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

238 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for MARCH, 1965engraved on the charter of Kentucky Zeta.Also initiated on that beautiful January Fridaywere the following alumni: Thomas Sutherland,Owensboro, past President of the MysticThirteen; Robert Richard Wilson, Owensboro,a charter member of the Mystic Thirteen;James Herron, Louisville; RichardThompson, Owensboro; Dave Kellis, Franklin,Ohio; and Dr. Harold P. Hamilton,Owensboro, President of Kentucky WesleyanCollege.On Saturday afternoon, members of the threesororities, the two other national fraternities,the faculty, the college staff, the Owensboropublic, and the student body met in SettleMemorial Church for the chapter installationand charter presentation. Performing the interestingceremony were Brothers Shepman,Smith, Fawcett, Ott, Howard, McCarroll, King,and Tankersley. After the reading of the basicprinciples of the founding fathers of * A 9,Brother Shepman presented the charter to PresidentJohn Salyer. This was the moment thatall the brothers had been waiting for.,The Mystic Thirteen Fraternity had beenorganized in 1921 as a local fraternity. It is theoldest fraternity on the campus and has alwayshad a good percentage of the leaders in thestudent body. The members of the Mystic ThirteenFraternity considered national affiliationfor more than ten years. After investigating themerits of several fraternities the members decidedon * A 9.Saturday evening at six, the celebration beganwith a wonderful banquet at the DowntownMotor Inn ballroom. After dinner,Brother McCarroll introduced a number ofspeakers. Excellent speeches were presented byBrothers Shepman and Smith, who spoke forthe General Fraternity and Tankersley, whospoke for the alumni. Brother Tankersley alsopresented Brother Salyer with a thick folder ofcorrespondence, pictures, and pertinent materialconcerning the work necessary to attain theKentucky Zeta charter. Dr. William B. Owsley,Dean of Kentucky Wesleyan College, spoke forthe college in behalf of Brother Hamilton, whowas required to leave Owensboro on business.After the banquet the ballroom provided anexcellent dance floor on which a good numberof invited guests put the music to good use.The music had to be interrupted several timesby Salyer to read the many telegrams wishingKentucky Zeta good luck and expressing regretsfor not being able to attend the cere--monies. As the evening flew by, many peoplewere heard to remark about the beauty of thedecorations and the inspiring ceremony earlierthat afternoon. This is not the last time Kentucky Zeta will be mentioned in THE SCROLL,for we are a growing chapter in a growing fraternity.—RichardSprouse (Ky. Zeta Historian),Michigan DeltaThe last of the four charters granted to petitioninggroups at the 1964 Convention inPasadena was delivered Saturday afternoon,February 13, to a group of undergraduate andalumni members of the former local fraternity,Alpha Delta, of the General Motors Institutein Flint, Michigan.The beautiful General Motors Institute auditoriumwas the scene of the simple but dignifiedritualistic installation service performed byJack E. Shepman (Cincinnati '47), Pjfe-sldent ofthe General Council, aided by Verlin P. Jenkins(Akron '24), President of Sigma Province;;Gerald H. Cummings (Michigan '42), advisor toMichigan Delta; Patrick W. O'Neil (Michigan'65), President of Michigan Alpha; RichardAcierto (Bowling Green '65), President of OhioKappa; Robert J. Miller (New Mexico '50),Executive Secretary of the Fraternity; FrankFawcett (Washburn '51), Assistant Secretary; andRay Blackwell (Franklin '24),, Alumni Secretary.Following the ritualistic service culminatingin the body of new members comprising MichiganDelta taking an oath "to discharge faithfullyall the duties devolving upon (them) in strictaccordance with the Constitution and GeneralStatutes of the Fraternity, and to uphold theprinciples of the Bond of Phi Delta Theta ahddefend the reputation of the Fraternity," PresidentShepman entrusted the new charter forMichigan Delta to the two brothers, currentlyserving as presidents of the chapter: Gary Joyand Frank Cooper.The presentation of the charter to two presidentsrepresented a first in the Fraternity's history.General Motors Institute operates upon astudy-work system under which each memberof the student body is in Flint for campus studyfor a period of six weeks, then spends the nextsix weeks working for the General Motors unitwhich sponsored his admission to the Institute.Thus, the General Motors Institute's fraternitiesoperate in two sections with two completestaffs of officers. The installation was intentionallyscheduled for the weekend of transition inorder that the members of both "A" and "B"sections could be included in the installationevents. Both presidents responded briefly on behalfof the new chapter.Friday, February 11, was devoted entirely toinitiation of some 83 undergraduate and alumni