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

THE SCROLL. 541Waynesville, and of the Phis who attended the regatta atPoughkeepsie (20 Phis connected with the various crews).-A song—"Here's to the men who founded us"—by E. T.Sensensy,appeared in the October number. "Staging a CollegePlay," by R. C. Gaige, New York Delta,'o3, was copiedfrom the Cosmopolitan. The burlesque chapter letter fromthe Hickie Alpha chapter of Yammi Hammi Ki, read by R.H. Little at the banquet of the New York convention, was reprinted,and it was copied by the magazines of a number ofother fraternities.The frontispiece of THE SCROLL for December is a view ofthe monument to Father Morrison, and it is followed by andescription of the monument by t". F. Lamkin. Lamkin alsocontributed a biographical sketch of Rev. F. W. Hinitt, D. D..president of Central University. B. M. L. Ernst contributedtwo articles—an historical account of Columbia University,and an article on "Phis in Metropolitan Journalism." Thisissue contains "Books About College Life,"by W.B. Palmer,and an installment of Old Fraternity Records," edited byhim. ' Governing Boards of Fraternities" was copied, withsome changes, from the A Y Quarterly.The December SCROLL was issued before the national conventionin November. The convention re-elected J. H. De-Witt as R. G. C, and he reappointed W B. Palmer as assistanteditor. The February issue contains an extensive accountof the convention, by DeWitt, covering 59 pages, andincluding the speeches at the banquet, which had been stenographicallyreported. The account also includes numerousillustrations,and the convention cartoons which had appearedin the Indianapolis News were reproduced. The frontispiecewas a half-tone of the convention photograph, 5X2 by I3''8inches. .An editorial by AV. B. Palmer discussed the advantagesof holding the national convention during the summer.H. M. L. Ernst contributed an article on the club house ofthe alumni in New York, W. G. Moore an article on Phis onfootball teams of western universities. This number containsa letter from each of the sixty-nine active chapters.THE SCROLL for April contains an article, by .A. B. Cutler,on the new house of Illinois Eta, with an exterior and an interiorview; and an article by C. T. Terry on the proposedhouse of Massachusetts Alpha, with an elevation and floorplans. J. H. DeWitt furnished a biographical sketch of F.J. R. Mitchell, P. G. C; W. B. Palmer an article on "AcademicSocieties;" W. R. Manier, Jr., an article on Phis at