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

322 THE SCROLLWILLIAM BLEDSOE BURRUSSBrother Burruss's modest story of his life runs somewhat as follows:I was born at Miami, Ohio, (or as a matter of fact on a farm near there),May 17, 1878. This accounts for my early affection for Phi Delta Theta. Igraduated from the Carrollton High School in 1895. During that summer Itook a competitive examination and won the "Yeatur Scholarship" which en-WiLLiAM BLEDSOE BURRUSS, Missouri,'99.titled me to free tuition in the University of Missouri. Unfortunately duringmy attendance about three years later the law was declared unconstitutionaland but for the fact that the tuition was practically free I might have had myallowance (given me by my father) reduced and in some way not have reachedthe glorious heights fo which I have attained. I took among other things anA. B., and an LL.B. at the university. I won the Shakespearian contest, wasmanager and director of the university stock company and track team a,nd amember of the boat crew in the only "annual boat race" ever pulled off inthe university. I located in Seattle, Washington to practice law and lived in thePhi chapter house at the university during my year in Seattle. Gave up the