1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 11in hand the work on the coast and saw that every Phi wrote to hischapter. Others who deserve special mention are Brothers W. W.Behlow, California and Stanford, '07, Frank J. R. Mitchell, Northwestern,'96, Thos. A. Davis, Wabash, '96, Wallace McCamant,Lafayette, '88, President Portland Alumni Club, and C. P. Lott, OhioState, '07. The Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles Alumni Clubsand the active chapters Washington Alpha and Idaho Alpha, alsosupported us strongly.The first move was to send in the formal petition to the generalcouncil. This we did April 4, 1910. After this we were visited byBrothers Walker and Williams of Idaho Alpha, and Brothers Coyleand Hickingbotham of Washington Alpha, who advised us to send abulletin to the different chapters in order to turn their attention tothe matter for the 1910 convention. This was issued June 1, 1910and contained statistics concerning the University, and a few factsabout Delta Sigma.Just before the convention Brother George D. Kierulff, California,'96, President Iota Province, visited Eugene for the purpose of lookingover the situation. He met some of the fellows who were intown for the summer also some of the members living in Portland,and after a thorough investigation of the college he assured us ofhis hearty support in the convention which was soon to be held.In the convention the petition was supported by Brothers S. E.Eliot, Washington University, '05, representing the Portland AlumniClub and Nelson T, HartsoUj delegate from Washington Alpha.They gained for us as much as we dared hope for, namely, that thepetition be accepted as one worthy of future consideration and thatit be referred to the general council for action between conventionsif they saw fit.December 2, 1910, we received the impetus for the strenuous campaignwhich followed. Brothers W. S. Ferris, H. H. Ward and C.W. Heinecke,- Kansas, '01, Secretary of the Portland Alumni Club,came to Eugene for the purpose of finally deciding whether" ornot the charter campaign should be taken up and prosecuted immediately.After a three days' visit during which they gathered allavailable information regarding the university and A 2, they assuredus their hearty support and expressed the opinion that the mattercould be pushed through between conventions.Brother Ferris organized his forces at once and began to get theFraternity acquainted both with tlie college and ourselves. Thiswas done through the alumni in the Northwest, each of whom wrotea personal letter on the case to his chapter. The chapter itself devotedmost of its time to receiving visitors and strengthening itsinternal organization. During the spring and summer we receivedmany visits from Phis from all over the country. A partial list includes:—BrothersA. R. Priest, E. C. Morgan, Vermont, '87 ; ThomasA. Davis, Wabash, '96; Ralph W. Wilbur, Vermont. '90, and Spen-