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

Undergraduates of AchievementKenneth G. Meuser, Kansas, '31Holding the presidency of three majororganizations and the vice-presidencyof another at one time is therecord of Kenneth G. Meuser ofKansas Alpha at the University ofKansas.At the close of his junior yearMeuser was elected to the Owl Society,junior honorary organization,and was immediately chosen president.The organization advanced asit had never done before and at theend of the year the Pachachamac politicalparty placed his name for presidentof the men's student council,which office was won without opposition.The brothers of Kansas Alpha recognizedthat if a Phi could lead thestudent body he could also presideover * A 0, so a week later he waselected chapter president.Sachem, senior honorary organization,elected him to its ranks and madehim vice-president of that group.This year the student council votedto send him to the Sixth Annual Congressof the National Student Federationof America which was held atAtlanta, Georgia, December 29 toJanuary 2. His merit and leadershipwas recognized here because he waselected to the executive committee ofthe national organization as regionalchairman of the West Central regionof the federation which gives himjurisdiction over 102 schools andseven states.As an underclassman Meuser wasprominent in campus politics and activities.He began his career as afreshman member of the Kansas RelaysCommittee, assistant businessmanager of the K-book, was later appointedassistant business manager ofthe 1929 Jayhawker, major of theY.M.C.A. finance drive, and then thepresidencies started coming upon him.[503]KENNETH G. MEUSERKansas, *31He is a major in the department ofjournalism and a member of S A X,on the K.U. athletic board, joint committeeof student affairs, and on theUnion Operating Committee.FRED R. COWLESJohn At. Ezzell, Sewanee, '31Tennessee Beta suffers a keen lossin the graduation this year of JohnEzzell, whose name should have appearedin this column long before this.In four years he has brought a longand illustrious list of honors to himselfand to the chapter, and TennesseeBeta will long remember him asone of her most honored and belovedsons.Although weighing only 140 pounds,he has been for four years Sewanee'soutstanding end, and has outfoughtand outplayed the best linesmen in theSouthern Conference. Last year hewas alternate captain, and althoughhandicapped throughout the entireseason by many painful injuries, hisplay was outstanding.In his junior year John was presidentof the Panhellenic, president ofthe "S" Club, and vice-president of