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

Chapter LettersAlabama Alpha, University of AlabamaChapter House Improvements: Thewhole house has been painted both insideand out. Both front and back lawnshave been improved while the back lawnhas been landscaped. A new set of rugsfor the entire downstairs and anotherrefrigerator have been bought. Newgutters and drainpipes have been installed.General carpentry and furniturerepairs complete the list of improvementsfor the rushing season.Social Activities: A wedding of widesocial interest is that of Miss TheolaMatson, of Birmingham, and Hugh Mallory,Jr., of Selma, which was quietlysolemnized July 3 in Columbus, Mississippi.The bride is the daughter of Mrs.Pauline Matson and the late George AndrewMatson of South Carolina andNew York. After attending ConverseCollege in South Carolina, she laterstudied at the university, where she wasa member of the AAA Sorority andwas popular and prominent in schoolactivities. Mallory is the son of Mr. andMrs. Hugh Mallory and is a law studentat the University. He is a graduate ofthe University of the South, Sewanee,Tennessee. His paternal grandfatherwas the late H. S. D. Mallory, one ofAlabama's great lawyers and statesmen.Brother Mallory and his bride have justreturned from a wedding trip to Canada.Campus Activities: Bonneau Murraywas elected President of the SouthernFederation of Student Bodies at the conventionin Gainesville, Florida, the pastspring. Election to this office is a fittingtribute to Brother Murray who is anoutstanding man on the campus.Chapter Visitors: James Kidd, '30;Tommy Hutchins, '28; Bruce Robertson,Jr., '26; Alfred Walker, '05; WilliamMudd, '06, John McQueen, '27; EdwardNorthington, '08.Alumni Personals: A wedding of socialinterest the past summer was themarriage in Montgomery of Miss AliceMitchell of that city to James Kiddof Birmingham. Both the bride andgroom graduated from the University thepast year. Mrs. Kidd is a member of[62]the ATA Sorority and was very prominentin social and club life, being amember of 4> B K and X A '4>. Kidd waschapter president the past year and amember of the Arch Club, Parasites, andthe Panhellenic Council. Mr. and Mrs,Kidd are making their home in Birminghamwhere Kidd is in business.HOWARD B. LEACHAlabama Beta, Alabama PolytechnicInstitutePhikeias: Kenneth Thompson, Gadsden,Alabama; John B. Duke, Gadsden,Alabama; E. Wyman McCall, Gadsden,Alabama; Thomas R. Head, Troy, Alabama;J. Malcomb Holloway, Montgomery,Alabama; Virgil Dark, Opelika,Alabama; Mack Dinsmore, Birmingham,Alabama; John Scott, Huntsville, Alabama;Richard Watkins, Columbus,Georgia; Lawrence Rambo, Blakeley,Georgia; J. Myron McKay, UnionSprings, Alabama; Joseph L. Johnson,Anniston, Alabama.Initiate: September 19, 1930. John C.Webb, Marion, Alabama.Chapter House Improvements: Twonew Chesterfields bought for livingroom. Three magazines subscribed to,namely, the Literary Digest, Greek Exchange,and Cosmopolitan.Campus Actiinlies: Lee Johnson andArthur Kirkby are on the varsity footballsquad.Chapter Visitors: Johnson, Alabama'28, and HoUaway, Alabama, '03; Thompson,'02; C. B. Golthwaite, '07; Kelly,Emory, '10.Alumni Personals: E. L. Rainer, '30,is working for the Standard Oil Companyof New Jersey in Greer, SouthCarolina. G. P. Walker, '30, is workingfor Liggett Drug Company, Augusta,Georgia.A new Textile Engineering Building,costing approximately $150,000, is nearingcompletion. The new Animal Husbandryand Dairying Building, whichcost about the same, has just been completedand will be occupied this fall.L. PRESTON WHORTON