1937–38 Volume 62 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

All Aboard for Old Point Comfort
OLD POINT COMFORT 2 "7 ^ J/
This airplane view gives a good idea of the site of the iffjS Convention at Old Point Comfort on
Hampton Roads at the mouth of the James River. In the left foreground is the Hotel Chamberlin. On
the right is shown part of Fortress Monroe with its wide moat. In the bactiground-is the town of
Phoebus. The Chamberlin is the only property on the Point which is not a part of the military
reservation of Fort Monroe. Langley Field, not shown in the picture, lies beyond Phoebus.
THERE are good transportation facilities
from every portion of the
United States and Canada to Old Point
Comfort, Virginia. The railroad and
steamship lines are already planning how
they can be of service to the delegates and
visitors to the Forty-third General Convention.
At Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis,
Louisville, and Cincinnati all delegates
from the West and the Middle West
can take the Chesapeake and Ohio pullmans
directly to the Chamberlin Hotel
at Old Point Comfort. For those driving
or using the rail connections through
Washington, D.C, the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company will furnish
excellent overnight transportation to the
very front porch of the Chamberlin. The
delegates from the South should come to
Norfolk, where a Chamberlin Hotel bus
meets all the trains. Consult the transportation
schedules. Plan your trip now.
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The Washington Alumni Club has
made a number ot tentative reservations
for this boat trip down the Chesapeake
to the Convention. Delegates and visitors
desiring to use the accommodations
should place their needs with the General
Headquarters at as early a date as
possible for the tentative reservations
cannot be held indefinitely. The Alumni
Club further promises definite assistance
to all Phis who wish to see the
sights in and around Washington, D.C.
At a later date more specific information
will be available for delegates and
visitors.
With an evening departure from Washington
by boat all attendants coming
through the city can time their arrival
so as to join the many Phis at this concentration
point. The delegates from west
of the Mississippi will find it possible to
travel via Washington with little if any