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

THE SCROLL 541tinquished themselves in their profession and who were as a mark of distinctiona low coif beneath their caps,AAA has absorbed three chapters of other sororities—those at Wesleyan(Ga,) and Stetson (Fla.) of A K ^, and that at Judson (Ala,) of * M F,It has also entered Cornell, The * M sorority has recently entered Maine,Buchtel, Hanover, Knox and Whitman (Wash.). It is the first nationalsorority to be established at Whitman, and is the only one with a chapternow at Hanover. The K A sorority has recently entered Cincinnati, Woman'sCollege of Alabama and Trinity (N C). The X fl sorority has entered OhioUniversity, the II B $ sorority Stetson.A recent banquet in Seattle was attended by Betas from twenty-odd chapters,and the report in the Beta Theta Pi says that "every mother's son" of thementhusiastically endorsed the petition from a local society at Idaho to be charteredby B 0 n, and that the petition is as strongly endorsed by the Spokanealumni and the active chapters at Oregon and Washington. He adds, however:"I full well know the effete prejudice agin Middle West and western freshwater colleges", and "I remember the prejudice quite well and know what'sbefore a western petitioning body before the fraternity".At a meeting in March, the trustees of B 0 II divided its Pacific coast districtinto two districts, one composed of the chapters at California and Stanfordand the other of the chapters at Oregon and Washington—a step which 4" A ©took in 1904, the trustees also "appointed official representatives to meetingsof a group of western fraternities called the 'Chicago Group.' " The trusteesalso determined that the next annual convention of the fraternity should beheld in September 2-5 at the Atlantic Hotel, Nantasket Beach, near Boston.It will be the first convention of B 0 II ever held in New England.There are two fraternity colleges In Florida—the University of Florida atGainesville, and the John B. Stetson University at DeLand, the fraternities atthe University of Florida, with the years their chapters there were established,are: A T £), 1884; K A, 1903; II K A, 1904, S A E existed there 1884-85.H B * sorority entered Stetson in January, 1913, and the S N fraternity inFebruary. A local at Stetson is petitioning the 4" P A fraternity and anotherthe AAA sorority. There are several sororities at the Florida State Collegefor Women at Tallahassee, a branch of the state university.The city board of tax assessors has finally refused to make any material alterationsin the valuations of various properties belonging to Cornell Universityfraternities in spite of violent protests against discriminating increases intheir valuations which have been made this year. A table showing the valuationsof various fraternity properties this year and three years ago and correspondingvaluations of private property in the same districts has been compiled.On practically all fraternity houses on the Hill the valuations have beenconsiderably raised and In certain cases they have been doubled, while thoseon private properties remain the same.It seems to be a case of open discrimination and in all probability the studentswill take their case to the Supreme Court.—Ithaca correspondence, NewYork Times.The editor of the K S Caduceus is Mr. Ed, L, Sutton, of Clarkston, Ga,,who was the editor a quarter of a century ago, though he has not filled theposition continuously. That the passing of time has not lessened his journalisticinitiative and enterprise is shown by two features of the April Caduceus. Oneis a series of articles on Y. M. C. A. work in colleges, with portraits of KappaSigmas in that work and in the Student Volunteer Movement, the issue beingcalled a "Y M. C. A. Number," A brand new thing In fraternity journalism isthe reproduction of news from the Caduceus twenty-five years ago. One of theitems follows:Kappa chapter was awarded a prize for the best chapter letter, the judges beingWalter B. Palmer (* A 6), J. Alexander Howard (2 N), and Piromis H, Bell(2 A E), all fraternity editors.