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

Chapter Grand . .James R. Noland, Westminster, '95James Robert Noland, Westminster,'95, died at his home in Alamosa, Colorado,December 31, 1930, after a briefillness with influenza.Born in Independence, Missouri,February 18, 1873, he was in his fiftyeighthyear.Locating in Denver in 1905 he becameconnected with the Denver Postas a reporter.Possessing an attractive and genialdisposition combined with that raregift of making and holding friends,"Jimmy" Noland soon became widelyand favorably known, not only in thecity of Denver but throughout thestate of Colorado as well.After being distinguished manytimes by expressions of confidence andregard at the hands of his associatesin the circles in which he moved inthe civic life of Denver, he was nominatedin 1916 by the Democratic partyand elected to the office of Secretaryof State; as a tribute to his efliciencyhe was twice re-elected to this position,once in 1918 when his popularitybrought about his re-election in theface of an otherwise overwhelmingRepublican landslide.After serving three terms as Secretaryof State he became the editor ofthe Durango Democrat, a newspaperpublished in Durango, Colorado; someyears later he removed to Alamosa,Colorado, and it was there while servingas Clerk of the District Court thathe passed peacefully away.He was laid to rest in Crown HillCemetery in Denver on January 3;all official flags in the city being flownat half mast for three days in tributeto the honor and affection in whichhe had been held by all classes ofcitizens.Among the many glowing tributespaid him by the press throughout the[348]JAMES R, NOLAND, Westminster, '95State was one which expressed theopinion that he had more personalfriends than any man in Colorado.Initiated into $ A 0 by MissouriBeta January 18, 1892, his interest in