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

THE SCROLL. 475exercises extending-over three days, .\pril 19-21. T. T. Connally,Texas Beta, '99, was alumni orator on the occasion.Columbia—E. J. Riederer, '97, was married, April 5, toMiss Elizabeth M. Pool at Somerville, N. J. His brother,H. S. Riederer, New York Delta, '01, was best man. Thebride is a sister-in-law of A. P. Van Gelder, New York Delta,'96.Texas—J. A. Lomax, '97, president of Eta province, 1898-1900, now instructor in English at Texas A. & M. CoUege,will study at Harvard next year. E. C. Barker, '99, nowinstructor in history at the University of Texas, will study atthe University of Wisconsin.Vanderbilt—W. B. Palmer, '80, special agent of the U. S.Bureau of Labor, visited the Florida Keys in March, to investigatethe labor conditions on the extension of the FloridaEast Coast Railway from the mainland to Key West. Hetraveled on a special steamer, and inspected thirteen constructioncamps on as many keys.Cincinnati—J. B. Kemper, '99, a charter member of OhioTheta, 2d lieutenant, 1898, and first lieutenant, 1899, waspromoted to be captain, December 25, 1905, being assignedto the 2d U. S. infantry, which is now in the Philippines. Inhis eight years of army life, five years have been spent in thePhilippines. His promotion is a merited reward for faithfulservices.Texas—.Alexander Pope, '06, who has distinguished himselfas a medal winner and successful inter-collegiate debater,as the editor of the university weekly and a contributor ofclever verse and prose to the literary magazine and annual,has further shown his versatility by writing a play. TheKing of Korea," which university students have presentedseveral times in Austin.Indianapolis—F. A. Cotton, '02, superintendent of publicinstruction of Indiana, though bitterly opposed by the schoolbook trust, was renominated by the recent Republican convention.He received B. A. from Butler, and Ph. B. fromChicago, afterwards meeting the requirements for the master'sdegree at Chicago. The doctor's degree was conferred onhim recently by Franklin.