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

THE SCROLL. 257agement of general society affairs. After 1853, however, theplan for a higher order was abandoned on account of thescarcity of graduatedmembers at that time.The organization of thefirst alumni club is recountedat length, andeach club in its order inthe annals, like each collegechapter, has thenames of its charter membersand the date of itscharter given.The ante bellum historycontains an interestingpassage which describesthe organization and conductof dual or, as theauthor puts it, bicameral,"chapters at Miamiand Centre. Ohio Alphaand Kentucky .Alpha werestill sub rosa, and, as aprecaution against discovery,they divided,eachinto two bodies, so thatmany members would notmeet at any particulartime and place. Thesesecond chapters formedan episode in the historyof Phi Delta Theta whichfinds no parallel in thecareer of any other collegefraternity.Theannalsof the earlieryears abound in correspondenceon the subjectof extension. AlmostPALLAS.every member who wentAdopted as Tutelary Goddess. 1891, into a locality where thereFrom "Tlie History of Phi Delta Theta.''was a college which hadno chapter of Phi Delta Theta, at once took up the question oforganization with the parent chapter. The early members of