The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-25
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Distinguished Scholar and Edi--a
tor5to Dclivcr6Pnblie Adj
.5 dress Here.
The PHI Beta Kappa Society purposes
ia observe the 18th of April, when .al ~
the Anniversary OF the BIRTH OF 5Tlo ION
tefrerson, With u celebration "nicI vii VII
bc d notable event in tile history OF ti' F
literary activities Of this city ara STATE a5
Mr.. Albert shaw, tho scholarly eu J1'I
OF tic Review OF Reviews, VIII dell yer
an &address, which will be open 70 the I
public, },lponi tho life and services q
Thomas jefferson; and us y IS Known
that Dr.. Shaw is an enthusiastic adlnirer
OF tho great Virginia statesman, ana mas
boon d student Of his life anu care s,,
for u number or yoars tho address VII
no doubt DO largely attended ~ NY
leading citizens of Richmond anu ottiei}
sections ofFtlie state.
D M. shaw + vas invited here BY tho
Richmond members OF Phi Beta Kappa,
most OF whom arc initiates Of the Ola
ALPHA Chapter at William and Mary
College, the only chapter Of the order
In tho South, nnd the first chapter OF
Greek letter society In the. world Ine ,
members Of Tthe Alpha Chapter OF IN.
Beta Kappa, Including some OF the mose
prominent ismcn of tho city, with the
oiher members OF Phi Beta Kappa in
Virginia., about sixty IN all, and repre-
senting probably u half dozen other
prominent Northern chapters, VIII SO
Into executive session Immediately after
the address. During this meeting the
active members Of the Alpha Chapter.
whose headquarters are at william SAND
Mary College. every members or whose
faculty Is nSmember Of Phi Beta Kappa,
viii proceed to initiate into the noted
order d number Of the most prominent
men OF Virginia. $s
a & GREAT INITIATION.
The list Of initiates Of this meeting in-S
cudes q greater number Of prominent
men than any former meeting Of tho So /
cietyf everSlield lii this State or elsewhere
Tile following we'll known gentlemen
have recently been elected to member
ship by Alpha Chapter, which is the only
electoral organization In the South, and
have accepted tho honor, their members
ship tot DO conferred on the night OF the /
celebration:
Is Mr.. Albert Shaw. editor OF the Re-
view Of Reviews, the speaker Of the eve
ming; Hon. John Goodc, president Of tho
recent Constitution conventional Of Viz
ginia; Rev Angus Crawford professor In
the Episcopal Theological Seminary Of Viz
ginia; DR.. Richard McIlwaine, president
OF Hampder-Sidney College,, and recent
Mi. John Shelton Williams, the we'll
known fnancler; Or. Walter W. Moore,
professor iii Union Theological Seminary,
the noted orator and scholars Hon. a.
Caperton Braxton. of Staunton recent
member OF the Constitutional Conventions;
Rev. Carl e.. G Grammar. of Norfolk; Col
onel Walter$H. Taylor, OF Norfolk. and
DR.. Charles w. Kent, professor OF Eng
llsh literature in the University Of Yir-
ginia: s
BAN QUIET Al THE 5JETFER SON. .ls.
After the Initiation all the members OF
the society will adjourfi#to banquet at
the Jefferson ustel. At this banquet,
Colonel W. qrdohi .N1oCabc Will preside
any many toasts, each relating to some
feature. OF Virginia life. will be heard.
Such members as Mcssrs. Harry st.
George Tucker, Robert M. Hughes. Thomas
Nelson Page, Professor James a. Harri-
son and Joseph Bryan, will be heard In
these .toasts. This fea turc promises to be
one of&thc most unique and entertaining
ever heard in Virginia.
The entire celebration will approximate
the we'll known celebrations of Phi Beta
Kappa in the palmy days OF New Eng
land authorship when Emerson, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, fI.ongfelow, Lowell and
others OF their fellows took part in the
literary fcasts at Boston, New Haven
and Cambridge
A NOTED ORDER.
Phi Beta Kappa IS the oldest and the
most noted Greek letter order in the
world. The society was organized at the
old College of William ana Mary on De-
ccmber g. lTG, Chief Justice John Mar
shall and George Mason. author OF the
Virginia Bill OF Rights, being among tho
charter members. Other chapters We're
established before the end Of the eight
mouth and other New England institu-
ti1ns
Membership in Phi Beta Kappa lis con-
sidercd equivalent 70. an honorary de-
a good degree at that. The, society has
Initiated such mem as Daniel Webster,
Rufus choate, Henry "; Longfellow;
William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell
lei Hawthorne THOMAS Wentworth TiIg-
sinson, Phillips Brooks, Theodore oose-
Welt, Woodrow Wilson and q host OF
other literary celebrities and intellectual
giants. 8.i. 4,
resident in Richmond are Judge Beverly
Wexford. BevcrlysB. NLunford. JOSEPH,
Joseph w. southall, W.. Gordon McCabe,
Dir, u, A. c. Chandler.sI2. a. Brock. Plum
ncr r.. Jones. Dr. w. u, Fousllce. Robert
Lee Traylor, Major Charles s. Strngfel-
G. Stanard, John T., Nilliams. -. WAL
entine. William G., Jones, Virginlus New
ton, S, s. r. Patteson.I Alfred Il. WIFE
llams, DR., Il. G. Lewis, Pr. George Rice
Ign y. Johnson r.. nj. Anderson and
George NJ. Prentiss King.
DIR. JAMES TAYLOR