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

THE SCROLL. 335William Boyd Jacobs, '46, the last survivor of the foundersof A K E, died last March. He bequeathed to the council ofthe fraternity the loving cup which was presented to him bythe semi-centennial convention of the fraternity of 1894.The Independent for February 15 contains a diverting articleon "The Distractions of College Fraternities," which theeditor says was "written by the mother of a fraternity girl ina well known co-educational university of the middle west."The 2 X Quarterly for November contains fourteen pagesof college and fraternity news, considerably more space thanit has been accustomed to give to such notes. Eight itemsand articles are quoted from THE SCROLL, though, doubtlessfrom an oversight, it receives credit for only four.From the ® A X Shield we learn that a pan-Hellenic banquet,held at the Chamberlain Hotel, Old Point Comfort,May II, 1905, was attended by eighteen Greeks, includingone Phi Delta Theta, each of whom was accompanied bya lady, and the affair was so pleasant that it will be repeatedevery year.K 2 has 74 chapters, leading all fraternities in that respect.The December Caduceus says: "Forty-three of our chaptersoccupy houses this year. Thirteen of these houses are owned,thirty leased; the total shows an increase of seven over lastyear, the number reported to the 1905 edition of Baird beingthirty-six."Greek-letter journalism has suffered a great loss in the retirementof Mr. Verner M. Jones from the position of exchangeeditor of the yi?«r/Z(z/of Southern K A. He was thewit of the fraternity press. We have often felt the force ofhis attack, the keenness of his thrust and the readiness of hisparry, but it was always a pleasure to fence with a swordsmanof such skill, strength and experience.In the Greek-letter world at the university there are nowsixteen representatives, * K 2 being the last to install. Allsave * A ® are housed near the campus. The demand forfraternity houses is so great that these last named were unableto secure a suitable home. Most of the fraternities hereare looking forward to the day when the university shallbuild houses for their use.—Chicago correspondence ATARainbow.