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

Alumni Club Outings
THE CLEVELAND CLUB
THE Cleveland Alumni Club of Phi
Delta Theta held the first golf tournament
and field day in many years at
Hawthorne Valley Country Club on August
12, 1937. We plan to make this an
annual event, but next year it will be
held in September as vacations interferred
greatly with our attendance. The
committee worked hard to turn out the
forty Phis who were present. It was
headed by Charles Peterman, Ohio State
'33, and included Merv Brownsberger,
Case '35; Maurice W. Cogan, Dartmouth
and Lafayette '29; Don A. Hart, Ohio
State '28; Gordon Locke, Iowa '23; M.
H. Russell, Iowa State '16; and John W.
Wanenmacher, Washington and Jefferson
'27. R. G. Beattie, Ohio Wesleyan
'18, donated a trophy which will be competed
for each year. Bun Foster, Case '18,
won the first leg of our trophy this year
with a neat 75. Merv. Brownsberger,
Case '35, was runner up with a 76. Various
other prizes were awarded at the
dinner which followed. These other
prizes were donated by George S. Case,
Case '04; Maurice W. Cogan, Dartmouth
and Lafayette '29; John P. Cochran,
Centre '04; Charles Peterman, Ohio State
'33; and M. H. Russell, Iowa State '16.
We are holding luncheons this year at
Berwin's Restaurant in the basement of
the Union Trust Building every Friday
at 12:15, and have been getting good
crowds even during the summer months.
We hope all Phis visiting Cleveland will
stop in to see us.—MAURICE W. COGAN.
THE NEW YORK CLUB
The New York Alumni Club held its
Westchester County outing Saturday,
July 31, at Briarcliff Lodge, where the
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members found assorted diversions to
suit every taste. There was a tournament
for the numerous golfers. For those who
like to take a smack at the old pill while
eschewing such exhausting matters as
striding after it for another poke, there
was a golf driving contest. Tennis devotees
filled the lodge's excellent courts.
One hardy brother played barefoot
rather than miss out merely because he
had forgotten his tennis shoes. Many of
those participating mainly in other recreations
cooled off with a brief swim in
the lodge's enormous outdoor pool.
Phil Barbour won the golf tournament
with an 81, with Lonsdale Green as
runner-up with an 83. Brother Green's
guest and brother-in-law, Charles F.
Lewis, won the golf driving contest, Jimmy
Morrison winning second place.
Mrs. Frank J. R. Mitchell was guest
of honor and at the dinner Barrett Herrick,
president of the club, paid her a
gracious tribute in appreciation of her
services to the Fraternity and presented
her on behalf of the club with a silver
compact. Other memliers of Brother
Mitchell's family who were in New York
City were also guests of the club.
Other speakers were Robert Gantt, immediate
past president of the club, and
Isaac F. Harris, chairman of the committee
in charge of the outing. For Brother
Harris's committee, which also included
Henry Urion, past president of the General
Council, and Granville M. Brumbaugh,
there was much praise for selecting
so excellent a spot for an outing.
To give more of the New York alumni
a better idea of the good times that everybody
has at these outings, colored motion
pictures, taken by Brother John
Ballou, will be shown this winter at one
of the monthly dinner meetings.