The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-23
TWO ENTER RACE
FOR HIGH OFFICE
IN P D. k ORDER
Candidates for National
Places in Fraternity Arrive
and Begin Lining Up Del
egatiOn Votes.

The van of delegates to the Phi
Delta Kappa convention, which opens
here tomorrow, arrived today and
were we'll pleased with the outlook
for a highly successful convention.
Several were candidates for national
office for which there will be some
stiff contesting
Main street windows have already
taken on convention appearance and
tomorrow number of merchants will
decorate the store fronts with flags
and with the fraternity colors, red and
black. All halls which will be used
by the fraternity men in their meet
ings, dances and banquets, have been
decorated with the colors and are al
ready prepared for the big event
Politics will occupy big part in
the convention stage. A number of
chapters are ardent in their support
of rival candidates and expect to work
i'll their interests as soon as they ar
rive. Dayton fraternity members will
concentrate on pulling the convention
to that city. The Greater Dayton as
sociatiOn and the Dayton Bicycle club
have sent their appeal and have volun-
teered to assist the chapter in every
way to bring the convention in 1915
" lut belu lily.
Candidates Begin Work.
John Gauchat of indianapolis. nn-
tional president. will open headquar-
ters at the WestcOtt hotel tonight All
national officers will maintain head
quarters there, starting tomorrow
morning, until the close of the ses-
sion.
Although Gauchat is favorite with
Chi chapter of Richmond and many
other chapters he did not announce
his name for reelection. DR.. j. w
Thompson. of Garrett, and Ralph w.
Ewry, of Portland. are the strongest
candidates announced. Garrett will
support their man strongly and today
telegraphed for a band for the parade
Thursday night
For national vice president, B. c..
Durk. of Montpelier, O., and Paul Seib-
erling, of Marion, will be candidates.
Ed Fox, of Indianapolis. will also run
for the office. Candidates for national
master of ceremonies are Charles
Sherman, of Rushville, who lost by a
small margin last year, and Jack Davi-
son, of Winchester.
The only candidate so far announc-
ed for auditor is Herbert Sattler, of
CUE tldl les ~. Ellis, VI be-
lima, O., and p. w. Eby, of Fort Wayne
have sent advance announcements of
their candidacy for the office of secre-
tary-treasurer. For sergeant at arms.
Leon Louise, Of Chicago, is the only
candidate announced The candidates
for inner and outer guards. respect
lively, are Robert Shank. of Dayton,
and Fred Wolf, of Elwood.
Delegates to the convention will
have important matters to consider,
among which is the adoption of a
new form of constitution. The consti-
tuition has been under revision for
some time and is now ready for pre-
sentation. Included in this is a new
plan Of caring for insignia and para
phernalia. The national officers will
purchase new paraphernalia and will
issue it to the various chapter. The
paraphernalia of each chapter will ex-
actly correspond. This plan probably
will be accepted.
Probably some objection will be
made to the action of college fraterni-
ties in barring after 1918 any candi-
dates for entrance who have belonged
to high school fraternities. While the
fraternity is not high school frater-
nifty, it may send delegates to the ma
tional council of fraternities to express
disapproval of the ruling of the col
lege frat men,