The San Francisco call., 1908-08-12
old GRADS GATHER
FOR BIG CEREMONY
Alpha Delta Phi Will Take as
Members All Phi Sigma
Delta Boys
National Greek Letter Frater-
nifty Pays High Honor to
Western Society

BERKELEY, Aug. 1.-THE largest
initiation of a Greek letter fraternity
in the state will take place on the
campus of the university tomorrow,
when the Phi Sigma Delta boys will
become members of the Alpha Delta
Phi, one of the four big national fra
ternities
President Wheeler of the university,
who is a member of the Alpha Delta
Phi, will take a prominent part in the
initiation ceremonies, as VIII his sec
retary Ralph Merritt, who was a
neophyte during his recent trip east
The compliment to Merritt was a high
one paid by the eastern Alpha Deltas
and he was the first of the Phi Sigma
Deltas taken into the national organi-
zation. The initiation ceremonies took
place at Hamilton college.
National Secretary Carl r. Ganter OF
New York city has arrived from the
east to take charge of the initiation
and will be assisted by members of
the order in the bay cities, among
whom are:
James Edward Baker, Joseph Clement Bates,
Fitzhugh Smith Rollins, John Stanley Sanford,
Alameda; Charles Caldwell Bull Belmont; Philip
Gledson Galphin President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, Berkeley; Rev. Charles Stearns. Clare
mont Daniel Whitcomb futile, Colusa; Rev.
James Smith Mcdonald Corte MADEIRA William
Henry Chickering, George Dickman Gray, Horace
Potter Hussey, Frederick Eugene Whitney, Oak
land Professor Henry Ruskton Fairclough, DR..
George Frederic Lewis, Stanford university; Ed
ward Francis Adams, James Monroe Allen, Ar
thur Carter Anderson of the United States light
house board, Charles Adolphe Baldwin, James
Arthur Ballcntine William Sanford Barnes Rob
ert Gilman Brown, Bertram Llewellyn Cadwala-
der Bernard Chauneey Carroll Lot Curran Clark
George Eugene Davis C. J. de Witt A. n.
Brown Charles p. Ellis, ]. 5. Ellis. Lucius
Foote. Raymond Holmes, A. j. Kittle. G: H.
Lowery, Judge E. W. McGraw. Professor c. Q.
Mitchell. T. A. Perkins, G. NJ. Reynolds, l.. j.
Sawyer, Deland Smith, H. A. speh. Hadwen I'VE
son. ]. S. Wilson, Mountford Wilson, Stuart Ed
ward White, San Francisco.
The entire membership Of the local
fraternity, which was organized eight
years ago, will be initiated into the
Alpha Delta Phi. In college circles the
initiation is considered a great honor.
The new members of the Alpha
Delta Phi will be:
Arthur C. Babson 90, Archibald j. Cloud 90,
Clinton E. Miller 90, James ID. Mortimer 100,
Harry L.. Cornish 'o1, Eugene W. Roland 'ol,
len 'o2 Frank Baird 02, John Jewett Earle 02,
Samuel c. Fanuef o. Charles Hatherley Cor
rlll %, Reuben G. Hunt o2, Asleigh F. Lem m
F. Furlong '03, Earl II. McCollister '03. James
NJ. Koford 'O3. Elvezlo l.. Mini 'o3. Fred E;
Baxter 'o4, Herbert NJ. Evans '04. Harry G.
McKannay 07, Evan Williams o4, Robert
Day Williams OF. Raymond Wilson 04, +.
Carlton Baker '05, Walter W. Chandler 05,
Charles H. Cheney 'o5. Roy e. Hackley o5.
Leo V korbel '04. William ]. Musgrove 05,
James F. ven Lobel O5, stephen E. Babson 06,
William W. Whitton 05. Walter w. Board
man 'o6. Malcom Goddard '06, Joseph S. 10
ford 06, Edmund A. Lowe '06, Morley N.
Maddox '06 Willis r. Peck 'o6, Harold h.
Baxter 'Os, Jonas E. Killlan 07, Hans Lisser
'o7. Ralph P. Merritt OF. James G. o'Con-
nor '07, Frank Simpson. Willard A. Sperry,
Robert P. Blake 'os. Ralph 9; Gorrill ,os,
Charles Guy Morgan '0s. Almy Seabury 0S,
John w. Barncott '0s. Philip Hackley 'o9,
Walter Humid '09, Albert ~ Paul 90. James
G. Schaefer '09. Frank S. Baxter 90, Wylie
Harding 10, Allen Tremain Hatch 10; Fred
erick V. McGraw 10, Earnest II. Miller 10.
Cornelius w Pendleton 10, Austin w Sperry
10 Percy z. webster 10. Justis Won Loben
Sells 10, Dudley Gates II, Erwin J. Hun II.
The ceremonies on the campus here.
which will be carried on in the Phi
Sigma Delta fraternity house at the
corner of Bancroft and Dana streets,
will be ended by banquet, which will
be held at the st. Francis hotel in San
Francisco tomorrow night.