Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-06-23
FRATS nEET
And Have Joyful Time at First An
nual BANQUET -r.s

nuaI Banquet --s
Forty Greek Letter fraternity men OF
various colleges of the country were pres
ent at the Arkansas Valley Pan-Hellenie
Association first annual banvuet held last
Friday night, and there was certainly
big doings" With the college men therein
gathered when Toastmaster Rev. O. L.
Orton made short Introductory speech.
full Of fun and sparkling sayings, and OF
the kind that put everybody at ease and
literally Everybody was happy"
The program was extemporaneous in
the extreme, those speaking not having
notice that they were supposed to make
talks. and there were some very interest
ing and laughable tales told by the
speakers. The subject allotted to DR..
Blotz. owing to his absence was split
among the various profe essional men pres
ent and DR.. Roberts and Or. Carlyle Pol
lock handled the subject Of The Ro,a-
ton Between Inductive Psychology and
Suggestive Therapeutic" with skill that
left everyone present wondering what on
earth they were talking about.
Rev Orton was a toast master of an
edition de luxe. His introduetions were
witty. and woe be unto the poor Greek
who. when called upon for a few remarks
| took the usual course at such affairs and
attempted fun with the POSTMASTER. for
Rev. Orion "got" him. In fact there
were few who escaped the sharp tongus
Of the toastmaster.
Following is a verbatim copy Of the
program:
Toastmastsr-Rev. o. L. Orion. Beta
Theta ri.
Welcome to Our City .-----
Paul W. North. sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Fraternities ----T Tom Williams, Sigma Nu
Discussion Of the Relation between
Induetive Psychology and Sug-
gestive Therapeutics
DR.. 3. 3. 8lotz. Omega Epsilon Phi
Fraternity and Citizenship.
Fred Sabin. Alpha Tau Omega
Boosting IS. N. Hines. Phi Kappa Ps
Babes 10 Fratland
William r. Wright. Phi Gamma Delta
The Ladies. Rev. II. M. Pingree Sigma Chi
viii Murphy. Phi Delta Theta
Tho Arkansas Valley Pan Hellenic
James +. North. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity Songs. .yells and other
stunts always on tap"
The banquet was served at Bowman's
and the tables presented a pleasing sight.
There were fraternity men present from
every section Of the Arkansas valley.
some old members. some new members.
and all ages in between. Professionsl
men. young college men. preachers. busi-
ness men and every walk Of life was rep
resented on the common ground Of fra
ternalism. The Oldest grads" present
were T. H. Stratton. Phi Delta Theta
from Missouri University Of the class OF
1877, Rev. J. L. Weaver a Phi Gamma
Delta from the class OF 6z8 Of Washing
ton jefferson University. and James B.
Traxler Of Lamar. class Of 1881, a Beta
Theta Pi from Iowa Wesleyan University.
There were SO colleges Of the country
represented. some by more than one fra
ternity There were II national fra
,ernities represented. some to the extent
of five and others with one each.
| The association was made permanent
organization, with L. E. Wise OF Rocky
Ford. President, ard S. N. Hines OF La
Junta. Secretary. Another banquet is
planned at some future date to be held at
La Junta and it is very probable that
everyone present at the one Friday night
will attend the next one. The Pam
Hellenic association has on tap some
brilliant social affairs in the valley also.