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

THE SCROLL 427council acts favorably our action is of no avail. It should be made operative independentlyif we really believe in it.+ * * *As there are a few copies of the last songbook remaining unsold—about 50copies in paper covers—the Chicago convention decided to defer the publicationof a new edition. We shall continue to appeal to members of the Fraternityto furnish new songs with original music or adapted to familiar airs. Sincethe last edition was published in 1902 about twenty-five songs have beenprinted in THE SCROLL. With the best of the old songs they will make asplendid collection, but it is hoped that at least a dozen more may beadded, and, therefore, we ask those who can express their sentiments about$ A 9 lyrically to give us the results of their inspiration.* * * *Brother W. S. Ferris, of Helena, Mont., president of Kappa province,visited the Illahee club of Whitman College February 25 and 26. At a meetingthe evening of February 26, which was attended by some of the Phis whomake Walla Walla their home. Brother Ferris told of the recent Chicago conventionand of some of the progressive steps taken by Phi Delta Theta.Illahee club, of Whitman College, sent Virgil Bennington as a representativeto the Chicago convention to get acquainted with the Phis, as Illahee expectsto apply for a charter in two years. Walla Walla Phis meet frequentlywith the Illahees and the latter take great interest in hearing of the nationalfraternity. The Illahees will have a reunion at commencement time and thephis will meet with them.+ + * *On December 13th, IQIO, it was ordered by the general council that an alumniclub charter be granted the following petitioners at Opelika, Alabama: RobertClanton Smith, Auburn '9i-'93; J. B. Greene, Emory '77-'79; John AllenJones, Auburn '91; J. C. Greene, Auburn '07; C. G. Greene, Auburn '95;Geo. E. Clower, Auburn '09; Cyrus A. Case, Amherst '09; W. L. Greene,Auburn '01; W. Scott Fatley, Auburn '07; K. Holmes MacGregor, Emory'07; and C. A. L. Samford, Auburn '83.* * * *Just prior to the Chicago convention the general council granted a charterfor an alumni club at Huntington-Wabash, Indiana, to the following petitioners:Paul M. Taylor, Northwestern, '09 and Dartmouth, 'lo; Francis D.Stults, De Pauw, '99; Arthur H. Sapp, Ohio Wesleyan, '07; Wallace S.Grayson, Northwestern, '02; W. D. Redrup, Ohio Wesleyan, '04; John P.Kenower, Franklin, '86; Asa J. Smith, De Pauw, '15; Homer N. Jones, Wabash,'03; F. H. Henley, Purdue, '00; and F. F. Williams, Butler, '93,* * * *The general council has this month granted a charter for an alumni club atPueblo, Colo., to the following: Sumner W. Pressey, Washburn, '05; R. E.Ortner, Colorado, '08; W. M. Pryor, Cornell, '08; L. S. Simple, Colorado, '05 ;Thomas J. Downer, Jr., Michigan, '06; Samuel W. Townsend, Miami, '89;Charles L. Patterson, Michigan, '08; L. J. Himel, Jr., Tulane, '09; J. S.Curtis, Michigan, '07; C. W. Abercrombie, Kansas, '06; J. Graham Lamb,Colorado, '10; J. R. Rankin, Wabash, '07; R. R. Beaty, Colorado, '06; H. G.Carkhuff, Washburn, '05 ; and H. O. Snyder, Knox, '06.+ * * +In the January SCROLL, the following corrections and additions have beennoted : Page 236, Woodward S. James delegate from Kansas City alumni club.His name appears again on page 244. Page 236, Edward D. Rich, Syracuse'92 (not '93). Page 242, H. E. Knupp (not Kjiapp). Page 242, F. W.Rane (not Rans). Page 244, add to list of visitors, H. B. Kirkpatrick, Chicago,III., Illinois '01, and Francis Adolph Bade, Goshen, Ind,, Michigan, '15.