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

230 THE SCROLL.A Z A, originating as a local at Lombard, has establishedchapters at Bethany, University of South Dakota and IowaWesleyan.K 2 installed a chapter at Case on Thanksgiving Day,chartering a local society which had been in existence forabout a year.* B n, medical, recently established a chapter, at WashingtonUniversity, where N S N has been in existence forseveral years.Since the establishment of its endowment fund six yearsago, S X has secured by its means property valued in excessof sixty thousand dollars.$ r A has made a plain gold pin the only official badge ofthe fraternity. Jewelers to the fraternity are forbidden tomake or sell any more jeweled badges.$ A n at Dickinson has been chartered by n B *, whichwill install a chapter of nineteen members. O *, anotherDickinson local, is said to be applying to K A 0.* N ®, at Wesleyan University, owns a magnificent home.Though the fraternity was organized in 1837, it has but theone chapter, a charter granted at Ohio Wesleyan havingbeen withdrawn.It has been announced that the Dickinson chapter of 2 Xwill demolish their present house for the purpose of erectingon the site a new lodge, the corner-stone to be laid aboutcommencement. * A © is the only other fraternity owning ahouse at Dickinson. 2 A E, * K * and ® A * (legal) renthouses, while * K 2, B 0 n, K 2, A X (legal), n B * and O *rent rooms.The fraternities of Psi Alpha Kappa and Alpha Chi Rhohave amalgamated under the name of Alpha Chi Rho. Theamalgamation was consummated at Easton (Pa.) Saturdayevening, December 5, followed by a banquet, at which representativesfrom the various chapters were present.—TheLafayette.* A K was founded at Lehigh and put in chapters at M.I. T. and Lafayette; A X P was founded in 1895 at Trinityand had four other chapters: Brooklyn Polytechnic, Pennsylvania,Iowa and Columbia.