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

THE SCROLL 261son, Jr., Miami, '89, and R. H. Little, Illinois Wesleyan, '95,have gathered added laurels in the war between Russia andJapan.A special chapter is dedicated to Benjamin Harrison, whowas the first member of any college secret society elected tothe presidency. President Harrison's connection with thefraternity is reviewed, and from his later years are given incidentsrelating to his attendance on fraternity banquets andhis visits to chapters of the fraternity, as he traveled over thecountry.The history contains an abstract of the proceedings of everynational convention, with the names of all officers, delegatesand other members who were present. Province and stateconventions are more briefly mentioned. The more recentnational conventions, those which come within the memory ofthe present fraternity generation, and which have been writtenup fully, especially from the social side, are given elaboratemention, and the many who were at Philadelphia, Columbus,Louisville, New York and Indianapolis will have brought backto mind many events and incidents, both interesting andamusing, which had all but slipped from memory. The famouscartoons from the Louisville Courier-Journal and the IndianapolisNews have been preserved'and reproduced. The groupphotographs of each national convention, as far back as thesewere taken, have been secured and half-tone cuts of them arehere.It may be well to state in this connection that the volumeabounds in illustrations, containing not only those to whichreference has already been made, but also portraits of officersand prominent fraternity workers and of distinguished members,views of all the chapter houses, and engravings of manyother objects and scenes of interest to students of the fraternity.In fact, the illustrations, like the text, attain a completenessthat is little short of wonderful. From the beginning,we have reproduced in facsimile cards of invitation andprograms of fraternity entertainments. These give us thefirst coat-of-arms and the addition of the sword to the shield,to which separate chapters are devoted. There are also reproduced,at the proper points, all the emblems, banners andvarious types of the fraternity badge which have been in useat different times. The older members turning these pageswill have their memories strangely stirred at the sight of someof these ancient tokens, many of which perhaps would havebeen long since lost forever had it not been for the tireless