1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

232 THE SCROLL-Palladium Supplement-JANUARY, 1965chapter," the Commission voted to recommend the followinginstitutions for approval: University of Californiaat Santa Barbai'a, University of Detroit, Lamar StateCollege of Technology, Montana State College, Universityof Nevada, North Carolina State College of Agricultureand Engineering, The State University, Rutgers, UtahState University of Applied Sciences and Agriculture,and Western Kentucky State University.6. The Survey Commission again reviewed the situationat the University of Wisconsin where the * A 6chapter operation has been suspended by representativesof the institution. The Commission agreed thatthe charter of this chapter should not be revoked inthe hope that it could return to active status at anearly date.7. By a vote of 5 to 1, the Commission elected torecommend to the General Convention that the charterof Massachusetts Alpha at Williams College be continuedin suspension in the hope that it could returnto active status during the coming biennium.8. The Commission spent considerable time reviewingexpansion inquiries which had been received sincethe prior meeting.The meeting was recessed at 11:30 P.M. to reconveneat 9:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 2.9. Province President Allen West Wood and undergraduaterepresentatives of Maine Alpha under suspensionat Colby College reported on progress of thechapter which has functioned as a local fraternity forthe past two years. Upon motion duly made and seconded,the five members ot the Commission presentvoted to recommend that the charter be restored.All business on the agenda having been completed,the meeting was adjourned sine die at 11:30 P.M.HistoricalDONALD M. DUSHANEChairman of the Survey CommissionROBERT J. MILLERExecutive SecretaryAnecdotesBy George K. Shaffer, Chicago'16, HistorianThe two earliest key roles in the annexation of theHawaiian Islands to the United States were played bymembers of $ A 0. In late 1892 and 1893 as his last majoreffort in the office of the presidency, Benjamin Harrison(Miami 1852) strove for annexation of the Islands becauseof endeavors being made by Britain and France to acquirethem. Harrison backed an annexation treaty offered byHawaii with such fervor that the U.S. diplomatic representativein Honolulu jumped the gun and proclaimedHawaii an American protectorate, and this status lastedfrom Feb. 1, 1893, until Aug. 8 that same year when anew commissioner, sent by Harrison's successor, GroverCleveland, ordered the U.S. colors down, and Hawaii assumedan interim status as a republic, with Americanborn commissioners in charge, while Congress debated theformal annexation for some years. In the early summer of1897 a new annexation treaty, prepared by John W. Foster(Indiana 1855), Secretary of State for the U.S., 1890-93,was presented to the Senate by President William McKinleyin the midst of changed conditions in the Pacific—warwith Spain being fought on land and sea in the Philippines,Germany under the Kaiser manifesting friendlinessto Spain, Japan protesting to Hawaii and sending a warshipto Honolulu, and Great Britain entertaining membersof Hawaii's recently deposed royalty. The Hawaiianrepublic's senate accepted Foster's annexation draft onSept. 10, 1897; the U.S. House did so June 15, 1898, anthe U.S. Senate voted to annex on July 6, 1898. Phis whwere members of the House and Senate from both partiiin 1898 voted almost without exception for the expansiowhich Harrison in 1893 and Foster in 1897, had put intwords, and left for others to put into deeds.The presidential campaign of 1888 was 77 years ag