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

THB SCROLL. 419profitably spent. After dinner was served, letters were read from variousbrothers, namely: C. S. Hoskinson, president Delta Province; E. C, Brown,Ohio Beta, '04; J. Milton Zang, Ohio Gamma, '03; the Alumni Commissionof the Board of Trustees, and several others.Officers for the year were elected—Dr. J. M. Higgins, Ohio Gamma,'87, being the new president, and Floyd E. Coultrap, Ohio Gamma, '03, thenew secretary.A delegate from the alumni club to the Delta Province Convention to beheld at Delaware on May 12, 13 and 14, was chosen in the person of FloydE. Coultrap, with I, M. Foster as alternate.Many matters were discussed along with the story telling and relating ofcollege experiences, the most* important of which was the death of our latebrother Wm. E. Bundy, Ohio Gamma, '86, who died at his apartments inCincinnati last summer- Incidents In his life were recalled to memory bythose who knew him as a fellow student in old Ohio University, and thosewho knew him only as a man and a loyal alumnus of both college and fraternitv.Upon motion by Bro. A. E. Price, Ohio Gamma, '88, that a committeebe selected to draw up resolutions to the memory of our late Bro.Bundy, consent was unanimously expressed as indicated by the silent risingto the feet of all present. Bros. I. M. Foster and J. M. Higgins constitutethis committee. The resolutions are to be recorded as part of the minutes ofthe evening.These meetings of the alumni with the active chapter are such enjoyableoccasions that it has been suggested that they take place more frequently.The suggestion is certainly good and it is hoped that it will be carried out.If consistent with the other arrangements of the joint Commencement andHome Coming week exercises in June, a big stag meeting and banquet of Phiswill be arranged for. Owing to the multiplicity of engagements for thatweek already arranged such a meeting will likely be impossible, but it wouldcertainly be a novel and most enjoyable occasion.The Athens Alumni Club hopes to greet scores of Phis in June,Athens, March 25, 1904.FLOYD E. COULTRAP.Alumni Day was enthusiastically celebrated in Chicago. No less than 155Phis gathered together at the Sherman House on the evening of March 15to do honor to their fraternity, the occasion being the annual banquet of thePhi Delta Theta club. This is more than twice as many Phis as have everbefore assembled in this city, the largest number ever attending a previousdinner being 65. Chicago Phis can even boast of having given one of thelargest banquets In the history of the fraternity. It has been surpassed inpoint of attendance only by the convention banquets at Louisville and NewYork and by the annual dinner of the New York Club in 1901 when therewere 174 present, and in 1902 when 181 attended. The active chaptersfrom the University of Chicago and Northwestern University were on hand,each about 20 strong, together with a large representation of the alumni ofeach of the local Institutions.The selection of a toastmaster was most felicitous. The gentleman whofilled the position was Frederick A. Smith, Judge of the Circuit Court ofCook County. Judge Smith in his remarks expressed the belief that thereason he was called upon to act as toastmaster was because it was generallyknown'that he could not make a speech and would not try to. The fact thatthe Judge Is invariably called upon for a toast at Phi banquets in Chicago issufficient evidence that Chicago Phis do not agree with him regarding thequestion of his ability to make a speech. However, the particular element