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

Tennessee Alpha LosesThree Stellar PhisWITHIN recent months $ A 0 haslost three of her outstanding alumniwho were members of Tennessee Alpha.A brief account of each of theselamented brothers is here given.William R. Manier, Sr.,Vanderbilt, 81At the age of 69, William R. Manier,Senior, Vanderbilt, '81, splendid citizen,Christian gentleman and belovedalumnus of Tennessee -Alpha, at hishome in Nashville passed suddenly intothe Chapter Grand on January 17,1931. He was survived by his wife,Mrs. Mary Owsley Manier, and fourchildren, William R. Manier, Jr., Vanderbilt,'08, Dr. J. Owsley Manier,Vanderbilt, '07, Miller Manier, Vanderbilt,'17, and Mrs. Mary LindaCooper, wife of William P. Cooper,Vanderbilt, '08; and by his brotlier,James W. Manier, Vanderbilt, '89.For sixteen years Brother Manierwas the secretary of the Chamber ofCommerce of Nashville. He was foremostin many constructive civic movements—theMuscle Shoals Association,the formation of the Community Chest,the establishment of the Nashville IndustrialCorporation which led to theestablishment of the great DuPontRayon plants at Old Hickory; the promotionof public health work and farmdemonstration work. He renderedvaluable aid to organized charities.He was an organizer and influentialmember of the Southern CommercialOrganization Secretaries' Association.In earlier years Brother Manier,with his father and brother, was apartner in a wholesale shoe houseBy JOHN H. DEWITT, P.P.G.C.Vanderbilt, '94[469]which conducted a large business inthe Southern territory. No citizen ofNashville had more real friends or enjoyeda greater confidence on the partof the people. Brother Manier wasone of those fine souls that by theirgenerosity and lack of dissimulationattract people and hold for all timetheir friendship and confidence. Hewas an active member of the MethodistChurch. He was for over fiftyyears a loyal * A 0. His delightfulhome was a gathering-place for manyof the boys of Tennessee Alpha. Itwas through his interest and financialaid, together with that of his intimatefriend, Walter B. Palmer, that the lotwas acquired upon which stands thechapter house of Tennessee Alpha.His generous and sympathetic interestin the boys of each generation inspiredin them an exalted respect anda personal devotion. The death ofBrother Manier evoked many fineeulogies of him, in the press, thechurch, and in civic bodies. A truefriend of many and a useful servantof his fellow men had passed—"thememory as a cloudless air, the conscienceas a sea at rest.''Alfred E. Howell, Vanderbilt, '82On January 25, 1931, Alfred E.Howell, Vanderbilt, '82, died suddenlyin his native city of Nashville. Hewas survived by his wife, Mrs. JennieThompson Howell, and five children,Morton B. Howell, Vanderbilt, '07,Mrs. Paul Bartles, Mrs. EsmondEwing, Mrs. Clopper -\lmon, and MissIsabel Howell. He was a brother ofJudge R. B. C. Howell, of Nashville,