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

THE SCROLL. 173EDITORIAL.AN interesting viewpoint from which to contemplate PhiDelta Theta as an entity is found in the map made byFRANKLIN SWEET, Wisconsin, '93, which it is our privilegeto present in this number of THE SCROLL. The geographicallimits of the fraternity are coincident with the boundariesof the United States, save in the North, where we havecrossed the border and set foot in Canada. We have chapterson the Atlantic, and chapters on the Pacific; on theGulf, and on the Great Lakes; in the sunny South and inthe vigorous North; in the populous East and in the greatand growing West, and in the busy region in between. Eastor West, as you please. Truly are our responsibilities great,when we gather within our fold representatives from everysection of this broad country. And considering their diverseconstituency there is a wonderful similarity amongour chapters; in fact, the homogeneity of the fraternity,long remarked by our experienced observers, is recognizedas one of our cardinal virtues. Thus to bind together byadditional ties groups of college-bred men in every sectionof our common country, far and near, is another endachieved, which is indeed worth while; which marks theinfluence of Phi Delta Theta as patriotism of a lofty kind.WE extend congratulations to our chapter at Randolph-Macon upon taking a chapterhouse, the first of our Virginiachapters to do so. Randolph-Macon is a small college, andour chapter there has sometimes been beset with the difficultiesof Hmited membership. It has, however, given anoteworthy demonstration of how full an existence a smallchapter could achieve, and especially in the last few yearshas given a good account of itself. The house which hasbeen rented by the chapter provides room for eight to ten