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

208 THE SCROLLinsist upon the highest attainable standards of morality and scholarship.All of the business sessions of the convention were held in theHotel La Salle, which made every provision for the comfort andaccommodation of its guests. All of the entertainments also werein the hotel, except the theatre-party at the La Salle Opera House,half a block away. Many delegates never went farther during theweek than the Art Institute on the lake front, a few blocks away,where the convention photograph was taken. The weather could nothave been finer if it had been made to order—it was surprisingly mildto those from the south. 'Everybody at the convention had a goodtime, everybody felt glad he was there and sorry for the Phis whowere absent, and everybody was loud in praise of the hospitality andenterprise of the Chicago Phis. These Chicago Phis certainly madegood. There was some class to the Chicago convention. Everybodywho was there feels that he cannot afford to miss being at Birminghamin 1914.WALTER B. PALMER.RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME ON THE PART OF THEGENERAL COUNCILBROTHER POPE : Brother President and Brother Phis, to thegenerous and most cordial address of welcome that was extended tous on yesterday morning it is rather difficult to voice a suggestionof our deep appreciation. We are glad indeed to assemble in thisgreatest city of an imperial state. We have all been made to feel athome. Those of us from the. South, and especially the hook-wormdelegation from Georgia and Alabama, feel truly at home in Chicagoat this time, because we hear no echo of the elephant roar or the callof the Bull Moose. But the grand old state of Illinois has helpedto swell the chorus of the Democratic donkey's cry of victory; andI want to remind the delegates to this convention that a Democratis the mayor of the city of Chicago, and the liberty of this city isyours because on occasions of this kind a Democratic mayor alwaysissues the proper orders to the guardians of the peace—see nothing,hear nothing, do nothing.In the short time that it is proper for me to occupy this morningI want to ask your indulgence while I make a few, I trust pertinentsuggestions, concerning the welfare of the American college fraternity.But first I want to voice our regret that on this occasion, so indicativeof the glorious success of Phi Delta Theta, in God's Providencewe are unable to have gathered with us those noble men who were•our founders in 1848! The names of those men shall be written notonly upon the Phi Delta Theta roll of honor and the scroll of ourfame, but upon the hearts of thousands.It is rather a far cry from 1848 to 1912, but the representativesof the active chapters assembled in this convention and the delegatesfrom the alumni clubs bear witness to the fact that in 1848 one act