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

2o8 THE SCROLL.thousand dollars was thought prodigal; now a million or amillion and a half from each biennial session is consideredreasonable. Ten years ago it had but seven buildings; todayit has more than three times that number and each new oneis better than the last. With the new buildings come superiorlaboratory facilities, increased libraries and improved equipmentof every kind.—George Worthen, Jr., in 2 A E Record,In 1895 2 X adopted a scheme for a chapter house fund tobe derived from the initiation fees and a percentage of theregular dues of active members and voluntary subscriptionsof alumni. In 1899 members were required, upon graduationor leaving college, to give to the fund two notes of $5 eachone payable in one year the other in two years. In r9oimembers were required, at the time of their initiation, to signtwo such notes, payable one and two years after their cessationof active membership. Loans have been made to aid thechapters at several of the larger universities to build houses—Cornell, Michigan and Wisconsin. This plan of 2 X hasbeen adopted by several other fraternities. The conventionof southern K A last June adopted a plan which provides ' 'thateach initiate be requested, on the day of his leaving college,and likewise each alumnus, to sign five notes of $5 each, payableone, two, three, four and five years after date, $i of eachnote to pay for a year's subscription to the Journal, and thebalance to create a general chapter house fund."The catalogue of the University of the South, for 1904-1905, recognizes fraternities at the institution with the following:"Seven fraternities, or Greek-letter societies havechapters at Sewanee, the ATH, the 2 A E, the K 2, the* A 0, the AT A, the K A and the H K A. Thesefraternities have separate chapter houses. They are controlledby the laws of the university and by a joint conventionof their own representatives, and form a pleasingfeature of university life. No conditioned student ojthe academicdepartment is eligible for membership in any fraternity.''The June, 1903, Cumberland University Quarterly, an officialpublication of the university, said: 'Cumberland Universityhas three fraternities: the K 2, 2 A E and n K A. Theyare all in a flourishing condition. Fraternities are a valuablefeature of university life. They afford splendid opportunitiesfor recreation, the cultivation of the social nature, andvery greatly safeguard the morals of many young men." AHthis is something new in college catalogues.—K 2 Caduceus.