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

THE SCROLL. 269Friday evening was the last and gayest function of all, thefraternity dance in the Masonic Temple. Although the conventionadjourned the day before, all but a few of the visitingPhis remained to enjoy the hospitality of the entertainerson this festive occasion. The hall was tastefully decorated,the music fine, the dancing excellent, and everything passedoff "as gaily as a marriage bell." Those of us who werecalled away before time regretted that we could not enjoy thepleasures of the last, though not least, of the round of gaietiesso ably arranged. All the testimony at hand is unanimouslyin favor of calling the dance a fitting climax to a very enjoyableseries of entertainments.From the standpoint of either business or pleasure, theconvention of 1905 will go down to history as one of the mostsuccessful ever held in Alpha province. No little credit isdue to the committee who labored so assiduously to make it asuccess and to the members of Vermont Alpha, all of whomso nobly contributed their share. The only drawback wasthe inclemency of the weather and it was a great disappointmentto many that excursions to the neighboring points ofinterest were impracticable. The next time we meet with theVermont brothers we trust that "Old Probabilities" will bemore gracious, to us that we may take in the beauties of theplacid lake with its setting of the Green Mountains, the wholeforming one of the most delicious bits of scenic effect ofwhich New England can boast.IRVING L. FOSTER, Brown,GAMMA PROVINCE.The erection of a new province composed of Kentucky andTennessee bore substantial fruit in a most enjoyable provinceconvention at Nashville on December 2 and 3, 1905. Everychapter and alunmi club was represented by a delegate andthere were also present Bros. Robert M. Allen, province president,of Lexington, and John H. DeWitt, R. G. C, ofNashville. The opening exercises were purely social, thevisiting Phis being the guests of Tennessee Alpha at a dancein the chapter house, on Friday evening. Some very charmingyoung ladies were there, particularly Miss Ethel Wilder,of Louisville, who was accompanied to the city by her brother,Edward Wilder, delegate from the Louisville alumni.The business sessions, presided over by Bro. Allen, wereheld on Saturday in the chapter house, kiter the openingaddresses were made a searching inquiry was made into the'93.