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

IHE SCROLL. 477national convention that last met in Atlanta in 1891 and asthe delegate from the alumni club of Washington to the NewYork convention in 1902. He is the founder and managerof the Congressional Information Bureau, a unique institutionthat prepares to order any information desired from Washington,gives expert advice concerning any matters pendingin Congress or the departments, and renders special servicesin all phases of Washington endeavor.„'l ^JAV H. STEVENS,Cornell—H ornellsville,X. Y., the second largestsilk manufacturing city inthe United States, has justelected Jay H. Stevens,Cornell, '01, recorder af- .ter the hottest municipalcampaign in the last quarterof a century. Thevictory is also especiallynoteworthy from the factthat Bro. Stevens replacesa man who has been aparty leader for a dozenyears or more and wellversed in the game of-politics. Bro. Stevensconducted a clean, consistentcampaign and wonon his own merits. Hewas born in Hornellsville,N. Y., October 5.1876, and secured hispreparatory education atClinton Liberal Institute.He spent his freshmanCornell 'oi.year in .Amherst, where he joined Phi Delta Theta, and laterwent to Cornell where he was graduated with the class of1901. In 1903 he was admitted to the bar and is now practicinglaw with his father under the firm name of Stevens &Stevens. In 1901 he was elected justice of the peace; inigoswas appointed secretary of the chamber of commerce; and inthe recent presidential campaign was president of the HornellsvilleRepublican club. Men trained in public life saythat greater things are yet in store for him.