Colgate University 1939 Yearbook (Hamilton, NY) - Full Access

Sophom.ore Scholastic Standouts OHJCERS Pre.ridenl 'ecrefar.v ROBERT l\\IOOLETO. Back Row: Carpenter, Leigh, Conkhn. Jerome. Second Row: Reid, Pomeroy, Mulford, Webb, Reinsmith. Front Row : LaForte, Moddleton. Blom (President), Blackmore. FRATRE I • UNI ERSITATE Robert L. Backmore William T. Jerome Carleton Pomeroy Gaston E. Blom Joseph W. LaJ•ortc Richard A. Reid· Walter H. Carpenter Arthur H. Leigh Leonard L. Rein mith James C. Cleveland Robert G. J\liddleton Gerald J. lade E,·an" . Conklin Theodore E. i\lulford Donald \\'. Thomp on James W. Garvey Oliver E. Net on James o\1. Webb The torch of learning may be held aloft by the seniors who have l en elected to Pht Beta Kappa, but it is none-the-less brigh.lened by the high standing sophomores selected for membership in Phi Society. Colgate, in an endeavor to encourage the pursuit of knowl– edge and study, is one of the few colleges in the country to have e tablished an honorary society for those sophomores who have maintained a Phi Beta Kappa average of2.5 through– out their fre hman year. Every December nearly twenty scholar are inducted into th society in an impres iv ceremony before the student body by Dr. Frank C. Ewart, faculty advi or. Each new member is the recipient of a golden key in the hape of the Greek letter "Phi" a a token of his distinction in the Geld of study. Climaxing a diligent re earch for possible methods of furthering the pr motion of schol– ar hip, the Phi ociety celebrated its tenth anniver ary thi year. In its brief duration on the Colgate campus over one hundred fifty men have been added to tts roll of members. 177