Van Den Berg, W. J. Initiated December 12, 1916, A II, Menominee, Mich. Evans, J. A. Initiated December 12, 1916, A II, La Crosse, Wis. Class of 1921 6604—Wright, Lawrence, 1922. Boulder, Colo. The chapter maintains a house at 1071 Beacon Street. They found it necessary to expel three members of the class of 1920 this year. The archon was L. E. Viko; the secretary, Warner Ogden; the treasurer, G. C. Bates. The secretary for the coming year is Clark Young. ALPHA OMICRON CHAPTER JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL Class of 1919 Adams, Enoch H. Initiated May 3, 1916, Belgrade, Me. Bogart, F. B. Affiliated, A II. Carig, Winchell M. Initiated January 12, 1916, Washington, Ohio. Harvey, George. Affiliated (T). Hussey, Cyril C. Initiated January 12, 1916, Sidney, Ohio. Kinnaman, H. A. Initiated May 3, 1916, Bowling Green, Ky. Martin, H. G. Affiliated (A II). Musselman, Luther K. Initiated October 23, 1915, Gettysburg, Pa. Robnett, Dudley A. Affiliated (T) Columbia, Mo. Uhler, Claude I. Initiated October 23, 1915, Baltimore, Md. Williams, J. T. Youmans, J. B. Initiated October 23, 1915, Colorado Springs, Colo. Class of 1920 Browder, E. J. Initiated February 6, 1917, Pony, Mont. Sullivan, A. G. Initiated December 12, 1916, Northampton, Mass. Wiese, Archibald. Initiated November 4, 1916, East Palestine, Ohio. Johnson, F. P. Affiliated (T). Nelson, E. E. Affiliated (T). Class of 1921 Abell, H. Initiated November 10, 1917, Smithland, Ky. Bergen, R. D. Initiated November 10, 1917, Barberton, Ohio. Klock, Harvey. Wallace, S. W. Initiated February 20, 1918, Spring City, Tenn. Woodbridge, C. Initiated November 10, 1917, Shanghai, China. Initiated This Year March 21, 1919 6643-Crager, Jay Cecil, 1922. Beaumont, Tex. This chapter was hard hit by the S. A. T. C. and the influenza, having to give up their house and being for a time quite disrupted. They are negotiating for a house, with good prospects for next year. The archon is W. M. Craig; the secretary, E. P. Greenawalt. ALPHA PI CHAPTER UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Giving the first two years) B.S. 1921 Borsack, Karl H. Initiated May 29, 1917, Fond du Lac, Wis. Stolze, J. A. White, C. J. Weber, C. J. Roberts, R. R. B.S. 1922 Swanson, C. N. Initiated May 29, 1917, Marinette, Wis. The chapter does not maintain a house. The archons were Karl K. Borsack and W. A. Chipman; the secretary, Ezra H. Rogers. ALPHA RHO CHAPTER OAKLAND COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY As earlier explained, this school was closed for the duration of the war, and there is some doubt if it will reopen. The Members for Whom Dues Were Paid R. F. Mogan, University of Southern California. P. L. Ansell, University of California. Charles Marquis, University of Arkansas. A ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP, 27 FTER an Easter vacation lasting for three days the boys are back on the job again and are plugging hard on the last lap. We held our initiation at the Hotel Schenley on March 13 when two of our pledges, McCormack and Gardner, were taken into the Fraternity. The banquet was provided by Bro. E. A. Weiss, the Eastern Praetor. It was a snappy affair and the pep shown was all that could be asked. The attendance was thirty-two and among the alumni who gave short talks were Drs. E. A. Weiss, T. K. Kruse, W. E. Fischer, and G. C. Weil. At the meeting which was held just before the banquet the following officers were elected: Archon, H. N. Mawhinney; vicearchon, J. G. Wheeler; secretary, Adolph Koenig; financial secretary, H. L. Mitchell; treasurer, Harvey Powers; chaplain, Chester Dewalt; worthy counsellor, J. A. Coyle; honored guardian, A. S. McElroy. Dr. Weiss was present at the last meeting and gave us a spirited talk on fraternity duties and what the active members owe to the Fraternity. Quite a few of the absent ones profited by this talk (indirectly, of course), receiving the real dope in a more concentrated form from those who were present a few days later. Let's hope it has some effect. Plans are being made for our annual banquet which is to be held at the William Penn Hotel on Thursday, May 15. Quite a number of our alumni who have seen active service arc expected and will be able to make the evening interesting for everybody. We are still located in the Forbes Building, a suitable house not having been available. However, we expect to be in our own house next year and a better fraternity spirit is sure to develop. Hoping that any of the brothers who come to Pittsburgh will drop in and pay us a little visit, we remain ALPHA CHAPTER, BETA per Harold Elder. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MICH. "Flash out a stream of blood-red wine! LISTEN, my readers, and you shall hear of a spring at Michigan without Bockbeer. Unwarned and lacking the elegance gained through pragmaticism, I have been called upon to substitute for our regular editor, but where are the muses that were wont to imbue the writer in the past with that sweet versatility so necessary to an interesting letter? Oh! Alcoholia, thou art gone, and only thy memory remains a few paltry bottles cached against the coming of the drouth. Only the sepulchral spicery'' haunts me now and then, borne to my Schneiderian membrane upon the redolent alveolar air of a transient brother from Toledo. Beta had a severe epidemic of Shimamushi disease in January and "shook the savage shimmy" at the Packard one moonlight night, till the very stars paused in their diurnal journey to look on. And Ariel and Oberon revelled unrestrained neath the unseeing eye of their satellar mother, Uranus. With lots of "regular" Phi Bet punch, and a handsomer flock of fillies than ever scampered over Churchill Downs on Derby Day, we all had the times of our lives. But the fiddler must be paid, and a week later, one by one the infinite stars of the Fraternity, the forget-menots of Beta, adjourned to contagious until a goodly quorum had departed. How did they get there? Flu! We paid homage to Phi Beta Pi upon her anniversary by lifting five of the genus Capra from out the Stygian darkness where they wandered purposelessly, through the pearly gates of Beta into the warm sunshine of fraternalism. David Beers, La Mott Bates, Walter Klingman, Harold Schillinger, and E. M. Vardon made the journey and are rapidly becoming endowed with that spirit so characteristic of true Phi Bets. We lost five of our brothers March 20 at the special Commencement exercises held for the "War Class" of the Medic school, and in so doing we have acquired a vacancy that can never be filled. "Sinkist" Hageman of the Golden West, "Blizzard" Barnard, L. "Geranium" Beinhauer, "Heronymus" E. Bozer, and "Irrepressible" Badgley leaped the mighty chasm separating undergraduates from graduates. Success will surely be theirs, and we only hope that their allegiance to the Hippocratic oath will not entirely supersede their vows to Beta. The calm "ambrosial air, sweet after showers," of our sedentary life has been disturbed by only one other event. Our indulgent steward accepted the dictations of Lent in toto and has peppered us with a veritable barrage of eggs-not a egg, but eggs, honest to goodness, bottled in bond aromatic spirits of sulphuretted hen-fruit until with a sigh of resignation we told our rachitic rosary, turned our eyes to the zenith, and moaned the immortal words of Philip Morris to Paul Mall, "We've been doped!'' tripping girls with skipping-ropes, youthalways in twos-promenading on the avenue, often scurrying for shelter from "April's girlish tears,' are not the only harbingers, for daily Delta's sons may be seen in front of their house "limbering up the old whip" and "breaking in" the resurrected glove. A challenge from the Nu Sigs for a baseball game brought immediate acceptance and is a source of great interest and much conversation. "Jimmie" Butin has been elected captain. Under his skilled generalship it is hoped that last year's victory may be repeated and its quenching spoils once more demanded from the vanquished. There is rumor that Brothers Harrington, Isaacs, and Schick of the South Side are rather adept with "the pill," and they are counted upon to help bring home the brew"-pardon us, we should say "the bacon."' The spring graduation robbed Delta of quite a number of her most illustrious sons. Brothers Benton, Bradle, Eldridge, Farisy, Hogeboom, Johnson, Kiley, Thompson, Tupper, Vrtiak, and Whitely received their sheepskins and are now entering upon, or contemplating, their interneships. Although Cook County results are not out at this writing, we are confident that the number of the above men placing in Cook County will be limited only by the number who wrote the examinations. Brothers Curry and Graber came over from the South Side this quarter to begin their tribulations with us. We are pleased to announce the recent pledging of Mr. Rex Graber, Mr. John Mourey, and Mr. O. D. Mulliken. While Iota's and Theta's letters will undoubtedly contain mention of the tri-chapter banquet, we must risk repetition by saying a few words about it. Over 100 Phi Bet brothers, tried and true, met at the Hotel Atlantic, the rendezvous. March 8 was a dark and stormy night," but those of the brothers who feared the after-effects of exposure amply fortified themselves before proceeding to the banquet hall. Dr. B. Barker Beeson, Grand Northern Praetor, fulfilled the toastmaster's duties in his usual masterful and entertaining way. Beside interesting speakers from all three chapters, professional entertainment was provided in the form of several singers of the alluring sex and a sleight |