1 i i JiO i !>, '! U": THE FIJI BRAINSTORM Volume 19 August, 1919 Number 3 INDEX Chapter Officers for the Coming Year Editorial A^ha lota's Best Pig Dinner \. (The 70th Victory Ekklesi^ The Outlook for Next Year Rushing ^ >DyJjQ/^ Finances Incidentals V /¥k. ALPHA IOTA OF PHI GAMMA DE^A Towa state college > (A \r\n\r\nTHE FIJI BRAINSTORM Editor, Hugh Stillman,'22 Associate Editors not appointed Business Manager not appointed Owiug to the absence of Brother Stillman, this issue enited by J. Burns, Jr.,*21 Subscription price, your correct address CHAPTER OFFICERS "E" (not elected) "T" George A. Peiree '21 "G" Harold Breakenridge '20 "Eg" Harry Grulke '21 "I" Duane C. Durst '22 EDITORIAL I am somewhat at loss as to just exactly what the nature of an edi torial for this issue of the magazine should be. I do not Avant to in trude in any way on the articles that are to folloAV, or in any manner to waste time saying the same thing twice. There will be articles on a wide variety of subjects, yes, perhaps the widest area will be cov ered in this publication that has ever been covered in any one before. 1 can't very well write about any of the subjects indexed because they Avill be treated with thoroughly in their own respective articles. 1 ran across a publication of the November, 1917, issue of the Brain storm which has what 1 think an article in it that 1 think that every alumni should read and think over very carefully. This was not pos sible at the time of its publication because there were many Avho were across and many who did not receive it. So 1 am going to reprint it with the hopes that all of you alumni will read it carefully and apply it to yourselves in case it fits. BROTHER ALUMNUS: A fraternity to prosper—nay even to exist—must be managed in the best possible manner. This statement may appear trivial but let us use it merely as a starting point. To run a fraternity in this man ner its members and its alumni must first be fundamentally interested in its Avelfare. Second, they must expend real conscientious effort to insure this welfare, and to direct this effort efficiently they must be capable of rational thought. They must be able to see into the future. Thirdly, these members must have experience, for to see mto 1;he fu ture of a fraternity they must have a thorough knowledge of it, and to gain such knowledge they must have had experience. The greater the number of members who cau qualify in these requirements, the better is organization managed. . These things are true under normal conditions, but today conditions are far from normal. Few are tbe old heads who came back. Hence their efforts must be redoubled to do the work that has fallen on their shoulders. Added to all this are financial difficulties . Runnmg ex- \r\n# Two THE FIJI BRAINSTORM penses have increased enormously and money is harder to get. Then there is the general unrest of the time. Everyone is restless and un easy. Their thoughts pass to new things at the expense of the old ones, which results in a tendency to forget their customary duties', . and to let them slip by undone. All of these difficulties make the management of the fraternity un believably hard; and as I said before, the very life of the fraternity lies in the efficient management if it. We are working under unusual handicaps. Never before has the chapter been put to such a test. Old Alumnus- it is your chapter. Do not slight it now. It must weather through the storm and you can help it through. We need your aid as never before. ALPHA IOTA'S BEST PIG DINNER Gathered together around the old table the night of May 24th were forty-seven Fijis, some new and some the oldest of the chapter. Of these twenty-five were alumni, twenty-one were actives and the other a pledge. Never before in the history of this chapter has such a bunch been gathered together for this occasion. They ranked from the originals down to the newest brother Fijis. All were there because they wanted to commemorate the day set aside by the fraternity for the coming of the old boys to meet the younger ones, and the getting together of the old men to talk over old times and renew old Fiji ac quaintances as well as new ones. The crowd started to line up for the processional around the table to honor the pigs, the old boys kissing the nose and the new ones kiss ing the( ), about eight-thirty. When they had finished the slaugh tering of the pigs, which, by the way, was done by "Satan" Dammon and our old stand by "Pat", they began to start up the old songs that are dear to every Fijis heart. No sooner would one die down than someone would have another one started. "Spike" insisted that he ought to be asked to sing, "I wish I had ten thousand bricks, etc." and Bill Rist started up his old favorite, "You'll never find a Hichy on, etc". During the evening a picture was taken of the bunch. Brother Arch Crawford was the toast master'for the event and after a short talk of welcome he suggested that each man tell what he did in the service and where he was stationed, etc. We sat for at least two hours listening to the interesting tales of the men who had been in the scrap. Lieut. Col. Guy Brewer was with us and he gave the talk of the evening. ''Satan'' Dammon told us how he met Brother Brewer over there- and said it was the first time, that he had had a chance to SAvear at an officer. He said that he used no discretion in ordering Brother Brewer to "get the hell off that horse". Brother C. Morean, of the Royal Flying Corps, gave us an interesting talk on the perils and excitement of active service in the aviation. Brother Luther Brewer, '83, of the Gettysburg chapter, the oldest of the Fijis present; showed by his short address,the keen interest he has in our chapter, and \r\nTHE FIJI BRAINSTORM Three the true, loyal spirit that makes him one of the biggest, widest known and best loved men in the fraternity. The freshmen, of course, had to show off so a few moments were de voted to their stunt which, by the way, caused quite a bit of good hearty laughter among the onlookers. Before this had hardly finished Old King Putemon and his four huskies set to work initiating the as tounded alumni into the Ancient Order of Star Bellies. Until late into the morning the men sat around and discussed old times and the good times they used to have when they were here. After a night of the old time Fiji revelry they gradually left and Sun day night found only Arch Crawford here. The chapter wants to express its appreciation to the alumni for the keen interest shown by them at this time. They want to say, how ever, that twenty-five alumni was a bumping number for this year under the circumstances, but that they won't be satisfied next year with any less than fifty men. ^ Those who were here for the occasion were Luther Brewer, '83 Gettysburg, B. A. Andrews, '11, G. B. Beard, '09, E.. M. Bleakly, '21, Guy S. Brewer, '97, Henry E. Cook, '14, A. J. Crawford, '13- A. R. Crawford, '09, P. E. Dammon, '97, Don C. Elder, '18, J. C. Ford, '09, Donald C. Holmes, '14, G. C. Jones, '16, T. T. Korns, '18, W. T. Mc Donald, '17, A. C. Mackay, '19, C. W. Morean, '17, Oscar Neumann, '15, John Neumann, '13, John B. O'Rourke, '16, B. H. Spooner, ex-'ll, E. A. Pattengill, '97, C. P. Swiler, ex '20, J. G. Tilden, '94, J. E. Van Liew, '99, J. A. Burrows, '16, Illinois Wesleyan. The chapter wants to thank Brother Jack Shugart for the donation of the pigs. THE 70TH AND VICTORY EKKLESIA. Chicago, June 26-28 In viewing the work of the Ekklesia Alpha lota's delegates cannot help but realize how truly this Ekklesia lived up to its name, "Victory Ekklesia." While the meetings were m pro gress, word was received that Germany had signed the Peace Treaty. The United States and her Allies had achieved the great victory after four years of sacrifice and hope. Phi Gamma, Delta had er share in this great triumph. Over six thousand of our brothers entered the service of their country. The Ekklesia opened with an impressive memorial service in commemoration of those brothers who a the supreme sacrifice—114 in number, -rhruout the war brother h ijis have been in patriotic service at the capitoL at the front, an a In spite of many difficulties the active chapters have pulled thru the crisis and now look to the Ekklesia for assistance and encouragemen ^^Many^rmp^o^rtant matters were brought before the Ekklesia and much was accomplished. Charters were granted to local organizations \r\nFour THE FIJI BRAINSTQRM at Iowa University, Iowa City, la.; University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. The chapter at Iowa City will prove of immense value to Alpha Iota. The chapter at Sewanee marks the long delayed invasion of Phi Gamma Delta into the south. A paper on the Budget was read by Brother 0. H. Cheney. The finances of the National Fraternity were shown to be in excellent shape and a budget of $22,000.00 was presented to meet the expenses of increased activities of the coming year . It was decided to raise more funds to meet this budget by increasing the dues of the active men from $5.00 to $10.00 a year, and eliminating the Feild Secretary's Fee of $2.00; an actual increase of $3.00 per year. No assistance was asked of the Alumni outside of the increase from the dues of the grad uate chapters from $5.00 per chapter to $1.00 per man per year in the Graduate Chapter. This was done because it was deemed inadvisable to divert the alumni support from their respective active chapters. Brother Don Davis read a paper on the Magazine. Many valuable suggestions were made to inereas the attractiveness of our magazine by changing the size, material and editorial policy. Some of ^hcse will be applied during the coming year and an intensive subscription campaign will be instituted. Reports on the Uniform Accounting System, Alumni Support, and Chapter Publications contained a wealth of material bearing directly on the work of the active chapters. Alpha Iota plans to put many of these recommendations in practice during the coming year. The His tory Committee announced that the first volume of the Fraternity History would be published before Sept. 1st, and that the othei vol umes would follow as soon as compiled. During the closing hours of the Ekklseia, Phi Gamma Delta's pro posed War Memorial became a reality. It was decided to erect as a War Memorial Biiilding, a National Service Club, either on the present New York Club site or at some other appropriate location in NcvV York City. The operation of this building will be taken over by the New York Club. $17,000.00 has already been contributed and an ex tensive subscription drive will be conducted Sep. 15th to Oct. 1st., with $200,000.00 as the goal. The delegates felt that this War Mem orial was one of the outstanding features of the Ekklesia and that the fund should be heavily oversubscribed. The seventy-second Ekklesia will be held Dec. 26th-28th, 1920 at one of the following cities: Knoxville, Tenn., Kansas City, Mo., or Birmingham, Ala., to be announced later. Alpha lota's delegates were very happily disappointed or surprised whichever you may call it, when they reached the Ekklesia and found close to ten of her alumni there. Before the Ekklesia closed the ten mark was reached. "Biddy" Beard, "High" Ford, George Guth, Allen Mackay, "Don" Bailey, Geo. A. Peirce, and Jay Burns, Jr.. were on hand when the Ekklesia opened. Leonard Lichty, A. E. Berggren, D. P. Wallace, and E. J. Wilson got in on the most of it. With ten men there Alpha Iota was well represented, and, altho they didn't \r\nTHE FIJI BRAINSTORM Five award the Mileage Cup as was expected, Alpha Iota had as good a chance for it as anyone. There was a total attendance of over six hundred and forty men at the Ekklesia. As it was planned, this was the baunei- Ekklesia as far as numbers were concerned. Every one said that it was the best Ekklesia that they had ever attended, and that unless they went into the east next year there would be a still larger attendance than this. The committee that handled the Ekklesia is to be commended on their entertainment of the delegates. We men from this part of the country are glad that the Chicago men put on the BEST Ekklesia in history, because in a way it shows what this great middle-west can do. The entertainment was the best possible. The conventionists were entertained at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday night and at a fine banquet on Friday night. The speakers at the banquet were Donald R. Richberg; Toast Master, Lieut. Col. Cal. C. Chambers, Hon. David L. Kinley; University of Illinois. The Ekklesia regrets that government business prevented Brother Newton D. Baker's attendance at the banquet. ^ Signed: George Ashly Peiree, Jay Burns, Jr., Active Delegates. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE YEAR. Prom the last two Brainstorms you know pretty well what the chap ter has gone thru in the past two years except on the financial side. This will be treated extensively in the article on Finance. To review the situation of last year and" this, would not only be repetition but burdensome reading. This article will deal with the outlook and prob lems that will confront the chapter in the next year and following years. We have an exceedingly bright futiu'e for the next few years. The school is going to make great progress. The athletics are on the up grade with Mayser as Athletic Director. He is probably the most capable man that the Institution could have gotten for this work. We bid for the Valley Conference Title next year with the outlook we have for a team. Currie is the best prospect that has come to the school for many years. Last year Mayser said of Jack that he would rather loose any two men on the squad than Currie. The Council Bluffs bunch are there and over with Shepard as a probable quarter, Morrison, if given a chance, will make the line in the capacity of cen ter, and Clark bids to make some of them step. McGuire has the po sition of end salted unless something unusual turns up. Cole will be back and Lloyd made a letter on the reserve when he was here before. Basket ball is another department that we will not have to take a back seat in for any of them. Shepard made his letter this year, the Valley team,and held honors for individual point winning in the Valley. Ciirrie is almost as consistent on the basket ball floor as he is on the gridiron. Morrison and Clark played Freshman basketball and both will be \r\nG six O THE FIJI BRAINSTORM right up at the top in the fight for permanent positions. Powell will represent the house on the courts. It is needless to say that he is as good as there is in the State. We don't know exactly what will turn up in the track line, but are still hopeful. There are no track men in the house at the present time. In baseball, the same men that have been mentioned will make the fight for the team hard for the rest of them. Morrison in the box, Currie at second or short, Clark at first, and Shep at third. Hale Diekerson, of the Bluffs, is the champion 115-lb. wrestler of the state. Hale went to Omaha this last year and won the Tri-State Title in this class. He was a freshman last year so was not eligible to wrestle on the school squad. He is also quite a tumbler. This covers the athletic prospect fairly well and from it you can see that Phi Gamma Delta will not have to step aside for any of them as far as representation and individual stars are concerned. Prom the present information, that we have, there will be at least twenty active men back to start the year with. They are: Allison '22, Bippart '21, Bleakly '21. Brandt '21, Breakenridge '20, Burns '21, Clark '21, Cole '20, Currie '21, Durst '22, Diekerson '22, Grulke '21, Helm '19, Jones '20, Hake, '22, Crawford '22, Mackay '20, McCabe '21, Morrison '21, Stillman '22, Northrup '20, Peirce '21, Hist '19, Secor '20, Shepard '21, B. H. Spooner '21. There are several more that are doubtful; Adams '20, Barrett '21, Bridgeford '21, Denny '21, Heuck '21, Patrick '21, Powell '20 and Swiler '20. There are twenty-six who have said they were sure of coming back and nine who are doubtful. If you will look thru the list I doubt if you can find more than three men who have had more than two years in the fraternity. This is a proposition that we have had to cope with for the past two years. There was only one man this last year who had had more than one year's experience. The result of this was that practically all the work of the fraternity fell on the shoulders of a few inexperienced Sophomores who thought that they were doing the job as well as any one who had had four years experience could have done it. They soon woke up to the fact that they were not even hitting the high places. The alumni would come back and notice something that was, or was not, being done the way it used to, and occasionally they would say something about it. Usually they would go away with the wrong impression, instead of telling the men where to right the propo sition. There will be some men in the house next year who know how things should be run, and I can say for the men who did the work this year that it will be a great relief to have some one who knows the whys and wherefores of this and that. Now when you Alumni come back and find that something is radically wrong, do not hesitate to speak about it because you think that we will say you are criticising us. That is really the only way that the house will ever get entirely back to its normal condition. We are expecting and relying on the Alumni to do this. The Baker and Cheney Cups were not awarded at the Ekklesia this year because only six chapters had their reports in and the committee \r\nt m THE FIJI BRAINSTORM Seven was unable to decide from these. We have the dope on these cups and while it is not probable that one chapter could win both cups, even tho they are given for different things, we are GOING to win one of them. We have the opportunity of making the improvement neces sary to win the Baker cup, and also we can have a chapter that is ef ficient enough to win the Cheney cup. We are out after it, and we are going to get it. Alumni, we have the brightest outlook for next year that the chap ter has had in years, but we are going to need your help and continual support more than any time in the history of the chapter. We are going to ask a lot of you in these next few years, but we are going to make ourselves worthy of it before we ask it. We have a bunch of good live wires here now and there is nothing that is too good for Alpha Iota and her alumni. We are at last started; are you behind us ALUMNI? RUSHING In the back of the magazine you will find a number of recommenda tion blanks. We want to put thirty-five men in the house next year. We want the best men that we can get. During the rushing season we do not have the opportunity of looking the men over as we would like to. If we have your recommendation for a man and with it a little dope on him it will help us a great deal more than it would seem. We are after about fifteen good freshmen and we want recommendations for as many of these as possible. Fill out the blanks and mail them as soon as you can to H. L. Shepard, at Ames. We will have at least ten men back here a week early to take care of these recommendations and men who are coming in. Do no thesitate to talk Phi Gamm to these men and invite them to stay at the house till they get fixed up. We will have plenty of room to accommodate them and if they are at the house it will give a much better opportunity to get acquainted with them. THE IOWA CHAPTER. At the 70th Ekklesia, Phi Zeta Bpsilon, of Iowa University, was granted a charter of Phi Gamma Delta. These men have been a local at the University for the past five years, and have shown to the fra ternity that they have the right kind of stuff in them. Their charter was granted by almost a imanimous vote. It is our duty to help these men out as much as we can. They have a good organization down there, and we can help them out a great deal if we will lend a hand in their growth. In the back of this publication you will find a number of recommendation blanks. If you know of anybody that is to Iowa next year, fill out one of these blanks and send it to Phi Zeta Bpsilon. Talk Phi Zeta Bpsilon to them and let them know that a chapter of our fraternity will be installed there in the fall. This the \r\nrl:* 0 0 Eight THE FIJI BRAINSTORM one way that we can give immediate help to them. If, in case you do not have enough blanks, just write them a letter and tell them about it. The chapter of some time back has been revived at the University of Iowa. We are glad that Phi Gamma Delta has seen the opportunity in this good old state of Iowa for expansion. Alpha Iota of Phi Gam ma Delta greets Phi Zeta Epsilon—with open arras, and extends to her our hearty congratulations and best wishes for the future, hoping that before long we will see one of the fraternity's strongest chapters at Iowa. Go to it men. Alpha Iota is behind you with all her resources. SEWANEE,THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH At the 1909 Ekklesia the petition from the local at the University of Florida was turned down for the last time, and the Ekklesia said to its members,"Bring us a petition from Sewanee or Alabama and we will consider." At the 70th Ekklesia came that petition from the University of the South. Brother Spotswood in his talk on the Ekklesia floor told us how this local chapter had been founded. Two years ago four or five Phi Gamms went into the University and picked out a bunch of men that they thot to be real Phi Gamm material. They formed the local or ganization known as Alpha Gamma Sigma. They organized it with the express purpose of eventually molding it into a local club that would be granted a petition from our fraternity. The local grew very rapidly. During its growth the five men taught these men, indirectly, what true Phi Gamm spirit was, and hence it grew into a strong local club that successfully weathered the storm of the war. They came to the 70th Ekklesia with the petition which the Ekklesia called for in 1909. The Ekklesia granted it. Our expansion in the South has been somewhat limited. We needed this expansion more than in any other district of the country. We want to extend our heartiest congrgatulations to Alpha Gamma Sigma, and say that we are behind you men. With the good old South with us we can do most anything. Go to it men, we are with you heart and soul. FINANCE. Five or six years ago the Alpha Iota chapter of Phi Gamma Delta decided to build a house. They got the alumni enthusiastic about the proposition. Plans were drawn up by different groups of alumni here and there and, altho they differed a little in actual text, they all had virtually the same plan for the payment or collection of the needed amount for the building of the house. The contract was let, and the contributions were made and some bonds were sold. The chapter moved into the house and things looked as If they would round out into shape before the year was over. Then came the \r\nm THE FIJI BRAINSTORM Nine war and with it went the alumni. And the Association went too. Nothing was left biat a few scattered niemhers here and there. The men began leaving the active chapter in numhei's that too soon told on the finances of the house. The Association was reorganized with the thot that the men who were put in charge would have the time to devote to the proposition and pull it thru the war period. But the war conditions went from bad to worse. The men who had taken charge of the Asso ciation found it necessary to devote their entire time almost to their own business to prevent the disaster that befell so many durnig the war period. With conditions steadily growing worse it looked for a while as if there was a danger of the house proposition falling thru. The active chapter had suffered severely from the war, and was in bad condition financially. The numbers had gradually dwindled down to less than twenty. Living expenses had increased enormously. Yet the active chapter was in much better condition at this time than the Association, for there was no Association. While I am mentioning this I would like to say that the alumni and active men cannot give Brother J. Galen Tilden too much praise and credit for his good work in the Association, and the help that he rendered the active chapter during this period. In the fall of 1917 the active chapter came back strong with about twelve active men. They pledged 18 men that year and initiated all of them. Before the year was over the chapter dwindled down to the eighteen freshmen and two old men. In the fall of that year, with money getting cheaper and prices soaring, B. McAlester, the contract or for the house, began to worry, and wonder whether we would weather the storm. Nothing had been done to speak^ of since the original payment on the mortgage had been made and in the face of conditions it looked very had for Alpha Iota. As there was no Association to handle these affairs the load fell on the active chapter. Gladly they picked it up and gladly they have carried it. Besides this load of the entire financial affairs of the Association, the active chap ter was burdened with a $1000.00 deficit. But after the alumni had started the house proposition and given to the active chapter the won derful house, the chapter was glad that they could have the oppor tunity of showing their appreciation to the alumni. And so for the past two and one-half years the active chapter has carried all of the notes, insurance, taxes, etc., and paid off $800.00 of the debt and are still here to do it again if it is necessary. Out of the situation has grown a better and stronger chapter and there is nothing that it cannot do with the aid of the alumni. The time has come however, that the active chapter can no longer carry the full obligations of the Association. They must shift part of the load to the Alumni. With this fact in view two men from the active chapter met with the executive committee of the Association in Des Moines, July 26. A lengthy discussion was held as to just what the active chapter could carry and an agreement was drawn up between the two organizations to meet the conditions of each. \r\nO Q Ten THE FIJI BRAINSTORM The minutes of the meeting are as follows: Meeting called to order at the Grant club by President Van Liew. Those present: J. G. Tilden '94. Treas.; A. Pattengill '97; H. C. Pfund '13; J. E. Van Liew, '99, Pres.; G. W. Guth, '15; A. J. Crawford, '13; P. B. Miller, '06, C. G. Jones, '16. Active, George A. Peirce, '21; Jay Burns, Jr., '21. Discussion on conditions. Financial reports. Alpha Iota Association. SHOWING FINANCIAL CONDITION OF ALPHA IOTA ASSOCIATION JULY 7, 1919. Amount owing on property payable to Ames Trust & Savings Bank Trustee Amount owing B. McAlaster Amount owing Ames National Bank $12,500.00 2,750.00 2,000.00 Amount owing Ames National Bank ■ Amount of Note to National Treasurer Interest on same past due Amount due Superior Fixture Co 905.00 1,500.00 90.00 175.95 Amount outstanding bonds 1,875.00 Interest due on same 225.00 $21,920.95 The $2,000.00 note to Ames National Bank was given by local chapter to pay for the furnishings for the new house but in view of the fact that there is no definite contract between the Incorporated association and local chapter It may he well to include this with our indebtedness and then make some plan to handle the entire situation. The association owns two lots worth at least $1,000.00 each which can be mortgaged for $500.00 each in payment of the $905.00 note to the Ames Na tional Bank. The notes payable to the association now due are worth $500.00 or $600.00 and a similar amount should be collected from same source during the years to come. At least $1,000.00 should he paid on the indebtedness during the next few nionths and it will be necessary to make arrangement to secure contributions of several hundred dollars every year In addition to what the local chapter handles in order to take care of the business. The above figures are approximate but give the situation about as it is today. m tne opinion of the Treasurer, it would he a good plan to arrange In some manner to pay the interest on bonds as they become due and in the future ciepend upon contributions from our members rather than sale of bonds. .„ , Ames,, Iowa, July 7, 1919. Respectfully submitted, j. g. tILDBN, Treasurer. ACTIVE CHAPTER REPORT TREASURER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT JULY 3, 1919. LIABILITIES. Note Ames National Bank «dnn on To Tradesmen * o4.oo \r\nf. §) THE FIJI BRAINSTORM May Rent Eleven 134.50 Total Liabilities ISOS.SS ASSETS. Due from Alumni $691.50 Due from Actives 294.23 Total Assets $985.73 Enough money should be collected from the active men during the summer to take care of the amount due to Tradesmen and the May Rent. The Ames National Bank Note for $400.00 represents the amount borrowed to settle an old grocery bill at Champlin's, due since 1916. The present active chapter has not been able to handle this. Most of the $691.50 due from Alumni accumu lated in 1916 and 1917 and when these old accounts are settled up the receipts will be applied on the note. Present indications show that approximately $300.00 will be paid up by Oct. 1st. Besides the above listed Liabilities the active chapter is carrying a note for $2,000 at the Ames National Bank. This amount was loaned to the Alpha Iota Association to buy furniture for the house. At present the house needs the following repairs and equipment: (1) New floors on first floor $650.00 (Government will allow about $400. damages) (.2) Storm windows 450.00 (3) Screens 150.00 U) Outside of house needs repainting. Fraternally submitted, GEO. A. PEIRCE, Treasurer Alpha Iota. Moved, seconded, that J. G. Tilden, Treas., be given the authority to mortgage two lots adjoining the hack of "the present property and clear up the $905.00 note to the Ames National Bank. Carried. Moved, seconded, that the Alpha Iota Association raise the rent to the active chapter from $134.50 per month to $225.00 per month or from $1210.50 to $2025.00 per year and that the Association should carry all the taes, notes and insurance, etc.. that have been carried by the active chapter. Moved, seconded, that the Pres. of the Association appoint a com mittee to take charge of the raising of the needed amount yet due on the house. Carried. Committee:—George Guth, '15, Chairman; Luther Brewer, '83, Get tysburg; G. C. Sanborn, '12; J. E. Van Liew, '99; "Pa" Prince. Ac tive, Jay Burns, Jr., Temp. Sec.; George Peirce. It is understood that a committee of three men from the active chap ter will work in conjunction with this committee from the alumni. Also that this alumni committee will meet once a month at the house until the success of campaign is assured. It was the opinion of the committee that the annual contributions will be needed from every Alpha Iota alumni averaging at least $20.00. Such contributions to be continued until a large part of the indebted ness has been paid off. In order to get such an average it will be neces sary for a number of the alumni to contribute large sums to make up for those who feel that they cannot pay quite as much. It was decided that no more bonds would be sold and that the ones that we are now \r\no o Twelve . THE FIJI BRAINSTORM holding should he paid off and the interest paid up as soon as possible. The said campaign to start as soon as the necessary organization was completed. From the active chapter report you can readily see that we are on a sound financial footing. Below is the proposed budget system that we will follow the next year. BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1919-1920. Compiled on Basis of 30 Men ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS. House Dept. Rent Service & Supplies:— Maid's Salary Fireman's Salary House Supplies:— Telephone, Furniture, Etc $2,025.00 $320.00 50.00 $300.00 $670.00 Light, Heat, Water:— Coal Light, Water $670.00 400.00 250.00 $650.00 $650.00 $3,345.00 $3,345.00 Board Dept. Food & Supplies:—^ Meat Groceries Milk and Ice Miscellaneous 900.00 2,700.00 250.00 200.00 $4,050.00 Equipment Renewals Steward's Salary Cook's Salary Waiter's Salary $4,050.00 50.00 120.00 480.00 120.00 „ $4,820.00 $4,820.00 Chapter Dept. National Fraternity 330 00 Rushing Entertainment General Expense 25.00 390.00 280.00 $1,025.00 $1,025.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED DISBURSEMENTS 190.00 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS. Chapter Dues Initiation Fees House Fee Board 300.00 35o!oo 48o!oo 5,280.00 \r\nTHE FIJI BRAINSTORM Room Sept. Payment Thirteen 2,640.00 200.00 $9,250.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS $9,250.00 $9,250.00 SURPLUS $ 60.00 INDIVIDUAL COST TO MEMBERS. House Bills. Sept. Payment:— Chapter and National Dues $ 15.00 Sept. house bill 10.00 TOTAL Eight other monthly bills to June, each— $25.00 Room Board House Fee $25.00 11.00 22.00 2.00 Total for each month 35.00 Total for 8 months $280.00 $280.00 TOTAL EXPENSE $305.00 NOTICE Brother Wm. Moore's folks have no picture of him. They expressed the wish, that if any of the men who knew him have a pic ture of him, to send it to them. Kindly mail to Mr. Moore at 4011 Grand Ave., Des Moines. ALUMNI NOTES Since the last Brainstorm we have not seen nor heard from the alumni a great deal except at Pig Dinner time. We have' however, a few notes that will interest you. Brother Fred Williams '21 was married to Miss Drake of Rochester, Minn., during the month of May . This was quite a surprise to the active chapter because we were counting on Fred as one of our repre sentatives, and one of the mainstays on the football team next year. We extend to Mr. and Mrs. Williams our congratulations and best wishes. Brother "Bliddy" Beard was married last June. There were several of the brothers at the wedding and after giving "Biddy" and the Mrs. a lengthy ride in the "one horse shay" they concluded the scene Avith all the old shoes and such that Des Moines possessed. Accept our apologies and our congratidations "Biddy". Brother Ralph Powell is again doing nothing, but this time he is getting paid a goodly sum for it. Tell us, Ralph, how it always hap- \r\nc fourteen o THE FIJI BRAINSTORM pens. Ralph is the Nebraska and Wyoming representative for the War Savings Stamp Committee of that district. We regreted very much that we did not get a chance to see Brother Prank Sanborn when he Avas here to get his degree. We heard that "Sandy" was in town> but he was always just gone from the place as we arrived in search of him. He probably hit the house just ahead of us because we missed him entirely. Next time we hope that Ave Avill be better detectives, "Sandy". Had a card from "Pa" Prince dated May 10th, reads as folloAvs; "Am on a trip thru Prance and then go to Belgium. Had a letter from Stutsman Avho is with the army of occupation. Pranternally, 1st. Sgt. E. P. Prince, Hdq. Co. Bordeaux Bmb. Camp No. 1 A. P. 0. 705 A. A. E. P. Brother L. W. Schalk is practising Veterinary Medicine at Bussie, a fcAv miles south of Des Moines. Brother Schalk received his degree in Veterinary Medicine this year. Brother •'Chick'' Heater is with his father-in-laAV in the scrum plant at Fort Dodge, la. "Chick" received his dcgrgee in Veterinary Medi cine this year, and also signed the contract to "honor, trust and obey" for life. "Chick" says that the minister left out the "obey" in the ceremony, but we think it quite doubtful and his wife assures us that he didn't. Brother C. D. Platt received a degree in Horticulture this year and was trimming a few trees, when he wasn't trimming the piano. He is at present with the National Canners Association. Brother Wilson, Penn. State, Avho was with us the first ten Aveeks of the winter quarter taking a short course in the herdsman depart ment, dropped in the other night for a feAv minutes on his Avay to Pittsburg, where he will be the rest of the summer. He will go back to Penn. State next year to finish his course in Animal Husbandry. Brother "Sid" Gailord was here over night, or i-ather, over the lat ter part of the night, the last of June. We don't know, but we think that if there is such a thing as a title in this counrty, that "Sid" will be a Duke before many moons. Brother Harley Helm is with the forestry service in Arizona. Harley breaks loose every once in a while and drops us a line. He was ex pecting, the last that we heard from him, to be back to school next year. Brother Lloyd Cole is at his home in Norfolk, Neb., where he has been since he finished his flying training at Los Angeles. We expect also to have Lloyd back with us next year. Brother DoAvning, '14, has located at Nampa, Idaho. He was back for a day the latter part of July and came out to the house. He has bought an orchard in that district. He may be reached at Ute, Iowa, befoi-e the 1st of September. Brother Jerry "Guff" Jones, we understand, has gotten back from "over there" and has been discharged. The last we heard from "Guff \r\n#) THE FIJI BRAINSTORM Fifteen he Avas expecting to be back at sebool to finish up next year providing be got back to this country in time. E. Chase West MO,'M^iddy" Beard and Avife paid us a call Sunday, July 20. We are sorry that Ave Avere not at home "Biddy". "Bill" PloAver and Lyle Eason drove up from MarsballtOAAUi about a week or tAvo ago. This Avas one time Avhen Ave happened to be home. P. B. Miller '06 and family paid us a visit, but they too did not find us at home. We had the opportunity of seeing brother Miller in Des Moines a couple of days later and explained to him that it Avas hard to locate anyone at the liouse during the summer. Don. C. Elder, Avith his family, is spending the summer at Colorado Springs. We haAm not his exact address there. NOTICE. Can anyone give any information as to the Avhereabouts of the folloAving men? Also if your address in this list is not right let us kuovA* immediately so Ave may rectify it. John S. Coye, '05; R. P. Jordon, '08; J. L. Mitchell, '13; E. J. Wilson, '15; W. R. Wright, '10; A. H. Wyman, '06; A. C. Beck, Wooster; J. E. McClure, Wooster; Robt. A. Blair, '03; Win. M. Green, '09; Karl H. Hopkins, '15; John W.Porter, '15. ALPHA IOTA CHAPTER. loAva State College, Ames, loAva. Adams, Douglas P., ex-'20, Cherokee, loAva. Allen, WoodAvorth B., ex-'19, 520 Clark Ave.- Council Bluffs, loAva Allison, C. C., 410 S. 29th St., Omaha, Nebraska AndreAvs, Earl E., '11, Hippee Sales Co., Des Moines, loAAm. Avery. Geo. W., '15, Stephen, Minn. Bailey, Donald M., ex-'21, 2109 Nebraska St., Sioux City, loAva. Barr, Win. M., '15, Union Pacific R. R. Co., Omaha, Nebr. Barrett, Wayne E., ex-'21, Oskaloosa, loAva. Beard, Clark B., '09, Chase West, Des Moines, loAva. Bennett, Gail B.> '18, Mapleton, loAva. Berggren, Axel E., '08, 27 W. Dayton St., Madison, Wisconsin. Bippart, Charles H., '20, 81 Harrison St., East Orange, N. J. Blair, Robt. A., '03, Pt. Bliss, Texas Bleakly, Robt. M., Ex-'21, Storm Lake, loAva Bowen, M. R., '06, Mesa, Arizona Brandt, Russell W., '21, 3552 Jackson St., Omaha, Nebraska Breakenridge, H. G., '19, Winterset, Iowa Brennan, Wm. M., '14, Mtichell, South Dakota Brewer, Guy S., '97, 1701 Arlington Ave., Des Moines, Iowa Bridgeford, Vernon M.- ex-'20, Aledo, Illinois \r\nC Sixteen Ci-' THE FIJI BRAINSTORM Brown, Charles E., ex-'07, deceased Brubaeher, Ralph R., '09, Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., Sioux City, Iowa Buell, James A., '05, 1223 11th St., Canton, Ohio Buell, Walter B., '08, Wade & Weighton, Sioux City, Iowa Burns- Jay, Jr., '21, 2017 Binney St., Omaha, Nebraska Butterfield, Wm. S., '11, Norfolk, Nebraska Chase, Edmund P., ex-'17, 2001 Grand Ave., Des Moines, Iowa Clark, Wheaton C., ex-21, 1007 2nd Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa Cole, Lloyd E.- ex-'20, Norfolk, Nebraska Collett, Ralph T., '05, deceased. Cook, Henry E., '14, 220 West 6th St., Ottumwa, Iowa Corrance, Harold S., ex-'16, deceased Coye, John S., '05, 25 Broad St., New York City, N. Y. Craddock, H. B.- '99, Soo Line Bldg., Minneapolis, Minnesota Crawford, A. J., '13, Hawkeye Portland Cement Co., Des Moines, Iowa Crawford, Arch R., '09, Webb Pub. Co., St. Paul, Minnesota Crawford, N. E., 1215 3rd Ave., Davenport, Iowa Cunning, Harold R., '12, Link Belt Co., Indianapolis, Indiana Cunningham, Don H., '08. Wayne, Nebraska Currie, Jack M., ex-21, Cando, North Dakota Damon, Philip E., '97, Elmore, Minnesota Daniels, Preston H., '05, 511 Hubbell Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa Denny, Wm. E., '21, 3530 Harney St.- Omaha, Nebraska Dickerson, Hale, 609 Hazel St., Council Bluffs, Iowa Downing, Wayne W., '14, Nampa- Idaho Dunlap, Howard P., '16, Alger, Ohio Durst, Duane C., Kalona, Iowa Dyer, Winthrop K., '13, Olivia, Minnesota Eggers, Wm. C., 2713 Pershing Ave., Davenport, Iowa Egloff, Joe M., '12, 208 Ellsworth Ave.- Grand Rapids, Michigan Elder, Don C., '18, Marshalltown, Iowa Farmer, Geo. E., '09, Lorens & Lorens, 85 Loan and Trust Bldg., Mil- Farmer, Wm.H., '15,1940 E 73rd St., Cleveland, Ohio Ferrin- Dee H., ex-'18, Cherokee, Iowa Fitzgerald, Eugene G., ex-'17, Minden, Iowa Flower, Wm. R., ex-'16, 407 W. Main St., Marshalltown, Iowa Ford, J. Clyde, '09, 1443 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines, Iowa French, Leslie R., '09, Hawarden, Iowa Gaylord, L. T., '04, Park Row Bldg.- Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co., New York, N. Y. Gaylord, R. Welles, '12, Hawaiian Dredging Co., Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands Gaylord, Sydney W., 619 Hubbell Bldg., Des Moines, olwa Geneezer, J. J., '13, 1076 W. 21st St., Des Moines, Iowa Green, Wm."M., '09, U. S. R. S.- Boise, Idaho Greene, Merritt, Jr., '05, Mrashalltown, Iowa Grimm, Irving, '07, U. S-. Eng. Office, Wheeling, W. Va. \r\nTHE FIJI BRAINSTORM Seventeen Groves, Ralph W., '13, Webster City, Iowa Groves, W. A., ex-'16, Jewell, Iowa Gnilke, Harry H., '21, Atlantic, Iowa Glide, Arthur, Jr., '16, 95 Shanley Ave., Newark, N. J. ^ Gnth, Geo. AV., '15, 112 East 12th St., Des Moincs, Iowa Hake, Newton, care Geo. Kuhn, DeWitt, Missouri Hancliette, Ralph W., '11, 1017 Jones St., Sioux City, Iowa Hansel, Harry E., '14, County Engineer, Bloomfield, Iowa Harrison, Maurice R., '17, 2940 Cottage Grove Ave., Des Moines, Iowa Harrison, Walter M., '11, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Heater, Vearl A., '19, Ft. Dodge, Iowa Heggen, A. N., '11, Carlisle, Iowa Helm, Harley J., ex-'18, 312 Harrison St., Council Bluffs, Iowa Heuck, Carl P., ex-'20, 508 Western Ave., Davenport, Iowa Holmes, Donald E., '14- 10 Garfield Place, Cincinnatti, Ohio Hopkins, Karl H., '15, Omaha, Nebraska Houston, Henry, ex-'18, Rushville, Illinois Hurt, Leslie M., '04, Care Board of Health, Pasadena, California Jackson, Manly S., ex-'17, deceased Jeanson. Roht. E., '09, Ames, Iowa Jennings, H. B., Jr., ex-'16, Care Dodge-Wallace Co., Council Bluffs, la. Johnston, John W., '07, Portland Cement Association, Parkersburg, West Virginia Jones, Glenn C., '16, Care Emory D. Bream, Hippe Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa Jordon, R. Pranks, '08, Mpl's. Steel & Heating Co., Chicago, Illinois Korns, Truman T., ex-'18, Hartwick, Iowa Lennox, David, jr., '17, Marshalltown, Iowa Lichty, Leonard W., ex-'19, 1615 W. 19th St., Sioux City, Iowa Longley, Klemme 0., '17, Dows, Iowa 0 McBroom, Leland A., '13. 1434 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania McCabe, Harold A., Osage, Iowa McCain, Geo. T., '09, 453 Glynn Court, Detroit, Michigan McConnell, Earl K., '07, Wallace Shoe Co., Marshalltown, Iowa McDonald, Warren T., '17, Ames, Iowa MeMichael, Harry A., '13. Cecil, Ohio McRoberts, Hilton T., '12, Columbus Junction, Iowa Mack, Prank W., '07, Storm Lake, Iowa Mackay, Allen C., '19, 46 Stewart Ave., Sioux City, Iowa Malloy, Paul, ex-'16, Ilixbee. South Dakota Menold, Harry W., ex-'17, 102 S. 33rd St., Qmaha, Nebraska Mighell, Halbert J., '13, Lanesboro, Iowa Mller, Paul B., '06, 103 Michigan Ave., Mobile, Alabama Mitchell, J. Lithgow, '13, 900 White St.. Burlington, Iowa Moore, Wm. N., ex-'16, deceased Morean, Clarence W., ex-'17, 1308 Lynn St., Des Moines, Iowa Morin, Wm. T., ex-'16, Albert Lea, Minnesota Morrison, James H., ex-'21, 2101 Avenue B.. Council Bluffs, Iowa \r\nQy c Eighteen THE FIJI BRAINSTORM Mosher, Frank A., '13, Atlantic, Gnlf & Pacific Co., Park Row Bldg., New York, N. Y. Nelson, James G., '13, Sperryville, Virginia Neumann, Harold 0., ex-'17, Cons't. Engineer, Boston Navy Yards, Boston- Massachusetts Neumann, Oscar, '15, 519 Hubbell Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa Newman, John, '13, Register-Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa Norman, Melvin E., '18, Logan, Iowa Northey, E. F., '14, Thompson Yards, Inc., Aberdeen, South Dakota Northrup, E. W., Chadron, Nebraska O'Rourke, John B., '16, 4325 Grand Ave., Des Monies, Iowa Otto, W. W., '02, Park Davis Co., New York, N. Y. Parsons, Ben F.- '07, 321 W.Park St., Portland, Oregon Pattengill, Ernest A., '97, Ames, Iowa Patton, Merle C., '08, Laurel, Iowa Patton, T. J., '04, Newton,Iowa Patrick, Roger E., ex-'20, 1269 Ashland Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota Pearee- Frank D., '14, Hampton, Iowa Peirce, Geo. A., '21, "711 37th St., Sioux City, Iowa Pfund, Hans C., '13, 1222 W. 7th St., Des Moines, Iowa Platt, Clarence D., '19, Oelwein, Iowa Powell, Ralph D., ex-'20, 5108 Underwood Ave., Omaha, Nebraska Porter, John W., '15, deceased Renken, Harry J., '14, Fairbanks, Morse Co., St. Louis, Missouri Richards, J. H., ex-'20, Marshalltown, Iowa Rist- H. B., ex-'20, Marshalltown, Iowa Rogers, Glenn E., '12, 975 East 60th St., Chicago, Illinois Rohrer, Dosa E., '10, 4019 Terrace St., Kansas City, Mo. Sampson, H. 0., '03, R. F. D. No. 3, Trenton, N. J. Sanborn, C. Frank, '17, Moville, Iowa Sanborn, G. Gifford, '12, Moville, Iowa Schalk, Louie W., '19, Bussie, Iowa Secor, Raymond, '20, Selma, Alabama Seeberger, Karl D., '10, Preston, Iowa Seidell, Fred M., '14, Federal Loan Bank, Chadron, Nebraska Seidell, Herbert A., '18, Chadron, Nebraska Shepard, Harry L., '21- 218 Grace St., Council Bluffs, Iowa Shugart, John T., '16, Edgwood Farm, Council Bluffs, Iowa Simmons, Paul M., '12, Osceola, Iowa Smillie, E. W., '16, Rockerfeller Institute, Princeton, New Jersey Smith, Geo. A., '99. Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works, Des Moines, Iowa Spooner, Dwight A., Mondamin, Iowa Spooner, Burle H., '19, Mondamin, Iowa Stelle, Allan C., '08, 520 California Terrace, Pasadena, California Stewart, Carl A., '13, 751 16th S4., Des Moines, Iowa Stillman, Hugh D., 615 Willow Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa Stivers, E. D., '11- Brookings, South Dakota Stutzman, Geo. W., '17, Kalona, Iowa \r\nTHE FIJI BRAINSTORM Nineteen Suliz, Avery H., ex-'18, 7 Waverly St., Everett, Massaelinsetts Swiler, C. P., ex-'20, 3423 Dewey Ave., Omaha, Nebraska Tilden, J. Galen, ex-'94, Ames,Iowa Towusend, E. R., '97, 175 W. Jaskson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois Usry, Eldon L., '04, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Van Keuren, Ralph H., '13, Washburn-Crosby Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota Van Liew. J. Edgar, '99, Des Moines Steel Co., Des Moines,Iowa Wagner, Charles A., '12, Indianapolis, Indiana Wallace, D. A., '01, Care Webb Publishng Co., St. Paul, Minnesota Wallace, D. P., '10, 41 W.21st St., Chicago Heights, Illinois West, E. Chase, '10,1408 Center St., Des Moines, Iowa Wilcox, Byron L., care T. J. Collidge, Walden, Colorado Williams, Fred G.' ex-'21, 1104 Joslyn Ave., Rochester, Minnesota Willis, Richard A., ex-'21, Marengo, Iowa Wilson, Erwin J., '15, Delco Lighting System, Madison, Wisconsin Worrahoudt, Henry S., ex-'16, Division & Willard Sts., Ottumwa, Iowa Wright, Win. R., '10, American Beet Sugar Co., Denver, Colorado Wjnnan, Arthur H., '06, 810 Allworth Bldg., Duluth, Minnesota Zinn, Carl H., '13, 365 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. n ■ '-r /;.>■ \r\n