Not ONLY did they include a dozen 7x11 inch views of the campus, individual pictures of all the petitioning members, and endorsements from the President of the School, the Dean of Engineering, the head of the Intra-Fraternity Council at the university, the Registrar and the Head of the Architectural Department, they also bound the thing in a soft, brown undressed leather cover, which bore the gold seal of the Kansas State Agricultural college.
The postage on that baby? $2.00. In today's dollars, that would be $24.11
I wonder whatever happened to that petition, described as a "masterpiece" by the Archi Editors.
In Other News..
There is a lovely response to the Archi Editors from an Alumnus, inquiring about an article in a previous issue:
"In the last issue of the Archi, there was considerable mention of the Alumni Association taken up at the convention. However there was nothing said of its purpose, development or benefit. It is the opinion of the members of the Chicago Alumni Chapter than an article should be published in the Archi giving some information regarding this issue."
Let this serve as a warning to you, my fellow brothers - people who stick their necks out like that end up getting elected Worthy Grand Architect. You see, the letter was signed by a G. A. Whitten. Yes, That would be future WGA, Silver Medal Recipient, and namesake of our annual Scholastic Achievement Award, George A. "So" Whitten.
To be fair, So Whitten managed to avoid becoming WGA. He ducked that chore by serving as WGE for 12 years. He got the silver medal for that. He was later able to stay off the Grand Council by serving as Grand Advisor -then not a GC post - for well over 20 years. (His initials were G. A., so that must have been an easy appointment.) That qualified him for the gold medal when it was created in 1977.
ReplyDeleteHe probably got himself in trouble with the chapter report in the Feb 1921 issue.
shoot. he was never WGA? I have a whole lot of incorrect information up here in my noggin, don't I?
ReplyDeleteBottom line - if you don't want to end up in charge of something - no whining allowed. :)
Note to those who ARE in charge of stuff (GC members, AA board members, Chapter Board Members): That member - you know who he/she is - the one who likes to raise a ruckus and ask a lot of questions? Be nice. Don't get frustrated... if they're passionate enough to write opinionated emails, you're only a few logical answers away from becoming the next leader of your organization.
have patience.
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