Evening star., 1916-03-19
MOVEMENT LAUNCHED
FOR PHI DELTA CHAPTER
Alumni Club Favors Representation
for Fraternity at
G.. W. U.

Following high praise of the George
Washington University, Rev. DR.. J.
Hcnniug NeIms. rector of the Church Of
the Ascension, at the annual founders
day banquet of the Washington Alumni
Club of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity,
held at The University Club last night,
started a movement which may result
at some future date in the installation
of a chapter of Phi Delta Theta at that
DR.. Nelms, acting as toastmaster.
after addresses has been made by Rep
resentatIve William Webb Eenable OF
Mississippi, Representative Patrick
Norton of North Dakota and Repre-
sentative Rufus Hardy of Georgia. sud-
denly brought up the question of why
his fraternity has TO chapter in George
Washington.
George Washington University is
making more progress today than any
other university in the United States
more, sincerely believe. than any
Nelms. 1T is growing not only in
numbers and those material adjuncts
which go toward making a great uni
versity. but il is making its greatest
progress in real educational matters.
Laments Lack of Chapter.
Dr. Nelms lamented the fact that,
having q young son attending the To-
cal university, that son has not oppor-
tunity as long as he remains in the
university to wear the Sword and
Shield the badge of the Phi Delta
f,at r1I wi hicb
Dr. Nelms himself first donned nearly
forty years ago.
Il trust" said DR.. Nelms. that this
alumni chapter of our fraternity will
chapter of our fraternity at George
Washington University"
Claude \. Bennett told the history
of attempts to secure a chapter at
George Washington on the part of the
alumni club and of the reflections by
Committee Appointed.
Mr.. Bennett then moved that COM
mittee be appointed to communicate
with the national officers of Phi Delta
Theta and to reopen the question as to
the advisability of George Washington
University as a field for the fraternity.
which has at present seventy mine
chapters in nearly every state in the
Union. with two in Canada and which
is said to own more chapter houses than
any other national college fraternity.
BY unanimous action of the fifty
members of the fraternity present Mr..
Bennett was appointed chairman of
such Il committee, with Representative
Ha rdy. DR.. NelmS and Ralph j. Will
liams :.s assistants.
Should the national council he per-
suaded to l"ol with favor on the prof.
ect. it would necessitate action by
the nationai convention. which meets
in Atlanta. ia next year.
Officers Are Elected.
Senator Duncan l.. Fletcher was re-
elected president of the alumni and
other officers elected were as follows
Representative Hiram Johnston Of
North Dakota, vice president: NJ c.
SHIELD. secretary; T.. j. Larson, treas
urer. and John W. Fisher. jr.. reporter
Representative johnson was appoint
ed chairman Of "a standing entertain
ment committee. with Mr.. SHIELD and
Mr. Larson as members
Last nights banquet celebrated the
siNty-eigbth aniversary of the found
ing of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
which was founded December &c, 184S,
at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Among Those Present.
Those present included c. o. Apple
man. II. l.. Atkisson, +. II. Austin, R.
F. Barnard. w. II. Beal, Claude n. Ben
nett, II. II. Bennett, $. G. Blanton, W.
G. Brantley. A. o. Burkland, T.. H.
Borden, ii. A Boucher II. Clark, c. f.
FELTON,. J. w. Fisher. jr.; ]. 1. Gayetty.
l.. H. Hadley, Rufus Hardy, L. r. Hit
Ivan King, o. w. Lange, II. F.. Larson
A. r. Leith. c. A. McAllister, c. w. Mac
Cornack, Mr.. Mccoy. Mr.. McReynolds,
j. Il. Meisenheider, Robert Morrison, r.
d. Norton. J. w. Pearson. Lee Robin
son, Edgar Jadwin. Royal c. johnson,
NJ C. SHIELD, Carl ID. Sheppard, l.. F.
smith, Nj. e. Summers. Il. h raipott. F.
G. Tingley, G. \. Triplctt, w w. Vena-
BILE, w: c, Wagner, r. ). Williams. J.
%. w. Gravely, j. Tyssowski, F. f. Sell
leck, II. r. Jackson, II. l.. Patterson,
Leslie Williams. j. c. Simpson, f..
Steidle and Charles f. Tracewell