The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-26
STUDENTS HEAR Of
VETERANS BUREAU
HONORARY FRATERNITIES AN
NOUNCE PLEDGES AT UNI
VERSITY ASSEMBLY

fERSlI1 ASSEMBLY
Ihe work of rehabilitation of those
injured in the World war will go or
long after you have taken over the
affairs of your respective communit-
les and the national at large" L. G
Jesseph of Seattle, district manager
OF the United States Veterans bureau
for Idaho, Washington and Oregon
told University of Idaho students
Wednesday morning at assembly Mr.
Jesseph was the principal speaker of
the assembly but most of the period
was turned over to the honorary fra
ternities on the University of Idaho
campus.
Mr.. Jesseph told the students of the
work of the Veterans bureau in reha-
bilitating men and women incapacita-
ted by reason of service in the World
war. In part his address follows:
100 Men at Idaho
Eve have at this institution 100
men taking vocational training that
they may become economically inde-
pendent The government is spend
ing $60,000,00O year in hospitaliza-
ton, $b000,000 day in compensation
to the men and their dependents for
compensation, and the government
employs staff Of 10000 persons for
the rehabilitation work
There are $4,000 in the northwest
suffering from wounds or disease as
a result of the World war and there
are $4,000 live claims pending for
compensation. At the present time
in the northwest there are 1910 men
in vocational training, stationed IN
the institutions of the northwest
War Veterans in Hospitals
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more than 1000 men in hospitals, all
suffering from wounds or disease
suffered in the late war. At the pre-
sent time there are $50 insane men III
this district and we will have hos
pital in this district soon for the in
sane. These hospitals will be filled
for many years to come.
II want to congratulate you on be-
ing members of the student body of
this institution. Its reputation is not
confined to Idaho but it has gone into
all adjoining states. You will never
have occasion to feel other than pride
at being students at the University of
Idaho. You are having advantages
now that you will not have in future
years. AS a result of your training
you will be better prepared to lake
over the duties and responsibilities
ahead of you in life"
Advocates Honorary Fraternities I
DR.. J. e. Wodsedalek was in charge !
of the assembly and introduced the
representatives of the seven honorary r
fraternities of the university He told :
Of the advantages Of the honorary
fraternities to the individual and to
the institution. 9
Representative of the seven groups
were called upon for short talks in
which they told of the objects of their
membership qualifica- q
lions, and the fraternity members. AS i
The names of the honorary fraternity +
members were called the students an i
,wered to their names by standing o
Up. Dean j. G. Eldridge told Of Phi
Beta Kappa; DR.. J. E. Wodsadalek, i
Sigma XII Thomas E. Speedy, Alpha y
zeta; Genevieve Jones, Pi Epsilon =
)mricon; Helen Cochrane, the Mortar +;
Board; Greek Wells, Iota Beta Epsi- q
on; and w. eBryon Miller, Psi Sigma n
p. :,
Petition Phi Beat Kappa =, .,
The Alpha society, a group Of Phi n
Beta Kappa members, organized for :
he purpose of securing a Phi Beta
Kappa chapter for Idaho announced
he pledging of several members of M
he present senior and junior classes. Ii
Those from the class of 1921 elected wv
D membership in the society include q,
Florence Bauer, Robert Jo- r.
annesen, Leila Mae Patch, Mary Err III
estine Brown, Frank Morton Erick- 90
On jr, Mercedes Jones, Lillian White. ar
lenders of the class of 1922 pledged al
re Agnes Mae Brown, Leah Eleanor
aris, Carl F. Person, Elliott Eaves, RI
[elen e. Johnston, Georgia Elizabeth
ylear and G. w. Hammar. Robert
7. Eldridge and Robert Lincoln Hol
rock were the two members of the 70
resent junior class elected to the or ho
anization. ~
Honorary Fraternity Pledges ra 70,
Alpha Zeta, honorary agricultural tn,
announced the pledging of T
erbert L. Glindeman, Occur d'Alene; no
endell Palmer, Malad; John Toevs, ms
oerdeen; Elden Scheyer, Moscow;
alph Bristol, Twin Falls; and George 1T
adlinger, Poughkeepsie, New York.
The pledges to Phi Epsilon Omi- 7
on, home economics organization, a;1
e Marian Featherstone, Pullman, ths fha
dsn., neleH ndmsey' OdHupoinI Wis
IRA Marlborough, Moscow; and Ell ins
erina Gardner Fruitland IN
The Mortar Board, honorary organ no1
ltiOn of senior women, announced Oh,
. pledging of the following: Bethel 81
llins, Boise; Goldie FELTON,, Lewis
1; Clara Jones, Boise; Mary Ball, STf
dorado Spring, Colo; Dorothy Cage,
aho Falls; Mable Paterka, Republic, r
Ish.: and Ruby Litton, Lamont. Va,
Three new members were pledges nrc
Psi Sigma Pi, honorary forestry fu1
ternity. They include Parmesha D. III,
arma, graduate student from India; To.
ofessor G. w. Watson Russell Par ali
is, Moscow; and Herman Baumann N
waukee, Wis. oh1
'he seventh organization is Iota
"a Epsilon, engineering, which was
recently organized. -
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