him to hand in his resignation. The work
of administration, as it has developed and
expanded under the reorganization plan
adopted by the Seventeenth Grand Chap-
ter, has more and more demanded a full-
time General Secretary. Now, with the
Permanent Endowment Fund Campaign
under way, it was increasingly imperative
that a high-grade man be found who would
sacrifice his business or professional inter-
ests in his devotion to his Fraternity. The
question was put to Grand Counselor Er-
nest Lee Williams, and this was his re-
sponse : "There is no field greater than my
Fraternity to which I feel justified in giv-
ing the best efforts that are within me."
To succeed him on the High Council, as
Grand Counselor, our gracious Dean of In-
spectors, Brother Oscar Palmour, was ap-
pointed by the Regent, according to our
Law, and the appointment was confirmed
without hesitation by the other members.
In Brother Dunlavy's place as Editor of
The Delta, your former Assistant Editor
was elected.

In ancient Rome, a name higher than
Roman citizen was Quiris, designating
civil from military
oSKnanl citizenship. The toga

of the council cham-
ber was esteemed above the victorious
laurel wreath of the general. In the later
times of the republic, the Romans, hating
the name of king, invented a new title — Im-

perator — to reward their triumphant lead-
ers, and Ciceros vied with Caesars for the
honor, for it was conferred by no patron's
hand, and was awarded only by vote of the
private soldiers.

Brother Dunlavy, your Fraternity sa-
lutes you as Quiris et Imperalor — as one
Brother among Brothers whose helping
hand is ever ready to assistance, as a leader
whose recognition comes not alone from
the seats of authority but is rooted in the
breasts of the Legion. From those whose
good fortune has thrown them into per-
sonal friendship with you and from those
who have only felt the loving influence
that has radiated outward among all the
Chapters and the Alumni throughout the
boundaries of a great National Brother-
hood, Hail! Unsparing in labor, un-
thoughtful of hours, you assumed a burden
that to you was more a pleasure than a
task, to which you unselfishly consecrated
your vacations and your leisure, the
natural times of respite from your other
professional duties, and you have made
the Legion of Honor your debtors beyond
repayment.

Brothers, regardless of health, for
merely a nominal compensation, Brother
Dunlavy has served us for more than four
years as General Secretary and Editor of
The Delta, during the most critical period
of our Fraternity's history. When none
other was at hand, when our treasury
would* not permit a properly paid full-
time secretary, he has, day by day and
every day, given himself to make Sigma
Nu, as Sigma Nu had once made him, a
vision of great ideals, a promise of great-
ness yet to come.

In our regret at losing him officially, we
are consoled in knowing that we are gain*

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ing an Alumnus active, inspired, and dili-
gent at all times. The loss of the General
Office is the gain of the Fraternity at large.

In passing to more detailed mention of
the administrative changes, it will be worth
while to say a word
concerning these men
whose hands are di-
recting the destinies of our Fraternity. For
our readers who have not attended Grand
Chapters or elsewhere met our present-day
rulers, as well as for those who know them
intimately, we would picture them not as
individual leaders in their respective local-
ities and careers, but rather as they sit in
session — the arbiters of Sigma Nu. Men
of experience in the Fraternity, grown out
of active Chapter work into leading parts
in national affairs, they come from every
section of our country, giving freely and
unstintingly of their time and service, two
or three days at each meeting. With a
broad-minded grasp of our needs, with the
single interest of the Fraternity's welfare,
with well-rounded study of our problems
from every side, these men are continuing
the policies long ago begun by the stalwart
leaders of old, looking forward to the vis-
ion of our Creed.

Through calm and through stirring
scenes, we have sat in the meetings of three
High Council bodies, as recording secre-
tary of the sessions, while plans and poli-
cies of the highest import to Sigma Nu
were formulated and carried unitedly into
execution as "Orders in Council." In this
changing and yet continuous body, we have
seen the same earnestness, the same zeal,
and the same final harmony. They do not
come togther, either with minds made up
in advance for them or to go through a
pantomime of authority, setting the Seal of
Sigma Nu to a cut-and-dried program
drawn by some figure behind the scenes.
As men will always hold varying ideas and

divergent views, presented from their ex-
perience in- different circles of life and
action, these leaders give and take, absorb-
ing from each other the benefits of their
thoughtful study and matured reflection,
until, in the end, the unanimous conclusion
arrives that solves the problem and utilizes
the efforts of all toward the one goal for
which we strive.

Among such men there can be no lost
motion such as results from argument for
argument's sake or from insistence on self-
championed methods — the sources of side-
tracked causes and wrecked organizations
so frequently met with in societies social,
educational, and even religious. Sigma Nu
Fraternity knows nothing of this obstacle.
While these Brothers sit in deliberation,
canvassing and discussing every angle of a
question as it affects the future of our
finances, our Chapters, or our Alumni, it is
a pleasure to watch their faces, alight with
fire from Sigma Nu's Altar, intent with
study of the Fraternity's needs, and earnest
with desire to make easier and more plain
"the Life of Love, the Way of Honor, and
the Light of Truth," to the novices of to-
morrow who will take up the mantles of
leadership in Fraternity and Country.

It augurs well for our Fraternity that a

system of "internal development" in

leadership is in work-
internal 1 XT 1
Development ing order. No longer

does Sigma Nu seek
for her chief places, men who have gained
prominence in the world at large. The
time is past, as has been said, when anyone
can confer honor on our Fraternity by ac-
cepting office. These times demand men,
men trained in fraternal ways, men who
have won their spurs of Knighthood in
battling for Sigma Nu, men whose primary
and only interest is service to their Broth-
ers. We cannot go out and pick them from
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can we let someone else develop them —
efficient and successful men in other ways
cannot steer the Fraternity without a
knowledge of the steering-gear and of the
charts that mark the dangerous hidden
places. The old-fashioned apprentice sys-
tem is the only safe way.

In reading the files of old Deltas we
are constantly struck by familiar names as
Commanders, Reporters, Alumni Chapter
Secretaries, and Correspondents — names
writ large in present chronicles — signed to
Chapter Letters, Alumni news, and con-
tributed articles of every sort. These are
the portents of interest and service. In the
ranks of our Inspectors, Chapter Advisers,
Alumni Chapter officers, and The Delta's
Correspondents — and others of our unoffi-
cial hundreds of working Brothers — will
be found the material for the coming lead-
ers whose elevation will be the reward of
merit in work well-done for the sake of
the work. Then, will our future High
Councillors look at the pictures of today
and yesterday, and say, that which we have
received from these Points of the Five-
Armed Star, we will give, in our turn, to
the Fraternity that has made and developed

us.

Such a man is our new Grand Coun-
selor, Oscar Palmour of Atlanta. College
professor, m i 1 i t a ry

counselor °rand officer, business man
— it is out of place
here to tell of his abilities. We know
him better as a Brother.

Initiated by Kappa Chapter in 1891, he
has been a loyal Alumnus, president of
Atlanta Alumni Chapter, and Inspector of
the Second Division since the beginning of
the new order in 1915. As chairman of
the executive committee, he was in com-
plete charge of the arrangements for the
Sixteenth Grand Chapter, held in Atlanta
in 1912, and bore the brunt of the detail
work — the smooth running of events and

Our New
General Secretary

the delightful social affairs — of that, our
largest attended convention, bear ample
testimony of his thoroughness in arduous
labors for his Fraternity. His latest
achievement was bringing to fruition our
youngest Chapter, Epsilon Zeta, at Florida,
which, with Past Grand Recorder Clarence
E. Woods, he had the pleasure of install-
ing last November. Brother Palmour
brings to the High Council, ripe experi-
ence, wise counsel, and an unswerving
zeal.

Likewise, we observe in our new General
Secretary, Ernest Lee Williams, a man who
has risen out of the
ranks to the first ad-
ministrative place in
our Fraternity. As a member of Denver
Alumni Chapter, as Inspector and friend
to the near-by Chapters of the Fourteenth
Division, he made his place in Sigma Nu
in the hearts of the Brothers who knew
him. "Dad" they call him out there, but
as "Brother" they think of him. No pa-
ternal wisdom is his, but face to face he
gave his younger Brothers the benefit, not
so much of counsel and experience, but of
friendship and personality. He would
mount into his "Red Cloud" and sail out
to his Chapters for a feed, for a frolic, for
a football game. Then, when in need of
advice, they turned instinctively to him for
timely help and guidance. During the war,
Brother Williams visited his Chapters three
or four times every week, and thus kept in
touch with their Inspector they came
through the stress of that disintegrating
crisis, whole and sound and ready for re-
building on unweakened foundations.
Small wonder that the Nineteenth Grand
Chapter, in looking for High Council
timber, found in Inspector Williams the
needed beam for the roof-tree of Sigma
Nu. Now to our eighty-five Chapters he
comes as guide and counselor and "pal."

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The Faith of
Our Founders

No doubt it has struck all of us some
time. What was the Faith of our Foun-
ders? Was it a hope
for better and easier
things? Was it a de-
sire for social intercourse or activity? Was
it a blind groping for imitation of what
they saw in existence?

"No," and in his confession of our Faith,
our General Secretary has reiterated suc-
cinctly the key-note which Founders Hop-
kins, Quarles, and Riley sounded so long
ago at V. M. I., 'The Faith of our Foun-
ders was a determination to right a wrong,
to protest and fight an evil, to extend to
Brothers and to all an equal opportunity
for their development. Individually they
were powerless, collectively they might
make their efforts a force unconquerable
and irresistable."

That is ancient history, but today we
have the same problem with the answer
plain. In your college, there is some evil
to be overthrown, some right to be cham-
pioned, some good to be done. Sigma Nu
stands not as a passive organization for
you to ride into a snug haven of social
prestige or smile forth from the pages of
your college's Who's Who.

Sigma Nu calls for an active life in the
open under the banner of The Faith.

ers, we can only voice the prayer of the
Author of our Creed, "To understand, as
an integral part of the Greek Brotherhood,
the National Purpose and Spirit of Sigma
Nu, to feel the pulse-beat of its vibrant
Faith, to sense the binding force of its
lasting Fellowship, and to grasp the uni-
versal appeal of its message to young men ;
to be conscious of the strong arms of a
fraternal unity around us because we
would not care to serve any part of the
Fraternity if we could not serve the whole
of it."

We ask the aid and co-operation of all
our Brothers. The Delta now numbers,
in its lists of volunteer regular corres-
pondents, hundreds of interested Alumni,
alert to news and willing to write — and the
number is on the increase. It is an in-
spiration to find in our mail from morning
to morning scores of letters with bits of
news, artitcles, comments, and suggestions,
with kindly criticisms and thoughtful
helps, with constructive ideas and plans
that have worked well for the Fraternity
in this Collegiate Chapter and that Alumni
Chapter, with reflections of Brothers exper-
ienced in varied lines of Fraternity work.
May their tribe increase more and yet
more!

Your Editor

We found, in browsing in old Deltas,
that it has been the custom of new Editors
to outline their pol-
icy, to tell what it is
in their minds to do, and to try to explain
to themselves the spirit that moves them.
This duty we are tempted to evade, for, as
a member of the editorial staff heretofore,
we have believed in the standards already
set and to which we have held allegiance.
It is an honor to follow in the foot-steps
of Howard, Harrington, Woods, Sears,
Scott, and Dunlavy, and as we survey this
array of Editorial worthies, Brother Read-

Tea iii-Work
and Your Delta

We hope you may find your Delta just
the magazine you want, and something
more — the magazine
you will want. The
active man, the young
Alumnus, the old Alumnus, the Fraternity
worker, the man who desires to work for
Sigma Nu but who has not learned how to
link up his efforts with others who are in
the harness — in team-work — each is look-
ing for that thing that interests him, and
may he not only find it but that also which
will lead him on to see the others' points
of view.

Years ago, when we left the Chapter

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House, feeling as though we had cut a
cable that bound us to delightful memo-
ries, we received a letter from Editor
Woods inviting Alumni news, followed up
by many another letter, and through these
casual reminders of Sigma Nu we came
back again to find an avenue for fraternal
service — and this service we seek from all
of you who read this Delta, whether a
letter-call reaches you or not.

The Delta is open to all Brothers. You
need not agree with the Editor or the
General Secretary or the High Council.
The "contributed'* pages constitute a mir-
ror for the reflection of the entire life of
the Fraternity. They are the open forum
upon which all are entitled to speak. Ac-
ceptance of articles does not carry editorial
endorsement, necessarily, and we shall be
glad to hear all sides of every question.
History, achievement, common-place go-
ings and comings, visions of greater things
in Sigma Nu, ideals of character and serv-
ice— diverse are the inspirations of us all.
The Delta is not a newspaper on the
one hand nor a literary masterpiece on the
other. It is the journal of Sigma Nu Fra-
. ternity, a practical tool for Fraternity
building, a printed record of our current
chronicles, a written prophecy of what lies
before us. And now we close these per-
sonal digressions of the Editor, with the
words of Past Editor John C. Scott: "What-
ever success may attend our efforts, we
shall believe it the natural result of in-
spiration created through glorious enjoy-
ment of hallowed friendships."

This Delta might properly be entitled
a Chapter House number. It has now
been four years since
that widely known is-
sue (still often called
for, but long out of print), although, in
the meantime, we have published many
Chapter House articles with illustrations

The Eighth
Wonder

Chapter Home
Number

featuring design as well as picturing their
exteriors and interiors.

The acquisition of Chapter Houses has
been in such rapid process among our
Chapters that we are now enabled to present
seven new Houses in one issue again — Up-
silon, Beta Psi, Gamma Mu, Gamma Pi,
Delta Alpha, Delta Delta, and Delta Sig-
ma. Some of these are already built or
purchased and are occupied by the Chap-
ter. Several, however, are to be built
within the next year. We print the articles
in advance because we know that such de-
scriptions, with architects' drawings and
designs, will be helpful to other Chapters
which are now looking forward to a simi-
lar step in the near future.

A Chapter of Sigma Nu has declined
with thanks a loan from the General Fra-
ternity with the graci-
ous information that it
is able to get along
without the same and, therefore, wishes to
decline a loan of two thousand dollars al-
ready granted in order that some other
needy Chapter may have the benefit of a
loan. The distinction of this action be-
longs to Delta Sigma Chapter. Brother
Frank H. Haaren writes as follows:

"Strange as it may seem I am now writ-
ing not to request that the money in ques-
tion be hurried to us, but to have the re-
quest cancelled. In explanation, I would
advise and it gives me considerable pleas-
ure and satisfaction in so doing, that
enough money was raised among our mem-
bership from the House Building notes, to
supply the amount of money necessary to
give us possession of the house we have
made arrangements to buy. I have no
compunctions in stating that we did not
hope for such success as we have had and
the boys of the Active Chapter who really
did the biggest share are certainly to be
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have taken up and put over the proposi-
tion."

Here's to Delta Sigma Chapter and the
Delta Sigma House Association. May
their tribe increase!

Our Chapter House Fund is depleted.
Several applications for loans are now on
file which cannot be
granted until more
funds are available.
Every two years, as you may read in the
Law, half of the net excess of income over
expenses is transferred to the Chapter
House. This transfer cannot take place
until July 1st. In the meantime, we are
powerless to aid new Chapter House prop-
ositions. To Alumni — the Endowment
Fund, which is your field especially, will
assist in relieving this strain on our Chap-
ter House Fund. At best, the old fund can
never help many Chapters and not to any
large extent even those who receive loans.

"In a few days I shall send you my little
Liberty Bond, and I shall have joined the

Fraternity all over
Joining the . „ .

Fraternity again, writes a mem-

ber of Washington
Alumni Chapter, Brother Robert Bolwell,
A Z — one of twenty contributors from our
Capital who pledged up early. His remark
carries us back to our own initiation which
was the proudest event in our college life.
Meeting Prexy on the street next day,, he
asked us, "Do you feel like a man now?"
What a glorious feeling pervades the
novice's soul when he realizes the link
that binds him to three thousand other
Sigma Nus, in Collegiate Chapters like
himself. The Alumnus who has joined the
Fraternity over again can answer that ques-
tion as our old song runs, "Who am I,
sir?" with a whole-hearted emphasis on
"Sigma Nu I am, Sigma Nu I'll be, Sigma
Nu through all eternity."

There is a cold-blooded Sigma Nu now
and then who needs an old-fashioned re-
vival of spirit. Our
7HS8?Be2n"looded campaigners meet
him frequently. He
rides on what he has done for his Chapter.
In answer to the Endowment Fund, he sets
up the plea, "Oh, I gave my Chapter House
fifty long ago" — maybe, it was a hundred;
no doubt it often was — "why should I give
the other Chapters anything?" This is
admittedly a hard nut to crack. The
Brother is generous; he has done right;
He has showed loyalty — more than many
of us yet have. But his view-point is local.
He is still an Alpha Beta or a Zeta Theta
(or whatever Chapter he may belong to)
without the vision of a Sigma Nu. His is
allegiance to a local not to a National Fra-
ternity. Do not despise him for his heart
is sound. Treat him gently and win him
to the new outlook on fraternity life. He
has belonged and he will again. Perhaps
one of these "cold-blooded" Alumni can
kindle the fire for us — the Committee on
the Permanent Endowment Fund invites
suggestions for the successful answer: the
answer that he cannot evade with a gesture
to an unmarred record in the past.

The new outlook on Fraternity life em-
braces more than a thriving Chapter in a
comfortable Chapter
House, more than a
leading Chapter in
your college, more than a Chapter-Roll of
prominent Alumni. It looks forward to
an Alumni Fraternity, a Brotherhood that
draws out to its meetings the men of af-
fairs of today. Not to recall old-time mem-
ories of college days, not to help a strug-
gling Chapter — not this alone, but for the
inspiration of fellowship with men like
themselves. To step out of the narrow con-
fines of professional roads, to leave behind
the crowded curbs and offices of business

An Alumni
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and industry, to escape for a while the
cares one must bear alone and which make
one lonely — and mingling once again with
men for no reason, but that there is no
compelling motive, we renew in fraternity
the vitamens that keep life alive. A col-
lege fraternity means more to a member
than any fraternal organization he may
afterward join, as a memory; why not as
a present source of friendship?

The prime reason for the drifting of
Alumni away from their fraternity moor-
ings is the thought-
less gift of freedom
by their younger
Brothers in the Collegiate Chapter, who
gaily hand them a life membership and
ask no fee. Free from Chapter meetings,
from Chapter dues and obligations in
general, they turn suddenly from an active
life to a pedestal where they stand in dig-
nified rest for the awed gaze of an admir-
ing family of Brothers. (True there are
Alumni who can find for themselves their
work and who have carried their fraternity
work into their after-college life.)

Give the Alumni a chance to bear their
share of the burden of the Fraternity. That
is what the Endowment Fund is doing.
The contributor is not merely a life mem-
ber of Sigma Nu ; he is a Life Contributor.
His dues continue after college as before.
His obligation to watch their wise use re-
mains. It is no unjust reflection on human
nature in the fraternity man, that "where
your treasure is, there your heart is also.*'
How can a man value a name that is
thrown gratuitously at him? When he
feels he is doing his fair share, he will rise
to its appreciation. Already the foresight
of our High Council is proved true by the
Contributing Alumni of our Fraternity.
As Brother Keeling Pulliam, T I, puts it,
•'What is the idea in not telling me be-
fore?"

The organized centers, already in exist-
ence, are our Alumni Chapters. Too often,
in the past, they have

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casional wakefulness
in rallies and banquets, for the* lack of real
work to do. Here and there is one actively
behind a near-by Chapter, but for the most
part they are idle because of unfulfilled
desire. Nothing is more harmful to the
trained athlete than practice without a
game ahead. Nothing exhausts fraternity
spirit more than a rally with never a goal
for the inspiration it engenders. Washing-
ton and Chicago have placed themselves in
the lead in getting contributions — it is time
for our other Alumni Chapters to break
their records and set the pace still faster.
With the Endowment Fund in mind, and
not only the Fund but its far-reaching con-
sequences and purposes, we will see an
incentive that will lead to its actuality, yes,
and further to a united permanent effort
in Alumni Chapters that will give them a
hold on members that cannot lapse. -

One good effect of the Endowment Fund
will be sound financing of Chapter Houses.
The Eighteenth
Grand Chapter placed
our building com-
panies under General Office supervision by
requesting them to file annual reports.
With a larger proportion of help from the
General Fraternity, we can advise and in-
sist upon, at the outset, proper and busi-
ness-like plans for the financial basis of
Chapter House building. The necessity
for this has already been demonstrated in
many cases where Chapter Houses pur-
chased or built "on a shoe string" have
proved "a white elephant" to the Chapters
and a damper on the enthusiasm of their
Alumni.

It is desirable not only to acquire a
House, but we must also look forward to

Chapter House
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and After

meeting the payments next year and the
year after. Thousands of dollars might
have been saved to the Fraternity, and a
vast series of efforts expended in Sigma
Nu's progress instead of climbing out of a
hole. It is always easier to pull a load
than to push it.

Here is a place for our Collegiate Chap-
ters to act, collectively and individually.
A number of Com-
manders have asked,
"Where can we help
the Endowment Fund?" Get after your
Alumni. As they come back to reunions
at commencement time, you can reach
them, heart and purse. Then they have a
half-conscious wish to do something for
Sigma Nu as their attention comes to what
she has done for them. A wish unex-
pressed perhaps, but there just the same,
awaiting opportunity for fulfillment.

Afterward as you active men go home
for vacations or go out on summer jobs
all over the country, you will meet Broth-
ers with the White Star who seldom have
seen its like during the past year. In tell-
ing him about your Chapter and your Fra-
ternity, you can strike home and bring to-
gether again the errant Alumnus and his
Fraternity as nothing else will.

Ambassadors-at-large, you represent Sig-
ma Nu — keep in mind her interests where-
ever you go.

Grand Chapter
Delegates

The Regent's call for the Twentieth
Grand Chapter appears in this issue. Dele-
gates must be elected
at least thirty days in
advance. It would
be wise to choose them earlier, soon after
the opening of college next fall. Chapters
will be best represented at Philadelphia
(and at home afterward when their dele-
gates bring back their reports) if they

choose men with a careful survey of ability
and qualifications. Select the man who
can bring both judgment and action with
him, who can take part in discussion on the
floor without embarrassing himself or his
Chapter, who can mix with other delegates
and prove to them in his own person that
your Chapter is like theirs in good fellow-
ship, in thinking-power, and in leadership.
Usually the Senior is best qualified, but
the influence on the Chapter through a
Junior lasts into the next year. Above all,
choose your delegates, not for popularity,
not for honor, not even for reward, but
because they, of all your membership, are
the most representative men — the two best
able to reflect you in the minds of other
Chapters and express your wishes in delib-
eration and discussion as well as in the
casting of your vote.

Last month we had the pleasure of read-
ing Brother Matherly's new book on A
Number of Things,

A New Outlook anrl ri»vi«»wiTiir it fnr

on Expansion ana ^Viewing It lor

this Delta. The title
had a familiar sound, carrying us back to
the Eighteenth Grand Chapter, where
Brother Walter J. Matherly, B H, spoke
on the official toast list. The contents
clearly indicate that this little book is the
outgrowth of matured reflection on the
subjects which he treated at Cleveland.

At about the same time Brother Mather-
ly wrote us that he had changed his atti-
tude on the question of Sigma Nu's expan-
sion, after these three years' study of the
fraternity situation in general and Sigma
Nu affairs in particular. We are glad to
publish his own story in this number — not
merely because we endorse his present at-
titude, but rather in justice to our Brother,
for, as the printed proceedings of the
Grand Chapter bear record, he was se-
verely criticized by several old war-horses
of Sigma Nu.

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Intelligent study of the purposes and rather by the number of opportunities in

principles of our Fraternity and a wide worthy colleges and universities,
knowledge of our history can lead, we be- We should measure our steps in expan-

lieve, to no other conclusion than the one sion by the merit of the petitioners and the

which Brother Matherly has come to hold, possibilities of the field. We may honestly

Undoubtedly, the opponents of expansion disagree, sometimes, as to these, but, after

are sincere. Their opposition is based on all, the way of the petitioners is hard and

local vision and on limited understanding the procedure is slow,
of Sigma Nu's principles. A National Fra- Let us join hands with our High Council

teroity, founded on a Faith as expressed and our elder statesmen like Bennett,

in our Creed; a democratic brotherhood Woods, and Sears, and keep the expansion

such as our Declaration of Principles de- of. Sigma Nu Fraternity hereafter "in the

clares; cannot consent to limit the number same conservative lines we have followed

of its Chapters arbitrarily. It is bounded in the past three years."

Commencement Poem

By James Sumner Drapes, Delta Psi

A broad horizon round us sweeps.

O'er capped by azure-crystalled space
That down among the tree-tops creeps,

Fringing the wondrous arch's base;
Where fairy, lace-like branches blend

With varying tints — or dark or bright;
And all a pure enchantment lend

To human hearts, through human sight.

There, on the verge, erect in form,

Majestically rise the lofty pines;
Pointing to heaven, alike in storm

And when the wondrous sun-god shines,
Their soft, perennial verdure fills

With rich perfumes the bird-house bowers;
Through summer heat and wintry chills,

They solace grief-worn, weary hours.

The long gray years cannot subdue,

And time and tide cannot erase
The loyalty we hold to you,

For in our hearts you have your place.
What ever the future will unfold,

We'll count the hours spent with thee
Dearer to us than purest gold,

Our strength, our hope, our memory.

We love these walls! Our lives they teach

To be with vital verdure clad;
Erect with noble aims to reach

For joys that make each moment glad.
Our little, trembling notes to raise

Amid the universal choir;
And thus to swell paeanic praise,

And bear our aspirations higher.

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Now Comes Sigma Alpha Epsilon
and Adopts Our Plan

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SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON

Just Compare These Headlines from 2 N and 2 A E Campaign Books

The Aim of the Endowment Fund is $100,-
000 by December, 1921

Fifty Dollars Cash or a Liberty Bond

Who Will Give the First Hundred Life
Subscriptions?

March 9, 1921, Will Launch the Campaign

Our Aim— To Reach the $100,000 Mark
by End of 1921

Fifty Dollars Cash or a Liberty Bond

Which Chapter Will Be the First to Sub-
scribe One Hundred Life Memberships?

Let the Permanent Endowment Fund Committee (Vice-Regent George A. Smith, L. C. Dillen-
beck, r ¥, John A. Stevenson, T A) hug themselves for they are surely good Publicity Men.

The Delta makes these remarks, in no unkindly spirit to our Cousins of another great fraternity,
for we fully realize that imitation is the soul of flattery, but only to bring home to Our Brothers —

Sigma Nu Must Not Bring Up the Rear
That $100,000 Is Going to be Raised by Grand Chapter Time
But We'll Not Stop There
Sigma Nu Has Blazed the Way — Help Her be First at the Goal!

From December, 1920, Delta, reprinted
in booklet form, February 1, 1921

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Chapter Letters Next are Due October 15, 1921

In accordance with The Delta's custom for the past five years, there will be no Chapter Letters
in the October issue. During the summer no Chapter news is available.
Alumni Items are due August 15, 1921.
Reporters, please do not skip the above notice.

lOOJo Record

The Editor is pleased to report a complete Chapter Roll, without a single exception, in this
Delta— 85 Chapters and 85 Chapter Letters. But it was only accomplished after a strenuous hunt-
ing down of delinquents. It is a hard task for some Reporters to write on time, and for several to
write at all. Please elect willing and capable men as Reporters, and save the Editor's worries for
the Alumni.

It took two or three telegrams to nine Chapters to get a letter through. We thank the Report-
ers of 74 Chapters and the Commanders of these 9, for their co-operation in maintaining our 100
per cent. Record.

Gamma Omicron's Troubles

Gamma Omicron has apparently lost all favor with the Post Office. Just what her difficulties
with the federal authorities are, has not yet been ascertained, but we are "sherlocking" round (as
Brother Lawrence Hopkins calls it). The Reporter mailed three letters which failed to arrive, and
finally the Eminent Commander himself put through the fourth (herein printed) by special dis-
pensation from the department of registry. We quote Brother Duden's report on Gamma Omicron's
troubles:

"I feel that, though you have seemingly received no letter from Gamma Omicron, it is not the
fault of our Reporter, Brother James B. Settles. Our first letter was mailed to you in due time.
Then came your warning telegram and the carbon copy of the first letter was mailed to you by
return mail. It was very distressing to have you Inform us that this letter was not received. On the
same evening that we received the second notice, Brother Settles and I wrote you the third letter
which was mailed Wednesday, March 30th, by special delivery.

"CHARLES W. DUDEN, E. C."

On receipt of the third notice, Brother Charles W. Duden, Eminent Commander, finally put a
letter through safely by registered mail. The Editor notes, however, that it is not signed by the
Reporter, from whom he has never heard even a line.

The Delta can accept no excuses from delinquent Reporters. The Editor, therefore, was com-
pelled to remove Brother Settles from office. The Law is perfectly clear as to the duties of the Re-
porter and equally clear as to the Editor's duty. The Fraternity and the Alumni of Gamma Omi-
cron have a right to hold both responsible for any failure to publish the Chapter's news.

The moral is simply this: Chapters which are unable to rely on the mall service, are advised
to register their letters. All contributions to The Delta are acknowledged the same day as re-
ceived, so that you may always know when yours reaches the Editor.

Prize A ward

The Chapter letter that best pictures the Chapter in action is Gamma Pi's — W. Elliott Neffler,
Reporter, gets the prize book, Brother Zane Grey's "Light of the Western Stars." While it runs over
the prescribed length, the prize is awarded this time for its clear narrative record of Chapter activity.
Hereafter, Reporters will please keep within a 500-word limit.

Alumni News

Many of these Chapter letters contain Alumni news. To keep within the space for active
Chapter affairs and to assist the Editor in improving the style of your Delta, please write Alumni
news on separate sheets- Alumni Notes, Marriages, Deaths, etc. — for proper placing in those de-
partments.

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CHAPTER LETTERS

To Commanders

The Summer vacation is a time *heu every active man can boost the Endowment Fund. Begin-
ning with your commencement reunions, tell your Alumni about the big move to strengthen their
Fraternity. Then, as you go out on your vacations and run across Brothers in your home town or
from other Chapters, too, on your "Summer job," tell them Sigma Nu needs their support. Bring
back as Life Contributors the Alumni who are grown apathetic because they have had no Fraternity
work to do. It will tie them closer to their own Chapters and to the Fraternity at large. The Alumni
Fraternity, like Sigma Nu, is going to be a vital influence throughout life.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Beta Chapter

Beta Chapter announces as initiates of
the winter term: R. H. Lake, Greenville,
Miss.; John M. Lucas, Moorehead, Miss.;
and Lester Dame, Springfield, Mass. The
Chapter feels justly proud of the fact that
only two men were lost via the newly-
formed Automatic of Virginia, and also of
her rank in the various college activities.

In the inter-fraternity basketball league
our five finished third out of twenty-five
fraternities, playing against teams with one
or more Varsity-squad men on them.
Brothers Dick and George Shands, Goward,
Jackson, Swinford, Walker, and Dame
were seven of Virginia's twenty-four rep-
resentatives at the John Hopkins indoor
games. Brother Al Shands, captain, cross-
country, was unable to make the trip be-
cause of a conflicting date at the Richmond
Times-Dispatch cross-country run, where
he crossed the line second. Brother Goward
has recently been elected captain, first-
year track team. On the diamond we are
ably represented by Brothers Ralph, Hub-
bard, and Odell, all of whom are showing
up well. Brother Davis is out for catcher
on the first-year nine.

Brothers Walker, Mulford, and Morris
are in the cast and chorus of the univer-
sity's musical production, "The Visiting
Girl." In the field of publications, Broth-
ers Morris and Dick Shands are on the
Law Review Board ; Knowles and Bland on
the business staff of College Topics; while
Brothers Hinds and Ramsey are on the edi-
torial board of the same. Brothers Goward,
Dame, Hubbard and Jackson have recently
been elected to Lambda Pi, academic fra-
ternity. ALBERT WALKER, Reporter.

BETHANY COLLEGE

Epsilon Chapter

Bethany College had the best football
team in her history last fall. Sigma Nu
certainly did her share in winning the

laurels. Brother "Buck" Dunn, veteran
tackle, has been elected captain of the
squad for next fall. Brother Rosenberg,
premier linesman, and Brother Stewart,
star quarterback, deserve much credit in
bringing victory for Bethany.

On the basketball floor, Brothers Stew-
art, Shafer, and Pledge Patterson repre-
sent the Chapter. Brother Rosenberg had
the misfortune in having his arm dislo-
cated and broken in an early game, elim-
inating him for the season.

On February 18th and 19th, Bethany
held one of the greatest celebrations in her
history. The nature of the "gala" was
that of a carnival, held in the college
chapel, to celebrate the gift of $500,000 to
the college by M. M. Cochran, Uniontown,
Pa., and incidentally to raise money for
the extensive athletic program of the in-
stitution. The festivities put pep into
Bethany's annual homecoming as well as
spirit into the college.

On the afternoon of the 19th, the follow-
ing pledges were initiated:

Fred K. Stewart, Winchester, III.; Mac
Ryan, Bethany, W. Va.; Ralph C. Lank-
ier, Buffalo, N. Y.; Donovan L. Hart, St.
Clairsville, Ohio; Allan R. Wilhelm,
Cameron, W. Va.; D. Ervin Sheets, Pitts-
burgh, Pa.; Stephen E. Murray, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.

We are pleased to announce that Brother
Charles W. Lighthizer, B I, has affiliated
with us. This is the first affiliate Epsilon
has ever had. Pledge Patterson, also of
Beta Iota, has been repledged by Epsilon.

The inter-fraternity social council has
been organized and the relationship is of
the best caliber. The social affairs have
proved a two-fold success, that of creating
a friendlier feeling among the students,
and that of changing the usual "blue"
Saturday to social Saturday.

As to other college activities, we are well
represented. Brother Hershberger, vice-
president, Senior class, and member of the
Bethanian staff. Brothers Ford, Herbster,

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Anderson, Sheets, and Pledge Sullivan are
members of the glee club. On the Colle-
gian Brother Sutton is business manager;
Brother Ryan, publication manager;
Brother Carlisle, fraternity editor; Brother
Hart, reporter. Brother Sutton represents
Sigma Nu on the Student Council, likewise
as a member of the Athletic Board of Con-
trol and assistant business manager of the
Bethanian. Brother Carlisle is vice-presi-
dent of the Junior class and member of the
debating team. Brother McCormick is
vice-president of the Sophomore class and
special writer for the Harbinger.

The captaincy of the baseball team goes
to Pledge Cooke. Brothers Rosenberg,
Stewart, Murray, and Pledge Patterson are
on the squad. As to the track team, Broth-
ers Anderson, Rosenberg, Dunn and Wil-
helm are experienced men who will un-
doubtedly win their letters.

Epsilon stands up to say she is at the
committee's right hand and will root for
the P. E. F. Her Alumni have never failed
Sigma Nu yet. (P. E. F. is pronounced
"Pep"— Epsilon! See page 543.)

LEIGH L. DARSIE, Reporter.

MERCER UNIVERSITY

Eta Chapter

Athletics, which make up a large part of
college life and spirit, have taken on an ex-
ceptional color at Mercer this year. Coach
Cody, former all-American athlete of Van-
derbilt, has put new life into the college,
with his basketball team. Among this
team's veterans are two Sigs, viz., Brothers
"Smokey" Harper (C. E.), and "Slap"
Rentz (T. H.), formerly Eminent Com-
mander, who have piloted quite a number
of games to success this year. Both these
fighters passed through the war, and dis-
lay the same tact and skill in hitting the
asket as they once did in playing tunes
on helmets. Brother T. H. Rentz goes from
the floor to launch out into the newspaper
business, leaving an all-around record be-
hind as a goal for our younger aspirants
to look to.

Still in the favorite summer game —
baseball — we have a goodly number. Out
of the team of '19, "Doc" (Roland) Lan-
ier, a well-known twirler, and "Leek" (L.
D.) Henderson, captain-elect of 1920, and
former second-bag star, have returned to
accompany Captain "Tige" (W. E.) Stone,

first pitcher of '20's team, and one of the
leading pitchers of the S. I. A. A. "Doc"
has been out in the drug business, but has
returned to affirm his earlier record in the
box. "Tige" has battled with other aspir-
ing twirlers to defend his title, and has won
so much favor that he is well-known among
southern college athletes. "Leek" and
"Doc" were two of the four "Sigs" on the
varsity a few years ago, when one of the
most brilliant years occurred for Mercer
athletics. "Smokey" Harper, who gained
his reputation in the outfield last year, is
displaying his speed and gauge for a ball,
together with our three-lettered infielders.

Brother "Teddy" Hart, who was cham-
pion wrestler at Columbia University, for
his weight, judging from his successful
bouts here, promises to be a rising menace
to "Strangling" Lewis.

Brother P. Z. Geer, Eminent Com-
mander, member of Quill Club, president
of the Pan-Hellenic, is showing up in his
poetic gifts, and we trust shall equal Sid-
ney Lanier. But just now his efforts in this
line are not quite so earnest, due to his an-
ticipated visit to the parson, and an insati-
able desire for the rice shower, which
usually follows such visits. Not far be-
hind Brother Geer is Brother C. E. Erwin,
affiliated from Auburn, who furnishes the
Chapter with music from his mandolin,
while his thoughts occasionally stray into
the same lines as "P. Z.'s" — of late.
Brother Foreman Gibson, formerly of
Georgetown University, has established
himself as the Chapter's social leader, and
is a great asset in managing the affairs of
the Chapter in this line. With "Foreman"
piloting the course, the Chapter is striving
to break the record set in '19, when the
Chapter, with Brother Henderson as Pilot,
broke all previous social records. Brother
Millard Jackson, reporter on the Macon
News, lends great aid to the success of the
Chapter in these lines, while Alumnus
Baker is on the staff of the Telegraph.
Brother Rentz, who is now leaving us, also
served with the Telegraph.

If success comes in securing Chapter
Houses here, Eta promises to be better
fitted for promoting the standards of
Sigma Nu. We need a House of our own,
and only the Faculty's refusal to permit
fraternities to live in and own Houses, hold
us back. We heartily commend to our
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means to the active Chapters. Old Eta's
Alumni will be there strong.

£. H. COACHMAN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Theta Chapter

It is with great pleasure that I announce
the hearty endorsement by Theta Chapter
of the Endowment Fund movement; and
below is a copy of the motion passed by
the Chapter unanimously :

"I move that the Reporter be instructed
to announce by the next letter to The
Delta, Theta Chapter's most hearty en-
dorsement of the National Endowment
Fund campaign."

Sigma Nu may count upon Theta
Chapter's enthusiastic support in this
movement. We are very fortunate in hav-
ing a very attractive and comfortable
home that makes us a fraternal family of
Brothers in Sigma Nu.

With the budding of Spring Theta's yard
committee has taken on great activity and
the Sigma Nu House and lawn is going to
be a synonym for Spring's beauty en-
hanced by human art.

On the glee club Theta has two men:
Brother Fitz in the vocal quartet, and
Brother Ide in the string quartet.

On the inter-fraternity clubs Theta's new
members are as follows: "Skulls,"
Brothers E. C. Leslie and E. E. Cooper.
"Arch," Brothers Vernon Fitz and Joel
Johnson. "Key Ice," Brothers C. E. Ham-
ilton, Omar Reynolds, Wm. H. Key, Jr.,
and I. F. Blue. "Parasites" draws its
members from the inter-fraternity clubs,
and Brother Hamilton has been bedecked
thereby. "Bachelors" is a new organiza-
tion which will take in each year one
Senior and one Junior from each frater-
nity. Ours are Brothers McCall and
George P. Hamilton.

Brother Fitz is a member of the Black-
friars, Alabama's dramatic club, which
has become quite professional and ac-
quired an enviable reputation. Brothers
McCall and Cory will take prominent
parts in the plays to be presented through-
out Alabama and Georgia this spring.
Brothers Hicks, Blue and Gardner are also
prominent "Friars."

The School of Law has a record enroll-
ment this year and two legal fraternities,
Phi Alpha Pi and Phi Lambda Sigma, have

entered on the eve of the School of Law's
admission to the American Association of
Law Schools. Theta Chapter had three
men among the nine charter members of
the first legal fraternity to organize and
now has eight members in the two; Broth-
ers McDonald, Johnson, Cory, McCall, and
Hamilton, of Phi Alpha Pi; and Brothers
Hood, Longshore, and Reynolds, of Phi
Lambda Sigma.

Brother Cobb, also on Alabama's track
team this season, won a place on the var-
sity basketball squad.

ARMSTRONG CORY, Reporter.

HOWARD COLLEGE
Iota Chapter

After the required six weeks of rushing
season we pledged the following freshmen :
W. L. Bentley, J. D. Mallory, R. D. Clark,
G. L. Bradley, E. C. Cooper, G. D. Morris,
B. S. Sellers, C. D. Riddle, E. M. Beaswell,
and James Jarrell, and in the course of
time carried them across the hot sands to
the shrine of Knighthood. We are very
proud to state that they are all true Sigma
Nus.

Since then we have pledged "Red" Kelly,
and judging from the records made by
"Red's" brothers in Iota, we feel that he
will make us a good man.

Financially, Iota is in very good stand-
ing. We owe very little, despite the fact
that we have remodeled our home. We
feel safe in stating that at the end of the
year we will be entirely out of debt and
have a surplus great enough to start the
following year off in fine shape.

The social activities of Iota have been
confined to a few small dances and Sun-
day afternoon teas. However, we are plan-
ning for the near future an open house
reception at which we are anticipating a
great time.

As yet we have been unable to obtain
our scholarship rating for the quarter end-
ing March 8th, but we are proud to state
that among National Fraternities on the
campus Sigma Nu was on the top at the
end of the first quarter. Encouraged by
this the Fraternity has seen fit to offer a
gold key to the upper classmen and a silver
key to the Freshman making the highest
average for the year. In addition to this,
Brothers Carlisle, Langston, and Yar-
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man who makes the highest average in the
Chapter.

In the field of athletics we feel that we
are well represented, with Brother Robin-
son, a letter-man, in basketball, Brothers
Mallory, Carlisle, Clark, Robinson, Jar-
rell, and Brasnell on the track team, and
Brothers Sims, Sellers, Perryman, and
Robinson striving for positions on the base-
ball team.

Iota is also noted for its song birds, as
fifty per cent, of the men on the Glee Club
are Sigs. This number, including Brother
Sims, who is both president and director;
Brother Sellers, secretary and treasurer;
Brothers Carlisle, Hill, Bentley, Mallory,
Jarrell, Braswell and Co wart.

Politically, Iota ranks first with Brother
Roberts, president, pan-hellenic council;
Brother Herren, vice-president, Student
Body; and Brother Sims, president Junior
Class.

By the artful work of "Dan Cupid" we
have been robbed of our illustrious quar-
ter back, "Peahead" Walker, but we expect
Brother M. L. Robinson to step in his shoes
next year. B. C. COW ART, Reporter.

NORTH GEORGIA AGRICUL-
TURAL COLLEGE

Kappa Chapter

With the second term half gone, we
are glad to have with us five new Brothers.
They are: Brothers R. C. Heslop, W. C.
Givan, C. I. Humber, R. E. Brooksher and
T. E. Steele, making a total of twelve mem-
bers and no pledges. Brothers W. C.
Jackson, S. W. Smoots, and G. P. Hill we
are sorry to say, did not return this Spring.

Because of some work being done on the
House, the Chapter has been able to give
only one dance this term.

Out of the twelve members, we have six
letter-men. Going out for baseball are
Brothers White, Owens, Brooksher, and
Christopher.

In the military department we are rep-
resented by Brothers Major White, Cap-
tains Christopher and Heslop, Lieutenant
Nicholson, Sergeants Givan and Mead-
ows, Corporals Christopher and Young.

We were encouraged by having with us
on March 6th, Brother Rogers, K, who
spoke very highly of the past history of
Kappa Chapter. Our aim is to see that
her reputation doesn't fall.

Kappa will not be the last to fall in
line behind the Endowment. Sigma NuV
old Chapters, like those of the Second Di-
vision, fully realize what this movement
started thirty years ago would have meant
to us. Let's not wait another thirty years.
We pledge Kappa and her Alumni to the
mark!

T. E. STEELE, Reporter.

WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY

Lambda Chapter

Didn't you hear about McDonald,
Tucker, Hall, and Thomas during the Fall
on the "Grid"? Well, this same McDonald
played center on the basketball team and
Hall was the first substitute. McDonald,
the same one, is out for the varsity pitch-
ing staff and will surely make it. Several
of the Brothers responded to the call for
baseball candidates, but it is too early to
make any other predictions.

The inter-fraternity basketball season is
over, too. We'll give you a guess who won
in the end. You are right, we have the cup
adorning our living room at this very
moment, and it surely is a beauty. The big
team cleaned up. Cy Hall, Tucker,
Thomas, Faulconer, and Rangely were the
combination and weren't even pushed. If
we win next year, and there is no reason
why we shouldn't, we get the cup for
"keeps." There is a great deal of rivalry
in inter-fraternity affairs around these
parts, and to emerge champions is indeed
a conquest of which we are justly proud.

In the social activities Lambda is repre-
sented also. Of the four big dances thus
far, Brother Musgrove has led one and
assisted leading the Fancy Dress Ball.
During the last dances the Chapter char-
tered the Dutch Inn and gave a real dinner
party.

Our scholarship isn't the highest and
best of the Greeks, but it isn't the worst by
a long shot. We can't display a great
many of Phi Beta Kappa keys, but all of
the boys are passing their work and some
are leading. Brother Jones continues to
make A's. Brothers Page and Harrison
are assistants in the laboratories. Brother
Taylor Dingess and Ballard are keeping up
their ninety per cent, averages in the Law
School.

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Faulconer and Delta Delta for "Doc'"
Rangely, our latest transfers. They fit in
admirably and are taking to college activi-
ties like a duck to water. They came early
for football next year. We also want to
announce the pledging of "Buck" Avis, of
Charleston, W. Va. — he is the junior of
the Hon. S. B. Avis, Congressman from
West Virginia.

Brother Short gave us a timely call a
few weeks ago. He is our new Inspector,
of whom we can't say too much. We
surely enjoyed having him around the
House. Brother Short has the right "dope"
about how a Chapter should be run, and
we have profited a great deal from his
timely remarks.

By the way, Brother "Dick" Smith,
Lambda, '12, who has been athletic director
at Fishburn School for several years, will
be here next year in the role of manager
of athletics. Dick was a brilliant athlete,
a good student, and the best company that
one could imagine.

J. D. OWENS, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Mu Chapter

Our ship with Commander King at
the helm is sailing safely in college activ-
ities this year. Being in tip-top financial
condition, it seems little chance for the
good ship's being stranded on a sandbar.

Brother P. B. Ford is president, Student
Council; vice-president, Senior Law Class;
a member of the Gridiron Club, and also
heads the public speaking club.

On both college publications we have
representatives. Brother Allen L. Wood-
all is assistant circulation manager on the
Georgia Cracker, the humorous monthly
magazine, while Brother Carey J. Williams
is athletic editor on the Red and Black, the
weekly newspaper published by the stu-
dents.

Brother J. B. Johnson is in the glee club,
and Brother E. J. Haar is a Thalian (our
dramatic society).

We are now preparing for our House
party and dance on April 14th. This is
the first time in several years that Sigma
Nu has given a dance. Many "Georgia
Peaches" have accepted invitations.

Brother Hillyer King, of Cordele, was
recently elected Commander for another
term which was a reward of merit for his

past services in this capacity. Brother 0.
S. Willis was elected Lieutenant-Com-
mander; Brother C. P. McRae, of McRae,
recorder; Brother J. L. C. Smith, of Ma-
con, chaplain; Brother L. 0. Freeman, of
College Park, treasurer; Brother Carey J.
Williams, of Greensboro, reporter; and
Brother L. D. Cook, of Atlanta, sentinel.

Brothers D. Lee Wicker and E. J. Willis
were recently initiated into the Buccaneers,
one of the best social clubs at the univer-
sity.

Our new initiates are L. D. Cook, At-
lanta; Carl Tuggle, Atlanta; M. S. Yoe-
mans, Dawson; J. F. Gordon, Atlanta, and
J. B. Johnson, Canton.

During the past months we have given
several banquets and smokers.

Brother M. J. Yoemans, who is a promi-
nent lawyer at Dawson, recently paid us a
pleasant visit. Brother Yoemans related
the early struggles of Mu and indulged in
the glowing reminiscences of his college
days. He was present at our weekly meet-
ing and gave the Chapter an interesting
talk. Brother Oscar Palmour, Inspec-
tor, Second Division, made Mu a recent
visit.

We wish to give the Endowment Fund
campaign a royal send-off. Every Chapter
needs its own House as Mu fully appre-
ciates. Though our Alumni are now stir-
ring up their plans, we will join the Gen-
eral Fraternity, too, in promoting the
Chapter House Fund.

CAREY J. WILLIAMS, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Nu Chapter

Nu Chapter closes a most successful
year in June under the direction of Harold
M. Roberts, E. C. Men from Nu Chapter
headed seven organizations during 1920-
21. E. Palmer Shelton was president,
men's inter-fraternity council; Wm. Mc-
Pherson, of Alpha Chi Sigma (chemical) ;
John Schoonover, president, Phi Chi (med-
ical) ; Nicholas T. Huddleston, president,
Black Helmets (Sophomore) ; Burt Coch-
ran, business manager, 1921 Jay hawker;
Wm. McPherson, student head, R. 0. T.
C. unit here; and Mother Young, our
house-mother, was president of the Fra-
ternity House-Mothers' Club. Nu Chapter
held initiation March 6, 1921, for W.
Ernest Bomar, Fort Worth, Texas; Rael

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Morris, Oswego; Roger Hackney, Welling-
ton; Harold C. Watt, Independence; Mont-
gomery Talcott, Hutchinson, and Kenneth
M. Whyte, Kansas City, Mo. Fred Jae-
dicke, Lawrence, was pledged the second
semester.

Raymond E. Martin, Win field, Kansas,
was on the Missouri-Kansas debating team.

The Chapter is glad that so many of the
Alumni come back from time to time for a
visit Our Topeka and Kansas City
Alumni are particularly active.

The annual Sigma Nu Alumni party
was held April 23-24. Great credit is due
to Dick Williams for his promotion and
management of the party. Socially Nu
Chapter has had several highly successful
dances to her credit. The Hi Rickety was
held on March 24th in Eagle's HalL

Jack Kollman, '21, was the ranking
male student in the college for 1920 and
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Jack re-
ceives his A. B. this Spring after three
years' work. He enters Harvard next year.

As the Brothers prepare to leave for the
summer vacation beginning in June, all of
them are talking of the prospects for next
fall. Nu Chapter, with the usual co-opera-
tion of the Alumni, expects to get her
quota of good men.

The Endowment Fund is just the thing!
Nu Chapter counts always on her stalwart
Alumni, and together we will pull for
Sigma Nu. Every Chapter in its own
House! E. F. HUDSON, Reporter.

EMORY UNIVERSITY
Xi Chapter.

Our initiates are: Fickling, Reynolds;
Owens, Tallapoosa; Hooks, Camilla;
Wilkes, Pelham; Fender, Valdosta; Massy,
Valdosta; Isom, Moultrie; Kendrick, At-
lanta. Brother J. R. Simmons is an affili-
ate from Gamma Alpha.

Brother J. H. Alexander was elected
Lieuetnant-Commander, Brother Eubanks
having resigned. Scholarship of the Chap-
ter seems to be improving remarkably over
our last year's standard, and we hope to be
a little nearer the top in the cup race this
year. The Chapter has been under a rather
heavy expense this year, entailed by mov-
ing to a new House, but we are running
ahead in the financial game at present.
Brother Jones has a good deal of trouble

with M. S. and R. P. reports; probably he
will catch up sometime.

Brother Jones and Eubanks are repre-
senting us on the regular glee club squad
this year. Brother Owens was one of those
who drew an alternate's place when the
club was reduced to a minimum. Brother
Jones has been elected vice-president of
the pan-hellenic council. Brothers Isom
and Hooks have been initiated into the
Freshman social club "babies." Brother
Dillworth represents us on the "Cox"
Sophomore social club, and Brothers
Jones and Eubanks hold down places on
the "Owls," the Junior-Senior social club.

"Sigs" who have been initiated into med-
ical fraternities this year, are as follows:
Alexander and Copeland, Alpha Kappa
Kappa, and J. W. Harned and Willis, Phi
Chi. Brother Kendrick made the R. O. T.
C. Brother Harned is a second lieutenant

Among our Alumni who have visited re-
cently are: L. W. Sewell, who left a "ten
spot" with the treasurer; Bond Almand,
Russell Bridges, and Morgan Wynne. In-
spector Palmour has also paid one visit
this year. B. K. HARNED, Commander.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Pi Chapter

We have three new pledges: The
Springsteen brothers, Art and Bill, of De-
troit, and Joseph Boyle, Patterson, N. J.
Bill Springsteen has already won his var-
sity letter in football and basketball while
his brother Art has shown himself a track
athlete of unusual ability. He has placed
in 1000-yard run in several of the big
indoor meets this Winter and promises to
be a great half-miler.

Brother G. C. O'Keefe is busily engaged
as assistant manager of baseball. Brothers
Allan, Shaw, and F. C. O'Keefe are on the
baseball squad. Brothers Stoner, Berger,
Darsey, and Voss are on the lacrosse
squad.

Brother John J. Stone, T A, was recently
elected Chapter Adviser. Brother Stone is
well liked by all the men of the House,
and we all feel that we have taken a step
which will benefit us greatly in the future.

Brother Samuel "Mike" Nelson left us
to go on the Southern training trip with the
Pittsburgh "Pirates." He is judged to be
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recent years and all are confident of his
success. Also Brother "Butch" Carlson,
who was a member of last year's Freshman
class, has gone south with the New York
"Yankees" as an outfielder.

Brother Maxwell Glenn, '22, is in Cali-
fornia while Brother Harlan Fuille, '24, is
located in Cuba.

The coming Spring House party prom-
ises to be one of the biggest Pi has ever
had. We are well represented on the
Junior Week Committee. Brother G. C.
O'Keefe is chairman of the Junior Prom,
which is the biggest social event of the
year, and Brother Stoner is chairman ot
the inter-fraternity council dance which is
a part of Junior Week.

We welcomed back both Brothers John
N. Marshall and Frank A. Jacobs at the
beginning of the second term.

Pi Chapter already is in its own House,
but we gladly acclaim the Endowment
Fund Committee's plans. This is the big-
gest event in Sigma Nu's history, and we
shall rejoice to take our part in it.

F. C. O'KEEFE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Rho Chapter

The formal dance was held at the House
on the evening of March 25th.

Finances are in a good condition and it
is nearly certain that our sleeping porch
and sun parlor will be in readiness by
next fall.

Scholastically, we stand near the top of
the list Every man has pledged himself
to study three or more hours per day, and
as yet no flunks have been reported. At
different times we have had members of
the Faculty out to dinner. This plan has
certainly helped to put the Freshmen on
the right road to passing work.

Rho has pledged this term: Harry
Johns, Carthage; Hubert Pruett, Dexter;
Ralph Reed, Cape Girardeau; Donald Dil-
worth, Beloit, Kans.; Hamilton Beasley,
Kansas City, Mo.

Brother Gerlad Harrah is showing up
good in the sprints, and Pledge Hubert
rruett will be first string varsity pitcher
this spring.

Let me add Rho's co-operation with the
Fraternity's Endowment Fund plan. The
permanent establishment of Sigma Nu on
a financial rock-bottom will mean every

Chapter's security. Through every crisis,
like the recent war, we can stand if we
stand together. Our Alumni are loyal to
Rho and to Sigma Nu.

LYLE T. JOHNSTON, Reporter.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Sigma Chapter

Basketball season opened with a rush..
Brothers John and Julius Thomas repre-
sented us on the varsity squad. In the
inter-fraternity league we started well, but
all our hopes of winning the cup were
shattered in the semi-finals.

On January 15th Pledges Walter, Par-
ker, North, Fivch, Katzenstien, Butler, Sar-
gant, and Derritt were initiated.

Last month we had the pleasure of re-
ceiving a visit from Brother Joiner, our
Inspector. At a called meeting, Brother
Joiner explained to us the aim and method
of conducting the Endowment campaign,
which has just been inaugurated. Sigma
will pull hard with her sister Chapters for
this great step in our Fraternity's progress.

A few weeks later the Alumni Chapter
of Nashville met with the Active Chapter
at the luncheon given at the Commercial
Club. These luncheons are to be held once
every month. We are receiving excellent
co-operation from our Alumni, and expect
even better results.

Arrangements are being made for the
Division Convention which is to be held in
Nashville, March 23rd and 24th. This is
the first time in the history of the Division
that the convention has been held in Nash-
ville. Plans are being made to show the
visiting Brothers a good time. A formal
dance is to be given March 23rd and a
banquet on March 24th.

Baseball season has opened, and we are
represented by Brothers Neill, Stumb, and
Julian Thomas. Brother Thomas is cap-
tain of the team this year.

Our scholastic record for this term is
much higher than last. Thanks to our
Chapter Adviser, Brother C. Madison Sar-
ratt, not a Freshman failed to make pass-
ing grades. R. D. HUDSON, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Upsilon Chapter

As I sit down to write my last Chapter
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I should pause a moment and look back
over the last four years that I performed
this duty for Upsilon Chapter — pause a
moment and think of the many ways that I
have fallen short of the requirements of a
Delta correspondent. It is only natural
that I should give a word of warning to
future Chapter Reporters and show them
the paths, I will not say to follow, but the
paths not to follow in order that they
should rank high as Reporters and win one
of Brother Grey's books. They have only
to read my letters carefully, and particu-
larly this one, and then go and do, not
"likewise," but otherwise. For I, like
Brother Harnes, of Nu, have never dis-
covered the secret of the correct Chapter
letter. But Brothers I have enjoyed it, and
have made the Fraternity wonder what
manner of man is he who can write so
much and say so little. But Texans are
long on talk as I am sure the University
of Columbia will vouch since our unani-
mous decision over them in debate last
week, and I am one of the longest.

Upsilon Chapter has not succeeded in
taking the lead in every field that she has
entered this year. Our scholarship is low.
But in most lines we have at least made a
fair, often a good record. We ranked
fourth in the inter-fraternity basketball
tournament, about third in handball, and
are making a strong bid for baseball hon-
ors. Pledge Barrett was one of the main-
stays of the varsity basketball team again
this year, having made his letter when a
Freshman last year. Pledge Barrett is
also on the academic honor roll. The fact
that he is a pledge still is due to the Chap-
ter's grade, not his. Pledge Fitzgerald has
inherited "Bib" Faulk's position, ex-var-
sity baseball star now with the Chicago
White Sox, as professional gold bricker
on the team. Since he knocked that home-
run in the ninth inning last year and won
Texas the championship, he has had a per-
manent berth on the team. So naturally,
he is getting so lazy that when they knock
him one, it is an effort for him to stop it.
He hates to be bothered. In a recent game
against an all-star picked team, composed
of five big league players who are waiting
to join their team, Fitzgerald knocked one
of the longest hits ever made by a left-
handed batter on our diamond. And Col-
lins, of Yankees, was in the box. "Papa"
Disch, our coach, considers Howard one

of the greatest ball players ever at state.
But probably by the time you read this he
will have busted off the team. He carries
his laziness beyond the diamond. Brother
Thomas is also out for baseball and de-
spite his height is a good bet as a utility
man. Pledge Schmidt also runs them
down in the field sometimes. Freshman
Pledge MacMillan is the find of the season
as a pitcher. He had a good record in
high school and is assured of a place on
the team next year when he becomes eligi-
ble.

In a scholastic way, our pledges are far
surpassing the members of the Active
Chapter. Pledge Barrett, Weymouth,
Thorne, Jameson, and Southern are on the
academic honor roll. Pledge Bryce is an
engineer and is not on the honor roll, but
he makes good grades. Pledge Vickers
also is just below honor roll grades, and
possibly Hammond. They are all splen-
did students except Brother Robinson, and
he was before he blossomed out into so-
ciety. It does my heart good, and by the
way I forgot to mention Pledge Smythe,
the premier student of them all, as I leave
the Chapter, to find these men coming in
who are going to keep the record of Upsi-
lon high.

The night of March 5th, Upsilon Chap-
ter entertained its friends with a dance at
Greenwich village. The Country Club was
decorated like New York's famous Bohe-
mian district and the members of the Fra-
ternity and their friends went attired in
smocks, smoking jackets and other Bohe-
mian dress. Pledge Jameson got real Bohe-
mian once or twice and whirled his partner
clear off the floor. Also Mac's little (?)
Pi Phi Cousin got gay once and most tore
up the maple. But she got up smiling.
All in all, it was a wonderful dance, and
we all had a good time despite our smocks.
The programs were in the shape of artist's
pallets, and Brother Thomas's masterpiece,
"The Soul of An Egg," occupied a prom-
inent place in the center of the hall.

We were very much pleased today to
have with us Brother Harnes, of Nu, and
his pretty Kappa wife. We enjoyed their
visit immensely. The Sigma Nus certainly
do drag off the pick of lot.

But my letter grows long and I must
bring it to a close with my final adieu as
Chapter Reporter.

JOHN D. COFER, Reporter.

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P. S. Not as an after-thought, but as
an emphatic declaration, here goes Upsi-
lon's cheers for the Endowment Fund Com-
mittee. They surely know how to make
Inspectors work. Anyway, Upsilon is safe
in a brand-new Chapter House and we are
willing to boost the Fraternity. Just think
what Sigma Nu has done for you and help
out accordingly. We pledge Upsilon and
her Alumni to the Life Contributors' Club.

LOUISIANA STATE
UNIVERSITY

Phi Chapter

At this writing Phi Chapter is devoting
her energies and concentrating her atten-
tion toward the raising of funds for the
purchase of a permanent home. We have
vigorously solicited the aid of the Alumni
throughout the State, and with their assist-
ance, combined with the workings of the
active Chapter, the prospects for success in
this important project seem assured.

An important step in the perpetuation
of Sigma Nu in Baton Rouge, and one
which will mean much to our members
throughout the State, was the recent organ-
ization of an Alumni Chapter in Baton
Rouge. This Alumni Chapter will assist
materially in our campaign for a House
fund and will, by keeping in close touch
with the active Chapter, exert an elevating
influence upon the younger Brothers in the
university.

We are looking forward with pleasure
to an elaborate dance to be given by the
Chapter early in May.

Returns from the recent second semester
final examinations indicate that Phi will
rank among the highest in Chapter
averages.

JACK ALEXANDER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA

Psi Chapter

On a cold and bleak night of November,
Psi Chapter was at home to forty-seven
Freshmen. Having always believed that
the way to reach a man's heart is through
his stomach, we placed before them im-
mense quantities and varieties of food,
such as would please even the most fas-
tidious taste. Among this group there was
material of the most promising type, over

one-fourth of them having Sigma Nu re-
latives.

Feeling utterly ashamed of ourselves for
having allowed our scholastic record to
fall to such a low standard as thirteenth
among thirteen fraternities, Psi Chapter
resolved to put more time on daily work
and spend less time in throwing the old
"bull." As a result we came out third
among fourteen fraternities during the last
semester. During our present quarter, our
work has been even more constant and our
time used more consistently, hence we
hope and expect to surpass our present rec-
ord.

A meeting of all fraternity men was
called, in the Zeta Psi House on last Sun-
day night, by the president of the Pan-
Hellenic Council. At this meeting our
present system of rushing men and eligi-
bility rulings were discussed. The con-
clusion was reached that one year was en-
tirely too long a time to rush a Freshman
before he is eligible to join a fraternity;
that our present system causes the frater-
nity man to lose too much time in rushing
Freshmen and the Freshmen too much time
lost in being rushed; that the principles
for which fraternities stand are of untold
worth to a man and that he should be
taken into a fraternity before he becomes
an upper-classman, so that the good influ-
ence may be exerted on him in his early
career as a college gentleman and a stu-
dent. Having reached these conclusions, the
Pan-Hellenic Council has petitioned the
Faculty Council to allow Freshmen to be
taken into fraternities at Easter, the end of
the second semester. This action, however,
at present has not been passed upon.

With the creation of a new Division, the
Eighteenth, of which Psi is a part, we feel
very progressive and hope to materialize
many ideals under the capable supervision
of Dr. Rayford K. Adams, our Inspector,
and an Alumnus of Psi.

Among Psi's recent visitors are num-
bered Brother Messersmith, II; Brother
Jack Pipen Walters, BT4% and Brother
and Mrs. Aycock. We were indeed de-
lighted to have these Brothers and sister
with us.

Brother Walter Murphy, of Salisbury, is
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
convening in Raleigh, at present.

The cinder path has coaxed out Brothers
Brewer and Williams into the open air.

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We welcome the news of the Endowment
Fund. For Sigma Nu on a sound and en-
during foundation, we will work with our
Alumni for Psi at topmost place in the new
Eighteenth Division.

WALKER STEVENS, Reporter.

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
Beta Beta Chapter

On the gridiron and court this year we
did not have a front seat, but we shine this
spring in a compensatory way. Brother
Foss Elwyn returned to captain the base-
ball team, while holding down first base.
Brothers Wesley Ozias, Raymond Maguire,
and George Biggerstaff are out on the dia-
mond to make company for the captain.
At die same time Brother Weathers is tear-
ing up the cinders and should win anothei
sweater. Next year we will have Brothers
Ozias, Frank Irvin, and Byron Young on
the football squad, while Brother Roger
Pierson is sure to make a D in basketball.

Our Alumni who were here for initiation
will vouch for the Sigma Nuism of the af-
fair. We were fortunate in having with us
Brother Harry Rider, AZ, from the Gen-
eral Office. Alumni present were Brother
Ulysses Young, Billings Montana; Brother
Wilbur Brown, Sullivan; Brother Alfred
Evens, Chicago; Brothers William Pitkin,
George Stalker and Ralph Briles, Indi-
anapolis; Brother Ed. Lynch, Greencastle;
Brother James Brosier, B H. Brother Har-
rison Karr, T T, and Brother Dane Smith,
2, of the Faculty, and Brother LeRoy E.
Marlowe, BI, were present.* The newly-
dubbed Knights are Brothers Frank Irvin,
Frank Young, Greencastle; Wesley Ozias,
West Alexandria, Ohio; Byron Young,
Camden, Ohio; Raymond Maguire, Indi-
anapolis; Roger Pierson, Spiceland; Paul
Scull, Jeffersonville; Thoburn Clerk, Sul-
livan; Ralph Richardson, Muncie; Alden
Kulmer, Rochester; Carl Christy, Mitchell,
and Joe Rarick, Markle. With initiation
over we have an Active Chapter roll of
thirty, the largest in Beta Beta's history.
What's more, Brother Phillip Green, T M,
and Brother Robert Anderson, BH, were
vamped by DePauw co-eds and entered
here for the second semester. Moreover,
Brother Henry Young re-entered, making
our fourth Senior.

Speaking of Brother Anderson reminds
us that this is the Spring serenade season

when our jazz orchestra charms the co-eds
on nights when it seems appropriate to
have Brother Gardner get out several of
his five-ton trucks for a serenade. "Andie"
plays the "sax" and adds to the orches-
tra's effectiveness.

In the March Delta was a song, 'The
Girl of Sigma Nu." Since it lacked music
Alvin Thomas has composed some meas-
ures that fit beautifully. We don't lack
singers, as Brothers Thomas, Smith, Big-
gerstaff, Godwin and Scull are on the glee
club.

Neither are we unhonored here at De-
Pauw. Six of the boys, Brothers Royal
Davis, Foss Elwyn, Harold Knoll, John
Garvin, Maurice Elliott and Estie Hunt,
are in Delta Nu Epsilon, an inter-fraternity
good fellowship fraternity with law as an
excuse for being. Brother Dwight Pitkin
was taken into Sigma Delta Chi, Alpha
Chapter, because he was accused of being
a journalist. Then Brother Elwyn is in
Kappa Tau Kappa, an honorary Senior
fraternity corresponding to Pan-Hellenics
in other schools. Brothers Davis, Bigger-
staff, Weathers, Knoll, and Maguire are in
Travelers Club.

The condition of the exchequer is much
better than it has been for some years
back. With inherited debts to counteract,
Brother Weathers has so run the table,
along with his other running, that he now
reports we should have a clean slate by
the end of the college year.

We received a letter from Brother Dor-
sett, of Chicago, at initiation time that al-
most prompted us to issue an "Uxtra" edi-
tion of The Star. Brother Dorsett said he
was in full sympathy with our House move-
ment and that when the time is ripe he will
be ready to put up one-twentieth of the
amount necessary to build the said struc-
ture. He said the House ought to cost
from $10,000 to $20,000.

Beta Beta owns its present House, but
plans to build a new one in the not dis-
tant future. The Endowment campaign
has the heartiest support from us for we
fully realize that, when every Chapter own
its House, it will benefit all the others ac-
cordingly. As Sigma Nu goes, so goes
Beta Beta — up or down (it's going to be
up, all the time) .

Mrs. Alonzo Cook entertained the Active
Chapter at her beautiful home in this city
in honor of her son, Brother Owen Cook,

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who is now in Arizona for his health. Mrs.
Cook spread a dinner unsurpassed for de-
liciousness.

DWIGHT PITKIN, Reporter.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Beta Zeta Chapter

We now have thirty-eight men in the
House and all busy in some form of col-
lege activity. Brother John Daugherty
has taken up his studies where he left off
last year and he is just the same old John.

The Ides of March are almost here and
our Freshmen are taking on a more seri-
ous attitude around the House. Beta Zeta
has fourteen pledges this year, including
two new ones since the last Delta: Ray
F. Holtman and Maurice S. Daugherty,
both Sophomores from Indianapolis. Mr.
Daugherty is Brother John Daugherty's
brother.

Brother Roberts, captain and catcher of
the varsity baseball team, Brother Wallace,
pitcher, and Brother "Tink" McKim short
stop are sure of their positions this year.
Beta Zeta now has the tennis champion
Brother John Daugherty, and the gymnas
tic champion, Pledge Buschman, who in a
recent athletic carnival romped away from
the entire school and now is wearing a
nice gold medal.

Beta Zeta recently gave a formal dance
at Allen's School of Dancing. Just now
everyone is looking forward to House
Party and Junior Prom and Gala Week.
Brother Shepard was elected chairman of
the Pen-Hellenic Dance Committee.
Brother Roberts is chairman of the Gala
Week Committee.

The Chapter has lost a good man in that
Brother Schultze has taken upon himself
a wife. Brother R. B. Evans, T N, ex-'22,
*19; Brother Barrett, ex-'19, and Brother
Schultz, Beta Zeta Alumni, have paid us
visits in the past month.

We lose eight Seniors by graduation
this year.

We are proud of a Beta Zeta's man's
connection with the great Endowment
Fund. Our Vice-Regent, George A.
Smith, as chairman of the committee, is
working hard for Sigma Nu's place in the
Greek world. On an endowed platform we
can weather any storm. Every Alumnus
of Beta Zeta must not fail to do his share.
H. D. SEELINGER. Reporter.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Beta Eta Chapter

P. E. F. Committee, we are with you.
Beta Eta men will march in the vanguard
of this forward movement. If our Alumni
are puzzled about the meaning of this para-
graph, we urge them to write to Inspector
James E. Moffat at once. Otherwise, come
across early and keep Beta Eta at the head
of the file.

Beta Eta's Chapter letter in the last issue
of The Delta may have seemed to some
to have contained some rather boast-
ful predictions, but as the weeks have
passed these predictions have proved to be
really conservative. We very politely
hinted that eight Brothers would receive
their letters in football this season. They
did. But further, Brother John Kyle was
chosen to captain the football team next
fall. Captain Kyle will lead his team-
mates to Cambridge, October 8th, next, to
battle the Harvard Eleven. This will be
the first meeting of these two universities
on the gridiron.

It has been the custom this year for
athletic letters, numerals, and sweaters to
be awarded on the occasion of basketball
games. In each ceremony yet this year a
Beta Eta man has figured. It just sends a
glorious thrill of pride down one's spinal
cord to hear a Brother's or pledge's name
read and to see him march up to the
speaker's platform and receive his reward.

Twenty-two "I" sweaters were awarded
members of the 1920 football team. Of
this number, members of Beta Eta re-
ceived eight. Those to receive the Coveted
Emblem were Brothers Kyle, Faust, Mc-
Caw, Leonard, Bell, Hanny, Raymond, and
Thomas. All these men will return to
school next fall with the exception of
Brother Faust, who graduates in June.

Brothers Kyle, Hanny, and McCaw re-
ceived honorable mention on Walter
Camp's AU-American football selections
— which is quite an honor. Furthermore,
Brothers Hanny, Kyle, McCaw and Leon-
ard were placed on several All-Western,
All-Conference, and All-State teams.

Eleven sweaters with numerals were
awarded members of the 1920 Freshman
baseball team. Three of this number went
to members of this Chapter — Brothers H.
R. McCarty, Raymond, and Thomas.

Twenty-one numeral sweaters were

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awarded mmbers of the 1921 Freshman
football team. Three men, Pledges Eber-
hart, Bahr, and Hess were among the hon-
ored.

After coming out second for the three
preceding years in the inter-fraternity bas-
ketball league, Beta Eta carried off the
silver Loving Cup this year. The team fin-
ished the series with a percentage of 1000
— ten victories and no defeats.

Brother Eugene Thomas is our repre-
sentative on the I. U. "Victory Five."
Thomas is only a Sophomore. He has won
his letter in football — will win his letter
in basketball — and, from his showing on
the Freshman baseball team last spring, he
is a likely comer for varsity baseball.

Brother Wilfred McFarland, after a two
years9 absence, spent in the Law School at
Illinois University, returned this semester
to get his degree from Indiana. Brother
Rolland Ireland, after one semester's ab-
sence from the Chapter, has also returned.

After the re-organization of the Indiana
Daily Student, Brother Mays is managing
editor, Brother Nib lack is a day editor,
Brother Lineback is city reporter, Brother
Faust athletic reporter, and Brothers Reed
and McCarty editorial writers. So you see
we are well supplied with budding jour-
nalists.

In the Union Review — annual theatrical
production, given by the Indiana Union —
Brother Leonard was selected as a director.
The cast has not yet been chosen.

In the recent educational campaign
which brought Indiana University an in-
crease of 80 per cent, in the annual ap-
propriation, several Brothers were very
active. Niblack held the position of pub-
licity manager of the campaign; Mays,
Lineback, and Hammond, chairmen of
their respective counties; Lineback and
Mays, chairmen of their respective dis-
tricts. Brother Mays was also state vice-
chairman.

Our annual formal dance was given in
the trophy room of the gymnasium on
February 12th. A representative from
each of the other fraternities at I. U. was
present.

On February 22d, Pledges Lewis Hess,
Harold Sanford, Wilford Bahr, Floyd
Mannon, and Hobart Beck were made
Brothers in Sigma Nu at a formal initia-
tion. Brothers Ward Biddle, Walter Jones,
James Moffatt, Wymond French, and Cecil

Craig — all Alumni — were present for the
ceremony and each made an impressive
talk.

The latest honor is the basketball cham-
pionship in the inter-fraternity league.
Sigma Nu's invincible five was captained
by William G. McCaw. Line-up: McCaw,
guard; Kyle, guard; Bahr, forward; San-
ford, center; Eberhart, forward; Faust,
forward; Ruckelshaus, forward; Mays,
center; Leonard, guard; and Brosier,
guard.

Our faithful Alumni have just presented
the Chapter with a full set of table linen,
and silverware containing the Sigma Nu
crest. Brother Alumni, we thank you most
heartily.

JOHN R. FAIR, Reporter.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE

Beta Theta Chapter

At the present time Beta Theta is look-
ing forward to our mid-term dances which
are just around the corner. Our House
has been selected along with Kappa Sig-
ma's and Lambda Chi Alpha's for the girls
to stay in; consequently a thorough spring
cleaning has been the result. Pity our
Frosh! On the second night of the dances
we have planned a surprise for the Sigma
Nu girls, in the form of a banquet.
Brother Buchanan has been appropriately
put in charge of the eats, while Brother
Whipple will act as toastmaster. A bunch
of our Alumni will be over.

In preparing for the dances all inter-
fraternity and honorary societies have
made their annual selection. Just to re-
mind you how Beta Theta stands, kindly
glance over the following: Brothers Wil-
kinson and Weedon, new "Keys," Brother
Wade being an old one; "Yellow Dog" —
Brothers Wilson and Styles were selected,
while Brothers Reid and Whipple were
old members. The Spade is an honorary
society to which ten members are elected
each year. Two out of the ten are Brothers
Reid and Wade. Brother Whipple is a
member of the Scarabs, which is another
Senior honor society. Brother Weedon
made Thendara and Brother Styles the Bo-
vines.

During the present basketball season,
Brother Jim Wade has starred in every
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pull down All-Southern honors again as
guard.

Our songsters have just returned from
an eight-day tour of the State. Brother
Adams made a decided hit with his song
and dance act. Brothers Mosley and
Freshman Wood also made the club.

But wait — we mustn't forget our relig-
ious members. Brother Wilson makes a
fitting superintendent of the Presbyterian
Sunday School, with Brother Mosley run-
ning a close second as president of the
Epworth League.

We wish to introduce C. A. Herren,
our new pledge. He bids fair as a social
leader and is pushing Brother Longshore
for his title as "village vamp."

Our Chapter House fund is growing rap-
idly, having already bought the lot which
is located between the Phi Delta Thetas
and the Sigma Phi Epsilons. Before many
moons we hope to extend to you all a cor-
dial welcome to visit us in one of the best
Sigma Nu Houses in the south.

Our Alumni have begun asking us about
the Endowment Fund campaign. Beta
Theta Chapter is going to do her part in
bringing her Alumni into touch with the
committee. We are always for Sigma Nu!
B. W. STYLES, Reporter.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE
Beta Iota Chapter

The announcement that a silver loving
cup would be given to the fraternity stand-
ing highest in scholarship for the semester
has added a new incentive to study. As a
result each Brother has been earnestly
playing his part.

Mount's basketball season has just been
finished. Up until the last game each
team in the Ohio Conference had suffered
defeat except Mount, and we had visions
of a championship. But those visions
faded away when Wooster, in a close game,
nosed Mount out in the final game of the
season. Brother Evans captained the team
and was a high scorer. Brother Sprankle
played at left guard, and Brothers Van
Dorsten and Zimmerman easily won their
letters. Brother Evans is the only one lost
by graduation, and the addition of Pledges
Springer, Miller, Severs and Serp of the
Freshman team make future prospects
bright.

Track practice is now under way and
Brothers Harrington, Thomas, Smith, Wat-
son, Beechy, Van Dorsten, Zimmerman and
Farmer are bound to repeat last year's
record and be among the point-getters.
Brother Rufenacht is track manager with
Brother George as his assistant and they
have arranged a stiff schedule.

The Ides of March witnessed the initiat-
ing of Pledges Bauhof and Hiltner, Can-
ton; Springer and Guittard, Alliance; C.
Rufenacht, Dover; Raley and Severs,
Akron; and Heighway, Cleveland. Six ad-
ditional men will be initiated in the spring
including Pledges Miller, C. Porter. P.
Porter, Canton; Serp, Cleveland; and Pirn
and Silvers, Alliance. Brother McConkey,
an affiliate of last year from Gamma Rho,
has been elected Commander for the
second semester. Brother Hodgson, A @,
has been among our list of visitors and
has won a warm spot with Beta Iota.

But going back to campus activities, let
us look at debate. The announcement
that college credit would be giveri for this
work led twenty men to try out for the
teams, and of the eight chosen, five were
Sigma Nus. On one team we find Brother
Cheney captain, with Brother Rufenacht
an able speaker. The second team is rep-
resented with Brother Nelson as captain
and Brothers Rymer and Urig as members.
Brother Nelson is president of the Oratori-
cal M association, Brother Rufenacht, vice-
president, and Brother Graeff, treasurer.

Along musical lines we are represented
by Brothers Cheney C. Rufenacht, Smith
and Evans on the Glee Club. Brother
Evans is soloist and Brother Eynon man-
ages the club. Brothers L. Rufenacht,
Cheney, Zimmerman, and Urig have served
on the Y. M. C. A. cabinet this year and
have done much in promoting all religious
work. In editorial work Brother Shively
acts as circulation manager of the college
weekly, with Brothers Rymer and L. Rufe-
nacht members of the staff. Brother Rymer
is editor-in-chief of the college annual, the
Unonian, with Brothers Cheney and L.
Rufenacht as staff members.

Beta Iota is represented by ten men on
the dramatic club, and Brothers Newell,
Van Dorsten, Beechy and Watson are ap-
pearing in leading roles in the college
plays.

Psi Kappa Omega, Mount's honorary
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Cheney and in addition Brothers Knoll and
McConkey are members.

The Senior Class has chosen Brother
McConkey to deliver the scientific oration
at commencement, and Brother Nelson is
class treasurer. But lest you become tired
of reading names andpositions, let us turn
to social affairs. The active men and
pledges held their parties at the Old Red
Brick during the first semester and at
Christmas we entertained the Sigma Nu
sisters, seven in number, which are now in
school; and at different times Faculty
members and co-eds have taken dinner
with us.

Our Alumni are for the Endowment
plans, as adopted by the High Council.
With two able Sigma Nus, like Regent
Myers and Past Regent Wilson, in Beta
Iota's van, we expect to head the Chapter
list of Life Contributors. The active
Chapter will co-operate all the time.

Big plans are being made for Mount
Union's seventy-fifth annual commence-
ment and it is hoped that every Alumnus
will try to come back and be present at
the Alumni banquet.

H. RUSSELL RYMER, Reporter.

KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Beta Kappa Chapter

A Chapter Letter would not amount to a
whoop if it didn't commence by singing a
few modest praises of some strong depart-
ment of the Fraternity. Each Chapter has
its strong and weak departments, so let me
say a few words first about the most essen-
tial division of any fraternity, the Fresh-
men.

As Freshmen are the embryonic power
of a Chapter, it was our policy this year
to select our pledges with the thought
uppermost in mind that a well-balanced
group of neophytes will develop into a
well-balanced fraternity. Our pledges,
therefore, were chosen with the object of
representing the best in every department
possible of the college, and the results of
our choice testify in no uncertain terms of
the success of our efforts.

In athletics especially have our Fresh-
men fulfilled our expectations. Freshman
football found five pledges on the regular
squad and one of the five, Pledge Arthur
Stark, captaining the eleven. Basketball

landed two Beta Kappa Freshmen on the
frosh team and baseball finds seven Fresh-
men showing their best at each practice.

Our Freshmen musicians likewise hold
important positions in the band and
orchestra. Four Beta Kappa Freshmen are
represented on the Freshman Cabinet
which is selected from the class at large
and is limited to a membership of twenty.

Brother Gallagher returned from the
Illinois relay carnival March 5th, with a
gold watch presented to him for winning
the 75-yard hurdle race. Brother Mat-
thias was a member of the relay team
which won second place at the same meet.
Brother Hewey has returned to school
after four years' absence and is counted
on as the mainstay of the varsity pitching
staff the coming baseball season. Brothers
McKee and Burton will also show their
worth on the varsity.

In the inter-fraternity basketball tourna-
ment just closed, Sigma Nu ranked second
of ten teams.

Theta Sigma Lambda and Pax, Sopho-
more and Junior honorary fraternities re-
spectively, have two men each from this
Chapter, and three Brothers are members
of Scarab, the Senior honorary fraternity,
of which Brother Maupin is president.
Brothers Marston and Manglesdorf are
members of Alpha Zeta, honorary agricul-
tural fraternity, Brother Pike a member of
A. I. E. E., and Brothers Mowry and
Lynch are members of A. S. M. E. Brother
Lynch also is manager of the college band
as well as the college artists series.

We have sought to better our standing in
scholarship tbis year and from present in-
dications it looks as if Beta Kappa may
top the list although official averages are
not yet posted. Our individual grades
have been higher in most cases than ever
before. Sigma Nu is represented on the
Faculty by ten Brothers, of whom we are
all proud, three of them being heads of
departments.

It has been our pleasure recently to en-
tertain Brother Wilbert E. Shallene, A M,
who at present is stationed at Fort Riley,
Kansas, where he is enrolled in the cav-
alry school for West Point graduates.
Brothers Edmund Magill, '12, and Ken-
neth Jones, 'II, of this Chapter, also have
been recent guests. Brother Magill is at
the head of the department of Education
at Virginia Military Institute and Brother

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Jones is in charge of the bacteriology de-
partment of Swift & Company with offices
at Chicago.

The Beta Kappa Alumnus Association,
in co-operation with the Active Chapter,
has instituted a campaign in the interest of
the House fund and is informing all
Alumni of this Chapter of the amounts due
on the individual House notes. It is hoped
that all amounts due on these notes may
be collected by June 1st and with men of
the caliber of Brothers Hewey and Hay-
maker at the head of this movement, we
are assured of success. The work has
started with an enthusiasm which knows
nothing but success and will be carried
through without a doubt to a successful
termination. The money thus collected
will be applied on our second mortgage on
our House, which will just about clear up
that item for good and leave us to finish
our first mortgage.

During the summer the Fraternity plans
to entirely refurnish the first floor of the
House and by rush week will have a new
Steinway grand in our parlor.

In closing, I want to mention that Beta
Kappa goes on record as being unre-
servedly "back" of the plan for a Perma-
nent Endowment Fund for Sigma Nu and
hopes to be able in the future to contribute
materially to its certain success.

REX A. MAUPIN, Reporter Pro Tem.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Beta Mu Chapter

Four men have recently left college.
Brother Vorwick went to Seattle, Washing-
ton, and Brother Organ to Oskaloosa,
Iowa. Brother Brown, mercenary fellow,
was lured by a tempting position in Sioux
City. And, as for Brother Myerick, he
left in a most inconspicuous way — mid-
year graduation.

On Sunday, February twentieth, five
men were initiated. They were Everett Kel-
loway, Ray Tjossem, Paul Barton, John
Dondore, and Leslie Lewis. A special
dinner was prepared for these men, and a
few guests invited in to make the celebra-
tion complete. In connection with new
men, I might add that Joseph Emmert of
Atlantic, and Glenn Kloppenburg, of
Cedar Rapids, have been pledged.

On the campus Beta Mu has not been
inactive. At the Kuehnle-Finkbine banquet

for representative men, Sigma Nu had eight
representatives, or more than any other
fraternity on the campus. Those present
were Pledge Dondore, Brothers Kaufmann,
Block, Charlton, White, Meyerick, A. A.
Devine, and the Reporter himself. In pan-
hellenic basketball we have cleaned up
everything in the East end, and await now
the decision of the North end champion-
ship, so that we may play the finals.
Brother White has been initiated into Phi
Alpha Delta, and Brother Charlton into
Phi Delta Phi, law fraternities, and Brother
Swain into Sigma Delta Chi, commerce
fraternity. Pledge Rankin has been chosen
as Freshman Class president.

The basketball team, under the guid-
ance of Brother (Captain) Kaufmann, has
been having phenomenal success of late.
In fact, Iowa has probably upset Indiana's
fondest hopes pf becoming Big Ten Con-
ference champions this year.

Brother "Skin* Marshall, ex-Gamma Nu,
paid us a short and pleasant visit. He
is a prince; we want him to come again.
Brother Dunlap brought Brother English,
ex-Delta Beta, out for dinner one night.
English gave a fire-place talk that was a
real thriller.

W. L FLANAGAN, Reporter.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Beta Nu Chapter

Preparations are now under way for the
Chapter's annual formal dinner dance to
be given at the Hotel Seneca, April 1st.
To take a retrospective view of a future
event, Past Regent and Mrs. Walter J.
Sears and Brother and Mrs. Trafford Tall-
madge were the chaperones.

Three more Brothers, John L. LaMont,
Arts, '24, Columbus; Ralph A. Metzger,
Com., '22, Akron,and Frederick S. Kriger,
Eng., '23, Corning, N. Y., were added to
the Chapter roll when initiation services
were held March 6th.

The pledging of William J. Madison,
Arts, '24, is announced.

Brother Trafford Tallmadge, Beta Nu
Adviser, has promised to procure or do-
nate the scholarship keys suggested by the
National Fraternity, and regulations to
govern awards are now being drafted.

Beta Nu finished ninth among the gen-
eral fraternities in the scholarship race for
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twenty-one fraternities. This was just a
small fraction of a point below eighth
place. The Faculty delayed announcing
the standings until the present semester, as
a new system of rating, namely, division
of the professional, honorary, and general
fraternities, was being completed. Atten-
tion is directed to the fact that this is a
jump from sixteenth to ninth place. The
expectations for the present semester are
still more hopeful, and persistent efforts
are being made to raise the individual
standings of members and pledges.

Eleven Seniors are due to graduate in
June. This is an exceptionally large grad-
uating class, as the personnel of the Chap-
ter has not averaged over thirty men for
a number of years. They are: John L.
Carruther, Eng., Denver, Colo.; Spencer
S. Hunt, Eng., Barnesville; J. Dale Mc
Namar, Law, Newark; Raymond W. Swo-
ish, Eng., Columbus; W. J. Abbott, Com.,
Shelby; Clarence P. Wilcox, Com., Co-
lumbus; Lawrence C. Bonner, Com., Co-
lumbus; Robert H. Weiche, Agr., Ham-
ilton; E. King Edwards, Agr., Troy; W.
J. Lewis, Arch., Columbus, and Dwight D.
Deffenbaugh, Lancaster.

Brother Earl L. Hodson has visited us
several times during the past month.
While at the House he sung a number of
Sigma Nu songs of his own composition,
some of which are not in print. His lat-
est is a poem from the Creed set to music.
In the the humble judgment of the Re-
porter, this song, if Brother Hodson can be
induced to reduce the score and words to
writing, will become the Hymn of Sigma
Nu.

Brother Walter H. Robinson, A T, now
of Providence, R. L, was among recent
visitors.

Copy is now being made ready for a
Beta Nu thirtieth anniversary pamphlet
which will be sent to all Alumni members
and to all Chapters.

Beta Nu has made an exceptionally suc-
cessful year in scholastic, athletic, politi-
cal, and social affairs.

WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE

Beta Xi Chapter

Beta Xi has had a hard fight this year
under the handicap of a small active Chap-
ter.

The Faculty and residents of Liberty
criticized the fraternities to quite an extent
last year for the extravagance they showed
in "putting on" parties. So this year all
the fraternities are giving their parties in
the Chapter Houses. Of course, that
means smaller parties, but our parties have
been more numerous and just as "good
times" as ever.

Now for athletics. Brother Barton made
his letter in football, but an injured
shoulder kept Brother Creed Joyce out of
a prize. Brothers Herbert Eby and Creed
Joyce received letters in basktball, and
while Brother Don Eby, as substitute, did
not make a letter, he made a good showing
in the games in which he did take part.
Brother Basil Joyce, who made his basket-
ball letter in 1918, was kept out of the
line-up this year by a fractured elbow,
received in the first week of practice. The
track and baseball teams are just starting
their practice. Brother Basil Joyce, holder
of the I. A. A. high-jump record and base-
ball letter man, is rounding into form.
Pledge Wood is attracting Coach Bowles's
attention in both the pole vault and the
hurdles. Brothers Herbert Eby and Creed
Joyce are candidates for infield positions
on the baseball team. Also Brother Ike
Harris (last year, the best outfielder in
Western Tennessee, according to Ike) is
showing up well.

Study hall for the Freshmen is held four
nights a week under the supervision of one
of the upperclassmen. Also a report of
the Class standing of each member ob-
tained by the scholarship committee from
the Faculty, is posted on the bulletin
board once a month. This is the first time
in recent years that Beta Xi has taken any
official steps to better its scholarship. Now
we have resolved to maintain a high schol-
astic standing.

Beta Xi has a very long nose this year. In
fact, it is in everything on the Hill. Brother
Basil Joyce is president of the pan-hellenic
council, and athletic editor of the Taller.
Brother Herbert Eby is secretary; Forensic
Council, president, student senate, and a
member of the Aeons, the Senior honorary
society. Brother Gore is manager of the
Co-op, and Brother Creed Joyce, a mem-
ber of the Co-op board, also has charge of
gym classes.

In a recent Chapter meeting it was de-

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cided to publish a small monthly bulletin
as a means of keeping our Alumni in closer
touch with the active Chapter. As yet,
no name has been chosen, but the com-
mittee is working on the first edition.

The Chapter House, which has been the
home of Beta Xi for the past twelve years,
was sold by the Alumni Association last
fall, possession to be given June 18, 1921.
In our annual Alumni reunion, March 5th,
a building committee was appointed and
it was decided that a House be rented for
next year in order to give the committee
time to make arrangements, with a hope
for lower building materials.

Let Beta Xi be entered as an active cam-
paigner for the Endowment Fund. Our
Alumni will surely keep our record in this
great movement in Sigma Nu's progress.

In closing, I will say that we are just
forty minutes' ride from Kansas City and
anyone wearing the Five-Armed Badge is
welcome.

E. H. BARKSDALE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF PENN-
SYLVANIA

Beta Rho Chapter

Beta Rho has just closed the 1921 rush-
ing season. Eleven men have given their
pledge to Sigma Nu: John Murren, Jr.,
Omar C. Lattimer, Harry C. Temple, Harry
O. Burt, H. Watson Paddock, George D.
Mullen, Jr., John T. Ferguson, Wilfred
Joseph Paul, Wallace H. Englehardt, John
R. Hamilton, and J. Addison Robb, Jr.

Both the active and Alumni Chapters in
Philadelphia are anxiously looking for-
ward to the Grand Chapter which will be
held here December 28th, 29th and 30th.
Our organization work has all been com-
pleted and everybody is going ahead in an
effort to make this the best Grand Chapter
that the Fraternity has ever held. The
tentative plans call for a smoker, banquet
/md dance as the leading social attractions
of the program, and the ball-rooms of the
Adelphia, one of Philadelphia's leading
hotels, have been reserved for these events.
The entertainment committee has also re-
served rooms in the Adelphia for the visit-
ing Brothers and everything possible is
going to be done to make their stay in
Philadelphia a most pleasant one.

Beta Rho expects to be in a new Home

before the meeting of the Grand Chapter
and our financial condition has been im-
proved so that we are in a position to take
action on this matter as soon as a suitable
House or site is available. The active and
Alumni Chapters are co-operating on this
proposition and we are quite sure that a
change in Houses will be made in the very
near future.

When the list of Life Contributors is
read at the Grand Chapter, there will be a
long roll of Beta Rho's men. The Chapter
is back of the Endowment Fund Commit-
tee to a man, and we will aid them in
getting in touch with every one of our
Alumni. There are no slackers in Beta
Rho.

The next event on our social calendar is
the initiation banquet which will follow
immediately the ritual ceremonies on the
night of March 21st.

On April 15th the Alumni and active
Chapters have scheduled a combination
dance and card party, beginning in the
afternoon and continuing until rather late
in the evening.

JAS. W. WATSON, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Beta Sigma Chapter

In the mid-years Beta Sigma came
through this year much better than in the
past few years. We lost only one Brother.

Brother Bartlett managed the football
team last fall. Brother J. W. Jennings was
chairman of the Sophomore Hop Commit-
tee. Brothers Clapp and J. R. Jennings
made the debating team which will repre-
sent Vermont in debates with St. Lawrence
University and Middlebury College.
Brother J. R. Jennings is also president,
Student Union; Brother Bartlett, president,
Boulder Society (Senior Honorary So-
ciety) ; and Brother Tryon, president, Key
and Serpent Society (Junior Honorary So-
ciety).

Seven Seniors will be .graduated this
year.

The Chapter recently took up a collec-
tion among the Brethren and purchased a
new piano.

We hope to see many of our Alumni
around this Spring, and with a baseball
schedule of about thirty games, this ought
to be an added attraction for them.

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Beta Sigma is continuing the good work
started earlier in the season. We are not
bothered by thoughts of the "filthy lucre,"
for while our coffers are not filled to over-
flowing, we have plenty of working capital-

Of course, the big thing in the minds
of Alumni Brothers is the initiates, As the
inter-fraternity council ruled that no Fresh-
men could be initiated this year until they
had passed at least twelve hours of work
for the first semester, we were unable to
initiate at the usual time. On Saturday,
March 5th, we added six to our list of
Brothers. Sigma Nu is the only fraternity
at Vermont that was able to initiate every
man that was pledged. Brother Raymond
Segur, our Inspector, was on hand to give
his o. k. to the new Brothers, who are
Charles P. Barry, Fairfield; Arthur D.
Emptage, West New York, N. J.; James
Grieg, Barre; N. John Kuzmich, Clare-
mont, N. H.; Robert W. Ready, Burling-
ton; Jesse E. Sunderland, Georgia, and
William C. Towle, Enosburg Falls. After
the initiation a banquet was served at the
Hotel Vermont, with Brother Eugene
Clowse, '09, acting as master of cere-
monies. Brother Barry is a brother of
Brother Arthur Barry of the Class of 1922,
and Brother Sunderland is a brother of
Brother Harvey Sunderland, who gradu-
ated in the Class of 1920.

The Kakewalk, the big annual mid-
winter festival of the Universitv of Ver-
mont, was held this year on the evenings
of February 21st and 22nd, with Brother
J. R. Jennings as one of the two directors,
and Brother Carson heading the advertis-
ing committee. Brothers O'Neil and Ready
carried off a big cake and two silver lov-
ing cups as their prizes for winning the
"walkin' fo' de cake." Once more Sigma
Nu scored, for our stunt is the only one
shown in the Pathe Weekly pictures that
were taken of the Kakewalk. This annual
event has been explained too many times
in these columns to need any more, so let's
draw the curtain on the "most unique event
in the college world" and talk of other
subjects.

In other letters you have heard of our
football and basketball men, but just now
baseball is the predominating sport, and
once more we are discussing the possibili-
ties of Sigma Nu men on the team. Of
course Bennie Tryon, the heavy hitting out-

fielder, chosen last season by the New York
Tribune for a position on die all-Inter-
collegiate team, will be on it once more.
Brother Duba, a first string hurler, will
toss them up once more, and chances look
good for Brother "Bill" Towle to pitch a
few of the games. Brother Grieg is also
making a strong bid for the outfield. Broth-
ers Randall and Adams are on the track
team, and Brother Wriston is managing
the tennis men, besides handling a racket
himself.

Brothers J. R. Jennings and Clapp are
on the debating team, while Brother Jen-
nings is also president of the Student
Union. The musical clubs have several of
our choicest warblers, and dramatics are
receiving their share of attention.

The next big event of the Beta Sigma
year will be the Eighth Division Conven-
tion, which is to be held here on April
30th. On the evening before, a dance will
be held at the Lodge. On Saturday
morning the convention will meet, and at
noon a buffet lunch will be served, and
back to business. Then in the afternoon
Colby will be severely trounced on the
diamond. After such a happy event the
only real conclusion to the "perfect day"
will be a real feed. This will be held
at the Hotel Vermont

With the end of the letter in sight, the
usual custom is for the reporter to indite
a stirring appeal to the Alumni to come
back to the old Home at 49 Williams street,
and look the bunch over. However, with
such attractions as the convention on April
30, the House party for Junior Week (May
26, 27 and 28), and the biggest, brightest
and best Commencement, why waste good
typewriter ribbon? If the ties of fra-
ternity are not enough, the baseball sched-
ule will certainly be. For we know they
are coming.

For Sigma Nu, count on Beta Sigma's
help. We are all watching the Endowment
Fund campaign, confident that the Eighth
Division will do itself proud and Beta
Sigma along with it

JOSEPH F..RAMP, Reporter.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE
COLLEGE

Beta Tau Chapter

The Spring term opened January the

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seventh, with six men back in college: F.
S. Childs, W. R. Wearn, E. 0. Clarkson,
A. M. Stack, W. W. Cantrell, and G. T.
Bostic.

The rushing season, ending February
1st, added W. T. King to the list of Sigs
at State. Out of four hundred Freshmen,
only thirten men were bid by Greek letter
societies. This, in itself, is a co-incidence,
for there are eight national fraternities
here.

Brother Cantrell, with Brother Brewer,
♦, has just returned from a visit to the
local Beta Chi, at Wofford College. He
reports a splendid trip, with the best 01
hospitality shown to him by the South
Carolina boys. Brother Thompson, A, now
a member of the Faculty at Clemson Col-
lege, was over on the Wofford boys' invi-
tation also, and he told of some interesting
happenings at the University of South
Carolina.

Spring baseball has started, and Beta
Tau is represented by Wearn and King.
Both are out for the position of catcher,
and it proves to be a neck and neck race
between the two for the job.

The Spring dances will come off in
May, and as last year, Sigma Nu will give
her dance with Kappa Sigma.

Brothers Wearn and Childs will gradu-
ate this Spring, and Beta Tau will miss
these two loyal Sigma Nus when college
re-opens in the Fall.

With Psi Chapter, we will bring the
State of North Carolina and our new Eigh-
teenth Division to the fore in the Endow-
ment campaign. Beta Tau is always will-
ing to work for our Fraternity, and her
Alumni never hesitate. We believe there
has never been a bigger opportunity for
Sigma Nu, and we must not miss our aim.
W. R. WEARN, Reporter.

basketball team, like our football team, is
composed, in the majority, of Sigs. Brother
Krausbek, captain, has been playing a
stellar game at guard, assisted by the
star forwards, Brothers Conover and Ellis,
and Brother Biller at center. Out of eigh-
teen football letters awarded, eleven went
to Sigs.

Our rushing season has just ended. We
pledged thirteen men. Among these men
is included the president, treasurer and
athletic representative of the class, also
every football "R" Freshman.

Another thing too, we have just received
a report from the Faculty on the scholastic
standing of the different fraternities. We
are proud to say that Sigma Nu ranks
among the highest, being beaten only by a
professional fraternity with only nine men
in school. Our class averages are as fol-
lows: Seniors, 78.8; Juniors, 80.8; Sopho-
mores, 70.5; Freshman, 77.2. These do
not look so good, but considering the fact
that the average of the school was only
73.6 and the non-fraternity men averaged
only 72.5, they indicate a pretty good
standing. The averaging of the fraternity
standing is a new idea for Rose, but a
mighty good thing. Already we have
taken steps to raise our average, such as in-
creasing the length of the study hours and
putting the prod to certain Brothers.

We now have thirty-two active men, with
ten Brothers going out with the present
Senior class, and thirteen coming in with
the Freshman class.

Beta Upsilon welcomes the news of a
greater Sigma Nu on a Permanent Endow-
ment. With our Alumni, the Chapter will
co-operate heartily with the Permanent
Endowment Fund committee in its work.
Now, to the good work!

WILLIAM E. DANNER, Reporter.

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Beta Upsilon Chapter

"Let's go," is the prevailing motto of
Beta Upsilon at present. We were very
unfortunate this year in not being able to
secure a suitable house at the beginning
of school, but "patience is always re-
warded" and now we are situated in the
best fraternity house in Terre Haute.

Due to the fact that we were without a
House, things have been going slowly. The

TULANE UNIVERSITY

Bete Phi Chapter

Fraternity interests here are centered in
the annual inter-fraternity games to decide
the cup winner for the coming year, owner-
ship of the trophy going to the fraternity
holding the cup for three consecutive
years. Sigma Nu was unfortunately elim-
inated early in the contest, but we have
prospects for next year since several of
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should round out during the year into var-
sity material.

Beta Phi introduces her new initiates:
David Rose, Bentonville, N. C; Wm. H.
Talbot, Ruston; Mumford Ligon, Houston,
Tex.; Charles A. Howard, Big Cain; and
William B. Abbott, Natchez, Miss.

Brother Ligon, Freshman though he be,
has pulled down heavy weight honors in
wrestling, having defeated a four-year stu-
dent of the mat art.

Brother Abbott is managing editor of
our weekly, The Tulane Hullabaloo, and
stands in line for editor-in-chief for next
year.

Our prospects for our own home is
steadily increasing through the efforts of
Brother Dunbar, Chapter Adviser, and
Brothers Hargrove, Harrell and E. Talbot.
But come what will, a temporary home has
been provided, and consequently many of
the disadvantages of rushing in a large
city done away with.

We look forward to Louisiana's rating
in the Life Contributors' Club. Phi and
Beta Phi will work together to line up our
State. KENNETH M. BAILEY, Reporter.

LELAND STANFORD
UNIVERSITY

Beta Chi Chapter

In the Fall quarter of 1920 we pledged
ten men, nine of whom were Freshmen:
Jack Murcell, Archy A. Smith, Herbert M.
Dwight, Benton J. Lyons, Charles C. Bap-
tie; Arthur D. Bragg, Marshal Hale, Jr.,
George Walker, and Tom Sherman.

The novices soon made their presence
known about the campus. Marshall Hale
made a good showing in Frosh football,
Herb Dwight took to Rugby and made the
squad, Art Bragg is out for Frosh basket-
ball and will probably make his numerals,
while Mike Ely and Benton Lyons are
regular contributors to the Chap par al, our
comic magazine.

Along with the satisfaction of having a
fine large Freshman class, we had five men
on the varsity football squad. These were
Brothers Charley Helser, Bob Pelouze,
James (Buff) Woollomes, Larry Rice, and
Dudley De Groot. All but Brother Rice
were awarded their letters.

After football season we put across a
successful Relatives' Day.

Next came end -quarter exams, and we

then lost Brothers Bob Pelouze and James
Paul Woollomes by graduation. It was
with very much regret that we saw these
two Brothers leave. Brother Pelouze leaves
an unequaled record — letters in track, foot-
ball, basketball, and baseball, and a mem-
br of the Skull and Snakes athletic so-
ciety, the Quadrangle Club, and the ath-
letic board of control. He held many other
offices while in college. Brother Pelouze
is now married, and Mrs. Pelouze and he
are living in Pasadena. Although not
eligible to participate in inter-collegiate
activities when he affiliated to Beta Chi
from Delta Tau, Brother Woollomes made
a name for himself in football last quarter.

Winter quarter started with everyone
on deck, but it was not long until Brothers
Rice, Helser and DeGroot took advantage
of outside opportunities that were offered
them and left with a leave of absence
apiece in their grips and promises to re-
turn soon. Brother Dick Sherman re-
turned a little late from a tour of British
Colombia with the varsity Rugby team,
but was soon in the harness again. Much
interest is shown in Rugby in anticipation
of more trips.

The novices pledged in the preceding
quarter are now initiated.

Brothers Fred Anderson and Ted Wal-
ther made the varsity soccer team and were
awarded minor sport letters. They are
now expectantly awaiting the verdict on a
proposed soccer team of British Colum-
bia.

Beta Psi took it upon itself to challenge
us to a game of baseball and a get-together
after the game, to be held in San Francisco.
By virtue of superior playing, Beta Chi
came out victor in the game; however,
honors were split even at the banquet that
night, and now we feel that we know our
neighbors much better and look forward
to more of these get-togethers.

That leads up to the present time and
the only event of great importance is the
installation of a heating plant which we
have been in need of for some time. All
the comforts of home is our motto.

We all want a Fraternity that is
staunchly set and strongly guarded. The
Endowment Fund, we are sure, will supply
the foundation requisite for future build-
ing to the heights. Shoulder to shoulder
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fornia's rank in Life Members, in fact as
well as in name.

THEODORE WALTHER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Beta Psi Chapter

Thirty-three Beta Psi Brothers returned
last January to open the old Chapter
House. Many of the Brothers journeyed
to Pasadena to witness the football classic
played there on New Year's Day. For
many days, and even weeks, after the open-
ing of the Spring semester, California's
great victory was the foremost topic of
conversation around all hearths.

Beta Psi has two real causes for un-
usual happiness:

First, let it be shouted to the world, she
has risen in scholarship. From our regret-
ful position way down the list to sixteenth
place among the forty-six House clubs and
fraternities on the campus is our record
for last semester.

Second — Beta Psi's long dreamed of and
pictured new Home is fast becoming a
reality. As a result of the activities of
our well-organized, interested and able
Alumni, ground was broken several weeks
ago and construction is progressing rap-
idly. The new House was designed by
Brother "Pete" Bangs, '14, and promises
to be a wonder. Brother "Hock" Heyer,
'13, is handling the construction end of
the job.

After having lived in our old shanty for
so many years, one suffers a pang of re-
gret at the thought of leaving it. On Sat-
urday, March 26th, Beta Psi will hold her
last Alumni reunion in the old House.
Many older Brothers will return, join in
the traditional ball game between the
Alumni and the active Brothers, and look
upon the old hearth for the last time, re-
fixing forever, memories of by-gone but
never to be forgotten days of their youth.

And as our new House is rising, we hope
to see other Chapters building their own
Houses, too, some day. The benefits or
hindrances to each of us reflect upon all
others. The Endowment Fund is a step
forward, a great step, a long step. Cali-
fornia, through Beta Chi and Beta Psi,
will compare with any other State in the
Fraternity.

Beta Psi was represented in basketball

by Brother "Slef" Downer, '21, on the
second varsity; Brothers Herbert Bailey,
'23, and Clyde Graham, '23, a recent affili-
at from Delta Xi, out for crew. In boxing
circles, Brother Lennox Brown, '23, is rep-
resenting the university as a light heavy-
weight. Brother Willis Palmer, a recent
initiate, has made the Freshman baseball
team as catcher.

Brother Reginald Vaughan, '22, was
elected assistant yell leader early this
semester.

It is a great pleasure to report that the
Chapter is on a firmer financial footing
than ever before. Due to the untiring ef-
forts of our House manager, Brother Otto,
and his strict adherence to the Fraternity's
wonderful system of accounting, Beta Psi
increased her assets last semester by over
five hundred dollars. A similar outcome
is inevitable for the current semester.

WINFIELD SCOTT WELLINGTON,

Reporter.

GEORGIA SCHOOL OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Alpha Chapter

Track activity has already been noted
and with the first call went Brother
Granger who has more than held his own
in the weight events for the last two years.
Brother Roberts is doing well in the pole
vault. In baseball, Brothers Pruitt and
Morgan are busy. Brother Pruitt is a
mainstay on the mound, and Brother Mor-
gan at third base. Brother Demcke is in
the scrubs, as this is his first year.

Tech entered upon her second year of
inter-collegiate baseball in January, and
after being the doormat for all Southern
teams, we entered the S. I. A. A. tourna-
ment and retrieved ourselves in great
shape by going to the semi-final round.
Brother J. F. Mclntyre was on the squad.

Gamma Alpha is looking forward with
a great deal of interest to the coming Sec-
ond Division Convention, which is to be
held in our city on April 8th and 9th. We
have started our campaign to have every
Sig in Atlanta present and we are being
ably assisted by the Atlanta Alumni and
Inspector Palmour, who never fatigues in
his work for Sigma Nu.

We are entertaining our friends with a
dinner dance on the evening of April 22nd,

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at one of Atlanta's clubs. Brothers Ry-
lander and Weston are in charge of ar-
rangements.

Brother Blake, of tennis fame, is with
us again this year and is planning to dupli-
cate his winning of the singles champion-
ship of last year. Brother Blake was also
runner-up in the S. I. A. A. tournament,
held here last summer.

We are very much interested, just now in
the outcome of the campaign the school is
carrying forward to raise a $5,000,000
Endowment Fund. Among the leaders in
the campaign are Brother "Chip" Roberts,
who was recently appointed trustee of the
school and director of athletics. Brother
Roberts is the youngest man ever ap-
pointed trustee of the school, so we regard
this as a signal honor.

Pan-hellenic basketball progressed
through the initial round last Saturday and
our outfit came through with flying colors,
defeating the Phi Kappa Sigma team. We
intend to make a good showing for the cup.

The Fraternity's Endowment Fund hits
home to us. Atlanta will furnish more
than its quota of Life Contributors and
Gamma Alpha and her Alumni will aid
the movement in every way.

We have enjoyed the visits of numerous
Brothers from distant Chapters, and we
leave a standing invitation to all Knights
when they are in our city.

J. N. WALSTRUM, Reporter.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Gamma Beta Chapter

Gamma Beta is starting on the upward
path in scholarship. Brother French who
hands out the "bad news" to us at the be-
ginning of every month has just received
notice from the Faculty that he has been
elected to membership in Gamma Beta
Sigma which for commerce means the
same as Phi Beta Kappa for liberal arts.
Of this we are proud and as the year wears
on we hope to be able to give better re-
ports of the entire Chapter.

Northwestern for the first time in five
long years is to have a baseball team.
Perhaps we are presumtuous to expect a
victorious season our first year out, but
why shouldn't we? Brother Bryant is
piloting the team and Brothers Wootan,
Schemonski, and Palmer are sure ripping
up the old sod in the infield.

On the track varsity Brother Wootan has
been displaying good form in the high hur-
dles.

In swimming, Brother Mills was up-
holding the spirit of Gamma Beta until he
unfortunately fractured his arm in a
Frosh-Soph class scrap. This fracture was
instrumental in keeping him out of the re-
cent conference meet here. He is espe-
cially good in the dashes and in water
basketball was a tower of strength for the
royal purple.

From the sound of this one would think
that our Frosh were dormant, but such is
not the case. Brothers McElwain and Per-
singer held down positions on the Frosh
varsity basketball ; Brother Settles is swim-
ming on the Freshman varsity; Brothers
Nichols, Wolfe, and McElwain are playing
for a position on the Freshman varsity
baseball team; Brothers Bishop and Wolfe
are learning the rudiments of fistic en-
counter from the redoubtable Dan Hagin
(also of Gamma Beta), who enjoys him-
self daily by boxing eight or ten rounds,
wrestling with a few heavy weights, run-
ning a mile, and then coming back to the
House here and chastising some of the
wayward Freshmen who have strayed from
the straight and narrow path. Brothers
Kautz and French are contesting for a
place on this years tennis team.

And now for the social side of our life.
Hermit and Crow, the men's musical com-
edy organization, is preparing for its sec-
ond show of the year, "The Nine O'Clock
Town." In the cast we have Brother Mills
and Pledge Rice; in the chorus Brothers
McKay and Johnson.

Brothers French, Fallis, and Kautz are
members of Alpha Kappa Psi, commerce
fraternity. At a recent meeting Brother
Kautz was elected president of the Chapter
of Alpha Kappa Psi at Northwestern. He
is also "Circus Solly" this year and will
run the big University Circus on May 7th.
Brother Ostin is the hard working business
manager. Kautz says she is going to be a
"Whizz Bang" and we are all ready to
bank on it.

At a banquet and initiation held Feb-
ruary 22d, at the University Club of Chi-
cago, Gamma Beta invested fourteen
pledges with the White Star of Sigma Nu:
Elwyn Bishop, Arthur Clausen, Edwin
Emmett, Howard Feltman, Roland Felt-
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McElwain, James O'Hanlon, Oliver Nich-
ols, Arthur Persinger, Edgar Settles,
Thomas Wolfe, and Edward Weeks.

GEORGE McKAY, Reporter.

ALBION COLLEGE
Gamma Gamma Chapter

The beginning of the second semester
found thirty-four active Gamma Gamma
Brothers and seven promising pledges on
the starting line.

We accomplished a record on the grid-
iron last fall that is hard to beat. Six
Sigma Nu Brothers, including Captain
Benish, Kenaga, Winegar, Rutz, Lang and
Spannenberg, and Pledgeman Hoeltzel
helped the varsity battle its way to a vic-
torious leadership in the Michigan inter-
Collegiate Athletic Association and are
sporting the coveted purple and gold
sweaters. And, too, let us not forget the
seven Gamma Gamma huskies among the
actives and pledges who were given sweat-
ers and R's in recognition of their untiring
efforts on the reserve team in helping to
build up a winning varsity machine.

We are also represented on the basket-
ball floor by the hard working Brothers
Kenaga and Spannenberg.

But let me not place too much em-
phasis on this, for not only in athletics
does Sigma Nu stand for leadership, but
in oratory, debating and other campus ac-
tivities we have a representation to be
proud of.

March 4th was a great day for old Al-
bion and for Sigma Nu. On that day
Brother Gernsey Gorton brought home to
us first honors in the Michigan State Ora-
torical Contest. He will represent Michi-
gan in the inter-State Contest in April. On
March 11th, Albion's affirmative varsity
debating team invaded Hillsdale College
with- an all Sigma Nu team composed of
Brothers Foust, Greene, and Laity and won
a unanimous decision. On the Freshman
team we also have Brothers Beebe and
Elliot to debate with the Detroit College
of Law.

Seven Gamma Gamma Brothers are
members of the glee club. When the col-
lege band steps forth in all the splendor
of their new uniforms, seven wearers of
the White Star, with healthy lungs and
more or less musical ability, help make

life a burden to the homeless dogs and
cats.

Brother Benish is president, Y. M. C. A.
Brother Alexander is president, Contribu-
tor's Club, and business manager, Pleiad,
and Brother Quick, president, Sophomore
class, has been elected to succeed Brother
Alexander on the Pleiad next year. Brother
Church is preparing the Art Gallery for
this year's "Albionian."

Gamma Gamma speaks loudly for the
Endowment Fund. We will co-operate
with our Alumni in pushing it to a con-
clusion— a Sigma Nu conclusion.

At the time of this writing, the Sigma
Nu House is quickly taking on the aspect
of a deserted Temple of Learning, due to
an epidemic of smallpox that has caused
the closing of the college until after the
spring recess, but April 5th will find us
all back again with a lot of pep and de-
termination for a final spurt down the
home stretch.

HORACE G. PHILLIPS, Reporter.

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Delta Chapter

Stevens has again completed an unde-
feated season, making four successive years
we have kept our slate clean. The "Sigs"
partly responsible for this glorious record
are Brothers Bajusz, Benjamin Moller and
Strachan, who won their letters this sea-
son, and Brothers Cooper and Wappler,
who received their aSa.

Brother Benjamin has recently been
elected to Tau Beta Pi. Brother Paulsen
and he help materially to boost our schol-
arship standing.

All the Brothers read with interest the
news in the December Delta pertaining to
the Permanent Endowment Fund. We,
together with Beta Rho, are the only Chap-
ters north of the Mason and Dixon line,
not owning our House. Consequently we
are in a position to appreciate the advant-
ages of such a fund, and avail ourselves of
the opportunity to interest every Sigma Nu
in it.

The Chapter is holding a Spring dance
at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, on
April the first. Any Brother who expects
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real Sigma Nu affair. The dance will be
held in the main ball room.

Brother Bajusz was tapped for "Gear
and Triangle," an honorary non-secret so-
ciety at Stevens. Brother Bajusz has made
his letter in football during his Freshman
and Sophomore years. He was picked as
quarterback on the All-Metropolitan foot-
ball eleven which includes Columbia, New
York University and Fordam.

Brothers Eberhardt, Skinner, Cooper,
and Wappler are on the swimming team, of
which Brother Eberhardt is captain.

Lacrosse practice has started and a large
squad has turned out as this is a major
sport at Stevens. Brother Strachan is
manager and Brothers Debler and Moller
are two of last year's letter men.

L. D. BURRITT.

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
Gamma Epsilon Chapter

Gamma Epsilon is pleased with its schol-
astic record of last term. Although we
dropped in rank with the fraternities on
the campus, we are, in one respect, for-
tunate. Every man passed the mid-year
examinations with creditable grades and
the Chapter has not lost a man thus far
this year. Last year we stood second in
scholastic grading of the fraternities on
the campus, but this year we are third
among thirteen national fraternities and
one local.

In compiling the grades for the House
an interesting fact was brought to the
Chapter's notice. Seventeen men were liv-
ing in the House and seventeen out of it.
The average for men living in the House
was 2.90, while the grade for those living
out was 2.67. The college grades on a
basis of 5.00.

The annual Junior Week was held from
February 2d to 5th. Gamma Epsilon gave
a House party during the week-end and for
three days the House was turned over to
the girls. In the company of "The Nine-
teenth Hole," the annual Junior Week mu-
sical comedy given by the Sock and Buskin
Club, the college dramatic society, ap-
peared three Gamma Delta men — Brothers
F. H. and K. L. Barrett in the men's chorus,
and Brother R. S. Radcliffe in the caste in
a feminine role. Brother Clifton J. Hopf,
'19, coached the chorus of the production
and the dances were of his creation.

The annual Spring dance will be held in
the House the last of April.

Gamma Epsilon has just passed through

a strenuous campaign for our new House.

It only makes us realize the more the need

of the Fraternity for the Endowment Fund.

R. S. RADCLIFFE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Gamma Zeta Chapter

The news that Sigma Nu was first among
nine national men's fraternities in scholar-
ship was a decided impetus to the spirit of
the Chapter.

We recently pledged two Freshmen,
Leonard Knight, who, besides being an
expert infielder, and a boxer of no mean
ability, has the additional recommenda-
tion of having a Brother who is a Sig at
Washington State College, and George
Hitchcock, an all-star interscholastic end
from Portland. A little later in Terry
Johnson, a native of Vancouver, B. C, we
added another to the five men who made
the Freshman eleven last fall.

On February 26th, we initiated Fresh-
men: Scan land Collins, Portland; John
Bryson, Eugene; Richard Reed, Eugene;
Raymond Harlan, Klamath Falls; Warde
Johnson, Kennewich, Wash; Charles Par-
sons, Portland; Hollis Smith, Dallas; J.
F. DuPaul, San Diego, Calif.

Brother Niel Morfit made good as var-
sity end last fall and is now wearing a
football "0". Brother Robert Sheppard
has earned a wrestling letter, the first
awarded at Oregon for several years.

Brother Charles Robertson was high
point man in the Pacific Coast inter-colle-
giate shooting contest. His markmanship
was the best out of 211 candidates.

Eleven men are members of honor so-
cieties about the campus: Brother Dod-
son, Mask and Buskin; Brother Don New-
bury, Phi Delta Phi, and Brother Starr,
Alpha Kappa Psi. Five are members of
Torch and Shield and three who are mem-
bers of To-Ko-Lo, Sophomore honor so-
cieties. Willard Hollenbech was recently
initiated into Nu Sigma Nu (medical) fra-
ternity at Portland Medical College.

It is too early yet to say who is going to
make the baseball team, but Brothers Dud-
ley and Morfit are counted on as regulars
this season.

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Brothers Hayslip and Starr are letter
men in track and in addition we have, from
last year's Freshman team, Brother Col-
lins, in the quarter-mile, McKinney, in the
high and low hurdles, and Tuck, who, as a
member of the Olympic team, needs no
further comment.

Brother Parsons and Pledge King are
members of the Freshman track squad.

Brother Warde Johnson and Pledges
Knight and Terry Johnson, three former
inter-scholastic stars, are candidates for
the first year ball team.

Oregon is preparing for the biggest
Junior Week-End in its history with the
Pacific Coast conference track meet and
tennis championship scheduled here at
that time. Brother Carl Newbury, presi-
dent, Junior class, and Hayslip, a member
of the committee, are working hard to
make the week a success.

Brother Bentley, our House manager,
has accepted a responsible engineering po-
sition at Fresno, California.

Although we own our present Home we
have plans on foot to build a new House
on another location which is one of the
most desirable in the city. A campaign
has been started for the payment of all
outstanding notes. We would add here
our endorsement of the Endowment Fund.
The. Chapter will see that our Alumni are
fully advised about its purposes and aims.

Through the medium of an informal
dance, bi-monthly Sunday dinners, and the
proper number of "House Fathers," we
have kept up our social activities.

This is about all except that a word
should be said in memory of our Chinese
cook, who died suddenly on the afternoon
of January 28th, while preparing the eve-
ning meal. The place which he held for
six years is now being satisfactorily filled
by Mrs. Skipworth.

W. HUBER RAMBO.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Eta Chapter

At present we have two Tau Beta Pi men,
Brothers Thomas and Brinker.

The mid-year graduation at Christmas
took two Brothers from us, Roger Schade
and Bill McKenna. Brother Dewey
Thomas was also graduated, but we are
fortunate in having him still with us, as

he was awarded a fellowship in the geol-
ogy department.

In football, Brothers Clough, Robert-
son, and Linderholm received letters, and
Brothers Farlow and W. McWhorter re-
taining places on the squad. Brother Lin-
derholm led the team this season. Our
Chapter entertained the football squad at
the annual banquet.

Brother Clough was elected vice-presi-
dent of the Junior class and Brother
Keough was appointed delegate to the Stu-
dent Council. Brothers Clough, Robert-
son, Keough, Clifford, and McKenzie were
initiated into Theta Tau (honorary) engi-
neering fraternity.

Gamma Eta gave a dance at the Brown
Palace Hotel in Denver on February 18th,
preceding the annual Division Convention.
There were over a hundred couples pres-
ent.

We introduce the following new Broth-
ers: W. P. Gray, J. P. Gardere, Geo. G.
Gallagher, C. E. McWhorter, A. E. Ham-
bly, and C. E. Heffleman. Formal initia-
tion took place at our Chapter House on
February 6th. Brother Hambly had the
honor of a dramatic initiation at the
Fourteenth Division Convention recently
held in Denver. The Denver Alumni
initiating team assisted in these ceremon-
ies. Brother Hambly won this honor be-
cause he had the highest scholastic stand-
ing of all the pledges. We also have a
new pledge, Harold Lippincott, of Pueblo.

We are very fortunate in having with us
this year an excellent matron, Miss Fannie
Crossman. Miss Crossman has surely done
wonders for us, in every way, especially
financially. With such a matron, Gamma
Eta has been free from worry.

Reports of the Endowment Fund have
inspired the Chapter with new zeal for
Sigma Nu. As active men, we will boost
as hard for it as our Alumni.

CEDRIC E. McWHORTER, Reporter.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Gamma Theta Chapter

Gamma Theta has two new initiates. R.
J. Meigs, Jr. and A. B. Shaw were initiated
on March 9th. Meigs, and R. L. Evans,
who we recently pledged, are from West-
field, N. J., while Shaw is from Philadel-
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Brothers Beeler, Ross, Trainer, and
George Benton, who was elected president
of one of our two Senior honorary societies
before he left last fall, have returned.

Our Seniors are well represented "on the
hill" by Stafford Beach, manager, Orches-
tra; Bernard K. Shaner, major, Field Artil-
lery Corps; Paul Minton, in the Savage
Club; Verne S. Swan, the winner of the
Warren prize in Architecture, and F. W.
Med long, in the glee club.

The Junior class is particularly strong.
We have two of the fifteen Junior Society
men. They are Carl W. Olney, who not
only has played football, but has also won
his letter in crew, and L. H. nazzard,
president, Junior Society, and assistant
manager, baseball. Brother E. A. Rogers
is out for pitcher on the varsity nine, and
A. H. Marsh, Jr., is on the editorial staff of
the Year Book.

In the Sophomore class Ernest D. Leet
is one of the associate editors of the Cor-
nell Daily Sun, E. K. Stevens on the
Widow Board, and Donald M. Tobey on
the business staff of the Sun. L. B. Pryor
is now in active competition for the posi-
tion of manager of the crew.

Our Freshmen are active and several of
them are now in competitions.

We have two members of the Student
Council. Carl Olney represents the
Juniors and E. D. Leet is one of the two
Sophomore representatives. Brother Ben-
ton is a member of the Senior Ball Com-
mittee; L. H. Hazzard, Junior Smoker; B.
K. Shaner, Navy Day Hop Committee, and
A. H. Marsh, Junior Spring Day Commit-
tee. D. M. Tobey is chairman, Sopho-
more Spring Day Committee; L. B. Pryor,
Sophomore Smoker Committee, and E. K.
Stevens, Sophomore Cotillion Committee.

In the inter-fraternity basketball league
we are still undefeated and have strong
hopes of winning the cup, now that we
have reached the semi-finals.

It is our sincere wish to come into closer
contact with all of the other Chapters and
we hope that our book, which will soon
be ready, will serve you as a complete in-
troduction to us.

Cornell is behind the Endowment for
the Fraternity. Our Alumni are planning
a united effort to make a quick success of
their part in moving Sigma Nu forward.
A. H. MARSH, JR., Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Gamma Iota Cnapter

Gamma Iota introduces as pledges from
the mid-year Freshmen: Jamie Molloy,
Lexington; Earle Nichols, Dawson
Springs ;% George Dowel 1, Tolu, and Henry
Chenault, Richmond.

Brother Sam Ridgway has just returned
with the basketball team from Atlanta, as
guard on the University of Kentucky squad
that won the title of Champions of the
South. We do not feel that we need say
more about Sam's ability in basketball.

The matter of greatest interest at pres-
ent is that of the inter-fraternity basketball
championship. Brothers Wallace, Wilker-
son, McCormick, Colpitts, Fuller, and Du-
vall are the mainstays of our team and
have put us ahead in every game so far,
and we will participate in the final game
for the possession of the loving cup.

Brothers Beam, Gregg, Heber and
Pledge Gorman are out working for places
on the nine. Brother Andy Gill, B H, left
the automobile business with which he has
been connected for the last nine months in
Chicago, and arrived yesterday to coach
the university baseball team. We were
glad that Brother Gill is going to live with
us here in the House.

We have four men holding places on the
staff of the Kernel, the semi-weekly pub-
lication. Brother Edgar Gregg has proved
himself to be the "works" of the annual.
He is art editor of the Kentuckian in which
the beauty section, headings, fraternity and
club pictures, and the majority of the car-
toons attest his ability as an artist.

Pledge Molloy made a reputation for
himself before he had been in the univer-
sity two weeks. He was made stage elec-
trician in the play, "A Night in Greenwich
Village," and, because of his ingenious
lighting effects, was later given that per-
manent position winning the art depart-
ment as well as a goodly amount of no-
toriety.

We are glad to say that during the past
few months we have been visited by Broth-
ers Julian and John Thomas, 2; James
Wade, H0; Herschell Auxier, TI-EA-BZ;
Henry Mackey, TP; F. M. Smith, TN;
George Starcher, B@; R. M. Kolm, AE;
S. M. Quigley, B I; Morris Pendleton,
Grover Creech, D. P. Campbell, A. EL

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Lewis, Neal Knight, Steve Watkins, Harry
Jennings, and William Eaton, all of
Gamma Iota. We sincerely hope that as
many more drop in on us.

Like Brother Keeling Pulliam, we are
all pulling strong for the Sigma Nu En-
dowment Fund. With our Alumni in Lex-
ington, we will keep Kentucky in the van
of the procession.

JOHN D. TAGGART, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Gamma Kappa Chapter

[To Gamma Kappa Alumni — we print this let-
ter as received, except for the red ink in which
the first line is written. To blue-pencil it would
leave little to fill the space to which you are en-
titled to learn your Chapter's news. The Editor
believes Gamma Kappa is really doing things and
hopes next year to get full reports. A word from
the Alumni goes further than from The Editor.]

"And here endeth the second quarter."

Yea, verily, and Gamma Kappa is

justly proud of its accomplishments. The

House never looked better, nor prospects

brighter.

Among the many notable conquests, the
outstanding feature is the winning of the
Ellison Cup for the second time. This
gives us a two-year lead in the race for
permanent possession. The cup was pre-
sented by Brother R. S. Ellison, B H, to
be held for one year by the Chapter of this
Division putting on the best stunt at the
Division banquet, and to become the per-
manent property of the Chapter winning
it three times. Our stunt was a cleverly
arranged minstrel show, in which we dem-
onstrated that for variety of talent, we lead
the Division. The cup was returned to our
keeping on a unanimous decision of the
judges.

Our second quarter dance, restricted to
active members and rushees, scored a de-
cided hit.

We close the quarter housing the bas-
ketball team from Wheatridge, Colorado,
which is here to participate in the All-
State Tournament, and which, by the way,
is considered one of the strongest contend-
ers for the championship.

The morale of the Chapter is high, and
confidence of successfully completing all
our hours reigns supreme.

HARRY F. KEELER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Gamma Lambda Chapter

Now for a baseball championship! As
we barely have been nosed out of the
championship for two years, we now have
great expectations, especially in our vet-
eran pitcher, Bosworth, who pitched for
the University of Oklahoma last year. We
hope to have a favorable report on this
sport (baseball, not Bosworth) for the next
Delta.

We have succeeded in placing two more
cups on our mantel. The first trophy was
gained in the inter-fraternity track meet,
in which our pillar, George Stolley, won
19 points out of our total of 24. We were
awarded a third place cup in the inter-
fraternity relay. The team that got first,
composed of six men, ran a half mile, in-
doors, in the fast time of 1:39 2-5. Our
time was 1 :40 3-5. Not bad for fraternity
teams!

In bowling we fought our way to the
finals from among thirty-two teams. In-
eligibility at the end of the first semester
cost us our two best men and from then on
our fall was rapid.

We have two new pledges — Clement
Williams, Elkhart Lake, and Everett Cro-
zier, Milwaukee. The latter played full-
back on the Freshman football team last
fall.

Our pledges have never been so active
as they have been during the past semester.
Walter Frautschi was recently elected
Freshman representative for Philomathia,
one of our two leading debating teams.
David Farrand, won his numerals in wrest-
ling. Earl Mecartney is on the Freshman
basketball team. Frederick Salentine, on
the Freshman track team, has the record
of winning four first and two second places
in an inter-college meet last semester. Les-
lie Jones is on the Freshman rowing team,
and Meredith Hendricks won his numerals
playing guard on the Freshman football
team.

Brothers Stolley, Mecartney and Mc-
Candless have been elected to the student
senate. Four of our men have recently se-
cured places on the Council of Forty, the
recognized head of student activities in the
university — Fanning as captain of the ten-
nis team, Brothers as captain of the cross
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Klu Klux Klan, and Walter Schwinn who
was chosen for his activities along numer-
ous lines.

I might add that Brothers Stolley and
Brothers were both point winners in our
51-35 triumph over Notre Dame this after-
noon, in an indoor track meet.

Put Gamma Lambda down for the En-
dowment Fund. Our Alumni are stirring
mightily, and we active men are going to
join with them in placing Gamma Lambda
in the lead as we did in The Delta Con-
test last year.

HARWOOD GREGORY, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Gamma Mu Chapter

"1921 Will Reward Fighters." Although
Gamma Mu isn't actually belligerent, she
is looking forward to all of 1921 as a
mighty big year, and she has set out to
take her part in it.

Gamma Mu is pushing the Endowment
among her Alumni. To strengthen the
Fraternity is to strengthen our own Chap-
ter. We must place Sigma Nu on a foun-
dation where no storms can shake us. As
future Alumni we will do now all we can
to make ours an Alumni Fraternity, too.

Already the scholastic average of the
House measures up with university regula-
tions. Requirements are higher this year,
but we may initiate and dance the full
quota, thanks to a high average.

Eight Freshmen are now Brothers: Milo
Flickinger, Art HoflF, Joey Johnston, Fred
Lang, Orm Lyman, Earl Schwemm, and
Howdy Stiefenhoefer, and Douglas Fessen-
den of Onawa, Iowa, has been pledged.
When the grades came in, not only was the
House as a whole up to standard, but our
Commander, Brother Eaton, discovered
that as a result of his high standing he
had been elected to the Order of the Coif,
honorary law society.

Baseball has come with spring, and
Brother Don Peden is out catching flies
now, having withstood repeated reduction
of the squad. Don, halfback, and Brother
Hank Hughes, guard, earned their "I"s in
football last fall. It seems that Don
swings the bat as well as he dodged the
field, and that makes him quite an expert.
Brother Schwemm and Pledge Fessenden,
both rabbit-like sprinters, have captured

places on the Freshmen track squad. And
in intennural basketball our fast team,
managed by Brother Williams and com-
posed of Brother Brown, Brother Flickin-
ger, Brother Hoff, Brother E. B. Mailers,
captain, Brother J. B. Mailers, Brother
Peden and Brother Russell, has won each
of the five games thus far played, with
three more to come. Although we cannot
count it a championship yet, hopes are
mighty high.

There you have Gamma Mu in schol-
astic standing and in . athletics. She is
active in other directions, too. Brother
Stiefenhoefer plays his horn in the con-
cert band, and Brother Pollock is an officer
in the brigade. Brother Murphy is circu-
lation manager of the "Illinois Agricul-
turist? published by the College of Agri-
culture. Brother Jimmy Bliss, who is vice-
president of the Union, has just completed
his term as president of the Adelphic Lit-
erary Society, and is now student chair-
man of the Stadium Drive, a job which
Jimmy fills with his characteristic enthu-
siasm. Jimmy was recently initiated into
Phi Delta Phi. Brother Stockham is a
new member of Theta Tau.

Just before Christmas the winter dance
came, even with snow confetti and a Santa
Claus. The formal party came tripping
by on March 11th. Among the guests
were Brother S. P. Stewart, A 2, who is
now on the engineering Faculty; Brother
Dan Supit, A A, who is teaching chemis-
try, and Brother Bob Humphries and Mrs.
Humphries, who came back for the week-
end.

A good many very welcome visitors
have been with us during the Relay Carni-
val and the various basketball games.
When they are looking around, there is
one part of the House mat is never missed
— the kitchen. There, still cooking as they
have been for so many years, are Soph and
Mary. Whenever you are near Illinois,
come and see us. The products of that
kitchen are enough to greet you. But even
in addition to that, you will find Gamma
Mu ready with a welcome.

W. U. BARDWELL, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Gamma Nu Chapter
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the Big Drive. We certainly hope that it is
knocking 'em dead and brings the desired
results, for if the Alumni are behind the
project, Sigma Nu can not be headed off
from the top of the list in every way.

On March 19th the eighteenth annual
initiation was held at the Chapter House.
Brothers meet the newly-made Knights:
John C. Clarke, Beloit, Wis.; William
Merner, Cedar Falls, Iowa; John H. Evans,
Des Moines, Iowa; W. H. Baker, Memphis,
Tenn.; Robert B. Paton, Kansas City, Mo.;
Andrew Wykkel, Kalamazoo, and Howard
E. Rowse, Detroit. Two of the initiates,
Clarke and Merner, have both been pre-
ceded in Gamma Nu by brothers and add
to the ever-growing list of Kindred Broth-
ers in our Chapter.

Brother Jack Dunn received his "M"
in football, having played quarter on the
team all season. Brother Dunn at pres-
ent is one of the leading candidates for
the outer gardens on Del Pratt's baseball
team and is showing up like a veteran in
indoor practice. He was also selected as
a member of the Cap and Gown Commit-
tee of this year's Senior class.

Brother Al Bailey did not participate in
enough games the past season to win an
"M", but received an aMa which is given
to members of the varsity squad. Brother
Bailey withdrew from the university at the
end of the first semester. At present he is
attending the Iowa State Teachers College
at Cedar Falls.

Brother Robert Knode and Pledge Tod
Rockwell both proved to be finds on the
All-Freshman team and are winners of
their 1924 numerals. Knode is a halfback
and Rockwell called the signals from the
general's position. Brother Knode is a
strong contender for first base on the All-
Fresh baseball team. Brothers Nash, Mer-
ner and Pledge Beckman received their
numerals in intramural soccer.

In the fall elections Gamma Nu found
these honors: Brother F. M. Smith, treas-
urer of the Junior literary class; Brother
Charles Proctor, auditing committee of
the Sophomore engineering class; Brother
James Hume, Sophomore literary social
committee, and the Sophomore prom com-
mittee; Brother John Fin ley, Senior engi-
neering finance committee. Brother
Hume was elected assistant varsity foot-
ball manager; Brother Fred Fletcher, var-

sity hockey manager; Brother Richard
Evans, intramural track manager; Brother
Frank Tennent, assistant manager of the
glee club; Pledge Art Beckman, Freshman
soccer manager; Brother William Merner,
Freshman basketball manager; and Brother
Charles Proctor, circulation manager of
the Michigan Technic. With the election
of Brother Hume to one of the assistant
football managers, Gamma Nu can claim
the distinction of having three assistant
managers of a varsity sport in the House;
Brother R. A. Bailey is assistant track
manager, and Brother F. M. Smith, as-
sistant baseball manager. Brother Art
Stone is trying out for assistant basketball
manager.

Brother F. M. Smith was initiated into
Sphinx, Junior honorary society, of which
he was elected president, and Sigma Delta
Chi, honorary journalistic fraternity.
Brother Dunn is also a member of Sphinx
and Griffins. Brother R. A. Hammer is a
member of Alpha Kappa Psi.

Brother George Lynn has one of the
leading dance parts in the Union opera
production. Brother Lynn was also, in
the last Spotlight vaudeville.

Not only are Gamma Nu Sigma Nus
active on the campus, but Brothers from
other Chapters are adding to long list of
honors for the Fraternity. Brother James
Spier, T K, a member of Delta Theta Phi,
was elected president of the Junior law
class; Brother Harry Willson, P, a mem-
ber of Phi Delta Phi, was a member of the
Junior hop committee and is active in
Union work; Brother Paul Thoman, r T,
a member of Phi Alpha Delta, was one of
the four men in the College of Law to be
initiated into the Order of the Coif and is
one of the editors of the Law Review; and
Brother Douglas Sargent, T T, a member
of Phi Beta Pi, is jumping the hurdles on
the varsity track team.

In the graduation of Brother Louis
Schindler in February and the withdrawal
of Brother Ted McKinney, Gamma Nu lost
two loyal sons. Brother Schindler was a
member of Mimes, A. S. M. E., and promi-
nent in musical circles, while Brother Mc-
Kinney was president of the Overseas
Club and a member of Alpha Kappa Psi.

On December 16th thirteen Sigma Nus
from other Chapters were guests at a
smoker given in their honor by the Active

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Chapter. The following Brothers were
present : Ted Finger, A P ; Jack Slabaugh,
AB; Frank Holly, TV; Joe Riggs, TT;
Paul Thoman, TV; Robert Sonneborn,
TH; Allan Lohr, AS; Rogers Wakefield,
TT; Milo Bostwick, TT; Dewey Simons,
T K; Paul Burnham, A N; Green, T T; and
Lowell J. Carr, a Gamma Nu man who is
now in college doing special work. Brother
Carr was a member of the Active Chapter
in 1910.

The Ninth Division convention which
was held in Ann Arbor this year on Febru-
ary 18th and 19th, was a great success,
and the Chapter profited much from the
meetings held during the two-day session.
Inspector Roberts presided and every
Chapter was represented — several by
many members besides the official dele-
gates. The delegates were kept busy with
the many issues that presented themselves
in the Division during the year, until Sat-
urday night when a dance was given for
them at die House.

Other dances were given this year after
the Illinois game on October 26th and on
December 5th when the annual fall formal
party was held.

F. M. SMITH, Reporter.

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Xi Chapter

The St. Pats. House party is our largest
social affair. Committees of two and three
men, ranging from painters to social wiz-
ards, are busily engaged doing their best
to put the House in "A" one shape. We
are expecting about twenty out-of-town
guests and a number of Alumni. The
party commences Thursday evening and
will last through Sunday, which time is not
too great to get in the schedule of ban-
quets, dances and parades, and last, but not
least, open House Saturday afternoon, at
which time will be served a progressive
dinner.

Inter-fraternity baseball season opens
on April 1st. Regular practice is held at
4 o'clock each evening on Jackling athletic
field.

The Eleventh Division will hold a meet-
ing at Springfield, Mo., during the first
week in April. Gamma Xi will be repre-
sented by at least four men.

Brother Coffman who returned to school

January 1st, has been to the hospital and
back again, and now leaving school for
good.

Missouri is a great State with five Sigma
Nu Chapters. Gamma Xi will not be back-
ward in putting over her quota in the En-
dowment campaign.

CHARLES G. KIRKADDON, Reporter.

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Gamma Omicron Chapter

On February 2nd, we initiated four eli-
gible Freshmen: William Meletio, III,
Warren Drescher, Walter Werner, and
John Voohers. Brother Drescher earned
his Freshman football numerals while
Brother Voohers was elected to the presi-
dency of the Freshman class. Brother
Werner will probably develop into one of
the best track men that Washington has
had for some time. He is at his best on
the" dashes.

We have three affiliates: Kenneth L.
MacKurdy, B Z, William Gooch, P, and
Henry 0. Nouss, B Y.

We will son initiate Freshmen William
Chapman, Robert R. Sloan, Robert Pugh,
William Wise, and J. Gilbert Heinberg.
These pledges have either been held over
because of their grades or they have been
pledged since the first of the semester.

At the present time the Gamma Omi-
cron baseball team is being rounded into
condition under the guidance of Captain
Muckermann.

On May 15th, we will entertain with a
farewell party to our three Seniors, Broth-
ers David Millar, Horace Pote, and Louis
L. Roth.

We extend a hearty invitation to those
Brothers who might see it possible to visit
Gamma Omicron and we hope that in the
near future we may be able to entertain
our visitors in a new fraternity house.

CHARLES D. DUDEN, Commander.

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

Gamma Pi Chapter

This letter will give events in chrono-
logical order as near as possible. Brother
Robert H. C. Kay was elected captain of
the 1921 football team, and thus gave us
a new honor along with his election to the
Athletic Board earlier in the year. Brother

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Quinlan won a place on the varsity foot-
ball team, but suffered an injury to his
ankle. Brother Tallman was one of the
first-line substitutes, but could not break
into the regular line-up, which was mostly
composed of veterans from former years.

On November 15, 1920, Gamma Pi gave
its first party for three years in our new
Chapter House. The House was decorated
with the colors, black, white and gold, and
the shaded lights gave forth a golden glow.
Fixed in a place from where it sent a mag-
nificent light throughout all the down-
stairs rooms was a large Badge of Sigma
Nu, in which were twenty-five lights. Thus
we gave the opening of our new House,
which gives us a great prestige in many
ways. At this time we were visited by
Brothers Wilson, '20;. Ash, '17; Robin-
son, '18, and Eneix, '20.

Soon after the mid-semester reports
were given we had . to enforce a rather
stringent rule upon our pledges in order
to get them to work hard — with good re-
sults. At this time a brother of Brother
John L. Hawley, No. 48, whose death in
February, 1921, has been reported, en-
tered in school and was pledged soon after
registering.

With the opening of basketball season,
we had very few men who reported as can-
didates, as Brother Dawson had to with-
draw from school and go home. However,
Pledge Hawley, who was a member of the
crack Bluefield High basketball team in

1919, and who, for the past two years, was
chosen as the All-State center of high
schools in West Virginia, reported.

During the first week of December,

1920, Brothers Hutchinson, Butler, Mc-
Clung, and Maxwell, composing four of
the seven members of the Stock Judging
Team of the Agriculture Department of
West Virginia, were at the Stock Judging
Contest, held at Chicago, 111., at which
were teams from twenty-one of the leading
agricultural colleges of the Middle West
and Canada. Brother William N. McClung
at this contest ranked first in the United
States as a judge of sheep, which is a dis-
tinction that is highly commendable.

After the smoke of the semester exam-
inations had cleared away there were only
seven men who had passed the university
requirements of twelve hours. On the
afternoon of February 26th, we held our

initiation which was attended by several
of our Alumni — Brothers Elbert Ballard,
in the Auditing Department of the State of
West Virginia; Frank Madigan, Morgan-
town; Harry Friedman, Grafton; Claude
Spiker, professor of Romance Languages,
and Harry Curry, Grafton; Francis Mor-
gan, professor of Agriculture, both in West
Virginia University; and Ira Errett Rod-
gers, W. V. U. baseball coach for 1921.

For the first time in the history of Gamma
Pi, the initiation was given verbally and
without the use of the ritual books by the
initiation team, composed of Brothers
Mark T. Valentine, Eminent Commander;
Sherwood Shinn, Lieutenant-Commander;
Harold E. Starcher, Marshal; Harold K.
Bradford, Sentinel, and Floyd McDaniels,
Chaplain. These men deserve great praise
for their work and it was especially grati-
fying to those of our Alumni who were
able to attend to see the great improvement
in the internal work of our Chapter. The
following men were initiated: Robert
Hughart, Morgantown; James N. Quinlan,
Huntington; Philip W. Ziler, Elkins;
Frank Burdette, Lewisburg; Charles C.
Tallman, Beech Hill; Richard Evans, Ker-
mit, and Granville Mitchell, Huntington.

On the night of February 26th, Gamma
Pi gave its second party of the year. This
time the House was decorated with smilax
and ferns, among which were placed vases
of white roses. A picture of Brother
Franklin Brand, secretary of the Sigma
Nu Home Association of West Virginia
University, was for the first time placed in
the Chapter House, and it was well set off
with a deep, green background of smilax
and ferns. Besides the members of the
active Chapter, the party was attended by
Brothers W. H. Soper, 2, and wife; Harlan
H. York, B B, and wife; Charles H. Ambler
and wife; Franklin M. Brand and wife;
Claude Spiker and wife; Arthur M. Lucas
and wife; Allen G. Montgomery and wife;
Thomas P. Hardman, Frank Madigan,
Francis Morgan, and Lloyd Eneix, all of
Morgantown; Guy D. Randolph, T B, Wil-
liamson; Elbert Ballard, Charleston;
Harry Friedman and Harry Curry, Graf-
ton; and Brothers Hall, A, and McDonald,
A, who were with the Washington and Lee
basketball team.

Individually the following men have
achieved honor among the various affairs

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of West Virginia University.: Brother Rob-
ert H. C. Kay, on the affirmative team of
the debating society; Brother Joseph M.
Sanders, who will graduate in law this
Spring, president, Senior class; Brother
Walter F. Ball, treasurer Areopagus, the
inter-fraternity council, and also chairman,
Junior Prom dance committee; Brother
Sherwood Shinn, assistant business man-
ager, Athenaeum, the university publica-
tion.

On March 22nd, the Spring practice for
baseball of West Virginia will commence
with Brother Errett Rodgers directing the
efforts of the many aspirants. Brother W.
E. Nefflen will be the only varsity man of
former years to report, as Brother Dawson
reported to the Cincinnati Reds, and is now
in the South training. However, Brothers
Evans, formerly of Marshall College, at
Huntington, W. Va., Quinlan and Tall-
man, and Pledge Hawley will report.
Brother Edwin C. Hutchinson, who was
Sophomore assistant baseball manager last
year, is Junior assistant baseball manager
this year.

Gamma Pi reports that it is heartily in
favor of the plan of a Permanent Endow-
ment Fund as sponsored by the Grand
Chapter. Through the letters sent out by
the active Chapter to the Alumni, our
Alumni will be fully informed of this
plan. However, we are giving special at-
tention to our Alumni to more and more
interest themselves in aiding this Chapter,
which last September took upon itself the
burden of buying a new House.

W. ELLIOTT NEFFLEN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Gamma Rho Chapter

The resignation of Edgar Palmer, due
to his temporary absence from the univer-
sity, made necessary the election of a new
Commander. Elis Hoglund was unani-
mously elected to that position, Frank
Lusher consequently taking over the duties
as treasurer, with Paul Hartley as assistant.

A number of very successful dances have
been held in the Chapter House during the
last two quarters. Many novel ideas in
interior decorations have been used with
splendid results. Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas furnished especially good motifs in
the line of color effects while a carnival

dance held early in March proved a big
success. Brothers Widdifield, Hassinger,
and Witte constitute the social committee
and are constantly on the look-out for new
ideas in entertainment that will make the
social life of the Chapter more attractive.

Gamma Rho has pledged three men dur-
ing the present quarter: Ray Irwin, Chi-
cago; Leonard Nelson, Minneapolis; and
Kent Swayne, Elkhart.

Warren Piper was the originator of a
new idea this year in connection with the
annual Ninth Division banquet held in the
University Club. "Why not," said Pipe,
"inject a little of the old pep in the 'after
the banquet' proceedings instead of the
customary orations and eulogies?9' So
Pipe, as representative of that eminent or-
ganization known as the Boa Constrictors,
staged a contest between Gamma Beta and
Gamma Rho, and offered a cup to the win-
ner. The contest consisted of songs, solo
and in group; yells, Chapter and college;
dramatic sketches, and instrumental num-
bers. The judges, being unable to decide
as to which Chapter presented the superior
entertainment, a cup was awarded to each
Chapter. "This is to be an annual affair,"
says Pipe, so I suppose that's final.

The Sigma Nu bowling team under the
management of Captain Schuyler has just
completed a remarkable season on the
Reynolds club alleys in competition with
the other fraternities of the university. As
this article is submitted we are tied with
another fraternity for first place. William
Bruce, of our team, has proved to be the
star bowler of the university, having over-
thrown the record established by the
famous Walter Eckersall on the Reynolds
club alleys with a 290 pin record.

Since the football season, Stahr and Hall
have represented the Chapter in athletics,
Stahr playing on the varsity basketball
team and Hall on the varsity track team.
The former distinguished himself in the
Princeton game and is one of the popular
players on the team. Joseph Hall has
been high point man in two track meets.
In the recent Purdue meet he scored two
firsts and tied with Purdue's high point
man.

In recent inter-class basketball contests.
Gamma Rho took a most conspicuous part.
Bryson and MacMasters managed the Class
teams of the Freshman and Sophomore

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teams respectively, while Hall was assis-
tant manager of the Senior team. Wood-
ing constituted one of the Junior five.

Brother Hall is a member, executive
committee, Senior Class, as well as chair-
man, ticket committe, Senior vaudeville.
Bryson and MacMasters head the athletic
committees of their respective classes.
Hassinger is prominent in Cap and Gown
and Blackfriar activities. In the former
organization he has been elected assistant
properties manager for the 1921 produc-
tion. In recent inter-scholastic meet,
Stahr and Hassinger were prominent in
administration committees. Brother Little
is an active member of the Y. M. C. A. and
chairman of the finance committee. His
other activities include president, band;
captain, settlement night team, and man-
in-charge of specialties in the Blackfriar
production.
B. KENNETH WIDDIFIELD, Reporter.

IOWA STATE COLLEGE
Gamma Sigma Chapter

Two new pledges in Garver, of Des
Moines, and Carpenter, a pledge from
Gamma Kappa, waiting for initiation, with
the six men from last Fall's pledging.

The Chapter is standing on its feet in
financial affairs through the capable man-
agement of Brother Bodgoldt, as steward,
Brother Mulvihill as House manager, and
our good collector, Brother Boyd.

Graduation exercises will take Brothers
Kleaveland, Moore, Stewart, Wittemore
and Donham from us. Brother Stewart
is a member of Tau Beta Pi.

Iowa State College had a fairly success-
ful football season, ending it with a great
battle with Iowa and a great home-coming.
Brother Riggs won the coveted A playing
end and tackle on the varsity, and Novices
Watts and Zoble won their numerals on
the Freshman team. Brother Orr was on
the varsity basketball squad throughout
the season.

Plans have been made for an Alumni
banquet for the purpose of discussing a
new House for this Chapter. Work is be-
ing pushed rapidly and we are looking for-
ward to a large attendance.

The Division Convention is being
talked of and Inspector Randall has asked
that we come to Delta Eta again, since he
is in the Nebraska legislature. It has been

several years since there has been a con-
vention and the next one should be one
filled with more than the usual amount of
business.

There has been considerable inter-fra-
ternity mixing this year, due to the ex-
changing of dinner dates. The inter-fra-
ternity basketball season has closed and
Sigma Nu ranked third in her league.
Baseball is being talked of and we are
looking forward to a cup if we can find a
pitcher, for Brother Moore has only a
glove and two prayers.

We are having our formal May 14th and
the Spring dance June 10th. (All wander-
ing Brothers take notice!)

The college is working on the Student
Activity Building and they will soon have
the necessary funds to build one of the
finest Memorials in the West.

£. R. MOORE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA '
Gamma Tau Chapter

We expect a stirring among the Alumni
when they receive our last bulletin — we
enclosed a Life Subscription blank with it.
Gamma Tau will see that they keep in-
formed of Sigma Nu's progressiveness.

All the men pledged in the early Fall
have been initiated. We have two new
pledges: S. A. Anderson, pledged early in
January, and Albert Rabe, who has just
been pledged. Anderson is a member of
the Freshman basketball quint, and Rabe
is a participant in dramatic and oratorical
work.

Brother Vernon Williams, in his ca-
pacity as all-Senior president, is to lead
the Senior Prom the latter part of May.
This event ranks along with the Junior ball
in social prominence, and consequently
much honor along this line is being shown
to Sigma Nu. The regular informal
dances and a formal dance have been
staged. The last formal dance of the
quarter, held March twelfth, took the form
of a "Western dance." The House re-
ceived the most elaborate decoration ever
undertaken, the rooms given a thoroughly
Western appearance. Brother Paul Gold,
as chairman of the social committee, de-
serves credit for his ingenuity and general
cleverness.

For some time now a disease has caught
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disease as was ever discovered, 4*Studyitis,"
has swept over our midst and those of us
who were a little weaker than the rest have
contracted a much more severe case. The
men living at the House have been doing
remarkably well in their studies and what
slump there has been, has come from those
who live outside the House. This condi-
tion has been remedied to a great extent by
placing the city men under the same rules
as the House men.

CHARLES HOBBS, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Gamma Upsilon Chapter

Our membership consists of ten Brothers
and twelve pledges. One of our Brothers,
John L. Turner, was unable to return for
the winter term, but we hope to have him
with us again next year; his seat was not
. allowed to remain vacant, however, as
Brother DeBurt Connell, TN, has taken
possession of it for the remainder of the
year.

We are well represented in athletics,
Brothers Elmo and Hal Alcorn, and Yoes
and Pledge Jamerson having won their
sweaters in football.

Brother Alan Rice has been appointed
by the university's committee on athletic
affairs as coach of wrestling. Brother Rice
held the wrestling championship of the
university for two consecutive years and
was then appointed coach, but at this time
the war broke out and he responded to the
call of his country, joining the U. S. Navy
for service abroad, and while in training
he won the championship of his station,
Gulfport Naval Training Station.

Brother Curry Freeman is editor of the
Weekly.

Pledge Stinson might also qualify as a
literateur for he has an article entitled,
"Narcotics in the Treatment of Dogs," in
the February issue of Field and Stream.
HARRY C. STINSON, Reporter.

Every Brother is working hard for the
fraternity scholarship key, and there prom-
ises to be an interesting race until the
close of the school year.

Something of interest is always happen-
ing, but the biggest surprise of the year
was the marriage of our Commander,
Brother Oran C. Yoes, to Miss Margaret
Lawrence, of St. Louis. They have Gamma

Upsilon*s sincerest wishes for the future.
They are residing at Van Buren, Ark. In
his place Brother Curry Freeman was
elected Commander.

We have been especially unfortunate in
the loss of men this quarter. Besides
Brother Yoes, Brother Stinson and Pledges
Pettit and Lloyd have left college. Brother
Stinson was the only Freshman in the uni-
versity who met the university's initiation
requirements during the Fall quarter.

The Chapter was favored last January
by a visit from Brother Orville M. Barnett,
P, who is our Division Inspector. He made
some valuable suggestions and his trip
was appreciated by all.

The pan-hellenic council, of Arkansas
university, abolished the formal fraternity
dances for the year 1921. This action was
taken in view of the economic condition of
the country at the present time.

Brother Alan Rice is coach of the varsity
wrestling team. This year is the first that
Arkansis has ever entered a team in this
sport, and naturally the team has met many
difficulties. Last week the team journeyed
to Stillwater, Okla., for the Southwest con-
ference wrestling meet. Arkansas won
third place — a very credible showing for a
beginner.

With Brother Kemp catching and
Brother Jamerson pitching, Arkansas has
a Sigma Nu battery. Several Brothers are
competing for places on the track team,
also.

The Division Convention this year will
be held at Springfield, Mo., with Epsilon
Beta Chapter. Brothers Brown and Kemp
are the delegates, but practically every man
in the Chapter is planning on attending.

Arkansas is backing the idea of the en-
dowed Fraternity. You may count on
Gamma Upsilon and every Sigma Nu in
Arkansas in pushing up our quota in the
lead. C. E. PALMER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
Gamma Phi Chapter

There is little to write of Gamma Phi's
activities for the Winter quarter. Things
started with a bright outlook and a rush at
the beginning of the school year, but the
rush has died in proportion to the expira-
tion of the time that has passed since then.

At the beginning of the Winter quarter

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we had almost a surplus of active mem-
bers, many of whom were unable to live in
the House on account of the crowded con-
dition there. At the expiration of the
quarter many of the men withdrew to get
back to their old jobs. Some of them with-
drew because they could not make the riffle
financially — They said. The withdrawal
of these men places the House in a precari-
ous condition.

An "activity" review of the Winter quar-
ter shows the activities of members of
Gamma Phi as near the minus quantity as
possible considering the number of pre-
sumably good men in the Chapter. Broth-
ers Walterskirchen and Kershner won
their letters in football. The former for
his work at the center position; the latter
at fullback. Of our fourteen Freshmen
only one, John McAuliffe, made any show-
ing at all on any of the Freshmen teams.
We did not have a single representative
out for varsity basketball. Kershner is out
for baseball, at which sport he won his
letter last year.

Our scholarship standing was fifth of
six men's fraternities. Stringent scholar-
ship rules, however, make the outlook for
the Spring quarter look much more en-
couraging.

In honorary and professional fraternity
activities Brother Mooney is president of
Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism fra-
ternity, and William Hughes is president
of Delta Phi Delta, national art fraternity.
Brothers Kershner and Peterson were ini-
tiated into Sigma Delta Chi and Kappa
Psi, respectively. Brothers Mooney and
McKinnon are on the Student Council.
The former by virtue of being editor of
The Kaimin, the latter, president of the
Freshman Class. Brothers Dunlavy, Nor-
vell, Lebkicher and Kiff are on the glee
club. With the exception of Dunlavy, the
last named men are new initiates.

Our big formal dance, held February
19th, seemed to have made a hit with
everybody, but some of those having to
pay their part of the expenses. The
Knights of Pythias hall was used as a din-
ing hall. Light for this part of the affair
was furnished by small boudoir lamps
which were given as favors, each lamp
having its owner's name on it. The ban-
quet was followed by the dance in the
Elk's Temple. Music was furnished by the
locally well-known Sheridans'. orchestra,

the feature of that being the fact that
every member of the orchestra is a Sigma
Nu. KERSHNER, Ex-Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Gamma Chi Chapter

Gamma Chi is not without its athletes
this year. Brother Bill Foran, Eminent
Commander, is baseball captain. Brothers
Carl Zamberlin and Hunter Miles are on
the varsity squad. This is Brother Zam-
berlin's second year on the varsity at third
base, and Brother Miles was a numeral
man on the Freshman team last year.
Washington won the championship of the
Pacific Coast in 1919-20, and this year has
even a stronger team. In view of this the
ballteam will make a tour of Japan in
the Fall. (Fine for three of the Brothers.)

Brother Harold Ward has been doing
excellent work on the mat, making the
wrestling team in the 135 pound class, and
also is lightweight champion boxer of the
university. He represented Washington at
Portland in competition for the Pacific
Coast lightweight championship. While
he did not win his bout in this contest, he
put up a stiff battle.

As trotters of the cinder path, we are not
without able representatives this year.
While there are no track letter-men, Broth-
ers Curtis Hoare and George Perry show
great prospects in the sprints and hurdles.
Among the Freshmen there is also a wealth
of material. Brother Callosin is a good
pole-vaulter and is doing close to eleven
feet in the first of the season's training.
In the distance events we have Brothers
Donald McCarthy and Pledges Ross Collis
and Douglas Gerow.

Out on the lake pulling away at an oar
is Brother Neil McCoy who is rowing num-
ber three on the Freshman crew. The
Freshmen will accompany the varsity to
California the first part of April, and
Brother McCoy will, in all probability, be.
among those listed.

During the past weeks Gamma Chi has
been honored by the visits of several of the
Brothers. Brother William Grimm, T X,
who was second ail-American tackle in
1919, spent the week-end at the Chapter
House; Brother D. Finaz, r ♦, who is out
West in the interest of the honorary fores-
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Reese Williams, r X, a prominent man on
the campus in 1912, and Brother Len Aid-
rich, r N, paid us a visit over the week-end.

As an attraction for the Seattle Alumni,
to promote a closer relation between the
Alumni and active Chapters, we held a
smoker at the Chapter House to which invi-
tations were sent to all Alumni within
reach. A good-sized aggregation responded
— some fifty or sixty of the Brothers. The
evening consisted of boxing, wrestling, and
freak stunts; followed, of course, by the
proverbial cider and doughnuts. Among
the Alumni of prominence was Brother Mc-
Manus, a charter member of Gamma Chi
in 1896 (the first Fraternity on Washing-
ton's campus).

At the convention of the Sixteenth Divis-
ion held in Portland, Oregon, during the
Easter vacation, Gamma Chi was repre-
sented by Brothers Leslie Rubicam,
Stephen Haynes, and Dave Spaulding.

On the campus many of the Brothers in
every activity and enterprise are brought to
public notice. Brother Clayton Rudberg
was re-elected as yell duke for the coming
year. Brother Stephen Haynes is on the
varsity debate team, and Pledge Douglas
Gerow is a member of the Stevens debating
club. Brother Leslie Rubicam is on the
membership committee of the University
Golf club, and is an officer in the ex-serv-
icemen's club. The Sourdough club, an
aggregation of Alaskans, has as its presi-
dent, Brother Milton Daily. Brother Les-
ter Foran is president of the Knights of the
Hook, an honorary underclassmen's "pep"
society, and also president of the Tyes
Tyon, an honorary Sophomore organiza-
tion. In connection with raising $1,100 to
send the Freshman crew to California,
Brother Wakefield is active on the commit-
tee to "Paddle Them South." Brother
Curtis Hoare has been pledged to Knights
of the Hook recently to fill Brother Foran's
place, who succeeded to the chair.

Brother Jack Sullivan is president of Pi
Mu Chi, honorary pre-medic fraternity,
and Brother Roland Weston is a member
of Xi Sigma Pi, honorary forestry fra-
ternity.

As for society, Gamma Chi has been
holding its own. A "Rewbes' Bawl" and
"Valentine Dance" marked the two infor-
mals for the past quarter. The "Rewbes'
Ball" because of its unique character

gained much comment about the campus.
The annual formal is due for early in
April and promises to be a wonderful
affair.

Gamma Chi of Sigma Nu is rated for the
first two quarters among the top five or six
scholastically. The Brothers are all "hit-
ting the ball" and have done wonders in
their courses.

Two new pledges, Edward Cruzen and
Harry Quass, have been annexed to the
list of Gamma Chi. Quass is a football
man and Cruzen a wrestler.

GARDE WOOD, Reporter.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Gamma Psi Chapter

Gamma Psi had men on both the varsity
and Frosh football teams. Brother Whit-
comb played a whirlwind of a game the
last of the season and in the W. & J. game,
pitted against Captain Garbisch, a veteran
of three seasons, proved a stone wall de-
fense. Pledge Thornton was elected cap-
tain of the first year team while Pledges
Cudahay and Martineau played in every
game of the season.

Brother Campbell, pitcher of last year's
Freshman team, and on the varsity again
this spring, has also been on the varsity
basketball squad all season. Brother
Maurer is a baseballer.

In campus activities we have Brother
Moss as manager of the hill dramatic so-
ciety which recently presented the play,
"A Tailor Made Man." Brother Mul-
downey, our Eminent Commander, is pres-
ident of the Economics Club ; Brother Har-
ris, associate editor of the Daily Orange,
and also assistant business manager of The
Phoenix, a literary publication. In Tarn-
borine and Bones, the hill musical society,
are Brothers Aufderhar as vice-president,
and Brother Harrington as business man-
ager.

Gamma Psi considers herself very for-
tunate this year in having the Division
Convention come to Syracuse on April
22nd and 23rd. We are looking forward
with anticipation to entertaining the other
Chapters of the Seventh Division and hope
to see many of the old Alumni back at this
time. Extensive preparations are being
made and with the hearty co-operation of
Delta Upsilon Chapter at Colgate the con-
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day will be taken up with the general busi-
ness of the Division, with the aim of boost-
ing Sigma Nu here in the East, while on
the evening of the 23rd we expect to have
a big convention dance at the Onondaga
Hotel.

At the same time the Chapter will have
its own Founders' Day convention and the
active men are determined to decide, with
the co-operation of the Alumni, on some
definite plan for securing a better Home
for Gamma Psi. The need has long been
felt and we all look forward with antici-
pation to the convention bringing results
in the near future. The active men and
especially the younger men in the Fra-
ternity always are glad to welcome back
the active men of former years and we
hope to see a large delegation of the
Alumni back for the convention.

The Seventh Division expects to head the
Endowment Fund march and Gamma Psi
promises, on behalf of its Alumni, to do
its regular bit. We are back of Dillen-
beck and the committee.

LEE E. EMERSON, Reporter.

CASE SCHOOL OF APPLIED
SCIENCE

Delta Alpha Chapter

Before opening "Rapid Fire" of the
wealth of good Sigma Nu realizations here
at Case this year I first want to generalize
a little on the Chapter as a whole. As you
know, due to the work of our Alumni, we
are now situated in a House that we can
call our own and I want to tell you, "It's
a grand and glorious feeling." We have
not however, in our hour of good fortune,
forgotten the gratitude which we owe to
those loyal Alumni who contributed so
generously, and in return it is our endeavor
to express our appreciation in terms of ac-
complishments. We are now fully settled
and let me remind the Brothers that our
door is ever open and when in this vicinity
we welcome them to come around and par-
take of some real Sigma Nu fellowship.

The class honorary societies at Case are
three in number. Brothers Meyers, Van-
derhoof , Wallace, Hamlin, and Brooker are
members of Owl and Key, the Senior hono-
rary, while Brothers Torgler and Moyer
are in Skull and Bones, the Junior hono-
rary, and Brothers Vaughn and Maxwell
in Alpha Phi, the Sophomore honorary.

As in every live school, Case has its
Boost Association and that organization
has given to the school everything that can
be included in boosting. The president of
the "Boost Case Association" is none other
than Brother Hamlin. Brother Moyer is
our second representative and is a member
of the finance committee.

In regard to boosting Case it is abso-
lutely essential that I give due credit to
Brother Ray Finger, X, Cornell College,
who is now secretary of the Case Alumni
Association. Brother Finger, in the short
time he has been here, has built or rather
resurrected a formidable Alumni associa-
tion.

No, indeed, we have not been idle in ath-
letics. Brother Moyer was quarterback of
the football team. We are also looking
forward to the opening of the track season,
when as last season, we are confident of
seeing Brother Moyer show his heels to his
competitors. Brothers N. H. Knowlton
and Vaughn have been playing forward
and guard, respectively, on die basketball
team. A great deal is expected of Brother
Vaughn as he has two more years of var-
sity basketball ahead of him. Brother N.
H. Knowlton is also manager of this year's
baseball team. Brothers Moyer and Van-
derhoof are our representatives in Varsity
C, an organization formed this year.

While these Brothers have worked so
diligently in athletics we have had other
Brothers working just as hard to bring
Sigma Nu to the front rank in scholarship.
Brothers Hamlin and Wallace made Tau
Beta Pi, scholastic honorary, last year, and
their places will be filled by Brothers
Temple and Allen, now pledges to this
fraternity. It has been, in a large measure,
due to these Brothers that Sigma Nu fin-
ished third among eleven fraternities in
scholastic standing the first semester.

The school social activities are governed
by the Case Club board of managers, of
which Brother N. H. Knowlton is presi-
dent.

The Tech, our weekly paper, has made
a place for itself at Case. Brothers Meyers,
Torgler, Hamlin and StofFer have applied
themselves in the capacity of make-up edi-
tor, fraternity editor, and associate mem-
bers, respectively.

The time is soon at hand when the stu-
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nual book known as the Differential —
Brothers Stoffer, assistant business man-
ager, and Brother Temple, assistant editor.

In the Case Glee Club, Brother Allen is
leader, while Brother Wallace has man-
aged it. In several weeks this organization
will present the annual home concert with
Brother Meyers in one of the leading parts
of the play and Brother Wakefield as ad-
vertising manager. Supporting the Glee
Club in its production of this year's play
will be the Mandolin Club, led by Brother
Temple.

Brother Torgler, a natural financier, was
chosen treasurer, and Brother Temple, his-
torian, Junior Class; Brother Maxwell is
treasurer, Sophomore Class.

Initiation was held on February 12th,
for six men: Herbert P. Pocock, Eugene
N. Himes, John M. C. Boyd, Donald L.
McCarrell, Howard H. Clark, and Freder-
ick A. Allen.

Delta Alpha endorses the Endowment
campaign and our Alumni are already as-
sisting the Cleveland Alumni Chapter in
organizing its part. Delta Alpha men in
other places will show their loyalty, too.
R. P. BUCHMAN, Reporter.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Delta Beta Chapter

The first closed rushing season in Dart-
mouth's history has just terminated. While
there have been flagrant violations of the
rules, the season as a whole has been suc-
cessful. The experiment was tried because
of the opinion of the Faculty that it would
lead to better scholarship among the Fresh-
men. The statistics of the first semester
confirm this opinion.

We concentrated entirely on a group of
men who had shown their mettle in their
first six months. Our pledges to date are :
Willard Sloan Fawcett, of Brooklyn, N.
Y.; George Kendall Smith, of Minneap-
olis, Minn.; Fred Edward Diehl, of Chi-
cago, 111.; and Harry W. Brough, of Ros-
well, N. M.

The publication of the list of pledges
brought out the startling fact that the
twenty-four fraternities on the campus had
been rushing intensely less than two hun-
dred men of a class of six hundred. Ex-
actly one hundred and eighty-eight men are
pledged. It certainly seems improbable

that there are not some good men who have
been overlooked. With this in mind, the
Chapter intends to pledge several more
men before the end of the year.

The great improvement in our financial
condition this year is due largely to the
ability and hard work of our treasurer,
Brother Kadison. When not busily en-
gaged on financial matters, "Kaddy" is
leading his artistic temperament to give
our abode a further Bohemian touch so
that at present it rivals any palace which
one may view in that renowned Greenwich
Village of which New York City is the
proud possessor. We have ash stands in
every form from a bathing girl to a butler.
It has been suggested that we open the
House as a curio shop for the benefit of
the White Mountain travelers during the
summer.

Brother "Al" Palmer was awarded his
"D" in football. He is now on the track
squad putting the shot. Brother Kadison
is working out with the baseball squad in
the cage daily under the tutelage of "Big
Jeff" Tesreau, the former mainstay of the
New York Giant's pitching staff.

Dartmouth's first swimming team has
just closed a successful season by finishing
second in the New England inter-collegi-
ates, with Brother Dempsey in the dashes
and Brother Carver in the dive.

Brothers Almy and Norton are in col-
lege dramatics. Brother Norton played
one of the leading parts in George Bernard
Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion," recently
produced by the dramatic association.

Brother Dempsey is among the leaders
in the competition for the business staff
of the college paper, The Dartmouth.

A Chapter booklet will be sent to all
our Alumni in a few weeks.

CHARLES J. WINKLER, JR., Reporter.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Delta Gamma Chapter

With the reorganization of the stewards'
department and its transfer to the Chapter
after a period of "eating out," a good deal
has been done to overcome the pull of out-
side interests which are this Chapter's par-
ticular problem.

Regular elections in February resulted
in the re-election of Eminent Comman-
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following new officers: Lieutenant-Com-
mander, Frank Brodil; treasurer, H. P.
Maas; recorder, J. B. McCauley, and re-
porter, A. R. McLemore. Brothers Penn
and Healey are in charge of the stewards'
department

Columbia's inter-collegiate swimming
season is just ending, with Brother Eber-
hardt as captain. In water-polo, Brothers
Salmon and Beiswinger have partipants,
while the former was also president of
the Dolphins, the official fish organization.
In the inter-fraternity swimming meets
we have succeeded in reaching the finals
and have only to defeat Beta Theta Pi for
the honors.

With a new ten-lap board track on South
Field and under the direction of Brother
Merner as coach, track training was started
early in the winter so that we have already
won several events in the regular winter
games. Brother Koppisch won the 600 in
the Junior championship meet at Buffalo.
Brothers Carroll, Graeb, Schluter, and
Smith have placed either in sprints or as
members of winning relay teams. As a
result N. Y. A. C. medals and new Elgin
watches are getting common around the
House. With the members of the active
Chapter, Brothers Bernie Wefers, Jr., A T
Alumnus, H. E. Barron, A A, and Harold
Cutvill, E T, the recent Millrose games
were very much a Sigma Nu affair. In
the first of the inter-fraternity relays our
team composed of Schluter, Carroll, Smith,
and Koppisch succeeded in lapping their
opponents.

Brother Brodil at stroke will set the
pace for the varsity crew which has just
removed from the machines in the gym to
the Harlem river for training. He is also
president of Crewsters. With Brother Dil-
lingham, vice-president of the Frosh, and
Brother Davis on their dinner committee,
and Brother Brodil on the Soph commit-
tee, the House was the center of the dinner
consultations and the hiding place of many
a pursued Class officer.

Brother Joe Jones, recently initiated
with Sigma Delta Chi, has been elected
editor of the "Morgue" the Junior journal-
ism year-book. Brother Dennis, of the
Senior engineers, is a newly selected mem-
ber of "Dumbbells." We hesitate to ask
him any questions. Brother Schluter is on
the Junior Prom committee. Brother How-

ard Jones is president of Sigma Delta Chi.
Brother Maas is on the "Jester" art staff.

Six new men will soon be initiated:
Edmund Cox, William Herman, A. Wahl,
Karl Fries, A. De Bacourt, and T. J. Trow-
bridge. These, with Major Corum who re-
turned to college the first of the semester,
will increase the active Chapter to fifty-
five men.

We have been glad to have visits re-
cently from Brothers Scan Ion, B P; Durno,
T B; Carpenter, T N; Lieutenant Johnson,
T A; and "Buck" Grundy, II. Also sev-
eral Brothers from Gamma Delta have
dropped in on their way to games and ex-
changed dope. Several Brothers are living
near the House and may be addressed here :
Frank White, A II; L. W. Wise, J. K.
Hoshor, and D. C. McGuire, B N; A. S.
Martin, T A; Benton Orwig, A A; and Joe
Daniels and Leland Barter, N. Brother
Paul Mansfield Spencer comes in occasion-
ally and Brother A. H. Wilson is with us
several times each week giving us the latest
Greek news and offering his ever welcome
suggestions.

Not the least of Inspector .Wilson's re-
marks, is talking up the Endowment for
our Fraternity, Delta Gamma is for it —
and our Alumni are already actively writ-
ing Life Subscriptions.

Don't forget our address when you come
to see the Follies.

A. R. McLEMORE, Reporter.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE
COLLEGE

Delta Delta Chapter

Delta Delta is now facing two big prob-
lems, namely to make our new home a
reality and to make the Fathers' Day, pro-
posed by the college, a success.

Brothers "Bizz" King and Eric Reeves,
architects for the new House, recently paid
a visit to the Chapter, bringing with diem
plans and drawings and a lot of good ad-
vice. They suggested plans for carrying
out the project and told of their experi-
ences in the House campaign conducted by
Delta Sigma. A careful survey of local
building facilities and a report on them
left us all in a hopeful mood. Work on
the new House will begin sometime in May
and we hope to have the roof on by Fall.

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College. The college authorities, with the
co-operation of the various fraternities, are
making extensive plans to entertain the
fathers of the students on April 30th. A
baseball bame has been arranged, with the
Carnegie Tech nine, as the main attraction
of the day, and in the evening smokers
will be held throughout the town.

"Ken" Baily, soccer manager last Fall,
has been elected to manage the Wrestlers
for next season, while Brother Sayers and
"Pansy" Ely were chosen manager and
first assistant manager, respectively, of
the basketball team. Brother Chapin has
the distinction of being the first man from
Delta Delta to make the boxing team, hav-
ing competed in the 125-pound class
against the University of Pennsylvania and
the Naval Academy. He won both bouts.
"Puz" Jones failed to make the varsity
wrestling team, but will travel to Harris-
burg this month with the varsity seconds.
"Buck" Runser, captain of last year's
Freshman football team, has been elected
to Druids, an honorary Sophomore society.
J. B. SAYERS, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

Delta Epsilon Chapter

On November 13th, twenty-five Brothers
journeyed to Stillwater, Okla., to assist
Brother Errett R. Newby in the installa-
tion of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter at the
Oklahoma A. & M. College. The initia-
tion and installation was held in the Ma-
sonic hall. The dignity and precision with
which the exercises were conducted cer-
tainly does credit to Brother Newby, to
the Chapter, and to the Fraternity. We
greet the "baby Chapter" as one of us, and
in the future we intend to take it under
our wing and lend a guiding hand at all
times. This new addition we know to be
of the sterner stuff, and with the proper
assistance and encouragement they will
make "winners."

To revert back to what might seem a bit
of ancient news would be to mention the
winning of the baseball championship
among fraternities by Delta Epsilon. The
final "heat" to decide the championship
was between Kappa Alpha and Sigma Nu.
The heavy clouting of Brothers Briscoe,
McClelland, Bosworth, and Cox brought
in the required number of "tallies" in time
of need. The final score was Sigma Nus

five, Kappa Alphas three, which gave us
a large silver loving cup and a handsome
skin.

The financial status of our Chapter is
by far the best that we have experienced
and the writer is able to account for the
last six years, besides wiping out debts
amounting nearly to $1,000, which con-
sisted of furniture and dead horses of vari-
ous kinds. We have purchased a $350
Edison, paid our current expenses, and
have money in the bank. Brother McBride,
our treasurer, is responsible for our sound
financial condition.

Plans for our new House have been sub-
mitted by various architects and we are
sure that within a very short time the de-
tail of the House will have been worked
out. Our building site is one block east
and one north of our present location. We
consider it the best possible location as we
will be in the real center of activities.

Our Chapter was fortunate enough to
find the scholarship cup on the mantel
again after the count last semester of last
year, but as yet the count for the semester
just past has not been made. Sigma Nu
has received the cup five successive semes-
ters and we hope to make it harder for our
contenders next time.

Our annual formal dance will be an
event of March 18th at the Tee Pee Hall.
It promises to me a "mean affair." The
best orchestra available has been procured
to furnish the tunes and the writer believes
that John D. Cofer himself would be
tempted to shake a wicked hoof could he
be present, but longhorns and spurs are
barred here. Parenthetically, "John D.w
thought when he left Gainsville the town
died; the writer will vouch for that state-
ment, but the Harvey House is still there.
Favors will be given to the young ladies-
sterling silver Sigma Nu bar pins.

Five Brothers made O's in basketball
this year, those being Brothers White, Cox,
captain, Quinn, McBride, and Pledge Rho-
tan. Waite was chosen center on the sec-
ond all-Missouri Valley five and is captain
for next year. Captain Cox finished his
third year and last on the varsity, as did
Brother McBride.

We are yours for a stronger and better
Sigma Nu. May the Endowment Fund go
through in true Sooner style!

LESTER T. PALMER, Reporter.

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WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY

Delta Zeta Chapter

Under the leadership of Brother Hipsley,
Delta Zeta is going ahead with a spirit of
co-operation. Eleven Freshmen have been
added to our roll, making the largest
Chapter in our history, 31 men — and 23 of
them live in the House. They are Harvey
Bigelow, George Petznick, Stanley Hart,
Nicholas Clayman, Chester Herbkesman,
of Cleveland; Robert Hecker, and Ted
Zuck, of Marion; Charles Moran, of Belle-
vue; Ray Charleston, of Canton; William
Titley, of Barberton; and Earl Hetler, of
Ashland.

"The life of the Chapter hinges upon
its participation in college activities."

The musical club has Brother Cheney as
leader and twelve other Brothers in its
membership. This showing is unprece-
dented.

The debating teams are captained by
Brothers Whitney and Jones. Brother
Jones is also manager of the Dramatic
Club.

On the Reserve Weekly we point to
Brother Henney whose editorials are al-
ways worth reading; to Brother Sample,
whose aim is the editorial chair; and to
Brother Hart, a Freshman who likewise
demonstrates journalistic ability. Brother
Henney is also president of the University
Council — the highest office in Western Re-
serve. Two of the five men composing
this body — Henney and Zuck — are from
Delta Zeta. Brother Zuck is also presi-
dent of the Sophomore Class.

Brother Hipsley has been the star of
" the indoor track team and is a half-miler
of note.

Our social activities have been varied.
Just a few weeks ago we attended the
Cleveland Alumni banquet, the best in
years. The Chapter went as a body and
heartily enjoyed the speeches of Regent
Myers, Brother Cal Lyon, and other men
whose names are landmarks in Sigma Nu.

The Sigma Nu prom — the biggest and
most pretentious event in the annals of
the Chapter — will be on April 8th.

Besides a half-dozen House dances, we
have had the pleasure of entertaining the
Alumni at a smoker. Several class smok-
ers have been held at the House.

Of late the House has begun to take on
quite an exalted appearance, due to new
furniture and painting. Brother Zuck has
been instrumental in saving the Chapter
much money in securing furniture, and
needless to say, it is appreciated.

The scholarship reports for the first
semester came out the other day. Delta
Zeta stands second among the fraternities.

Brother Henney is president, Sigma
Delta Chi; Brother Burri, vice-president,
Star and Arrow; and Brothers Whitney
and Jones wear the key of Delta Sigma
Rho. Brother Whitney is also a member
of Ulex, a new activities society.

Brother Starn, B I, is attending Law
School at Reserve. and lives at the House.

Brother Karl A. Meihsner, A ®, has en-
rolled as a law student at Reserve and ex-
pects to move into the House.

To Regent Myers, Brother E. L. Hod-
son, A 0, and Brother Harry Rider, we ex-
tend our heartiest thanks for the contribu-
tions they have made to the enjoyment of
meetings in the recent past.

JOHN L. SHISSLER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

Delta Eta Chapter

Our initiation was held in February,
with eight candidates.

Our annual paper, The Delta Etain, has
just been published. We are featuring a
large amount of Alumni news, and as we
have had many Alumni visitors this year,
many interesting things are found in this
section. The rest concerns doings of the
Chapter. It also announces of our Spring
party and banquet, April 9th. We are ex-
pecting not only those Sigs in this State
but from neighboring States.

Brother Monte Munn and our deceased
Brother Amil Dobesh received "N's" out
of the eight letters that were awarded in
basketball this year.

In track, Brother Moore appears in the
low hurdles and the high jump; Brothers
R. Mackey and Meyers in the quarter and
half-mile. Brother T. Mackey is breaking
all previous records in college by throw-
ing the javelin 159 feet. Brother Schoep-
pel puts the shot and also awaits the com-
ing baseball season as catcher on the uni-
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braska annual of which he is editor-in-
chief.

Brother Jones, our tenor soloist, will
leave school in April and travel through
the South with a professional quartet.

BYRON HOOPER, Reporter.

LOMBARD COLLEGE

Delta Theta Chapter

Football — that recalls the memorable
defeat Lombard administered her old
rival, Knox College, last fall to the tune
of 24-6. With Brothers John Hess (all-
State mention) at fullback, Edward Flink
and Evan Swanson at ends, Russel Ander-
son at tackle, and Reuben Brockmueller
and Clifton Adams at' guards. We are
mighty proud of our six men who got their
"L's." Also the occasion of the Knox
game was Home-Coming time. A lot of
old Alumni Brothers were back; we had a
fine banquet at the House and some in-
spiring little toasts; two miserable
"scums" were hanging around so we had
a little initiation the next night, and withal
it was a Home-Coming not to be forgotten.

Five out of the eight men who received
letters in basketball were Sigs, namely:
Brothers John Hess, Elder Meyers, Reuben
Brockmueller, Evan Swanson, and Edward
Flink. They all played great basketball
for Lombard. Brother Hess was high-
point man for the team, and at the State
college tournament at Decatur, 111., "John"
was picked by unanimous vote as all-State
center.

Brother Lester Hamblin is track cap-
tain. Brother George Mishey is baseball
captain, with Brother Beaumont Paine, a
letter man from last year, on the team.

In Class elections we had to be content
with only four class presidencies: Broth-
ers Harold Bates, Russel Anderson, George
Olson, and Reuben Brockmueller are the
presidents of the Senior, Junior, Sopho-
more,- and Freshman Classes, respectively.
Brother Joseph Johnson is president, Stu-
dent Council; Brother Bates, editor, and
Brother Robert Smith is manager of The
Review, our college paper. Poor "Bob"
is also editor-in-chief of The Stroller, Lom-
bard's annual. Brothers Smith and Bates
further show their pouularity and ability
by holding down the offices of president
and manager of the Glee Club. We have
eight men in that organization.

In the social field, our formal February
4th, was pronounced the best ever. We
have found a purely informal little party
at the House once or twice a month on
Sunday evenings.

Brother Clifton Adams left college at
the end of the first semester, having com-
pleted his work here. We were glad to
have Brother Harlin Pittenger return to
college again for this semester.

Delta Theta has initiated to date this
year, the following men: Hershel John-
son, Edwin Harris, Victor Rosequist, Ed-
ward Flink, Elder Meyers, Reuben Brock-
mueller, Edgar Foedisch, Theodore Rose-
quist, John Hess, and Evan Swanson. We
have also pledged Russel Trimble, Sidell,
111.

Register Delta Theta as one for the En-
dowment Fund. We will put our Alumni
up against the Alumni of any other Chap-
ter for Sigma Nu's support.

EDWIN L. HARRIS, Reporter.

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
Delta Iota Chapter

Delta Iota has settled down to hard
study now that a very successful social
season has been culminated in the eleventh
annual formal. Fifty couples were present
and danced amidst an atmosphere of the
old South. The hall was decorated with a
false ceiling of Florida moss; a flowing
fountain adorned one end of the ball room
floor, while in the center shone the Star of
Sigma Nu. The colors of Sigma Nu were
cleverly worked into a lattice booth which
enclosed the punch table. Brother Arthur
Ellsworth had charge of the affair.

At mid-year Delta Iota initiated ten men
into the Chapter.

One of the old Brothers has drifted
back for a few days to visit the bunch
and incidently, perhaps, to get rid of a
jeweled vest-plate. Naughty boy, Buck,
you can't fool the old heads. Brother
Knight's was not the only familiar face
around the House because the Formal drew
many of the old-timers from various parts
of the surrounding country. It was just
like old times again.

Inspector J. Houston McCroskey favored
us with a short visit and offered some help-
ful suggestions on the problem of a new
House. We are always more than glad to
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he can not be with us oftener and longer.
We are more than satisfied with the
showing made in athletics this season.
Brother Earl Dun lap was elected captain
of the Cougar football squad for 1921.
Sigma Nu was represented by seven mem-
bers on the football team and Captain-
Elect Dunlap was chosen all-Pacific Coast
center. Brother Roy Hanley was men-
tioned on one of Walter Camp's mythical
a 11- American teams.

JAMES M. MACK, Reporter.

DELAWARE COLLEGE
Delta Kappa Chapter

We had five letter men in football:
Brothers Rothrock, Magaw, Lilly, Wil-
liams, and Jones. The win over Ursinus
was our only outstanding victory, and in
this contest Brother McDonald played a
great part in the scoring. "Mac" is but a
Freshman, too.

The formal dance was held December
19th in the Newark Armory. Many Alumni
and guests were present.

In basketball the (now) annual victory
over the Navy is a big feather in Dela-
ware's cap. Brother Alexander captained
the squad in this victory, and Brothers
Wills and Williams played.

Indoor track at Delaware has boomed
this year, and at the Catholic University
open meet, Delaware's speed boys placed
one point behind the winner. At Johns
Hopkins, Brother Verne Booth distin-
guished himself by winning the half-mile
events. It may be said that "Man-O-War"
Booth is an iron man in many ways. He
pulled through the A. E. F. without a
scratch, has taught school, secures consist-
ently high grades in his classes, and does
not know how to lose a race whether it be
a half-mile long or several leagues long;
but after all, his early life was spent in
North Dakota — none but a super man
could survive that!

We consider our initiation and banquet
at the Hotel Dupont, in Wilmington, to
have been our greatest accomplishment
this year. It was our first attempt at dis-
play and solemnity combined. The Alumni
who attended were enthralled with the idea
and they heartily recommended that the
affair should recur every year with the
same splendor. It was an occasion that

stirred the pulses and made us proud to
"bear" the grand old name of Sigma Nu.
The initiates were: G. P. Alexander, J. V.
Booth, J. A. Frear, J. E. Humes, H. E.
Johnson, H. P. Kirk, F. A. Seamy, H. F.
MacDonald, E. L. Magaw, and J. H.
Schaefer.

A scholarship committee at the House
is an innovation here. It was installed
by Eminent Commander Wood and its
purpose is to gather statistics on scholar-
ship so that a comparative record may be
.kept in the Fraternity. Naturally this com-
mittee has not only promoted good scholar-
ship, but it has secured it. Brother Short,
Inspector of our Division, and long a mem-
ber of the Faculty at Delaware, notes with
pride our advancement in the department
of "skull work."

Another step in furtherance of scholar-
ship has been the acceptance of the Grand
Chapter's plan for awarding a key to the
Brother who has the highest record at the
end of the year.

We had two Seniors elected to Phi
Kappa Phi this year: Brother J. F\ Price
and Brother Melvin F. Wood.

Four Delta Kappa men are enrolled in
the new Sophomore Honorary, the "Blue
Lantern": Brothers Williams, Humes,
Grier, Jay E. Murphy, John F. Lynch.
Brothers Lynch and Grier are working
hard for assistant managerships in track
and baseball, respectively.

With Brothers Rothrock and Underwood
of last year's varsity baseball and Brother
Anderson, manager, there is not much
more to expect of Sigma Nu at Delaware.
Oh! and Brother Lilly, with his numerous
activities — track, editor of Blue Hen, pres-
ident of Footlights Club.

LEONARD B. DALY, Reporter.

BROWN UNIVERSITY

Delta Lambda Chapter

Since the last Chapter Letter, we have
pledged five new men, three of whom have '
been initiated. The new Brothers are:
Henry Mortimer Bod we II, Phoenix; George
Donald Guthrie, Taunton, Mass.; Mervin
Edward Stevens, Claremont, N. H. Our
pledges are: Hubert George Huntley,
Northport, Long Island, and Joseph Madei-
ros, Fall River, Mass. The last named has
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held in the Narragansett Hotel, on March
2nd, after the formal initiation in the
afternoon; both functions were enlivened
by presence of Alumni and visiting Broth-
ers from Dartmouth. Brother Art Kenyon,
of the Alumni, and our Chapter Adviser,
officiated as toastmaster, and the chief of
many interesting speakers was Inspector
Segur. Our annual initiation dance took
place on the evening of March 11th.
Brother Manchester gave us some novel
lighting effects, and the decorations were
taken care of by Brothers Gallup, K. P..
Blake, Roux, and Lawson.

As to individual achievements, we have
several to record. Brother Magnuson, not
being content with his election to Phi
Beta Kappa last year, has made Sigma Xi,
an honorary scientific society. More than
that, he invaded the ranks of the poets
last February, when the "Outer's Recrea-
tion Magazine" published one of his na-
ture poems, "An Outdoorsman's Prayer,"
reprinted in this Delta.

Brothers P. C. Brown, '23, and M. E.
Stevens^ '24, after a semester's work with
the Sock and Buskin, the dramatic society
here at Brown, have been elected to its
ranks. Brothers Chapman, Bodwell, Day,
and Roux will represent Sigma Nu in the
inter-fraternity relays which are to be held
in a few days. In the swimming season
that has just ended, Brothers Fenner and
D. P. Brown were members of their class
water-polo team, the former as captain.

Brother Arthur E. Kenyon, who has been
our Chapter Adviser for the past several
years, has recently tendered his resigna-
tion. We are sorry to see him give up the
position, as he has always taken a lively
and active interest in the Chapter, and has
been popular with everyone. Brother Wil-
liam 0. Wilson, A, who has lived in Provi-
dence for several years, has been chosen
to fill the vacancy. Brother Wilson is well
liked by the active and Alumni Chapters, •
and will undoubtedly have as successful a
•term of office as did his predecessor.

WILLIAM B. BLAKE, Reporter.

STETSON UNIVERSITY

Delta Mu Chapter

Isn't it great to be a Sigma Nu? I
should say so. And is even better to be in
a Chapter that is alive and hitting on all

cylinders (and it is no four-cylinder ma-
chine at that). Delta Mu is alive — and
she is making her pep and the Sigs "rep"
known. How do we get that way? Here's
how:

By establishing, as a custom, some
weekly event to be participated in by the
whole Chapter. So far, this event has
been in the form of dances, and as for the
success of the dances, will say that the
ladies of the town and college are for us.
Boys, get the ladies boosting for you, and
then you can say that you are "Best"

Delta Mu is not resting on her local
fame, but is pulling to make Sigma Nu
Fraternity known all over the State. By
the time this goes to press, Delta Mu will
be in the midst of a regular State Conven-
tion of Sigs. Practically every Sig in the
State has promised and made plans to be
with Delta Mu on March 18th, 19th, and
20th, for three big days' fun and frolic,
and real common sense business meetings.
Knowing this, you men "Higher Up" may
rest assured that the Permanent Endow-
ment Fund will receive a boost as only a
State Convention could give. This conven-
tion will no doubt be one of the biggest
events in the South, as two hundred Sigs
are expected here. Epsilon Zeta Chapter,
of University of Florida, will be with us
in a body, and we now thank them for the
interest that they have taken in this con-
vention. Keep an eye on the next Delta
and read the report of this convention.

Proceeding further — Delta Mu, well
knowing that "Best comes last," was the
last fraternity on the campus to give "Open
House." Well, Brothers, we gave it. All
that I will say about it is that I am glad
this is not leap year, for if it was our effi-
cient House men could not resist the pro-
posals that would come their way.

Speaking of athletics — Since the last
Delta, our Chapter has been honored with
the captaincies in football and baseball.
The football honor goes to Bob Davis and
Mike Murray was the choice of the base-
ball boys. Brothers Whitehair, Bradley,
Davis and Pledge Fowler have received
their "S," and in basketball the Sigs drew
three out of five letters, five being all that
were awarded. Those honored in this
sport are Whitehair and Pledges Ray and
Collins. Baseball is just now getting
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helm and assisted by Parker, Whitehair
and Ray, we expect to have most of the
baseball honors to come our way.

The Alumni, even knowing we are to
have a big convention, find it impossible
to stay away from the environments of the
Collegiate Chapter. Those pleading guilty
to the above are Brothers Rutherford, Peek,
Limpus, Sanderson, and Harkness. Broth-
ers, we appreciate your interest manifested
by your visits. Bring a Brother with you
next time you come.

Delta Mu's affairs are now under the
leadership of Brothers Whitehair, Com-
mander.

LOCKE PARKER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

Delta Nu Chapter

This is the last Chapter Letter I will
have the privilege of writing for Delta Nu,
and I am deviating from my course in the
past by sending it in time to receive the
seventy-cent discount allowed by the Editor
of The Delta for promptness.

Since the last letter was sent in to the
Delta we have accomplished quite a bit
internally and externally at Delta Nu. The
personnel of the Chapter has changed
slightly. Brother Lindsay March com-
pleted the requirements for his degree at
mid-years and has left us to accept a posi-
tion teaching school. Brother Barton left
at the end of the Fall semester to take a
position as clerk of the Committee on
Legal Affairs at the State Legislature in
Augusta, and Brother Fogg failed to return
to us this semester. Their places in the
House were filled by the return of Brothers
Gregory, Lunge, and Stearns. In addition
we have two Freshmen not reported in the
last Chapter Letter: Brother Chester Trask,
of Revere, Mass., and Brother Rodger
Wheaton, of Springfield, Mass.

We have made several improvements
around the House this year. Permanent
furniture was put in the Chapter room to
replace the temporary furnishings that
have been in use during the past four
years, and but slight additions wrll be
necessary to complete it as originally
planned. A few paintings were added to
the furnishings of the music room and
dining room, and a handsome moose head,

a gift to the Chapter from Brother A. E.
Davenport, one of the charter members of
the local from which Delta Nu Chapter
was formed, decorates the wall above the
fire-place in the reception room. The
grading around the House has progressed
to such an extent that we can complete it
before the end of another college year.
Last Fall, with the co-operation of Theta
Chi, we completed a first class, re-inforced
concrete electric car landing, which has
been lacking since the House was built.

The annual Washington's Birthday
House party was a great success this year.
Friday evening was devoted to a formal
dancing party, a cabaret dance was held
Saturday evening, and on Sunday evening
everybody enjoyed a sleigh ride. Monday
evening, all the upperclassmen attended
the Sophomore hop held in the gymna-
sium, and the Freshmen were present at
their annual banquet held in Bangor.
Brothers Atwood, Purinton, Fogg, Walker,
and Wight were back for the festivities.

In college activities our record is thus:
Brother Tinker won his letter in football.
Brother Berg, in cross-country, finished
tenth in the State meet and seventeenth in
the New England Inter-Collegiate meet.
Basketball was started this year as a var-
sity sport. We were represented on the
team by Brother Berg, one of the three
men to be awarded a letter. Brother Trask
showed up well in relay. Brothers Sewall,
Libby, Berg, Stearns, Mackay, Trask, and
Wheaton are out for Spring track. When
the baseball season starts next month,
Brothers Johnson, Jowett, Lunge, Driscoll,
and King will represent us on the squad.

In other student activities we have
shared well in honors. Brother Baldwin
was elected to Tau Beta Pi. Brothers
Whitehouse and Getchell were chosen to
membership in Scabbard and Blade, the
national honorary military fraternity.
Brothers Leach and March are members of
the Maine Masque, the university dramatic
club.

The intramural basketball series closed
with two victories for Sigma Nu over
Sigma Chi. The score of the first game
was 23-12, and the final game 18-17. We
will soon have the championship cup deco-
rating the mantle over the fireplace.

The scholastic standing of the frater-
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college. The average for the Chapter dur-
ing the fall semester was much better than
that of last spring semester. Everyone has
been working hard to win the scholarship
cup this year. The House winning the cup
this year keeps it permanently. It is to
be presented to the winning fraternity at
commencement.

SIMON C. FRASER, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA

Delta Xi Chapter

We began the first semester with ten old
members of the fraternity back. At present
we have twenty-eight Brothers and seven
pledges.

Sigma Nu here in the University of
Nevada has always been one of the fra-
ternities ranking highest in scholarship.
During the past semester we lived up to the
old reputation of copping the fraternity
scholarship list by a substantial lead. Sev-
eral of the men, themselves, are honor stu-
dents. This semester is nearing its close
and there is every indication that we will
again add the scholarship to our list of
laurels.

Society dances, formal and informal,
stag parties, banquets, all have been staged
in turn this year. Plans have been laid and
the committees are now working on our
formal banquet and dance at the close of
the semester — the biggest event of the col-
lege year.

Athletics — Spring surprised us this year
but our track men have taken advantage of
it. We have Brother Skinner for the
hurdles and in the mile, Brother Harman.
Brother Fraser came in second on the half-
mile last year and he will take first this
Spring. Pledge Carlson puts the shot and
javelin.

Our baseball team is one of the strongest
in the inter-fraternity league. Soon we
play the winners of a match between the
two best fraternity teams.

Tonight our basketball team is playing
one of the last games of the season.

Literary — in the college play given by
Clionia Society, two of the cast of fifteen
were Sigma Nus, Brothers North and Ross.
The play is now touring the State.

We have Brother Ross for assistant Sage-
brush editor, and Brother Fraser for busi-
ness manager, Artemesia. Our Eminent

Commander Quillici now holds the Junior
Class presidency and is business manager
of the Artemesia.

Delta Xi has incorporated to raise a
building fund for a new home. All the
Alumni have been summoned to lend a
hand and judging from the enthusiasm
which the active men show. Delta Xi will
have a real home next year.

ROLAND C. WILLIAMS, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
Delta Omicron Chapter

Just at present Delta Omicron is play-
ing host to the coach and basketball team
from the high school at Driggs, Idaho, who
are here to take part in the annual inter-
scholastic basketball tournament. This
tournament is an annual affair at Idaho.
During the first weeks of March, the high
school basketball teams which have won
the championships from the eight districts
into which the State is divided, come to
Moscow to play for the State champion-
ship. The teams are housed in the fra-
ternity houses and dormitory, the different
groups drawing lots to determine which
team each will entertain. Sigma Nu drew
the team coming the greatest distance. Al-
though in the same State, they had to travel
two entire days and nights on the train to
reach Moscow.

Delta Omicron has initiated a class of
twelve: Walter Casebolt and Cecil Boliou,
of Genessee; Harold Cornelison, Burton
Munson, and Guy Wicks, of Moscow;
George Hoffman and Darwin Simms, of
Caldwell; Gustav Bjork, of Lewiston;
Frank Kinnison, of Fruitland; John Mus-
ser, of Filer; Eric Leithe, of Coeur
d'Alene; and Kneeland Parker, of Boville.

Our attention has been called to the fact
that our week of probation contained one
feature which was novel at least to the
Chapters in this Division. And, because
it worked out most successfully here, it has
been suggested that an outline of it be in-
cluded in the Chapter Letter. Here it is:

The outstanding fault of each man was
held forth, and a short epigram composed
to fit it. During the week of probation the
men were required to repeat these without
ceasing all the time that they were passing
around through the House, or going up and
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week these epigrams were usually changed
to exactly the opposite. By repeating to
himself hundreds of times every day his
great failing, and the change that he was
going to make, each man had his fault and
the necessity of eradicating it impressed on
him in a manner that the most assiduous
application of the paddle and tub could
not approach. For example, one fellow
was inexcusably negligent of his personal
attire; all forceful efforts on the part of
the Chapter to spruce him up had been
futile. During probation week he was re-
quired to repeat over and over again, "I'm
the sloppiest Frosh on the campus." Later
this was changed to, "By the end of the
semester I am going to be the keenest Frosh
on the campus." These sentences would
have shocked the members of the Faculty
of the department of English, had they
fallen on their cultured ears, but the epi-
grams had the desired effect in this case,
as in all others. The boy is now one of
the neatest dressers in the Chapter.

One of the most appreciated features of
the banquet which marked the end of the
ceremony of initiation was the delivering
of a message of congratulation from Delta
Iota, by Brother Norman Moss of that
Chapter, to Delta Omicron on her growth
and development since her installation.
Delta Omicron would again give voice to
the high esteem in which she has held Delta
Iota in the. past, and to express a wish that
the future may see the bond between the
two Chapters growing only stronger.

Delta Omicron has taken definite steps
to improve her scholarship. A plan has
been adopted which is similar to those
used in the Colorado Chapters and at
Berkeley. All our members are required
to file with the chairman of the scholar-
ship committee, cards on which are re-
corded bi-weekly reports from the instruc-
tors in each of their subjects. Thus an ac-
curate record of the progress of each man
is always at hand. The Chapter has fixed
suspension as the penalty for persistent
wilful neglect of studies.

This week Brothers Loren Kitch and Leo
Schroeder leave the Chapter to go to El
Centro, California, where they will take
training on the extensive McDevitt project
in Imperial Valley in the type of agricul-
ture peculiar to that section. Both have
been most loyal and earnest workers while

in the Chapter. They state themselves to
be keenly desirous of getting in touch with
any other Sigs who may be joining in the
same enterprise.

Baseball training has started at Idaho
under the captaincy of Brother Paul Evans.
Brother Armand Kern is developing into a
formidable twirler, and Brother Edwin
Foran is prepared to uphold the fine record
made by him last year in the same position.

Nominations at the last Chapter meeting
indicate that Delta Iota will be piloted
during the coming year by either Brother
Herbert Glindeman or Brother Albert
Graf. Brother Albert Graf has served as
Commander during the period just passed,
and under his administration the Chapter
has gone straight ahead. Brother Earl
Hunt was unanimously elected House man-
ager. GIPSON STALKER, Reporter.

GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY

Delta Pi Chapter

The beginning of the second semester in
George Washington University finds Delta
Pi well represented in practically every
activity. Brother Harry Wright Newman
is the editor-in-chief of The Cherry Tree,
the university annual, in addition to being
a member of the Student Council and of
the Pyramid Society, the men's honor so-
ciety. Brother William Harris is presi-
dent of the Architectural Society of the
Engineering Department. Brother Frank
L. Yates represents the Law School on the
Student Council and is our inter-fraternity
delegate. Brother Bernard F. Burdick, our
Eminent Commander, is a member of the
Law School Senate. Brother Eugene Cole
is president, Junior class, Medical School.
Brother H. A. Tolson is assistant manager,
track, and is on The Cherry Tree staff.
Brother Charles W. Ricketts, Jr., is secre-
tary of the Freshman class of Columbian
College. Brother Horace C. Young is man-
ager of the swimming team. Brothers Wm.
Harris, "Torchy" Birmingham, and Hor-
ace C. Young are on the glee club. Brother
E. A. See is president, Junior class, Law
School, and Brother Gordon Tibbits,
president, Chemical Society.

Nine pledges have been initiated thus
far: Brothers Robert L. Savage, of Wash-
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Waynesburg, Pa.; Horace C. Young, of
Kentucky; Ralph M. Holt, of North Caro-
lina; James J. McNeely, of Washington,
D. C; George A. Moskey, of Washington,
D. C; Adolf K. Barta, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Charles W. Ricketts, Jr., of Wash-
ington, D. C, and Vincent L. McDougle,
of Washington, D. C. At present we have
three pledges: John M. Robison, of Ken-
tucky; Stanley J. Tracey, of Utah, and
Eustis Myers, of Texas.

In the inter-fraternity basketball tour-
nament, now being played, we have won
every game played to date. Brother Ron-
ald E. Cates is manager of our team.

The final standing of the inter-fraternity
bowling league shows Sigma Nu winner
with comparative ease. The season aver-
ages of our bowlers were as follows:
Brother Clyde A. Tolson, team captain,
97; Brother Frank L. Yates, 99; Brother
Ronald E. Cates, 98; Brother Leslie E.
Bopst, 97, and Brother Victor L. Kebler,
96, a well-balanced combination. Brother
Bopst rolled the highest single game of the
season when he hit 133 in the opening
game. He won twenty-three out of twenty-
four games, our nearest competitor win-
ning seventeen out of twenty-four. A large
loving cup was the award and it is to be
presented at the inter-fraternity prom on
March 18th.

Christmas dance was held at the Had-
leigh Hotel. We have also given several
successful impromptu dances at the Chap-
ter House. A "rush" smoker, on February
3d, and an Alumni smoker on March 3d,
were well attended. We are now planning
our Easter dance at the Chapter House
and other social affairs for the spring.

We are proud to announce in this issue
that we now have the following "fratres"
in the university: Robert L. Bolwell, A Z;
John T. Edwin, 2 ; Albert L. Harris, A II,
professor, Architecture, and Gordon Tib-
bits, A II, assistant professor, Medical
School.

Brother Clarence A. Short, the new In-
spector of the First Division, paid us a
short visit during the first part of February
and attended our annual initiation banquet
and Alumni reunion on February 12th, at
the Ebbitt House.

Several Brothers from neighboring and
distant Chapters have been welcome visi-
tors during the past few months. Delta Pi

is always glad to have such visits and ex-
tends a cordial invitation to all Brothers
of Sigma Nu visiting our beautiful Capital
City to drop in and see us and our new
Home. HILLORY A. TOLSON, Reporter.

COLORADO AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Delta Rho Chapter

The merry round of the social whirl has
been occupying the attention of Delta Rho.
On December the 17th we threw our an-
nual Christmas party. This is given at the
House, which was turned into a terminal
railroad station, from which trains left for
the various rooms of the House which were
camouflaged as cities where the entertain-
ment was staged. The party ended with a
whirl of confetti throwing and hilarity.

On March the 11th we gave our sixth
annual dance. This was given in the form
of a dinner dance. The hall was decorated
with pussy willows. At one end a large
illuminated Sigma Nu pin shed its radi-
ance on the dancers, while at the other end
Sigma Nu pins mingled with the insignia
of the different sororities.

On January the 29th we pinned the Five-
Armed Star on six new Brothers: Charles
Recker, Oscar Recker, Ival Merchant, Wil-
liam Jordan, Frank Brockman and Gleann
Peirpoint.

The second semester brought the return
of three of the older Brothers who have
been occupied with things other than col-
lege. Brother Leon Quinlan comes back
to us from the Fort Lewis School of Agri-
culture, where he has been doing experi-
mental work. Brother J. W. Curtiss has
returned and given the farm the go by.
Likewise Brother John Chi Ids is active on
the campus again after four years of ab-
sence.

We have pinned the serpent on the lapel
of Earl Price, who hails from Arkansas
and who makes another addition to the
number of bloody veterinarians we have
around the House.

Brother Oscar Recker has just distin-
guished himself by winning his letter in
boxing. We are all steering clear of
"Slicker" Recker, for the last man he
boxed didn't wake up for a half an hour.

The cinder kickers have started training
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ing up the track every day. Among these
are Nid Moore, Larry Morrell, Ival Mer-
chant, Glenn Rayl, Frank Brockman, Fran-
cis McCrackin, Earl McMichaels, and
Harry Dotson.

Our embryo big leaguers are out dis-
porting themselves. Bill Haxby is our
most likely looking pitcher, while Ed Le-
Donne is distinguishing himself at the re-
ceiving end. Hap Dotson is holding his
old position at the initial sack. Earl Kiely
is grabbing off a position in the field and
Chuck Recker is also trying out for the
catcher's position.

During Spring football practice a
sweater was offered for the best drop and
place kicker, this honor being copped off
by Brother Sam Riggenbach. The runner
up in this event was Brother Earl McMich-
ael.

We have initiated a new practice of
sending out a monthly letter containing the
usual line of Chapter news and gossip to
the Alumni. This has been very successful
in arousing the interest of the older fel-
lows and we feel it to be one of the most
constructive steps we have taken.

On last year's championship football
team we had five men win letters: Harry
Dotson, Earl McMichael, Sam Riggen-
bach, Walter Shutts, and William Pitcher.
The first two further distinguished them-
selves by winning positions on the mythi-
cal All-Conference eleven. Hap Dotson
graduates this year, but Earl McMichael
will be plugging the same hole again next
Fall.

Scholarship prospects look much better
for this year than they did last since all
but one of our Freshmen passed every
hour. WALDEN E. SWEET, Reporter.

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Delta Sigma Chapter

Delta Sigma received its charter in 1916,
and since that time we have been striving
to make this Chapter a truly active Chap-
ter.

One of our biggest accomplishments is
the purchase of our Chapter House. A
House building fund was started some
years ago with the hopes of sometime own-
ing our own Home, and it was not Until
last fall that these hopes were realized.

We are now living in our own Home and
have already made some very extensive re-
pairs and added enough equipment that
enables us to house thirty men. Situated
just opposite the future entrance to the
school and in the middle of the fraternity
houses, we have a prominent position to
say the least. We have facilities for ac-
commodating several extra men, and we
extend to you a very cordial invitation to
you to make this your home while in Pitts-
burgh.

Our initiation was held at the Fort Pitt
Hotel, on January 29th. The new Broth-
ers are: Ward A. Tallman, Davenport,
Iowa; Herbert George Fritz, Johnstown;
Hubert Owen Sprinkle, Mount Vernon,
Mo.; George Lloyd Comfort, Mechanics-
burgh; Donald Foster,. Pittsburgh; Ma-
rion Arthur Brace, Waterford; Lorin Long
Ferrall, Canton, Ohio; Lawrence Wilber
Bailey, Washington; Ernest Arthur Bell,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; John Richard
Hanna, Franklin, and Oscar John Horger,
Canton, Ohio.

In a review of the Chapters for the past
three months I have submitted an athletic
report to be published under another head-
ing, so on to non-athletic activities.

The Puppet staff includes: Brother Mc-
Clean, managing editor; Brother Schmertz,
art editor; Brother J. Fritz, on the art
staff, and Brother Bowman on the business
staff. The Thistle staff includes: Brother
R. Nation as photographic manager;
Brother J. Fritz, as art contributor, and
Brother Skyrm as treasurer. Brother Mc-
Clean is a member of Alpha Alpha Nu, a
local journalistic fraternity.

The musical clubs have Brother Maw-
hinney as their president and Brothers
Olsen, Fish, Foster, and Tallman as mem-
bers.

In the honorary fraternities, we find:
Dragon — Mawhinney, Schmertz, McClean;
Scarab — Crosby, Simpson, Dake; Delta
Scull — Skyrm, Blesch, Wade; Lawtoch-
frarie — Bowman, Farrell.

In the scholastic honoraries: Tau Beta
Pi — Maurer, Carr, Mawhinney; Tau
Sigma Delta— -Simpson.

Brother Skyrm is president, Junior
class, vice-president Science Senate;
Brother Dake is president, Senior Arts
class; Brother Leetis, chairman, Campus
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is chairman, Senior Ball Committee;
Brother Hi Her is president, "C" Club;
Brother Blesch is treasurer, Junior prom,
Science Senator; Brother Crosby is presi-
dent, Arts Senate; Brother R. Nation is
vice-president, Junior Science class;
Brother Bowman is chairman, Poverty
Day; Brother Comfort is president, Plebe
C class; Brother Horger is treasurer,
Science Sophomore class; Brother Crosby
is also president, inter-fraternity council.

However, I am sorry to say that we are
failing in the most important of all, schol-
arship. To overcome this we have
launched a very definite drive in which we
hope to bring our scholarship standing
above the standing of the other fraternities
at Tech.

Due to the unsettled condition of the
House, due to redecorating, our social
functions in the House have been nil, but
Forbes Hall is just across the street and
the other women's dorms only a block
away, the House is vacated during the
week-ends, or should I say strong ends. I
mentioned redecorating, yes, we are doing
it ourselves — we don't trust regular paint-
ers.

The Chapter basketball team has won
all games played so far in the inter-frater-
nity league and we hope to keep the
trophy in the House another year.

HOWARD A. BOWMAN, Reporter.

OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Delta Tau Chapter

We have been greatly handicapped by
the fire which partly destroyed the House
on the morning of December 3d. This fire
put us out into the cold, wet Oregon rain
for almost a month. If any Chapter wants
to realize in a practical way what a Fra-
ternity means, let them try to do without
a House for a month or two and still go to
college. The fire came at a very unfor-
tunate time of the year, just at the begin-
ning of final examinations for the fall
term. As a result of the attendant disor-
ganization and the loss of much material,
the House grades took a considerable drop.
But we are not considering the fire as a
real excuse; we are making a big fight to
bring all grades up this term.

It was with a great deal of grief that

we learned of the death of the last of our
Founders, Brother Greenfield Quarles.
We can all better ourselves by trying to
emulate the noble example his life has set
for us. May we always strive to live up
to the ideals he and Brother Hopkins had
in mind that night when they met on the
parade grounds of the Virginia Military
Institute, and brought into existence Sigma
Nu.

On February 23d, we initiated four men:
W. Lowery Porterfield, Long Beach,
Calif.; Kenneth S. Perry, Klamath Falls:
Norris Sewell, Portland, and James K.
Weatherford, Corvallis.

Since the last Chapter letter we have
pledged the following men: Orville A.
Gibson, The Dalles; Willard Hendrick-
son, Portland; Howard Young, Mt Solo,
Wash., and Laurence Smith, South Bend,
Wash.

The members who did not return to
college for the second term are Brothers
Ransom Cook, Albert Hodler, Raymond
Veatch, and Chester Anlauf. Brother Cook
has transferred his place of residence to
sunny California and can now be reached
at the Oceanic Building, San Francisco.
Brother Hodler has finally decided that
farming is "the bunk" and is now pursu-
ing a course in the school of law at Notre
Dame university. Brothers Veatch and
Anlauf are out in the commercial world
at Cottage Grove, Oregon.

In athletics, Brothers Stewart and Hod-
ler made letters in football, Stewart at cen-
ter and Hodler at half. On the Freshman
team we were represented by Pledges Gib-
son and Porterfield. In the minor sport
of soccer, Brothers Maurice Snook, Cecil
Angle, and Edmund Sweeney made let-
ters. Soccer is gaining in popularity on
the Coast.

The big event on our social calendar (or
the year, occurred on the night of Febru-
ary 26th, when we gave a dance as nearly
formal as the regulations will permit. The
House was decorated in black, white and
gold; many features were worked in, here
and there.

. At the present time we are working on
a plan for a reunion of the Alumni of the
Delta Tau Chapter, to be held on the an-
niversary of our installation. Every one
of our Alumni will, in the course of the
next two weeks, receive ten personal let-

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ters from ten different active members of
the House, urging him to attend the re-
union to be held on the week-end, starting
April 28, 1921. We hope that in this way
we can bring all the members of this Chap-
ter together once more, and further the
spirit of unity and co-operation between
the Active Chapter and its Alumni.

ANTHONY G. SCHILLE, Reporter.

COLGATE UNIVERSITY

Delta Upsilon Chapter

Brother Dempsey was manager of soc-
cer, with Brother Cole as assistant man-
ager. Brother Smith was assistant man-
ager of football. Then came hockey, for
which Brother Chadwick was assistant
manager. At the close of competition for
the Maroon staff, Brother Cooper was
elected to membership on the board. Then
came debates in which Brothers Morgan
and Cole won places on varsity teams,
while Brother Dempsey led the victorious
teams against Harvard and Ohio Wesleyan.
Brother Cox was elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives and Brother La-
Tray was chosen to the Salmagundi board.
Brother Powell was elected chairman of
the Winter Carnival Committee. Soon
after this the little symphony orchestra
went on its annual tour, carrying with it
four Brothers: Audrieth, Holcomb,
Saunders and Brunstrom.

L BRUNSTROM, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Delta Phi Chapter .

Delta Phi has in her midst two captains,
football and baseball; five football letter
men, and two baseball letter men.

To begin the football news, we had in
our lineup against Syracuse, five men:
McDonald, captain and halfback; Nisbet,
tackle, who was picked by the Washing-
ton Times to play All-South Atlantic tackle
and by the Baltimore Sun to be All-Mary-
land tackle; Moore, guard, picked by the
Baltimore Sun to play tackle on All -Mary-
land eleven, and Sullivan and Clarke,
holding down guard and tackle, respec-
tively. Along with the squad was Buck-
heister, Gundry, and Pollock as substi-
tutes.

Turning now to the coming sports, base-
ball, track and lacrosse, we have for base-

ball, Keene, captain and star pitcher,
picked by Lush, of Navy, as best college
pitcher; Nisbet, pitcher; Wallis, catcher;
Bartlett, outfielder, and Pollock, first base.
For track we have two men, Morgan and
McDougal. For lacrosse, we have Clarke,
Gundry, Carty and McQuade.

We initiated five Freshmen: McQuade,
McDougal, Bartlett, Carty and Conklin.
Out of these five, three were shining lights
on the Freshman football team: McQuade,
fullback; McDougal, halfback, and Bart-
lett, center.

We recently held our mid-year dance.
We had with us on that occasion Brothers
G. M. Sturgis, J. D. Bowling, R. C. Wil-
liams, P. E. Clark, and J. E. Palmer, of
the Alumni, and Brothers Frank Yates,
A n, and Johnson, T A.

It looks as if Delta Phi deals in athletics
and social functions only and neglects our
scholastic standing, but by the use of the
slogan: "When work is finished you can
play," we have succeeded in leading the
fraternities in scholastic standing.

We suffered the loss of a few Brothers
this year: Brother Diggs, a faithful and
diligent worker for the Chapter, graduated,
and Brothers Finney and Buckheister
wanted to battle the world.

During the past fall and winter, we were
honored by die visits of several of our
Alumni, among them being Brothers Mc-
Lean, R. Knode, S. Knode, Smith, Haw-
kins, and Coney. We were very glad to
see them and hope our Alumni will visit
us whenever possible.

We also wish to take this occasion to
thank Delta Pi for the many courtesies ex-
tended to us during the present year and
hope to soon be able to return their kind-
ness. G. F. POLLOCK, Reporter.

TRINITY COLLEGE
Delta Chi Chapter

Delta Chi has a high standard at Trin-
ity and her influence is being felt in a
forceful manner in scholastic, athletic and
social activities.

Fraternities at Trinity were not graded
for scholarship after mid-years, this year,
but out of ten men who secured As and Bs
at that time, we were represented by four
men; none of the other Houses here were
represented by more than one man. There-
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in scholarship. We have two men, Broth-
ers Clapp and Smith, who hold first rank
in their classes.

In athletics, baskeball is now the center
of interest. The Trinity quintet has had
an exceptionally successful season this
year, climaxed by their easy victory over
Harvard a few weeks ago. We have two
stars on the team, ex-captain Nordlund and
Canner. A good share of the spectacular
playing was done by these men. Brother
Keating had an opportunity to get into
several of the games as a substitute, while
Brother Ransom has been out for the team
during the whole season. Brother Charl-
ton is assistant manager.

In social activities we are somewhat
handicapped by the present accommoda-
tions of the House. We held a dance just
before Thanksgiving. Several of the
Brothers attended the Sophomore hop and
the Junior prom; an early breakfast was
served after the prom, and a dinner before
the hop, for the Brothers with their girls.

Brother Harold L. Smith, Shelton, was
initiated February 16th. Brother Smith
holds the scholarship honors of the Sopho-
more class and represents that class in the
Senate. He was a first lieutenant in the
service.

Brother Matthews, our Eminent Com-
mander, has been elected vice-president of
the Senior class, and Brother Charlton,
vice-president, Sophomore class.

Brother Canner was the only Sophomore
from the House to be elected this year to
the Sophomore Dining Club, the honorary
society of the Sophomore class. Canner
made the basketball team in his Freshman
year. Brother Grimes was elected assist-
ant manager, football.

The track season will soon begin. Be-
sides Captain Ransom, captain for his sec-
ond consecutive year, we have several good
track men: Brothers Clapp, Guertin,
Palmer, Eastman, Engstrom, Keating.

Brother Clapp is a member of the Ivy
board, the annual publication of the Junior
class. HARRY H. CLARK, Reporter.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE

Delta Psi Chapter
Delta Psi is in the last lap of her third

year

We have the captain of next year's foot-

ball team, the captain of hockey, two let-
ter men on last year's football team, two
letter men out for baseball with promising
new material in this sport, one letter man
in track, president of the Student Council,
president of Senior class, one of last June's
Phi Beta Kappa men, one of last January's
'68 speakers, one provisional commence-
ment speaker, a member of the Araxas
Junior Society, two men in the Ibis Senior
Honorary Society, and two men in the
Pullman course in English.

Two very successful dances and House
parties have been held, the last one on
February 26th was a joint dance with Zeta
Psi Fraternity at their House.

The Chapter has been well represented
in athletics this year. We had six men out
for football, and two made their letters-
Brothers Allen E. Morrell, '22, and Mal-
colm E. Morrell, '24, who are also broth-
ers in kinship. Brother "Al" Morrell, '22,
made the All-Maine team, getting left half-
back berth, and was elected captain of the
Bowdoin football team for the next season.

Mr. Harry Morrell, Wayland, Mass.,
came to see his two sons, "Al" and **MaP\
play side by side in the backfield against
Maine, which game ended in a 7-7 tie.
Brother George B. Granger, '21, was cap-
tain of the second team playing in the
backfield. The other Brothers out for var-
sity football were P. H. McCrum, '21;
C. H. Keene, '22, and F. D. Tootel, '23.
Brother Ralph E. Kierstead, '24, played
on his class team.

Hockey has been introduced as a major
sport at Bowdoin and Brother A. E. Mor-
rell, '22, was captain of this year's team
and its outstanding star.

In track we have eleven men out
Brother J. G. Young, '21, is a letter-man.
Brother F. D. Tootel, '23, came out strong
in the inter-fraternity meet in the weights,
winning first in the discus and 36 lbs.
weight, being awarded the J. B. Moulton
1916 cup and the D. W. Leadbetter 1916
cup for the respective events, that were
donated by record holders of the Bowdoin
track. With the help of Brother Young,
'21, and our relay team, we came out
fourth in the meet in a group of eleven
fraternities. Our relay team consisted of
Brothers Tootel, '23; Keene, '22; G. W.
Noyes, '22, and Young, '21. It won a
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Beta Zeta Pi and Zeta Psi Fraternities.

Though basketball is not a major sport
here, our Freshmen got the basketball
fever, organized a team, and started suc-
cessfully by defeating away from home,
Greely Institute of Cumberland Center,
Me. The aggregation consists of Brothers
F. W. Gorham, G. E. Cobb, R. Badger, D.
D. Blanchard, L. L. Page and H. B. Lovell.

Socially, we are playing our part on the
campus. At our smoker on election night,
November 2d, the evening was spent joy-
ously by members from the Faculty and
delegates of the various fraternities.
Smokes and refreshments were in order
while election news was read every half
hour. In the Bowdoin "Orient" of Decem-
ber 1st, appeared the following article:
"The first Freshman smoker of the year
was held at the Sigma Nu House last
Thursday. Each Fraternity was repre-
sented by two Freshmen and the Sigma
Nu Freshmen gave them a fine reception.
After refreshments had been served four
of the Freshmen gave short 'after-dinner'
speeches regarding the spirit of brother-
hood among the fraternities. This first
smoker set a fine precedent which the com-
ing smokers can well follow."

We have two men now in the Ibis Senior
Society: Brother R. W. Noyes, '21, and
Brother Harry Helson, '21.

Brother M. E. Morrell, '24, was the
Freshman member on the committee for
the Christmas dance held in the gymna-
sium December 17th. Brother J. G. Young,
'21, is proving to be the most active presi-
dent of the Student Council in years. Not
only is he making a live wire this year out
of the Student Council, but he has repre-
sented ably and fittingly the student body
at the Bowdoin Alumni banquets in Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia, receiving
special commendation from President K.
C. M. Sills in chapel for his. stirring talk
before the Boston Alumni. He is the one
who puts the pep in the student rallies here
this year.

Brothers J. W. Hone, '21, and C. 0.
Small, '23, were Bradbury Debate prize*
speakers.

On October 16th last, we held our ini-
tiation. Brothers R. H. Segur, '12, A X,
and P. A. Libby, '22, A N, were among our
guests. The Freshmen initiated were:
Richard G. Badger, Newton, Mass.; Don-

ald D. Blanchard, Cumberland Center;
Forest C. Butler, Bath; George E. Cobb,
Gorham; Francis W. Gorham, Round
Pond; Ralph E. Kierstead, Oakland; Har-
vey B. Lovell, Waldoboro; Malcolm E.
Morrell, Way land, Mass.; Lawrence L.
Page, Gorham; Moses S. Ranney, Port-
age; Ledyard A. Southard, Wiscasset;
Clinton G. Weymouth, Freeman. Brother
Wendell V. Hone, *17, a member of the
old Beta Chi local was also initiated at
this time. SILVIO C. MARTIN, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Epsilon Alpha Chapter

We are preparing to initiate four
pledges next week. We also announce the
pledging of Herbert Rand and Frank and
Rex LaReele.

We had our annual dance on February
4th.

We were very pleasantly surprised with
a flying visit of Brother I. C. Smith, of
Globe.

All the Brothers have been very much
interested in the permanent Chapter House
Endowment Fund, and we are certainly go-
ing to do our best to help out. Nothing
would please us better than to have a Chap-
ter House at each university in which we
are represented. We hope to be able to
have several subscribers before this time
next year.

Here soon, we will have an inter-frater-
nity track meet and also an inter-fraternity
tennis tournament. Brothers Baker and
Lefko and Pledges LaReele will represent
us in tennis, and Brothers MacCauley,
Kettleson, Ross and "Pete" Wright will
be our track champions.

Brothers Pusch, Belton, MacCauley and
Drappellrevill, P, graduated this year,and
in a way we will not lose them, for most
of their future work is in and around
Tucson.

J. H. LYONS, Reporter.

DRURY COLLEGE

Epsilon Beta Chapter

Fifteen pledges have been initiated
during the past month : Burns, Lines, Gru-
bert, Means, Sutton, Cloud, Long, Land-
rum, Britain, Zilles, Matthews, Volker,
Hallack, Mason, and Elkins. Brothers

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Jones, Britain, Thompson, Williams, Mor-
ris, Matthews, and Pledge Bowler received
football letters. Basketball letters were
awarded to Brothers Thompson, Summers,
and Matthews.

Brother Patten, who was assistant busi-
ness manager, Mirror, this year, has been
elected advertising editor of the Sou'wester
of 1921.

We now have three men connected with
the Faculty: Brother Thompson, as assist-
ant athletic instructor, has charge of the
several physical training classes; Brother
Summers is biology assistant and Brother
Coltrane, English assistant

In order to make the Chapter House
more attractive, a Chapter room has been
fitted up on the third floor of the House.
The lower floors are being fitted with new
curtains and furniture. All leisure time
is now employed in the construction of a
tennis court at the rear of the Chapter
House. Several of the men are practicing
for the tennis tournament which will be
held later in the spring. Track season has
now started and the following men are
training for the inter-fraternity meet and
the college meet: Brothers Boyd, Thomp-
son, Jones, Britain, Sutton, Cloud, and
Mason.

Brother Elkins is a violinist who plays
classical and "jazz" music with equal facil-
ity. Brother Zilles plays the piano and
clarinet, while Pledge Coffelt has a
"laughing" saxophone. With Brother
Grubert at the trap drum, we have an or-
chestra of our own which makes the Sigma
Nu House a popular place for parties and
dances.

At the present time we are looking for-
ward with great eagerness to the conven-
tion of the Eleventh and Twelfth Divisions,
which is to be held in Springfield.

W. L. COLTRANE, Reporter.

athletics. We were represented on the
class basketball teams, and in the last
game in which he played for the Seniors,
Brother Downs caged eleven out of the
fourteen baskets made by his team. In
track, Brother Conover is the college main-
stay in the broad jump, and Brother Downs
in the high jump. Besides these men, we
have three other Brothers out trying for
places in the distances and the pole vault
Also Brother Walworth and Brother Net-
tleship are out for baseball. Oar three
men in the inter-fraternity bowling league
are now at the head of the list and we hope
to capture the second leg on the bowling
cup which we have held for the past year.

On the Freshman debating team which
consists of four men, we find Brother Mac-
Donald and Brother Moll. At the recent
election of officers of the Deutscher Verein,
Brother Krenz was elected president;
Brother Flower, vice-president, and
Brother Falk, secretary-treasurer. Brother
Rogers is vice-president, Radio Club, and
Brother Defandorf and Brother Morrow
were elected to the Paint and Powder Club,
the dramatic society.

But that in which we take the most pride
is our $2,000 campaign for House im-
provement. This money is being raised
by the active members of the Chapter
alone and $1,500 has already been sub-
scribed. With this fund we intend to
completely remodel the front of our
House and apply a new coat of paint The
credit for the entire scheme and the enthu-
siasm with which its progress has been
marked, is due entirely to our efficient
treasurer, Brother C. A. Rogers.

Since the last Chapter letter, Brother C.
F. Rule, '24, has been initiated and Brother
A. F. Yeaton, who was out during the first
semester, has returned to college.

B. H. FLOWER, Reporter.

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Epsilon Gamma Chapter

Starting with scholarship, two of our
nine Freshmen are on the honor roll, while
one of these, Brother Moll, is rated the
highest man in his class. Further than
this, three Sophomores, one Junior, and
four Seniors have honor grades.

But leaving this subject concerning
which we are justly proud, we turn to

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Epsilon Delta Chapter

Active plans are under way for a new
Chapter House, as the present one has been
completely outgrown.

Eighteen more men have been initiated:
Walter D. Perry, Lincoln, Nebr.; William
H. Soward, Wheatland; Gilbert H. Hill.
Chadron, Nebr.; J. Duncan Brite, Lara-
mie; Clyde W. Kurtz, Buffalo; Cls

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W. Smith, Sheridan; Harold D. Harris,
Weiser, Idaho; G. Russell Schwarz, Jer-
seyville, 111.; A. F. Freund, Cheyenne; R.
C. Lank, Sunrise; George R. Rhinehart,
Newcastle; P. A, Morgan, Newcastle;
Frank Highleyman, Cheyenne; Orville R.
McCoy, Albany, Mo.; George D. Hunt,
Laramie; Paul E. Shortal, Jerseyville, 111.;
C. A. Carlson, Cheyenne; Lyle A. Saxon,
Sidney, Nebr.

Brother Freeman, our only agricultural
student, is president of the Agricultural
Club. A vacancy having occurred on the
Annual staff, Brother Brite was appointed
associate editor. True to his name,
Brother Brite has led the Chapter in grades
for the two quarters he has attended
Wyoming.

The university was extremely fortunate
at the session of the legislature which has
just closed. About $650,000 was appro-
priated for the building fund. This is al-
most as much money as was given for
building purposes during the previous
thirty-five years of the university's exist-
ence. Work will soon be begun on a new
heating plant Then will follow a new
girls' dormitory, a library, a gymnasium
and armory, and an engineering building.
This year opens a new era for Wyoming U.
The legislative gifts come on top of a
twenty-five per cent, increase in enroll-
ment. MARCUS R. OGDEN, Reporter.

OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

Epsilon Epsilon Chapter

Our annual formal dance was given on
March 11th. Music was furnished by
Larry Conley's orchestra of Dallas.

Brothers Emory Shirley, Clifford Dean
and Bill Hughes will represent us in base-
ball this year. "Red" Dean is a long,
lanky "witched" second baseman; "Shir-
ley" is in the outfield, and "Bill" is
posted on the hot corner.

The House in which we are living,
though a good residence, is not exactly

suitable for a fraternity house. The sleep-
ing rooms are- too few and too large. We
have a House-building plan under way,
and expect to have a home of our own in
a few years.

New initiates are: George A. Francis,
Muskogee; Laurence E. Correll, Chilacco;
Val R. Wittich, St. Louis, Mo., and Jap R.
Wilson, Leonard, Texas.

W. H. HUGHES, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Epsilon Zeta Chapter

On February 19th we gave a dance in
the dancing hall of the Elks Club. Many
visiting girls and Alumni were present
from all parts of the State.

The evening of March 12th, the "Rats"
of Epsilon Zeta Chapter entertained the
old men with a dance. The old men en-
joyed the dance hugely and take this occa-
sion of thanking their "Rats" publicly.

Brother Truman Green has been chosen
managing editor, Alligator, the university
weekly. Recently he represented the paper
at a convention of the editors of the news-
papers of the State.

We are looking forward to the State
convention in Deland on March 18th, 19th
and 20th, and the District convention in
Atlanta on April 8th. We plan to be well
represented at each convention.

Brother Hartman is serving his third
year as manager, varsity baseball. He is
also a pitcher of note, winning a majority
of the varsity games won last year.

Brothers Hoskins and Miller have made
the Alligator staff. We are all looking to
a bright newspaper career for these cub re-
porters.

Brother O'Neil Cox is showing splendid
form in the "880" and is on the track
squad.

Brother Tatom, our military man, is a
captain in the R. 0. T. C. batallion. We
also have two top-sergeants and a platoon
sergeant.

GEORGE W. MILAM, Reporter.

Twentieth Grand Chapter

December 29, 30 and 31, 1921

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I have written my own ticket for my share in the work of building a
stronger and greater Sigma Nu, and wish to congratulate the Committee upon
the clean, business-like, and dignified manner in which the Endowment campaign
has been begun.

Were it not for the convenient terms of payment, it would be hardly possible
for Sigma Nus in the teaching profession to send in their checks at the same
moment when their intentions and wishes are the best, but with a few weeks of
grace I think that I can squeeze through.

This subscription was secured by myself after a due consideration of my
cash account. No other Sigma Nu was called into service to hasten my decision.
— Russell T. Purnell, E r, Instructor in French, University of Michigan.

Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 7 22 March 1921~

The First Answer

In Bulletin No. 6, we asked for answers to Cold-Blooded Alumni. And here Brother
Howard A. Johnson comes along first thing with his answer:

"When I have contributed my share to the success of Gamma Phi's House campaign,
I hope to be able to start paying in to the greater project of the General Fraternity. Your
campaign is the greatest thing that Sigma Nu ever started, and I hope that in time prac-
tically the whole Fraternity membership will become interested to the extent of contribut-
ing to the work. It will do wonders for the Fraternity."

Left Behind

"Life is becoming more complex every day and unless we prepare for the changes,"
cites Brother Henry A. Theis, TE, Past Inspector, Seventh Division, "we will be left be-
hind. The Endowment Fund is a step forward."

The Way

Brother Jack B. Mailers, TM, President of Gamma Mu's House Building Company,
strikes home: "Not by admitting it but by subscribing to it, is the way to show our appre-
ciation of the Permanent Endowment Fund."

Dream and Dig

Brother C. G. Dickson writes free verse, or maybe we should say poetical prose. It
has the right ring: "Sigma Nu will rise no higher than Alumni ideals for her. Let's
dream and dig."

This Active Man Couldn't Wait

Says Brother John A. Taft, T B: "The Endowment Fund proposition sounded so good
to me that I could not wait to become an Alumnus."

Pittsburg Alumni Chapter

Pittsburgh holds the record membership among our Alumni Chapters. This is due to
the Sigma Nu spirit in its ranks. No doubt about it: Here they come trooping in right
away with twenty-two Brothers — in bonds (or checks).

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THIRD DIVISION CONVENTION

The second annual convention of the
Third Division was held at Nashville,
Tenn., on March 23, 1921, with Inspector
Manly R. Joiner, president ex-officio, in the
chair. Delegates were present from all of
the Chapters. Grand Counselor Oscar
Palmour represented the General Frater-
nity. Past Vice-Regent William L. Kemp
and Garland Cooper, founder of Sigma
Chapter, were guests of honor.

Brother Charles J. Turck, Bfc-AT, pro-
fessor in Vanderbilt's Law School and
Brother Carr Payne welcomed the dele-
gates on behalf of the Nashville Alumni.

The convention was entertained by
Sigma Chapter and the Nashville Alumni
Chapter. The business sessions were held
at the Chapter House. A luncheon at the
Commercial Club was given by the Nash-
ville Alumni Chapter, at which Harry
Ambrose, president, was toastmaster. Spe-
cial music was furnished by Sigma's quar-
tet and by Brother George Owens, 5, bari-
tone soloist.

Dinner was served at the Chapter House
for all officers, delegates, and visitors, and
the evening was given over to a dancing
party.

FOURTEENTH DIVISION
CONVENTION

The first and organization meeting of the
Fourteenth Division was held in Denver,
on Saturday afternoon, February 19th.
Delegates from Gamma Eta, Gamma
Kappa, Delta Rho, Epsilon Delta, and
Denver and Salt Lake Alumni Chapters
were in attendance. In addition many of
the active men from the various Chapters
and a large number of Alumni from vari-
ous parts of Colorado were present.

The meeting was called to order by In-
spector 0. S. More; organization of the
Division was soon completed with the elec-
tion of 0. S. More, president; Brother

Walter F. Dean, T K, vice-president;
Brother Harry M. Dotson, A P, secretary;
and Brother Oscar A. Fischer, r H, treas-
urer.

Following the organization the recom-
mendation of Salt Lake Alumni Chapter
concerning Theta Sigma, a local fraternity
at the University of Utah, was presented
by Brother Fred A. Clark. After a lengthy
discussion of the University of Utah and
the fraternities located there, the informal
application of Theta Sigma was acted upon
favorably by the Division, the action, how-
ever, being subject to ratification of the
various Chapters composing the Four-
teenth Division.

Various standing committees were ap-
pointed by the president to serve during
the coming year. After which the meeting
adjourned.

Denver Alumni Chapter's Exemplary
Initiation

Immediately following the Division
meeting an exemplary initiation was put
on by the team representing Denver
Alumni Chapter. The following members
of the Chapter serving as officers: Charles
R. Hays, Commander; George H. Swerer,
Lieutenant-Commander; Guy K. Brewster,
chaplain; Paul S. Jo 1 ley, marshal; and
Earl J. Dickinson, sentinel. It has been
planned to hold such exemplary initiation
each year, initiating one candidate from
each Chapter each successive year. This
year Pledge Allan Hambly, of Gamma Eta,
was the novice taking the work.

The work was exemplified in a large hall
adapted to the purpose, and was excep-
tionally well done by those in charge. The
Bennett Ritual was used, every officer hav-
ing thoroughly memorized his entire part.
The result was an impressing ceremony.
There is no better occasion or no better
way by which the principles of the Fra-
ternity can be inculcated into the minds of
the new members than by the correct pre-
sentation of the ritualistic work as now
prescribed by the Fraternity. The cere-

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mony7 when well done, is most beautiful
and truly impressing. The officers exem-
plifying the work are to be congratulated
for the interest displayed and the par-
ticular exactness and smoothness with
which they executed every section of the
ritual.

GEORGE H. SWERER, T HT K.

Denver Alumni Banquet

Mile High Sigma Nus held their annual
banquet under the direction of the Denver
Alumni Chapter, at the Albany Hotel in
Denver, February 19, 1921.

About 125 members representing the
four active Chapters in the States of Col-
orado and Wyoming, and Alumni from all
over the Rocky Mountain region, were in
attendance.

A feature of the banquet was the sub-
stitution of Chapter "stunts" and vaude-
ville offering of the Alumni for the usual
lengthy speeches.

Gamma Kappa Chapter, at the Univer-
sity of Colorado, got its second hold on
the Ellison Cup for the Chapter staging
the best stunt — a rapid-fire minstrel show
featuring an exclusive interpretation of
Uncle Tom's Cabin.

To see the Colorado Miners from Gam-
ma Eta cavort and dance in their allegori-
cal production of "Un Jour de Printemps,"
with E. 0. Keough as the woodnymph, was
truly a feast of strawberries in January.

The Colorado Aggies put on a three-act
stunt with plenty of pep of the bull variety.

Epsilon Delta, the baby Rocky Mountain
Chapter, offered a three-act dramatic skit
recounting the perils of Mr. Volstead and
his (in) famous act. Following is the com-
plete program:

Master of Ceremonies, Homer B. Van-
derblue; Powder River, Epsilon Delta,
University of Wyoming; Just Me, H. N.
Wheeler; Varsity Smokes, Gamma Kappa,
University of Colorado; Impersonations,
James S. Donovan ; Classics de Luxe, Gam-
ma Eta, Colorado School of Mines; Cuss
and Sad, George Heber Swerer and Paul
Simpson Jolley; Aggie Antics, Delta Rho,
Colorado Agricultural College.

The committee arranging the banquet
was Charles W. Bessee, Sidney W. Bishop,
and Oscar A. Fischer, all of the Denver
Alumni Chapter.

SIDNEY W. BISHOP.

SIXTEENTH DIVISION
CONVENTION

Due to the rapid growth and outstand-
ing position of Sigma Nu Fraternity in the
Northwest, an unofficial convention was
called by Brother C. E. Arney, Inspector
of the Sixteenth Division. The paramount
object in view was the discussion, drawing
up and remittance to the High Council of
a petition for recognition and issuance of
a charter to the Sixteenth Division Asso-
ciation.

Representatives from each of the Active
Chapters in this Division, namely, Gamma
Chi, Delta Tau, and Gamma Zeta, together
with Alumni and Active members, were
present at the first meting, which was held
Saturday morning, March 26th, at the
Imperial Hotel. George T. Cotton, r Z-16,
took charge of the meeting.

Discussion of the Division Association
came first and a committee to draw up the
petition was appointed, composed of
Brothers Arney, T X, Wise, A T, Fraley,
T Z, and Haynes, T X.

Anticipating the granting of this peti-
tion, a committee was appointed to draw
up the by-laws for this Association and
such other affairs connected with it.

A discussion of co-operative rushing was
brought up. Schemes for development
and carrying out of co-operation between
the Alumni and Active Chapters and for
the keeping of data on prospective mem-
bers were brought up for discussion.
Brother Arney gave some very good infor-
mation on this subject. He said that the
initiative in such co-operation must be
taken by the Active Chapters. Chapters
too often seek only financial aid from their
Alumni. There must be an intimate con-
tact between them to tend toward the best
relationship. Besides personal letters,
there should be a system in the Chapter
Houses for the collection of data on all
Alumni. Notables nationally and locally
should be discussed frequently and inci-
dents in the college careers of all graduate
members recalled. Make it a point to call
upon your Alumni wherever you are.

The Chapter House project was brought
up in connection with this Alumni co-op-
erative plan. The Brothers were urged to
co-operate with the Endowment Fund and
get the Chapter House project on a sub-
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A suggestion was made that resolutions
be sent to Past General Secretary Dunlavy,
expressing our regret at his resignation
and appreciation of his thorough efforts in
his past capacity of General Secretary and
Editor of The Delta, and to General Sec-
retary Williams, expressing our apprecia-
tion and heartiest support in his new work.

The morning meeting closed at this
point. The second meeting was held at 2
p. m., Saturday afternoon.

Brother Arney explained his endeavors
in the position he holds, the Alumni Chap-
ter and Division Association. His ideas on
Alumni Chapters were especially interest-
ing. He said: "Our charter Alumni
Chapters are very informal. You have a
regularly organized Chapter here in Port-
land, but remember that no organized
activity or association can be strong unless
it is a regularity. In Seattle some of our
most eminent Alumni are from other
Chapters. Such men should be active on
committees."

The Committee on By-laws reported
them complete and they were read and dis-
cussed.

Officers of the Association were elected,
as follows: Brother Arney, TX, presi-
dent; Brother Colton, TZ, vice-president;
Brother Wise, AT, secretary; Brother
Douglas, T X, treasurer, and Brother Mor-
fitt, r Z, sergeant-at-arms.

Chapter scholarship was discussed and
plans exchanged in regard to rushees, up-
per-classmen and prizes. Suggestions on
this latter subject were made. One was
that surplus money be used as a scholar-
ship prize. Others were prizes from in-
dividuals, and the engraving of names for
scholastic achievements. The suggestion
for the registration of rushees in suitable
subjects for their capabilities met with
much favor.

The subject of internal House manage-
ment was brought up next. The uniform
accounting system was discussed at great
length.

Brother Frank Beech, T Z, a C. P. A.,
said: "This type of system has become ob-
solete in the business world. It is practi-
cally impossible to get Chapter treasurers
who are competent to master this system.
A simplified system should be authorized."

Brother Haynes, Chapter treasurer at
Gamma Chi, said: "I agree with Brother
Beech that fellows who are not experi-

enced in accounting cannot master this
system. I was up to my neck before I got
it entirely straight. Now I am not at
all intolerant of it. A budget is neces-
sary to a successful House. The- system
is a big burden, but satisfies every need.
The treasurer's responsibilities are many.
May go in the hole and then the House
is compelled to pay a deficit. Choose a
man who is competent to accept a position
of responsibility, who gets satisfaction in
tackling the job. It will pay a House to
choose one who can carry out the system."

Brother Arney said: "I do not under-
stand accounting, but one glance showed
me a complete picture of the House finan-
cial standing at Washington. A Chapter
has to have a system which is not personal
and can be inherited by the next treasurer.
The High Council has recommended this
system and as long as it is part of the law
of the Fraternity the Chapter should in-
sist that the treasurer use it."

Motion was passed that the Sixteenth
Division request a discussion of the sys-
tem with simplification in view, at the next
Grand Chapter.

A discussion of delinquent House ac-
counts came next. Various methods for
punishment were discussed.

At the banquet at 7:30 some very fine
speeches were made. Dean Hayes,' TZ,
president of the Portland Alumni, was
toastmaster.

Brother Arney gave a splendid talk con-
ceded by the old Alumni (including Joe
Knapp, Past Inspector), to be the best
ever given by any Inspector of the Six-
teenth Division. Brother Arney has taken
his own Chapter days into consideration
in every move he has made in this posi-
tion. He certainly has been and is a suc-
cessful Inspector and every Alumnus and
active man in this Division admires
Brother Arney and appreciates his wonder-
ful work as Inspector and his efforts which
Brothers Colton and Hayes in making this
informal convention such a successful one.

DELTA PI'S INITIATION BAN-
QUET AND ALUMNI REUNION

February 12, 1921, the Gold Room at
the New Ebbitt, Washington, D. C, was the
occasion of a real old Sigma Nu get-to-
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initiation banquet of Delta Pi Chapter, and
in addition there was the fine feature of
the Alumni reunion which brought out
many prominent Alumni of the Fraternity,
in and -near the capital city. The follow-
ing Chapters were represented by one or
more Brothers:

Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, Theta, Lambda,
Mu, Psi, Beta Beta, Beta Zeta, Beta Eta,
Beta Rho, Gamma Alpha, Gamma Delta,
Gamma Iota, Gamma Nu, Gamma Pi,
Gamma Upsilon, Delta Beta, Delta Zeta,
Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma and Delta Phi.

Bernard F. Burdick, Commander of
Delta Pi Chapter, welcomed the new ini-
tiates, Horace C. Young, Ralph M. Holt,
John J. McNeely, George Moskey, Charles
Ricketts, Jr., Vincent McDougal, and
Adolf K. Barta, into the Chapter and
Sigma Nu, and addressed words of wel-
come to the Alumni present. Horace C.
Young, with a flow of Kentucky oratory
and real Sigma Nu spirit, responded for
the new Sig Brothers and left no doubt in
the minds of those present that he and his
fellow goats mean to put something worth
while into the Fraternity.

One of the fine features of the banquet
was the presence of our Vice-Regent,
George A. Smith. Brother Smith, in an
address, filled with the spirit of progress
for the Fraternity, personally launched
the Permanent Endowment Fund Cam-
paign. Norman Shaw, who is always on
the job when anything is poppin' around
these parts along the line of Sigma Nuism,
followed Brother Smith on the program
of speeches, and before the smoke had
lifted, a sufficiently large number of life
memberships had been pledged to send
Brother Smith and his Permanent Endow-
ment Fund back to New York on a mid-
night train, rejoicing at the success of their
maiden voyage together.

Clarence A. Short, Delta Kappa, new
Inspector of the First Division, made his
first official bow to the Division. Brother
Short is a man of wide experience and will
be a valuable asset to the Chapters of the
First Division in his official capacity. He
is a man who does things; a man whom to
know is to realize that the contact with the
Spirit and Creed of the Fraternity is worth
holding after we go out of the business of
receiving sheepskins.

Victor L. Kebler, A II, '18, secretary-
treasurer of the Delta Pi Home Corpora-

tion, explained the organization, work, and
plans of the incorporation, received
pledges for purchases of stock and gave it
as his opinion that in a comparatvely short
while, with aid from the new Permanent
Endowment Fund, Delta Pi Chapter could
own such a home as should represent
Sigma Nu in the Capital City.

Robert W. Bolwell, A Z, represented our
Sig Brothers on the George Washington
Faculty on the program of speeches.

Orin M. Baldinger, A, major, United
States army, added much to the occasion
by his presence as toastmalser.

The banquet closed amid a "Hi Rickety"
and the singing of the White Star of Sigma
Nu.

FRANK L. YATES, T ILAIL

FLORIDA STATE RALLY

The third Sigma Nu Florida State Rally
was held March 18th, 19th, and 20th, at
DeLand, Florida, under the auspices of
Delta Mu Chapter, Stetson University.
Various sections of Florida and Georgia
sent delegates and visitors who were either
Alumni of Delta Mu or of various other
Chapters throughout the United States. A
large representation was present from
Epsilon Zeta Chapter, recently installed at
the University of Florida. Among the list
of prominent visitors were Oscar Palmour,
then Inspector and now Grand Counselor;
Clarence Woods, Past Grand Recorder and
Editor of The Delta; Gilchrist Stockton,
*, graduate of Oxford and at present Mr.
Herbert Hoover's assistant in his Near
East Relief drive.

The convention was opened by a recep-
tion at the Commercial Club, March 18th,
from 8 to 10 p. m. At this time were
present the active members, Alumni, visit-
ing Sigma Nus, students and Faculty of
the university, and the city friends of the
Fraternity. It served as an opportunity
for every one to become acquainted. Fol-
lowing the reception a dance was given
for the Sigma Nus.

Saturday morning from 10 until 12:30,
a business session was held. Numerous
plans for the welfare of Delta Mu and
Sigma Nu in general were discussed and
passed upon. The most tangible result of
this session was the. settled determination
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the long sustained hope and purpose of
Delta Mu Chapter to erect a $10,000.00
residence for the occupancy of its mem-
bers. A drive for the remaining funds re-
quired for the accomplishment of this
project will start forthwith under the di-
rection of a committee of such leaders as
Robert Milam, Jacksonville; Claude Jones,
Arcadia; Frank Smith and Medwin Peeke,
Orlando; Willis Junkin, and Judge Barco,
Miami, and Attorney Francis Miller, of
DeLand. It was also decided that on ac-
count of the interest shown by the Alumni,
the holding of a convention should become
an annual event. Upon the invitation of
Brother George Milam, it was decided to
hold the fourth convention next year at
Gainesville, as the guests of Epsilon Zeta
Chapter.

The most unique event of the conven-
tion was held Saturday afternoon from 4
to 6. It consisted of a tea dansant held at
the College Arms Hotel. In addition to
Sigma Nus many students of the univer-
sity as well as friends in the city were
present. Refreshments of sandwiches,
cream puffs, and tea were served. Music
was furnished by an orchestra and many
of those present engaged in dancing.

From 8 to 12 in the evening a banquet
was held in the main dining room of the
College Arms Hotel. The following pro-
gram was rendered:

Toastmaster, Neil Jackson, only active
charter member, Delta Mu Chapter; Wel-
come to Alumni, F. P. Whitehair, Com-
mander, Delta Mu Chapter; Response by
Alumni, Claude Jones, A M, Alumni rep-
resentative; National Fraternities, Dr.
Hulley, President, Stetson University;
Sigma Nu at University of Florida, George
Milam, representing Epsilon Zeta Chap-
ter; Our Fraternity, Oscar Palmour, In-
spector, Second Division; Delta Mu's New
Chapter House, Robert Milam, Chairman,
Building Committee; Trying Ordeals of
Rathood, R. E. Kunkel, A M, representing
1920-'21 initiates, and Our Badge Moves
a Battleship, Clarence Woods, Z, ex-
Grand Recorder and Editor.

Sunday, the left-over guests were given
an auto trip to Daytona Beach. Bathing
in the surf was indulged in, after which
dinner was partaken of at Cattaneos Grill.

This convention was declared by Broth-
ers attending the other conventions to be

the best that had ever been held in the
State. Much of the success was due to the
efforts of Brother Neil Jackson, who had
charge of affairs and also due to the effi-
cient work of the various committees. The
purpose of the convention was for the fur-
therance of Sigma Nu in Florida, and we
feel confident that we may claim to be one
of the leading fraternities in the State due
to the fact that Sigma Nu is the only na-
tional Fraternity at Stetson and that the
recently installed Epsilon Zeta Chapter is
taking great strides in Fraternity circles
at Gainesville. The culmination of plans
for building a new Chapter House is also
in keeping with the aim of the whole Fra-
ternity in its drive for Chapter owned
Houses.

During the convention the active mem-
bers were afforded the opportunity to
come in contact with the old Sigma Nus
who have left college in years past and
have attained success. This success being
inspired by the ideals as laid down by the
Founders and propounded in the teachings
of the Creed. These men showed them-
selves to be worthy members of Sigma Nu,
and so the active members may be in-
spired by their actions and achievements,
upholding the traditions and records of
Sigma Nu. The interests of a Fraternity
can as well be subserved by its Alumni as
its active members. The co-operation of
the Alumni and active members as dis-
played at this convention shows that even
though Sigma Nu is in its infancy in Flor-
ida, the goal of State supremacy is within
our reach, and we feel that in a short time
Florida will take its place in the ranks of
Sigma Nu States.

R. E. KUNKEL. A M.

OREGON'S HOME COMING

Home-coming was held last Fall on Oc-
tober 11th, 12th, and 13th. It was the
greatest home-coming Oregon ever had and
to those Alumni who couldn't get here we
extend our heartfelt sympathies. French
75's would sound like fire crackers in com-
parison with the noise of the rally. And
to the old grads of "Dobie Days" from the
University of Washington, it was a bitter
morsel, as we beat the Sun Dodger football
team, 17 to 0.

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the "Book," These included Sigs from
Washington, 0. A. C. and elsewhere, and
the following Brothers from Gamma Zeta:
George Colton, Lloyd Tegart, Iver Ross,
Terry Beck, Ormond Bean, Garnet Green,
Frank Beach, Russel Fox, Merlin Batley,
Fred Kiddle, Herb Normandin, Sprague
Carter, Fred "Doc" Zeigler, Ben Chandler,
Elmer Paine, Ercel Kays, Fred Stump,
Oliver Huston, Arthur Geary, Carl Huston,
Dean Hayes, Vernon Vawter, Luke Good-
rich, Bart Spellman, Donald Dyment,
Glenn Dudley, Roland Geary, Seth Kerron,
Mike Walker, Paul Willoughby, Dean
Walker, Clarence Bishop, Arthur "Doc"
Van Busen, Donald Van Boskirk, and
George Gochnour. Everyone who was here
says he will be back next year. We have
plans to make it a 100 per cent, reunion.

Many and long were the sessions around
the fire-places. Nobody remembers sleep-
ing during the week-end, and the midnight
suppers gave us all a chance to keep on
our feet till morning.

W. HUBER RAMBO, T Z.

OREGON'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY
BANQUET

During the Christmas Holidays about
seventy-five of the active Chapter men and
Alumni of the University of Oregon and
0. A. C. met at our annual banquet in
Portland. The banquet was held in the
Benson Hotel. Speeches were made by
Oliver Huston, George Colton, and Allan
Brandies. This get-together banquet- has
always been a success, and the last one
measured up to the former one in every
respect. Everyone reported a good time
and the Brothers left in very jovial and
convivial spirits.

W. HUBER RAMBO, T Z.

MONTGOMERY SIGMA NUS EN-
TERTAIN AT BRILLIANT BALL

January the third was indeed Sigma Nu
Day in Montgomery. From time to time
in the past Sigma Nu has vied with the
other fraternities of Montgomery in en-
tertaining, but on January 3rd last she
closed the holiday season with two of the
most enjoyable and beautiful entertain-
ments given here in quite a while.

A number of the fraternities had enter-
tained during the holidays, but we chose
the last date in order that the Alumni here
might also have the men from the active
Chapters of the State with them as they
passed through here en route to their re-
spective schools. The city was filled with
Sigma Nus that day as the entire active
Chapter of Beta Theta was present and a
very large delegation from Theta Chapter,
and also Brothers from Iota and other
neighboring Chapters.

That afternoon, from five to seven, there
was a reception and tea dance for members
of the Fraternity and their lady friends
only, at May's Rose Gardens. This was
indeed an enjoyable affair and it afforded
the visiting Sigs an opportunity to meet
each other and the Montgomery Alumni.
Punch was served throughout the after-
noon.

That night, from ten until one, the ball
room of the Exchange Hotel was the scene
of an entertainment which will long be re-
membered in this old city so noted for its
social functions. The spacious ball room
had been profusely and elaborately deco-
rated in the Fraternity colors, Southern
smilax, Spanish morse, and palms. Col-
lege and fraternity pennants added to the
decorations while at either end of the room
was a large electric Sigma Nu Badge
banked in smilax.

Six hundred invitations had been sent
and the largest company of the holiday
season gathered for the occasion. Music
was furnished by the famous thirteen-
piece orchestra of the Empire Theatre.

The grand march was led by Judge
(Brother) and Mrs. E. Perry Thomas, 0,
assisted by Judge (Brother) and Mrs.
Lucien G. Gardner, ©. During this march
each lady was presented with an appro-
priate holiday favor.

The Sigma Nu march was led by
Brother Willard McCall, ®, assisted by
Brother Eugene Reid, B 0. There were
over a hundred Sigma Nus in the march
and it probably presented the largest num-
ber of members of one fraternity, outside
of convention, ever assembled in this city.
During this lead all lights were ex-
tinguished except the electric Badges and
these shed their soft colored rays on a
beautiful scene indeed. The ladies were
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pents each of which held in its open mouth
the gold letters 3 N. These unique favors
had been made by that loyal Brother, Stew-
art May. The Sigma Nus themselves all
wore White Rose buds.

Other fraternities were favored through-
out the evening with individual leads.

These entertainments were a fitting close
to one of the greatest years in the life of

the Fraternity in Montgomery, during
which we succeeded in adding to the list
of prominent Alumni we had here, a group
of younger fellows in the active Chapters
of me State, which clearly gives Sigma Nu
the place she should occupy among the
fraternities of the Capitol City of Ala-
bama; that is first.

JOHN M. WARD, B 0.

Illinois is Fraternity Paradise

Baird's Manual of College Fraternities lists 94 fraternities with chapters
at the University of Illinois, outranking in number all other colleges in America.
The table follows:

University of Illinois 94

University of Michigan 88

Cornell 86

University of California 77

University of Minnesota 68

University of Wisconsin 67

Ohio State University 61

Northwestern 60

University of Washington 60

State University of Iowa 50

Leland Stanford - 48

University of Chicago 45

Columbia 44

Harvard 38

Indiana University 38

Yale 31

— Ohio State University Monthly.

Present War Cross
to Widow of Hero

"Lest the boys at Gamma Chi Chapter
should overlook the matter, I cut this clip-
ping out of a Butte paper the other day
for The Delta," writes Howard A. John-
son r $•

SEATTLE, WASH., June 15.— In the
presence of members of Elmer J. Noble
post No. 1, American Legion, Colonel
Otho W. B. Farr, district artillery recruit-
ing officer, last night presented to Mrs.
Doris Smith Noble, the distinguished serv-
ice cross awarded her husband, First Lieu-
tenant Elmer J. Noble, for the heroic ac-
tions which resulted in his death in the
battle of the Argonne nearly two years
ago.

Lieutenant Noble, who was a member of
the 354th Infantry, was killed at Bois De
Cheppy while leading his men in action.

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Permanent Endowment Fund Bulletin

No. 8 ~ 1 April 1921

Going Up?

Po'try, By-Dad/

I've just paid my first ten to Harry —

Ten bucks less for me to carry!

But it's ten more steps to the glorious height,

Where gleams and glistens the Sigma Nu light.

Above me I see but one-twenty-five,

While below are thousands. Dead? No, alive!

(The new General Secretary says this is poetry. "Bum poetry," says Jawn, "but the
right spirit. If 'Dad' isn't curbed, hell be trying to write a song.")

In Memoriam Patris

Brother Norman H. Angell, AF, introduces a new sentiment into his contribution:

"Here is a Liberty Bond that I saved during the war. Let it go into the Endowment
Fund. It helped win the war and now it can continue in its work by helping in another
good cause.

"I would like to give this bond in the memory of my father, Stephen H. Angell, who
died this year on Washington's birthday. When I left for college at Columbia the only
request he made was that I should not join a Fraternity. The experience of several other
young fellows being sent home from college led him to ask this request.

"After I had been at Columbia for over six months I wrote him several letters about
Sigma Nu, of meeting Brother Bert Wilson and of the character of the men that composed
the Chapter.

"One morning I received this letter: 'A lodge or a church, in fact any organization, is
judged by the character of the men in it. If these men in Columbia are what you say they
are there can be nothing finer. Go ahead.'

"That evening Brother Wilson put the pledge pin upon me. I have always remembered
the letter."

New York Alumni

New York Alumni Chapter had a meeting the other evening, and here they are! There
have been a lot of New Yorkers in before, and they sure are holding up the Seventh Divi-
sion as a pattern. How do they get that way, Bert?

Life Contributor!
Your Fraternity Needs Your Help Still

How the Divisions Stand

(In Percentages of their Quotas)

No. Inspector Per Cent. No. Inspector Per Cent.

7 Wilson 12.6 12 Harrington 1.6

5 Caldwell 11.1 17 Grau 1.4

1 Short 10.9 16 Arney 1.3

9 Roberts 9.0 3 Joiner 1.1

8 Segur 2.6 10 Randall 1.1

13 Cofer 2.2 2 Palmour 1.0

14 More 2.2 6 Phillips 0.9

11 Barnett 1.9 18 Adams ^ 0.8

4 Moffat 1.8 15 McCroskey 0.7

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SENATOR BALL HEADS COMMIT-
TEE ON D. C.

Senator L. Heisler Ball, [A K], of Dela-
ware, heads the Senate committee on the
District of Columbia.

Senator Ball, the new chairman, has
taken a keen interest in District affairs. His
name is associated with the act creating
the District rent commission. He was
chairman of the sub-committee which in-
vestigated the high cost of living in the
district.

The Delaware senator is keenly inter-
ested in the development of the National
Capital, and in obtaining a square deal for
all of its citizens. One of the matters
which he has close at heart is a solution of
the street railway problem. He is a strong
believer in a merger of the street car lines.
— Washington, D. C, Star.

Although of Delta Kappa, we of the
Washington Alumni Chapter claim hjm
during his term of office in the Senate.
He is also a frequent and welcome visitor
at Delta Pi Chapter House and the boys
like to have him talk at the smokers.
Brother Ball is from my home State, Dela-
ware, and is a graduate in medicine.

J. NORMAN TAYLOR, A II,
Secretary, Washington Alumni Chapter.

ALABAMA'S ATTORNEY-GEN-
ERAL TO BECOME JUDGE

J. Q. Smith, [0], attorney general for
Alabama, has been appointed to and has
accepted the office of circuit judge of the
Tenth Judicial Circuit (Jefferson). The
announcement was made by Governor
Kilby and is effective February 8th.

Attorney General Smith's administra-
tion of the office with which he was charged
has been marked by the ability with which
the various and complex legal matters that
have come before the State have been

handled. Although a Montgomery County
man, he was before becoming a candidate
for attorney general of Alabama, a prac-
ticing attorney of Birmingham, where he
resided a number of years. His legal
training and experience are regarded as
well qualifying him for the office. — Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.

CRANSTON WILLIAMS CITED

The following citation in general orders
of the Seventh Division was presented re-
cently to Captain Cranston Williams,
[E] : "For exceptionally meritorious and
courageous service in the face of the
enemy, Lieutenant Williams during the
period from October 8 to November 11,
1918, in the Punvenelle Sector, France,
while serving as the commanding officer of
the Machine Gun Company, 56th Infantry,
by his courageous conduct and excellent
example at all times before his men, by his
we organized and properly functioned
company, by his leadership and his devo-
tion to duty under great stress showed ex-
ceptional qualities and was an inspiration
to his men, thereby greatly assisting in the
success of his regiment, brigade, and divi-
sion."

Brother Williams served with the 56th
Infantry, 7th Division, throughout his
army service. — Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.

His brother, Carey J. Williams, M,
writes us: "Captain Williams is a grad-
uate of Emory College and an Alumnus of
Xi Chapter. Before entering the service
he was editor of the Americas Times*Re-
corder. He is now private secretary to
Senator William J. Harris, of Georgia.*'

And Brother Arvo 0. Brenton, H, who
also sent us this item, adds : "Brother Wil-
liams was one of the best men Xi ever had
and is a Sigma Nu 'from the yard* (as
Georgia negroes say)."

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GENERAL STEINER'S WORK

In Handling Strike Situation Wins Praise
From General Leonard Wood

[Supplementing our account of General Stein-
er's military career, in the March Delta, our
good Brother correspondent in Birmingham sends
us this new story. — The Editor.]

Whole-hearted and unhesitating expres-
sions of gratitude and thanks for the work
of General Robert E. Steiner, [0], in con-
nection with the strike situation have been
given by prominent citizens of Birming-
ham. Residents of other States also have
praised unreservedly the conduct of the
strike by General Steiner. From the men
of his command come warm approvals of
his treatment of them during the long
months in the field.

Best of all in compact thought, however,
was the tribute of Major General Leonard
Wood, who has had more military experi-
ence in handling strikes than perhaps any
other army man now living. When Gen-
eral Wood was here a week ago, he made
the following comment on the work of
General Steiner:

"I am very much interested and pleased
with the way in which this strike has been
handled by General Steiner. He has taken
care of the situation in a most able man-
ner, and I have watched developments with
great interest. Nothing further in the way
of excellent management of conditions
could be desired by any army man."

The regard in which the general is held
by his men is expressed throughout the
guard organization. This regard was ex-
pressed ably by Major Baldwin, as spokes-
man for the members of the guard from
Birmingham:

"We are for you first, last and all the
time, and would be only too proud to
again serve under you. Let us assure you
that such broadness of vision and your at-
titude toward the boys is appreciated be-
yond any mere collections of words which
we could compile."

General Steiner's courage and firmness
in dealing with the situation, at great per-
sonal sacrifice to himself, has piled up a
great debt which the citizens of the Bir-
mingham district and the rest of the State
will never be able to repay, according to
prominent men of Birmingham. These
men had no ax to grind in the recent strike,

being neither coal operators or union or-
ganizers, but fair-minded, public-spirited
citizens of Birmingham. — Birmingham
Age-Herald.

CLIFFORD N. McARTHUR
Oregon's Congressman From Gamma Zeta

Honorable C. N. (Pat) McArthur, [r
Z], University of Oregon, '01, for a fourth
time is a Congressman from the Third Con-
gressional District of Oregon. In the
minds of many, Pat, who has already
served three terms as Congressman from
Oregon, is a fixture.

Pat McArthur was born on June 10,
1879, at The Dalles, Oregon. Two or three
years after Pat was born, in 1885, the Mc-
Arthur family removed to Polk County,
Oregon, to the old Nesbit farm which is
still owned by Pat and his brother, Tarn.

In 1890, the McArthur family moved to
Portland and Pat went to Bishop Scott's
Academy. He always said he was too
mean to go to Portland Academy with his
brother, Tarn, so he went to B. S. A. From
the Bishop Scott Academy he went to the
University of Oregon in 18%, being a sub-
Freshman during 1896-1897.

Upon entering college Pat immediately
became interested in student activities and
especially in inter-collegiate athletics, and
from the beginning of his college course
assumed what we might call a dictatorship
of athletics. Hence the name by which he
is known—The Father of Athletics."

If Congressman McArthur could discard
the name of Pat which he gained while at
the University of Oregon, he could put on
a plug hat and flowing coat tails, carry his
right arm attached to the lapel of his coat
and be sure 'nuf statesman. By this, we
mean that Pat has been taking the bit in
his teeth and standing pat on a number of
issues which rather takes him out of the
class of wishy-washy, weak-kneed politi-
cians.

Surely we may all not stand with him on
the liquor question, or in his unreadiness
to turn this country over to union labor
and his demand for universal military
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which Pat has made a definite stand, but
we are all glad to know that he is not
weak-kneed.

Pat's interest in athletics was not con-
fined to keeping tab on all the data con-
cerning athletic history of the college and
in managing the teams, but also Pat was a
participant at least on one notable occasion.
The Oregon eleven was returning from
California where it had played the Univer-
sity of California to a standstill. A game
had been scheduled enroute home with the
Ashland Normal School team. The score
already was decidedly in the University of
Oregon's favor, when the opportunity
arose for a try at a field goal. The ball
was on one side of the field and some little
distance from the goal posts. Although
Pat was manager he had gotten into the
game and to the surprise of all, kicked the

Honorable C. N. McArthur's rise in
politics came rapidly. After leaving the
University of Oregon in 1901 he took up
newspaper work in Portland, and later
law while farming in Polk County. After
passing the bar (this is no pun) Congress-
man McArthur opened a law office at Port-
land, and shortly became a member of the
State Legislature and then Speaker of the
State Legislature and then private secre-
tary to the late Governor Benson.

While serving as private secretary to the
late Governor Benson, Pat confided to
some of his friends that he wouldn't mind
nestling in the Governor's chair, but had
no ambition to be a messenger boy at.
Washington which he considered to be
about the status of the ordinary congress-
man. However, in 1913 Pat and the peo-
ple both decided that he should go to Con-

However, the University of Oregon
Alumnus in Congress has proved to be
considerably more than a messenger boy
as one who has visited Washington during
the last several years has been able to find
out. Pat is a power in Congress. He has
important committee appointments, includ-
ing membership in the Committee upon
Naval Affairs. But his real power is in
the influence that he has on the floor of the
House. He is often used by the leaders as
a whip in lining up the members upon im-
portant issues. — Old Oregon, sent in by
Sprague H. Carter, T Z.

WALTER E. WILSON

Those readers, who saw our reference
in the December Delta to a Kansas dispu-
tation, between Brothers Hopkins and Wil-
son, both of Nu Chapter, will please now
spend a few minutes in the Pickwick Club
to recast their minds with fresh informa-
tion.

A FRIENDLY CHURCH

Rev. Howard A. Blanning, E, is assist-
ant pastor of the First Congregational
Church, Detroit, Mich.

Five reporters from the Detroit Daily
Times, dressed as "down-and-outs" were
sent to five different churches one Sunday
morning to learn whether "churches prac-
tice what they preach." We quote here
what the fourth reporter brought back, as
told to us by Brother U. G. Palmer, Jr., E.

"I went disguised as a 'down-and-
outer,' " says the reporter. "At the thres-
hold I hesitated, ashamed to enter. A man
whom I afterward learned was the Rev. H.
A. Blanning, assistant pastor, smiled a
welcome and grasped my hand with a
clasp that indicated better than words
could have, 'I am your friend.' "

KIMBROUGH WINS BANK
PROMOTION

S. A. Kimb rough, [A I], has won a pro-
motion from the cashiership of the Ex-
change National Bank to the position of
vice-president and cashier.

Mr. Kimbrough is one of the youngest
bank vice-presidents in the city. He was
graduated from Washington State College
in 1911 and was for eight years cashier of
the Farmers' National Bank of Colfax be-
fore coming to Spokane nearly two years
ago. At Colfax he married a daughter of
former State Senator R. C. McCroskey, of
Garfield, [father of our McCroskey trio,
A I.]. — Spokesman Review > Spokane,
Wash., sent in by J. Ward Arney, r X.

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BULLETIN ON CEMENT BY
PROFESSOR ARMSBY

Professor Harry Horten Armsby, A A
1911, has co-operated with E. S. McCand-
liss in the publication of a bulletin at the
University of Missouri on "An Investiga-
tion of Blended Portland Cement." After
several hundred experiments, the authors
compiled several pages of valuable data
on average results of tension and compres-
sion tests. The entire bulletin included
over a hundred pages, which show careful
editing. Anyone interested will well profit
by a study of Brother Armsby's scientific
monograph.

C. R. McANLlS, Delta Delta.

Dr. Armsby has been at Penn State for
more than thirty years and is known both
nationally and internationally as the in-
ventor of the famous calorimeter for meas-
uring the maintenance requirements of ani-
mals. The one designed by Dr. Armsby
is .located here at the college and is the
only one of its kind in the United States.
Dr. Armsby is undoubtedly one of the
greatest scientists in the country and is
well known authority on animal nutrition
and agricultural chemistry. In 1918, after
the signing of the armistice, he was se-
lected as one of the four men to make up
the commission which went abroad to study
European food problems. — Penn State Col-
legian.

Henry P. Armsby
Delta Delta

WALLACE OF CASE

Delta Alpha

Brother Clarence Wallace distinguished
himself as manager of the Case Glee Club.
He put across the biggest and best home

NEW HONORS CONFERRED ON
PENN STATE SCIENTIST

Dr. Henry P. Armsby [A A], Director
of the Institute of Animal Nutrition of the
Pennsylvania State College, continues to
have honors conferred upon him with con-
stant regularity. The most recent one took
place at the annual commencement exer-
cises at Yale University, when the degree
of Doctor of Science was given him. Last
April, Dr. Armsby was elected a member
of the National Academy of Sciences, one
of the greatest national honors which can
be conferred upon a scientist.

Clarence W. Wallace
Delta Alpha

concert which Case has ever seen, not only
managing it but doing half of the real
work himself. His ability as manager was
so apparent that he was elected manager
for next year.

EDWARD C. TORGLER, Delta Alpha.

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COLONEL JOHN D. McNEELY

Rho

Colonel John D. McNeely [P], of St.
Joseph, who has the honor of being the
last Missouri national guard officer to be
discharged from federal service, officially
reported to the adjutant general here to-
day on his return from France after two
years and six months of continuous serv-
ice. Colonel McNeely, who served with
the Fourth Missouri Volunteers in the
Spanish-American War, commanded the
Fourth Missouri Infantry on the Mexican
border and went to France in command of
the 139th Infantry, was assigned to duty
on the staff of General Haig at British
army headquarters as American liaison of-
ficer, and so distinguished himself that he
was awarded the British distinguished serv-
ice order, being one of the few American
officers so honored. — Kansas City Star,

JAMES STOWERS A RECORD
M.D.

Eight thousand operations is the war
record of Dr. James Stowers [P], who re-
cently accepted an appointment as Pro-
fessor of Anatomy in the School of Medi-
cine, University of Missouri. Doctor
Stowers was a major in the French army
from the latter part of 1915 until August,
1919.

Doctor Stowers received an A. B. degree
from the university in 1910 and an A. M.
degree in 1911.

In February, 1915, he went to England
with the American Red Cross. For six
months he worked in the Women's War
Hospital at Paignton, England. After be-
ing in charge of a hospital in France for
three months, Doctor Stowers accepted a
commission in the French army. Soon
after this he was sent to Dr. Alexis Carrel,
in Compiegne, and worked under him as a
surgeon for three months. After this, Doc-
tor Stowers was placed in charge of a mil-
itary hospital for nine months. He was
then with a surgical mobile field ambu-
lance train which traveled from one part
of the front to another doing relief work
just behind the lines. This train traveled
in auto trucks through France and Bel-
gium.

In 1918, Doctor Stowers was detached
to a dugout to operate. He worked there
twenty-four hours operating on emergency
cases. While he was there the Germans
began bombarding. The dugout was
blown in. Doctor Stowers was buried
under the debris for fifteen or twenty min-
utes, but when he was extricated it was
found that he had suffered only a slight
scalp wound and bruises.

He was awarded the Croix de Guerre
with three palms and two stars. He also
has the Cross of the Legion of Honor, the
highest decoration given by the French
He was awarded die Legion of Honor
cross for having volunteered his services
to the French and serving for over three
years with them. He got one palm on his
Croix de Guerre for being cited for the
Legion of Honor.

Another palm was added to his Croix de
Guerre for remaining in the hospital and
operating under a severe bombardment in
which nineteen nurses were killed. Doctor
Stowers took charge and directed the work
in the hospital.

The third palm was awarded for con-
spicuous bravery in the battle of the
Somme in 1916. He continued his work
under severe bombardment. The first star
was added when he was consulting surgeon
for the French Tenth Army in Mainz, Ger-
many. The second star was received for
wounds. — The Missouri Alumnus.

S. I. 0. L. MAKES WILLARD
McCALL PRESIDENT

At a recent meeting of the Southern
Inter-Collegiate Oratorical League, Wil-
lard McCall [0], *21, of Alabama, was
elected the first undergraduate president.
This is a distinct honor for Alabama and
for McCall, since besides Alabama, the
league is composed of Kentucky, Vander-
bilt, Virginia, North Carolina, Johns Hop-
kins and several other of the larger uni-
versities of the South.

The purpose of the league is to encour-
age oratory in Southern colleges and to
arrange centests between them. The con-
test held in Lexington, Kentucky, in Feb-
ruary, was highly successful, the cham-
pionship being won by Kentucky. — Uni-
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BIBLE STORIES ON THE
SCREEN

Paul M. Smith, Beta Beta, Sees His Idea
Accepted Widely

A six-reel thriller showing Jonah in the
act of casting himself into the sea, his res-
cue by the kindly whale, and a close-up of
the whale's interior, with Jonah somehow
comfortably ensconced, may soon be one
of the entertainments offered Sunday
School pupils. Renewed interest in the
motion picture as a means for religious
training is being exhibited by press and
pastor, and, on the whole, the idea of using
the screen in church and Sunday School is
meeting with considerable enthusiasm. An
organization of church and business men
has been formed under the name of the
International Church Film Corporation on
the theory that the church is overlooking
an excellent opportunity for instructive-
ness and interest by neglecting the cinema.
In England, where the Church Pictorial
Movement is progressing rapidly as a com-
mercial and social success, The Church
Times (Church of England) reports that
it has received from America an account
of a scheme to produce a "cinema edition
of the Bible," which the writer to The
Times says is already "the best seller the
world over today." Without wishing to
possess the Bible in cinema form, this
British publication looks forward to the
day when, "quite simply, some of its won-
derful stories are made available for our
school children. ... It is imperative that
both children and their elders should have
a decent alternative to the vamped-up sent-
iment and melodrama that constitute their
present picture fare."

In the Catholic Church the possibilities
of the motion picture as an instructive fac-
tor have been realized to the extent that
Pope Benedict XV has caused to be es-
tablished in Rome a cinema institute for
the purpose of producing and circulating,
both in Italy and abroad, films of Italian
manufacture covering religious and other
subjects. One of the first projects of this
institute was the filming of the canoniza-
tion ceremonies of St. Joan of Arc, which
was done under the exclusive direction of
the Vatican. In this country, writes Charles
A. McMahon, director of the N. C. W. C.
Motion Picture Bureau, in The Catholic
Universe (Cleveland), "the motion picture

is being used in ever-increasing measure in
Catholic parishes, schools, colleges, and
institutions, both for social and educa-
tional purposes." While the screen will
never be introduced into Catholic churches
as an integral part of the service, we are
informed —

"Pastors who formerly were tradition-
ally opposed to the motion picture have
come to realize that it can be made one of
the most helpful means of maintaining a
proper parish spirit and of bringing people
together in an interesting way within their
own parish environments and under the
influence of their parish leaders. The great
majority of the larger parishes are now
equipped with up-to-date motion picture
apparatus, and in many there is equipment
as good as is to be found in many of the
motion -picture theaters."

The Methodist General Conference at
Des Moines, realizing that the motion pic-
ture has taken an effective hold on the
people, established a department of stere-
opticon and moving pictures as part of the
plan of Centenary publicity.

It seems generally agreed, as Paul
Smith, [B B], founder of the International
Church Film Corporation, writes in The
Lookout (Cincinnati), that there is no
longer "any doubt of the motion picture's
place in the academic, ethical, moral, and
spiritual education of humanity." It has
been "proved in so conclusive a manner
that colleges and universities, civic better-
ment organizations, and churches have
recognized and adopted the film as a means
toward the accomplishment of their aims."
Noting that difficulty was experienced in
having the commercial companies provide
films suitable for church and Sunday
School, the writer points out that now,
under the church corporation, "the
churches are going to have what they want
They're going to have stories with moral
and ethical purpose instead of stars and
directors with box-office values. And some
day the big commercial companies will
wake up to the fact where the future of the
motion picture lies — that it must mean
something, just as art and literature and
music have meant something more than
paint and words and notes." — Literary
Digest.

Brother Paul M. Smith is the man who
cleaned up the Barbary Coast in San
Francisco a few years ago.

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"WHERE WASHINGTON
WORSHIPED"

Those Brothers who are fortunate
enough to have their wives taking the
Ladies' Home Journal and thus having an
excuse to read this well known magazine,
probably already have read the interesting
article in the February issue entitled,
"Where Washington Worshiped." If you
haven't read it, look it up for it was writ-
ten by Brother John Chapman Hilder, A I\

About everyone remembers that George
Washington was for many years a vestry-
man at Christ Church at Alexandria, Va.,
and also Washington was Master of the
Masonic Lodge in that town. Brother Hil-
der has brought out an interesting fact
that most people didn't know. Washing-
ton was not always a member of Christ
Church. For many years he was connected
with the Pohick Episcopal Church and in
fact was a vestryman there. "The Pohick
Church," as Brother Hilder writes, "was
really more convenient for Washington
and his family than that at Alexandria,
since it was very near Mount Vernon."

Why did Washington change? Brother
Hilder points out that the vestry of the
Pohick Church seemed to be way ahead of
their times for at one of their meetings
they voted against the establishment of
private pews. Washington then "withdrew
in anger from the congregation."

"Later he bought a pew in Christ
Church, Alexandria, and this same pew for
which he paid the record price of thirty-
six pounds, ten shillings, may be seen in
the old church today."

Among other things in Brother Hilder's
article is a splendid description of how
Christ Church looks today. A full page
colored drawing of the church accom-
panies the article as well as three small
sketches

NORMAN H. ANGELL, A I\

JAMES F. ROLLINS

Brother James F. Rollins, A II, spent the
month of February with us living in our
Y. M. C. A. dormitory. Rollins is field
organizer for the Radcliffe Chautauqua
Bureau of Washington, D. C.

He started in here in Pottsville, Pa., sold
the idea of the chautauqua to a select
group of citizens and then worked from
town to town in this county returning
usually to Pottsville every evening. Rol-
lins is certainly an enthusiastic salesman.
When he left us on March 3d, for Wilkes-
Barre he had signed up just thirteen com-
munities. Every one is looking forward to
this chautauqua program in June. One
prominent citizen said to Rollins a day or
so before he left: "Pottsville and Schuyl-
kill County will not be the same place
after the influence of these Americaniza-
tion chautauqua programs gets to work-
ing."

It was indeed a pleasure for me to meet
this splendid Sigma Nu and have a little
part in introducing him to influential citi-
zens in this county.

NORMAN H. ANGELL, A I\

Maline Stands Four-Square

President of Case Sigma Nu Building Company Endorses P. E. F.

I am heartily in accord with the Endowment Fund program and for that
reason mailed my subscription before Inspector Caldwell had a chance to call.
Furthermore, when we were financing the Case Chapter House proposition, the
assistance which we received from the Grand Chapter helped very materially
and I am, therefore, glad to have this opportunity to express my appreciation. —
J. F. Maune, B N-A A.

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Philadelphia Welcomes the Twentieth
Grand Chapter

December 29, 30 and 31, 1921

THE keys of the city of Philadelphia
are offered to Sigma Nu Fraternity
for the three days of our next Grand
Chapter. Recently we received word that
the High Council has honored the Phila-
delphia Alumni by granting us the privi-
lege of entertaining that conclave of
Knights in December, and our whole heart

and soul goes into the welcome we extend
to you, one and all, Brothers in Sigma Nu.

We, of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter
of Sigma Nu, have long known that this
city of "Brotherly Love" was the logical
location for a successful all-Eastern Grand
Chapter. Loyal Sigma Nus from every
section of the Eastern Coast, from the
Maine woods to the everglades of Florida,
have promised their hearty co-operation in
making this the biggest and best Grand
Chapter ever.

The attractions of Philadelphia are so
numerous and so generally well known

that we will not take space at this time to
enumerate them. However, there are one
or two to which it is fitting that we call
your attention.

Philadelphia is the "Shrine of American
Liberty" and in truth the birthplace of the
nation. In Independence Hall the Declara-
tion of Independence was signed by our
forefathers and in that revered old build-
ing swings the famous Liberty Bell, the
most treasured historical relic in the
United States.

Enough mention of the historically edu-
cational places in the city. After the busi-
ness sessions of the Grand Chapter perhaps
some of the aesthetically inclined Brothers
will care to inspect the galleries of the
Academy of the Fine Arts, or drive along
the boulevards and visit the beauty spots
for which the city is noted.

We will refrain from exploiting the
pleasures to be derived from indulging in
the various phases of night life to be
found in Philadelphia, but we promise to
extend "The Helping Hand" and lead
worthy Knights to the theaters, cabarets,
and other bright lights where one may be
far from the maddening crowd and forget
dull care.

Now, fellow Sigs, one thing more, we
want you to make definite plans to visit
Philadelphia for that Grand Chapter and
sample real Eastern Sigma Nu hospitality.
The East unites in urging you to come and
see what we can do for you. The South is
famous for its hospitality, especially
around meal time, the West has a brand of
its own; and we all know that the latch
string is always out in the North; now
come to Philadelphia next December and
give us a chance to prove that with Eastern
goodfellowship we can show you a royal
time that will surpass all memories.

The Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of Sigma Nu

Percy S. Lyons, President

Edward F. LaFitte, Vice-President

William L. Gruhler, Secretary and Treasurer
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Alumni Chapter Letters

The Chapter Letter for October is Due August 15, 1921

We Desire a No. 1 Record in the Next Delta
Brother Secretary, Keep This Date in Mind

BALTIMORE ALUMNI CHAPTER

This, our initial effort since we wan-
dered back into the fold will be short, but
to the point. After quite a period of in-
activity the Baltimore Alumni Chapter is
alive once again.

We have been in business too short a
time for any social activities, but we soon
hope to liven things up.

"Baldy" Diggs has lately joined the
force of Alexander Brown & Sons, Bankers.

Bill Barall is the efficient manager of
the Towson Court Drug Store.

Brother Hawkins, the king of auto sales-
men, holds forth with the William J.
Meyers Auto Exchange.

Coney, A $, is associated with the Auto
Outing Co.

Johnny Johnson is a well known mem-
ber of the Johnson Construction Co., as
well as secretary of the Circle Theatre Co.
Free movies, tickets boys, don't rush.

L. M. Lumpkin is on the staff of the
University of Maryland Hospital.

Roane Lumpkin is in the foreign ex-
change department of the National Bank
of Commerce.

Raymond Smith has joined the force of
the Union Paper Bag Company in the ca-
pacity of salesman.

Past Regent Robinson, the Founder of
Lambda Chapter, is one of the prominent
members of the medical circle of Balti-
more.

J. STEWART KNODE, Secretary.

BOSTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Boston Alumni Chapter has expe-
rienced a lively winter in this year of 1921.
The series of "smokers" inaugurated last
fall have been continued up to the pres-
ent. For this purpose the unexcelled ad-
vantages of the Boston City Club have
been availed of.

On Wednesday evening, January 26th, a
rousing "smoker" was held at the City
Club. Officers for the current year were

elected as follows: President, Royal G.
Higgins, AN; vice-president, Harry C.
Frazier, A A ; secretary, Sherman W. Salt-
marsh, AB; treasurer, Willard Wight, A
N; sergeant-at-arms, Newell B. Chamber-
lain, A N.

In glancing over the foregoing, it will be
seen that Delta Nu has a large share in the
conduct of our Alumni Chapter here in
Boston; furthermore, at the "smokers"
and gatherings held lately there has al-
ways been a goodly showing from this
same Delta Nu Chapter, and our organiza-
tion at the University of Maine, although
not so old and seasoned as some of the
other Chapters represented in our midst,
must certainly be commended highly for
instilling into its members a spirit that
never dies. So then, Brothers from other
Chapters, it just behooves you to bestir
yourselves and emulate Delta Nu; show
us that Maine isn't the only institution in
the country that never lets the fire on the
Fraternal Hearth die out.

The project to secure a charter for a
Chapter of Sigma Nu at Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology has interested and
occupied many of our members during the
winter. A more worthy field for fraternal
expansion could not be mentioned here in
the local district. It is still early to pre-
dict definite success for this project, but
we of the Boston Alumni Chapter have
hopes that the "Engineers" and particu-
larly the dozen or more loyal "Sigs" al-
ready at Tech in the roll of transfers from
other institutions will keep up the good
work and obtain their charter.

An informal "smoker" was held on Mon-
day evening, February 28th, at the apart-
ments of Seth F. Arnold. Some fifteen of
us had a jovial time and thank "Doc" Ar-
nold for his hospitality.

Frank Aydelotte, one of our staunch pil-
lars here and up to the present professor
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
has just been elected to the presidency of
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and higher station in his career with our
hearty congratulations and best wishes for
the future. Just the same, we shall miss
Brother Aydelotte in our midst.

We have scheduled a Sigma Nu dinner
at 6:30 p. m., Thursday, April 7th, at
Hotel Avery, Avery Street, Boston. C. A.
Schmitz as chairman and Howard C. White
and C. C. Maguire make up the Committee
on Arrangements, and they are doing their
utmost to make this the gala gathering of
the 1921 season. It is even rumored that
one of our former members, Brother Ed-
win W. Dunlavy, Past General Secretary
of the Fraternity, is to honor us with h:s
presence.

SHERMAN W. SALTMARSH, Secretary.

CLEVELAND ALUMNI CHAPTER

The most noteworthy event of the last
three months among Sigma Nus of Cleve-
land, was the annual banquet, which was
held on February 19th, at the Winton
Hotel, and which was attended by 110
Sigma Nus of Cleveland and vicinity. The
afternoon was devoted to initiation of
pledges by Delta Zeta Chapter. The ban-
quet itself was one of the most successful
Sigma Nu functions ever held in Cleve-
land.

W. D. "Dad" Clark, presided over the
gathering as toastmaster. The speakers
were Regent Walter E. Myers, M. R. Ham-
lin, A A; E. V. Whitney, A Z, representing
the local Active Chapters in Cleveland,
and C. C. Lyons, B H. Brother Lyons
spoke on the Irish question, and having
quite recently returned from that isle
where open dissension abounds, he was
able to give us a lot of real facts about the
situation over there. The Cleveland
Alumni Chapter is certainly indebted to
Brother Lyons for coming to Cleveland
and taking the leading part in making this
banquet the most satisfactory, if not the
largest attended, banquet ever held in
Cleveland.

The boys were mighty pleased to dis-
cover Harry Rider, Assistant General Sec-
retary, at the speaker's table.

The Cleveland Alumni Chapter has in-
stituted a regular bi-monthly luncheon
which is held on the second and fourth
Wednesdays of each and every month, at
12:30 p. m., at Allendorf's, 1111 Chest-
nut Avenue. It is our aim to get the Sigma

Nus in Cleveland, who are* located down-
town or near the downtown section, to get
in the habit of eating together on these
occasions.

The regular monthly meeting and din-
ner will be held on the first Wednesday in
every month at the Y. M. C. A., at 6:15 p.
m. The last two monthly meetings have
been held at the Y. M. C. A. and we be-
lieve it to be the best place in town for
these meetings.

L. I. Corliss, A B, has just located in
Cleveland. He is with the bond depart-
ment of the Aetna Insurance Company.

F. W. Hoffman, B N, is also a new arri-
val in town.

R. H. Finger, X, is with the Case Club in
secretarial capacity. I have not person-
ally met Brother Finger, but am informed
by Jack Maline, who is one of the chief
perpetrators of this Case Club, that
Brother Finger is a real live wire.

Perry D. Caldwell is rejoicing over the
advent into his family of a small son. As
I understand it, Young Caldwell's name is
William DeFord Caldwell.

N. A. Miller, alias the king of Cuba, is
in the executive department of William
Taylor, Son & Company.

R. V. Pease, who has been resurrected
after a period of almost two years, was
discovered at Dover, Ohio, where he is en-
gaged in the flour and feed business.
Brother Pease, however, lives in Cleveland.
M. E. EVANS, Secretary.

DALLAS ALUMNI CHAPTER

Since our last Chapter letter was sent
in, we have had several new men affiliate
themselves with our Chapter. Among
these are Winford Marquis, Jack Coffey,
"Stub" Harris, and F. H. Mifford, who are
from the University of Missouri, and J. M.
Palmer from the University of Arkansas.
Brother Palmer is connected with the Great
Southern Life Insurance Co.

Dave Bouldin, from University of Ari-
zona, is with us; also Brother Maxwell
Hill, from Texas University, nqw con-
nected with the Southwestern Telephone
Co., is here.

At one of our luncheons last month we
had the pleasure of having Brother H. H.
Lynch with us.

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Saturday and our invitation to all visiting
Sigs to meet with us, is always open.
CHARLES F. STEINEGER, Vice-President.

DENVER ALUMNI CHAPTER

On February 18th, Gamma Eta Chapter
entertained the Fraternity at a well-ap-
pointed dance in the ball room of the
Brown Palace Hotel.

The dance was a huge success in every
way. Excellent music was furnished by a
group of college students. Refreshments
were served and the guests all enjoyed
themselves to the fullest extent. There
were some two hundred present, represent-
ing all the Chapters of the Division and a
large number of Denver Alumni Chapter.
This is the first time in several years that
a Sigma Nu dance has been held in Den-
ver. The dance was promoted and given
entirely by and at the expense of the Broth-
ers of Gamma Eta Chapter. They are to
be congratulated on their work and the
excellent spirit shown.

[The rest of this Letter deals with the Four-
teenth Division Convention and Denver's Annual
Alumni Banquet, and consequently appears under
the department Convention and Rallies.— The
Editor.]

GEORGE H. SWERER, Secretary.

EASTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

The eleventh of March seemed to be a
poor date for our monthly dinner and
meeting as so many of the Brothers sent in
regrets and had pretty good excuses. How-
ever, April 8th is the next date and a
bumper meeting is expected.

At the last meeting the Chapter decided
to hold their meetings in the evening on
the second Friday of each month. Before
each meeting a supper will be served in
the Gamma Epsilon House and to know
what kind of a meal to expect just ask Paul
Sandt, who took time enough out between
his two jobs to drop in for the last supper.

Brother Fackenthal took time enough
off from his arduous study of law to at-
tend the last meeting. Brother Brownmil-
ler passed around cigars announcing as
his excuse the arrival of a son. Brothers
Houck, Bowlby and Keller, appeared to en-
joy the festivities.

The meeting was somewhat more serious
and quieted down on account of the news
of the death of Dan Overton, r E, '17.

Brother Foster sent in a notice which
appears elsewhere in The Delta.

Appropriate resolutions were passed in
regard to Founder Quarles's death. Brother
Rahn quoted many pleasant memories,
especially relating to the last Grand Chap-
ter. H. J. LOCKWOOD, Secretary.

HARTFORD ALUMNI CHAPTER

There has been a good attendance at the
winter meetings of the Hartford Alumni
Chapter.

At our regular monthly March meeting
a delegation from the New Haven Alumni
Chapter was entertained at dinner at the
University Club. Following the dinner we
all went over to the bowling alleys and
the Hartford team took on the New Haven
bowlders.1 Although they were our guests,
we will have to admit that our team was
a little* the better as the final score showed.
We hope that this has not dampened their
spirits any and that we may have many
more such contests with them.

Our weekly luncheons are held every
Thursday noon, 12:30, at the University
Club. We hope that any Brothers coming
through Hartford or expecting to locate
here will call the secretary up at Charter
828 and go over and have a bite to eat
and meet some of the Sigs.

J. W. WASHBURN, Secretary.

INDIANAPOLIS ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The past winter has been one of interest
in that quite a few changes have occurred
among Indianapolis Sigma Nus, and our
Wednesday noon luncheons at the Chamber
of Commerce have been a source of great
pleasure and have served to keep Fratern-
ity interest and spirit alive.

At the luncheon on March 30th twelve
Brothers were present, including Brother
Ward Biddle, B H, cashier of the Middle-
town Bank, who carries a prosperous- look-
ing front, and on the whole is a very
congenial party. Also, Brother Ernest
Williams, our new General Secretary, was
present and added much to the occasion by
his affable stories. We are exceedingly
fortunate in having Brother Williams in
this responsible position, as he is a man

'This !r the exact Rpellliig which Secretary
Washburn usch. — The Editor.

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who will reflect great credit on his Fra-
ternity, and his ability to lead should place
Sigma Nu on top. The Endowment Cam-
paign is now an assured success, with
Brother Williams at the helm.

An inter-fraternity council has been or-
ganized in Indianapolis. Mr. Bruce Mc-
intosh, Lambda Chi Alpha, is the acting
secretary. A big smoker and banquet has
been planned for the last of April at the
Claypool Hotel, which will bring together
all the fraternities with members in this
city. Brother Stuart is the Sigma Nu rep-
resentative on the Board of Governors —
the controlling factor of the organization,
consisting of one member from each fra-
ternity. Indianapolis has had no such or-
ganization since pre-war days. During the
past session of the Indiana General Assem-
bly the council sucessfully combatted all
anti-fraternity legislation, much of which
might easily have been enacted had it not
been for much strategic work on the part
of the council.

Below are a few personal items:

Wm. R. Stuart is now president of the
Direct Mail Advertising Company, 627-28
Indiana Pythian Bldg.

M. C. Pitkin, B. B., now a senior medic,
has been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha,
honorary medical. He is also a member
of N 2 N and $BK. He enters upon his
internship at Robert Long Hospital in June.

U. S. Young, B B, recently of Billings,
Montana, is the most recent arrival in In-
dianapolis. He has entered the advertising
game, and with all his western pep should
succeed.

Clint Givan, B H, represented Marion
County in the last General Assembly. As
a parliamentarian, Brother Givan was hard
to beat.

Ralph Bales, B B, is now associated with
the Better Business Bureau of the Chamber
of Commerce.

Wendell Barrett, B Z, is still selling in-
surance, and our Wednesday luncheons
would not be complete without his never-
failing witticisms.

On Tuesday, March 22nd, nearly twenty-
five Sigma Nus gathered to pay their last
respects to Brother Willard Bridges, B B,
who died at Denver following a long ill-
ness. The death of Brother Bridges is an
irreparable loss to the Fraternity as well
as to all who knew him.

W. A. PITKIN, Secretory.

LEXINGTON ALUMNI CHAPTER

Kentucky

When this letter reaches our readers,
Gamma Iota will be in her new $45,000
Home. All arrangements are now being
made for the Chapter to commence mov-
ing in April 1st. Some of our men are
now living in the House. A formal "House
Warming" is planned and we expect to
announce the date within the next month.
Every old member will be urged to be on
hand to join in the celebration.

Brother "Wrasty" Wright is recovering
from injuries received in an unfortunate
accident, which resulted in his breaking
his left leg at the ankle and other slight
injuries. Brother "Wrasty" tried to get
young again and dated up a bunch of
Kappa Delts to go sleigh riding. Brother
Wrasty was at the helm of his bobsled,
with a whole streak of fairies hanging on
behind him. Whether he was squeezed
too hard, or unduly nervous from too
many "gals" being along, we don't know,
but it seems that he tried to run over an
automobile, resulting in all kinds of dam-
age to Brother Wright, the Kappa Delts
and the sled, but the automobile escaped
without serious injury. As a result of this
accident, he was in the hospital for sev-
eral weeks, but is now out hobbling around
on crutches. He has been the wheel-horse
on our House proposition here, and his
temporary absence was keenly felt. Every
Gamma Iota man should thank the Lord
that there is an "Old Wrasty," for I don't
believe there would be any House here, if
they had not been. He has been a constant
worker, on the job always, and no trip too
long or hard for him to take if he could
get a subscription.

Maury Crutcher has taken a position as
production manager of the Mercury Body
Corporation at Louisville, Ky. His wife
and daughter are now visiting their family
here.

The University of Kentucky basketball
team won the championship of the South.
Sigma Nu had one of the five champions,
Brother Ridgeway, All-Southern guard.

Brother Andy Gill, Indiana star, is
coaching our baseball team this year. He
was with us last year and turned out one
of the best teams we have ever had.

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Brother Ringo has gone to work. He is
manager of Luigart's in this city.

Billy Baughn has gone into politics. He
is running for Deputy County Clerk of
Fayette County.

Dr. George H. Wilson, former Chapter
Adviser of Gamma Iota, is now treasurer
of our House corporation. He is a real
worker and has been a tremendous influ-
ence in helping us to put our pipe dream
through.

Brother Creech was a recent visitor.
The rumor is that he has a girl here.

One of the real features of our new
House is that we did not forget the old
boys. On the first floor of the House is a
suite set aside for the use of visitors and
Alumni. This is a room and private bath,
beautifully furnished, with telephone and
every facility and comfort. The latch-
string will always be on the outside, and
as an added attraction, meals will be
thrown in, so every old man is directed to
make it his headquarters.

Gamma Iota is running true to form
this year and the boys have a splendid
Chapter. They are miles out in front in
every college activity. Some of them are
not as good students as they ought to be,
but as the new House has five study rooms,
we expect an immediate improvement as
soon as they move in.

Brother Wilmore has been in the hos-
pital, but is out again.

Mr. K. G. Pulliam, Sr., father of the
Pulliam Brothers, is in the city on a visit
from Los Angeles. He reports Brother
Keel, Jr., in the oil business. He acted as
the treasurer of our House corporation for
a time. He is the read daddy of the House.
GUY A. HUGUELET, Secretary.

MEMPHIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

Brother Hughes and the writer combed
the bushes one day last week for Sigs that
had not as yet identified themselves with
our Alumni Chapter.

In our rounds we located Brother F. J.
Peebles, with the Life and Casualty Insur-
ance Company, American Express Build-
ing; S. W. Bliss, Architect, Randolph
Building; Einer Hoof, Cotton Factors,
Front Street; Russell Reeves, Graham &
Merriman, Ford Automobiles, Madison
Avenue, all Memphis, Tenn.

Owing to the writer being unable to se-

cure a place of meeting for the luncheon
Tuesday, February 22nd, the day that the
Father of Our Country first saw the light
of day, we were unable to get together and
enjoy the fellowship of our Brothers.

Since the organization of the Memphis
University Club about ten or fifteen Sigma
Nus have joined the ranks and we are hop-
ing that we can have something to say in
the affairs of the club.

'I now consider it quite an honor to con-
tribute to the pages of The Delta from the
fact that I now consider it the best peri-
odical issued in the interest of fraternity
and college life, and I am sure that all
hats of Sigma Nus are off to you for your
sincere efforts in making it so delightful
to read and enjoy.

It is such a pleasure to glance through
its pages and run across Brothers in Sigma
Nu who have escaped our memories since
college days and find them standing upon
the top round of the ladder of fame and
giving to the world the knowledge that is
so essential in a world making.

Then again, we see and enjoy the strides
that dear old Sigma Nu is making to place
its name before the fraternity world as a
leader.

THOMAS H. INGRAM, M. D., Secretary.

NASHVILLE ALUMNI CHAPTER

A Brother Martin, now of St. Louis,
was here the other day and says he will
move down next month to be with the
Tennessee Inspection Bureau.

Now, Brothers, I guess you think it is
about time I tell you something about our
efforts on the proposed Alumni Chapter
for Nashville. Brother Noel and I saw or
got in touch with every available Alumnus,
sent them a letter, later a notice, then
through the courtesy of Brother Crutch-
field, sent fifteen telegrams to the doubt-
ful ones reminding them of the meeting.
In short, we at least got in touch with a
number of men who had not seen the Chap-
ter in years and they all seemed interested.
We figure that even with poor attendance
we will — 1. Interest men who are now out
of touch. 2. Get the town Sigs in college

1The rest of Brother Ingram's letter is to
Brother Dunlavy, but we are letting it go through
to show you one of the many tributes which
Brother Dunlavy has received during the past
years. — The Editor.

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closer in touch with the rest of their Chap-
ter.

The meeting was attended by forty-seven
Sigma Nus (the largest gathering of Sigs
held in Nashville in my experiences).

Among the Alumni were: Professor
Turck, Sarratt, John D. Foy, A. D. Fat-
jerly, Lee J. Loventhal, R. R. Sneed, Noble
Van Ness, Martin Roberts, Bruce R.
Payne, Esmond Crutchfield, Joe Alford,
Eugene Orr, Walter Noel, Carr Payne.

Brother Loventhal presided, while
Bruce Payne talked for the Alumni and
Brother Sarratt for the Chapter.

Officers elected were: President, Harry
Ambrose; vice-president, Lee Loventhal;
secretary, Walter Noel; treasurer, Carr
Payne. Meetings are to be held on the
first Saturday of each month with a lunch-
eon of both active men and Alumni.

It was decided to invite the Third Di-
vision Convention for Nashville. In the
event this comes, we hope to have it so
that our dance the first night and a sec-
ond meeting of the Alumni on the next
morning.

While we were meeting Brother Garland
Cooper, of Hopkinsville, the Founder of
Sigma Chapter, dropped into my office to
see me, not knowing what was going on.

In our call on Brother Dr. Thomas Me-
nees, one of us remarked: "Possibly you
don't know many of the boys in the Active
Chapter out at Vanderbilt?" His reply
made both of us feel very small in the
annals of Sigma Nu, though to us our in-
terest seems to date back quite a while, for
he said, "No, I haven't seen much of
Sigma Nu lately, for I graduated from
Vanderbilt twenty-four years ago." Evi-
dently he was initiated just four years be-
fore the younger of us was born. The
same feeling came over us at the Alumni
dinner when Brothers Loventhal and Eath-
erly introduced themselves to the Active
Chapter as of the class of '96.

Donald Fudge is living in Key West and
working for the Volunteer Manufacturing
Company.

Esmond Ewing is with an insurance
company with offices in the Gazette Build-
ing in Little Rock.

Norris Ewing is on the editorial staff of
the Record News, Wichita Falls.

Brother W. F. Wade, E M, is now in the

victrola department of the O. K. Houk
Piano Co.

Ambrose Printing Co., of which Harry
Ambrose is president, just bought out
Davie Printing Co.

William Bull is now living in Tampa,
Florida.

Ernest Milam is practicing medicine in
Jacksonville, Florida.

The other day I was walking down the
street and ran into one of those fellows
who keeps his coat unbuttoned and has a
vest worth showing, in Brother J. R. Mer-
ritt, of the Stetson Chapter. His office is
in the Timothy & Co. Building, Third
Avenue North. This Brother has been
working just around the corner from half
a dozen Sigs for over seven months with-
out meeting but one man. Unfortunately,
Brother Merritt is going to leave Nashville
for California in a few weeks.

In the little journeys of Brother Walter
Noel and myself around the city in our
effort to bring some of the older men in
touch with the Fraternity once more, we
ran into the following Sigs:

Roy Cooper, lawyer, in the Independent
Life Building.

Rufus Fort, doctor, in the National Life
and Accident Insurance Co. Building.

Geo. C. Norton, architect with offices in
the Independent Life Building.

Geo. A. Shwab, B, financier, in the
American National Bank Building.

Also L. C. Anderson, B Z, has been dis-
covered in town.

Well, I think this gives you about all the
data I know or probably anybody else, un-
less it is Bert Wilson, for he has the knack
of finding out news that even the men on
the job haven't run across.

CARR PAYNE.

NEW HAVEN ALUMNI CHAPTER

Although comparatively small in point
of numbers, New Haven Alumni Chapter
is going along steadily and smoothly,
achieving its purpose with, remarkable
success. What is lacking in numbers, per-
haps, is more than compensated for by en-
thusiasm and determination. The monthly
dinner meeting is always well attended and
affords a very interesting evening to the
Sigs in New Haven, who gather to talk
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first 1921 meeting, the Chapter was for-
tunate enough to have Inspector Ray
Segur, as a guest. He carried back to
Hartford the New Haven Sigs' challenge
to the Hartford Alumni for a bowling
match. As a result athletic relations were
established and the match was rolled in
Hartford on March 9th. The members of
the New Haven team were the guests of the
Hartford organization at dinner, and the
latter offered so good a feed that the visi-
tors forgot the demands of the evening and
proceeded to acquire a few inches more
diameter. The hospitality of the Hartford
gang was so good that New Haven was un-
able to win the match, because of the
strenuous efforts of the team over the
board of the University Club. It was
demonstrated on that occasion that actuar-
ies and insurance men make very good
bowlers. It was also demonstrated, as sev-
eral New Haven men will testify, that it is
unwise to exercise too strenuously after a
layoff of a few years. Brother George
Jones, leading man of the New Haven
team, has the satisfaction of his score to
offset the sore shoulder. Too bad only one
man can be high. However, according to
Captain Joe Bennett, the Hartford bunch
has not heard the last of the New Haven
bowlers. A return match will soon be ar-
ranged.

The March dinner of the Chapter will
set a precedent for the local organization.
All the ladies of the Sigs have been invited
to be present on that occasion, and the re-
sponse assures an evening that will sur-
pass by far any of the previous gatherings.
This event is the forerunner of several oth-
ers of the same nature, that will enable the
New Haven Sigs to share the pleasures of
these get-togethers, and the bunch is look-
ing forward to them with keen delight.

The New Haven Alumni Chapter is
anxious to get in touch with all Sigs who
are located in or about New Haven, and
would appreciate any names and addresses
that can be furnished by other Sigs of
those who may be located in or near the
city. The regular meeting and dinner will
be held from now on on the third Wednes-
day of each month at 6:30, and any Sig
who may be in town on that day and does
not get in touch with the secretary, had
better not tell any New Haven man of it.
JAMES T. McQUEENEY, Secretary.

NEW YORK ALUMNI CHAPTER

The "Old Guard" met on March 10th for
the purpose of showing Brother A. H.
Wilson that they are behind him, as In-
spector of the Seventh Division, in the real
big issue — the Endowment Fund. Brother
Butcher secured the privileges of the
Columbia University Club for us, thus
giving a real collegiate atmosphere for the
occasion. When Brother Wilson put the
question — "Shall we continue the speaking
or get down to business on the Endowment
Fund?" — there was an overwhelming shout
for the latter. The result was that signed
subscriptions poured into the hands of the
Toastmaster. When the final roll is called
the New York Alumni Chapter will show a
good signing average.

Roger Starnes started the wedding bells
ringing when he became a benedict on De-
cember 11th. Miss Grace Pichel, a gradu-
ate of Barnard College, now signs her
name Mrs. Roger Starnes.

Samuel Ketchum followed Brother
Starnes' example. On March 29th Brother
Ketchum and Miss Alice A. Hope, of As-
bury Park, N. J., were married in New
York by Dr. H. E. Fosdick. Sam took his
bride to Bermuda for their honeymoon.
After their return they will make their
home in Glen Ridge, N. J.

There are several others about to fol-
lows these two Brothers. The usual symp-
toms appear at the weekly luncheons, when
we hear whisperings about the possibility
of securing apartments, etc.

Incidentally, we might mention that the
newly-weds were the first to sign upon the
Endowment Fund. We hope the spirit is
contagious.

There are only two topics of interest at
present — "The Endowment Fund," and
"The Next Grand Chapter." Our Philadel-
phia Brothers are going to put over a real
Convention. We have had some inside
"dope," and we are preparing to march en-
masse upon Philadelphia in December.

Brother Charles "Pullman" Porter, of
Pickwickian fame, has decided to play golf
this summer in the wilds of Labrador. He
thinks that the Eta Bita Pie local at the
University of Labrador would make a
strong petitioning bunch.

George A. Smith and Mark Townsend
have been spending their Sundays polish-
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us fresh from a winter season in Cali-
fornia, where he kept his golf clubs swing-
ing. Now, begins the tournament for
championship honors.

We are still lunching at the Machinery
Club, 50 Church St. Drop in any Thurs-
day at noon hour. Take elevator to the
twenty-first floor and any one can point
the way to the Sigma Nu room. Come
early and stay as long as you please. The
official hour is 12:30 to 1:30. All Sigma
Nus welcome.

A. H. DEAN, Secretary.

OKLAHOMA CITY ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The regular fortnightly luncheon in
Oklahoma City has become an established
custom and on the first and third Saturday
of each month, we are sure to find a fine
bunch of Alumni for our regular lunch-
eon.

New officers have been elected for this
Alumni Chapter. It was only natural that
the new president should be Brother £. R.
Newby, AE, and we look for his leader-
ship to result in establishing one of the
most active and influential Chapters of
Sigma Nu Alumni in this section of the
country. Brother Newby is now connected
with the Buttram Petroleum Company.

Paul G. Darrough was elected the new
secretary for the Alumni Chapter.

Lyton Lookabaugh, A E, has recently
moved to Oklahoma City. He is connected
with the Ed. Semans Insurance Company,
and is a welcome addition to our ranks.
Lookabaugh was one of the stars on the
baseball team of Oklahoma University.

Tom F. Carey, A E, has just recently
joined our ranks in Oklahoma City, after
two years' residence at Chicago. He is in
the accounting game. He was one of the
Founders of the Delta Epsilon Chapter
and is welcomed back to his old haunts
after a considerable absence.

J. F. Stickel, A II, has recently estab-
lished his headquarters in Oklahoma City
and is a regular attendant at our meetings.
He has only lately come here from Mus-
kogee. Brother Stickel is connected with
Bradstreets and it may be that that has
something to do with his popularity among
the members of our Chapter.

Mark Hodgson, Z, is also now located
in Oklahoma City.

We miss the pleasant face of Brother
Jimmie Woods at our regular meetings,
as he has only lately moved to Dallas,
Texas. This is caused by transferring a
part of the employes of the oil company
with which he was connected.

The members of this Alumni Chapter
were all particularly pleased to have an-
other Active Chapter installed in this State
and we believe that the Epsilon Epsilon at
the Oklahoma A. & M. College will prove
a worthy addition to our Order.

PAUL G. DARROUGH, Secretary.

OKMULGEE ALUMNI CHAPTER

Last fall the Alumni Chapter of Sigma
Nu was re-organized in Okmulgee with
seventeen members in good standing.
Luncheons have been held on the first and
third Thursday of each month at the Park-
inson Hotel. A great number of Sigma
Nus have visited our luncheons, and we
would be pleased to have any visiting
Brothers look us up.

The big event of the season was the
Sigma Nu dance, which was held at the
Country Club on January 28th. About one
hundred and twenty-five couples attended,
including several active members of Delta
Epsilon. J. L. Brock, Jr., C. B. Bunty, C.
C. Clark, Warren Clark, W. Crabtree, Dor-
sey Cott, Robt. J. Jackson, Alex Johnson,
R. Kimbley, R. C. Mitchell, V. E. Riddle,
Geo. A. Scheutzow, V. F. Self, Corley
Smith, Hubert N. Uri, Sam Vierson, Fay
Weimer and Harry Wirick are the mem-
bers who gave this successful dance.

There are twelve Chapters represented
in the Okmulgee Alumni.

The officers are H. N. Uri, president, and
Geo. A. Scheutzow, secretary and treasurer.
GEO. A. SCHEUTZOW, Secretary.

OMAHA ALUMNI CHAPTER

The past season has been quite an active
one for the Alumni of Omaha. A plan put
into effect last summer of having a weekly
luncheon and a monthly party, at which
the ladies could be present, has been con*
sistently followed and proven very suc-
cessful. Most of the parties have so far
been held at the homes of the different
Brothers and insofar as possible, entertain-
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ioned school day games which everybody
could participate in and enjoy.

The February party was held at the
home of Brother Dr. Max Emmert, who
has recently acquired one of the finest and
best located residences in Omaha.

Our Monday noondtfy luncheons are
held in the Blue Room of the Quick Serve
Cafeteria, City National Bank Building.
We hope any visiting Sigma Nu will make
it a point to attend these luncheons.

The March party is to be held at the
palatial home of Brother C. A. Empkie,
located on the bluffs overlooking both
Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The following is a directory of the ac-
tive Alumni in Omaha and Council Bluffs
with their business or professional affilia-
tions:

G. J. Armstrong, manager, Bradstreets
Mercantile Agency.

V. C. Bacon, consulting electrical engi-
neer.

N. R. Brigham, consulting architect

R. A. Brownell, assistant cashier, Live
Stock National Bank.

E. R. Carse, manager, real estate de-
partment, Banker's Mortgage Loan Co.

John E. Chambers, sales manager,
Powell Supply Co.

C. A. Empkie, manager, Empkie Hard-
ware Co.

Dr. Max Emmert, surgeon.

V. B. Elseffer, cashier, Occidental Build-
ing & Loan Co.

B. W. Gittings, secretary, Missouri Val-
ley Cattle Loan Co.

Homer Gittings, sales manager, Good-
year Tire Co.

Jas. H. Gilson, district manager, Cleve-
land Tractor Co.

F. J. Jumper, department head, U. P.
R. R.

B. L. Kilboume, in charge of blast fur-
naces, American Smelting & Refining Co.

Wendell A. Killons, student, Creighton
University.

Lambert Krahulek, student, University
of Omaha.

Jack Landale, student, University of
Omaha.

Dr. Glen Miller, surgeon.

Wayne H. Munn, sales manager, Chevro-
let Motor Co.

Wm. Mackey, Stroud & Co.

V. E. Peterson, real estate.

C. U. Parsons, salesman, John Deere
Plow Co.

Frank Parsons, salesman, National City
Company.

W. L. Randall, attorney and member of
legislature.

H. J. Robertson, teacher, Commercial
High School.

C. B. Stuht, real estate.

K. M. Snyder, Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Co.

J. F. Templin, Nebraska Inspection Bu-
reau.

Geo. P. Turner, chief of appraising de-
partment, U. P. R. R.

C. J. Thorson, assistant secretary and
manager, Bond Department, First Trust
Company.

Otto Wiese, president, Central Chemical
Company.

C. M. Wickstrum, oil promoter.

The officers for the present year are:
C. J. Thorson, TK, president, and James
H. Gilson, T B, secretary and treasurer.
C. J. THORSON, Secretary pro tern.

PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI
CHAPTER

In the middle of January Philadelphia
Alumni Chapter made its report for the
March Delta, stating to the world at large
the privilege and pleasure which has been
bestowed upon them in entertaining the
next Grand Chapter in December, 1921.
Since that time the Alumni Chapter has
been steadily growing until now we have
sixty paid subscriptions, and at the March
meeting an attendance of forty-one.

Members of our Chapter have been giv-
ing us talks at each meeting on subjects
which they are not only interested in, but
which appeal to and prove most interest-
ing to the members of the Chapter. Dr.
Lafitte, our vice-president, gave us a talk
on facial surgery as he found it during the
war; Brother J. E. Strachan, B X, gave us
a talk on activities of the Midvale Steel
Co., the building of heavy artillery; and
last night Brother Bill Kurtz, T 0, gave us
a talk on machine switching telephones
which the company expects to install in
Philadelphia within the next year or two.
A few months ago Brother F. W. Shackle-
ford, r A, presented the subject of super-
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subject was presented in a most interesting
and illuminating way.

Within the next two months we expect
to meet with the Sixth Division Convention
which Brother Roswell Phillips, the in-
spector, intends to hold in Philadelphia.
We certainly hope that everyone who pos-
sibly can, will make an effort to attend the
next Grand Chapter here in Philadelphia.

Brother Art Beahm is still engaged in
the wholesale coal business in Phila-
delphia.

Fred Briemier, who has been doing rail-
road work in Bismark, N. D., has associ-
ated himself with Brother Mickey McClure
in the banking business and is now located
at Oil City, Pa.

Lawrence Carey, A K, U. A. Carpenter,
T N, P. P. Warden, r n, and W. C. Wilson,
A, are all Sigs attending the Jefferson Med-
ical College, in Philadelphia.

R. C. Gere is connected with Thomas
Potter Sons, manufacturers of oil cloth
here in the city. Brother Lyon came across
Brother Gere the other day and it was the
first he had heard that there was an Alumni
Chapter in Philadelphia.

H. L. Harrison, r K, is now working at
Baldwin Locomotive works.

George H. Kochersperger, r P, '95, is
superintendent of Cramps Shipbuilding
Company.

• C. R. Lind, A K, is now located at 816
Chambers Avenue, Gloucester, N. J.

Brother W. T. Manning, A K, is with the
Westinghouse Company, and is located at
131 Jansen Avenue, Essington, Pa.

Brother A. N. Robinson, Jr., A A, who
is on the road most of the time as a sales-
man of cigars, and who is a graduate of
Penn State, has moved his home to Spring
House, Montgomery County, Pa.

WM. L. GRUHLER, Secretary.

PITTSBURGH ALUMNI CHAPTER

The March meeting of Pittsburgh
Alumni Chapter was both interesting and
well attended. No special program was
provided, the evening being spent in dis-
cussions of the various questions now be-
fore the Fraternity. The Endowment
Fund received very hearty approval. A
committee was appointed to secure pledges
to the fund. To date, twenty-two pledges
have been received from among our mem-

bers and transmitted to the fund head-
quarters. A very strong sentiment was ex-
pressed in favor of having letters from all
the Collegiate Chapters in each issue of
The Delta. To omit all or part of these
letters would reduce the main, and often
the only, source of news from the Collegi-
ate Chapters to their Alumni.

Brothers "Dan" Moran and "Deacon"
Clarke are the original "Go-getters" for
the Endowment Fund. Anyone who gets
away from these two without signing on
the dotted line earns his fifty dollars. How
about it, Frank?

Wilbur P. Gettman, now of Altoona, Pa.,
recently took unto himself a wife, Miss
Sarah McFall, of Monongahela. Congrat-
ulations, old man, we hope the automobile
business recovers from its present slump
and that Fords may be increasingly popu-
lar.

Brother Homer F. (Baldy) Braddock
expects to spend the next week or two at
Atlantic City in an effort to improve his
health and bridge the gap until the trap
shooting season opens. It is to be hoped,
for the sake of his health, that Homer will
take an occasional look at the ocean.

Brother F. S. Fish is engaged in some
mysterious work at the Highland Park
Zoo, in connection with the propagation of
animals, apparently some Luther Burbank
work in the animal kingdom. He has
promised to tell us all about it, with lan-
tern slides and everything, at our next
meeting.

A campaign, conducted by the Carnegie
Tech Athletic Council, to obtain funds to
improve the Athletic Field has just been
closed. Its success was due in the main,
to the efforts of Brother Frank H. Haaren,
graduate manager at Tech.

L. E. (Spike) Bowman, our popular
Flour distributor ( I think he graduated in
Electrical Engineering), has been quite
ocupied the past few weeks trying to hold
off cancellations on a falling market and
incidentally dig up a little new business.

A. M. Staehle, since his marriage a few
months ago, lives at Wilkinsburg.

It is claimed that R. L. Bovard has never
married for the reason that a wife might
interfere with his full participation in Sig-
ma Nu activities. Whether the reason or
the result, Bo's activity in Fraternity affairs
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State College, is worthy of the highest
commendation.

James E. ("Sunny") Kesner must be
thinking of matrimony. He can't make
money fast enough working for the Alle-
gheny Steel Company, so he has gone into
business for himself.

Roscoe Cost is now with the sales de-
partment of the Fuller Steel and Iron
Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.

H. S. STOCKDALE, Secretary.

ST. LOUIS ALUMNI CHAPTER

As time goes on, we in St. Louis appre-
ciate more the fact that any organization
can not carry on with its own impetus, but
that it must have some driving force behind
it, some reason for existence. We are for-
tunate in having a number of tasks before
us, some of them only begun, some half
done, some near completion.

Since the last Grand Chapter meeting
much of our time has been taken up in
raising funds which will be used in hous-
ing Gamma Omicron Chapter, at Wash-
ington University. Nearly ten thousand
dollars in notes and cash have been se-
cured. This work has been handled by
the Gamma Omicron of Sigma Nu Asso-
ciation, all of whose Board of Directors
are members of the Alumni Chapter.

Another matter is that of selecting a
method of attempting to improve the
standard of scholarship in Gamma Omi-
cron Chapter. An Endowment Fund com-
mittee, of which George L. Neuhoff is
chairman, has been appointed, and are
laying plans to give financial support to
that most worthy undertaking.

Weekly luncheons are now held Wed-
nesdays at the American Hotel. The pres-
ence of visiting Brothers on these occas-
ions will be appreciated and we'll guaran-
tee to send them away with a smile.

Mrs. Grundy and Dame Gossip have
been week-ending with that prominent and
rising dental surgeon, Reg. Murdock, on
the Meramec, and so worth-while gossip is
a minus quantity. The "get married" and
"new baby" fever have subsided — we sup-
pose it is only a lull in the storm. Bill
Keyser's worried air for the past week has
been due to income tax troubles. "Jawn
Vawn" has subscribed to a new anti-Ford
publication which is put out at irregular
intervals and costs ten cents per copy;

this, too, after all the Ford jokes he has
told us. We understand that R. R. Deal
is in New York City and will soon be
going to South America in the interest of a
Banking Corporation. Ask George Breaker
to tell you the story of the ambitious
young curate and the wise bishop — and
pick a rainy day. "Dusty" Rhodes is tread-
ing on air since the arrival of Edward Wil-
liam Rhodes, February 22nd. Doctor
Vaughan, who officiated, suggests that he be
nicknamed "Good" or "Hard" for a little
variety. Dick Godejohann continues to
persuade hogs for Swift & Company. We
all wonder what has happened to Reed
Harkness. Can it be that he is working?
Joe Vollmar is the plutocrat of the gang;
he drives a closed car to protect his valu-
able personage from cabbages, eggs, and
other spoiled fruit.

Our officers for the coming year are: C.
A. Jones, president; Geo. L. Neuhoff, vice-
president; J. L. Brewer, secretary-treas-
urer. The party incidental to the election
was quite a success, and a number of new
arrivals in the city were present, including
Miller, r P, and Moulton, P, Jerry Philips,
who made his entrance rather late in the
evening, brought a friend with him that
some of us haven't seen in a long time.
After all is said and done, the party was
given for Jerry, for he undoubtedly had a
better time than any of the rest of us, and
that's saying a lot. The cabaret was keen
and classy, and the food could not be criti-
cized.

On the heels of this annual party came
the valentine dance for Gamma Omicron
Chapter. Seldom has there been such a
company of fair maidens and brave youths.
The guests departed at a late hour and a
pleasant time was had by all.

Spring, the season of renewed vigor and
activity, is upon us; but there is no spring
for us who live in the ever-vernal spirit of
Sigma Nu.

J. L. BREWER, Secretary.

SCHENECTADY ALUMNI
CHAPTER

For mere novices at this Alumni Chap-
ter game, we're surely breaking into the
lime-light! We waited no longer than our
second meeting, on February 7th, to enter-
tain so distinguished and enthusiastic a
guest as Bert Wilson.

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Brother Wilson being in this vicinity on
his usual business (Sigma Nu business),
we embraced the golden opportunity to
gather 'round the festive board at the Mo-
hawk Hotel, and absorb some real Sigma
Nuism, a-la-Wilson, along with the other
viands. Mere business was side-tracked to
make way for the more important subject
of fraternalism. After all the married men
felt it advisable to start for home, the
others stuck by and helped Brother Wilson
wait for his after-midnight train back to
New York. Needless to say, conversation
flourished while "tempus was fugiting."

On March 15th, we gathered at the
Schenectady Boat Club, on the banks of
the Mohawk, and enjoyed a smoker with a
luncheon served late in the evening. Among
the items of business discussed at this time
was the matter of the Endowment Fund
campaign. It was the unanimous senti-
ment of the members present that the
Schenectady Alumni Chapter go on record
as favoring the project. It now remains
to see just how much everybody favors it!

Inspector A. H. Wilson has appointed
0. A. Clark and L. L. Hopkins as captains
for Schenectady, and also A. B. Gregg in
similar capacity for Albany. So now I
guess it's up to us! Our quota of twenty
is a little stiff with only a grand total of
24 men known to us, and several of them
being poor (yes, that's the word) test men
at the G. E. works, but we'll do the best
we can.

We are gleaning additional recruits for
our membership list from time to time
until the original little starter of three has
grown to 24, but we believe there are still
more around here, and we would like to
locate them. These are the loyal two dozen
so far, embracing Schenectady and Albany
and other nearby towns, and even reaching
out as far as Pittsfield, Mass., in one case:

H. L. Andrews, Missouri; 0. A. Clark,
Kansas; J. M. Downer, Vermont; W. L.
Eliason, Delaware; L. W. Evans, Syracuse;
C. W. Falls, Rose Poly; C. F. Garis, La-
fayette; A. B. Gregg, Syracuse; L. L. Hop-
kins, Case; M. W. Hurlin, Bowdoin; W. W.
Juno, Syracuse; L. H. Knapp, Purdue; S.
C. Leibing, Rose Poly; C. L. McLane,
Oklahoma; G. N. Maxwell, Rose Poly;
J. W. Mikels, Rose Poly; C. L. Moffatt, Le-
high; E. C. Palmer, Bowdoin; L. C. Purdy,
Syracuse; H. M. Quincy, Colgate; H. H.

Rawson, Vermont; C. B. Springer, Maine;
G. C. Stone, Carnegie Tech; R. E. Wade,
Washington and Lee.

Look this list over and let us know if we
have missed anybody in our "Sherlocking"
around for prospects. (In case the direc-
tory gets torn out of your Delta, the ad-
dress is 2 Van Velsen Street.)

L. L. HOPKINS, Secretary.

SEATTLE ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Washington Legislature, which is
just adjourning after a very interesting and
constructive session, boasted of three Sig-
ma Nus in the lower House. Brother Mc-
Glinn, T X, was representative from What-
com County. Brother McGlinn has been
actively identified with politics in this
State for several years, but this is his first
venture into the open as a public servant.
He has acquitted himself with honor.
Brother Sam Richardson also graced the
lower chamber, looking after the interests
of the people of Ferry County. Sam has
been in Ferry County for several years now
and has served them as County Engineer.
Due to the provision of the law limiting
County officers to two successive terms,
Sam's friends couldn't make him County
Engineer again, so they sent him to the
legislature. The third member of the
House was not so new to the halls of the
legislature, for Brother Frank Sanger, T N,
has represented Whitman County in the
House for several years. His home is in
Pullman, the home of Washington State
College and Delta Iota Chapter. This trio
of Loyal Knights have conducted them-
selves in the manner becoming a true Sig-
ma Nu. We are proud of them and their
constituents will no doubt demonstrate
their appreciation by returning them to
office in the future.

Two of our Brothers are casualties of
the Republican landslide of last Fall.
Brother Donald McDonald, who for the
past two years has been holding the job
of federal prohibition enforcer, has handed
in his resignation to take effect upon the
appointment of his successor. Don has
had one tough job. The "Far Flung
Bottle Line," which constitutes the north-
ern boundary of Washington, has proven
a constant source of annoyance to those
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stead Act. Don has done noble, and he
lays down the cares of his office with a
sense of duty well done. We are proud of
him for this last achievement. Don has
been quite prominent in public affairs dur-
ing the last eight years. He was for about
two years assistant U. S. district attorney
and was later appointed to the State indus-
trial insurance commission from which
position he stepped into the office from
which he is just resigning. Don will no
doubt again resume his practice here in
Seattle. The other victim of the landslide
is Brother Bert Williams, who for the past
eight years has been Collector of Internal
Revenues for the District of Washington
and Alaska. Brother Williams has earned
a reputation second to none in the work
of the department of Internal Revenue.
Had it not been for an internal fight in
the Democratic ranks, Brother Williams
would have received the appointment as
General Collector at the time Mr. Roper
resigned that office.

It is a source of gratification to all of
the Sigma Nus that these two Brothers oc-
cupying positions in the federal govern-
ment, than which no two could have possi-
bly been more unpopular, one taking your
money in the form of taxes and the other
seeing that you did not consume any con-
traband liquors, have quitted their offices
with the esteem and respect of those with
whom they came in contact. Sigma Nu
may indeed be proud of these two Brothers
from Gamma Chi.

. The Gamma Chi Chapter Letter may
mention the trip which the University of
Washington baseball team will make to
the Orient this next fall, but I will add a
little. .At the invitation of Waseda Uni-
versity the varsity nine will leave Seattle
about the first of September and will spend
about three or four months in the Orient.
This trip is peculiarly interesting to Sigma
Nu because the team is captained by
Brother Bill Foran, Commander of Gamma
Chi Chapter. Bill has found the pot at the
end of the rainbow; he has been on the var-
sity for two seasons now, and this is the big-
gest reward that an athlete gets for his ef-
forts. In.addition to Brother Foran, Brother
Carl Zamberlin, last year's varsity third
baseman, looks like a cinch to repeat and
he will make the trip. Still another of the
Brothers has put in a bid for one of the

staterooms on that palacial trans-Pacific
liner. Brother Hunter (Fat) Miles, last
year a star on the Freshman team, has been
slated for a regular outfield berth on the
varsity and will, unless he breaks an arm
or a couple of legs, glimpse the beauties of
Nippon. Brother Miles is built on the
general contour of the famous Babe Ruth
and emulates him in many respects as a
long distance clouter. All of these Broth-
ers allow as how they'd like to make some
of the little brown men run themselves
ragged chasing in long hits — more power
to them. Incidentally this will make the
third invasion which the Washington Var-
sity has made of Japan. In 1914 the team
took along two Sigma Nus and in 1911
four of the Brothers made eyes at the
geisha girls.

Must cut this short now and go out to
the House and greet the rest of the Broth-
ers at the annual Alumni Smoker which is
being pulled off tonight. We're looking
for a big turnout and have arranged with a
local undertaking establishment to call
for anyone who fails to put in an appear-
ance. C. E. ARNEY, JR., Secretary.

WASHINGTON ALUMNI
CHAPTER

The Washington Alumni Chapter held
its annual election February 26th, at Delta
Pi Chapter House. The officers elected for
the year were: G. H. Chasmar, II, presi-
dent; Harold F. Enlows, A II, vice-presi-
dent; Norman Taylor, A IT, secretary; Rob-
ert F. Fleming, A IT, assistant secretary;
and Brother M. Mehurin, A IT, treasurer.

Ways and means were considered to-
wards bringing together the large number
of Sigs resident in Washington more fre-
quently than heretofore. We want the co-
operation of every Sigma Nu in this vi-
cinity and it will be only through the
efforts of all that there will result the
greatest good to the greatest number.

A splendid help towards acquainting
with each other Sigma Nus who are new-
comers to the National Capital has been
through Delta Pi, and it is rather difficult
sometimes to distinguish between Delta
Pi's activities and those of the Washington
Alumni Chapter.

The initiation banquet of Delta Pi,
which was held at the Ebbitt on February
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union. Brother Baldinger, Alpha, acted
as toast master and we can well say that
the major demonstrated his ability as a
pathfinder in guiding the "feast of reason
and flow of soul" which followed the ban-
quet. Vice-Regent Smith developed with
clearness and logic the plan for financing
the General Fraternity and for assisting
active Chapters to own their Houses, where-
upon Brother Norman Shaw proceeded
with his usual energy to "sell" the proposi-
tion. He made a good job of it and before
the evening was over, had a stack of sub-
scriptions. This is without doubt the best
thing that has been launched in years and
those of us who remember our struggles of
earlier days will be happy to lend a help-
ing hand to our active Chapters and at the
same time keep ourselves identified with a
living, growing organization.

For the first time we had the pleasure
of hearing the new Inspector for the First
Division, Brother Short, A K, as well as
Brother Bolwell, A Z, who has recently
been appointed assistant professor of Eng-
lish at George Washington. Vic Kebler,
A II, speaking for the Alumni, launched
the "Delta Pi Endowment," and judging
from the success of his efforts he has
brought out the real thing.

I should like to tell you much more
about this Banquet and of the excellent
toasts of the other Brothers, but will leave
that for the active Chapter Letter. I must
say, however, that the evening was made
complete by a talk from Fred Linton, B I.
It is always an intellectual treat and an
inspiration for greater service to hear this
Brother who is so richly imbued with the
spirit of Sigma Nuism.

Delta Pi Chapter entertained visiting
Alumni at a smoker Thursday, March 3.

Captain Norman Shaw, r B, has been
transferred to Quantico, Va. Brother Shaw,
when stationed in Washington, was untir-
ing in his efforts for everything connected
with the welfare of Sigma Nu, and al-
though we fully appreciated all that he
did, we are constrained to say that here
again is the truth of the old adage brought
out that "you never miss the water 'till the
well runs dry." However, Quantico isn't
so very far away and we are going to see
that Brother Shaw gets up to Washington
real often.

Dr. Charles N. McBryde, A, of the Fed-

eral Bureau of Animal Industry, is en-
gaged in research work at Ames, Iowa.

Harold F. Enlows, A II, is sojourning in
Cuba, convalescing from an attack of pneu-
monia.

We are glad to see Leo Terry, A II, back
again. We hope that he has tired of travel-
ing and will stay with us.

Thomas A. Sims, T N, is spending some
time in town and we trust that he will de-
cide to make Washington his home.

President G. H. Chasmar, II, has been
elected vice-president of the District of
Columbia Golf Association. Brother Chas-
mar, who is an enthusiastic pusher of the
pill, is green chairman of the Columbia
Country Club.

Our genial treasurer, Roger M. Mehurin,
A II, is also addicted to the Scottish game.
He has the true instincts of a treasurer, too,
and through his study of financial condi-
tions, keeps us advised as to stocks on
which to lose money.

Paul Cathcart, A II, was a prominent
speaker at the annual dinner of the Al-
chemists of George Washington Univer-
sity. Paul served with Uncle Sam's cal-
vary on the Mexican Border and was later
commissioned in the Sanitary Corps. The
experience obtained during his nutrition
investigations while with the army at home
and overseas is of great value to the Na-
tional Canners Association with which he
is now associated.

A survey is under way to locate the
Brothers who have come to Washington
with the change of administration. We
want to get acquainted with our new Broth-
ers in Congress and in other Governmental
offices and tie them up with the Washington
Alumni Chapter.

We are looking forward with pleasure
to the Grand Chapter in Philadelphia and
are going to do our darndest to send a
large delegation.

J. NORMAN TAYLOR, Secretary.

Several Alumni meetings and mixers
have been held at the Chapter House dur-
ing the past few months, resulting in closer
co-operation between the Active Chapter
and the Alumni residing in Washington.

Major Ora M. Baldinger, of Alpha
Chapter, is stationed in Washington and is
a frequent and welcome visitor at the Chap-
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T. Allen Sims, r N, is temporarily situ-
ated in Washington and has attended sev-
eral of the Alumni meetings and affairs at
the House.

Hicklin Yates, clerk to Senator James
A. Reed, of Missouri, is back in the city
and is a frequent visitor at the House.

Several Sigma Nus are represented in
the Senate and House of Representatives,
among them being Senator Ball, of Dela-
ware, Congressman Bland, of Illinois, Mac-
Arthur, of Oregon, Steagall, of Alabama,
and Evans, of Montana. Most of these
Brothers show an active interest in the af-
fairs of the Chapter.

Arthur Jones Williams, B P, has ac-
cepted a position in Washington at the
Bureau of Standards, and is living at the
Chapter House.

Leo Terry, who recently returned from
the staking of a homestead in Montana, has
located in Washington and is staying at
the Chapter House.

"Gabe" Mathis, 0, now living at the
Chapter House, has established a law firm
in Washington in partnership with Mr.
Charles E. Morganston, and will soon be in
a position to take care of the legal business
of the "Sigs" in the city.

Hal Enlows, Chapter Adviser, who has
recently been very ill with double pneu-

monia, is now endeavoring to regain some
of that lost avoirdupois, on the balmy
shores of Cuba.

HILLORY A. TOLSON, Reporter, An.

WATERLOO ALUMNI CHAPTER

The Waterloo Alumni has gone on rec-
ord as unanimously endorsing the new
funding system of the General Fraternity.
It is a progressive step and one that tends
to assure the future prosperity of the or-
ganization as a whole.

The monthly meetings have been a great
success, and are attended by a great ma-
jority of the Brothers belonging to the
Alumni Chapter. . We have been able in
this way to revive the interest of some of
the older members of the Fraternity, and
have gotten them as heartily as interested
in the future welfare of the organization
as we are ourselves.

At the last meeting plans were laid for
the giving of a dance for one members and
their wives. We have changed our meeting
place from the Russell -Lamson Hotel to
Black's Tea Room, and for the information
of such Brothers that may be in Waterloo
on our dinner nights, the time is the second
Wednesday in every month, at 6:30.

P. H. FRANK, Secretary.

Alumni Notes

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Beta Chapter

Robert G. Stephens, recently admitted
to the Georgia bar, has become associated
with the firm of Brewster, Howell and
Heyman of Atlanta. Brother Stephens at-
tended Georgia Tech before entering the
law department of the University of Vir-
ginia. He held the rank of captain in
service overseas during the war.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA

Delta Chapter

John C. Roper, Jr., is manager of the
Cash and Carry Grocery Company, Ches-
ter, S. C.

Edward Wimberly is now a student at
Washington and Lee.

Herman D. McCarley is now employed
by the Libby, McNeill & Libby Co., with
offices in Columbia, S. C.

Richard 0. Gaillard is employed by the
Gordon McCabe Cotton Co., with offices in
Columbia, S. C.

Robert C. Thompson is now a professor
of English at Clemson College, Clemson,
South Carolina.

W. Clarence Wilson is now at Washing-
ton and Jefferson, making tracks toward
an M. D. degree.

Francis M. Reeves, according to Dame
Rumor, is engaged in business in Union,
South Carolina.

Dwight W. Phillips is engaged in mer-
chandise at Springfield, S. C, and soon
hopes to become proprietor of his concern.
Thomas E. Snelling, engaged in insurance
business in Greensboro, N. C, recently
paid Delta Chapter a pleasant visit.

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Hubert C. Cox was elected to the Gen-
eral Assembly last summer from Abbe-
ville County.

James De Treville, one of our newest
members, is practicing law in Columbia,
S. C, and is also a member of the South
Carolina General Assembly.

Claude E. King, of Mayesville, S. C,
from reports, is touring the State of Ala-
bama.

JOHN A. CHASE, JR.

BETHANY COLLEGE

Epsilon Chapter

Dean E. Walker is principal of the
high school at Bremen, Ohio.

H. D. Darsie, '17, is attending Union
Theological Seminary, New York.

Sheridan L. Lloyd is surveying in and
near Wheeling for Sid Smith, A.

William W. Beadling, Jr., is installing
industrial elevators in Warren, Ohio, at
present

Howard A. Blanning, '14, is associate
pastor of the First Congregational Church
of Detroit, one of the leading churches of
the country.

Royal D. Robeson, who has been study-
ing dentistry at Ohio State University, has
gone to training camp at Hot Springs with
the Pittsburgh Pirates as a recruit short-
stop. U. G. PALMER, JR.

MERCER UNIVERSITY

Eta Chapter

Walter F. George is Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of Georgia.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Theta Chapter

J. Q. Smith, Attorney General of Ala-
bama, has been appointed circuit judge in
Jefferson County.

George Glenn has been appointed Chief
Quartermaster for the Alabama National
Guards and has the rank of major. He en-
tered the ranks of the 167th as a second
lieutenant and came out a major.

Herbert A. Pettus is editor of the At-
talla Daily News.

THOMAS M. OWEN, JR.

HOWARD COLLEGE

Iota Chapter

Dr. E. W. Rucker, Jr., has been in the
limelight in Birmingham recently in his
treatment of Madame Tettrazini's throat
The famous singer had to call off her Bir-
mingham engagement on account of ton-
silitis, and she put it up to Ed to get her
well in time for her next date at Chatta-
nooga. He did.

NORTH GEORGIA
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Kappa Chapter

N. C. Napier has purchased the news-
paper plan of the Vidalia Advance
(Georgia). Brother Napier was for many
years editor and publisher of the Welker
County Messenger.

George M. Napier is Attorney General
of Georgia and is a brother of N. C. Na-
pier, also of Kappa, and A. Y. Napier, of
Eta, a missionary in China.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Mu Chapter

Buford Gaines, who is with the Lowry
National Bank in Atlanta, was a pleasant
visitor at the Chapter House recently.

John Wade, of Marshalsville, was a re-
cent visitor to Mu Chapter. Brother Wade
was formerly a member of the Faculty at
the University, of Georgia and is now in
business at Marshalsville.

Jimmy Heath, of Atlanta, was guest at
our House for several days.

CAREY WILLIAMS.

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Sigma Chapter

Dane Smith is instructor in English
Composition at DePauw University. He
has his degree of A. B. from Vanderbilt
University and has also attended Colum-
bia University.

DePAUW university

Beta Beta Chapter

Dr. M. F. Steele is superintendent of the
Hope Methodist Hospital, Fort Wayne,
Ind. He was graduated from Indiana

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Medical School last June and has been an
interne at the Indianapolis Methodist Hos-
pital, of which the Fort Wayne Hospital is
a subsidiary.

Harold Jones is in Chicago, where he is
membership secretary of the Central Y.
M. C. A. Brother Jones was until recently
physical director for Brother Dunlavy's
church at Frankfort, Ind.

Burns "Pate" Mcintosh has gone to
Albuquerque, N. M., to enter business.

Henry Rowan is in the purchasing de-
partment of the Armour Packing Co. His
address is 71 West 76th Street, New York
City.

"Neighbor" Brown, of Sullivan, has vis-
ited the Chapter several times this year.
His sister-in-law, Mary Frances Maxwell,
is in school here.

Herman Leeth, of Indianapolis, pays
the boys a visit every now and then.

Edward E. Trippeer, who is pastor of
the M. E. Church at Wabash, has been our
guest.

James Climer is a successful osteopath
at Indianapolis.

George Francis is pastor of the M. E.
Church at Clinton, Ind.
* Clarke Arnold is mathematics teacher in
the Anderson high school.

Virgil Hibbs, ex-'22, is in the School of
Commerce, Minnesota University.

Edward Ewing, ex-'23, is attending the
New York University School of Com-
merce.

Joe Zimmerman is in the University of
Michigan School of Agriculture.

William Bales is in the University of
Michigan Law School.

Charles Thomas is salesman with the
Marmon Motor Car Co., Indianapolis.

Grady O'Hair is an oil dealer at New
Paris, 111.

Ed Holloway is professor of English in
the Normal Gymnastic School, Indianap-
olis. He visited us recently.

Moreland Brown is half owner and man-
ager of the White-Myers chautauqua sys-
tem, with headquarters in Kansas City,
Mo.

Charles M. Finch is principal of the
Kendallville High School, and Sunday
School superintendent in the M. E. church
there.

Herald T. Ross is teaching English and
Journalism in the Elkhart High School.

.W. W. Bridges is in Colorado with his
wife on account of his health.

A. E. Monger is pastor of the First M.
E. church at South Bend.

Harvey B. Hartsock is now associated
with the law firm of Gwinn & Pell, 366
Madison Ave., New York City.

DWIGHT L PITKIN.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Beta Eta Chapter

J. Wymond French has been appointed
Adviser of Beta Eta Chapter.

Fred Wilson, Indianapolis, was down
for the Purdue-Indiana basketball game.

Andy Gill has been recalled to Ken-
tucky State University to coach baseball
this Spring.

W. Vedder Gard is special correspondent
of the Indianapolis Star. Brother Gard
was captain of Indiana University's base-
ball team in 1916.

J. R. FAIR.

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Beta Theta Chapter

The Alumni of the Montgomery Chapter
are very active indeed. Just after the
Christmas holidays they gave one of the
best dances ever given in Montgomery by
any fraternity. "Sigs" from every Chap-
ter in this part of the country were present.

C. B. Lanier often comes over from
Fairfax, Ala., to pay us a visit He is
holding a very responsible position with
the Lanette Cotton Mills of that city.

J. E. Combs left us a few weeks back
to take a position in Birmingham, Ala.

B. W. STYLES.

MOUNT UNION COLLEGE
Beta Iota Chapter

Craig R. Starn is now enrolled in Re-
serve in the Law Department. "Jake" is a
lawyer already in practice and now he
wants the theory.

Walter M. Braun is in Hospital No. 55,
Fort Bayard, New Mexico, to regain his
health. "Mupps" got a touch of tubercu-
lar trouble contracted while "over there"
and he is determined now to cure himself
absolutely.

Ellis D. Shively finished his college

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work in mid-semester and is now located in
the bond department of the United Se-
curities Company, in Canton, Ohio.

Wilbur Hunter is an enterprising mer-
chant, being interested in two Federal
bakeries, one located in Dover, Ohio, and
the other in New Philadelphia, Ohio.

Harry F. Hazlett, former Major 37th
Division, has returned to the army as a
major in the Regular Army and is now sta-
tioned on important work at Camp Sher-
man, Chillicothe, Ohio.

Forest 0. Conser, of late an ensign in
the navy, is now in the State of New Jer-
sey in business.

Ben Vick and McKinley Sharp are at-
tending the engineering department in the
Ohio State University.

Sharon M. Quigley is now superinten-
dent .of schools in Beloit, Ohio. Sharon
is a former "gob" and we are sure that he
has discipline at his school.

Raymond J. Jeffreys is editor and part
owner of the Columbiana Publishing Com-
pany, of Columbiana, Ohio. They are pub-
lishing a semi-weekly paper now having
raised it from a weekly, and reliable in-
formation tells us that he will soon have a
daily in that rapidly growing town.

Art Johnson is a business man on Main
Street, in Columbiana, having bought out
a book and stationery store there. He is
doing a fine business.

H. R. Burkle is a member of the great
sales force of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company, and is now in the "hilly" State
of North Dakota.

H. S. Brown and Bill Jones are tramping
the streets of Boston in the service of the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. To
date we have heard nothing from them so
they must be making good.

CHET EYNON.

C. E. Hughes is a member of the Canton
Singers Club. Recently they appeared at
the College and rendered a very fine con-
cert.

H. Brown, Howard Burkle and W. Jones
who are in the service of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company, have recently
been transferred to new locations. Boston
is now the headquarters of Brothers Brown
and Jones, while Brother Burkle was trans-
ferred to Mitchell, S. D.

S. M. Quigley has accepted a position as
principal of the Beloit Centralized schools.

The new location is quite near to Alliance
and "Quig" is still with us.

Craig Stam has entered Western Re-
serve University and is taking up the study
of law.

Winfield Corl is now employed with the
Hoover Suction Sweeper Company, of
North Canton, Ohio.

Ben Vick and Emerson Pettis are now in
school, at Ohio State University.

D. E. Shively has finished his collegiate
work and is now in the bond department of
the United Securities Company, Canton,
Ohio.

Glenn Hunt is coaching the Dennison
High School basketball team in his spare
moments.

Walter Braun writes that he is now lo-
cated in Texas and will spend some time
in the South.

H. RUSSELL RYMER.

A pioneer in scientific tests in the selec-
tion of employes, is Charles E. Cannon,
who is manager of the sales department
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, at Los
Angeles, California. Brother Cannon is
remembered by all Mount Union people
as a star center of the varsity football team.m

Homer M. Johns, '12, is with the Wyom-
ing High Test Oil Company, Edgemont, S.
D. He served overseas with the 25th Engi-
neers in the war.

Clarence C. Reed, 1916, after serving in
chemical war service department of the
government during the World War, is pur-
suing the study of medicine in the School
of Medicine, Western Reserve University.
His address is 6704 Cedar Ave., Cleveland,
Ohio.

James Blaine Holm, Class of 1903, is
secretary-treasurer of the Falls Publishing
Company, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Rev. R. P. Crawford, formerly of the
North-East Ohio Conference and now of
Oklahoma, at the recent session of the Con-
ference was re-appointed to Sapulpa. This
church is located where a large growth is
possible. LEROY E. MARLOWE.

George H. Smith recently returned from
Russia and Roumania, has again joined J.
V. Farwell Company with which he was
connected before the war. Then he was
stationed in Cleveland; now he is at pres-
ent in Kansas territory. Elsewhere will
be found an article on his experiences.

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KANSAS STATE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Beta Kappa Chapter

Lieutenant R. V. Adams is stationed at
Guam, M. I., as disbursing officer of the
Naval Station. As a side issue he is
cashier and comptroller of the Bank of
Guam.

Born to Brother and Mrs. Sidney B.
Replogle, January 21st, 1921, a daughter.
Brother Replogle owns and operates a
ranch at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

Born to Brother and Mrs. Henley H.
Haymaker, February 12, 1921, a daughter.
Brother Haymaker is a member of the
Faculty at Kansas State College.

Dewey ("Slim") Fullington is engaged
in cutting down trees or something of the
sort for the McCloud Lumber Company, at
McCloud, Calif. He probably uses his
aviation experience in determining which
direction a tree will fall when chopped
down.

J. Elwyn Dubois ("Duby") still holds
the record for being the biggest liar on
earth. He can sell more adding machines
in a year than Burroughs can make. He
lives at Wichita when at home.

Alfred A. Grant ("A-square"), if we are
to believe him, is quite a politician. He is
head of the American Legion Chapter at
Denton, Texas, and also secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce. His political aspi-
rations, however, received quite a jolt re-
cently when he was defeated for mayor of
Denton by a few votes.

Harold C. Ewers ("Jerry") is spending
the winter at Los Angeles, recuperating
after shock of drilling his fifteenth dry
hole in the Kansas oil field.

Roscoe I. MacMillan is superintendent
of Military Instruction in the Detroit High
Schools.

Robert E. Karper ("Karp") is superin-
tendent of the Experiment Station at Lub-
bock, Texas.

Donald F. Jones is in charge of Plant
Breeding investigations at Harvard Uni-
versity. It is rumored that a similar posi-
tion is to be created for him soon at Yale.

Lewis A. Maury ("Torchy") shows the
results of his early training by remaining
in the regular army. He holds the rank
of captain at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Elroy Parnell ("Tony") demonstrated

recently that sheep-raising is a profitable
industry by buying a new Stutz. His
ranch is at Lawrence, Kansas.

REX A. MAUPIN.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Beta Mu Chapter

Ernest Draper has accepted a position
as auditor with the Southern Surety Co.,
of Des Moines.

Dr. Paul Shreves is practising dentistry
at Ford Madison, Iowa.

Dr. Barclay Moon is practising medicine
at Minneapolis, Minn.

Dr. Stewart Hiatt is practicing medicine
at San Francisco, California.

Weare Holbrook is on the staff of The
Whittier (Calif.) Daily News. Brother
Holbrook has written a number of short
stories under his own name, and under
nom de plumes, one of which is Etowin.

Born to Brother and Mrs. Glenn D. De-
vine a son, at Des Moines, Iowa, on March
5th. This young man, the father says, is
to be a half-back, for he has a good start
at nine and one-half pounds. His name is
George Kerr Devine. Brother Devine is an
active member of Beta Mu. Mrs. Devine
was Miss Marian Kerr, and was an Epsilon
Tau Sigma at Drake University.

W. L. FLANAGAN.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Beta Nu Chapter

Paul H. Beatty is with the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.

Hubert A. Estabrook, Dayton, Ohio, for-
merly associated with James & Coolidge,
announces the formation of a partnership
for the general practice of law under the
firm name of Estabrook, Finn & McKee.

WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE

Beta Xi Chapter

The following Alumni attended the Beta
Xi reunion at the Chapter House, March 5.
1921: C. D. Brandom, R. W. Brandom, C.
B. Perryman, R. R. Bostic, W. H. Schull,
J. H. Stewart, E. K. Eby, F. 0. White, T.
R. Hunt, P. F. Hunt, C. C. Church, D. M.
Church, L. C. Maher, E. H. Norton, F. D.
Hamilton, T. J. Wornall, Jr., J. R. Smiley,

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Wilford Beasley, R. G. Funkhouser, 0. D.
Nutter, F. W. Coffman, W. D. Pickett, P. P.
Richmond, and P. W. Boydston.

The Active Chapter was very proud to
present the William Jewell Library with
a copy of W. J. Matherly's latest book, "A
Number of Things." Brother Matherly,
120, is now associate professor of Business
Administration at the University of North
Carolina.

J. H. Stewart, 173, and his father have
just completed the organization of a new
bank in St. Joseph, Mo., under the name of
The Fidelity Trust Co.

W. H. Schull, 167, has recently joined
his father in the practice of law, in St.
Joseph, Mo.

Word comes from 0. J. Clauson, 103,
that business is taking him to Europe in a
few days.

E. H. BARKSDALE, Reporter.

UNIVERSITY OF PENN-
SYLVANIA

Beta Rho Chapter

David Dickerson is on the editorial staff
of the Public Ledger, of Philadelphia.

Jack Collins, of Altoona, Pa., has been
visiting in Philadelphia, doing some spe-
cial work at the Baldwin Locomotive
Works.

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Beta Upsilon Chapter

Frank H. Baxter has resigned as chief
engineer of the Seaman Oil Company,
Shreveport, La., to accept a position with
the Wooster, Thomas & Company, stocks
and bonds, 20 Broad Street, New York
City.

LELAND STANFORD
UNIVERSITY

Beta Chi Chapter

Brother Donald C. Krull is now with
the Fresno Herald, Fresno, Calif.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Beta Psi Chapter

Willis H. Booth is vice-president of the
Guaranty Trust Company, of New York.
He is one of Beta Psi's most loyal and suc-
cessful Alumni. He formerly was vice-

president of the Security National Bank
and Security Savings Bank, of Los Angeles,
Calif.

GEO. W. WEEKS.

GEORGIA SCHOOL OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Alpha Chapter

Edgar Kobak, St. Louis representative
for McGraw-Hill Co., Inc., has been ap-
pointed sales promotion manager of the
Electrical World (a McGraw-Hill publica-
tion), with headquarters in the New York
office. Ed and Mrs. Kobak have recently
announced the arrival of James Benedict,
weight eight pounds, March 4, 1921.

Brother and Mrs. Montgomery Haynes
announce the birth of William Montgom-
ery Haynes, February 20, 1921.

William R. Snyder is now manager in
charge of the office of the Young Commis-
sion Company, Incorporated, cotton seed
products brokers, in the Slaughter Build-
ing, at Dallas, Texas.

WILLIAM L. KEMP.

ALBION COLLEGE

Gamma Gamma Chapter

Harrison M. Karr is executive secretary
of DePauw University. Brother Karr re-
ceived his M. A. from Michigan University
and A. B. from Albion College.

J. Richard Newman has given up his
private practice to become assistant prose-
cuting attorney for Wayne County, Michi-
gan. Brother Newman is secretary of the
Detroit Alumni Chapter.

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Gamma Delta Chapter

George Balko is superintendent of the
ground wood department of the Laurentide
Company, Ltd., at Grand Mere, P. Q., Can-
ada. During the war, Brother Balko was
Engineer First Class in the Naval service.

LEON A. NDC

J. S. Bennitt is now with the Winchester
Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., in
charge of sporting goods sales in their
retail stores department.

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LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

Gamma Epsilon Chapter

John D. Toole, whose home is at 422
Sunbury Street, Minersville, Pa., is now a
Freshman in the Palmer School of Chiro-
practic, at Davenport, Iowa.

NORMAN H. ANGELL, A I\

W. E. Gilbert is situated in New Orleans,
La., employed by the McClintic, Marshal
Company, of Pittsburgh.

Robert H. Miller is with the Dural Rub-
ber Company, Flemington, N. J., as ac-
countant.

A. D. Alexis attended the banquet of the
Philadelphia Alumni Association of La-
fayette College recently held in Phila-
delphia.

Carl E. Houck has entered business with
his father, Edwin J. Houck. The firm is
engaged in making agricultural imple-
ments in Bangar, Pa.

R. L. Gebhardt is superintendent of the
Auburn Division of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, with offices in Auburn, N. Y.

Born to Brother and Mrs. William A.
Handwerk, of 556 Lafayette Street, Pal-
merton, Pa., a son, William Bayne Hand-
werk, February 18, 1921.

A son, Charles Clare Brownmiller, Jr.,
was born to Brother and Mrs. Charles C.
Brownmiller, of 2521 Lennox Street, Eas-
ton, Pa., on March 1, 1921.

ROBERT RADCLIFFE, Reporter.

C. F. Garis has been made Dean of men
at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.

H. T. Rowland has been elected to the
State Legislature of New Jersey, and is
now majority leader of the Republican
party in the House.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Gamma Zeta Chapter

Bill Main, who gets his mail at R. F. D.
No. 1, Goleta, Calif., writes us that he is
busy managing a big farm.

Leroy Wood is chief engineer for the
International Harvester Company, at Croix,
France.

Harold Clifford, with his wife, Blanche
Huston Clifford and the three little Clif-
fords are engaged in running a large cattle
ranch up in Grant County, Oregon.

Bill Barker spent the holidays in Eu-
gene and is a familiar patron of the Fire-
side Club. Bill is fond of telling about

Point Roberts, a small point of U. S. ter-
ritory about three miles from the Canadian
boundary. There are no custom officers.
Why does he stay here?

Hunt Malarkey dropped in on us the
other day en route to the country to spend
the holidays with the wife's family.

"Hawkshaw" Geary, who in his under-
graduate days was the secret sorrow of
many of the fair co-eds, but who stepped
out only prior to elections, has again made
himself a headliner in the social world.
During his recent migration to the campus,
he gladdened the hearts of many of the
fairer sex by giving a breakfast at the Hotel
Osburn to the entire chorus of the "Follies
of 1919."

George Gates drove up from Medford to
see the Oregon-O. A. C. game and spent a
few days with us.

Harry Kurtz is at present enjoying him-
self while New York sleeps. Kurtz is a
silent worker and this would not have
been open history but for his brother, a
Sig from Cornell, who spilled the "beans."

Al Malone will not be back till the com-
mencement of the 1925 class. At present
he is busy scattering empty cans around a
claim in Eastern Oregon trying to prove
it is his.

Sprague Carter is with the Knight Shoe
Co., in Portland. Sprague was with the
Graham Shoe Co., in Eugene, for a short
time and acted as a house daddy to the
Freshmen. He is still keeping up the
good work by waylaying all prospective
"prepers" around Portland.

p. s. — Sprague moved to Salem.

Russell Fox has broken into politics by
sitting in the county court reporter's chair
in Clatsop County.

Ivor Ross is with the Allen & Lewis
branch in Astoria, Oregon.

Mike Walker has recently been elected
mayor of Independence, Oregon. Con-
gratulations to "His Honor the Mayor."

Willard Hollenbeck is attending medi-
cal school in Portland. "Bill" was down
during the Christmas holidays and flashed
a new Sigma Sigma Nu pin on the boys.

Robert Morrison is with an insurance
firm in Portland.

Ralph Dodson just purchased a fine
home in the Irvington district, Portland.
We grieve for the sick.

Owen Bentley dropped in on us from

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Astoria where he is working for the Crown
Willamette Lumber Co.

Fred Stelver holds legal sway in Pendle-
ton and it is rumored has a good receipt.

Ernest CcCown is ministering to the ill
at Hot Lake Sanitarium and intends to
finish Medical College next Fall.

Bob Kellogg is the engineer in charge of
all county road work in Wallowa County.

Graham Mitchell, who can be reached
at Box 915, Warren, Arizona, is geologist
for the Calumet and Arizona Mining Co.,
after receiving his Ph. D. degree from Col-
umbia University in 1917, "Brick" has
been at Warren mapping developments in
the copper mining field, and examining
new properties which very often takes him
into Mexico.

Luke L. Goodrich has been elected first
vice-president of the First National Bank
of Eugene. Brother Goodrich is our Chap-
ter Adviser, and has constantly had the
Chapter at heart ever since it was founded.
He is at present boosting for our new
Home.

John Beckett is still in the marines. He
holds a commission as first lieutenant.
Johnny hasn't gotten away from football
yet. He coached the Mare Island football
team last fall. Johnny made many ac-
quaintances and won fame for himself
during the war by playing with the marine
football team which toured the United
States and then toured France.

Vernon Vawter is vice-president of the
Jackson County Bank, of Medford. Brother
Vawter gets around to visit us quite often
as he is on the Board of Regents of the
University.

Harold Grady is interested in the com-
mercial aeroplane business in Portland.
As well as taking an interest in aviation,
Hal is the sales manager for the Pierce
Aero Truck in the State of Oregon.

John F. Parsons has a position super-
vising a creamery for the Seattle Dairy
and Creamery Company. Johnny's address
is 1415 8th Avenue, Seattle, Wash.

Leo Malarkey, since he gave up college
athletics, has married and settled down in
Astoria. Tick is now the hustling repre-
sentative of the Travelers Insurance Co.

Dr. Arthur Van Dusen is practicing
medicine in Astoria. From all reports, he
has a large clientile and is kept busy day
and night.

Wallace G. Benson has recently moved
to the thriving and booming town of
Reedsport. Brother Benson is practicing
law and has made good from the start.

First Lieutenant Elmer Hall has com-
mand of the Utah Recruiting District for
the Marine Corps. Brother Hall writes
that he has affiliated with the Salt Lake
Alumni Association. He says that every
man in the local Alumni Association is
boosting strong for the local fraternity,
Theta Sigma, which is petitioning Sigma
Nu. Elmer refereed most of the football
games played in Utah last Fall.

Fletcher K. Ware is lumber salesman
with the Booraim-Powell Lumber Com-
pany and subsidiary companies. Brother
Ware expects to come out and visit us some
time in the future. Brother Ware's ad-
dress is 535 Lumber Exchange Building,
Minneapolis, Minn.

Armond R. Bean is a member of the
firm of Lawrence and Holford, architects,
Portland. Brother Bean has recently been
elected treasurer of the Oregon Chapter of
American Institute of Architects.

Brother and Mrs. Flint N. Johns an-
nounce the arrival of a son, William Ray
Johns. Brother Johns owns and operates
a large wheat ranch in Athena, Oregon.

Dean H. Hayes is in the export-import
business in Portland. Brother Hayes is
president of the Portland Alumni Associa-
tion and has formed a wonderful organiza-
tion since he started in office.

William S. Main is managing a large
ranch in California. Brother Main is a
member of the Santa Barbara University
Club. His address is R. F. D. No. 1,
Coleta, Calif.

W. HUBER RAMRO, Reporter.

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Eta Chapter

Past Regent Krippner, his wife and
daughter, spent Sunday with us a short
time ago.

W. C. Page has informed us that he has
left the Walker Mining Company and is
now with the Harding Company, at Salt
Lake City.

Brother and Mrs. Norton Lee informed
us of the birth of a baby daughter.

R. P. Luke paid us a visit. He was re-
cently employed in Mexico.

We recently received word that Brother

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R. W. Conant has been located with the
Koster Company's Chinese-Manchurin and
Siberian offices.

Harry Wilson, "Tuffy" Wolff, and Karl
Koelker recently paid us a visit.

Benbow and Lynch are at present re-
siding at Colorado Springs.

Sam Burris is now living in Denver,
Colorado.

CEDRIC E. McWHORTER, Reporter.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Gamma Theta Chapter

F. Windsor Eveland, sales manager, H.
C. S. Sales Corporation, of Philadelphia,
has recovered from his injuries received in
an automobile accident recently.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Gamma Iota Chapter

Herbert Nagel is located in Akron, Ohio,
with the Akron Water Works.

C. K. Bain has moved from Montana
to Bonne Terre, Mo., and is connected with
the St. Joseph Lead Company.

J. W. Lancaster, one of our charter mem-
bers, is still in Lawrenceville, 111. He is
one of the big men in the Indian Refining
Company.

Dr. George H. Wilson, another of our
charter members, enjoys one of the largest
practices in Lexington. He is also doing
valiant work as treasurer of the Gamma
Iota House fund.

M. E. Pendleton, of New York, gave us
a short visit last month. He is with the
Armstrong Cork Company.

Rowland Simmons is die sole owner of
the biggest drug store at Adairville, Ky.

George D. Aaron is farming near Carrol-
ton, Ky.

A. P. Woody and Brother Nick Carter
are road building and practicing law, re-
spectively, in Mayfield, Ky.

Neal Knight has quit the oil game and
has gone into the road construction work.
He is living in Winchester, Ky.

H. B. Combest is living in Miami, Fla.,
where he has embarked into the real estate
business.

Carrol Taylor has quit manufacturing
airplanes in Texas and has gone to New
York where he is in the bond game.

D. P. Campbell has gone back into

Naval Aviation for a short training course.

F. H. WRIGHT.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Gamma Kappa Chapter

William Peter, Jr., weight 9 pounds and
length 23y2 inches, arrived at Brother Bill
Simmons's home in Denver, March 5, 1921.

"Tiny," otherwise Brother Horace Har-
rison, is with the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, in Philadelphia.

Claude Neer has gone with the Fulton
Engine Works in Los Angeles.

Ray Rhinehart, late chief clerk for the
Goodyear Rubber Company, at its Billings,
Montana, branch, has been transferred to
the Spokane, Wash., office of the Company
in the same capacity.

Chet Sells has been approved for train-
ing by the Federal Board for Vocational
Education and expects to re-enter the uni-
versity next Fall.

Will McMurray is back at his law prac-
tice in Laramie, Wyo., after several months
sojourn in the East.

Osmer E. Smith, of Pine Bluffs, Wyo.,
represented his county at the last session
of the Wyoming Legislature.

Lyle Wolf, B ¥-A P, is back home in Ft.
Collins, Colo., factory of the Great Western
Sugar Co., where his brother, Clayton, also
of this Chapter, is in charge of the labora-
tory.

Charles Chenault Adams, graduate law-
yer, has deserted the banking business at
Bridgeport, Neb., and returned to Boulder
where a certain young lady is still attend-
ing the University of Colorado.

SIDNEY W. BISHOP.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Gamma Lambda Chapter

Born to Brother and Mrs. Ed Voss, a
baby girl. Brother Voss is in Davenport,
Iowa, c/o Voss Manufacturing Co.

A. J. Rogers, of Beulah, Mich., was
chosen temporary secretary of the Michi-
gan State Farm Bureau at the meeting of
the executive board held during February.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Gamma Mu Chapter

C. R. LaBier, '20, who is studying medi-
cine at Rush Medical College in Chicago,

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attended the formal party on March 11th.
J. R. Freidrichs is one of the crew of an
oil ship making trips between Tampico,
Mexico, and the eastern seaboard. Freddy
left school in the Spring of 1920.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Gamma Nu Chapter

Brother and Mrs. J. R. Monroe spent
the winter in California.

Two members of Gamma Nu Chapter,
J. Farra Van Meter, ex-'22, and Jere Beam,
ex-'23, are now Commanders of their affili-
ated Chapters. Brother Van Meter is the
head of the newly revived South Carolina
Chapter and was instrumental in bringing
old Delta back to life. Brother Beam is
the E. C. at Gamma Iota where he was
initiated.

George A. Schumacher, ex-'22E, is man-
aging his father's steel mill at Albion,
Michigan.

Louis Schindler, '21E, has taken a posi-
tion with an engineering concern in his
home city of Toledo, Ohio.

James H. Clarke, Jr., '19, is now in
charge of the A. Starr Best store at Minne-
apolis. With the entrance of Brother
Clarke into the "Jewish hardware" game,
Sigma Nu now controls the college stores
of this firm in the Conference. Peter E. F.
Burns, T X, is head of the college depart-
ment, and manager of the Madison store,
while Hod Naeckles, r A, is in charge of
the college clothes at Urbana.

Perry Quakenbush, '20, is one of the
many Sigma Nus who are taking law at
Harvard.

Clarence Otter, ex-'17, is recovering
from his recent bad luck, namely, a broken
leg. Brother Otter is one of the most loyal
of Detroit Alumni and the active Chapter
is mighty glad to hear that he is improving
so nicely.

John Russel Fountain, ex-'lO, is still in
the service of the government as a captain
in infantry. He is located at Camp Dix,
N. J., and a member of the famous 18th
Infantry.

Louis Reisch, '20L, surprised the Chap-
ter with a visit early in March and looks
as if prosperity is hot on his trail. Brother
Reisch is selling bonds for a company at
Springfield, Illinois.

Lowell J. Carr, formerly State editor of

The Detroit Free Press, is taking special
work in the University of Sociology.

Arthur Pound, '07, is the contributing
editor of The Flint Saturday Night, and
one of the best known newspaper men in
the State.

J. Randolph Monroe, '06L, president of
the Monroe Calculating Machine Com-
pany, of New York, recently presented the
Chapter with one of his famous machines
through his Detroit agency. Brother Mon-
roe is one of the most active members of
the New York Alumni Chapter.

Gamma Nu is glad to have with them
this year as members of the Faculty, Carl
Rufus, r r, of the astronomy department;
Brother Purnell, E r, of the French de-
partment; and Brother Meincke, T r, of
the Latin department

F. M. SMITH.

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES
Gamma Xi Chapter

J. M. Morris paid us a visit early in
October. "Johnnie" is located with the
Allis-Chalmers Company, at St. Louis.

"Legs" Ambler was with us over the
week end of September 25th. "Legs" is a
member of the Board of Trustees for our
House Fund, and is always one of the
staunchest supporters of Gamma Xi activ-
ities.

Tom Stevens paid us a short visit fol-
lowing the Miner game with Washington
University last Fall.

Jimmie Leavitt and wife were residents
of Rolla for October and November, while
"Jimmie" was connected with the U. S. G.
S. station here. We greatly regretted his
transfer to Washington, D. G, as we en-
joyed his visits immensely.

Ray E. Hoffman is general manager of
the Atlas Portland Cement Company's
plant at Hannibal, Mo.

R. C. Schappler was in Rolla for the
Rolla-Drury football game. "Schap" is a
rock-hound with the National Exploration
Co., of Tulsa.

H. P. Rice, of Springfield, Mo., stopped
over a week end with us while driving
through on a business trip.

E. R. Wash is with the Bethlehem Mines
Corporation at McAffee, New Jersey.

Carl Gettler is superintendent of con-

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struction for the Continental Cement Co.,
of St. Louis.

Glen B. Mortan is now State geologist
for the State of Wyoming, located at
Cheyenne.

L. J. Boucher is superintendent of mines
and quarries for the Atlas Portland Ce-
ment Co., at Hannibal, Mo.

Royal S. Webstetf is with the Havana
Central Railroad, located at Havana, Cuba.

J. L. Head is with the Braden Copper
Company, at Rancagua, Chile.

E. C. McFadden is with the Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Co., of Chicago.

W. C. Powell is back in school with us
this semester to finish up. He will gradu-
ate in April.

W. H. Kamp is assisting Coach Dennie
turn out the M. S. M. athletes this spring.
"Bill" is one of the old basketball and
baseball stars of M. S. M., so is quite
capable of these duties. "Bill's" presence
will strengthen the Chapter materially.

IOWA STATE COLLEGE

Gamma Sigma Chapter

0. J. Whittemore is the proud father of
a second baby boy. 0. J. is located at
Sheffield, Iowa, in the brick and tile line
of business.

L. P. Sterling is the proud father of a
baby girl. "Cy" is at Webster City, prac-
ticing veterinary, at present.

J. H. Kraft and J. M. Burrows spent
most of the winter in California in an at-
tempt to escape Iowa's mild winter.

H. L. Blackman, of Jamesville, Wiscon-
sin, has written the Chapter and hopes to
visit us in the near future.

H. L. Eichling spent a few days, at the
House while the county agents were having
a session.

0. W. Beeler, B K, was with us at the
same time and is a frequent visitor at
Gamma Sigma.

C. M. Fisher has given up the position
of county engineer, at Black Hawk County,
and has taken up the engineering business
at Waterloo.

P. A. Warner has been in Des Moines
and Ames during February, but has re-
turned to High Point, N. C.

E. Van Dyck has taken time from the
plumbing business to visit us at times.

B. C. Shearer is taking medicine at
Washington University, St. Louis.

W. H. Davis, Burrows, Wagner, Ver
Ploeg, Jenness, Kelleher, K. J. Maine,
Worden, Shot well, Tusart, W. L. Hender-
son, R. D. Henderson, T. Henderson and
Billy Williams have visited with us at
various times.

Yes, Brother Sallade brought his line
of jewelry around and conducted the usual
raffle. He even started a raffle in a sorority
house.

E. R. MOORE, Reporter.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Gamma Psi Chapter

Leon A. Nix is timber adviser and for-
ester in the lands department of the Laur-
entide Company, Inc. His work is exam-
ining timber lands as to amount of timber,
logging operations and advisability of pur-
chasing.

Solon Hyde is with the St. Maurice
Paper Co., at Three Rivers, Quebec, Can-
ada, and is assistant forester in their log-
ging operations.

LEON A. NIX.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Delta Beta Chapter

Winsor D. Wilkinson is with the con-
struction department of the San Joaquin
Light and Power Corporation, Fresno,
Calif.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE
COLLEGE

Delta Delta Chapter

H. E. Barron has been presented a silver
shield by the students of Penn State Col-
lege in recognition of his part in the
Olympic games at Antwerp. The trophy
was presented to him at a mass meeting
held at State College. He finished second
to Earl Thompson, the Canadian, in the
110 meter hurdles.

A. M. Barron is athletic director of
Germantown Academy and was one of the
speechmakers at the annual alumni ban-
quet of the academy.

Ralph C. Cook is now superintendent of
the Galena Works of the Galena-Signal Oil
Co., of Texas, and is located at Houston,

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Texas. His address is 3008 Hamilton
Street.

E. C. Crow is now with the Oliphant
Coal & Coke Co., Uniontown, Pa.

R. B. Devereaux is now highway engi-
neer for the Bureau of Public Works, Al-
buquerque, N. M.

The Electric Storage Battery, Philadel-
phia, Pa., has a new salesman in P. M.
Etters. Brother Etters is located at 937
East 16th Street, Chester, Pa.

L. C. Gibson writes from Tampico, Mex-
ico, where he is geologist for Companie
Transcontinental de Petroleo, S. A.

R. B. Hecht is now with the Aluminum
Company and is located at their New Ken-
sington plant, New Kensington, Pa.

W. H. Hillary, 4174 Pearl Road, Cleve-
land, Ohio, is secretary of the Broadview
Savings and Loan Company of that city.

C. A. Lambert has charge of the Hercu-
les Powder Plant, at Hattiesburg, Miss.

Reeves and King, Architects and Land-
scape Architects, a new firm made up of a
Delta Delta man and a Delta Sigma man,
have opened offices at 801 House Building,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Reeves has had much ex-
perience in landscape work with the firm
of Townsend and Fleming, while King is
an experienced architect, having practiced
in Pittsburgh for the past six years.

Ralph Runyon has charge of the bond
department of Henry L. Doherty & Co.,
with offices in Philadelphia.

W. C. Sigworth is now a student at Syra-
cuse University while G. W. Cupit is at
Illinois University and H. N. Hallet is at-
tending Purdue University.

L. F. Weinman is at University of
Florida.

S. M. Thompson is at University of Cali-
fornia.

W. C. Thomas recently returned from
Genoa, Italy, where he has been since the
war. He expects to be in Pittsburgh soon,
with the Atlantic Refining Co.

R. L BOVARD.

WESTERN RESERVE
UNIVERSITY

Delta Zeta Chapter

B. J. Alten recently obtained his degree
as a C. P. A. His offices are in the So-
ciety Savings Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

Perry D. Caldwell, with the law firm of

Caldwell, Braner and VanBuren, has
moved offices to 507-523 The Fidelity
Mortgage Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

Joyce I. Hartman is teaching physics and
chemistry at the Elgin Junior College, at
Elgin, 111.

Dale A. Hartman received two prizes at
commencement, 1920 (this is belated news
but needs chronicling). First Rupert
Hughes Prize in Poetry and Samuel Hunt-
ington Mathews Prize in History. Later
tidings are that our "Dale Allen" is now
appearing in Snappy Stories — check in ad-
vance of publication, he says.

Of the six debate prizes awarded to
members of the debating team last year,
three went to Delta Zeta men: Dale A.
Hartman, Alfred C. Jones, and Leland
L. Whitney.

Brother Perry D. Caldwell, Inspector of
this Division, recently received a $200 ex-
emption in his income tax. Mother and
child doing nicely.

JOHN L SHISSLER, Reporter.

LOMBARD COLLEGE
Delta Theta Chapter

Karl A. Meihsner has recently left the
employment of the Goodrich firm in Ak-
ron, Ohio, and has entered the law school
at Western Reserve University. Mail ad-
dressed to 11447 Euclid Avenue, Cleve-
land, Ohio, will get him.

Robert W. Hendel is with a corn pro-
ducts company near Berwyn, 111., and can
be reached at 3432 Oak Park Avenue.

Edward Heller is located in Akron,
Ohio, at 242 Berman Avenue.

Thomas Nelson and Alva F. Spring, are
in the employ of the Nela Park National
Lamp Works of the General Electric Com-
pany, -in Cleveland, Ohio. Nelson's ad-
dress is 15811 Elderwood Avenue, and
Spring's is 15776 Euclid Avenue.

E. L. HODSON.

DELAWARE COLLEGE

Delta Kappa Chapter

W. S. Fitzpatrick has returned to the
army aviation service. He is now a lieu-
tenant at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Mary-
land. "Fitz" is fortunate in being selected
as one of the few officers who are to man
the heavy "bombers" in maneuvers against
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a big influence upon the decision for or
against future naval appropriations. Fitz
is well qualified for any type of flying job
that the army, might give him. During
the recent war he spent more than a year
flitting around in the air of Texas.1

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

Delta Omicron Chapter

A. E. Anderson announces that he is the
father of a new baby girl.

GEORGE WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY

Delta Pi Chapter

Luther Heist has accepted a position in
Chicago with the firm of Archibald Harris
and Company.

CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY

Delta Sigma Chapter

Sedalia, Mo., boasts of having one Neal
Campbell in their midst. He is there using
his knowledge of calculus and civil engi-
neering.

The name of Ralph Barrow is still in-
cluded in the Faculty roll of the Goodyear
University.

M. E. Boyer has his shingle over the
door of an architect's office in Charlotte,
N. C.

Reisinger is now a real seagoing naval
officer. He graduated from the Naval
Academy last Spring and is on the high
seas.

We wish to announce that Fuhrman
Rinehart is attending the college which is
in Waynesburg. I think they call it
Waynesburg College.

Hester is still in the grocery business, at
least that is what Skyrm says, and he ought
to know.

Dale Aul is still running the Woodlawn
Branch of the J. & L .Co.

George Curtiss is now employed as an
engineer with the Timkin Roller Bearing
Co., at Canton, Ohio.

"Sunny" Kesner couldn't make money
fast enough with the Allegheny Steel Co.,

*Texas 1« a large State.

so he has opened a contractor's office of
his own in Tarentum, Pa.

R. M. Crawford is at the wheel of the
Pennsy Coal Products Co., in Petrolia, Pa.,
and Eddie McKee is the chief chemist of
the organization.

L. H. Button is practicing architecture
in his own office in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Frank Haaren is the busiest man at Car-
negie Tech where he is graduate manager
of athletics. Brother Haaren is our Chap-
ter Adviser and is behind every move made
by the Chapter.

W. H. Crosby, who is running an archi-
tects office in Oil City, Pa., recently visited
our new Chapter House with his eldest son.

W. D. Stewart is working for C. D. Mills
who is a steam engineer for the New Castle
plant of the Carnegie Steel Co.

Much credit is due William H. King, Jr.,
for the very efficient. way in which he is
handling the financial affairs of the Delta
Sigma Association. Under his guidance
we are successfully paying off the mort-
gage on our new Chapter House, and at the
same time doing some extensive remodel-
ing. Biz is a constant caller at the House
and each time he calls he has some new
plan for making money or saving money.
In other words, his heart is with Delta
Sigma.

Bovard, he isn't one of our Alumni, but
believe me, his heart is with Delta Sigma.
We don't know whether Penn State is suf-
fering or not, but we do know that they
turn out some good Sigma Nus from that
place. HOWARD A. BOWMAN, Reporter.

TRINITY COLLEGE
Delta Chi Chapter

H. T. Barber is an associate member of
the casualty actuarial statistical society
of America.

James F. English has just been installed
pastor of the Community church at Elm-
wood, Conn.; there are one hundred and
eighty-eight charter members at present.

Walter Francis has been transferred
from Toronto to the Montreal office of the
Travelers Insurance Co.

William Grimes, who is assisting at
Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, was or-
dained to the Episcopal Priesthood on
March 1, 1921.

HARRY H. CLARK, Reporter.

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Bob Bruce started teaching last Fall at
Cushing Academy, having two math and
three history courses.

Bill Nelson's new home address is 401
Fifteenth Street, New Brighton, Pa. He
was the best man and Ray Segur an usher
at Bill Grimes's wedding, on December
28th.

Mike Schlier has moved from Water-
bury to Buffalo, N. Y.

Gerald Segur is now with the National
Fire Insurance Co.

The Smeathers are living at 247 Belle-
ville Avenue, Newark, N. J.

Joe Stansfield has accepted the position
of principal of the government school, at
Metlakatla, Alaska.

Paul Taylor is the treasurer of the New
Haven Alumni Chapter.

On January 23, 1921, the Rev. John
W. Woessner was instituted as the rector
of St. Paul's Church, of Southington,
Conn.

Munsey Lew is still engaged with the
Commission for the Improvement of the
River System of Chihli. Munsey found
time during his last New Year's vacation
to drop a line to some of his friends in
Hartford.

Clarence A. Meyer has moved to 5354
St. Clair Ave., Detroit, Mich.

The Rev. Worcester Perkins and his
bride arrived in Laramie, Wyo., on May
8, 1920. Mr. Perkins is to be a canon of
St. Matthew's Cathedral and chaplain to
the church students at the University of
Wyoming. He is also to organize an Em-
manuel Movement clinic in connection
with the cathedral.

Brad Ripley read a paper at the Chicago
meeting of the American Entomological
Society. He has refused an offer of an
assistant professorship at the University
of Texas expecting to sail for South Africa
in the early Summer for a three-year stay.
His present address is 907 South 6th Street,
Champaign, 111.

With the Sigma Nu Permanent Endow-
ment Fund well under way and the Trinity
College Centennial Fund to be launched
next month, the Quiver brings to Delta
Chi Alumni the cheering announcement
that the contemplated drive for starting a
fund towards a new home for Delta Chi
Chapter in 1923 has been postponed for a
more opportune time. The Hamilton prop-

erty, at the corner of Vernon and Summit
Streets, has been placed on the market for
$12,000. After the two above funds have
been raised we believe that there will be
ample opportunity to plan for the new
Delta Chi House. Bulletin No. 6 from In-
dianapolis shows that the second subscrip-
tion from a Delta Chi Brother has reached
the General Office and that the Eighth Di-
vision is in fourth place with a percentage
of 2.6. The Division quota is 229 . Three
Delta Chi men, Brothers W. P. Barber,
Johnston, and R. H. Segur are team cap-
tains for the local Trinity campaign.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE

Delta Psi Chapter

Ralph Stevens is now secretary of the
Fitchburg Business College, Fitchburg,
Mass., of which his father is die president.

Robert Rounds is an instructor at Bow-
doin this year, having classes in English
and Modern Languages.

John Young was recently elected presi-
dent of the Senior Class at Bowdoin.

George Blake is an instructor in Modern
Languages at New Hampshire State Col-
lege, Durham, N. H.

Other members of Delta Psi in the teach-
ing profession include Hugh Blanchard at
a military school in Augusta Ga.; Law-
rence J. Hart, principal of the high school
at Limestone, Maine; Dwight L. Libbey,
principal of the high school at Warren,
Maine; and Leslie Norwood, who is teach-
ing in Taunton, Mass.

Three members of last year's graduating
class are with the General Electric Com-
pany: Edwin Palmer and Marshall Hurlin
at Schenectady, N. Y., and Brother Albert
Hurrell at Lynn, Mass.

Another Alumnus of Delta Psi in elec-
trical work is Clarence Lindner, who is
with the American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., in New York City.

Karl V. Palmer is manager of Spear
Folks wholesale and retail confectionery
store in Portland, Maine, while Raymond
Richardson is a lieutenant of the regular
army, stationed at Fort Williams in Port-
land Harbor.

Wilfred Racine, who was with the Good-
year Rubber Co., at Akron, last year, is
now studying dentistry at Tufts Dental
School, Boston.

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Delta Psi is also represented this year clerk in the Company's services, being head
at Harvard Medical School by William clerk in the Brunswick office, so his trans-
Van Wart, and at Harvard Graduate School fer was more of a promotion than any-
by Paul Young. Lester Black and Stanley thing else.
White transferred from Bowdoin to Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology last Fall.

'Hie sympathy of Delta Psi is extended WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
to Brother Roy King whose wile died this

past winter. Epsilon Gamma Chapter

Langdon White, M D., has hung out his T C purnell ig ^ m8tructor in Ro-

shingle in Portland, Maine, and incident- mance w^ges at the University of

ally taken unto himself a helpmate, also Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich,

from Portland. F. W. Pettingill is working for the Kalb-

Wendell Hone is in business with his fleisch. Corporation, New York City, as

father at Presque Isle, Maine . a chemical expert.

Down in Philadelphia, Delta Psi is rep- R w Allen? who resides in Orange, N.

resented by Wilfred Parent who is at- j is m ^ b of ^ Singer Sewing

tendmg medical school in that city Machinfe Company.

CLYDE E. STEVENS. R G Richardson is a Y. M. C. A. sec-
Clyde E. Stevens has been transferred to retary in Somerville, N. J.
the Brunswick office of the Pejepscot Paper A. S. Bibbins is with the Federal Re-
Company. He succeeded the oldest mill serve Bank, New York City.

Two Premiers Sign Covenant

Delta Alpha and Delta Zeta Make Peace for Their Colleges

We publish below a treaty of peace between our two Cleveland premiers
in behalf of the institutions in which our Chapters are located:

Case— W. R. U. Resolution

Whereas, There have been certain demonstrations by students of Case
School of Applied Science and Western Reserve University resulting in the
destroying of property belonging to the above mentioned institutions, and

Whereas, These, demonstrations are childish and not representative of the
true spirit of either school.

Therefore, The Western Reserve University Council and the Student Coun-
cils of which it is composed and the Case Senate advocate the abolition of all
such practices which are destructive of property. Furthermore, should any
such demonstrations occur in the future, the aforementioned student organiza-
tions shall assist the Faculties of the two institutions in apprehending the viola-
ters of this agreement.

WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL,

J. K. Henney, President.
CASE SENATE,

M. R. Hamlin, President.

The resolution above was recently printed in both the Reserve Weekly and
the Case Tech. The relations of the two colleges are, at the present time, most
friendly — except, possibly, on Thanksgiving Day — and the misdemeanors
mentioned in the article below are not really serious ones — mere matter of
some paint. The point we wish to convey is, that Sigma Nu had a great deal
to do with the bringing about of these friendly relations. Brothers Millard R.
Hamlin, A A, and J. Keith Henney, A Z, are presidents of their respective Stu-
dent Councils.

JOHN N. McCULLOUGH, A A.

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A Capital Plan

I am heartily in accord with the plan to raise
an Endowment Fund for Sigma Nu and feel that
the scope and the plan mean the larger interests of
the entire Fraternity. We cannot do large things
on small capital and I fear that is what we have
endeavored to do in the past. The time has come
when the entire Fraternity must realize something
of the real worth of the organization and bring to
it the best that is in them for the fuller realization
of that for which we stand. I am gratified to know
that this plan has at last been formulated and
launched and I will be glad to give it all the help
that I can.

Paul M. Spencer,
Past Grand Chaplain.

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By Past Regent A. H. Wilson

Phi Gamma Delta has entered the Uni-
versity of Idaho by absorbing the local
Alpha Kappa Epsilon. Other fraternities
at Idaho: Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta,
Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
Sigma Nu.

Kappa Sigma has entered Johns Hop-
kins University by removing her charter
from the Law and Medical Schools of the
University of Maryland to Hopkins. Kappa
Sigma carries 87 college chapters.

Phi Sigma Kappa has entered two new
chapters. One at Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, where a great many fraternities have
entered recently, and the other at Pennsyl-
vania College, Gettysburg, Pa., where chap-
ters are found of the following fraterni-
ties: Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta,
Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Tau
Omega, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

The following editorial from the Alpha
Tau Omega "Palm" shows where A T 0
stands as to expansion and democracy. All
Sigma Nus should read it :

Discussion of the policy of expansion provoked
by the motion at Omaha to cease chartering chap-
ters did not attain the dignity of a debate because
all the speakers except one were opposed to a re-
strictive policy, but it served the useful purpose
of emphasizing the almost unanimous conviction
in the Fraternity that careful expansion is the
only correct policy for us and for fraternities in
general. Still more was the discussion useful be-
cause it provided opportunity for stating the
grounds on which this policy rests.

Nobody desires a growth more rapid than will
make for strength, than can be built firmly into
the structure and imbued with the true spirit and
ideals of the Order. Nothing was clearer in the
remarks of the gentleman from Indiana than that
our growth since 1900 has not been more rapid
than we could properly care for. Scrutiny of our
chapters shows that in their business methods, in
their financial condition, in their scholarship, in
their appreciation of the duties and responsibili-
ties as parts of a national organization, in their
understanding of the spirit and ideals of the Fra-
ternity, in their zeal for attaining the high pur-

poses of Alpha Tau Omega, the chapters founded
since 1900 compare favorably with their elder
sisters among the chapters.

If expansion should be governed by the ability
of the national machinery to administer a larger
organization, there is less reason now than ever
before to call a halt. Almost every move made by
the Fraternity in recent years has made it stronger
in just that respect. It is easier now to adminis-
ter a hundred chapters with an active membership
of twenty-five hundred than it was a decade ago
to conduct the affairs of half that number. The
real source of weakness is the overgrown chapter.
Keep the chapters limited to proper size and we
may safely have as many of them as there are
available colleges and universities. At the pres-
ent rate of growth there is no prospect that the
policies of the Fraternity will be dictated by rash
newcomers. There is no perceptible spirit of
bolshevism in our councils.

Intensive development within the chapters
should of course be constantly encouraged. There
must be no less care in the selecting of congenial
and worthy members; rather should that care be
increased. Every chapter should be urged — co-
erced, if necessary— to put and keep its house in
order, and to acquire a bouse so to put and keep.
But there is no perceptible reason why existing
chapters should go to pot because one or two new
ones are added each year. They would be queer
parents who would not beget a second child until
the first born had finished college and set up for
himself.

But best of all the talk was that which showed
how vigorously and whole-heartedly the brethren
detest snobbishness, exclusiveness, self-anointed
aristocracy. That spirit is of course to be found
in every fraternity, enough of it in some to pro-
vide basis for all the criticism from which fra-
ternities have suffered, and are destined to suffer
yet more, the criticism that fraternities are un-
democratic. There was blessed little of that spirit
voiced at Omaha. On the contrary it was made
clearer than ever before that the very foundations
of this brotherhood rest upon the sound principles
of democracy.

Opponents of the fraternity idea are looking
for and will use just such talk as that which
started the discussion. If fraternities had the
spirit of that unfortunate deliverance they ought
to be kicked out, and they would be. Men who
know anything about the spirit of the times know
that there is that sentiment abroad which will
make short work of an institution imbued with
those notions. Fortunately for us, Alpha Tau
Omega has only to remain true to its first princi-
ples to stand abreast of the most liberal ideas as
to the proper relations of educational institu-
tions, and all their adjuncts, to the state and to
society. It is going to stand. by those principles.

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Cincinnati University has agreed to raise
$400,000 for its medical college in order
to receive a gift of $700,000 from the
Rockefeller general education fund. The
fraternities at this university are: Sigma
Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi,
Phi Delta Theta, and Pi Kappa Alpha.

Pi Kappa Alpha has entered the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania and Colorado Col-
lege, Colorado Springs. This fraternity
numbers fifty-three college chapters.

The following excerpt will give some
idea of the undergraduate growth at Johns
Hopkins, especially when it is known that
only a few years back there were less than
two hundred undergraduates at the uni-
versity:

"The religious affiliations of the under-
graduates of Johns Hopkins University
have been given in the Johns Hopkins
News Letter. The annual census was taken
at the time of the presentation of the
"Freshman Bible,'* by the Young Men's
Christian Association. The denomina-
tional standing of the students is as fol-
lows: Methodist Episcopal, 112; Protes-
tant Episcopal, 111; Hebrew, 101; Luth-
eran, 57; Presbyterian, 56; Catholic, 40;
Baptist, 20; Reformed, 11; no preference,
39; denominations having less than 5 each,
31; Christian Science, 2; Unitarian, 6;
atheist, 1— total, 587."

The fraternities at Hopkins are Phi
Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Phi,
Alpha Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi, and
Kappa Alpha.

Zeta Psi has re-established her Psi Chap-
ter, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.
Zeta Psi first entered Dartmouth in 1855,
but withdrew in 1874 after ninety-four men
had been initiated. There are now 25
college chapters in Zeta Psi, with 7 of
them in the New England States.

Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., has
launched a campaign for an additional
$2,000,000 to her endowment. Union Col-
lege is 141 years old and stands among the
leaders in true educational endeavors. This
college has the distinction of being the
birth-place of Kappa Alpha, 1825; Sigma
Phi, 1827; Delta Phi, 1827; Psi Upsilon,
1833, and Theta Delta Chi, 1847. Other
fraternities are: Delta Upsilon, Chi Psi,
Alpha Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta

Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Lambda Chi
Alpha, and the local Phi Nu Theta.

Alpha Sigma Phi is building a chapter
house at the University of Washington
(Seattle) at a cost of $57,000. This work
is remarkable in that the chapter at Wash-
ington was founded no later than 1912.
Alpha Sigma Phi has chartered a local
society at Oregon Agricultural College.

Phi Sigma Kappa has granted charters
to petitioners at the Oregon Agricultural
College and at Pennsylvania College,
Gettysburg, Pa.

The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi has this
to say concerning the future disposition of
college fraternities. It is to the point and
well worth while our considering:

"If the college fraternity is to be perpet-
uated, if it is to meet with public praise
and encouragement, if it is going to fulfill
our highest ideals, then it must turn out
the best product of the American college.
This goal is dependent on an active par-
ticipation in all constructive phases of col-
lege life."

Delta Sigma Phi has revived her chapter
at St. Louis University and is at work re-
entering her Kappa Chapter at the Ala-
bama Polytechnic Institute where she with-
drew in 1908.

Theta Chi has purchased a chapter lodge
at Norwich University. This is Theta Chi's
Alpha chapter. The only other national
at Norwich is the Sigma Phi Epsilon. Nor-
wich is one strictly military college where
fraternities, local and national, are per-
mitted to exist without any unusual restric-
tions.

Sigma Chi has placed her third Colorado
Chapter at the Colorado State Agricultural
College, and shares the field with Sigma
Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.

Phi Kappa Tau has entered Chapters at
Lawrence College, Wis., the University of
Wisconsin, and the University of Ken-
tucky. California University is applying
for * K T recognition.

Alfred University, New York, has re-
scinded her anti-fraternity laws and opened
her doors to the Greeks. Delta Sigma
Phi is the first fraternity to place a chap-
ter there.

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A NUMBER OF THINGS. Walter J.
Matherly, B E. 80 pp. Boston.
Richard G. Badger.

This book bears a familiar title, for
these words appeared first on the toast-
list of the Cleveland Grand Chapter in
1918, where Brother Walter J. Matherly
spoke a few of the thoughts that have now
borne fruit in print. The style is as en-
tertaining; the thoughts, or the manner of
their expression, is as naive; but the con-
clusions show the mature reflection of the
deliberate philosopher as well as the re-
freshing spontaneity of the innate humor-
ist. The author has succeeded in mixing a
deal of good teaching with the leaven of
common sense so that the reader is be-
guided into thinking for himself almost
without conscious effort on his part. The
philosophical lecture is well hidden under
the sugar-coating of fun and frivolity.

Under the name "idlers of the species,"
Brother Matherly would eradicate all so-
cial parasites, be they hoboes or "remit-
tance men" of wealth. "The peddlers of
excuses" have even less excuse for encum-
bering the earth, while "the various kinds
of freaks" give us reason for the joy of
living for the eccentric offspring of this
planet inspire to action its inhabitants in
the very desire to suppress or eliminate
them. But Brother Matherly would bring
back the social outcasts, excommunicated
by "the god of conventionality," for "only
under the threat of social banishment can
real men and women give free expression
to their personalities, develop their powers,
and work out their own destinies." Yet
"the inhabitants of the earth are born to
wait." Only by degrees does evolution
unfold the progress of civilization or bring
into clearness the vision of tomorrow. "The
Costs of Waiting" are enormous, and
Brother Matherly presents "this problem
of problems for world solution" — un-
solved.

On every page we come to unexpected
turns in language as well as in thought
that delight and entertain us. In the chap-

ters in lighter vein we see just the same
philosophical thread running. The de-
votee of the great god Nicotine cannot re-
frain from rereading again and again 'The
Why of Tobacco," which is not much
changed from Brother Matherly's aposto-
phe to "the filthy weed" at Cleveland. Mr.
Theodore H. Price, editor of Commerce
and Finance, in his introduction to the
book, says, "I have read all these es-
says twice, I have been glad to recommend
them to several friends and I have asked
permission to print The Why of Tobacco'
in my paper."

But to return to the serious, 'The eco-
nomic aspects of eats" presents to Brother
Matherly, at least, a picture of calamity
which awaits, or rather has awaited, the
world. "Pestered with a desire for food"
man has allowed himself to be divided into
two classes: the overfeds and the under -
feds. The internal disturbances that come
to both ends of society are the cause of the
revolutions that result in the progress or
retrogression of civilized life. "The bal-
anced ration" will bring peace and a type
of man higher than the beast, for "the end,
not the means, is the ideal in the consump-
tion of the world's wealth." While Brother
Matherly discusses facetiously the eco-
nomic motive in history, he believes in its
strength only to hope for its replacement.

By far, the best chapter in the book, we
have saved till the last. "The philosophy
of fits" touches us each one, for there are
four kinds of fits — unfits, misfits, counter-
feits, and plain fits. You may count your-
self in one class or other for you cannot
dodge the issue. The unfits should be re-
stored, if possible; the misfits should be
rightly placed; the counterfeits should be
denied free circulation. The plain fits are
those who are fit. 'They fit into their
places and do whatever they are called
upon to do. They are the world's pro-
ducers. If their jobs are not right, they
make them right. If their environments
are not suitable they make them suitable.
Upon them and upon them alone rests the
salvation of the whole human race."

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Now, from the general to the particular
let us return to our author. Brother Wal-
ter J. Matherly is a Kentuckian by birth,
and attended William Jewell College at
Liberty, Mo., where he was initiated into
Beta Xi Chapter in 1911. During the
war, as a graduate student at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, he acted as Commander
de facto of Gamma Rho Chapter, and his
timely guidance aided greatly in those mar-
tial days. From Chicago he received his
degree of Ph. D., and then went to George-
town University, Georgetown, Ky., as in-
structor in economics. He is now on the
Faculty of the University of North Caro-
lina as associate professor of Business Ad-
ministration.

A Number of Things has gained Brother
Matherly recognition outside of the aca-
demic world, and many of the essays have
been published in such papers as Com-
merce and Finance, and The Manufac-
turers Record. Let us conclude, with Mr.
Theodore H. Price, "If I had the naming
of this book I should call it 'Humor, Econ-
omics, and Common Sense.' I cordially
recommend it to those who agree with me
that truth is more palatable when it is
spiced with wit. The acid test of literary
merit is our feeling when we have read to
the end of what the author has written. If
we find ourselves disposed to reread it or
pass it on to our friends then it is worth
while." Now we shall end our writing for
another browse among A Number of
Things.

MYSTERIOUS RIDER, THE. By Zane
Grey, B P. New York: Harper & Bros.

Since Bret Harte discovered Western
America for literature, saw the possibili-
ties of its burning deserts, limitless plains,
and huge, sky-tossed mountain ranges as
backgrounds for stories of the adventur-
ous, hard-bitten men whom the country
drew with promises of riches or the lure
of a freedom untrammeled by the con-
ventions of established communities, many
American writers, and some foreign ones,
have devoted their talents to picturing the
life of the West in that heroic epoch which
began in the 'forties and has lasted, with
certain changes, down to the present day.
The cattle ranch in the days of the un-

fenced range and uncounted herds typifies
to many Americans the epitome of free-
dom. It is certain that it produced a race
of men who, for physical courage, self-
reliance, and independence of thought and
action, have never been surpassed. And if
there are scoffers to whom the novelist's
presentation of the period seems over-
drawn, let them turn to their histories and
read what no writer of fiction would dare
to set down, so incredible were many of
the everyday events in the lives of these
men and the women who shared their for-
tunes.

In his new book, <TTie Mysterious
Rider," Zane Grey lives up to the promise
shown in his first big success, "The Riders
of the Purple Sage," and, last year, in "The
Man of the Forest." The new story has
the same clean, swift action that marks all
his work, and the same freshness and
wholesomeness of atmosphere. It is in
literary style that it surpasses his earlier
books, for with each new story Grey shows
a more finished technique, a finer under-
standing and manipulation of the form of
the novel. This tale of the mysterious
rider and the equally mysterious and un-
known search to which he devotes his life
runs along with a smoothness and sus-
tained quality which exceed anything that
the author has accomplished heretofore.

Bent Wade — to all old-timers the arri-
val of "Hell-Bent" in town was a sure
sign of trouble — came to the lonely Bell-
lounds ranch from no one knew where. As
always, his quest was for quiet — and some-
thing else — but, as always, his coming was
destined to precipitate a series of events as
far from quiet as it is possible to imagine.
It was the irony of his existence that, as
diligently as he sought peace, so surely
was strife waiting around the corner, and
that in accomplishing the other goal of his
search he should meet his death. This
final scene is less a battle of bullets than
of minds and is as revealing and as tense
and dramatic as anything Zane Grey has
ever written.

A real story — "The Mysterious Rider."
In writing it Grey has drawn an enduring
picture, typically and uniquely American
— a Western "Arabian Nights" with as
sure a hold upon the reader as ever Sche-
herazade had upon the Sultan. — Washing-
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By Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.

THE POSTHUMOROUS PAPERS OF
THE PICKWICK CLUB

Containing a Faithful Record of the Per-
ambulations, Perils, Travels, Adven-
tures and Sporting Transactions of
the Corresponding Members

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EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER
LETTERS

As most of our Greek Editors have taken
a fall out of their Chapter Reporters, Mr.
Pickwick has seldom referred to this inex-
haustible source of Pickwickian material —
the Chapter Letter. There are, in a pre-
vious Delta's copy — no, Brother reader,
not in print, so you do not need hunt for
them — specimens of more or less grand-
iloquent persiflage, which caused the Edi-
tor an argument with himself before he
could bring the blue pencil into play, and
which Mr. Pickwick purloined adroitly in
order to save them from oblivion.

First, there was the naive self-confession
of Gamma Lambda's Reporter, who tried
to get by with the familiar old stall by an
air of guileless frankness worthy of an
debutante ingenue from Greenwich vil-
lage: "I would like to pull the old-time
line — We have the best bunch of pledges
that was ever brought into this Chapter.
Knowing, however, that that wouldn't get
by so well, I simply want to say that we
have secured eleven pledges which, in our
estimation, stand head- and shoulders above
combined athletic, scholastic, and literary
ability with social instinct to such an ex-
tent that the wearer of each button is better
than a paid advertisement. Now that I
have attempted to describe the pledges as a
group, I will give you a little information
about them, individually." But, oh, the
number of Reporters who "pulled" that
line without even a quiver.

My Old Kentucky Home still nestles in

the moonlight, if we may believe Gamma
Iota's Reporter, who sings a plaintive son-
net in his introduction to his Chapter's
activities: 'The lingering memory of those
drowsy summer days and balmy bewitch-
ing nights so pleasantly accompanied by
the glow of Southern moonlight and soft
gurgles of maidenish laughter were cast
aside and filed along with the rest of the
ancient history as the Chapter settled down
to the business of making this the record
year. Our number of old men kept grow-
ing from the time Commander Jere Beam
showed up in town ten days before school
opened until September twentieth on which
date the las't reported. His tardiness was
excusable, however, since the Chapter was
aware of his late recovery from a bad case
of love sickness."

We are sure glad to know that the miss-
ing Commander finally got back to the
helm, recovered even though late.

It is a delight to learn that one Chap-
ter at least is protected against the machi-
nations of co-eds and other miscreants o*
the fair sex. Since Don Quixote came to
America, it has been suggested that boys
as well as girls be placed in the custody of
a duenna. Perhaps this is the experiment
Rho is trying out : "One of the main factors
in our success is the excellent manage-
ment of our House by our new chaperon."

One Chapter, whose name is better
nameless, alleges many great things of it-
self, without facts or figures, names or
positions, in the grand manner of one who
has built air castles and gone to live in
them: "We, as a fraternity, participate in
all of the phases of campus life. In our
college politics we are always at the front.
In both basketball and baseball, our Fra-
ternity will be well represented this year."
This is the Chapter that refers to its
Alumni as "former members of this Chap-
ter," and closes with a pious wish (God
save the mark) : "We trust that all our
brother [sic] Chapters meet with the suc-

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cess which God has been so gracious as to
bestow upon us."

Amen and amen! No, it was a different
Reporter who wrote a visit of a certain
Alumnus: "He honored us with his pres-
ents."

ANOTHER VICE-PRESIDENT

Boston Alumni (Unofficial) Chapter
Letter

Mr. Pickwick is sorry that the pressure
of space in the October and December
Deltas compelled us to hold Chaplain
Fraser's letter until March. He had no in-
tention of disconnecting Brother Fraser's
diplomatic relations, or getting him in
"Dutch" with the Boston Alumni — but
since that is their custom, he can't be much
hurt, 'cause he wouldn't come any other
way, no how. And the letter was too good
to leave out altogether.

In justice to Brother Fraser, here is his
retort He must be trying out for secre-
tary, or something. Whatever* the motive,
we welcome his newsy — or is it, noisey —
humor,, which bears an ear-mark occasion-
ally of true Pickwickian taste. (Say,
Chaplain, do you mean "Liberty Bond" in
that fourth paragraph — if not, let your
good friend Mr. Samuel Pickwick, G. C,
M. P. C, warn you that four Brothers are
about to suffer from a more or less severe
operation in the near future.)

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, G. C, M. P. C.
Dear Sir:

If you was trying to make my person-
ality NON GRACIOUS1 around here, you
sure pulled the right line when you printed
that six-months-old letter of mine on my
not finding no Sigma Nu Lunchers here as
per advertised in the Delta.

Since I sent you that six-months-ago let-
ter I been elected Vice-President of the
Boston Alumni Club (Me and Coolege,
hey, Sam?) and we got Aydelotte a job at
Swathmore's College somewheres in Penn-
sylvania (as President, too) and the eigh-
teen Sigs at Tech are wearing "We Wanta
Chapter" buttons and I don't know just
how much we done towards landing that
job for him Dunlavy's got in Denver. The
guy that just got thru with that job who is
a brother of a friend of mine says its a

^hinie being foreign words should be printed in
Eytalian.

good job. I notice he got him a new job
here in Boston, however.

Seriously, Sam, we got a fine bunch of
Sigs here in Boston, which has recently
been added to by the arrival of Lootenant
Marshall Gosserand, a Loosiana Bro. Sig
who is fortunate enough to live here on the
same Post with me at Fort Andrews, and
I knew he was from somewheres south of
the Smith and Weson Line as soon as I
heard him sound off. He has that soft
Dixie drawl which is the only soft thing
about him tho.

In Bond

We got four Brothers "in the Bond,"
which is good Alpha Phi for "in the Frat,"
here in the Harbor now. We ought to get
some engraved writing paper quick, like
we done in Manila with a coupla more
Sigs because in the Army you ain't long
for one place and Tommy Conrad is still
applying for a transfer and so anxious to
go that he leaves the place that he wants
to go to and the branch which he wants
to get in blank for Washington to use its
discretion.

With him wailing for Gawgeh and Bro.
Hawkins bragging how Mt. Union owns
the Goodyear Rubber Company or the guy
that hands out the jobs or something, it
makes it hard for a loyal New Yorker like
me who is willing to live in Boston peace-
ful. It ain't fair for these birds who don't
stay here long enough to know that Boston
don't celebrate "Patriots Day" on the 17th
of March to crab about the Town just be-
cause they get lost a coupla times each
trip they make to the City. Boston ain't
(laid out) like other Burgs and some guys
hate originality.

A Dutch Lunch

Maybe since you took so much interest
in how I didn't find the Sigma Nu Lunch-
ers to print it you would tell the world
that they coagulate at Filene's, which is
where Bro. Strout of Maine works at, and
which is at the corner of Washington
Street and where Summer Street and
Winter Street get a fellow so balled up be-
cause they are the same Street there.

There is a special Sig table in the Men's
Cafe on the eighth floor up an elevator and
you ask the girl where it is. Me and
Royal Higgins, and "Hustler" Saltmarsh

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and Bro. Strout and others that come can
usually be found there Friday at 12:15.
The Club invites all casuals to drop in.
The lunch is Dutch, however.

Hoping this letter finds you the same,
I am,

Fraternally,
HARRY C. FRASER, AT.

DIRECT DIRECTIONS DESIRED

From Coast to Coast the eaters of lunch-
eons have protested against the directions
for eats that were not forthcoming. Un-
fortunately, (while Alumni Chapters that
are alive tell us of changes), dead ones
say nothing of their demise.

Last time it was one good friend and
Corresponding Member, Chaplain Fraser,
A r and U. S. A., from Boston, and now
it is Brother A. B. Perkins, E A, manager
of Newhall's water system. He lives near
Los Angeles and gets into that city for
luncheons, but can't find them.

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, G. C, M. P. C.

Dear Sam:

I am "with" Brother Harry Carleton

Fraser. For the luwa of Mike, either take

that Los Angeles announcement out of The

Delta or else produce the luncheon-etters.

Fraternally,

A. B. PERKINS, E A.

WHERE'S THE HOUSE?

Impatient Subscriber Writes for Quick
Results

The Permanent Endowment Fund Com-
mittee have been working nights on an
answer to a Brother who has long been a
true Pickwickian and almost as long a
Sigma Nu in heart, though he had to wait
to go to college for initiation. Now he
waits no longer, but when the world does
not move fast enough, he gives it a shove.

Acknowledgments of Life Contribution
pledges bear this request: "You are a
contributor and a booster for Sigma Nu.
Write a personal note on this card, tear it
off and mail it now." Our impatient and
enthusiastic friend, after giving the com-
mittee plenty of time, two weeks or maybe

nearly three, writes in to ascertain what is
the cause of the delay.

Can anyone help out the committee in
this matter? is Mr. Pickwick's solemn ap-
peal.

Permanent Endowment Fund Committee:

Dear Sirs and Etc. :

You got my last Liberty Bond and now
you ask for my personal note. It ain't
worth the trouble to write it these defla-
tion times. I've tried at all the banks. If
you want my comment, it is where is the
House for which it was the intention this
money was for. It's raining and we need
it awful. Any color will do, but I love red
awful. Does this inclusive some one to
do the housekeeping, or is that comes
extra? Please be more promptly as pos-
sible if you can.

Yours for Endowment Fund,

"JAWN"

CURIOSITIES OF GAMMA
LAMBDA

While we are waiting for the pulmotor
to resuscitate poor Togo after that narrow
escape from the Boa-Constrictor, let us
listen a moment to the curiosities from the
Wild West, meaning Wisconsin.

Mr. Pickwick introduces Brother George
A. Chandler, late of the army, now swing-
ing the Sickle (rather the pen for the
Sickle and Sheaf of A r P), who reveals
the skeletons in Gamma Lambda's locked
ice-chest:

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.
Dear Sir:

Here are some curious facts. At the
time Brother Donald S. McCandless was
pledged one of his uncles was a grand
officer of Beta Theta Pi. Until this year
there has never been a man initiated into
Gamma Lambda whose surname began
with the letter A; this man is Oak Amidon.
Brother Harley Frost Wilson, present
Chapter Adviser for Gamma Lambda, was
a member of the local group at Colorado
Agricultural College, which eventually be-
came Delta Rho Chapter. While at Ore-
gon Agricultural College, he was Faculty
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become Delta Tau Chapter. But it was not
until he came to Wisconsin that he ac-
tually became a member of the Fraternity.
Bozz Whitney and George Chandler, fellow
graduates of the College of Agriculture,
enjoy the unique distinction of being thrice
Brothers, their joint membership embra-
cing Sigma Nu, Alpha Gamma Rho, and
Alpha Zeta, each one being initiated into
the three in the order named.
Fraternally,
GEORGE A. CHANDLER, TA.

NU NEWS CONFUSES THE
DELTA

The Delta made a faux pas the other
day unwittingly, and we trust no harm was
done to any Brother. Mr. Samuel Pick-
wick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C. thanks Corre-
sponding Member Frank H. Terrell, N,
for bringing to light the hidden difficulties
and straightening out this matter before it
became crooked. The Delta is not con-
ducting propaganda for any newspaper
whatsoever, and, if Brothers cannot agree,
we will refer them elsewhere for arbitra-
tion.

In The Alumni department, in our De-
cember issue, appeared a clipping, which
a Nu Alumnus sent us, concerning the vin-
dication of Brother Richard J. Hopkins, N,
attorney-general of Kansas. Casual men-
tion therein was made of a Walter Wilson,
the State bank commissioner, with whom
Brother Hopkins was not in accord, and
whose home county voted against our at-
torney-general. It turns out that this is
Brother Walter E. Wilson, N.

Both Wilson and Hopkins are from the
same Chapter, Nu, and initiated within two
years of each other — Wilson in 1891 and
Hopkins in 1893.

Here follows Brother Terrell's letter:

"I have noticed in The Delta certain
articles printed that were taken from the
Kansas City Star in reference to the im-
peachment proceedings against Walter E.
Wilson.

"I do not think in your printing them
that you were aware that this was purely
a political controversy and one in which
the Kansas City Star is making every ef-
fort to have Brother Wilson appear in a
bad light. This is caused by a split in the

Republican Party in the State of Kansas,
and is one in which the Democrats are also
taking every advantage.

"Enclosed you will find a clipping from
the Topeka Daily Capital in which you
will find the report of Commissioner J. L.
Challis, who was appointed by the Su-
preme Court to get evidence in this ouster
suit. You will find that Challis gave
Brother Wilson a "clean bill of health/9
In fact his findings show that there was
also no blame resting upon Brother Wil-
son.

Bank Commissioner Exonerated

"Not a scintilla of evidence" was pro-
duced by the State "to prove that there
was anything sordid or dishonest in the
actions" of Walter E. Wilson, State bank
commissioner. That is the feeling of J. M.
Challis, commissioner appointed by the
Supreme Court to take evidence in the
ouster suit brought against Wilson by At-
torney General Richard J. Hopkins.

Challis's report exonerates Wilson from
any real abuse of his power as State bank
commissioner. "It may be," Challis
states, "that our ministerial officers should
be as free from suspicion as Caesar's wife,
but your commissioner cannot bring him-
self to believe that the strict rule which
surrounds the judicial' office, preventing a
judge sitting in his own case, can be ap-
plied to a ministerial office." If this rule
is to apply, it is up to the legislature to so
dictate, Challis intimates. — Topeka Capi-
tal

"I would appreciate it very much if you
would print this article in the Delta or
at least write an article on it to correct the
impression that some may have upon read-
ing those clippings from the Kansas City
Star. This controversy is rather strange,
inasmuch as the man who has been the
leader in the fight upon Wilson is the At-
torney-General Brother Richard J. Hop-
kins. Fraternally yours,

FRANK H. TERRELL, N.-
Mr. Pickwick appends this caution to
Corresponding Members — "If you talk in
your sleep, don't you mention my name,
but if you must mention other people by
name, be sure and call them their right
names." This applies to all Delta cor-
respondents, too.

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A PASSING SHADOW

Every fraternity man, Mr. Pickwick,
supposed was proud of his choice and of
his allegiance. Even our valiant company
of "badge-wearers" — that there should be
such! — are proud of the emblem on their
august chests.

Mr. Pickwick was in conversation the
other day with an Indianapolis business
man who evidently thought fraternity mat-
ters might be "a point of contact" as the
salesmanship book says. He introduced
the subject which is far from related to
the merchandise he was selling but his
memories were faint Then he says, "I
have two cousins who are Sigma Nus —
they went to (and he named a cer-
tain Eastern college). I went to Butler
College out here, so I'm a Sigma Chi." It
wasn't so much the words but the apolo-
getic tone in which he uttered them that
conveyed the evident feeling in his heart.
But then, it may have been just a business
policy of his, quien sabe?

THE PLACE AND THE GIRL-
BUT NOT THE TIME FOR
HEROICS

Mr. Pickwick welcomes a breezy West-
ern story that has a wild flavor to it. After
all, put yourself in his place and how
much comfort would there be in it. Dis-
cretion is the better part of valor, and
water cools the fires of love oft-times.

Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G. C, M. P. C.
Dear Sir:

Brother Charles Comfort, T Z, took a
fair Freshman girl out for a stroll one
night They were tired so they sat on the
railing of the bridge that crosses the "Mill
Race." For some unknown reason, the
railing broke and dropped them in the
water. The worst of it was, Comfort had
on borrowed clothes and the fair maiden
had sneaked out of her sorority.

But Comfort was a real hero and let the

?;irl manage her own affairs while he hit
or the fire-place.

Fraternally,
[The signature is blurred.]

IT IS BELIEVED ROTARIANS
WON

Roy Sahm, B P. Pitches (Sic)

It is generally believed the score in yes-
terday's Washington park ball game be-
tween the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs was
23 to 21 in favor of the Rotary club.

Which all goes to prove that it pays to
keep a goat. The Rotary club took a goat
to die game. The goat was properly chap-
eroned by Du Dungan and Len Grisbaum
and was labeled "Kiwanis* Goat." Well,
when the Rotary club team was eleven runs
behind, the strategists connected with the
Kiwanis club stole the goat. Forthwith
and at once the Rotarians began becoming
bepeeved and the tide turned in favor of
the Rotary boys.

But, of course, the goat wasn't the whole
works. The Rotary boys simply had to get
rid of Roy Sahm, as a pitcher. As a pit-
cher Roy is an excellent banker. He gave
the Kiwanis boys everything but his daint-
ily manicured mustache. Roy gave them
bases on balls and when he got the bases
comfortably crowded with Kiwanians he
threw the ball over the catcher's head and
the cavorting Kiwanians cavorted safely
homeward.

The Rotary club finally oozed Ferd
Murr to the mound and the Kiwanis ca-
vorters hesitated. Sometime later in the
game Ferd gave way to Doc Dolph Humes
and he, too, did better than Roy, the gen-
erous. However, Roy was a game person.
When the captain-catcher and the obstrep-
erous third baseman wanted to take him
out, Roy insisted that he be kept in. Which
he was. And after which he proceeded
again to make it a derby day for the Ki-
wanians. Then he was unceremoniously
yanked.

The Kiwanians had a regular pitcher.

Neighbors, it would be impossible to
give even a stuttering account of the hits,
runs and errors. There was no adding ma-
chine on the grounds. It is said the score
was 23 to 21 in favor of Rotary, they hav-
ing tied the score in the seventh. They
passed Kiwanis in the eighth and held Ki-
wanis in the ninth. All of which goes to
prove that a ball game's never over until
it's over. — Indianapolis News.

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Delta. — John C. Roper, Jr., of Chester,
S. C, and Miss Wilhelmina Young, Z Z
Z, of Lake City, S. C, January 14, 1921,
at Columbia, S. C. Brother and Mrs.
Roper are residing in Chester, S. C,
where Brother Roper is manager of the
Cash and Carry Grocery Co.

Theta.—B. S. Clark, Jr. and Miss Doro-
thy Strain, both of Supelo, Miss.

Theta. — I. J. Rodgers and Miss Lucy Or-
man, both of Russell ville, Ala.

lota. — Douglas Clyde Walker and Miss
Carolyn Hill, March 16, 1921, at Birming-
ham, Alabama.

Lambda. — Roger Staraes and Miss
Grace Pichel, December 11, 1920, at
Brooklyn, N. Y. They are at home at 251
McDonough St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mu. — Howard Tate, of Jasper, Ga., and
Miss Elizabeth Wallis Shippen, November
21, 1920, at Memphis, Tenn.

Psi. — Malcus D. Aycock and Miss Agnes
Herring Fleming, both of Wilson, N. C,
December 22, 1920. Brother Aycock is in
the garage business in Wilson.

Beta Beta. — Harold Jones and Miss Dor-
othy Redmond, at Madison, N. J., April
16, 1920. Brother and Mrs. Jones are liv-
ing in Chicago, where Brother Jones is
membership secretary of the Central Y.
M. C. A.

Beta Iota. — Carl Davidson and Miss
Edith Nason, at Sourabaya, Java, where
Brother Davidson is the representative of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Brother and Mrs. Davidson will make their
home in Java.

Beta Iota. — Wilbur Hunter and Miss
Mary Snee, March 2, 1921, at Dellroy,

Ohio. They will make their home in Dover,
where Brother Hunter is at the head of sev-
eral bakeries.

Beta Kappa. — Carl Patterson Miller and
Miss Marvel Merrilat, KKT, November
1, 1920, at Sleepy Eye, Minn. Brother
and Mrs. Miller are making their home at
Belleville, Kansas, where Brother Miller
is advertising manager for a chain of
seven newspapers edited by his father.

Beta Nu. — Harry G. Call and Miss Clo-
tilde Ferguson, March 22, 1921, at Colum-
bus, Ohio. Ralph S. Force, B N, acted as
best man. Brother and Mrs. Call will
make their home in Columbus.

Gamma Delta. — Samuel Ketchum and
Miss Alice A. Hope, of Asbury Park, N.
J., March 29, 1921, New York City.
Brother and Mrs. Ketchum took a wedding
trip to Bermuda. They will make their
home in Glen Ridge, N. J.

Gamma Zeta. — Garnet Green and Miss
Margaret E. Griffin, K K r, of Astoria,
Oregon, December 16, 1920. Brother
Green is practicing law in Astoria.

Gamma Eta. — T. E. Gower Waters and
Miss Clarice Farrow, on February 1, 1921.
Brother Waters is with the Ingersoll Rand
Company, of Los Angeles, Calif.

Gamma Kappa. — Paul Nelson Edwards
and Miss Maybelle Lida Deering, A X Q,
at Denver, Colo. They will be at home
after May 1st in Detroit, Mich.

Gamma Mu. — Malcolm H. Watson and
Miss Alice C. Clopton, December 21, 1920,
at Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Watson is the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Clopton,
of Lexington, Ky. Brother Watson is a
graduate of the agricultural college of the
University of Illinois. Brother and Mrs.
Watson are living in Bloomington, 111.

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Gamma XL — Arthur Lee Cairns and
Miss Maxine Smith, November 17, 1920,
at Rolla, Mo.

Gamma PL — Stanley C. Butler and Miss
Berda Lynch, ABA.

Gamma Sigma. — John T. Ashford and
Miss {Catherine Mulhaney, at Sioux City,
in November, 1920. Brother Ashford will
take up active farming at Winnebago,
Neb., this Spring.

Gamma Sigma. — Lawrence C. Brewer
and Miss Juliet Maxwell Gdddard, at Har-
rodsburg, Ky., October 20, 1920. Brother
Brewer has been engaged in farming at
Harrodsburg and they will make their
home there.

Gamma Sigma. — Myron W. Budd and
Miss Golda Van Tassel, at Shellsburg, la.,
December 1, 1920. Both were students at
Iowa State College and residents of Shells-
burg. Brother Budd will start active farm-
ing this Spring near Shellsburg.

Gamma Tau. — C. K. Michener and Miss
Sarah Spensely. A wedding trip is now
being enjoyed in South America.

Gamma Vpsilon. — Oran Yoes, of Van
Buren, Ark., and Miss Margaret Lawrence,
of St. Louis, Mo., on January 23, 1921.

Gamma Phi. — Verne Robinson and Miss
Theodosia Sherburne, K A @, January 11,
1921, at Browning, Montana. Brother
and Mrs. Robinson are living at Cutbank,
Montana, where Brother Robinson is prac-
ticing law.

Delta Alpha. — Glen Bales and Miss
Grace Roberts, at Cleveland, on January
8, 1921. Mrs. Bales is a sister-in-law of
Frank Johnson, B H. Brother and Mrs.
Bales are residing in Cleveland.

Delta Gamma. — W. Rogers Primm and
Miss Frances Weeks, January 25, 1921, at
Springfield, Mo.

Delta Gamma. — Richard Steinschneider
and Miss Marie Veronica Rowan, on Feb-
ruary 25, 1921.

Delta Delta. — Louis F. Weinman and
Miss Doris Lyle, of Gainesville, Fla.

Delta Zeta. — Virgil Barch and Miss Idey
Upton, of Geneva, Ohio, on October 14*
1920.

Delta Zeta. — Ralph H. Francy and Miss
Janetta May Case, March 19, 1921, at
Cleveland, Ohio. Brother and Mrs.
Francy are living at 1862 East 101st Street,
Cleveland.

Delta lota. — Don McGregor, of Hooper,
Wash., and Miss Ruth M. Ellison, on Janu-
ary 12, 1921, at Minot, N. D.

Delta lota. — Joe Saboe and Miss Jean-
nete Scriber, at Colfax, Wash., during the
Christmas vacation. Brother and Mrs. Sa-
boe are living at Seattle.

Delta Omicron. — Harold H. Hughart
and Miss Lillian Emma Hengelsbery, Janu-
ary 26, 1921, at St. Louis, Mo. Brother
and Mrs. Hughart are living at 541 South
Seventh Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho.

Delta Pi.— Merrill B. King and Miss
Beata Hinaman, on January 15, 1921.

Delta Pi.— Wilbur P. Gettman and Miss
Cathlyn Westerman, on February 2, 1921.

Delta Pi. — Francis J. Carmody and Miss
Sara Marie McFall, January 22, 1921.
They are living in Altoona, Pa., where
Brother Bettman is agent for a prominent
automobile manufacturer.

Delta Vpsilon. — Harold Stoddard and
Miss Vivian Chase, of Peekshill, N. Y.,
December 21, 1920, at Jamestown, N. Y.

Epsilon Alpha. — A. C. Rubel and Miss
Henrietta Rockfellow, K A ®. They will
live in Tampico, Mexico.

Epsilon Beta. — Frank C. True and Mar-
guerite V. Kathryns, of Kansas City, Mo.,
at Kansas City, Mo., January 25, 1921.
Brother and Mrs. True are now living at
2608 East 25th Street, Kansas City, Mo.

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ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWN

Zeta

Alexander Cameron Brown is reported
deceased by the postmaster.

GIDEON FRIERSON BOYKIN

Theta

Gideon Frierson Boykin is reported de-
ceased by the postmaster.

JOHN MacQUEEN

Theta

Judge John MacQueen, lawyer, solicitor,
legislator, jurist and clubman, died at 7
o'clock, February 23, 1921, at St. Vincent's
hospital, after an illness of ten days. At
the time of his death he was judge of di-
vision No. 1 of the municipal court, a posi-
tion which he had held the past six years.

He had not been in good health for some
time, and was unable to withstand an at-
tack of flu.

Judge MacQueen was born in Eutaw,
Ala., February 9, 1863. His parents were
General and Mrs. John J. MacQueen, his
mother being Sarah Pickens, grand-daugh-
ter of General Pickens of Revolutionary
fame. His father was representative in
Congress from North Carolina before the
war, and was a member of the Confederate
Congress.

Judge MacQueen graduated in law at the
State University in Tuscaloosa in 1883,
and moved to Livingston, Ala., where for
two years he was associated in the practice
of law with the late Judge S. H. Sprott and
the late Col. John J. Altman. In 1885, he
moved to Jasper and formed a law partner-
ship with the late Col. G. W. Hewitt of this
county. He came to Birmingham in 1890,
was again associated in a law partnership

with Colonel Altman, and from that time
was prominent in the political, club and
social life of the district

For twelve years he was solicitor of the
Tenth judicial district, serving two terms
of six years each and was twice elected to
the legislature from this county. At one
of the sessions he served as speaker of the
house.

For the past six years he had been judge
of the first division of the municipal court
of Jefferson County.

The remains were taken to Eutaw and
services held at old St. Stephens church.

Judge MacQueen was married in 1901
to Miss Caroline Beale, of Montgomery,
and one son, Jesse, age 19, survives. He
is also survived by his brother, J. W. Mac-
Queen, president of the Sloss-SheJSeld
Steel and Iron company.

Judge MacQueen was one of the most
prominent men in Alabama social and club
life. He was founder of the Southern
club of this city, and its president for five
years. He was one of the early promoters
of the Southern Baseball League and was
president of the Birmingham baseball club
in 1892, when it won its first pennant. He
was one of the organizers and at the time
of his death, president of the Choctaw Bend
Hunting and Fishing club.

He was a staunch Episcopalian and
member of the Church of the Advent.

Six feet and four inches in height,
straight as an Indian, with strong aquiline
feature, a commanding figure of a man, an
eloquent speaker and an incomparable
raconteur, Judge MacQueen was prominent
in whatsoever walk of life he moved. No
man had a finer sense of the artistic, nor
was there a man or woman with a more
accurate taste in things artistic. A dear
lover of nature; all animal life was at-
tractive to him. He was a famous hunter
and always possessed a good dog. For
many years he also rode a spirited horse.
Judge MacQueen loved his fellowmen.
Genial to a degree, he was sought by all
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and ready flow of. wit and humor. He was
a splendid campanion and made friends by
the score wherever he was known. There
will be sincere sorrow all over Alabama
when it is learned that he is no more.

"The late Judge John MacQueen was
a true and loyal Sigma Nu Fraternity
man," said Richard M. Johnston, an
Auburn man who is also a Sigma Nu. The
judge joined the Sigma Nu when at the
State University and was ever proud of
that connection. Whenever he knew a fit
young man who was leaving for college, he
would always sound the praise of the Sig-
ma Nu and tell the young fellow to get into
that Fraternity if he could. All the Ala-
bama Sigma Nus were fond of Judge Mac-
Queen and one of the many beautiful floral
offerings on his bier came from the Fra-
ternity."— Birmingham Age-Herald, sent in
by Manly R. Joiner, IT K.

HENRY OPP

Theta

Brother Henry Opp died January 14,
1921, at Andalusia, Ala., after an illness
of only a few days, from blood poison.

Brother Opp was born at Benton, Ala.,
March 29, 1859. He was a resident of
Montgomery, Ala., during his college ca-
reer, being an honor student and consid-
ered the best orator of that period in col-
lege.

After leaving college, he studied law
and began to practice in Andalusia in
1888. He was one of the outstanding citi-
zens of that community, being mayor of
the town for a number of years and at-
torney for the L. & N. railroad for more
than twenty years. He was also a member
of the Alabama Constitutional Convention
in 1901. The town of Opp in Alabama
was named for him.

WILLIAM HENRY LAND

Rho

The postmaster reports William Henry
Land deceased.

EDWARD DUNCAN McKELLAR

Upsilon

The death of Edward Duncan McKellar
is reported to us by the postmaster.

WILLARD W. BRIDGES
Beta Beta

Willard W. Bridges died March 17,
1921, at Denver, Colorado.

The funeral was held at Indianapolis,
Ind., March 22. Brothers Henry Young
and C. Darwin Thomas attended the serv-
ice and represented the Active Chapter.
[Twenty-five Brothers from Indianapolis
Alumni Chapter were present, too.] The
body was taken to Liberty, Ind., for burial.

Death came as a shock to the family and
friends as it was thought Brother Bridges
was recovering. He had gone to Denver,
Colo., last Fall with his wife and year-old
son, Harrison Morgan Bridges, having
been sent there by the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company. He was in the sales
department of the Firestone Company at
Akron, Ohio, and was highly valued by
the company. He had been in a sani-
tarium for tuberculosis at Denver, but his
improved condition warranted his removal
to his temporary home in that city several
weeks before his death.

Brother Bridges was better known to his
Fraternity as "Doc," and his acquaintance
in the Fraternity was large. While in
college he was very active and did much
for the Chapter. He was four years on
the varsity baseball team, captaining it in
his Junior year; and a star basketball and
tennis player, representing the school in
those sports as well. He was eminent Com-
mander of the Chapter in his Junior year.
He held membership in Kappa Phi, Omi-
cron Alpha, and Knights of Pythias.

After leaving college he played profes-
sional baseball several seasons in a Cana-
dian league.

Besides his widow, who was Miss Mil-
dred Morgan, K K r at DePauw, two
brothers survive, Brother Ralph Bridges,
B B, and Brother James Bridges, B Z-A 2.
DWIGHT L. PITKIN, B B.

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BROCK EDWIN COHOON
Beta Mil ,

Dr. Brock Edwin Cohoon died of heart
trouble October 21, 1920, at Santa Monica,
California. He had gone to California but
a few weeks previous with his mother in
hope of recovering his health.

Brother Cohoon was a nose, ear and
throat specialist, having received a part
of his medical training in Europe. His
body was taken to his old home, in Iowa,
for burial.

JOSEPH HENRY HOWARD

Beta Tau

The postmaster reports the death of
Joseph Henry Howard.

LOYD HERBERT CASSADY
Beta Chi

Loyd Herbert Cassady died November
20, 1920, at Des Moines, Iowa.

Brother Cassady was born February 26,
1892, at Whiting, Iowa. He was first
initiated May 19, 1913 into Gamma Sigma
Chapter at Iowa State College, where he
took Animal Husbandry. Later he en-
tered Leland Stanford University where he
received his degree of A. B. and affiliated
with Beta Chi Chapter.

At Beta Chi, Brother Cassady was Com-
mander of the Chapter. He was a Mason
of great prominence and a member of a
firm of Hereford breeders. "Hap," as he
was called, was widely known and his
death is mourned by his many friends.

WALTER POUND STONE
KELLEY

Beta Chi

Walter Pound Stone Kelley is reported
deceased by the postmaster.

JOSEPH ALLEN OSMUN, JR.

Beta Chi

The postmaster reports the death of
Joseph Allen Osmun, Jr.

DANIEL HAWKINS OVERTON,
JR.

Gamma Epsilon

The Rev. Daniel H. Overton, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, of Mattituck,
Long Island, died suddenly at the age of
twenty-four, at the Greenport Hospital,
February 28, 1921, following an operation
for appendicitis. He was the son of the
late Rev. Dr. Daniel Overton, for many
years pastor of the Greene Avenue Presby-
terian Church of Brooklyn, who died sud-
denly six months ago as the result of an
operation paralleling in all details that of
his son.

Brother Overton was a graduate of
Lafayette College in 1917 and of Union
Theological Seminary. While in college,
he was a member of the varsity football
team and won his letter. He was also an
active worker in the college Y. M. C. A.
He played a man's game in all things and
all the way through.

At Lafayette, he was initiated into
Gamma Epsilon Chapter on October 18,
1914. For two years he was Chaplain of
the Chapter, and exercised an immense
influence for good over all of us.

As a boy, books absorbed his attention.
Unusual quietness and thoughtfulness
marked his manner. High standings came
easily, but they meant but little to him,
and his friends were hardly aware of them.
Then came college days and the decision
to enter the ministry — a most natural out-
come of the self -training through which he
had passed. It meant much to him, that
idea of ministry. It meant the discovery
of the real needs of humanity, the impera-
tive needs of this day and hour, the cour-
ageous facing of those needs, and then the
gathering up of all his powers to bring
relief.

His experience covered settlement work
in New York City in earlier years before

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his ordination. Last May he was chosen
pastor at Mattituck. Though his service
there was brief, he already had made a
good impression — length of years does
not determine the weight of influence left
behind.

He is survived by his widow, Marian
Toust Overton, and a 16-months-old son.
H. STANLEY WELTY, TE.

JAMES ALVIN LAKE

Gamma Zeta

The death of James Alvin Lake is re-
ported by the postmaster.

DOUGLAS WILLIAM TAYLOR,
JR.

Gamma Zeta

Douglas William Taylor, Jr., is reported
deceased by the postmaster.

IRWIN LEE CHENEY

Gamma Omicron

The death of Irwin Lee Cheney, of St.
Louis, on March 25th, is reported by his
Chapter.

ARTHUR EDWARD DENNIS

Gamma Omicron

The death of Arthur Edward Dennis has
been reported to us by the postmaster.

JOHN LAYNE HAWLEY
Gamma Pi

John Layne Hawley died of pneumonia
February 3, 1921, at Bluefield, W. Va.

Brother Hawley was a lawyer and coal
operator. He was a member of the Repub-

lican State executive committee at the time
of his death, representing the seventh dis-
trict, comprising Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh,
and Summers counties.

Roy Hawley, a brother of John L. Haw-
ley, is at present attending West Virginia
University and is pledged by Gamma Pi
Chapter.

Funeral service was held February 6th
in the Christian church.

Brother Cuppett, r n, writes regarding
his death as follows:

John Layne Hawley was as fine a man as
Gamma Pi ever had. He was known at
large in West Virginia, and nowhere was
there a place where Sigma Nus gather and
good men meet, but that John Hawley's
name was not known.

As early as 1909 I served in the West
Virginia legislature with his elder brother,
but John Hawley, the fine, upstanding man
he ever was, knew us all, and his loss to
West Virginia will be felt deeply and sin-
cerely.

ARTHUR JOSEPH BUTZERIN

Gamma Phi

The death of Arthur Joseph Butzerin is
reported to us by the postmaster.

AMIL ANTON DOBESH
Delta Eta

Amil Dobesh, Cornhusker athlete, whose
home was at Ansley, Nebr., passed away at
the Lincoln Sanitarium, at 11:30 a. m.
Tuesday, following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.

Brother Dobesh entered the State uni-
versity in the Fall of 1919. He had been
seen in action on the Nebraska basketball
floor a year before as a member of the fast
Ansley High School cage team that won
the title in one of the lower classes.

Dobesh took part in Freshman basket-
ball last year and was .a track novice. He
showed considerable promise in vaulting,
having cleared the bar at 10 feet 6 inches
on numerous occasions last season which

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was his first season in that line of athletics.

Brother Dobesh was a member of the
varsity basketball team at the time of his
death. He had won his "N" in basketball
and would more than likely have won an
"N" in track and baseball.

He played his first game as a member
of the Nebraska basketball team against
Grinnell, on the Nebraska floor. He made
a favorable showing on this and other oc-
casions when he played.

When he accompanied the Nebraska

team to Iowa on its four-day trip he played
in all four games. He was taken ill on
his return, Sunday, February 13th, and
was operated on for appendicitis at the
Lincoln Sanitarium the following Tuesday.
His condition seemed the best until Satur-
day night when he took a turn for the
worse. Monday afternoon he underwent a
second operation.

Funeral was held at the home of his
parents, Ansley, Nebraska, February 24,
1921.

An Unexpected Rise

The Delta's Telegram Stirs Up a "Dead" Brother

Upon receipt of the news of Founder
Quarles's passing away, requests were im-
mediately made of prominent leaders of
the Fraternity for appreciations and trib-
utes to accompany our leading article in
the March Delta.

Past Regent Bennett reports one more
unexpected result — the bringing back to
the Fraternity of a long-lost Brother who
had allowed himself to drift away from his
Chapter and fraternal interest.

Editor of The Delta:

"Your call for the piece about Quarles
was the means of "bringing to life" (in
more than one sense, for I understand his
Chapter had been informed of his demise),
a Brother right here in our own office, who
had been working here for some months
without my knowing he was a Sigma Nu.

"He's Jesse Dorman, B H, '02. The
morning your telegram was received and
I had gotten the Quarles article out, I hap-
pened to mention at the copy desk that I
had been writing, as the reason for not
knowing the latest data on some news
story on which I wanted to write an edi-
torial. To my surprise Dorman looked up

and said: "You a Sigma Nu? Well, I used
to be." "Then you are still," said I. It
seems that after leaving college he had
wandered up into the Northwest and Can-
ada, meeting with considerable diversities
of fortune, as a result of which he had got-
ten completely out of touch with his Chap-
ter and the Fraternity.

"I brought him down the last Delta the
next day, and to cut the story short, he's
come to life, and promises to stay so. Any-
how, here's his subscription to The Delta
for the current year. Be sure and send
him the number with the Quarles matter.

'Think it would be well to notify Beta
Eta, and stir up somebody there to write
to him; some one of his own time if pos-
sible. I understand in some reckless mood
years ago, he sent back some card from his
Chapter with the typewritten endorsement,
"Dead." His address here is below. He's
one of our copy-readers, and took my place
as editorial writer during my vacation, and
is apparently a very steady, and certainly
very competent, newspaper man. He came
ot us from one of the San Francisco papers.
"Yours Fraternally,

"RAWSON BENNETT,
"Past Regent."

Where's Your Insurance Policy?

The pride and honor of being a Sigma Nu is enough incentive for any
Alumnus to help keep our Fraternity at the top of the Greek World. The En-
dowment Fund is the best insurance for this end and must be supported by
every true and loyal Brother. — H. J. Schlamer, T P.

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Sigma Nu Fraternity

Founded at Virginia Military Institute, January 1, 1869.

Founders

JAMES FRANK HOPKINS, Alpha No. 1,
"70; born December 30, 1846; died Decem-
ber 15, 1913.

GREENFIELD QUARLES, Alpha No. 2,
TO; born April 1, 1847; died January 14,
1921.

JAMES M. RILEY, Alpha No. 3, '70; born
May 16, 1849; died June 8, 1911.

General Officers

ERNEST LEE WILLIAMS, Gamma Kappa,
General Secretary.

HARRY A. RIDER, Delta Zeta, Editor of
The Delta and Assistant General Secre-
tary.

General Offices, 707 Lemcke Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.

High Council

WALTER E. MYERS, Beta Iota, Regent,
114 Engineers Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta, Vice-
Regent, 217 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

SAMUEL F. PEGUES, Theta, Grand Treas-
urer, Room 1201, 537 South Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

OSCAR PALMOUR, Kappa, Grand Coun-
selor, Grant Building, Atlanta, Ga.

Grand Officers

BURTON P. SEARS, Nu, Grand Historian,
Room 440, 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.

JOHN R. SAMPEY, Iota, Grand Chaplain,
500 W. Broadway, Louisville, Ky.

STANDING COMMITTEES

Finance

Chapter Home

THE VICE-REGENT.

JOHN M. ROBERTS, Beta Gamma-Beta PI, 460
Bait Ohio Street, Chicago, 111.

MANLY R. JOINER, Iota-Gamma Kappa, Tal-
ladega, Ala.

WILLIAM W. KEYSBR, Lambda, 8820 Pine
Street, St. Louis, Mo.

CLYDE T. KIRKBRIDE, Beta lota, till Wil-
liamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

KBNYON STEVENSON. Beta Eta, Lancaster, Pa.

GROVER H. CREECH, Gamma Iota, Twila, Ky.

Jurisprudence

THE REGENT, ex officio.

THE GRAND COUNSELOR, e* officio.

HARRY L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu, New First Na-
tional Bank Building, Columbus, Ohio.

PERRY D. CALDWELL, Beta Iota-Delta Zeta,
507 Fidelity Mortgage Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

ORVILLB M. BARNETT, Rho, University of Mis-
souri, Columbia, Mo.

JOHN D. COFBR, Upsilon, 212 Archway, Austin,
Texas.

Scholarship

ERRETT R. NBWBY, Delta Epsilon, 818 Mercan-
tile Building, Oklahoma City, Okla.

ALBERT H. YODBR, Beta Eta, University of
North Dakota, University, N. D.

FRED W. BREMIER, Delta Delta, McClure-Smith
Co., Warren, Pa.

HARLEY F. WILSON, Gamma Lambda, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

FRANK AYDBLOTTB, Beta Eta, 86 Hawthorne
Street, Cambridge, Mass.

GEORGE A. CHANDLER, Gamma Lambda, 101
Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wis.

DALE A. HARTMAN, Delta Zeta. Sidney, Ohio.

LEROY E. KIMBALL, Gamma Gamma, 82 Wav-
erly Place, New York. N. Y.

BORDEN BURR, Theta- Lambda, Brown-Marx
Building, Birmingham, Ala.

WALTER S. McGILVRAY, Beta Chi, 920 Santa
Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.

JOHN B. MALLBRS, Gamma Mu, 808 Bast John
Street, Champaign, 111.

ROY L. BOVARD, Delta Delta. 6600 Baum Boul-
evard, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ritual

RAWSON BENNETT, Nu, 5112 Genoa Street, Oak-
land, Calif.

THOMAS M. OWEN, JR., Theta, State Capitol,
Montgomery, Ala.

GRANT HARRINGTON, Nu, 914 Orville Avenue,
Kansas City, Kan*.

Fraternity Songs

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta, 81 North State
Street, Chicago, 111.

PETER B. F. BURNS, Gamma Chi, 612 State
Street, Madison, Wis.

FRANK H. THORNE, Gamma Mu, 1156 Morse
Avenue, Chicago, 111.

Uniform Accounting System

THB VICE-REGENT.

MILO C. NBWTON, Delta Zeta, 771 Bast 95th
Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

CLIFFORD B. LEPAGE, Gamma Delta, Mount
Vernon, N. Y.

Endowment Fund

THE VICE-REGENT.

ARTHUR O. DILLENBECK, Gamma Psi, Manhas-
sett, Long Island, N. Y.

JOHN A. STEVENSON, Gamma Lambda, 120
Broadway, New York, N. Y.

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Collegiate Chapters

With a List of their Chapter Commanders and Advisers

FIRST DIVISION
Delaware. Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia

INSPECTOR, Clarence A. Short, Delta Kappa,
Newark, Del.

BETA— 1870), University of Virginia, Char-
lottesville, Va.

Commander, William II. Mewbourne, Sigma Nu
House.

AdvUer, A. H. Wilson, 441 Pelham Road, New
Rochelle. N. T.

LAMBDA— (1882), Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, Lexington, Va.
Commander, Sherman H. Ballard, Sigma Nn

House.
AdvUer, J. T. McCrum, Peoples National Bank.

DELTA KAPPA— (1910), Delaware College,
Newark, Del.
Commander, Melvln P. Wood, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Professor George A. Koerber.

DELTA PI— (1916), George Washington Univer-
sity, Washington. D. C.

Commander, Bernard F. Burdick, 1733 N St.,
N. W.

AdvUer, Harold F. Enlows, 122 Willow Ave.,
Takoma Park, Washington, D. C

DELTA PHI— (1917), University of Maryland,

College Park, Md.
Commander, Austin C. Dlggs.
AdvUer, Frank B. Bomberger, College Park

Md.

SECOND DIVISION
Georgia, Florida

INSPECTOR, William L. Kemp, Mu, 10 Auburn
Ave., Atlanta, Ga.

ETA— (1884), Mercer University, Macon. Ga.
Commander. Peter Z. Geer.
AdvUer, John R. L. Smith.

KAPPA— (1881), North Georgia Agricultural
College, Dahlonega, Ga.
Commander, S. H. Christopher.
AdvUer, Professor E. N. Nicholson.

MU— (1884), University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Commander, H. C. King, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Dr. Dan H. DuPree.

XI— (1884). Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, Ben K. Harned.
AdvUer, Bond Almand, 419 Peters Building.

GAMMA ALPHA— (1806), Georgia School of
Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
Commander, Robert B. Betts.
AdvUer, .

DELTA MU— (1913), Stetson University, DeLand,

Fla.
Commander, Francis P. Whitehall", Sigma Nu

House.
AdvUer, Robert P. Walters.

EPSILON ZETA— (1920). University of Florida,

Gainesville, Fla.
Commander, George W. Hartman, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor Robert W. Blacklock.

THIRD DIVISION

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee

INSPECTOR— Manly R. Joiner. Iota-Gamma
Kappa. Talladega, Ala.

THETA— (1874). University of Alabama, Us*
verslty. Ala.
Commander, Ernest L. Blue, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Judge Henry B. Foster.

IOTA— (1879), Howard College, East Lake, Ala.
Commander, F. O. Carlisle.

AdvUer, William J. Waldrop, County Court
House. Birmingham, Ala.

SIGMA— (1886). Vanderbllt University, Nashville,
Tenn. __

Commander, Battey B. Coker, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer. C. Madison Sarratt, Vanderbllt Uni-
versity.

BETA THETA— (1890). Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. Auburn, Ala.
Commander, Ulysses V. Whipple, Sigma No

House.
AdvUer, Professor George C. Starcher.

FOURTH DIVISION

Indiana, Kentucky

INSPECTOR, James E. Moffat, Beta Eta, 415
South Fees Ave., Bloomlngton, Ind.

BETA BETA— (1890), DePauw University, Green-
castle, Ind. m
Commander, Royal E. Davis, Sigma Nu House.
AdvUer, Alfred C. Evens, 1422 Transportation
Bldg., Chicago. 111.

BETA ZETA— (1891), Purdue University, La-
fayette, Ind.
Commander, C. G. Roberts, 268 Littleton St.
AdvUer, Professor Thomas A. Coleman,

BETA ETA— (1892), Indiana University, Bloom-
lngton, Ind. _ mmm ^
Commander, Fred S. Matthews, 322 East Kirk

wood Street.
AdvUer, John W. French.

BETA UPSILON— (1895), Rose Polytechnic In-
stitute, Terre Haute. Ind.

Commander, Herman Krausbek, 330 N. Seventh
St.

AdiHser, Frank Baxter, Highland Ave., Bayslde,
N. J.

GAMMA IOTA— (1902), University of Kentucky,

Lexington, Ky.
Commander, Thomas J. Beam, 416 B. Maxwell

Street.
AdvUer, Guy A. Huguelet, 505 Trust Company

Building.

FIFTH DIVISION

Ohio, West Virginia, That Part of Pennsylvania
West of the 78th Meridian

INSPECTOR— Perry D. Caldwell, Beta Iota-Delta
Zeta, 507 Fidelity Mortgage Building, Cleve-
land, Ohio.

EPSILON— (1883), Bethany College, Bethany, W.
Va.

Commander, Russell H. Rosenberg.
AdvUer, W. Edwin Wells, Jr., Bast
Ohio.

Liverpool,

BETA IOTA— (1892), Mount Union College. Al-
liance, Ohio.

Commander, Mack McConkey, 1690 S. Union
Avenue.

AdvUer, D. M. Armstrong, 422 B. Main Street

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BETA NU— (1801), Ohio State University, Co-
lumbus, Ohio.
Commander, John L. Carruthers, 22 16th St
Adviser, Trafford B. Tallmadge, Suite 827, Citi-
zens Bank Bldg.

GAMMA PI— (1904), West Virginia University,
Morgantown, W. Va.

Commander, Mark T. . Valentine, 270 Walnut St.

Adviser, J. French Robinson, Pennsylvania Geo-
logical Survey, Harrisburg, Pa.

DELTA ALPHA— (1907), Case School of Applied

Science, Cleveland, Ohio.
Commander, Frederic D. Brooker, 2037 Adelbert

Bd.
Adviser, James A. Moffett, 1397 B. 109th Street

DELTA ZBTA— (1909), Western Reserve Uni-
versity. Cleveland, Ohio.

Commander, Roland W. Hipsley, 11447 Euclid
Ave.

Adviser, Howard K. Hunter, 1285 Bender Ave.,
East Cleveland, Ohio.

DELTA SIGMA— (1916), Carnegie Institute of

Technology, Pittsburgh. Pa.
Commander, Harold D. Skyrm, 4921 Forbes St
Adviser, Frank H. Haaren, 18 Garland St,

Edgewood9 Pa.

SIXTH DIVISION

That Part of Pennsylvania Bast of the 78th
Meridian

INSPECTOR, Roswell Phillips, Gamma BpsUon.
123 W. Market St, Scranton, Pa.

PI— (1885), Lehigh University, South Bethle-
hem, Pa.
Commander, John S. Stanler, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, John J. Stone, Bethlehem Steel Cor-
poration, Bethlehem, Pa.

BETA RHO — (1894)* University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, Pa.
Commander, Harold D. Cobley, 3312 Walnut St.
Adviser, William L. Gruhler, 44 W. Upsal St.,

Germantown, Pa.

GAMMA BPSILON— (1900), Lafayette College,
Easton, Pa.
Commander, Allen C. Grasler, 82 Cattell St.
Adviser, H. T. Spengler, 337 Shawnee Drive.

DELTA DELTA— (1909), Pennsylvania State
College, State College, Pa.
Commander, Harry W. Good, Sigma No House.
Adviser, Professor Edward F. Grundhoeffer.

SEVENTH DIVISION

New York, New Jersey

INSPECTOR, Albert H. Wilson, Beta Iota, 441
Pelham Road, New Rochelle, N. Y.

GAMMA DELTA— (1900), Stevens Institute of

Technology, Hoboken, N. J.
Commander, Christopher Strachan, 507 River

St
Adviser, Clifford B. LePage, Mount Vernon,

N. Y.

GAMMA THETA— (1901), Cornell University,
Ithaca, N. Y.

Commander, Paul H. Minton, 230 Willard Way.

Adviser, David R. Mixsell, 611 Haselton Ter-
race, Rochester, N. Y.

GAMMA PSI— (1906), Syracuse University, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Commander, Thomas Muldowney, 212 Euclid

Ave.
Adviser, A. Fairfax Montague, 702 Keith Bldg.

DELTA GAMMA— (1908), Columbia University,
New York, N. Y.
Commander, James Carroll, 540 W. 118th St
Adviser, Anthony J. Romagna, 31 Liberty St.

DELTA UPSILON— (1917), Colgate University,

Hamilton, N. Y.
Commander, Justin C. Morgan, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Lyndon H. Strough, Oneida High

School, Oneida, N. Y.

EIGHTH DIVISION

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Vermont

INSPECTOR, Raymond H. Segur, Delta Chi, 67
Farmington Ave., Hartford, Conn.

BETA SIGMA— (1898), University of Vermont,

Burlington, Vt
Commander, John W. Jennings, Sigma .Nu

House.
Adviser, Professor W. B. Aiken,

DELTA BETA— (1907), Dartmouth College, Han-
over, N. H.
Commander, R. S. Parks, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Professor Arthur H. Olivers.

DELTA LAMBDA— (1912), Brown University,
Providence, R. I.
Commander, John W. Chapman, 104 Waterman

Adviser, William O. Wilson, 101 Midway St
DELTA NU— (1913), University of Maine, Orono,

Maine.
Commander. F. E. Baldwin, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Thomas E. Houghton. Fort Fairfield,

Maine.

DELTA CHI— (1918), Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn.
Commander, Arthur N. Matthews, 74 Vernon St.
Adviser, James F. English, 15 Lennox St., Hart-
ford, Conn.

DELTA PSI— (1918), Bowdoin College, Bruns-
wick, Maine.

Commander, J. Woodford Hone, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, C. C. Magulre, 18 Fairmount Terrace.

EPSILON GAMMA— (1920), Wesleyan University,

Middletown, Conn.
Commander, Charles N. Hogle, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Edward C. Marsden, 791 Elm St., New

1 la veil, Conn.

NINTH DIVISION

Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin

INSPECTOR, John M. Roberts, Beta Gamma-Beta
Pi, 460 E. Ohio St, Chicago, HI.

GAMMA BETA— (1898), Northwestern Univer-
sity, Evanston, 111.
Commander, Ray L. Kautz, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, C J. Luther, Evanston State Bank.

GAMMA GAMMA— (1896), Albion College, Albion,
Mich.
Commander, Murray J. Martin, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Robert Baldwin.

GAMMA LAMBDA— (1902), University of Wis-
consin, Madison, Wis.
Commander, Kenneth L. Ede, 625 N. Henry St
Adviser, Professor H. F. Wilson. Entomology
Building, University of Wisconsin.

GAMMA MU— (1902), University of Illinois,
Champaign, I1L
Commander, Donald M. Eaton, 303 B. John St
Adviser, .

GAMMA NU— (1902), University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Commander, John T. Finley, 700 Oxford Rd.

Adviser,

GAMMA RHO— (1904), University of Chicago,
Chicago, 111.
Commander, Edgar Palmer, S541 Woodlawn Ave.
Adviser, George M. Cook, Public Relations Dept,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, I1L

GAMMA TAU— (1904), University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Commander, John J. Kelly, 915 University Ave.
Adviser, W. M. Babcock, 610 Temple Court

DELTA THETA— (1891), Lombard College, Gales-
burg, 111.

Commander, J. Russell Anderson, 1443 E. Knox
Street.

Adviser, Webb A. Herlocker, Carr Bldg.

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TENTH DIVISION

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Iowa

INSPECTOR, Wiliam L. Randall, Delta Eta, 437
Omaha National Bank Bldg., Omaha, Neb.

BETA MU— (1893), University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa.

Commander, Lawrence A. Block, 706 E. College
St.

Adviser, J. M. Flske, Supt. of Grounds & Build-
ings.

GAMMA SIGMA— (1904), Iowa State College,

Ames, Iowa.
Commander, Ingram J. Kleaveland, 2166 Lincoln

Way.
Adviser,

DELTA ETA— (1909). University of Nebraska,

Lincoln, Neb.
Commander, Fay Pollock, 1615 F St
Adviser, Ernest Kenny, care Hardy Furniture

Co.

ELEVENTH DIVISION
Missouri, Arkansas

INSPECTOR, Orvllle M. Barnett Rbo, Columbia,
Mo.

RHO — (1886), University of Missouri, Columbia,
Mo.
Commander, Robert E. Shook, 620 College Ave.
Adviser, Frederick W. Nledermyer, Sr.f 1101
University Ave.

BETA XI— (1894), William Jewell College. Lib-
erty, Mo.
Commander, Herbert Eby, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, E. H. Norton, Citizens State Bank.

GAMMA XI— (1903), Missouri School of Mine*,
Rolls, Mo.
Commander, Homer A. Holllngshead.
Adviser, Professor Henry H. Armsby.

GAMMA OMICRON— (1903), Washington Uni-
versity, St. Louis, Mo.
Commander, Charles W. Duden.
Adviser, Dr. John R. Vaughn, 6729 Delmore Ave.

GAMMA UPS1LON— (1904), University of Arkan-
sas, Fayettevllle, Ark.
Commander, Oren C. Yoes.
Adviser, .

EPSILON BETA— (1919), Drury College, Spring-
field, Mo.

Commander, James H. Washburn, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, Arthur W. Allen, Woodruff Bldg.

TWELFTH DIVISION

Kansas, Oklahoma

INSPECTOR, Grant W. Harrington. Nu, 914 Or-
vllle Ave., Kansas City, Kane.

NU — (1884), University of Kansas, Lawrence,

Kan.
Commander, Harold M. Roberts. 1246 Oread St.
Adviser, Professor B. F. Engle, University of

Kansas.

BETA KAPPA— (1913), Kansas State Agricul-
tural College, Manhattan, Kans.
Commander, Hartzell Burton, 1031 Leavenworth

Street.
Adviser, Malcolm Sewell.

DELTA EPSILON— U909), University of Okla-
homa, Norman, Okla.

Commander, Leland H. Hartford, Sigma Nu
House.

Adviser, Isaac D. Taylor, 509 Baum Building.
Oklahoma City, Okla.

EPSILON EPSILON— (1920), Oklahoma Agricul
tural College, Stillwater, Okla.
Commander, Thomas B. Molacek, Sigma No

House.
Adviser, Errett R. Newby, 313 Mercantile Bldg.,
Oklahoma City, Okla.

THIRTEENTH DIVISION

Louisiana, Texas

INSPECTOR— John D. Cofer, Upsllon, 212 Arch
way, Austin, Texas.

UPSILON— (1886), University of Texas, Austin
Texas.
Commander, Greene B. Fenley, 214 Archway.
Adviser, George E. Shelley, 726 Littlefleld Bldg

PHI— (1887), Louisiana State University. Baton
Rouge, La.
Commander, Richard L. Benolt, 608 Third St
Adviser, Frank B. Jones, Fuqus Hardware Co.

BETA PHI— (1888), Tulane University, New Or
leans, La.

Commander, Edmond B. Talbot.

Adviser, Charles B. Dunbar, care Fenner, How-
ard, Spencer ft Walker.

FOURTEENTH DIVISION

Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

INSPECTOR, Charles R. Hays, Chl-Beta Mu, 1174
St. Paul St., Denver, Colo.

GAMMA ETA— (1901), Colorado School of Mines.
Golden. Colo.

Commander, Richard H. Clowe, Sigma Nu House.

Adviser, Oscar A. Fisher, 815 St. Paul St., Den-
ver, Colo.

GAMMA KAPPA— (1902), University of Colorado,

Boulder, Colo.
Commander, Clarence W. Robinson, Sigma Nu

House.
Adviser, Earl J. Dickinson, 727 E. Colfax St.,

Denver, Colo.

DELTA RHO— (1915), Colorado Agricultural Col-
lege, Fort Collins, Colo.

Commander, John R. Fltssimmons, 405 Reming-
ton St.

Adviser, H. N. Wheeler, U. S. Forest Service,
Denver, Colo.

EPSILON DELTA— (1920), University of Wyom-
ing, Laramie, Wyo.
Commander, Glen S. Burton.
Adviser, Professor Eldridge Hart

FIFTEENTH DIVISION

Idaho, Montana, and That Part of Washington
and Oregon Bast of the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, J. Houston McCroskey, Delta Iota,
Garfield, Wash.

GAMMA PHI— (1905), University of Montana.
Missoula. Mont.
Commander, Brlce Toole, 102 Daley Ave.
Adviser, John J. Lucy, 414 Eddy Ave.

DELTA IOTA— (1910), State College of Wash-
ington, Pullman, Wash.
Commander, George S. Toser, 510 Montgomery

St
Adviser, F. E. Sanger.

DELTA OMICRON— (1915), University of Idaho.
Moscow, Idaho.
Commander, Arthur G. Wood, 1030 Blake Are.
Adviser, F. E. Sanger, Pullman, Wash.

SIXTEENTH DIVISION

That Part of Washington and Oregon West of

the 120th Meridian

INSPECTOR, Charles E. Arney, Gamma Cbi, 615
Boren Ave., Seattle, Wash.

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GAMMA ZBTA— (1900), University of Oregon,
Eugene, Oreg.
Commander, John Matheson, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Lake Goodrich, First National Bank.

GAMMA CHI— (1890), University of Washington,
Seattle, Wash.
Commander, William Foran, 1010 B. 47th St, N.
Adviser, S. H. Hedges, 811 Central Bldg.

DELTA TAU— (1917), Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, Corvallls, Oreg.
Commander, Alan C. Brandes, 119 N. 9th St.
Adviser, Sigurd H. Peterson.

BETA PSI— (1892), University of California.

Berkeley, Calif.
Commander, Bobert L. Harter. 2010 Durant Ave.
Adviser, George M. Lindsay, 2510-A Hllgard St,

Berkeley, Calif.

DELTA XI— (1914), University of Nevada, Reno,
Nev.
Commander, Hugo W. Qulllcl, Lincoln HalL
Adviser, C. S. Knight, 024 Lake St.

EPSILON ALPHA— (1918), University of Ari-
zona, Tucson, Arts.
Commander, Walter D. Pusch, 745 N. Stone Ave.
Adviser, Professor Franklin C. Paschal.

SEVENTEENTH DIVISION '

California, Nevada, Arizona

INSPECTOR, Otto K. Grau, Beta Chi, 1408 Chron-
icle Bldg., San Francisco, Calif.

BETA CHI— (1891), Leland Stanford University,

Stanford, Calif.
Commander, Robert F. Pelouse, Sigma Nu House.
Adviser, Donald Seymour, Apt. 100, 2701 Lar-

kln St, San Francisco, Calif.

EIGHTEENTH DIVISION

North Carolina, Sooth Carolina

INSPECTOR, Rayford K. Adams, Psi, Diz Hill,
Raleigh, N. C.

PSI— (1888), University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. N. C.
Commander, Paul B. Bdmundson.
Adviser, Walter Murphy, Salisbury, N. C.

BETA TAU— (1890), North Carolina State College
of Agriculture and Engineering, West Ral-
elghTN. C.
Commander, F. S. Chllds.
Adviser, .

Alumni Chapters and Secretaries

ALABAMA—

Annlston — Secretary, Samuel P. Ingram, 1405
Lelghton Ave.

Birmingham — Secretary, Jack Hornady, 8420 N.
12th St

Montgomery — Secretary, John Paul Jones, 10%
Court Square.

ARIZONA—

Tucson — Secretary, J. F. McKale, University of
Arizona.

ARKANSAS—

Little Rock— Secretary. Alfred H. Craig, 110
Schiller Ave.

CALIFORNIA—

Los Angeles — Secretary, Vernon M. Brydolf, Jr.,
215 Kendall Building, Pasadena, Calif.
Luncheon, every Thursday noon, Fifth 8t,
Chocolate Shop.

San Francisco— Secretary, Leroy Hitchcock, 003
Market St.
Luncheon, every Friday, 12:10 p. m.t The
Commercial Club, 13th Floor Merchants
Exchange Building.

COLORADO—

Denver — Secretary, George H. Swerer, 408 Ua*-
Blectric Bldg.
Meeting, every Tuesday noon, Tea Room,
Denver Dry Goods Co.

Pueblo — Secretary, Jewell D. Creel, 301 W. 21st
St.

CONNECTICUT—

Hartford — Secretary, John M. Washburn, 211
Laurel St.
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12:80 p. m.
Dinner, second Wednesday each month, 0:00
p. m., University Club.
New Haven — Secretary, James T. McQueeney,
557 Winthrop Ave.
Meeting, third Friday of each month, 0:30
p. m.. Hotel Bishop.

DELAWARE—'

Wilmington— Secretary. William M. Schlittler,
1524 W. 7th St.
Meeting, second Thursday each month, 7:30
p. m., Hotel DuPont.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA— '

Washington — Secretary. J- Norman Taylor, 2031
F St., N. W.f Takoma Park.

FLORIDA—
Jacksonville — Secretary, Fred H. Sides, 1855
Forbes St.

Miami — Secretary, L. Earl Curry, P. O. Box 023.

Tampa — Secretary, Karl E. Whltaker, 722 S.
Fielding Ave.
Meeting, first Tuesday in each month.

GEORGIA—

Atlanta — Secretary, R. L. Reynolds, 908-10 Em-
pire Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturdays, 12:30, Hotel Ansley
Rathskeller, corner North Forsyth and
James St.

Augusta — Secretary, H. G. Hatch, 2409 Walton
Way.

Savannah — Secretary, Charles D. Ellis, Southern
Cotton Oil Co., Savannah, Ga.

ILLINOIS—

Chicago — Secretary, Charles F. Meyer, c/o
Northern Trust Co., LaSalle and Monroe
Sts.
Luncheon, every Wednesday, 12 to 1 :30 p. m.,
sixth floor Marshall Field Bldg., for men,
Washington St. and Wabash Ave.

INDIANA—

Fort Wayne — Secretary, Harry E. Schlatter,
202-200 B. Columbia St

Indianapolis — Secretary, William A. Pitkin,

Legislative Reference Bureau, State House.

Luncheon, every Wednesday noon, 12:10 p.

m., 8th floor, Chamber of Commerce Bldg

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IOWA—
Des Moines — Secretary. J. H. Kraft. 1037 Sev-
enth St.
Luncheon, every Wednesday noon, Younker's
Tea Room.

Waterloo— Secretary, Pressey H. Frank, 727 W.
Park Ave.
Meeting, second Wednesday every month,
6:30 p. m.f Black's Tea Room.

KANSAS—

Topeka — Secretary, Floyd L. Loveless, 010 New
England Bldg.
Luncheon, second Saturday each month, noon,

Pelletler's Tea Room.
Meeting, last Friday evening each month,
6 :30 p. m., Elks' (Huh.

KENTUCKY—

Lexington — Secretary, Guy A. Huguelet, Se-
curity Trust Company Building.

LOUISIANA—
New Orleans — Secretary, Charles B. Dunbar,
Jr., Union St.

Shreveport — Secretary, B. E. Talbot* Ruston, La.

MAINE*—

Portland — Secretary, Paul D. Greely, Deerfleld
Road.
Meeting; first Thursday each month, 7 p. m.,
Congress Square Hotel.

MARYLAND—

Baltimore — Secretary, John S. Knode, 311 E.
North Ave.

MASSACHUSETTS—

Boston — Secretary, Sherman W. Saltmarsh, 18
Tremont St.
Luncheon, every Friday, Fllene's Restaurant,
12 :80 p. m.

MICHIGAN—
Detroit — Secretary, J. Richard Newman, 720
Penobscot Bldg.
Luncheon, Saturday, 1 p. m., Board of Com-

MINNBSOTA—

Minneapolis — Secretary. C. K. Mlchener, Min-
neapolis Athletic Club.
Luncheon, Tuesday, 12 :30 p. m., Dayton's Tea
Rooms.

MISSOURI—

Kansas City — Secretary. Russell L. Jolley, 111
Railway Exchange Bldg.
Luncheon, every Saturday, 12:30 to 2 p. m.,
University Club.

St. Louis — Secretary, Joseph L. Brewer, 1808
N. 38th St., East St. Louis, HI.
Luncheon, Wednesday, 12 :30 p. m., Melshelm-
er's Cafe, Ninth and Washington Sts.

Springfield — Secretary, Hugh Rice, Independ-
ent Tire Co., 725 B. Madison St
Meeting, first Saturday of each month. Lun-
cheon at Chamber of Commerce.

NEBRASKA—

Omaha — President, Carlisle J. Thoraon, 400
First National Bank Bldg.
Meeting, erery Saturday noon, Loyal Hotel.

NEW YORK—
Buffalo— Secretary, Allison F. Bberle, 727 Ma-
rine Bank Bldg.

New York — Secretary, A. H. Dean, 142 E. 150th
St.
Luncheon, every Thursday, 12 to 2 p. m., pri-
vate dining room Machinery Club, top floor
Hudson Terminal Bldg., 50 Church St.

Schenectady — Secretary, L. L. Hopkins, 2 Van
Velsen St.

Syracuse — Secretary, Ralph R. Ilerrold, Room
429, Y. M. C. A.

OHIO—

Akron — Secretary, D. M. Brown, 69 Franklin 8t
Meeting, first Monday evening of each month,
at Akron City Club.

Cincinnati — Secretary, S. Clark Biker, 1916
Blgelow St
Dinner, last Thursday each month. Palace
HoteL

Cleveland — Secretary, Miles E. Evans, 701 Ul-
mer Bldg.
Visiting Slgs, please stop in at 701 Ulmer
Bldg., or call Main 7020.

Columbus — Secretary, O. L. Mooney, 743 Deni-
son Ave.
Meeting, every two weeks, Saturday noon.
Athletic Club.

OKLAHOMA—

Muskogee — Secretary, H. L. Armstrong, Fllnn-
Ames Bldg.

Oklahoma City — Secretary, Paul O. Darrough,
303 State National Bank Building.
Luncheon, first and third Saturday of every
month, 12 :15 p. m. ; luncheon room, Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Meeting, first Saturday of each month, Cham-
ber of Commerce.

Okmulgee — Secretary, George A. Scheutsow, c/o
Scheutzow A Keith.
Meeting, first and third Thursdays of each
month, Parkinson Hotel.

OREGON—

Portland — Secretary, George T. Col ton, 310
Chamber of Commerce.
Luncheon, Wednesday noon. Imperial Hotel.

PENNSYLVANIA—

Easton — Secretary, H. J. Lockwood, 624 Par-
sons St.

Philadelphia — Secretary, Wm. L. Gruhler, 44

Upsal St.
Luncheon, every Saturday, 1 p. m., English

Room, Adelphi Hotel.
Dinner and meeting, first Tuesday each month

6 :00 p. m., 8312 Walnut St

Pittsburgh — Secretary* Henry S. Stockdale, 810
Oliver Building.

Dinner, second Tuesday each month, 6:30
p. m.. Hotel Chatham.

(Monthly meetings and dinners omitted during
lng June, July and August.)

Informal dinner every day, 12:15, at Kauf-
man ft Baer's dining room.

RHODE ISLAND—

Providence — Secretary, Walter H. Robinson, 107
Westminster St
Meeting, last Monday each month, 8 p. m„
104 Waterman St

TENNESSEE—

Memphis — Secretary, Thomas H. Ingram, Ex-
change Building.
Luncheon, last Tuesday of each month. Cham-
ber of Commerce.

Nashville — Secretary, Walter Noel, Tennessee
Metal Culvert Co.

TEXAS—

Dallas — Secretary, J. U. Bigger*, 5122 Bryan
St.
Meetings, every Saturday, 1 :15 p. m., at the
University Club Rooms, Oriental Hotel
Building.

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San Antonio— Secretary, Louis A. Hlllje, 724 No-
lan St.
Luncheon, second and fourth Wednesdays
each month, 12 :00 noon to 2 :00 p. m.,
Room 112, Gunter Hotel.

UTAH—

Salt Lake City— Secretary, J. H. Bagley, 1528
Michigan Ave.
Dinner, third Friday every month, 7 p. m.(
University Club, excepting October, Janu-
ary and April, when the meeting is held at
the Weber Club, at Ogden.

VIRGINIA—

Richmond — Secretary, J. C. Blasingame, 703
Mutual Bldg.

WASHINGTON—

Lewis County — Secretary, ,

Seattle — Secretary. Charles B. Arney, 61S Boren
Ave.

Spokane — Secretary, Frederick W. Salt, Federal
Land Bank.
Luncheon, every Tuesday noon. University
Club.

WISCONSIN—

Madison — Secretary, George A. Chandler, 161
Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin.
Luncheon, first and third Mondays, 12:10
p. m., University Club.

Milwaukee — Secretary* George Blakeney, 570
Bradford Ave.

Professional and Business Directory

The card of any member of the Fraternity will be entered herein for $1.00 per annum.

LAW DIRECTORY

SIDNEY THORNB ABLE, Gamma Omlcron, '00

303-305 Pierce Building

Fourth and Pine Streets

St. Louis, Mo.

ROBERT J. BANNISTER, Beta Mut 60

STIPP, PERRY, BANNISTER ft 8TARZINGBR

1013-1020 Equitable Building

Des Moines, Iowa

GEORGE J. BREAKER

Beta Xl-Gamma Omlcron

1748-52 Pierce Building

St. Louis, Mo.

BORDEN H. BURR, Theta-Lambda

PERCY, BENNERS ft BURR

Brown-Marx Building

Birmingham, Ala.

EDWARD G. HOFFMAN. Gamma Nu 23

BARRETT, MORRIS A HOFFMAN

Shoaff Building, Fort Wayne, Ind.

H. L. HOPWOOD, Beta Nu

INDUSTRIAL LAWYER

Associated with

DOUD, CRAWFIS, BRADFORD ft DONBS

Columbus, Ohio

C. T. KIRKBRIDB, Beta Iota

1111 Williamson Building

Cleveland

WILLIAM M. MATTHEWS, Beta Nu, '08

MATTHEWS ft MATTHEWS

Callahan Bank Building, Dayton, Ohio

A. FAIRFAX MONTAGUE, Gamma Psi

HENRY B. DODD, Gamma Psi

MONTAGUS ft DODD

702-703 Keith Building

Syracuse, N. Y.

JAMES W. NOEL, Beta Zeta

910 Lemcke Building

Indianapolis, Ind.

JOHN S. PARKER, Theta

FRANKLIN A. WAGNER, Gamma Nu

PARKER, DAVIS ft WAGNER

646-649 Mutual Life Building

34 Nassau Street, New York City

PERRY S. PATTERSON, Gamma Rho 29

Mccormick, kirkland, Patterson

ft FLEMING
Tribune Building, Chicago

WILLIAM L. RANDALL, Delta Eta, '13

PALMER ft RANDALL

437 Omaha National Bank Building

Omaha, Neb.

J. HOWARD RBBER, Pi

Mutual Life Building. 1001 Chestnut St.

Philadelphia, Pa.

ANTHONY J. ROMAGNA, Delta Gamma

31 Liberty Street, New York City

Tel. Nos. John 2266; John 2267; John 1774

SHBRMAN W. SALTMARSH. Delta Beta

706 Kimball Building, 18 Tremont St.

Boston, Mass.

GEORGB B. SHELLEY. Upsilon

FISBT, McCLENDON ft SHBLLEY

726-730 Littleneld Building

Austin, Texas

KIRK SMITH, Beta Iota-Delta Lambda
EDWARDS ft ANGELL

15 Westminster St.
Providence, Rhode Island

SOLON W. SMITH, Nu, '03

TWYFORD ft SMITH

American National Bank Building

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

HUBERT W. SWENDBR, Gamma Omlcron

ALLEN, ALLEN ft SWENDER

At torney s-a t-La w

Suite 620, Ferguson Building, Los Angeles, Cal.

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PHYSICIANS9 DIRECTORY

DR. J. FRANKLIN LITTLE, JR.. Delta Pi

CHIROPRACTOR AND SPINAL

THERAPEUTIST

2417 18th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

HILL FERGUSON, Theta

Vice-President

JEMISON REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE CO.

Real Estate, Sales, Loans, Appraisals

Birmingham, Alabama

W. P. GBTTMAN, Delta Sigma

CENTER AVENUE GARAGE CO., INC

5424-28 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

J. B. NBWCOMB, Beta Nn

CRESCENT PAPER CO.

Indianapolis, Ind.

ERNEST L. OLP, Gamma Beta

Manager FISK TEACHERS' AGENCY

Suite 814-823 Steger Building

28 B. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111.

JOHN B. ROSSER, Xl-Blgma

Southwestern Manager WORLD BOOK COMPANY

318 8. Preston 8t., Dallas, Texas

GEORGE A. SMITH, Beta Zeta

Life Insurance

Astor House Building, 217 Broadway

New York, N. Y.

HARRY T. WATSON, Gamma Chi

Assisfrnt District Manager GEO. H. MORRILL

CO., of California

432 Wall Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

H. G. HATCH, Mu
ENGINEER
Surveys, Reports, Estimates, Construction Super-
vision, Highways, Sewers, Concrete Struc-
tures, Industrial Efficiency
Box 704, Atlanta, Ga.

H. H. H. LYNCH, Gamma Omlcron

J. HAL LYNCH & SON

Architects

Dolph Building, St Louis, Mo.

GLENN B. MILLER. Gamma Lambda

G. B. MILLER k COMPANY

Government, Municipal, Corporation Bonds

Northwestern Bank fildg., Portland, Oregon

FRATERNITY JEWELRY

WARREN PIPER, Gamma Beta

Vice-President

J. F. NEWMAN. Inc.. Fraternity Jeweler

31 North State Street, Chicago

ANDREW SALLADB, Beta Eta

Representing

J. F. NEWMAN, Inc., Fraternity Jeweler

Railway Exchange Blag., Kansas City, Mo.

H. HARPER MOULTON, Rho

Life Insurance

1906-08 Harris Trust Building

Chicago, I1L

WILLIAM P. YATES, Beta Rho

Representing

L. G. BALFOUR CO.

Attleboro, Mass.

Sigma Nus! Put your name here

EAO£'1fKAD0'

PENCIL No. 174

For Sale at your Dealer. Made in Rw grades

Conceded to be the Finest Pencil made for general use.

EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK

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The Song Committee Announces

Three New Songs

and every one a real hit!

THE Third Contest for Fraternity Songs is all over, the numbers have been
chosen, they have just come off the press, and are already for distribution.
This, you remember, was the contest for the best song to the Sigma Nu
Girl, and we've certainly got 'em. (Yes, the songs and the girls, too!)

Which is the best song? Which wins the annual prize? It's up to you, for
we pass the buck. It would take braver men than ourselves to pick the winner,
for each one is a hit, and you'll say so, too.

We want every Sigma Nu girl to have a copy of this folder, and we'll let
the girls say which they like the best (if they can). The songs are distributed
by the General Office of Sigma Nu, Lemcke Building, Indianapolis, and every
folder is accompanied by a postal card ballot which entitles the recipient to
vote for the winner.

As usual, the three songs are printed complete with words and music all
in one folder, and all three songs for fifty cents. Send in your order right
away. On the following pages we are printing the words of each song, and
there's an order blank for your convenience.

Very fraternally,

THE SIGMA NU SONG COMMITTEE,

Warren Piper, Chairman,
Peter E. F. Burns,
Frank Thorne.

Sigma Nu Mother O' Mine

Words and Music by Jack T. Nelson, Gamma Beta
Jack requires no introduction, for his songs are known and sung in every Chapter
House, and the "White Star of Sigma Nu" which he composed for the last contest is a
Sigma Nu classic. Jack served as an ensign in the navy, returned to Northwestern to get
his degree, and after graduation became manager of the stationery and engraving depart-
ments for J. F. Newman, official jewelers. He wrote the music for two musical comedies,
"For Heaven's Sake" and the "Love Thief."

Chorus
College days, sorority dances, There>s one girl m Ais dear old worWi

College ways and campus romances, Always tender and true;

Have their charm when arm in arm, They took some of her dreams and

Over the campus they stroll with you. ^ , - ~. „T /w ,

D .. . ^ -i ,j The Creed of Sigma Nu (I love

But m after years when you re dream- , x B v

... . m*J _ _ When she wears my Five-Armed Star,

All alone in spite of your scheming, Each pearl ^ to shine;

Then you'll know, though others go, Its luster is increased ten-fold

There's one girl who's waiting for you. By that Sigma Nu Mother of mine.

The Fourth Song Contest is Now Open. Entries are Invited.

C'mon in!

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Sigma Nu Girl

Words and Music by Albert C. Deisseroth, Gamma Psi

"Al" is another Sigma Nu composer who is already known throughout the Fraternity,
for his march song, "Hail, Sigma Nu," was the hit of the first Song Contest. Al is a mem-
ber of Gamma Psi Chapter at Syracuse University, and has a big reputation as the com-
poser of music for the varsity shows. After service in the army he returned to Syracuse,
where his syncopated orchestras are in constant demand.

I can't forget the charms of you,
When love was young, and we were,

too.
In memoryland I find them still,
For I loved you then — and I always

will!

Chorus

Sigma Nu Girl, you'll always be,
Sigma Nu Girl, dearest to me!
All of my worries and cares depart,
When you wear the White Star on

your heart —
Sigma Nu Girl, some day you'll know
Dreams will come true, I love you so!
Our Star will shine, pledge of the time
When you are mine in Sigma Nu.

The Girl Who Wears the
Five- Armed Star

Words by Don Krull, Gamma Mu-Beta Chi
Music by C. W. Midgley, Beta Chi

The Pacific Coast decided to get busy, so they entered two of their very best writers.
Don Krull is already known to Delta readers. He was initiated at Illinois in 1916, trans-
ferred to Stanford in 1919, and is now on the staff of the Bakers Seld Calif ornian. Mid 'ley
is an active member of the Stanford Chapter, and the composer of several song hits in the
Stanford varsity show.

There are times when the boys and the Chorus
Chapter

Mean all to the true Sigma Nu; She's *e girl wno wears *« Five*

There are times when assignments Armed Star

compel us Of dear old Sigma Nu!

To study the whole night through. 0ther girls are fair» but they can't

But again when the firelight is glow- compare

ing, With the girl for me and you.

And the gang comes around for a And when in after years we sing,

song, We'll raise our voice anew

In melodies tender we'll always re- To *e E^ w^o wears the Five-Armed

member - Star

Sorre one for whom we are strong. Of dear old Sigma Nu!

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Order Blank for the Three New Songs

If yon send check, or money order, make It payable to Sigma Nu Fraternity

Harry Rider,

Lemcke Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Dear Harry:

Be reasonable, Harry. I can't afford to send those songs to every Sigma Nu girl on my
list, but I sure want some of them to work in harmony, so I am enclosing coin of the realm

in the total of $

As soon as you get this I want you to drop everything else and hurry one folder to each
of the following, and enclose a postal card ballot with each folder. Of course its up to you
to pay all the postage and wrapping Veverything.

1. Name.

Address

2. Name....

Address

3. Name....

Address

4. Name....

5. Name....

Address „

Address

6. Name....

Address

7. Name

Address

8. Name

Address

9. Name

Address

Ordered by..

Address..

..Chapter.

Fiftjf cents per folder containing the three new songs
complete With Words and music.

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PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND

Life Payment Plan

Checks should be made payable to SIGMA NU FRATERNITY.

Communications and signed notes should be sent to the SIGMA NU ENDOWMENT
FUND, 707 Lemcke Building, Indianapolis, Indiana.

First payment may be remitted with this note, if desired. A receipt will be returned
immediately.

When mailing Liberty Bonds, please register same.

DETACH AND MAIL TODAY

$50.00 LIFE SUBSCRIPTION.

Sigma Nu Permanent Endowment Fund

Sigma Nu Fraternity,
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Indianapolis, Indiana.

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For the purpose of raising an Endowment Fund for the SIGMA NU FRATERNITY
and in consideration of the subscription of others, I hereby promise and agree to pay to
the High Council of Sigma Nu Fraternity, in trust, for said Endowment Fund, the sum
of FIFTY DOLLARS, as checked below:

[ ] Check or Liberty Bond in full within 30 days.

[ ] Check for $25.00 within 30 days. $25.00 within 6 months.

[ ] Check for $10.00 per month for 5 months.

[ ] Check for $5.00 per month for 10 months.

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April 1, 1847 January 14, 1921

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Official Announcement

Official Jewelers to Sigma Nu

By Contract with the Fraternity

J. F. Newman
L. G. Balfour Co.

To the Active Chapters of Sigma Nu Fraternity :

Pursuant to the action of the Eighteenth Grand Chapter, the Higfc
Council has entered into a contract with Jf F. Newman and L. G. Balfour
Co., making these two concerns the sole Official Jewelers to the Fraternity,
and granting them all rights and privileges pertaining thereto.

These Official Jewelers hold entirely different and distinct relation to
the Fraternity than those who were formerly known under that title-

Under our contract they become really Official Jewelers — the interests
of the Fraternity and of our members are conserved and the Fraternity
has a direct means of control over their actions.

The spirit of this contract is binding upon all Sigma, Nus, whether
active or Alumni. It is not only to the advantage of the Fraternity that
you confine your dealings to our Official Jewelers — it is to your own benefit
as wdl.

To, Chapter Officers:

Specific Duties

1. Post the Official Placard in a conspicuous place on or near
the Chapter's bulletin board.

2. Send all orders for Pledge Pins and Initiates' Badges to
the General Office, as heretofore. *

8. Extend all courtesies and privileges involved in this con-
tract to the salesmen of the Official Jewelers, and to them only.

4. Do not permit the salesmen of any other companies to
display or sell their goods in the Chapter House or to the active
men.

5. Report to the General Office at once any salesman not of
these two concerns, purporting to be official salesman.

6. Make reports to the General Office, promptly, on the forms
provided, of all sales of jewelry and novelties made in the Chapter

House or to the members of the Chapter. . 7

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