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New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
y K E." IS Years DID, Holds Victory Celebrate

University of Texas. Thus il has
been that the same spirit which led
Robert Peary TO place a small
"Deke' flag below the American
colors at the North Pole and led
thousands Of other "Dekes" TO sew
inside their uniforms the colors Of
their fraternity brought to the fore
front of the battle line the men who
learned their patriotism under fra
ternity roofs.
IL is in commcmoration Of these
and thousands Of other brave dc
tenders of the democracy which
their fraternity taught in precept
and principle that the memorial
services Of Delta Kappa Epsilon
will be held in this city next month.
Not alone of the American brothers
but also of those two brave Cana
dian chapters. one of which went
ninety per cent strong into Briton's
service and the other eighty-five
valiant.
And after the memorial services
and after the seventy-ffth birthday
party comes an even more important
meetlng-that Of reconstruction. in
which hundreds of the country's
most prominent men will discuss
the steps which must be taken to
preserve the sanctity Of American
ideals by fraternal teaching. Striy-
ing to lead, they will act as they
would like to have been led hy Dat
oravcst and most farseoing of them
ell, Theodore Roosevelt. OF whose
ilnal notes one was to the ID. IA. +.
national secretary, thanking him
for the first photograph of his avia-
tor-son's grave, taken by the field
representative Of the fraternity
"hiie German shells still sought out
the advance party at work raising
= protective railing around the little
mound.
Thus it is that the fraternity
spirit goes forward, just a bit ahead
OF the arm of right, ever seeking
the best for the youth Of America,
strengthening its own lines, adding
lustre to It's laurels and keeping
ailVe Tor posterity the spirit cngen-
dered IN those days when America
was wholly American and there was
none to defile.
Have the seventy-five years
proven that fraternity is frater-
nal! Ask your "Deke," your S. A.
h. your Psi L, your Sigma M,
your "Delt" to show YOU his roll
OIL members. And there you will
see the answer. For with fraternity
go the two others of that great trim
ity' Liberty and Equality.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

junior societies at Yale. Psi Epsilon
and Alpha Delta Phi. Their main object
was to associate groups Of students
high in college standing, skillful in
college politics, who should mutually
cooperate to increase the share of hon
ors which should fall to each, while
another secondary aim was in secret
meeting to enjoy private drill in ora
tory and composition-preparatory to
the exercises of the open literary So
cieties."
The Civil War was the test Of the
national life, when in reality
Greeks" met Greeks" The di-
vision is marked tragically in the
report of the D. K. f. historian on
the breach between the North and
South as it affected fraternities:
"Of major generals y. K. f. had
eight. of which six were Union and
TWO Confederate, of brigadicrs. TWEEN
ty-five rnio and SIX Confederate; Of
coionel- ninety-eight, about equally
divided: about 500 staff officers in all.
OF the 2.i5O members that by 1851 were
noted on the rolls Of Psi Epsilon, $50
were i'm the Union and sixty-three in
the Confederate service. while OF the
nearly $500 who had been Alpha
Delta Phis, 5sl had served in blue and
cighty-siX in gray. g.. ID. X. F..
sent 70 the ranks more than 1900 Of
her sons-sixty per cent Of all names
Oh her rolls, nearly two-thirds of all
the d. K E.'s then living and probably
nine-t -tenths Of all those then eligible
for service
Could there be a greater justifca-
ton of the morale Of an organza-
tion which sent 90 per cent of its
eligible members into battle array?
Not even in that aristocratic rally
of the English youth to the ranks
OF the "contemptiblc" first ten
thousand of Briton's first forces in
the great war was there an answer
more nobly made to a country's call
in danger.
And even through tn, fierce stress
Of brother against brother on the
battlefield the ties of fraternal
spirit held true. 1t was of Captain
II. K. Garden, of South Carolina
who succored wounded "Deke"
Union uniform at Gettysburg. that
the following lines, symbolical of
the fraternity esprit de corps, were
written:
Another,
Empty slecved, told US he found q
brother.
Under the Southern guns, in sore dis
tress,
After the slaughter at the Wilder
neoss
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

tree which was recently removed IN
Central Park and which / thinK
shows very clearly the unusual
problem that we have to maintain
trees of large size in Central PARK
"You will please notice on PC
ture No. that there are practi-
cally no roots that have been able
to pcnetrate the center ball Of clay;
that the only roots which were sus-
tanning the life Of this tree were
the surface roots, which show
around the edge Of the ball.
ut is very fortunate that we were
able to secure the * handpower
pulling machine which made IL
possible to pull out these stumps
practically intact, as it discloses
this condition very frankly. Ihis
situation was known to the plan
ncrs and builders Of Central PARK,
"a very frequently in the removal
of a stump of this nature earthen
pipes of two inches in diameter are
found. which were placed both hori-
zontally and vertically through TINS
CLAW. and occasionally a large
group of boulders were piled I'M
mediately under the newly planted
tree. designed probably for the pur-
pose of penetrating it sufficiently
Sc that the roots could firmly es-
tablish themselves in this clay.
81 am also submitting herewith
n sample of this clay which you can
see is so stiff and practically so i'm
penetrable that it is impossible for
the roots Of the trees to derive any
nourishment from it. 1t is my opln-
ion that unless something is done to
remedy this situation we VIII never
be able to grow trees larger than
from two to three feet in diameter
in Central Park.
There is a possibility of our be-
ing able to secure the cooperation
Of the du Pont Powder Company
in an attempt to try sub-surface
blasting. which may shatter this
hard clay and thus make it posi-
BILE for the roots Of trees to pene-
trate it and to improve the drain
age conditions"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

Bending above him, saw that blood
stained pin
And moonlight on the letters made
them kin"
1t was a sad moment at the ma
tional convention of the same fra
ternity in New Haven on July 80,
1862, when the roll call brought
no response from below the Mason
and Dixon line. AT that time it was
the only fraternity having chapters
in both sections and the convention
sent through the lines the following
letter to the Southern chapters,
sentimental only as strong men grow
sentimental when kinship or friend
ship of lifetime is strained:
at Is necessary to say but little, but
we wish you to feel that little is from
the very heart Of all the Northern
branches of the fraternity. The con-
vention deeply regrets that unhappy
causes deny us the pleasure of seeing
repre- from your chapters.
The differences of opinion, which have
led TO the division of our country,
ought not to have any influence on
those principles which have so long
bound together d. X. +. in happiness
and prosperity. Whatever may be the
result of the nat onal contest, We trust
that our good old Society Union may
remain unimpaired. We ask you to
resume communication with Us. to send
delegates TO the next convention and
to cherish with US the hope that we
may soon be working together to main
tain d. X. Z. in her present eminence
and advance her TO her proud destiny"
incidentally, this same fraternity
claims the distinction of opening and
closing the Civil War. The first Of
fcer killed, and as far as records
show the first man on either side
giving his life for the cause in which
he believed, was Theodore Winthrop.
of Yale, killed in the very first broad
side at Bull Run. And the war was
formally concluded with the sur
render of the last organized BODY
Of Confederate troops, commanded
by Philip Brent Spence, of Prince
ton.
Oddly enough, in the next con-
hict. the Spanish American War
the first officer killed was also n
"Deke,' John B. Gibbs, of Rutgers
And again, proving that history
does sometimes repeat Itself, Paul
Camel Osborne, of the class Of 'l6
Of Dartmouth, was the first Ameri-
can Killed on any front after the
entry Of the United States into the
war, while the first American officer
officially reported as killed in tho
great war was Lieutenant Louis
Jordan. Of the class of"l6 Of the
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
TO Sare the Trees

The proper protection Of trees,
not only in Central Park, but
throughout the city, is one of the
big problems that confront the
Park Department. 1t would seem
that protection must increase in di-
rect proportion to the growth of ad-
jacent population if tree life is not
to be utterly exterminated. In this
respect it must be remembered that
Central Park was designed as a
rural parks still the greatest
park of its type in the world-and
that when it was completed the CEN
ter of population in New York City
was below Fourteenth Street. With
the rapid growth Of the city north
ward the center Of population moved
toward Central Park, with the re-
suit that trees and shrubbery suf-
fered.
The experience with trees in all
parks and in the Broadway plots
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

"HE fact that a large num-
Der Of young men call
their grandfathers brother"
would be quite puzzle to
penealogists if they failed to stop
and consider that great many OF
the Greek letter brotherhoods or
fraternities are now pledging the
"third generation" Grandfather,
father and son-all brothers in the
Pan-Hellenic world-will be in at
tendance at the seventy-hfth annual
convention and victory celebration
Of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fra
ternity, to be held in its New York
clubhouse December 3 to b.
While the coming convention is
billed as a victory celebration, 1t
has a much more serious side, mas
much as postwar college problems
will be the principal topics of dis
cussion. Fraternity leaders every
where are very much concerned
with reported pacifist teachings IN
our leading colleges and universe
ties, and expect to make an organ
ized effort, it is said. 20 combat such
radicalism and TO see to 1t that
simon-pure Americanism shall be
promulgated from the kindergarten
through and beyond college and
university training.
The great influence on American
community life which has been
welded by college fraternities cam
not adequately be measured. Some
idea Of it can be gained, however,
when it is realized that such insti-
tutions as Delta Kappa Epsilon
have been predominant influences
In the lives Of thousands of young
men for seventy-fve years or more
by scanning their records when ma
tional emergencies arose and by
glanclng at the personnel of their
membership. In fact, the fraterni-
ties Of American schools and col
legcs have formed such an integral
part Of the curricula of the nations
educational institutions that Euro
pean countries have sent delegations
and commissions TO study that ele-
ment of vaunted democracy which
seems upon the surface to be almost
tho antithesis Of democracy. And
the challenge to this impression
rests in the fact that almost with
out exception the commissions and
delegations have returned and
recommended the establishment of
similar college societies in their own
countries.
The growth of the Greek letter
in America can be no
better emphasized than BY Q con-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Some Noted Members

In touching the high spots of the
annals which the proud freshmen
repeat to their parents when they
return home for the first Christmas
the principal names usually are
Theodore Roosevelt - who else
should lead the honor roll? - an
Alpha Delta Phi and a member of
Delta Kappa Epsilon; James Rus
sell Lowell and Joseph II. Choate,
also members of Alpha Delta Phi;
Walter Hines Page, Alpha Tau
Omega; Supreme Court Justice
John NJ. Harlan, United States
Senator William E. Borah and
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Lack of NOurishmenf

Il respectfully recommend that
your immediate approval be granted
to remake the lawns on the Mall IN
Central Park. In the course OF the
removal of several Of the large elms
on the Mall it was quite evident that
one of the main causes of death OF
these trees was the lack of nourlsh-
ment available. Practically all OF
the taproots and the roots more
than two feet below the ground had
rotted and decomposed, and it was
evident that the life Of these trees
was maintained almost entirely by
few surface roots. This particu-
lar development is due to the fact
that the surface Of the Mall has be-
come so compact that there was
practically no available moisture
more than two feet below the sur
face of the ground. There is no
record in this department of when
this lawn area was remade and IN
the memory of many of the men,
who have been in the department
more than twenty-five years, there
is no evidence that these lawns were
ever rehabilitated.
at is intended to fertilize this
area with manure and wood ashes,
break up the ground to depth OF
at least foot and more if possible
and to turn it under and reseed.
The benefit to the remaining trees
on the Mall is unquestionable. 1t
will grant additional life to the re-
naming elms by making available
more plentiful food supply. /
earnestly solicit your immediate ap-
proval for this work"
By July the City Forester had
discovered complications, which are
thus Interestingly set forth in an
other document addressed to the
Park Commissioner, as follows:
II am attaching herewith three
photographs portraying ball Of
earth around the stump of a dead
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
The Early Days

At that, however, there were eX-
citing events in these early days,
and the archives of many frater-
nifty boasting its thousands of mem
bers to-day will contain accounts of
meetings behind barns or in the Sc
cluded woods; members were OK
PEELED frequently in body for par
ticipation in fraternity meetings and
secrecy became. instead Of an aiiec-
taton, real essential to longevity.
This was the period of which
Griffin Bartlett, one Of the founders
of ID. X. f., writes:
The spring of 1914 seems queer
old time as | recall ii now. Yale 20
us was the greatest seat of learning
in the world. Rivalry with Harvard
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
w THEN, in 1858, Frederick
M Law Olmsted and Cal
w vert Vaux we're intrusted

w vert Vaux were iItrusted
with the important con-
tract-which they won in competi-
tion-of creating out Of tract OF
land. which was notable for nothing
40 much as its designations, that
which the world now knows as Cen
trail Park, there was one outstand-
ing obstacle which as landscape
gardeners they had to meet.
This physical bunker was soil.
The word park premises the growth
Of trees. But trees are no less than
human in their quest OF ENVIRON
ment. The tree may adapt itself to
Oppressive circumstances; yet 1t Will
never flourish. 1t is, therefore, a
significant fact bearing pertlnently
upon an existing condition that only
from 106th Street to the northern
extremity of the park do the trees
of Central Park mature under con-
djtions which are scientifically be-
lieved to be suitable.
In executing this tremendous
niece of landscape gardening the
men who planned and built Central
Park used a vast amount of soil to
rear small hills and hummocks,
which were allocated as scenic
shields to separate various park
drives and areas. Mostly this dirt
was taken from 106th Street to the
southern extremity of the park and
thus when the time came to set out
trees the landscape gardeners found
their soil shallow, beneath which
there was stratum of clay, or
"hardpan," as foresters know 1t, IN
which it was impossible for trees OF
the deep-rooted species to flourish.
Broadly, it is this anomalous con-
dition which has confronted park
commissioners for the past several
decades, until the problem is now
rated by Francis d. Gallatin, Com
missioner of Parks, as acute. With
the dual handicap of unsuitable soil
and atmospheric sustenance the life
of all the trees in Central Park
south of 106th Street is subnormal,
and recent research by City For
ester ]. S. Kaplan has led to the as
sertion that if the trees Of Central
Park are not Immediately aided in
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

When he was convinced that the
moribund condition of the trees in
Central Park was predicated upon
the clay sub-stratum the Commits
sioncr called Professor J. W. Tou-
mev, dean of Yale's School of For
estrv. into conference. Professor
Journeys letter to Commissioner
Gallatin follows and is self-explana-
tory:
"Some days ago, accompanied by
YOUR forester, Mr.. Kaplan, | had
the pleasure of visiting Central
Park for the special purpose of ex-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

intervals should tend 10 "Pe"
fissures in the clay "hardpan,
through which the water will run,
and the shattering of the subsoll
will afford the tree roots a new op-
portunity to work their way through
to the soil, which will furnish them
nourishment. This should be an in
teresting bit of work. City Forester
Kaplan points OUT that OrchardIsts
have successfully used the same
practice under not dissimilar condi-
tions. A special powder is used
which skaters the subsoil without
damaging the topsoil or tha'
stratum from which most OF the
trees in Central Park, south OF
1O6th Street, are getting their only
nourishment. In addition to the
blasting new fertilizer will be admin
istered to all the trees, and Forester
Kaplan is more hopef' / of the re-
suit as tending to prolong the life
Of the trees now moribund than his
erstwhile mentor, Professor Tourney,
of Yale. The blasting will be be-
gun along the West Drive from
Ninety-seventh to Ninety-nlnth
Street. This area has been selected
because many Of the trees there are
in especially poor condition.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
The Soil Is a Handicap but
There Are Ways of
Helping

their desperate fight for life they
will lose.
Some of the correspondence in
the Department of Parks is, in this
respect, Illuminating. On February
81, 1919, City Forester Kaplan sent
the following memorandum to Com
missioner Gallatin:
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
A Conference Called

age conditions
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02
PERSONAL WAR HISTORY
EACH STUDENT WANTED

NORMAN OKLA. Jan. % Tho
permanent history ~ the part played
Ivy 2.lOt studcn'v. former students
alumni ana faculty members ~ the
University ~ oklahoma IN the world
war viii hc trcnrdrd In tho hand
Writing ~ M" men themselves
l'rrui'ut StHttW y lrooha h1q
written 90 each man asking thnt
h" write on his own part In the
war. iu hricf HISTORICAL FORM. and
vuhmlt % The mou we're asked tu
uso regulation \, NJ e. a station.
rry NJ that It would All come In ON
the Same size paper Then these viii
be- hound tad preserved
ono huudr,l Years hence or at
ANY uihrr time after the record ,s
complete. II 49, h" poss.hlr Go find
out Just wh,u .luN one ~ them EN-
lut"d. Wh,ro hr trained what or
vNWFt'iuus hr belonged tn tho
.tugfh uf overseas service. battles
u Whi.h No iuua part, promotions
hr r',,.'l. Iui anything else whi.h
would hr uf Iut,te.i
one hundred letters already have
been rr.oNcd In response to tho re-
quest
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02
CALIFORNIA PREPARED TO
FEED HUNGRY NATIONS

InS ANGELE9, cal, Jan 20 -
Millions ~ bushels ~ barley. rice
and beans Tor starving Europe are
available iu california. according to
a surrey reported to-day hy ihc Los
Angeles chamber ~ commerce.
stimulated hy tho var. enormous
crops we're raised. resulting IN huge
Wooks now IN storage ready Tor
shipment at any 'lm"
Compiled uu the basis " Dcccm-
her supplies. the survey shows 10
80 i2l bushels ~ harley valued at
fil.h1..oaG l;lrr uu the same date
shows G.tJi 5uU bushels valued At
'. l>a.nuu n'1u4. ~ which. cell
tntuh rri1cs uur.hl'f fhr ,uurc crop
~ the United Sulrt 100000 bush.
els valued ii if2t,p.tNG
II tho d,mnpi ftr tno surp'u. "
bailey fur shipments I..uuu tNn lu.
H.si'ni % j7 uspr,t'd lIrp 1m vIT
pN viii ho used 49, fuIStur' nnt
for cattle n hiv ',.u sI.ut0y
In the upa' iu send . Itrg, puIflun
~ tho tuu uuu hph normally no the
state outside for tutl fi'rulug
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02
llEBkNECHT FAMILY IS
REPRESENTED IN KENTUCKY

1p1lSVli.lr l.,. I'rh In no
American nru, w. occupation ou the
Hhlnr .st nephew of lr ktrl il"h
tucrhi Uhu G,rman ru,o'u''nu1rN
H.,lrt. k'.,l i','u'N boo n,I'lr
Vnl'r fr,Irr 'n ~. lp, f'uw soldiers
who hrl hm ur'rr H.rDr llr ls
Euu,ii lIphln',n' ~ lHII" 'llo
l.'hrrf ls the snu uf nr mari
IIr'hur.hts Noungrs, brother. Rob
err
Mise henrietta tlrhknocht. Uuhcrt
lLthknr.hta sister. said the Rod
loader Wts her uncle. but added 'N't
recent events hnvs NOT made the CON.
n". iInr subject ~ pt'ir \ family
Dnuifo,u'sy. she stii hod u1de h"r
father reluctant o. b't ~ Via h'us-
u,u tNtpsa tpp sr1a
l,'h'r' iwhkn,,h' .r .lme TO
'ky In|',l states WHOM o ,ouuc u1u.
bringing hIs v.fr tuI b'hf dpurN'ai
Iunr other ,nI''rru twuur 'uuu
Nuhrri l1rntroDni ir wore uHfu
m this country Soon oftur hs lr.
tIrt t'.nhu,.h' settled ln louisville
llu died several years axu
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02

duty there. having show every
week nS mcuh'r9 n the urrw ru.rn
forced Nv the latest movies obtain
able Ana then ihrtv Wts castle
town nud the guif ,uuter. which was
under charter iu the lltIiish Admir-
atty II H''m"i N',, uppiuptint" 20
uHr IL ns % naval rulf ,uut-'. ns the
fpr tni ,trious creeks winding about
made % almost necessary tur player
tu h, ALSO u navigator
"Golf WIS 1pmriIwrs pHNcl hy
romphss un this course. fur - fact
remarked one - the uuior lirutrn
ants we never went over the
COURSE without ijfr belts on nud mn
sure We would newer have gotten
back to the nhip the same dnv
~ was IA" only Fulf course I ever
saw where thcy usrd pilots mstond
~ cpddlps These Eulf piloB ~
ways ctttiri signed rockets Win
ihrm. ~ n nnNtrIug went wrong
thcy could call assistance Thon thcN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02
Bell Broken Into
Fragments TO Sdre
II From Capture

AMERICAS PRESS HEApQIAR -
TIERS. British Front Jan %
what do YOU suppose tho people ~
~ Armand. a llttl" French town
near Nalrucirnues. dll 80 save their
. bronze church hcN from hyluf taken
away hy the hrwtus. 90 br melted
into munitions
~ soon as II WAS heard tho Ger
mans were removing church bells.
the pntiahIonrr ~ St Armand took
their bell secretly az night into the
fields ana broke II into tits. each
Nillagcr taking ON" cot two piece.
The hell therefore has hcou
saved aud win soon be rrust
n wns az 81 Amuud alru that %
lrcuCh captain caught .u ihy fret
unru4h ot fhv cutuf. Nua Kept hIu.
den Tor more than tuur NVnrs lu the
homo ot hl- father. a du,tu.
His bed was % space iu the floor
lng under billiard table. witch
German officers used nearly every
night Germans lived in the huue,.
too. NotwithrtAudinE his coust ant
perm. tho captain managed On r,t
out OF hts hiding pacu daily fur Z
littlc exercise and u breath ~ fresh
air, ana was IN ftIf uh,s.tl ruuli .
tion when freed hy the riIsh
Tho captain set out tj uu.o fpr
Paris tn Join tho tirarh hfuy. but
tho armiHliuc undoubtedly was
signed before Dr reached tha firing
line.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02

N'Nlu H'Ni u bbht down ono ~ ih'
creeks Tor NuH.
Golf Played by Compass
Another interesting novelty ~ the
club was patent mrlnllic gult hill.
with "A toll iu ~ witch could some
times he trnccd hv the sound con.
mnndrr Todd. executive officer ~
this rhip. was the winner ~ tho
srt-on's prize. smhli SILVER medal
~ = lifc boat with "a full ruuipmUut
~ umbrellas Commander Todd won
the tournament b",pusv no had H"t
~ short clubs which made 1t better
going IN the mud
However. commander white
chief navigator. was second. hiH
know ledge - tho ,trlous channels
ana mnrka hrlping him rt"ullN our
rulf education ~ lmrtrv llpy had
one good result. 7 believe ~ least
u certainly mtir u puHslhl" fur ~ go
find our way more easily In IA" New
Notk suhWaNy'