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

THE SCROLL. 163passed upon. Resolutions passed and made public includedthanks to the University and Citizens' Clubs for courtesiesextended, and to the local chapter and alumni for kind attentionsduring the week.''Attorney Raymond L. Skinner was chairman of the localcommittee, the other members being Dr. A. E. Larkin, Dr.J. A. Matthews, G. G. Merry, J. A. Distin and J. T. Lane.''The following is a list of delegates present: G. D. Coy,Colby; C. K. Woodbridge, Dartmouth; H. E. Cunningham,Vermont; A. P. Newell, Williams; V. S. Clark, Amherst;E. S. Mclntyre, Brown; E. J. Snow, Cornell; W. H. Guardenier,Union; Thos. Miller, Columbia; J. M. Cooper, Lafayette; G. S. Eppler, Gettysburg; M. G. Baker, Dickinson;H. G. Bonner, Lehigh; C. E. Goodin, University of Pennsylvania; E. M. McElroy, Washington and Jefferson; A. C.Sellery, McGill; J. R. Rubin, Syracuse.''Allegheny was the only chapter not represented. Therewere also about twenty other visitors to the convention fromout of town. The next convention will be held at Burlington,Vt., with the University of Vermont chapter, duringThanksgiving week, 1905.'A WELL-KNOWN PHI AND HIS RRST BOOK.Steady convention-goers know Wardon Curtis well, andreaders of THE SCROLL also are familiar with his name,which, although it does not appear very frequently, is alwaysbeneath a notable contribution. There are men ofother fraternities who have reason to know him, too, for heis a jealous guardian of the name and interests of * A ©,and of Wisconsin Alpha, whence he was graduated in 1889.A dabbler in things literary since undergraduate days, Bro.Curtis has latterly devoted himself wholly to literary pursuits,contributing articles on a wide range of subjects, includingshort pieces of fiction, humor, et cetera, to numerousmagazines and periodicals. The appearance of his first book,which issued from the press in October, marks a turningpointin his career, from which his friends, ourselves included,predict will come wider recognition of his talentsand large encouragement to further effort.In 'The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton,' publishedby Messrs. Herbert S. Stone and Company of Chi-