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

THE SCROLL 431stock as of bonds or machinery? The men at Ames are not flashy.They do not wear the latest agony in the way of clothes. Theydress simply, live quietly, work hard. They are men who representthe best in the middle western—^north middle western woula be thebetter word—states. They are the men who are building the greatcommonwealths in the Mississippi valley. They are the captains ofhundreds and of thousands who will guide the great agriculturalarmy in this granary of the nations. Among their alumni are engineers,editors of agricultural papers, bankers, stock men, electricians.There are all sorts of men in the Iowa Gamma at Amesexcept failures. They do not make that sort into Phis there.It is unwise ever to essay the role of a prophet. But if thefuture can be judged by the past, if the boy is the father of the manthe men of Colorado Beta and of Iowa Gamma will always beworthy of the trust committed to them by the Chicago convention...Lawyers, physicians, college professors and presidents; ambassadorsof the King of Kings, may be expected to come from aboutthe altar we have set up under the snow-capped Rockies; bankers,business men, experts in electricity and agriculture, architects andeditors and engineers, from the great college on the Iowa plains.But though one may be mistaken in his guess into the future, whilethe authority on foresti-y may come from the mountains and theSt. Francis Xavier from the plains, yet one thing is sure, and thatis that the men at Iowa State and at Colorado are filled with lovefor the Fraternity and with devotion to the Bond, and that they havedetermined, without swerving or hesitation, to follow that pathmarked at once by honor and by duty that is the surest way toprosperity and happiness.The Fraternity, not the new chapters, is to be congratulated.Buildings, equipment, endowment, faculties, we have in the twonew colleges but better than all that we have men.CHARLES F. LAMKIN. Past P. G. C.COLORADO BETA INSTALLATIONColorado Beta at Colorado College was the first of the Chicagotriad to be installed and came into official existence at 11 a. m.Saturday, April 5. The installing officers were Past PresidentCharles F. Lamkin, Elmer C. Henderson, Historian of the GeneralCouncil and Fred R. Cowles, President of Zeta Province, assistedby Roger H. Motten, Allegheny, '01.The installing officers arrived Thursday afternoon and preparationswere immediately made for the initiation. Under the managementof Brother Motten the complete initiation paraphernaliawas ready, having been placed in the spacious barn of ColoradoBeta which, being outfitted for residence, was particularly welladapted for the work.