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

THE SCROLL 337to the river and in the spring these are favorite walks of students,who have added the "river-banking course" to the prescribed work.The most imposing building is the Libraty, built of white sandstone,with eight immense columns in front. Facing this is thestatue of the late Governor Pillsbury, the Father of the University.The largest and costliest structure on the campus is FolwellHall, which extends for over a block along University Avenue.The Armory is located at one comer of Northrup Field and caresfor the athletic desires of the students. The designs for the greatercampus, as drawn by Cass Gilbert, will make the buildings on theold campus the home of the College of Science, Literature, and theArts, and the Medical and Engineering schools will have separatecampuses.FRATERNITIESThere are twenty-two academic fraternities at Minnesota and tenacademic sororities, besides professional, class and local fraternitiesand societies.Chi Psi entered the University in 1873, the year of the firstgraduating class here. They were alone except for a local calledTheta Phi, until 1881, when our Fraternity was granted a charterunder the name of Minnesota Alpha. After that time the soilproved fertile for fraternity charters were granted frequently, untilnow there are but few national fraternities unrepresented.Nearly every fraternity owns title' to its home and nearly allof these are located on University Avenue, across from the campus.As a whole, the houses are of comparatively moderate cost, becauseof the fact that so many students live at home in the Twin Cities,it being unnecessary to maintain expensive houses on this account.Interfraternity relations are better now than in the past. PresidentVincent has organized the interfraternity council which prohibitsthe initiation of freshmen until they have passed the firsteight weeks of work, and has general supervision over interfraternitymatters. At present there is a bill pending in the state legislatureto abolish fraternities, but considering the high standards in moralityand scholarship of fraternity men, and the co-operation of thefaculty with fraternities, little fear is felt of its general support.MINNESOTA ALPHAIn 1867 Brother Alfred Mayhew Shuey, Miami, '66, came toMinneapolis, being the first memtjer of the Fraternity to permanentlylocate here. In 1872 he wrote the Grand Council that it was notadvisable to place a chapter at Minnesota on account of the size ofthe institution, but he kept the matter in mind, and when the lateJunius Edwards, Lombard, '79, came to Minneapolis they carriedthe plan to completion and .initiated the charter members at theNicollet Hotel. The charter was dated October 12 1881, the chartermembers being Samuel Denton Townsend, now deceased, Rasselas