The San Francisco call., 1908-08-13
INSTALL CHAPTER
OF BIG FRATERNITY.
Students of University of Cali
fornia Join Alpha Delta Phi
Greek Letter Society
kilograms of Congratulation
Received From Famous
Members of Order

The installation of a chapter of the
Delta PM, the charter for which has
been secured by the local society of Phi
Sigma Delta of the University of Cali
fornia, was held In the St Francis hotel
last night.
The formal ceremonies of installation
were conducted by c. r. Ganter of New
York. secretary of the executive coun-
ell of the fraternity After the installa-
tion banquet was served in the white
and gold room Besides the regular
members of the new chapter there were
many visiting members and prominent
alumni of the society present TO witness
the affair. No set speeches were made
at the banquet, but President BENJAMIN
Ide Wheeler, who presided as toast
master, called upon the well known
, alumni of the fraternity and several of
them responded with brief but warm
speeches of congratulation for the or
ganization. The banquet was inter
spersed with college songs and stories
from all of the universities of the
country that were represented there.
This chapter is the first one granted
by the national society west of the Mis-
sissippi and the Importance of the oc-
casion caused the more noted members
of the organization to send kilograms
of congratulation. Such messages were
received from President Theodore
Roosevelt; Hamilton Mabe. editor of
Outlook; Edward Everett Hale and Pro-
fessor Woodbridge of Columbia
For the last three years the local
Greek letter society of Phi Sigma Delta
has been trying to secure a chapter
from Alpha Delta Phi, and by bringing
the organization to a very high stand
ard the coveted honor has been finally
secured.
President Roosevelt is a member OF
the Alpha Delta Phi, as is President
, Wheeler of the University of California.
Among men prominent in the affairs
of the state who are members are:
William Henry Chickering, Bertram
Cadwalader, Rev. Samuel Loomis, Pro-
fessor Henry Fairclough of Stanford
university, Judge E. w. McGraw, Noun
ford Wilson, Professor G. o. Mitchell
and many others.
Members of the Phi Sigma Delta
chapter who became members of the
national Greek letter fraternity yester-
day are also well known on the coast.
Among some of these are: Richard
| Walton Tully. the playwright; Rev.
! Earl H. McCOllister, who is now trav-
cling in Europe; Reuben G. Hunt
Carleton Baker and willys Peck. in the
United States diplomatic service in
DR.. Frederick M. Allen, John Jewett
Earle. Charles H. Cheney, Fred E. Reed,
Herbert Furlong, Newell Vanderbilt
and others
Besides the guests of honor made up
of President Benjamin Ide Wheeler
National Secretar Ganter and Judge
William Cohen of New York, the fol-
lowing members of the fraternity were
present at the installation and ban
/ quet:
James Edward Baker Joseph Clement Bates
Fitzhurh Smith Rollins. John Stanley Sanford
Alameda: Charles Caldwell Bull. Belmont: Philip
Gledson Galphin. Berkeley; Rev. Charles Stearns
Claremont: Daniel Whitcomb TuttIe, Colusa
Rev james Smith Mcdonald Corte MADEIRA
William Henry Chickering, George Dickmar
Cray. Horace Potter Hussey. Frederick Eugene
whitney. Oakland; Prof. Henry Ruskton. Fair
elough. Dr.. George Frederic Lewis, Stanford
university: Edward Francis Adams. james Mon
States lighthouse board. Charles Adolphe Bald
win. James Arthur Ballentine. William Sanford
Barnes. Robert Gilman Brown Bertram Llewel
| iyn Cadwalader. Bernard Chauncey Carroll, Lot
/ Curran Clark. George Eugene Davis. C. ]. dc
Witt. A. n. Brown, Charles p. Ellis, ]. S. Ellis
Lucius Foote. Raymond Holmes. a J. Kittle
| q. II. Lent. Rev. Samuel Lewis. G. Z. Lord
s. s. Lowery. Judge Z. W. McGraw. Prof. G.. o.
Mitchell. T. A. Perkins. G. NJ Reynolds, l.. J.
Sawyer. ]. d. Talent, g. II. Wagner. r. VIII
son. J. s. Wilson, Mountford Wilson, Stuart Ed
ward White, Leland Smith. II. A. Speh, HadwIr
Swain. San Francisco.