PROGRAM 1 COMMITTEE Q'II'Pf 0. Yotr!IO. 51. l.AI<'t(";.~:.~~"'~· O.H.L , LLil, O.C.S.. Lott.D. INVOCATION Tlu Rtv~K~ ~ll R41'1 00LPH R~v. Columbia, '08, B.D., D.O. o/ Sponsors MENU C/uoir....., PRE SEI\'TATION Oil. 011-l:fO D. Your«:. Sl . L.ocrenu, '9.1 OjcttJ)Ipr~JtM~ by rltANCIS H. '15501'1, K.no:r, '92, •nd MilS. Slf>SOI' ROIUT A. Jo:CE KIMOIIOIICH Sro~E, /ri Usorm', '95 H011. Burn..o.ll"« Pictwt FUm. uith 1ou,.J IICCompa,irrun/, in Colltlt 1/ali. ~f~..~:, s;:"'u..;,:~~i ::z:..:!i ~~:.t~:::. ::;;::~. 19~~~ 0 aM .J/ at~ in~•'tcdto remain. StrCE ifUBEIIT VA!< K11111: ,Co/s.wr, '94 PJon:SSOI [ tlc;E!•E WutRA UC H, Oll io II'akron, '75; Horw.tJ, '76 This was the inside of the printed program for the dinner. ·we been appointed to the United States Su·eme Court, and whenever there have been vo or more Betas on the Court simultaeously, banquets have been arranged in their on or. "There has already been a series of such vents, beginning in 1891 , when Brother John 1arshall Harlan, Center 1850, and Brother 1avid J. Brewer, Wesleyan 1855, were han,red at a distinguished gathering in Washing::m, the first of its kind in the history of ~merican college fraternities. Reprodu ce d from the Febru ary 1940 issue of Th e Beta Theta Pi is this photo of ]am es Maxwell Fassett, Colgate '18, th en pr es id ent of th e Beta Th eta Pi Club of New York wh o was principally respo ns ible for th e Dinn er and who, th e is sue stated "received great praise for his leadership." It is interes tin g to note that today, 40 years later, New York Attorney Fassett's interest in Beta Th eta Pi co ntinu es unabated. H e has been responsible, year after year, for many of th e key Magazine articl es emanating from that area. Four Honored in 1911 "The most memorable of the entire series vas a dinner given in 1911 in New York when ;etween 400 and 500 Betas gathered to honor 'our of the Justices at that time: Harlan ; oseph R . Lamar, Bethany 1877, Washington r Lee 1878 ; Horace R. Lurton, Cumberland .867, and Willis Van Devanter, DePauw 1879. "It is a happy circumstance that the occa;ion for another of these dinners occurs during fhe Centennial year of the Fraternity when the 8lub may observe that historical event by honoring distinguished exemplars of Beta achievement. "Beginning in 1877, when Brother Harlan (Continued on page ~ l'he Bate Theta Pi I Fell1979 3