1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA January, 1931SHIRREFF HALL, LADIES' RESIDENCE, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITVone for the professional school buildingsnumbering five and a beautifulgroup of colored stone buildings on anew campus in the West of Halifaxjoined to the old campus by an avenue.On the new campus are to be founddormitories, an arts building, a sciencebuilding, a library, museum, chapel,ladies' residence, and an administrationbuilding.Fraternities are a very new departureat Dalhousie, the oldest on thecampus being 4> K II, a Canadian nationalfraternity founded in 1920. Beforethe installation of Nova ScotiaAlpha this was the only social fraternityat Dalhousie. But the Collegeby the Sea, because of the strength ofits professional schools has eight professionalfraternities including, $ A $,legal, * P S, * X and other medicalfraternities, also a commerce, engineering,and dental fraternity.The local fraternity which has justbecome Nova Scotia Alpha was firstknown as Corps Dalhousiana and hadits beginning in 1927. A group of boys[250]who went through high school togetherwere loath to break up and with theacquiring of new friends at the universitythey thought it a good idea toorganize a club so as to perpetuatetheir brotherhood. Being continuallybrought together in a room of a boardinghouse near the college where theydiscussed university affairs together itwas easy for the group to knit themselvesinto a loyal little band, makingit their ambition to bring the first internationalgeneral fraternity to theiruniversity. A constitution was drawnup, officers elected, and many meetingsand several banquets were held duringthe first year of existence of CorpsDalhousiana.The second year strengthened thegroup and they now set about seekinginformation from McGill and Torontoregarding fraternities in general and* A © in particular. The boys weretold to establish a house as soon aspossible and they immediately set aboutmaking financial arrangements to doso in the fall of 1929-30.