University of Utah Student Newspapers--The Chronicle | 1931-11-10 | Page 2 | Washington Greeks Claim Prominent National Figures

Washington Greeks Claim Prominent N National Figures Fraternal ballyhoo appears to have invaded the sacred precincts of the Greeks at the University of Washington and attained such a degree of absurdity that it seems almost impossible to believe that it could exist on an American university university university uni uni- campus According to the annual report issued recently by the secretary of the Rush Week reform committee at Washington university it was revealed that seven of the nineteen nineteen nineteen nine nine- teen Greek letter fraternities there had claimed Ameri Americas America's as a's crooning sweetheart Rudy Vallee as a charter charter charter char char- ter member Five others boasted of President Herbert Hoovers Hoover's fra- fra affiliation Four more lodges entertained their innocent with tall yarns concerning the good old days when Burleigh Grimes veteran hero of the past V World orld Series pitched their inter inter-frate inter fraternity ty baseball baseball baseball base base- ball games gam-es and two cl claimed Rabbi Isserman as a founder The nineteenth nineteenth nineteenth nine nine- fraternity was inactive but had it been functioning it doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- doubtless less would have claimed Jack Dempsey Al Capone or the Smith Brothers as its founders Ex Ex- Ex- Ex change