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

Vol. LV, No. 5THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAJoseph Cameron Hickingbotham,California, 'ilProbably one of the outstandingevents which occurred in our chapterduring the holiday season was the appointmentof Joseph Cameron Hickingbothamto Oxford as a RhodesScholar. As we all know, this honor isonly conferred on a man who has hadthe highest of standings, during hiscollegiate career, in both academic andextracurricular activities.Joe's university record is one whichovershadows that of members of CaliforniaAlpha for many years. As afreshman, Joe made himself known byhis football ability. He won his numeralsafter proving himself to be amost needed asset for fullback. Beingactive in his class, Joe made himselfknown to his fellow students, andserved his class on various committees.At the beginning of his sophomoreyear Joe served on the Vigilante Committee,a group of men who haveearned their numerals in athletics, andwhose duty it is to supervise hazingand orienting incoming freshmen. Infootball he took his place on the thirdstringvarsity squad along with othermembers of his freshman team.Joe's junior year brought him manyhigh honors. He was first elected toWinged Helmet, junior men's honorsociety. Shortly after this and a veryfew weeks after the fall semester hadstarted, it was learned that Joe hadbeen elected to $ B K, national honoraryscholastic fraternity. When thefootball season came to a close, Joewas awarded a block "C" which wasclosely followed by his election to theBig "C" Society, men's honorary athleticsociety. Joe's junior year wasclimaxed by his election to Beta Beta,senior men's honorary society.During his senior year, Joe has attainedseveral of the highest honorspossible at the University of California.He was elected to GoldenBear, senior men's honorary activitysociety. His performance during thisyear's football season was of sterling[3.-iSJOSEPH C. HICKINGBOTHAMCalifornia, '31quality, and he again won a letter.Several months ago he was elected toSkull and Keys, renowned senior men'shonorary social fraternity of the Universityof California. Joe has beenserving the university in two positionsof high importance. He is a memberof the executive committee, the studentgoverning body, and is chairman ofthe athletic council. In these last twocapacities he will continue to servethroughout the rest of his senior year.With the resignation of the head footballcoach at the close of this season,Joe was appointed a member of a committeefor the selection of a new coach.This is noteworthy because of the factthat he was the only university studenton the committee. This work wasof great importance to the studentsand alumni of the university.Now Joe has received another honor,a truly great one. Just prior to theclose of the fall semester he waschosen to represent the university inthe State Rhodes scholarship elimina-