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

24 THE SCROLL.articles of incorporation of Phi Delta Theta, under the lawsof Ohio, were filed on March 12, 1881, the name of AlstonEllis headed the list of incorporators. In 1899 he againtook part in the fraternity's public exercises, as one of thespeakers at the * A ® golden jubilee, at the birthplace ofthe fraternity and his own alma mater—Miami.EDWIN M. WATSON.PHI DELTA THETA MEN AT POUGHKEEPSIE.As in former years. Phi Delta Theta has just cause to feelproud of her record in 1903 at the great intercollegiate regattaon the Hudson. Indeed, the visitor found Phis on theriver and off of it at Poughkeepsie during the boat race season,including crew captains, oarsmen, local officials and partisansof the several institutions which met on the river inone of the greatest series of races in the history of theIntercollegiate Rowing Association. It was naturally impossibleto determine exactly how many Phis saw the racesor visited the town during regatta week. The writer personallymet forty-nine, representing nine different institutions,and there were many others. Returning from theHighland shore after the 'varsity race two Phi pins wereseen on the crowded ferry boat, and before the identity ofthe wearers could be established they were lost in the veritablemob. Still another man proudly wearing the argentand azure pledge button was seen to board the special trainto New York, which brought up thousands of spectatorsjust before the races began and hurried them off again tothe south immediately after the last race. A fair estimateof the Phi Delta Theta men at the races is about seventyfive.The visitors came from classes graduated many years agoas well as those of comparatively recent years. In this particularthe loyalty of the Cornell Phi was abundantly demonstrated,as the college sent eighteen Phis to the scene ofthe races from the class of '87 to that of '05. Amongthe Cornell delegation was Prof. William F. Durand, Lansing,'80, the faculty representative of the Cornell navy onthe Athletic Council and a member of stewards of the IntercollegiateRowing Association, which controls the regatta.Union sent four professional men, including Prof. EdwardS. C. Harris, the superintendent of the Poughkeepsie publicschool system. The other colleges were also fittingly represented.