Acacia Bulletin M AY. 191 3
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Officers, r g r2-r3. Gra nd Pres id ent, FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON. Grand V ice P r esident , VI/. ELMER EKBLA VI/. Grand Treasurer, GEO. E. FRA Z ER. Grand Secr etary, HARRY E. KILMER. Co rrespo ndin g Sec r etary: Please con sid er this numb er of th e "B ulletin" as a n offic ia l and confidential com muni cation a nd read it to the ch apte r at the n ext m eet in g. Foreword. vVith this number of the "B ulletin" we s hall have co mpl eted the fil e of the pttblications of this office. We are n ot as well pleased with the · "B ull etin s" or the " Journal" as we s ho uld lik e t o be. B ut of this we are certain, we have clone o ur best to g ive t h e F rat ernity a good "Jo urnal" and at the sa m e time to make the " J o urnal" and "Bull et in s" helpful. To o ur mind, at this stage of o ur development we can n ot n egle ct hamm erin g o n the essen tial s . We mu st have articles o n membership r eco rds, b ook-k eepin g, ch a pter-h o use car e, keeping in touch with this offi ce a nd the lik e. This because we ar e still in the form ative stage of development. The time will come when mor e se rio us a nd m or e lite rary s ubjects will predominate in o ur publications. We s hall all b e glad to welcome that day.
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\/If e a re a ll full of hope. 'N e h ave a ri g ht to feel that way. T h e recor ds w ill sh ow that we have every reaso n to take great pride in o ur Fratern ity. Let us all str ive to do o ur fu ll part in the work that is yet to be clone. This "Bu ll et in" w ill give th e minutes of the Grand Co un ci l m eetin g . vVe believe that it m erits the careful con s id eration · of ever y active m embe r of the F raterni ty .
The Grand Council Meeting. T h e first call ed meeting of t h e Grand Coun cil of Acacia was h eld at Ch ampaig·n, Illin ois, on Apr il r2th and r3th. The Co un cil h eld its m eet ing at Heth Chapte r House. We wer e s how n every courtesy by th e brothers at Illi nois. The work of th e Council is g iven in the minutes a nd n eed n ot be go n e in to h ere. \ "Ale may say, however, that mo re was accompli sh ed th a n on e member of t h e Co un cil ever h oped wo ul d be . . We trust th e r ecomme ndati ons made b y the Coun cil may have . the careful study of all our m embers and es pecially th e delegates to the n ext Conclave. T h e <;:oncla ve. The nex t Conclave will b e held at Madison, \ Niscons in , on September r7, r8 and r9. Th e time of meeting was di scussed at length. No elate could be fi xe d