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

496 THE SCROLL.Any school whose charter, constitution or hy-laws require teachers, studentsor trustees to be of a certain religious body, or whose strictly denominationaltenets or doctrines are taught, shall be deemed sectarianIn the case of institutions not owned or controlled by A religious organization,and in which no specific statement concerning denominktional tests ismade in the charters or acts of incorporation, the trustees of such insiitntionsshall be asked to certify by a resolution to the trustees of the CarnegieFoundation that . . . . no denominational test is imposed, nor aredistinctly denominational tenets or doctrines taught to the students.The rules adopted by the trustees make the following provisions:Any person 65 years old, and not less than 15 years in service as a professor,who, is at the time of his retirement, a professor in an accepted institution,shall he entitled to an annual retirement allowance as follows:For active pay of $1600 or less, an allowance of $1000 shall be granted,providing that no retiring allowance shall exceed 90 per cent, of active pay.For active pay greater than S1600, the retiring allowance shall equal $1000,increased by $50 for each $100 in excess of $1600. No retiring allowanceshall exceed S3000.After 25 years' service regardless of age, the retiring allowancewas fixed as follows: For active pay of $1600 or less, a retiringallowance of $800 shall be granted, providing that no retiring allowanceshall exceed 80 per cent, of active pay. For active pay greater than $1600,the retiring allowance shall equal $800, increased by $40 for each $100 ofactive pay in excess of $1600.No person under the age of 65 or who has served less than 25 years,shall be entitled to a retiring allowance; but the trustees may, at theirdiscretion, pay any person otherwise eligible who has become incapableof discharging duties, by permanent infirmity of mind or body, an allowancenot exceeding that which he would he entitled to had he reached the ageof 65.A pension not to exceed one-half the pension of a professor may be paidto his widow, but it will be required that she must have been the wife of aprofessor during ten years of his active service, the pension to cease uponher remarriage.No pension shall be given to a professor who retired from active servicebefore April 16, 1905, the date upon which Mr. Carnegie established thepension fund.The application from the various institutions for admissionto the eligible list will be considered by the executive committee,and the actual awarding of allowances will probablybegin^by June.THE PYX,The next biennial national convention of Phi Delta ThetawiU be held in Washington, D. C, November 26 to DecemberI, 1906. DThCjvery cordial invitation of our capital city