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

Vol. LV, No. 5THESCROLLPHI DELTA THETAthe fraternity never flagged; his son,James M. Noland, now an attorney inDurango, Colorado, is a member ofColorado Alpha.In addition to his son, he is survivedby his wife, formally Miss Ida B. Matthewsof Kansas City, Missouri, byhis father, Hinton H. Noland of KansasCity, his younger brother, HintonH. Noland, Jr., also a member of MissouriBeta, of Franklin, Indiana, andhis sister Mrs. George C. King ofCincinnati, Ohio.ELMER C. HENDERSON,Westminster, '93Rev. George W. Sandt, Lafayette, '78The Chapter Grand received anotherinitiate from the ranks of the GoldenLegion on January 9 in the death ofthe Rev. George W. Sandt, Lafayette,'78, at his home in Allentown, Pennsylvania,following an illness of threeyears. He would have been 77 yearsof age had he lived until February.Brother Sandt was for a long timeeditor of the Lutheran, official organof the United Lutheran Church inAmerica. He continued his editorialwork until recently, although he resignedas editor in chief in 1928 becauseof failing health.Brother Sandt took charge of theLutheran in 1896 when the now defunctGeneral Council of the LutheranChurch acquired control of two weekliesand a monthly. He was electedmanaging editor and soon after wasmade editor in chief. Following a reorganizationin the Church in 1919 hewas continued in office and was reelectedbiennially to his position untilhis resignation three years ago.Following his graduation from LafayetteCollege in 1878 he studied forthe next five years at the PhiladelphiaTheological Seminary and was ordainedby the Ministerium of Pennsylvaniain 1883. He was a member ofthe Philadelphia Inner Mission Boardand of the Artman Social Union. In1911 he was a delegate to the Lutheran[349]World Conference in Sweden and wasa member of the Conference for thePromotion of International Friendship,and a delegate to the League toEnforce Peace.* • •Dr. James Wm. Lowber, Butler, '71Dr. James William Lowber, Butler,'71, pastor of the First ChristianChurch at Austin, Texas, and one timechancellor of Texas Christian University,died at an Austin hospital DecemberS, 1930, following a lingering illness.He was 83 years of age.Brother Lowber served pastorates atPittsburgh and Scranton, Pennsylvania,and then became principal of theQuaker Standard Literary Institute,New York, where he stayed fouryears. In 1880-81 he was presidentof Columbia College in Kentucky. Atone time he served in a pastorate inLouisville. He removed to Texas in1888 and occupied a number of pulpitsin that state.He went to Austin in 1897, servinga church there for twelve years beforehe retired to write and lecture.As a minister, writer, college executive,and lecturer he held membershipin perhaps more educational organizationsthan any man in the Southwest.He was chancellor of TexasChristian University for five years.Brother Lowber was the author of anumber of books on philosophical andreligious subjects. He is survived byhis widow.• • •Dr. Porter H. Linthicum, Indiana, '99Dr. Porter H. Linthicum, Indiana,'99, prominent physician and surgeonof Evansville, Indiana, died at a hospitalin that city December 11, 1930,following a long illness of heart andkidney diseases. He was a memberof the attending staffs of two Evansvillehospitals, although he had retiredfrom active practice about two yearsago because of ill health. Followingtwo years at Indiana University