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

Vol. LV, No. 4THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAadoptions in Virginia, North Carolina,Alabama, and Mississippi.At the age of 70 he is still engagedin the active practice of law, and hasbeen Commissioner of Accounts forthe Circuit Court of Highland Countyfor eighteen years. He also has importantinterests in real estate and livestock.Brother Hills, like Brother Colaw,also chose the legal profession, butheeded the call of the West and choseKansas as the place to begin his practice.He was admitted to the bar ofCowley County, Kansas, in 1885 andat the same time became financialrepresentative of P. H. Albright andCompany. While in Winfield, Kansas,he was elected county attorney, and 'served two terms as mayor of that city.In 1909 he left Kansas and returnedeast to Willimantic, Connecticut,where he still resides. H» assisted inorganizing the Willimantic Trust Company,and served as its treasurer for^five years. He is now an investmentbroker and is the resident agent for thePhoenix Insurance Company.Brother Spangler, after graduatingfrom college, taught school for a year,and then started to study law. He wasadmitted to the bar of the state ofMaryland in 1887, after which he wentto Eldorado, Kansas, and began thepractice of law. He remained therefor two years, after which he went toDenver, where he has lived ever since.Soon after reaching Denver, he enteredthe field of politics, and waselected police magistrate of the townof South Denver, a suburb of Denver,a position which he filled for twoyears. He served as attorney for thetown of Harmon for three years andfor the town of Globeville for twoyears. In 1901 he was appointedcounty attorney for the County ofArapahoe. Since that time he hasbeen practicing law in Denver, beingalone until 1928, when his oldest sonjoined him as a partner, under thename of Spangler and Spangler.Pennsylvania Epsilon pays tributeto her three Golden Legionnaires; maythey have many more years of happyand prosperous life.Phi Delta Theta in Football, 1930(Continued from page 245)shifted to guard on the first team.Franklin, Colgate and Griffith, Ohioare the guards on this year's Phi team.Franklin was an outstanding powerin the strong line of Colgate's championshipteam. He weighs 195, stands6 feet 2 inches, and was the strongestman on the Colgate squad. Griffith,captain and tackle of the undefeatedOhio University team, is moved fromtackle to guard on the all-Phi team.He weighs 215 pounds, is fast enoughto run interference for backs, and hasbeen the leading spirit that has guidedhis team to a string of eighteen consecutivevictories. Additional guardsof merit are Olson, Utah; Wingert,Ohio State; Foster, Vanderbilt;Mjogdolen, and Dablow, North Dakota;Lillie, Oregon; Conover, Illinois;[265Davis, Duke; and Yeager, Whitman.The struggle for center was betweentwo outstanding men, either of whomcould fill the position well—Hammer,Oregon State, and Shaw, Washburn.For the second consecutive year Shawlsnosed out of the job because ofHammer's outstanding performancesagainst more pretentious opponents.Hammer is the roving type of centerwho diagnoses the play and backs upthe line from end to end, or falls backinto the secondary defense when passplays are called. In addition to Shaw,Washburn; Boyd, Whitman; Johnson,Auburn; Rockwell, Hanover; andBreen, Montana, all played excellcHtfootball during 1930. Moeller, Oregon,is shifted to center from fullbackto allow a deserving player an award.