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

262 THE SCROLL.industry and devotion of our historian. The younger memberswill find reproductions of convention souvenirs andbanquet menus, and the more recent fraternity emblems whichwill be no less interesting to them. The book contains 304pictures, 65 facsimiles, and 18 autographs, making 387 cuts.The history is brought down to 1906 and concludes with anumber of valuable statistical chapters and tables. The institutionsPhi Delta Theta has entered are classified to showwhich are under the control of states or cities and which areunder the control of the various churches, and the year wheneach institution was opened is appended. The roll of chaptersis given in the chronological order, with the dates of suspensionor new charters, and with the total membership downto 1905 inclusive. Changes in the titles of chapters arefollowed out, as well as changes in the names of colleges.There is a list of the states the fraternity has entered and ofthose in which it was pioneer. The sixty-one alumni clubsform another roll.A chronological list of all the national conventions containsthe date, the number of members present at each, thenames of the officers of the convention, and the general fraternityofficers elected. The alumni day topics for all yearsare given. There is a list of prominent members, includingnational and state officers, foreign ministers, college presidents,soldiers and literary men.A detailed chronology epitomizes all important events inthe history of the fraternity An extensive bibliography ofall general fraternity literature, histories of fraternities andmagazine articles relating to fraternities was prepared byBrother Palmer and furnished to Mr. William R. Baird forpublication in the 1905 edition of "American College Fraternities."It is republished with additions in the history,and also with the titles of miscellaneous books which mentionPhi Delta Theta.The membership of the several chapters, as shown by eachof the six editions of the catalogue, is given. The activemembership of every chapter is given for each of the lasttwenty years, and there is a summary of all the importantfacts contained in the annual membership reports of eachchapter, covering the same period. In addition to all thesefacts concerning Phi Delta Theta, there are statistics to dateof other Greek-letter fraternities.Besides a table of contents, there are four indexes—aclassified index of subjects, an index of chapters, an index of