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

VOLUMKLV THE SCROLL ^-"^PHI DELTA THETAEditoricIt becomes the sad duty of the Editor of THE SCROLL to announce tothe fraternity the death of Kathryn Paul Urion, wife of the immediatePast President of the General Council, Henry K. Urion. Mrs. Urion diedat the Evanston Hospital March 28 as the result of a major operation.The funeral services were held at Christ Church, Winnetka, Illinois,March 30, where a host of friends gathered to listen to the simple butappropriate rites and to pay their last respects.Mrs. Urion was in every sense a Phi Delt girl. Her two brothers, thelate Philip B. Paul, .Dartmouth, '06, and Richard F. Paul, Dartmouth, 'II,were interested members of New Hampshire Alpha and Brother Urionbecame acquainted with her through them. She was a visitor at severalconventions, and those who were at Detroit will remember her lively interestin all that went on. She leaves three sons, Paul, Kimball, and Phil.THE SCROLL extends the heartfelt sympathy of all Phis to BrotherUrion in his bereavement.Delta Tau Delta recently withdrew the charter of its chapter at \'anderbiltUniversity. This chapter had been in existence for many years butthe action was taken by the fraternity because of a consistent disregardfor the national fraternity, its ideals and its laws.In a formal statement, the Delts say that they had made every eflfortover a period of over ten years to bring the chapter into line but the attempthad not been productive of success. They had appealed to the chapteritself, they had tried to organize the alumni and acquaint them with theseriousness of the situation. Nothing they could do seemed to bring aboutany improvement so they decided to acknowledge defeat and retire fromthe field.Much as we deplore the necessity for that action b\ another fraternitywe cannot help but admire the Delts for the courage they exhibited. Fraternitiesare not trying to produce a standard article but they do have toinsist upon an adherence to the principles of decency and loyalty whichcharacterize gentlemen.[459]