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

THE SCROLL. 6iihe was mustered out in the latter year, he at once becamesecretary of the army and navy Y. M. C. .A. associations ofthe Philippine Islands, under the international committee.When the U. S. arm}' went into China and joined the internationalforces against Pekin, he organized the Y. M. C. A.tent and equipment which accompanied the soldiers of UncleSam. After two years of service with the international committee,a portion of the time in this country, he was appointedstate secretary of New Jersey, March i, 1902, and has completedfour years' work in this field. He has been appointedgeneral secretary of the Y. M. C. -\. in Washington, D. C,assuming his duties ou May r.Ohio State—B. H. Ward, '90, Past P. G. C, and Mrs.Ward have been making a tour of Europe. They ascendedVesuvius on the afternoon of April 7, signs of the impendingvolcano being then apparent. That night they stopped in ahotel near Pompeii, but, at two o'clock in the morning, wereforced to make a hasty departure on account of the volcanicexplosions and flow of lava. In a letter to the ClevelandPlain Dealer, Bro. Ward said:.As I stepped out into the street I saw a sight that I shall never forget—the whole of the mountain apparently on fire, flames shooting from the topcrater I,ooo feet in the air; hot stones falling down the sides of the topcrater, lava pouring from the new crater in three streams, one of them approachingour hotel too close for comfort. The rumblings from the mountainwere intense. The scene beggared description. The streets werecrojvded, yes, packed with fleeting people, on foot, riding horses, mules,oxen and cows and in donlcey carls, on drays and in carriages. The driversran their horses from Pompeii to Castellammare, five miles distant, neverallowing any space to intervene between the carriages. Here we felt comparativelysafe and walked the horses to rest thetn.Vanderbilt—On June i, 1906, in a memorable triumph overthe machine organization, Malcolm R. Patterson, '82, wasnominated by the Democrats of Tennessee for the office ofgovernor. Although internal dissensions have led some tobelieve that there is danger of party defeat, it is generallythought that the Volunteer State will in November elect Bro.Patterson by the normal majority. The nominee has had adistinguished record at the bar and in congress. In 1894 hewas chosen as prosecuting attorney at Memphis and served assuch until 1900, when he was elected to congress without oppositionwithin his party. He was twice re-nominated byacclamation and elected. His campaign for the governorshiphas been one of the longest and most remarkable in the