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

THE SCROLL. i6igether with men of various pedigrees, convictions, talents,and regions of the country.If our intellectual life at Brown—in common with thatof all colleges in this strenuous age—needs strengthening,the upper classmen are the men to do it. They can frownon dawdling and loafing. They can recognize the man ofideas as well as the man of affairs. They can brand thecheat as unfit for association with men of honor. They canleave political chicanery for pot-house politicians. . . .-My best critic (God bless her!j at this point peers overmy shoulder, and pronounces this screed too long and decidedlytoo preach) for ,the Liber. Happily the editor-inchiefknows how to wield the shears, and all of us are practicedin the art of forgetting preachments. But I can notend without saying that some of the ideals here expressedhave been admirably realized by the class with which I enteredBrown and wish always to be enrolled—the class of1903.In other days at llrown—reversing now the telescope—men yet unborn will pass through the Van Wickle gatesand sit in the iron chairs of old University Hall. .\ newlibrary will house our crowded books, a mible chapel graceour campus, new biological and chemical laboratories risein statelx- lines, and Manning street be lined with imiversitybuildings. Tint T'.rown will be judged then, as now, not byswimming-pools and clock towers, but by the conservativetemper, the high ideals, and the power of leadership of itsolder students.—President W. H. P. Pauncc of Brown L'ui-'.ersitv in Liber Brunensis.ALPHA PROVINCE CONVENTION.Syracuse chapter entertained -Alpha province conventionNovember 24-27, and it was a notable success. The SyracuseDaily Orange of Xovember 30 gives an excellent accountof the convention, saying:'One of the most successful and enthusiastic provinceconventions of Phi Delta Theta was brought to a close lastThursday night by a gjand banquet at the Yates.'On Wednesday evening a very enjoyable ball was givenat the Empire Hall in honor of the visiting delegates. Thehall was decorated for the occasion with fraternity emblemsand the flags of the various colleges in the province. The