1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

i62 THE SCROLL.stage was banked with palms, back of which the full universityorchestra furnished the music for the dancers. A newfeature of college dances, a buffet lunch, was served on thelower floor. Among the guests of the ball was Dr. JohnEdwin Brown, of Columbus, Ohio, the grand president ofthe fraternity.'Thursday afternoon the delegates and a number of thefriends of the local chapter among the fair sex occupied thefirst three rows at the "Wieting Opera House at the matineeperformance of "The Silver Slipper."'About eighty delegates and members of the fraternitywere in attendance at the banquet on Thursday evening.The banquet tables were set in the form of a Greek epsilonin honor of the Syracuse chapter, and the men on the toastlist faced the other members. A carnation, the fraternityflower, was placed at every plate. The flags of the variouscolleges were hung about the banquet hall intertwined withthe fraternity emblem. The dinner cards were unique, thefront page showing a college student arrayed in cap andgown, holding up a number of college flags with his lefthand and the fraternity shield with the other. Upon theshield was printed "Alpha Province of Phi Delta ThetaConvention," and date. Just above the shield was an engravingof Crouse College, which, when lifted up, showed asteaming turkey on a plate. The inside pages of the cardwere devoted to the menu and toast list, and an engravingof the university oval was placed on the back.'Dr. John Balcolm Shaw, Lafayette, '85, of New Yorkcity, was toastmaster, and called for the following responses:' "Brotherhood in the Bond," J. Robert Rubin, Syracuse,'04; "With Brains, Sir," Hon. Julius Marshall Mayer, Columbia,'86; "Our Government," Dr. John Edwin Brown,President General Council, Ohio Wesleyan, '84; "The IdealFraternity," T. M. Phetteplace, president Alpha provinceEast, Brown, '99; "Tribute to Robert Morrison," FrancisB. Cullen, Union, '97; ".\lumni Spirit," B. M. L. Ernst,president Alpha province West, Columbia, '99; "Across theDuty Line," A. C. Sellery, McGill, '04. Arthur M. Mc­Crillis, Brown, '97, Historian of the General Council, wasalso down for a toast but was unable to attend.''Headquarters of the convention were at the Yates Hotel,where the business sessions were held. It is understood thata number of important matters of fraternity policy were