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.

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'Tr-T? if Q 'e WE? V- wee ,UML gg ' t-xx-mai, ,,f mzxwvrlllimuu- u n 5 , il D J 5 W NM JMHHMMRMUV - Z fi' ---- '--- ..,4 ' it In that year came the call to service after the declaration of war and in the patriotic response that followed the literary society lost many of its best mem- bers. Those upon the roll of honor of the society are: James Hunter. Harry Jorgenson. Erling Larson. Robert E. Lee. Ray Miller. Walter Mulford. Millard Peck. Marshall Rinehart. Lee D. Rowe. Vern Sanders. Otis Thompson. Clarence Thorpe. Ray J. Tidman. Roy Watt. George Wiggins. Robert P. Wood. Byron Wright. Harold Wright. Harvy Yaw. Capt. Lieut.. Lieut. Lieut Lieut. Lieut. Corp. Eben Howie. H. C. Bingham. Ray Baird. Roy W. Gfanfield Frank Wall. G. C. Mauss. Hugh Schuck. Edward Brower. Adam Cristman. Clare Clark. George Conklin. Erva Culp. Martin Dunn. J. Ray Fanselow. Oral Ganfield. Harold Hall. Lloyd Hanson. John Hendrickson. Walter Hoffman. The society realizes that these men are doing greater service where they are now and wishes them the best of success in their work, feeling sure they will reflect nothing but credit on the organization. The work in the weekly programs is distributed to cover various fields of literary effort in accordance with the purposes stated above and as a result everything from wit and humor to philosophy and science is discussed. Careful preparation on these subjects is demanded and close criticisms are made so that one must be well informed on a subject which he presents before the society. But it is not always work and no play. New members are added to the roster occasionally and these are given into the hands of the initiation committee who find out who they are and incidently introduce them to the college and com- munity. The writer well remembers how he and a dozen other freshies made sport for this committee and the staring eyes of Ellsworth and Iowa Falls, as they masqueraded as the Dingbat Family. We saw little fun in it then but since that time other victims have demonstrated that there is real amusement in it by giving some very pleasing and artistic impromptu performances. An annual event which has been adopted by the society for their own enjoy- ment and at the same time for an educational purpose is the Phi Delta banquiet given to the members .of the Alethean Literary Society. This affair closes in a program of toasts at which much wit and wisdom is displayed.