^lanA VOL. III. Nu FIJI. AUGUST, I903. The FiftySc-iJcnih E,l(kJcjta. NO. I. tically supported by tlie section chief is recognized and appreciated by The lifty-sevenlh l-ikktesia was and chapters of that vicinity. The mat- every chapter in the Section. Urother called to order by national treasurer ter was thoroughly discussed and when Panginon was one of the leading ]5ro. Wilmcr Christian, in the absence of President Fairbanks, at the International Hotel, Niagara Falls, \\'ednesday morning, July 26, T905. Upon motion. Brother Christian was the vote was taken it showed that a majority opposed the granting of a charter. The general opinion which prevailed was to the effect that we ought to turn our attention to internal spirits in the fifty-seventh Ekklesia. After the pros and cons of numerous and sundry places had been discussed for holding the next Ekklesia. the matter was left in the hands of made temporary chairman. Sigma improvement rather than to external the board of archons with the recomNu was represented by Pros. T. expansion. If any new charters were mendation that it be held at AlexanPangmon '02, E. M. Sumner, '05, granted it should be only in cases dria Bay, Thousand Island Park, if M. B. Belcher "06 and Roy G. lhatt where the ground was fertile and the '08. Sigma Nu was recognized as a college itself had a first class national factor at the convention as she was standing. represented on three of the most imThe Ekklesia expressed itself as possible. Should it be held there it means that Sigma Nu would practically be the host as she would be nearer than any other chapter to that portant committees. Bro. Panginon serving on permanent organization as the repre.sentative for New York state, lie also served on extension disapproving of the sending of circular letters by others than the national officers. There have been letters sent out in the past permiscuously place. In that event many of the brothers ought to begin to plan earlj" to attend the convention next year and thus get a more adequate idea and condition of chapters. This committee had important work to do since a petition from the college at Colorado Springs came befo e it, also the Chapman case of which but frequently to the detriment of the of the greatness of Phi Gamma Delta, best interests of the fraternity. When not in session, there was Considerable interest and specula- much to occupy our minds. While tion was manifested during the first we were in Niagara F'alls we were two days of the Ekklesia as to how "It." The first night, after enjoying Syracuse was vitally interested. The the matter of national officers would a cake walk furnished by the Interna- brothers will be glad to learn that the be adjusted. Brother Fabius TNI. tional hotel people, we had a good action taken by Sigma Nu was sus- Clark, the G., was not present, neither old-fashioned Southern Smoker. taincd and the recommendation in his did he send a report. This meant Songs, speeches, marches, ca.se wa.s granted. Pro. Pelcher acted that that office would be vacant, smokes were the order until a late on the committee on Chapter hou.ses "Wlio was the man to fill the bill," hour. and endowment. It should be a was the question that many were askOn the second evening, at eight source of gratification to Sigma Nu ing. The matter was all worked out o'clock one Jumdred and fifty enthu- to know that the national officers amicably, when, on F'riday morning siastic Fiji's sat down to a Phi directed those inquiring about ac- before the convention opened, repre- Gamma Dell.a banquet. Many who quiring a house, to Sigma Nu's delegates for information. Enthusiasm ran high from the beginning till the close. Dr. Ilenrj' Webb Johnson, chairman of the con- sentatives got together and agreed on men for national officers. On the matter of president an inovation was introduced. Bro. Newton D. Baker, attorney of the city of were present, pronounced this the best banquet they ever attended. The toasts were of a high order. The Fiji songs and yells made the old hall ring until past one o'clock when we ventioiT for the fourth consecutive Cleveland was elected to that office, left the hall in good old "lock step' time, proved again an admirable man in the chair. The attendance was the largest in the history of the frafernity and those who had attended • for the past twenty years, pronounced it the best ever held. This is the first time that the fraternity ever elected a person .who did not have an international reputation, Bro. Baker is a keen lawyer, a boy among the boys, and has the interests This year we of Phi Gamma Delta at heart. It fashion. 'loo much enthusiasm had been engendered to produce sleep, for at about three o'clock more than a hundred liji's, old and young, filed out for a "night shirt" parade, In many respects the Fifty-seventh were honorctl by the presence of was thought that such a man, one F.kklesia was the most rentarkable Robert J. Trace.veil, secretary of the who could devote his time to the in- ever held. In point of numbers it currency of the United States. ternal workings of the fraternity is was the greatest. The first and second .sessions were the kind taken up in forming a permanent or- pre.sent. The "era of good of a man we needed at feeling" prevailed from start to finish, Flis election was most en. And so great was the enthusiasm ganization, hearing reports of na- thusiastically received. Brother which it created that many resolved tional officers, section chiefs, commit- Thomas L. Pougue was advanced to to earn the right to wear the purple tees, etc. the office of G. in place of Bro. Clark, ribbon which is given upon attenVarious recommendations were Bro. \\'ilmer Christian was unani- dence at ten conventions, made for changes in the constitution, mously re-elected T. Bro. Stilman P- S- Brother Pratt had one Some of them provoked the keenest of Brooklyn and Bro. \Mn. Chamber- thrilling experience. He was getting debate. lin of Cleveland were elected as lay wonderfully deep with a fail tiueen One of the most interesting parts archons. Brother Zener was re-el- from Washington and would no of the Ekklesia was the disposition of ected as editor of the magazine. doubt been lost but for the timely the petition made by the Chi Sigma When the .selection of a chief for "Iruttin' in of Biother Claik of Club of Coloratlo college. 'I'he iieti- Section I\' came up there was but (.hicago. tion was endorsed by prominent Fiji's one name suggested Willard 1". Pang- living in that vicinity and enthusia.s- monofSyracu.se. His etficietit work r' \r\noigma XT TI7"' character, a purpose in life. Men forbid his working; and how, all too iNu riti who will be an honor and strength to late, he went to Colorado. Phi Gamma Delta. With this thought Me was initiated into Sigma Nu of Issued Quaj'terly by the vieinhci's of Sistints i'^ mind, let each biothei scc that the 1 hi Gamma Delta on Alaich icS, iXu Chapter of Phi Gamma Dclto. best men who enter this fall are He was also a member of the medical given a chance to meet the brothers fraternity, Mu Sigma Nu. ggj; of the brothci'liood of EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. Fred W. Barrett, 'o6. Sigma Nu. The Funeral Edward M. Wharff, 'o6. ,,, r- -n T ) William C. Bryant, Jr., 07. sions that ever left Dorranceton was ^ert^ Marcy ^ Dead, that which conveyed all that was morBert Landon Marcy died July 20 tal of Bert Marcy from his late home at Mehoopany, Pa., and was buried on Schuyler avenue on Saturday to AUGUST. 1905. Editorial Trucksville. His decease the Trucksville Cemetery. '1 he great came as a surprise to most of the concourse of friends that lillcd the The earnest efforts of the officers brothers who did not even know he house, the lawn outside and the street had returned from Denver. The doc- long before the hour set for the fil merits the hearty co-operation of ter's in Colorado decided that tuber- neral services attested the high reevery brother. Their labors have of the association in our behalf made possible the chapter house deceased young which in the past has been and we to be shaken off and that there was man was held. At 2 o'clock a cpiartet hope in the future will be our source no chance of Bert's recovery. Con- from the Methodist church sang a of pride and pleasure. Don't forget sequently he was brought back east hymn, after which Rev. A. A. Burke and taken from his home in Dor- read the 9 ist psalm, a favorite chapter the bonds when the summer's work is ranceton to Mehoopany which is sit- of the deceased. Rev. Mr. Burke's reover. uated at a high altitude. marks were touching and yet comfortAgain our golden chain has been A telegram was sent to Dr. Tilley ing. Professor Wiibur of the Blooms- broken. One of our strongest and btit owing to delay in forwarding the burg Normal school, a former most useful links i.s gone from among message none of the brothers re- teacher and warm friend of the deus. His stay was short, but how use- ceived word in time to attend the ceased, added a few remarks. Aftci ful. In the year he was with us we funeral. another hymn by the quartet the all learned to love and honor our lost Concerning Bert's character little procession from the house was be- brother. And from his life we can need be said. We all knew him. If gun. The flower bearers were Miss learn much. His unswerving loyalty ever anyone was ready to leave this Stella Ruggles, Miss Daisy Strunlo and deep devot'ion to the fraternity world it was he. Yet we would have J. W. Wallace and Gwilym Davies. and Fij'is should be a lesson to us all. had him with us longer. His con- The casket was covered over with .' ~ geniality and strong self reliance made cut flowers and bouquets, borne by ,1 Ciicago gam er lias asked j|| six (oi-i„er plajniales and fellow sui- whether » had an,- rales of h e. lie repie , es, ave one. scrmM,. don t f;j„,x,j|s,.i||s^ 8, 1881. Harry Ruggles of Pljmoulli,'I'homas give a fig what happens so tong as ,t p doesn t happen to me." That man . , ,. ,, , was an individualist. All of us have . ., ,. met men similar to this one. The , devil is a strict individualist. He ., . , ^ , , , w• Dorranceton High school. Entering ,,, , ? Bloomsburg Normal school he grad. , . uated with high honors in the class ,. of igoi. In ic)02 he took a post- the„aflairs of others graduatecour.se, then taught mathe- shaw, Mrs. Ihomas Robinson, Mismatics in the Bloomsburg school and Ed. Schooley and family, Mrs. (jeorge wastes neither time nor sympathy on Every , . person has _ , . individualistic , , , r , , w, , -.w , • • n i i i rr • r rr o.sr-oirvn Randolph Harrison of Dorranceton. r,„ , ^ i oa,.,-, I hose who presented tneii sy.n, ■ , o in .. pathy in bouquets and fioweis weie . ,, , ,, , ^ i u.,,, dv,., Ihomas Carle, Robert and Ra} Ken, t ww • r,„ a/t ,, i - tj u , ...,vi ti-r> was manager of the Manual I raining Lewis, Mrs. Harry Brown and the aitj ■ p tt, i Misses Haiiiet Hitchcock, \eia ,, , ,, a „ ru-ivw.-, Burgenson, Estella I.}nn, Uiion i t i he entered Syracuse Medical college. at Morgan, tt Hazeli rGood, Eva ^r Vosbuig tendencies. Only in so far as he , ^ , • department. He was also captain rises above these tendencies and ex- ^ , , ,, ^ ,, , . , , of the baseball team. Ihe next fall tends his interests to those around , ^ i r. w,, ,t . . him, IS he of any use in the world. It ,,,. , , . . . With ten days training he , , brother i ai- /-w played and Miss Gassett. IS evident that no man, however i i - , „ / , ,i , , , right half back in the Brown football brilliant and polished, can be a good ^. , ,, , ' , ,° game putting up a remarkable game, fraternity member unless he takes an . , .. . , . . . In the spring he was a candidate for active sympathetic interest in every 1 1 ,7 , , , • i c ■ i i Several bouqucls i t .. In atten, w .1 r 1 r • 1.. dance at the funeral were Iriencis , , . , ,,, , and relatives from Bloomsburg, ,, . t 1 were received unsigned. baseball team but left early to Scranton, Wyoming, Carverton, I>aUe work at the IwOuisiana Purchase Pix- VS'inola, Wilkes-Barre, Pienumont, Soon we will be in the whirl of posilion. Notwith.standing his late- Melioopany, Forkston, Pillslon and college life once more. The broth- ness in entering and his leaving the nearby boroughs.—Wiikes Barre ers tvill gather from the four quarters before examinations, he was able to Record, Monday, July 24, 1905. of the earth to enjoy another year at keep up his college work and this Sigma Nu. We wish to urge upon the brothers the necessity of returning early that the house may be all settled by the first day of college, Competition in rushing new men this year will be keener than ever before, .shows his great intellectual ability. In Memoriam At St. Louis he was in ill health Whereas it has pleased God, in and compelled to return early. In His Infinite wisdom, to remove from the fall of 1904 he tried to play foot- our brotherhood, Bert L. Marcy, and ball but was unable to put up a first Whereas he was a faithful member class game although he succeeded in of, and an earnest worker in Sigma We have a nucleus with which to begin of which we can feel justly proud ; but we cannot rest on our oars for a moment. We need five or six of the best men who enter .Syra- winning his ''S." The rest all know. How he would not give up in spite of weakness ; how he stuck to work when necessary to work under a stimulant : how he would not see a doc- cuse this fall. Men who Nu Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, dearly beloved by his brothers, and highly esteemed by all who knew him, as possessing the highest excellence ofKchristian char- have a tor because he knew a doctor would acter, therefore. \r\n]!e it resolved, Tiiat we express Bro. M'alker writes that it was —Ned Wharff is taking care of C. our deep regret for tiie loss we have largely through such sacrifices by a D. Beebe's launch and children at sustained, and recoenize in this sad r ^ r , few men althction, the hand of llim. who , 'aloeth all thiims well." i i i i i ci r who had already proven bkaneateles Lake, , ,, , -q- , ■ loyally, that he was able to meet the r.- .1 —C. Bart Grifhth is grafting on the Be it further'^resolved. That we e.x- August obligation promptly, and he city of Syracuse as a scarlet fever tend our sympathies to the bereaved urges that every one who has not guard. family, in this our mutual loss, and done so alreadv plan to assume his commend them to the comfmt and „p,igations before Sept. isJ. ' consolation of Ilim "who stilled the ^ ^ , . 1 T, ]e rLVin'lf;'.'. t iithci lesohed, lhat, as. an —Robert Taylor is diaftsman in Architect M. C. Conway's ofbce. —Alan J. Woodard is working on SyracuseNu& isSouth R. R. in lesumed July 24th on the_sicr,na wellBay represented oxiiression of our Gfrsuf. the Charter , . r , tt n r -vr i —:5igmai\u ii> wlu icpicbcmcu lu and the official badge of the Fralernity be draped for a period of fifty days. rnnv of H f leso 10ns bedeceased, .sent to the family of u the and a copy spread upon the records of the I'iaternity. construction of the Hall of MachSummer school. The fiunkers incry. Considerable delay had been others taking work there include: experienced owing to inability to seMaggie Magoon, Bart Cement blocks from which Cabeen . and Wes ,1^^ are to. be built. At,that T-,„,ur]Tco 'I'hevp are t in ail all at at ine the . walls , Iheie are 7^ in excavation for Lyman Hall of Natural History was nearly attending bail H. A. M.xc.oox, ) completed. ' f .. ,, T . , „„j .,,1,,,,^ games, horse races, etc., and adopt- B t" CnsviVM ' V ^''-'-^icrnity. The work on the new Stadium is methods of grafting. "s^^'racUe, N.'y , Aug. lo, 1905. favorably. At the pres_MacGregor has charge of the ^ ent rate the excavating will be hnChamber of Commerce Obituaries ished about the first of November. In advertising the Ka-Noo- Caroline Bell, daughter of O.scar all nearly 75,000 cubic yards of earth Rarnival of state fair week and is G. Bell, president of the Norwich must be moved. Pharmacal Co. and Bro. Floyd Wil- newspaper and magazine Repairs are being made rapidly on j^j.^des son Treible, '06, were married at the Hall of Languages. Owing to '-_The bed clothes at the house Norwich, N. v., Thursday, June 22nd. the lire considerable of the stone inv-c^shed this month, or early The wedding was held at the bride's jured by the heat had to be replaced month at the latest, home which was beautifully decor- and the trea.surer's office refitted. $20,000 house is being built ated. Bro. Treible's father per- Winchell Hall is also being redecoi- ^7 11 Comstock avenue and a $7,000 formed the ceremony. Bro. J. C. ated. The paving of University opposite Brother P. C. Nugenfs lie.slei, 06, was best man, and 1 lace has been completed. home, on the northeast corner of IhTus'lrMv^' . Comstock .\ve. and University f ,, , —Curly Young is a frequent visitor Place. vviH.Lr';'MLrPt^ ' iT' -The lot has been graded beuveett v\ i„iuniaii, 1 I Jiela 1 In, 07, and Bro. ,„, , , ,. ihp rnarlwnr nnd the sidpiva/k l''inn]- Aslnny AuK,.v„ ttoyd, 1! I '04, > .took 1 p 1 ace ,wego and &clienec(ad\iiaiiK ■' and lies pass . '"eioadnar ana o ntne siciewaJK. i i • n . lias stop1 over 1privileges. He is —The 190S flagpole has arrived June 14, at the bride s home, \\ est Monroe, N. Y. Bro. Boyd, '02, was best man ■r , working for the Company. and his , \Yilbur ., G. wife matron of honor. ,, , • , T , ' 03, anc1 —Magoon has General , been Electric from Chicago. It is about two feet thick and fifteen feet , . ■ i -i? 1 ^ i long. 1 A^ der.1 preaching, rick will have to be used at the ^ , . . . , • • , taking care of lawns and working for raisin. Lss ami a K bnell, 04, the University. He is now within a in —Mrs. Reynolds hasand leased a house street. East Fayette street is keeping wue inaiiiec at Canastota, June 2Sth. Pettigrue and George roomers this summer. Her sister ley aie now- hying at "the Iowa," Young camped out at Glen Haven, will carry on the project when Mrs. Washington, U. C. Bio. Sylvanus S. Davis, '04, also celeirated regatta day by his marriage. His bride was Miss Mabel baxtci of Parish, N. \. "Doc' Jones .and Bart (,riflith were pre.sent. Mark \Yarner Nelson, '04. and Ontario I.ake, for a short time in the Reynolds returns to the hou.se. ^y Bimey blows —Bob Young, '04, ran across Syracuse every Sunday to sing Clyde D. Hutton of Ridgewood, N. Memorial church. J-. and "Jay" Gould, of Battle Creek, _i,>oy p,att's father has been ill Mich., two cracking good Fijis from traveling for him. Cornell and was around with them _ farewell to the for a couple of hours on July 23d. Miss Carolyn Mac Baker of GranSyracuse lk)b also covered the Poughkeepie \i c, N. \ weie united in niaiiiage -aliout July ist and is now sweeping regatta for the Herald. Tuesday, August S. The honeymoon t'loor of the First National -Bro. j. C. Tresslei, '06, Itas been was spent in tlie Itiousand Islands, bank of Wayne, Neb., preparatory to busy this summer partly of nece.ssity t was a matter of con.siderable dis- becoming its president. He reports and partly from choice. He has cussion whether the bride should not ,.^bsence of the other sex. been tutoring some and keeping up 3uy the tickets and take Mark for bj,s officially been made practice at tennis. lalf faie. Commodore and granted his block Bro. Iwldy lecentl} took a two Association JWotes letter. He and Bros. Maggie and weeks' vacation in Saratoga Springs 'I'hat Bro's. Pangmon and Walker Bart look the launch, T. Brown,'' but has returned to the wild and have been bu.sy in the interests of the up to Breweiton recently. wicked haunts of New \oik citf association this summer is attested Rev. W, F. Doughty, '04, started 'J his winter he and Iiio. Soweis will by the lengthy statement of facts and the ministers' meeting on June 19th attend the New ^ 01 k Law School, appeal for funds, which they ha\e with a paper on "I'lvolution of Im- --"Babe .-yngell letuineil fiom sent to every brother ever connected mortality." Poughkec'iisie \\ ith Ned on the launc h. with Sigma Nu. 'J'hey are working —Itu.ster Crisman is chemist for Bince then he has been officiating as hard to save the House and every the G. C. Hanl'ord Mtg. Co., Syra- first assistant nail dii\ei on his loyal Fiji should be willing to make cuse and growing thin from o\er- father s new wood shed and limning some sacrifice to help them. work. fb't auto between times. \r\n—Alton L. Wells, '07, has eight —Bro. M. P. Tilly, Virginia, '97, —Bro. Jay L. Southworth is helppupils whom he is tutoring. Inci- is spending the vacation at Littleton, ing his father build a hou.se in dentally he is keeping his H(e)artwell. New Hampshire. He is desirous of Norwich. He intends to enter Yale Law School seeing all the fellows on hand early —Bro. Clinton S. Hcrrick, is still this fall. to work with the freshmen. employed as civil engineer by the •—Jimmie Brown is working for —Bro. Earl N. Wikoff, '04, has Archbold-Brady Co., Engineers and the American Can Company of been spending the summer at Rich- Contractors, Syracuse. He has been Baltimore, Md. field Springs. He recently attended with them since January, '05. Prc—Ernie Sumner, '05, Ph. M., I.. Bro. Nelson's wedding. Since then vious to that time he was employed L. B. passed the bar examinations he and Bro. Walker have been on an by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad O. K. on June 19. expedition for the exterminating of in West Virginia as Eield and Resi—Carl Potter is fast becoming woodchucks. dent l-lngineer. rich in canvassing for books in Syra- cuse. .—Brothers Wilbur and Erank —Bro. Newman W. Adsit, '05, Boyd with their wives, have been holds the position of Cashier for the —Erie L.'Ackle}', '05, is smashing spending August at the Thousand Eckerson Bedding Co. of Mechanicstrunks at the Hotel Athenaeum, Islands. ville, N. Y. He has been in that Chautauqua, N. Y. He reports that —Bro. Hey ward S. Kirby, '05, is place since March islh. there are a goodly number of Fijis in in a wholesale stationary and engrav- —Bro. D. J. Richardson, '03, an- attendence there and that they in- ing establi.shment at the Park Row nounces the establishment of the tend getting together at sometime Building, New York City. At pres- Washington branch of the .Sigma Nu during the summer. In September ent he and his partner comprise the Fiji Annex at 3605, 13th street, he will assume his duties as principal firm. North West. All welcome. of the Richfield Springs High school. —Bro. Lew Carter .spent a short ji,n Stimson, '08, acted as best —Jack Wholahan is conductor on vacation recently at Gull Bay, Lake nian at the wedding of C. A. Burret the Richfield Springs and Oneonta George. Some time ago his congre- at East Bioomlield, July 13th. A Electric Railroad. gation gave him a birthday surprise certain Montclair lady was brides—Rev. Herbert Arthur Magoon preached at the West Genesee M. E. church during July. —Bro. Bell Hekking, '08, has been suffering ill health this summer, but party. The Epworth League gave maid. him a bouquet of 32 carnations and Bro. Fred GifFin,'01, is connected his congregation a smaller one 0132 with the firm of Billquist and Lee, "long green" flowers. Architects, Pittsburg, Pa. —Pet is roving about the mead- —]3ro. Bert Walker has been hopes to be able to return this fall, ows and woods of Do(l)g(e)ville, ap- spending a quiet summer, but has Nevertheless he reports having had parently having forgotton his exper- gone into the woods twice. an enioyable vacation. fences as the Idjl mascot. He Major Cornelius Van Duyne is —Bro.W. E,. Doughty,'04, reports intends to return in September, how- pitching hay preparatory to showing that he has raised the money to send ®ver, and to renew acquaintances, the Southerners how to piay football. Grow S. Brown, '05, to China, and Fliat is if Chancellor does not include that he has a good share of the money for the salary of another to be "Dog Edict." • —Bro. 'I heodore L. Poole, '04, is Epistlefrom "Baldy selected from next year's class. His spending the summer at home and Dear Fritzie : vacation was spent at Silver Bay, plfi"s to return to law college this fall Am with Laywer's Title, Insurance Lake George. When returing from Bre class of 1906. and Trust Co. of N. Y., White Plains there he met Bro. Wells. He expects —Bro. Bill Bryant is running P. C. Branch, Room 123, So. Broadway, to continue his graduate work in the Blaisdell's naphtha launch at North- White Plains. On water w.igon. University this fall. port Camp Ground, Maine, and inci- Don't fuss, forgetten how. Given up —Bro. Lewis B. Chaloux is assistant pastor of the First M. E. church in Passaic, N. J. This fall he will return to Drew Theological Seminary and continue graduate work at Columbia. dentally picking up lots of rocks. ■—Bro. Clayton E. Bixby, '08, is bell hopping at the Sunset House, North Conway, N. H., and between times fiddlin' on the bass. —Bro. Thomas Raney Robinson solitaire. Broken in a new pipe this summer. Address unknown to all my creditors. Envy Dan Richardson. Wish I were as nearly married as Ed is. Don't use cigarettes and can't afford cigars. lafe insurance —Bro. Harry J. Hanmer, '06, is borrowed a ticket to New York after in force. Offer $5 reward for loca- drafting for the Remington Type- the races and has not since been tion of C. Van Duyne. writer Company in Ilion. lieard from. Baluv.