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C. U. C. P. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



ANNUAL PHI DELTA CHI DINNER, 



The Gold Room at Healy's presented a 

 very lively appearance on the evening of 

 March 2.2, when Gamma Chapter of Phi 

 Delta Chi Fraternity held its annual ban- 

 quet. About fifty diners were present 

 when the covers were raised. 



After disposing of the many good 

 things to eat, Chairman Clemens present- 

 ed the toastmaster, Dean Rusby, who an- 

 nounced that the chairman would read 

 letters of regret that he had received 

 from Professors Coblentz, Oehler and 

 Ferguson and from Brothers Xeundorf- 

 er, MacOuillan, Baker, Donovan and 

 Kirk. 



The toastmaster, in his introduciory 

 remarks, told his bearers that he had at 

 one time had his doubts as to the value 

 of fraternities but admitted that he hcid 

 been converted and stated that if the 

 members would only strive to do what 

 was right they and their fraternity ^^ ould 

 be of benefit to themselves and their col- 

 lege. In closing, he said he believed that 

 fraternities ought to be supported by the 

 College and the Faculty and pledged his 

 personal help. He then called upon Mi". 

 Caswell A. Mayo who entertained Avith 

 several witty stories. He then discussed 

 the foundation of the Mother Chapter 

 and compared present conditions at tht 

 College of Pharmacy with those of the 

 old days. 



Professor Arny dwelt at length upon 

 the value of organization in all fields of 

 endeavor and asked those present to be- 

 come activel}' affiliated with the Alumni 

 Association as well as the American 

 Pharmaceutical Association. In closing, 

 he asked the younger members to become 



active and not to join the "slackers." 



The toastmaster then introduced Pro- 

 fessor Diekman who presented a very in- 

 teresting resume of fraternity statistics 

 which covered their entire history. 



In calling attention to the value of 

 Alumni support he made a special plea 

 to the seniors to join the former as ?oon 

 as they became eligible. 



Dean Rusby had to hurry away to Jer- 

 sey and Mr. Mayo assumed his duties 

 as toastmaster. 



Brother Greenleaf of Epsilon Chap- 

 ter briefly delivered greetings and con- 

 gratulations. 



Brothers Linck and Clemens expressed 

 their ideas and hopes for the future of 

 Gamma, also referring to past achieve- 

 ments. 



Dr. Leslie pleaded for Alumni support 

 and told about the troubles of the Alum- 

 ni chapter. 



Brother Bonta of Philadelphia, after 

 entertaining with several humorous stor- 

 ies mentioned several instances of the 

 value of fraternities. 



President Hostmann of the Alumni 

 Association urged the members to be- 

 come active both in their fraternity alum- 

 ni chapter as well as in the former. 



The Alumni chapter was represented 

 by Brothers LesUe, Roediger, Miller, 

 O'Malley, Oehlers, Guerrieri, Traub, 

 Hutton, Brown and Hakes. The active 

 members present were Clemens, Cloher- 

 ty, Spottke, Rulon, Aronstamm, Semon, 

 Vogel, Linck, Cool, Hatch and Brennan. 



