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

40 2 THE SCROLL.because he is poor and compelled to rely on his own effortsdoes not deserve to exist. A chapter that makes as a paramountrequirement the possession of much wealth or largefamily prestige is false to the spirit and letter of the Bond.Such a policy is subversive of the ideals of our fraternity andbrings weakness and inferiority. We trust indeed that everychapter in Phi Delta Theta will always recognize in strengthof manhood the only source of true worth and honor andwill never sacrifice the ideals of the Bond for the glitteringadvantage of wealthy mediocrity. We are very sure that allthese desirable things are often embodied in one, but in fraternitylife and in keeping a fraternity alive there should beno aristocracy but that of mind and character, and thosechapters which believe most in this have added most to theglory of the brotherhood and the good of the world.Amherst has recently published the general catalogue,which appears once in five years. It contains the officers ofgovernment and instruction from the founding of the collegein T821, and lists of all alumni and honorary graduates arrangedby classes. The summary shows that the whole numberof alumni is 4,591. Of these 3,020 are living. Thosewho received the degree of bachelor of arts number 4,329,and 262 have graduated from the bachelor of science course.Of the alumni r,289 have been ordained as ministers, 6r4 ofwhom are living and 675 dead. There have been 292 honorarygraduates, who are not alumni. In the civil war 241alumni served, in the war with Spain 24.At the University of Michigan 683 women are enrolled,whereas last year there were 714. The decrease is in the professionalschools. The medical school, which has alwayshad the bulk of the professional women, this year reports adecrease of about ten, and other departments have similar reports.The smallest class of women is the junior, while thesophomores have 151, and the freshman class shows an increase.