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

524 THE SCROLL.other fraternity—an illustrated article on secret societies atYale, by T. Alfred Vernon, Yale, '75, Phularkos of Phule(Province) I of * r A.The February SCROLL contains an article on ' Phis inFootball," and the April and June issues contain articles on"Phis in Debate." Half-tone portraits accompany thesearticles, which were written by the editor. In April wasquoted from the Washington Post of March 20, a remarkableand apparently well authenticated story about the finding ofa 4> A ® badge in Convention Hall at Washington, D. C,while workmen were engaged in tearing up the floor. Onthe back of the badge was engraved Frederick Funston."General Funston being communicated with, identified thebadge and requested that it be returned to hirh. His letter,quoted in the Post, said he had lost the badge in Alaskaseveral years previously, and it was "certainly very much ofa mystery how it ever reached Washington."The June SCROLL contains a description of the new chapterhouse built at Dickinson, with a half-tone of the house and aportrait of Professor H. M. Stephens, Pennsylvania Epsilon,'92, who first agitated the erection of the house, and was chairmanof the building committee. In the same issue is an articleabout the splendid home built for Pennsylvania Zeta,with two exterior views and fioor-plans of the three stories.W. B. Palmer contributed to this volume reviews of severalbooks: 'The Cyclopeadia of Fraternities," in December;new catalogues of A * and B ® II, in December; cataloguesof * r A and ATA, in February; catalogues of A T O andA A *, in April; "Greek Letter Men of New York," andMiami's Diamond Anniversary Volume" and alumni catalogue,in June. The latter review is accompanied with viewsof the Miami campus in 1838 and 1898, and a larger half-toneof the * A ® tablet than appeared in the October SCROLL."Old Fraternity Records," collected by W. B. Palmer, wereprinted in February, April and June. Among the recordsprinted in June is a letter by A. G. Foster, Indiana Alpha,'78, giving an interesting account of his chapter while he wasin college. An editorial in the April issue, written by W. B.Palmer said:Perhaps the most striking expression to be found in this month's "OldFraternity Records" is in a letter of A. A. Marshall, a charter member ofthe Mercer chapter: "There is no doubt but that there is a great futureahead of our fraternity; we have in it more vim, more of the spirit of progress,than any other fraternity I know of." This reads like a banquetspeech on Alumni Day, and indeed was written on March 14, 1874, within