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

146 THE SCROLLEDITORIAL.AT this beginning of the holiday season THE SCROLL extendsto all Phis the very happiest wishes, and acknowledges thegenerous support which it has received from those who subscribeand those who help to fill its pages. The period afterthe holidays is marked by a general quietude in the colleges,but this should not pervade the chapters of Phi Delta Theta.It will be an admirable time for cultivation of closer relationsamong members and a more assiduous attention to the chapter'sinternal affairs. It will also be proper then to begin layingplans for the best and most thorough observance of AlumniDay. Just now we heartily congratulate Wisconsin Alphaupon the completion of her splendid new home, we applaudMassachusetts Alpha for having commenced a magnificentstructure, and we throw up our hats in honor of PennsylvaniaTheta, our youngest chapter, because the foundation ofher home is laid and the work of erection will be steadilypushed. Other chapters are also beyond the dreamingstage, and we shall hope to make early announcements as tothem.THE editors have read with discriminating care the newspaperaccounts of the terrible death of young Pierson at Gambier,Ohio, and have watched with keen solicitude for theoutcome of the coroner's investigation. Without detailingour analysis of the case, we desire to express our unreservedopinion that the facts disclosed did not justify the sensationaland apparently willing verdict of the coroner. We prefer toaccept the verdict of the unfortunate boy's parents that hisdeath resulted from accident, from which the A K B chapteris to be absolved from blame. Such a distressing affair occuringunder such unusual circumstances is likely to be made theoccasion of much adverse criticism of college fraternities bythose who have no good will toward them; and it is not onlythe duty of all fraternity men to be fair toward the fraternity