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

THE SCROLL. 143they accomplish.—E. Benjamin Andrews, A Y, chancellorof the University of Nebraska, in the Key of K K T for October,1905.FLETCHER SIMS BROCKMAN,Fletcher Sims Brockman, Vanderbilt, '91, is a native ofGeorgia. He entered Vanderbilt University as a candidatefor the B. A. degree in 1887. The members of TennesseeAlpha were not longin discovering "Phimaterial" in him andhewassoon"spiked."There were "otherspikes;" but—well tomake a long storyshort—Brockmanwas duly initiated asa member of * A ©in the old chapterroom in the city ofNashville after thethen approved ritual"designed, set up andoperated" by the wellknown originator ofrituals—our historian,Bro. W. B. Palmer—then a resident ofNashville. SurelyFLETCHER S. BROCKMAN. VANDERBILT. '91. there was merit inthat old ritual; for no more enthusiastic Phis were ever producedthan by its magical influence. None were more enthusiasticthan Brockman, and the fourteen years which havepassed since he ceased to be an active member of TennesseeAlpha have not decreased his loyalty to * A 0.But Brockman's enthusiasm for and loyalty to his fraternitydid not make him, in any sense, a "narrow frat. man," as themanner of some fraternity men is. He was of too large amould. No man in the university was more popular withmen in all other fraternities and in no fraternity, and no onewielded a greater influence. He entered into all phases ofcollege life. Though not an athlete, he was a hearty supporterof healthy athletics and took great interest in intercollegiategames. He was a leader in one of the literary spci-