1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA October, 1930negative side, certain chapter delegateswere asked to appear before the Committeeon Delinquent Chapters to answerfor the shortcomings of theirchapters and a definite program of improvementlaid out.Robert E. Haas, Lafayette, '12, waselected President of the General Counciland the other four members electedwere George Banta, Jr., Wabash, '14,Reporter; William R. Bayes, OhioWesleyan, '01, Treasurer; with EdwardE. Ruby, Indiana, '97, and JosephM. Clark, Vanderbilt, '16, Members-at-Large.A permanent committee of past officersheaded by P.P.G.C. Frank J. R.Mitchell, Northwestern, '96, to cooperatewith the General Council inthe solution of some problems of permanentorganization and operation hasgot under way and it is expected itwill give material aid on these problems.It was voted to accept the invitationof the Denver Alumni Club and theColorado Phis to hold the next conventionat the Stanley Hotel in EstesPark the first week in September,1930. Very favorable arrangementshave already been made for the event,and if business conditions improve ashoped there is every reason to believethat it will be the largest convention,ever held.Anyone wishing copies of the officialConvention photograph can securethem by writing direct to J. M. Fee,439 Penobscot Building, Detroit, andremitting $1.75.Convention NotesIHE bride and groom of the conventionwere Mr. and Mrs. JesseWills and a charming couple they are.Jesse is province president of Etaprovince and he was married June 17to Ellen McClung, daughter of Dr.and Mrs. Matthew Gardner Bucknerof Nashville. The wedding took placein the Tennessee capitol where thecouple will reside.Just before coming to the convention.Brother and Mrs. Wills had returnedfrom a honeymoon trip to Europe.At the convention banquet PresidentUrion presented a membership card inthe Golden Legion to Walter W. Case,Allegheny, '84, a resident of Sault Ste.Marie and a very enthusiastic Phi."Pat," as he is familiarly knownworked early and late to make the stayof the convention at the Soo a successand he certainly succeeded admirably.One of the most interesting featuresof the convention was the presence of[8]Preston W. Search, Wooster, '76,Golden Legionnaire, editor of the first# A 0 Song Book and a most strikingpersonality. Although in his seventyeighthyear. Brother Search is vigorousand carries himself as erectly as ayoung man, being well over six feettall. His home is in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.The convention was touched by themeeting of Brother Search and GeorgeBanta, the elder. They had not seenone another for fifty-two years, theirlast contact having been at the NationalConvention of 1878 in Wooster,Ohio, where Brother Search was conventionpoet and Brother Banta wasmade first president of the GeneralCouncil.Previous to the assembling of theconvention the General Council andthe Detroit Committee were delightfullyentertained at dinner at theGrosse Point Yacht Club by P.P.G.C.Macauley. This club has a beautifulnew building on Lake St. Claire.