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

Vol. LV, No. 2university and is the president of itsboard of trustees. He has made manyprevious gifts to the Bloomingtoninstitution. He is a member of theIndianapolis law firm of Fesler, Elam,and Young.THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAFred W. Foxworthy, DePauw, '99,has completed twenty-five years ofservice in forestry work with the Britishgovernment. He will be eligiblefor a pension in two more years.Brother Foxworthy, now stationed atKepong in the Federated Malay States,has the distinction of being the onlyperson not a British subject who holdsa permanent pensionable appointmentfrom the British Colonial Office. Hetook his Ph.D. degree at Cornell in1904 and following that entered researchwork. The past quarter of acentury has been spent in the Philippines,Borneo, and the Malay peninsula.He has written a number oftechnical papers dealing with thewoods and trees of these territories.Feature story writers, columnists, reporters,and almost everyone else havebeen taking note recently of the successwhich has come to Werner Janssen,Dartmouth, '21, New Yorkmusical composer. In spite of theproverbial silver spoon it might almostbe said that Brother Janssen has hadan uphill fight, since his father disapprovedof his musical inclinations.His mother, however, encouraged him,and the final result bas been his winningof the much coveted "Prix deRome," world famous training fellowshipin the Italian capital under thetutelage of the noted composer andconductor, Ottorino Respight. BrotherJanssen was recently conductor ofthe famous Roxy orchestra in NewYork, and also of the Guardian TrustHour at a prominent Cleveland radiostation. Perhaps his most famouscomposition is "New Year's Eve inNew York," a glorification of jazzmusic and one of three on which theaward was made.Asa G. Briggs, Wisconsin, '85, hasbeen chosen as a director of the UnitedStates Chamber of Commerce.Brother Briggs is an attorney of St.Paul, Minnesota.[113]Lawrence A. Pope, Illinois, '14, isservice promotion manager for theGeneral Motors Corporation in Paris,France. Brother Pope has spent mostof his time in France following hisservice in the World War. He formerlywas engaged in accounting, saleswork, and as a business and industrialconsultant and reorganizer in Alsace.Ralph L. Landrum, Mississippi, '26,and Miss Laura Alexander, Greenville,Mississippi, were united in marriageSeptember 27, at Greenville.The following day, James G. Smythe,Mississippi, '28, was married to MissLillian McPherson, Jackson, Mississippi.Brothers Landrum and Smythe areboth residents of Kosiusko, Mississippi.Joseph W. Evans, Hanover, '98,was appointed chairman of the Houston,Texas, Port Commission on October7, vice Ross S. Sterling who resignedfollowing his nomination as theDemocratic candidate for governor ofTexas. Thus Brother Evans reachesprobably the highest post in the developmentof Houston's navigation facilities.He has spent nearly thirtyyears in working for the developmentof Houston, a city many miles inland,as a port navigable to ocean-goingvessels. Brother Evans, who leftHanover in his junior year to takepart in the Spanish-American War,went to Houston in 1901 and soon becamea factor of importance in theTexas cotton world. He is now thesole owner of Evans and Company, oneof the oldest cotton concerns in theTexas metropolis. He was presidentof the chamber of commerce for twoterms, 1927-28. The Rotary Club ofHouston several years ago awarded