1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

222 THE SCROLL-Palladium Supplement-JANUARY, 1965of the dealers until you have visited all of them.7. As a matter of fact, you may not even buy oneof these cars until a period of four months haselapsed and if any dealer so much as discussesautomobiles with you, he will not be permittedto sell a car to you.As ridiculous as these rules may sound, eachone can be compared to rush regulations in existenceon a good many campuses of the UnitedStates. Our friend Who wanted to buy a new carmight decide that it would be a lot easier to gealong with his 1960 model for a while just as oufreshman might find that living in the dormitoris far more convenient than meeting all the Mquirements of being a rushee. Although thesregulations may have been forced upon our chapters by the college administration in a few case:strangely enough, most often we have foisted thesregulations upon ourselves through our Interfraternity Councils.REPORT OF THE EDITOR OF The ScrollBy Hayward S. Biggers, Lawrence'31, EditorIt is required that the editor of The Scroll makea report to each biennial convention and we arepleased to submit this accounting, although anyonetaking the trouble to make comparison willfind out that it varies little from past reports. Duringthe past biennium the Fraternity magazine hasappeared ten times. In effect, it makes its own report,and shortcomings or good points of the magazineare well known to the membership. In thistime 721,000 copies of The Scroll have been published,the two volumes totaling 856 pages. Thesefigures break down as follows: 1962-63 Volume—356,200 copies, 420 pages; 1963-64 Volume-364,800copies, 436 pages.We have pointed out often that The Scrollrepresents a big item in the Fraternity budget andthat every effort is made to hold down costs. Itmust be remembered, however, that the Fraternityis constantly growing, meaning that more copiesmust be produced at a corresponding cost of moredollars. With the Fraternity on the life subscriptionplan, our goal has always been to hold theper copy cost as nearly level as possible. With somepride we state that this cost has risen only six percent in the last thirteen years, despite the fact thatin 1954-55 the format was changed to allow 15 to20 per cent more material in each issue.Because so many have the wrong impression, theeditor likes to point out that he is not a memberof the Headquarters staff. Work on The Scroll, underthe present arrangement, is strictly an off-timeduty, as the editor carries on, a full-time job. Inview of the vast amount of material that appearsin each issue, it is interesting to note also that themagazine has no organized news-gathering staff,other than the chapter reporters who are responsiblefor letters in three issues each year.Tips on prominent Phis who are deserving offeature space, brief items for the Alumni FiringLine, or obituaries for the Chapter Grand, mustcome from brothers who know the individuals involvedand who are interested enough to sendthe material to the editor. Fortunately, there arehundreds of such interested Phis and they giveThe Scroll, we believe, extraordinarily wide coverageof the thousands of brothers scattered throughoutthe world. There can never be too many, however, because names make news!To hold the line on the budget during the lasbiennium, some economies were necessary. In th(two volumes 60 less pages were produced than ir1961-62. These pages were saved by eliminatinjundergraduate chapter reports from the Januaryissues of 1963 and 1964. It is our intent to carrichapter reports in at least two of the five issues oleach Volume—November and March—but it wilbe necessary to continue the practice of eliminatingthis expensive section in the January issues. Incidentally, the editor expresses thanks to the chap^ter reporters who, in the past two years, have donean excellent job. Each of the issues carrying reporticontained more than 100—and this is very goodThe editor's sincere thanks go also to the following• The hundreds of interested Phis who have seninews and news tips and, occasionally, well prepared feature articles. A special note of appreciation must be sounded, as always, for the prodigious contributions of Dr. John Davis, Jr., Washburn '38, a sports expert who makes The Scroll'.coverage of Phis in athletics tops in the fratemitifield; George K. Shaffer, Chicago '16, Historiarof the Fraternity, for his "100 Years Ago" department, and for many interesting historical "briefs"Executive Secretary Bob MiUer, New Mexico '50for advance publicity on the Convention and foibeing helpful in many other ways; and AlumnSecretary Ray E. Blackwell, Franklin '24, for inumber of well-prepared feature articles. Incidentally. Brother Blackwell will serve during th