Spring • 1957

CAMPUS GODS By The Reverend Charles D. Spotts, National Chaplain

Many contemporary writers and speakers describe the American campus as being "godless," implying that American students are not religious. Nothing could be farther from the truth; our campuses are very religious, there arc shrines to many little gods; each has its numerous devotees.

One of the popular campus gods, especially for male students, is the "body beautiful," the worship of which takes many forms-pin-up girls in dor­mitory rooms, crowning of "queens" at important campus occasions, consum­ing topic of conversation at "bull" sessions. Before the shrine of the "body beautiful" the undergraduate bows in deep adoration; his ritual includes songs, questionable stories, romantic dreams; his "scriptures" are found in the most salacious and obscene magazines and ponographic art available at the local newstand or from more isolated sources. The god-given part of man known as sex becomes a god itself.

Another popular campus god is recognized by various names- "grades," "marks," "quality points," "the coveted sheepskin," "dean's list," "Phi Beta Kappa." Whatever its name it frequently becomes an all-consuming concern. the object of highest value, the 'ultimate' of the campus 'rat-race.' The priests of this campus religion are usually science majors, pre-meds, pre-dents, pre-engineers. They pay homage to their god of "grades" with a zeal that surpasses that of most religious people. To their god they dedicate nocturnal hours of cramming, carefully constructed crib-devices, the stimulation of nico­tine and caffein, the chapter files of previously given examinations, and the salvation of the paper-back "review."

Perhaps none of these campus religions has as many followers as the religion of scientism, which insists that the only valid method is to be found in the laboratory; that the only dependable tools are the microscope, the balances and the telescope; that all truth must come via the senses; that pro­gress in civilization depends ultimately upon technology, that the Liberal Arts and Humanities are practically useless and should be discarded. This little god must never be confused with science itself.

If you look carefully you will discover many other little gods being wor­shipped on your campus. Most American students are very religious, but they have forgotten the basic commandment of the Hebrew Christian tradition, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Campus idolatry is the chief threat to the relevance of Christian faith on the American campus. "Choose you this day whom you will serve."

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The entrance to th e campus at the University of Cin· cinnati where Phi K a p p a Tau has recently organ ized a colony. In the background is the tower of McMicken Hall , a landmark on the camp us, and the home of the M c· Micken College of Arts and Science. A story of the colon· ization appears on page eight.

The exoteric publication of The Phi Kappa Tau Fra· ternity. Published prior to 1919 as "Sidelights." Sched · uled to appear quarterly un· der direction and authority of the National Council.

Acceptance for 111ailin~ at special rates of postage pro· vided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917. Pub­lished quarterly by The Law· head Press, Inc ., 17 West Washington Street, Athens, Ohio, official printers for The Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. Entered as seco nd class mat· ter at the Post Office at Athens, Ohio. Additional entry at the Post Office at

Oxford, Ohio.

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JACK L. ANSON, Editor

V OLUME XLV M ARCH, 1957 NUMBER 3

THE PHI KAPPA TA U FRATERNIT Y

CENTRAL OFFICE

OXFORD, OHIO

CONTENTS The Laurel Salutes T exas \\!estern ......... ... 3 Founders' Day Thoughts from an Advisor . .... 6 Akron H onors Dr. D eGraff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A Colony at Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 More About Miami's Phi Beta Kappas ..... ... 9 Why Be a College T eacher? .... ............. 10 Forbes Features E. H. V olwiler .............. 15 H obgood H eads Theatre Conference .......... 17 R. C . Smith Aids India .. . . .......... .... .. . 18 James Dutch, Field Secretary ............. ... 19 Scholarship Report ......... .... .... . ...... 20 N o Quiz Game-But Still a Big Challenge ..... 21 Freedoms Foundation President is Phi T au ..... 22 Long Beach Completes School Projects .... . ... 23 H arno To Be Dean of Law at UCLA . ..... ... 24 M ayor of Miami Is Phi Tau ... .. .... .... ... . 25 Davis Conducts Bone Growth R esearch . ...... . 26 Brennan Brothers in Idaho Politics ............ 27 George Jordan Adds Page to Career . ...... .. . 28 M oyer Is President of Accounting As ociation .. _9 Thielemann Studies in Scotland .......... . . .. 30 Harold Annis, Outstanding Paper Authority . .. '1 Colgate Treasurer Is Rhodes Scholar ..... ... . . : 3 Center on California Team .. . . ..... . .. . .. . .. 34 Tyra and Darrah of Louisville ....... .. .. .... 3-Chapter Eternal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Marriages ...... . ................ . . ....... 3 7 Births ... .. ............... .... ....... .. .. 39 Directory ...... ............. . ...... ... ... 40

Texas Western's bath house under construction as seen from the rear of the lodge.

A corner of the rear lawn at Texas Western showing the results of plenty of hard work.

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'The Laurel Salutes Alpha Psi

Texas Western Proves Team Work Builds Chapter Morale, Spirit and Leads to Great Achievements

By William Mohrhauser and James Kaster

Texas Western

Last summer at the Golden Jubilee of Phi Kappa T au, Alpha Psi chapter at T exas Western College was named the winner of the national A chievement Con­test. Those achievements which gave the chapter its first place among all chapters of the fraternity have continued during the past year . Let's review 1956.

The year started out in January on a dark note. Spirit and morale were low. Members of the fraternity had been involved in an incident casting unfavorable publ ici ty on the fraternity. In general things just weren't too good. The darkest hour of the fraternity occurred on January 17, 1956, wh en two members were involved in an auto wreck which took the life 'of a small boy and Stewart Yeager, a !Tfember of the chapter. From this moment on there was only one way for the f raternity to go-up .

Immediately after this everyone in the traternity was put on a committee of one sort or another. Each man now had an important part he could play in the development of the fraternity.

At the start of the year the physical plant included the lodge, with furniture in it, and a front walk and front wall. There was no front yard nor was there anything behind the lodge but rocks.

It was decided by the chapter to build a concrete patio onto the back of the lodge. No funds were available so each man in the chapter donated a pint of blood to raise funds and the back walk and patio were put in. When this was com­pleted it was seen that the rock wall in front of the lodge would have to be fur ­ther extended to the back of the patio. M oney was raised for this through a pledge project. It was after this that the idea for the pool was born and there began the two and a half month job of planniqg and designing. While this was going on rock and caliche were dug from the front of the house, dirt hauled in, seed put on, followed by fertilizer, water and hard work, and Phi T au had the only green

grass on campus the rest of the winter. It was time to put on the Domain Con­

ference, and Alpha Psi was determined to put on a first-class conference. Prin ted programs were made, a planned program was developed, a new concept instituted of' having small caucus sessions for group interested in particular subjects and good food was provided. Domain Chief Lou Gerding claimed the idea a success and the best conference ever held in our domain.

At this time we also entered the campus Sing Song Contest and wearing kilts (and tam o'shanters, too) we won the contest. W e were also doing well in intramural sports, winning the softball tournament for the second straight year by extending our string of victories over two consecu­tive seasons.

W e were now ready to try our hand at improving ourselves with the community through a program of good public rela ­tions. At Easter we held an egg hunt for children of the South we tern Children's Home. The members dyed and hid the eggs, called for the children, entertained

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them, and then cleaned up the mess after the tornado left . On Mothers' Day Alpha Psi continued the good will program by deliv,ering flowers and candy to the for­gotten mothers of El Paso in the Old Folks' H omes abou~ town. On both oc­casions we received favorable publicity in newspapers and on radio and television stations.

Summer was upon u· , but instead of closing we began a task that a grea t many told us wa impo sible (mo tly alumni) ­the building of a swimming pool in our back ya rd, constructing a fence and start­ing a ya rd . The planning for the projec t was now complete, money had been provid­ed through a bank loan ecured by collater­al put up by one of the hrother the work began.

First came an un u pecting contractor who agreed to dig the hole for the pool at a cost of $360. H e figured it would easily be done in two days. H e figured wrong. H e hit solid a:1d racite rock - his team shovel couldn't buck it- it broke­

so he had to use dynamite. T he brothers quietly sa t on the patio watching and drinking cokes from the new coke machine which had just been installed. It was here that the project was in doubt- but the hole was dug.

W e then learned how little money there is in the swimming pool bu iness, for the sellers knocked at our door and the price of the pool went down and down. Finally a contract was let ar.d the pool was com­pleted-complete with coping, vinyl liner , underwater light, filter , vacuum fitting and driving board . The contractor made a net profit of $80. H e is now out of busi­ness.

Simultaneously with the building of the pool, we discovered our lot slopped five feet down at the back of the lot, mean­ing we had to fill it in . A master strategy of dealing with the El Paso Street Depa rt­ment netted us first about five loads of Mesa Street which was being torn up. The temperature was 110• when we spread the asphalt for fill so good dirt could be placed on top, but this is what Alpha Psi had learned to like. Then came good dirt from a city leveling project and Ia tly some top oil and a section of lawn was started.

At this time we began construction of

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the back fence. This job meant sledge hammers, chisels and sweat to set the posts in solid rock, but through a minor engineering achievement they were set and the fence was finished.

Texas W estern chapter entertains Delta Delta Delta in Phi Tau lodge

More work was now done pushing dirt around the pool and rough-forming the patio at the southwest end of the yard. W e planted shrubbery and started addi ­tional lawn . The shrubs were planted only after a bed had been prepared for them at the back of the concrete patio and on either side of the diving board.

W e received notice from the City of El Paso just three days prior to the com­pletion of the pool that we would have to construct a special sand filter from the pool to the city sewer mains. This neces­sitated the digging of a hole through solid rock-air hammers and more perspiration -about four feet wide and eight feet deep. The sand trap was completed, but due to the city ordinance it had to project above the ground for twelve inches and this was unsightly. T o cover this up, the wishing well was made and proved an important factor in completing the land­scaping of the back lawn.

We then built a sidewalk around the pool which took the skilled labor of twc . of the members and the unskilled labor of many others.

The new college year s ta rt~d and s did rush. Phi Tau buckled down and had its most successful rush in history, pledging a record of 53 men, over one fourth of all men pledged by fraternitie at T xas W estern last fall. The pledae Ia " a divided into two groups and th omp · ti· tion was keen .

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At Halloween we had a party for the orphans at the Southwestern Child­ren's Home, complete with magician, favors and games.

Then came the Homecoming Parade. Phi Tau this year was determined to win a prize, having gone five years without success. We selected the Battle of Iwo Jima for our float in keeping with the parade theme based on "battles". Complete with the famous flag raising on Mount Suribachi , a column of "marines" , an army tank and a color guard, Phi Kappa T au won Sweepstakes for the parade, the first time in our history.

In the summer we had seen the need of a bath house to keep wet people out of the lodge. Work now started on the bath house and storage shed behind the pool­more concrete, more building.

The fence around the rear lawn and pool was completed, the furniture in the lodge was re-covered, a screen was acquired for the fireplace and we began using it regularly.

During this period, many members of Alpha Psi have held campus offices. Jim Kaster, chapter president, is president of the Student Association ; John Westrope, engineering representative to the Student Council; Rogers Berggen , senior class vice president; W eldon Donaldson , junior class president; Charles Sullivan, sophomore class president ; N eil W einbrenner, sopho-

A view of the rear of the lodge at Texas Western showing the new swimming pool, the terrace and

the outdoor fireplac e

more class vice president, and Dan N eimeier, freshman class vice president.

The last big project we had was the Luminario Project . W e sold luminarios to residents of Cielo Vista for Christmas. The project was entered in the city light· ing contest and won first place-:-we made

about $700. Luminarios are outside lawn decorations that go back through many year of history in the southwest. They are constructed by fi lling a large paper bag with about an inch of sand to provide weight. A candle is located in the center of the back in the sand. In our cl imate, normally dry at Christmas time, luminario make intere ting lawn decorations when used abundantly.

In review one can easily see it was a hard year. W e worked- we had to work because we had the Phi T au spirit of wanting to be the best. The work was hard but the accomplishments were good. There is still lots to do- in fact we found that the more you do, the more there is to do. By working together, and we have learn­ed to work together, we have seen fine accomplishments. But the greatest ac­complishment ha been in spirit and morale. There is no shortcut to uccess-we know it comes from hard work, not by a few but by every member and pledge.

Oliver White Is Coordinator For City of Hope's Town Fair

Oliver R . White, C alifornia, alumni advisor of Nu chapter, has recently been named T own Fair Coordinator for the City of Hope, the national medical center in Duarte, C alifornia. The City of Hope is a non-sectarian medical center of forty build­ings devoted to healing, research and medical education without charge to i ~ patients. In his new position, White wi ll be engaged in funds raising and promotion. Prior to taking the position with the City of H ope, he was executive secretary of the Oakland, California, Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Paffenbarger Receive Award R alph S. Paffenbaraer, Ohio tate ,

chairman of the department of enainee1i ng drawing at Ohio tate Univer ity, wa pre· sented the 195'6 Di tinguished ervice A ward of the engineering drawing clivi ion of the American Society for Engineering Education. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the society at IO\. a tate College.

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Founders' Day Thoughts From An Adviser By H. 0 . DeGraff

As a fellow member of the great brotherhood of college fraternities and as one concerned that we shall be worthy member of our fellowship and as one concerned that we shall perpetuate the tenets of our organization it seems alto­gether fitting and proper that on this, the anniversary of the founding of the Phi Kappa T au Fraternity, I offer to you this Code for a Fraternity with especial reference to Phi Kappa Tau.

AS A PHI TAU, 1. I hall take PRIDE in my achievement as a tudent, a a gentleman,

as a Christian, and as a Phi Tau.

AS A PHI TAU, 2. I hall maintain the SELF-RESPECT which my statu a a tudent, a

a gentleman, a a Chri tian, and as a Phi T au require of me.

AS A PHI TAU, 3. I hall cheri h the HONOR inherent within the ideal of my statu as

a student, a a gentleman, as a Christian, and a a Phi T au.

AS A PHI TAU, 4. I shall hold to the SELF-REVERENCE re ting upon my faith in my­

self a a tudent, as a gentleman, as a Christian, and as a Phi Tau.

AS A PHI TAU, 5. I shall develop the LEADERSHIP derived from a ociation with fine

fri ends, with students, with gentlemen, with Christians, and with Phi T aus.

AS A PHI TAU, 6. I shall rejoice in the FREEDOM growing from an enlightened imagin­

ation.

AS A PHI TAU, 7. I shall achieve a SUCCESS through self-development in service ren­

dered my fellow men.

AS A PHI TAU, 8. I shall base my FAME on fine wholesome deeds.

AS A PHI TAU, 9. I shall measure my PROGRESS by hope for and in the future.

AS A PHI TAU, 10. I shall strive for an ART OF LIVING based, not on selfish getting,

but on creative giving.

AS A PHI TAU, 11. I shall hope for SOCIAL IMMORTALITY representing what I have

done, not for myself, but for others.

AS A PHI TAU, 12. I shall, as a student, as a gentleman, as a Christian, and as a Phi Tau

endeavor always to keep my CONSCIENCE alert to the rational implications of choice.

AS A PHI TAU,

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13 . I shall, as a tudent, as a gentleman, as a Christian , and as a Phi Tau keep my chin up ; my eyes clear; and my faith in God, th future, m -self, my fellow men, and my BROTHER PHI TAUS.

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Akron Honors Dr. DeGraff, Advisor for 25 Year By Dean W. Dickerhoof, Akron

On October 12, 1956, a noteworthy event took place 2.t Alpha Phi Chapter at the University of Akron. Dr. Harmond 0 . DeGraff marked his 25th anniversary as faculty advisor for this chapter. This event was celebrated by a banquet in his honor with representatives from the university and the national office present along with the active chapter and alumni.

A total of some 150 people heard Dr. DeGraff receive congratulations and several gifts in appreciation of his service to the chapter. Speakers included Dean Gordon Hagerman of the University, William Washer, president of Alpha Phi, Mr. Gene Thomas representing the alumni, "Pop" Berry our house father and good friend of Dr. DeGraff, and then Dr. DeGraff him­self. H e was presented with a TV set, a desk set, a scroll of appreciation, a chapter scholarship award in his name, and an eve­ning he will always remember.

Dr. DeGraff was born in Ossian, Iowa, and received both his A.B. and M .A. de­grees at the University of Iowa. He con-

tinued his postgraduate study at the Uni­versity of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. in 1926. H e taught sociology at several schools and in 1930 began teaching at the University of Akron. H ere he be­came faculty advisor to this chapter in 1931 when it was known as Sigma Beta u (local) . When we became Alpha Phi chap­ter of Phi Kappa T au on February 20, 1938, special permission was obtained for Dr. DeGraff to continue as advisor although he was an alumni member of A cacia, na­tional social fraternity . Dr. DeGraff has now completed 25 years of help and service to this chapter. H e has also contributed time and effort to civic and welfare projects such as serving on the Board of Directors of the YMCA, Goodwill Industries, Council of Social Agencies and numerous community and civic committees. H e achieved profes­sor emeritus status at the university in 1951 and became family counselor for the Akron Court of Domestic Relations. H e still teaches a course in sociology in the evening school.

Taken at the banquet honoring Dr. Harmand 0. DeGraff, this photograph shows in usual order Field Secretary Richard C. Gove, Eugene Thomas, Dean Gordon Hagerman, Dr. DeGraff and Toast­master H. H. Mcintosh.

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A Colony At Cincinnati Last October Phi Kappa T au was sig­

nally honored by the University of Cincin­nati . After a complete study of its fraternity ')'Stem and plans for its expansion, Phi Kappa T au was cho en as the fraternity to organize the first colony in the univer-ity's history.

The colonization becran late in October under the direction of A si tant Secretary Jack Anson and it is anticipated that the group will have a minimum of 30 men by the time this is ue of The Laurel is printed.

W orking in clo e conjunction with the office of the dea n of men and in accord· ance with the rule and regulations of the Cincinnati Interfraternity Council , Phi Kappa Tau has had a sistance from the seventeen fraternitie on the campu .

It has taken only a brief period of time for the colony to make its presence known on campus. T he first activity was to a i t members of O micron Delta Kappa in their annual funds drive to provide scholarship-. T he fi rst formal function wa a Christmas formal dance at which the colony was the guest of the Theta Chi chapter at Cincin­nati. T here have been numerou- small

parties with sororities . A ssistance has been given to the colon­

iza tion procrram by individual alumni of Phi Kappa T au in the Cincinnati area as well as Alpha chapter at M iami Univer ity . In February Alpha entertained the colony member for a week end which included a workshop on fraternity operation .

At pre ent the colony uses the Union Building, where meetings are held, as it mailing addres . It i anticipated that suit· able housin cr will be available by the open · incr of the chool year next fall.

Durincr the period of colonization, the group ha -everal objectives. Upon the satis­fac tion of tho e objective , the crroup will be eligible for full tatu as a chapter of Phi Kappa T au. Tho e objectives include member hip of at lea t 40 initiated mem· ber -at-large of Phi Kappa T au (fir t initi ­ations will be conducted by Alpha chapter at Miami) , a scholar hip record equal to or above the Cincinnati all -men's average, a proven ability to compete in formal ru b­ing, a po ition of importance in the frater­nity y tern , a ound fi nancial program and a good reputation.

Fifteen members of Phi Kappa Tau were in attendance at the annual meeting of the Nationa l Interfraternity Conference in New York City in December. Pictured here in the usual order are : Front row-E. C. Cloyd , North Carol ina State, dean of students at North Carolina State ; Secretary Richard J. Young, Miami; President Roland Maxwell , Southern California ; Assistant Secretary Jack L. Anson , Colgate; P. M. Harrington, Rensselaer, past member of the executive committee of the NIC and James E. Dutch, Long Beach , president of the Long Beach IFC and now field secretary. Back 'row­Frederick Brech_ler, Lawrence ; ~alvin Colarusso, Muhlenberg ; Jon La Faver, Muhlenberg ; James Leger, c _oe ; Robert RIOS , Lafayette ; Richard Kennedy, Muhlenberg ; James Monahan, William and Mary, and R1chard Hughes, Coe. In attendance but not in the photograph was William R. Kennerly, Maryland .

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More About Miami's Members of Phi Beta Kappa Your Laurel editor has learned a

lesson that is rather basic and we want to pass it along. If you want to find out whether or not you are right, publish it in The Laurel-you 'II oon know. And any­way, we were dealing with those among us who are brighter than average. Members of Phi Beta Kappa!

In the December issue we had a lead article about a new plaque at Alpha chap· ter at Miami that lists the names of 65 members of Alpha who have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa through the 50 years of the chapter. W e have uncovered several errors in the published list as well as twelve brand new names.

The list was prepared for W arren Cunningham, the Alpha advisor who made the plaque, by experts and the search of records was extensive. Oh! how we mis­judged. Since the December issue hit the mails and the mails came back to us, we have done a bit more digging. H ere are some of the errors we have discovered. D . C . Schilling ' 11 , spells his name Shilling; ]. W . Clokey made Phi Beta Kappa in 1911 not 1912; E. E. Schwartz· trauber, '11 not '12; A Everhart, '13 not ' 14; C. W . Kerr, '14 not '15; E. D . Ayres, '19 not '20; ]. H. Griffith, '20 not '21; C. A. Moyer, '30 not '3 1; ]. A. Kramer, Jr. , '33 not '34; W . Lunsford, '39 not '40 ; W . P . Keebler, '44 not '46, and R . P . Miller, '47 not '41.

W . ]. Amos '31 should be W. T. Amos and E. E. Cox '30 is E. F. Cox.

We mentioned two brother combina · tions. W e also had a father and son com­bination. In fact W alter ]. Miller '14 and Richard P . Miller '47 (and not 194 1) were not only a father-son Phi Beta Kappa team, they were the first father-son com­bination in Alpha chapter. We listed Walter ]. Miller as publisher of the Troy Daily N ews. That was an error . H e tells us that is about the only . position he hasn't had. H e has been managing editor, associate editor, city editor, sports editor, sports columnist and a reporter over a period of 31 years and retired December 31. Son Dick, having earned his Ph. D. at Illinois, is a biochemist with the Eli Lilly Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.

William L. Kolb '3 8 came to our resc ue for slighting the ci a s of 1938. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is chair­man of Sociology and Anthropology , t Newcomb College, Tulane University, in N ew Orleans. Paul M . Davi and France B. Berger have been added to the list in 1938.

E. E. Duncan ' 11 wa president of Phrenocon when elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Historically Duncan was Miami's leader at the time plans were developed for the expansion which brought about the merger with the Ohio University Union. T oday he is an attorney in Dayton, Ohio.

Another member of the class of 1911 that was overlooked was E. H . Petry who lives in Knox, Indiana.

Robert E. Schwab '3 5 was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his senior yea r and i an executive wi th the Detroit Edison Com­pany. John Alexander M cBride, who lives in McGregor, T exas, became a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 19'40.

Two names are added to the list for 1941. They are James Ellsworth H aire, who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Leland Farrell Scholl , formerly of Indianapoli , Indiana, who was killed during W orld War II while in the Air Corps.

Another brother combination was added in 1942 and 1943. In 1942 }arne P . Wilson, chapter president in 1941 , wa elected to Phi Beta Kappa. H e was follow· ed by Bernard W. Wilson in 1943.

Robert W . Bryant became a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1947.

Plans are underway to correct the plaque to include all the known error . If our readers can help us to make the li t com­plete, we welcome your help. W e do think our research ha been complete and that the roster of Alpha member of Phi Beta Kappa for the fir t 50 year tand at 77 .

W e do appreciate all the letters we re· ceived and hasten to apologize for the error and omissions. The e thina hould never happen ; but when they do, our aoal is to correct them at once.

We know that we have intere ted readers- and if you want to know whether or not you are correct publi h it in The Lattrel.

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WHY BE A COLLEGE TEACHER?

By W . H . SHIDELER

When I was urged to state a specific title for this talk, I designedly chose a somewhat ambiguous one, not knowing at the time just what I was supposed to dis­cuss. The title can be discussed either as an argument to demonstrate the need or even the necessity for the development of college teachers that we might maintain and protect what we have, which is the highest material standard of living that the world has ever seen. And along with that are included the less material and more spiritual standards that should go along with the material ones. Or it could be a demon­stration of the special advantages in living the life of a college teacher. I have decided to follow this latter lead and my revised, or amended, topic will be "Why Be A College Teacher?"

It was suggested that it might be profit­able for me to check upon what my pre­decessors in this series have said. Undoubt­edly it would be profitable, but I have preferred to give you my ideas for what­ever they may be worth without any in­fluence from anybody or anything else. I realize that I may be duplicating what you have already heard. In this case, I apologize, but even at that, these days there does seem to be the necessity of a considerable amount of repetition before an idea soaks in or penetrates. So, probably, it may not be too bad.

A very successful southern colored preacher revealed his technique when he explained, "I tells 'em what I'm going to tell 'em, then I tells 'em; and then I tells 'em what I told 'em."

To a considerable degree, this effort will be a more or less personal case history, but in addition to being personal experiences and observations, this talk will be based also upon fifty-two years of analytical ob­servation of college teachers. And this is my forty-sixth year of being one. What makes us tick? Why are we what we are?

Frankly, in my own case, in the beginn­ing, it was quite largely a matter of chance. Not having the financial backing necessary

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for a medical education, then as now the most expen ive education to be had, I used my pre-medic training as a foundation for being a science teacher. Possibly, inheritance had omething to do with it . My father was a teacher, I married a teacher, both of my offspring (sons) are teachers, and both of them married teachers. The poor grand kids are already talking about being teachers. My family has evidently gotten into con­siderable of a rut.

But to get back on the beam, had any­body been able to foretell the future, and show me in a crystal ball that I was destined to be a teacher , I probably would have hopped the next midnight f rciaht we t. But once I had gotten my feet wet, o to peak, I found tha t the water wa fine,

and after that, I wouldn't trade it on a bet. Now why? W ell, it's this way :

From the time of the ancient Greek philosophers, and quite certainly on back of them to the dawn of civilization, philoso­phers have attempted to analyze the separ­ate elements of what we today may call

Dr. Shideler, one of the four H on­ored Founders of Phi Kappa T au, graduated from Miami University in 1907 and three years later was a­warded the doctor of philosophy de­gree by Cornell. He returned to Miami in 1910 as an instructor in zoology and geology and has been professor of geology since 1920. La t June marked the completion of 46 years of service on the faculty of Miami University.

The article which appears here was · delivered as an address at Dickinson College on March 20, 195'6, in the James H ertry Morgan Lecture series. The Morgan Lectures were estab­lished by the board of trustees of the college in appreciation of the long and distinguished services of the late James Henry Morgan, professor, dean and president of Dickinson College.

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lfving. Just what do we hope to get out of life? Just what are our specific objectives?

To express it in one word, the decision has been that happiness is the one great objective. But happiness is a great intang­ible which on analysis proves to be made up of many other elements, most of them also intangibles. To resolve happiness into all its constituent elements will probably give as many end results as there are analysts, since the constituent elements vary with the individual.

But there is a hard core that seems to be basic to most of humanity, and many volumes have been written on the subject. The special ingredients of happiness inter­grade and overlap like the sciences them­selves.

What I am proposing to do is to talk very briefly about a few basic elements of happiness that are available in a super­lative way to the person who chooses col­lege teaching as a life effort.

Happiness means different things to diff­erent people. The pages of history are cluttered with the records of characters who messed up not only their own lives, but the lives of their peoples and the wel­fare of their nations because they thought that happiness could be found only in the possession of power, not to be used for any constructive purposes but simply for the ordering around of other people, forcing them to do this and that, just to demon­strate authority. In these days of democracy and even pseudo-democracy, there isn't much room for the person whose ideas of happiness involve the more or less senseless bossing about of other people, a la Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, etc. I prefer to speak of ordinary traits.

One desire is very nearly inherent in mankind and that desire is to have one's name perpetuated after him. This ranges from the characters who wrote their name and carve their initials in public places and who deface natural formations in national parks, up to those who have attempted grandiose things, from the pyramids of Egypt on down.

Ambition to excel in something worth­while is a worthy thing, and I would not deprecate it except when it reaches the point of diminishing returns and one loses more than he gains. After all, who did build the pyramids? Pharaoh, of course.

But there was a whole fl ock of Pharaohs, and of pyramids- which one built which? Who cares except the historian? Who were the great athletes who broke records fifty years ago? Or actors, or musicians? Again, who cares? What permanent contribution did they make to human progress?

Chasing the will o' the wisp Fame, giving up friends, family life and all that a normal person should rate as the most precious things in living, seems most fruitl e to me, and yet every day we find people doing just that, so that they might become

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famous: famous in the movies, the regular stage, in music, art, literature, or whatever.

Also, many people try to perpetuate their names by great hunks of cold dead granite in cemetaries or elsewhere. How infinitely better it is to establish a living memorial in the form of a scholarship, en­dowment, or something of that kind!

I personally have been quite indifferent to fame and have done practically nothing to seek it . On one occasion, while talking to an old student of mine, Grayson Kirk, now president of Columbia University, I said.

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''You know, Grayson, if I had attended strictly to business and kept away from athletics, college fraternities, and such, I would have gone a long way further as a geologist."

"Yes Doc, but you wouldn't have had nearly so much fun," was his reply.

Exactly. And yet, I have received out­standing honors, and have been of course grea tly surprised and pleased by them. Some sixteen species of fo il have been named for me, four genera and one biological family, and a mountain. I am now definitely embalmed in geologic literature. Beca use I am an eminent geolo­gist? Not at all. I have received the e tributes from those to whom a a teacher and as a friend, I have extended a helping hand, and have pointed out the path to success and explained the pitfall aloncr the way, and in some cases have pre ented them with the material for their scientific progress.

You can call it by any old name you wish: altruism, Christianity, or whatever, but it is one of the great verities that in helping others, one helps himself. This situation is not unique. My teachers gave assistance to me. I am just passing it along.

Now the point is just this : any teaching. but especially on the collegiate level , ha exactly the same opportunity. If fame i the thing for which he is looking, far better than temporary fame is the knowl­edge that one has contributed something permanent toward making the world a bet­ter place in which to live.

The idea that acquired characteristics could be inherited would , if true, (which it isn't) be one of the greatest incentives to personal endeavor, with the knowledge that the achievements for which one has labored so diligently would be passed on to posterity more or less intact. The next best thing is what a teacher gets from his teachers, adds to, and passes on to his own students. Even if nothing is added, it is like pa sing on the baton in a continuous relay race.

One of the greatest objections to be­coming a college teacher has been the relatively low pay they have received. T o the average not-too-analytical man, success is rated by the income he gets ; but this, after all, is only his gross income. To enjoy what we may call the "fringe benefits" that

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the average college teacher takes for granted- fresh air , sunshine, songs of bird , green gras , the beauty of flowers and growing things, the contact with and stimu­lation of agil mind and thinking people, the fresh and optimistic attitude of youth­And to these might be added a leisurely life, the ability to do very largely as one plea es, with frequent vaca tion . T o enjoy all these and profit by them would be a gr at tax upon the financial take of any man outside the teaching profession. Of course, if the e item do not appeal to you, forget it. The life of a college teacher would not appeal to you.

It i true that a college teacher can never hope to get the direct financial rewards that come to the lawyer, doctor, or busine man, but he does get directly much that the e men hav to pay for heavily if they ever enjoy them at all. H e who could make hi pecial field of intere t or even his hobby hi life work i doubly fortunate. What we get out of life i directly proportional to the thing of in tere t in life. If we have no intere t in anything we might a well go. There is nothing.

M aking money hould be a means to an end. If it become the end in itself, then you become it lave. M oney i good only for what it can provide; security, ye , wi thin reasonable limit , but like every­thing el e in life, the price ha to be paid for any kind of success including security , and as previously tated there is always the law of diminishing returns, meaning that if the price of success i greater than the benefits gained, then it i a poor business deal.

Over the gymna ium door of a great university, there used to be this quotation : "H e who sink his ship by overloading it, even though it be with gold and silver and precious stone , renders but a poor account to his master ." W ealth is no security, if health is lost in the process of getting it. There may be other factors involved, but college teacher- are notably healthy and lona lived. While there i no pecial virtu in living many years if tho e many year happy and productive, it is all to the good.

In my own case, I reached a mo t im­portant forking of my life path way ba k in 1920 when I had the opportunity t leave college teachina and get in on tht.: ground floor of a great oil ompan r and

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build up its geological staff. It was the financial opportunity of my life. H ad I taken it, I probably now would be retired, a millionaire, living on the Gold Coast in Chicago, full of ulcers and high blood pressure, if living at all . The idea that Achilles expressed, of a short life but a snappy one, never looked very good to me as compared with a long life of quiet hap­piness and satisfaction and the joy of doing something constructive through the years. Mrs. Shideler wrote me in W ashington where I happened to be at the time as follows :

"If you get into the oi l game, we will always be working and saving to build up enough of a competence so that we can afford to retire and move back to Oxford. N ow just what is the logic of deliberately throwing something away and then work­ing most of your life to get it back again?"

But there is another factor on the salary of the college professor. The world is just beginning to a waken to the fact that we need, and desperately, not only all kinds of technically trained people, experts in all sciences and in mathematics, but we also need just as desperately people who can think and think straight . W e must have people who avoid the four fallacies so common today and which ap parently con­trol much of the thinking of most of us: ( 1) wishful thinking, (2) emotional appeal, ( 3) blind faith, ( 4) blind prejudice. T his is especially important in this election year of 1956.

T o produce these technicians and these thinkers demands many teachers and espe­cially on the collegiate level. The world faces a teacher shortage and there is de­veloping the realization that professors, too, are human and entitled to their share of the more abundant life, somewhat more comparable to that which their skill, ability, and efforts would have gained for them in other fields. Speaking in the vernacular, the people know that if they want good teachers, they will have to "kick in" and handsomely.

In common with a lot of other so-called practical people, the late H enry Ford be­lieved that all that was necessary was to know something, but in the beginning operation of the great Willow Run Bomber School during the last world war, where expert mechanics were chosen as instruct-

ors, the system proved a flat failure. In desperation, a great dragnet was thrown out to catch expert teachers who seemed to have mechanical aptitude, and these were hurriedly t rained in the mechanics and principles of operation of these giant bombers. That plan worked very nicely, and was a very complete refutation of the old dirty wisecrack, "Those who can, do ; and those who can't, teach."

N ow, don't get me wrong. I am not im ­plying that it is necessary to have fif ty or sixty semester hours of theoretical courses in pedagogy to become a teacher. Frankly, I have never had any. I have never felt that I missed anything. Of cour e, I could be wrong. H onestly, whatever success I may have had as a teacher has been by taking the best methods of the three greate t of my own teachers and adapting them to my own personality, training, experience and quality of students.

The income of college teachers has ad­vanced a great deal, especially during the past fifteen years, and it still has a long way to go to get fully caught up, but it' on the way. I have every expectation- it's too late to say hope- that another ten year will put salaries up where they should be. There will still be idealists to do as many have done in the past , and live vicariou and sacrificial lives, but their number is decreasing. The public ba no moral right to expect such sacrifices of anybody. T he college teacher is just beginning to get his just dues. It is a afe bet that the life of a college teacher wi ll be much better in the future than it has been in the pa t .

I am not saying that college teaching i-100 per cent perfect as a way of life . After all , no job i perfect, no place i" perfect. Even the Garden of Eden had snakes. There will be failure , of cour c. Each year, I am concerned with the annual crop of insoluble residues, indigestibl rem­nants, refractory fraction , or whatever you may want to call them in my f reshman cla se . In my early day , I once heard a great educator say that every failure of a student was a reflection upon th ability of the instructor . Bolon y! T he man we revere as the greate t teacher of all time . Jesus, had better than eight per cent of his cla flunk. An other eicrht per n t eventually pa sed the ourse, but -.: ent out into obscurity and wa never heard of

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again. M aybe that isn't a good alibi, but it's mine.

I do not suggest that the life of a college teacher is for everybody, but if you are not too impatient, if you enjoy intellectual stimulation, if you like to work with the most magnificent of all raw materials­young people- if you can find deep and abiding happiness in many certain little things in tead of in pos ibly one or two grea t ones which may turn out to be will ­a-the-wisps, you will find that the life of a college teacher i a mo t fruitful and rewa rding way of life.

Homer Dana Receives Award to Complete "Super Lie Detector"

H omer D ana, W ashingt,on State, the faculty advi or of Alpha Kappa chapter, ha been awarded $5'00 by the A cademy for Scientific Interrogation to advance work on a "super lie detector" . Hi emo­tional stre s meter is an electronic device making use of a pair of instrument used previously only in the medical field. They measure the oxygen content of the blood and variation in the amount of blood in a body part.

Dana thinks the stre s meter, when per­fected, may be of use in helping retarded children because it appears to be much more sensitive than any device now in use. By being able to detect very slight emo­tional responses to stimuli, it may lead to how the child can be reached and indicate the form of trea tment .

Ohio Alumnus Presents Piano The Steinway grand piano in the

Alumni Lounge of the Ohio University Center was donated by Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Dickerson. Dickerson is a member of Beta chapter of Phi Kappa T au.

One of Ohio University Alumni A sociation's hardest workers, Dicker on has been playing a prominent role in the affairs of his university for more than 40 years. H e organized the college alumni chapter in Cleveland many years aao and served as national president of the Alumni A ssociation in 1939 and 1940.

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Michigan State Student Writes Verse for "A Toast to Phi Tau''

Here is a second verse for the song "A T oast to Phi T au". This verse was written by Gregory D . Maronick, a member of Alpha Alpha chapter at Michigan State University, and was used by the chapter last spring in the IFC sing. The word to "A Toast to Phi T au" were written by Carl and Robert Pleus, members of Psi chapter at the University of Colorado and the music i "Stein ong" from Prince of Pilsen.

A TOAST TO PHI TAU For old Phi T au, for old Phi Tau, we'll

raise her flag on high, And for her name, we'll spread her fame, until the day we die.

Of old Phi T au, of old Phi T au , forever we will boa t, Fraternity, the best you 'II see, and to her here' a toa t.

Fred Hall Resigns as Governor Named To Kansas High Court

Fred H all, Southern California, formerly the governor of the State of Kansas, a member of the national council of Phi Kappa T au, has become a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court in quick and color­ful ceremonies.

The keynoter of the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Fraternity, Hall, in a surprise move in Kansas politics, stepped aside as governor eleven days before the expiration of his term and was immedia tely appointed by the new governor, formerly H all's lieutenant governor, to fill a vacancy on the high bench. H all, defeated in a bid for a second term as governor in the Republican primary last August, will hold the justice post until election day in November, 195'8.

William F. Smiley Is Promoted William F. Smiley, Ohio, past editor of

The Laurel, information director of th Ohio Fuel Gas Company, in Columbu , ha been elected an a i tant vi e pre ident of the company. miley, a form r n ws-paperman, has been with hio Fu I a ince 1945.

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Forbes Magazine Features A Phi T au

E. H. Volwiler Is Saluted As Leading Drugmaker

"Back in the late 1880s, an enterprising young Chicago Doctor named W allace Calvin Abbott became disgusted with the unstable, and often harmful , drugs he and his fellow physicians were forced to work with. Turning the kitchen of his home into a makeshift laboratory, he soon hit upon a way to make dosages safe simply by taking a crude drug and separating its pure and beneficial alkaloids from its damaging pro­perties. . . . it launched him on a new career as one of America's pioneer makers of ethical drugs . . .In thus springing from humble beginnings today's $98-million Ab­bott Laboratories has lit tle to distinguish it from many another great U . S. corpor­ation which likewise originated from a single scientists's search or a lone business­man's enterprise . ..

" Abbott, housed in a sprawling plant in the drowsy, sunbaked prairie town of N orth C hicago, Ill. (pop. : 8,600) is a good ex­ample of how human welfare can also be good business. A s the US. ' fourth largest eth ical drugmaker (after Charles Pfizer ; Merck ; and Park , Davis) , Abbott is pub­lic! y owned by some 15,2 50 common stock­holders (one of which is the Educational Endowment Fund of Phi Kappa T au­Ed. ) , and is healthily profit-minded. Its chairman, James F. Stiles, Jr., who doubles in brass as company treasurer, keeps a close and watchful eye on the company balance sheet. So does the company's operating chief, serious, scholarl y Ernest H enry V ol­wiler, 62 , a chemist by train ing and pro­fess ion, who rose through research ranks to become president in 1950.

" V olwiler is well aware of the dual nature of his job. 'T his may,' he told FoTbes one day last month,' seem like a weird way to make a living. In trying to do away with disease, we're actually in business to destroy our own market .'

"Then, sitting back in shirt-sleeved com­fort from the sheaf of laboratory reports piled on his desk, V olwiler added: 'Still it 's a challenging business. The risks, mind you, are great. But let's face it . So are the poten­t ial rewards.'

"As a chemist and a businessman, Ernest V olwiler knows whereof he speaks . T oday the US. ethical drug market grosses $1, billion a year and is growing fast. But pro­ducts, prices and positions change with be­wildering rapidity. For all its sedate appear­ance there is much more of the hectic roul­ette hall than the drowsy drawing room in the U.S. drugmaking business ...

"Abbott . .. has found itself on a furious treadmill just to keep sales advancing at a 5% or 6% annual rate. 'T here's not much time for rest around here,' says Ernest V ol­wiler . 'In fact this is one business where we wake up in the morning and .wonder if a revolu tion has broke11 out during the night. '

" But, if the risks are high and the com­petition fierce, as V olwiler has often re­marked, the opportunities are also intoxi­catingly alluring. Since 1946 sales of eth ical drugs have almost trebled. During the next decade, according to some estimates, they will increase another 60% or 70% ... .

" Actually V olwiler has been taking his full share of risks in the very field where

The aTticle about Ernest V olwiler, a member of Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa T au at Miami Universit y , and Abbott Laboratories is tal{en from an article entitled " I t Pays T o Be Ethica l" w hich appeared as the f eatured article in the Ju ly 15, 1956, issue of Forbe , bu in e an d f inan ce magazine . A color portra it of Volwiler appeared on the cover of t hat issue of Forbe .

Volwiler, w ho did his undergraduate worl{ at M iami in chemistry, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and is a director of :he Edttcat ional Endowment Fund of Phi Kappa T au. H e is a pa t pre iden t of the A mer ican Chemica l S ociety.

ExpTess pennission has been gran ted to The Laurel to Teprint exceTpt of " It Pays T o Be Ethical" by Forbe M acrazin .

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risks arc chronica lly the grea test - antibi · otics. Because an tibiotic are relatively easy to di cover. Abbott alone finds an avcracre of I 5 to 20 every month) , drugmakers hg and small are literally crambl ing among thei r test tube searching for another penici llin . another treptomycin, another terramycin. For Abbott as well a everyone el e, the problem is to find the exceptional an tibiotic, the one which is effective wi thout being toxic or irritating .. . .

"Abbott actuall y hit paydirt in a rela· tively modest way in 1952 with Erythrocin , an oral antibiotic that proved to be especia ll y effecive against coccic infec tion . Later it brought out Fumidil, which worked well a· ga inst ambcbic dysentery . This yea r V ol· wiler plan to market till another. which he has cautiou·ly described as a 'derivative of penicillin .' ...

"Whatever Abbott's chances of comin cr up with a rea lly big money·maker in the next few yea rs, one thing is fairly certain : the chances of Abbott Labs taking a eriou licking are comfortingly small. 'In all the yea rs I've been here,' say Ernest V ol· wiler, proudly rapping his knuckles on his polished desk, 'we've never los t money on a single one of our major drugs.'

'That, of course, is a boast not all of Abbott's competitors can honestly make. But the fact that it is a boast is highly in · dicative of the risks of the drug business. It is equally indicative of the kind of man it takes to run one. Not just a business man. Not just a scientist, nor a production man, nor a salesman . It requires a particular com· bination of all four. This is the kind of role that Ernest V olwiler has prepared for with a kind of quietly efficient competence ever since 191 8, when, as a young PhD out of the University of Illinois, he signed up with W allace Abbott as a re earch chemist.

"T wo years later V olwiler was Abbott's chief chemist. By 1930 he was a company di rector with a solid reputation for having developed powerful topical anesthetics like Butyn and Butesin , a hynotic called N em· butal (today it is still one of the warhorses in Abbott's stable) , and Pentathol, an intra· venous general ane thetic till in wide u e. From thi olid foothold in barbiturates. V olwiler broadened out into newer drugs-ulfa , vitamin , antihi tamines, antibiotics. ('Never let it be aid ,' laucrhed one of his

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associa tes. ' that the old ba rbi tur.t tc manu facturer took too strong a dose of it own medicine.· )

"One of ulwilcr ·s discoveries was Tri­dionc, a drug wh ich he frequently men· tion when illu· trating tha t the fickleness

Ernest H. Volwiler , Miami

of fortune can often work to a drugmaker's advantage. 'We were simply looking for a pain reliever stronger than aspirin,' he said. 'In tead we found an anti-convulsant which is very effective again t petit mal epilep y. ·

"In 195 0, V olwiler took over the prcsi· dency of a company that was turning out no less than 1,000 different pharmaceuti · ca l . 'M any of them,' said V olwiler, 'were older drugs that were no longer profitable. Since other companie were making enough to supply the trade, we cut 300 or so from our li t and ended up with the p rofit · able line we have today .' .. .

ever a man to mis· an opportun ity to cash in on some new di covery, rega rd· le of the form in which it may appear. V olwiler ha 1 arti ally ide· tepped th competitive \· ar with a ouple of oth r hot item , one of \l hich i not an thi al lru~ at all. Called uca ryl, it i· a n n ·ea l ri • sw etener \l hi h 1\l ilcr is aiming at dia hctic and milliom of ""' i;;tlinc \ l rri ·r,-

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via a concentrated barrage of con umer ad­vertising .. .

"The other item arc the ra lioactive drugs Abbott has turned out at its Oak Ridge laboratory since the end of W orld War II. At Oak R idge, Abbott proce e radio isotopes, incorporates them into syn­hetic compounds, ships them off to ho pita! where they are used in brain tumor surgery and in treating diseases of the thyroid ... .

For a business that can find opportuni ­ties from chicken feed to radio isotopes and from vitamins to mental health drugs, the horizon obviously is virtually unlimited . Drugmaking basically is a business of in­tellectual and scientific discovery and, as Volwiler once put it: 'In contrast to the physical world , the human mind has no finite limits'."

Illino~s Activity Honorary Three Zeta senior were recentl y n.tmcJ

to W a-N a-See, a new senior men 's activit )' honorary at the Univer ity of Illinoi . Jamc~ R . Kennedy, a ociate editor of the Illio. the worl d's large t college yearbook, Wil ­liam R . M cN ai r, member of the Concert and Entertainment Board , and Larry D. Thomson, head varsity cheerleader, all he­ca me charter member of the organization.

The honorary wa formed by the effort_ of several campus leader . N otable in the formulation of thi group wa the work of Kennedy, former Zeta editor , who did much to see that the organization received camp us- wide recognition. In return for hi • efforts the thirty cha rter member elected him as thei r first president.

Hobgood Heads Southeastern Theatre Conference Directs Educational Theatre at Salisbury, N. C.

The Catawba College thea tre in Salis­bury, N. C. , has become a center of activ­ity for educational theatre in the South­east under the direction of Burnet M . Hob­good, Transylvania . The production and academic program there was fea tured in a recent issue of THEATRE ARTS mag a­zine, being one of a few small college theatres thus honored .

H obgood came to Catawba in 1950 to commence a rapid expansion of the college Drama and Speech department, revitali z­ing the department curriculum and intro­ducing new courses, one of which, "Intro­duction to Entertainment," is unique. It was as a result of this that he became chair­man of the C ollege Curriculum Project of the American Educa tional Theatre A sso­ciation.

After serving as committee member and on the Advisory C ouncil of the South­eastern Theatre C onference, he was elec­ted the group's Executive Secretary-Treas­urer last spring. H e has designed new pro­grams of expan ion for this conference, made up of all theatres- fro m children ' to professional- in the Southea t, and is launching a new quarterly magaz.ine this fall, Southern Theatre News.

The success of the Blue M a que drama orga niz.ation under H obgood' lea dership

has been attested personally by such celeb­rities as Stark Young, clean of American drama criti c ; Sidney Blackmer, leading actor of the American stage ; H enry H ewe , of the Saturday Review of Literatw·e ; Emlyn Williams, playwright and actor of England ; Dr. Samuel Selden, author and director of the N orth C arolina Playmaker . and many others.

The late Margo Jone and Playwrights Arthur Miller and Sean O 'Casey have ad­vised the thea tre on its inception of the "Contemporary Serie ." T his schedule- an­nually an unproduced play by an American author . Some of the greate t name in theatre today helped select the play of " The Living Anthology," thirty play- from dramatic literature which are tabbed "th bet," one of which at lea t i pre- ntcd annually.

But H obgood doe n't online his ::ni i tics to the college ca mpu . H e has for t\\·o easons played a leading role in Paul

G reen ' awa rd-winnina ymphoni- drama. " Wilderne Road." per fon x l Juring th ­-ummer months at Berea, Ky.

H i younge t brother , Chri , \ as recent­ly initiated in Theta follo\i ina the exam k of Burnet and Ben C. th latter 110 \\' a missionary in th Bdaian Conao.

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R. C. Smith Gives Aid To India Agriculture

Dr. Roger C . Smith, a graduate of Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and first na­tional secretary of Phi Kappa T au, is work· ing with the ICA-Kansas State College Pro­gram for T echnical A sistance in Agricul ­ture to India.

On June 25, 1955 , Doctor Smith was one of the two men ent over to India to make a survey of agricultural education in Cen­tral India and to talk with offi cials and heads of the depar tments to see the present conditions in educa tion and research in agriculture and veterinary medicine, to learn of needs in these fields and to study their attitude toward the proposed program.

The survey team returned August 15, 1955, with very favorable reports. The two­year program was officially started in March, 1956, and was in full swing by June 1, 1956. Eight outstanding staff mem· bers-three from Kansas State, one each from Fort H ays Kansas State College, Ohio Experiment Station, Cornell University and industry have been sent to India. They work as advisors in the agricultural colleges in Central India. They are required to spend a minimum of one and one-half years in India and it is expected they will -pend two.

Doctor Smith, working under Doctor Pickett, spends about 95 percent of his time working on the details of the program and the paper work. A proposed budget to ex­tend the program one year to M arch 30, 19"59, has been submitted to ICA-W ash­ington. It seems very likely this extension will be approved. A budget to provide fo r sending six outstanding teachers in V eteri­nary Medicine to India has been requested by ICA-W ashington, and it has been sub­mitted as a part of this program. Eight of India' most promising young administra­tors and scientists in acrriculture will come to the United States fo r a year's study and vi it centers of agricultural education and resea rch.

Doctor Smith received hi AB from M iami in 1911 , and his AM from Ohio

t(l te in 1915. In 19 17, he re civcd hi · PhD from Cornel l. After re civ ing hi ·

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doctor's degree, he was an As ocia te Lec· turer of the Public Museum of Milwaukee f rom 1917-1918.

In 1920, Doctor Smi th became an assist­ant professor of entomology at Kansas State College. H e became an associate pro­fessor in 1922 and a professor in 1926. From 1943-1953, he was head of the Ento­mology Department and he retired from this administrative post as is required at age 65 .

In 1928-29, he took a leave of absence to take up the duties of head of the De­partment of Zoology and Entomology Ser• vice T echnique at Port-au-Prince, H aiti. H e was director of the Ecole Central which was the agricultural college in H aiti m 1929-30.

Doctor Smith was state entomologist in Kansas from 1943· 1953 . While on leave in 1944, he became allocation specialist in agriculture and the biological sciences in the national roster of scientific and specialized personnel of the W ar M anpower Commi -sion in W ashington, D . C .

In 1919, he received the Walker prize of $100 in N atural H i tory. H e i a m m ber of Sigma Xi Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi M u Alpha.

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J. Dutch Is New Field Secretary for Phi Tau

James E. Dutch, a February graduate of Long Beach State College in Cali fornia, started his duties as the eighteenth field secretary for Phi Kappa T au on February 4 when he arrived at the Central Office.

Jim, the past president of Beta Psi chap­ter , comes to the Central Office staff wi th a fine fraternity and extracurricular back­ground. H e was the president of his chapter and served the fraternity system at Long Beach as president of its Interfraternity Council. Last D ecember he represented the college at the annual meeting of the N a­tional Interfraternity Conference in N ew York City.

A charter member of his chapter and its first president after installation, he has been a leader in the activities that have marked Beta Psi as an outstanding chapter. H e contributed materially to the success of the distinctive projects of the chapter which included the Orphan's Christmas party at Disneyland and the gift to the college of a concrete table and bench.

Jim is a native of South D akota and at ­tended N orthern States T eachers College in Aberdeen, South D akota, where he was a member of the Phalanx Fraternity, before transferring to Long Beach where he took his last one and a half years of college work. H e was awarded the bachelor of arts

James E. Dutch , Long Beach Field Secretary

degree in busine s with concentration 111

personnel management and marketing. H aving served in the A ir Force·_

Strategic A ir Command, J im enjoy fly ­ing and it is his primary hobby. T ravel is not new for him as he logged about 11 ,000 miles during the past summer by car, attending the Phi Kappa T au Golden Jubilee and visiting numerous chapter_ of the fraternity.

These are 36 of the 41 pledges of Alpha Lambda at Auburn .

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THE LAUREL OF . PH I KAPPA T AU

SCHOLARSHIP REPORT 1955-56 1955-56 1954-55 1953-54 1952·53 1951·52

School Campus Rank Deviation D eviation Deviation Deviation Deviation

Transylvania ••••• 0 •• • ••• 0 •• 1- 4 +20.25 + 21.29 +30.66 + 13.81 + 1·4.03 Colgate • 0 ••• • • 0 •• 0 •••••••• 2-13 +16.21 + 12 .66 + 9.49 + 5.17 + 14.65 Louisville •••••••• 0 • • 4- 10 +13 .07 +15.74 + 12.67 + 7.91 + 11.74 Miami (Ohio) •• 0 • • 0 ••• •• • • 5-18 + 11.56 + 6 .59 + 9.67 + 1.13 - 1.63 Kent State •• 0 • • • • ••• • • 0 ••• 1- 13 + 10.85 +13 .81 + 1.87 7.85 + 3.59 Ohio University ...... . .... . 4- 17 + 9.54 - 4.72 -10.11 3.89 - 7.85 Ohio Wesleyan •• 0 •• • •••• •• 3- 14 + 8.99 - 11.01 -11.49 6.94 -17.53 New Mexico A fi M ..... .. . 2- 7 + 8.49 + 6 .08 + 16.62 + 5.88 + 4.49 Westminster • • • 0 ••• 0 •• • •• •• 1-4 + 8.37 + 11.88 +13.88 + 11.24 - 0.53 Nebraska Wesleyan • 0 •• • • • • • 1- 2 + 6.79 + 3.45 + 10.50 + 8.30 + 16.48 Akron ••••••••••• ••••• 0 • •• 3- 7 + 6.38 + 10.92 + 10.58 - 0 .55 + 6.81 North Carolina State • •• •• 0 •• 7- 17 + 4.97 + 11.50 + 16.22 +21.95 +24.03 Alabama Polytechnic • 0 0 • • ••• 3-20 + 3.61 - 0.78 - 3.10 - 10.52 - 6.15 Lawrence •••• 0 .• 0 0 •• • • • • •• 0 3-5 + 3.57 - 11.29 - 12.05 - 19.35 - 4.07 University of Texas . ... . ... 19- 29 + 2.99 - 8.78 - 7.21 - 3.00 -14.76 University of Kentucky . . .. . . 12-20 + 2.87 + 14.77 0 .00 + 3.28 3.31 Bowling Green . .. . .. .. .. . . 10- 14 + 2.49 + 6.76 + 11.89 + 13.53 + 8.17 University of Colorado . .. ... 6- 24 + 2.47 + 10.60 + 10.45 + 6.03 + 1.20 Baldwin· Wallace . . . ........ 3-5 + 2.00 - 1.79 - 6.09 +11.35 Mississippi State •• ••••• 0 • • • • 9- 11 + 0.00 + 0.00 - 1.83 + 9.62 +22 .30 Coe 0. 0 0 • • •• 0 • • ••• ••• •• ••• 2- 4 0.12 - 0.34 + 5.17 + 17.86 3.78 Mount Union •• •• • •• 0 • • • ••• 5- 5 0.60 - 14.69 -15.48 + 0.26 + 2.38 Washington State .. . . . ..... 13-24 1.23 0.93 - 7.42 -11.12 + 1.34 Delaware ••• 0 0 ••• • • • • 0 • ••• 8- 9 1.80 + 1.25 - 3.87 + 3.40 3.04 Muhlenberg 0 • •••• 0 • • ••• ••• 4-5 1.83 - 5.49 + 12 .64 + 2.37 + 6.10 Michigan State . . .. . . .... . .. 9-24 2.30 - 6 .56 - 4.83 + 5.48 + 0 .86 Ohio State .. ..... . ...... .. 19-40 2.31 - 5.14 - 4.13 + 2.74 8 .31 Rensselaer .... .. .. . .. . .. .. 16- 26 2.65 + 11.36 + 15.30 + 9.54 + 6 .03 Florida ... . ... . ... . . . . .. . . 13-2 5 2.73 + 3.74 - 0.85 - 10.20 9.06 Georgia Tech ... ... ... . . .. 17-26 3.28 - 13.92 + 0.80 + 1.45 + 4 .92 Will iam & Mary • • • 0 •• ••• •• 7- 10 3.39 + 4.45 + 1.80 + 7.84 + 6 .13 Georgia 0 0. 0 • •• • •• ••• 0 •• • •• 9-1 9 3.51 4.41 - 11.54 - 23 .52 + 0 .81 Idaho State 0 0. 0 • ••• • •• •• 0 • • 2- 3 3.55 3.58 0 .00 + 8.42 Mississippi Southern ... ... . . 6-6 3.99 6.88 8.22 + 6.37 Illinois . .. .. .. . . ... . .. .. . . 17-51 4.03 6.12 8.67 . -10.97 -16.56 Lafayette .. ... . ... ....... . 11- 19 4.17 1.62 0 .88 9.42 - 2.59 Centre •• 0 • •• ••• •••••••• • • 6-6 4.57 + 14.51 4.54 + 3.29 - 9.70 Florida State . . . . .. .. ... .. . 8-l.i 4.60 - 12 .34 8 .98 + 2.73 -26.03 H obart ... . ... . . .. ... ... . . 4- 8 4.68 - 5.36 + 6.97 + 0 .54 + 8 .63 California . . . . . ...... . . ... . 27-43 5.45 - 11.21 - 13.45 3.27 - 4.41 Penn State .. ..... ... .... . . 33- 43 6 .02 - 6.19 + n.o6 3.48 + 0 .59 Maryland .. . . . ....... . .... 17-24 6.60 - 3.84 -12.85 6.17 + 14.58 U .C.L.A. . . .. . . . . ... . .. . .. 24- 3 3 8 .20 -1 5.15 + 4.36 + 7.01 + 1.15 Cornell .. ... . . . . . . .... . .. 40-49 8.25 + 0 .09 + 3.20 6 .07 - 2.42 Oregon State .. . . .... . .. . .. 24- 30 8.33 - 6.25 - 4.73 8.45 - 3.57 Texas Western .... . .. .. .... 4-5 8 .97 - 4.95 - 3.11 1.06 Syracuse .... . .. . ..... . .. . . 25- 29 9.65 -16.02 + 5.87 + 2.75 + 1.26 Kansas State . . .. . . ... . . . . . 19-21 9 .65 -12.17 -28.62 -26.40 · Purdue .. . . .. . .. . ..... . . . . 31- 36 9 .76 - 11.41 6.69 3.11 3.38 Southern Illinois . . .. . . . .... 6-6 -10.18 + 4.02 Franklin fi Marshall . . .. .. . . 8- 10 - 10.63 - 7.96 - 5.18 + 6.15 - 3.36 Middlebury .. . . .. . . .. . .. .. . 8-8 -10.87 - 8.56 - 7.91 - 4.03 - 9.11 · Miami (Florida) . .......... 18- 25 -11.17 -13 .03 -14.31 -25.36 -15.29 Kansas . . . .. ... .. ... . . .... 23-25 -11.45 -20.00 -17.18 -13 .94 -17.65 Michigan . ... . .. . . . . .. ... . 32- 38 - 11.49 - 2.70 - 2.74 - 3.36 + 11.56 Washington .. .. . . ....... .. 32- 36 -12.10 - 0.91 - 6.23 - 1.07 - 3.16 Case Tech ... ... .. . ....... 10- 11 - 13 .21 -18.97 -10.34 -17.01 - 7.10 Indiana ... . .. . .... ... .. . .. 24- 27 -13 .90 - 8.99 - 8.39 -19.38 - 1.01 Oklahoma A fi M ... . . . .. .. 16-20 -14.15 - 9.47 + 2.13 + 14.52 + 11.43 Southern California .. . .. . ... 25- 27 -14.23 - 11.16 -19.24 - 16.21 -16.01 Bethany •••••••• • • 0 • ••• ••• 5- 5 -14.70 - 19.11 - 16.52 - 11.58 -12.44 Long Beach State . . .. . .. ... 4-5 -17 .47 Colorado A fi M .. . . . . . .... - _ :.,'! --* 1.99 + 2.96 - 4.12 + 0.61 Idaho ...... .. ........... __ ::;,'! __ :.,'!

+ 5.45 - 6.42 - 5.6~ ( • Indicates no report was received)

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THE LAURE L OF PH I K A PPA T A U

No Quiz Game-But Still a Big Challenge By BEN E. DAVID, Ohio State

Scholarship Commissioner

In 1956-57 Phi Kappa T au can surge fo~w~rd scholastically- if the men keep thinkmg about why they are in college. A reasonably good start can soon develop into a sprint.

The scholarship standing of all national fraternities combined present a sorry schol­astic record-a record which presents con­siderable ammunition to the opponents of the fraternity system. Why can't we of Phi Kappa T au keep head and shoulders above this national picture so that we ca n point with pride to our high standing and constructive efforts?

W e are all aware of the necessity for attention to scholarship problems in most of our chapters. Scholarship activities are a continuing effort. They will never be com­pleted. Stress among your members that emphasis should be placed on working for the highest efficiency in college work rath­er than grades. You will find that in striv­ing for the highest possible efficiency in your courses better grades will be inevitable.

There must be the desire of the individ­ual to excel in scholarship for himself and his fraternity in the same ratio as the de­sire that exist in the individual student for excelling in all other college activities, such as athletics or music. N o longer can the idea exist that a "C" is a gentleman's grade. You may still sub cribe to this idea, but rest assured that those who will look over your tran cript do not share the same thought. This is certainly the era to frown on mediocrity. The idea of just "getting by" is passe. Each undergraduate fraternity man must be impressed with the idea that the grades on his scholastic record after his four years in college are becoming increas­ingly important in Placement Bureau fil es and to his future employer . G ood scholar­ship is a stepping stone for careers in life.

I have borrowed a verse which seem fitting as we get well into our 1956-5 7 chool year.

You can lead a horse to water , but you can't make him drink.

You can send a boy to college, but you can't make him think.

In re-reading these lines you will see

that they rhyme. They scan . There are the same number of letters in each sentence. There i , however, one very significant dif­ference. The horse will drink when he is thirsty, but the boy does not necessarily tudy when he is ignorant .

Let u put our shoulder to the wheel and our head to the books and make 1956-57 a record year for Phi Kappa T au. You will find it rewarding to be able to say that your fraternity is at the top of the scholar­ship records of the national fraternities. It is a challenging idea. D o you think you can do it? I do!

Johnson- Roe Memorial Fund For Loans at Colorado A &' M

Recently the following notice appeared in the alumni newsletter of Alpha Sigma chapter of Phi Kappa T au at Colorado A and M .

"Several inquiries have come in rega rd to the Jere Johnson- Phil Roe Memorial Fund. This fund was originally et up by Mrs. Minnie R oe and her on P hil, in memory of Jere Johnson, who lost hi life in an accident while at home during a college vaca tion. Later , during W orld W ar II, Phil Roe was killed in action and the name of the fund was changed to the Jere­Johnson- Phil Roe M emorial Fund. Dur­ina the past two years Mrs. M innie Roe has contributed an additional $100 to the fund and her daughter-in-law, Mr . M yrtle R oe W aite of W ellington, Colorado, has con­tributed $2 5.00. The following i a quota­tion from a letter from Mrs. Roe :

" ' ... it was Phil' hope that this Fund would grow by the gifts of grateful alumni who had borrowed from it, and it would be a life aver to a lot of boy, in time of fin ancial stress.'

"Where can one inve t a f w dollar that would pay a greater dividend. W e hope that those of you, who have benefit d fr m this fund , may show your appre ia tion by making a contribution and help it be orne more u eful to more needy tudent". "

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THE LAURE L OF PHI K APPA TAU

Freedoms Foundation

Is Kenneth D. Wells,

Founder and President

Akron Chapter Member The president, and one of the founders,

of Freedoms Foundation at V alley Forge is Kenneth D . W ells, a charter member of Alpha Phi chapter at Akron Univer ity. The executive vice president of the award organization following its inception in 1949, Dr. W el ls has been president ince 195'1.

Freedoms Foundation is an organization which utilizes a ba ic part of the Ameri­can system itself- incentive and reward­to bring about an understanding of the American W ay of Life. It annually pre­sents cash and non-cash award , George W ashington H onor M edal , and other awards to individual , organizations and schools for their contribution to a better understanding of the America n W ay of Life.

The Foundation serves a a catalyst­annually accumulating outstanding expres-ions or activities which explain or in­

crease understanding of the American W ay. It is non-political , non-partisan and non-sectarian. It does not lobby, nor at­tempt in any way to influence legislation. All of its activities are aimed at creating a greater awareness of the basic principles which underl ie our Republic and by so doing, to encourage Americans everywhere to become more articulate in maintaining these freedoms, in supporting the basic principle of the dignity of the human being and a fundamental belief in God.

Dr. W ells was one of the three found ­ers. At that time he was director of opera­tions for the Joint Committee on Economic Education of the American A ssociation of Advertising A gencies and A ssociation of N ational Advertisers.

Although heading an awards organiza­tion, ix awards, indicating his services, have been presented to him. The N ational A ssociation of Foremen A ward for out-tanding contribution in the advancement

of human relationships in industry wa pre ented to Dr. W ells in 1948. In 1951 he was awarded the annual H onor Award of the M ilitary Order of the Purple H eart for di tinguished ervi e to disabled

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veteran . H e ,~va the recipient of the N ational Gold H onor M edal of the V eterans of Foreign W ars for outstanding service to the nation in 19 3. H arding College presented him with it Distinguish­ed Service Citation in 195 4. H e wa the recipient of the N ational Shrine C itation from the Ancient Egy ptian Arabic rcler N obles of the M y tic Shrine of North and South America and Its Juri dictions, In ., in 1955. The most recent award to Dr. W ells wa the Annual M edal of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Dr. W ells attended Akron Univer ity from 192 to 1930 and took hi degree of bachelor of cicn e at N orthwe tern Uni­versity in 1930. Po t graduate tudies were completed at the Univer ity of Southern California and California Institute of T echnology in economic and labor rela­tion . H e has been awarded honorary degrees by T emple Univer ity, Florida Southern College and Trinity C ollege.

Prior to being named the executive vice president of Freedom Foundation in 1949, he had been with the Bradstreet Company, national financial analy ts, in Chicago for four year ; W ells and C ompany, ab tract and title analy t , in Akron, Ohio, for ix yea rs; Union Oil Company, California, an oilfield roustabout to the safety and train­ing executive for five years. For two yea r" just prior to the founding of Freedoms Foundation, he had been the director of Operations of the Joint C ommittee of the American A ssocia tion of Advertising A gencies and the A ssociation of N ational Advertisers.

From 1935 to 1936, Dr. W ells was an instructor in money, banking, credit and collections at the University of Akron. H e was an instructor in advanced public re­lations and management controls at the University of Southern California from 1946 to 1948.

Dr. and Mrs. W ell live in Valle Forge, P ennsylvania, and have fiv hild­ren : Ken D . II, in the adv -rti in <Y bu ine.s; Richard ]., a cad t at Valley Forg M ili ­tary Academy ; H al Chri ta, and h rr •.

THE L AU RE L OF PH I K A PP A TAU

Long Beach Completes School Project Tuesday, October 9th saw the pleasant

culmination of Long Beach State College Beta Psi's biggest service project to date. At that time President James Dutch pre­sented our concrete table and bench to the student body president, Huey Shepard , who accepted in behalf of State's 6,800 students. The dedication ceremony was attended by members of the administration, faculty and members of the student body. The Municipal Band was on hand to play a number of selections during the dedica­tion ceremony.

The concrete table and bench is located at the intersection of the campus's two main walks and just north of the library. Based on current use, the table should be the future focal point of most campus campaigns and sales drives.

The idea for the table originated with Dr. Gordon W arner, our most active ad­visor. H e proposed the idea M arch 17, 1956, the night Beta Psi was installed. From Dr. W arner 's idea a committee was

formed which secured administrative ap­proval and then consulted A rchitect Fran­cis ]. H eusel , Southern Calif ornia. M r. H eusel drew the blue prin ts and the com­mittee then contacted State's maintenance department and found they would be glad to guide us during the table construction.

This past summer found Bob Bennett, Chuck Christensen, Jim Dutch, Jim Gus­tafson, Bob H ating and Bill Ru sell , Ind· iana, and the maintenance men donating their talents in this enterprise.

First the area wa dug out and a twelve by twelve foot concrete slab was poured. Then the four-by-eight-foot steel reinforced concrete table and wooden bench were built. The concrete legs on the table and bench were countersunk for additional strength .

T opping off the project is a bronze dedi ­cation plaque imbeded in the face of the table. The plaque reads, " Donated to A so­ciated Students by Phi Kappa T au Fra­ternty- 1956."

Concrete table and bench presented to the students ol Long Beach State by Beta Psi chapter

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THE LAU R EL O F P H I K A PP A T A U

A.). Harno To Be Dean Of Law School at UCLA

Albert James H arno, Illino is, 67-year-old dean of the U niver ity of Illinoi College of Law, has been approved by the Regents as visiting profe or and acting dean of the UCLA Law School.

Dean H arno i expected to take up hi ­duties next ummer replacing Dean L. Dale Coffman who i on leave in W ashington, D . C ., with the Comm i sian on G vern · ment Security.

Born in H olabird, S.D ., Dea n H arno earned a B. S. degree at Dakota W e !cya n University, an LL.B. degree at Yale. H e has been awarded honorary degree by D akota W esleyan, T ulane, Boston <~ n d T emple Universitie .

H e wa admitted to the California bar in 1915 and practiced here for three yea r wi th the fi rm of Bennett, T urnbull and Thompson, well known at the time but no longer in exi tence.

Since then H arno has erved a Dean of the Law School at W ashburn College in T opeka, Kansas, and served as professor of law at the University of Kan as and at the University of Illinois. At the latter institution he has been Dean of the College of Law and professor of law since 1922. During the period 1931 ·44 he also served as provost of the University of Illinois.

In addition to teaching, Dean H arno has engaged in many public service activi­ties. H e made a study of paroles for the Illinois Division of Pardons and Paroles : served as a director of the Illinois Associa· tion for Criminal Justice; was president of the Association of American Law Srh~ol s , 1 9~ 1 -3 2 : was pn·sident . 1947-1949, of the N ational Conference of Commissioners on U niform State Laws; has been a member of the Council of the Survey of the Legal P rofession since 1947; and was a member of the H oover Com­mission 195 4-56.

H e is a Fellow of the A merica n Bar Foundation ; a member of the American Bar A sociation (member of the board of governors, 1950·5 3) ; the Illinoi State Bar (president, 1940·41) ; the America n Law Institu te (member of the Council since 1947) ; th American Judi <l ture

Poge t we nty- four

Society (president, 19 · 3· 19- 6) ; Phi Beta Kappa; and the Order of the Coif (national pre ident, 193 4<;?) . •

Dean H arno is the author of a number of article in profes ional legal journal . H e is the author of the followi ng book : "T he

upreme Court in Felony Case ," "Case on Criminal Law and P rocedure" , " Legal Education in the United tate ", and i co-author of "Parole and the Indetermi· nate Sentence."

H e is married to the former M aud W endelken and they have two children, M ichalie M . H arno of La Jolla, California, and Albert James H arno, Jr. , of Lago , Nig ria, British W est A fri ca.

Scott Heads Investigative Unit to Monitor Advertising

T. H arold Scott, who head the new in ­vestigative unit wi thin the Federal Trade Commission to monitor radio and television advertising for fa lse and misleading claim~. is a member of Psi chapter of Phi Kappa T au at the University of Colorado.

Attorneys in the Commission 's eigh t branch offices will assist the new uni t by monitoring radio and TV programs. Prior to the creation of the new unit, four FTC attorneys had compri ed a task force whose function was to examine scripts and con ­tinuities, on a scientific sampling b<~ sis, submitted by radio and TV stations.

The executive director of FTC has de· cla red : "While radio and television sta· tions have done a generally good job of creening out false advertising, the help that

trained legal investigators of the Federal Trade Commission can crive undoubtedly will offer even crreater protection to the public."

Scott is a legal resident of Boulder. Colorado, and has been serving a attorney: advi or to Commissioner Sigurd A nderson . For the past twelve yea rs he ha served the FTC as a trial attorney. Previou ly, h h<1d done inve tigation work a an attorney­examiner for the Commi ion. Before going to the FTC, he served eigh t yea r- a a, ~i. t· ant secretary and legi lative re ar h a.-i tant to the late cnat r A I a B. A dams

of Colorado. H e wa initiated at P i n Fcbru. r ' l t>.

1930, and arncd hi A.B. d rcc in 1 ~ l.

THE LAUREL OF PHI K AP PA T A U

Mayor of Miami Is Phi Tau Randall Christmas

M ost popular man in Miami , Florida ? That's Randy Christmas, Miami' mayor.

When the Miami Jaycees cho e him a the "Outstanding Young M an of the Year" , the choice was obvious, for Randall N. Christmas, a charter member of Beta Delta chapter at the University of Miami, is a person who does things.

M ayor Christmas was born in Georgia in 1920 and his parents moved to Miami in 1925 . By the time of World W ar II, he had completed his econdary education and entered the N aval Reserve . His interest was in aviation and after completing flight training he fl ew 44 combat missions as captain of a crew and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three air medals.

With the war over, he returned to civilian life and entered the University of Miami at Coral Gables in 1946. A charter member of the fraternity chapter there, he completed his preparatory work and entered the Miami School of Law in 1948. His interest in politics soon ca me to the front and he was elected senior fresh­man representative to the Law School Congress. In 1949 he was elected vice prP­sident of the Student Bar Association and beca me a member of Phi Alpha Delta, a legal fraternity . In 1950 he was elected to Omicron Delta Kappa and became pre­sident of the Student Bar Associa tion . H P began to expand his political activities and was named to the Board of Directors of the Young D emocra tic Club.

H e earned his LLB degree and BBS degreP in 1951 and joined the Junior Chamber of C ommer:ce -of M iami. During that same yea r he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Junior Bar Associa tion of Dade County, to the Board of Directors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and re-elected to the Boa rd of Directors of the Young D emocrats.

The yea r 1952 was eventful. H e received the Key M an A ward from the Junior Chamber of Commerce, became a ociated with Smathers, Thomp on, M axwell & Dyer, attorneys at law, and was elected

Randall N. Christmas, Miami (Florida) Mayor of Miami

first vice president of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Junior Bar Association, vice president of the Young Democrats and a state director of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

H e opened his own law offi ce in 1953 and later formed a partners hi p- Christma and Balaban. That yea r he was elected a commissioner of the City of M iami.

Randy Christmas inaugurated youth dances for Miami' teenagers that were at ­tended by 3 5,000 persons and was named M iami' "Outstanding Young Man" in 1954.

His election to the board of Directors of the M iami Chamber of Commerce wa in 195 5 and that fall he beca me M iami' first "elected" mayor. Prior to 19-5 , the commissioner with the greate t number of votes was automatically named th mayor.

Christmas is one more Phi T au in Florida who ha gained national prominen c in politic . Two other ar Flor ida Attorn y General Richard Ervin and former Representative W illiam Lantaff.

R andy i married and he and Joy arc the parents of three laughter:; Jani ·c M erilyn, eight; Joyce M crilee, ·ix, and M errie Jea n, two.

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T HE LAUR EL OF PH I K A PPA T A U

R. W. Davis Conducts Bone Growth Research

Dr. Robert W . Davis, Colorado A and M , recently received a grant from the N ational Institute of Public H ealth to con· duct research relative to bone growth in deer. Something special in the bone growth mechanism of buck deer produces a new set of antlers each year. The tremendous rate of true bone deposit in the antler of deer is unique. Some factor , ei ther general or local, mu t produce it . It i the hope of Dr. Davis and his co-workers that through studies and research the bone growing mechanism in deer may be isolat· ed and utilized to increase the rate of frac· ture healing in man and domestic animals.

Dr. Davis received the degree of Doctor of V eterinary Medicine in 1935 from Colorado A and M C ollege. From 1935 to 1937 he worked for the State of M ontana and was also engaged in private practice. H e was an assistant professor in anatomy and medicine from 1937 to 1940.

During W orld W ar II he spent 41 months in the armed forces. H e was s~parated as a captain after serving 27 months in the China, Burma, India Thea ter .

At the termination of hostilities, he re· turhed to C olorado A and M where he was named professor of anatomy in 1946. In 1948 he became professor and head of the Department of V eterinary Anatomy and has remained in that position.

H e did graduate work at the University of C olorado School of M edicine during the ummers of 1938 and 1939. H e conducted

specialized research at the same school from 1949 to 19'51 and obtained a masters' degree in 1952 in animal pathology from Colorado A and M . Since that time he has been engaged in research in conjunc­tion with staff members of the University of C olorado School of M edicine.

A member of the American V eterinary M edical A ssocia tion, a fellow in the N ew York A cademy of Sciences, charter mem­ber and past p re ident of the American Association of V eterinary Anatomists, Dr. Davi is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi.

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William Mallory, Miami, was co-captain of the victorious Miami Redskins football team during the post season. An end Mallory played varsity football for three years , during which time his team suffered only two losses and had one unde­feated season.

New Mexico A&M Has Leaders The N ew M exico A and M chapter of

Phi Kappa T au had a high percentage of the campus leaders during the fall semester of 1956 including Sophomore Class Presi· dent Don Forrester and Junior Class Presi· dent Jerry Simmon . In the Air Force ROTC wing, Jim P ickens was commanding officer, and Bob M eyers and John Lane were his executive officer and adjutant, re­spectively. The Arnold Air Society, an Air Force honorary fraternity, was com­manded by Jim Pickens who had as his executive officer Bob M eyers and operation officer John Lane. The Air Force drill team had as its executive officer one of our pledges, Bill Elwood.

In Army ROTC T om Hughe, Beta Zeta's president, was the executive offi cer for the Pershing Rifl e , an honorary Arm fraternity. Under him was Sam Learned, public information off icer · Bob P atter on supply and personnel offi r and Bill Barr. pledge chairman. The Army drill t am had for it commanding ffi cr, am L arn

THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

Brennan Brothers Climb Idaho Political Ladder

Ed and Tim Brennan are two young men to watch in Idaho. Tom was elected last fall by the highest official vote of all six candidates to the Idaho State Legislature as a member of the House re­presentating Bannock County (Pocatello) and Ed served as an advance man for United States Senator Frank Church in last fall's elections and is currently in Washington as an assistant to the new Idaho Senator.

These two Idaho State College Phi T aus come by politics naturally. Their father, Edwin P . Brennan, also a member of Beta Sigma chapter at Idaho State, has been active in Democratic politics in Idaho for many years. H e was for several years the state party chairman.

The careers of the two young men are similar . Ed was born in 1929, Tim in 1931. Both took an active part in campus affairs at Idaho State. Both were elected president of the Student Body. Ed was vice president of the sophomore class, Tim

Tim Brennan, Idaho State

Edward C. Brennan , Idaho State

was president of the Junior Class . Both were members of the boxing team and Tim was a member the year Idaho State won the NCAA championship. Ed is a past pre­sident of the Pocatello chapter of the Idaho State College Alumni A ociation, Tim is the current president.

In civic affairs, Ed has served a publicity chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Industrial and Economical Development Committee for Pocatello, secretary-trea­surer of Southeastern Idaho Rod and Gun Club, a lecturer for Knight of Columbus, state secretary for Idaho Young Democrat and president of the Bannock County Young Democrats.

Tim was treasurer of the Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce in 195' and secretary in 195'6, regional director for Southeastern Idaho Youncr Democrats in 195'5, president of the Bannock County Young Democrats in 195'4, Pre ident of the Young Democratic Club of Idaho in 195'6.

Both men are single and operate Bren­nan H ardware in Pocatello. Both ar mem­bers of the Board of Governors for B ta Sigma chapter of Phi Kappa T au, with Tim serving as chairman.

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THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TA U

George C. Jordan Adds Another Page to Career

C overing the Spanish revolution on the " red" ide, lunching with Mus olini , and fleeing Italy through Switzerland after Italy's declaration of war are only a few pages out of the life of George C . Jordan. a member of the board of governors of Pi chapter at the Univer ity of Southern California, who ha recently been named managincr editor of the Southern C ali forni(! Alumi Review.

A veteran new papcrman and fo reign correspondent, Jordan today i a publicist and public relation -adverti incr con ultant. H e started hi journalistic career arl y in life and whil e attending hi crh school edite 1 the weekly paper and the chool annual. At Southern California he majored in journalism and was editor of the Daily T rojan. His first job after graduation in 1927 was a a reporter for two yea rs on the V entura Star in California before tak­ing over the copy desk on the W a hincrton. D . C. Star.

From 1931 to 1942 with the A ociated Press, he was a diplomatic and foreign correspondent, editor and bureau chief in Washington , D . C. , New York , South America and Europe. It was then that he covered the Spanish revolution before going to Italy where he had an on-the­spot view of the political developments that led to W orld W ar II .

After the declaration of war by Italy, he got out of the country just under the wire. "In fact," George says, "I was frozen for about three week before a flunky of the Roman police stamped my passport with the magic words that permitted me to cross the border into Switzerland and freedom. " H e barely missed being interned along with our diplomatic officers.

When he returned to the United States he became the chief editorial writer for the Minneapolis Star-Journal and was there until 1945 at which time he took a position as the director of public relation for a Minneapolis advertising agency . From 1949 to 19'53 , he operated hi own advertising public relations agency in Minneapolis and moved to California in 1953 to become the public relation on ultant to the Pa adena

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G eorge C . Jordon Southern California

Playhou-e and College of Theatre Art 'and it director of publicity in 1956.

A a public rela tions expert , ] or ian's client have included two tate bar assoc ia­tion , a tate banker ' a ociation, variouc;; individual bank , variou community pro­ject , a non-profit hospital, a leading farm publication, politica l candidate , and numerous commercial firm engaged in wholesale and retail ervice bu ine ses.

Hi most significant honor was recog­nition by the city of Minneapoli which presented him with its Distinguished Ser­vice Award.

George and his wife, the former Loui e Parritt, and on "Mickey" make their home in Altadena, California .

S. Frank Cox, Director Emeritus Dr. S. Frank C ox, Centre, a past national

pre ident of Phi Kappa Tau, ha b en appointed director emeritus and t hni -a! con ultant of th gla clivi i n r arch laboratorie of the Pitt burcrh Plate Gla.s Company after ervin a dir t r f rc ear h.

THE LAUREL OF PHI K A PPA TAU

Moyer Is President of Accounting Association

C . A. Moyer, Miami, head of the Uni­versity of Illinois accountancy department, was recently elected president of the American Accounting Association. He has had important positions in the national organization in recent years on numerous committees and was vice president during the past year.

A 1931 graduate of Miami University, where he was treasurer of Alpha chapter, Moyer has been a member of the faculty at Illinois since completing his under­graduate work. He holds advanced degrees of master of science in accountancy and doctor of philosophy in economics. H e is a certified public accountant.

Widely known in accounting circles throughout the United States, he is the editor of the Wiley Accounting series and is the author of Fundamental Principles of Acwunting and Functional Accounting. He is a contributing author to Standard Handboo~ for Accountants, Handboo~ .of Modern Accounting T heory and profes­sional journals.

Listed in Who 's Who in America, the new president of the American Account­ing Association served as a consultant to the office of the Secretary of Defense during 195 4 and 19'5 5. H e is active in civic affairs in Urbana, Illinois, and served as alderman and chairman of the city finance committee from 1939 to 1951 ; chairman of the zoning board of appeals from 1941 to 1946, and secretary of the planning commission from 1945 to 1946.

H e is vice president and a member of the board of directors of the University of Illinois Athletic associa tion and was a member of the board of directors of the Illinois Publishing Company from 194 1 to 1951 and president from 1944 to 1951.

Other organizations of which he is a mem­ber include Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Tau Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Phi Eta Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi, Beta Alpha Psi, Alpha Phi Omega, the American Institute of Accountants and the Illinois Society of Certified Public A c­countants.

C . A. Moyer, Miami

Highest Ranking ROTC Cadet At W ashington Is Lee Nicolai

Leland Nicolai, senior at Alpha Pi Chap­ter at the University of W ashington, ha attained the highest rank in W ashington' Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Corp . An aeronautical engineer major from El­lensburg, Wisconsin, he ha been awarded the rank of cadet colonel in the AFROTC.

Lee has been active in variou organ­izations and was chapter hou e manager last year when he also received the Order of the Loyal Legion of the United tate of America on Governor' Day for being chosen the outstanding junior cadet.

H e is cadet executive officer of the Air Force Band, ecretary of the In titute of Aeronautical Sciences, vice president of the Organized H ouse Association and oper­ations officer of the Arnold Air ociety.

H e is also a member of the cabbard and Blade, the American Institute of Indu trial Engineers, and recently wa ele t d a one of the distinguished military tuden . Maintaining a 3.0 grade point averacre Le plans to serve his country after graduation in the Air Force as a re earch engineer.

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THE LAU REL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

Thielemann Studies In Scotland for Ministry

Bruce W . T hielemann of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a member of Beta Phi chap­ter at W estminster, is attending St. Mary's College of St. Andrews University in St. Andrew , Scotland, as a Rotary Founda­tion Fellow during the 1956-57 academic year.

One of 126 young men and women from 33 countrie to receive a grant this year from the world-wide ervice club organiza­tion, he is studying theology in preparation for a career in the ministry. The Rotary Club of North Side Pittsburgh recom­mended him for the Fellowship.

Thielemann was graduated from W est­minster College, 1955, in N ew Wilming­ton, Pennsylvania, and is now a candidate for the Bachelor of Divinity degree at Pitts­burgh-Xenia Theological Seminary in Pitts­burgh, which he expects to receive in 195 8.

At W estminster College, he was pres­ident of Phi Kappa T au · treasurer of Phi Alpha Theta, history honor society; and a member of Scroll, English and literature honor society ; Karux, pre-ministerial honor society; the International Relations Club, and the Student Council. H e won the Pennsylvania State Oratorical Champion­ship, two college poetry reading awards and the John C. Hanley Speech Scholar­ship Award.

H e has been employed by the Mt. Leb­anon Public Schools as a camp supervisor for the past seven summers and as a trainer of the Mt. Lebanon High School Football Squads for the past five seasons. For the 1953-54 academic year, he was minister of the Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Ohio, and he is now an assistant minister of the Mt. Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Pitts­burgh.

The Rotary Foundation Fellowships pro­gram was inaugurated in 1947, as one of Rotary's contributions toward the promo­tion of international understanding, good will and peace. To date, 831 young men and women from 61 countries have been awarded Rotary Fellowships for a year of graduate study in 40 countries. Total grants since 1947 are in excess of $2,000,' 000.

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Illuminating Engineering Society Honors G. Hardacre

Gilbert K. H ardacre recently was elected to Fellow Grade membership in the Illuminating Engineering Society at the golden anniversary of the ociety's N ation­al T echnical Conference in Boston, Mas.

The honor culminates some 30 years of I.E.S. membership, during which Mr. Hardacre's efforts in behalf of the technical and promotional advancement of illuminat­ing engineering have been outstanding. H e served as chairman of the Chicago ection

Gilbert K. Hardacre, Illinois

of the I.E.S. in 1933, and following a succession of other administrative assign­ments, became national president of the society in 194 7.

Presently a resident of Joliet, Mr. Hardacre is a division vice-president with the Public Service Company Division of Commonwealth Edison Company. He has been associated with the utility for 30 years, serving mainly in supervisory sale and sales promotion posts. H e is a member of the Western Society of Engineer and was president of the Chicago Lightina In­stitute for five year . H e al o is a pa t

vice president of the Chi ago El tri Association.

THE LAUREL OF PHI KA PPA T A U

Harold Annis Is Outstanding Paper Production Authority

Harold M. Annis, Miami, is one of the nation's leading authorities on paper pro­duction. The technical director of the Oxford Paper Company, he was named Papermaker of the Month last October.

In 1929 he graduated from Miami Uni­versity with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and went to work for the Mead Corpora­tion where he had worked for two years plus vacation time employment during college years. He joined the Oxford Paper Company in January, 1937, as assistant to the vice president in charge of manu­facturing. He subsequently became manager of sales service, manager of product development and for the last three years has been technical director, located at the company's New York office.

Annis is a member of the executive committee of the T echnical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, operating com­mittee of the National Council for Steam Improvement, research committee of the Lithographic T echnical Foundation and the technical committee of the American Pulp and Paper Association. H e is a member of the Chemists' Club in N ew York and the Campfire Club of America (big game).

Mr. and Mrs. Annis and their son, Stephen, make their home at Chappaqua, New York.

Cesaratto Heads B~ W Students Lou Cesaratto, president of Alpha

Omega chapter since last March, became president of the Baldwin-Wallace Student Council in December. Lou has had much experience in both student and fraternity government. He has been a member of Interfraternity Council and president of Greek Council. H e also served as an asso­ciate member of Student Council. H e is a fine athlete and has therefore helped the fraternity win many awards. Last year he played first-string left field for the B-W varsity baseball team. In January, Lou be­came a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the men's national leadership honorary.

Harold M. Annis , Miami

Jack Walker, Young Singing Prodigy, Is Phi Tau at UCLA

The inside track to fir t place in the largest musical extravaganza on the col­legiate level, U. C. L. A.' famed annual "Spring Sing," most certainly was obtained by up-and-coming Beta Rho Chapter at U. C. L. A. One of the fourteen new pledges is Jack W alker, local singing prodigy. Featuring a unique style somehow reminiscent of rhythm and blues and yet with a country flavor , Jack has two records which came out in late October, hi own compositions on the Eagle label. T he 17, year-old Walker has been campo incr and singing since he was eight and has been featured on many local variety and talent shows.

Appropriately enough, he i majoring in music and hopes to become a uc -ful "pop" singer in the very near future. Ja k also has' proved to be a very bicr a et on sorority row with his serenading and 'fra­ternity appeal."

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TH E LAU REL O F PHI KAP P A TA U

Transylvania Senior Class President is W. Schiphorst

Theta of Phi Kappa T au is indeed fortunate in having as one of its mem­bers Mr. W illiam Schiphor t, Jr. Truly he has made a grea t contribution to both ur fraternity and to Transylvania.

Schiphorst was president of Phi Kappa Tau in 1955 -56 and under his leadership our chapter prospered and grew. H e had also held the office of head of house im­provements, and at the present time i on the fraternity tribunal and head of a com­mittee evaluating our pledging program.

Bill is a senior and wa elected president of the senior class . Last year he was the chairman of a program spon ored by the college called "Religious Emphasis W eek." It was under the guidance of this leader that people till talk about the program a being the be t our ca mpus ha ever had.

Bill wa married in 1952 and at our pring formal Ia t year Bicky, who is Bill's

wife, was presented as the Dream Girl of Phi Kappa T au.

As associate minister of Valley Chri -tian Church in V alley Station, Kentucky, Bill is kept very busy. H e plans to enter the College of the Bible after graduation.

William Schiphorst, Jr. , Transylvania

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Student Senate President at Nebraska Wesleyan Is Phi Tau

Clyde Sachtleben , a senior at Upsilon hapter , has shown in many ways hL

qualified leadership at N ebraska Wesleyan. His ca pabilities were given ultimate recognition last spring when he was elect­ed to the coveted posi tion of pre ident of the tudent enate.

Clyde, a phy ics major. i al o president of the local chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, a national physic hcnorary so icty, and he has served as pre ident of the local Academy of Science.

H e has also et an enviable cholar hip record at W esleyan where hi average is 1.95 ( 1.00 i high) . U psilon made excellent u e of his schola tic capabilities during hi junior yea r when he was elected vice-pre-ident and cholar hi p chairman. His

scholarl y achievements have been recog­nized by hi election to two college honorarie - Phi Kappa Phi and Blue Key, where he erves a alumni ecretary .

Clyde ha al o found time on his busy chedule to play in the band for four

yea r , serve a a member of the campu orientation group and ably represent Phi Kappa T au in intramural .

Clyde Sachtleben, Nebraska Wesleyan

THE LAUREL OF PHI K A PPA TAU

Colgate Chapter Treasurer Is Rhodes Scholar By Robert Golf, Colgate

Dale A. Johnson, treasurer of the Alpha Upsilon chapter at Colgate, was recently designated as one of 32 Rhodes Scholars for 1957 to do graduate study at Oxford University in England.

Dale, whose home is in Omaha , Nebraska, is a senior concentrating in philosophy and religion and is a W ar Memorial and Austin Colgate Scholar at Colgate. At Oxford he will study modern history, being particularly interested in the influence of the historical si tuation on philosophical movements. After complet­ing his work at Oxford he plans to attend seminary in preparation for the ministry.

In extracurricular activities, Dale is pre­sident of Konosioni , the senior honorary society, and manager of the debate team. He competes in downhill, slalom and jump­ing events with the varsity ski team and is a member of the President's Committee and chairman of the University Church Board.

In a letter to the fraternity, Dr. Everett N. Case, president of the universi ty, stated : " Dale Johnson's selection as a Rhodes Scholar refl ects great credit on Colgate and on his fraternity." Examination of the basis of selection emphasizes this. In mak­ing appointments the Committees of Selection consider the qualities laid down by C ecil Rhodes in that section of his will in which he defined the type of scholar he desired: Literary and scholastic ability and a ttainments; qualities of manhood, truth­fulness, courage, devotion to duty, sym­pathy, kindliness, unselfishness and fellow­ship; exhibition of moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his fellows; physical vigor, as shown by fondness for and success in sports.

On January 16, the chapter held a banquet in honor of Johnson's selection as a Rhodes Scholar. More than 75 attended the dinner included a large number of university administrative officers and faculty members.

The selection of Johnson comes as a climax to years of successful individual and chapter scholarship for Alpha Upsilon . For a period of more than ten years, the chap-

Dale A. Johnson, Colgate Rhodes Scholar

ter continuously has been among the top chapters in Phi Kappa T au. Always above the all -men 's average, Alpha Upsilon wa fi rst in the fraternity for 1947-1948 when it ranked fourth among all chapters of all fraternities. For the year just past, the chapter is second in all Phi Kappa T au .

Individual honors have come to many of the members of the chapter. W ithout question more members of the Colgate chapter have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa in the past ten years than any other chapter of the fraternity. Johnson recently became a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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Center on California T earn Is Duane Asplund

"Field Goal By Asplund," this phrase has been heard over and over again on many basketball court as California's Golden Bear cagers have completed two successful seasons with Duane (Swede) Asplund holding down the center post.

One of the most under-rated cagers on the Pacific coast, Duane Asplund is pro­bably the finest of many Phi T au athletes who have bolstered Cal team through the years. At 6-7 and weighing 210 pounds, Swede is truly the 'big man' on the team.

In addition to his coring threat, his great defensive ability has helped Califor­nia to lead the nation in defense to date­allowing an average of but 52.3 points to be scored against them in 13 games. As Cal cage coach, Pete Newell, stated re-

Don Mcintosh, California Varsity Forward

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Duane Asplund, California High Scoring Center

cently in a port page article: "W ere it not for Asplund, our full -court pres wouldn ' t work. You can' t throw a pre without an active center, and Duane i just that. H e give u the defen e we mu t have when we go out after the ball."

A fi ne team man, Swede' pass offs have made it po ible for four players, includ­ing him elf and room-mate Don Mcintosh to have a sea onal coring average in double figures. Yet, hi individual effec­tivene can be een in the stati tics: Game 13; FGA 134; FG ~2 ; PCT 38.8; FTA 37; FT 27; PCT. 73.0 ; REBOUNDS 116· RB PER GAME .9; TOTAL POINT 131; AVERAGE POINTS PER GAME 10.1.

Th trong, silent type who ommands respect, Swede is a popular campu leader and was recently el cted pre id nt of u chapter. H e is a con i ntiou work r wh "gets things done" and th haptc r i-

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convinced that under his leadership Phi Kappa Tau will complete another success­ful semester at C al.

Prior to enrolling at California, Duane starred in basketball at Kingsburg High School, and also played two years as a pass catching end on the football team. However, when enrolled at V entura Junior College, he deemed himself to light for college football, and concentrated on basketball , averaging better than 20 points a game for two seasons.

Basketball is, of course, Swede's main

T yra and Darrah Pace Louisville Court Squad

For the last two years, we at Beta Beta have come to feel like proud papas, walk­ing up to anyone who will listen and say-

interest, and he doesn 't have far to look for someone with whom to talk 'shop'. Not with Don Mcintosh, 6-6 varsity fo rward ; Jim Butenschoen, 6-1 frosh guard; Darrell ImHoff, 6-8 frosh center, and Earl Schneider, 6-4 frosh forward , calling the Phi T au H ouse home!

A good student, Swede plans to coach following his graduation this June, and if his coaching ability matches his playing ability, he can discard the lucky scarf which he wears prior to each game- for he's certain to be a success!

ing, "Those are my boys". T he "boys" referred to are Charles T yra and Bill Darrah, both Beta Betas and All-A merican basketball candidates. T he University of Louisville players pictured represent the three main reasons that Louisville is rated among the top five teams in the nation by all polls.

Three members of the Louisville basketball team, the 1956 National Invitational Tournament cham­pions, shown here in the usual order, are Jim Morgan, guard ; Charley Tyra , center, and Bill Darrah , forward.

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Six foot, eight inch Tyra, now in his senior year as a U . of L. basketballer has collected countless honors which in­clude : M ost V aluable Player of the 19') 6 National Invitational T ournament (Louis­ville was the victor) ; first string All­American in the majority of pre-sea on polls; among the top ten scorers in the nation ; and the country's number two rebounder.

Darrah, also a senior, has been tagged "Mr. Steady" by many of the portswri ters of this area. This reference to Bill is a tri · bute to his consistency as a good ballplayer. H e is a good offensive man (currently averaging over 16 points per game), a sparkling rebounder, and one of the game' top defensive players. Twice this sea on Darrah has been assigned to guard top scorers in the nation (each averaging well over 20 points) and held them below the double figure mark.

Charley and Bill are both high in scholarship and well liked on campus, dis­playing a degree of humility seldom found among acclaimed athletes. Tyra ha the dubious distinction of being one of the few baseball spectators to completely halt a major league exhibition game. Last spring on the heels of his NIT triumph, he was spotted standing near a dugout during an exhibition game. Immediately youngsters from all corners of the park mobbed him.

Chapter Eternal HAROLD H. ANDERSON, Colorado A b'

M, who was initiated at Alpha Sigma chapter on February 23, 1930, died of a heart attack on February 29, 1956 .

CHARLES F. BELSHAW, Illinois , a member of Zeta chapter since 1914, died on July 24, 1956.

WALLACE C. BROWN, Kansas State, died on October 1, 1956. H e was initiated on 'January 27, 1950.

JOSEPH W . CATO, T ransylvania, died on Au gust 25, 1955.

LEWIS NICHOLAS EMPSON, Lawrence , who was 51 years of age, died early last winter in Gladstone, Michigan, where he made hi home.

Y. DONOVAN ERICKSON, Lawrence, who was initiated at Mu chapter on February 16,

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Beta Chi chapter of Phi Kappa Tau at Southern Illinoi University now ha in the planning tages its silver anniver· sary celebration of being a fraternity on the SIU campu .

The anniver ary, which occur next year , will mark the 25 th year Phi Kappa T au (formerly Chi Delta Chi local) ha been on the campus.

The chapter has the distinction of be­ing the first ocia l fraternity on the SJU campu and many of the alum have now taken member hip in Phi T au.

Although the actual date has not been et yet plan call for a weekend cele­

bration around next January or Feb· ruary. The date will be recognized by the Carbondale community as well ;-~ the university a Phi Kappa T au Days.

E. F. Cox Manages Corporation Dr. Everett F. Cox, noted nuclea r

physicist, has re igned hi position with the Sandia Corporation in N ew M exico to become manager of the physical and chemical research of the Whirlpooi­Seegers Corporation at St. Joseph, Michigan.

1923, chapter president in 1926, died early th is past winter. An attorn ey, he lived in Chicago, Illinois.

WILLIAM H . FARQUAR, California, died on Augu t 22, 195 6. H e was initiated at u chapter in 1929.

DAVID CAL VI FELDSER, Fran~ lin and Marshall, president of Feld er Printing and Office Supplies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died of an internal hemorrhage at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital on October 13 , 1956, after a five-day illness . H e was initiated at XI chap· ter on March 3, 1940.

WILLIAM C. GRAVES, M ississippi State. was drowned on June 17, 1956, while wim· ming in the ocean at Fort Lauderdale, Florida . He was an accountant and was initiated by Alpha Chi on March 3, 1947 .

THE LAUREL OF PHI KAPPA TAU

HAROLD HARE, Nebras~a Wesleyan . died at Broken Bow, Nebraska, on November 11 , 1956. A charter member of Upsilon chapter, he was director of certification for the Nebraska State Department of Public Inst ruction. H e taught one year at Blair and two in Lincoln , was superintendent of schools and coach at Arnold for 19 years and superintendent of schools at Broken Bow until 1954 when he took the position with the state.

RAYMOND FITCH HENDERSON, Centre . died on October 1, 1955 .

JOHN DONALD MAcKNIGHT, R ensse laer , died on October .12, 1956. A charter member of Rho chapter, he was chapter president in 192 3. He had been a patent attorney with The Texas Company since 1929.

PAUL S. MAcMILLAN, Washin gton , ha' been reported as deceased. He was president of Alpha Pi chapter in 1932 and was employed by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. , as an attorney.

LEMUEL E. MINNIS, Ill inois, died on February 23, 1957, in Passava nt hospital in Chicago. Treasurer and credit manager of the Union Teachers Credit union, he was conne.cted with the Chicago school system for 3 3 years and a former principal at Sherwood and Byford schools.

WILLIAM A. MOORE, Corne!! , died on November 30, 1956. A member of Bandhu in his undergraduate days, he graduated in 1909 and became a graduate member of Phi Kappa

Marriages BALDWIN-WALLACE-Herbert Fanz and Betty

Berg, Beta Sigma Omicron , December 15. 1956 .

Gene Koryta and Mary Pool, Beta Sigma Omi­cron.

Dale Reinke and Joan Cannon, Beta Sigma Omicron.

BOWLING GREEN- James Annon and Mary Jan e Nicholas, Chi Omega, June 6, 1956.

Robert Carter and LaVonne Short, September 1, 1956.

Grant Egly and Donna Parabeck, September 1, 1956.

Douglas Howard and Beverly Brown. Charles F. Kurfess and H elyn Rudolph, Gamma

Phi Beta, June 2, 1956. Bernard Myers and Patricia Ransom, Phi Mu,

August 18, 1956 . David Nichols and Eleanor Aughey, Kap pa

Delta. G. Elliot Short and Christine Matheos, Sep­

tember 22, 1956.

Tau in 1953. At the tim e of his death , he was a retired executive for International Paper Company in New York City .

CHARLES CLARK MYERS, Bethany, died on November 14, 1956. Initiated into Phi chapter in 1929, he had lived in Homestead , Pennsylvania, all his life.

ROBERT WHETSEL ORD, JR ., Southern California, died last July of a heart ailment.

ROBERT D. PIERCE, Purdue , died on November 29, 1956. H e had been in ill health for several years.

WILLIAM E. RYAN, Kent State , was killed on July 24, 1956, in .an automobile crash. H e served as president of Beta Mu chapter in 1950 and 1951.

ROY SNOW SAWDEY, Case , died on November 23, 1956 . H e was initiated on M arch 17, 1937, and made his home in Chagrin Fall , Ohio.

RAYMOND E. SCHWEITZER, M ount Union , died on May 8, 1956, according to in­formation recently received at the Central Office. He was initiated in 1931.

LEIGHTON R. SCOTT, Lafayette , an at­torney in the firm of Hogan & Scott, in Easton . Pen nsylvania, has been reported as deceased.

HARRY SOLBERG, Washin gton , died on July 9, 1956, of a heart attack.

WILFORD HALL TAYLOR, JR ., Co e. was killed in the crash of a jet fi ghter plane in the State of Washington on March 2, 1956 .

CALIFORNIA- Arlen Mills and Dorothy Z arley, Kappa Alpha Theta .

Nick Poppin and Georgia Dotson. Dolph Leffler and Iris Gulley. CASE- Don Cantleberry and Joann Frickey,

December 15 , 1956. Albert Chopey and Carol Davis, January 11 ,

1957. Ed Gomersall and Joan Sizer, Jul y. 1956 . Phil Holschuh and Shirley Beebe, ovember

1956. CoE-William Skinner and ancy Kuhl man . Scott W. Smith III and Kay Long. COLORADO A & M- Robert Jones and Carol

Jacks, June 10, 1956. George H . Romberg, Jr., and Jane Wiel , A ugust

11, 1956 . IDAHO-William D aiss and M arjo Brinken, Jul

28, 1956 . Byron Gage and Carrie Chartrand, Pi Beta Ph i.

June 14, 1956 . Kenneth Garrett and Dixie Terry, June _5 ,

1<;56.

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Larry LaBelle and Ellen D ahl, May 19, 1956. Lawrence Summers and Martha Mahaffey .

September 8, 1956. IDAHO STATE- Lloyd H. Baisch and Katherine

Jasper, Jan uary 20, 1957. John J . Burum and Rea Brown. Elwin L. D ale and Patricia Otto. Robert M. Davis and Phyllis Kunkel , Alpha

Omicron Pi. Hugh J . M cLaughlin and Jean Kreger. Clarence D . ~ !oa t and Ann Duncan . Mau rice J. Welsh, Jr ., and Ca rol Orchard . Gary L. Steed and Selma Mickel en. ILLINOis-Robert C. Bartlett and Theresa

Caliendo. William E . Cook and H arr iet Arn dt . IOWA STATE-Richard H erso m and Janet

T horson, September 30. 1956. Harlan M eier and Berniece Kardel, Augu t 4,

1956. Kenn eth M eyer and Bobbie Burkett, eptem ber

15, 19 56. William Waters and A lice Becker, Augu t 11 ,

195 6. KANSAS STATE- Ga ry Allen and Carol Ackl ey,

March 25 , 1956. Fl oyd Griggs and Carol Ka h, Septem ber 30.

1956 . Marion Lohmeyer and Martha Joan Alber ,

August 29, 1956 . Marion Mansfield and Barbara Jo Rhoades, Jun e

3, 1956. LONG BEACH- William S. M addie and D onna

Lature, May, 1955 . MIAM I (OHIO) - Robert Brown and Ann

And erson. Richard Foley and Sand ra Cowell. Robert H agen an d Barbara Mitchell. Robert Harger and Jerry Brinnon . David H artsock and Carole H ancock . Robert Kiger and Shirley H ovis. James Leopold and Louise Moir. Robert Mang and Rosemary McArd le. Joe M owbray and Pat Thompson. Peter Rawl ings and Mary D odson . John Shaidnagle and Mary Lou Bachte l. Gerald Smith and Mariam Sharp . Robert Tenhover and Shirley Schopper. Richard Titus and Barbara Graybill. Myron White and Gloria Bridge. MICHIGAN- Lysander Ashlock and Carolyn

Cannon , May, 1956. Gordon Wepfer and Virginia Schwa rt~: , Ju ne,

1956 . Rex Youse and Cynthia Wilkins, Chi Omega,

Aug1,1st, 1956. MI SSISSIP PI SOUTHER - Lewis L. Green and

Scottie Sue Cooner. Charles W . Hut on and Sally Sue Dav is. Stephen E. Moore and Pansy Wilkerson. Richard Soenter and Shirley Jean Anderson. Floyd E. Wiliams and Ramona Franklin . Sidney F. W ood, III, and Frankie Chunn. MoUNT UNION- Glenn E. Black and Jean

Henderson, Tune 9, 1956. Donald E. Eshler and ellie Leach, Ju ne 16,

1956. Ken neth F. Ku hner and Carole Wule~:ya ki,

September 1, 1956. Gene M oulin and Iris Summers, Jun e, 19 56.

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Charles M. Stock and Shirley Ruffner, March 31, 1956.

M u HLENBERG-Charles E. Stites, Jr., and Betty Louise Ann, October 20, 1956.

A. Louis Tengzelius and Martha Louise Will , April 14, 1956. EBRASKA W ESLEYA - Philip Apley and Bonnie Virus.

James Bridges and Imogene Davis. Robert Daniels and Jean Kye . James Elliott and Rita Darnall. Robert Jewett and Janet Miller. Robert H. Dones and Patricia McDougall ,

December 15, 1956. Gordon M etzger and and ra Sack, D ecem ber

23 , 1956. Terry Miller and Phylli Harvey. Donald Shank and Thelma Jean Firestene . D onald Swigart and Phyllis Hershberger. N EW MExiCO A & M- Jim F. Lankford and

Shirley W alker, Delta Zeta. Samuel M . Learned and M arcenia Ebe, D elta

Z eta. Jack H . Stalling and Jane VanKirk, Delta D elta

Delta . OHIO- Richard A. Wagner and Frances

Sinstead , Chi Omega. OHIO STATE- Ray Bichimer and Nancy Dor•

am, Alpha Phi, August, 1956. Ken Tohnson and Doris Alspach, Delta D elta

D elta, Jun e, 1956. Kent Martin and Faye Satterfield, Phi Mu, July

21, 19 56. Jerry Sutterfield and Nancy Emish, July 28,

1956. OKLAHOMA A f5 M- Wade Baldwin and Sherry

White, D appa Delta. John Spencer and Su an Thorman, Kappa

Delta . Ronald Stone and Beverly Barthelmass, Kappa

D elta. OREGON STATE- Robert Billson and Casey

Cummins, October 14, 1956. I rv Iverson and Marianne Hauke, November

24, 1956. P u RD UE- E. Walter Ibbotson and Betty Shult~:. D onald R . Longwith and Nancy Bowen, Gamma

Phi Beta . James E. Maxiener and Marilyn Gerlach, Zeta

T au Alpha . Thomas D. Miller and Lou Anne Baker, Alpha

Delta Pi. SYRACUSE- Howard R . Lame! and Shelia

Soloway, July 5, 1956. John _A. Yancey and Carol Gratta, September 8,

19J 6. TRA NSYLVA !A-Edward Ball and Nancy Jo nes:

June 16, 1956. Don Cuss and Carol Popp, June 17, 19 56. Joe Maffet and Clara Davis, June 19, 1956. Russell McClure and Brucene Cook, September

8, 1956 . Dinsmore esbit and Jo Anne Pierce, June 23,

1956. Richard Payne and Martha Basset, June 4, 1956. Bert Smith and Faye Thompson, Augu t _6

1956. .

WA HIN GTON-Jame ~ ingfield Amende and orma Jean Terry, March 17 , 1956.

TH E L AURE L O F PH I K AP PA T A U

Robert R . Anderson and Elizabeth A nn Flower, Chi O mega, June 16, 19 56.

Edward Chase and Dorothy Ga rrod, July 20, 1956.

Donald Roening and Mary W atso n, Zeta T au Alpha, N ovember 24 , 1956 .

\VAS HI NGTON STATE-Raymond Badgett and Audrey Fisk, June, 1956 .

William Goodenough and Joy Vanasse, Pi Beta Phi, June, 195 6.

Richard Fanni ng and Janice Draper, June, 1956 .

Births • •

BowLING GREEN- T o M r. and M rs. Richard Short , a son, on M ay 12, 1956 .

CALI FORNIA- T o Mr. and Mrs. Gord on Seck, a daughter, on December 1, 1956.

T o Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Gregorich, a daughter, in January, 1957.

CASE- T o M r. and Mrs. Kermit Kuhl , a son, Gary Michael.

COLORADO A & M- T o Mr. and Mrs. John C. Raftery, a daughter, Laurel Anne, on October 8, 1956.

T o Mr. and Mrs. William Roller, a son, Bradford D ean , on August 2, 1956.

DELAWARE-T o M r. and Mrs. William Shaw, a daughter.

FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL-,T o M r. and Mrs. Joseph A. Albano, a daughter, Emilia An n, on August 27, 1956.

GEORGIA T EC H- T o Mr. and M rs. Frank E. Hankinson, III, a son , Benjamin David , on May 14, 1956.

IDAHo-To Mr. and Mrs. William Brown, a daughter, Debra Leanne, on August 26, 195 6 .

T o Mr. and Mrs. Elbert C . Cleveland , a son, Ernest Rexford, on M ay 29, 195 6 .

T o Mr. and Mrs. James H arberd , a son , Jam es Christopher, on August 24, 1956.

IDAHO STATE- T o Mr. and Mrs. Marl ynn Brookbank, a son.

T o Mr. and Mrs. James L. Dorman, a daughter, Dee Ann Lynn.

T o Mr. and Mrs. D onald W . Johnson, a son, Virgil.

T o Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Loga n, a dau ghter, J oclyn Mildred.

MIAMI (OHIO) - T o Mr. and Mrs. Cha rl es Hazelrigg, a daughter .

T o Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kitzerow, a da ughter, W endy Susan, on January 11 , 1957 .

T o Mr. and Mrs. Robert Larkin , a son. T o Mr. and Mrs. William Rhodenbaugh, a son. MICHIGA N STATE- T o Mr. and M rs. Robert L.

Whipple, Jr., a son, T imothy M ark, on August 31 , 1956.

N EBRASK A W ESLEYAN-T o Mr. and M rs. Donald Larkin , a son, Donald , Jr. , in June 1956.

NEW M EXICO A & M- T o Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cates, a daughter .

Jerry Shelkey and Donna H all , April , 1956 . W ESTMINSTER- Thomas Patterson and R uth

Rose, July 11 , 19 56. Robert Pierson and Dorothy Sp iker, September

1, 1956 . John Schmid t and Alice W agner, Jun e 7, 1956 . John W alker and Caroline W arner, August,

1956. WILLIAM AND MARY- Daniel Wood and

Elizabeth Yeager, Kappa Kappa Gamma, October 6, 19 56.

T o Mr. and Mrs. James Lan kford , a son, Roland Loyd .

T o M r. and Mrs. James Pickens, a daughter, Kathlene Jo.

Omo STATE- T o M r. and Mrs. Jack Alter, a son, Douglas Ritn er, on May 22, 195 6.

T o Mr. and M rs. Beau Brown, a daughter, Charlene, on April 17, 195 6.

To M r. and Mrs. James Gates, a daughter, in August, 1956.

T o Mr. and M rs. Earl Jacobson, a daughter, Lise, on May 17, 1956 .

T o M r. and Mrs. Robert Langford, a daughter , Karen , in June, 1956.

T o M r. and Mrs. T heodore Magley, a son, Michael Edward, on M ay 8, 1956.

T o Mr. and M rs. James Smith , a daughter, in December, 1956 .

O KLAHOMA A & M- T o M r. and Mrs. Richard Brubaker, a son.

T o Mr. and M rs. H arold Courson, a son. T o M r. and M rs. Melvin Douglas, a daughter. T o Mr. and M rs. John H ayes, a son. T o Mr. and M rs. Lyman Larrabee, a son. T o M r. and M rs. T om Lucas, a daughter. T o M r. and M rs. D on Perdue, a daughter. T o M r. and M rs. Lee Raney, a daughter. T o M r. and Mrs. Wilbanks Smith, a on . OREGON STATE-T o Mr. and Mrs. Earl Emery,

a son , Sam Edward , on November 27, 1956 . To M r. and Mrs. Everett Smyth , a daughter,

Carol Ann , on December 20, 1956. P ENN STATE-T o Mr. and Mrs. George W .

Ruby, a daughter, Carol Diane, on February 13 , 1956.

P URDUE-T o Mr. and Mrs. John O 'Bei rne, a son, Greg, on Au gust 23, 1956.

T o Mr. and Mrs. Allan Soderberg, a on, James, on A ugust 10, 1956.

SYRACUSE- To Mr. and Mr . Everett M urch, a son, Stephan.

T o Mr. and Mrs. Roger Parfitt, a daughte r, Shawn.

T EXAS-T o M r. and Mrs. Rowland Lewi , a daughter, Merri Lynn, on ovember 16, 19 56.

T RA NSYLVANIA-T o Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Frederick, a son, Ben Casey, Jr ., on D ecember 2, 1956 .

WILLIAM f3' M ARY- To Mr. and Mr . John R . Apostalu, a daughter, on O ctober 1, 1956.

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