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

THE SCROLL 533Of course when one speaks of Yale Blue, nobody has to run to thedictionary to look up the meaning of the term, but when the White and Blueis mentioned in connection with Yale, it is apt to cause a query in localcircles unless somebody in these circles happens to know just what theWhite and Blue really stands for outside of the domain of Eli. We mightqualify this by saying that the White and Blue was a reasonably unknownquantity until Washington's Birthday when all the Phis in Yale got togetherand feasted. Since that time, Yale has come to know that a generous shareof her present fame is being made by some of the Phis within the gates.On the occasion of this Washington's Birthday dinner, the Phis came sofast and moved so much that we didn't get the exact number who were amongthose present, but passing up the number and going on to the occasion Itself,it was like unto an echo from the Chicago convention, with a prolonged yelladded to the echo.The dinner was held in the cellar of the Hbfbrau Haus in New Haven.The tables groaned beneath the weight of substantial edibles. In their effortsto shine, the cut glass and silver were only outdone by the witticasters -whowere present. Floral decorations of white carnations and ferns converted thedarksome corners into blooming bowers of blossoming beauty. The brightbeaming faces of loyal brethren in the Bond even out-blossomed the prettyposies, and there was a lot more stuff for vivid description and rhetoricalpyrotechnics, had the editor of THE SCROLL but the space and we the time.Neither has either. Then let's to our muttons. Just imagine the Chicagoaffair telescoped to a tabloid performance and you have the thing down pat.If you weren't at Chicago, conceive what the inside of Bluebeard's palacelooked like when his wives were out and there you have the landscape effects.As for the rest—you should have been there.In the unavoidable absence of Professor Wilbur Cortez Abbott, Wabash,'92, the part of toastmaster was played by "Dean" Swift, Dickinson, '04, who is