The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-29
KAPPA AlPHAS NJ
SEM|:cENTENN|Al
Two Interesting Business Sessions and
smoker Fiji Out First
Days Program
WILL HOLD BANQUET TONIGHT
Election of Officers and Chuicc of
Next Meeting Place To Come Thars-
day---Niil Have Ball ut Night

Kappa Alpha. the oldest and the
only exclusively Southern College
fraternity. assembled here in the JEFF
fcrson Hotel auditorium Yesterday
morning for the semi-centenntal CON
yeuifon with several hundred noted
mon in every walk Of life in attend
anCe.
There were two sessions of the con-
vcution yesterday. morning and after
noon. and last night the visiting dele
gates were guests of the Richmond
chapter at "A smoker at the Nestmore-
land Club.
There will be two formal business
sessions of the fraternity today and
tonight the delegates will be guests
at banquet AT the Commonwealth
Club, beginning at rs o'clock. To-
morrow afternoon the fraternity viii
elect officers and choose the next place
OF meeting. The convention will come
TO an end Thursday night with Oily
in the jefferson Hotel
Opening session
The convention, which was called
10 order at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing hv Knight Commander +. Cham
Der Smith. Of Raleigh. y. C.. was well
coined 10 Richmond by Professor II
b. Handy, Of Eta Chapter. Richmond
College: l.. Mex Judkins. of Theta
Chapter Randolph Macon: and Mayor
George Ainslie for Richmond College
alumni and the city rs well. The re-
sponses 10 these greetings on behalf
OF the delegates was made by Dr. w
a. Hamilton. OF Wheeling, West "A
Rev. DR. w. Morris, rector of Nona-
mental Episcopal Church, opened the
convention with prayer.
Routine business which embraced
the choice of invention officers
credentials committee and matters Of
interest only TO the organization &C.
Cupied the rest Of the day. Jacks m
vile, Fla, is making an energetic bid
for the 1917 convention, and will make
a strong fight for the honor on the
floor Of the auditorium Thursday,
when the question is broueht up Tor
decision
Lee Once President
The Kappa Alpha fraternity MAS
founded AT Washington College fuow
Washington and Lee Univefsity) at
Lexine ton, Va. on December 81. 1E65.
At the close Of the War Between the
States II was sponsored by General
Robert r Lee then head of the coll
lege- Since lis organization the fra
terpitH has been restricted 10 the col
leges IN the Southern States with the
exception OF TIVE chapters in Cali
fornia ard one III Delaware II Is
new established in abou& tfty fcife-
"a membership Of over 12.eeo Among
the more prominent members may be
mentioned ntted states Senator
Morris sheppard, Texas. United States
congreSsnan J. ". Amhercomble. Ala
hama r. l.. Itesr1. Texas. X p Hob
son, Alabama = y. webb North Car
DINA Samuel J. Nichols, south Garo-
linz: William f. Lamar. former ton
gfe~sHau iron. Florida and at pres
sent United states commissioner OF
the Panama Exposition Hrigadter-
General E. \. Darlington. {, :. A.. W
J Harris director of the United States
Census. Bradfard Knapp, L, 5. Asri-
cultural Department state supreme
Couti Judges Gambler, Georgia, Gage.
South Carolina Hydr!ck. South Caro-
lima; stevens. Mississippi; Revell. Mis-
souli Educators Robert Sharp. presi-
dent Tulane University. kennith J.
hatheson. president Georgia School OF
Techno}ogNs Robert e. Black yell.
president Randolph Macon college
Thomas =. Hodges president Unlver-
sity OF West Virginia William +. Mi
keil. dean University of PENNSYLVANIA
Law School James NJ, Rage. dean TINT
versity of Eirginia; =. " Nichols, su-
perintendent Of Nirgtnta Military In
stitute: T. ", p2ge. former member Of
Tariff Board ana present professor Uui-
yersity Of Virginia. G. Alphonso Smith,
professor University of Virginia, Edi-
tors John Temple Graves and Clark
Howell. Authors Thomas f1ixon,
Cieaves kinkhead. Jennings e. Wise,
Bishops John y. McCcrmicis John &,
kilgo, Warren A. Gambler. James T
Gwsthme>, Physician Charles H Her
", Chemist Hugh NJ. Dorsey. Lawyer
George Afnslie, Mayor OF Richmond.
Va.
The present officers OF the fraternity
are Ed, Chambers Smith, OF Raleigh.
y c.. knight commander; w i. Craw-
ford. grand historian. of kissimee, Fla.
+. r. Mcconnell. Richmond. grand pur-
ser; Henry C. Chiles, Lexington. Mo.
chief aIumnus.
The officers Of the local chapter.
who are acting as hosts to the visiting
delegates are; William Welhy Beverly,
president; William Borden Jerman,
first vice president Karl SiEsmund
Blackwell second vice president. Ed
ward Mccarthy. third vice president;
Cyrus w. Beale, secretary and treas
Grer,