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

Al umniDiamond fans in Texas have beenjustly proud of the baseball prowessof Carl Reynolds, Southwestern, '26,outfielder with the Chicago White Sox.Sporting News recently paid him awell deserved tribute, quoted in part:"Without any trumpeting to herald hisadvance, Carl Reynolds, White Soxoutfielder, in just four years out ofcollege, has moved up into the selectcircle of hitters and, despite the necessityof running his race with a teamapparently not in his class, he is pickedby many experts to rival such stars asBabe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx,and Al Simmons this season. Beingyoung, he will be 27 on February 1,Reynolds has time to travel far and ifhe continues the gait he has set duringhis brief service with the White Soxpromises to attain records that fewhave reached."Reynolds has all the assets to makea successful ball player. Standing sixfeet tall, and weighing 194 pounds, andpossessing a keen batting eye and apair of legs that have registered 100yards in 10 seconds, Carl is generouslyequipped as an athlete. Four years ofathletics at Southwestern University,where he was a four-letter man, gaveCarl the training that enabled him tomake good immediately with the WhiteSox in 1929, after one year of seasoningwith Palestine."the United States Shipping Board) hadthe greatest confidence in him andspoke his name only in high admirationand perfect reliance. He had notonly the love and admiration then ofhis associates in the United StatesSenate and his friends in the House ofRepresentatives, but he had the samemeasure of love and devotion of menin the executive departments of theUnited States Government." BrotherFletcher fittingly responded to the feelingtributes paid him.A recent issue of the Houston Post-Dispatch carried a feature of the contributionmade to the early days ofHouston broadcasting by Segar Ellis,Virginia, '25. Brother Ellis waspianist, vocalist, and all-round assistantfor the first broadcasting stationestablished in Houston a number ofyears ago. Since that time he hasbroadcast in thirty of the leadingsouthern stations as well as in a numberof smaller ones. This phase hasnot been the end of Brother Ellis'musical activity, however, as in thepast few years he has made phonographrecords, both vocal and instrumental,for half a dozen of the leadingphonograph companies of the country.He is now in New York engaged inrecording work for one of the largephonograph companies.The routine—and sometimes bickering—ofthe United States Senate waspleasingly interrupted on January 6when a number of the members paidtribute to the senior Florida senator,Duncan U. Fletcher, Vanderbilt, '80,on the occasion of his seventy-secondbirthday anniversary. Senators Robinsonof Arkansas, Heflin of Alabama,Goff of West Virginia, and Trammellof Florida spoke of the services ofBrother Fletcher. Mr. Goff said inpart: "Everyone there (in the office ofi4oi:Gerritt Bates, Butler, is another ofthe younger alumni of Indiana Gammawho has entered the field of politicswith pronounced success. BrotherBates was elected to the House ofRepresentatives of the SeventyseventhGeneral Assembly of Indiana.He is one of the representatives ofMarion County, or to be more exact,of the city of Indianapolis.In addition to the election. BrotherBates was chosen by the other Democraticrepresentatives of Marion