1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

268 THE SCROLL.them. The following were the toasts and "toasters":"AlphaProvince,"Thurlow M.Gordon, Dartmouth, '06; "TheFraternity Man and His College," J. Robert Rubin, Syracuse,'04; ' Stray Thoughts," S. HoUister Jackson, Vermont, '98;"Get There," A. M. McCrillis, Brown, '97; "Phis of theDominion," L. C. Lauchland, McGill, '04. With this arrayof talent coniparisons are indeed odious, as they all acquittedthemselves so well. These remarks were followed by a numberof impromptus under the appropriate caption on themenu card, "A mill for the manufacture of gabble." In thispractically everyone was given a chance to show his abilityor disability in the speech-making line. The evening passedvery pleasantly and it was in the morning before the partybroke up voting the banquet of the Alpha province conventionof 1905 a signal success.Wednesday evening there was a smoker to the delegatesand visitors in the assembly room of the Masonic Temple.Talent of various kinds had been engaged for the occasionand everything possible had been procured for the entertainmentof the brothers. While not attempting criticism, Imust confess that the feelings of at least a few of the audiencewere slightly mixed" during a portion of the entertainment.Smokers' implements in abundance were furnished those whodesired, while those who abstained took their dose of smokesecond-hand. A lunch of sandwiches, coffee, etc., was providedand rapidly disappeared down ravenous throats. Onthe whole the function was a very enjoyable one and provedthe Phis of Vermont Alpha to be royal entertainers.Thursday evening occurred the theatre party at "TheStrong" the most attractive and popular opera house in thecity. Nearly all the Phis attended, many of them doublingup for the occasion. Early in the evening a huge Phi DeltaTheta shield was displayed above the stage and greeted withdeserved applause. The cheers of the fraternity and ofAlpha province were given between the acts greatly to theannoyance of the pompous guardian of the peace on dutythat evening. The audience was very orderly and, had itnot been for the cheers and a dash of the fraternitv colorshere and there, one would not have been aware of the presenceof the members of a college fraternity in convention assembled.The play was a good one, John O'Neil's "Countof Monte Christo," often seen and just as often enjoyed, andthe evening was, I am sure, well spent by all.