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

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA February, 1931Soon after, he was sent, on a fewhours notice, to the editorship of theCincinnati Post. Just following theWar he was sent by the NewspaperEnterprise Association to interviewprominent war figures. Later he becamebusiness manager and then generalmanager of the NEA, and in morerecent years business manager andthen editor in chief of the Post in Cincinnati.One of his crowning achievementsin the southern Ohio metropolishas been the waging of the fight whichresulted in the riddance of machinepoliticians from the city hall and courthouse. Last summer it was an effortof his which prevented a disastrousbank run in Cincinnati. "A newspaper,"says Brother Rostock, "shouldbe an organ of the people. It shouldnever be afraid to fight the strongmerely because they are strong. It isthe weak of this world that need helpand justice. When a newspaper isright it should fight to the bitter end,though the battle takes years to win."A recent stage hit features a brotherPhi in the leading role, that of SenatorHarvey L. Krull of South Dakota.The actor who has inspired such favorablereviews is Robert T. Haines,Missouri, '89, and the play is RobertE. Sherwood's three-act comedy. ThisIs New York. The plot deals with theinvolvements of the daughter of thepompous Western Senator when shebecame entangled in a number of spectacularsituations in the city her fatherso detested. Percy Hammond, famoustheater critic, has this to say aboutBrother Haines in the role of SenatorKrull: "That statesman (SenatorKrull) played by Robert T. Haines,is a typical pigmy from our nationalforum, a blend of Heflin, Brookhart,Shipstead, Smoot, and others, thoughresembling, almost photographicallv,the sublime figure of William E.Borah. . . . Mr. Haines as one of theegotistic insects that infest the Capitolis conscientiously careful not to exceedthe extensive privileges of hispart.\ signal honor from his fellow attorneyscame recently to Raymond D.Evans, Allegheny, '14, president of UpsilonProvince and assistant attorneyfor the United States in the westerndistrict of Pennsylvania, when theAllegheny County Bar Associationgave him third place in its vote todetermine which lawyer to recommendto Governor Fisher of Pennsylvaniafor consideration in filling theplace made vacant by the elevation ofJudge James B. Drew from the Comm.onPleas Court to the SuperiorCourt. Of the 1,170 valid ballots castin the vote by the Pittsburgh lawyers,the first three nominees received atotal of 686 votes. Brother Evans received155 of these. Phis who haveattended recent conventions will rememberhim as a confirmed conventiongoer.Mrs. Martha Zoercher Robinson,wife of Arthur R. Robinson, Jr., Butler,'26, and daughter-in-law of ArthurR. Robinson, Sr., Chicago, '13, UnitedStates Senator from Indiana, died atthe home of her parents in Indianapolison January 9. Mrs. Robinsonwas 24 years old at the time of herdeath.Mrs. Robinson was a graduate ofButler University, where she was amember of K A 0. She was marriedto Brother Robinson four years ago.Survivors in addition to the husbandand parents, are a daughter, MarthaJane, two and one-half years old, anda brother and sister. Funeral serviceswere held January 12 at the IrvingtonPresbyterian Church, and burial wasin Washington Park Cemetery.[346]