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

THE SCROLL. 615Some information about the K * convention at Washingtonin April was given in the last SCROLL. From the Shieldwe obtain the following additional details. On the questionof granting a charter to O *, an old local society at Casethere were no negative votes, but seven chapters withheldtheir votes under a resolution giving them thirty days inwhich to reach a decision. A unanimous vote was latersecured and the chapter was installed June 2. Action onapplications from Williams and George Washington waspostponed. On Canadian extension the vote was: For—chapters, 17, alumni associations, 33. Against—chapters,21; alumni associations 5. The committee on coat-of-armsreported: We find, in our opinion, an almost insuperableobstacle in the colors, pink and lavender, which artists tellus kill each other and fade very quickly." The committeethought that pink and lavender should be discarded and anothercolor chosen, "a deep rose shade" being suggested.The committee were continued until the 1908 convention.Resolutions were adopted which "remove the inhibitionagainst the use of the fraternity emblems on rings, scarfpins, watch fobs and articles of household adornment, whenmade in accordance with designs approved by the executivecouncil, and upon souvenirs for dinners and other entertainmentswhen the cost of each does not exceed fifty cents."Vice President Fairbanks who received the convention in hisprivate room in the capitol told the visitors of his connectionwith another fraternity, OTA, and commented on thechange of spirit characterizing the relations between fraternitiessince his college days, remarking that at one time he hadbeen the custodian of a stolen copy of the * K * constitution."THE PYX,The group shown on the opposite page is interesting becauseits faces are well known to many of the older membersof the fraternity. The photograph was sent to the editor byBro. Isaac R. Hitt, Northwestern, '88, who is now practicinglaw in Washington D. C. Of the others in the group Bro.W. W. Quarles, Alabama, '87, is a member of the bar of Selma,.Alabama. Bro. Dwight N. Marble, Centre, '82, after faithfulservice to the fraternity, died of typhoid fever in 1899.The schoolboyish gentleman on the right, Bro. Hugh Th.