iUqr 1\ruria lfnurual OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ACACIA FRATERNITY Grand Edi t or WILLIAM G. MANN Associate Editors A. A. J enkins, Harvard, 60 State St., Boston, Mass. ]. G. Marshall, Leland Stanford, 1105 Bush St., San Francisco, Cal. ]. W. Hill, Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
VOL. XI
Contents for December, 1915
NO.2
The San Francisco Conclave .............................................................................. Frontispiece Dreaming and Doing ........................................................................ Earl Sloan Smith 102 The Conclave ............--------········----·· ········-···-···--··Grand Secretary Harry E. Kilmer 102 The Acacia Fraternity and the Fraternity at Large............................................... . -·············-·····--··-·-······-·-·····--····-······-·· ···Past Grand Master Ralph C. McAllister 105 The Traveling Counselor.. .......................... .. Grand Vice-President R. Cecil Fay 106 National Legislation .......................................... Grand Treasurer ]. A. ·woodwa rd 107 A University Lodge at Ohio State University ...................................... C. I. Reed 108 Grand Secretary's Page .................................... Gra nd Secretary Harry E. Ki lmer 111 Obituary ·-·-··········--·-··-··--··--·---·-·············-···-··-···················-····---····--····-·--··-··-·················-----·- 112 Who's Who in Acacia .... ·-·············-·-·-····--····--········-·············-····-···················-··--···············- 113 Masonic Section ·-·---·-···--···-···· ···---·······---···---·--·-·--··'·- -···············-··-······---···---·---·····--····----·--- 116 Collegiate News ---·-·-···-·-·-········-·--····· ······································----······--········-···--···········-······ 119 Clippings ······-··-·······················-·-·· ·-······-··--·-·-····--··-···-··-········-··-···--·········-·········-·-----··-······-·-·· 128 Editorials ·······-········-··-····-··--···-··-·-·--·······---·················-···············-·-···········-···--··-·······-·--··--··-··- 136 ·Alumni News ··-·---······-·-·········-····-·----···- ·-··-·············--······-···-···-·········----··--·····--·····----········-·-- 139 Chicago Banquet ·-···············-···-····-····················· --···············:··-·-··································· 139 Detroit Organization ··--····---·····----····-··-·····---·-·························-·-····---·-···········-·--·---·-·· 139 :tvlarriages ··-·····················-··-·-·-···············-·---········-·········-···········-··-····--····-··-·······---····-··- 139 Births ··········--··--········-····-·-·--·-·--·--····--··--························-················-···--·-···········--····-······ 142 Personals -·····------··············-·········-·-·· ·-························-·········---·---·····---······ ··-·-···········-····· 143 Chapter Directory -····---··········-···-·······-·····················--··············--···-····· ·---···········--···-············ 151 Chapter Letters ·············-······----··--····--·······---······················-······-·······-··········---····················- 152 The Acacia Journal is published October, December, February and May. Terms: One dollar a year in adva n ce. Single copies, thirty-five cents. Checks and money orders shou ld be made payable to Ha rry E. Kilmer, Centerv iew, Mo . App li cation made for entry in the postoffice at Seattle as second class matter under the provisions of the act of March 3, 1879. Published hy THE ACACIA FRATERNITY Incorporated under the laws of the State of Michigan Publication Office Seattle