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

362 THE SCROLLIn the fourth place and finally, the administration presided over byBrother Lamkin will ever be memorable for the high ground taken onthe supreme questions of scholarship and morality. It was largelyhis leadership that caused the convention to prohibit chapters fromholding meetings on the Sabbath, from allowing any sort of intoxicatingliquors to be brought anywhere in or upon premises bearingthe name of Phi Delta Theta and absolutely banishing same from allconvention functions. It was his motion in the general council thatwarned all chapters of the result of any delegate's use of liquor whilein attendance upon the convention. His attitude as to gambling inchapter houses, cheating in examinations and personal dishonesty ofany kind, resulted in even more stringent legislation than we alreadyhad.Altogether in thus briefly reviewing the period between NiagaraFalls and Chicago we feel that Phi Delta Theta would stultify itselfdid it not acknowledge its great debt of gratitude to one who hasspent so many years in good and faithful service. To him was committeda work already begun by his predecessors, which he carriedforward to more advanced ground, adding to it in many essentialfeatures, and now he passes it on to a worthy successor. The Fraternityapplauds with a unanimous "Well done," and looks forward tothe coming years with confidence that our latest past president willalways be working for the further honor and glory of Phi DeltaTheta.PHI DELTA THETA, in its last National Convention, took decidedaction on two propositions which relate to the Interfraternity Conference.One was a declaration that the conference should be empoweredto act as well as to suggest and advise, and that the delegatesfrom Phi Delta Theta should make proper overtures to secure forthe conference limited legislative powers at its next annual meeting.The other decision was that after August 1, 1917, no member of apreparatory or a high school fraternity should be admitted to PhiDelta Theta, but this decision is dependent on the action of the InterfraternityConference. If the conference should adopt a similarrule. Phi Delta Theta's enactment will automatically go into effect.The date when members of school fraternities should no longer beeligible was fixed at four years after this collegiate year, becausemembership in those fraternities begins in the freshman year of high