1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

96 THE SCROLL.The Brief of $A4> pays. five cents each for alumni notes contributed byundergraduates. The scheme does not appear to be an expensive one, as theeditor confesses the offer cost him just a nickel for the December issue.—*K ^Shield.The chapters of B 0 H at Virginia, Ohio,, Kansas and Iowa State haverecently acquired houses, and the chapters at Illinois and Missouri are building.This gives B 0 II the largest number of chapter houses owned by anyfraternity.A rule is now in effect in our chapter and will hold until after the first termexaminations, by which no man who is reported as below grade in any of hissubjects shall leave the house after nine o'clock on week evenings.—Westminstercorrespondence. Beta Theta Pi.0 S, the scientific fraternity, has recently entered the University of Iowa,University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Institute of Technology (formerlyCarnegie Technical Schools, at Pittsburgh), At the latter it is the onlychaptered fraternity, but there are two locals, S T and 2 P.The A T fi Palm says that three years were required to prepare the Manualof A T fi published last year. But the Palm says there is a "crying need for alarger, authoritative and comprehensive history of the fraternity," similar tothe "monumental history of * A 0," and a committee of three is collectingmaterial for such a work.Every year since the last (1905) edition of "Baird's Manual of AmericanCollege Fraternities" was issued. THE SCROLL has published a list of fraternitychapters established and suspended since that book was published. Thisfeature is omitted this year, because it is announced that a new edition of thebook will be out this month.The California chapter of 2 A E has set aside Thursday of each weekwhen men of the different fraternities and prominent non-fraternity men maybe Invited to lunch.* The Vanderbilt correspondent of the Beta Theta /"i, writes:"At Vanderbilt there is no influence which fosters so much good interfraternityfeeling as the dances. It is an unheard of thing for a fraternity to have adance without having from twelve to fifteen representatives from other fraternites."K 2 has offered a silver cup "as an incentive to Improvement in scholarshipto that chapter In each district which shall lead in scholastic standing." Thefraternity has been redistricted and seventeen cups are to be given. As astimulus to scholarship A T fi issues a certificate of honor to its members forelection to the honorary fraternities, for excellence In debate, for excellence inoratory and for a magna cum. laude degree. The Colorado alumni associationof A T fi has established a fund by means of which a set of books "will beawarded to any member of the Boulder chapter who is elected to $ B K or 2 S.The alumni of the fraternities In Westminster have offered a cup to the chapterstanding highest in scholarship, the cup to be awarded each year. The Chicagoalumni of A T have inaugurated.a custom of presenting keys to the leaders inscholarship in both the Northwestern and Chicago chapters. The keys arereproductions of the keys worn by the founders of the fraternity.The 2X Quarterly makes the following statement about the endowmentfund of 2 X, which was established to make loans to chapters to aid them inacquiring houses.About 1898, the endowment fund was established by the then grand quaestor.Joseph C. Nate. About $12,500 was raised by voluntary contributions from alumni asa beginning-. To this amount is added each year $2.50 from each initiate and contributionsof $2.50 each from all memliers who have been out of college one and two years.These latter contributions are in the form of notes signed by such members when theywere initiated. Every member who knows himself to be indebted on such obligationsis urgently requested to remit to the grand quaestor the amount due.