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

THE SCROLL. 231.\ rumor has been going the rounds of the fraternity pressto the effect that B ® n is endeavoring to revive its Cumberlandchapter. We are constrained to deny the soft impeachment.^—T/ieBeta Theta Pi.A Y held a highly successful convention at New YorkNovember 11-13. .An excellent account of it is given in theQuarterly for December; the reading of it brings vividly tomind the scenes of our own convention there a year ago.The general fraternities at Cornell last year numberedtwenty-two, and had a total membership of 603. * A ®, withthirty-seven, and 2 A E. with thirty-six members, had thelargest chapters, while A *, with eighteen, had the smallest.A chapter of n K A was installed at Tulane University inthe early part of October. Tulane already had chapters ofthe following: K A, 2 A E, K 2, 2 X, * A ®, A T ii, A T A,« K 2, A K E and 2 N.© A *, legal fraternity, organized at Dickinson in 1903,will have three chapters on its entrance at Cornell, announcedto occur in the near future. The chapter at Dickinsonis known as Holmes chapter, and the one at DetroitSchool of Law, Cooley chapter..\11 men's fraternities at Kansas occupy houses, a conditionnever before existing at that institution. There hasalso been a general increase in membership, the fraternitiesnumbering as follows : B ® n, 22; * r A, 16; 2 A E, 20; 2 X,27;2 N. 15; A T n, 20; * K*, 17; * A 0, 21.The Mcrican Herald of November 7 contains an elaborateaccount of a pan-hellenic dinner held in the city of Mexicoon November 6, said to be the first gathering of the kindever held in that country. Thirty-three men were present,representing twenty-two fraternities, all being Americanssave one ilexican, a member of Z *. The oldest graduatepresent was of the class of '70. The occasion was highlysuccessful, and steps were taken toward the organization ofa university club in the city of Mexico. The following werethose present accredited to * A 0: A. F. Montmorency(Nebraska, '93), H. P. Lewis, R. B. Probasco and A. B.Carpenter. THE SCROLL is indebted to Bro. C. A. Bohn,Washington. '93, residing at San Luis Potosi, Mexico, fora copy of the paper containing notice of the dinner.