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Title: The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Alpha Tau Omega
Subjects: Greek letter societies
Publisher: (Champaign, Ill., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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ot only the customary featuresbut also the Congress Oration, hithertogiven at the open session attended bythe general public, including the ladies.Since there was no general public toattend, no open session was provided,and the oration was made a principalfeature of the first session. That de-prived the thirty or more Alpha Tauwives of a chance to hear Brother Mossgive a stirring oration. The other outstanding features ofthis session were the report of WorthyGrand Chief Fithian, the presentationof the Thomas Arkle Clark Scholarshipaward to John Farley, and Brother Far-leys response, a talk on Extra Cur-ricular Activities. The Worthy Grand Chief in his ad-dress reported that he had during thebiennium visited 51 chapters, attend-ed three conclaves and 22 alumni din-ners. Such direct contact with thechapters, the alumni, and the educationalauthorities, has helped to make clearnot only local conditions but the generaltrend of thought concerning fraternities. 236 THE PAL^I, September, 1937
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Alexander Macomber, W. G. K. E.; Harvey Reno, Palm Staff; William P. Moss, HighCouncil; R. A. Edmondson, Atlanta alumni association; Steicart D. Daniels, ExecutiveSecretary; Fred Culver, Chief of Provi7ice II. We find an effort being made,says Brother Fithian, to tie the frater-nities in more closety with the mainobjectives of the universities. The frat-ernities are co-operative, but not enough.We have been looking down the fairwayand shooting with a niblick instead of adriver. Three constructive and closely re-lated subjects may wisely be consideredat this Congress: scholarship, groupbehavior, and vocational guidance. Wehave stressed scholarship for years andare doing something about it as theThomas Arkle Clark Scholarship Awardwill show. For years we have been fight-ing the silly practice of adolescent be-havior exhibited at times of initiationand we are accomplishing something.You know of the efforts in placementand vocational work. We have made astart in the right direction. We fi

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