726 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF PHI KAPPA PSI: 1852-1952 OHIO ETA On Oct. 21, 1950, Ohio Eta Chapter was formally installed at the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Sigma Beta Phi was an old established local fraternity, dating back to Feb. 21, 1918, and was the first Greek letter organization founded at this university. The certified list of members of the local, eligible for initiation into Phi Kappa Psi, contained 582 names, including 42 undergraduates; and of those, 140 were initiated at the installation. Again President Harlan B. Selby headed the Installation Committee, and was assisted by Howard L. Hamilton, past president; Robert J. Riley, W.Va. Alpha '47; Edmund J. Felt, N.H. Alpha ‘15; Secretary C. F. Williams; Assistant Secretary Ralph D. Daniel; Archon Robert E. Lazzell; Stanley H. Mauk, N.H. Alpha ‘16; John N. Standifer, Miss. Alpha ’98; Charles R. Brown, Ind. Alpha ’32; and John F. Swalley, Mass. Alpha ’o6. The installation banquet at Toledo’s Commodore Perry Hotel had been preceded the night before by a Smoker. Undergraduate visitors from nearly a dozen neighboring chapters, together with alumni from as far away as Indianapolis, Indiana, and Buffalo, New York, were present. On Sunday afternoon there was a well-attended reception at the chapter house. The principal speakers at the banquet included Edward H. Knight, Ind. Gamma ’93, President Selby, and Past President Hamilton whose speech “Phi Kappa Psi’s Ohio Heritage” was a real high light. The chapter charter was presented by President Selby to Harry Grant, the chapter's first GP; Archon Robert E. Lazzell presented the Constitu- tion, Bylaws, and Rules to Campbell Taylor; Past President Hamilton presented the Ritual to Wilbur Andrews; Willis Hall accepted the Minute Book from Charles Hayes, of Ohio Beta, and Robert Riley presented the Chapter Seal to Robert Andrews. Charles R. Brown. former Archon of District IV, served as Symposiarch; and John F. Swalley, President of the Toledo Alumni Association, welcomed the new chapter and its alumni, to which Professor Walter F. Brown, chapter faculty advisor, responded. Among the many gifts received by the new chapter were an antique Bible, from Stanley M. Mauk; bronze altar lamps, from Mr. and Mrs John N. Standifer; and an altar cloth, from the Toledo Alumni Asso- ciation. John Swalley, a leading artist and portrait painter, presented to the chapter his painting of Brother Standifer, whose untiring effo: at the 1950 GAC were of great assistance to the petitioning local. West Virginia Alpha presented a mounted coat of arms, and Ohio Epsilon gave a pennant. The history of Sigma Beta Phi, as told in The Shield, is given in detail below.OLD POINT COMFORT TO PITTSBURGH: 1950-1952 727 Sicma Beta Put Gors Back to 1918 Sigma Beta Phi was founded Feb. 21, 1918, and was the first Greek letter organization at the University of Toledo. The local fraternity was founded to promote a spirit of fellowship among the students at the University; to further their intellectual interests; and to create harmony throughout the organization. The first five years were formative ones for Sigma, and it was during that time that many of its customs and traditions originated. It also aided to a considerable extent the University of Toledo in the establishment of traditions on campus. The members of Sigma Beta Phi, in 1918, published the first University paper, under the name of the Teaser. From the early publication grew the present college weekly, the Campus Collegian. Sigmas started the University year book, the Blockhouse, in 1922. The first dra- matic club on campus was organized by Sigmas. Another first was the tennis team, organized by members of Sigma Beta Phi Fraternity, and the first University football team was composed of eleven members of Sigma Beta Phi. The period from 1918 until World War II was one of growth and achievement for Sigma Beta Phi. Sigmas were active in sports, politics, and the literary fields; they were on the varsity football, basketball, base- ball, track, and tennis teams. During World War I, the ranks of the fraternity were seriously de- pleted, as nearly all the members were in the Armed Forces. However, through the participation of the alumni group and the Mothers’ Club, in- terest in the fraternity was maintained. These groups took over the job of publishing the Sigyna Slants, a monthly publication, which was mailed to all members of the fraternity in the services. Though activities of the chapter were curtailed during the war years, Sigma Beta Phi flourished again with the return of members and increased enrollment at the Uni- versity. In the fall of 1945, with the induction of an excellent pledge class (in- cluding all the officers of the freshman class except one—a girl), Sigma Beta Phi again became a leading Greek organization on campus. Since 1945, the fraternity has done well in athletics, winning seventeen of the twenty- seven trophies awarded by the Interfraternity Council for athletics. This includes winning the Participation Trophy four out of the past five times. A Sigma has held the Student Council presidency three times and the Senior Class presidency once. Bill Walton is now Student President, and was sworn in last spring by retiring President Richard Sanner, also a Sigma. The faculty of the University has a roster of 170 full-time members and some 75 part-time members. Thirty of the faculty are listed in the current edition of Who's Who in America. The resignation of President Wilbur W. White on Sept. 1, 1950, be- cause of illness, left the administration in the hands of a three-man Interim Operating Committee. A new president will take office Feb. 1, 1951. He is Asa S. Knowles, now vice-president of Cornell University. Mr. Knowles has served as dean of the College of Business Administration at North-728 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF PHI KAPPA PSI: 1852-1952 eastern University, Boston; dean of the College of Business Administra- tion at Rhode Island State College; and president of the Associated Col- leges of Upper New York. He is well known as an author of textbooks and articles on business and industrial subjects. In addition to Ohio Eta of Phi Kappa Psi, there are thirteen fraternities at the University, including eight nationals: Alpha Gamma Upsilon, Al- pha Phi Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Sigma Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Theta Chi. The following seven national sororities have established chapters at the University: Al- pha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Delta, Phi Beta Phi, and Zeta Tau Alpha. CuarTerR Mempers: Onto Era, UNniversiry or ToLepo 1. Brown, Walter Franklin 36. Yeastings, David C. 2, Chambers, Clare A. 37. Owczarzak, Eugene S. 3. Rigby, Arthur 38. Ball, Albert J. 4. Grant, Harry D. 39. Mercer, Howard C. 5. Taylor, Campbell 4o. Nutt, Richard 6. Andrews, Robert J. 41. Gebhardt, Carl F. 7. Andrews, Wilbur A. 42. Arndt, Alex J. 8. Miller, Frederick L. 43. Meeker, Robert E. 9. McMahon, James T. 44. Akers, Paul F. 10. Weed, John P, 45. Bowers, Charles H. 11. Hall, Willis T. 46. Bowman, William E. 12. Baker, Richard Davies 47. Britton, Paul J. 13. Bender, David John 48. Butler, Robert F. 14. Felhaber, Thomas B. 49- Daschner, Jack H. 15. Gommersall, Brand - 50. Davis, Curtis W. 16. Held, Thomas G. 51. Davis, Robert 17. Higginbotham, Thomas L. 52. Findlay, James R. 18. Miller, Richard H. 53- Gardner, Douglas C. 19. Maher, Leo H. 54- Grant, James S. 5. Hamilton, Mardo N. . Hart, John L. 7. Hinds, John W. 58. Hinds, Robert L. 39. Hinds, James W. bo. Hinds, Ronald G. . Juergens, Richard B. . Jurgens, Robert B. 63. Kraus, George H. . Kridler, George G. . Lee, Edman H. . Ligibel, Richard D. - Loss, Clifford C. . Marks, Ernest H. . McGill, Kenneth L. . Parke, Harry M. 20. Minns, James E. 21. Moree, Leland E. 22. Murphy, Charles R. 23. Palmer, Delos M. 24. Rakestraw, James 25. Ritzman, Walter W. 26. Ruehlin, Walter R. 27. Shown, Robert M. 28. Snyder, Edson R. 2g. Sprague, Clarence P. go. Stephenson, Robert W. 31. Talbut, Dorrance C. 32. Walton, William L. 33- Watson, James M. 34. Waltz, Foster V. 35. Wisniewski, Duane C.OLD POINT COMFORT TO PITTSBURGH: 1950-1952 729 71. Parke, Robert 106. Vance, Wesley 72. Parkinson, Ronald P. 107. Griffith, Victor 73. Pizza, Francis R. 108. LaDue, Robert 74. Sakel, James P. 10g. Hannes, George 75. Sanner, Richard 110. Reed, Lawrence 76. Sauer, Harold 111. Taylor, Wilbur 77. Sbach, Glenn D. 112. Drake, Robert 78. Schaeffer, Laurence E. 113. Ammer, Thomas 79. Surface, Richard E. 114. Black, Robert 80. Talbut, Richard B. 115. Fuller, Fred 81. Wade, George S. 116. Rooney, Arthur, Jr. 82. Watson, Marion T. 117. Mussehl, Robert 83. Whalen, Peter F. 118. Steele, Lawrence 84. Williams, Bruce 119. Crandell, Ralph 85. Williams, Richard 1g0. Rodgers, William 86. Wolfe, Dwight L., Jr. 121. Hines, Larry 87. Wolff, Edward 122, Espen, Dale 88. Woodward, Charles 123. Tobakos, Stephen 89. Volk, Richard 124. Wagner, Marvin go. Zeluff, Robert Poll, Richard 91. Fox, Darrell Striggow, Jack 92. Buehrer, Myron 127. Black, George 93. Buehrer, Rolland 128, Damschroeder, Edwin, Jr. 94. Flavell, George 129. Yeager, Charles 95. Garrett, Robert 130. Walters, Edward 96. Glesser, Donald 131. Alexander, William 97. Townsend, Robert, Jr. 132. Emch, Ralph 98. Unstine, Robert 133. Kutz, Edward C. gg. Pizza, Anthony 134. Cochran, James 100. Ernsberger, Harry 135. Schmakel, Edward C. 101. Decker, Bert 136. Cupp, Charles 102. Faber, Robert 137- Martin, Earl 103. Schaeffer, Richard 138. Robinson, Phillip 104. Knepper, Hamer 139. Rogers, John T. 105. Greene, Richard 140. Brown, Stanley NEW YORK ETA: OUR FIFTY-SIXTH CHAPTER New York Eta, the fifty-sixth active chapter upon the roll of Phi Kappa Psi, was installed at the University of Buffalo on Noy. 10, 1950. For the third time in six weeks President Harlan B. Selby presided at the installation of a new chapter, most certainly a record for any president of Phi Kappa Psi, a far cry from the old days of the 1870s and earlier when the charters were sent by mail and when a single brother or two handled the initiation ceremonies. In addition to the President, the Installation Committee included Assistant Secretary Ralph D. Daniel, Vice-president Lawrence H. Whiting, Secretary C. F. Williams, Robert C. Common, President of