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

340 THE SCROLL.certainly a record to be proud of, as no less than twelve fraternitieshave more chapters than A Y, and that fraternityhas chapters in only fifteen states and two Canadian provinces."The Journal a.\%o says: "As far as we have beenable to gather from various fraternity magazines, the fraternitiesrank as follows in number of Rhodes scholarship men:AY, II; * A®, S; our K A, 4; A T fi, 4; B® II, 3; S N, 3;*r A, 2: A K E, 2, and one each for A T A, K 2, 2 *,A A *, A 4>, A *, * K * and 2 *."Several articles which once belonged to Xoble Leslie Devotie,founder of 2 A E, are in the custody of the chiefofficial of that fraternity, Mr. W. C. Levere, who rooms inthe house of the Northwestern chapter. In an account of afire which injured the house, October 22, the Northwesterncorrespondent of the Record Sd.ys he saw "Eminent SupremeArchon Levere rush from the house in his night robe, withNoble Leslie Devotie's hat in one hand and waving an 2 A Ebanner in the other."Southern K A has distinguished itself by being the firstfraternity to enter a territory. On November 17 it installeda chapter at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okl. Anarticle in the K A /ournal gives the following informationabout the university: "The last legislature set apart thesum of $80,000 for a general maintenance fund. In addition,section 13 of the county has been reserved for university purposes.These lands yield the university an annual incomeof SIS,000. Norman, the seat of the university is a town of4,500 inhabitants, eighteen miles south of Oklahoma City,in approximately the geographical center of the two territories."The buildings of the university are Main Hall,Senior Hall, Carnegie Library, Gymnasium, EngineeringShops, Anatomical Laboratory and Heating Plant. Picturesof Main Hall and the library in the Journal show that theyare very handsome buildings. The K A chapter rents a houseand expects to own one. K A now has 48 chapters. Referringto its recent extension, the A X Quarterly says': "insteadof being known as Southern K A, as it was formerlytermed, it is now Kappa Alpha, and it is to the other societythat we add the local designation."2 A E is making rapid progress in establishing chapters andacquiring chapter houses. The December Record says thateleven chapters have entered houses during the previous four-