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

45° THE SCROLL.W. Doten, Vermont; reporter, A. L. Philbrick, Brown; treasurer, W. W.Howe, Buchtel; historian, S. S. Dennis, Vermont; warden, C. U. Tirrell,Dartmouth; chorister, E. C. Clark, Colby.There were twenty-five different colleges represented at the dinner.A. L. PHILBRICK.HARVARD UNIVERSITY.The Harvard alumni club celebrated March 15 by its annual banquetwith the Boston alumni club. The banquet this year was held at the AmericanHouse in Boston. The evening was undoubtedly the worst one of thewinter, a New England blizzard lasting all day and far into the night. Theweather outside, however, only seemed to make an agreeable contrast withthe scene inside and notwithstanding the difficulty in getting to the hotel thebanquet was the largest and most successful the clubs have ever had. TheHarvard club sent twenty members, more than ever before, across the riverto the banquet. For the club Bro. Shurtleff, Knox, '04, responded to thetoast, "Wise Men;" Bro. Wj'man, Chicago, '03, to "Western Philosophy;"and Bro. Brant, Ohio Wesleyan, '73, an adopted member of theHarvard club, to "Comradeship."On the evening of April 5 the Harvard club instituted what promises tobecome a custom by holding its firs'" annual dance at the Colonial club,Cambridge. Bros. Shurtleff, Legg, Mclntyre, Whitley and Terrien had thedance in charge and made all the arrangements. The Boston club was invitedto join with us and several of the members accepted. It was a mostenjoyable event and so great a success that plans are being formed to makean alumni club dance an annual occurence. There were about 20 couplepresent and all the Phi Delta Theta pins were not on the fellows. Thepatronesses were Mrs. Carver, the wife of Bro. Carver, Iowa Wesleyan, '87,and Mrs. Norton, wife of Bro. Norton, Brown, '00, and Mrs. L. W.Sargent and Mrs. H. L. Stalker. The dance marked an epoch in the historyof the Harvard alumni club.Professor Carver is chairman of the department of history and politicalscience, for this academic year. He is also delivering a series of weeklylectures at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on the "Distributionof Wealth."Gordon Armstrong, "Ohio Wesleyan," '97, who left the university lastspring, is instructor in mathematics at Oberlin College.April II, 1906. SAMUEL B. MEISENHELDER.PITTSBURG.On February 23, 1906, the club entertained Bro. Robert T. Haines, lead-"ing man in "The Darling of the Gods" company, at lunch, at the HotelHenry. About one hundred postals were sent out and thirty Phis responded.Many were unable to attend but their interest in our plans has been shownby replies received since that date. We had a very delightful meeting withBro. Haines who responded to our endeavors with a very neat speech, whichQxAy increased his reputation of being a good fellow and a loyal Phi.JBro. Haines told us of his meeting with Phis in other cities and somewhatof the work in which he is engaged. Our luncheon served a double purposealthough this did not occur to those having the arrangements in chargeuntil later. Bro. Richard Hardy, who has been our president during thepast year, was present for the last time in that capacity as he has been compelledto leave Pittsburg to take charge of the Fidelity Mutual Life Com-