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

THE SCROLL 24'7or such position be shifted to older students, although the assistance of thelatter is often valuable and may well be employed.Your committee sees no reason why both systems should not exist concurrently.The testimony is overwhelming as to the potential value of the fraternityas an educational influence and a fulcrum by which the mental and moraltone of the student community may be raised. Of course such a system wouldbe of especial value to the students whose need is greatest, viz., to delinquentsor men falling below the proper standards.Whether the faculty adviser be nominated by the college or the fraternityis not especially important, but he should always be acceptable to and elected byboth. Naturally, wherever possible, he would be a member of the fraternity.The report says that, in the opinion of the committee, "the informationderived from this canvass of the colleges emphasizes the soundnessof the following recomniendation adopted by the 1910 conference,and especially the opportunity of the colleges to take theinitiative therein:"That each fraternity chapter govern itself in accordance with a code of houserules satisfactory to the college authorities.That each fraternity chapter choose a member of the college faculty, preferablya member of the fraternity, as associate adviser in appropriate matters.That we recommend the adoption by all colleges of the practice now followedin some of the colleges, of furnishing frequent reports of scholarship eitherdirect to the students themselves or, in the case of fraternity men, through thefaculty representatives, so that each man in college may be kept informed of theprogress he is making in his work.Hamilton H. Douglas, Grand Consul of Sigma Chi, stated thatthe constitutionality of the act of the legislature of Mississippi excludingfraternities from state institutions would be tested in the courts.A proposal looking to the general adoption of a system of deferringthe pledging of freshmen until their second semester was presentedby John Patterson, in behalf of the Delta Upsilon, which atits recent convention, passed a resolution favorable to such restriction.The question was referred to the executive committee of theconference, with power to name a committee to investigate the subject.The committee on nomination of officers of the conference, reportedthe following ticket, and the nominees were unanimouslyelected: President, William A. Trimpe, Sigma Chi, attorney-at-law,Chicago, 111.; Secretary, Francis W Shepardson, Beta Theta Pi,associate professor of American history in the. University of Chicago; Treasurer, Oscar H. Cheney, Phi Gamma Delta, President ofthe Pacific Bank of New York; Executive Committee—Dr. OscarH. Rogers, Sigma Chi, New York, and James Duane Livingston,Delta Phi, of the Troy Trust Company, New York. Mr. Trimpe,who was elected President, is Grand Tribune of Sigma Chi. DoctorShepardson who was re-elected Secretary, is General Secretary ofBeta Theta Pi and President of Acacia. Mr. Cheney, who was reelectedTreasurer, was a Lay Archon of Phi Gamma Delta and hassince been elected President of that fraternity.The conference of 1913 will meet at the University Club, NewYork City, on the' Saturday after Thanksgiving day.