Ellsworth Community College - Web Yearbook (Iowa Falls, IA)

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?' lhh '--.M . 3 5 'H E' Q W ,ff ' IQ if WEB Q If sxvlllnxuu' Hu, w t, 'lk amuana Jnlrrlrlllllmxxxmv, Cjaffm' fu? ..,.,... . g '-'-A' ' Mill: PHI DEIHPA LITEILKRY SOCIETY Sheets, Arnold, Stille, Johnson, Owens, Schultz, Meyers, Bond Thies, Lien, Campbell, 'Wap1wler, Krieg, Greutzniachor, Brittain, Gaulke PRESIDENT ......... .... W illiain Krieg' VICE PRESIDENT .. .... Fred Sheets SECRETARY ...... ,.., J ohn Meyers TREASURER ..... Harry Guulke 1516 Belts: Eiterarg Society A, RAY JOHNSON ,19 The Phi Delta Literary Society was organized in 1908, the first record of minutes being November 19, 1908, but there are indications on the roster that there were earlier meetings, probably informal, at which the constitution was drafted and adopted. The charter members were: O. S. Winterfield, C. D. Thorpe, G. L. Sanders fwho seems to have dropped the work before the first roll callj, E. E. Swiney, W. P. Thorpe, Earl Dunn, E. Hoffman, John Himmel, Ralph Collis, H. E. Mathews, Wm. Hoffman and Walter Himmel. The purpose of the society as stated in the preamble to the constitution is to drill its members in the essay, oration, debate, and other literary work as well as to secure to themselves the advantages of warm friendship and mutual aid. This purpose is worthy of any man's best efforts and the study needed to attain it is essential in the development of every good American citizen. T From a beginning with twelve members the society grew to fourteen the first year and has steadily advanced until, in 1916-17, there were' thlirty-four members on the roster.