ROBERT W. WOODRUFF
LIBRARY
FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
GIFT OF
Mr. Walter H.
Lemmond, Jr.
Petition to j
SIGMA PI FRATERNITY
from
Beta Pi Fraternity
Emory University
ATLANTA, GA.
Petition to
SIGMA PI FRATERNITY
from
Beta Pi Fraternity
Emory University
ATLANTA, GA.
A Birds Eye View of the Campus
To the Honorable, the (grand Chapter, and Chapters of
Sigma Pi Fraternity, Qreetings:
Beta Pi Fraternity was organized with the purpose of promot-
ing ideals of loyalty, justice and brotherhood, and to encourage
high standards of scholarship, morality and character. Therefore,
we, the undersigned students of Emory University and members
of this organization, believing that in Sigma Pi Fraternity these
ideals and standards can be perpetuated into a national bond, do
hereby petition the Honorable, the Grand Chapter and Chapters
of Sigma Pi Fraternity to confer upon us a charter in the said
Fraternity, with all rights, privileges, and immunities, and in con-
formity with all rules and regulations for such cases made and
provided.
Were we granted a charter we would loyally support its ritual,
constitution and by-laws and earnestly endeavor to maintain a
chapter of which the said Sigma Pi Fraternity would be proud.
We have successfully competed with the national fraternities
on the campus, and success for the future is in every way assured.
Believing that conditions are favorable for the establishment
of another national fraternity, we present this, our petition, hoping
that it will receive consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
_JP._
Psychological Building—Emory University
History of Emory University
Emory College
Emory College, now the College of Liberal Arts of Emory
University, was founded by the Georgia Conference of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, South. The Trustees were instructed to
incorporate the college and to call it Emory as a tribute to the
memory of Bishop John Emory of Maryland. In the pursuance of
the will of the conference, the Trustees bought 1400 acres of land
in Newton County, the granite region of Georgia, and gave it the
classic name of Oxford in honor of the old English University.
In 1837 the College was opened for the reception of students.
Since the graduation of the first class in 1841, nearly three thous-
and students have received diplomas of the College. The College
was continually in session at Oxford until 1919.
Emory University
In 1914 the Educational Commission of the Methodist Church,
South, was instructed to consider and determine the advisability
and wisdom of establishing a new institution upon a scale worthy
of a great church and civilization which it was designed to serve.
After the fullest consideration of the Commission, the Uni-
versity was located in Atlanta, the Chamber of Commerce pledging
$500,000 as a gift of the city and Mr. Asa G. Candler, Sr., offering
$1,000,000. Additional gifts of nearly three million dollars were
received. The founding of the University was thus assured.
Negotiations were opened with the Trustees of Emory College,
then at Oxford, Georgia, and these negotiations resulted in Emory
College becoming the College of Liberal Arts of Emory University.
The name of Emory was to the University thus perpetuating and
extending a noble foundation.
By joint action of the Boards of Emory University and the
Atlanta Medical College, founded in 1854, the latter was made the
School of Medicine of Emory University. The School is a member
of the Association of American Colleges and is rated as Class A by
the Council on Education of the American Medical Association.
The School of Law, named in honor of the late L. Q. C. Lamar
of the Supreme Court, a distinguished Georgian and Emory Col-
lege graduate, has been projected with a view to the gradual estab-
lishment of a superior scholarship and clientele in accordance with
the highest professional ethics and best traditions of the Profes-
sion.
The Candler School of Theology, founded in 1916, has a half-
million endowment and has other special funds that have aug-
mented its income and equipment.
The Graduate School, the School of Business Administration,
and the Emory Summer School were established in 1919.
Location and Local Advantages
Emory University includes 165 acres near the beautiful Druid
Hill resident section of Atlanta, and also a city area at the corner
of Armstrong and Butler Street on which is located a part of the
Medical School.
Atlanta, with her 263,000 people, is the largest city in all the
states surrounding Georgia. This city, with its great diversity of
interests and industries, with its name of being the railroad cen-
ter of the South, also boasts of being the capital of the great
cotton producing state of Georgia. The influence of Atlanta are
extremely good; its large number of churches of all denomina-
tions, its numerous philanthropic organizations, its colleges and
alumni associations, its educational institutions, give ample oppor-
tunity for a broad contact with life and service. Atlanta is becom-
ing more and more distinguished as an educational center.
Grounds and Buildings
Emory University is situated on the outskirts of the most
attractive quarter of the city. The University, with its beautiful
rolling and wooded campus, is an ideal place for good health, good
work, and quiet devotion to study. The naturally beautiful land-
scape of the Druid Hills campus is parked with bridges and suit-
able plantings. The buildings, which are made out of colored Geor-
gia marble, are distinctive in their style, construction and setting.
Besides the nine marble buildings, and the two temporary wooden
buildings, the University owns several buildings in Atlanta which
are used by the Medical School.
The Wesley Memorial Hospital, located on the campus, repre-
sents an outlay of $1,500,000. When finished this hospital will cost
$3,000,000. The Wesley Memorial Hospital will ultimately become
the principle clinic teaching institution of the Medical School.
The growth of the new University has been phenomenal.
From the small college of three hundred and fifty in 1914, it has
grown with great rapidity to the large University that it is. The
following shows the growth of the institution, exclusive of enroll-
ment in the summer school:
1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
452 534 958 1020 1153 1719
With an endowment of over three millions of dollars, with
buildings and equipment unsurpassed by any university in the
South, Emory University has taken its place among the leading
institutions in the country.
Interior Emory University Theological Chapel
Fraternities at Emory University
The attitude of the administration and faculty of Emory University has
always been heartily in favor of Greek letter fraternities. The President,
many of the Deans, and various members of the faculty, are fraternity men.
An anti-fraternity spirit has never prevailed here.
The faculty committee on student organizations acts as an adviser to
the fraternities. A fraternity, to be recognized, must receive a charter from
this committee. The committee keeps a scholastic record of the fraternities,
advises them in regard to social affairs, makes rules governing the initiation
of pledges, and says how many men may reside in a chapter house.
The Pan-Hellenic Council, a body composed of two representatives from
each national fraternity, has direct supervision over each of the local chap-
ters. It makes rules concerning rushing season, pledging, initiation, and
other such rules by which each chapter must abide. A local, on becoming a
chapter of a national fraternity, is eligible for representatives in this body.
An interesting fact to be noticed concerning fraternities at Emory Uni-
versity is that since Emory College became a part of Emory University in
1914, the student body has grown from three hundred to nearly two thous-
and students. The number of fraternities has increased from eight to ten.
Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Chi have been established here since that time. It
can be seen that the time is ripe for the establishment of other fraternities as
the student enrollment has an average increase of approximately thirty per
cent.
The following is a list of Fraternities at Emory University
Fraternity Chapter Established
Chi Phi Gamma 1869
Kappa Alpha Epsilon 1869
Phi Delta Theta Georgia Beta 1871
Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Theta 1881
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Georgia Epsilon 1881
Delta Tau Delta Beta Epsilon 1882
Sigma Nu Xi 1884
Pi Kappa Phi Eta 1913
Pi Kappa Alpha Beta Kappa 1919
Sigma Chi Beta Chi 1921
Cresent Club Local 1921
Beta Pi .... Local 1921
MEDICAL
Chi Zeta Chi Alpha Alpha 1903
Phi Chi Sigma 1905
Kappa Psi Rho 1908
Alpha Kappa Kappa Alpha Tau 1914
Phi Beta Pi Beta Beta 1923
LITERARY
Sigma Upsilon Coffee House 1913
SCIENTIFIC
Chi Beta Phi Delta 1922
ORATORICAL
Tau Kappa Alpha - 1922
MILITARY
Scabbard and Blade Co. "L" 4th Regiment 1923
HONORARY
Alpha Epsilon Upsilon ..Scholastic 1907
Asklepeos Medical 1917
Phi Delta Psi Legal 1921
JOURNALISTIC
Pi Delta Epsilon 1923
Grady Hospital, One of the Clinic Teaching Institutions
of the Medical School
Facts About Emory
The libraries of Emory University contain over 70,000 bound
volumes besides numerous unbound pamphlets and newspaper files.
The Lamar School of Law is the only member of the American
Association of Law Schools in the State of Georgia.
The first chapter of a national fraternity to be established in
the South was the Emory chapter of the Mystic Seven in 1841.
The first fraternity house in Georgia was maintained by an
Emory chapter.
Emory possesses the most complete and valuable collection of
Wesley ana in America.
The Egyption-Babylonian Museum of Emory University is un-
equalled in the South.
The Emory Glee Club, "The South's Sweetest Singers," made
the longest concert trip in 1922-23 of any musical club in the South.
Forty-two loan funds are available to the Emory students.
The new Wesley Memorial Hospital, part of the School of Medi-
cine, is one of the best equipped hospitals in the world and cost
approximately $1,500,000. When finished this hospital will cost
$3,000,000.
The Emory Base Hospital Unit cared for more than 7,000 sick
and wounded soldiers during the war with a mortality of less than
two per cent.
Emory has furnished the world with more than 3,315 physi-
cians.
Beta Pi House
Beta Pi Fraternity
Beta Pi Fraternity was organized in October, 1921, as a gen-
eral social fraternity. The charter members, T. Ayer Hatcher,
Willard Golsan, Ernest Baynard, and R. Thomas Pursley, drawn
together by similar ideals, purposes and circumstances, decided to
promote their friendship into a sronger bond by the formation of
Beta Pi Fraternity. The Fraternity was organized not only to
increase the number of fraternities on the campus but to promote
higher standards of scholarship, morality, and character, and to
teach higher ideals of loyalty among its members.
The new fraternity was recognized by the administration of
the University and by the other fraternities on the campus. A
good future was thus assured. In increasing the membership of
the fraterinty, men were chosen with great care. Their type of
character has run true to the original ideals of Beta Pi.
The fraternity has nine pledges. In pledging and initiating
a man, a very conservative policy has always been maintained.
No man is taken into the fraternity until he has passed one term's
work with a satisfactory average.
The administration of the Fraternity is in the hands of a presi-
dent, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and other minor officers.
Up till this year meetings were held in the Law Building. Dur-
ing the summer a six room bungalow, within two blocks of the cam-
pus, was obtained. This house is leased until September, 1924, at
which time the fraternity has an option of purchasing it. The
house is one of the best three on the campus.
The members of Beta Pi have always been active in the stu-
dent affairs. The fraternity is in possession of the silver loving
cup given by the faculty for cross country track. The R. 0. T. C.
tennis champions for 1921, seven R. 0. T. C. officers—two captains,
two lieutenants, three sergeants,—two Y. M. C. A. cabinet mem-
bers and a member of the orchestra are Beta Pi men.
Co-operating with the active chapter and taking a strong in-
terest in its affairs are William D. Akers, Zeta, Columbus, Georgia,
Past Grand Sage of Sigma Pi, and Mr. Stanley M. Hasting, Epsilon,
of Atlanta, Georgia.
Lamar School of Law Building
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Of the Beta Pi Fraternity on December 1, 1923
Cash on Hand __ _.$ 104.41
Due from Members ... 121.00
Furniture and Fixtures.. 1,008.82
Total Assets $1,234.23
Due on Furniture 70.00
Capital 1,164.23
Total Liabilities $1,234.23
An Entrance into Emory Campus
ALUMNI
J. Ernest Baynard, B.S., 1923, is now principal of
Winder (Georgia) High School, and is coaching athletics
there.
Willard R. Golsan, B.S., 1923, is now a student at Uni-
versity of Georgia Medical College, Augusta, Georgia.
He is a member of Kappa Psi Medical Fraternity.
T. Ayer Hatcher is now a student at Mercer University,
Macon, Georgia.
Charles H. Johns, Jr., is a salesman with A. A. Lockett
Company, Cuthbert, Georgia.
R. THOMAS PURSLEY
Cadiz, Kentucky
Born in Cadiz, Kentucky, March 31, 1904.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: W. J. Pursley, born in Cadiz, Kentucky, August 12, 1866.
Mother: Mary J. Thomas, born in Cadiz, Kentucky, June 1, 1883.
Father is Deceased.
Class in College: Junior.
College Activities: Assistant in Chemistry, German Club (3), Chemistry Club
(3), Chemical Seminar, R. 0. T. C. Sergeant (3).
THOMAS T. WALKER
Atlanta, Georgia
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, April 11, 1904.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: A. F. Walker, born in Sevierville, Tennessee, September 17, 1870.
Mother: Elizabeth B. Hicks, born in Saron Springs, Virginia, March 23, 1876.
Father's Occupation: Wholesale Grocer.
Class in College: Junior in Pre-Medical Course.
College Activities: Honor Roll (2-1), Co. "B" Tennis Team, R. 0. T. C., Winner
of R. 0. T. C. Tennis (Double) Tournament (1), Captain R. 0. T. C. (3),
Sergeant (2), Chemistry Club (3), Pledge Phi Chi Medical Fraternity.
WALTER H. LEMMOND, JR.
Atlanta, Georgia
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, May 4, 1904.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: W. H. Lemmond, born in Alcovy, Georgia, November 8, 1878.
Mother: Clara E. Andrews, born in Atlanta, Georgia, July 10, 1884.
Father's Occupation: Life Insurance.
Class in College: Junior.
College Activities: Student Instructor in Chemistry (3-2), 2nd Lieutenant,
R. 0. T. C. (3), Batallion Color Sergeant (2), Secretary and Treasurer of
the Chemistry Club (3), Economic Club, Mathematic Club, Y. M. C. A.,
E. BENSON FREEMAN, JR.
Atlanta, Georgia
Born in LaGrange, Georgia, September 15, 1904.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: E. B. Freeman, born in West Point, Georgia, March 1, 1875.
Mother: Mary Emily Reid, born in LaGrange, Georgia, April 20, 1879.
Father's Occupation: Jeweler.
Class in College: Junior.
College Activities: Chemistry Club (3), Orchestra (1), Assistant Concert
Master and Violin Soloist, Orchestra (2).
WALTER R. GARNER
Norcross, Georgia
Born in Luxomni, Georgia, October 29,1901.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: J. R. Garner, born in Stone Mountain, Georgia, April 8, 1866.
Mother: Mary L. Lankford, born in Braydon, Georgia, June 18, 1873.
Father's Occupation: Merchant.
Class in College: Freshman in Medicine.
College Activities: R. 0. T. C. Lieutenant (3), Sergeant (2), Phi Beta Pi
Medical Fraternity.
JOHN H. WALKER
Atlanta, Georgia
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, April 11, 1904.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: A. F. Walker, born in Servierville, Tennessee, September 27, 1870.
Mother: Elizabeth B. Hicks, born in Sharon Springs, Virginia, March 23, 1876.
Father's Occupation: Wholesale Grocer.
Class in College: Junior in Pre-Medical Course.
College Activities: Co. "B" Tennis Team (1), Winner of R. O. T. C. Tennis
(Doubles) (1), Scabbard and Blade (3), Honor Roll (2-1), Basketball (2),
Captain R. O. T. C. (3), Sergeant (2), Chemistry Club (3), Pledged Phi
Chi Medical Fraternity.
ERNEST M. ALLEN
Dawson, Georgia
Place of birth: Terrell, Texas, Dec. 1,1923.
Religious Preference: Baptist.
Father: L. L. Allen, born in Americus, Georgia, 1887.
Mother: Ada Turner Allen, born in Sparta, Georgia, 1881.
Father's occupation: Furniture business.
College Activities: Honor Roll (1), Company "A" Rifle Team R. 0. T. C. (1),
Basketball (1), Phi Gamma Literary Society, Chemistry Club, French
Club.
ROBERT T. CATRON
Atlanta, Georgia
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, August 20, 1904.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: I. T. Catron, born in Barbourville, Kentucky, December 25, 1873.
Mother: Daisy C. Tinsley, born in Barbourville, Kentucky, September 9, 1875.
Father's Occupation: Physician.
Class in College: Sophomore.
College Activities: R. 0. T. C. (3), Rifle Team Camp McClellan (1), Repre-
sentative from the 4th Corps R. 0. T. C. to Camp Perry, Ohio Rifle Meet
(1), Expert Rifleman.
LANGSTON BOLTON
Dawson, Georgia
Place of birth: Sale City, Ga. Date: July 1, 1904.
Religious Preference: Baptist.
Father: Sidney L. Bolton. Place of birth: Webster County, Dec. 22, 1869.
Mother: Sarah Irwin Bolton. Place of birth: Marion County, Dec. 22, 1871.
Father's occupation: Blacksmith.
Class: Sophomore in Liberal Arts.
College activities: Basketball (1), Track (1), Chemistry Club, French Club.
CLEO D . STILES, JR.
Albany, Georgia
Born in Albany, Georgia, August 20, 1904.
Religious Preference: Methodist.
Father: C. D. Stiles, born in Warrentonton, Georgia, December 31, 1879.
Mother: Mattie C. Cox, born in Camilla, Georgia, December 24, 1879.
Father's Occupation: Manager of Cotton Seed Oil Mill.
Class in College: Sophomore in Pre-Medical Course.
College Activities: French Club (1), Chemistry Club (2), Phi Gamma Literary
Society, Y. M. C. A. Friendship Council (2), Sergeant R. 0. T. C. (2),
Pledged Phi Chi Medical Fraternity.
CHARLES W. PARROTT, JR.
Americus, Georgia
Born in Americus, Georgia, February 23, 1904.
Religious Preference: Baptist.
Father: C. W. Parrott, born in Camden, South Carolina, March 30, 1852.
Mother: Georgia V. Smith, born in Americus, Georgia, August 20, 1861.
Father's Occupation: Retired.
Class in College: Sophomore in Pre-Medical Course.
College Activities: Track Squad, Chemistry Club (2), R. O. T. C. Sergeant (2),
Pledge Phi Chi Medical Fraternity.
WILLIAM M. MONCRIEF, JR.
Atlanta, Georgia
Born in Birmingham, Alabama.
Religious Preference: Baptist.
Father: W. M. Moncrief, born in Doraville, Georgia, November 29, 1878.
Mother: Ada Estelle Krepps, born in Perrysburg, Ohio, October 23, 1880.
Father's Occupation: Newspaper.
Class in College: Freshman in Medicine.
College Activities: Phi Gamma Literary Society, Pledged Kappa Psi Medical
Fraternity.
W. PARMELEE WATKINS
Dawson, Georgia
Born in Dawson, Georgia, February 19, 1904.
Religious Preference: Baptist.
Father: J. F. Watkins, born in Clayton, Alabama, January 21, 1881.
Mother: Augusta Myrtis Griffin, born in Albany, Georgia, June 15, 1882.
Father's Occupation: Manufacturer.
Class in College: Sophomore.
College Activities: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet (2), Assistant Librarian, Wheel Re-
porter (2-1), Phi Gamma Literary Society, French Club.
PLEDGES
Thomas H. Eubanks, Atlanta, Georgia, is a Freshman in Liberal Arts.
He is winner of the scholarship from the Atlanta Technological High School.
William Cronic, Gainesville, Georgia, is a Freshman in the pre-medical
course. He is a graduate of Riverside Military Academy.
Charles W. Davis, Lexington, North Carolina, is a Freshman in the pre-
medical course, He is a member of th e track squad.
Melville A. Smith, Claxton, Georgia, is a Freshman in Liberal Arts. He
is a graduate of Claxton High School.
A. L. Wooclliff, Atlanta, Georgia, is a Freshman in pre-legal. He is a
graduate of the Atlanta Technological High School.
Otho Campbell, Albany, Georgia, is a Freshman in Liberal Arts. He is a
graduate of the Albany High School.
Henry P. Miller Barnesville, Georgia, is a Freshman in Liberal Arts. He
is a graduate of Gordon Military Institute.
Alfred W. Walker, Atlanta, Georgia, is a Senior of Boys' High School.
John C. Bahnsen, Americus, Georgia, is a Senior of Riverside Military
Academy, Gainesville, Georgia. He is also cadet major there.
WILLIAM D. AKERS
Columbus, Ga.
Sigma Pi Fraternity
EPSILON PROVINCE
office of the archon
December, 2, 1923.
To the Fraternity:
It gives me genuine pleasure to recommend Beta Pi to
Sigma Pi.
For a year or more Brother Hastings, (Epsilon) , and I,
have been in close touch with the members of this good local
at Emory, who, without exception, have proved themselves to be
gentlemen and first class students.
Emory University, founded almost a century ago as Emory
College, is without a peer among southern educational insti-
tutions. Her illustrious past, enriched with traditions of
the finer sort, is a source of pride to the State of Georgia
and the entire South. Her future, guaranteed by the Southern
Methodist Church and Candler millions, is definitely assured.
Sigma Pi will add strength to herself by accepting Beta Pi
into the Brotherhood, and such action is earnestly recom-
mended
Fraternally,
W. D. AKERS,
Past Grand Sage.
Recommendations
Dec. 3, 1923.
To My Brothers in Sigma Pis
Regarding the local Beta Pi fraternity at Emory Univer-
sity, Atlanta, Georgia. I wish to say that I have been per-
sonally acquainted with a number of these men for the last
five years, and wish to recommend them as fraternity men of
the highest type.
These men have established their local on the highest
plane of fraternalism, and their personnel is among the best
on the campus. In scholarship, they are near the top, and are
well represented in all college activities. They have the
good will and support of faculty, students and fraternities.
In fact, I can say they are an A-Number One bunch of men in
what is to be one of the best Universities in the South.
Emory University has made rapid progress since my short
stay in Atlanta, and I feel certain this will continue. The
campus is situated in one of the most beautiful suburbs of
Atlanta, contains 210 acres. The buildings are constructed of
white marble. The present enrollment is 2000.
As a Sigma Pi, these men deserve your favorable considera-
tion, and I feel that a chapter in this University will be in
keeping with the high standards we uphold.
Should you desire further information concerning these
men, I will be glad to furnish you with same.
Yours for Sigma Pi,
S. M. HASTINGS (Epsilon),
Virginia Circle,
Atlanta, Ga.
November 21, 1923.
National Sigma Pi Fraternity,
Gentlemen:
Our local fraternity, known as the Beta Pi, asked me to
write you my opinion of their organization.
This society was organized in October, 1921, and is com-
posed of some of our very best students. The organization
ranks very high in its class standing, and in the part it
plays in the campus activities. With its high scholastic
standing and fine ideals, I feel sure that it would be an
honor to your fraternity, should you see fit to give it a
charter.
Very cordially yours,
(Signed) HARVEY W. COX,
President.
November 22, 1923.
Sigma Pi Fraternity,
Gentlemen:
I am glad to have the opportunity of endorsing the members
of the local fraternity, Beta Pi, in their application for a
charter of your fraternity.
The members of the petitioning local are men who are
esteemed as gentlemen by the faculty and students. Their
scholarship record is especially creditable, the group having
taken high rank among the fraternities on the campus during
last year, ranking third one quarter and second in the other
two quarters. Members are prominent in the cadet corps and in
student activities. I am of the opinion that they will uphold
the standards of the national fraternity in the first rank.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) GOODRICH C. WHITE,
Dean (Liberal Arts).
November 16, 1923.
Sigma Pi Fraternity,
Gentlemen:
From an acquaintance with most of the present membership
of Beta Pi Local, I feel sure that this group is thoroughly
worthy of a charter in your organization. The membership is
made up of students who stand well with the faculty and with
their fellows. Those whom I know personally are strong,
attractive, promising young fellows. Their scholastic record
during the past year was unusually good and I feel sure that
they will maintain this standing during the present year. This
group is already established in a house, which fact should
strengthen the membership very materially and make it more
worthy of a charter. The group seems to me to be permanently
organized and if they are granted a charter I think would
compare favorably with the other fraternities on the campus.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) THEODORE H. JACK,
(Graduate School),
Dean.
November 16, 1923.
Beta Pi Fraternity,
Emory University, Georgia.
Gentlemen:
I am very glad to recommend your local organization to the
most favorable consideration of the Sigma Pi National Frater-
nity looking to their granting you a charter. The high stan-
dard of the young gentlemen you have had in the local chapter
and the scholastic standing which they have held, will be a
credit to the national fraternity, provided you see that this
same standard is maintained in the future. I do not see but
that this standard will be kept up, and I feel that it will.
If I, or the Committee on Student Activities, can be of
further service to you in this matter, we shall be glad to
render such service.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) W. S. NELMS, Chairman
Committee on Student Activities.
December 5th, '23.
To the Sigma Pi Fraternity:
The young men members of a local fraternity at Emory Uni-
versity, The Beta Pi, are all well known to me and have, in
most cases been students of mine. I can say with all sincerity
that they are among the very best in the University and I am
sure represent the highest ideals of our community.
I believe that Sigma Pi Fraternity will do well to grant
them a chapter and think that you need have no fear but that
they will uphold the dignity and honor of the Fraternity.
They are neat, gentlemanly fellows and stand for the best in
college life.
As a Professor and one interested in their welfare I
should be glad to see them representing your Fraternity on our
campus. I shall be glad to answer any personal correspondence
concerning the fraternity conditions here.
(Signed) J. SAM GUY,
Prof. Chemistry.
October 19, 1923.
TO: Sigma Pi Fraternity.
It has been my privilege to know, either in classroom or
by outside association, most of the men in the local frater-
nity that is petitioning you, and my impressions of them are
the most favorable. As far as I have seen, the men are dili-
gent in class work, and their support of school activities is
the most enthusiastic.
It gives me great pleasure to be able to recommend these
men, and I hope you will see fit to recognize their petition.
Respectfully,
H. J. BANKSTON, JR.
Dept. of Chemistry,
Emory University.
November 9, 1923.
To the National Fraternity of Sigma Pi:
The Beta Pi local fraternity at Emory is an excellent
group of young men. These men have shown a great interest in
college affairs and they have made an enviable record. They
rank very high in scholarship. Their average for the last
collegiate term was higher than that of any national frater-
nity group here.
The Beta Pi's won the trophy which was given by the Emory
Athletic Council for excellence in cross-country track work.
Some of the members hold important offices in the Emory R. 0.
T. C. Beta Pi is growing stronger each year. The moral and
social standing of its members is far above the average.
Emory University is growing steadily. At the present there
are only ten national fraternities here. The time is ripe for
an ilstallation and this chapter feels that you would make no
mistake in voting favorably upon the petition of Beta Pi.
Sincerely,
(Signed) J. HARRIS PURKS,
Chi Phi Fraternity.
November 8, 1923.
Sigma Pi Fraternity,
Gentlemen:
Eta Chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity wishes to
recommend to you the Beta Pi Fraternity, Local, at Emory
University.
We have watched with interest for the last year or two the
growth in strength and popularity of this local, and noticed
the splendid type of men that came to be members of this
organization. It would be indeed a pleasure to us to see
these men organized in a National Fraternity.
As to the number of Fraternities at Emory we would say
that on account of the rapid growth of the University there is
plenty of room for another National Fraternity, and we know no
ether petitioning local that is better qualified and prepared
to become a part of a National Fraternity.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) JOE S. GRAHAM, Secretary
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Eta.
9 November, 1923.
To the SIGMA PI Fraternity:
We are informed that the Beta Pi Fraternity of Emory
University is making petition to the Sigma Pi National Fra-
ternity for a charter.
The men of this petitioning group have an organization
that is to be commended for its growth and good standing on the
campus. We believe the men in this group are studious, with
the proper college life and spirit, sound in organization, and
sound financially.
For the size of the University which now ranks as one of
the foremost in the South, we have only about ten National
Fraternities on the Campus. We feel that a National Fraternity
has an excellent opportunity to locate on the Campus.
This Local Organization deserves your consideration.
Very respectfully yours,
SIGMA NU FRATERNITY,
Per R. L. Fagan.
November 7, 1923.
To Whom It May Concern:
It gives me a great pleasure to announce that the A. T.
O.'s at Emory heartily endorse the local Beta Pi fraternity
here. We can truthfully say that the boys in that organiza-
tion are a hard working conscientious bunch. They are always
willing and ready to do their share toward a greater Emory.
They are rated high in scholarship, take an active part in
athletics and the various activities on the campus, and we
feel sure that you can not make a mistake in seriously con-
sidering them for a chapter here.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) PRANK EDMONDSON,
President.
November 13, 1923.
Sigma Pi Fraternity,
We understand that the Beta Pi local fraternity is peti-
tioning the Sigma Pi fraternity for a charter.
Emory University has grown tremendously in the past few
years, and the unusual high standard of scholarship has
already borne fruit. This fact insures a large per cent of
fraternity material on the campus, and provides sufficient
room for another national fraternity.
The members of the Beta Pi local are men of known scholar-
ship and character, and Beta Chi of Sigma Chi feels that they
will make an excellent chapter of Sigma Pi.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE A. MORGAN, JR.,
Tribune of Beta Chi.
November 23, 1923.
President, Sigma Pi Fraternity,
Dear Sir:
It is a pleasure and a privilege for me, in behalf of Beta
Epsilon chapter, Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, to extend to you
our recommendation and hearty approval of Beta Pi and it would
please us very much to see them get a charter from Sigma Pi.
Most of the men I know personally, and I regard them as
men of a very high type, and filled with the fraternal spirit.
Their scholarship rating is excellent, and many of the men are
prominent in college activities.
We believe that there is room for more good national
Fraternities on the Emory Campus, and know of no other group
of men better fitted to form a national chapter than the mem-
bership of Beta Pi Local.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) LOUIS L. PETTY,
Beta Epsilon Chapter, D. T. D.
November 8, 1923.
Sigma Pi Fraternity.
Gentlemen:
The Crescent Club of Emory University wishes to take this
opportunity of recommending the Beta Pi Fraternity. The Cres-
cent Club is the only other local fraternity at Emory and its
members have been thrown in intimate contact with the members
of Beta Pi.
May we call your attention to the enviable scholastic
record of Beta Pi. Their members have consistently averaged
around an "A" which is indeed a very wonderful record. This
organization is the possessor of the cup offered by the
faculty for the fraternity leading in the percentage of men
out for spring track.
We believe Beta Pi to be composed of hard-working, con-
scientious men who stand high on this campus in all branches
of student activities. We believe that if they are granted a
charter from your organization they will uphold its ideals
and record.
Respectfully yours,
THE CRESCENT CLUB
(Petitioning Kappa Sigma)
By Richard R. Berry.
Emory University, Ga.
November 12, 1923.
We, the members of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Beta Kappa
Chapter, Emory University, Ga., do hereby signify our approval
and support towards the local organization of Beta Pi on
Emory University Campus.
We believe that this organization has done some of the
best, if not the best, work on the campus this school year,
individually and collectively, and no other group has as many
representative men as does this one ; we have been over the
files and there we find convincing evidence of their high
standing in every walk of University life ; one of the best
proofs of their rating is evidenced in the organization of
scholastic standing, where they stood ace high, being second
from the top. This itself is indicative of their worthiness,
for it shows how they have entered into college life in every
line, and at the same time have contributed unceasingly on
their part.
Every member of Beta Pi is well thought of on the campus
and Emory men count it a privilege to have them among their
midst.
We see no reason why these men should not be granted a
Charter for we are confident that they would strive even
harder than they have before to further the interests of their
heart's desire.
Lastly, we believe that if you see fit to establish a
chapter here at Emory, it will prove to be one of the most
creditable organizations on the campus, one that will be of
credit to the national organization, as well as to the school
itself.
Therefore, it is with great pleasure that we submit our
approval of this group, and we trust that you will see fit to
establish a Chapter here in the near future.
(Signed) H. B. SCOTT, Sec'y.
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