June 25, 1924, Volume 5, Number 9 - Additional

This is a milestone issue of The Archi. Very few issues were able to welcome two new chapters to APX. Fewer still feature a new Master Architect and push the chapter installation news to the bottom of page two. That might not have been the case if The Archi didn't still depend on subscriptions for its survival.

Besides Bro. Gilbert, this issue welcomes three notable new brothers.

Raymond Everett was an instructor in Architecture and freehand drawing at Texas. Although previous issues indicated that he was a member of Iktinos, it turned out that he was actually a faculty member of Sigma Upsilon and that an initiation in Alpha Rho Chi was in order. His bookplate, above, is an example of his skill. He was also known for landscape paintings and murals. Everett stayed with Texas until his death in 1948. A couple biographies are available on UT's servers. The best of these memorials features quotations from several leading individuals familiar to Archi Names readers.

Donald B. Parkinson, with his father John, was a leading architect of Los Angeles. Union Station (above) was one of his final works. He lent his hand on many of the city's Art Deco landmarks including: LA City Hall, Santa Monica City Hall, and the Guarantee Trust Building. Bro. Parkinson's association with Andronicus may be related to his work on many core buildings at USC and - more significantly for Trojan football fans - Memorial Coliseum.

Julien E. Garnsey,* was a notable muralist. When he was initiated by Andronicus, he may have already started working decoration for the Los Angeles Central Library. He was responsible for the mosaics in the library's rotunda (above) and a lifesize freize depicting scenes from "Ivanhoe." A photo of Bro. Garnsey at work is below.

*The middle initial "A" in the chapter report was a typo.

June 25, 1924, Volume 5, Number 9, Part 1

Two More Brothers Meet their Master

If you were wondering why it has taken me so long to blog about the next issue, i admit that it has to do with the headline above, which could be found on page 3 of this issue. What I did not expect as a result of this project was that I have been finding myself getting somewhat acquainted with these brothers. At this stage in the game, it's pretty guaranteed that everyone i've come across has probably already met their master. But in the end, it doesn't matter what year it happens, it is always jarringly tragic when you hear of such young people dying, as in the case of these two brothers, B. G. Webb and Gervase "Jack" Wenzell.

Brother Webb hailed from Anthemios, and graduated in 1920. Only last year, in 1923, he married a young lady named Josephine Webb (see the issue 2/1/1923, Volume 4, Number 4, Page 2). Tragically, both brother Webb and Mrs. Webb, along with his parents, Mr & Mrs. Alves Webb were all killed when their automobile was wrecked by a B & O Train near the city of Holton, Indiana. In a moment, a family was just wiped out. It's truly truly sad, even 76 years later.

Brother Wenzell initiated as a brother of the Andronicus Chapter in 1922, though he was not a charter member. He left school at the end of last year (1923) because of health issues, described as "trouble with his eyes." He went to live with his brother in San Diego who was a doctor, and it seems he then contracted pneumonia, and died a long time later. It can be assured that it was a long illness, and though there aren't specific details, I wonder that if in this day and age if Brother Wenzell might have been spared. After all, penicillin has not yet been discovered.

According to the Archi account, Brother Wenzell was the son of a famous artist and illustrator named A. B. Wenzell. It wasn't very difficult to find artwork by Mr. Wenzell on the internet. The example below is an illustration from The House of Mirth, written by Edith Wharton.

Following the wikipedia information, it turns out that Brother Wenzell was also preceeded in death by another brother, Arthur, who was killed in a car accident in 1915.

What Else Happened??
I can't leave you with just a dirge.. here are some other interesting things that came about in this issue:

Harry J. Korlsund, MNES '20 admits that he's been too busy to establish a chapter at Boston Tech. Though he has met with some of the fellows there, he doesn't think the time is right just yet.

The Kallikrates Chapter has rented a brick cottage on Carr's Hill for their home next year. The word used to describe the place is "Salubrious" and that's a fantastic word that we need to use more often in 2010.

Mnesicles Brother Leon Makielski's little brother S. J. is initiated at Kallikrates. Not only that, Brother S. J. married Miss Alice Lee Patton on May 19th.

May 15, 1924, Volume 5, Number 8

Housing Boom

The Paeonios Chapter finally established a chapter house, located at 1020 Houston St. Manhattan Kansas. The purchased house was no small hovel. It had been the previous residence of the President of the University, W. M. Jardine. It had been designed by the university architectural department, and had been recently remodeled. It sounds like a lovely place.

Is it still there? You bet it is! It doesn't look like it changed a lick.



On Page 6, we begin to see the first discussions of a real estate development being managed by the Mnesicles alumni. The alumni purchased 5 lots across from the Minnesota Stadium that was under construction at this time. The development is being called "Fraternity Court" and 2 of those lots were reported sold to the Sigma Phil Epsilon fraternity.



That must have been quite a party!



The Andronicus Chapter held it's spring formal at one of Los Angeles's lost landmarks - the Garden of Allah. It was located on the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards, on what would now be noted as the eastern end of the Sunset Strip. Initially, the property began as a mansion, built by actress Alla Nazimova, and was notorious for wild parties. The property did not develop into a hotel until 1927, so the chapter may have had shared close quarters with the famous actress, who lived openly as a lesbian.



In the 1930's the Garden of Allah was a regular stomping ground for hollwood types looking for a good time, the most notable of which was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Unfortunately, it was torn down in 1959.



E-Bay alert!

At the above-mentioned party, the female attendees were given silver bracelets mounted with the fraternity crests. If you find one online, you know what to do...



This is not always easy...

On Page 5, the final paragraph of the Mnesicles update, shows evidence of the kind of confusion this project encounters from time to time.

"Milton John Anderson, '20, who was still single at the lsat report is employed by German & Jensen, Architects and engineers
of Duluth. Milton L. Anderson, '21 often his partner in
crime, is also single but is located in Los Angeles with an architectural
office."

After being brothers for three years, you'd think this crazy coincidence would have come up by now. Instead, i had to backtrack and separate the entries for the 2 men on their middle initials.. Initials, i might add, that are NOT terribly far away from in the alphabet OR the keyboard. Shame on me for making the assumption that the editors had made some typos. Goodness knows that they haven't always been perfect....

March 15, 1924, Volume 5, Number 6

10 years...
The Archi Staff are in a tizzy because in less than a month, the fraternity will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. Messages from such dignataries as Leo M. Bauer, Chandler C. Cohagen and Lorentz Schmidt send well wishes to the brotherhood in its current state, and waxes nostalgic for its infant days when we were a mere 2 interested parties. As of 1924, the fraternity has grown to 7 national chapters, and 1 soon to join the fray. I picture them each in a drafting smock late at night, carefully drafting these correspondence with fountain pens.

The Grand Council Directory
The bulk of this Archi consists of a directory of all members to-date. this is not the first of these directors to be published, but as someone who is painstakingly entering each name into a database, I can assure you that it's getting ever so long. I admit that it is pretty neat to look at the names and see their addresses. I find myself wondering if these places of residence are still there. So I took a random sample - 1 residence from each active chapter and entered it into google maps - here we go!

Anthemios - Adolf O. Budina: 618 10th St., Wilmette, IL ----BINGO!
Looks like it's still there. A house like this was likely built before 1924, and what a sweet little house it is too.

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Iktinos - Eugene D. Straight: 479 W. Willis Ave., Detroit, MI ----Hmmm..
For some reason google street view hasn't made it to Willis - and it's now being called Willis Street. It looks like the John C. Lodge freeway has been built on this site. Unfortunately, judging from the nearby interesection this is a blighted neighborhood.

Demetrios - Russell M. Krob: 1209 Hamlet Ave., Colmbus, OH ----DOH!
This is seriously the cutest neighborhood, with good old american four-square homes, built one after the other, except it appears that there's a vacant lot where brother Krob's used to be. You'll noticed that a house does comes up when you type in the 1209 but you can see the address number is not 1209. Well, at least you can get a sense of the neighborhood.

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Mnesicles - Howard F. Dunn: 1692 Princeton Ave., St. Paul, MN ----??
Darnit google! They haven't documented this neighborhood using streetview, but it appears that this house is still there. It appears to be a garden-style designed neighbohood, and he homes appear to be built in the late teens to early twenties. If it weren't for all the snow in the wintertime, I'd want to live in this neighborhood.

Kallikrates - W. Merle Brown: 810 Carter Road, Raleigh Court, Roanoake, VA ----So Close..
Once again, I am unable to find the exact house. I think that the homes of this area have been renumbered. I am able to verify the existance of a Carter Road, and this road is within a subdivision called Raleigh Court. According to Wikipedia, "the development of [Raleigh Court] reached its peak in the 1920's, so therefore the residences in this subdivision do fit into our time frame.

Andronicus - Paul E. Willhide: 1200 37th Pl., Los Angeles, CA ----SWEET!
The house appears to still be there. It's been severely remodeled, and currently houses a youth center, but the house is still there. The place is easily within walking distance from the USC Campus. No need to ride the red car.


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Paeonios - Lawrence Byers: 901 Carer Ave., Wichita, KS ---- Whew!
That took a bit of sleuthing - depending on what side of the street had the odd numbers, it was either this quaint little thing, or a PUD apartment complex (for shame). The house is located on a little peninsula of land surrounded by a river, and is not too far from a fantastic little place called the Castle Inn - it kind of makes me want to go to Kansas for the first time in my life.


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2933 Hobart Boulevard

OMG! It's still there!



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A Brief Diversion - Andronicus Photo Boards

At the Andronicus Alumni Meeting on 8/22/09, a number of historic boards were nearly destroyed by a leaky shower. Luckily, they were saved from harm, and are currently being restored by April Sommer & Michael Rabanera.
I had my camera with me, and I'd like to share the photos with you.
Be sure to click the images to get a close-up look!

First - The engraved announcement of the chapter installation...



The Very First Andronicus Chapter House, on Hobart Blvd...


Brothers at Work...
Recognize any names? Stanley Cundiff - the Archi Correspondent Extrordinaire? And there are 2 women in studio.

The students of 1923, and a little history of the program....

More brothers.. and another picture of Dorothy Witchers...

Another, more comprehensive group photo...

What an incredible find!!

February 15, 1924, Volume 5, Number 5

Living Single, in Denver


Brother Andrew S. Phillips (Anthemios 1923) is reported to be living in "Single 'blessedness'" at the Argonaut hotel in Denver. Happily, i can report that this structure is still in-tact. It is now the Argonaut Apartments, located at 1505 Grant Street, only a few short blocks from the former Adam's Mark Hotel, where we held the 59th Convention in 2006. See Image Above.



Stop Thief!

The Andronicus Brothers were allegedly ransacked by a wily group of young lady friends during a dance held in honor of the newly initiated pledges.

The items reported stolen include: pennants, ash trays, bric-a-brack, and APX paddles. Luckily, the paddles were recovered following drastic threats from brothers Baldwin and Andersen.
Sorrority girls.. hmmph.





For the Autophiles


Ex-Anthemian David Postle presently living in Los Angeles is now moving to New York to get married. He plans on taking his honeymoon in his brand-new Rickenbacker Roadster. The photograph above is an example of a 1923 model Rickenbacker Roadster. Pretty Fancy Indeed!

January 15, 1924 Vol. 5, No. 4, Part 2

Carl Juline is a Badass.
This is the same Carl Juline from Anthemios who moved to Los Angeles, who Brother Christen of Anthemios (it turns out), was trying to set up with his old girlfriend. Well.. Brother Juline has bought himself a fancy Christmas Present of a brand new 1924 Ford Coupe (picture above). Not to be the kind of guy with any old Ford Coup... oh no. Carl sprung for the red wheels, and further customized it with his initials on the doors. However, the coup de gras is the large letters "APX" emblazoned on the spare wheel cover.

If I were Lester Christen, I'd be looking out for my ex-girlfriend's reputation. Mr. Juline might be moving a bit to fast for that old gal. After all, the day that he showed up with the vehicle, a crowd of co-eds formed, which led to him getting 17 phone numbers.

I must say, Stanley Cundiff is one hell of an Archi Reporter. He knocks his articles out of the park every time.

January 15, Vol. 5, No. 4 - Part 1

Convention Recap!

A mere 11 days after the close of convention, the recap was already out to the masses. Being charged with the duty of putting out a similar recap for the past 6 years, their punctuality makes me blush, i have to admit.

If you have been following along with the Archi, many of the updates are old news. However, here afe a few items of business discussed at the 9th convention:

Dinocrates
A petition of the Delta Club from the University of Texas was granted approval, thus inaugurating the Dinocrates Colony. Though, they didn't necessarily call the colonies back then. This group, aptly lead by Professor & Brother Raymond Everett of Iktinos, has 11 interested bodies.

Los Angeles Alumni Group
The LA alumni group was officially recognized. Of the 3 board members, none were originally from Andronicus. Glen Ingles was initiated as Mnesicles, but transferred to USC, and thus became a member of the Andronicus Chapter (BTW, served as their WA for a period of time.)
The other oficers were David E. Postle Jr. of Anthemios (Son of Honorary Brother David E. Postle Sr.) and Chester L. Carolja of Mnesicles (former Archi Editor).

Alumni Associations
Alumni Associations, as we know them today, specific to each chapter, came to be at the 9th convention. The idea was known as "the Chicago Plan" as it was put forth by the Chicago Alumni Group. Until this time, all alumni associations were established by city. By 1924, we had alumni groups in Chicago, Minneapolis/Minnesota, Columbus, Detroit, and Los Angeles (see above). This change in structure allows for the city based organizations to remain in place, but operate purely as a social organization. Though the official plan hasn't been spelled out for us in this issue, it would seem to me that this change may have been the death knell for city based alumni groups.

The Sister Pin
The 59th convention brought out a lot of discussion about the sister pin. Funnily, 50 conventions previous, it was asserted that The Sister Pin, which in this issue is described as "A larger size of the crest than is now worn as a guard..." shall only be worn by blood relations. Are we meant to assume that giving said pin to the lady in your life was verboten by the convention? I think so..
This is not going to be the last time we see something about the Sister Pin.

Changes to the Ritual
The Grand Lecturer, Rexford Newcomb presented his revisions to The Ritual, and they were subsequently adopted. The intent of these revisions were to provide a means to which each chapter could easily provide the same show, and included blueprints, and costume drawings. Likely, this is the version of The Ritual that has been retained by the Andronicus Chapter. This is a must-read for all you Ritual-o-philes! Page 3, people.

But most fascinating is the Editorial located on page 4. Those crazy Anthemians presented a paper that proposed an ADDITIONAL 5 degrees. That's right. not a total of 5, but an addition of 5... for a total of 8. The additional 5 called for separate degrees to distinguish a brother upon graduation, upon recognition in the profession, to distinguish faculty members, and to distinguish master architects.

After the discussion at the 58th convention to incorporate an alumni oath into the ritual, I am beginning to have that sinking feeling that every new idea any of us ever had, in regards to this fraternity, may not, in fact, be new at all.

I bet you can guess how this discussion went down. but if you want to know for sure, the last line of the editorial reads: "All APX men are brothers on the same footing when initiated; let us safeguard that ideal no matter what the circumstances intervene afterwards." Well said.

November 15, 1923, Vol. 5, No. 2 Part 2

Andronicus: Home Away from Home

Some things never change. A repeating theme in the Archi's thus far is the fact that the Andronicus Chapter continuously welcomes brothers from all over the country who visit, transfer, or settle down in the Los Angeles Area. It's nice to see that Andronicus has always had an "open arms" policy, especially since I have been on the receiving end of one of those Andronican Hugs for the last 7 years.

If you haven't figured it out, I'm completely in love with my hometown of Los Angeles, and one of the things that I love most about it is its cultural diversity; the blurring of Mexican, African American, Korean, Armenian, Japanese, Thai, Italian, Chinese, Greek, Peruvian, Russian, and so many more cultures. It's the reason why the hottest thing in LA right now is something called the Kogi Taco, which is a Korean Barbecue on a Taco, that is served from a roving catering truck. http://kogibbq.com/

In a way, Andronicus has always been the Kogi Taco of Alpha Rho Chi, mixing their fabulous weather and excellent football with Anthemian, Daedalan, Cossutian, Satyran, and Hadrian cultures. This point is illustrated by the fact that at the Sostratus Installation last April, people from 10 different chapters were present for the festivities. Half of the active chapters were represented!

In 1923, Andronicus was visited by brothers from Iktinos, Demetrios & Mnesicles. At the time, we had 6 chapters, so percentage wise, they had us beat.

Los Angeles in 1923

The Bimini Bath's Incident...
A Curious incident at the Bimini Baths - Andronicus Pledge was injured saving a young lady at the Bimini Baths. Having never heard of it, I did a little research.
The baths were located on the western edge of LA at the time, in the area that is now considered Koreatown. The western edge of the city is now considered the ocean, which is a good 15 miles further west of this site. The photograph below is a photo of the site. The baths could be accessed easily by our brothers using the Red Car, whose tracks can be seen in the photograph. Currently very little of this site remains. (Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library)

Thanks to the LA Eco Village Blog which already did the excellent footwork on this research project. http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/ride-the-streetcar-to-the-bimini-baths/

The Hall of Justice...
Brother Roy Boxmeyer, Mnesicles, came to Los Angeles with the specific purpose of working on the new Los Angeles Hall of Justice. It was built as part of a massive overhaul to the Los Angeles Civic Center. In the photo below, the Hall of Justice is shown completed; the square building on the right. It is accompanied by the Los Angeles County Courthouse (center) and the Los Angeles Hall of Records, (Left) (Photo from the USC Digital Archives)


The Hall of Justice is the only 1 of these three buildings that remain. The building houses a series of courtrooms, jails and is capable of performing autopsies. It is historically known for jailing and trying notorious criminals such as Charles Manson & Sirhan Sirhan. Also it is known to have been the site of Marilyn Monroe's Autopsy. In popular culture, the building is extensively featured in television shows such as Dragnet, (which is about to get its own postage stamp), Get Smart & CHiP's.

The building was heavily damaged in the 1994 earthquake, however, it is currently undergoing extensive renovations and repairs, which is slightly visible in the current photo below. (Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library)

November 15, 1923, Vol. 5, No. 2 Part 1

Expansion: 1920's Style.

The early attempts at expansion for this fraternity seems to be dominated by brothers of a certain chapter becoming faculty at another university. The "new" chapters at USC, UVA & KSU were all initiated by faculty members who were brothers at other chapters.
At this stage in the project, less than 10 years since the foundation of the fraternity, we have faculty planted at North Dakota Agricultural College, North Carolina State College, Washington State College (that's right.. in Pullman), Harvard University, Iowa State University & New York University. However, most interesting of all are the brothers who are teaching at the University of Texas in Austin (Raymond Everett, Iktinos,), and Oklahoma A & M College (Joseph J. Patterson, Anthemios, '17).

We have the benefit of knowing that both of these chapters were established in 1925, and on page 3 of this issue, there's an indication that a chapter may be in the works at Texas. Knowing that Cass Gilbert was the master planner at this university and a Master Architect during this time period puts it all into deeper perspective.

For the Betterment...

A curious editorial on page 4 of this issue notes that many of our chapters have been planning events on the Sabbath. What's worse is, they're planning events on Saturday nights that go into the wee hours of the morning, therefore also violating the Sabbath. Tsk Tsk.
No disrespect from me, of course, for any brother or person who is observant of their particular sabbath. I would hate for anyone to sully the fair name of Alpha Rho Chi by holding events on the Sabbath. And Kudos to Mnesicles for instead holding their initiations and "oriental night" on one of the "other 6 days of the week."

oh sweet irony.

October 15, 1923, Vol. 5, No. 1 Part 2

Where are they Now?

The Chittenden Hotel, Columbus, Ohio - Location for the Demetrios Founder's Day celebration in 1923.
Unfortunately, this building was demolished in 1974.



The Seneca Hotel, Coumbus Ohio - Location for the Demetrios Pledge Dance on October 12, 1923
After years of being in a state of disrepair, this structure is now student housing, aptly named "The Seneca"
http://www.campusapts.com/Home.aspx?Proj=101&Name=Seneca



The Interlachen Club, Minneapolis Minnesota - Location for the Mnesicles Formal on May 11th, 1923.
This building is still used as a Country Club. - www.interlachencc.org/



Ye Olde Bull Pen Inn, Los Angeles California - Location for "Many Summer Meetings" of Andronicus Brothers over the summer of 1923.
Formerly located at 633 S. Hope Street, it has since been demolished.



The University of California, South Branch - The architecture department at this branch of University of California was discontinued, which created a windfall for the USC architecture department (And consequently was a windfall for the Andronicus Chapter).
The site is now the location of Los Angeles City College, and the Southern Branch of University of California moved to a plot of land west of Beverly Hills, and became UCLA.

December 1, 1922, Vol. 4, No. 2 Part 1

Andronicus Brothers help with Political Campaign?

"Gump For Congress at Andronicus

Great acclamation and a series of stirring speeches followed the illustrious Andy as he rode down Broadway at Los Angeles when the A. P. X. of U of Southern California put on a real old time campaign. Pledge T. L. Pletsch played the part of Andy."

This is one of those entries that may have made perfect sense back in 1922, but today holds an enigma. The only Andy Gump I know is the guy who supplies port-a-potties to construction sites.
Turns out, the cartoon of the day called "The Gumps", which was written by Sidney Smith, and began its run in 1917. The strip featured a main character named Andy Gump, who in 1922, ran for congress. Subsequently, he ran for president in 1924.
What this has to do with our brothers play-acting a political campaign on his behalf, I have not yet been able to figure out.

Was this some sort of college age fad of the 1920's? (I mean, after all they were a good 25 years way from having televisions and movies weren't even talking yet).

What I do know is that there was a series of pinbacks made to promote these fictional congressional and presidential campaigns. The image included is one of them, dated to the 1920's.
Thanks to collector Mark Lansdown (www.marklansdown.com) for the image.

November 1, 1922 Vol. 4, No. 1, Part 1

pep
"vigor, energy," 1912, shortened form of pepper, which was used in
the figurative sense of "spirit, energy," from at least 1847. Peppy "full of
pep," first recorded 1922. Pep rally is attested from 1945; pep talk from
1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

It appears "Pep" was a huge buzz-word in 1922, and the new Archi Board sure liked to use it to describe the properties of this new publications.

The new board sent a letter to all alumni asking for suggestions, and I believe the response from this unnamed brother succinctly describes why the new, peppier version was sought:

"As a suggestion, I would like to offer this, that there be less of
articles which we can get in Architectural magazines and more of a personal new
and chapter information."

And thus, aspirations to have the Archi be a periodical contribiting to our professions were put aside for a period of time. A loss for the profession? Perhaps. For us, however, Archi Names Project Gold!

In this issue we begin to hear the first rumblings of the project to build a house for the Mnesicles Chapter. Not to spoil anything, but much more will come on this subject in the future.

In other chapter house news, it looks like the Anthemios chapter moved to a different house, which would explain why I didn't recognize that photograph in the later issue. The poem included in the article specifically references a big rambling porch, which was quite distinctive. Anthemios also, is in the process of purchasing land for a future chapter house.

There are 2 brand new chapters, and it seems that the Archi Staff feels quite differently about each of them.

The Archi staff is tickled pink about those Andronicans out in Los Angeles, as they sent in many updates about students, pledges and faculty members. Most interestingly would be the mention of Carleton Monroe Winslow, made an honorary brother, who had been awarded a major project in Los Angeles, where he would be working in conjunction with Bertram Goodhue. It's a building that I enjoy visiting regularly; The Los Angeles Public Library! - see photograph above, courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library.

However, the Kallikrates brothers are having to face the painfully polite, yet passive agressive wrath of the Archi Editors.

"From Kallikrates we have received only the most meagre news and we shall be
expecting a perfect mess of it during the next few issues. Our suggestion is that about once a week a letter with such information as may be in hand should be sent to us to make it possible to be up to date..."

As a former Grand Council member, I have to say: some things never change.

After a few more comments about how each of the new chapters are doing on dues, theres a.. lamentable comment that wouldn't be right to ignore:

"As the old darkey said on the arival of his ninth heir, "Lawd, we's thankful
for what we have received, and may's we all be blessed even moh."

Whoa. reading something like that is cause to snap a person out of their nostalgic stupor, and be grateful for living in more tolerant times.

April 1922, Vol. 3, No. 1, Part 1

If you ever wondered how our fraternity dealt with the way architectural education shifted from a 4 year program to a more solidified professional degree, look no further than the article by Rexford Newcomb, called "Tendencies in the Architectural Education World. At first blush, it looks like a boring article about education, but don't be fooled. It is focused directly on Alpha Rho Chi. And what i find interesting is that the questions that he posed are questions we are still asking ourselves today: Who Are We? What are Allied Arts? How do we deal with some chapters having a 5 year program, while others have a 4-2 program? Quoting him:

"The Fraternity may find itself face to face with the difficulty of reconciling a double-headed condition, we may find ourselves eventually with chapters in which the men remain four years, other chapters in which they remain six years, and still others in which the period of study covers six years with the later four only given over to what may be called professional work."

Just this past weekend, at the summer meeting, we held a pretty tense discussion how to classify graduate students in a 4-2 program; does the member become an alumnus before or after the M.Arch?

For an Honorary Member, Brother Newcomb took a lot of care when writing this paper. It's inspiring whenever I see a faculty member develop a passion for this fraternity.

The majority of this Archi is dedicated to the 7th National Convention held January 2-3 in Champaign, Illinois.

This is the convention where Kallikrates AND Andronicus join the fray. Kallikrates sent two members (who we would today call colonists) where it appears they were promptly given their pledge pins (in ceremonious fashion, of course), and given a seat at the convention table. Later, they were incorporated into the Anthemios pledge class and made brothers. It is indicated that they would go back to UVA and with the help of the Grand Lecturer, initiate the rest of the members of the Kallikrates Club.

The Andronicus Club was approved to become a chapter. This decision was endorsed by Rexford Newcomb, as it was revealed that he taught at USC before coming to teach at the University of Illinois. (This little parallel between Rex and myself, I admit, has filled me with glee.)

This is also the convention where the distinction was made between Faculty Brother and Honorary Brother, and Cass Gilbert was approved to become a Master Architect.. Take note that this approval took place prior to the death of Nathan Clifford Ricker, which happens in 1924.

It is also reported that Dave, the father of Anthemians Dave & G.R. Postle, was initiated as an Honorary member. It didn't take that long for us to get some legacies, did it?

The Formal Banquet took place at the Beardsley Hotel, which was located on Neil Street, just north of Main. Apparently, it was the nicest hotel in town at the time. Photo provided above, thanks to the University of Illinois Archives.

January 1st, 1923 - Vol IV, No. 3

I did intend to start at the very beginning, and work my way forward. But because I haven't completely unpacked my luggage from the summer meeting, the 1st four available issues which I printed to share with my brothers during that meeting, are still tucked away.

However, as an Anthemian, I found it to be only fitting that I inaugurate this project with an Archi issue that bears the portrait of Dr. Nathan Clifford Ricker on the cover. Hello Doctor Nathan Clifford Ricker, Sir!

This issue does talk a lot about the chapter houses of our chapters at the time. Theres a nice rendering of the proposed home for Mnesicles. There is a picture of a house for Anthemios that doesn't look like the house I thought they lived in prior to their current place at 1108. It is stunning.

There is a detailed article about Howard Dwight Smith, who is an Honorary Brother at Demetrios. It appears he used to work for John Russell Pope.

I never knew that the Memorial bust of Dr. Ricker was sculpted by a professor from University of Minnesota. (Not a Brother)

I have a feeling I will like the correspondence recaps the most.
For example.. Brother Christen (Chapter as of yet unknown), suggest that the archi start some sort of "Lonely Hearts" section:

"I wonder if i could make use of the Archi as a 'fusser' bureau? I have a couple of very fine young lady friends in Los Angeles, and should like to find out if any of the Andronicus brothers would be interested to meet them. They are both "good lookers" and mighty good scouts."

He continues:

"In fact, one of them was my sweetheart back in the days when I was in school. If Carl Juline Anthemios is in L.A. he might be interested."

Oh Carl.. you must have really made an impression on Brother Christen.

Note to self: research what it means to be a "good scout."