Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-30
Biennial Province Convention of
the Phi Delta Theta Fra.
ternity.
MANY DELEGATES PRESENT
Address of Welcome - 'crcd By rrcs-
ident BuckhNun Of .nivcrsity OF
Vermont with ,0nscs ny
Pennsylvania Amherst
Mcn-A uct.

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rh. biennial conve \ of Alpha PROV
incc OF the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
opened Tuesday rnder auspicious cir
uun,stanccs, the opening business session
ocing held at nine o'clock in tho morning
md the day closing with banquet in the
evening.
In attendance at the convention are
delegates of the 10 colleges which make up
his province of the fraternity. besides
.hc g members Of the local chapter and
many of the ALUMNI and undergraduate
members of the Vermont Alpha chapter of
the University of Vermont. under whose
auspices the convention is being held.
The delegates and others present in the
city for the convention comprise repre-
sentative body of college men. acting for
about 400 fraternity men in the following
colleges and institutions.
McGill University, Montreal. Canada,
colby College, Maine, New Hampshire
Stat, College. Durham. n. H., the Uni
vcr,i,v Of Vermont. Williams College,
Amherst College. Brown University. Cor.
non University. Union College. Colgate.
vanin college. Dickinson, the University of
rcnnsylvania, Lohgh and Penns> >lvania
state.
Each institution is allowed one delegate
end in addition to these there are several
ether fraternity members from these col
logcs.
BUSINESS SESSION.
The convention began at nine o'clock
With business session held III thc Ma
sonic Temple hall. The session was open
cd by ]. J.. Foster vicc-president of the
fraternity. and professor Of romance
languages az Pennsylt anii State CVilege.
President Foster introduced Presi-
dent Huckhanl of the University OF Vcr-
mont who delivered the opening address
Of welcome. to which responses were
made bv J. G. Wilson o. Pennsylvania
State College and Arthur Mcl;ae Of
Amherst College
\ short recess was thcn taken and the
mcctng was reopcncd with an address
hy Vice President Foster rs presiding Of
f;cer OF the convention. The convention
committees and officers were then ap-
POINTED and the business of tie conven-
tion was begun. At moor the session ad-
tourncd until pine o'clock this morning.
BIENNIAL. BANGI ET.
At the biennial banquet which was held
Tuesday evening at =: 50 in the Van Mesa
House. 81 college men sat d )wr TO
hearty rcpast. There were present % col
lcgc men. including the delegates from
colleges outside this State and IS grad
uatcs and undergraduates If the Univer-
sity of Vermont. During the serving of
The banquet Rikcr's orchestra furnished
music. After the tables had been cleared
and the cigars lighted. the p"st-prandal
EXERCISES were begun, r. {. Cheney. N.r-
month Alpha, ISL, acting as ,rastrlaster
Following was tho Est Of ,oasts:
Alrha Province" by rhurlow NJ. Cor
don New hampshire Alpha, dartmouth,
class Of 1906.
'1hc Fraternity Man and His College"
hy !. Robert Rubin. New York Epsilon.
cornell University. class of io0t
stray Thouclls," by S. uollister
jackson. Vermont Alphu University of
Vermont class of 1S!S.
"t;ct There" bv Arthrr A. L,cri,iis
Eh"do Island Alpha, Brown University.
class of i>a1. who is historian of the fra
t'ruty council.
'I'lhs Of the Dominion" hy T.. G.
I.auchland quebec Alrhu. Mc>hll Um-
N'rSity. class oi 1ou4.
~" d' legates present at tho banquet
"'r". Phillip late heller pauI M I,,,,
mouth. Charles r. Chipn,an Of Colby col.
i'ge' E. Graham Wilson of Iafavette
'"ll"s"' Carl j.. Gshrng OF Dickinson
"''rH'' ~. r. Dougherty Of LehiCh J-pi.
''sl'N' r. w. Whitney Of Syracuse I'ni
'''s'y' syracuse, n. v, f.. A. McRac or
Ahinerst college. Amherst Mass + A
M"hi'hberg of Gettysburg College. Gct-
'Nsonrg fa'; q. l.. IIonsscr Of Mech,
h'VtrsltN. MONTREAL Can; Curtis Il
Alliance Of Cornell rniversitv Ithooa
\. v; \. r. Ludlow of the Un;vorvi,,
Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia. pa o,d
w. Y. Iieaton, Pennsylvania state Co,-
lego.
Other college men present from out
~ tho State were: Arthur NJ. McCri,.
lis Of Brown University. Providence n
j.; J. Robert Aulin and r. w. harris
Of Syracuse University. W. R. Fleming
and Irving J.. Foster OF Pennsylvania
State College. Elmore Mel Fleming
and Lyman I-auchland OF McGiIl Uni-
versity, Montreal; Thurlow NJ. Gordon.
w. q. Kennedy and James ". Wallace
OF Dartmouth College. Hanover. N. II.
Alumni and undergraduate members
Of the fraternity in the University OF
vermont Wno were present
George M. Sabin. William M. Rose. A.
j.. Parsons. Ralph +. Perry. M. r.
Peck. II. A. Edison, H. H. Watson, C. w.
Guptil. Arthur 7. Appleton. Charles W.
ingalls,. Arthur l. Owen. F.. L. Water
man. w. w. Houston, w. M. Rouse, +.
u. Smith. r. q. Ramsdell. u. H. Law.
ton. w. Hollis Child. Charles A. Smith.
u. ID. Huse. r. A. Dewey. George s.
harris. Jesse H. Sinclair. Milton w.
Pierce. Forrest W. 'Kehoe. II. IL. Green,
NJ. w. Andrews. +. o. Sinclair. 's2, Ed
mund G. Mower. '9s. and c. II. Mower,
all Of this city; i. Barnby Leach Of
Richford, States Attorney =. Hollister
jackson Of Barre. Thomas &. Cheney,
'al. OF Morrisville; George w. Huse,
'A6. Of Niagara Falls. n. y; II. f.
Cunningham of Malone, n. T., L. H.
Munson Of Morrisvillc, H. r. Gray OF
Cambridge, Il. H. Mack OF Shelburne
and II B, Chess VI 1jttsburg. Ia,