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

Chapter GrandLeonard Beall, Idaho, '27Leonard Beall, Idaho, '27, passed tomembership in the Chapter Grand onFebruary 13, 1930, at Salt Lake City,Utah. Brother Beall was employed inSalt Lake by the Ed. B. Smith andSons Insurance Company and was activelyat work up until death. Leonardhad not been feeling well for severaldays, but considered that what he wassuffering from was only a slight touchof the flu. He went to his office onTuesday, but did not look well andwas sent home. He was dressed andup all day Wednesday but did not goto work. At about eleven o'clockWednesday night he became suddenlyworse and went to the hospital. Hewas still able to walk unaided, butcomplications set in and he passedaway at about five o'clock on the nextmorning. His mother, who lives inCaldwell, Idaho, was notified of hiscondition Wednesday night and startedimmediately for Salt Lake in companywith Margaret Mendenhall of Boise,to whom Leonard was engaged. Theywere notified en route, however, ofhis death and returned to Caldwellwhile Mr. Beall brought the body fromSalt Lake.Friends of Brother Beall wereshocked by the news of his death. Hewas the idol of the fellows in the housewhile he was in the university andwas very popular wherever he went.He was twenty-four years of age atthe time of his death and had beengraduated with a B.A. degree in 1927.His college career was marked byparticipation in three years of varsityfootball and two years of varsity baseball.He was also prominent in chapterwork and in social affairs. Sincegraduation Leonard had worked forthe Aetna Insurance Company in Boiseand in Salt Lake.Brother Beall's death is mourned by[52]every one of his host of friends, andto his mother and father the chapterexpresses the utmost sympathy for theloss of one so dear to all who knewhim.• * *Captain Robert Quail Whitten, Washingtonand lefferson, '15Pennsylvania Gamma was shockedto hear of the sudden death of theirbeloved brother. Captain Robert QuailWhitten, 38, United States Army, atSt. Louis, Missouri, Friday afternoon,July 18 about five o'clock, followinga heart attack which he suffered aftera period of swimming.Brother Whitten was born March29, 1892, in Pittsburgh and is the sonof Mrs. Catherine E. Whitten and thelate Senator Norman A. Whitten.CAPTAIN ROBERT A. WHITTEN,W. and J., '15