University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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p. a ? . ?! o. f% n f - f-TJ fcj - ' l t - ' . ' n, C ! : - f-- Top Roir — Ritchie, R. Bulfftr. Duiman, Rolland. Ernst. Hammer. Spradling. W. Scott. Third Row — Barney. Mehrins. Ely, B. Bulger. Starnes. Ferguson, Verges. Mosgrove. Second Row — J. Scott. Tucker, Letton, McGlasson. Lue leke. Becker, Patten. Bloom. Bemis. Bottom Row — Hallett, Fulton. Young, Stauss. Schrepf. Moore, Long. Muller, Quinlan. Kappa Sigma OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester O. WAYNE PATTEN Grand Master LAWRENCE ELY LEE P. YOUNG, Jr Grand ProctraJor NEAL MEHRING HARRY P. LETTON Grand Master of Ceremonies JOHN HALLETT C. RICHARD BULGER Grand Scribe HARRY P. LETTON WESLEY GRIFFEN Grand Treasurer WESLEY GRIFFEN K APPA Sigma frafernlty was founded on De- cember 10, 1869, at the University of Virginia, Charlottsville, Virginia. The formal organization was the culmination of the friendship of five founders, best known of whom were William Grigsby McCormick, whose family invented the McCormick reaper, and John Covert Boyd, U. S. N., one of the Incorporators of the Ameri- can Red Cross. The fraternity has expanded until, at the present time, there are 106 active and 22 Inactive chapters. Among the distin- guished alumni are Senator William Gibbs Mc- Adoo, former Secretary of the Treasury; Admiral Gary T. Grayson, physician to three presidents ' Lowell Thomas, author and lecturer: Fred Ballard, playwright; William Powell and Johnny Mack Brown, screen stars: DeWitt Coffman, vice- admiral, Atlantic fleet; George Jean Nathan, author, editor, critic: Cale Young Rice, poet, dramatist, composer; William S. Kles .authority on International banking: J. Warren Davis, Judge United States Circuit Court of Appeals, and William Graham, Presiding Judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. w

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THE CORMHU ! , E R 19 3 4- Kappa Sigma MEMBERS Edward Bignell, ' 37. --- ..Lincoln Edward Bloom, ' 34 Lincoln Hubert Boswell, ' 34 Lincoln Richard Bulger, ' 34 .. Lincoln Robert Bulger, ' 36 ...Lincoln Lawrence Ely, ' 36 ...Grand Island Carl Ernst, ' 36... Omaha ' Wesley Griffen, ' 35.. Oakland John Hallett, ' 35 ..Lincoln Harry Letton, ' 35 Lincoln LaVerne Luedeke, ' 37 Stanton Neal Mehring, ' 35 Grand Island Burton Moore, ' 35 Lincoln James Morris, ' 34.. Wayne Wayne Patten, ' 34 Sterling, Colo. Barney Schrept, ' 35 Lincoln James Scott, ' 36... Lincoln William Scott, ' 35 Lincoln William Sommers, ' 34... Fremont Richard Spradling, ' 37... Lincoln George Stauss, ' 34 .. Lincoln Harold Tucker, ' 37 ...Lincoln Lee P. Young, ' 36 Kansas City, Mo PLEDGES John Becker, ' 37. Plattsmouih Robert Bemis, ' 37 ...Lincoln Haley Durman, ' 37 Harris, Mo. Donald Ferguson, ' 36. ...Aurora James Fulton, ' 37 Lincoln Victor Herrmann, ' 37 Osceola George Hughes, ' 37 Lincoln Jerome Long, ' 37 York Richard Mosgrove, ' 37 ..Valparaiso Richard Muller, ' 36 Norfolk William Nelson, ' 37 Oakland Garett Quinlan, ' 37 Lincoln Claire Ritchie, ' 37 Lincoln Homer Rowland, ' 36 Lincoln Robert TImm, ' 37... Osceola Val Verges, ' 36..... Norfolk S l ' ftjfc C-J vr, Alpy a Ps) CHspter. !Mt H Sireef Alpha PsI, of Kappa Sigma, was In- stalled on the Nebraska campus In 1897. The national organization granted a charter at that time to a group of nine students, the leaders of whom were Charles A. Turrell, now a resident of Paris, France, and Charles Schwarz. Lin- coln. Kaopa Sigma ' s first house was located at 1428 R Street. In 1923 the fraternity moved to Its present location at 1141 H Street. The house, which has been built about nine years, Is Old En- lish. with accommodations for forty men. The fraternity colors are emerald, white and scarlet; the flower Is the lily of the valley. Among well known alumni are Colonel Clarence C. Culver, Fred Ballard, play- wright, and Verne Hedge, who was formerly mayor of Lincoln, national president of Sigma Tau, Worthy Grand Master of Ceremonies, Worthy Grand Procurator; the late Harry P. Letton -)t the New Jersey State Board of Health, and United States public health service before his return to Lincoln as consult- ing engineer. -240-

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THE CORNHUSKER 1934- Lambda Chi Alpha MEMBERS William Bogar, ' 35-- - Creston, Iowa Chester E. Charles, ' 34 Julesburg, Colo. Kenneth A. Davison, ' 35 Fairnnont William S. Eddy, ' 34.- Marysville, Kans. Ernest W. Green, ' 35.-- Concordia, Kans. F. Laurence hiall, ' 34 Lincoln Rudolph hiamsa, ' 34..- Clarkson hiarold Jacobs, ' 36 .- , -..Lincoln Robert Schricker, ' 36 ...Lincoln Ernest Wilner, ' 36 Lincoln PLEDGES Dean Anderson, ' 36... Lincoln William Brogan, ' 37 Tilden Robert Gibbons, ' 36 Lincoln h arold Graham, ' 35 Lincoln Frank Griffee, ' 37 Marysville, Kans. Standley hiaight, ' 35.... ..-..Dubois Edward E. hloush, ' 37 hlay Springs Kenneth K. Kerst, ' 37 Lincoln Glyndon Lynde, ' 36 hiartington Albert Molzahn, ' 35 ..Phoenix, Ariz. Markt Richards, ' 37..... Oregon, Mo. Derrill Stevenson, ' 37- ..Oregon, Mo. Richard Turner, ' 37 - Dubois Virgil Wilson, ' 37 Bradshaw The local chapter, Gamma Beta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha, was founded December 18, 1919. The local society from which the chapter was chartered was Kappa Delta Phi. The first home of the chapter was at 517 South Eleventh Street. Since then the chapter has resided at 420 North Sixteenth Street, 1701 K Street, and at its present location at 1519 U Street. Activities and scholarship have been the words of battle-cry for the frater- nity. Lambda Chi Alpha has had its per cent of prominent activity men such as Munro Kezer. Phi Beta Kappa, editor and Innocent: Jack Elliott, Innocent; William Eddy, Phi Beta Kappa, publica- tions and Student Council: and Laurence Hall, editor and political leader. Gamma Beta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha has been among the leaders in scholarship on the campus. We have had posses- sion of a scholarship plaque consistently. —242- Gi.- rima Beta Zeta Chapter. 15 19 ' J S re t