University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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• • Phi Delta Theta SENIORS John Anderson Barclay, B. Ad., Austin Gerald Browning Bennett, Eng., DcsUdS Clyde Owens BrJndley, A. S.. Temple CIdcy Mdlvin Cain, Law, Winnsboro Hugh William Ferguson, Jr., Law, Dallas Robert Campbell McGinnis, A. S., Austin Lynn Boyd Milam, Jr., A. S., Dallas Rozier Chapman Murphey, A. S., Austin Edmond William Penland, B. Ad., Dallas George Harvey Penland, Law, Dallas Robert Sumner Shapard, B. Ad., Dallas David Pullon Wallace, Jr., B. Ad., Waco Robert White, Jr., A. S., Clarkesville Ernest Joseph Villavaso, A. S., Austin SECOND YEAR LAWS Joe Robert Greenhill, Houston James Herman Kerr, Houston John Harris Meyers, Austin Ben Harrison Powell, Austin Edgar Ottway Weller, Austin FIRST YEAR LAWS William Azro Blalock, Marshall William Harrel Delafield, Dallas Charles Stanley Sharp, Dallas Cullen Sheppard Thomas, Dallas JUNIORS Bertr nd Allen Adoue, A. S., Dallas John Burchell Allinson, Eng., El Dorado Gus Booty Bowman, A. S,, Austin Hanes Hardy Brindley, A. S., Temple Donald Cameron Duncan, A. S., Burnet Frederick Jay Heyne, A. S., Houston Robert Beeglo Kemp A. S., River Forest, Illinois John Thompson McElwrath, A. S., Corsicana Thomas Lanier McKnight, A. S., El Paso Walter Howard Meyers, A. 8c S., Austin Stanley Eugene Neely, A. S., Dallas James Pinkney Pearson, Eng., Waco Russell Stevenson Rembert, Eng., Dallas Frederick Joseph Scott, A. S., Austin Herbert McCelvey Seybold, A. S., Temple Kenneth Boyd Tanner, A. S., Eastland Albert Hodges Wadsworth, Jr., A. S., Bay City Thomas Howard Williams, Jr., A. S., Waco SOPHOMORES Jack Tibault Bowman, A. S., Austin William Charles Harvin, A. S., Houston Baine Perkins Kerr, A. S., Houston Robert Preston Scott, A. S., Houston Andrew Thompson, A. S., San Antonio k PLEDGES Frank Alderson Blankenbcckler, A. S., Austin Allen Higgins Carruth, A. S., Houston Charles Craig Gates, Eng., Bay City Joseph MacDonald Dcaley, A. S., Dallas Andreas Franz Korn, A, S., Dallas William Joseph Lang, Jr., Eng., Dallas PLEDGES William Sears McGee, Law, Houston Thomas Lucian Morrill, A. S., Mobile, Alabama Junius Hughes Morrill, A. S., Mobile, Alabama Joe Bart Moore, A. S., San Antonio Frank Thomas Smith, Law, Port Arthur FACULTY Eugene Barker ProFessor of American History Roy Bedichek Chief of the Bureau of Public School Interest Dana Casteel Professor of Zoology Frank L. Jewett Professor of Bible Edmund T. Miller Professor of Economics Robert W. Stayton Professor of Law A. W. Walker Professor of Law McElwrath, Adoue, Scott, F., Wadsworth, McKnight, Blank- enbeckler, Blalock Heyne, Bowman, G., Seybolt, Williams, Pearson, Thompson, Harvin, Kerr, B. Morrill, T., Morrill, J., Dealey, Lang, Gates, Moore, Carruth, Korn Page 255 • •

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• • T White, Villavaso, Wdllacc, Cain, Barclay, Milam, McGinnis Bennett, Murphey, Kerr, J., Weller, Powell, Greenhill, Smith McGee, Sharp, Neely, Duncan, Rembert, Tanner, Meyers, W. . flJU f Ai Phi Delta Theta • • HISTORY Phi Delta Thetd was founded December 26, 1848, by Robert Morrison and five fellow students at Miami University. At the present there are one hundred and five active chapters located in forty-one states in the United States and in six provinces in Canada. The total membership is 46,037 and the chapter houses are valued at $4,000,000. It v as the first fraternity to enter many of the western and some of the Canadian colleges and universities. The fraternity official magazine, The Scroll, is the second oldest fraternity magazine in existence. It was the first fraternity to establish full time chapter tutors and to initiate a modern plan of student exchanges with European universities. Texas Beta was established in 1883 at The University of Texas, being the first fraternity on the campus. OFFICERS President . Secretary FHouse Manager Reporter George h arvey Penland Robert Campbell McGinnis Frederick Joseph Scott Robert White, Jr.

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• • is Dibrell, F., BaHinger, John- son, H. Snyder, Suttle, Basham- Stall, Hariess, Hale Harrison, Carnes, Sharpless, Echols, Irons, Floeter, J., Shelton, Widdecke, H., McDonald, D. Cooper, Cox, Bland, Hopkins, Pendleton, Dibrell, E., Gibbs, Pillett, Thomas Andrews, Phillips, King, Peterson, English, Campbell, Conolly, Lee, Ainsworth I EmBM PhiG amma Delt HISTORY Phi Gamma Delta was founded at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1848. The constitution was adopted on May 1, 1848, which day is known as Founders ' Day. In accordance with its conservative policy oF chapter placing. Phi Gamma Delta ' s chapters now number seventy-three. National headquarters and also editorial offices for the fraternity ' s official publication, The Phi Gamma Delta, are now located in Washington, D. C. Kappa Chapter, of which Tau Deuteron is a direct descendant, was established at Old Baylor University, Independence, Texas, in 1856, and was the first chapter of any fraternity to be established west of the Mississippi River. Tau Deuteron Chapter was founded on The University of Texas campus in 1883 by members of Kappa Chapter, which became extinct with the removal of Bavlor University from Independence to Waco. George Basham, President • • OFFICERS President George Basham Treasurer . David Bland Recording Secretary Richard Ballinger Corresponding Secretary Alfred King Historian Henry Widdecke Page is6 •