Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-04-11
Gives an Address on
Philippines at Psi
u. Convention
To Be the Guest Of
Senator Spooner--
Other eatures
Madison, April Z.

Madison, April Z.
Judge W. H. Taft, secretary Of war,
former governor OF the Philippine
islands, before that a circuit judge OF
the United States and a gentleman as
likely as any other 10 be president OF
this great republic within the next ten
years, will be in Madison May Il. He
comes TO make the formal address al
the national convention OF the Psi Up
siIOn fraternity, and his theme will
be The Philippines. Upon this subject
Judge Taft is perhaps the best quail
fed To speak Of all men, and an ad-
dress rich In information and highly.
important because Of its source may be
expected. IL viii be given, presum-
ably in one of the large auditOriums at
the university, and OF course free.
Judge Taft viii lie the guest while in
Madison OF Senator SpOOner, the latter
also coming from Washington for the
convention. Both he and Judge TAFT
are members of the fraternity. Nari-
Gus other nOtabIes will also be pres
snt. as well as 200 or 200 delegates and
younger members.
This is the first Psi Epsilon cOnvel-
ton held in the west OF late years and
IL viii be an opportunity for a large
number OF old members of the society,
graduates frCm college for nearly so
years back. to renew their associations
with their college fraternity.
The Convention occurs May 1l-i3,
q and besides the Taft address, there
viii be a big banquet. probably drive,
many meetings open TO delegates
alone and ether features.
President Van Hise has given this
matter his hearty approval and has
aided the fraternity in securing the
presence OF the distinguished
aIumnus. Much OF the sec
retary's time viii be occupied
by convention meetings and entertain
ments, but it is the intention OF the
local Psi u chapter 10 have him APP
pear i'm public and in consequence the
students OF the university will be able
to hear him in an address on the Phil
ipPines.
Secretary Taft is an alumnus of the
Beta chapter of Psi Epsilon at Yale
and he graduated from that college in
1873. He became q member OF this
chapter OF the fraternity in his sOpnO-
more year. and was salutaCOrian and
class orator at the college graduation
exercises. After a two years course
at the law school OF Cincinnati college,
he was admitted To the Ohio bar. RE
practiCed law until 1887, when he was
elected Judge OF the Ohio supreme
court This position he gave up in
1880. i'm order to become solicitor gen
eral OF the United States. Judge Tad
vas dean and professor in the law de-
partment OF the UniveTsit- III CinciD-
natl from 1886 to 1900. after which ne
became u. 5. circuit judge OF the sixth
Ohio circuit. During this term OF Office
he acted as president of the u. s.
Philippine commission.
The probable program for the Psi U
convention is as follows:
May IL afternoon Convention
meeting.
clay IL (eyening)-Smoker AT
Lodge.
May Il CmorningJ-Convention
meeting.
May u lafternoonl -Beloit-wiscon-
sin game.
May Il Ccvening)-Literary EXer-
Cises.
May Is lmorning)-Conventiou
meeting.
May Is tafteuOOn) Steamer ride.
May Is leyeningl Banquet
The Psi Epsilon fraternity was
founded at Union college, n. y, in
1888, and is one OF the oldest and
best known Of all college fraternities.
IL is represented by chapters in Yale,
Columbia. Pennsylvania, Cornell, Am.
herst, Dartmouth. Michigan, Mime
sofa, California, Wisconsin and sew
eraI other OF the most prominent uni.
yersities OF the country. Among
prominent Madison alumni are SeDat
or Sp0Oner. Col. ". T. Villas, Carl a.
Johnson. Hobart ). Johnson, Maurice
j. Johnson. Burr ". Jones, Prof viii
lam 5. Marshall, Prof T.. It. owen, o.
ID. Brandenburg. A. p. Wilder Nro
man Mason. John 5. Main, Phil j.
Sp00ner, Jr., Prof j. l.. Olson. Prof
A. A. Kuowltou and b. II. DoyOn.