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

356 THE SCROLL.larged by the affiliation of a number of exceptional men fromother chapters and New York Delta determined to occupya better house, and once again to move nearer to the campus.Accordingly the men moved to 117th Street, on the hill withinhalf a block of the university. The house is one of anumber later christened "Fraternity Row," and the Phishave remained on this block for almost six years. Althoughin 1903 they moved from one house to another on the samesquare. In the spring of no single year, however, could themen say definitely where they would be housed in the fall ofthe same year.Within a very few weeks a momentous house-warming is tobe held in the new Heinze home on 113th Street. This springthe chapter knows where it will be housed in the fall.The new house of New York Delta is located at 565 West113th Street, New York City, one block south of ColumbiaUniversity, and is owned by the New York Delta Association,a membership corporation composed of undergraduates of NewYork Delta and the alumni members of New York Delta andNew York Gamma; the undergraduate members of New YorkDelta are members of the association by virtue of their membershipinNew York Delta. Alumni members of Xew York Gammaand New York Delta are members, provided they join theassociation and pay dues of ten dollars a year. The associationis governed by a board of five directors, three of themmembers of the undergraduate chapter and two of themalumni members of New York Delta. The president of theassociation is an active member of New York Delta and thetreasurer of the association is an alumnus of New YorkDelta.The house is a five story, red brick and white marblebuilding of colonial design, and contains twenty rooms. Inthe basement are servant's quarters, the goat room, furnaceroom and store rooms, and the servants reach all floors ofthe building by a private stairway up through the house. Onthe ground fioor are a reception room, a dining room, butler'spantry, cold room, laundry and kitchen. On the secondfloor are a parlor, a large foyer hall and a smoking room.This floor is especially noteworthy. The parlor is 23 by 20feet deep, the foyer hall is 15 by 18 feet, and the smokingroom JS 23 by 35 feet. It is wainscotted in weathered oakup to 6 feet from the floor and has a large bay window,facing the north, with a view of the university buildings (Thisview will never be obstructed, as the lot immediately in the