Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-15
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity
in Session.
COMMITTEES NAMED
DELEGATES VISIT THE TOMB OF
WASHINGTON TODAY.
Planked Shad Dinner at Marshall Hall
President to Receive Mem
bers Tomorrow.
COMMITTEES NAMED

| bers Tomorrow.
The SEVENTEEN annual convention of the
Alpha Delta Phi fraternity held its first
| business session in the banquet room Of the
| New Willard this forenoon. The delegates
| and members of the local association were
trife late in getting down to business as
1t was after midnight when the smoker.
| which initiated the convention last night,
| came to a finish.
Mr.. Matthew Trimble, president of the
Washington Alumni Association, called the
meeting to order. prayer was offered by
the Rev. DR.. Matson of the class of '43.
Geneva College, who, at the age of eighty
| five. is hale and hearty, and who entered
| enthusiastically into the spirit of the con-
| vention He prayed that the convention
might be harmonious and successful and
| that the good fellowship that had existed
| so long among the members of the frater-
| nifty might be continued
Congratulates the Membership.
Mr.. Trimble. after the invocation, intro
duced Mr.. Charles E. Sprague of New York,
| who is president of the general fraternity.
Mr.. Sprague congratulated the members of
| the fraternity that there was such large
| representation. He was felicitous in his
| remarks and he was roundy cheered by
the delegates.
| There was little done at the morning ses-
| sion other than the appointment of twelve
| standing committees, before which will
come all the questions that will be brought
| before the convention.
At II O'Clock the convention adjourned
| for luncheon and the delegates and men,
| bers of the fraternity gathered In different
| caravanSarieS and cafes in the downtown
district to enjoy themselves. Mr.. Garfield.
the new civil service commissioner, who is
| a member of the fraternity, called at noon
and mingled with many of his old friends.
At the Tomb of Washington.
! At 1:45 this afternoon the delegates and
visitors went to Mount Vernon by boat.
| The services at the tomb of Washington
were patriotic and impressive. America
| was sung and tree planted near the
tomb of the father of his country 1t
was the first visit to the historic place by
many of the delegates and they spent the
| time admring the beautiful scenery and
the many Interesting things within the old
Washington home. Before leaving the dele
| gates sang Greek SOMEONE that is al
| ways sung at the annual gatherings of the
| fraternity. On the lawn of Mount Vernon
| a photograph of the company taken.
| From Mount Vernon the party went to
| Marshall Hall, where they enjoyed a
| planked shad dinner. The party will re-
| turn to Washington about O'Clock this
evening. The committees which Were ap-
pointed this forenoon will meet tonight.
| Tomorrow the convention will take up the
| general work of the body.
President Roosevelt, who is a member of
| the fraternity has assured the delegates
| that he desires to see them tomorrow after
| noon. They will march in a body to the
White House at 1915 o'clock, where they
| will be received.
Entertained at Smoker.
| Delegates to the Alpha Delta Phi conven-
| ton and members of the Washington
| Alumni Chapter of the fraternity were
| guests last evening. in the banquet hall of
| the New Willard, at a smoker given by the
| graduates and undergraduates of Johns
| Hopkins University.
A large number of Baltimoreans came to
| the city to attend the affair, which was
really the beginning of the convention. A
clay pipe and box of tobacco were pre-
| sented to each person who attended he
| entered the door of the banquet hall.
| number of impromptu speeches were made
at late hour.
| List of Guests.
| Among those present We're Messrs Henry
P Blair, W. H. Grace, Robinson c. Pagon,
! A. NJ. Abbott, A. H. Onderdonk, Dudley
| Williams j. S. Carter, Freeman Field, H. b.
| Needham, L. P. Shipper. ]. H. King. E. NJ.
|
ley, F. Anderson. R. C. Hoffman. jr., j. b.
| T. Hopper, E. J. Kimball, H. J. Jewett,
| Chester F. Craigie. H. A. Neiner, F. L.
| Stebbins o. S. Smith, Ralph Jenkins F. L.
Litchfied, Edgeworth Smith, E. c. Hill,
| Paul III. Larwll, Robert Garrett, j. M.
Booker. G. c. Robinson, H. S. Smith, w.
Pulsifer, E. A. Richie. Frank Sewall, Geo.
II. Bayne, Richard W. Jackson, r. w.
| Stone. w. H. Owen, w. Snowden, NJ. b.
| Brush, r. A. Bole, A. H. Cline, F. H. Tea
| gle, F. n. Igbert. H. c. McCarty, l.. b.
Leavitt, w. F. Roe, S. W. Kenney. X.
Buckler, Harry N. Balyer, A. S. Fiske, w.
| w. Francis, r. S. Laner, F. A Springer,
H. w. Knowes, j. NJ. Nelson. H. W. Buck
F. W. Mitchell, A. Yearley. c. A. Marshall,
s. E. Beck. A. Gum. G. s. Hunt. c. w.
| Stiles, M. Trimble, w. r. Frisbie, A. X.
| DocheZ w. A. Baltic, w. H. Harris. A. c.
| Bennett. r. T. Vaughan, Frank Horton,
| Edmund Horton. William A. Meloy, w. II.
White. jr., H. D. Allen. ]. NJ. Cults, Paul
F. Sise. E. D. Reeves, jefferson Clark,
Charles E. Sprague. ]. H. Merwin, c. X.
Ganter. Paul S. Smith. H. Nc. BRlingsley,
! l.. NJ. Pearce, ]. V. Rathlon, W. L. Cum
! mings, ]. c. Van Vosst, F. Burgess. E. Ii.
| Moody, G. Kline, H. S. Yates, H. T. War
| wick, c. D. Stewart, H. F. Coggleshell,
| James Walker, George F. Dudley, L. r.
Bond, Rufus H. Thayer H. P. Day, T. H.
| Montgomery, j. A. Moore, w. r. Gray, Z.
J. Waddell, Robert S. Hume, w. L. White
A. E. Fox, ]. N. Vanderveer, ]. H. White.
| G. F. Packard, H. Wilson, T. c. White.
The committee that had charge of the
| smoker was composed of Rufus H. Thayer,
William F. White. Gen. Walter Wyman,
| William Elroy Curtis. s. r. Boyd, NJ. G.