Franklin Howard Scobey
"courteous and loyal in his friendship"
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Franklin Howard Scobey ( Top, Right ) emphasized the importance
of diversity of personalities and character when recruiting
new members embodying the philosophy set forth in the "Spirit
of Sigma Chi." He was instrumental in recruiting four of
the others into Dekes and later recruited Lockwood. Runkle had
this to say about his soft-spoken friend: "Without Frank
Scobey I do not believe that Sigma Chi would have succeeded
and endured. We had our disappointments, our months of gloom
and times when it seemed that we had no chance of success. But
Frank Scobey was never discouraged. Always looking on the more
hopeful side, his very smile and cheerful words of encouragement
gave us new heart." And he was only 18! After graduation
he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1860, but suffered
from increasing deafness which hindered him in later life. Finally
settling on a farm near Oxford, he became intensely involved
in horticulture and unfortunately became afflicted with an acute
facial inflammation causing him to become isolated. At the age
of 41 he died. He is remembered for his congeniality and courtesy
in his dealings with others and for his cheerfulness when faced
with adversity.
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