River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-10-20
TO AVERT EVILS
OF FRATERN|T|ES
State University Authorities Be-
Iieved to Have Solved Problem.
BECOME MORE DEMOCRATIC
Representatives Agree to Plans Laid
Down by Faculty Committee.
To Stop Pledging of
Students.

Madison.-It is not thought that any
action will be taken by the coming
legislature in regard to fraternities at
the University of Wisconsin inasmuch
as it is expected that the faculty in
vestigating committee will make
favorable report to that body.
Through the cooperation of the
committee, the fraternities have
agreed to assist in the gradual eradi-
cation Of some of the evils which are
now laid at the doors Of the Greek
letter houses.
The interfraternity council, COM
posed of representatives of the TWEEN
ty-one fraternities with chapters at
Wisconsin, has agreed to the plans
laid down by the faculty committee,
which are as follows:
To discontinue the pledging of high
school students.
To discontinue the customary fall
rushing" until two weeks after the
opening of the university.
To discontinue initiating any stu
dents except those who have been
here one year.
Some of the fraternities were op-
posed to the adoption of the plan, but
they were in the minority and finally
voted with the others to accept it.
1t is not expected that the plan will
be initiated until 1912 or possibly
year later, it being thought inadvisa-
BILE to put them into force at the
present, because of the fact that the
barring of freshmen would mean
hardship in the matter Of finances
necessary for the operation of fra
ternity houses, many of which have
been built in recent years.
The fraternities have also agreed to
a plan for making them more demo
cratic. 1t is we'll known that at Wis
consin the Greek letter organizations
are more democratic than they are at
almost any other institution in the
country
The faculty of the university met
and heard the report of the commit
tee, but no statement was given out
as to the action taken in the matter.
Wisconsin Patents.
George w. COLES. patent expert, 404
Alhambra building, furnishes the fol
lowing list of patents, issued October
II, 1910, to Wisconsin inventors: Pat
ents-Gilbert and M. l.. Bacon, An
tigo, rail joints; Carl P. Rohland and
J. J. Connolly, deceased, A. M. Con-
nelly administrative, molding ma
chine; Thomas Diamond, Waukesha,
and W. P. Diamond, Cleveland, ice
harvester; Homer w. Israel, Wau-
kesha, assignor to Modern Steel Struc-
tural company, back motion clutch for
hoists; Fritz Johnson, Racine, fiat
iron; John B. Koelblen, Milwaukee,
water meter; Louis A. Martin, Ste
vens Point, elevator carrier; E. B. Nc
Gilvary, Madison, attachment for
typewriters; William Moore, Mari
nette, upright band-saw single ma
chine; Frederick Purdy, assignor to
T. B. Jeffrey, deceased, Kenosha, T.
B., K. E. and H. W. Jeffrey, executors,
apparatus for mixing and containing
liquids; Charles F. Quincy, Ocono-
mowoc, Quincy, Manchester, Sargent
company, New York, insulated rail
Joint; Gustav w. Riebe, Iron River,
auxiliary seat for chairs. Trademark
Johnson & Field Manufacturing COM
pany, Racine, tanning mills, land roll
ers, seeders, etc. Labels-C. B.
Henschel Manufacturing company,
Milwaukee, for cigars, (four labels).
Scholarships for Boys Grain Course.
About sixty scholarships have been
awarded to farm boys this season at
the various young peoples corn con-
tests throughout the state held under
the plan promoted by the agronomy
department of the College of Agricul-
ture of the University of Wisconsin.
The exhibitions at county fairs have
brought out some high class exhibits
grown by the young people. The
scholarships awarded provide for the
paying of all expenses of the boys to
attend the weeks course in agricul-
ture given at Madison during the
farmers course in February.
The attendance is not limited to
those receiving scholarships, however,
and boys. from many sections are
planning to take this course, which
is designed to give them general
view of what an agricultural educa-
ton involves, as well as some specific
training in grain judging, testing,
scoring and other lines of farming.
Detailed programs of the course will
be issued later in the fall, together
with the program of the annual
: farmers course.
New Corporations.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows:
Southern Delta Land company, La
Crosse; capital, $15O,O00; incorpora-
tors. w. L. Hixon, J. M. Hixon, George
H. Gordon and w. D. Iden.
Boston store, Beaver Dam; capital
$4,000; incorporators, D. Werner, Ell
la Brose and E. Kloepel.