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

514 THE SCROLL.about the fraternity library was contributed by the librarian,J. E. Brown, who estimated that the library, established in1896, contained, in April, 1898, 500 bound volumes andi,20Q pamphlets and magazines. W. B. Palmer contributedan article entitled ".\ Practical Fraternity Catalogue," advocating,on account of the labor and expense involved, a verycondensed form of such a book. The article was widelycopied in other fraternity journals, and met with generalapproval.The June SCROLL contains a valuable article, by RobertMorrison, regarding the original badge, a cut of which wasgiven. W. B, Palmer furnished a list of sheet music inscribedto * A 0 which, had been published to that time, also a lengthyreview of the new edition of "American College Fraternities."An illustrated article about Dickinson College was written byF. L. Kriebel. Many chapter letters told about the enlistmentof Phis in the war against Spain, and the editor compileda list of enlistments, and gave place to the followingeditorial by W. B. Palmer:The complete fraternization between the north and the south, which hasbeen so marked since the beginning of the war with Spain, is the fulfillmentof a hope that ouv fraternity has cherished these many years. None morethan members of $ A 0 has reason to rejoice at the result. At the close ofthe civil war in 1865, # A 9 had three active chapters in Indiana, one inKentucity and one in Michigan. Four years later a chapter was establishedin Virginia, and thence the fraternity extended to all important southern institutions,until it became the strongest college fraternity in the south thathad entered from the north. "!» A 0 has emphasized the national idea. Itis our proud boast that our chapters extend from the lakes to the gulf andfrom ocean to ocean. So far as lay within our power, we have contrilmtedto the restoration of good feeling between the once separated sections.Twenty-one years ago a southern man was chosen as president of 4" A 0, andsince then southern Phis "have been prominent'in the couilcils of the fraternity.In the war of 1861-65 northern Phis and southern Phis were arrayedagainst each other on the field of battle. In the war of 1898 brothers of thenorth and the south alike are enlisted against a foreign foe; and thank God,they now fight under one flag-the old flag. •!» A 0 hails the return of prefectnational unity. Long live our country! Long live our fraternity!Volume XXII of THE SCROLL has 584 pages, exclusiveof the 47 page-supplement containing the Manual. Thevolume was printed at Indianapolis, but The Palladium continuedto be printed at Columbus, Ohio. At the suggestionof W. B. Palmer, the first number of this volume of The Palladiumwas issued in September, succeeding issues being datedDecember, 1897, and January, March and May, 1898. TheSeptember number contains an article, by W. .A. Curtis, urgingchapters to build houses, and an article, by W. B. Palmer,