The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-23
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 20, 1861

Il
OF the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
met in Greencastle last week.
The Delta Fraternity is a college or
Greek society, so many Of which are
now found in our colleges, and which,
when properly conducted, do much
towards elevating the standard OF
student life. The" Delta " fraternity
has been organized TOR number OF
years and from its foundation has
! taken a high stand in many of our
principal colleges. Amongstits gradu-
ates are now found many distinguish
ed men, and there are many others
who, if life is spared, will make them
selves name, or at least leave the
world the better for their having
lived in it." 1t is only within few
years that this fraternity has been in
PRODUCED into the West--always ex-
cepting, however, Asbury University,
where chapter or lodge has existed
for twelve or fifteen years; there are
now chapters at Wabash and Hanover
Colleges in this State, several in
Illinois and one or two West of the
Mississippi. At the outbreak of the
war there were several large and
hourishing chapters in the South,
some of which have been reconstruct
ed, and all will be as soon as possible
On Tuesday night public Grafton
was delivered before the Fraternity in
the University Chapel by Rev. Thos.
NJ. Eddy, DID,, the able and
eloquent editor of the ". W. Chris
tan AdUocate, and a member of the
Society. His subject, Conflict in
Philosophy was treated in an ex-
haustive and comprehensive manner.
A private address before the Con-
vention was delivered by j. Clark
Ridpath, Superintendent of Schools
at Lawrenceburg Subject = The
Practical Antitheses OF Life; and
poem on The Rank and File, by
w. f. Bartholomew, of Danville, H.
diana production which, by the
way, was much above the standard
customary on such occasions. sIuI
The proceedings of the Convention
were marked by the greatest har-
great good to- the Fraternity at large.
The Convention adjourned on Fri
day afternoon, and in the evening
partook of a grand banquet prepared
by the members of the Greencastle
Chapter, at the Jones House. on
which occasion a very interesting
time was had. a. m ~
The next Convention will be held
at Niagara Falls, in August, 1869.
THE FIRE ENGINE CONTROVERSY CON-
CLUDED.
For year or more our City Coun- |
Gil has been learnedly discussing the
merits of different steam fire engines,
with the view of adding another ma
chine to our available force. The
Latta, Seneca Falls, and Amoskeag
engines have each had their partisans
in and out of the Council, and the
triangular contest has been vigorous
ly prosecuted. Yesterday decision
was reached, and proposal of the |
Seneca Falls Company to repair our
old engine Cat a cost of about 81 .000) |
and furnish new one for 1000, all |
told, was accepted. The Latta is
universally conceded to be the most
efficient fire extinguis her, but /
its great weight and The conse-
quent increased expense Of running /
1t, are serious considerations. The |
Amoskeag is held in high favor at
Chicago, and might haveFteea intro
duced here had il not beeni cham
pioned by Joe Davis. His advocacy 7
was too. much for it. Joe is ah intol--.
cradle bore in Council meetings, and
Is regarded by other members very
much as his. namesake Gar5et is in
the United States Senate. Is sure
way to kill any measure beyond hope 7
of resuscitation, is to get Joe Davis
to speak in its favor. Such men are I
useful. They present an example of
what egotism can do for man, and
are a perpetual sermon in favor of
nodesty, as a loathsome, bloated
drunkard is always temperance SER
mon. .3.5, r.
CHAPLAIN LoZIER. -s4u
has been very busily engaged al the
Acton camp meeting since. the fulmi-
inst. So absorbing has been the ma
ture of his duties that he has not had
time to put himself right before the
public by explaining how he came to
be so badly sold on the election re-
turns of 1864. Seldom has any man,
to be politician, found him
self IN, more Notifying situation
than that in which the Chaplain
placed himself by the authorship of
that letter. Neither ignorance nor
mailce is quality to be coveted by
punhc man OF LIS" pretensions; but
one or the other of D those qualities
must pave inspired that attack on
doy. Baker. The continued silence
Of the reverend gentleman will con-
vince the public that malice was the 4
moving cause. 1t would be better for
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