Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1930, Page 21

« FRATERNITY'S GOAL TORAISE STANDARD Bpiritual .and Cultural Life Stressed by Delta Tau Delta. pecial Dispatch to The Star. PITTSBURGH, January 28.— The keollege fraternity is taking its place as &n essential adjunct to academic life in America, if the program announced here last night by Delta Tau Delta may be considered symbolic of the trend. It is no longer an organization to be with by undergraduates and tol- erated by patient college presidents who have been harassed by the need for student homes and thus forced to be- the ally of any organization h provides beds for students. Delta Tau Delta announced its pro- gram for becoming an ally of the high- est spiritual and intellectual endeavor in the colleges and universities and of providing vital aids to student life, which are now unprovided or inade- quately provided by most colleges and universities. One of Oldest Groups. This is considered of significance to all social fraternities and to higher edu- cation generally becsuse Delta Tau Delta is one of the older and more pro- gressive fraternities. It has 74 chapters scattered in leading educational institu- of the United States and Canada. program was launched last night by Norman MacLeod, _international president, before an audience of 250 alumni of the fraternity and its stu- dents of the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Institute of Technol- ‘The announcement comes after two years spent in preparation and several months in actually formulating th. details of its program. Other speak- ers were A. E. Buchanan, jr., fraternity secretary of alumni from Lehigh Uni- versity; Prof. Darrell Moore of Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute; Harry R. Birmingham, president of the Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter, and Daniel L. Grant ©of New York, executive secretary. MacLeod explained that “nothing is contemplated which changes Delta Tau Delta from a soctal fraternity, but it would interpret social in a somewhat 2% trequentty asd ' deseribing Col ently col- societies. ‘The fraternity must d around its young members a con- dition of daily living conducive to a high spiritual and cultural development, thus contributing directly to the richest academic experience. Our colleges have frequently failed to appreciate the im- portance of the condition of life among its undergraduates and have tolerated too houses and promiscuous living about town.” More details were explained by Mr. Grant. “While Delta Tau Delta will urge ever finer scholastic performance,” he said, “it nevertheless considers grades primarily a concern of the faculties. Today the fraternity requires a dis- tinctly superior scholastic standing in order for one to gain admission to its membership. But here its emphasis upon grades, as such, ends, although it belleves that constantly high grades will be the by-product rather than the ostensible objective of its program. The fraternity feels that the recent effort of some institutions to gain higher standards of excellence by merely rais- ing the grade level at which a student can remain in college is leading to a situation where the trees obscure the woods. This is 80 much the case that grades often produce a distaste for in- tellectual endeavor rather than a love for it. Expense Being Stabilized. “To achieve this the fraternity is stabilizing the expense of membership at & reasonable level, has already pro- vided large scholarship and loan funds to encourage its members to go on with their training and development, even though it may lead them much beyond graduation and even abroad. “This whole program simply means that the social fraternity, like much else in our higher educational institu- tions, is in the process of growth. Like intercollegiate athletics, the social fra- ternity is the contribution of the un- dergraduates to our higher educational order.” ST Racing Driver Is Injured. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., January 28.—Jack Johnson, automobile racing driver of Miami, received a broken back and a punctured lung here Sunday afternoon when the car he was driving in a 15-mile race at Belvedere Track turned over. His condition is ecritical. Two other drivers received spills but were not in- Jjured seriously. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 1930. NEW GROUP SEEKS INCREASED TRAVEL International Federation Is Formed With Virginian as President. Some 200 representatives of passenger transportation companies and hotels were in conference today at the United States Chamber of Commerce, following a preliminary meeting yesterday at which the International Travel Federa- tion was organized and officers elected. The new organization is representative of steamship companies, railroads, motor transport and tourist agencies, hotels and allied interests. Ways and means of increasing travel by increasing com- fort and convenience were discussed. Francis E. Turin of the Norfolk-Ports- mouth Chamber of Commerce Wwas elected president. Speakers on today's Prfl!’f‘m included Col. Paul Henderson of the Transconti- nental Air Transport, Ernest Smith of the American Automobile Association and A. D. Bell of the Missourl Pacific Railroad. ‘The conference will close tonight with a dinner at Wardman Park Hotel. Canada’s field production for 1929 is estimated at $986,000,000. V.F. Boume, Representative The Equitable Life of the U. S. Home Financing Policies Retirement Ann Inautry_Coupon V. F. Bourne (Shoreham Bldg.) Name Address Date of Birth. - WooDWARD & I.OTHROP % Asleep in Coffin, Caretaker Explains He’s Really Alive stepped out. There was a scram- ble for the door amid exclama- tions of “resurrection!” The man finally convinced everybody he was the caretaker and explained he had failed to open the gate because he had fallen asleep in the coffin—his favorite retreat Ilm' k!lzs'.ll when business was slack. WANTS AN ELEPHANT. LONDON, January 28 (#).—Just be- fore he departed on his trip to Africa in search of game the Prince of Wales presented tiny niece, Princess Elizabeth, with a Cairn terrier. The prince prefers Cairns to any other breed and for years has gone in for them exclusively. The puppy pleased the 4-year-old royal lady, but when she learned her favorite uncle was depart- ing in hopes of finding some elephants she tried to persuade him to bring one back for her. The prince compromised by promising her a pair of tusks from the first elephant he shoots. 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