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

THE SCROLL. iiisix active chapters. The Beta Theta Pi has the followingeditorial comment by Wm. R. Baird :We are glad to see a more liberal spirit growing with respect to thegranting of new charters. It would readily appear that, after theultra-restrictive policy of the past ten years, the liberals and conservativeshave met on common ground. No application for a charter isnow likely to be rejected by a certain wing of the fraternity, merelybecause no new chapters are desired. None is likely to be urgedbecause extension everywhere is desired. As heretofore, the petitionersmust prove their case ; the institution must be reputable, with anadequate attendance, an endowment sufficient to secure permanenceand a good reputation for scholarship; and the petitioners must beworthy and congenial. If groups of petitioners meet these requirements,and are content to comply with the somewhat vigorous procedureprescribed by our laws, they need not despair of the outcome.X * has active chapters (which it calls 'Alphas') atUnion, Williams, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Hamilton, Michigan,Amherst, Cornell, Wofford, Minnesota, Wisconsin,Rutgers, Stevens, Georgia, Lehigh, Stanford, California,Chicago; and dormant chapters at Bowdoin, Columbia,Princeton, North Carolina, C. C. N. Y., Furman, SouthCarolina, Mississippi, Virginia, Brown and Rochester. Aneditorial in the Purple anti Gold, for May, says:It is a matter of much concern and pain that we have so many dormantAlphas. There are altogether 29 Alphas of X •*•—18 active and11 dormant. Now dormancy is not death. Though these Alphassleep yet they are not dead. That is the point which we must carrystrictly in our minds. These Alphas are awaiting the resurrectinghand of some man of X ^ who shall put the Alphas which are nowsleeping upon a new basis. The words of the delegates from oursouthern Alphas (Georgia and Wofford) at our recent conventionshould stir X '4' to some concerted action with reference to our dormantAlphas. We should have some policy other than that of laissez-Jaire.THE PYX.The review of college annuals has been held for theDecember number. A large number of our chapters havefavored the editor with copies of the annuals of their colleges,and he expresses to them his sincere thanks. Inaddition to those previously mentioned, annuals have beenreceived from the following chapters : Vermont, Brown,Purdue, Texas, McGill, Williams, Kansas, WashingtonState, Colby.* * * *The editor desires to announce that he has no duplicatecopies of THE SCROLI, prior to the number for February,