The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-09
Beta Theta pr.
CINCINNATI, O., May 4, 1856


CINCINNATI, o., May 4, 1856.
Editors Journal:
TIE National Coavention of the Or
der-of Beta Theta Pa assembled at
the Spencer House on Tuesday morn
ing. In the temporary organization
o. r. Brown, Of Delta Chapter, was
made President, and Mr.. Thompson,
Of Theta Chapter, Secretary. A Com
mittee on permanent organization was
then appointed The credentials of
the delegates were received and their
names recorded. The roll of dele
gates numbered about forty, repre-
senting Chapters In most of the Uni
Tersities of the North and some of the
South. The Committee on permanent
organization reported the following
officers: President, j. j. Rusk, of
Theta; Secretary, F. s. Hanford, of
Beta Assistant Secretary, F.cU. lyle
hart, of Delta. Committees were
then appointed which reported salts
factorily at the after sessions. +
The Convention was addressed by
several distinguished personages of
this city and elsewhere. On Wednes-
day evening a poem, bearing true
marks Of beauty and originality, was
read before the Convention by Col.
James B. Black, of Indianapolis. We
seldom. if ever, have had the pleasure
of listening to a finer poetical produc-
ton than the one above mentioned. /.
1t is to be published for the Fraterni- !
ty at large. After the poem, the pro- t
prietor of the spencer served /
magnificent banquet, at which toast :
ing was the chief order of the day, In :
which there was manifested the great t
est enthusiasm. Toasts were proposed T
by Northern Chapters and responded l
to by Southern. Men who had !,
ight each other upon the same t
I'd came together to bury forever b
their enmities, to shake hands ?
once more as countrymen and brothers /
and to promise by all that is dear to live Il
under the banner Of our fathers and S
Of Beta Theta Pi. Remarks were n
made by the young and ed to ~ ~
BY the old SOphom iors, m
md Seniors were not in T
irving in their short experie and 2
elling what good school Beta had - y
'een to them. And there were others -
rho we're Seniors one, two, or three in
ears ago, but to some of whom are ye
ow given the titles of Rev. and Dr., re-
nd at the door of others law Office y ~
an be seen. to
Hearing of the Convention, some po
ad come hundreds Of miles to min pi'
lie their voices in fraternal greeting 70
round the altar of Beta Theta Pr Oh
len who had lived a life of twenty tn
ears in business told how the cares -
that time had failed to blot from 81 nI'
leir minds the sacred memories that The
ustered around Beta Theta ri. Ven oul
able men, whose heads were made sec
hite IN the prosecution of the learned :.
'ofessions, in eloquent and classical \
'peals encouraged the young to fol-
W on, ever remaining true to the
'blest impulses of Beta Theta Pi. IA
For nearly quarter of century M
e influence of the Beta fraternity
IS been felt in the universities of the Is Is !
nd. Discarding that which is low. see
er cherishing what is refining and
evating, she has prepared many to ~
orn the occupations and professions m N
life. Beta was never stronger than spec
present; and as the years come and to e
, she will ever continue to take a e rSr
IRE exalted position. IoTA and
t5 - Spri
'om the Frankfort XIV Conrnanuaaltb min
The EecessiOniSfSs COuyanffon fTsG'