1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

given an honorary citation by the University
of Sao Paulo for his work in promoting
better international understanding. In
1942, he was elected a foundation member
of * B K along with such distinguished men
as Charles Evans Hughes and William Allen
White, Kansas '90, the latter being recognized
as one of the outstanding members
of $ A 0.
A writer and lecturer. Dr. Foster is also
known as an authority on world government,
economics, industry, and specialized
fields of agriculture. Now retired from governmental
service, he was elected in 1951
as vice-president of the Retired Foreign
Service OflBcers association.
Brother Foster's interest in, and love for,
his chapter of * A 0 is evidenced by the
Carol Howe Foster Scholarship Fund which
he made available to members of Idaho
Alpha, Initial deed of the gift was in 1939,
when Foster was in the diplomatic corps in
The Netherlands. Amount of the original
gift was $6000, though total assets of the
Fund are now 113,529.07, with the addition
of interest accumulations and periodic subsequent
gifts.
According to terms of the Fund, the
Trust is to the Regents of the University of
Idaho who "will annually make a scholarship
award to a Senior, a member of Idaho
Alpha of Phi Delta Theta." Last year the
amount was $250; in 1953-54 it will be I300.
The scholarship will increase each year as
the Fund grows until the award is for $500.
Basis for the award is scholarship, character,
and health. Brother Foster has stated
that his interest is in the development of
leaders and that it is his desire that the recipient
will obligate himself to assist underclassmen,
teaching them how to study and
developing in them a keenness and desire
to raise the scholastic standing of their
classes and of the Fraternity.
James B. Hays, charter "member of Idaho
Alpha and recipient of the Doctor of Science
degree, with fine discernment chose
Boise, Idaho as his birthplace, the Boise
public schools and the University of Idaho
as the institutions to supply his formal education.
He graduated from the University
of Idaho in 1911 with a B.S. degree in civil
engineering. Following his graduation he.
CHAPTER ENTERTAINS ALUMNI
Four prominent Idaho Alpha alumni pictured with
chapter president at commencement time last
Spring. They are, left to right: Homer David '01;
Carol Howe Foster '06, donor of Foster Scholarship
Fund who received doctorate of laws; Lloyd Home,
president of Idaho Alpha; the Honorable William
E. Lee, '05, of Interstate Commerce Commission, past
recipient of honorary degree; and Earl David '04.
engaged in private general practice of engineering
in Boise for fifteen years, during
which time he biiilt up a reputation as a
specialist in the design and construction
problems of irrigation structures.
In 1926, Hays served as resident engineer
to the Santeetlak Hydroelectric development
in North Carolina, which was followed-by
work on the Calderwood Hydroelectric
development in Tennessee. After
serving with the Aluminum Company of
America, he was engineer to the Bureau of
Reclamation, working on such well known
dams as Boulder, Owyhee, and Agency
Valley.
From 1936 to 1943, he was employed by
the Tennessee Valley Authority as construction
engineer on the Chickamauga and
Kentucky dams and as project manager of
the Upper Holston Project. This was followed
by duty as chief engineer of the Commission
on Palestine Surveys, during which
he prepared plans for the irrigation and hydro-electric
development of modern Israel.
In 1948, he took a similar position with
Morrison-Knudson in Afghanistan.
Brother Hays' experience in Israel
prompted his book, TV A on the Jordan.
He has also written on foundation and dam
design and construction problems in publi-