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

494 THE SCROLL.THE PHIS OF MORRISVILLE, VERMONT.TJie February SCROLL gave a brief account of the reunionheld at the home of Bro. Thomas C. Cheney on December26, 1903, of all the living graduates of Peoples' Academy,Morrisville, Vt., who have become members of VermontAlpha. In nineteen years this academy has sent out eighteenmen who have become Phis. With the exception of H. M.C. Chase and S. L. Gates, both of Vermont, '88, all are nowliving and were present at the reunion. It is very doubtfulwhether another fitting school in the entire country, locatedin a village of 1500 inhabitants, has sent out so many graduatesin the last nineteen years who have become members ofPhi Delta Theta, as has the Peoples' Academy. No manlier,cleaner set of young men ever wore the sword and shield thanthese, among whom it can truly be said there has not beenone who has proved in any way an unworthy brother.They have ever taken a foremost position in college, beingprominent in athletics, scholarship and social life, and havebeen among the leaders of Vermont Alpha, having been at alltimes largely instrumental in shaping the policy of this chapter.Those who have graduated have been very successful inHOLLIS M. C. CHA.SE,Vermont, '88.their various professions and business. A brief summary isgiven below of the more important honors won by thesebrothers.Hollis M. C. Chase, '88, wasclass president, sophomore year;editor of both the Cynic2iXid Ariel;speaker at junior ex., and commencement;prophet class day;delegate to the national conventionat New Yorkin 1886; studiedlaw with Cutting, Austin & Higgins,of Chicago, and was admittedto the bar in 1890; in1891 organized the law firm ofChase & Durand, which had alarge general practice, and representedthe interests of severalChicago corporations; was anactive Republican in politics,being a member of the Lincoln club; was slated for the positionof assistant city attorney for Chicago and was about toreceive the appointment from the mayor, when he gave itup that a friend of his in destitute circumstances might have