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

THE SCROLL. 449land for years. The snow, blown in great clouds before a wild northeastgale, was as dense as smoke, and every man in the city feared that the streetcar lines would be blocked and that he would never reach his home in thesuburbs. The appearance of the storm indicated its continuance for manyhours, and Boston and Harvard Phis feared a small attendance at the dinnerfor the success of which they had worked so hard. When they gathered atthe American House, however, they were relieved of all anxiety by seeing agreat number of brothers whose enthusiasm for the event had been increasedon account of the trouble they had in getting to it. There was just one manmore present than at the dinner a year ago, sixty-nine attending, and theattendance would have been much greater had the northeast wind stayed athome on the grand bank of Newfoundland instead of rushing down on NewEngland to shake its white mantle in the fair face of an approaching spring.The Alumni Day dinner was held in Boston this year under the same arrangementas last year, when the Boston and Harvard clubs managed it together.Almost the entire Harvard club attended this year, and there wasa goodly number of Bostonians. Representatives from Colby in Maine,Dartmouth, Amherst, and Brown were present, and the interest that theirchapters took in the dinner showed the close relations between undergraduateand alumnus in New England. At the business meeting which was held beforethe dinner, the officers of the Boston club for the coming year wereelected and a few routine matters were attended to. Divine blessing wasinvoked by the Rev. Bro. White, of Buchtel, and the dinner was on. Thecheering and singing commenced before the oysters were gone, and everyonce in a while the pent-up melody in the soul of an enthusiastic Phi wouldbreak forth in a vocal solo which soon developed into a chorus. Bro. E. C.Clark of Colby was the chorister,-and how he filled his part! He had thegestures, he had the temperament, and no Creatore pleading with his musicianswas ever more successful in getting results. Bro. C. U. Tirrell ofDartmouth was at the piano, and he was a great running mate for Clark.When the table was cleared. President Rowe presented Bro. A. L. Philbrick,Brown, '03, as the toastmaster. He made a few introductory remarksof a character which he will not attempt to describe, and presented Bro. R.Stewart, Vermont, '93, whospokeon "Fallacies—SomeSignsof theTimes."He talked in an interesting manner of many of the questions on which havebeen spattered many quarts of printers' ink, and was loudly applauded whenhe spoke in favor of summer baseball playing by college men.Bro. G. A. Shurtleff, Knox, '03, from the Harvard club, took for hissubjest, "Wise Men." When he was introduced he began a witty speech,provoking much laughter with his bright comparisons of the east and thewest. He aroused much enthusiasm by telling of the plans of the Harvardclub for a club house, and he promised that the Harvard club would be abig factor in the future life of the Harvard professional school Phis. Bro.R. C. Cochrane, '07, the representative from Dartmouth, brought greetingsfrom New Hampshire Alpha, and he was followed by the Rev. Bro. J. F.Brant, Ohio Wesleyan, '73, whotalked on "Comradeship." Hiseloquence,devoted to the ideals of Phi Delta Theta, aroused applause. Bro. AlexanderGraham, Brown, '06, who represented Rhode Island Alpha, told of thestrife at his alma mater for pure athletics, and he was followed by Bro, O,B. Wyman, Chicago, '03, of the Harvard club, who made a speech filledwith wit and fun. Bro. O. B. Peterson, Colby, '07, represented MaineAlpha, but he was obliged to leave before he could be introduced, and Bro.E. W. Burrill, Amherst, '06, spoke for Massachusetts Beta.The officers of the Boston club for the coming year are: president, E. L.Shinn, Lombard; vice-president, Kent Knowlton, Dartmouth; secretary, C.