1939–40 Volume 64 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

EDITORIAL
BERNARD V. MOORE, Treasurer of the General Council, has passed away,
and Phi Delta Theta has lost another great leader. Brother Moore died
of a heart attack at a Minneapolis hospital August 9, 1939. He had
successfully resisted a similar attack a fortnight before and had been sent
to the hospital to recuperate. His condition was not regarded as critical;
reassurance came that he was improving. Word of his death came after
the SCROLL was in press, so that it has been impossible to do more than
make this brief announcement. The next issue will give some account
of Brother Moore's life and of his great work for Phi Delta Theta. He will
be mourned by the thousands of Phis who found in him a friend.
General
Council
Changes
THE death of Brother Bernard
V. Moore, Treasurer of the
General Council, has necessitated
important changes in
the General Council. At a meeting held
in Minneapolis after Brother Moore's
funeral, the four surviving members, acting
in accordance with the provisions of
the Code, elected a fifth member. Brother
O. J. Tallman, Lafayette '24. Brother
Emmett Junge was chosen Treasurer of
the General Council to succeed Brother
Moore, and Brother Cluverius was made
Reporter of the General Council in place
of Brother Junge. Brothers Caches and
Tallman are members at large.
Brother Tallman's appointment will
have universal approval in the Fraternity.
In point of service he is the dean of our
province presidents, serving as president
of Rho Province since it was created out
of a part of Beta Province, and before
that of the undivided Beta Province. For
years he has been one of our most valuable
Convention law-makers. A keen
lawyer, his advice has been constantly
sought in the framing of new legislation
for the governance of the Fraternity. He
rendered a great service at the Old Point
Comfort Convention as chairman of the
Committee on Constitution and General
Statutes, in carrying through the task of
revising the Code. It is a common comment
at conventions that Jake Tallman
is a steady worker and is apt to get the
tough assignments. In debate he is clear
and forceful, but considerate of his opponent's
position. He is serious, but not
too serious, and his circle of friends is a
wide one. The General Council has acquired
a wise new member.
Rushing
Problem
As the magazines of other fratemities
come in exchange to
the Editor's desk he is impressed
with the amount of space in them
which is devoted to the theme of rushing.
There are sober-sided essays on what
constitutes proper qualifications for admission
to such-and-such a fraternity;
long dissertations on the methods and
technique of "selling" the fraternity
(mirabile dictu) to the freshman; cautions
on behavior and etiquette (especially
in the women's magazines) in the
presence of "rushees"; more and more
discussion about conditions which are responsible
for the iact that new members
in larger delegations are more necessary
than ever and are harder and harder to
get. Frantic are the appeals to alumni to
send recommendations to fill the ranks.
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