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

THE SCROLL 303pledge and a A T A pledge. At Indiana University 2 X has been expelledfrom the Pan-Hellenic council, because it lifted a $ A 9 pledge. For violationof the rules of the interfraternity council at Northwestern, 2 A E hasbeen expelled from the council for two years.We have decided to make several changes in regard to the fall initiations.We intend to follow the recommendations of the national convention carefullyin this respect. Our most important change will be to conduct the initiation, in the house rather than out-of-doors as has been our custom in the past.We are also going to completely do away with horseplay, and try to make thewhole affair as impressive as possible.—Wisconsin correspondence. Beta ThetaPi.Acoth is the name of a sorority founded in February, 1910, at the Universityof Nebraska. It is a sorority for Eastern Star girls, and corresponds to theMasonic college fraternity of Acacia. In March, 1912, it held its first nationalconvention with the Alpha chapter in Lincoln, Neb. Besides the mother chapterat Nebraska, chapters are located at the Universities of Iowa, Illinois, andKansas. A new chapter is about to be established at the University of Oklahoma.—2^ E Journal.The * T club of New York City celebrated on November 24, the seventyninthanniversary of the fraternity, at a founders' day dinner in the collegeroom of the Hotel Astor. On the same occasion, the fiftieth anniversary ofhis initiation into the fraternity, Herbert L. Bridgeman, Amherst, '66, waspresented with a loving cup inscribed : "In recognition of his inspiring serviceas a member for thirty-five years of the executive council of Psi Upsilon,and as its President during twenty-nine years of that time."The eleventh Pan-Hellenic Congress of sororities was held in Chicago lastOctober. The closing function, a Pan-Hellenic luncheon in the Patton gymnasiumof Northwestern University, was attended by 387 sorority women andGeorge Banta of * A 9. His presence is thrice mentioned in the KappaAlpha Theta for November. One notice is as follows:Nearly 400 women were seated at the tables and as the Chicago papers delightedto say "one brave man." This was Mr. Banta, our publisher who in his own familyhas a miniature Pan-Hellenic Congress—he himself is a 4> .A 0 and a A F, his daughteris a A r, his wife a * M, his sister a K A 0 and his daugter-in-law an A •(>.At the University of Alabama * A 9, 2 A E and K 2 have built houses,not on the campus, each valued at about $7,500. Houses are rented by A K E,$ r A, A T fi, * K 2, 2 N and Southern K A. The Alabama correspondentof the Phi Gamma Delia writes :The university, realizing that it is a bad thing for the school to have the chapterhouses scattered all over the city, as they are at present, has issued an edict thatall fraternity houses must be on the campus by September 1, 1913. A propositionhas been made to the fraternities by the university, which in a nut shell, reads asfollows: The university agrees to give any fraternity desiring to erect a home on thecampus a 99-year' lease on a suitable site for the consideration of $10 per year.It will lend 60 per cent of the money required to erect the house at ^n interest of 6per cent, and furthermore agrees to buy the house back at a fairly appraised valuein case the chapter should become extinct.Many Greeks who have been informed as to the organization of the fraternitieshave often wondered at the apparent lack of organization among theolder fraternities that were founded in the East. Of late there have beensigns that these fraternities see the importance of more effective administration.The proper idea among them now is to entrust practically all administrativeduties to one man, called a traveling secretary. Among the fraternities whichhave appointed such an officer is (Z •^. The Z ^ Circle for November says:"Some other fraternities have a larger and more comprehensive scheme oforganization and work than we are carrjang on even today." The Circlealso says:But for many years we Zetes were overestimating ourselves. We were deludingourselves with the idea that we had a strong national organization when we had oneonly in name. At the same time other fraternities considered much weaker than we,