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

588 THE SCROLL.years has been at 5625 Madison avenue. He was a civil engineeras well as an artist, and latterly he was connected withthe Central Construction Company. He leaves a widow andtwo children—Shirlam D. and Marguerite. After cremationin New York City, his ashes were brought to Terre Haute for. burial.As mentioned on page 481, Bro. Gookins was the designerof the first coat-of-arms of $ A 0. The design was made inDecember, 1865. Previous to that time the badge was simplythe shield, on which an eye and a scroll bearing $ A ® wasengraved. A sword was then added, and thereafter bothshield and sword were worn. The blazon of the arms wasincorporated in the constitution of 1871. Bro. Gookinsattended alumni meetings in Chicago, and in many waysevinced his warm attachment for the fraternity. He took agreat interest in "The History of Phi Delta Theta," now inpress, and contributed to it many interesting details.ERRATA.WALTER B.PALMER.William Fletcher Lewis, died in 1902, not 1901, as printedon page 501. We would be glad to be informed, for publicationin the October SCROLL and in the next edition of thecatalogue, as to the exact dates of death of Harry GardenFoltz, Cornell, '92; Murray Hilton Smith, Cornell, '92; AugustChristian Sapper,///2»«'.f Wesleyan, '92; Karl Winfield Mayne,Iowa Wesleyan, '93; William Frederick Gilmore, Iowa Wesleyan,'94; Joseph Thomas Kretzinger, Knox, '73; WilliamJudah Frisbee, Lombard, '60; Byron Pontius, Lombard, '75;William Erastus Gay, Mercer, '04; William Fletcher Lewis,Ohio, '79; James Brownlee Sanford, Syracuse, '92; HenryMericle Galpin, Syracuse, '05; Granville Sharp Pattison Stillrman, Wisconsin, '59.BANQUET OF NEW ORLEANS AND TULANE PHIS,In an interesting letter from Bro. W. A. Steen, of Lumberton,Mississippi, we have learned of the successful banquetof the New Orleans alumni club and the Tulane chapter onApril 28. Although about thirty Phis had agreed to be present,the number who attended was twenty-two. The alumniclub was first reorganized with Bro. F. P. Johnson, Amherst,as president; Bro. W. S. Slack, Sewanee, secretary; and Bro.H. B. Gessner, Tulane, treasurer. These are brothers offine executive ability, under whose management' the club