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

THE SCROLL. 455room at Miami University. He also made a stirring plea for a national fraternitychapter house at Oxford, Ohio. The writer of this letter called attentionto the necessity of preparedness for the next Delta province convention,which will be held in Cincinnati.A toast, "The Ladies," was responded toby Bro. S. O. Bayless, who hasbeen assistant general counsel for the C. C. C. & St. L. Ry., for twenty-fiveyears, and who had not attended a fraternity reunion since he left LombardUniversity.The sad death of Stewart Pierson who was killed at a fraternity initiationat Kenyon college, was the occasion for the next toast "Fraternity initiations,"which was responded to by Bro. D. D. Woodmansee. Followingthese remarks, the toastmaster, Bro. Bonham, introduced the following resolution,which Dr. Ellis requested the privilege of seconding, and which wasunanimously adopted:Resolved, that nothing tending to brutality or any physical or mentaldanger or risk to the candidate or the lowering of his self-respect should bepermitted in the initiations of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.Much regret was felt on account of the absence of Dr. A. B. Thrasher,Dr. Guy Potter Benton, president of Miami University, Bro. S. J. Flickinger,Bro. R. M. Allen, of Lexington, Ky., and the three Clermount County boys,all old Hanover men. Judges James B. Swing, Frank Davis and O. P. Griffith.A brief business session was held during which Bro. Scott Bonham wasre-elected president of the Cincinnati alumni club and the writer, secretaryand treasurer.In addition to those whose names appear above, the following were present:J. L. Kohl, H. C. Fetsch, D. E. Barrett, G. M. Kennedy, S. F. Daugherty,W. T. Clark, Edwin P. Durr, Powell Crosley, Jr., Guido Gores, Dr.J. H. McCready, O. H. Schlemmer, Jr., Geo. R. Thompson, Howard G.Holdridge, T. S. Blickensderfer, Horace S. Whittaker, Clarence Bahlmann,C. Willard'Black, Parker H. Fillmore, Llewellyn Williams, Jr., C. A.Schroetter, Edwin Haffner, P. F. Wehmer, A. T. Kreimer, W. H. Fillmore,D. H. Ackerson, Dr. H. F. Schell, G. A. Doeller, O, F. Dwyer, CliffordCordes.March 20, 1906. STUART A. Mc GILL.COLUMBUS. OHIO.The annual dinner of the Phi Delta Theta club of Columbus in connectionwith Ohio Zeta chapter, *as held at the Great Southern Hotel on March16, which seemed a better date than the evening before, as allowing perhapsa larger attendance. When the Phis did gather around the hospitableboard there were thirty-four present in person, and many more in spirit, ifone is to judge from the many replies received to invitations sent out to allalumni of Ohio Zeta. Answers had come from widely-scattered Phis, fromMaine to Texas, and some of these were read at the dinner. There were somany that time was too short to read them all, but they all had the samegreeting and were good messages from those who have gone away and fromwhom any word js received with pleasure.An unexpected and very welcome guest was Father Lindley, whose presencemust be an inspiration to any gathering of Phis. Father Lindley'swords are always much appreciated, coming as they do from one who haswatched the growth of the fraternity from its earliest days, and his informaltalk was listened to with much attention and interest.