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Committee in Charge.L. HARRY MIXSONJ. D. CARROLLW. H. MONCKTON, JRSIMON FOGARTY, JR.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.PAGE

OUR FINANCIAL STATUS. 93CHAPTER LETTERS—

South Carolina Alpha 103South Carolina Beta. 104South Carolina Sigma 106North Carolina Epsilon. 108South Carolina Zeta 109Georgia Eta 110

THE ALUMNI DEPARTMENT—South Carolina Sigma 113North Carolina Epsilon 115Zeta 116Beta 116

Issued in November, February, May and August. Published by The ft. L.Bryan Co„ Columbia, S. C., Official Printers to the Fraternity.

OFFICERS OF THE PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY.

Headquarters, Charlegion, S. C. Organized 1904.

Grand President

I.. HARRY MINSON, Alpha....40 Montague St., Charleston S. C.

Grand Vice President

H. P. WAGNER, Alpha 6 Green St., Charleston, S. C.

Grand Secretary

J. D. CARROLL, Sigma Box , Columbia, S. C.

Grand Treasurer.

H. Moxcx.rox, Ja. 803 Richland St., Columbia, S. C.

Grand Historian

SIAION FOGARTY, JR 90 Broad St., Charleston, S. C.

Grand J ovrnalist

'C. K. DILLINGHAM 618 Highland Ave., Newark, N. J.

Grand Chaplain

C. E. BIRD, Delta Hartsville, S. C.

Grand Custodian

Gus E. REID, Beta Rock Hill, S. C.

Grand Council

L. H. Mixsox 40 Montague St., Charleston, S. C.

J. D. CARROLL Box , Columbia, S. C.

W. H. MONCICTON, Ja. 803 Richland St., Columbia, S. C.

HERBERT LANGFORD, Zeta Prosperity, S. C.

DAVE P. HARDY, Gamma 1547 Euclid Ave., Berkely, Cal.

Oly ftr atth KampPublished in the interest of and ii,nder Un iitt !writ y of the

Pi KAPPA Pni FRATERNITY

Vol. I. JANUARY, 1913. No. 4.

To the man who reads carefully the statementsmade by Fratres Fogarty and Monckton in thisissue of the "Star and Lamp," it is evident that thefinances in general, and the "Star and Lamp" inparticular, are in precarious positions. We feel thatall that the men of Pi Kappa Phi need is to havethese facts placed before them in order to havethem come and do their part, an4 I therefore feelthat a special plea coming from me is unnecessary.As is the case with any undertaking or business,

finances are of primary importance. Without afirm foundation in this respect it is absolutely im-possible for us to go ahead. We feel that we arefounded on the right basis and with the properaims, and your officers feel that with the limitedfunds at their disposal, in the work of extention,of magazine work, and other lines of work also,they have fulfilled their obligations. The questionused to be whether we should be able to go aheadwith the funds at our command; the question nowis whether we will be able to do what we are doingany longer with what money we have.You know that the system of financing the Fra-

ternity was changed at the Convention of July,1912. Instead of a per capita assessment on eachactive member of chapters, with subscriptions to the"Star and Lamp" extra, a plan was formulated

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whereby every man, whether active or inactive, was

due the Grand Chapter $5.00 each fiscal year com-

mencing after the Convention of each year. This

amount included his subscription to the "Star and

Lamp." You see by the report of Frater Fogarty

how the response was. A catalog was a needed

item in our work; a thing every Fraternity has, and

which men of Pi Kappa Phi have been asking

for a long whilei One was published. Frater

Fogarty's report shows that the sale of these has

been almost an entire failure.Now the proposition is this. We want to con-

tinue publishing the "Star and Lamp ;" we want to

publish catalogs; we want to institute new Chapters.

Do you want us to do this? Then we need your

support. If we don't get it, we will simply have

.to stop the "Star and Lamp," publication of cata-

logs will have to cease and new chapters will have to

be held up.We believe that Pi Kappa Phis love the Fraternity

as much or more than any other body of Greeks love

their Fraternity. We believe that all they need is to

have the matter placed boldly before them. A crisis

has been reached, and the two weeks following the

issue of this STAR AND LAMP will decide what will

become of us. If you have not yet paid your $5.00,

send your check to Frater W. H. Monckton, Jr., at

Columbia, S. C. L. HARRY MIXSON,Grand President.

1913 Convention will be held at Wrightsville Beach,

Wilmington, N. C., in July. Watch for exact dates in next

issue.

THE STAR AND LAMP. 93

OUR FINANCIAL STATUS.

We are now starting into our ninth year as acollege fraternity. During the last eight years wehave had many trials and vicissitudes. Every yearthat we would seemingly overcome one difficultyit would bob up in another shape and harass usagain. Our big stumbling block is finances. Everyone must appreciate the fact that it takes money toaccoImptlish practical things. Out officers are azealous and highly accomplished body of men, buttheir hands are tied, and from active human beingsthey become mere dreamers as they have not themeans to carry out their plans. Some may ask,"Have we no legislation covering finances?" And"if we have laws and have officers to enforce thelaws where does the trouble com,e in?"

Let us now go back a little bit and look into theformer plan and the present plan of running ourfraternity. In the old days before the publicationof the magazine the following were the sourcesof revenue, in the order of their importance:(a) Per capita tax of fifty (50) cents a man

every six months.(b) Charter"fees from new chapters.These were the only sources of revenue, and as

at that time the Grand Council had to pay one-halfof the cost of instituting a new chapter, which morethan covered the charter fee, it was soon seen thatmore money was needed, so the per capita tax wasincreased to one dollar every six months. As ournumbers were small this was found to be insuf-ficient, and the next step was to require a new

1913 Convention will be held at Wrightsville Beach,Wilmington, N. C., in July. Watch for exact dates in nextissue.


chapter to pay all expenses for its institution. Aboutthis time the magazine appeared, and the first yearit was a financial success. It was run separatelyand its debts were not assumed by the Grand Coun-cil. Little by little with our increased numbers thecost of keeping track of our members increased, andas we did not have sufficient funds, many luke-warmfratres fell by the wayside. Then came the Con-vention of 1012, in which the why and wherefore ofthe seeming inactivity of the officers and the indif-ference of the men were discussed at much length.At last the Convention came to the opinion thatboth sides were to blame, that the officers had notbeen sufficiently explicit of their positions, and thatthe fratres had not taken interest enough to inves-tigate for themselves. Nevertheless, they thendecided to let bygones be bygones, and to changethe method of financing, every one was to accepthis part of the burden, and begin all over again.The members' big complaint was that they were

not kept posted on the doings of the officers and ofthe individual chapters, and the officers gave as theirreason the lack of funds. A financial committeewas then appointed, and they submitted the fol-lowing report, which was accepted with enthusiasm:

Resohicd, That a committee be appointed at thebeginning of each year to investigate the financialstatus and prepare a budget for the ensuing year.That the magazine be taken over by the GrandCouncil. That the cost of four copies of the maga-zine, the expenses of the officers, and all other inci-dental expenses as stamps, stationery, etc., be addedtogether in a lump sum, and a per capita tax be


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assessed on the members of the fraternity to coverthis amount. That two-thirds of the total numberof the members be taken as a working basis. Thatfor nineteen hundred and twelve a catalogue beprepared by the Grand Historian.

Figuring on the two-thirds basis it was decidedthat five ($5.00) dollars would be the assessmentfor 1912-1913,—i. e., that every member of thefraternity, both active and alumni, should pay atonce to the Grand Treasurer the sum of five dollarsand for this he would receive four copies of themagazine. Everyone was perfectly satisfied as thenew scheme seemed to be able to cover all our dif-ficulties. Under the old regime a man had to paytwo ($2.00) dollars a year per capita tax, andtwo ($2.50) and a half dollars a year for the maga-zine. Now, by the payment of the, lump sum of onlyfifty cents more, his assessment was paid and he wasguaranteed a magazine at regular intervals, and thebig complaint of the lack of news of the doings ofthe fraternity was done away with: Also a cataloguewas to be published giving the names and addressesof all the fellows, and everyone agreed that thiswas an absolute necessity. The alumni members.were thus the only ones who were expected to payany appreciable increase, and it was thought thatthey would not object as they were in a betterfinancial condition than the members actually incollege. The officers were highly pleased at theenthusiasm shown, and had wild dreams of greatthings to come. Let us now see what did happenand ask ourselves the question—what are we goingto do about it?



The two men upon whom the initial workdevolved were the new treasurer and the historian.The former immediately sent out circular letters toall the members, and the latter began work upon thecatalogue, which was soon published and sentout. And then, mirabile dictu, a great silence pastall 'understanding settled upon everyone. Afterwaiting a few months and seeing no improvement,the Grand President, L. Harry Mixon, sent outword for the Grand Council to convene in ,the Cityof Charleston, and rack their brains for an expla-nation. The "Old Guard" assembled, and both thetreasurer, W. H. Monckton, Jr., and the historian,Simon Fogarty, Jr., gave accounts of their stew-ardships. Itemized statements were submitted andit was decided that one more appeal would be made,the S—O—S signal sent out. As the Grand Coun-cil had promised four copies of the magazine, andone had been sent out in July, the other three hadto be accounted for. It was decided to publishthem in January, March, and June. The formereditor having resigned, a committee of four wasappointed which should control the next three issues,in which should be printed a candid statement ofexact facts without curtailment of any kind, so thatthe readers could understand exactly what kind ofa proposition the editors were up against.Now let us consider these two reports, first taking

that of the Grand Historian and see how readilythe men bought up the catalogues which all hadthought were absolutely necessary.


THE STAR AND LAMP.

REPORT OF THE GRAND HISTORIAN FOR 1912.

Receipts.

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Alpha Chapter $ 7 00Beta Chapter 50

Gamma Chapter 00Delta Chapter 00Epsilon Chapter 00Eta Chapter 3 00Zeta Chapter 00Sigma Chapter 4 00

$14 50Disbursements.

Postage $1 06Envelopes 15Stationery 25Index Cards 3 50The R. L. Bryan Co. 5 00

$9 96Outs` landing Bills.

The R. L. Bryan Co. $60 00Cash on account 5 00

Balance due $55 00Deficit 5046

The first catalogue which was to be gulped upright away, three months after publication shows adebt of $50.46, so instead of helping us, instead ofdrawing us closer together, it seems to have shovedus further into the mire.



Now, let us get a few statistics. The cata-logue shows eight chapters and one hundred andsixty men. It cost us $64.96 to publish the cata-logue, so fifty cents per copy had to be charged.If every man had bought a copy we wouldhave collected $80.00, and we would have cleared$15.00. If the conservative two-thirds estimatehad bought copies we would have collected $53.00and our loss would have been $12.00. As it is wehave sold twenty-nine copies, collecting $14.50,leaving a debt of $50.46. Instead of 66 per cent.responding, only 18 per cent, showed by theiractions that they were convinced that a cataloguewas a necessity.Now, leaving the fraternity as a whole let us

investigate the individual chapters and see howthey responded. Out of eight only four replied,that is 50 per cent. So only half of the chaptersconsidered it important enough to have a copyof the catalogue in their rooms. Whose faultis that, the individual's or the officers'? Now, wewill examine each chapter in turn, see numericallytheir position and responsibility and see how theyaccepted it.

First. Alpha Chapter.—Its members comprise153/2 per cent, of the total membership, and there-fore should accept 153/2 per cent. of the responsi-bility. Her share should have been $10.07; shepays $7.00, or 11 per cent. instead of 153/2 and 48per cent. of the total paid in by all. This is thebest record of all; if the others ,had done as wellthere would have been no need of this report.



Second. Beta Chapter.—Her share was 8 percent. or $5.20; she pays 50 cents or .0077 per cent.instead of 8 per cent. and 3 per cent. of the entireamount.

Third. Gamma Chapter.—Her share was 27per cent, or $17.55; so far she has paid exactlynothing. Whose fault is it?

Fourth. Delta Chapter.—Her share was 10 percent. of $6.50; she pays nothing.

Fifth. Epsilon Cliapter.—Her share was 7Y2per cent. or $4.88; she pays nothing.

Sixth. Eta Chapter.—Her share was .044 percent. or $2.86; she pays $3.00. That is a little overher requirement, and 23 per cent. of the totalamount paid in. (This chapter, while it still owesfor a few copies of the catalogue, is the only onewhich has paid its proportion.)

Seventh. Zeta Chapter.—Her share was 11 percent. or $7.15; up to this time she has paid nothing.

Eighth. Sigma Chapter.—Hers was 153/2 percent.; she pays $4.00 or 6 per cent., instead of 15Y2per cent., and 29 per cent. of the entire amount.Do you realize now what we have had to contend

with? Do you wonder now why elaborate bookscontaining important notes and data are not sentout often? If you have the interest of the fra-ternity at heart you will recognize what these vitalstatistics mean. Apply them to your own case, seewhether or not you helped pull down your chap-ter's average and if you really think that you oughtto work and help along the officers, then buy a copyof the catalogue, and call the attention of all the

1913 Convention will be held at Wrightsville Beach,Wilmington, N. C., in July, Watch for exact dates in nextissue,

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fratres you meet to these statistics and ask one ofthem—"What are you going to do about it?"Now let us examine the treasurer's report and

see what food for thought it contains. Bearing inmind that the five dollar assessment was carriedunanimously at the last convention and everyonepromised, not only to pay his own assessment, butalso to urge others to do so, let us see what kind ofresponse gladdened the heart of the new treasurer.The following is the report:

1912July

Sept.

11. Dave Hardy (Gamma) Simon Fogarty, Jr. (Alpha)

2. Stamps (Treas.) 11. Geo. S. Sloan (Delta) 13. J. B. Hamer (Sigma)

$ 55

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200

16. Jack Moody (Zeta) .5 00Wm. Melvin (Zeta) .5 00J. M. Townsend (Zeta) 5 00Theo. Monroe (Zeta) 5 00J. D. Hamer (Sigma) 5 00

17. J. D. O'Brien (Beta) 5 00Dagget Print. Co. (G. P.) 13 50

21. F. L. Booe (Epsilon) 5 0023. Wm. Fogarty (Alpha) 5 0024. Andrew Carrigan (Sigma) 5 00

F. D. Carrigan (Beta) 5 00R. F. Carrigan (Beta) 5 00

27. H. A. Rogers (Alpha) 5 0028. Stamps 1 00

Oct. 4. J. M. Robinson (Eta) 5 005. Baird's Manual 2 507. Seals 17 50

18. Circular Letters 32519. W. H. Brewton (Eta) 5 0030. L. H. Mixson (Expenses) 8 15

Nov 4. The R. L. Bryan Co. (Printing) 6 508. H. Mee. Shaver (Eta) 5 009. Stamps and Express (Treas.) 2.2314. Zeta Seal 1, 300

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20. J. H. Armstrong (Gamma) 30. T. B. Kelly (Alpha, Gamma)

Dec. 14. Milton Seligman (Gamma)

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20. W. H. Peterson (Gamma) 5 0027. J. D. Carroll (Expense)..... 10 0028. Grand Historian 454

Cash in Bank 55 91

. $122 54 $122 54BILLS OUTSTANDI NG.

Magazine—Frater Dillingham $ 20 00Magazine—The R. L. Bryan Co 42 00Catalogue—The R. L. Rryan Co. 55 00

$117 00Less cash on hand 55 91

Total Debt $ 61 09

W. H. MON C KTON, JR.,' Acting Treasurer.

Out of our one hundred and sixty memberstwenty-three paid up. That is 14 per cent., which is4 per cent. less than the number that bought cata-logues. The twenty-three were divided as follows:Alpha men 3 out of 25Beta men 3 out of 13Gamma men 5 out of 43Delta men 1 out of 15Epsilon men 1 out of 12Eta men 3 out of 7Zeta men 4 out of 20Sigma men 3 out of 25

23 out of 160

Is this very encouraging? But the Grand Councilhave not given.up yet. They believe that in spite ofstatistics the majority of the fratres have the goodof the fraternity at heart, and now that their positionis revealed to each and every one, that, recognizing

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the fact that money is needed, the fratres will re-spond. A copy of this issue is being sent to everymember of the fraternity in the hope that yourassessment will be paid. There will be two othernumbers in this volume, but owing to the financialdrawbacks specified above, the others will go onlyto the men who have paid up. The Grand Coun-cil is not lacking in brotherly love or in the desire tohelp their fellow fratres as much as possible, butthey have been petting the unfeeling multitude toolong, they have carried the overwhelming weightof hangers-on until their strength is gone. If youare a true Pi Kappa Phi and would like to see thefraternity prosper, do not be only a well-wisher,but a well-doer.We ask you to do your share, and pay promptly.

You can see how we stand; it takes forty dollars topublish an issue of the magazine; if eight new mensubscribe, then this issue is paid for; if eight more,the next is paid for, and, even then, only thirty-nine

out of one hundred and sixty would have paid. Ifyou have any fault to find, either with this reportor some previous matter, write us and we will be

only too glad to publish your opinion. The Grand

Council does not lay claim to infallibility, but as

high financiers doing something with nothing they

deserve some credit. Now let us all pull together

for a prosperous New Year.SIMON FOGARTY, JR.,

Grand Historian.


Chapter LettersEach and every Chapter of the Fraternity is urgently

requested to send in a Chapter letter for each number of THESTAR AND Lamp. Chapter letters should be in the hands of theeditors at least on/month before the date of issue, namely, onthe 15th day of 0 ober, January, April and July. For furtherinformation on the subject of Chapter letters, address: J.Decherd Guess, Hastoc School, Spartanburg, S. C. (East),or D. P. Hardy, 1547 Euclid Avenue, Berkely, Cal. (West):

South Carolina Alpha.

When the college year began, the outlook seemeddark for Alpha. Rogers, Hartz, and Mouzon werethe only men returning to the college. However, bydint of considerable hustling, we 'have succeeded inadding four good men to the chapter roll: JuliusStewart McInnes, of Darlington, S. C., MasonCarroll Stroud, of Bascomville, S. C., NormanHenry Blitch, Jr., of Charleston, S. C., and WilliamDavis Crawford, of Jonesville, S. C. We feel thatwith the addition of these new fratres the chapter isin a position to do things, Every one is sorry, how-ever, that Rogers is to withdraw from college forthe remainder of the year. An attack of typhoidfever made him lose so much time that he has de-cided to wait for next year to make a fresh start.

Pi Kappa Phi was well represented on the col-lege football team. As manager, McInnes made agreat success of the financial end of the game.Crawford made his "Block C" at guard, and Stroudwas a prominent member of the squad. Hartz ispretty sure of a place on the basketball team. Mc-Innes and Blitch ran on the team that won second


place for the college in the relay race run annuallyunder the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.The Alpha men stand high in the other depart-

ments of student life. As president of the SeniorClass, Mouzon is head of the student body Mc-Innes is literary editor, and Mouzon editor-in-chiefof the College Magazine. Mouzon is also presi-dent of the student Y. M. C. A., while he holds aposition on the cabinet. McInnes is recording sec-retary of the South Carolina Intercollegiate Ora-torical Association, and Mouzon represents the col-lege on the Executive Committee. Mouzon is firstvice president of the College Press Association ofSouth Carolina. Both of the literary societies atthe college are headed by Pi Kappa Phis, Mouzonand McInnes being presidents of the Chrestomathicand Cliosophic, respectively.On the night of December 10th, Founders' Day,

Grand President L. Harry Mixon extended the hos-pitality of his home to the Alpha men and theCharleston Alumni. Instead of the usual Founders'Day banquet the chapter gave an "al fresco" suppera few nights later. Prodigious quantities of eat-ables and drinkables were consumed, and after thesupper Frater Hartz made a hit with his character-istic brand of humor.Taking it in all the outlook is fine for the Mother

Chaiiier. As we need a few pennants to help dec-orate our walls we would be glad to exchange withany chapter. H. A. M.

South Carolina Beta.

Dear Pratres : By this time I guess you fellowsfeel that we, of the Beta Chapter, are a crowd ofdo nothings. You have it about right, too, looking

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at our record from one side. I am glad to say, •though, from another side, that we show up a littlebetter. We have initiated five new. men into thechapter this session and we have our eyes on sev-eral more men that show up well. Of course, wehave to be very careful here, as it would be unpleas-ant, to say the least, if our action should becomea topic for discussion on the campus.

feel that a word here as to our true positionwill not be out of order. Many of the fratresdo not exactly understand our position and I amafraid that we have been criticised, to a certainextent, unjustly by some. The faculty saw fit toput fraternities out of this college in the spring of'09. Since that time the chapter has seen noactive work. Several new men have been initiated,simply for the purpose of keeping P. K. men in thecollege in order that the chapter may resume activework as soon as the faculty sees fit to allow it. Atthe fall opening of the session of '09-'10 three oldmen returned to college. One new man was initi-ated in that year. Four more in the session of'11-'12, and five in the present session. Three ofthe fratres have graduated, two have quit andremaining eight are now in college. Our fratresare all loyal fraternity men and are only awaitingfor a chance to show their true spirit.As our student body is small and the town in

which we are located is small, we have no oppor-tunity of a regular meeting, much less a f rat hall.Nevertheless, the spirit handed down to us fromthe founders of the Beta Chapter is still alive andwe are impatient for the time to come when wecan again take up the work where it was left off.It is true our prospects for such a chance are slim,but we still hope that some good spirit will push our


case for us. We expect to petition the faculty inthe near future to allow us to again open up thechapter.

Fratres, our hopes are that soon we may meetyou on an equal footing, th-at the old Beta Chaptermay some time in the near future take up the greatwork that she lay down. We have the true PiKappa Phi spirit here and we want every chapter tofeel that we are one of you, even if it be as a silent

member. We are silent, but for a season only, and

we feel that soon the silence can be broken.BETA CHAPTER,The Silent Sister.

South Carolina Sigma.

Sigma began the year with fourteen men on the

chapter roll. All of them began taking active inter-

est in their respective spheres of college activity.

We register seven men in the Law School, one of

whom is a member of the State Legislature; one is

president of the Law Association; two are in

rhe Graduate Engineering School, and five are

academics.In football we only had one man, but he was

enough to reflect glory on the whole chapter. He

played varsity full-back the entire season, and his

work was the best that we ever expect to see. Talk

about ploughing through a line—"what it took todo it, he had it." In one game alone he made five

touchdowns.The captain of the track team is one of our men.

While they haven't begun practice, we confidently

expect him to lead them on to many victories.

It is rather early to talk about baseball, but when

the first game is called we expect to see some Pi


Kappas cavorting about the field. We have alwaysbeen well represented in athletics, and this year isnot going to be an exception. We always try to getour men out for college honors, and thereby winrenown for their college, themselves, and theirfraternity. All of the fellows are enthusiastic, andwe prophesy great things for the fraternity andSigma Chapter.We have not taken in any new men this year.

We have been very conservative about this. Webelieve in waiting until a man has been in collegelong enough for us to learn something about himbefore extending a bid. We have been watchingthe fellows and expect to extend several bids beforelong. Don't be surprised if we report twenty menon the roll in our next letter.We have had the pleasure or having Frater H.

Langford, "Zeta," at our meetings this year. Hetakes an active interest in the chapter, and it isindeed a pleasure to have him with us. Our oldfriend and brother, Harry Mixson, has visited usonce during the year. However, we expect himwith us again soon. Frater Young, the founder ofEpsilon, was with us during the Fall.

Brothers, our latchstring is always out, and weextend to all a hearty welcome when you visit us.Greetings to our alumni and the other chapters and

With the best of fraternal spirit, we remain,Yours very fraternally,

S. C. SIGMA CHAPTER.Per J. D. H.


North Carolina Epsilon.

We started this year somewhat short of men, butby the Christmas holidays we had added five newmen to our list and had an active chapter of ten.At the regular bidding day, the 6th of January, wetook in three freshmen and a junior. The additionsfor the entire year are—R. S. Clary, Greensboro, N.C., J E. Paw, Marietta, Ga., J. G. Thacker, Greens-boro, N. C., R. F. Brownlee, Anderson, S. C., H.L. Barr, Greenville, S. C., J. H. Cook, Fayetteville,N. C., A. M. Fairley, Laurinburg, N. C., J. C.Cashion, Huntersville, N. C., and R. L. Peters,Ebenezer, Tenn. With this bunch of fellows andthe old men we have an ideal chapter of fourteen.

In the athletics of the college Epsilon is holdingher own. We have four men on the varsity foot-ball team and two on the scrub--Frater Petersbeing one of the four freshmen to make letters inthe last decade. Prater Booe's football fame hasalready been spread over the Southern States, but inregard to him we will quofe the words of a Southerncoach :—"There is only one Booe—a slippery bundleof nervous energy, dodging, sidestepping, elusive,sensational, all the time; that is Booe. Without apeer as a punter or a quick kicker,`we have at lefthalfback a brilliant little jewel that would shine inany back field." He is also an all-South Atlantichalfback. He has already signed with Dreyfuss, ofthe Pittsburg team, American League, and willleave in a few weeks for their training camp at Hot

• Springs; this proves his worth on the diamond.Fratres Clary and Brownlee bid fair to make thevarsity next year. In track we have only two men, 4Fratres Thacker and Belk. Frater Thacker is alsocaptain of the gym team.


Prater Smith, the only man we will lose this yearby graduation, is business manager of, the Annual,and is making a record for himself in the Eu.Society.

Our hall has been remodeled to a certain extentand we have put in a new set of furniture and apiano, which places us in a position to entertain thefairer sex better when junior speaking comesaround next month.

We are indeed proud of our two "big leaguers,"Fratres Booe, of the Pittsburg club, and Cashion,of the Washington Americans, and we sincerelyregret that they will soon leave us for their trainingcamps, but they may rest assured that the thoughtsand eye? of Epsilon will be upon them, and we wishthem the best success possible.

Let us hear some more talk Of the 1915 conven-tion to be held in California. Epsilon is interested.

South Carolina Zeta.

Zeta Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Praternity ismore or less in a state of quiescence at this time.The fratres all started out this year to do greatthings, but we were just getting down to work whenan anti-uprising made itself felt on the campus.Prom that time we have had to lie very low. Wehave two rooms down town, though, and hold ourregular meetings.

So far this year we have taken in but one newtnan. We are still looking over several men, though,and hope to increase our number in the near future.We are glad to have in the city this year PraterBeck Robinson, who attends our meetings regularly


and gives us much assistance, also Frater J. D.Guess, who is teaching here again this year.As I said in the beginning, Zeta is in a state of

quiescence, but by no means think of this as ourbeing dead. We still have the interest of the frater-nity at heart, and hope to be in bloom real soon.

J. T. M.

Georgia Eta.

Inasmuch as Georgia Eta has had no letter in theSTAR AND LAMP, I will tell of some of our achieve-ments.

Georgia Eta returned only four men to collegethis year, but each of these fratres was enthusiasticand a hard worker. The men returned were FratresBlake, Lasseter, Shaver, and Murray. We did notrush many men, for it is the intention of GeorgiaEta to know a man is worthy to be honored by beingasked to join Pi Kappa Phi before we ask him.From among the new men we think that we got thebest material. We introduce to the general frater-nity George W. Griner, of Augusta, Ga., Lucius C.Fitts, Luthersville, Ga., Laurie Battle, Culloden,Ga., and Cecil A. Carlisle, Culloden, Ga. Everyone of these lads take a prominent part in collegelife.

In athletics we are right at the top. Lasseter iscaptain basketball team, All Emory football, AllEmory basketball, '12, athletic editor EmoryWeekly, track team.

Blake is an athlete, too, as well as a good news-paper man. His athletic record is All Emory base-ball, All Emory basketball, captain basketball team.'12, football team, business manager Emory Weekly.


Shaver—well, Shaver is our literary light. Greekmedal, '12, senior speaker, '12 (class standing givesthis place), All Emory football and editor-in-chiefof Emory Weekly.

Murray helped his class in football, baseball andrelay. Griner has had only few chances, havingentered this last Fall. He was with his class teamin relay, basketball, and football.

Battle ran the last lap of the relay race for hisclass and made the best run of them all. He alsorepresents his class on football and basketball teams.He is one of the best pitchers in college, and willtwirl the sphere for the Juniors this year.

Fall term examinations will be held the latter partof the month, and all of the fellows are hard atwork. Each and every one of us want to make agood record in our classroom Work. In fact, all ofour men are right at the top of their respectiveclasses.

Lambert, one of the best long distance runnersthat the college has ever known, holder of Emorytwo-mile record, and next best mile record, is nowattending Vanderbilt, dental department. BrotherLambert is a member of Xi Psi Phi Dental Frater-nity. •

Brother Wade Hampton Brewton, '12, is princi-pal of Tifton High School.

Brother J. W. Robinson is attending WhitworthCollege, Tacoma, Wash. Brother Robinson is ath-letic editor of Whitworthian, Varsity End, andmanager of baseball team for '13. Brother Robin-son is one of the Georgia Eta's charter members.We regretted to lose him, though are happy at hissuccess in his new field of college activity.

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112 Mt STAR AND LAMP.

We extend to all the fratres greeting of theseason and urge any of you who can to makeGeorgia Eta a visit. We will extend to you the gladhand. We are short on age, but long on enthu-siasm.

California Gamma Chapter—No letter.

South Carolina Delta Chapter—Letter requested;no reply.

(Note.—Between December 31, 1912, and Janu-ary 10, 1913, there was not sufficient time to senda request and receive a reply from Gamma, there-fore no request was made.)


The Alumni DepartmentJ. D. HAMER Editor

This is the beginning of an Alumni Department.In time we expect to build this up so that it will beone of the strongest parts of the magazine. As wesee it, this should be a very important part, knowingwhat has become of our fellows after they leavecollege. With the co-operation of the various chap-ters and the men outside we can easily have somevery interesting dope. We would suggest that eachchapter send in, along with each letter, their alumninotes; also the men outside can send whatever datathey may have about other broth2rs or themselves.Don't be bashful about sending in your own data,for by doing It you will be helping the magazine andthe fratres will be glad to hear from you. For thepresent address all communications to J. D. Hamer,care box 105, Columbia, S. C.

South Carolina Sigma.

C. K. Dillingham, '10, Newark, N. J. "Dill"was first located at Danville, Va., with the DanRiver Cotton 1VIills. He is now a traveling sales-man, with New York as headquarters. Reportsare that most of his trips are to Washington, D. C.—strictly business ( ?).

I. N. Edwards, '10, Columbia University."Newt" taught for two years after leaving college.He is now taking a postgraduate course at Colum-bia University. Let us hear from you, "Newt."


J. H. Hydrick, Law, '11, Orangeburg, S. C.

John is a promising young lawyer in his home town.

One of his most promising cases seems to be at Bam-

berg, S. C. We wonder why!

W. H. Monckton, Jr., Columbia, S. C. "Bill" is

associated with his father in the mercantile business.

He is making money fast, but latest reports fail to

reveal that Cupid has attacked him yet. He is

strong for the ladies, and we are not certain but

that he is concealing something from us.

T. J. Lipscomb, Jr., '12, Charleston, S. C. "Lip"left college in his Soph. year and was with The R.

L. Bryan Company, in Columbia, for two years. He

is now with his father, in the brokerage business in

Charleston. A jolly good fellow he is and we all

miss him.

D. G. Maxwell, Jr., '12, Columbia, S. C. Guy

is in Paris, France. Some say that he is study-

ing French. It is hard to believe that he is, unless

it is learning how to make love in French.

J. D. Carroll, Columbia, S. C. "Jack" is in the

cotton business with E. Borneman & Co., located at

Columbia. He makes so many trips to Lexington.

S. C., that we greatly fear he is thinking of leav-

ing us.

J. B. Hamer, '12, Dillon, S. C. "Jug B." is mar-

ried. The first of the bunch to do it. We have seen

him lately and he had a broad grin, so it must not

be so bad after all. Congratulations, boy. .

R. A. Macfarlan, Jr., '12, Darlington, S. C.

"Bob" was last heard of in New York. No doubt

he is agitating another tunnel under the Hudson

River. He is some engineer, and we wouldn't be

surprised at anything he did.


0. T. Newman, '12, Columbia, S. C. Gilbert'scollege career has been like "The IntermittentSpring." This past fall he was in the cotton busi-ness, but it is rumored that he expects to take uplaw in the near future.

J. J. Heffron, '13, Charleston, S. C. Jim isassociated with his brother in the real estate busi-ness. He was only with us one year. In thattime he became very popular with the fellows, andwe all miss him.

J. H. PEinney, '13, Clinton, S. C. Joe came backthis year, but couldn't stay, as he said that he hadtoo much business over in Clinton. He has justbought an automobile and spends most of his time init. The rest of the time is spent explaining inmayor's court that he wasn't eXceeding the speedlimit.

J. H. White, '13, Spartanburg, S. C. "Hamp"had some nervous trouble and had to leave us thisyear. He was one of our most popular fellows, andwe miss him very much.

North Carolina Epsilon.

George Howard is in business at Tarboro, N. C.

John T. Young is in business at Clinton, S. C.

W. M. Shaw is at home in Wilmington, N. C.

John C. Barry is in business at Spartanburg,S. C.

E. M. White (undergraduate) is in business atChester, S. C.


Zeta.

Prater R. F. Moody is teaching this year atCokesbury, S. C.

Prater J. 0. Moody has given. up his position inColumbia and returned to his home, in Dillon, wherehe will study law.

Frater H. Langford is still located in Columbia;S. C.

Beta.

J. H. Huey, of Beta, is in Baltimore, taking acourse in medicine at University of Maryland.

J. B. Falls, of Beta, is in Nashville, Tenn., takinga course in Vanderbilt Dental School.

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