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

198 THE SCROLLnot due to a preponderance of technical schools, as of law or agriculture. Leavingout of account all professional students, all graduate students in literarycourses and students attending only the summer session, in 1909-10, there wereenrolled in the collegiate departments at Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Princeton7,ng students; in the four state institutions, 12,091.Leaving out of account all gifts and appropriations for buildings and endowments,but including tuition fees, we find that the income of the four institutionsof private support available for current expenses in 1909-10 in round numbersamounted to $4,137,240; the corresponding income of the group of fourstate institutions was $4,158,988. But excluding tuition fees in 1909-10 Harvard,Yale, Columbia and Princeton have an income from productive funds of $2,215,-355, which capitalized at 4 per cent interest, represents an endowment of $55,-000,000; in the same period the four state universities had an income, exclusiveof tuition fees, amounting to $3,251,860, which equals the income from an endowmentof $81,000,000. In 1909-10 the colleges and universities had an incomefrom productive funds amounting to $11,592,113; the income of the publicinstitutions of higher education from taxation in the same period amounted to$18,833,658. The university which.in 1909-10 received the largest income exclusiveof tuition was not Harvard or Chicago or Leland Stanford, but a stateuniversity—the University of Wisconsin.—F. W. Kelsey in the Continent.THE PYX.News of interesting events, occuring after chapter letters have been forwarded,and as iate as the zoth or 25th of the month preceding the month of publication, shouldbe forwarded promptly, to appear in this department.At the election on November 5, the following members of Phi Delta Thetawho are Representatives in Congress were re-elected: From Georgia—^T. W.Hardwick, J. Gordon Lee and S. J. Tribble. From Texas—Rufus Hardy.From Indiana—M. A. Morrison. From Idaho—B. L. French.* :^ 4c « *The Javelin, founded by the last editor of THE SCROLL, Brother FrankJ. R. Mitchell, reached the dignity of its second volume with the October number.The first volume contained six numbers, and monthly issues are now announced.We cannot too highly commend the enterprise of the Chicago alumniclub for supporting such a journal. No such publication is issued by anyother fraternity. Great journalistic skill and industry is shown by the presenteditor, Brother Wm. E. Godso, in collecting so much interesting news foreach issue. The Javelin contains many items that are of interest to Phisgenerally and has a growing subscription list outside of Chicago. The priceis 50 cents a year. Address Brother Godso at 1521 Harris Trust Building.To THE EDITOR :In the September number of THE SCROLL, there is an article in regard tothe sale of the first fssues of THE SCROLL by George William Cone, Richmond,'78. I wish to inform yoii that I bought the first twenty-three volumes fromBrother Cone and had them bound nicely in half leather. I am willing tosell this collection, and if you know of any one or any chapter who wouldlike to purchase, kindly have them write to me.WALTER F, TITCOMB.