1950–51 Volume 75 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

The Alumni'^Q Firing LineNew Chancellor ofSewanee Is PhiTHE RIGHT REVEREND R. BLAND MITCHELL,Sewanee '04, was elected chancellor of the Universityof the South on June 10, 1950, by theBoard of Trustees. Brother Mitchell will servea term of six years in the university's highestoffice,Sewanee, being owned by twenty-two diocesesof the Episcopal Church and having its administrativeoffices modeled after those of OxfordUniversity in England, has a churchman for itshighest position, that of Chancellor. BrotherMitchell succeeded the Rt. Rev. Frank A. Juhanin the post.Brother Mitchell was born in Rolla, Mo., in1887, and came to Sewanee in 1901 as a studentin the preparatory school, where he won themedal for Latin. Active in extracurricular activitiesat the university, he was business managerboth of the newspaper and of the yearbook,a proctor, and a member of several literary anddebating societies. Scholastically, he won theRylance Debate Prize, the Hebrew Prize, andthe Ecclesiastical History Prize. He graduatedoptime merens in English, and is a member of* B K.Ordained a priest in 1913, Brother Mitchellspent a short time in Mississippi before engagingAstronomical Society GoldMedal to PhiPROFESSOR JOEL STEBBINS, Nebraska '99,was awarded the gold medal for 1950 bythe Royal Astronomical Society recently.Brother Stebbins, 71-year-old astronomerand a member o£ the Golden Legion, washonored for his development of physicalmethods in astronomical photometry (thescience of measuring the intensity of lightgiven ofE by stars) at the Lick Observatory,University of California.actively in missionary and related work for anumber of years. He returned to his alma materin 1928 as director of the expansion campaign,whence he went to Birmingham as rector of St.Mary's Chufth. After nine years there he wasordained Bishop of Arkansas in 1938.This is not Brother Mitchell's first positionwith the regular administration of the University.From 1932 to 1938 he was a member ofthe. Board of Regents, and again from 1941 to1949. Since 1938 he has also been a member ofthe Board of Trustees.Brother Mitchell has kept in close touch bothwith Tennessee Beta and with •* A 6 in general.He is a frequent visitor to the "Mountain" andto his chapter, and brothers who attended theCentennial Convention will recall his servicesthere as Convention Chaplain. Brother Mitchell'sson and son-in-law, Brothers R. B. M. Mitchell,'47, and Robert C. Thweatt, '49, are alumni ofTennessee Beta.—THAD HOLT, JR., TennesseeBeta ReporterDR. R. BLAND MITCHELL, Sewanee '04GEORGE M. UMBREIT, Wisconsin '22, executivevice-president and treasurer of the Maytag Company,Newton, Iowa, was one of 65 governmentofficials, educators, newspapermen, militarychiefs, and members of the clergy invited bySecretary of Defense Louis Johnson to tour militarybases on the east coast and sit in on vitaldefense discussions. The first part of the tourincluded a two-day conference at the Pentagonbuilding in Washington where the men werebriefed on the international situation and thevarious phases of our military problems. PresidentTruman joined the group at Ft. Benningand traveled with the visitors on some phasesof the inspection trip.[45]