The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-09
CONVENTION PLANS
 FOR PHI DELTA THETA. WILL BE WORKED OUT.
Executive Committee of the Fraternity Meets Here To- night-Many Entertain
 ments Are Planned

me executive committee of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. which holds it's national meeting in this city during the holidays. will meet here tonight. Per haps the most distinguished member If the executive committee is Dr. Guy Pot ter Benton, president of the University of Vermont. who will arrive this after roon. He is one of the most widely known educators in the eastern states. He was for sometime president of a eot- ege at Miami. o.
 Other members of the committee in- clude Alexander, Pope, treasurer, from Dallas, Tex: Thomas A Davis of Goshen. Ind. secretary: Charles r. Lampkin and Frederick J. Coxe of Wadesboro N. c.
 The custom of the Phi Delta Theta or ganization is for the executive commit- tee to meet in the city which is u en- certain the annual convention and arrange before hand all the details of the national meeting of that year. The fraternity meets only once every two years and it is a practice for everyone that can do so to attend.
 Many Entertainments
 Local members of the committee in charge of the forthcoming meeting have arranged a series of entertainments for the members of the committee who will reach here this afternoon. R. G. Thach. who is in charge. reserved the state suite at the Tutwiler hotel yesterday afternoon for the visitors. They will reach here late this evening, but it is not expected mt offa xxrill ao 1..ofs fsl la1 upon for tonight.
 The visitors will be guests at a luncheon tomorrow at the Birmingham Newspaper club, where they will enjoy the oppor- tunity of viewing Birmingham. At the luncheon in addition to the members of the executive committee there will be present Hugh Morrow. Robert Jemison, Jr., Joseph P. Mudd, R. G. Thach, Steele Andrews, William Walker. A. w. Nelson. pr. Miles Watkins, pr. Walter Scott. Dr. James E. Dedman, Monro B. Lanie. and George L. Watkins. The local men repl C. sent the entertainment committee and the chairnen of the other committees il charge of the national meeting during the latter part of December and lnclud- ing New Year.
 Tomorrow night there will be smoker at the Tutwiler hotel for Dr. Benton. the other members of the executive commit tee, and the local members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. The last affair planned is a luncheon Friday at tie Southern club for the visitors and fev invited guests
 To See Birmingham District
 There will be an automobile trip given Dr. Benton and the visitors over the Bir- mingham district Friday afternoon. ac- companed by various local members vf the fraternity. During the days spent in Birmingham there will be mapped out the entire business programme and the eutire lists of entertainments for the visitors to the big gathering. The executive commit tee is in complete charge of all affairs of the kind and will arrange every detail.
 MT. Thach said yesterday that plans are being made to entertain over 1000 members of the fraternity In order to provide the entertainments for the gath ering during the holidays, nearly s3100 has been subscribed by local members. It is coincidence that this organization. like the American Iron and Steel institute, has never before held the national meet ing outside of Chicago. New York or some of the larger eastern cities.