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BETTY JEAN FINKLEA NATIONAL ROSE 1953

PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY 11 E. Canal St., Sumter, S. C.

Founded at The College of Charleston, Charleston, S. C., December 10, 1904

FOUNDERS SIMON FOGARTY, }R. 151 Moultrie St., Charleston, S. C.

ANDREW A. KROEG, }R. (deceased) L. HARRY MDCSON, 217 E. Bay Street.

NATIONAL COUNCIL President-Theron A. Houser, St. Marthews, 5. C. Treasurer-Ralph W. Noreen, 75 Baylawn Ave., Cop iague, L. 1., N. Y. Secretory-Wayne R. Moore, 327 Russell, Ames, Iowa. Historian-Walter R. Jones, 4534 St rohm Ave., N. Hollywood, Calif. Chancellor-Karl M. Gibbon , 713-71 8 Rio Grande Bldg., Harlingen,

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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Exs~~~~~. ss.ec.etory-W. Bernard Jones, Jr., 11 E. Canol sr

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UniversJt~ ty of Miami Branch, Miami, Flo. U Maryland ofc Missouri-Beta Epsilon, 704

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81 Ave~' {!0 y;-Wolter E. Crawford, 493 Willard

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C• Rutle3;• SS. C.--c. A. Weinheimer, 115-A "Olton e t .'rChorleston, S. C.

Ch3oa c!~i,d' D !'nnesseo-Lee L. Ryerson, Jr., lc090 rove, ChoHonooga, Tenn.

Cl E. 72~d1W1nols--WIIIiom H. O'Donnell, 1952 evelond ·· Chicago, Ill.

C 1St st St Ohio-John H. Haas, Jr., 3492 W. olu"'bJ S Cleveland, Ohio Lady St outh Carolina-William Bobo, 1306

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lon1111 rive, Jacksonville, Flo. 172~i}0~t Lansing, Mlch.-Loren C. Ferley,

lineal 2 • Michigan Ave., Lansing, Mich. Fed=~01N~rotko-Winfleld M. Elmen, 602

lo1 4 curltles Bldg., Lincoln, Neb. 17tll"\;l•tt. Collfomlo-Rene Kaelblen, 328

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Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity VOLUME XXXIX AUGUST

NUMBER 3 1953

Contents Page

Editorial: Korean Soldier Says, "Hell of a Note" ...... ............ .. ....... 3 Charlie LaPradd- All American .... ... ....................... ................................ 4 1929's "Gates" to Get Companion, 1954 Golden

Anniversary Gift, by Elizabeth H. Smith ......................... ... .............. 6 He Doesn't Cry over a Word Now, by Elizabeth H. Smith 7 Pi Kapp Overly Is Top Brass at Olympic

National Park, by John Dailey, Archon, Alpha Delta 8 Duke's Mu- National Champion 1953 ................... .. .............................. 9 Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1952 , b·y Dr. Will E. Edington,

National Scholarship Chairman ..... ........................................................... lO He's Done It Again, by W. Bernard Jones, Jr ................................... .12 500 Are Graduated from Pi Kappa Phi

Leadership Conferences .............. ..... .............. ........... ........................................ 13 N. C. State's Betty Jean Finklea Is 1953 National Rose ........ .16 In Our Chapter Eternal ........... .... .. ............................ ..................... .. .................. 21 Society ... ............................ ... ................................. ............................................................... 22 Alumni Corner .............. .............................................. ......................................... ............. 25 Calling the Roll ... .. .............................................................................. .. .............. 26

COVER Miss Betty Jean Finklea, Pamplico, S. C., represented Tau, North Carolina

State, in her successful competition for 1953 Rose of Pi Kappa Phi. Photo is by Siddell Studio, RaTeigh, N. C.

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

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

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

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

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W. BERNAJU> JoNES, ]R., Editor-in-Chief ELIZABETH H. SHITH, Managing Editor

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Hew York, N. Y.-Jomes Lorrouse, 89-54 211 th St., Queens VIllage, N. V

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

Oklahoma City, Oklo.-Wtlllom A. Rlgg, 304 N. w. tst St., Oklahoma City, Okla.

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

Philadelphia, Po.-Wolter R. Maxwell, 46 West Ave., Springfield, Pa.

Plttlllureh, Pennaylvonlo-R. Delmar George, 627 Vermont, Mt. Lebanon, Penna.

Portland, Ore. ICoscade)--0. A. Hllllson, 8427 S. W. 58th St.f Portland, Ore.

Roanoke, VIrgin a-Jesse M. Ramsey, 33 Harshbarger Rd., Roanoke, Va.

Seattle, Washington-David Pesznecker, 1605-Al26th, N.E., Seattle 55, Wash.

St. ouls, Mlsaouri-Estlll E. Ezell, 701 Olive St. St. Louis 1, Missouri.

St. Motthewt, South Carolina-John L. WCDad­slde, St. Matthews, South Carolina.

Toledo, Ohi-Richord B. Peny, 2337 Cale-donia St., Toledo, Ohio. ·

Wothlngton1 D. C.-Edward L. Tolson, 315 Glenwooa Road, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Gilbert Stanek Selected to Head I SC Student Government

Gilbert Stanek, who represented Alpha Omi­cron, Iowa State College, at Pi Kappa Phi's Na­tional Convention last year, has been elected student body president at Iowa for next year.

Mr. Stanek was presi­dent of his chapter in 1952 and ISC Homecom­ing King the same year. In 1953 he was chapter pledge trainer. An agron-omy major, Mr. Stanek Gilbert Stanek is a member of Alpha Zeta, agricultural honorary fraternity . Also, he holds membership in the Interfraternity Council and in the Cardinal Guild (student government body). He is a student officer in the Air ROTC. His home is in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

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With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun.- The Sput·

"Y" Caterer Serves 200,000 Meals Caterer for the YMCA of his alma mater, tb

University of Illinois, for the past eight years, Fr~ M. Witwer, Upsilon '21, estimates that during h; service with the "Y" he has served over 200,0v­meals.

He recalled, in the interview, that one of the largest groups he was ever called on to serve was a W eslel Foundation corrvention of over 1,100 persons in 1946

Through the years, Mr. Witwer has used nearll 200 student helpers. He pointed out that the gre~t majority of these students maintained an acadern1'

average of 4.2.

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Pi Kapps Own Clir.ton, S. C., Firl11 Lawrence R. Ferguson, Tau '43 , North Carolin

State, and R. Edward Ferguson, Jr. , Mu '37, Duke are co-owners of the Industrial Supply CompanY 400 West Maple St .. Clinton, S. C. The firm handle= textile mills supplies.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ferguson have two daugb· ters, Patricia, 6, and Barbara, 1.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ferguson have two sons Richard, III, 4, a nd Jack , 2.

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Korean Soldier Says, ''II ell of a Note"

(G11est editorial writer for this iss11.e of The Star and

Lamp is Lt. Harold J. Farmer, cyJrrently in Korea.)

St Just finished reading the February issue of The I ar and Lamp and thought I would drop you a line. ed~m . not much for writing to people in regard to I ~tonals, but after reading "Why Alumni Aren't dn erested in Chapter Affairs," I thought I would h rop You a line and tell you how I feel about it-ere in Korea.

Time on His Hands in Korea

f' Maybe I had best describe our situation in Korea i~r~ Except for patrols and probing attacks, the war n orea is at a standstill. We can't take any ground fl?r can they, but we still have our little daily con­Y lets and suffer more casualties than the Army wants thu to ~now about. But, these activities don't occupy tie entire day, and quite often we find a lot of

tne on our hands.

He Wants News from Psi, Cornell

h What do we do with that time? In the States a Souse without a stove isn't much of a house at all . a 0 ~e tnake stoves. All one needs is a VT fuse box, a ~tndowshield wiper hose, a piece of copper tubing, th 7 mm recoiles rifle shell case and a fuel can. After tee .stoves come lights. A jeep headlight, some high Yonston wire, and a pair of pliers (plus jeep) , and raJ· have lights. If one is lucky enough to own a 60 to, .then an old BA 39 and BA 40 out of a SCR th 8 Will do the job. It has to be old ; if it won't run tub 608 then is okay. If it will, it will burn out a ab e. The same goes for an electric razor. In the co ove and many other ways we make ourselves as M: ~fortable as possible. But, spare time is inevitable. ab at from home, the home town paper and clippings E:sou~ home mean more than the Stars and Stripes, ar q~zre, or the Saturday Evening Post. The Febru­w6' Issue of The Star and Lamp arrived, and guess 1'h at-;-not even a small item about Psi Chapter. Psi at~ a hell of a note. I've only been away from

stnce last February, so names, improvements

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• mean something to me. If nothing else, it gives me a few mental minutes at Cornell and 722. Guess I'll have to wait until the next issue of Psiren or The Star and Lamp to get some news. Photos of the chap­ter are always welcomed too. It sure would be wel­comed as far as I am concerned.

Wants Historians Prodded for Reports Will have to end for now, but I want to add I ap­

preciate any effort you can make to make the his­torian give a more detailed report of activities at the house and in the fraternity as the whole.

If this letter doesn't make sense it's because it 's not written under the most ideal conditions- ! hope you understand.

Fraternally,

/ S/ BUCK 1ST LT. HAROLD J. FARMER, 0-2201469 C Btry. 160th F A Bn. APO 86, Cj o PM San Francisco, Calif.

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"GoJ Is Answer," BB Chaplain Joe Garrison, chaplain at Beta Beta, Florida South­

ern College, authored the following message which appeared in a recent issue of Double Beta Blast:

"Only the God-planned life is happy, peaceful, and successful. If your life has been one of confusion and frustration, then there might be a quick but definite cure for your ailment. Have you ever stopped to think how or why you existed in this world? Have you ever tried to analyze yourself, your moods, your reactions, your physical and mental attitudes? If so, did you ever stop to think whether there was a guiding force behind this or not? There is an answer to this and that answer is God. God made all of us just as He made the trees, the birds, and all the rest of this big, beautiful world. In order to survive, God provides every living cell, whether plant or ani­mal, with all the necessities of life."

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Scott, Rho, W&L, To Publish 8ooft Glenn Scott, Rho '51 , Washington and Lee, has

signed a contract for the publication of a 90,000-word novel with E . P. Dutton and Company, New York.

The title of the book is "A Sound of Voices Dying." It is described as the story of "a boy's growth during his first year at college." The setting of Mr. Scott's book is "Philips-Whitehead University-a gentle­man's school in southwestern Virginia." The book is scheduled to appear next February.

A 20-year-old journalism major and editor of the student magazine, the Southern Collegian, Mr. Scott is a member of the junior class. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Scott, are publishers of the Smithfield Tim«,:!s, Smithfield, Va.

Charlie LaPradd-AII American "As a Freshman I Thought of Giving Up Football11

"WE GOT ONLY ONE FOOTBALL player, but we sure know how to pick 'em," so said a mem­

ber of Alpha Epsilon, University of Florida, recently. He was discussing Charlie LaPradd, Alpha Epsilon '50, 25-year-old senior from St. Augustine, Fla., who was named to the Associated Press' 1952 All-American de-fensive first team.

"The fraternity is proud of LaPradd, not just because of his football honors but be­cause he has always been a person of high character and tremendous asset to the orga­nization."

His St. Augustine friends said , "It couldn't have hap­pened to a nicer guy."

morning because his first class was at 7:45. On the!r way to school the couple left their son at Nita! mother's home.

"I attended classes and studied because I reallY wanted to get something more than a football let~er

out of college," Charlie said "In the afternoon it was fool· ball practice, and that was long and hard work.

"Usually we had two foot· ball meetings at night eacl1 week for pictures and lectures by the coaches. Then there wa~ a compulsory military meetin~ once a week," he continued "And I belonged to three or four organizations ( F Chi~· Athletic Council, and OlymP1~ Club, plus the Pi Kappa P~11

frat) , and I was an officer 1n a couple. It kept me busy."

In answer to the questioil as to what he did in his spar1 time, La Pradd said, "When d get a break I take off an go dove hunting. I love to fi sb and hunt."

LaPradd, the 6-foot-4-incb , 21 5-pound Gator tackle is the first Florida player to make an All~American aggregation since 1928. In addition to making the highly recognized Associated Press AJI-American defensive first eleven, La­Pradd was named to the first stri'ng AJI-American team by the New York Daily News, A P and UP All-SEC first string defense, Look Mag­azine's defensive specialists, and the All-South team.

Charlie LaPradd

The following is quoted from "It Says Here," a col· umn by Bernard Kahn, sport~ editor of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, published oc·

A former Army paratrooper with the 11th Airborne, whose biggest thrill before making All-American was his first jump from an airplane, LaPradd graduated from the university in February, with a degree in physical education. He will continue working at the university on his master's degree. He thinks he may enter business after he gets this second degree.

Mrs. LaPradd, the former Nita Nell Bohannon, graduated with her husband in February. Her major was English. She represented Alpha Epsilon as a maid-of-honor in the Spring Frolics of 1950.

The LaPradds have a 9-month-old son, Charles Thomas, whom his daddy hopes will become a foot­ball player.

To back up his statement that the life of a college football star is not one of leisure, LaPradd pointed out that his wife carried 19 hours at the university and that he carried 15 . They . got up early in the

tober 19, 1952:

"The best defensive tackle in college football action today, if you ask Florida folks or the rival player~ who speak from experience, is stationed in the Gator line- not the fifth best or lOth best, mind you, bU1

the tops. He is Charlie LaPradd. LaPradd has Ail' America caliber stamped all over him ...

"Sam Lankford, the Gator trainer, was previous!~ the club medic at the University of Arkansas an he recaJls that LaPradd was invited out there for ~ practice tryout in 1948 .

" 'LaPradd accepted the offer to practice with tl!1

Razorbacks, and he was turned down on a scholarsh1P,

because he was too small for a tackle out there, Lankford reports .

"LaPradd is a product of Ketterlinus High Scbo01

in St. Augustine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shellie La· Pradd. He lettered at Ketterlinus in 1944-45 as an end, joined the Army in 1946 and served his last five

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converted to tackle during that period. LaPradd be­~hn gaining attention in 1950 and last year he made

e All-SEC second team. '''A s a freshman I thought of giving up football,'

says Charlie. ' I guess all frosh do at one time or bnother. The studies are hard and you get a lot of umps playing ball. I remember that we Gator fresh­

hen always scrimmaged against the varsity and I bad to knock heads with John Natyshak and Frank

empsey. It was discouraging sometimes.'

111 "LaPradd accredits Herb Hooser 'with helping me

L oke than any other single thing. ' Hooser, former w a e City high school coach and later at Arkansas, f as hired by Woodruff as the defensive line coach or Florida in 1950.''

Hooser said of the Florida star: "LaPradd typifies everything an All-American should be : a boy who prac~ices hard and plays hard , who is a gentleman en tctory or in defeat and who respects the highest th e of sportsmanship. He is thoroughly entitled to

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ca Mother 's week end was held on the Oregon State :tv.I mpus May 9 and 10. On this occasion the Pi Kapp a Other's Club presented Alpha Zeta Chapter with

check for $600 toward the renovation of the kitchen.

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Colonel Ballard, Epsilon, Davidson, Joins Mission to Venezuela

Lt. Colonel James L. Ballard, Jr., Epsilon '3 7 Davidson, who is in the Infantry, USA, has assumed his duties with the U. S. Army Mission to Venezuela, with station at Caracas. Colonel and Mrs. Ballard and their three young daughters sailed April 11 , from New Orleans to Venzuela.

In June, 1952, Colonel Ballard left Davidson College after serving for three years as professor of Military Science and Tactics. At Commencement exercises, just before his departure, he was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. The year be­fore, he was tapped for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa. Early in 1953 he finished a 6-month course of study at the Army Language School, Presidio, Monterey, Calif. After he arrived in Monterey, he received a Third Army Certificate of Achievement for work at Davidson .

He Is Vice-President of U. S. Chamber

Clyde B. Dempster, Nu '16, University of Nebras­ka, who is president of Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co., Beatrice, Nebr., has been named a vice-president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Demp­ster was the only new vice-president among six named to that office recently at the chamber's convention in Washington. The other five were re-elected.

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1929's "Gates!! to Get Companion, 1954 Golden Anniversary Gift

By ELIZABETH H. SMITH

These ore "The Gates" which were presented to the College of Charleston in 1929 on Pi Kappa Phi's 25th birthday.

pi KAPPA PHI IS SOUNDING a call that has not been sounded for 2 5 years. As 19 54, the 50th

anniversary year of Pi Kappa Phi, approaches, plans are underway to make an anniversary gift to the College of Charleston, the mother college of Pi Kappa Phi.

First Opportunity to Contribute

Since most of you did not bear the call 2 5 years ago, you had no opportunity to participate in the placing of the Anniversary Gates at the College of Charleston. You who had no part in contributing a quarter century ago are now being given your first opportunity to make a contribution to a tangible, permanent token of affection for the fraternity's mother college. Brothers who had a part in building the lovely gates at Charleston when the fraternity passed its quarter-century mark will certainly wish to be represented in the half-century token. Few of

this last group will ever again have such aP opportunity.

Founders Are On Committee

At its annual meeting June 14-15 in Asheville. N. C., the National Council of Pi Kappa Phi declared it just and fitting that Founders Fogarty and MixsOP should once again join hands in leaving a lastinS memory with the College of Charleston. Brother' Fogarty and Mixson were appointed to join Brother Harold A. Mouzon, Alpha '11, College of Charleston· in selecting the gift, using funds contributed in tb1

fund campaign. Gifts for the Golden Anniversary Gift will ~

accepted at the National Office of Pi Kappa Ph1

Sumter, S. C.

Duke Information Bureau Promotes Norman Nelson

Norman K. Nelson, Mu '46, Duke University, h~i been appointed assistant director of the Duke Vn1'

versity Bureau of Public Information to assist Earl W Porter, director of the bureau. He joined the bureaU in June, 1949. Mr. Nelson is a former historian of Mil·

A native of West Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. NelsoD won first prize in 1946 in the college division of 8

State-wide essay contest conducted by the Nortb Carolina Press Association.

While a student at Duke, he was a staff member ol the Chronicle, a contributor to the Archive, and 8

member of the Duke Symphony Orchestra and the Duke Ambassadors.

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Wrestlers Wylie, Krassowski Bag Honors for Alpha Mu, Penn State

Bob Wylie, 121-pound runner-up last year joine1 with Andy Krassowski, 1 7 5 pounds, to bag two o the eight weight classifications in Penn State Col· lege 's annual wrestling matches.

Wylie pulled an exciting 11th-hour triumph in tb1

123-pound final. He appeared licked by Chi Phi 'S Mickey Webb, 3-0 with less than 30 seconds left. Wylie reversed and pinned to win.

Krassowski decisioned Kappa Delta Rho's DaV1

Simon in a bitter battle. Krassowski led most of tb1

way, but added four points with seconds to go as 111

scored a take-down and a near fall.

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Spelling, too, in His Textbooks on Writing· By ELIZABETH H. SMITH

Harry Show

''} MISSED A WORD in spelling today," young IIarry Shaw sobbed when asked by a servant

J:~Y he was crying. This happened many years ago. h' e IIarry Shaw of today doesn't miss a word in ~ spelling. In fact he is busily engaged in telling

~ er people how to make their words say and do he things they should. To be exact, he writes books

on .. English and writing and edits other people's brillngs. He is one of the three senior editors of E. P. h Utton and Co., Inc., New York City, a connection a e 111ade May 11. Each of the senior editors serves Bs a member of the editorial board, of which Elliott

· Macrae, president of Dutton, is chairman.

Is Member of Epsilon, Davidson t MS r. Shaw, a native of Fountain Inn, S. C., moved 0 umter, S. C., with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. L.

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Shaw, when he was a small child. He attended Dav­idson College where he was initiated into Epsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi in 1924. He received his A. B. Degree from Davidson and his M. A. from the University of South Carolina and took additional courses at New York University and Columbia Uni­versity.

He was a Fellow and English assistant at the University of South Carolina, 1926-27, and was an instructor the following year. He served also as in­structor and assistant professor of English at New York University and as director of the Federal Writ­ers' project in New York City. Up to about four years ago he taught night classes at Columbia Uni­versity. Mr. Shaw's other connections include Look Magazine on which he was associate editor, director of editorial research, managing editor, and editorial director. He became a general editor of Harper and Brothers, and more recently has been executive vice­president and managing director of Tupper and Love, Inc. He was director of the University of Colo­rado Western Writers' Conference in 1947 and 1948.

He Writes Educational Books In addition to contributing articles to various mag­

azines, Mr. Shaw is the author of "Writing and Re-(Contimled on Page 15)

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Fred J. Overly (right), Alpha Delta '28, University of Washington, superin­tendent of Olympic National Park, "talks park" with Congressm·an Jack Westland.

Pi Kapp Overly Is Top Brass At Olympic National Park

By JOHN DAILEY, Archon Alpha Delta

JF YOU GET A CHANCE to travel in the Olympic National Park, get your fire permit from top brass.

Go to park headquarters in Port Angeles, Washing­ton, and ask for Superintendent Fred J. Overly, Alpha Delta '28, University of Washington. If he is surprised at your request, understand that it has been several years since issuing fire permits was part of his job. Explain that you are a fraternity brother of his. You 'll find him a friendly brother if a busy one. For he has a lot of responsibility, running the na­tion 's fourth largest national park. Yet, he hasn't forgotten his days as an undergraduate at the Uni­versity of Washington and an active member of Pi Kappa Phi.

With Forest Service Since 1926 Fred helped finance his college education by work­

ing stretches in the U. S. Forest Service. As soon as he graduated from high school, in 1926, he began working in the woods. His interest in the outdoors prompted him to major in forestry. In the Fall of 1927, he pledged a relatively new chapter on the Washington campus, 30-year-old Alpha Delta of Pi Kappa Phi.

With depression looming nearer and greater many students were dropping out of school. Fred worked all the time he attended college and had to miss in­tervals of school to accumulate enough money to con­tinue. But his fraternity brought fun into the picture.

He still laughingly berates his pals who on~1

black-balled him into representing the fraternity JP an intramural boxing competition. Without his kn~~· ing it, his name was placed on the intramural boxJJJ$ list. Shortly before the first scheduled fight, he \\'~ told that he would be contesting. Still surprised all open-mouthed, he battled to victory in that bout. wasn 't so bad! He braced himself for the next con· test. He won the next fight and three more by default

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even becoming confident. The brothers cheered h1fl1 as he stepped into the ring for the semi-final bout. Jlt had trained for this one I He was ready for the worsJ It came. It was even worse than he had expect~ · One consolation though-the brute who beat hlfll went on to take the championship.

Receives B.A., M.A. in Forestry In 1932, Fred received his B. A. and, in the fol·

lowing year, his M. A. in Forestry. He then accepted assignment as forest ranger at isolated Cut Ban~ Ranger Station in Glacier National Park. He bB not been there a year when, out of the clear sky, }ll received orders to report to Washington, D. C.

In the nation's capital, he helped show that most of the timber land on the periphery of the M1

Olympus national monument, near his home, W9'

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Duke's Mu-National Champion 1953

Drexel Misses by Hair; Purdue Is High Again

''WE ARE HEREWITH GIVING you notice that th Mu will be National Champion in 19S3," were

e . Words of a Mu, Duke, representative at the . attonal Convention in Miami last year after being btnpressed with the National Championship flag etng presented to the Nebraska chapter.

Duke Has Perfect Score

hi Mu Chapter co~piled the first perfect s~ore in the astory of the ratmg system. Not once did any de­

~1rtrnent falter . It was just as well too, for a red-hot .Pha Upsilon Drexel gang crowded Mu to the

Wtr D ' ' of e. ~exel was off the perfect score pace by 6~/100 a ~ Pomt. Just once did it stumble. For a penod of 1'htngle month the chapter treasurer was not bonded.

~ resultant loss of five points cost it a tie for the nattona] championship.

Purdue Has Highest Three-Year Average

a ~ega at Purdue has the highest three-year av~r­fe In the nation. Never has it been below third

face. This is a phenomenal average in light of the thct that there are 4S chapters eagerly shooting for

e top.

. Indiana and Missouri both post-war chapters, are ~~ "the big ring" for th~ first time. Crackerjack out­t~s fro~ Stetson and Florida had a spirited ~ace for oth FI~nda championship. Stetson edged Flonda, an-

er hne unit.

St Casualties in 19S3 were California, North Carolina f ~te, Drake, Roanoke, Wofford, and Emory. All ~tied for the first time in three years to capture ce aster laurels. It is interesting to note that all ex­f Pt Drake are old-line chapters. The trend has been tor Post-war chapters to weather recession trends bet­er than old-line organizations.

District Archon Krupp Has Top Outfits

j .Led by ebullient Rensselaer, Brooklyn and Cornell ~tned in to give Brother Fred Krupp a good year. th nly Newark, a pace-setter a year ago, failed to enter

P ~Select circle. Newark missed only by a scant seven 0Ints.

d 1\;Iaster Chapter status was a more coveted rank r Ut

1tng 19S2-S3. Only 18 units could enter into that

ea Ill whereas 1951' saw 20 with 1952 having 22.

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A certificate like this one was awarded to each of the 18 chapters which won the "Moster Chapter" rating for the college year of 1952-53.

have a batting average of at least 300. Averages for the Master Chapters of 19$2-S3 are as follows:

1. Duke 2. Drexel 3. Purdue 4. Stetson S. Florida 6. Iowa State 7. Rensselaer 8. Nebraska 9. Brooklyn

10. Michigan State 11. Penn State 12. Washington & Lee 13 . Florida State 14. Toledo 1S. Missouri 16. Davidson 17. Indiana 18. Cornell

400 399.3 389 38S 374 371 367 360 357 35S 3S3 332 330 324 323 312 301 300

How Chapters Are Scored The chapters are scored as follows: Membership

Goal, 100 (by taking percentage of goal achieved); Scholarship, 100, 50 above all men's average and/ or SO if in upper half of chapters on campus; Green Report, SO, S for correct preparation of each section of Green Report; Chapter Paper, 30 for being up to date, 10 per issue when behind (three issues per year), and Star and Lamp Letter, 20 for being up to date, 10 per issue when behind.

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THE SPREAD of the Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 19 52 was not

as gre<~;t as might be expected, for the mne scholars chosen came from only six chapters. Mu Chapter at Duke University ranked fifth among 20 chapters on that campus, of which three-fourths have averages above the All Men's Average on that campus. Three of the scholars are from Duke. Rho Chapter at Wash­ington and Lee ranked first in scholarship among 1 7 fraternities on that campus, and it is not surprising that two scholars are members of Rho Chapter. Chi Chapter at Stet­son, ranking first on that campus, has a scholar. The remaining three scholars come from Alabama, Brook­lyn Polytechnic, and Iowa State. The scholars for 1952 were unusually outstanding in scholarship, with records that would probably rank all of them in the upper 5 per cent on their respective campuses. These scholars constitute the twenty-second •

By DR. WILL E. EDINGTON, Upsilon Notional Scholarship Chairman

annual group to be honored and in- honorary, and he is now a member crease the total number of Pi Kappa of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Phis to receive this high honor to Delta Kappa. Brother Bailey served 168. Following are brief descriptions as archon of Rho Chapter. of the extra-curricular activities and Marts Donald Blue, Iowa State. honors of the Pi Kappa Phi Scholars Brother Blue is at present doing for 1952 .* graduate work iri physics at Iowa

William Melville Bailey, Washing- State and is employed by the Ames ton and Lee. Brother Bailey is at Laboratory of A-tomic Energy Com­present president of the freshman mission. As a freshman he was elect­law class at Washington and Lee; ed to Phi Eta Sigma, and he played president of Alpha Kappa Psi, bon- in the Dr:um and Bugle Corps. After orary commerce fraternity; president serving as a cub editor of the "Iowa of Scabbard and Blade, military Engineer," he became an assocjate honorary; commanding officer of editor. He also served as art editor the ROTC, and assistant head dor- of "Agriculture Education News." mitory counselor of the freshman He was awarded the Cardinal Guild dormitory. As a freshman he was Merit Certificate, and elected to elected to Phi Eta Sigma, freshman membership in Pi Mu Epsilon,

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1952 mathematics honorary, and to s~u: ent membership in the Amenc~ Society of Civil Engineers. Broth' Blue served Alpha Om.icron ChaP1' as treasurer.

Edward Burke, Brooklyn Po!J technic. Brother Burke is completlt his work in electrical engineering ' Brooklyn Polytechnic, and his o~ standing work has brought hi membership in Tau Beta Pi, the tr engineering honorary, and E,1

Kappa N u, electrical engineer!~ honorary. He has received 1

ROTC gold medal award, and . recently selected for "Who's WhO; American Colleges." He served sophomore class as treasurer, ao was a member of the varsity tet1° team. Brother Burke is a mefllbi of the Society of American Eng neers, and at present presiden~ r the student chapter of the Amenc8 Institute of Electrical Engineers 1

Brooklyn Polytechnic.

Albert Rich Erwin, Duke. Brot.b.: Erwin is at present a senior at DU~, completing the work for the B. ' degree in physics. As a freshman P

was elected to Phi Eta Sigma, ~~~ he served on the Freshman Ad vis(· Council. Later he was chosen P membership in Phi Beta Kappa, 1'3

Mu Epsilon, mathematics honorarJ and Sigma Phi Sigma, physics h0° orary, and his name appeared 0

the Dean's List. Brother Erwin )!&

served Mu Chapter as chaplain ~~~· historian, and at present he is 1

secretary.

Eli !vim Morgan, Jr., Stetson .. ~ Brother Morgan belongs the distl».

1 tion of ranking first in scholarsbA among all the scholars for 1952 .

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Present, completing the pre-theological course at Stetson, he expects next Fall to enter either the South­ern Baptist Theological Seminary or the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina. Elected to Phi Eta Sigma as a freshman, he also holds mem­?ership in Kappa Delta Pi, education honorary, and ts at present president of Phi Alpha Theta, history honorary. Voted one of the nine outstanding senior lllen and president of the Liberal Arts School student body, he was elected to the local men's leadership honorary, Ye Mystic Crewe. He entered Stetson on a Stetson Inter-Regional Scholarship, and later was awarded a Stetson University Scholarship given to two students ranking highest in their class. He h_as sServed as promotional director of t~e Stetson Baptist

tudent Union and as student assistant to the head of the Depait~ent of R~ligion. He found time to. be SPorts editor of the Yearbook and a sports wnter for the campus newspaper. Brother Morgan has serv­ed Chi Chapter as chaplain, and played on the chapter golf, tennis, and softball teams.

l?.obert B. Propst, Alabama. Brother Propst com­Pleted his work at the University of Alabama last June and is now located in Atlanta, Ga., working on an accounting internship. As an undergraduate at Alabama he was elected to the freshman honorary ~hi Eta Sigma, and before _graduation he had. been

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Commerce and Business Administration honorary, Beta Alpha Psi, accounting honorary, Scabbard and Blade and Pershing Rifles, military honoraries. He was a member of the Varsity Debate Team. He was also active in intramural basketball and was intra­mural ping-pong runner-up in 1952. He served Omi­cron Chapter as treasurer.

James Earle Ritch, Duke. Brother Ritch is a senior history major at Duke University and plans to enter law school after his graduation in June. Proud winner of the $3,000 . Angier B. Duke Regional Prize, his work has been outstanding from the beginning when be was elected to Phi Eta Sigma. He has since been honored with election to Phi Beta Kappa and Omi­cron Delta Kappa and selection as one of Duke's rep­resentatives in "Who's Who in American Colleges." He is at present president of Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish honorary a member of Tau Kappa Alpha, debating honorary: and president of the Debate Council. Brother Ritch has served as chaplain of Mu Chapter and is at present its treasurer.

Robel't Atwood Spivey, Duke. Brother Spivey, at present a senior English and pre-ministerial major at Duke University was elected to Phi Eta Sigma, as a freshman and 'followed this with eloction later to Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Beta

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He's Done It Again!. National Housing Fund Treasurer 0. Forrest ~JJfc Gill JJfoves Up to Head

Prudential Loam in South Central U.S.A., Pi Kapps Bell, Jennings on Staff

By W. BERNARD JONES, JR.

CARROLL M. SHANKS, president of the Pruden-tial Insurance Company of America, Newark, N.

J ., announced on May 19 the appointment of 0. For­rest McGill, Rho '23, as general manager in charge of the South Central Home Office Mortgage Loan and Real Estate Investment operations, Jacksonville, Fla., the latest in a series of promotions for Mr. McGill. He comes to this position with over 20 years with Prudential, having been manager of both the Florida and New York Mortgage Loan Regional Offices.

He attended Washington and Lee University. Shortly thereafter, he formed a partnership with fra­ternity brother Walton Rex to make up the Rex­McGill Investment Company of Orlando, Fla. It is interesting to note that fraternity brothers Rex and McGill married sisters, as well as going into business together.

Brother McGill is a member of the Finance Com­mittee of Pi Kappa Phi. He is treasurer of the Deve­reux D. Rice Committee, Pi Kappa Phi's National Housing Fund.

Brother William Jennings, Chi '30, who has been attorney for Florida Regional Mortgage Loan Office in Lakeland, Fla., has been selected for the Law De­partment of the Jacksonville Home Office. Brother Jennings attended law school at Setson University and has been District Archon for the state of Florida for many years. He was instrumental in the founding of the Beta Beta at Florida Southern College in Lake­land.

Brother Jack Bell, Alpha Eta, '34, supervisor ap­praiser of the Prudential Mortgage Loan Department, stationed in Nashville, Tenn., is being promoted to Investment Analyst and transferred to the Jackson­ville Home Office.

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Pi Kappa Phi Scholars for 1952 (Continmd from Preceding Page)

Omega Sigma. Winner of the Sinhauser Award for both 1951 and 1952 as an outstanding intramural athlete at Duke, he was elected to Red Friars, the highest leadership honorary at Duke, and selected as one of Duke's representatives in "Who's Who in American Colleges." Beginning as a copy editor of the Duke Annual, "Chanticleer," he later became as-

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sistant editor and is at present editor. He is also serving on the Judicial Board and the Publications Board. He was on the freshman tennis team and the Freshman Advisory Council. Brother Spivey h_as served Mu Chapter as chaplain, and is at present 1ts housemaster.

James Clinton Turk, Washington and Lee. Brother Turk first entered Roanoke College and was a mern· her of Xi Chapter. He later transferred to Washing· ton and Lee to enter the law school, a.nd following his graduation last June he has become associated with the law firm of Dalton and Poff in Radford, Va. He holds membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Orni· cron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta, and the Order of the Coif, the latter two being honorary law fra· ternities. As an undergraduate he was a member of the executive committee, the controlling body of the student government at Washington and Lee, and be served as vice-president of the Student Bar and a member of the Law Review.

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A ~OTAL OF 500 MEMBERS from 41 chapters of p . p, Kappa Phi received diplomas from Pi Kappa

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Leadership Conferences during the school year, 2-53.

1 Most conferences were conducted in school faculty dounges. or school classrooms with some being con-

ucted In chapter house dining rooms. The meetings us~ally ran from 2 to 5 P. M. on Saturday afternoon ~n 9 to 1 P. M. on Sunday. Social activities were, f sually, Saturday night stag banquets, with a speaker rom the National Office or a local citizen.

Jones Conducts Conferences

E Every Leadership Conference was conducted by thxecutive Secretary W. Bernard Jones, Jr., except D~ West Coast Conference which was conducted by I!Istrict Archon and former National Secretary J . AI

1 ead of Salem, Ore., and former Traveling Counse­or Jack W. Steward, also of Salem.

T~e conferences were conducted on a group dy­~a~ruc~ basis with a high degree of individual par-ICipat!On. The program was patterned after training :.o~rams used in industry. Lecturing was kept to a t ~knimum, while panels, conferences, and student a 5 were prevalent.

Sessions Deal With Ways of Happy Living

sfSubject matter ran toward material which would ~mula~e thinking on ways and means of living with \· ers m a happy fashion rather than in the acqui-51 Ion of academic facts.

Secretary W. Bernard Jones, Jr., conducted the District Ill Leadership Conference at Mu, Duke, in February.

The Leadership Conference program has resulted in the best inter-chapter relationship of any time during the years.

of These pictures were taken at the District XIX Leadership Conference in Eugene, Ore., in April when Alpha Omega, University AI ~regon, was host. The group on the right are, feft to right, "Bill" Cook, Alpha Zeta archon, Oregon State College; Harold Petersen, Alp h 0 Zeta chapter adviser; Duane Stoddard, Alpha Omega archon; J. AI Head, Alpha Zeta, district archon, and Jack W. Steward,

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Chapter Adviser John Coons (left) at Beta Delta, Drake University, entertains rushees with his enlightened piano especiallY "Bu!"ble Bo~gie .. " In the. cen~er. pictur.e, strictly "fraternity" songs are sung for rushees at Beta Delta. On the right, Mark Cox, Beto Ups1lan, Un1vers1ty of M1ssoura, IS talk1ng a rushee out of break!ng that date.

Rushing Days Are Coming Soon By RAMON F. SANCHEZ

THE BEGINNING of the school year will bring, as usual the eagerly anticipated and yet sometimes

harrowi~g and nerve-racking season of rushing, with its long, late meetings, its decisions and indecisions, the planning of tactics and techniques, the aligning of functions for the next group of rushees, and in the end its results. It is perhaps the most important phase of fraternity activities, since the perpetuation of the chapter depends on getting new men.

Mark Cox (left), and Phil Bouchart (right) use the front steps to good advantage in rushing at Beta Epsilon, University of Missouri.

Rushing can be carried out in almost any form of function from a bull-session to a stag smoker, to a picnic, to a dance, depending on campus customs and rulings and facilities. Use your best proved methods, seasoned with something novel or different, picked up from another chapter or another fraternity. one fraternity rushed a group of boys by taking them to a wrestling match in a near-by large city.

Get out this Fall and get your quota and then some·

Rushing is in full swing at Alpha Omicron, Iowa State College, with many a good yarn swapped.

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RAMON F. SANCHEZ, Sigma '45, University of tra S?uth Carolina, who served as Pi Kappa Phi 's s· Vehng couns~lor during the past two years, has re­l~gn~. to take a position as highway engineer with II e lghway Department of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

;_made his new connection June 1. w·t he ma)or phase of this work at present has to do le' ~ the .Issuing of special hauling permits for over-

ga vehicle loads on the highways of Virginia e Mr. Sanchez holds the B. S. degree in Naval Sci­Bnc~ f~om the University of South Carolina and th.e v~ . · m Commerce from Washington and Lee Um­lh rs,ty .. He was active in the Alpha Chi Chapter at itse u~IVersity of Miami during the first semester of a d existence, before he transferred to Washington n Lee.

\" At W&L's Rho he was quite active in chapter ••Ork 5 · I\] ' ervmg as treasurer and also as housemanager. l) ong. with Hugh F. Hill , Rocky Mount, Va., Roy fo~ctW,tte, Roanoke, Va., and Robert E. Glenn, Rad­awa;ct Va., Mr. Sanchez received the Paxton Trop~y ap ·. T~e awards were given to these four men m th ~reclatlon for their work in reactivating Rho upon ~r return from World War II.

th fter he left the Navy in 1946, Mr. Sanchez joined hoe staff of the Post Office in Pensacola, Fla., his ve~~ City, and except for the time spent at the Uni­tin Slty. of Miami and Washington and Lee, he con­Pos~~d m this position until he came to his fraternity

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Writing,, "A C . E l' h " H , II ' omplete Course m ' ng IS , arper s "R~db_ook of English" (with Marquis E. Shattuck), "A ad~ng the Short Story" (with Douglas Bement), in rner1cans One and All" (with Ruth Davis), "Dom­(~~~ Types in British and American Literature" tio~'' Ot.J;ers), "The Harper Handbook of Composi­lii]J (With George S. Wykoff), and "The McGraw

A.llBandbook of English" (with Virginia Shaffer). da these accomplishments are a far-cry from the or Y. B~rry Shaw wept over his first misspelled word, the IS 1t? No doubt his weeping was prompted by Perf ge~1us in him, rebelling at anything less than as e~hon. The story of the misspelled word, as well rep ot er stories of his boyhood, came out when this liv orter visited Mr. Shaw's mother. (Mrs. Shaw naes at 240 Church Street, Sumter.) One of young '1 try's h . 0 aft c ores was to feed h1s father 's horses. ne theernoon the family 's maid heard him crying by sobb corn crib and asked him his trouble. Then he

ed out the news that he had missed a word in

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spelling that day, the first one he had ever missed. Mrs. Shaw recalled that before her son could read

he learned "Robinson Crusoe" and "Swiss Family Robinson" by heart and that if she omitted a word Harry knew it and reminded her of it.

Reading Entertains Him "After he learned to read he wasn't any trouble

at all," Mrs. Shaw said . "He could always entertain himself. He had a horse and a bicycle that he enjoyed too.'

As for his schooling, it started at home. His mother taught him an hour a day during the year he would have been, ordinarily, in the first grade. When he was sent to school as a candidate for the second grade, he was judged ready for the third grade. He proved the school authorities right. "I never pushed him in his studies," his mother sa id. "I didn 't have to. He was always ambitious and always made high marks."

At the end of Mr. Shaw's senior year in high school in Sumter the school superintendent called

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Foreign Students at Iowa State, Rensselaer, Cornell

LAST SPRING The Star and Lamp made a survey to learn which chapters have foreign students and

to learn also why these students entered American colleges and what their plans are for the future. The historians of three chapters responded with the fol­lowing stories:

Viennese Student Praises Freedom of American Life

By Delmar Burkett, Alpha Omicron

Gernot Metze, Alpha Omicron '53, Iowa State, a German-born citizen of Austria, can boast a most successful career as a college student and as a future

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"Gerry," as he is known to AO members, is a senior in Electrical Engineering. He came to the United States from Vienna in 1950, and moved into Alpha Omi­cron in the Fall of that year. He pledged the chapter last October and was initiated in Febru­ary.

Holder of Honorary Keys

He has honorary keys from two engineering organizations, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. He is also a member of the student branches of the American Institute of Elec­trical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engi­neering. Other activities include choir director of Newman Club, Catholic student organization; mem­ber of Promenaders, a campus dance group, and solici­tations chairman for the World Student Service Fund.

Entertains with Music

Gerry's music has become very much a part of Alpha Omicron in the three years he has lived in the house. He also displays a talent for playing a very "Americanized" accordion, and is called upon quite often in this capacity, especially at AO stag functions. His father is professor of music at the Vienna Conservatory of Music.

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feelings toward life here as compared to life in Aus· tria were quite well exemplified in a few words:

"Here in America," he said, "everyone is taken for what he is, not what his parents are, nor what his ancestors were. In Austria I was the son of Erich Metze, the music professor. Here I am Gernol Metze."

Bolivian Brothers See United States As Best in Technical Fields

By Francis M. Goodwin, Jr., Alpha Tau

Alpha Tau, Rensselaer, has three brothers and one pledge whose homes are outside the United States.

From La Paz, Bolivia, we have Mario and Jor&e Balcazar, Alpha Tau '5 1 and '52, respectively. Tbe1

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brother, Jaime, Alpha Tau '49, graduated from RP in January, 1951 , and was also a member of Alpha Tau Chapter. All three of the Balcazar brothers graduated from Mariscal Braun High School in La Paz and came almost immediately to this country to study.

Jaime, the eldest, and Jorge, the youngest, both elected Civil Engineering as their course of studY• while Mario chose Chemical Engineering. The three came to this country because they feel that the United States is the most developed country in the world in industrial fields and offers the best oppor· tunities for technical and professional studies.

Jaime Is Employed in New York Upon graduation Jaime returned to Bolivia to

serve a year in the Army as a military engineering instructor. In February, 1952, he was married to Gloria Gutierrez, and they returned to the Unit~d States. He has subsequently spent eight months ~n the employ of the New York Central Railroad ~n Albany, N. Y., and is now working in engineering 1n New York City. Ji!.ime and his wife are now the proud parents of a baby girl, Veronica Virginia de Copacabana.

Anticipates Career in Puerto Rico Augusto R. Gautier, Alpha Tau '52, from San

Juan, Puerto Rico, is now a third-year student of Architecture here at RPI. "Gus" chose this school be: cause he was awarded a scholarship by the Almnn1

Association. He has found that social and school Jife in the United States is very similar to that in Puerto Rico. Having studied the English language since the first grade, Gus has no trouble with the English

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By ELIZABETH H. SMITH

''IT TAKES A HEAP 0' LIVIN'" in 54 years to of make a career as full as has been, thus far, that of ~;~nl~y S. Radford, Alpha Theta '25, University

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asslt .takes only a few words to say that he is now sig oc•ate professor of Engineering Drawing and De­lean !it Michigan State College, with 30 years of he ~Ing experience behind him, and to say also that in thas to .h!s. credit about 28 years of participation tio e actJVJhes of Pi Kappa Phi. Yet an enumera-Pro~' even in the briefest way, of the many individual gra~ects on which he has been engaged since he was 1916Uated from high school in Climax, Mich., in tio ' at the age of 17, would defy the space limita-

ns of this magazine.

II . Chart~r Member of Alpha Theta as e 1~ a charter member of Alpha Theta. He served 19f;es•dent of the East Lansing Alumni Group from 1952 to 1940 and as chapter adviser from 1946 until en i · II.e and "Milt" Morse, Alpha Theta '44, an iatg teenng student, reactivated the chapter immed­thee \following World War II. During this period ins'd c apter bought an old house and renovated it the

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Co]] e re~eJVed the B. S. Degree from Michigan State age ege In Industrial Organization and Plant Man­tionlllent and the M.A. Degree in Vocation Educa-Stit' .Counseling, and Guidance from the same in­cat~hon. In 1925 the Michigan State Board of Edu­Ye;on granted him a "College Life Certificate." Five li rs later he was granted an "A" Rating as a Smith-

Ughes Vocational Teacher.

II Teaches in Public Schools 1922e tau~ht in Saginaw, Mich., public schools from Pre Until 1936. Since that time has bas held his br se~t position, that of teaching in the Engineering wa:~Ing Department of Michigan State College. He of In. charge of curricula organization and teaching enc engineering drawing courses for Engineering Sci-dra~ and Manual of War Training for upgrading of ing ~~men and shop workers in the Lansing area dur­serv e World War II period from 1941 to 1946. and and ed as engineering school part-time coordinator ~ich'counselor for senior engineering students in sch •

1gan State College Placement Bureau for the

00 Year of 1948-49.

M He Writes on Engineering arr r. Radford is the author of numerous magazine ~;cles, including "Drafting Room Organization and

nagement," published in the Industrial Education

Stanley S. Radford

Magazine; "Methods of Testing in Mechanical Drawing," published in the Industrial Arts and Vo­cational Education Magazine, and "A Guide for Checking and Grading Mechanical Drawings," pub­lished in the Journal of Engineering Drawing of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. In May, 1951, the Spartan Engineer, Michigan State College engineering student magazine, gave consid­erable space to his article, " The Place of Engineering Drawing in the Engineering Curricula." This last article followed, by two months a radio program on which Mr. Radford and Mr. McGlone, process engi­neer, Oldsmobile Division, General Motors, discussed the same subject.

Listed in "Who's Who in America" Mr. Radford was made a member of "Who's Who

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James Blackburn­His Ideas ''Click''

"BACK IN 192 5 A YOUNG ~echanical engineer started to work for McGraw-Hill. Although

barely two years out of Rensselaer Polytech, he was imbued with the idea that he could apply his engi­neering education in selling subscriptions to techni­cal publications."

The foregoing is the first paragraph in a story about James Edward Blackburn, Jr ., Alpha Tau '49, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, prepared by Sidney D . Kirkpatrick. editorial director of Chemical Engineering, and appearing in a recent issue of that magazine.

Moves Rapidly to Vice-Presidency Mr. Kirkpatrick relates that Mr. Blackburn was

given a tryout, and "his ideas and methods clicked almost from the beginning. Starting as promotion manager, Mr. Blackburn was made manager of the mail sales department. Publications were added to his list, and from manager of the mail sales de­partment he was promoted to head the circulation department which has more than 30 domestic and foreign publications. In 1940 he was made a vice­president. He is on the board of directors of McGraw­Hill Publishing Company, Inc., McGraw-Hill Inter­national Corporation, and the Audit Bureau of Cir­culations. He is a trustee of RPI.

Directs 800 Workers "More than 800 men and women working under

his direction serve more than a million readers," Mr. Kirkpatrick pointed out. "His department · checks, records, classifies, and handles 5,000,000 doc­uments a year. Annual mailings will total 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 letters.

"Yet because Jim Blackburn is a good organizer and coordinator, he seems to find time for some im­portant extracurricular activities. I'm told he plays a good game of golf. From sorry experiences over a span of years I can testify to his prowess in bridge. gin rummy, and poker."

He Is ABC Official Mr. Blackburn has been a director of the Audit

Bureau of Circulations since October 16, 194 7. "Here he is applying his engineering methods and princi­ples to the 3 70 business paper members of ABC who, through their membership, have pledged them­selves to eliminate guesswork in their circulation records and methods."

Mr. Blackburn began his career as a student engi­neer with the Westinghouse Lamp Company, Bloom­field, N. J., in 1923, later transferring to the adver-

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tising department of Westinghouse New York Cit~ He went with Mc-Graw Hill Jan~ary 2, 1925.

Mr. Blackburn was awarded the Albert Fox DeJ11e\ Medal in June, 1947, for distinguished service to RP

He is a member of the Engineers Club, Glen JVdl Country Club, Shelter Island Yacht Club, Arnericl Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dering IIarbC Golf Club, and the New York Academy of Scienct

Mr. Blackburn was born in Troy, N. Y. , Janua_( 6, 1902. October 20, 1926, he married Miss Hartl; Nash. Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn and their two dall8 , ters, Joan Elisabeth and Nancy, live in Upper ]\{on· clair, N. J .

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Captain Poole Is Transferred to Alaska Capt. Lynwood H. Poole, Alpha Iota '3 1, Alaban

Polytechnic Institute, was assigned recently to f~ Richardson, the largest Army installation in Alas~·

Captain Poole, who entered the Army in Decernb~ 194 7, was stationed at Fort Scott, Calif., before tra~> ferring to Alaska. He is now assigned to the 42~ Engineer Construction Battalion at Fort Richards0 (

7~ Gr; Captain Poole's wife lives at 1910 North 3 sp

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Dr. M. Theron Ranlrin '13DrF l\1. Theron Rankin, Delta 27 'at h;man University, died June levard 1~ .home, 111 Tuckahoe Bou­of his' tchmond, Va. At the time 59 w death, Dr. Rankin, who was So~th as executive secretary of the

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b IS condition became worse. nll9.r. sion;· Rankin formerly was a mis­[arrl; tary ?' to China. He became secre­~~tl~1 supervfr the Orient in 193 5. He Lv~O lloard' sed. ~e Southern Baptist

Japan s Ds~10n work in China and Was · unng World War II he lion captured by the Japanese in s~ ~ I<.ong and was interned for Septe~gths. He was repatriated in

Lbf~ live s er, 1942. He became execu-Janua ecretary of the mission board

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01b& With t~sstonary to hold the post traJli a nar e 108-year-old board. He was 4ZP tve of Newberry, S. C.

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T. Croom Partridge Thomas Croom Partridge, Eta

'20, Emory University, died Septem­ber 7 at his home, 2855 Winslow Drive, N. W., Atlanta, after a long illness.

Mr. Partridge, 50-year-old attor­ney, was born in Charleston, S. C. He was graduated from Emory Uni­versity and the Lamar School of Law at Emory and was admitted to the bar in 1925. Later he formed a partnership with Harmon W. Cald­well and Alex C. King, under the name of King, Caldwell , and Part­ridge. In 1941 Mr. Partridge became a partner in the firm of Smith, Part­ridge, Field, Doremus, and Ringlee. He retired from that firm in 1950 and became associated with Grant, Wiggins, Grizzard, and Smith.

He was a member of the Georgia and Atlanta Bar Associations, the Blue Goose Insurance Order, the Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta Athletic Club, and St. Mark Meth­odist Church.

A legal adviser to the British Consulate in Atlanta, Mr. Partridge also was a former assistant general counsel for the Georgia Bankers Association. He was a director of the Atlanta Historical Society, an honorary president of the English Speaking Union and was a delegate to the world conference in London for that group in 1951.

Mr. Partridge is survived by his wife and a brother.

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Robert Arnp/a Young Robert Arnold Young, Omicron

'23, University of Alabama, died at his home at {,C)JllJllan, Ala., Novem­ber 17, 1952, the victim of a heart attack.

Born in :Qp~q.tur, Ala., February 2, 1904, Mr. iY oung at an early age, moved with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John P. Young, to Cullman. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama where he was active in sports, particularly basket­ball. One year he was captain of the team and once set a record in

track. He was a member of the "A" Club, Officers' Club, Scabbard and Blade, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Alpha Chi. He entered the School of Engineering nd studied Indus­trial Management.

At the time of his death he was chairman of the City School Board, director of the Leeth National Bank, and president of the St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation. He had served as president of the Cullman Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the firm , C. Arnold and Son.

Mr. Young is survived by his wife, a son, and two sisters.

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Phil Tracy Phil Tracy, Nu '22, University of

Nebraska, died of a heart attack May 30 at his home in Columbus, Nebr. He was 50.

A former employee of the Lincoln Steel Works and resident of Lincoln for most of his life, Mr. Tracy was presid~nt of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. He had been active in church, ctvic, and fraternal groups, both in Columbus and Lin­coln. While in Lincoln, he was a m e m b e r of First Prejlbyterian Church and of the Kiwanis Club.

He is survived by his wife, a son, and a brother.

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Lever-Rierson Wedding Is Solemnized In Roanoke, Virginia

Miss Eleanor Louise Rierson, Roanoke, Va., and Ellis R. Lever, Sigma '50, University of South Caro­lina, were married August 9, 1952, by the Rev. Mr. McMahon at Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church, Roanoke.

Fred A. Kendall, Mu '43, Duke, Johns, N. C., former archon of Tau , North Carolina State, acted as best. man.

Mr . Lever, who at the time of his marriage was advertising and cir­culation manager of the Laurinburg (N. C.) Exchange, became adver­tising manager for the Times-Reg­ister, Salem, Va., January 1. He re­ceived the B. S. Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina in 1950. He en­tered the service during World War II and served in the South Pacific on a Destroyer Escort.

While at the University of South Carolina, Mr. Lever was a member of the swimming team and many other undergraduate organizations.

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MARRIAGES

KAPPA '49-William Williams, 2019 Crescent Ave., Charlotte, N. C., to Miss Esther Morledge, Grandview, Iowa, July 19, 1952, in CharlOtte. Mr. Wil­liams is now working for the Southern Bell Telephone Company.

KAPPA 'So-Charles F. Wolff, U. S. Air Force, to Miss Sara Coggin, Winston ­Salem, N. C., December 26, 1952. Mail may be sent to them at 2321 .Elizabeth Ave ., Winston-Salem.

KAPPA 'SD-Lt. Darius B. Herring, Aber­deen, N. C., to Miss Betty Davis, Rae­ford, N. C., January 3, 1953.

KAPPA '51-Claudius A. Irby, Jr., 638 Hamilton St., Roanoke Rapids, N. C., to Miss Alice Joyner, Weldon, N. C., in June, 1952 . Mr. Irby is working in Greensboro.

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Mr. and Mrs. Ellis R. Lever are shown here just as they were leaving Our LadY Nazareth Catholic Church, Roanoke, Va., after the wedding ceremony which was perforf by the Rev. Mr. McMahon August 9, .1952.

KAPPA '51-Hatherly C. Paderick, Kins­ton, N. C., to Miss Carolyn Barnes, Kin5ton, December 22, 1952. They are living at 805 N. Poiiock St.

MU '47-Paul James Cato, Cpl., US-53051170, Hq. and Hq. Co., 112th Inf., 28th Division, APO 111, C/o P . M ., New York, N. Y., to Miss Donna Joan Hendrickson. The wedding took place April 5 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Charlotte, N. C.

XI '48-Richard W. Dodd, 2118 Memor­ial Ave., S. W., Roanoke, Va., to Miss Ann Fowlkes, Roanoke, August 2, 1952, at Calvary Ba,ptist Church, Roanoke. Mr. Dodd is attendin~ the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond .

XI '51- George B. Naff, Boones Mill, Va., to Miss Naomi Kibler, New Mar­ket, Va., December 21, 1952. The wed­ding took place in New Market.

SIGMA '47-Durwood William Easom, Jr., to Miss Ruby Lee Ward April 18 at Lake City Baptist Church, Lake City, S. C. Their mail address is Easom Implement Co., Columbia, S. C.

PSI '49-William Bradford Matthews,

Teaneck, N. J., to Miss EnriqiJI - Pretzer, Lima, Peru, Ar>ril 4 at

Mark's Church, Teaneck . Mr. Mattht served in the Merchant Marine dun World War II and is now servin~ the Navy in the Far East.

ALPHA IOTA '48-Lt. John A. Brl' Jesup, Ga., and Dugway prol· Grounds, Tooele, Utah, to Miss 1J York, Jesup, June 12 at the First BnP1

Church in Jesup.

ALPHA XI '52-Philip Lustri, 832 5

St., Brooklyn 20, N. Y., to Miss ,r.{l reen Kelly, Brooklyn, January 24 New Hampshire.

ALPHA UPSILON 'So-Robert B. Sh0.

and Miss Edith Sanders were mat last Fall.

ALPHA UPSILO '51-Alan W. Schn~ er and Miss Lois J. Keough ~· married September 20, 1952.

ALPHA UPSILON '52-Thomas 1'1°1

and Miss Marion Grames were marr September 6, 1952.

ALPHA PSI '51-Ralph Fels and ~~ Edith Mace, Alpha Delta Pi, 11'

united in marriage July 3, 1952.

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~hr all who had made "Distinction" to come to

h. e Platform. Harry was the only one who presented nnself.

Only One Distinguished "Y e . ou are magnificent in your loneliness," the sup-

~tntendent said as he put his hand on Harry's ~· oulder. That year his distinctions included the win­a tng of a $5 gold piece for being the best speller ntong the boys in his class.

l M.r. Shaw has many medals which were presented

1° ~tm both in high school and college for his scho­Rshc attainments. He is a member of Phi Beta a app~, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Phi Epsilon, s nd Stgma Upsilon. His Declaimer's loving cup, pre­o~n~~d to him at Davidson College, sits on the mantel

ts mother's living room.

an~n th~ sports side, he played baseball, football , h tennts in high school. Tennis is the one sport tee h~ retained through the years. "He is still a good

nnts player and plays with his boys," Mrs. Shaw

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pointed out. He has three sons, Harry, III, 17; Ed­ward Joynes, 14, and Stephen, 9. Harry, III, plans to enter Davidson the Fall of 19 54.

Harry and his physician father were close friends, and Dr. Shaw would have liked for his son to follow him in his profession, but Harry wanted a different career. "Get up and go out on cold nights like you do, Father? I wouldn't like that."

"Literature is his forte," Mrs. Shaw commented, "and he 's a born teacher." ·

"He's Good to His Mother"

"He 's good to his mother," Mrs. Shaw said with a reasonable degree of pride'. "I can count on my fingers the times Harry has failed to write to me ~very week from the time he entered college."

"These are my children," Mrs. Shaw said as she motioned toward a group of pictures on a near-by table. The framed pictures were of Mr. Shaw, "the baby of the family," and his three sisters, Mrs. R. M. Jenkins, Sumter; Mrs. T. Bolling Gay, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Murdoch MacLeod, executive secre­tary of the United Council of Church Women, New York City.

50 Years

Something for College of Charleston to Remember

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

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

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

PI KAPPA PHI

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

Here is my check for the CoJJege of Charleston Gift.

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language and has an extremely good scholarship record here at RPI. After completion of his studies Gautier intends to return to his native island and practice architecture.

Viaro Capodistria, a native of Corfu, Greece, was pledged to Pi Kappa Phi December 5, 1952. "Vic" is struggling with the English language, but he has made good grades last term.

Other alumni who hail from foreign countries, but about whom we have very little information, are George L. Capwell, Alpha Tau '33, from Guayaquil, Equador, who is now with the Panama Power and Light, Box F, Ancon, Canal Zone; Flavia Antonio Muniz, Alpha Tau '46, R. 12 DeMaio, 170 Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and James C. Hobbs, Alpha Tau '49, whose address is 257 Sugarloaf St., Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.

Puerto Rican, Active at Cornell, Is Son of Law Alumnus

By Gordon White, Psi

Psi, Cornell, has one " foreign " student in the house. He is Raimundo Robert ("Bob") Garcia of Santurce, Puerto Rico, who is, however, an American citizen. He is an Arts-Pre-Med and was initiated into Psi in February, 1952. He was born April 6, 1934, in Humacao. His father was graduated in Law from Cornell; this was the major factor in Bob's choice of a college.

Bob is active in the Cornell Dramatic Club, the Cornell Radio Guild (WVBR) and plans to go to Medical School after graduation. He expects to set up his practice in the Continental United States.

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"economically unavailable" and should be included in the monument. This was eventually accomplished. When the monument became the Olympic National Park, those timberlands were annexed.

Fred has been in the Capital city twice on as­signment and has frequently been part of "depart­mental conferences, Congressional and Legislative committee hearings, and White House councils."

Just as coincidence or "fate" took him from Cut Bank and started him on the ladder of success, so, too, did those unexplainable forces bring him to meet a classmate-brother twice after graduation. Here 's the tale:

Fred was pledged into the fraternity by an ener­getic young Pi Kapp-Howard Badger. When Fred married, (he met his wife, Esther, through brother Chuck Clay, Alpha Delta), Howard was best man. When World War II struck, both Fred and Howard entered the Navy. Neither saw each other for several years and then they met by surprise at a Providence, R. I., base. As if coincidence was not played out, their paths crossed again; this time, on Guam!

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Trades-Navy for Forest Service After the war Fred "mothballed" his lieutenant

commander rank and traded his Navy uniform for Forest Service green. Before he entered the Navy he had attained the position as assistant superintende~t of the Olympic National Park, and he resumed thtS post upon his return in 1945.

Again he was transferred to Washington, D. C. But as soon as the opportunity to return to th.e Olympic Peninsula presented itself, he snatched t! up-and it popped up in an attractive package: sttp' erintendency of the Olympic park.

H.e Improves Park Facilities Fred is proud of the 840,845 acres of scenic grand·

eur that is his back yard. He has worked relentless!)' at improving the organization and facilities of the park. He confidently predicts a million visitors a year to this area as soon as a new highway into the in­terior is finished- a lot more people than pioneers ever expected to be "just lookin'."

He lives in a comfortable government home near park headquarters. He has two attractive daughters. Rita and Patricia, and a faithful wife who also re· members well her husband's fraternity days. No\V that his life is slowing to normalcy, Brother Ove~l)' looks forward to being active in fraternity affatrS again.

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Radford Devotes Full Career (Continued from Page 19)

is a member of the local and national of the American Society of Engineering Education, Lansing Enginee~s Club, Michigan Engineering Society, and the Amert· can Association of University Professors, both locll1

and national organizations. He is a member of the People's Church, East Lansing, Mich. , and of East Lansing Lodge #480, F&AM (Masons).

His hobbies include clay modeling, wood carving, and writing, also "human engineering" through the use of personal lending library and hobby bookS "as working tools to help young people determine their personal interests, discover latent talents and abilities for utilization in any worthwhile occupation, with emphasis on the human side of engineering or teaching, to develop a sound philosophy of life o~ which to base a life of service to others within thetr chosen profession as a medium of expression."

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"The final and unanimous selection of the 'Rose was not reached without much heated argume~t among the judges, each defending vociferously ht' own conception of 'le beau ideal.' It was but naturali however, that the judges should pay more than usull deference to the views so articulately expressed b~ the only bachelor among them, the handsome an highly eligible (if not highly susceptible) Nationll1

Secretary, Wayne Moore."

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oca Mrs N e group seated are, left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Banks Wannamaker, St. Matthews; Mr. and Mrs. Houser, and Mr. and the · Meen, Executive Secretary and Mrs. W. Bernard Jones, Jr., are directly behind Mrs. Houser.

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F Auburn duriRANK H. HAWTHORNE, Alpha Iota '43, was released ret ng the Winter from 21 months in the Air Force. He has

urned t h' . . and B ~ IS former law f1rm of Martm, Turner, Blakey, ~0 ouldin, with offices in the First National Bank Bldg., Fra~~gomery 4, Ala. He is married and has a young son,

H., Jr., who was born Nov~mber 22, 1952.

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76 WARn D. BEDDALL, Alpha Upsilon '33, is now Jiving 12 Oster Drive, Richmond 27 Va .

Bo Duke CaroJiNN A. GILBERT, _Mu '32, is general agent for ~orth Insu na and South Carohna for the North American Acc1dent and r<~~n~e Company, Charlotte, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert at

16the1r three children, Michael, Bonn, Jr., and Susan, live 67 Scotland Ave ., Charlotte.

EU Emory University the CCiiLIN D. REEVES, Eta '20, and Mrs. Reeves attended n.ee oronation of Queen Elizabeth. Later, Mr. and Mrs.

ves made an extensive tour of the Continent, including

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Florence, where they visited Mrs. Reeves' sister, Lady Borgianni.

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Ithaca

Roanoke-Xi

Place Date Third Wednesday

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

"Longwood," Salem, Va.

Columbia-Sigma Columbia, S. C. Four times a year Third Tuesday

Luncheon San Francisco Fly Trap Restaurant

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Third Tuesday Luncheon

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CALLING' THE ROLL

Alabama Polytechnic Institute Alpha Iota Alpha Iota has initiated 23 men into its ranks this year.

This is the result of a good rush program and a new set of pledge rules adopted during the latter part of the Fall Quarter. We realize the importance of a good pledge training program aal.d believe that a good member is made during his period of pledgeship. With this idea in mind we decided to carry out this new plan in order to make us a better chapter. We believe it to be a success already as we have risen from only a "Fair" chapter rating to a "Good" chapter rating and expect to achieve a "Master" chapter rating in the near future .

The new pledge rules were a brain child of our past pledge­master and present housemanager, Emsley Cobb, a transfer student from Alpha Epsilon, University of Florida.

Our campus wheels continue to roll onward with Bob Mayo, present archon, being elected as Senior Senator, President Pro Tern. of the Senate, and President of ODK. James Guy Mitchell bas been elected vice-president of the School of Engineering, and Gill Parks has been tapped by O[)K.

The Red Rose Ball was a great success again this year. The stage of the student activities building was decorated with a huge red rose on either side of which were archways and hedges, giving you the impression of a rose garden. Miss Lou Ann Segrest, the Red Rose of Pi Kappa Phi, led the dance with Past Archon Mitchell.

-Charles B. Flynn, Historian

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Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Alpha Xi

Two of our brothers, just back from serving in the Army in Korea, re-entered Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in Feb­ruary. Rudolf Meyer, Alpha Xi 'SO, 35-52 94th Street, Jackson Heights, N. Y., enrolled as a day student. Robert Maggio, Alpha Xi '49; 555 92nd Street, Brooklyn 9, N. Y., an evening student, received the Bronze Star Medal while in Korea.

During the first semester our chapter house was redecorated. This included a complete interior paint job and the purchase of a new radio-phonograph console.

Some of the brothers spent New Year's Eve at a combined New Year's Eve and engagement party at Joel Miele's home at 160-11 95th Street, Howard Beach 14, N. Y. Brother Miele was engaged December 24, 1952, to Miss Faith Trombetta of Bronxville, N. Y. Nuptials are planned for September 12.

The New York Alumni Chapter held its annual Founder's Day Dinner at the Prince George Hotel, New York City, N.Y., December 10, 1952. Present among the other members of the chapter was Ralph Noreen, national treasurer, who delivered a stirring address.

Presentations of a silver cup and a silver spoon were made at this dinner by the Alpha Xi Chapter to brothers who recently had become proud fathers. The recipients of these presentations were: Harold L. Murphy, Alpha Xi, '48; 556 Corona Avenue, Dayton 9, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, the former Claire H. Cote, were recently blessed with the birth of a daughter, Cathleen Jean, and received a silver spoon from the Alpha Xi

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Chapter. Brother Murphy is employed as a project engineer with the Wright Air Development Center in Ohio.

William R. Wright, Alpha Xi '47, is the proud father of' son, William R., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wright, the former Elizabel~ Weild, and son, make their home at 1425 Brooklyn Avenue Brooklyn 10, N. Y. The Wrights received a silver cup fro~ the Alpha Xi Chapter. Mr. Wright is employed by the ]l)el'

York Telephone Company as a staff engineer.

The dinner terminated with Alpha Xi awarding its Freshman and Chapter Cups. The Freshman Cup, which is awarded tn the outstanding pledge of the freshman class, was presente1 to Alfred Calsetta, Alpha Xi, '52, 124 Custer Avenue, Williston Park, N. Y. The Chapter Cup, which is awarded to the out standing brother of the chapter, was presented to Edward f Schofield, Alpha Xi '49, 9802 Farragut Road, Brooklyn 1~ N.Y.

-Alfred B. Calsetta, Historian

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Cornell psi

During the Spring Term Psi Chapter concentrated on l11·~ areas of improvement, mental and physical. Our scholarshiP has come under even more int6nse scrutiny recently, boti individually and over-all. A new rule prohibiting the brother' from talking downstairs and wasting studying time is n°'' in effect for two hours a night. Several brothers have rnadt significant gains between their Fall Term finals and the SpriP~ Term Mid-Term grades, enough, we hope, to place us abo''' the all-fraternity average and garner for us some of thosl scholarship points on the chapter rating sheet.

One of the most significant moves of the fraternity systc~1

here at Cornell has been put into effect in recent years 1n connection with Greek Week. As a sign that fraternill men are not juvenile delinquents in white bucks, it has becoJ111

an aJMual event for men from all the 57 houses on the Bil1· cheered on by co-eds from the 13 sororities, to put in one Saturday of intensified work on some community project doiV0

town, renovating, cleaning, and rebuilding. Last year it wa; Beebe Chapel, this Spri'ng we worked at Camp Barton, a Joca Boy Scout camp.

The biggest event for Psi Chapter was the Distnct 1

Leadership Conference held April 11-12, with Alpha 'faUd Beta Alpha, and Alpha Xi chapters, from RPI, Newark, and .Brooklyn, respectively. At the conclusion of the meetings he1

at Willard Straight Hall Saturday afternoon, the men fr.o~ Psi and their guests repaired to the house and enjoyed a typ1.'8d Psi party, with music by Charlie Del Gato and co-ed bhU. dates. The conference was concluded by Executive Secretarl Bernard Jones at Willard Straight Sunday, April 12.

-Gordon White, Historian

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upon the pledges in early February, much to the amuserneP

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of the brothers. Nine of the "survivors" were initiated. They ~e; ack Williamson and Tom McAfee, Greenville, S. C.; Phil D c _s, Germantown, Tenn.; Carl Jackson, Gastonia, N. C.; R:~~s King and Henry Higgins, Shelby, N. C., and Charlie

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-Lewis Barnes, Historian

---- 7rKcp Drexel Alpha Upsilon ad A._t the end of the Spring Term we are losing our chapter D Vtser, A. . J. ("Scotchy") Andruscavage, who is leaving

rexe] W 'll . . d Parti · e rruss htm as a person who has rendere our Will cular group continual service for several years, and Drexel ou feel the absence of its assistant dean of men. However,

al r new official contact with the school is one of our capable Ull!nj b in

1 :others, F. Arthur Tucker. Mr. Tucker has been active

is a umru affairs since his graduation from Drexel in 1930. He A/~es_ently an instructor in the Drexel College of Business

lllintstration.

c Our fraternity had the second highest scholarship rating on

P~rnpus this year. In the Interfraternity League both our tng-pon d ch g an softball teams placed second, giving us a fair ance for the over-all sports cup.

Pl~ur Pl:dges have just about reached the ultimate in week end te ge. tr~ps. This last class visited practically all of our chap-

rs Wtthtn hailing distance of Philadelphia.

-John Cigan, Historian

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F Wb e had our first cabin· party in e ruary 22 .

Mu Crabtree State Park

ou;he night before the start of our Spring vacation, we had C annual Spring dance, a dinner dance held at the Carolina

ountry Club in Raleigh. It was a glittering gala affair.

Go~~ intermission a number of awards were given. Banks that rey received the outstanding sophomore award given to Ch 5.0Phomore who has contributed the most to the fraternity. ta· arhe Hyman received the gift for the best pledge. Enter-

tnrnent Cr . was presented by those masters of comedy, Brad ~tg and Bob Horner. Larry Clifton was social chairman.

ob Levine has pinned Miss Marian Blanton, Charlotte, N. C.

-George Benda, Historian

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Reti · in J nng Archon Don Brooks graduated from Business School

10 f~ne, and will be "demoted" from AFROTC cadet colonel be hg~t lieutenant. He will receive basic training and then

recmved for tra.irung as a fighter pilot.

Alb t · er Eady has returned to Emory where he is enrolled tn llledical school.

Curliss L . A.lph awry, pledge, and Ann Slye were marned May 22. a Delta, legal fraternity.

OF Pi KAPPA PHI

Archon George O'Lary has been elected treasurer of Phi

Dr. B. M. Bowen, chapter adviser, will depart in August for a year's study in Jerusalem, while Dr. Byron Hilley, Eta '35, leaves to attain an advanced law degree at Harvard.

Brooke Johnson, who switched to the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia, plans to go to Athens this Fall, to the University of Georgia.

Eta's members are pleased with the "relinquishment" of the pledge class's Rose Bud, Miss Tena Middleton, so that she could be elevated to the position of chapter Rose.

-W. Russell Middleton, Acting Historian

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Florida Southern Beta Beta

One of the good things this semester was our fifth annual Gold and White Ball May 16 at the New Florida Hotel's Roof Terrace. This was Beta Beta's biggest social function of the year. The theme of the evening was "Heaven,"-with all the trimmings. This little operation belonged to Brother Don Tatro who was assisted by all the brothers in making his idea a success.

The brightest star in "Heaven" came from behind the clouds when Beta Beta announced the name of their new sweetheart, Miss Betty Walker, of Pompano Beach, Fla.

We were happy to see the strong representation from the alumni. This was the largest reunion of the Beta Beta Alumni Chapter in its history.

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Illinois Tech Alpha Phi A. lpha Phi may be down, but it has shown that it's a long

way from being out. With oply 10 members and five pledges we won and placed in enough events during Junior Week to lead the fraternities in total activity points. Frank Unmack had to miss George Zak's wedding as he looked like a Montana hill-billy, but his sacrifices were rewarded when be won first place for the bouse in the beard-growing contest. George Vellella's efforts as a gourmand were not without reward. While he was only awarded third place in the pie-eating contest, watching him bury his blueberry covered face in a heap of flour and come up with a penny was satisfaction enough. Yeoman work on the part of John Reiman, our card shark, clinched the first place position for us.

The semester's social activities were closed with the annual Rose Ball, held at the chapter house May 23. The high point of the evening was the presentation of a bouquet of roses to our .Rose Ball Queen, Miss Madelynn Del Marta.

Plans are already being made for a Fall Rushing program which we feel will enable us to attain our membership goal. With no men graduating, and several very active pledges completing their training, the chapter should be in good shape when we start the Fall Semester.

The officers for the Fall Semester are : Dick Allen, archon; Len Janowski, treasurer; Dick Forsythe, secretary; Charlie Bernesconi, historian; Frank Unmack, chaplain; Dick Szostak, warden, and Ed Donovan, bousemanager.

-Richard J. Allen, Historian

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Iowa State Alpha Omicron

Alpha Omicron's scholarship for Fall Quarter was high . We ranked third among the 29 fraternities on campus. We were also successful in Winter Quarter intra-murals. Our basketball team was runner-up in the Class "B" division, and our wrestling team won third place in the fraternity division.

Our Winter Formal, the Sno-Ball, was held February 28. About 50 couples attended. The formal featured an outdoor theme, with stars and moonlight, and a snow covered black velvet backdrop.

Mercer Alpha Alpha

Aided by some of the girls from Wesleyan College, the Alpha Alpha Pi Kapps' Fall Rush Party was a success. The girls and the boys decorated the Howard Community Center so that it resembled an old barn . The theme of the party was "The Harvest Ball." The Wes!eyanites put on skits and sang songs for the group. A large crowd attended this social flJ111ction along with some of the local alumni.

The Chapter had an informal dance November 7 at Hill's Lodge in Macon. Included in the party was a hamburger fry . Brothers Arnold and Carswell were chefs. Several persons entertained. Among them were Brother Roy Simons, giving a show about Frank Fontaine, and Brother John Arnold who turned AI J olson for the night.

-Hurschel Hammack, Historian

Michigan State Alpha Theta

Fall Term was the second consecutive term that we have been secorv.l on campus in scholarship. For the Fall Term we had a 2.65 average for the eritire bouse. Thomas S. Harle rec~ived all "A's" for a 4.00 average. In the Spartacade, a college carnival, our display ha;; won for the past two years.

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Newark College of Engineering Beta Alpha

Pi Kapps hold the following offices at NCE: president of Student Council for the third straight year, vice-president of Student Council, president and treasurer of the Athletic Asso­ciation, president, vice-president, and treasurer of the student branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, secretary of the Class of 1954, secretary of Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical engineering society. Pi Kappa Phi is the campus leader at NCE.

Beta Alpha lost 11 men this June. Commencement exercises placed on the alumni Jist men who have been outstandin11;, not only in fraternal life but also in the whole college program. Graduating brothers are Thomas Brennan, Ellie Brown, Jim Campbell, Jack Gray, Gene Daum, Harry Novick, Joe Roberti, Charlie Scaturo, Bill Sturm, Jim Sullivan, and Tony Ventura. These men have added greatly to the progress of Beta Alpha, and it will take pledges of high calibre to replace them.

Our bowling team added another trophy to the Pi Kapp collection by winning the fraternity league. They also made

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a fine showing by placing second in a closely contested scbol league. The team was composed of Harry Novick, Jiert Martin, Paul Koehler, Carl Arvidson, Phil Baumann, ~ Bob Tomero.

The undergraduates and alumni of Beta Alpha played tbel' annual basketball game, followed by a party at the house. 'fll' alumni, despite a hectic last minute stand, managed to defe; the undergraduates. As brothers Daum and Campbell will 1

you, "it could have gone either way." By the way, Daurn an• Campbell were scorekeepers, and the undergraduates still )o;l

Beta Alpha had its annual picnic at Valley Spring pari June 28.

-John S. Urban, Jr., Historian

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North Carolina State

Tau presented a one-act play April 24 in competition witl two other fraternities for three cups. "The Clod," by LoUt Beach, was our entry, and we walked off with two cups. :rJ!', Pat Hall our leading lady and director, was presented the b~ actress award, and Brother John T . Fisher, Kannapolis, N. won the best acting award.

Tau held its annual Rose Ball May 16 at the Viii~~· Restaurant. The main event of the evening was the crownrn, of Miss Betty Finklea, of Pamplico, S. C., as the Rose for tb; year. Betty is pinned to Brother Edward White Avent, II of Raleigh, N. C.

Among our visiting alumni for the Rose Ball were Mr. an. Mrs. E. T. Harrill, Mr. and Mrs. John Ross, Mr. and :rJr.

d :rJ!i Ernest Delaney, Lt. and Mrs. Paul J, Johnson, Mr. an f Bill Henry , Douglas T. Julian, John L. Story, and Willin H. Wilson.

Penn State

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Alpha MU

February 22 Axel Swanson had the distinction of bei~; the 400th initiate into our chapter. The same week end was brotherized, his wife presented him with a baby girl.

·nr The chapter house was given a face lifting inside du~\1

the break between semesters, brothers and pledges a ;or lending a hand to paint the entire downstairs. The co scheme is slightly on the modern trend (red ceilings, green, g~~ yellow walls, and such), but the improvement is unbelievab

The basketball team completed the season with a 4-3 recor· in a tough league. The boxers ranked tenth of 50.

Purdue

-Richard Gibson, Historian

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• o' Six men have left our house this year up to the first )d March. Ed Partridge, Don Evins to the Army; Stan Spau

1 ing, Carl Vissering left school to work; Joe Crowe, pled~, transferred to the University of Cincinnati. Brother Go

1 Snider contracted polio near the first of the Fall Serne51~ and was in the hospital for about eight weeks; just wb everyone thought he was out of trouble he suffered a relaP"

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Roanoke College Xi Xi'

the Rs .annual Conclave dinner dance was held this year in allroad R r · was J oom o Hotel Roanoke. Master of ceremomes

stud oe Guthridge, a former Xi member and now dean of arch~~ts at VPI, and the guest speaker was Hugh Hill, district

and another alumnus of Xi.

F Approximately 50 alumni and their wives met with Xi ebruary 4

Good to discuss improvement of the chapter house. result support was received, both financial and moral. As a installe~~e frant rooms have been painted and a new bathroom

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1 Chapters got together February 14 for the1r

Year a 1.eadership Conference. Xi was host for the event this Bern WhJch proved very beneficial to those in attendance. feren ard Jones, our national secretary, conducted the con­or thee. Ro~noke's own sponsor, Elwood Fox, was chairman tern'te meeting. General discussions were held on typical fra -

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on R obtained the highest scholastic rating among fraternities l'he oa?oke College Campus for the first semester of 1952-53. avera ratmg was 1.53 which was above the entire student body

ge and all-women averages.

For th tb ' stud e ltd year in succession a Pi Kapp has been elected electe~t body president. This year Dick Hite, secretary, was Xi ~h · Along with him, Ann Montgomery, Sweetheart of behi d apter, was chosen secretary-treasurer. The Chapter was our n the campaign and painted posters and banners to boost

candidate.

-Richard B. Minnix, Historian

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a ~he Stetson Glee Club left during •the Spring vacation on our of

Chica concerts and radio performances from Deland to l<ap go . Among the group going on this trip were nine Pi Cba~~; Jack Coldiron, Jim Rogers, Herb Dorsett, Ralph lrau er, Earnest Murphy, Bill Holley, Ron Clonts, Bob and '1;~d Hugh Watson. There are 13 Pi Kapps in the band the In the glee club. The Pi Kapps are well represented on

var 't foiJo . 51 Y basketball team. After the season was over the Wing res It b rnost u s appeared : John Imgrund was selected as t e

hon outstanding player in the state, Jim Carlin was All-State 1\IJ.~:ble mention, and Jim Taveniere was second-string l'ripJ te. Walt Jasinski left for Ft. Worth, Texas, to play tlun e-A baseball with the Brookland Dodgers. Also, Ray tleJa:~ Deland, bas been named as 1953 manager for the standi Red Hats, pro baseball team. Ray served as an out­rnost ng catcher for the Hats for four years and was voted 19St. Popular player in the Florida State League for 1950 and

ChiCh . . . . .. . apter Initiated eleven new. men in the Spring to fill 1n

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where graduated seniors vacated. The new members are Roger Ericson, Randall Langston, John Gibson. Mark Hollis, and Richard Hogle, Deland, Fla .; Ralph Chandler, Pensacola, Fla. ; Hurb Dorsett, Bradford, Fla.; Bob Hanson, Orlando, Fla.; Bill Ziebarth, Jr., Pierson, Fla.; Tom LaClair, Jackson­ville, Fla ., and Jim Rogers, Winter Haven, Fla.

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University of California Gamma

New vigor was instilled in lhe rushing department during the Spring in the personage of newly initiated Jack Underhill. Aimed at alleviating certain pressures and anxieties, the chair­man embarked the whole chapter on a unique program to build up the membership. Jack composed a letter explaining the role of a fraternity in college life that is both forthright and illuminating. A copy of this Jetter was mailed to all or most pro&pective rushees along with an invitation to learn more about Gamma Chapter. In addition, all members were

Leadership Conference Calendar

District !-Cornell, Rensse­

laer, Brooklyn, Newark

II-Roanoke, Wash­ington and Lee

III-North Carolina, Duke, N. C. State, Davidson

IV -South Carolina, Charleston, Pres­byterian, Wofford, Furman

V-Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mercer, Emory, Tennessee

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

VII-Alabama, Auburn

X-Michigan State, Toledo University

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

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

XVIII-Arizona

XIX-Oregon State, Oregon U., Washington

XX-California

XXI-Drexel, Penn State

Host Date Brooklyn Oct. 16-17, 1954

Washington and Lee

Unscheduled

Unscheduled

College of Charleston

Sept. 26-27, 1953

Mercer April 10-11, 1954

Stetson

Alabama

Toledo

Indiana

Missouri

Arizona

Dec. 12-13, 1953

jan. 9-10, 1954

April 24, 1954

April 3-4, 1954

Dec. 5-6, 1953

Unscheduled

Oregon State Unscheduled

Los Angeles Unscheduled Alumni

Drexel Jan. 16-17, 1954

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obligated to bring at least one personal friend (an eligible rushee) to a house rushing function.

Tom Orr, house manager and initiation chairman, supervised the extensive house redecorations undertaken before the begin­ning of the second semester. Painting has become a traditional encounter during the initiation period, and Tom was in no mood to let such a worthwhile tradition die. Ably assisted (although they will not admit it) by most of the membership, the new initiates completed the renovation of the entire first floor, a formidable task indeed. The color combinations, selected by "Eric" Erickson and Roger Campbell, have changed the "context" and livability of the house.

-John Jewett Earle, Jr., Historian

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University of Florida Alpha Epsilon

During the past term Alpha Epsilon initiated the following men: Edward Gonzalez and Gilbert Ellis, Tampa, Fla. ; Pete Aiello, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Wendell Dixon, Roy Shank, and Tom Sheridan, Jacksonville, F1a.; Franklin Lewis, Alachua, Fla.; Louis Bonsteele, Phil Swanson, John Shaw, and Elio Loi, Miami, Fla.; Stu Connor and Bob Miller, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Dick Armentrout, Delray Beach, Fla.; Bob Taylor, St. Peters­burg, Fla.; Rick Willes, Ft. .Pierce, Fla.; and Bill Giggio, Houston, Texas. Brother Swanson was AE's Sooth initiate.

We had a good year in intra-murals, finishing second in the league. The Blue and Gold showed surprising strength in the Fall !ij)Orts, taking the shuffleboard championship. As usual we were especially strong in the Spring sports, having a winning record in every sport, going to the water basket­ball finals and winni·ng the golf championship for the second straight year. Although bridge is not an intra-mural sport, the Pi Kapps took the inter-fraternity championship for the fourth time in five years. Aunt Alice's "Mother's Club" pre­sented the chapter with a new bridge table and chairs as a reward.

. Charlie LaPradd had a big year, making the AP All-American football team, being selected for Florida's Hall of Fame, and being ta,pped for Florida Blue Key, honorary leadership society .

The year's social activities were climaxed by the Rose Ball, where Miss. Bette Bodholdt was chosen queen. Bette is a "yankee" from Chicago, Ill. For the third year in a row the Pi Kapps showed their taste in beautiful women by placing a:n entry on the "Miss University of Florida" Queen's court. This year Miss Ann Peters of Gainesville was our entry and placed among the top five from among 40 entrants.

We have initiated plans for a new house cln our lot on the University's "Fraternity Row."

Officers for the coming semester are Willard Galbreath, Ft. Lauderdale, archon; Roger Austin, Tampa, treasurer; Cliff Harrison, Miami, secretary; Ben Redding, Jacksonville, his­torian; Bob Taylor, St. Petersburg, assistant treasurer; Gilbert Ellis, Tampa, house manager.; Stu Connor, Ft. Lauderdale, warden; Dan Koporec, Tampa, chaplain, and Don York, Jacksonville, IFC representative.

Rick Willes of Ft. Pierce has received an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy.

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Fourteen brothers turned in their books for the cap and gown. These are Frank Johnson and Ralph Saffy, Jackson· ville; Ken Curry, Bob Neumann, Bill Lewis, and Lou Bon steele, Miami; Allan Meadows, Riverview, Fla.; Bud Abbott Washington, D. C.; Maurice Welch, Lake Mahopac, N. '/. Rodney Freeman, Jacksonville; Bob Scott, Ft. Lauderdale George Houg, Jensen Beach, Fla., and Charles LaPradd, St Augustine, Fla., and Bill Cribbs, Auburndale Fla They wV, , . I be followed at the end of Summer school by Sanford Durrel · Ft. Lauderdale, and John Sacker, Miami.

-Ben Redding, Historian

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University of Louisville Beta Gam111°

During the big "Homecoming" weekend, November zo-21· at the University of Louisville, the Pi Kapps won first plac! in the men's float competition and second place in the boust decorations contest. This brings the cups won by this chapter to a total of five within the past three years.

The house now has new furniture, a new library, and 1

re-decorated basement.

Four Beta Gamma Chapter members received second pJac! award in the men's division of the local Barber and Beaut) Shop Quartet Contest March 10. Sponsored and tutored b) the Society for the Promotion and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Clark Scherer, LeightO~ Crutcher, Richard Guenther and Edward Howard will bl sent to the Regional Contest later in the year.

The annual Rose Ball of Beta Gamma was held March 2° at the Terrace Room of the Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, J{y The gracious Peg Fusner, Kappa Delta, was escorted b> Raymond Parsons to the bandstand to be crowned "Queefl of the Ball" and to receive the customary cup and bouquet of roses. The dance was followed by a breakfast at the boJ1l

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of Clyde Swink, a member of Pi Kappa Phi and an instructor in Psychology at the University of Louisville.

The University Student Council appealed to campus organ~· zations to present their talent acts in a variety show ~p~ 13. The Beta Gamma's came forward with an exceptroll amount of talent for this show, the receipts from whi~ went to the Student Chest. The Pi Kapp quartet an. orchestra took a leading role in the show. The co-star, Arnil Grever, is a Pi Kapp.

The University of Louisville Pi Delta Colony became tJ!t thirty-first chapter of Pi Delta Epsilon, national honoratl' fraternity of journalists, the evening of April 23 at tJ!t University of Cincinnati. Charter members of this cbapte~ include four members of Pi Kappa Phi: Joe Oglesby, local J'1 Delt president; Alex Rose, Jim Webb, and Ed Howard.

Alex Rose and Jim Webb bad, April 23, a two-fold reaSO~ for joy. For not only did they become Pi Delta Epsilons bU also they were elected by the Louisville Student BodY

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-Edward A. Howard, Historian

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-Gary McCord, Assistant Historian

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hoAgain Nu Chapter has walked off with many of the top nors on th · d ca t . e campus. B1ll Schabacker has been name

Yep am of the "Cornhuskers" football team for the coming

Coar to fill the shoes of Pi Kapp Ed Husmann, last year's -capt ·

b am. Another football player, George Prochaska, has ee~ honored as the campus's "Mr. Formal." Winning over

entnes f tu rom all of the fraternities on campus, he received two

lCedos and R . . a onson hghter as pnzes.

th Bi~ Walton and Marv Stromer have been initiated into

0 /th ebraska Masquers, a group devoted to the development Ye e theatre. Bill also was chosen as the best director of the th ar. Marv previously was elected junior class president for

e coming year.

ca On our scholastic standing, we were rated eighth on the bo~us among fraternities. We had an average of 5.488, above av the all-men's average of 5.339 and the all-fraternity

erage of 5.264.

-Douglas Henry, Historian

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Univers't f N · • Y o orth Ca rohna Kappa Febru 7 fo n· ary and 8 we attended the Leadership Conference r •str' t I or th Ic II . Everyone seemed to agree that it was one

e best conferences yet.

Man · W h Y •rnprovements have been made here at the house. e ave · ha Pamted the exterior of the house, and the pledges ve refinished the social room.

co~ ~th letics, Kappa was for the most of the Spring quarter, baiJ p etely absorbed in the progress of the intra-mural basket­Do' learn. When the final reckoning came, we lost by one

mt to the PiKA's, thus losing our league race.

-James L. Gulledge, Jr., Historian

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Founct • A b er s Day was observed at Alpha Omega December 6. the anquet was held, during which Glen Garrett was awarded Shi outstanding senior award and the Alpha Omega Scholar­lh: Award for the previous year; Sherman Holmes received outs~ew. Alpha Omegan Award, given to any person making Da ndmg contributions to the success of Alpha Omega, and

Ve Stewart received the outstanding pledge award.

Alpha 0 . the rnega was honored w1th the presence of our dads on !lett' Weekend of February 7-8. Everyone had a swell time

•ng _to know ali the fathers.

l'h~ · r · . . CS1gnat10n of Bruce Shaw as ~hapter adViser of Alpha

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Omega was reluctantly accepted this Winter Term. Brother Shaw has done an outstanding service to Pi Kappa Phi in counseling the chapter from its beginning. As a token of appreciation, the chapter has endowed to him the title of "Honorary Chapter Adviser."

Gordon Schneider, a charter member of Alpha Omega, has been recommended by the chapter and approved by President Theron Houser to replace Brother Shaw. Brother Schneider has had an outstanding record in service to Alpha Omega and has been closely associated with Psi Chapter at Cornell Uni­versity. He is currently employed at the Eugene Hotel as auditor.

Dr. William A. Roecker, assistant professor of German at the University of Oregon, assumed the role of faculty adviser upon his initiation into Pi Kappa Phi January 24. Prior to Dr. Roecker's appointment, Dr. Paul S. Dull, Alpha Delta '34, held this position. At the end of Spring Term, 1952, be went on sabbatical leave to study in Japan. Dr. Roecker has long been a friend of the Pi Kapps here at the University. At one time, Pi Kapps were living in his home, due to the over­crowding of the fraternity bouse at that time.

He has been at the University since 1949. Both he and his wife, Pirkko, teach-be, German, and she, Physical Education. Before coming to Oregon Dr. Roecker graduated, with Phi Beta Kappa honors, from the University of California and obtained his doctorate there in 1940. He taught at City College of San Francisco, San Bernadino College, St. Mary's, and the University of California. During the war he served with the U. S. Army. At present he is doing research in sixteenth century German literature.

-David Stewart, Historian

CHAPTER CALENDAR Each Month

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

Quarterly Chapter Historian submits chapter letter and Star

and Lamp copy to National Office not later than:

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

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

December 15th for February issue.

March 15th for May issue.

Annually May 15th-Secretary supplies National Office with

Summer addresses of their chapters and addresses of graduating brothers.

Always Secretary submits Membership Record Card (Form

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

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

University of South Carolina Sigma

Sigma's new officers for the Fall semester are as follows: Archon, Hank Fulmer; treasurer, Wesley Kennedy; secretary, Charles Chitty; warden, Cecil Swain; chaplain, "Doodle" Munn, and historian, "Sonny" Grey.

Sigma held a house party at Edisto Beach S. C., following its Rose Ball Formal.

For the second straight year, we won the IFC Overall Sports Trophy. We took fraternity championships in softball, football, and basketball. This marks the third straight year that Sigma has won the basketball championship trophy.

- Henderson B. ("Hank") Fulmer, Historian

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University of Tennessee Alpha Sigma

Brother Earl Dove was the first to show up during Home­coming. He stopped in while on his way to Texas to enter the Air Cadet School. The chapter members laid aside their paint brushes and moved more furniture into the Jiving room. Then, Joe Powell walked in . Joe had just been dis­charged from the Army. He is now at the University of Minnesota, doing graduate work in Hospital Administration. Others who joined the group were Riley Moseley, Dalton, Ga.; Bob St. Clair, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Charlie Cummings, Nash- . ville, Tenn.; -and J . W. Taylor, Montgomery, Ala. Brother Taylor expected to move to Jacksonville, Fla., soon.

Another recent visitor to the chapter was Bob Nichols.

We extend many thanks and admiration to the traveling counselor, Ramon Sanchez. He recently spent two weeks with us to help in our rushing program. Alpha Sigma is happy to announce the appointment of Capt. Edmund M . Manning, Jr .. as Chapter Adviser. Capt. Manning succeeds Col. W. Harold Read, who served the chapter faithfully for many years. Capt. Manning was initiated into the Alpha Epsilon Chapter at the University of Florida . He is now the Adjutant for the Department of Air Science and Tactics here at the university.

The chapter regrets the loss of Woody Kinnamon and his recent bride, Pat, who have moved from Knoxville. Woody is managing the Batavia Baseball Club at Batavia, N. Y.

-Dana Tunmire, Warden-Pledgemaster

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University of Toledo Beta Iota

One of the major projects this Spring was giving each sorority on campus a party. To liven these parties, the Pi Kappa Combo has been formed of members and pledges and has been a big hit so far .

One of the big projects of Help Week in April was the remodeling of the basement recreation rooms.

January 24, more than half of the members and pledges ventured over icy roads to East Lansing, Mich., home of Michigan State College and Alpha Theta Chapter, for the second annual district Leadership Conference. Everyone found this trip interesting and educational. But probably most re­membered was the good time had by all. A particular ;vote of thanks ~oes to Gene Dunaway who took · the Toledo

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Chapter to dinner Saturday evening where a gala time was had by all.

-Norman R . McClurg, Historian

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Our social program has consisted mainly of stag and rni~ed rushing parties. The highlight of the social program was (ht Rose Ball May 30.

Dale Kinkade and John Dailey made a trip down south this Spring to visit District Archon AI Head, Salem, Ore.; Alpha Zeta, Oregon State and Alpha Omega, University of Oregon. These two Alpha Deltans had a swell time visitilll the Oregon chapters.

· On the sports scene, Pledge "Scooter" Chapman has been holding house honor high in the intra-mural co-ed bowlinl league. Pledge Chapman has nothing but praise for his fennalt bowling partrner even if she scores in the low nineties. Pledge Larsen pulled down a big "W" for his grueling experience; on the Husky swim team.

-John Dailey, Acting Historian

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Washington and Lee Don Peterson is president of the Troubadors, W&L's d~'

matic group, and many of the brothers are contributinl their talents in the plays. Milton Elliott is an editor of "Home Edition," the student-produced nightly news broa.J· cast over radio station WREL in Lexington. William BaileY has been elected to the school executive committee, presideP~ of the school commerce fraternity, and has won the PI Kappa Phi Scholar's pendant.

-Bert Ramsay, Historian ---11'Kcp .

Wofford zetd

The Rose Ball which was held the week end of April 17·18

was a roaring success. A banquet was held at Tho's RestaU' rant Friday, April 17, and the dance was given SaturdaY• April 18, at the Cleveland Hotel in Spartanburg. Miss Get· raid of Coker College and Nichols, S. C., was elected R051

Queen. She was escorted by David Byrd, Marion, S. C. 'fb~ big week end was rounded out by a house party given bl Brother Byrd at Lake Lanier, N. C.

Two members of Zeta chapter have been elected to tbl highest positions on the Old Gold and Black, the wee~1~ newspaper of Wofford. Zeb Williams, a senior ministeJ'IB student from Asheville, N. C., was elected editor-in-chief for the year of 1953-54. Sam Murrell, a sociology major, BeaU' fort, S. C., was elected business manager.

In addition to the above offices, both Murrell and WilliaJ1l; write columns, Murrell having the fraternity news colU~0

and Williams just trying to shoot some bull in general (iO

a humorous way, of course) . Byrd writes the theatre colutJlP and reviews of various dramatic events on the campus ~; well a those across the way at Converse College and 1

Spartanburg itself. cb·ei

James Lineburger, Dunn, N. C. serves the paper as 1

typist and as one of the star reporters.

Brother Williams has pinned Miss Sylvia Bates of Con"ersl College and Spartanburg, ' S. C.

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