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

50 T/ie SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for October, 1937
celebration proved to afford an interesting reunion
for many of the "ole-timers." Smokers at
the house for the local alumni every other Sunday
give the chapter members many pleasant
contacts with the older men. Chapter members
influencing campus life were Henry Finch, editor
of the year-book; Dickerson and Aust-in, staff
members of this publication; John McClelland,
assistant manager of the Wheel; Ponder, Dickerson,
and Slade, staff members of the Wheel;
Frank Cayce, assistant manager of the Phoenix;
and Emory Players: Ponder, Cayce, Atherton, and
Pond. Honorary society memberships were held
by Nunn and Wiggins in D.V.S. and OAK.
Wiggins was president of the interfratemity
council. Eleven Phis were members of the Glee
Club. Jeff McCord was elected to O A K. Frank
Cayce was elected editor of the Phoenix for the
coming year. Warren Williams became the new
vice-president of the Emory student body.
Georgia Gamma—^Mercer University
OPENING the yearin a newly rented chapter home, Georgia Gamma
set about pledging a prize group of fourteen fresbmen. Will Johnson,
Jr., was appointed editor of the annual for another year. His
original work received a first class national rating. He was also president
of the Glee Club, president of Panhellenic, and president of the
chapter. Bob Crandall was vice-president of the student body. Abe
Conger, Jr., was business manager of the Glee Club. Bert Struby
was a staff member of the Cluster, weekly newspaper, and later was
appointed editor for the coming year. One-third of the membership
of Blue Key were these Phis: Bbb Crandall, vice-president, Will
Johnson, Jr., Bert Struby, Abe Conger, Jr., and Hunter Hurst.
Struby was the official delegate of Blue Key at its national convention
in New Orleans. His alternate was Hurst, football letterman
who played in every game of the season. For the second successive
year a Phi was elected president of the Ciceronian Literary Society,
Tom Flournoy, Jr. The fall quarter scholarship report placed the
chapter at the head of all other fraternities. Five of the members
made the dean's list, namely: Conger, Crandall, Struby, Arnett, and
Reddick. Further, in the athletic line we find Flournoy provisional captain of the tennis team.
Phikeias Edwards, Garfield, and Calhoun were members of the freshman debating team. In addition
to Johnson, president of the Glee Club, chapter members singing were Flournoy, Souder, Conger,
Jordan, Stokes, and CrandaU; and Phikeias Edwards and Nesbit. Edwards and Arnett were elected
to * H S. WiUis Conger was appointed editor of the Bear Skin. The chapter held a Founders' Day
banquet which was attended by eighty alumni representing ten southern chapters.
UNDER the leadership of Captain Mitt FitzSimons
the "rambUng wreck from Georgia Tech"
marched down the gridiron with the Phis Gay
Trash, Dick Beard, Fletcher Simms, Bob Anderson,
Jack Chivington, J. L. Brooks, and Ernest
Georgia Delta—Georgia Institute of Technology
Tharpe leaning down on the plays. Dick Beard
was also a member of 0 A E, president of Anak,
a member of the honor council, president of his
class for three years, and a member of the Student
Council for four years. Dawsie Echols was
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