1949 reception hosted by Agnes and Emanuel Gifford who ran the boarding house earlier dubbed “Lincoln Hall.” — Agnes and Emanuel Gifford (Seated) along with half the Black Students at Penn State College - First Row (Sitting on floor - left to right) - Irene Jeffress (Overton) ‘52, Edmundo Ojeda ’53, Marcella Ellis (Upton) ‘50, Gwen Allen (Peyton) ‘52, Nadine Howard (Williams) ’51, Mrs. Agnes Gifford, Mr. Emanuel Gifford, John Bundy ‘52, Gwen Kelly (Richardson) ‘52, UNKNOWN Second Row – Natalie??, Don Watson ’50, Betty McGee ’51, UNKNOWN, Bettye Phillips (McNichols) ’52, Roslyn ??, Yvonne Carter (Williams) ’53, Chandois Johnson ’52, Earle Mundell ’52, UNKNOWN, Carolyn Morris (Vance) ‘53 Third Row – Bob Pittillo ’52, Hope Winborne ‘50, Anna Wiggins’51, Clayton Wilson III ’49 (’59), UNKNOWN, John Harris ’50, Walter Tresville ’53, Lazarus LeMON ’52 (’57) Fourth Row – Arthur Bagley ’51, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN, Mary Jane Winston (Roy) ’52, Jane Randall (Tresville) ‘53

October 22, 1949 - Alpha Eta Chapter at the University of North Carolina installation (l-r) Executive Director George W. Chapman, National Marshal Ralph H. Griesemer, Quillen, Spivey, Eure, Guy W. Rawls, Regional Counselor O. Randolph Bruce, and Frank O. Ross

Raymond E. Kourtz 1943 Graduation photo as in LaVie Yearbook

Francis K. Richwine 1941 Graduation photo as in LaVie Yearbook

Lt. Robert L. Harder '42 - as appeared in The Rattle, Sept. 1942

Col. Wilbur Van Lenten '42 - as appeared in The Rattle, Sept. 1942

Lt. J. Bruce Brooks, ex '44 - as in The Rattle - Spring 1945

2nd Lt. John M. Metzger '39 - as in The Rattle, Spring 1945

W. Boyce Morgan '24 - from the Rattle, Fall 1947

National Interfraternity Confrence - Nov. 1949 - THETA CHIS at the National interfraternity Conference banquet, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.: seated, L to R, Sidney Baylor, MIT, '26, national treasurer: Perry J. Stevenson, Colgate, ‘14: Stuart H. Kelley. North Dakota Agricultural College. '20, national president: Manley W. Sahlberg. California, ‘13, national counselor; Francis H. S. Ede, Dickinson. ‘17: Merle J. Protzman. Dickinson, ‘18: John S. Jacobson, Maryland, '30. member Washington Host Committee: George Starr Lasher, Michigan ‘ll. editor of The Rattle al Theta Chi: Carl T. Curtis, Nebraska Wesleyan, '27, congressman from Nebraska: Joseph A. McCuster. Maine, ‘17, member NIC Executive Committee: standing—James C. Stevens, Michigan, '23, national vice president: Dr. Carl A. Kallgren, Colgate. '27, dean of students: Earl D. Rhodes. Rensselaer. '21, national chaplain: George W. Chapman. Jr., Penn State, '49: Sherwood Blue, Indiana, '26, national secretary: Eugene K. Keough, NYU, '26. congressman from New York: George W. Chapman, Penn State. '10, executive secretary; Ralph H. Grinsemer, Dickinson. '32. national marshal. Other Theta Chis were seated at the tables for the deans of men and in the balcony. From the Rattle, Winter 1950

Francis J. Doan - The Rattle - July 1949

SIXTEEN THETA CHIS representing eleven chapters were members of a single graduating class from the Midshipman's School at the University of Notre Dame last all.. They are shown in this picture ready to receive their commissions as ensigns before taking an active part in World War ll. Included among them ere some outstanding athletes and campus leaders. With them is Ensign Gordon A. Hardy, Michigan, '41, an instructor in the school and a part of the public relations stall. He made a name for himself in the field of music at Michigan, both as a writer of songs used in cam productions and as the leader of a dance band. How he is on board a ship somewhere in the Pacific. Left to right the men are: first row—.John Merrill Wilson, Maine, '43, Lynn, Mass.: George William Sullivan, Middlebury, '43, New Bedford, Mass: William Winston Snider, New Hampshire, '43, Glens Falls, N.Y.: Harry Lyman Wilcos, Susquehanna, '43, Canton, Penn.: William C. Barnes, Lafayette, '41, Irvington, N. J. Second row —Daniel Clarence Pelton, Monmouth, '43, Monticello, N.Y.: Glen Dean Rankin, Monmouth. '43, Biggsville, lll.; Henry Franklin Pierce, Penn State, '43, Belmar, N. J..: Leroy O. King, Lehigh, '43, ‘Washington, D. C.: Daniel Russell, New Hampshire, '43, Milton, Mass.: James Wilson Honeycutt. Richmond, '43, Richmond, Va. Third row—-Samuel P. Smiley, Maine, '43, Winston, Me.: George Frank Ceithaml, Michigan, '43, Chicago, lll.: Paul Edwin Ruark, Jr.. Washington, '43, Crisfuld, Md.: John Martin Warther, Washington, '43, Baltimore, Md.: Robert Hooper Thawley, Washington, '43, Denton, Md.: Ensign G. A. Hardy, Michigan, '41, Hudson, Ind.

Insurance Counselor is a new title in the National Board of Trustees and the wearer of it is Norman Conrad Horner, Penn State '16, charter member of the North East Club which became Omega Chapter. After serving as first lieutenant with the U. S. Army Engineers, he held several engineering positions before identifying himself with Hutchinson Rivinus Co. He was formerly a deputy counselor in Region 3 - as appears in The Rattle, June 1941

Mason-Dixon Jubilee - April 4, 1941 - John Locke, Omicron's president, greets Congressman Patrick Drewry; National Marshal Geroge W. Chapman, left, and National Historian E. D. Huntley approve - from The Rattle, June 1941

Gerald Karver - as appeared in the Fal 1946 Rattle

National-Interfraternity Conference held at the Hotel Commodore, New York City. November 29-30, 1946 - Front row. left to right - Sydney H. Baylor, M.I.T. '26. national treasurer; Sherwood Blue. Indiana. '26-'2BL. national secretary: Dean Hunt: Dean Field: Dean Browning: Earl D. Rhodes. national president: Vice President Sears: James C. Stevens. Michigan. '23. national marshal; standing—Harold W. Browning. Jr., Rhode Island State. '46: George W. Chapman, Penn State. '20. director of leadership training: Samuel B. Doudiet, Colgate. '32. traveling secretary: Alfred H. Grant; Stuart H. Kelley, North Dakota State. '20, national chaplain; George Starr Lasher: Ralph H. Griesemer. Dickinson, '32; national counselor; Francis H. S. Ede, Dickinson. ’17, former national vice president: Frederick W. Ladue. Colgate. ‘12 - as appeared in the Fall 1946 Rattle

The Chapman's - George W. Chapman Jr., and George W. Chapman - as appeared in the Rattle, Fall 1946

Lt. Col. Clyde Maize '26 - as he appeared in the 1946 Rattle

Cpl. Richard Maize '37 - as he appeared in the 1946 Rattle

Charles W. Hellie '45 - as appeared in the Rattle, June 1943

IT'S ALMOST A HABIT for Theta Chi Fraternity to have the largest of fraternity delegations at the National lnterfraternity Conference, or one of the largest. Here's the list of the twenty-four present at the 1947 sessions: top row, left to right—Samuel B. Doudiet, Colgate, '43, traveling secretary; Louis C. James, Virginia, '45; James L. Phillips, M.l.T., '47; Dr. Robert J. Miner, Dartmouth, '20, director of student affairs, Miami University; Dr. Robert W. Bishop, dean of men, University of Cincinnati; Alfred E. Grant, Tufts, '23, past national marshall; Francis H. S. Ede, Dickinson, ‘17, past national secretary; George Starr Lasher, Michigan, ‘11, editor The Rattle of Theta Chi; middle row—Sherwood Blue, Indiana, '26, national secretary; Stuart H. Kelley, North Dakota State, '20, national chaplain; Earle D. Rhodes, Rensselaer, '21, national president; James C. Stevens, Michigan, '23, national marshall; Dr. Harold W. Browning, Rhode Island State, ‘I4, vice president of Rhode Island State College; Richard Duncan, Miami, vice president National Board of Trustees; George W. Chapman, Penn State, '20, executive secretary: front row-—Richard A. Joyeusaz, Delaware, '49; James F. Banks, Jr., Richmond, '49, secretary National Undergraduate interfraternity Council; Robert O'Conne|, Rhode Island State, '49; John D. Saunier, Worcester, '48; Howard H. Ganson, Jr., Rensselaer, '48 - as appeared in the Rattle, Winter 1948 - Nov. 28, 1947

Robert Lee Weaver - as appeared in The Rattle, Winter 1948

AT THE ASSEMBLY Executive Secretary George W. Chapman presenting to Aylwyn P. Williams the Region Ill Award for outstanding work in the reactivation of Kappa Chapter to Jay Hand, president of Beta Omega at Susquehanna, the Region Award for his chapter's excellent record. At the left is Ralph H. Griesemer, national marshall, on the right, Francis H. S. Ede. counselor for Region III - as appeared in the Rattle, Summer 1949 - March 26, 1949

Speakers’ table for Theta Chi banquet preceding the installation al Gamma Rho Chapter, left to right—Robert Parker, mayor of Tallahassee; Robert McClellan, president of Tallahassee Alumni Chapter; Robert Gray. secretary of slate al Florida: Frederick W. Ladue, main speaker for the evening; Judge Julian Alford, toastmaster: George W. Chapman, executive secretary; Dean Ballard Simmons, University al Florida; Same Harris, president at Gamma Rho Chapter; Dean J. Broward Culpepper, Florida Stale - The Rattle, Summer 1949 - Oct. 5 1948

Installation committee of the Gamma Upsilon Chapter, left to right, seated—Scott Anderson, deputy counselor Region VI; G. A. Levine, counselor, Region VII; Sherwood Blue. national secretary; George W. Chapman, executive secretary: Standing, First row—Dr. Earle E. Emme, Bradley University faculty; Donald Snoke, deputy counselor, Region VII; August King, Illinois: James Carpenter, president Beta Pi Chapter. Monmouth; standing. second row—Espey C. Williamson, Illinois; Melvin Goltry, Iowa State; Howard E. Sorton, Illinois - Rattle, Summer 1949 - April 30, 1949

Beta Theta Installation Committee - Left to Right, Front Row, A.H. Aldridge, George W. Chapman, chairman, Frederick W. Ladue; back row, Carl Obermiller, Irving C. Spiers, Jr., Walter S. Hine - as appeared in The Rattle, August 1940 - May 24, 1940

Beta Theta Installation - George W. Chapman (L), Installation Committee chairman and Frank L. Meyers, installed as first president of Beta Theta Chapter - as appeared in The Rattle, August 1940 - May 24, 1940

Capt. Irving F. LeGrand, '34, Penn State - as appered in The Rattle, Summer 1944

Assembly banquet speakers table, Region III, at Dickinson, left to right: Dean of Women Norcross; Frederick W. Ladue, national secretary; Mrs. Earl D. Rhodes; Earl D. Rhodes, national president; Daniel B. Strickler, lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania; Francis H. S. Edu, regional counselor and toastmaster; Mrs. W. W. Edel, president Dickinson College; Ralph H. Griessmer, national counselor; George W. Chapman, director leadership training; E. A. Vuilleumier, dean of Dickinsin College - as appeared in the Winter 1947 The Rattle - April 26, 1947

Vaughn Stapleton '46 - as appeared in the WInter 1947 The Rattle

Charles G. Zink '47 - as appeared in the Winter 1947 The Rattle

Lt. George W, Chapman, Jr., ’46, as appeared in the Rattle, Winter 1945

left to right, front row: George Matino, Pennsylvania, '42; Robert Holland, Lehigh, '43; Warren Ragot, Lafayette, '43; second row, George Sacks, Dickinson, '32; Ralph Griesmer, Dickinson, '32; Edward Mackey, Le-high, '48; Lewis Fraunfelder, Lehigh, '36; third row, Robert Smith, Norwich, '30; Murrell McKinstry, Penn State, '20; William Lange, Penn State, '35; back row, Samuel Helms, Lehigh, '35; Russell Nelson, Lehigh, '48; Robert Siegfried, Penn State,'39 - April 9, 1947 at Beta Sigma Chapter - as appeared in The Rattle, Jan. 1947

L. to r., front row: Maxwell E. MacDowell, Colgate, '14, National Board of Trustees; George Starr Lasher, Michigan, '11, editor The Rattle of Theta Chi; Frederick W. Leduc, Colgate, '12, national president; Earl D. Rhodes, Rensselaer, '21, National Board of Trustees; George V. Catuna, Rensselaer, '13, former national president; back row: James G. Lewis, Delaware, '12, former national vice president; Dr. Harold Browning, Rhode Island, '14, vice president and dean of students, Rhode Island State College; Dr. Robert W. Bishop, Cincinnati, executive secretary of Omicron Delta Kappa and secretary of the Association of Honor Societies; Stanton Belfour, Pittsburgh, national president Omicron Delta Kappa; George W. Chapman, Penn State, '20, national treasurer; Dean Cad Kallgren, Colgate, '17; Floyd Field, Georgia Tech, '02, dean of men, Georgia Tech; Francis H. S. Ede, Dickinson, '17, national secretary. Absent from the picture, Franklin W. Plummer, Indiana, '46, representing the Indiana University Interfraternity Council, and Col. Charles Ross Greening, Washing-ton State, '32, who is director of the Prisoners of War Exhibition - as appeared in The Rattle, Fall 1945

Ralph J. Ettinger '49 - LaVie Graduation Photo

Joseph W. Flagler Jr. 1940 - Wayne, PA

Harry Franklin Pierce 1943

Charles H. Williams Jr. 1940 - Abington, PA

William F. Staley '48 - LaVie photo

Wilber Van Lenten '42 - LaVie photo

James L. Taylor '49 - graduation photo vis LaVie

Virgil W. Wall '47 - LaVie Portrait

J. Leon Piatt '49 - LaVie Portrait

Henry C. Suppan ’41 - LaVie Portrait

Frederick H. Grun ’47 - LaVie Portrait

George Chapman Jr. - LaVie Portrait - 1949

Mark A. Richards III ’42 - LaVie Portrait

William A. Grun ’47 - LaVie Portrait

Robert F. Waltenbaugh ’49 - LaVie Portrait

THETA CHI'S RECORD DELEGATION at the 40th Notional Interfraternity Conference. November 26-27: top row I. to r.—Dean Robert L. Bishop, Cincinnati; Dean Carl A. Kollgren, Colgate. '17: Orlon Robert J. Miner, Dartmouth. '20: Charles Osborne. New Hampshire, '49: James L. Phillips, MIT, '47, assistant to the dean of students at MIT: Andrews M. Long, '49, president. MIT Interfraternity Council: Alfred E. Grant, former national secretary. Second row—Sherwood Blue, notional secretary: Louis James. Virginia. '45: George Starr Losher, editor The Rattle: George W. Chapman, executive secretary: Kenneth York. '49, secretary Pittsburgh Interfraternity Council: Frederick W. Lady., past national president: Earl D. Rhodes, notional Chaplin: Sidney H. Baylor, notional treasurer: Col. Joseph A. McCusler, Maine. 17, member-elect Executive Committee of the NIC: Stuart H. Kelley. national president: James C. Stevens. national vice president; Ralph H. Griesemer, national Marshall; Manley W. Sahlberg, notional counselor. Not in the picture: Ch=arles A. Seidl., Pittsburgh, '31, associate dean of men at Lehigh: Dr. Frank R. Hunt. dean of men, Lafayette: George W. Chapman, Jr., '49. president of the Penn State Interfraternity Council: John Carrico, Washington College. Mom.II McDowell, Colgate, '16, former member National Board of Trustees: Francis H. S. Ede, counselor Region III: Donald J. Shank, Akron, '31.

Paul M. Burns Jr. '46 - LaVie Portrait

George Chapman ‘20 - circa 1947

523 South Allen St - Chapter House - Sept. 1946Courtesy Robert Nein/Jon Nein

Robert Nein - Sept. 1946Courtesy Robert Nein/Jon Nein

Robert Nein - Sept. 1946Courtesy Robert Nein/Jon Nein