The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-24
Joins College Fraternity
and Participates in
Banquet.
AN EVENING OF MlRTH
Distinguished Gathering at
RauScher'S to Greet New
Member.

George Bruce Cortelyou last night
took a short, strenuous lesson in physi-
cal culture. He rode goat. The goat
is the mascot of the local chapter of the
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. and Mr..
CortelyOu's ride on the sacred ruminalit
carried him into the mysteries of the
college order-and made him graduate
member of the Phi Sigma Kappa.
After it was all over. and Mr.. Cor
telyou, Secretary Of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor, had been initiated
into the secrets OF the fraternity, the
boys took him over to Rauscher's and
there celebrated the event in a highly
enjoyable manner.
Secretary Taft ard Attorney General
Knox were among those on hand to
congratulate the battered and bruised
plebe. There were others. too. who
tried to soothe the wounds OF Mr.. Cor
telyou with the balm Of pretty words.
and right well they succeeded, for the
fun and merriment that ruled would
have put an assemblage of true Bohe-
mians to blush.
Captured at Heme.
They caught the young Cabinet men,
Der at his home some time after dark
had fallen over the city. There were
just few in the guard of honor but
they We're the hus}0iest of the husky
youths in lambda Chapter, and woe
would have been unto him who felt
the yellow streak while in their hands
The journey to the sacred house.
where King Goat was getting himself
ready for the fray on a meal Of bill
posters, didn't take very long. At least
it didn't seem so to Mr.. Cortelyou, for
before he knew ii he was being ushered
through the portals of Ills De Sales
Street.
What happened beyond those doors af-
ter they had closed on the quaking Sec
rotary is known to the few who have
taken the degree. For just thirty min
utes they kept him hidden from the
world. and then he emerged from the
building sadder but wiser Secretary.
he knew what il was to butt in on the
Phi Kappas.
Dined With "Frats."
Secretary Cortelyou, a fuI-fiedged
member OF the Phi Sigma Kappa. was
then given a chance to see what il is
Ike TO dine as the guest of your fra
ternlty brethren. The banquet hall at
Rauscher's. all decorated and festooned
with the red and white eolors. was
crowded with them when the initiation
party and its victim arrived Repre-
sentatives were there from every one
OF the nineteen different chapters in the
country and it is seldom that a new
member is hailed with such genuine ell
thuSiasm. Everybody congra tuIateC
him, and when they felt the warm
/ grasp OF his hand and heard the cordial
ring Of his reply. they were all truly
became of y,
Pretty soon the feast began, and after
/ the last bit of provender had disappear
/ ed tnat part OF the program that called
Tor formal speeches was reached.
His Little Speech.
George n Davis, president of Lambda
| Chapter, and the toas!!naster of the
evening. called upon Mr. CorteIyou for
the first how of oratory He respond
ed in good shape ard af er he had sat
down the diners thought it was up to
them again to express their satisfaction
/ over his initiation.
Bits of oratory were also contributed
| BY Secretary Taft. Attorney General
Knox, William Miller Collier solicitor
or the Department Of Commerce and
Labor; President Charles w. Needham,
OF Columbian University; DR.. A r.
well, and John b. Gof-
-S LAie1DAilly.
Mr. Cortelyou is eligible to member
ship in the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity
By reasos-cf his having graduated from
the Columbian University Law School
Ia the class OF 1856. The local chaptcr
was not then In existence. not having
| been organized until October Z 1899
he fraternity was founded March
1873. at the Massachusetts State College,
al Amherst II has grown steadily since
then and now has nineteen different
chapters among the Eastern colleges
and universities.