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PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY

March, 1923
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PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY
March, 1923

The first meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Dartmouth College for the year 1922-23 was held in the Faculty room of the Administration building on October 23, 1922 with President Hopkins, president of the chapter presiding.

The following men from the senior class having attained an average for their first three years of 3.4 or above, were elected to membership :

Brown, Howard Bryden, Springfield, Mass. Crump, George Curtis, New York City. Cuffari, Antonio Joseph Felix, New York City.

Fitz, Harold Salisbury, Pawtucket, R. I. Gordon, A. E., Worcester, Mass. Gratz, William Jacob, Willmar, Minn. Hertzberg, Reinhold Frederick, Stamford, Conn.

Levine, Solomon Charles, New York City. Townsend, James Richard, Berkeley, Cal. Zone, J. P., Stamford, Conn.

An informal meeting of the society was held at Mel Adams Cabin on January 15th. On this occasion the Outing Club furnished one of its justly famous suppers. The men elected at the meeting of October 23rd were initiated at this meeting. On this occasion Mr. John Felli '20 of Milford, New Hampshire and; Mr. Conrad F. Rebman of Hollis, New York were also elected to membership. This meeting was a purely social one.

Instead of the usual mid-winter banquet held at the Inn and open only to members of the chapter, the society this year secured the famous English novelist Hugh Walpole, who gave his lecture "Books and Friends" upon February 23 in Dartmouth Hall. This lecture was open to the public and was followed by a reception tendered Mr. Walpole by members of the society.

The following men at the end of their first semester in the senior year having attained an average of 3.2 or above, are eligible to membership in the society:

Edwin David Crowley, Lynn, Massachusetts.

Franklin Ford Doten, Somerville Massachusetts.

Randolph Chandler Downes, East Hartford, Connecticut.

William Lawrence Eager, Framingham, Massachusetts.

George MacFarland Fullerton, Plainfield, New Jersey.

Walter Leland Jones, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

Donald Baldwin King, New Rochelle, New York.

Robert Evans Maxwell, Winona, Minnesota.

Richard Hageny Montague, New Rochelle, New York.

Julius Alexander Rippel, Newark, New Jersey.

Paul John Soley, Maplewood, New Jersey.

Colin Campbell Stewart, Jr., Hanover, New Hampshire.

Winthrop Wadleigh, New Hampshire.

Ellsworth Samuel Weed, Lynn, Massachusetts.

Philip Charles Weinseimer, Jr., Blooomfield, New Jersey.