1998 Volume 121 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1998 Volume 121 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1998 Volume 121 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
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ON<br />
CAMPUS<br />
Alabama Alpha returns to the fold<br />
Chapter returns to the University of Alabama after five-year hiatius<br />
By Daniel Walton<br />
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 14,<br />
1997, A team from<br />
headquarters arrived. Some<br />
members of the initiation<br />
team had a tour of the campus<br />
and Stayed busy with different<br />
activities through the<br />
day.<br />
At 4:30, the initiation team<br />
met at the colony house to<br />
prepare for the ceremony. Dr.<br />
Frank Morris, the chapter advisor,<br />
and Hunter Morris, the<br />
alumni treasurer, joined the<br />
initiation team to help prepare<br />
for the ceremony. The<br />
first student participant in the<br />
ceremony was the past president<br />
of Alabama Alpha<br />
colony, Greg Pool.<br />
The other two students<br />
were affiliates to the Alabama<br />
Alpha colony: David Walton<br />
from Vanderbilt University<br />
and Himter Murphey from<br />
Sewanee University. A number<br />
of alumni drove from<br />
near and far to see the ceremony<br />
for the 18 new initiates.<br />
There was excitement in<br />
the air because of a long<br />
awaited return of the Alabama<br />
Alpha chapter. At 6:00<br />
p.m. with former General<br />
Council President Tony<br />
Ambrose in the lead, the ceremony<br />
got underway for the<br />
next two hours. After the<br />
completion of the initiation<br />
ceremony, Alabama Alpha<br />
became twenty-one members<br />
large. To celebrate, the new<br />
members along with the initiation<br />
team and alumni went<br />
to the 15th Street Diner for<br />
dinner and dessert. Everyone<br />
retired after dinner to prepare<br />
for Founders Day the next<br />
day.<br />
The next day was a day of<br />
celebration, not only for<br />
Founders Day, but also for<br />
the banquet and reinstatement<br />
of the Alabama Alpha<br />
charter. The ceremony took<br />
place at the Indian Hills<br />
Country Club. In attendance<br />
were alumni, Alabama Alpha<br />
members, friends, and family.<br />
The Alabama Alpha chapter<br />
of <strong>Phi</strong> Deha <strong>Theta</strong> had its<br />
charter suspended June 1993<br />
due to a lack of performance<br />
that existed in many areas of<br />
the chapter. After a two-year<br />
hiatus, and being able to<br />
move back into the old chapter<br />
house, a few of the remaining<br />
brothers banded<br />
together to form an interest<br />
group in February 1995.<br />
With the addition of new<br />
members, hard work, and<br />
dedication, the interest group<br />
expanded into a colony on<br />
September 23,1995, when<br />
Brother Ambrose, then president<br />
of the General Council,<br />
performed the colonization<br />
ceremony at Christ Episcopal<br />
Church.<br />
Finally in March 1997,<br />
Alabama Alpha again became<br />
a chartered chapter of <strong>Phi</strong><br />
<strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong>. This would not<br />
have been possible if it were<br />
not for the efforts of many<br />
including Dr. Frank Morris,<br />
who took over the enormous<br />
tasks of Chapter Advisor and<br />
House Corporation President<br />
and his brother Hunter Morris<br />
who took over as Financial<br />
Advisor in June of 1993.<br />
Other alumni that played<br />
an integral part in the reinstatement<br />
on the chapter were<br />
E.W. Mudd, J.O. Screven, Bill<br />
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Members of Alabama Alpha received their charter at an<br />
installation ceremony last March. The chapter returned to<br />
campus after a two-year hiatus.<br />
to name a few. There is no<br />
doubt that without the dedication<br />
and support of our<br />
alumni that Alabama Alpha<br />
would not exist today.<br />
During the spring of 1831,<br />
a small group of eager students<br />
set foot on the University<br />
of Alabama. Eventually<br />
by the late 1850s, the University<br />
became a military school<br />
providing men for the Confederacy.<br />
After being destroyed<br />
by the Union cavalry<br />
in 1865, the university did<br />
not resume instruction until<br />
April 1869. A big step taken<br />
by the University in 1893:<br />
allowing women to join the<br />
approximately 400 men students.<br />
After reconstruction it<br />
took only 10 years for the<br />
Alabama Alpha chapter of <strong>Phi</strong><br />
<strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong> to be installed at<br />
the University.<br />
A group of eighteen men<br />
were proud to sign the Bond<br />
of <strong>Phi</strong> <strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong> on Friday<br />
March 17, 1997. These young<br />
men include: Matthew Joseph<br />
Adams, Christopher Edward<br />
Boulton, Clayton Samuel<br />
Smith, Kramer Owen Wells-<br />
Mobile, Alabama; Robert<br />
Rainbow Brooks-Tuscaloosa,<br />
Alabama; Scott Cuning ham,<br />
Sandlin Jeffrey Grayson, Jack<br />
Zaremba-Birmingham, Alabama;<br />
Andrew Dixon Hall-<br />
Montgomery, Alabama;<br />
Nathan Lake Hicks-<br />
Stockbridge, Georgia; Nathan<br />
Joseph Huhn-Jacksonville,<br />
Florida; Kevin Russell Morris-Alexander<br />
City, Alabama;<br />
James Harlle-Palmetto,<br />
Florida; John Westley Pugh,<br />
Clayton Samuel Williams-<br />
Diamondhead, Mississippi;<br />
James Quitman Wade Ill-<br />
Atlanta, Georgia; Michael<br />
Adam Webb-Decatur, Alabama;<br />
Robert Joseph Wilkins-<br />
St. Louis, Missouri.<br />
58 THE SCROLL<br />
SPRING <strong>1998</strong><br />
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