1916 Volume 41 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

32' THE SCROLLThis cartoon of Alex Pope, Treasurer of the General Council of•l? A ®, and Past President of the North Texas Panhellenic Association,appeared in the Dallas News, together with the followingreport of an interview with him:The reason, that so many men from the different walks of life take aninterest in the pan-Hellenic Association is that it is a sort of neutral groundwhere nothing like commercialism can enter. While all sorts of businesses andprofessions are represented at these annual banquets, there is no mention oftXALEXANDER POPE, Texas, '07what a man does or what he represents. His Greek-letter membership representsa standard of ability and scholarship in his college career that has entitledhim to the confidence and respect of his fellow-fraternity men. It is notremarkable that, after years in business, the fraternity man should hail withdelight the annual opportunity to greet his fellows, to meet friends of collegedays and, for once, get away from business thoughts and commercial or professionalenvironment.Frederick A. Goetze, Controller of Columbia University andDean of the Graduate Engineering School, was elected Treasurerpro tern, by the trustees of the university to fill the vacancy leftby the death of John McLean Nash, for thirty-one years Treasurerof the university. Dean Goetze will serve until a permanentpolicy for the future administration of the Treasurer's office