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

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAfamily" of the Grand Lodge of Ohiois composed of eleven officers, headedby the Grand Master. Six of the elevenare members of college fraternities.Brother Sedgwick is one of thetwenty-five lecturers for the Masonicfraternity appointed by the GrandLodge for the state.Charles A. Macauley, Miami, '98,has been active in the work of theUnion League of Michigan directedagainst communistic activities in thecountry. Brother Macauley, who is theslate agent for Michigan of the JohnHancock Life Insurance Company anda Past President of the General Council,is a member of the board of directorsof the Union League. A specialcommittee of the league recently prepareda detailed report on such communisticactivities.Prof. R. H. Fitzgibbon, Hanover,'24, member of the Hanover Collegefaculty, has been granted a leave ofabsence to pursue work for his doctoratein political science at the Universityof Wisconsin. He has accepteda position at Wisconsin as research assistantto Dr. Chester Lloyd Jones, oneof the country's foremost authoritieson Latin American history and relations.Brother Fitzgibbon's chief workwill be in connection with relations betweenCuba and the United States.P. P. G. C. John H. DeWitt, Vanderbilt,'94, was appointed by the Governorof Tennessee to represent himand deliver the address of presentationin behalf of the state, of the statue ofJohn Sevier, in Statuary Hall inMay, 1931Washington. The ceremonies tookplace in the capitol, Sunday afternoon,April 19.Brother DeWitt is judge of thecourt of appeals of the state of Tenn-The beginning class enrolled atMarch Field, California, contains fourPhi cadets preparing for their wings.They are: Joseph D. Hutchinson,Colorado College, '31; James H. Patrick,Georgia, '30; R. H. Harrison,Stanford, '30; and Ben H. Dally,Westminster, '29.George W. Trautman, Ohio State,'14, who is to be in charge of theRyder Cup matches, the famous internationalgolf classic, has visitedEngland to arrange plans for thisyear's event which is to be held on theScioto course in Columbus, Ohio, June26 and 27.Frederic Cortis, Illinois, '13, has recentlybeen appointed resident managerfor the Stuyvesant publications.He is located in the General Motorsbuilding in Detroit. His home is inBirmingham, Michigan.John McKnight, Davidson, '28, hasbeen transferred by the AssociatedPress to its ofl5ce at Havana, Cuba.Brother McKnight's address now isthe Associated Press Bureau, ElDiario de la Marina, Havana, Cuba.P. T. G. C. John H. Ballou, Wooster,'97, Ohio State, '98, returned May3 from a three months' cruise of theMediterranean. His wife and daughteraccompanied him.[502]