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

THE SCROLL. 399plete. The author has patiently bided his time until hecould in all good conscience feel that the result was thoroughlyworthy of the great subject covered. With a minuteness seldomequaled he has come nearer to giving every material factwithin the purview of his subject than any other historian wehave ever known. It is both a delightful narrative and anencyclopedic compendium. The vast multitude of names,dates and occurrences are so related to each other that thelife of the fraternity is told according to its true nature asbut a great collection of high minded young men related toeach other in the ties of the Bond. Everj' document of historicvalue, every face of distinctive importance, every spotor edifice sacred in our history has been preserved in thesepages with a profuseness that we can hardly comprehend untilwe realize that through 966 pages there are 387 illustrations.The material for the History has been furnished or reviewedby those best qualified to render such service, and the vastwealth of facts which the author has obtained have beensearchingly tested in order to insure their substantial accuracy.In some respects there is included a history of each chapter,although chapter histories are so interwoven as to make asymmetrical whole. It is essentially the story of a great nationalfraternity, broad and generous in spirit and consciousof a lofty purpose. In the latter part of this magazine willbe found an advertisement giving terms and description ofthe mechanical execution. It is elegantly printed and illustratedand the paper and binding are of a high quality. Theeditor-in-chief of THE SCROLL would earnestly insist thatevery Phi in the land shall possess a copy. He pleads forthis not only for the sake of the fraternity, but most of allbecause of the interesting information and the joyous livingover of happy days which these pages will inevitably afford..\ climax in the acquisition of chapter homes has been attainedby our metropolitan chapter, New York Delta. Themunificence of Bro. F. Augustus Heinze has made possible