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

THE SCROLL. 209Some time ago the A T 12 association of the District ofColumbia offered a prize of $25 to the member of that fraternitywho should contribute to the .Palm the best versessuitable for a fraternity song. The prize was awarded to ananonymous writer, whose song, "The Birth of the Rose,"treats of the founding of Alpha Tau. The Palm publishes asong headed "The Hang-Together Taus," to the tune of "BullDog on the Bank." The second verse follows:A Beta loves his Wooglin,And a D. K. E. his scroll.The Phis all love AthenaAs a T. N. E. his bowl;The Sigma Alphs love Una,And the Sigma Chis their cross;But an Alpha Tau holds naught so dearAs his brother Alpha Taus.0 K ^l' has a new song book. It includes several songsreferring to other fraternities. The following was written byMr. E. M. Van Cleve, of Ohio Wesleyan:SPIKINGJohnny Jehoshaphat Jeroboam Jay Jones was the brightest of boys in Squedunk;He was handsome, and so was a pet with the girls, and of cash had his pa Quite a chunk;So off to a college this young fellow went, with a trunk spick and span, and Pa Jones;He enter'd, and scarce was a month in these hulls ere he heard in mellifluous tones:"Oh, come, be a Beta, a Phi Delta Theta, a Sig or a Kiffy so gay;Be a Delta K. E.. a Psi U., D. T. D.;" but he cried "Do not urge me, I pray."Said the Betas: "You know of all frats in the land, we've the most of the prominent men;There's Colfax and Voorhees and Springer and Wood; we belong to the uppermost ten;At the shrine of Great Wooglin we're all devotees; we eat dorg' once a month in the main;We stand in with the girls"—thus forever they talked; in his dreams poor young Jonesheard the strain,"From Vermont's grassy hills to Pacific's broad sweep, the Phi Delts are still gainingground;Come with us and belong to the national frat.- an inducement the best to be found."Then a Psi U. came next, with a back like a board—"The conser\'ative frat bids you in;"And he heard and he ponder'd, and still all the while they kept up the eloquent din.The Phi Gams, Alpha Taus and the Delta Tau D., the D. Kappa E's and a scoreCame thronging to catch the delectable fresh, till he vowed he would stand it no more;So up in his might sprang our hero so fine, thank'd them all in his elegant way;Then he said: "Noble Greeks, I have listened to all, but now let me just have my say:"I'll not be a Beta, a Phi Delta Theta, a Sig or a Kiffy so gay;There's a frat. Ihave found made of men good all around; I'm a Phi Psi, I'm happy to say."At the annual election of members from the sophomoreclass, in November, Kingdon Gould, son of George J. Gould,was turned down by the King's Crown, the general studentsociety at Columbia. Of the sixty-four men nominated by