The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-29
BRUCE CLUB GAINED
ADMISSION To
BIG FRAT
Phi Delta Phi Recognizes
Local Society-Big In
stallation Event

Another university society has been
successful in gaining recognition at
the hands of Il national fraternity. tho
Eruc Law club being admitted TO
membership in the PHI Delta Phi.
The chapter was granted at the ma
o.. ad follows a successful campaign
made Ivy the local society.
The installation of the new fratcrni-
ty will take place during tho winter
term, and that affair will he decidedly
elaborate. The definite plans. of
COURSE, cannot he laid until Il later
date.
The Bruce Law Club.
The Bruce Law cub. which has
gained the honor of being admitted to
this fraternity. Was organized in l9nN.
II was named in honor of Judge y. y
Bruce. then dean of tho law school
Judge Bruce, who Was a member nf
Harlan chapter of Phi Delta Phi. and
Prof. l.. E. Eird2cll, Il member of
lIanEdell cha pier of that fraternity.
have been patrons of the Hrucc club.
The local club was organized Ivy
some of the most active students of
the law school and has maintained a
high standard. Tho active member
dore Torgeson. Hcndrum, Mimi. Wal
ter Ray. Dickinson. Ray Pinkham.
CaSselton. Albert Void. Cummings.
Victor Campbell. Hamilton. Howard
Mailer. Devils Lake. Clyde duffy, Axcl
%Jorgenson. Bruce Mcdonald. William
Torgerson, Ray Russell. Ray Dryden.
Louis Murphy and Nicholas Dimnnd
Of Grand Forks, William Poole of Nil
not. Lynn Stambaugh "f Fargo. and
Albert Hemp of Valley City.
The pledged members are Edward
McIlraith .of East Grand Forks. Fred
Frehel of Bowhells, Vincent Smith of
Grand Forks. and Ray jacobson Of
Churchs Ferry.
An Influential Fraternity.
The Phi Delta Phi is the oldest and
largest national legal fraternity. II
was organized at the University of Mi
chigan in 1859. The organizers
sought to affiliate with a similar or
gantzation in the east. but finding that
none existed. established the first legal
fraternity. 1t was patterned after the
general fraternities. but admitted only
law students.
The Michigan chapter adopted the
name Kent, after Chancellor Kent and
Prot. Chas. a. Kent. This policy of
naming the chapters after great law
yers or jurists has been followed in
all chapters.
At an early period the policy was
AOPNS VI oOAlSlIlIS pltTS ulllN
in law schools of high standing and
that policy has been consistently fol-
lowed.
The Chapters. 90.
Chapters have since been installed
as follows:
ls1S-Benjamin. Illinois Wesleyan.
lSSO-Booth, Union college.
18S1-Story. Columbia.
1SS2-Cooley, St. Louis.
9-D4~N Tv:~-A. ~.
fornia.
1SS4-Marshall. George Washing
ton.
lSS4-Jay, Albany Law school.
1SS5-Webster. Boston Law school.
lSs6-Gibson. Pennsylvania.
1SS6-Hamilton, Cincinnati Law
school.
1Ss7-Choate. Harvard.
1SS7-Waite, Yale.
1sSS-Field. New York university.
1SsS-Conkling. Cornell.
1S90-Fedenan. Missouri.
1Ss0-Minor. Virginia.
1S91-Dillon. Minnesota.
l891-Daniels. Buffalo.
1S91-Chase. Oregon.
1S91-Harlan, Wisconsin.
1S93-Swan. Ohio state.
-S95-Lincoln. Nebraska.
1ss6--osgoode. University Of Upper
Canada.
1s96-Fuller, Chica Law
school.
1S91-Miller. Leland Stanford, Jr.
1S97--Green. Kansas.
lS99-Comstock. Syracuse.
1899-Dwight. New York Law
school.
l900-Foster, Indiana.
1901-Ranney. Western Reserve.
1e01-Langdell. Illinois.
1903-Brewer, Denver.
1905-Douglas. Chicago.
19O1-Ballinger. Washington.
1907-Malonc, Vanderbilt.
1907-Evarts. Brooklyn.
19O1-Thomas. Colorado.
19O1-Beatty. Southern California.
190S-Reed, Maine.
l9OS-Tucker. Washington and Lee.
The roster Of the fraternity includes
many m Of prominent lawyers, jur-
lists. statesmen n others who have
achieved prominence.
Taft Is Member.
President Taft is an honorary men,
Der OF Kent chapter. The late justices
Fuller. Harlan. Brewer and Holmes
We're also honorary members. as is
Justice Van Deventer. Among the ac-
tive members are eX-President Roosc-
Welt, Justice Hughes. Secretaries
Hitchcock. James Garfield. Governor
Bates. Frear. Hadley. Thomas. Win
throp adm Yates, Congressman An.
thony, Covington. Lowden. DENLY,
Hitchcock. Southwick, Tilson, Nor
man Hapgond. editor Of Golfers, and
Senator Elihu Root. Among the noted
law writer's are Profs.James B.Thayer,
John n. Wtgmorc, Floyd r. Mechcm
and James B. Ames.
One of the institutions of the fra
ternity is The Brief. While in one
sense this is tho journal of the fra
ternity. 1t devotes itself very largely
to papers on various legal questions
and Is recognized as one of the fore
NOSE legal publications of the conn-
try.
Among the men in this state who
belong to Phi Delta Phi are Judge A. A
Bruce. Prof. l.. F.. Birdzell and Ray.
mond Jackson Of Grand Forks. Harr,
Aldrich Of Anamoose. G. C.. Converse
and Wayne Mosely of Cando. Richard
Johnson Of Dickinson. Geo. T. Weht
Of Ellendale. Roy A. Palmeter OF Fes.
sender, Fred Glover of Glover. Ed.
min Bradford and A. Smale Of Minot
Sidney Adams Of Lisbon. and Lieut.
Gov. Burdick of Williston. Ormsbs
McHarg. formerly secretary to Senator
McCumber, and Stephen Cowley, for.
merly OF Larimore, but now of Grea,
Falls, Mont. are also members.
TO HELP SCIENCE
Livingston, Mont, Dec. ga note
left by DR.. c. E. Button, who shot
and killed his wife last night and
then drank poison and shot himself
was found here today. The note re.
quested that his body be given the
nearest medical society for experiment
and dissection.
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