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

Vol. LV, No. 7THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETABerkeley while we were visiting hischapter. Friendly, well liked, a truePhi in every sense, he will be missedby Washington Alpha as greatly asby California. Brother Herb had outstandingcharacteristics and was a manwhom any Phi would be proud toknow as a brother. His death is a tremendousloss to the entire fraternityas well as to his family and friends inCalifornia. Washington Alpha andmyself wish to express our sorrow andextend our sympathy to California Alphain their loss.—GEORGE KINNEARAugustus T. Throop, Lehigh, '89Augustus Thompson Throop, Lehigh,'89, one of the ten charter members,of Pennsylvania Eta Chapter,died at the home of his daughter inWilmington, Delaware, December 22,1930.Brother Throop was born at PortGibson, New York, April 16, 1866.After graduating at the Palmyra(New York) High School, he enteredLehigh with the class of '89, graduatedwith the degree of civil engineer,was a member of T B II, and prominentin college activities and athletics.After graduation he was for threeyears assistant engineer on the NiagaraFalls power development. Hethen engaged in general engineeringpractice for some years, which includedspecial construction work onthe Kern River development of theSouthern California Edison Companyof Los Angeles. He returned East in1909 to become general manager of theelectrical department of the Utica Gasand Electric Company, Utica, NewYork. In 1917 he went to Wilmington,Delaware, in charge of the light andpower department of the Wilmingtonand Philadelphia Traction Company,and during the next two years wasvery busy here as Wilmington was thecenter of many activities in connectionwith the manufacture of war materialsand ammunition.In 1920 he went to Salem, Massachusetts,as manager of the EasternMassachusetts Electric Company,which position he occupied at the timeof his death.His home was at 375 LafayetteStreet, Salem, Massachusetts.He is survived by his wife, formerlyMiss Helen M. Eaton, of Albion, NewYork, to whom he was married in1894, a son, a daughter, and twobrothers.• • •[477]Hugh C. Smith, Richmond, '77Hugh C. Smith, Richmond, '77, diedat his daughter's home in Huntington,West Virginia, on January 29, 1931,lacking a few days of reaching hisseventy-seventh birthday. Since 1923he had been retired from active servicein connection with the BaptistChurch, which he served as pastor for44 years. He also served his churchas a member of the Board of Missionsand Education, the Orphanage Board,and the Hospital Board. In 1891 hewas elected secretary of the GeneralAssociation of the Baptist Church, inwhich capacity he served for fortyyears, missing not one session duringthis entire time.While at Richmond College BrotherSmith was active in student affairs,being a member of the PhilologianSociety and having organized theMessenger. He was a charter memberof Virginia Delta of * A 0. At thenational convention held in Philadelphiain 1876 he was elected secretaryof the convention. In 1911 RichmondCollege conferred the degree ofdoctor of divinity on him.Brother Smith ever took an activeinterest in the fraternity and his passingis deeply regretted by all whocame in contact with him. Hundredsof his friends from all over Virginiaand North Carolina either came to payhim homage or sent expressions oftheir sorrow to his widow.—H. W.FIELDING, Reporter, Randolph-Macon