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

556 THE SCROLLlegislation than now proposed in many States and we hope that S A E will soon be. oneof those national organizations to assist in this good work of elimination and at thesame time self-preservation.Another appreciated expression Is that of the Journal of Southern K A, whichsays:The action of * A 9 in its recent convention at Chicago in forbidding membershipto high school fraternity men takes rank with the Mecklenburg Declaration, B 6 Hhas already declared its intention of following suit, and there will certainly be others.This action on the part of * A 9, as well as some other steps which the Chicago conventiontook, marks the dawn of a new era in the fraternity world.If such actionwere more general there would be less an ti-fraternity wars and rumors of wars.The "Mecklenburg Declaration," it may be mentioned, was adopted, soSouthern historians maintain, at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina,some time before the Declaration of Independence was adopted atPhiladelphia.* * * *All subscribers that have their fraternity magazines bound should awaitthe indexes of THE SCROLL and The Palladium for 1912-1913, which willaccompany. the first issues of the magazines in the fall. The publishers will,on application, give prices for binding the volumes.IN THE PUBLIC EYEAll readers of THE SCROLL are requested to furnish material for this department.Clippings should bear the names and dates of the papers from which they have been cut.GENERAL FUNSTON RECOVERS HIS FOUR-POUND WATCHFrederick Funston, Kansas Alpha, '90"The History of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity" contains an account ofthe remarkable recovery of a $ A 0 badge which Frederick Funston lost inAlaska and which was found in Washington, D, C, The following story isclipped from the New York correspondence of the Washington Evening Starfor April 29, 1913.In a. week or two Gen. Fred Funstou will be wearing his watch again,which will conclude a rather remarkable episode. The closing incidents cameto the knowledge of Funston's New York friends the other night through thegossip that Funston may be made chief of staff."Funston wouldn't be happy in a rocking chair," urged one of his friends.He is a born fighting man. The only sit-down assignment he ever had costhim a four-pound gold watch.The assignment was in the West, After the crimson-topped warrior sat atan office desk for a few months he began to twitch. Eventually he went huntingin Estes Park, Colo,, in the dead of winter. The flat part of Estes Parkis used mainly as a stopping place for the snow that slides 'off the inclinedportion,"So Funston got to pirouetting around on the side hills," said his friend,"and got caught in a slide. Just how it all happened no one ever knew—leastof all Funston. He managed to find enough of his apparel to wear home. Buthe never did locate the large gold watch that the state of Kansas presented him.Last summer that watch was found in a creek bottom in the park. The finderforwarded it to the War Department, and on the way the train was caught ina washout—and the watch was found again by a second finder, and again forwardedto the War Department. It was sent to New York to be fixed up andthen forwarded to Funston in Honolulu, where he is in command."PROFESSOR LOMAX COLLECTING COWBOY BALLADSJohn A. Lomax, Texas Beta, '97The following item, clipped from the Boston Globe relates-to John A. Lomax,who was President of the Southwestern Province of * A 0 during 1898-1900: