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

472 THE SCROLLbusiness,for most of that time with the Carnegie Steel company atDuquesne, Pa. After a very short illness he died at that place onMay 21, 1912.•CHARLES THURSTON ROAN, EMORY, '89Douglas, Ga., February 5, 1911.—Charles T. Roan, for sometimejudge of the circuit court of Douglas, and a prominent member ofthe bar here, was called to Nicholls a few days ago on business. Hewas taken violently ill on the trip, and died there this morning. Hewill be buried here tomorrow.He leaves a wife and four children. Judge Roan was of a distinguishedfamily and was widely known as a cultured man, and ablelawyer, a brother of Judge L. S. Roan, of Atlanta.—Atlanta Constitution.•ORVILLE EDGAR SCHUBERT, SOUTH DAKOTA, '11Orville Edgar Schubert was born in Pierre, S. Dak., September 28,1888, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Schubert, who with hissisters, Mrs. Melitta Ruble, and Miss lima Schubert, survive him.He gained his early education in the public schools of this cityand then spent four years at the state university at Vermillion, S.Dak., and graduated from Columbia University, New York City,with the degree of B. S., in 1911, which he followed by a course inbanking in New York. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity,and was a delegate in 1910 to the national convention ofthat body which met at Niagara Falls. He was also a Mason. Atthe state university he was a member of the band and for two yearshouse manager of his fraternity house there.He was also a member of the South Dakota State band, andwhile at Columbia University was a member of the glee club whichtoured some of the New England states in the spring of 1911.Soon after his return home last year he accepted a position asassistant cashier of the First State Bank of Isabel, S. Dak., whichhe held af the time of his death, which occurred October 12, 1912,from typhoid fever.•MELVIN AMASA SCOVELL, KENTUCKY STATEDr. Melvin Amasa Scovell, scientist, scholar, agricultural expert.Christian gentleman, director of the Commercial Club, director ofthe Kentucky Experiment Station, and dean of the College of Agricultureof Kentucky State University, passed away at. his homeon the Nicholasville pike at 11:50 e'clock Thursday night, followinganattack of acute rheumatism.Doctor Scovell was 57 years old and enjoyed a national reputationas a practical scientist and successful experimenter in the realms ofagricultural and stock raising. He was born at Belvidere, N. J.,