1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL—Palladium Supplement—January, 1954 271
desire of the General Council to publish a Directory
or Catalogue at the earliest practical moment,
the Executive Secretary and the Alumni Secretary
collaborate in conducting an investigation of the
time, effort and costs involved, according to several
processing methods that have been suggested, and
report their findings to the next meeting of the
General Council.
At this point in the proceedings, the meeting was
recessed at 5:15 P.M. to remain in recess pending the
proposed session with the Scholarship Commissioner
and the several Province President involved.
The General Council re-convened at a further
and final session at 8:15 P.M. on Friday, August 28,
with all members in attendance as well as the Executive
Secretary, the Scholarship Commissioner, the
Editor of the Magazines, and Province Presidents
Edward A. Knowles, Francis 'W. Pearson, Roland
Galvin, Nile Duppstadt, John Grubb, Newton C
Fuller and Edward J. 'Walz.
55. The Scholarship Comnussioner was given the
floor to present his report, chapter-by-chapter, involving
the imposition, in some instances, or the
threat, in others, of punitive action in fulfillment of
the terms of the Scholarship Resolution of the
Fraternity originally adopted at the 44th General
Convention and which, with certain subsequent
amendments, is still in full force and effect.
Rhode Island Alpha, at Brown University, having
been scholastically sub-standard for two successive
academic years (1950-51, 1951-52), the Scholarship
Commissioner recommended that Province President
Knowles be instructed to obtain from the authorities
at Brown University, at the earUest possible moment,
the official fraternity grade-point averages for
1952-53 and report this information to the Scholarship
Commissioner and to the General Council. Upon
the further recommendation of the Scholarship
Commissioner, the General Council unanimously
approved the imposition of Social Probation upon
Rhode Island Alpha at the end of the first semester
of the 1953-54 academic year in the event the chapter,
for the third successive year, fails to remove itself
from its present unsatisfactory scholastic position.
56. The Scholarship Commissioner addressed himself
to the case of Vermont Alpha, at the University
of Vermont, which is. at the present time, on final
probation as the result of its sub-standard scholastic
record for three successive academic years (1949-50.
1950-51, 1951-52). Province President Edward J. 'Walz
was asked to present his views with respect to Vermont
Alpha's scholastic difficulty and to visit the
chapter not later than October 1 at which time he
will, among others things, request the de-pledging
of all pledges who have failed of initiation because
of unsatisfactory scholarship.
As in the case of Rhode Island Alpha, the General
Council unanimously adopted the recommendation
of the Scholarship Commissioner that Vermont
Alpha be placed on Social Probation at the end of
the first semester of the 1953-54 academic year in
the event the 1952-53 scholastic position of Vermont
Alpha remains sub-standard according to the criteria
established by the Scholarship Resolution.
57. The Scholarship Commissioner presented the
case of South Dakota Alpha, at the University of
South Dakota, which chapter, like those previously
considered, has failed to meet the minimum scholastic
requirements of the Fraternity's Scholarship
Resolution for three successive years (1949-50, 1950-
51, 1951-52). and which, in addition, has occupied
the lowest ranking position among all fraternities
during th'e three years under review.
The newly-appointed President of Lambda Province,
Brother Newton C Fuller, was requested to
proceed, at the earliest possible moment, to the University
of South Dakota to counsel with the chapter
concerning the gravity of its situation and to announce
to the chapter, upon the recommendation of
the Scholarship Commissioner, that South Dakota
Alpha will be placed under Social Probation at the
end of the first semester of the 1953-54 academic
year in the event the official scholastic records for
the college year 1952-53 reveal that South Dakota
Alpha has not improved its scholastic position according
to the minimum requirements of the
Scholarship Resolution.
58. Following the presentation of the cases of
California Alpha and California Beta at the University
of California and Stanford University, respectively,
involving two successive years of substandard
scholarship (1950-51, 1951-52), Province
President Grubb reported scholastic improvement
currently at both of these chapters; that Scholarship
Trustees have been appointed in both instances, and
that there be no further action involving these two
chapters at the present time.
The General Council was unanimous in its acceptance
of the recommendations of Brother Grubb.
59. Turning to the case of Montana Alpha, at
Montana State University, the Scholarship Commissioner
pointed out the fact that this chapter has
been in a sub-standard scholastic position for two
successive years (1950-51, .1951-52).
Province President Pearson reported the organization
of a Board of Scholarship Trustees for Montana
Alpha; that he will visit the chapter promptly in
order to counsel with them, and in order to obtain
as speedily as possible the fraternity scholarship
report for the 1952-53 academic year. Brother
Pearson agreed to the recommendation of the
Scholarship Commissioner, which was unanimously
supported by the General Council, that Montana
Alpha be placed on Social Probation at the end ot
the first semester of the 1953-54 college year in the
event the 1952-53 scholarship report does not remove
Montana Alpha from its present sub-standard
scholastic position.
60. The Scholarship Commissioner discussed with
the President of Sigma Province the unsatisfactory
scholastic condition of Ohio Eta, at Case Institute
of Technology, which chapter has been in the lower
third of all fraternities on that campus for two
successive academic years (1950-51, 1951-52). Brother
Duppstadt reported that a Scholarship Trustee has
been appointed for the chapter, and that he will
visit Ohio Eta prior to October i and insist upon
the dropping of pledges who have previously failed
of initiation because of unacceptable grades and that
he will thereafter report bade to the Scholarship
Commissioner and General Council promptly.