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

Vol. LV, No. 1THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAAt the time of his death he wason leave from his station in Bethlehem,Pennsylvania, where he was instructorin military tactics for the ReserveOfficers' Training Corps unit at theLehigh University.Upon graduation from Washingtonand Jefferson in 1915, Brother Whittenwent to the Mexican border as a memberof Company H, Eighteenth Infantry,Pennsylvania National Guard,rising from private to sergeant. Returningfrom the border he was homebut a few months when the WorldWar was declared and he immediatelyapplied for a commission, was enrolledas a second lieutenant and later promotedto first lieutenant and at thetime of his death Captain Whittenwas in line for promotion to majorafter fourteen years of faithfulservice.For two years he was stationed atCamp GaiUard, Panama, Canal Zone,with the 42d Infantry, U.S.A. Despitehis earnest pleas to be sent overseas,his superior officers declared hisservices as an instructor were morevaluable in this country than theywould be in France.Captain Whitten was married June7, 1919, in Hoboken, New Jersey, toMiss Emily Parkhust of Californiawho survives him besides hismother and two sisters, Mrs. SarahGreer, Louisville, Kentucky, and Mrs.Thomas Murdock, Homestead Park,Pennsylvania.The American Legion Post 60 ofHomestead, Pennsylvania, conductedthe services and he was laid to rest inthe Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.• • •Dr. Frederic M. Strouse, Pennsylvania,'85Dr. Frederic M. Strouse, '66, acharter member of Pennsylvania Zetaand a member of the faculty of theUniversity of Pennsylvania School ofMedicine, was killed in Atlantic City,[S3]DR. FREDERIC M. STROUSE,Pennsylvania, '85New Jersey, on the morning of August4. Dr. Strouse was struck by an automobileas he was on his way to takea morning train to Philadelphia. Hisskull was fractured and he died withina few minutes without regaining consciousness.Dr. Strouse was a widely knownauthority on diseases of the ear, nose,and throat. He was graduated fromthe University of Pennsylvania Schoolof Medicine with the class of 1885 andhad been a member of the faculty since1919. He specialized in otology, rhinology,and laryngology and had beenan assistant professor in these studiessince 1921. In July of this year hewas advanced to the post of associateprofessor in the Graduate School ofMedicine of the University. At thetime of his death he was sixty-sixyears old.