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

THE SCROLL. 177chapter. We commend the article to the earnest considerationof all our chapters.WE shall hope to see the day when the efficiency of ouralumni clubs will be increased. We have no plan in mindat present to suggest, but are living in the hope that as ourroll of alumni clubs increases—formidable now at fiftythree—andas the clul^s themselves lead a more and moreactive existence, which is the case in some quarters at least,there will be a plan evolved for making these organizationsa more integral part of the fraternity. Phi Delta Theta is abrotherhood of college men, not of undergraduates alone,and members do not become ex-members upon graduation.On the contrary, many graduates of our acquaintance, someof them from away back, cling as jealously to their membershipas undergraduates themselves. We graduates say thatwe are members of Phi Delta Theta; not zuere members; weenjoy association with our brothers in the Bond, and desireto perpetuate it. In our view the present scheme of alumniclubs fails to give proper recognition to the alumni interest,and in so far falls short of the needs of the situation.IN a recent number the Beta Theta Pi sa\'s editorially:A bit of gossip is being printed in the fraternity journals to theeffect that B O IT and * A 9 are in a sort of a race, to see which canexcel in the number of members and chapters; and a gaping world isinvited to witness the contest. We believe we speak for both fraternitiesin stating that nothing of the kind is taking place. It happensthat each fraternity has about the same number of chapters and theirnumerical strength does not differ much. Each fraternity has rejectedenough petitions for new chapters during the past ten yearsto outdistance its rival in the mere matter of numbers, and had therebeen any such feeling it would have found an expression in such extension.The fact is, however, that each fraternity has been unusuallyslow and cautious and has issued charters only after much pressureand persuasion.The editor of the Beta Theta Pi is correct about this, of