that poor fraternity material only will be attracted there. The Alumni insist that this college will become a prominent Methodist preparatory school and draw the best material. Beta Beta has three men who expect to go to Birmingham next fall.

Every chapter in Province X has anticipated the trouble in chapter life occasioned by the call of the men into the war service. Texas Gamma Eta expects about nine men to return and have a card index now of good prospects. This chapter expects to go along without unusual trouble. The officers this past year have been under-class men and are showing enough ability to warrant an optimistic view. Alabama Alpha Epsilon will have ten men to return and, as there is a faculty rule against running a table, their problems will not be great. Alabama Beta Delta expects twelve men to return and has eight prospective men in sight. It requires eighteen men to conduct the house on a good business basis and the chapter expects to get that number without lowering the standard.

The Conclave was held in New Orleans at the Grunewald Hotel and attended by a delegate from each chapter. After the business sessions, which fully occupied the day, an informal dinner at the Louisianne, and an evening at the Orpheum completed the day. The Tulane brothers took the delegates in hand and made them feel that they were in brotherly hands.

HOME OF ALABAMA BETA DELTA

After many years of consistent hard work, Beta Delta has at last realized its long and keen desire for a fraternity home. of its own. On May 10 the chapter moved into their newly completed house on the campus of the University of Alabama.

The structure was built at a cost of about eleven thousand dollars, complete. It is a three story building. On the first floor are the living room, with a large open fire place, colonial style, the den, dining room, sun parlor, two baths, matron's room, butler's pantry, and kitchen. On the second floor are seven study rooms, large bath, four storage cabinets, and two sleeping porches. On the third floor are one study room, meeting room, and a room for regalia, books, etc. There are storage, furnace, and fuel rooms in the basement.

The house is built of rough finish Fisk-lock brick with black mortar which makes a novel and beautiful appearance. It is designed in colonial style, with a broad veranda the length of

the house and a side porch. There are four French doors opening on the veranda and two on the side porch. A walk, just completed from the house to the street, is a gift of Mr. L. B. Whitfield of Montgomery, whose son is in the chapter.

ALPHA TAUS IN SERVICE

WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE

The United States has been in the World War over a year now, and is already beginning to be known as a large factor on the battle field. With a million men in France, and millions more preparing, or available, it is now conceded that the force of this country is the weight that will ultimately turn the balance in favor of the allies. And, while few of us realized a year ago that it could be, America, with her resources, including men, is saving the allies from defeat at this time. The whole country is in the war, body, heart, and soul. There is but one real business in America and that is to beat the Hun. Naturally in any project of such a general nature, the college man is among the leaders. And to us it is just as natural, the fraternity man is a leader among the leaders.

The honor rolls of the colleges and universities show two things. First that the college men have responded nobly to their country's call and second that there is a much larger proportion of fraternity men in service, than non-fraternity college men. And the brothers in Alpha Tau Omega are doing their share. Practically all the upper classmen in the Alpha Tau chapters enlisted last spring. Nearly all the chapters began this year with only a few older men back, and all during the year brothers have been leaving school from time to time to enter the service. The alumni have gone in very large numbers. Some of the chapters can show over fifty per cent of their initiates in service. The larger proportion is of course among the younger chapters, but all are well represented.

Each one of us can think of the fellows who have left in the last year we can remember who were at the last Alpha Tau banquet. How many have gone? Where are they all? Some in France, some in cantonments, some in special work in this country and some on the sea. Some few possibly have gone to the great beyond and some are among the missing. For Alpha Tau Omega has already lost several brothers in service.

In all branches of service Alpha Tau is well representedArmy, Navy, Red Cross work, Y. M. C. A. and among those who as experts in one line or another are serving the country in civilian clothes but in war work. A large number of brothers are at all the training camps and in cantonments. And in spite of the fact that all are very busy and frat pins cannot be worn the brothers have had numerous meetings together. Alpha Taus have met each other under strange circumstances in service.

One Lieutenant of Engineers, while he was Officer of the Day, stationed at Camp Meade, Md., discovered that the bugler was slow sounding reveille, so he hurried to the bugler's quarters. Just before he arrived a bugle was stuck out under the tent flap and reveille was sounded. Upon throwing back the flap he discovered the bugler sounding the call from his bed. He therefore proceeded to give said bugler some instructions on such matters. After the call down they became friendly and found each other to be Alpha Taus. Two Omaha brothers, one in the Telephone Division of the Signal Corps, and the other in Aviation, met each other somewhere in France. They had left Omaha about the same time.

At First Officers' Training Camp at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois, Alpha Tau was better represented than any other fraternity except Beta. Meetings have been held for the brothers attending camps at various places, among them at the University of Minnesota chapter for Fort Snelling students and the Indianapolis Alumni Association for the boys at Fort Benjamin Harrison. From the reports received from the Committee the Wisconsin chapter seem to have contributed a larger proportion of men than any other. But every chapter can show a goodly report.

Several casualties among the Alpha Tau Omega's have already come to the notice of the Committee. These are:

R. W. Chapman, (Alabama Alpha Espilon) died in service. R. W. Taylor, (Pennsylvania Alpha Pi), killed at Mineola, Long Island.

R. B. Penniman, (Massachusetts Gamma Sigma), reported missing in France.

C. F. Moore, (Wisconsin Gamma Tau), hurt by fall in plane, recovering in London.