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

VOL. XXXVIl. MARCH, 1913. No. 4NEW OFFICIALS ELECTED AT CHICAGO.GUY POTTER BENTONPhi Delta Theta esteems herself both exceedingly fortunate andhighly honored i% having for her sixteenth president, Guy PotterBenton, present president of the University of Vermont. That aman holding a position of such importance and of such arduousduties as the president of a great state university can, and will takeup the additional duties of a great national fraternity, truly speaks•well of the fraternity system, and is to a considerable degree a strongargument against the position which, at this time, has been taken bynumerous enemies of the fraternity systems throughout the states ofthe middle-west.Giiy Potter Benton was born at Kenton, Ohio, May 26, 1865.After completing the work of the common schools, he entered BakerUniversity, and later Ohio Wesleyan University from which hegraduated with the class of 1886 and the degree of Bachelor ofArts. . Later he pursued graduate work at the University of Wooster,followed by special studies in Berlin. Brother Benton has hadthe following additional degrees conferred upon him: Doctor ofDivinity by Baker University in 1900, and Ohio Wesleyan Universityin 1905; Doctor of Laws by Upper Iowa University in 1906,and the University of Vermont in 1911, and Middlebury College in1912.On September 4, 1889, he was married to Miss Dolla Konantz,at Arcadia, Kansas. There are two daughters in the family now,Helen, aged 20, and Pauline, aged 15.During all of his life Doctor Benton has been engaged in educationalwork,' both in the primary and secondary schools. Hiscareer has been progressive and marked by rapid advance as is indicatedby the following list of positions which he has filled:Superintendent of City Schools, Ft. Scott, Kansas, 1890-95; AssociateState Superintendent of Public Inspection for Kansas, 1895-6;Professor of History and Sociology, at Baker University, 1896-99;President Upper Iowa University, 1899-1902; President of MiamiUniversity, 1902-1910; and President of the Univergity'of Vermont,since 1911.In addition to holding official positions in educational institutions.Doctor Benton has always been interested in, and a prominent factorin teachers' associations and all organizations working towards thebetterment of the educational interest of our whole country. Hehas held positions at various times at the head of prominent com-