Evening star., 1915-03-07
FEELS isolation
OF HIGH TRIBUNAL
McReynolds Reveals Inner
Thoughts as Supreme
Court Justice.
HE SOMETIMES PREFERS
PITCHING TO UMPIRlNG
Speaks at Annual Founders Day.
Banquet Of Phi Delta
Theta Alumni.

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How it feels to be justice OF the
Supreme Court of the United states
was related by Justice James Z. NC
Reynolds at the annual founders day
| banquet of the Washington Alumni
Club of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
held last night at the University Club.
Justice McReynolds was the guest Of
honor at the banquet. which was at
tended by sixty-five alumni members
| Of the fraternity. and which ma1keo
the sixty-seventh birthday anniversary
Of it's organization.
"As I sit on the bench, now" declared
Justice McReynolds, in tho course OF
his intimate address. II sometimes
feel that 1 would rather be the pitcher
than the umpire in the game. To be in
the fight. after all, is tho finest thing
a man can do.
long. but l have been there long enough
to realize that there is certain sense
of isolation. I detest the feeling my
self, and I am going to struggle
against it as long as 1 live. Sometimes
I feel that if 1 am to become mere
things. I viii lay it aside and become
a human being once more.
Is Great Opportunity.
"1t is a great opportunity to sit in
| acourt of last resort. When one stops
and thinks of it, it is almost super
human; until he stops to think that no
might also take part in the active
work of this wonderful age and coun-
try in which we are living.
what problems there are being pre-
sented to us in this age! Although the
wonderful questions which eatt,sd came verp up
many of them, there are still otners
that are coming up day by day. AS l
look out upon the future 1t seems TO
me we are looking out on an a nn-
haps never in the history of the world
have there been seven months so preg-
nant with great problems as the past
seven months. What the next seven
whole world is beyond the power of
any of us to predict
Other Speakers on Program.
Touched by the address Of Justice
McReynolds, Representative Martin A.
Morrison spoke in a similar vein, say
ing, in part:
I'VE stand at a time when we want
men that have courage in an age when
courage is dangerous. The future is
indeed an uncharted sea-
Other speakers on the toast list in
cluded Senator Thomas W. Hardwick
of Georgia. Representative Louis Fitz
Henry of Illinois, Representative Cor
don Lee. Walter B. Palmer. the fra
ternity historian, and Charles Sheffey.
representing the chapter of the fra
ternity at Randolph Macon
With Woodrow Wilson in the White
House we ought not to fear for tho
future" declared Representative Lee,
BILE, and at the end of this war, which
1 believe will terminate in the fall. our
country will be more prosperous than
it ever was before
Senator Hardwick declared that
members of the fraternity, having al
ready served the nation in high Offices.
must continue to show the people that
the American people are Americans be-
fore they are anything else.
Fletcher Made President.
Senator Fletcher, who acted as toast
master. was elected president of the
alumni club at the business session
preceding the banquet. Letters of re-
gret were read by the retiring presi-
dent. Carl d. Sheppard, from John w.
Foster. former Secretary of State: Gen.
the Lincoln memorial commission, Will
liam Compton and Representative
Rufus Hardy.
Other officers elected for the ensuing
year include: Maj. Edgar Russell, U. S.
A, vice president; Randen ]. Larson.
reporter, and r. J. Williams. secretary
treasurer.
feature proved to be college yells
given during the course of the ban
quet by mon from the various colleges
given by Col Joseph r. Webster. '16;
Louis L. Roberts. '12. and Charles e.
Tracewell, '13, started the merriment.
r. ]. williams was chairman Of the
banquet committee.
Those Attending Affair.
Those present, representing forty
one Of the seventy-nine chapters of the
fraternity. and college classes from
'62 to '16, included Justice McReynolds,
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. Senator
Thomas w. Hardwick, Representative
Louis Fitz Henry. Representative MAR
ae,ms. M a. c1s"ds ME5lss0R n. Bennett. 1ssao r
Hit. Maj. Edgar Russell. Col. Joseph
r. webster. Representative Gordon
Lee, James Gray, Rev. William E. De
Riemer, Col. Edgar Jao"li. Sapi. WI,
liam Oury, Carl D. Sheppard, Walter 3:
palmer. william Wolff Smith, Daniel
Dillon, jr.: Walter G. Wagner. Leonard
s. Doten, Howard A Edison. Marcellus
c. SHIELD. Charles E. FELTON,. Jack n.
Harris, e. Harrison Yelverton. Fred H
Anstin. Randell ]. Larson, Charles p.
Stearns, Roger M. Stuart. r. Y. Stuart.
!. Welton Fisher. John B. Beadle. Alex
r. Speel, John W. Davis, Edward Stat
ford, Oscar w. Lange. Milo c: Sum-
mers. Robert H. Morrison. Wilbur Thomp-
son. Joseph p Burke, Alex H. Hitler. A.
r. speare, John P. Walker. Robert A.
torrance. Isaac Pearson, Frank H.
Borden, Stanley G. Blanton. E. r. Boyle.
W. v. Boyle, William b Newton n; M.
| Thomas. Rev ]. Edgar Whine. Albert
o. Burkland. J. I. Gayetty. Robert s.
Moore. Richard O. Webster, Francis M.
Weller, Paul Clark. William H; Chees-
man, Ralph J. Williams. William T.
Mortimer, Charles Sheffey, Dr. John
Ma;eanbaider Louis L. Roberts and