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

THE SCROLL 451tered Harvard many of his new acquaintances found it difficult to pronouncehis name correiitly. They called him Howston, Hooston and other things:but they had such a high respect for him that in later years they suggestedhim for the presidency of Harvard on the retirement of Mr. Eliot. What'sin the pronunciation of a name anyway?A biographical sketch of Brother Houston appeared in THE SCROLLfor March 1910 on page 330.DELTA SIGMA RHO HONORS BROTHER J. F. T. O'CONNORBrother J. F. T. O'Connor, North Dakota '08, has just beenelected to the presidency of A S P, the national honorary debatingfraternity. The national convention which conferred this honorupon Brother O'Connor was held in Columbus, Ohio, during thelast week in April.Brother O'Connor has made an enviable record for himself bothas a student and as an orator. He took his A.B. degree and LL.B.degree at the University of North Dakota, leaving that institutionin the spring of 1908. He then entered Yale University, receivingthe degree of LL.B. in '09, and the degree of M.A. in 1910. Whileat Yale, O'Connor was active in oratory and debate and besidesbeing the recipient of a number of prize medals for excellence inoratory, was leader of the Yale debating team in the Yale-Harvarddebate of '09. He is a member of the Yale chapter of * A A, thelegal fraternity, and at its last national convention he was madesupreme vice-justice of that organization. Brother O'Connor is nowlocated in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he is fast gainingthe reputation as being one of the leading young lawyers of the state.It is with great pleasure that we note that two brother Phis nowhead the two leading national debating fraternities: Brother HughTh. Miller, Past P. G. C, is president of T K A and O'Connorthe newly made head of A 2 P.GEORGE L. KOEHN, North Dakota, '15.INITIATES OF THE CHAPTER GRAND*Homer B. Armbruster, Northwestern, '13.Died August 21, 1912, at Springfield. Illinois.In Coelo Quies Est.•kEdwin Howard Bennett, Cornell, '89Died April —, 1912, at Berlin, Germany.In Coelo Quies Est.•Ernest Spencer Bowen, Cornell, '90.Died April 29, 1912, at Geneva, New York.In Coelo Quies Est.