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

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THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for January, 1954
Los Angeles Club Is
Compiling Directory
ALL PHIS resident in the Los Angeles, Calif., area,
or those who read THE SCROLL and know of Phis
residing in the Greater Los Angeles area, are
urged to help a joint committee from Los Angeles
and Hollywood Alumni Clubs assure completeness
of a new and shortly forthcoming * A 0 directory
covering Los Angeles and vicinity. Every one
who knows of any Phi in the L.A. territory is
urged to drop a line that tells his California
address—both home and business address, if
possible—and brief pertinent details as to chapter,
year, and occupation, to attention of the Los
Angeles Alumni Directory Committee. Letters
should be addressed to Hiram E. Beebe, chairman,
1847 North' Wilcox Ave., Hollywood 28, Calif.
If in the Los Angeles territory when this article
is read, the reader may phone Brother Beebe at
Hollywood 7-9572.
To date, the data for the Los Angeles directory
approaches 1,400 names, and the committee is on
the quest for corrected addresses of approximately
100 brothers who moved from their last known
street addresses.
Committees which are doing the work on the
Los Angeles directory, are: Directory Committee:
Hiram E. Beebe, chairman; Don Phinney, Lou
Tellner, Richard Lockridge, Marshall Cloyes, and
George K. Shaffer. Los Angeles Alumni Club
Committee: William Rohlffs, Maynard Givens,
Stanley Brown, Otto Steiret and Ken Cutler
GEORGE K. SHAFFER, Reporter.
delved into the complications of trusts, another untangled
some of the threads in California's joint tenancy laws.
Head of an insurance agency passed out some tips on
the superior stages of protection from varying kinds of
policies. Other professions and businesses came in for an
unexpurgated account. Talks have been unvaryingly
interesting, and the luncheon gang is adding to its
numbers regularly. Dues receipts increased too, and some
of the pep has been dynamic enough to spur preliminary
plans, around Thanksgiving time, that are expected to
lead to a wow of an occasion at the Founders Day annual
banquet next March. There are other lively plans on the
agenda of the Los Angeles Alumni Club, some of them
started by Thomas P. Phelan, executive vice president and
secretary of Los Angeles Stock Exchange; and some by
incoming President Donald C. Phinney. More wiU "leak"
into print in THE SCROLL in subsequent issues, no doubt,
for where there's pep and activity, it's likely to get known.
—GEORGE K. SHAFFER, Reporter,
MIAMI
*A© ALUMNI CLUB of Miami, Fla., has elected William
Hartnett, Jr., as president tor the coming year and the
alumni are looking forward to a banner year. November
28, 1953, the Alumni Club sponsored a- dinner dance at
the Colony Restaurant preceding the Miami-University
of Florida football game with bus service to and from
the Orange Bowl Stadium. The old and the new Phis
joined hands for a festive $A0 Homecoming celebration
which was a success. As for the game which we saw, we
wiU long remember it as one of the best ever played in
the Orange Bowl. Both teams played briUiant footbaU
and the 14-10.score in favor of Miami was indicative of
a spectacular game.—DOUGLAS SHILEY, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA
OUR BIG EVENT of the Fall was a special luncheon, held
October 21, in honor of Claude Marriott, who celebrated
his eightieth birthday. L. S. Warren, whose father was a
Phi at Syracuse when Claude was starting his grand
career in our Fraternity, introduced the honored guest
to the gathering of 25 brothers. Brother Marriott gave
us a few words regarding the early period of * A G on the
campus at the University of Pennsylvania and also some
of his recollections on important events in his life.
He ended his short talk with his phUosophy of life
after four score years and we all hoped that we could
have the same wonderful outlook that he has. A small
gift was given Brother Marriott in recognition of his
birthday and his never-ending service to * A 6. A note of
interest to Pennsylvania Zeta Alumni in the Philadelphia
area was the Homecoiuing weekend, November 14. After
the Penn-Army game, a cocktail party and buffet supper
was held in the chapter house, which also marked the
seventieth anniversary of our Fraternity on the Penn
campus. Plans are now being made for the Founders
Day Banquet in March. We look forward to seeing all
Phis in the Philadelphia area at our weekly luncheons,
held every Wednesday at 12:30 in the Adelphia Hotel
Grille Room.—CHARLES NEFF, JR., Secretary and Reporter,
PITTSBURGH
THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS dinner was well attended by 75
alumni and 35 actives, rushees, and pledges. In the main
dining room of the Hotel Sheraton, downtown Pittsburgh
Monday, December 28, 1953. Chairman Thomas C. Mc­
Dermott and his committee sparked the entertainment
and Paula Thomas, an old Phi friend, was there to fill
in the musical interludes with her accordion. Three
brothers were welcomed back from recent illnesses: H. E.
"Burt" Bianchi, Allegheny '18; John C. Ralston, Washington
ir Jefferson '09, and Charles B. Saints, Ohio
Wesleyan '34. Robert N. WadeU Agency has just announced
the appointment of WiUiam E. Wrenshaw III,
Washington &, Jefferson '41, to be Supervisor for the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. You have
heard before that * A 6 can't lose. That was true again
in a recent election of the Allegheny County Bar Association,
the official organization for the lawyers of this
County which was held for the oflice of vice president.
J. Garfield Houston, Colorado '03, nominated Harbaugh
MiUer, Pittsburgh '22; and Tice F. Ryan, Jr., Penn State
'39, nominated Thomas Lewis Jones, Allegheny '30.
* A © came through again, this time with Harbaugh
Miller, Pittsburgh '22 as vice president. Plans are being
made for the Founders Day Banquet to be held Saturday,
March 13, 1954 ^WILLIAM C. CAMPBELL, JR., Reporter,
PORTLAND
THE PORTLAND ALUMNI CLUB held its annual Fall dance
in the Pompeian Room of the Congress Hotel October
17, with a capacity crowd of 110 couples in attendance.
Since the occasion followed the Oregon-Washington footbaU
game the room was festively decorated with the
colors of the two schools. In addition to the local alumni
there was representation from the Seattle Alumni group,
and as it was an open weekend at Oregon State College
and Willamette University, several couples were present
representing the active chapters of Oregon Beta and
Oregon Gamma. There was also a very large turnout by
the active chapter members of Oregon Alpha and a good
sized delegation from the Washington Alpha active
chapter which would have been considerably increased had
there been room to accommodate their group of later
arrivals. Eddie Anderson and his orchestra were well
received during the evening as they played a selection of
college songs. At intermission the Alumni President,