C & C April

[JonoBN41]

I found this comment particularly interesting. For those who haven't seen the April 2007 issue, I've copied it here.

"Ed Miller Says:
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:32 pm
No mystery as to the whereabouts of the original Gamma Plate — I’m looking at it now! I bought it several years ago on ebay. I was told that it was among a number of items from the Warren Cole estate that had been first offered to the General Fraternity, but for whatever reason they were uninterested. After purchasing the plate, I got in touch with Simeen Ishaque, an instructor in the art department at Richland College in Dallas, who showed me how to print an engraving. I pulled a small number of prints using the etching press at the college, and have given them to a few of the chapters with which I have been involved in the past. I also gave one to Tom Helmbock, and I believe it is at IHQ in Indianapolis. I have since bought a small press of my own and intend to pull some prints to donate to the Educational Foundation so that they can use them for fund raising. The number of prints will be rather limited due to the nature of the printing process, which is quite time consuming. This is aggravated by the condition of the plate, which has a lot of rust damage. To get the best prints, I have carefully wiped the rust spots with solvent after the normal inking and wiping of the plate. The illustration in this article is from one of the prints that I made — you can see some of the rust spots that I missed in the background, since there is a trade-off between removing the rust spots and preserving the fine detail of the background. I keep the plate oiled to avoid further rust damage."

I'm rather pleased that IHQ was "uninterested" in acquiring the only plate ever made to produce the very first coat of arms of Lambda Chi Alpha. This brother is actually doing something with it.

Suddenly I recall the post-merger prototype pledge pin I donated to IHQ exactly four years ago - one with three instead of four triangles - and which is still not on display. I should have just kept it. History is not their forte.

ZAX,
Jono