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

122 THE SCROLL.ters in the far West are isolated; Colorado standing sentinelmidway between Kansas and the coast; the two Californiachapters very neighborly at the Golden Gate, and Washingtonapart indeed, a thousand miles from any other chapter.To look at the map in another way, draw a line north andsouth through Omaha, as a central point; in the eastern halflie 6i chapters and 43 alumni clubs; leaving in the westernhalf only 7 chapters and 10 alumni clubs. Of the 61 chaptersand 43 alumni clubs in the eastern half 45 chaptersand 29 clubs lie to the north of St. Louis, and 16 chaptersand 14 clubs to the south of St. Louis. Hence, roughlyspeaking, the northeastern quarter of the United States containsmore branches of Phi Delta Theta than all the remainingsections combined. Sixteen states and territories haveno branches of Phi Delta Theta within their borders, to wit:Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming,North Dakota, South Dakota, Indian Territory, Arkansas,Florida, South Carolina, West Virginia, Delaware, NewJersey and Connecticut. In four, there are alumni clubs butno chapters: Oregon, Utah, Oklahoma, and Maryland.Three chapters are by the waters of the great lakes, one onthe mighty St. Lawrence, two gaze upon the stormy Atlantic,one feels the zephyrs of the Gulf stream, one watches atthe Golden Gate, while another—from a site of wonderfulbeauty—looks out over the noble waters of Puget Sound.GROWTH OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.The growth of Syracuse University in all departmentshas been so marked in the past ten years, that it is evidenteven to the casual observer. Not only has it been strengthenedin its educational facilities, but in additions to the faculties,student body and buildings. Athletics have also takena mighty spurt under the fostering influence of ChancellorDay. The social life has held its own in' the race of progression,and withal the good old customs have remainedand some new ones added.When Chancellor Day took up the reins of governmentin 1893, the seeds of progress implanted by the former chancellorswere just beginning to sprout. But it needed a masterhand to protect and care for the further growth of theplant. Such an one was Chancellor Day, a man of broad