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

138 THE SCROLLThese facts have been published in "The History of the Phi DeltaTheta Fraternity" and have been published time and again in THESCROLL^ as recently as the issue for January, 1912. The facts cannotbe successfully disputed, for we have the original records toprove them, and have often quoted them, and yet this misrepresentationcontinues to be made. It has been made in the AKE Quarterlyand in the historical sketch of AKE published with the 1910 catalogueof that fraternity, but the true facts should be investigated byMr. Baird when he prepares the next edition of his book.* A ® may make another complaint. It is said to have twenty-sixinactive chapters. These include the second chapters at Miami andCentre, from which they were offshoots, and with which they werecombined each after a few months, and include the chapter at CentralUniversity, which combined with the chapter at Centre Collegein 1901, when the two institutions were consolidated under the nameof Central University. But inactive chapters are not counted for B © IT,* r A or * K * at Washington College or Jefferson College, thougheach of these fraternities had chapters at both of these colleges, whichcolleges were consolidated. 2 A E had a chapter which died at UnionUniversity (Tennessee) and has an active chapter at South Western BaptistUniversity. These institutions were merged in a way, but no inactivechapter for 2 A E at Union is counted. (The inactive chapter of2 A E at Centenary though not marked extinct seems to be counted asinactive). Two chapters of * r A are not counted at all; they wereestablished at the University of Mississippi and (Chapel Hill, Texas,before the civil war and their records were lost. Two short-lived chaptersof Southern K A, called Nu and Xi, and said to have been establishedat "inferior colleges" are not counted at all. B ® n took over allthe members of Mystical Seven, living and dead, but does not countthree Mystical chapters at Emory, Georgia and Centenary. ATAtook over the membership of ten inactive chapers of W. W. W. butthey are not counted. Twelve inactive chapters of the various ordersof X * are not counted because they died before these orders wereconsolidated. A close reading of the book would probably reveal otheromissions in the enumeration of inactive chapters. It is not believedthat Mr. Baird intended to treat * A ® differently from other fraternitiesin this respect; it is a detail which he doubtless overlooked, butin the enumeraton * A ® gets the worst of it, and the author is requestedto bear this in mind when he revises his work.The author notes the very rapid increase in the number of chaptersof fraternities in the professional schools, and the increase in the numberof honorary societies. The professional fraternities include thoseestablished in schools of law, medicine (allopathic and homeopathic),osteppathy, dentistry, pharmacy, agriculture, science, engineering, textiles,commerce; students in chemistry courses, students in veterinaryscience, and students who devote particular attention to oratory, debate,music and college dramatics. Professional fraternities of women in-