The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-01
PHI CONVENTION
 10 ADJOURN TODAY Charters Granted to Three
 Colleges Yesterday COLGATE LOSES FIGHT Many Attend Banquet Last Night. Dr. Benton Presented With Pres
 idert's Jewel-COnve entiOn to
 Elect Officers Today
COLGATE LOSES FIGHT

The most important business before the Phi Delta Theta convention yesterday was the petitions for charters Colgate, as predicted in The Age-Herald yesterday morning. lost Charters were granted to Utah, to Whitman, and to Dennison. The number granted is as great as at any convention and aroused much interest.
 After perhaps the most brilliant fight ever waged for charter. the Colgate ap- plication was lost by vote of 67 to 4s The necessary vote is 30 and Colgate lacked 13 votes 1t was stated after the meeting that never before in the history of the fraternity had such warm argu- ments been made for and against an ap-- plication for charter to any college. All of the brilliancy of the Colgate campaign was emphasized by strong advocates on the floor. but for all of that it was stated liter the secret session that the represen- tG tives from Syracuse and Dr. Guy Pot ter Benton, the president. won the battle against granting Colgate the charter
 Aside from the question of charters there was nothing taken up yesterday except of a routine nature. The conven-
 
 yesterday afternoon until after o'clock
 The session will be concluded today. At the meeting this morning Frederick J. Coxe will be made president to succeed pr. Guy Potter Benton. MT. Coxe, whose nomination has been foregone conclu- sion, is from Wadesboro, N. C., and is very popular among the members of the fraternity.
 Meet Next In Omaha
 Omaha will be named as the next meet ing place. The committee made recom- mendation for the western city yesterday. but fl was passed over until today with out action. Quite buzz of interest was created around the convention yesterday by the statement that all of the inviting cities were afraid to get the convention, as they all confess that they cannot come up to the entertainment provided by the Birmingham alumni club. However At lanta has the nerve and the sign 1918 was changed yesterday to 1916, and it is stated that the Atlanta crowd will wage fight this morning for that city as the next place of meeting.
 It was admitted yesterday by members of the general council that Birmingham had given the convention the rarest round of pleasure and had mapped out the most efficient system of holding business ses- sions of any city that had ever enter tained the convention. And for Robert Thach and his CO., workers on the ar rangements committee there was loud praise from members of the council, dele- gates and visitors alike. The ball at the Country club Wednesday night was the best that has ever been held by the Phi fraternity in the opinion of many old time convention goers. On this account there was yesterday very noticeably lowering of enthusiasm on the part of the representatives of some cities for the next meeting.
 Last night the final social function of moment came to close. That was the banquet at the Tutwiler. William B. Bankhead of Jasper was toastmaster and he carried the affair off in good style and to the keen satisfaction of the members present. About 15O attended the banquet az some of the men left yesterday for their homes. especially those from the far west
 Benton Given Jewel
 The feature of the banquet was the presentation to pr. Guy Potter Benton. the retiring president of the presidents Jewel. It was Phi pin surrounded with diamonds and other precious stones on q heid of gold surmountcd with Q name bar and aftached to tho bar with ribbon of
 (CentanueA en Pare night.)