1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 131to be quickly accepted by young college men. But when time and tide havecorrected the vision, when intelligence and common-sense have set things intheir proper proportions, shall we not say that A T stands forth most beautifulbefore thcjworld, justified bj' the truth that is in her?Since 1891 AY has revived its chapter at Bowdoin and hasestablished nine new chapters—Boston Tech., Swarthmore,Stanford, California, McGill, Nebraska, Toronto, Chicagoand Ohio State (the latter in 1904, since the cataloguewas published). There are now 36 active chapters, and 5inactive chapters (Wesleyan, W. & J., Miami, Trinity, C. C.N. Y.). The last catalogue enrolled 5,063 members; thenew edition, 8,238. The biographical entries are very elaborate,as may be observed by the following model in thepreface:NAME.ADDRESS.Present occupation. * Chapter and fraternity offices. * Date and placeof birth; parents; preparatory school. * College offices and honors: in athletics;social life; scholarships; degrees in course. * Further studies; andoccupation since graduation. * Offices of honor and trust. * Publishedworks. * Contributions to magazines. * Membership in learned societies.*Honorary degrees. * Marriage. * Relatives in the fraternity. * (In case ofdeceased member) date of death, and place if difEerent from last address.Stars separate the different portions of each entry. Italicsare used for all fraternity matters and for names of periodicals.The great amount of detail included in the biographicalentries may be illustrated by quoting the entry which theeditor gives for hiuirclf. It appears under the class of 1890in the list of the Hamilton chapter and is as follows:Melvin Gilbert DodgeStanford University, Cal.Librarian. * Rec. sec, cor. sec, v. pres., pres.; del. to ^gSconv.; alum,corresp.; treas. bd. of trustees, ''g^-oi; chap, ed.^gi Quinquennial; ed.-inchief,''01 Decennial; librarian, ^4—. * b. E. Rodman, N. Y., 17 Feb.'68; son of Wm. S. and Cynthia (Ballard); prep., Adams col. inst. * Ed.Hamiltonian; asst. in chem.; honor orat.; $BK; AB; A M. * Tutorand asst. in chem., Hamilton col., '90-2; stu. of chem., Harv. univ., '92;asst. prof, of chem., Hamilton col., '92-6; librarian, '91-01; clerk of faculty,'94-01; direct., Greenacre nature sch., Eliot, Me., '97-8; asso. lib., Stanforduniv., '01. * Sec. N. Y. Epsilon of * B K, '93-01. * Comp. "Clarkprize book," '94; "Alex. Hamilton," '96; "Class of '90," '98; "Serai-centen.of Ham. chap, of D. U.," '98; "1898 prize book," '98; Kirkland prizebook," '99; "Fifty years ago," '00. * Mem., Am. hist, assn.; Am. lib.assn.; N. Y. state lib. assn.; asso. mem., Brooklyn ethical assn. *.m. DoraM. Allen, Adams, N. Y., 17 Jul., '01.It is very nice for a fraternity to have a book like this—abook giving such detailed entries, making it almost a biographicaldirectory. But such a book is very expensive. Onlyby using very small type could the editor of this volume compressall the matter in 1107 pages. Not only is the manu-