Philadelphia bustled and tumbled with the 39th convention of the Loyal Order of Moose—membership, 650,000; slogan, "Pap." Some 50,000 delegates attended, together with 1,200 women auxiliaries who were last week admitted to a men's session for the first time.
The mood of the convention was described by Editor Donald F. Stewart* of the Mooseheart Magazine (monthly circulation, 763,000). "The most significant aspect," he said, ". . . is that it marks the end of... shoulder-slapping, grips and passwords and the beginning of a new fraternalism...
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