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

THE SCROLL 323practice of law and went into the life insurance business as agent for theProvident Life and Trust Company. Was married to Miss Ida Louise Lapsleyin Harrisburg, Ky., on February 24, 1904. Miss Lapsley's father and two ofhis brothers were Phis so again I followed the Phi instinct and incidentally gota wife who was almost as strong a Phi as I was, and as you know she has beenof great help to me in my work in the Fraternity. For six successive years Ihelped Missouri Alpha in her rushing season spiking thirty-five men and onlylost one. I organized the Norfolk alumni club and secured a subscription forTHE SCROLL from every member.I have been promoted in the ProvidenfLife and Trust Company from specialagent in Missouri to district agent in Seattle, Washington, to district managerin California, field superintendent in Missouri and to general or state agent inVirginia. This is my story. My four hobbies and four interests: my wife, myfraternity, my company, and dramatic work.Brother Burruss has been a most efficient president of Beta Provincethe last four years, and though a member of a chapter outsideof that province, he has in that time so endeared himself to the VirginiaPhis, that their appeal at Niagara Falls and at Chicago for hisre-election by the general council was unanimous. It is greatlyto be regretted that the convention did not make any provision for anearly publication of the catalogue, thus depriving itself of a muchneeded tool and Brother Burruss of a strenuous ride on one of hishobbies. However, there is such a thing as it being impossible to keepa good man down, and even though handicapped, it is assured thatPhi Delta Theta will profit greatly by Brother Burruss's efforts asofficial editor of the catalogue of Phi Delta Theta.SPEECHES AT THE CONVENTION BANQUETThe banquet of the recent National Convention in Chicago washeld in the ball room of the LaSalle Hotel, on Wednesday evening,January 1, 1913. Rev. William Chalmers Covert, D.D., IndianaEpsilon, '85, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago,led in an invocation, after which Charles F. Lamkin, President ofthe General Council introduced the toastmaster of the evening, Rev.John Balcom Shaw, D.D., Pennsylvania Alpha, '85, pastor of theSecond Presbyterian Church of Chicago.The speeches delivered in responses to the toasts were entertainingand instructive, but on account of their length, as reported by astenographer. Brother William S. Garber, Hanover, '72, and on accountof the very crowded condition of THE SCROLL for January,room for them, even in condensed form, could not be found in thatissue; and in order to bring them within the limits of this issue, theyhave necessarily been greatly abbreviated.THE TOASTMASTER: Brother Phis, I venture to think that, withoutany exaggeration, it might be said that this is the happiest hourof our fraternity life. As I look at this fine array of college men, allof them evidently of high type, I am prouder tonight of the PhiDelta Theta Fraternity, and I think I am more prepared to swear