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

THE SCROLL 339Hamlin Prosser and James Bennett Gould, now of Minneapolis,Zenas Newton Vaughn of Boise, Idaho, and James Charles ElliotKing of Portland, Oregon.The first chapter house was located at 12 Florence Court, thisstructure still standing. The old minute book is still in existenceand relates that every two weeks a debate was held, one topic beingrelative "to the merits of sorority and non-sorority girls." At onetime a euchre party was given to the Chi Psis and later the courtesywas returned. At another time the Chi Phis and Phi Delts playeda game of baseball on the Athaneum grounds where the green-housenow stands. Things went well with the chapter which was composedof the most prominent men in school, until 1889 prosperityturned the heads of some of them and by action of the national convention,nearly the entire chapter was expelled from the Fraternity.For two years the charter was retained by Walter R. Brown, Minnesota,'88, Past S. G. C. and Conway McMillan, Nebraska, '85, whoput the chapter on its feet again by initiating a number of new menin 1891, some of them being particularly prominent in athletics.Among the number was "Bill" Leary, now United States DistrictJudge in Minneapolis, E. P. Harding, professor of' chemistry at theuniversity and J. E. Madigan, attorney at law. Maple Lake, Minn.The incoming chapter on attending chapel the next day was accordeda great ovation by the other fraternities, welcoming it back to itsformer position.THE ACTIVE CHAPTERThe active chapter has been striving hard to maintain the highrecords of the past. Among the twenty-two academic fraternities.Phi Delta Theta last year stood second in scholarship and generalconditions in the chapter are excellent. The men in the chapterstand well in the college community. During the past year we havehad three class presidents, men on the varsity football and trackteam and in the various class teams; both the managing editor andbusiness manager of this year's Gopher, the college annual, are Phisand two others are on the staff, two of the brothers are on the MinnesotaDaily and two are in the university glee club, one being president;one of the brothers is president of the junior ball association,a position which, from a social standpoint, is the best in the college;one of the three men on the debating team of the university is a memberof the chapter; a number of the members are.enrolled in themembership of the various professional fraternities and other societiesand organizations on the campus. Several men are out for thespring teams and one was recently elected cross country captain.The chapter has aimed to take men not of any particular class orability, but those who will measure up to the standards of the Bondand uphold the honor and dignity of the Fraternity.