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Editor-in-Chief.

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Exchange Editor.

Alumni Editors.

SIMON FOGARTY, JR (East) Charleston, S. C.

CHESTER H. PROUTY (West) Fresno, Cal.

fluaoLD A. MOUZON (At large) Charleston, S. C.

JOHN. DAVID HAMER Columbia, S. C.

ISAAC NEWTON EDWARDS

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Columbus, Ga.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CONTRIBUTIONS— PAGE

Fraternity—Selected 3

Expansion 3

The Founding of Sigma Chapter 6

The Passing of Sigma Chapter - 8

Electing and Bidding Men 10

Institution of Ohio Theta 14

The Age of Progressiveness 16

The National Conclave at Wrightsville Beach,

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The California convention in 1915 20

Sub Rosa Chapters 22

THE GRAND CHAPTER, PAST AND PRESENT—

Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr. 24

Lawrence Harry Mixson 25

John DeLorme Carroll 27

A Word from the Grand President 29

A Word from the Grand Secretary 32

THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT 34

ANNOUNCEMENTS 42

SCISSORS AND PASTE 43

THE ALUMNI DEPARTMENT 53

THE CHAPTER LETTERS 66

ADVERTISEMENTS '73

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Vol. II. October 15, 1913. No. 1.

FRATERNITY.

Foremost in battle—for justice and right,Radiant in mercy's pure comforting light;Always bestowing words kindly, to bless,Teaching of sunshine, midst life's urgent stress,Ever portraying humanity's claim,Risking no wrong to gain riches or fame;Never unmindful of duties that mayInfluence others to see life's true way.This is fraternity. Through good and ill,You may enjoy its true peace, if you will.

—Selected.

EXPANSION.

Is the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity to expand, or is it notto expand? Is it to grow grey in swaddling clothes, or isit to develop into one of the lustiest giants in the family offraternities? There is not, we believe, a single man whowears the Star and Lamp but who wants to see his fra-ternity reach that goal its founders had in view. We wantto grow. we have got to grow, and we are going to grow.

But how is this growth to be brought about? Frater-nities do not happen to have the characteristic of mush-rooms—to spring up in a single night. It takes work to makethem go. Work, not by the other fellow, but by you Buthow, you may ask, can I help the fraternity to grow. I

4 THE STAR AND LAMP.

have nothing to do with taking in new chapters, you may

say. Well, we will tell you. If you are an active member,

see to it that there is no fraternity in your college that has

a better chapter than you have. Get up and hustle; don't

go to sleep on the job: When your chapter letter is due to

be sent to the editor of the magazine, do it and do it now.

When you are called upon to write an article for the maga-

zine, remember the excuse of "too busy" doesn't go. If

you are an alumnus, remember you have pledged your

honor to help support the fraternity, and you should not

try to shirk any duty you may be asked to perform. even

to the contribution of some of your "filthy lucre."

But the great avenue for expansion, of course, lies in

the addition of new chapters. Put your shoulders to the

wheels, boys, and make things go. Our California chapter

has an enviable record. They would, however, win another

laurel wreath if they would help establish Pi Kappa Phi in

some other Western college or university. If we are to

take in new chapters it must be done largely through the

efforts of the old ones. The officers who have charge of

instituting new chapters cannot do it all by themselves. We

happen to know that those in authority are in close touch

with fraternity life in most of our colleges and universities

and are ever on the alert for new material. All they need

is our hearty co-operation.

From the above one may get the idea that we are laying

too much stress upon mere numbers. While we want more

cliapters and more men in the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, we

do not propose to compromise one whit our fraternity ideals

in order to get them. The bars must not be let down, but

the standard of efficiency raised. Every club or local that

knocks at our door must, in biblical terms, have on the

wedding garment. Our growth must not only be extensive

but intensive as well. Here again, we believe we know

the minds of those in charge. New chapters we will take

in, but they will be of such a character as to make the old

THE STAR AND LAMP.

ones jealous. And this is in line with our past policy. As

a fraternity we number our years by something like a half

score ( ?) and yet within that brief period we have won

the respect and recognition of the fraternity world. Our

growth has been normal and healthy and we are, therefore,

now in a position to expand more rapidly than before. We

haive not consulted the Maid of Delphi, but we have a feel-

ing, which, like the Ghost of Banquo, is ever before us and

will not down at our bidding, that the coming year will see

Pi Kappa Phi grow as it has never grown before.

ISAAC NEWTON EDWARDS,

Columbus, Ga. Associate Editor.

The Grand Secretary, E. R. W. Gunn, Oxford, Ga.,

would like to have a complete list of all the members of the

fraternity. The best way for him to obtain this is for

each individual chapter to send him a list of all their active

members with their home addresses. Then send a list of

all the men who have at some time been connected with

their chapter, giving address, and if in a city of over five

thousand, put street or business address also. Chapters, do

this at once, as it is very essential if you want him to

accomplish the best results. This notice does not apply to

the chapters alone, but any alumnus who sees this should

drop Gunn a postal, giving his address at once.

We are thinking of a Pi Kappa Phi song book. Why

can't we have one? You song-birds and poets get busy

and submit something along this line.

Subscription to THE STAR AND LAMP is $2.00. Why

shouldn't every alumnus be a subscriber to it?


THE FOUNDING OF SIGMA CHAPTER.

A request from the editor Of THE STAR AND LAMP to

write a history of the founding of Sigma Chapter was cer-

tainly to be appreciated by the writer, not denied. If there

is one thing that remains dear to the memory of any one

man it is the memory of those several months spent with the

rest of my good friends mutually discussing the probabil-

ities, pro and con, of establishing ourselves as an affiliated

chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

To make a perfect beginning of the story of the history

it must be taken up at the time of the tennis tournament

held at the college in the spring of 1909. It was at that

time that .1. W. King, of Delta Chapter, was invited to

room with my roommates and myself in our room at col-

lege. Mr. King espied a Beta Tau Epsilon pin which 1

wore and questioned me as to the meaning of the same.

My explanation that it was a high school frat pin caused

a mutual feeling of friendship to spring up between us.

During his several days' stay at the college our talks con-

cerning fraternities grew more frequent and finally a

remark of mine to the effect "that I was sorry that there

were no f rats at the college" caused Mr. King to give me

the thought that if a few of us college boys could get

together and stay together, "something might be done

for us."Remember, the writer was a freshman of the freshest

sort at that time. It was rather a ticklish proposition to

put to the upper classmen, but Dr. Dilly was our first prey.

It talked me almost out to convince the gentleman from

Noo-erk, N. J., that f rats were right, but we finally agreed

that some kinds were proper. The doctor and I decided

to take I. Newton Edwards into our confidence on the

subject, and John D. Hamer was also given the invitation.

Thus did we continue our silent but earnest efforts. At the

end of the term in 1909 we were a pretty good body to

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consider, from twelve to fourteen members; our memory

cannot exactly place us correctly on this.

In the fall of 1909 we were all back. Dr. Dilly was a

senior and the summer had fully converted him into a

rousing frat man. A number of new men were broached

with the subject and before the fall passed by we numbered

about eighteen, if I remember rightly. Our meetings were

not held in the president's office nor the chapel. Sometimes

we hogged the reception room of the Literary Society and

somtimes we "cornered" a section of the campus. But we

kept the fires of fraternal spirit burning.

The writer left college at holidays. It was on March 5,

1910, after my leaving college that the charter was obtained

and the fellows with whom I had labored were initiated

into the mysteries and good fellowship of Pi Kappa Phi.

My one hope is that it will be but a short while until I can

become likewise blessed. Long live the organization is

our hope.It is my earnest request that any of the charter members

of the Sigma Chapter will at all times consider themselves

welcome to write me. I want you to. My long suit is

reading and writing. With best regards .to you all.

The one who expects yet to be,

Yours in Pi Kappa Phi,

Otterbein, Ind. WADE SMITH BOLT.

Sigma Upsilon, a Southern literary fraternity, has just

granted a charter to the Coffee House Club, Emory College.

Dr. Wightman Fletcher Melton, professor of English at

Emory, is a charter member.

At Howard College, Alabama, there are two national

fraternities, Sigma Nu, and Pi Kappa Alpha, and one local,

Psi Delta. The local competes with the nationals most

successfully.

8 THh,' STAR. AND LAMP.

THE PASSING OF SIGMA CHAPTER.

This is Sigma's farewell to THE STAR AND LAMP. Onaccount of conditions which existed in college last spring,the faculty asked them to hand in their charter and disband.They complied with their request and cannot reorganizeuntil the present State laws are changed concerning Greek-letter fraternities. Sigma regrets having to leave the listof active chapters, but thought that it would be best andconsequently have handed in their charter and disbanded.

Sigma was organized during the years 1909-10 -as theEmanon Club, and later petitioned Pi Kappa Phi throughJ. W. King, a member of Delta Chapter. 'They obtainedtheir charter on March 5, 1910, beginning with nine menas charter members. Before the end of that session twomore were added to the roll.The year 1910-11 began with seven men and one who

affiliated from Beta. Before the end of the collegiate yearfour additional members were taken in. The year 1911-12was the banner year. Ten men returned to college and fiveaffiliated at the opening. They initiated seven that year,running the chapter roll up to 22 for the year.The year 1912-13 opened with • fourteen men back in

college. They remained, with one exception, during theentire year. No affiliations nor initiations were made dur-ing the past year.Sigma has furnished twenty-three men to the fraternity

during its four years of existence. Out of the numbersome have risen to prominence. They have on their rollsa past E. S. J., a past E. S. G., who is now E. S. A., a pastAsst. E. S. T., who is now E. S. T., and a past Asst. Bus.Mgr. Of THE S;FAR AND LAMP. The present E. S. J. is aSigma man, one Associate Editor of THE STAR AND LAMP,and the E. S. C., the newly created office, hails from Sigma.This shows that they have furnished men with ability, whoare helping to build Pi Kappa Phi up and place it among


the best. Besides these, they have one who is in public

life, being a member of the State Legislature. He is a

good one, too. They are justly proud of their record and

have a right to be.Few chapters can boast of as many men that have taken

as active an interest as those of Sigma.

The members of the chapter were unanimously popular

with the student body and enjoyed the respect of the fac-

ulty. Their scholastic standing was as high as any in

college, if not the highest. In athletics they were well rep-

resented, having at times representatives on all of the teams.

They were men from every department of the college. No

more representative group could have been picked. They

were congenial among themselves and had plenty of the

Pi Kap spirit.The passing of Sigma is a distinct loss to the fraternity,

it being the second largest chapter. It was centrally located,

drawing from all parts of the State, always keeping them

equally divided. While her place will be hard to fill, the

time may not be far distant when she can again take her

accustomed place among her sister chapters, proclaiming

the fact that she is a wide-open chapter with plenty of the

same spirit that she was noted for. Until that time comes,

vale. J. D. H.

THE STAR AND LAMP solicits your patronage in every

way. It will be impossible for us to write to each of you

asking for articles, etc. Our pages are open to you. We

agree to print anything you send us, provided it is not

libelous in its nature.

Phi Kappa, a local at Brown, founded in 1886, has

decided to become national, and as a beginning has put in

a chapter at Illinois. There are now 19 fraternities repre-

sented at Brown, one of which is a local.


ELECTING AND BIDDING MEN.

The above is a very broad subject, and one on whichmuch could be said. A book could easily be written onthe subject and still there would remain much that wouldbe untouched. However, the purpose of this article is onlyto set forth a few of the important features of electing andbidding men.

No one familiar with fraternity life will question for amoment whether or not the matter of electing men is offirst importance. It goes without being said that the ques-tion of election is the most important of fraternity ques-tions. Because the men that are fortunate enough to beelected are the men that afterwards become malefactors orbenefactors in the order. They have to be elected beforethey can receive a bid, though it isn't essential that theyaccept because they are elected.

In order to keep the standard of our noble fraternitywhere it was when it was born into this world, and whereit has been since the date of its birth, we must be careful inthe matter of electing men to be our brothers.When I was in college I remember having a conversation

with my roommate on one occasion about a man whom Ihad been thinking of bringing before the chapter to be votedon, and my roommate, who was a nonfrat of his ownvolition, not of necessity, asked me this question, "Could

you introduce that fellow to your real sister, should she be

here to finals, as your brother, and feel that he was good

enough to be a brother to your own sister ?" When I began

to look at the fellow with that in mind, I couldn't bring him

before the chapter for a vote. Fratres, be careful in elect-

ing your material!The question of bidding men is second in importance and

second in sequence to only one, namely, the one referred toabove—election.


Fratres, go right after a man, after you have elected him,

with the determination to have him as your brother. Don't

elect him unless you really want him, and if you want him

you should be over anxious for him—want him bad. My

experience has been that men who make up their minds to

do things, generally accomplish what they wish.

There isn't a known thing that will hurt a chapter more

than to bid one or more men and get turned down. Espe-

cially if the man joins another bunch, and more especially

if he joins a bunch below the standard of the one which

first offered the bid. I have looked on a chapter at David-

son College—not North Carolina Epsilon of Pi Kappa Phi.

however—which was brought from one of the first ranks

among the fraternities at that institution to almost the

lowest rank, just on account of the fact that they bid sev-

eral men and didn't get them because they didn't go about

it in the right sort of way.

I do not advocate that we "get cold feet," as it were, and

fail to bid a man that we might possibly get; but do not

bid a man when you see no possible chance of getting him,

because "it hurts to get stung."

The system in use at Davidson College, I have concluded

after a careful„ study of a number of colleges, is the very

best I have ever seen. Fortunately, to begin with, the

college has a ruling which keeps any fraternity from bid-

ding a man until after Xmas of his freshman year, or

first year in college. This gives the new men an oppor-

tunity to get acquainted with the members of the different

fraternities; on the other hand, it gives the fraternity men

ample time to find out about the new men, and also to get

acquainted with them personally. On the first Monday

morning after Xmas at 7 :30 any fraternity on the hill is

at liberty to bid any man they see fit to bid, by handing

him a written bid; and the fraternity which hands him the

written bid first has the first opportunity of talking to him

on the subject, which at the said institution is offered at


1 :30 of the day on which the written invitation is received.

This is the all important time, in my estimation, to do the

real good toward getting the elected man.

Here is a suggestive system :—Vote on a man and if he is

passed, do not bid him for at least two weeks, under ordi-

nary circumstances, but be with him as much as possible.

Try to get him to take a special fancy to each individual

and to the bunch at large. When this has been accom-

plished, pick out two of the very best men in the chapter—

men that he has seemed especially attached to, and men that

can talk intelligently on the subject of fraternities—men

that have determination and pluck. If the men who bid

him are not enthusiastic how can they expect the elected

man to be in such a humor. Have these men to set before

him the advantages of the fraternity locally, the advantages

nationally. Make him think that he is most fortunate to

have secured a bid from your chapter, and that he is almost

under obligations to join because they have elected him.

Then follow this up with the statement that he was elected

for what he was and that you have every reason to believe

that he will be a help to your bunch, because he has an

influence for good. After you have done this don't say,

"Well, Mr. , we will be mighty glad to have you

join us," but say to him, "We are satisfied that you will

be taking a step which you will never regret in later life.

We have honored you with a bid because we want you as

our brother. We not only want you, but we have got to

have you." He will more than likely want some time to

think the matter over; if he does give it to him, but don't

give him too long. Try to close him as soon as possible.

If he wants to write his home people, say, "Well, if. you

desire; but we believe it is a question wholly to be decided

by yourself. Your home people don't know the situation.

They are not acquainted with the members of this local

chapter, and they possibly haven't a knowledge of the stand-

ing of fraternities nationally." Don't let your man get the


idea that you are afraid he will find out something about

your order that will keep him from joining. Say to him,

"We will be glad for you to discuss the matter with any

one." Suggest to him the name of some professor.

While the above system cannot be used in all cases, for

no two men are constituted alike, still I have good reason

to believe that to some extent, at least, it can be used to

good advantage. A. H. BLANTON,

E. S. C., Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

Spartanburg, S. C.

The following articles were promised for this issue but

have failed to reach us in time for publication. Fratres,

let us avoid this hereafter:

The History of Pi Kappa Phi, first installment, L. Harry

M ixson.One article, subject unknown, Julian C. Hyer.

L. H. Mixson's Exaugural.

We expected to have an obituary of our late brother,

Paul M. Shenck, N. C. Epsilon, in time for this issue, but

on account of failing to get the necessary data in time, we

will have to hold it over until December.

Phi Kappa Psi publishes a rushing hand book. This

book shows five of the small chapters of the fraternity have

furnished more distinguished men to the fraternity roll

than all the other chapters combined. And yet there are

fraternities who seem to look down on their small chapters.

Beginning with this issue, we will place professional cards

of the alumni at the rate of $3.00 for four issues. It

seems to us that the lawyers and engineers, etc., could get

some good exchange of business in this way. See that you

have a card in the December issue.


INSTITUTION OF OHIO THETA.

Since last January the Supreme Council had been con-sidering the granting of a petition for a charter from thegroup of men at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,

who later became known as Ohio Theta Chapter. Their

petition was granted in the late spring and plans were set

on foot for the installation of the chapter in the usual

manner.Inasmuch as the chapter was some distance from the

headquarters of the fraternity, and in order to save asmuch unnecessary expense as possible, it was finally decidedto have a nominal installation, and for this purpose GrandPresident L. Harry Mixson made the trip to Cincinnati the

last week in May, and with other fratres, he instituted the

chapter on the evening of May 29th, the names of the ten

men thus initiated into our order being as follows:

George Woodruff Beever, Beeville, Texas.

Henry S. Buddenberg, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ralph Bristow Hardin, Terrell, Texas.

John C. Johnston, Horwood, Ohio.

John A. Owens, Venedocea, Ohio.

Robert Charles Schenk, Dayton, Ohio.

Fred. Roehr, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hiram Ray Staater, Bluffton, Ohio.

Archibald E. Tanner, Mancato, Minn.

Waller W. Whitlock, Madison, Fla.

The report of the instituting officer says :—"I cannot

speak too highly of the class of men we have in this chapter.

During the short time I was in their midst they impressed

Me as thorough gentlemen, and as men who were consciousof the responsibility they were assuming. They evinced

great interest in the workings of our fraternity, and

appeared anxious to learn everything they could about it.

* * * With any kind of co-operation, I see no reason why


this chapter should not become a stronghold for us in the

middle West."Welcome, Ohio Theta! You occupy ground that is

pregnant with opportunity for the good of the order of

which you have become a part. Do not, through lethargy,

murder these opportunities. Let your men be ever watch-

ful for some way in which they can be of service to the

Star and Lamp, and if they cannot find a way, then make

it! Around you there are no immediate chapters. The

time is ripe for putting the fraternity into good schools on

every hand, and in this work you may have a part if you

will. Why deny to men bf other institutions the privileges

which you enjoy when it is possible for them to be brethren

with us? Co-operate with the officers by putting them i in

touch with any good men whom you know at good schools

who want to enjoy the benefits of a good fraternity, and

stand firm by these same officers in their determination to

discretionately increase the number of chapters in the fra-

ternity, so that soon we may in every way be numbered

among the first in the land! By so doing you will at once

show that you are vitally interested in Pi Kappa Phi, and

that you are willing to work for its advancement.

Again we say, welcome! We are glad to have you. We

hope ,to be able to do you good by precept and example,

and we feel sure that such results shall be achieved if you

will but keep in mind the purpose for which our organiza-

tion was founded; try to practice its teachings, and live up

to its ideals! J. D. C.

Alpha Nu Sigma, a local fraternity, organized in 1907

by undergraduates of Denison University, Granville, Ohio,

seems to have prospered. It recently moved into a new

home, all its own. It is understood that it will petition a

national fraternity some time in the future, though no

plans have been announced.


THE AGE OF PROGRESSIVENESS.

The organization and life of a college fraternity is dif-

ferent from any other fraternal organization in existence

Fraternities have their own sphere of activity, are prac-

tically unmolested by any other organizations, and have

had and always will have the same laws and customs of

government.

There never has been any great change in fraternities

since their infancy. They have lived each college year

exactly like the preceding one. The alumni who leave

college and take an interest in their fraternities afterward

are bound by sentiment and want no change from the fra-

ternity of their college days.

This being true, one asks the question whether there ever

will be any changes in the customs that will revolutionize

the Greek-letter world. To the negative answer that is

evident there must be a proviso attached—providing that

the young alumni of a new fraternity do not abandon some

old aristocratic custom and adopt something that would be

popular.With the power of changing customs in the hands of

young fraternities, it behooves us to remove one inconsist-

ency among fraternities, that is the method of inviting

members and of acquiring chapters. The methods of

chapter expansion and fraternity expansion are entirely

inconsistent with each other.

If a student wishes to join a college fraternity, he must

wait until invitation is extended. But if any local social

or fraternal organization would affiliate with a national

fraternity, they seek admittance. If a fraternity wishes

to absorb a local they cannot extend any invitation. Why

seek the member and compel "locals" to seek the fraternity?

If being sought is proper, then college fraternities err

in seeking men and should pass upon applications for mem-

bership as do other fraternal organizations. But if seeking


is proper, why not seek the locals' organization, as mem-

bers are sought?Older fraternities are not going to change this custom,

for they have grown to proportions that are satisfactory

to themselves. It is left to young fraternities to break prec-

edent and invite local fraternities that they wish to incor-

porate with themselves. And the young fraternity that

adopts this method of expansion can reply to all criticisms

by saying, "We are using the same method in inviting

chapters that every fraternity does when they invite mem-

bers." What better justifies such a departure?

Pi Kappa Phi is practically young and does not possess

the number of chapters that some of our members are

ambitious of having. Should we seek chapters, we could

very easily justify ourselves. A progressive chapter seeks

good members and a progressive fraternity should seek

good chapters. Pi Kappa Phi must be progressive and

grow, and the spirit of progressiveness demands that such

a departure is the best course for a college fraternity desir-

ous of substantial growth. H. M. SHAVER, Eta '13.

Jackson, Ga.

Of the six college men in President Wilson's cabinet, five

are fraternity men, the nonfraternity man is William J.

Bryan. He was a member of a literary society called

Sigma Pi. A fraternity was afterwards founded and called

Sigma Pi, and for awhile they carried Bryan's name, but

have now decided that inasmuch as Bryan himself had little

recollection of ever being initiated that it is best not to

attempt to convince the Hon. Billy that he is mistaken.

Bryan's name was carried in World's Almanac as one of the

prominent living alumni.

A new dormitory, to be known as Haygood Hall and to accommodate

150 men, is being erected at Emory College, Oxford, Ga.


THE NATIONAL CONCLAVE AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N. C.

You may all have an idea, after reading the minutes, ofjust what you missed by not attending the recent conclaveat Wrightsville, but none of you who did not attend willever know exactly until you have heard the meetingdescribed by one who was there.

There have been enthusiastic meetings held in the fra-ternity on many occasions, but never such a meeting as this!There weren't as many men there as might have been,though a goodly number to be sure, but those who werethere were there for business, and the business transactedby them while in session will show up in numerous ways inthe near future.

It was deeply regretted that Brother L. Harry Mixson,

Grand President, found at the last moment that it was

impossible for him to attend the conclave, for his enthu-siasm always gives an impetus and stimulus that is sui

generis, but in his absence the meeting was presided over

by' Brother J. D. Carroll, Grand Secretary, and things went

smoothly enough.There were many important rulings adopted at this meet-

ing which you should know, and if you haven't received acopy of the minutes you may secure one by writing toBrother E. R. W. Gunn, Oxford, Ga. The report of theTreasurer has also been printed and may be had along with

the minutes, of which it is a part. You should make your-

self conversant with the contents of these documents, soas to know what your fraternity is doing, and to knowhow the money you paid in is being expended. If you arean active member, it is doubly essential for you to thor-oughly know the result of the conclave or you may havethe pleasure of paying some fines for things that have notbeen finable offenses heretofore.For the grand officers elected at this meeting, please refer

to the inside of the back cover of this issue, where you will


find the information in detail. You will note that a new

office was created—that of Grand Counselor—which has

long been needed in our workings, and we are fortunate in

getting so competent a man as Brother J. H. Hydrick to

fill the place for the first time.

The new form of membership certificates was approved,

and if you haven't yours, write to the Secretary For all

members who joined prior to the conclave which adopted

them, these certificates may be had for the asking (provided

you state what your chapter was and when you were initi-

ated, so as to check with the records of the fraternity) ; for

others a.nominal fee is charged.

The meeting adjourned without selecting their next meet-

ing place, but this will be made known before Christmas, so

that you may all know the place and prepare to be there

next summer, when we hope to perfect plans for the greatest

convention yet in San Francisco in 1915. J. D. C.

Sigma Phi Epsilon has entered Brown, Michigan and

Cornell; Phi Delta Theta, Colorado College, North Dakota

and Iowa State; Pi Kappa Alpha, Syracuse and Iowa State;

Alpha Sigma Phi, Kansas Agri. College, California, and

Washington; Theta Delta Chi, Toronto, and Washington;

Sigma Nu, Mass. Inst. Tech., Maine, and J. B. Stetson, Fla.;

Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kansas Agricultural, and Pittsburgh:

Delta Tau Delta, Penn. State; Psi Upsilon, Williams; Chi

Psi, Illinois; Chi Phi, Illinois; Delta Kappa Epsilon, Texas;

Beta Theta Pi, South Dakota.

•

The two medical schools in Richmond, the Medical College of Virginiaand the University College of Medicine, will next year consolidate underthe name of the former. Dr. S. C. Mitchell will be president. Heconies from the University of S. C. Dr. Mitchell was president of thatuniversity for four years and built the enrollment from SOO up to over.00. Dr. Mitchell is a Phi Gamma Delta.


THE CALIFORNIA CONVENTION IN 1915.

Now that the 1913 convention has passed into history, it

behooves us to plan for the next regular biennial conventionof Pi Kappa Phi, which is scheduled for California in1915. Time passes before we hardly realize it, and theintervening two years between now and the World's Fair

promises to flit by, even as the other years have gone

The meeting in California will mark an epoch in thehistory of the order, bringing together for the first time thetwo arms of the fraternity across the broad expanse of ourcountry and uniting the chapters of the Atlantic with theirbrothers of "the Golden West."The remarkable success of the fraternity since its found-

ing in 1904, owes its progress to the unceasing efforts ofthe national officers, the subordinate chapters, and, in par-

ticular, the men who stand as founders of the order. Let

us all get behind them and lend our efforts to continue in

the future the work that has merely begun. Who amongst

us does not look forward to the time when the Star and

Lamp shall shine from every State, and Pi Kappa Phi,

now in its infancy, shall stand forward among the leading

fraternities, ever reflecting credit on its members. Now is

the time to begin our work, that we may talk of our success

and plan even greater things when we meet in California

in 1915.What better place to meet and talk of our success than at

San Francisco, the Exposition City, and pride of the GoldenWest. Picture yourself at a fraternal gathering in this

magic city of fifty solid square miles, housing five hundredthousand souls, and midst a gathering of countless millionsfrom every country of the world seeking pleasures and newthrills.With its incomparable climate, wonderful harbor, beau-

tiful parks, and remarkable achievements in building, a

trip to this wonderful city is in itself worth going thou-


sands of miles. The ride across the country, coming

by one route and returning by another, affords an opportu-

nity of seeing over half the States, and at a time when the.

railroad rates are reduced to suit the traveler. It is a most

fortunate circumstance, indeed, that the regular convention

should fall on the year of the World's Fair, and that such

an opportunity should come to every member to spend a

summer in California at a time which marks a period in the

world's history.The California Gamma Chapter is putting forth every

effort to make the coming convention a grand success and

to show the visiting members a time that will be remem-

bered in 'future years. Every man who comes may rest

assured that his accommodations have been arranged for

and that he is to be the guest of the California Chapter.

Our House at 1547 Euclid avenue has been leased for

another four years and nothing will be left undone to make

you feel that we .of the West have exerted ourselves for a

real live convention.

Listen! ye brothers of the far East! Begin your plans

now and make preparations for the greatest event in our

history.California Gamma invites you all to come and join us

at the next regular session in 1915.

We want you all to be there, not just a delegate from

each chapter, but bring every member.

Remember, now! the time, the place, and the conven-

tion. C. H. PROUTY.

Fresno, Cal.

A local fraternity, Kappa Phi Gamma, organized in the College of

Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin, has determined upon a

new policy and will hereafter admit members from all departments.

The State College of Washington, at Pullman, Wash., supports chap-

ters of Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu and Alpha Tau Omega as well as three

locals.


SUB ROSA CHAPTERS.

• DEAR BROTHER HAMER :—Your letter received, and I amglad to know that you intend to publish a series of letters as

you suggested. It is a dandy idea, for in that way the main

obstacles in the way of the final success of the fraternity

ought to be pointed out, and with them at hand when our

next convention convenes some effective legislation might

be enacted with great good to our order.

Every man of our fraternity knows that our largesttrouble is finance. Every one knows also that the mainreason why it is our largest trouble is because each individ-ual does not do his duty. But my letter shall not be a call

to duty, but an effort to point out what I believe to be thecause of our financial trouble.

The root of all our trouble is the sub rosa chapter. I

believe that any one who will view the matter fairly will

agree with me there. Now, why is it they are the main

source of the trouble? The reasons are several, but I shall

not try to mention them all. The greatest reason, however,

is this. There is no stimulus in the sub rosa chapter to

keep up with other fraternities. The boys have nothing to

make them come across with their fees and dues to keep

their fraternity on equal footing with others. There is no

rivalry between fraternities and a member of a sub rosa

is satisfied to go along in his dream of contentment. He

has the consolation of knowing the secrets of the fraternity

and that is all he cares for or needs. Once a Pi Kappa

Phi, always one, and no matter how he stands with his

chapter he is still in good standing with the fratres outside

and can visit any other chapter, enjoying the same privileges

a man in good standing can.

Of course this is not the right way, but, nevertheless, it is

the way lots of our men do. It is true that the majority

of the fraternity membership is from sub rosa chapters, and

some of the best men we have at all are members of sub rosa


chapters, but still I believe it is the best policy never to

install another chapter unless open.

You asked me if a plan could be given whereby a member

would become isolated from all fratmates unless he has paid

his dues to his chapter. Certainly a plan can be made.

Do not other orders have rules whereby a man not in good

standing with his lodge becomes isolated, as it were? He

knows the secrets and workings of his order, but he cannot

enjoy the privileges and rights of that order unless he can

produce "collateral" showing that he is in good standing.

This is my opinion of what our greatest trouble is. I

am a member of a sub rosa chapter myself and know, for

I have experienced those causes that keep a man from

standing up to his real obligations.I hope you will continue to ask for the opinions of other

fratres as to our main troubles and it may be that when

the next convention rolls around some legislation will take

place for the good of the fraternity, based upon the causes

pointed out in these letters.

Yours for the final success of the fraternity,

"ONE INTERESTED."

Northwestern University proposes to build twenty-eight dormitoriesarranged as quadrangles facing on the lake. Three houses in eachquadrangle of seven, the two end houses and the middle one, will beassigned to fraternities on a ninety-nine year lease, at a rental sufficientto pay for the property in that length of time and the interests at anominal rate on the unpaid principal. Fraternities desiring to acquireproperty rights earlier can make larger payments. The ground is noteaarged for, there are no taxes, and the university will furnish heat andlight at cost. The exterior design rests wholly with the university, butthe interior may be arranged.—Record, of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

There is but one national sorority at the University of Nevada, DeltaDelta Delta. There is, however, one local sorority and two local fra-ternities. Of the latter, one was established in 1890, the other in 1896.The school has 277 students this year and is beginning a period of rapidgrowth.


The Grand Chapter---.Past andPresent

Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr.

Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., was born in Charleston,

S. C., on the 9th day of February, 1885. He received his

early instruction in a private school, from which he went

to the Charleston high school, being graduated in 1901.The same year he entered the College of Charleston, receiv-ing a B. A. degree in 1905. He then studied law, and wasadmitted to the bar April 24, 1907. He is at present prac-

ticing in his native city. He is a Past Chancellor of the

Knights of Pythias. He was one of the founders of the

fraternity, being at the head of the first chapter when

organized. When the fraternity was made national, he

was elected to the office of E. S. A., and filled that position

from 1904 to 1909. Upon the resignation of E. S. A.

Mosimann in 1910, he was again called to the chief place

in the fraternity and served until 1911, when his term

expired.

He founded South Carolina Beta and South Carolina

Delta. He framed the constitution and the charters. He

is a past member of the Supreme Council.

At college he was manager of the football team, 1904;

vice president of the Chrestomathic Literary Society, and

manager of the Glee Club. On the 1st day of June, 1911,

he was married to Miss Oliveros Witsell, of Charleston,

S. C.—Ex Catalogue of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

Brother Kroeg has always had the fraternity interests at

heart and is responsible in a large measure for our high

standing at present. While he has been out of active serv-

ice for two years, his influence is still felt and he will


always be remembered by his hard and faithful service tous. He is now practicing law in Charleston, S. C., and byusing the same qualities which he displayed in the manage-ment of the fraternity has succeeded in building up a largeand lucrative practice.

Lawrence Harry Mixson.

Our Past Grand President, Lawrence Harry Mixson, wasborn in the city of Charleston, S. C., on August 19. 1887.

After attending the public schools of that city, he enteredthe Charleston high school, graduating with honors in1903. In October, 1903, he entered the College of Charles-ton, and proceeded to enter heart and soul into collegeaffairs. He became a member of the Athletic Associationand the Chrestomathic Literary Society. The next year,1904, he was elected assistant manager of the football teamand also secretary of the literary society. For the nexttwo years his activities in college affairs increased to suchan extent that he was a recognized power in politics. Hisefforts were divided between literary society work and

athletics. In the former field he occupied every office inthe society, being elected president in 1907. He presidedat numerous intersociety and intercollegiate debates and

oratorical contests. In athletics, he was assistant managerof the football team, 1905, made the varsity as left end,

1905-1906; made the varsity baseball team as catcher thesame years, and was manager of the All-State champion

basketball team, 1905, 1906, 1907.

His chief efforts were, however, devoted to .fraternitywork. He was one of the founders of our fraternity, itbeing organized at his home. He was secretary of the firstchapter, and during his college career held every chapteroffice, being at its head in 1907. When the fraternitybecame national, he was immediately elected to a supremeoffice, and has served on the Supreme Council ever since.

26 TIIF, STAR AND LAMP.

He has filled the offices of Grand Historian, Grand Secre-tary, and in July, 1911, he was elected without oppositionto the office of Grand President. He has always beenactive in the affairs of the fraternity and his advice hasrepeatedly been sought for in guiding the destinies of thefraternity at large. Many of the ideas now in use towhich success has been due, originated with him. He wasinstituting officer at S. C. Beta, Delta, Sigma, Zeta, andassisted at the institution of Georgia Eta.He has chosen the seed business as his life work, and is

general manager of the W. H. Mixson Seed Co., of Charles-ton, S. C. He was married February 6, 1912, to MissElizabeth Howell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. McCar-thy, of Little Rock, Ark., after a pretty romance. Heis a Lutheran by religion, and is identified with a numberof business, social, and fraternal organizations. He is aMason, a Royal Arch Mason, Knights Templar, and a Nobleof the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine.—Ex PiKappa Phi Catalogue.Mixson has more energy in one minute than the most of

us in a day. He is the typical f rat man and with it all hasa good head for business and the interests of the fraternity.He is a tireless worker and this fraternity's growth willbear witness to that fact. He, individually, has done moreto engender the proper spirit of fraternal feeling than any-one connected with the fraternity. While President, N. C.Epsilon and Georgia Eta, two of our strongest chapters,were added to the list. He is responsible for the newlyinstalled Ohio Theta Chapter, being the only Pi Kappresent at the institution.His health has not been of the best for the past two years

and this has handicapped him considerably, but he is wellagain now. He is no longer E. S. A., but will always be amoving factor in the destinies of Pi Kappa Phi, and youwill always be aware of the fact that Harry Mixson istaking as much interest in the fraternity at present as the


day he, Kroeg, and Fogarty started the ball rolling whichbecame the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. We cannot estimatethe good he has done us, but we at least will always remem-ber him, and keep a place open for him in our hearts andwelcome him in our chapters.

John DeLorme Carroll.

The subject of this short sketch is the newly electedGrand President of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. He hasserved as Grand Secretary for the past twco years. Hefilled that office with such skill that the Grand • Chapterpicked him for the man to lead the destinies of Pi KappaPhi for the ensuing two years.He was born November 18, 1885, in the small town of

Dovesville, S. C. Maybe some of you can spot the town.It may be on the map, but a careful perusal of it failed todisclose it. He lived here until he realized that he waswasting his time in such a small "burg." He then movedto Columbia, S. C.—that is after trying several more smalltowns in the State. His father, being a Baptist preacher,had something to do with these different residences.Finally, they realized the folly of placing such a promisinglad as John in such a small place, and they moved toColumbia. He then entered the graded schools and grad-uated in the course of time. After finishing his highschool education he got the idea into his head that he couldthen make a successful business man. Accordingly hejourneyed up to Spartanburg, S. C., and entered a businesscollege, graduating in bookkeeping and stenography. Hewas then ready to enter the field of business and make hispile. For some reason he got the idea that a literary edu-cation was the thing he needed, so he went over to Edge-field, S. C., and entered the South Carolina CoeducationalInstitute. He managed to stay here one year, but it isdoubtful as to whether they would take him back. He was

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such a ladies' man that he came very near demoralizing thegirl side of the school. This was entirely too hot for thisgentleman, so he "hit the ball" for Wake Forest College,N. C., and remained in seclusion for four years. Hereceived his dip from this institution in June, 1909. Hemanaged to fool the student body and faculty pretty wellup there. He managed the baseball team one year, and wasprivate secretary to the president of the college for threeyears. He seemed to be pretty well thought of among thelthys of Wake, as I have heard some very complimentaryremarks made about him by fellows who were in collegewith him. He now came again to the conclusion that hewas well enough fitted to begin earning his daily bread, sohe left Wake Forest for his old home in Columbia.Here he did clerical work for three years in responsible

positions. He became, however, anxious to engage in busi-ness for himself, so started out in the real estate businessin March, 1913. He is eminently qualified to succeed init and the fellows who know him predict that he will soon

be at the top and have "a little house all his own." He hasat various times entered the University of S. C. in graduatework, but has been compelled to drop out on account ofbusiness. At last he will reach his goal in the educationalline, when he receives a M. A. from that institution this

coming spring.As you can see from the above, he is certainly qualified

to hold the office of Grand President of the Pi Kappa PhiFraternity. From his wide range of experience (he was abook agent through the North one summer) in business andcollege he is in a position to know what the fraternity needsand how to go about getting it. He has presided over thetwo conventions held at Wrightsville Beach, N. C., withcredit to himself and honor to the fraternity. He has in alarge measure been responsible for the adoption of thepresent coat-of-arms and membership certificate, having

designed the latter himself. He is a booster and very pro-


gressive in his views with a small conservative element inhis make-up to give stability. The writer's prediction isthat the reign of Carroll will be the most successful in thehistory of the fraternity. He is a member of S. C. SigmaChapter, being initiated November 28, 1910.

A Word From the Grand President.

For nine years the fraternity has been in the hands of

competent men thoroughly capable of leadership, men whowere familiar with its workings and known to its members,men who had founded the fraternity and grown up with it,whose every thought was for its good, and whose everyeffort was for its advancement. And the young organiza-tion has prospered under their leadership until today it isno longer a baby, but a full-grown child; it is no longer asectional affair in which every member knows each of the

others, but it has attained national proportions and is now

reaching out for a place in the front ranks of the Greek-

letter societies of America. Nor have we any reason to

doubt for a moment that she will speedily come into her

own, when we remember the ideals on which she is founded,and the purposes of her organization.

Unfortunately, however, the custom seems to have beenin the past for the officers to do the bulk of the work andfor the individual members to be entirely unencumbered,even to the extent in many instances of not knowing whatwas actually transpiring in the fraternity. Uncomplain-ingly, those who were in charge kept determinedly at theirwork, never despairing, and with their thus limited capacitydid the best that they could do alone. In a very fewinstances members have gone so far a's to show their unap-preciation of the work thus hammered out, never stoppingto reflect that they had had an opportunity to assist in it,but had remained idle and apparently uninterested. Theday has passed when the officers alone can guide the course


of the fraternity. They must now have the complete sup-

port of every member or their efforts will be worse than

useless; further than that, they must have the intelligent

co-operation of the individual members in every undertak-

ing that makes for the good and for the growth of the

order.I do not know why I was elected as president, for I think

of many men who are better fitted to serve. However,

since I have accepted the office I mean to leave no stone

unturned in my efforts to help place the fraternity where it

rightly deserves to be, and in saying this I am confident

that I speak the intentions of the whole corps of officersupon whom now rests this responsibility, but—we cannot

do it through any virtue of our own! We must have the

thoughtful co-operation of the chapters, and of the mem-

bers, in all that we attempt. If, we do that which pleases

you, tell us so; if we act contrary to your judgment, let us

know it, and state your reasons, for it will help us on to a

broader viewpoint. Of course, we cannot cater to the likes

or dislikes of any one member. What we do will be done

for the common good as we see it, and with the idea of

working out the greatest gain for the whole fraternity.

Any action whatever will be entirely impartial and always

decided according to our best judgment, taking into con-

sideration all the facts obtainable.

When you realize that though we may have the very best

intentions we can do nothing at all without your support

and assistance, will you stand idly by and thus deny the

fraternity that which is absolutely essential for its greatest

advancement? Personally, I do not believe there is one

member so disloyal as not to want to hear only the most

gratifying reports when we meet in Frisco in 1915 at the

end of this administration, but remember, brethren, that

to accomplish this we must each lend a hand, and speed

the task. By your promptness in complying with requests,

by the prompt payment of your dues, by helping to build up


the magazine—in a thousand different ways you can mani-fest your interest, and encourage those who are workingwith you and for you.Then, too, we propose to make our magazine bigger and

better than ever before. It must now take the place of themore personal modes of communication which have here-tofore been entirely sufficient to keep the ends of the fra-ternity in touch with each other—but why should themagazine be less personal? If you will see that your

chapter has a letter in each issue, then each chapter willknow of every other, and it will be exactly as in the olddays when there were only a few chapters close togetherand therefore closely associated. The magazine must bemade the thing. It must be the pulse of the fraternity, sothat by reading it we can all be conversant with its condi-tion. It is the only source of information through whichthe alumni may learn of what is being done, and I sincerely

Inist that there may be not one of their names omittedfrom the subscription list. The board of editors are thor-

oughly competent men, and their zeal and enthusiasm, aswell as the exertions they put forth for the broadening and

elevating of the magazine are deserving of reward.

Please remember this—we, the officers of this fraternity,are your servants; we have been put here to do your will,and if you will but help us in our efforts to carry out. yourwishes we will guarantee you before our term of office.shall have closed to have placed fully in the forefront ofAmerican college fraternities Pi Kappa Phi, an organiza-tion whose ideals are equalled by few and excelled by none,whose past is replete with pleasant memories and hallowedassociations, and whose future is as bright as the noondaysun! Yours most fraternally,

JOHN D. CARROLL,Columbia, S. C. Grand President.


A Word From the Grand Secretary.

FRATRES : With this issue of THE STAR AND LAMP goes

the list of the officers who will for the next two years guide

the destinies of Pi Kappa Phi. It is up to the officers one

and all to make good. Our term of office i short, and it

will be but a little while before it is history. Be our work

good or bad, it will have to stand or fall.

While the responsibilities are directly on the shoulders of

the officers, every officer expects every Pi Kappa Phi to do

his duty. If the brothers do their duty we will enter upon

an era of prosperity that will surprise the most skeptical.

The past officers have labored much to bring us where

we are today, and it is no easy task from this day forward,

but the task is easier because of the firm foundation handed

to us by our predecessors. Every member of the fraternity

owes a debt of gratitude to the officers of the past for their

work. They labored well, and have left us a rich heritage.

We must put it to good use.

The Secretary will endeavor never to let the sun rise on

an unanswered official communication. Promptness is

going to be the watchword of this office. He expects the

same promptness on the part of the chapters through their

officers. No officer can attend to his duties without the

proper data—will you be there when the roll is called?

At present there is a great deal of talk about college fra-

ternities, a great deal is being said both pro and con. We

believe that a good portion of what is said is based upon a

misconception of the fraternity idea. Then, too, the sys-

tem is judged by the action of a few members who them-

selves are snobbish. In this connection it is not well to be

too conservative regarding expansion. If there is any good

in fraternity life it should be extended to the worthy in

other colleges, therefore it is well to look carefully into the

worth, personal worth, of petitioners, and grant charters

where it will be of mutual advantage.

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This office shall advise the brethren in college to makethe ideals of the college their ideals. Every chapter shouldbe entirely loyal to the college and so conduct themselvesthat the outside world will know that they are loyal to the

college, the fraternity, and themselves.Our founders took a stand for high ideals. Our frater-

nity is not a club for night riders. Let us work to main-

tain the high standard set by those who have gone before,and it will only be a short time when the Star and Lampwill hang high on the pinnacle of success.

Fraternally,

Oxford, Ga. E. R. W. GUNN.

All fraternities now forbid dual membership, although many years agoit was not uncommon. The following instances of double membershipare shown by "Baird's Manual," and a careful examination of the lists

would doubtless disclose others: Theodore Roosevelt, Delth Kappa

Epsilon and Alpha Delta Phi; Andrew D. White, formerly United

States minister to Germany, Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon; Stewart L.

Woodford, formerly United States minister to Spain, Delta Psi and

Delta Kappa Epsilon; Benjamin B. Odell, formerly governor of New

York, Beta Theta Pi, and Psi Upsilon; Lloyd Lowndes, formerly gov-

ernor of Maryland, Delta Tau Delta and Phi Kappa Psi; Francis A.

March, professor in Lafayette College, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Alpha

Delta Phi; Rev. Theodore T. Munger, Beta Theta Pi, and Psi Upsilon.

—Scroll, of Phi Delta Theta.

There are two men's fraternities, the Sigma Beta Phi, a local organizedin 1903, and who have now with the help of a local at the University

of Arizona organized a new national, Beta Phi Omicron, and is to be

known as The Rocky Mountain National. The Delta Theta Kappa Fra-

ternity, a local organized in 1906, and who are soon to be a part of the

national fraternity. Alpha Tau Omega, they having received the goodnews that their charter was granted, the final installation taking placesome time in the spring.There are now two women's fraternities, the Pi Beta Phi's, who were

local until 1910, when they were admitted as Wyoming Alpha of Pi BetaPhi. Delta Delta Delta, a fraternity, who until February 15, 1913, wereknown as the Zeta Ksi Sorority, founded in April, 1910.—Wyoming Cor-reopondent, Trident of Delta Delta Delta.


The Editorial DepartmentForeword.

THE STAR AND LAMP has commenced its fifth trip intothe unknown with us at the wheel. How far and howsuccessfully she will go remains to be seen. All that wecan promise is that we will do our best. That is all thatyou can expect of any man. In order to do this we musthave the aid and co-operation of the active chapters, andespecially of the alumni. If you don't back us up, wewill be "up a tree," and it will be hard to say whether wecan climb down without injury; or "great will be the fallthereof." Whatever this magazine amounts to will dependon the amount of interest you yourself take in it. Wecertainly cannot sit in our editorial sanctum and write amagazine offhand. That seems to be the general idea fromthe amount of stuff handed in for publication. We musthave material, and you are the ones to furnish it. So "geta hump on" and do your duty to us.Be on the lookout and when you see something

that you think would be of interest to the rest of us,write about it at once and submit it. Don't be afraidof its being turned down. Far be it from us to dosuch a thing. If there is something about the maga-zine itself that you don't like, get even with us bytelling about it. That is the way all great things are built.It is the hard knocks that are the constructive element andbesides we cannot be right in all that we do. We will neverknow whether we are doing the right thing or not untilsomebody registers a kick. Enlighten us. Do anything.Keep the interest up. That is what this magazine is for.Its pages are always open to you and it is your own fault ifit is not worth reading. We have heard fratres, after read-


ing it, say. that it had absolutely nothing ,in it, and they didnot feel like paying out good money for nothing. Theywere admitting that they themselves were of such a lazy,easy-going temperament that they did not care whether wehad one or not, unless it was a good one, gotten out com-pletely by somebody else who did not expect them to doanything but read it and maybe subscribe if they could notbeat a copy from somebody else. This is pretty near thesentiment of the whole bunch of the brothers that I havecome in contact with. They don't seem to care very muchone way or the other just so they themselves are let alone.The fraternity now is in the hands of new men. We havecast off from the home of our childhood. We have le ftour mother behind to advise, but she will have nothing todo with the running. It is a very critical stage of ourcareer, and we need all the help that you are capable ofgiving. Fratres, read this and resolve to do your part inthe building of the fraternity so that in the years to comeyou will be proud of the fact that you are a member of PiKappa Phi and prouder still that you were one of those whohelped to make it what it is.

Many chapters will receive letters recommending fresh-men to be looked over. It has been the case in this fra-ternity that these letters receive scant consideration. Thisshould not be so. They usually come from brothers whoknow a good deal about the man suggested, and you shouldat least do him the courtesy to look the man up and see ifhe would be congenial to you. You may get some goodones this way.

The football season is now on. Chapters, see that youhave representatives on the field, trying for the team Youowe it to your college and fraternity. If you cannot play.then go out every afternoon and cheer them on.


The Spirit of Co-operation and Promptness.

This is a matter that has worried the officers since our

very beginning. They have written to chapters for infor-

mation, chapter letters, etc., and received no information at

all. Most of the time they failed to hear anything.

Brother Monckton had the hardest kind of time getting the

chapter letters for the last issue. Complaints have come

from California that they can hear nothing from the East.

It has been rumored that two locals have written for infor-

mation about petitioning for a charter and received no reply.

It may be that they wrote to the wrong party, but he could

have forwarded it to the E S. A.

There were articles in the last two issues of THE STAR

AND LAMP asking for information about the alumni. Cali-

fornia answered through their chapter letters, but nothing

was heard from any of the other alumni. A call for help

on the ritual of initiation was sounded with no response.

An appeal was made for the fratres to attend the conven-

tion. About thirty were there out of a membership of two

hundred in the East. Who is to blame for this? Well, it

might be us, but we don't think so. We think that it is you.

You must take some interest, however slight. We must

have co-operation with you and promptness as to corre-

spondence. With these two things the affairs will run

smoothly. We not only need it, but we must have it.

The time has come when Pi Kappa Phi is not content to

rock along any old way. She is on the upgrade. She has

been put there by three men working practically alone.

This is not fair to them and you know it. Are you going

to let them continue alone or are you going to help them

out? They are anxious for your help. In fact, they

are crying for it. California, don't wait for the East

to write you first. Write such a warm letter out here

that it will demand an answer immediately. Alumni,

answer all communications promptly. If you refuse to


do what is asked of you, a letter saying that you

refuse will be almost as welcome as your acceptance.

We will at least have the suspense over and know

what to expect. Chapters, answer at once. If we wanted

an answer at some future date, we would have waited and

written you then. Now come on, fellows, wake up. Get

that hookworm and malaria out of your system. This is

going to be a big year with us. Great things are on foot.

The future looks rosy. You will be proud of your fra-

ternity. Get in with the live wires and boosters and "do

your do" with them. Who wants to be a has-been and

loafer, anyhow? Now, remember the cardinal principles

are co-operation and promptness, and without them we can

do nothing. "Take a bracer" and help us do something.

Frater H. M. Shaver's article in this issue is open to

argument. It is a question in our minds as to whether or

not the course he suggests should be followed. We believe

in progression, but not in the plan of seeking the locals

openly. While we may do it in a way, we cannot come right

out and ask them to affiliate with us. This would lower the

dignity of the fraternity and we have maintained a high

plane so far, so why must we break away? We cannot see

it that way. Let us work on locals if they are wanted but-

let them do the seeking for affiliation. We would like to

hear from some of the others on this. We are sure that

Prater Shaver is not the only one with this view of the

matter. The pages of THE STAR AND LAMP are open toyou if you have anything you want to say in favor of it

or against it.

Look over the freshmen carefully before making your

pledges. This will be much better than waiting until after

you have initiated them. Always conform to faculty reg-

ulations in regard to pledging.


The Relationship of Pi Kappa Phi to Other Fraternities.

What shall be the relation between Pi Kappa Phi men

and the members of other college fraternities? This is aquestion for consideration at any time, but doubly so atthe present as the colleges and universities are opening for

the year's work and relations which are established now

will most likely continue during the year.The very name which has been applied to the college

Greek-letter secret society is significant. Whatever may

be their emblems they are all "fraternities"—they were all

formed for the purpose of establishing brotherly relation-ships. We have seen some fraternity men who had some-how got it into their heads that they could not be loyal to

their own fraternity unless they were jealous of the success

of all others. To our way of thinking there is no surer

way of stamping a man's soul with littleness than convict-

ing him of jealousy. The great-minded rejoice at the

success of others, but the primordial sin of His Satanic

Majesty was a jealous heart. To be sure one does not care

to see his own fraternity outstripped by others, but the

remedy lies in boosting his own, not in knocking the other.

At the present when the anti-fraternity wave is surging dark

and high it behooves us as "fratres" to stand together, lest

we fall as a house divided against itself. Fraternal har-

mony should be written across the door of every chapter

house. • I. N. E.

Your poor standing in classes reflects as much on your

chapter as it does on you. Perhaps you have never looked

at it in this light. Be a good frat man, but see that you do

enough studying to pass your exams with credit. The

faculty will look more favorably on the chapter if all the

men are good students, and it may pay you to stand in with

them some time. You never can tell what might turn up

in opposition to fraternities in your college.


There will be many contests in football this fall between

colleges where we have chapters. It is always the duty of

the home chapter to look out for the visiting brothers on

these occasions. They expect it, so see how hospitable

you can be to them.

Your assessment to the fraternity is now due. Pay up

promptly and get the matter off your mind. You have no

idea how a little thing like this worries the Treasurer. Not

to mention the fact that we need the money very badly.

Duty.

In our nine years of existence we can proudly boast of

the fact that we never have expelled a single man. This

is indeed a good record and we should feel proud of it.

Now, is the reason of this that we have been so careful in

the picking of our men that we never have felt the need

to do such a thing, or is it that we have overlooked a lot of

little things that should have been called to the attention

of the Supreme Council, after first investigating it our-

selves and coming to our own conclusions?

We feel that the former is nearer the true state of affairs.

We are positive of the fact that if an occasion of this kind

ever arises, the chapter will do its duty to the fraternity at

once. This is what should be done. Report the matter as

soon as you are satisfied that it should be made known.

Always bear in mind that your first duty is to the order to

which you have pledged yourself, and no matter how close

the personal ties between you and the unfortunate one maybe, if you are the only one who knows about it, you must

report it at once, or be unloyal to the sacred oath you took

when you became a member of this order.

This is a very unpleasant subject to write upon, but wefeel that you should always keep the fraternity up to the


plane that it was intended to be, and this is written to makeyou realize what your duty is in a case of this kind. Letus be careful in our selection of men and avoid all suchunpleasantness, but let us have the backbone to say so whenwe are positive that we have one among our ranks who isunworthy of the privilege of wearing the diamond pin.May nine more years pass and we can still make our proudboast.

Fraternity Representation.No doubt the most pleasant thing that ever comes to a

member of any fraternity is the privilege of representinghis order in some way. And, indeed, no more sacred trustcan be put into a man's hands than that of the safe-keepingof the name of the fraternity which he represents. Heshould consider it as sacred as his own name and strive touphold it even as he would that of his own parents.But remember that you do not have to be an officer of

your fraternity to be a representative of it. Every memberbecomes considered the reproduction of his order just ashe is the reproduction of his ancestors, and wherever hegoes and whatever he does, and however he does, it iscredited to the fraternity to which he belongs. Therefore,a man should never forget himself at any time and dothose things which he has developed apart from the influ-ence of the fraternity and apart from his own nature.

Whatever a man does bears fruit. If he does wrong itwill bear fruit in the manner of working evil to his order,mostly by creating a public feeling that he is a true repre-sentative of his whole fraternity. This means that publicopinion will soon be against the order to which he belongs,and of course this means ruin. Surely if one would butthink of the responsibility and honor that rest upon himwhen in the position that makes him a representative ofhis whole fraternity, and of the injustice he is doing to


others when he goes wrong, he could never act in any man-ner but that it would reflect honor both upon himself andupon his order. The fruits of a fraternity man's good actsare the upbuilding of his fraternity, the aid those acts arein attaining that for which the order stands, and the makingfor the man himself a character and a success in life.So you who are representing our fraternity, both as col-

lege men and men who are out in the world, as officers ofthe fraternity and as mere members, think when you startastray, and dare do nothing but that which will reflect honorat all times upon her whom you represent—the good oldPi Kappa Phi. R. E. M.

According to the Kappa Sigma Caduceus the fraternities occupyinglone fields without competition are Kappa Alpha (So.) at Drury and Cen-tenary, Alpha Tau Otnikron at Simpson and Muhlenberg, Phi SigmaKappa at St. Johns (Md.) and Queens (Ont.), Sigma Chi at NorthDakota and Southern California, Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Milliken andSt. Stephens, Theta Chi at Rhode Island State, Sigma Phi Epsilon atOhio Northern, Sigma Nu at Cornell (Ia.), and Kappa Sigma at LakeForest.

Fraternities are prohibited at Princeton University, Oberlin College,Monmouth College, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic

Institute, Emory and Henry College (Va.), Wake Forest College (N.C.), Wofford College (S. C.), Furman University (S. C.), Erskine Col-lege (S. C.), and Trinity University (Texas). Phi Delta Theta hashad chapters at Monmouth, V. M. I., Wofford and Trinity.

The legislature of South Carolina, in 1897, barred fraternities from theState University. A similar but defective act was passed by the legisla-ture of Arkansas in 1902, and fraternities still continue there. Therecent act of the Mississippi legislature excluding fraternities is beingcontested in the courts, and if necessary will be taken to the UnitaStates Supreme Court.

Sigma Upsilon, a literary fraternity of some prominence, has addedthree new chapters to its roll, one at the University of South Carolina,one at Trinity College, N. C., and one at the University of Texas.


AnnouncementsThe December issue of THE STAR AND LAMP Will be an

anniversary number. On December 10th all the chapters

and alumni will celebrate in honor of the founding of thc

Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. It is the purpose of the editor

to ask for an article from each chapter, telling what they

will do by way of celebration. This will be all that he will

have time to write, requesting their article. The alumni

are asked through this medium to contribute some reminis-

cent stuff on the early days of the fraternity. Something

about previous celebrations of Founders' Day, etc. This

will be the only call made to you and we will appreciate it

if you will write something for us. Please have it in the

hands of the editor-in-chief by December 1, 1913. Any-

thing received after that date will be too late for publication.* * *

The March issue will be devoted to the chapters. We

will be glad to receive pictures of all the chapters, provided

each chapter will pay for its cut. We cannot undertake to

publish pictures and pay for the cuts out of the amount

allotted us for the maintenance Of THE STAR AND LAMP.

This is rather early to announce this issue, but it will be

well for all chapters to begin getting their stuff ready for it.

A picture of all the chapters would certainly be good to

look upon. We will have more about this in the December

issue.* * *

As a special inducement to alumni, we will give a copy

of the Pi Kappa Phi catalogue to the first hundred who

subscribe to THE STAR AND LAMP. The catalogue sells for

50 cents a copy, so you will be getting both THE STAR AND

LAMP and a complete catalogue for the price of the maga-

zine. What better bargain do you want than' this?


Scissors and PasteGreek-Letter Conference.

A conference of representatives of more than fifty Greek-

letter fraternities met in Chicago in May and formed an

organization that promises to play a most effective and, in

fact, vital part in the future development of the American

College Fraternity system. A reference bureau was estab-

lished for the purpose of collecting and supplying data to

college faculties and State legislatures in the interest of

fraternities and the fraternity system in this country, and

an executive committee of ten members was provided for

to manage and control the bureau. The sororities and pro-

fessional fraternities were included in the movement, the

executive committee containing the names of three sorority

representatives and one from professional fraternities. The

headquarters of the organization will be in Chicago, and the

chief officers are: Henry W. Austin, Alpha Delta Phi,

Chairman, and Wm. C. Levere, S. A. E., Secretary and

Treasurer. Mr. Levere's address is Box 254, Evanston,

Ill. Each fraternity will be asked to contribute to the

maintenance of the organization.

The following resolution setting out the purposes and

aims of the organization and calling upon fraternities to

united efforts along all lines of betterment was passed:

We, the Greek Letter Societies of America, in convention assembled,

do make the following declaration:

Whereas, We believe that many of the people of our country are nOt

familiar with the true purposes and ideals of our societies and with the

actual conditions among the same;

Now, therefore, we, represented in convention at the city of Chicago

by officers and delegates of our said societies, do declare:

That it is our earnest wish and desire to inoculate in our various

chapters, or local societies, the principles of true womanhood and man-

hood; to promote the moral welfare of all our members; to stimulate

and encourage scholarship; to prescribe obedience to all authority; to


encourage loyalty to and active interest in the institution where they may

be located; to foster a democratic and friendly spirit between our mem-

bers and all others with whom they may be associated, and to inspire

among our members a true, loyal and lasting friendship.

And we do further declare that to those ends we have, through our

officers and councils, dedicated ourselves in the past and do pledge our-

selves for the future, that where we fail we will remedy, and where we

succeed, such shall be to us only an incentive to better endeavor.

And we do further declare that our association together in such

societies is in fulfillment of the natural desire of all people to seek

friendship among one another, and that we consider our members, not

as elected to any privileges, but rather as pledged and dedicated to a

life of striving for the perfection of our ideals.

And we do further declare that we welcome all sincere criticism of

our conduct and lives, and do pledge ourselves to take counsel upon the

same and to remedy all things wherein we may fall short of these, our

ideals and principles.

And remembering our long and prosperous existence, our opportuni-

ties and hopes for the future, our thousands of great and true members

now in the service of the world, the thousands of our young men and

women now in our brotherly care, and the service of many good and

noble men and women given to the perfecting of these ideals.We do pledge ourselves to promote these things in all ways, and to

continue our efforts to that end.

THE REFERENCE BUREAU.

A second resolution of moment, outlining the plans and

scope of the reference bureau, was as follows:

Whereas, There has recently been threatened legislation hostile to fra-

ternities in some States, and anti-fraternity action by faculties in some

atnerican colleges and universities;

And, whereas, There is need for combined action on the part of the

fraternities to combat the enactment of such'hostile laws and regulations;

And, whereas, Action looking to this end ought to be initiated in the

shortest, quickest and most effective way;

Therefore, be it resolved, by the representatives of the fifty-five fra-

ternities represented at this conference, that there be established as soon

as practicable a Bureau of Information at Chicago, Illinois, to be main-

tained by intercollegiate fraterniti9 of the United States, to be known

as The College Fraternity Bureau.

It shall be the duty of this Bureau:

(a) To collect and maintain a reference library containing all acces-

sible data concerning fraternities with reference to pending or threat-

ened anti-fraternity action by legislatures or faculties.


(b) To furnish such data to the local organizations of various uni-

versities and colleges as these organizations may find such data neces-

sary.(c) To conduct in such manner as may seem best, a campaign of

publicity calculated to disseminate knowledge concerning fraternities

among the American people, and, particularly in those States where the

fraternities have been, or are likely to be, attacked., that will tend to

explain fairly the aims and purposes of fraternities and to eradicate

and overcome false statements and impressions.

Such Bureau shall be managed and controlled by an Executive Com-

mittee of ten members, of whom not less than three shall be members

of sororities, and at least one of whom shall be a member of a profes-

sional fraternity. Such Executive Committee shall be selected in such

manner as this conference shall determine.

A vecial committee on resolutions reported as follows:

Be it further resolved, That the representatives of the fifty odd fra-

ternities and sororities here assembled declare their opposition to high

school fraternities and sororities, and express the hope that their organ-

izations will soon legislate against the initiation of members of high

school organizations.—Copied from the Kappa Alpha Journal of July,

1913.

It is deeply regretted that Pi Kappa Phi was unable to

have a representative at this conference.

* * *

This comes to our table at a good time. This is the

beginning of the collegiate year and we are thinking of our

new prospects. Read this carefully to see if you can't find

some good suggestions to use in your own pledging.

Personal prejudices shall be laid aside, and the question asked shall

be, "Will she be a strong girl for the fraternity?"

In order to prevent black-balling, the chairman of the rushing com-

mittee shall state the recommendations of the candidate and call on

each girl in turn to give her opinion.

Seniors who are going out of active chapters shall not vote against a

girl if those who are to live with her wish her, unless their more mature

judgment convinces them she will bring discredit on the fraternity.

When all but one or two people desire a girl and she is thought to

be a strong girl for the fraternity, unless there are definite reasons or

decided objections against her which cannot be overcome, the majority

should rule, for warm love comes only through months of close com-

panionship.After a girl is pledged, all discussion about her should cease.—Lyre,

of Alpha Chi Omega.

THE STAR AND LAMP.

We have written a squib on this on the editorial page

and again call it to your attention here. You should be as

courteous as possible to the alumni, as they are the ones

who are going to help you out when the chapter is in a

tight financial hole. We take this from The Delta of

Sigma Nu:

If the alumni support in the rushing campaign is to be ensured the

chapters must be certain that the interested ones are notified of the

final disposition made of their recommendations. There can be nothing

more unsatisfactory than to have letters of recommendation treated with

silent contempt. 'And such is the treatment accorded to letters very

frequently, and, indeed, nearly always, when the man recommended is

not pledged to the fraternity. It can be but a small tribute to the

fraternity spirit of an alumnus to give him the answer that courtesy,

business sense and even common decency call upon the chapter to give.

It should not he necessary for an alumnus to write a second letter ask-

ing for the fate of the man recommended, as one most active and inter-

ested brother wrote twice to one chapter last fall—finally to receive a

postal card reply! After one or two rebuffs, an alumnus—who, after all,

is hut human—is reasonably certain to lose interest, or at least to decide

to cut one chapter off his list, as has this brother.

* * *

The following clipping is directly in point. Alumni will

take the trouble to notify you of the qualifications of a man

if you will do them the courtesy to answer their letters

thanking them for their interest in the chapter:

Have you ever stopped to think what a strange process rushing is?

It is a great deal like love at first sight, except that it happens oftener:

love at first sight is seldom competitive. And for all the hurry-up judg-

ments that are found, there are few divorces (still speaking of rushing).

Satisfactory as the present scheme may be, however, it is conceivable

that it might be better. You remember little Bill Smith, who went away

to college last fall arid went—what strange badge was it? No matter;

anyhow, you remember he played on the scrub eleven in high school, and

seemed to be built just right for the hurdles, and managed to graduate

with a creditable class standing. It is true, he went to Dartmouth, and

that is not your alma mater, and so the thought of notifying the Sig

Chapter didn't occur to you. But if the Sigs had happened to find him

and initiate him you would have been pretty nearly as glad to give him

the grip as though he came from your own old chapter.

Perhaps there are more Bill Smiths this year. A telegram or letter

to the consul of the chapter in question, indicating a few of the fresh.


man's qualities and the train on which he will arrive, will reduce the

hurry-up judgments that that particular chapter has to make by just one,

and will mean that in four years more there will be another member of

the alumni chapter in your town. The correct addresses of all of the

chapters are printed in the directory in the back of this issue, as usuaL—

Sigma Chi Quarterly.

* * *

This editorial clipped from the Phi Kappa Psi Shield will

apply to Pi Kapps as well as Phi Psis. The chapters will

do well to read it. Our records are in a pretty bad shape

at present. The chapters must co-operate with us in this

and keep records in such a. condition that when the time

comes for the next catalogue to be published there will be

no such thing as names left out, inaccurate addresses and

time of initiations, etc. :

The beginning of a new college year is properly a time for good

resolutions. It should be more than that; it is the time for action.

Starting the year in the right way means not only to resolve, but also to

act. A chapter which starts right is likely so to continue throughout the

year. The duties of the various chapter officers are clearly enough

defined. If those chosen to these positions do not properly represent

the chapter, it is the duty of the members to see that brothers who will

act are substituted. All the obligations, however, do not rest with the

officers. The members as a chapter and as individuals have many duties

aside from those specifically imposed upon the officers.

Perhaps the most important work is that of selecting new members.

The moct of the chapters will have made their choice before this issue

appears. It is hardly necessary to suggest to the others that the great-

est care should be exercised. You are not only selecting freshmen, but

future upperclassmen, alumni, and officers of the national fraternity.

Start the year with a resolution to make scholarship paramount, and

then do it. Fraternities are judged by the outside world more by their

scholarship record than by their array of captains, managers and social

stars. An efficient chapter does not need to neglect any side of college

life. See that your men are good students. If they are capable enough

to do something in addition to that, see that they select the right thing

and then that they succeed in their choice.

A chapter which fails to maintain a high standard of morality does

not reach its greatest efficiency. The chapter house is a training school

with a four-year course—an, adjunct to the university. It is expected

that young men who are permitted to enjoy its privileges will be trained

in right thinking and right living. A chapter which graduates poorer

men than it initiates has failed in its opportunity. Neither will an


effitent chapter tolerate undemocratic actions by its members, either in

the chapter house or upon the campus.

An efficient chapter will secure the loyal and interested aid of its

alumni. There are many ways to do this; there are perhaps more ways

to lose such interest. Try to choose the right ways and to bring all the

alumni into closer touch with the chapter and the fraternity.

An efficient chapter will see that its bills are promptly paid; that

the books are properly kept; that correspondence is not neglected; that

letters and personals appear regularly in The Shield; that its alumni

are subscribers to the fraternity magazine; that a card index of its

alumni is kept; that its history and scrap book are not neglected.

Let us start this year right and make it the greatest in the history

of Phi Kappa Psi. Try to make your chapter efficient.

* * *

Which of these two types do Pi Kapp chapters bid? It is

to be hoped that they bid both kind. Don't let the glory of

a man's making the varsity in itself influence you. He

might make a good man and then again he might not. Let

Pi Kapp chapters bid men in every sense of the word. Take

him for what he is and not for what he has done or you

expect • him to do. This is a clipping from an address

delivered by F. P. Rand, a Phi Sigma Kappa, before Mass.

Ag. College on College Night, taken from The Signet:

A brother arises in meeting and addresses the chair. "Mr. President,

I present the name of Jack Jones. He is sure to make the football team

and will strengthen our chapter in college." Imagine, if you can, an

inquisitive listener asking how this man Jones will strengthen the

chapter. What must the answer be? Why, he will help us to get more

football men next fall. And they? More football men—ad infinitum.

Another brother speaks. "I present the name of Sammy Smith. He

is an inconspicuous boy, and it is doubtful whether or not he will ever

make a name for himself in college. But he is clean, manly, whole-

hearted, friendly. We can help him much, and he will help us, too, in

the way of comradeship." So the chapter bids young Smith welcome,

because he seems to posses the qualities emphasized in the ideals of the

fraternity. No it doesn't. Never! It goes after that football player

with a special smoker and an automobile ride.

* * *

• The relative merits of the large ,and small fraternity is

touched in the following editorial from The Garnet and

White, of Alpha Chi Rho. We glory in the fact that we

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are a small fraternity. Personally, we would rather see

fifteen chapters with the true Pi Kapp spirit than seventy-five with lukewarm tendencies. The smaller we are, the

better we will know each other.

The old controversy as to the relative merits of the large and small

fraternity continues to crop up in the fraternity press from time to

time, mostly in the form of self-congratulation on the part of the

societies with sixty or more chapters. • By these it seems to be tacitly

assumed that a fraternity which has a small chapter roll is deficient in

ambition.

There are many kinds of -ambition. If to secure a local tie between

the members of each chapter is the ideal, the size of the fraternity

makes no difference. If it be to gain for the members prestige in the col-

lege and the Greek world, the larger the fraternity the better, provided

a reasonable amount of care is exercised in the selection of candidates.

If it be to secure through the control and influence of the central fra-ternity and the graduates a moral uplift on the part of the men

admitted, it would seem that the more compact the circle of membership

is, the more completely the object will be attained. To generalize upon

the size of fraternities is very much the same as to generalize upon thesize of tools. The finer the work, the finer and better tempered thetool. A crowbar is not more efficient than a chisel.

The number of our chapters is by constitutional enactment limited to

twenty-four. We are not overhasty in determining where the balance of

those twenty-four shall be located. Certainly, however, fraternities in

the West and extreme South need anticipate no future competition with

Alpha Chi Rho. In placing the twelfth chapter of the brotherhood in

Wesleyan College, Middletown, Conn., the National Council has adhered

firmly to traditional policy in the fraternity.

* * *

The United States is full of colleges. These colleges are

full of men. All are at liberty to form all the clubs, fra-

ternities, etc., they want. Man is a creature that likes com-

panionship and is sure to have it. We have seen colleges

with open fraternities. We have seen fraternities run out

of a college. We harve seen that college continuously since

and haven't noticed any particular improvement in it. It

is full of locals with Greek-letter names that to all intents

and purposes are the same as fraternities. And so it goes

in all colleges. The following is an editorial from TheScroll, of Phi Delta Theta:


The nonfraternity men doubtless feel humiliated because they were

not bid by fraternities, and they assert that fraternities are aristocratic

associations which stand in the way of college democracy. There is

some basis for this assertion, but it is open to the non fraternity men in

any institution to petition fraternities not represented there for charters

to establish chapters there. If they should be refused they may organize

local societies, and, by extension or by combination with other locals,

they may build up national fraternities. The college fraternity system

as it exists now is no monopoly. The existing fraternities have no copy-

right on the letters of the Greek alphabet or on various symbols which

may be selected or on forms of badges which may be designed. The

way is clear for nonfraternity men to organize as many more fraternities

as they may desire, even though to furnish membership to every student.

Some of the persons who criticise fraternities seem to think that if fra-

ternities were abolished there would be ideal college democracy. They

appear to forget that this would be opposed to human nature. In all

conditions of society and in all places there are class distinctions based

on lines of social cleavage. There is no more aristocratic institution in

the sountry than Princeton, where fraternities have been prohibited

over sixty years. The local clubs there are as exclusive as are chapters

of fraternities in any institution in the United States. At Harvard and

Yale, where fraternities are a negligible factor, there are many class

distinctions based on birth, social position and wealth, and the highest

social honors that students can receive are invitations to join the local

clubs and class societies. If all fraternities in American colleges were

abolished today, there would at each institution spring up local

organizations something like those at Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and

these would have all of the objections that are urged against fra-

ternities, and would not have any of the restraining influences and cor-

rective measures which are exercised by the national college fraternities,

and which are a part of their general administrative systems.

* * *

It is worth while that you have allied yourself with Pi

Kappa Phi? What does it mean to you? We will submit

the following from Kappa Alpha Theta and let you read

it and decide for yourself:

Is the fraternity worth while? Is anything in life worth while? Only

as we ourselves make it so. The thing that we put into life is the thing

life becomes to us, and just as surely does our fraternity become the

concrete expression of our loyalty to its precepts, our purposeful efforts

in its behalf. Our fraternity is what we as individuals, as chapters,

as national and international organizations choose to makiit. It. is worth

while only in so far as we are worth while. It is worth while to us as

individuals in proportion as we give of our time and service, of our-


selves, toward the realization in our own lives of its ideals. It is worth

while to the college community in proportion as it impresses itself

ineradically as an altruistic element, one to be reckoned with for good.

It is worth while to society generally in proportion as it projects its

influence as a leavening element, helpfully, constructively, usefully. It

can be everything we claim for it if we want it to be. In our heartswe know that we stand for tine things In pledging ourselves to our fra-

ternity, but in our lives, alas, we show evidence of the old struggle

between precept and conduct. We know that our fraternity is worth

while if we, its members, allow it to be. Shall we not then stop asking,

"Is the fraternity worth while?" Let us rather look to ourselves and in

all humility ask, "Are we worth while?"

The following clipping meets with our views. We neverhave seen the sense of having over one election a year. Let

the only election be at the close of the spring term. Then

the , officers elected will serve during the entire year.

Knowing that they will be in charge for an entire year,

they will do better and more efficient work for the chapter.Then the national officers will always know who is in

charge. If this plan is used you will do some thinking

before electing your officers:

There is undoubtedly a desire on the part (if chapters to distribute

honors among the membership as far and as often as possible, but it is

regrettable that this is done often at the expenge of efficiency. The

officer who serves for a term or semester hardly becomes acquainted with

the duties of his position before he gives way to another who knows

nothing of these duties. This serves admirably in the way of distribut-

ing offices, but it plays havoc with a chapter's efficiency and usefulness

—and a fraternity's working force is blinded upon the active chapter.

Let us hope that the day is approaching when the active members will

realize the advisability of retaining in office as long as possible an

efficient and capable officer who has to deal with the higher officials of

the organization. Instance—If your present G. S. serves next year itwill perhaps not take him until January, or February, or even later to

learn that he should report to the editor the names of all the memberswho were in the chapter the year before, and who failed to return. And

he may even know why this should be done.—Kappa Sigma Cad/aeons.

* * *

Pi Kapp alumni, read this clipping from The Scroll, ofPhi Delta Theta, and resolve to keep in touch with your


old chapter and the fraternity. The future of Pi Kappa

Phi depends upon your interest in it:

From my observations, the main trouble seems to be that too many

of us regard our fraternity ties and obligations as something that is

supposed to last only during the period of our college life. We probably

do not intend to do so, but we let business cares and social pleasures

occupy all our time and thought. A letter comes from the boys of our

Oid chapter; we decide that we will answer it immediately, but one thing

and then another prevents, and, all unconsciously, the time slips by and

it is too late. Or we resolve to go back and visit the old school and

chapter, but we keep postponing it until all the boys we know have left

the chapter,, and then we do not, care to return. Ah, how quickly under

such conditions can the most ardent enthusiasm wane and die out.

The following is taken from Phi Delta Theta Scroll.

Some spirit this old gentleman had. We wonder if Pi

Kapps will show that much fifty years hence:

In the earlier days it was considered the proper thing at some col-

leges for a Greek-letter man to wear his fraternity emblem on his

necktie for a scarf pin. I know an old gentleman who still clings to that

custom. As you see him apProach your eyes are fascinated by the sight

of a Sigma Phi pin the size of a quarter worn in the center of his white

shirt bosom, and apparently to be the more firmly anchored there, a

chain extends out from it to a Greek letter designating his chapter's

letter. The sight of this "sunburst" is dazzling; for a moment the

corners of one's mouth begin to twitch, yet one does not laugh. Instead.

the hat is voluntarily raised out of respect to the steadfast zeal that

for over forty long years has caused this man to loyally display his

fraternity emblem, and many are the Greeks, irrespective of fraternity,

whom I have heard murmur, "would that more of our members were

equally proud of their old college frat I"

* * *

Indiana University will have the honor of being the mother chapter

of a new fraternity, Sigma Delta Psi. The motto, translated, Is "The

bod‘y the servant of the mind." Its purpose is the recognition of all-

round athletics; and it is hoped that it will occupy a position similar

to that held by Phi Beta Kappa in the intellectual world.

* * *

The Scroll, of Phi Delta Theta, states that Phi Kappa Psi has

petitions from Colorado, Pennsylvania State and Iowa State, Sigma Chi

from Oklahoma, Sigma Ni from Brown and Kappa Sigma from John

Milliken (DI.).


The Alumni DepartmentSend all communications to this department to Simon Fogarty, 90

Broad street, Charleston, S. C.; Chester H. Prouty, Fresno, Cal.; H. A.Mouzon, Charleston, S. C.

The Policy of the Alumni Department.

The editorial and managerial staff of this department of

the magazine will devote its time and energy to the pro-

motion and welfare of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity to the

establishment of closer bonds of fraternal spirit between the

alumni and regular members, to bring the different chapters

in closer relation, and to assist the national chapter in its

policy of extension.

This policy is made possible by the hearty co-operation

of*the magazine staff, the national officers of the fraternity,

the officers of the respective chapters and the generous and

voluntary support and spirited assistance of all the members.

The pages of this magazine are intended to interest the

members of the different chapters in the happenings at the

other universities and to keep the alumni members in touch

with the proceedings of the active chapter.

With this purpose as our corner stone, with the generous

and voluntary support and co-operation of the officers and

members of the chapters, it is our ambitious aim to do our

share in adding to the prosperity and future developmentof the fraternity.

. An Open Letter to Pi Kappa Phi Alumni.

DEAR FRATRES :—At the convention held during the month

of July, it was decided to try to meet the expenses of the

fraternity this year by an assessment on the active members

only, which assessment includes their subscription of

$2.50 to THE STAR AND LAMP.


As the alumni members are not called upon to help

meet any of the running expenses of the fraternity, THE

STAR AND LAMP will not be sent them unless they subscribe

for it. However, every member of the Pi Kappa Phi

Fraternity should have the only official publication of the

fraternity—and should have every issue of that publica-

tion. Otherwise it is impossible to keep up with the move-

ments that are constantly being made. I do not believe

there is:a single man in the fraternity who is not interested

in what is going on in the individual chapters, in the fra-

ternity at large, and among the alumni, nor do I believe

that there is a single alumnus of the fraternity who is will-

ing to sacrifice his loyalty to it by not having his name

appear on the list of subscribers, especially when the sub-

scription price to alumni has been made $2, so as to make

it possible for every individual member to keep his fingers

on the pulse of the organization and to know its progress.

Now the point is this :—I, and the many others who are

laboring to make .our order what it should be, among the

first in the land, want to ask that you send in your sub-

scription now for the coming year. By so doing, you will

not miss the first issue which will make its appearance about

the 15th of October. Our newly elected editor in chief,

Frater John D. Hamer, tells me that he is confident that

Tut STAR AND LAMP will be far larger and better this year

than ever before, and I thoroughly concur.

Do not delay, but send in your subscription at once. If

you haven't the money to send along with it, simply write

me that you will send it upon receipt of the first issue. I

am trying, fratres, to do something for the magazine we

call ours—may I not expect to receive your endorsement

and support by having your subscription by return mail?

I will appreciate it. Yours very fraternally,H. LANGFORD,

Business Manager.


The Clinton Alumni Chapter.

The supreme officers have received a petition from Clin-

ton, S. C., asking for the establishment of an alumni

chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. The founders of

this chapter are, John Young, Beta-Epsilon; J. H. Phinney,

Sigma, and Cyrus Bailey, Beta. This is as complete as

we can judge at present. On account of the lack of time

in getting material in on this matter, nothing more can be

said in this issue, but we will ask Frater Young to have

a complete article in the December number telling us all

about it, and giving a complete list of the members.

This, fratres, is a step in the development of Pi Kappa Phi

and is one of the best things that possibly can be done for

our advancement. The more alumni chapters we have, the

better we will be able to cope with the problems which are

coming up daily for us to solve. More interest will be

shown in active chapters. It will give the alumni editors

a better chance to keep in touch with the alumni. It will

help us in a thousand and one ways that cannot be enu-

merated here.. These fellows have broken the ice and now

it is up to Charleston, California, North Carolina, and

Georgia to follow. Columbia has already established theirs.

Who will be the next to petition? Well, time can only

tell—we will wait and see.

Columbia Alumni Chapter.

Our first meeting was the outcome of a suggestion by

Prater John D. Carroll, our Grand President, that we

organize an alumni chapter, and according to his excellent

plan, we set out to do it immediately, with an enrollment

of eight members. Present at this meeting were Fratres

John D. Carroll, Grand President; W. H. Monckton,

Grand Treasurer: John D. Hamer. Grand Journalist;

Herbert Langford, Business Manager STAR AND LAMP; I.

N. Edwards, E. Monckton, C. E. Byrd and D. G Maxwell.


After petitioning the Supreme Council and appointing a few

necessary committees, we went into the election of officers,

which were as follows: W. Fl. Monckton, Jr., President;

John D. Carroll, Vice President; D. G. Maxwell, Secretary;

C. E. Byrd, Treasurer.

Our next meeting was held one week later, when we

decided to make our chapter the principal alumni chapter of

the State, that is to say, the central alumni chapter of the

State. Our object is to make any brother residing in South

Carolina eligible for membership in the Columbia Alumni

Chapter, providing he is not already a member of anotheralumni chapter or of an active collegiate chapter. This is

done in order to give every alumnus residing in the State

the privilege of joining an alumni chapter, and as we are

the logical central chapter for South Carolina we take great

pleasure in inviting our fratres scattered throughout the

State to membership in our Capital City Chapter.

The alumni movement, though only an infant, is one of

the most promising children of our body, and if nurtured

and cared for in the proper manner will no doubt grow into

something we will all be proud of. It is not only beneficial

to the fraternity as a whole, but even more so to the

individual members. It keeps old men always in com-

munication with one another and the fraternity, and even

after we had gone out of college into the business world,

it affords us opportunities to meet old fratres and talk

over happenings of our old chapters, that would otherwise

be long forgotten. We now have started two alumni

chapters, one at Clinton, S. C., the other one here. We

next hope to hear that Charleston and also California have

followed in our steps. But remember, fratres, that any old

man not living in a place where there are five old Pi Kappa

Phis is welcome to become a member of our chapter and

we heartily welcome all to our midst.D. G. MAXWELL,

Columbia Alumni Chapter, Columbia, S. C.


The Go Club.The purpose of the Go Club is to make the fraternity go,

and to make things in it go with a go. If you are a mem-ber of the Go Club you know that you have to go someto stay in it, and if you are not a member, please be informedthat you will have to go to get in it.The fraternity has long felt the need of just such an

organization as the Go Club, and has long missed the assist-ance which the Go Club proposes to give it. And the wayproposed is this :—To be a member of the Go Club it is onlyrequisite to be an alumnus of the fraternity, to be willing towork for its advancement in any way that you can prac--tically, and to send along with your application for member-ship a check for $5, which is the membership fee. The duesare to be fixed by apportionment each year, and member-ship in it is renewable from year to year. The membershipfee includes all dues for the first year.The Go Club will have a regularly elected government,

and once a year the treasurer will .make a complete state-ment of the disposition made during that year of the moneysreceived by him through the club. This money is intendedto go mainly for extension—to make the fraternity gowhere it should go and where it hasn't gone before. Notone cent of it is to be spent for the running expenses of thefraternity, nor anything connected therewith. The advance-ment of the fraternity in as many ways as possible will bethe principal object of the club, and all the money disbursedwill be done with this end' in view.As for the idea of the Go Club, it is but fair to the

Columbia Alumni Chapter to say that their ambition' wasthe mother of it, every member of the Columbia AlumniChapter being a member of the Co Club also. The scheme,though now embryological, bids fair to be a distinct success,and there is undoubtedly an. unlimited field open for theenergies and ingenuity of its backers.


If you are loyal to your fraternity, if you have a desire to

see it attain to the foremost ranks at an early date, and wish

to lend your personal endorsement to the scheme described,

if you'care to participate in this great work—for there are

untold possibilities for good in it—and inasmuch as you are

not called upon by the fraternity for any assessment, feel

that you could afford to invest as much as $5 in its future,

write at once to the treasurer of the fraternity and send

your check along—or tell him when he may expect it—and

let's all join hands to make the Go Club go with a vim!J. D. C.

Alumni Notes.

J. P. Bussey is with Reynolds & Earle, Greenville, S. C.

R. E. Allen is with the National Bank of Commerce,

Baltimore, Md.

Ravenel Curry is one of the professors in the Bailey

Military Institute, Greenwood, S. C. He is to be married

this fall to Miss Dora Milford, of Greenville, S. C.

Joe King is farming at Savage, S. C.

W. C. Lesslie is living at Lesslie, S. C.

Clarence W. Hager is connected with the Gem State

Lumber Co., operating in Idaho, and at present is located at

Pocatello, Idaho.

Jas. F. Stuckey is with The Peoples Bank, Bishopville,

S. C.R. A. McFarlan when last heard from was at Garfield,

Utah, R. F. D. No. I.

C. E. Byrd, '11, is connected with the Union National

Bank, Columbia, S. C.

F. S. Jones, '11, is cashier of the Bank of Hardeyville,

Hardeyville, S. C. At least he was the last time heard from.

J. F. Robinson, '11, is located in Spartanburg, S. C., as

bookkeeper for the R. 0. Pickens Co.

J. C. Barry, '12, is located at Moore, S. C., farming.


A. H. Blanton, '12, is in Spartanburg, S. C., as privatesecretary to R. H. Ferguson, State agent for the PrudentialLife Insurance Co.E. H. Booe, '12, will coach the Clinton College football

team, Clinton, S. C.J. L. McWhirter, '13, is in Jonesville, S. C.W. M. Shaw, '12, is in Wilmington, N. C. He is a sub-

stitute teacher in the Wilmington graded schools.E. M. White, '12, is in Chester, S. C., in business with

his father.John Young, the founder of N. C. Epsilon, is located in

Clinton, S. C., in the dry goods business.I. N. Edwards, '10, is teaching school at Columbus, Ga.

He has been appointed associate editor of THE STAR ANDLAMP.W. H. Monckton, Jr., '11, is connected with his father in

the dry goods business in Columbia, S. C. He was electedE. S. Treasurer at the covention.

J. H. Hydrick, '11, is practicing law in Orangeburg, S. C.He was elected E. S. Councillor, the newly created supremeoffice, at the convention.T. J. Lipscomb, '12, is with his father in the brokerage

business in Charleston, S. C.J. B. Hamer, '12, is located in Birmingham, Ala.J. J. Heffron, '12, is in the real estate business in Charles-

ton, S. C.D. Guy Maxwell, '12, is just back from a trip of fourteen

months in Paris. He is at present in Columbia, S. C.1). B. McIntyre, '13, is practicing law at Marion, S. C.G. T. Newman, '12, is in Columbia, S. C.E. P. Passailaigue, '13, is located in Charleston, S. C.

For the past summer he was advertising manager of theIsle of Palms.

J. H. Phinnev, '12, is in business for himself in Clinton,S. C. He conducts a general loan business besides con-ducting a large farm.


J. H. White, '13, is in Spartanburg, S. C., studying law.

J. C. Busbee, '13, has opened an office for the practice

of law in Aiken, S. C.

Julian C. Hyer, '13, will enter Georgetown University,

Washington, D. C., this fall. He will also do clerical work

in the city, attending the law school at night. Brother

Hyer is an orator of ability, coming second in the South

Carolina Oratorical Contest held at Rock Hill last spring.

There were six colleges represented in the contest. Out of

the six, two were represented by Pi Kapps; Mouzon repre-

senting Charleston College.

J. 0. Green, '13, will enter the University of South Caro-

lina Law School this fall. He is rather hefty in build and

should make a good man for the football squad.

• Bobo Burnett, '13, will study law in Spartanburg, S. C.,

carrying a course in shorthand on the side.

J. T. Monroe, '13, will be associated with his father in

business at Marion, S. C. Brother Monroe was elected to a

place on the Supreme Council at the convention at Wrights-

ville this summer.

C. E.' Edwards, '13, will reside in Chester, S. C. Can't

say positively what he will do.

R. E. Moody, '12, will be principal of the high school at

McCormick, S. C., this coming year. Brother Moody has

been appointed associate editor of THE STAR AND LAMP.

J. 0. Moody, '12, is in business at his home, Dillon, S. C.

Horace Anderson, '11, will enter the Jefferson Medical

College in Philadelphia, this fall. He has been teaching

school since graduating.

Vernon Shell, '11, remains in the Philippines.

Thomas Humphries, '13, resides at Camden, S. C., care

Bank of Camden.

H. Langford, '10, is still in business in Columbia, S. C.

Box 506. He was elected Business Manager of THE STAR.4AND LAMP at the convention.


California Gamma.

The class of 1913 added four members to our Cali-fornia Gamma Alumni, in William Barnhill, J. Boyd Oliver,Wlater Smallwood, and James Church. All the boys areback in college this year taking postgraduate work, withthe exception of Jimmy, who is out .demonstrating hisability as a mining engineer.

"Bill" is an assistant in the chemistry "Lab." and iscontinuing his work along that line. Boyd has beenstudying law and has two years yet before becoming a "full-fledged" attorney. "Walt" thinks the title of M. D. afterhis name is worth another two years of college work. Go toit, Walt, for we think you will make a good one.The fratres will be interested in hearing of the marriage

of "Bill" Anderson, '10, last summer, and of Charles Dimm-ler, '07, and Will Peterson, '10, in June of this year. Thisbrings our number up to six and increases the prospects forfuture Pi Kapps.Dave Hardy has returned to Tamalpias this year to con-

tinue his duties as "Prof." and athletic instructor. Leave itto Dave to give them a winning football team.

Steven Malatesta, '12, who graduated with honors in theCollege of Mechanics, has been working in San Franciscofor the last year.

Clarence Fraser, '11, has a position with the Visalia Elec-tric Co., and finds himself traveling for them most of thetime. Since his marriage last spring, "Frizzer" wastes notime about getting home to spend the Sundays.

Harry Long, '09, has been with the General PetroleumCo., in charge of their refineries at the oil fields during thelast year, but decided to locate in the city. Harry is nowstaying with the "Brows" at the "House" in Berkeley.

Jack Matthews left his position with the Visalia ElectricCo. to become a strike breaker for the P. G. & E. Co., inOakland. Things have settled down wonderfully since Jackwent on the job for them.


Walt Hughes is still holding down his job as assistant to

the city engineer of Richmond. Two years on the job has

made him a valuable man in the city office.

Arthur Haslam, our "Musical Star," did not return to

college this year. Art is assisting his father in business at

Santa Maria.Jim Armstrong and Chester Prouty opened up an office in

Fresno the first of the year and are practicing soil chemistry

and engineering. Jim is specializing on "soils" and telling

the homeseeker where to locate, while Chet is handling the

irrigation and engineering work. When you land in Cali-

fornia let them show you where to locate.

Milt Seligman is in business with his father in Dinuba,

and is becoming one of the "big ones" of the town.

Reports have reached the writer that "Al" Bass is rais-

ing a family. Congratulations, "Al," we always thought

you believed in the Roosevelt policy.

Theodore Kelly has found Colton much to his liking.

Theo. is principal of the high school there now and deserves

credit for his work of the last three years.

Ben Laflin writes that there is no place like the Imperial

Valley. The "back to the soil movement" hit Ben and he

has become a regular farmer, "by gum."

Fratres Clarence Hager, John Strebin, Fred. Mackfessel,

Frank Nottage, and Ray Perry have not been heard from of

late, and we trust, on seeing this, will x'rite us of their

doings in the last year.

The other unaccounted for members of our alumni will

be mentioned in a future issue and in the meantime we wish

them all success in the business world.

Phi Gamma Delta has chartered the Beaver Club at the University of

Oregon. The university enrolls in its undergraduate courses 543 men

and 291 women. The other fraternities represented are: Sigma NU,

Kappa. Sigma, Beta Theta Pi, Acacia, Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Chi.


Brothers Here and There.

The following invitations have been issued from RockHill, S. C.:

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Evertts Willisrequest the pleasure of your company

at the wedding reception of their (laughterMarcella Celestia

andMr. Arthur Howard Blanton

on the evening of Monday, September twenty-ninthfrom eight until eleven o'clock

One hundred and twenty-nine Oakland Avenue• Rock Hill, South Carolina.

The groom is a member of the North Carolina EpsilonChapter. He is now located in Spartanburg, S. C., withthe Prudential Insurance Company, as private secretary toMr. R. H. Ferguson, General Agent for the State of SouthCarolina. THE STAR AND LAMP congratulates BrotherBlanton and wishes for them a life full of happiness. Heis the first of the Epsilon bimch to marry.

* * *

Mr. and Mrs. William Maxwell left yesterday afternoon for NewYork, accompanied by their daughter, Eleanor, where they will meettheir son, Guy, who has been visiting his uncle, It. North, M. D., inParis, for the past fourteen months. The family will return to Colum-bia on September 10th.—Colanabio Stale.

This selfsame guy is a member of Sigma Chapter and acharter member of it, to boot. He will very probably takeup law at the University of S. C. this fall.

* * *

Robert S. Owens, a graduate in June from the law depart-ment of the University of South Carolina, has within thepast few days moved to Abbeville and formed a partner-ship with J. Frank Clinkscales. He was one of the charterAmbers of the South Carolina Beta Chapter of this fra-ternity. We wish him a successful practice in his chosen


profession. He is a midget in size, but a bear for work.

We predict success.* * *

The Jackson Argus is now being run and edited by Mr. McCordShaver, of Jackson. Mr. Shaver is a recent graduate of Emory Collegeand is a most capable young man. He is altogether at home in this lineof work and especially in the Argus shop, as his mother owned andedited the paper until two years ago.

Since he has been editing the paper, he has been giving the subscribersa most excellent sheet; it is one of the best weeklies in Georgia and wecongratulate the subscribers.We welcome Mr. Shaver into the weekly newspaper ranks and wish•

him and his paper much success.

This gentleman hails from Emory College and what is

more important here, is a member of Georgia Eta Chapter.

We have been informed that he is thoroughly competent to

edit a paper, having been editor of the Emory Weekly while

in college. This makes two Pi Kapps as editors, Bolt and

Shaver.* * *

The Presbyterian College of South Carolina will have

football re-established this fall, after an absence of ten years.

Everett Booe, of Davidson College, N. C., will be the coach.

Booe is a member of the N. C. Epsilon Chapter of the Pi

Kappa Phi Fraternity, being one of the founders. The

Clinton correspondent to the Columbia State has the follow-

ing to say about him:

If the first football team at the Presbyterian College of South Caro-lina in ten years is not a good eleven it will not be for lack of coaching.It is announced that Everett Booe will come to the Presbyterian Col-lege this fall to coach the athletic teams of the college, including foot-ball, baseball, basketball, and track.Booe stands in the front rank of Southern athletics. For four years

he was a star football and baseball player at Davidson College. Heplayed quarter, full back, and end at the Tarheel institution in form thatfew football players in the country have shown. He is fast, knows thegame thoroughly and uses his head. As a broken field runner he haselectrified many football enthusiasts.Booe is now with the St. Paul baseball club in the American associli-

lion. He broke into professional baseball with Portsmouth in the Vir-ginia league. He was transferred to Petersburg in the same circuit,


where he played great ball for two seasons. He was then purchased bythe Pittsburgh club of the National league, but lacking experience hewas sent to Wheeling mi the Central league, where he led the league atbatting and made such an impressive showing that he was recalled by thePirates. He went South with Pittsburgh this spring and remainedwith the club until a few weeks ago, when Manager Fred. Clarke againdecided that he was hardly ripe for the big show and sent him to St.Paul in the American association. He is now playing a fast game in theoutfield and hitting well for the Saints.

* * *

Prater John C. Barry, N. C. Epsilon, has just returnedfrom an extended trip in the West. He reports that theWest is a great country for strong, able-bodied men. Hesays that no others need go expecting great things, for theywon't get them. He worked as a harvest hand most Of thetime and says that if you don't believe that it is hard work,"just try it yourself." He looks fine and the hard workevidently agreed with him. He is also an expert dish-washer and ditch digger. When you see him get him toexplain how it is done.

* * *

Wade Smith Bolt, who has an article on "The Foundingof Sigma Chapter" in this issue, is editor of the OtterbeinSun, of Otterbein, Ind. He is twenty-three years old and ismarried. This happened March 6, 1913, when he took ashis bride Miss Bertha Katherine Switzer, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Abraham Switzer, of Otterbein. He says, "I ama Democrat and Baptist and blamed proud of it." He wasthe founder of Sigma Chapter and it is unfortunate thathe is still out in the wide world from us. To all intents andpurposes, he is a Pi Kappa Phi, but remains to be initiated.This will be done as soon as it can be arranged. He wasthe editor's roommate while in college, and he can vouch forhis sterling worth as a man and brother.

At Delaware State College Kappa Alps (So.) and Sigma Phi Epsilonbow have Sigma Nu for company. The enrollment of men is about 950.

THE STAR AND LAMP.

The Chapter LettersThe chapter letters must be neatly typewritten and in the hands of

the Editor-in-Chief by October 1st, December 1st, February 10th, April

10th, The next letter will be due December 1, 1913. No further notice

than this will be given.—Eb.

North Carolina Epsilon.

With the opening of the fall term, Epsilon returned nine

men, Brothers Brownlee, Fairley, Paw, Golden, Osteen,

Peters, Robinson, Smith and Thacker. Since then we have

initiated J. W. O'Connell, of Charlotte, N. C.

Though only ten in number, Epsilon is represented in all

the activities of the college. On the football field Brother

Peters, the only freshman who made varsity last year, is

playing a better game than ever at center and is one of the

mainstays of the line. Brothers Brownlee and O'Connell

are also showing up in excellent form and both bid fair to

make varsity this year.

Brother Thacker, captain of the Gym team for the past

and ensuing year, is also assistant gymnasium director.

Along other lines Epsilon numbers among her men the

manager of the orchestra, the assistant manager of the

annual, and a member of the magazine staff.

Through a ruling of the Pan-Hellenic Council, no fra-

ternity is allowed to take in freshmen before Christmas, but

we have quite a number of men on the string and expect to

fare well on pledge day.

Having aready heard of Eta's success during the rushing

season, we offer congratulations, and hope that the reports

from the other chapters will be as bright.

Yours fraternally,

Davidson College, N. C. J. ENOCH PAW.


South Carolina Zeta.

Zeta begins this year with only four on the chapter roll;however, we expect to have five in a few days, as one of ourbrothers has not returned on account of sickness.So far this year we have not done much. We are wait-

ing to see how things are going to run. We have our eyeson some mighty good material and hope to increase ournumber in the near future. Nevertheless, we are going tobe very conservative about this. We believe in waitinguntil a man has been in college long enough for us to learnsomething about him. Then we will extend a bid that willmean something.At present we are handicapped on account of an uprising

which made itself felt on the campus last year. Since thenwe have had to keep very quiet. Yet, fratres, our hopesare that soon we will be able to meet you on an equal foot-ing. Then Zeta will be able to take her place with the restof the chapters—the place she maintained before the upris-ing. We have the true Pi Kapp spirit at heart here, andwe want all the chapters to feel that we are one of you, evenif it be a silent member. We have a feeling that this silencewhich we have to keep will soon be broken and then the restof you had better look to your laurels.We extend to the Supreme Offcers our heartiest con-

gratulations and wish them much success during their twoyears regime.

Brothers, our latchstring is always out, and we extend toyou a hearty welcome when you visit us.With the best of fraternal greetings to all, we remain,

Yours, very fraternally,S. C. ZETA CHAPTER,

G. C. A.

(This chapter had a rather hard time last year on account of theuprising mentioned. It maintained its standing throughout and deservesmuch credit.—En.)


Georgia Eta.

Georgia Eta started the new year with a roster of six

men, namely, Fratres Gunn, Battle, Carlisle, Griner, Fitts,

and Murray. Fratres Lasseter, Blake, and Shaver have left

us, being graduated. .

We were very successful during the spiking season just

past. We have already initiated six new men and take

pleasure in introducing to the general fraternity:

R. Harry Baker, Calhoun Falls, S. C.

S. A. Hearn, Baxley, Georgia.

Chauncey L. Manuel, Unadilla, Georgia.

S. J. Shepherd, Unadilla, Georgia.

Sam J. Veal, Conyers, Georgia.

Wallace L. Bazemore, Macon, Georgia.

Besides these men we have pledged the following:

F. C. Ivey, Boston, Georgia.

Cullen Goolsby, Forsyth, Georgia.

Marvin Mobley, Hogansville, Georgia.

L. P. Hatfield, Irwinton, Georgia.

We believe all these men will prove an honor to Pi Kappa

Phi as all are good students and hard workers.

During the summer the chapter hall underwent repairs

and is now much improved in appearance. Besides, we

have a piano, and what's more, we have in Bazemore a

frater who can bat music out of same.

We hope that this will be our banner year. We are going

to strive to make Eta the Banner Chapter of our noble band

of brothers. We are going to shed the light of love and

friendship around, us and keep our life in harmony with

the precepts and principles of Pi Kappa Phi.

Greetings to all loyal Pi Kappa Phis,—and, brothers,

come to see the Georgia Crackers.Fraternally,

GtoRGE N. MURRAY.

Emory College, Oxford, Ga.


Ohio Theta.DEAR BROTHERS :-It is with some trepidation that the

"Baby Chapter" sends its first greetings to the older brothersof Pi Kappi Phi. We are proud to be one with you, andhope tct soon prove that we have outgrown our "swaddlingclothes," and have grown strong in the furtherance of thoseideals for which the fraternity stands.The history of Ohio Theta Chapter dates from September

3, 1912, with the organization of a local chapter under thename Delta Phi Beta. We soon felt the need of nationaliz-ing, however, and then the question naturally arose, ofwhich fraternity shall we make application for member-ship?

After due consideration we were agreed that the one mostsuited to our needs should be, if possible, a first-class, youngand growing fraternity, one not set in its ways, and onein which we could have a place ,during the formation of itscharacter and history. After making personal investigation,and consulting of "Bairds," in regard to the general growthof fraternities, we could not help from seeing that Pi KappaPhi was destined for great things in the fraternal world.At the beginning we decided against the musical fra-

ternities; for while the conservatoiy is primarily a school ofmusic, our departments of English, and of the languages, arethe equal of any university, and we sought for a broaderfield than that offered by the musical fraternities.Our correspondence with Brother Harry Mixson, previ-

ous to the submission of our application, was most exciting,but nothing to compare with the "delicious misery" weendured while awaiting the fate of our application at yourhands. In due time we received the good news of ouracceptance, and amid the general excitement, the pre-liminaries were quickly over, and we realized that BrotherMixson was on his way for the installation.


Brother and Mrs. Mixson arrived in Cincinnati Thurs-

day, May 29th, and after a few hours of rest, this "live wire"

was at work with us.

We understand now the phenomenal growth of Pi Kappa

Phi, and we consider Brother Harry to be the "best ever,"

and there is a warm corner in each of our hearts for him.

The conservatory gave a dinner for us in the dining room

Of the girls' dormitory on the evening of the installation,

complimenting Brother and Mrs. Mixson. In addition to a

most delicious dinner the table was beautifully decorated,

having as a center piece two dozen red roses in honor of the

Pi Kappa Phi flower. We might make the story more com-

plete by stating that these roses were afterward presented

to Mrs. Mixson as a token of our sincere appreciation to

her and Brother Harry, for coming such a distance to start

us aright into the fraternity of Pi Kappa Phi.

We only wish it were possible to tell you how impressively

Brother Mixson presented the different phases of the fra-

ternity, but those of you who know him, know perhaps far

better than we how pre-eminently capable he was in such

a capacity.

The following names appear upon our charter:

George W. Beever, Beeville, Texas.

John A. Owens, Venedocia, Ohio.

Fred. Roehr, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Archie E. Tanner, Mancato, Minn.

Henry S. Buddenberg, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Robert C. Schenk, Dayton, Ohio.

H. Ray Staater, Bluffton, Ohio.

R. Bristow Hardin, Terrell, Texas.

John C. Johnston, Norwood, Ohio.

Waller W. Whitlock, Madison, Florida.

The first pledge to be initiated into Theta Chapter was

Herbert J. Beaumont, of Morgantown, W. Va., a deep-dyed

Pi Kappa Phi in every inch of his six feet three. The initia-


tion took place June 21, 1913, just at the close of the schoolyear.The prospects for this year are most encouraging, and

all of our men have returned with the exception of BrothersTanner and Roehr.We had no graduates from our chapter last year, but this

year may see several of our number remembered with theirsheep's skin. Yours in Pi Kappi Phi,

H. RAY STAATF',R.Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Letters were requested from the following chapters, butfailed to show up in time for publication:

California Gamma. Notification sent to C. H. Prouty.South 'Carolina Alpha. Notification sent to L. H. Mix-

son.If these notifications failed to reach the proper parties

in time for them to write the letter, we will appreciate it ifyou will communicate with the editor at once and explain itto him. No blame is placed on the fratres to whom thenotifications were sent or upon the chapters for their failure.The editor realizes that college has just opened and thereis not Much material for you to write about and he was notcounting very much on receiving many letters for the firstissue. BUT REMEMBER! NO EXCUSES GO FORTHE DECEMBER LETTER. IT MUST BE IN THEEDITOR'S HANDS BY DECEMBER 1, 1913.

Locals at the University of Tennessee are said to be petitioning SigmaNu, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Phi Epsilon.A local named Phi Alpha Psi has been established at Miami and will

petition some national later.A local fraternity to be known as the Silver Lynx was recently

organized at Nebraska.Alpha Chi Alpha is the name of a new local at Wesleyan.

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