From collection Member List
Education: Brother Hodges was a member and vice president of the Demosthenian Literary Society.
When the two famous literary societies at The University of Georgia, Phi Kappa and the Demosthenians, put up their best debaters for the annual Champion Debate during commencement week of 1887, Brother Hodges represented the Demosthenians and his fellow Brother in Phi Gamma Delta Glen Waters was a representative of Phi Kappa.
Brother Hodges was also associate editor of The University Reporter, the weekly newspaper published cooperatively by literary societies. Hodges joined the Kappa Deuteron Chapter in 1885. In 1886, Walter was the chapter’s corresponding secretary. He graduated from The University of Georgia in July 1887 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. A year later, he added a second degree, a Bachelor’s of Law, from the then-named Lumpkin School of Law at the school.
Career: In September 1889, Brother Hodges was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia. That year, he was also elected as an alderman (city councilman) for the city of Hartwell, Georgia, and subsequently mayor. From 1900-1901, Hodges served in the Georgia House of Representatives. From 1903-1911, he was the judge of the Hartwell City Court.
In the fall of 1916, Hodges was appointed judge of the Superior Court of the Northern District of Georgia by Gov. Nathaniel E. Harris (UGA 1870, Chi Phi and Phi Kappa), and, for three consecutive terms thereafter, was elected without opposition (1919, 1923, and 1927.) Hodges was sworn in on January 1, 1917 and served until his death in 1930. According The Hartwell Sun, Hartwell, Georgia, Friday, October 24, 1930, p. 1:
[Hodges] was recognized as one of Georgia’s leading jurists and frequently was called into service in Fulton and other counties of the state. His judgments were rarely reversed by higher courts.
Judge Hodges served as chairman of the Hart County Democratic Party Executive Committee. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Fraternal Order of Knights of Pythias, a Mason and a Methodist.
The Phi Gamma Delta magazine, “Fratres Qui Fuerunt Sed Nuc Ad Astra,” December 1930, p. 256:
Walter L. Hodges
(Georgia ‘87)
A STALWART SON OF THE OLD KAPPA DEUTERON CHAPTER at The University of Georgia has passed ad astra. Walter Lee Hodges (Georgia ‘87) died suddenly in Elberton, Ga., on October 21, 1930.
Brother Hodges was born on May 25, 1867. After his graduation from college, he led an active life at the bar and on the bench. He served a term as mayor of Hartwell, Ga., and later went to the state legislature. He became judge of the superior courts of the northern circuit in 1917 and was recognized as one of Georgia’s leading jurists.
Gamma Tau Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Georgia Tech was represented by a delegation at the funeral.
When the two famous literary societies at The University of Georgia, Phi Kappa and the Demosthenians, put up their best debaters for the annual Champion Debate during commencement week of 1887, Brother Hodges represented the Demosthenians and his fellow Brother in Phi Gamma Delta Glen Waters was a representative of Phi Kappa.
Brother Hodges was also associate editor of The University Reporter, the weekly newspaper published cooperatively by literary societies. Hodges joined the Kappa Deuteron Chapter in 1885. In 1886, Walter was the chapter’s corresponding secretary. He graduated from The University of Georgia in July 1887 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. A year later, he added a second degree, a Bachelor’s of Law, from the then-named Lumpkin School of Law at the school.
Career: In September 1889, Brother Hodges was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia. That year, he was also elected as an alderman (city councilman) for the city of Hartwell, Georgia, and subsequently mayor. From 1900-1901, Hodges served in the Georgia House of Representatives. From 1903-1911, he was the judge of the Hartwell City Court.
In the fall of 1916, Hodges was appointed judge of the Superior Court of the Northern District of Georgia by Gov. Nathaniel E. Harris (UGA 1870, Chi Phi and Phi Kappa), and, for three consecutive terms thereafter, was elected without opposition (1919, 1923, and 1927.) Hodges was sworn in on January 1, 1917 and served until his death in 1930. According The Hartwell Sun, Hartwell, Georgia, Friday, October 24, 1930, p. 1:
[Hodges] was recognized as one of Georgia’s leading jurists and frequently was called into service in Fulton and other counties of the state. His judgments were rarely reversed by higher courts.
Judge Hodges served as chairman of the Hart County Democratic Party Executive Committee. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Fraternal Order of Knights of Pythias, a Mason and a Methodist.
The Phi Gamma Delta magazine, “Fratres Qui Fuerunt Sed Nuc Ad Astra,” December 1930, p. 256:
Walter L. Hodges
(Georgia ‘87)
A STALWART SON OF THE OLD KAPPA DEUTERON CHAPTER at The University of Georgia has passed ad astra. Walter Lee Hodges (Georgia ‘87) died suddenly in Elberton, Ga., on October 21, 1930.
Brother Hodges was born on May 25, 1867. After his graduation from college, he led an active life at the bar and on the bench. He served a term as mayor of Hartwell, Ga., and later went to the state legislature. He became judge of the superior courts of the northern circuit in 1917 and was recognized as one of Georgia’s leading jurists.
Gamma Tau Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Georgia Tech was represented by a delegation at the funeral.
