1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 109X * has entered Georgia School of Technology with fourcharter members, one of whom was a member at Emory.It is also understood that applicants at Tech. will bechartered by * K 2 and © A X, the petitioners for the latterbeing supported by a member of the faculty and two menwho were pledged by © A X, at Chicago, and the College ofthe City of New York.The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph of September 12 states thata fierce fight is being made in Georgia institutions againstfraternities by the 'barbs.' This element began an organizedeffort during the summer vacation to instill anti-fraternitynotions into the minds of probable freshmen by meansof printed circulars. The fight centers about Emory, Mercerand the University ot Georgia, and interesting developmentsare anticipated.The chapter of K K r, at St. Lawrence University, whichhad a law suit about the withdrawal of its charter by theauthorities of the sorority (a syllabus of the decision inwhich case appeared on page 408, of THE SCROI^I, forApril, 1902), has decided after all to give up the nameK K r, and to start a new sorority called Z *, the intentionbeing to establish chapters, especially in the smaller institutionswhich have women students.The $50 prize for an essay on 'The Effect of the Fraternityon College Life,' offered by the New York City AlumniAssociation of the Alpha Tan Omega Fraternity, has beenawarded to Fletcher B. Wagner, a member of the Delta Upsilonfraternity and now a student at Harvard. The judgeswere ex-President Grover Cleveland, Dr. Benjamin IdeWheeler and Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews. The prize is tobe increased to $200 next year. Candidates for baccalaureatedegrees in any American college are eligible.—NewYork Sun, October 28, 1903.The University of Arkansas correspondent of the Caduceusof Kappa Sigma states in a recent letter to his journal thatsix fraternities have chapters there, namely Kappa Sigma,Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Theta,Alpha Tau Omega, and Sigma Chi. What authority hehas for announcing chapters of A T 12 and 2 X we do notknow; neither of those fraternities, we believe, has announceda University of Arkansas chapter. As regards Phi