The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-31

; ident of the general council.
 
 | This will be the liveliest day of the Phi Delta Theta convention. New Year's s eve will witness the transaction of some of the most important business to be handled and the big banquet tonight at the Tutwiler hotel as the climax of the social affairs.
 The business sessions of yesterday were more or less routine, but the work to be importance.
 At the banquet tonight William B. Bankhead will be toastmaster. He has accepted an invitation to preside and will | reach the city this morning from Jasper, where he resides For the banquet it Is stated that about 100 additional members | of the fratenrnity from points outside of Birmingham will arrive here during the day. Of this number quite a few will come from Tuscaloosa and Montgomery. It is believed the attendance which is now 300 will be swelled to 400 this morn- l ing.
 The speakers at the banquet tonight will include w. B. Oliver, Congressman elect from the Sixth district; Judge James B. Swing of Cincinnati. Bishop c. NJ. Beckwith from Montgomery and w. w. Quarles of Selma. Alex Pope a mem- Der of the general council, will present to | Dr. Guy Porter Benton the president s jewel in commemoration of his term of office as president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity The presentation of the jewel will be che of the features of the meet ing
 Following the banquet which will ad- journ about II 80 o'clock, great many of those attending will go to the mezza- nine ballroom of the Tutwiler and join in the dinner-dansant which will last until the New Year is ushered in.
 Convention Ends Tomorrow l Tomorrow the convention will come to a close after being in sessions since Mon- day. Some of the delegates have been here since Sunday, however. At the meeting tomorrow the selection of the next place of meeting, which Is more than apt to be Omaha, Neb., will be made. l lDe WOIk ytSltludy was tOliiHcQ hioie or less to generalities. Committee re- ports were heard and passed upon, while at the afternoon session the proposition of securing as a memorial the Phi Delta | Theta house at Miami, where 1t was | founded, received hearty commendation At the suggestion of the delegate from 1 Chattanooga subscriptions were taken foi | the purchase of the house and shortly after $500 had been taken in for the pur- | chase of the home. It will belong to the | national body and will be a memorial oi the foundation of the fraternity. l After the session yesterday afternoon the entire general council adjourned tc | the mezzanine ballroom of the Tutwiler where the-dansant was given the visitors l This morning at 10 o'clock the commit I tee on charters will meet and take ur what is expected to be the livest ques- tions of the convention-that is, the be. | stowal of Phi charters to colleges that , are applying The most spirited contest | apparently is from Colgate, located al Hamilton, N Y. slightly less amount of strenuosity is behind the application of the Utah delegation. It was impossi- ble yesterday to obtain any information | about what will be done The members of the committee stated that the propo- | sition was up to the convention as 6 | whole. whereas the experienced colven. | tion-goers are inclined to think that the matter of charters and officers as wei has been predetermined by the general | officers.
 Victory for Utah | This was the impression gathered around the Tutwiler yesterday. It was I stated, however, by some that the matter of granting charters was very delicate I one and no accurate information was tc l he obtained in advanoa and all were obviously heresay. However it ap pears at this time that Utah will win out | over Colgate. The delegation from tht latter college. headed by the noted his toran, Dr. Freeman H. Allen. has beer working diligently in behalf of Col ] gate, and it appears that the eff | forts of Colgate to obtain a charter will be sin vain. At the meeting two years hence little less pressure and Q better degree of diplomacy may win fol the college founded by the noted mer. chant, William Colgate
 Aside from the question of charters which is an expressing one at a conven tion of this sort. the election of officers Is next in importance. As stated by The | Age-Herald. the next president will bt | Frederick J. Coxe, the attorney iron Wadesboro. N. c. To a representative of The Age-Herald Mir. Coxe asked to b, excused from commenting upon the mat ter, saying that he knew nothing of tho | matter.
 There Is no available information as tt whom will be elected secretary to sue
 ceed MT. Cox.
 Omaha will perhaps get the 1916 con, vention, while Atlanta wants the 1918 con. vention. The latter is so remote that nc
 serious thought is being given the appli. cation of the Georgia metropolis.
 After the business session this after. noon some of the delegates will make ar effort to secure a glimpse of Birmingham
 which has been unthought of during tho convention.