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

THE SCROLL. 337Fraternities for women, professional fraternities, local orone college" fraternities, and * B K are each mentioned ina paragraph.K K, a local society which has existed at the University ofIllinois for three years, has been chartered by A Y. TheA Y Quarterly says that in the convention, October 27, therepresentatives of the society were brought in, and one ofthem in a plain, able, honorable speech, with no attemptat frills,' took the convention off its feet, and precipitateda tempest of applause. After they had retired, Michigan,Wisconsin and others endorsed them. The delegates of onechapter asked for an informal ballot; it was one long 'Aye*.Amidst a terrific uproar they disregarded instructions andmade the formal ballot unanimous." The chapter was installedDecember 21. In the last fifteen years A Y has establishedten new chapters—Boston Tech., Swarthmore, Stanford,California, McGill, Nebraska, Toronto, Chicago, OhioState and Illinois.Commenting on the establishment of a chapter of 2 X atthe University of Arkansas, the Sigma Chi Quarterly saysthat the attitude of that fraternity on extension "was nevermore rational or freer from what may be called sectionalsentiment than at the present time," and further says:It has been conceded for a number of years that extension in the east isdesirable, and the fvaternity has availed itself of every favorable opportunity.The installation of chapters in western institutions has been a naturalconsequence of the growth of state universities, and it is reasonable to supposethat other chapters will be established at no distant date in every growingstate institution of collegiate standing west of the Mississippi. Thereseemed to be a strong sentiment in the last grand chapter (convention) infavor of reviving some of the chapters in southern institutions; and withoutwishing to make it appear that we favor an aggressive policy of extension,we predict that, as these colleges and universities become stronger, S X willbe glad to see the reinstatement of many of her chapters which died as aresult of conditions following the civil war. The movement along this linewill be closely watched by those interested in this phase of fraternity work.It is generally conceded that S X has entered the University of Arkansas atan opportune time and that the chapter is an assured success.PIONEER FRATERNITIES,The following table, compiled from data contained in"Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities," showsthe order in which Greek-letter fraternities entered the variousstates, the pioneer chapter in each state, and, in case of itssuspension, the oldest chapter existing in each state.