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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for NOVEMBER, 1964 89PRINCIPALS at the grand banquet. Dr. John D. MiUett,DePauw '33, who was a dynamic main speaker, shownat microphone, and at his left, Donald M. DuShane,Wabash '28, survey commission chairman, who servedas toastmaster and kept the program moving beautifuUy.Sigma Province in which Flint is located, andby Gerald R. Hartman, delegate from MichiganState.The motion for the granting of a charterto the Mystic Thirteen at Kentucky WesleyanCollege in Owensboro, Kentucky, was made byHomer Gibbs, president of Eta Province, andwas seconded by Dr. Elden T. Smith; DouglasMilne, Tennessee Beta; Robert Waddle, Kentucky;and Bill Estes (Vanderbilt '55), NashvilleAlumni Club.Lambda Province President Ted Maragospresented the petition in behalf of Alpha BetaMu of Mankato State College at Mankato,Minnesota. Seconding speeches were made byP.P.G.C. Emmett Junge; William J. Gramp,Minnesota; Ronald Engelbrecht, South Dakota;and H. Deibert Frieze, Oklahoma.Illness prevented John E. Harding (TexasTech '37), president of Rho North Province,from attending the Pasadena Convention andmaking the motion to grant a charter to PhiKappa Delta of West Texas State Universityas he had planned. Substituting for BrotherHarding was his neighbor, Nu Province PresidentGlen Cary. Seconding speeches were madeby Don Bozeman (New Mexico '56), AmarilloAlumni Club; WiUiam Pearce (Texas Tech'64), Lubbock Alumni Club; Cliff Mowery,Texas Tech; John W. Hesley, TCU; andHoward Young, Rho South Province president.As was reported earlier in this article, allfour petitioning groups received well abovethe three-fourths majority voted needed togrant the chapters. All present were thrilledas the four petitioning groups were called intothe hall and told that their charters had beengranted. A standing welcome was given to thepetitioners.The remainder of the Friday afterioon sessionwas devoted to further consideration ofconstitutional and general statutes amendments.As at all * A 9 conventions, the banquetproved to be the most colorful and excitingevent of the week.. The beautiful VienneseRoom was tastefully decorated in Fraternitycolors and featured huge floral pieces of whitecarnations and blue delphinium.Toastmaster for the banquet was the genialDean of Students at the University of Oregon,former member of the General Council andchairman of the Survey Commission, DonDuShane, who kept the scheduled items ofthe program moving along in a perfect blendof levity and seriousness.The chairman of the host conunittee, WesCase (Colorado College '20), received a warmreception in appreciation of the splendid mannerin which all Convention details had beenhandled. He in turn introduced a numberof brothers and Phi ladies who had beenhelpful in planning the numerous affairs.Observing a carefully planned and executedritualistic ceremony in which brothers whohave been members of * A 9 for fifty or moreyears are taken into the Golden Legion isalways an inspiring and emotional experience.It was made particularly impressive at theConvention by the manner in which it wasconducted by Van Heflin (Oklahoma '32) ofstage, screen and television fame. Two distinguishedPhis were inducted into the GoldenGOLDEN LEGION CEREMONY was conducted in impressivemanner by Actor Van Heflin (center) forGrosvenor S. McKee, Ohio '16 (in white jacket) andGeorge K. Shaffer, Chicago '16. They are flanked bytheir respective sponsors, Harold H. Hultgren, W & J'14, and Lou TeUner, North Dakota '16, both of whomare also Golden Legionnaires.