.The Will Fill ALPHA'S NEWSLETTER Washington, Penna., April 25, 1928 Vol. XVII No. 3 THE ACTIVE CHAPTER TOP now—I). 1'. Weimei-. W. T. l>oin. S. XI. Gmesi)le. K. S. Gay. H. H. Wisp. F. I.. Iliitclii.son. .1. S. Blaekmore. FOfUTII IfOW—.1. M. Potrci-. .1. II. Daviclsoii. K. \V. Malm, O. T. McDmioiigli. K. .1. Gi'ipi'. .1. 1). Oonnan. li. 1.. Steenrod. TIIIUU U()\V—II. A. Wpstpivelt. F. M. Uliodes. .1. XI. Young, A. Xlui'doch, II. S. Glllespip. XV. X. I.ockhart, II. W. XIay. I>. C'. sTiaw. SlICOXD U()\V -.T. O. Xlorton. K. V. Clialfant. I>. \V. KeigUtley, .7. H. .lordan. U. K. Ilerrold. 1>. II. Dankwoi'tli. It. .1. Xlltcliell. FIRST ROW—.7. I,. Thistle. XI. X. Tlmhanan. G. B. I.ogan. BX W. Caton. PIG DINNER RUSHING As the close of school is draxving near our thoughts turn to the coining Class of '32. The Rushing Committee has been formed and preparations are being made for spring rushing. We aiready have the names of several men who expect to enter W. &. J. in the I'aii. John Donnan, who has dropped out of school for the present, expects to return in September. The alumni have given us some support in rushing, but not as much as they could. We wish that you would tell us about men who expect to enter W. & J. so they can be invited to the spring rushing party. Co-operation between the alumni and the active chapter is essential for a successful On Saturday, February 18th, twelve trem bling neophites were initiated into the mysteries of our order, and tweive new links were added to Alpha's golden chain. It was a great occasion and one of which the memory will cling to the heart of every newly initiated brother. After the initiation the chapter held their annual Norris Fig Dinner. As will be x'ouched for by any of those present, it was the best little pig that ever entered a chapter dining room. Due to the excitement of the great event many of the new men were at a loss as to their appetites, but in spite of this handicap they, together with all the older Fijis present, gave a fine exhibition of what justice can be done to our illustrious pig. (Contiuued on Page 2) season. ^1 * 1 \r\nThe Wiji Fiji MISSING ADDRESSES Wilbur B. Baker, '09. rublislied four times dnrinft the school year by Wm. K. Baughman, '11. Phillip C. Collins, '24. Chas. M. Golwell, '75. .Tames G. S. Dunlap, '16. Joseph I. Mitchell. '11. Paul C. Richards, '20. Wm. P. Russell. '12. V. P. Whelan. '00. Alpha Chapter of I'hl Gamma Delta, at Washing ton and .Teffei-son t'ollege. Knrrori •lOSHI'II I,. THISTLE Assistants •T. M. YOCXG It. M. -MAY F. L. IirTCHISON JOSEPH W. T. DOM LUTTON CHANEY Pig Dinner The death of Brother Joseph Button Chaney, who died March. 30. at the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., from (Cimtimu'd frmn I'ligp 1) Paul Keightley, our worthy president was the toastmaster of the evening. Real Fiji spirit was in the air and every minute of the meal was enjoyed, even to the faint grunts of the new brothers as they meekly responded to the call for a speech. As everyone knows, at every Pig Dinner there is A Pig which has grunted his last grunt. As befitting his exalted position the customarj' honor was done him by Brother Rev. Potter ('94) of Wheeling, as he respond ed to the call for the oldest Fiji present and kissed the apple in the pig's mouth. a fracture of the skull was a severe blow on everyone. He received the injury when the car in which he was a passenger skidded and crashed into a pole. Joe was 23 years old. He was grad uated from Washington High School with the Class of 1924, and then en tered Washington and Jefferson Col lege where he became a member of Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. He left W. & J. in his Sophomore year and went to Carnegie Tech, where he was studying art and car Brother Ben Gillespie, the youngest Fiji, then obliged tremity. tooning. Brother Chaney was a very clever ACTIVITIES Bob Grier and Kenny Gay were initiated into the Friars, national Sophomore honor ary society, at their annual spring initia was ini tiated into the Druids, another Sophomore honorary society. The Buskin Club show, "As We Were", \ with an all-male cast, was presented in Washington for two days, and being a suc cess, was taken to Greensburg for one per formance. the other ex and as the evening sped on we got a chance to hear from them all. Those alumni who helped make possible the success of the in the "Pandora" for '27. Harold "John" Westervelt caressing A great many of the alumni were back, artist and had a brilliant future be fore him. Some of his drawings are tion. by Many of the brothers were in Pig Dinner were: Brothers Buzz Wesbecher ('16), Abe Anderson ('05), Don Fulton ('05), J. R. Sowash ('14), C. C. McComiick, r26), G. A. Brownlee ('17), Bun Miller ('07), Wm. Forgie ('17), Jule Hearne ('26), Judge Wm. T. Dom ('96), Russ McKain ('24), A. L. George ('09), R. A. Cunningham ('16), L. V. Pollock ('20), L. G. Curry ('23), W. P. Tranter ('22), Ed. Hawes ('26), Smith Whitworth ('11), Robt. Dunlap ('03), Louie Watt ('15), and Rev. Henry Riddle ('07), all of Alpha. Dean Stone, of W. Va. U., (Allegheny '05), and Wm. R. Stevenson, (Bucknell '07), were welcome visitors from other chapters. the cast and did very well. Dave Dankworth ('28) had the female lead. The other Fijis were Thistle, Doni, Hutchison, May, Steinrod, Grier, Logan, Young, and Gillespie. Brothers Mitchell, Davidson, and Murdock have been initiated into the "Skull and Dag ger", the Senior honorary society. "Sonny" Dom of the Class of '31, was elected cheer leader. There is only one man chosen from each class for this perma nent position. A new bowling cup has been placed on NEW OFFICERS Election of new officers was held recently the following men were installed: mantel. [2] Frank M. Rhodes, President. George B. Logan, Treasurer. Joseph M. Potter, Secretary. John H. Davidson, Cor. Secretary. David P. Weimer, Historian. \r\nALUMNI NEWS Dr. and Mrs. Paul Bovard announced the birth of twin babies on March 23. Dr. Bovard ('20) is a physician in Tarentum, Pa. Edward M. Weyer, Jr., ('25) left Wash ington recently to join the Stoll-McCracken Arctic Expendition, which goes under the sponsorship of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, on a scientific quest to Alaska, Siberia and the Polar Sea. Brother Weyer is anthropologist of the ex pedition. "Buddy" spent the winter follow ing graduation doing archaeological work in Egypt in the employment of the Metro politan Museum of Art. Since then he has been studying Anthropology and Geography James B. Anderson ('12), M. A., is now operating a fruit farm, specializing in apple growing, at Grandview, Wash. This part of the country is remarkable in its aptitude for the cultivation of fruits, and Mr. Ander son has been remarkably successful. It is singular to note the marked success of father and son with regards to Judge Andrew A. Adams and his son, Robert A. Adams. The father graduated in '84 and later added to his list of degrees M. A. and L. L. D. Judge Adams is now chief counsel for the immense Arbuckle interests in New York. "Bob" was graduated in '13 with the degree of M. A. He is now one of the best law counsellors in Indianapolis and is also judge advocate of the American Legion. in the Graduate School of Yale University. Judge W. T. Dom, of Greensburg, was a L. G. Curry graduated with the degree of member of the class of 1896 at Wash-Jefi:. A. B., and continued his studies at Pitt in After leaving school he studied law under Denna C. Ogden and soon after was admit ted to the Westmoreland county bar. His success was pronounced as to lead to elec tion to the office of district attorney in which capacity he served one term and upon the expiration of his term he remained as sociated with the district attorney's office, fn 1921, Governor Sproul appointed him to fill an unexpired term which lasted for two preparation for legal practice. He received his degree from the law school in 1927 and is now about to open offices in Pittsburgh. years. He then was elected to the judgeship of the court of common pleas in which capacity he is now serving. John H. Donnan, '00, graduated from W. & J. with the degree of B. A. and the honor of Magna Cum Laude. Later he studied law at Harvard, graduating with honors from A National Bank. newspaper recently which follows in part. "One of the oldest (Continued on I'nge 4) SCRAP BOOK things, chairman of the athletic committee, In addition to being one of the most promi nent lawyers of Washington county, Mr, Donnan is first vice president of the Citizens O., living college graduates and college fra ternity members in the United States has been invited to be the guest of honor at the golden anniversary banquet to be given March 31 at the Deshler-Wallick hotel by the Ohio State chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He is Rev. William Stuart E'agleson, 84 North Ohio Avenue, Columbus. Rev. Mr. Eagleson is the oldest living member of Phi Gamma Delta, founded at that institution. Mr. Donnan is prominent and well known in the entire tri-state dis trict. His associations with W. & J. have been outstanding. He is, among other a- member of the board of trustees and on the committees of building and of finance. Columbus, carried a news item of interest to us and We have revived the ancient csutom of keeping a scrap book. We now have quite a collection of clippings, both old and new, and also a good many photographs. If any of the alumni have anything of interest we will appreciate very much if they will send it in. Robert W. Dunlap, '03, B. S., M. D., has returned to Washington from work abroad. After preparing for the medical profession. Dr. Dunlap entered the foreign field hs a med ical missionary and was stationed at Chee Foo, Shantung, China. He recently address ed the congregation of the First Presbyte rian church and gave a very interesting dis JUNIOR PROM The Junior Prom was held at the George Washington Hotel on Friday evening, April 20th. There was a house party over the week end and a chapter dance, Saturday of the conditions he encountered evening at the Uniontown Country Club. Brothers Gruber Miller ('25) and Robert Rush ('25) and their wives were the chap while in the foreign field. His address in Washington is 41 Acheson avenue. erons. We were pleased to have several of the alumni with us. cussion [3] \r\nAlumni News (Continued from Page 3) Washington and Jefferson College, Washing ton, Pa., in 1848. He was initiated into the fraternity at W. & J. in 1858 and graduated from that college in 1860. He entered the ministry and was until 1892 a Presbyterian pastor at Mt. G-ilead, O., and held the degrees of B. A. and D. D. He was secretary of the Associated Charities of Columbus for many years." Edward E. Hanlon stopped in Washington recently to renew old friendships and re kindle old flames. "Eby" would have gradu ated this spring if he had not dropped out of school two years ago. He is now "on the road" for the Hanlon Paper Company, of his wit and genuine good humor. Since graduation he has been associated with his father in the Tranter Manufacturing com*, pany, of Pittsburgh, dealing in all sorts of shop and industrial machinery and also op erating a plant for the commercial working of metals. Russell H. McCain, of Frederick, Md., graduated with a degree of A. B. in 1923. He then entered the sales department of the Frederick Iron & Steel Company. Since 1925 he has been sales manager of the pump department and stands in good stead for further advancement in this growing con cern. of Barnesville, O., and at last has learned William B. Craig, '22, is now located in to like it. Washington, D. C. After graduating. Mr. Craig became interested in education and •Joseph P. Graham, '69, is a clergyman at Pasadena, Cal. In acidition to his B. A. from Wash-Jeff, Dr. Graham has been awarded the honorary degree of D. D. for his dis tinguished services in the church. John D. Fulton, '05, is a civil engineer in Washington, Pa. He graduated with the degree of B. S. He is now employed by the Leonard Petroleum Company in a very re sponsible capacity. taught school in Pittsburgh. Recently, how ever, he has become associated with Na tion's W. P. Tranter, A. B., graduated from 1922. He was well known over the W. &. J. campus largely by virtue Magazine of the United D. C. John C. Durfee, B. S., was graduated from Washington and Jefferson with the class of 1923 with the honor of Magna Cum Laude._ ^ Following his graduation, he was instructor in the department of philosophy at his Alma Mater. Wash-Jeff in Business States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, Later he entered the Law School of Ohio State University from which he will graduate in 1929. Last available reports placed him first among the students in the law school. His home is in Paulding, O. i. [4]