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

5o8 THE SCROLL.His tenth annual review of college annuals appeared intwo installments, in the October and December issues. Aserenade song by him (signed "L. D. T.") and a song. TheWhite and Blue," by H. T. Miller, appeared in October.Illustrated articles about the University of Pennsylvania andthe University of Missouri appear in the October and Decembernumbers respectively, the first being written by CliftonMaloney, the latter by R. H. Switzler. A design displayingthe fraternity flag served as a frontispiece of the Octobernumber, and among other illustrations are half-tones of * A®chapter houses at Vermont, Williams, Amherst, Cornell,Syracuse and Lehigh, and a facsimile of a letter written byEugene Field to Missouri .\lpha. .^n account was given of abanquet tendered by Phis at Bloomington, 111., to Gen. J. C.Black on June 9. Another feature of the October numberwas Phis "in the public eye," mention being made of GeneralBlack, nominated by the "Gold Democrats" for governorof Illinois; W. H. Ellerbe, elected governor of SouthCarolina: four Georgia congressmen—C. L. Moses, J. M.Griggs, W. M. Howard and W. G. Brantley, the state havingbut eleven congressional districts; D. D. Woodmansee, presidentof the national league of republican clubs; D. F. Simpson,city-attorney at Minneapolis, and F. C. Harvey, judgeof probate at Minneapolis.J. E. Brown declined re-election as editor. In his reportto the convention he recommended that the editor of THESCROLL be made a member of the general council. The conventionadded a fifth member, a reporter, to the generalcouncil, making him, ex-officio, editor of THE SCROLL. H.T. Miller, P. G. C 1894-96, was chosen for the position.He signalized his election by getting out- an issue of 143pages in February. It contains a very interesting accountby him of the convent.ion, and biographical sketches of thenew officers, with half-tone portraits. Other features are anillustrated article, by H. H. Ward, about Case and the movementfor a charter which was granted by the convention;reminiscences of the first and second volumes of THE SCROLL,by W. O. Bates, and an article by W. B. Palmer concerningamendments made by B ® II, * A 0 and 2 X to their constitutions.Miller at once began to give much attention to thecollection of college and fraternity news, and he devotedmore space to such news than any other fraternity editor hadever done. The department of miscellaneous news item,previously headed "Pot-Pourri" was, on Palmer's suggestion.