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

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA October, 1930negotiations to bring about a settlementof Chicago's traction problem. Thesemen gave their best efforts towards solvingthis problem without thought of selfinterest.The people of Chicago, the securityholders, and all others who wereinterested in the settlement of this vitalquestion owe them a debt of gratitude.Brother Busby was buried in theGary Memorial Cemetery at Wheaton,Illinois. At the hour of his funeralthe wheels of every surface and elevatedcar in Chicago were stilled asthe city paid its last tribute. Flagsof many downtown business buildingswere at halfmast.After leaving the bulk of his largeestate to his widow, two children andthe members of his family, BrotherBusby's will provided for substantialgifts to Ohio Wesleyan University, theJohn Crerar Library, the MaryThompson Hospital for Children andthe Children's Memorial Hospital.• • •Addison G. Mangum, North Carolina,'93Addison G. Mangum, North Carolina,'93, died last spring at his homein Gastonia, North Carolina. He wasone of the most prominent of theillustrious alumni of North CarolinaBeta and has been unfaltering inhis support of the chapter and itsactivities.Brother Mangum was one of theoutstanding attorneys of the state, onewho has served his community, GastonCounty, both in the state senate andin the house of representatives. Thelatest attack with his heart that finallycaused his death was sustained whilehe was representing the defendants inthe famous Aderholt murder case inthe Supreme Court of North Carolina.Brother Mangum has been a trusteeof the University of North Carolinafor several years and in that capacitymarked himself a man of high characterand ability as he had in all theother enterprises he had undertaken.J. T. GRESHAM, JR.,North Carolina '25[58]Rev. Dr. Andrew N. Hagerty, Lafayette,'81The Reverend Dr. Andrew NeelyHagerty, Lafayette, '81, pastor emeritusof the First Presbyterian Churchof Carlisle, Pennsylvania, died in aHarrisburg hospital, July 1, 1930.Death resulted from the shock of anoperation for the removal of a cataractfrom his eye.Doctor Hagerty was seventy-eightyears old and was the second oldestminister in the Carlisle Presbytery andwas for a long time dean of the Carlisleministers, both in point of serviceand in age. He was for many years,and at the time of his death, presidentof the board of trustees of the CarlislePresbytery; he was commissionerof the general assembly on at least twooccasions, was Moderator of Presbytery,commissioner to Synod and otherwisehonored by the church.He was born near West Middletown,Washington County, on March 27,1852. He remained on the farm untilhe was twenty-one years old when heentered the West Alexander Academyof which his brother, Thomas, was theprincipal, and completed his preparationfor college. He entered LafayetteCollege in 1877, graduating in 1881.His alma mater later honored him byconferring upon him the honorary degreeof doctor of divinity. DoctorHagerty received his theological trainingat the Theological Seminary ofthe United Presbyterian Church atAllegheny where he graduated in 1884.* • •Charles A. Downer, New York, '86Professor Charles A. Downer, NewYork, '86, died this summer in Samaden,Switzerland. He was sixty-fouryears old and his body was broughtback to Rahway, New Jersey, forburial. His home was in New York.Brother Downer received his A.B.at the College of the City of NewYork in 1886 and his Ph.D. at Columbiain 1901. He became a tutor at