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

51°THESCROLL.church at Annandale, N. J.,his death.a position which he held untilB. M. L. ERNST.JAMES HAMILTON STOLL, NORTHWESTERN, 'Ol.In the death of Bro. James Hamilton Stoll, Illinois Alpha,'oi, the fraternity has lost one of its most loyal members.Bro. Stoll succumbed to Bright's disease, Novembers, 1903,at his home, 949 Greenleafstreet, Chicago.For some time Bro.Stoll had been a newspaperwriter. He hadbeen a member of thestaff of the old ChicagoRecord, the ChicagoChronicle and the ChicagoTribune. AtNorthwestern UniversityBro. Stoll had beenthe tennis champion andhad held other honors.He was a popularstudent.Bro. Stoll was bornat Lexington, Ky., August16, 1879. He attendedthe publicschools there and inNew York City. Later.JAMES HAMILTON STOLL, he entered the West Di-Northwestern,'o..vlsiou High School inChicago and completed his preparation for college at LewisInstitute. At one time he held the title of interscholastic tennischampion of the west.His high character was well described by the Rev. W. B.Hamilton in his address at the funeral services. He said:The friends of James Stoll felt that he was genuine. In a day when pretensepasses muster only too easily, he never pretended. He had a verykeen sense of personal honor and honesty. He said what he believed orelse kept silent. You were sure that whatever he offered as his own workwa's his own and no other's. He was modest. He was personally lovable.He always looked on the best side of people. He was a peacemaker. Inever in all my life heard him say an unkind word of any man. He was afaithful friend. J. ARTHUR DiXON.