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

248 THE SCROLL.The annual published, 1888, by the class of '89 was calledthe Badger instead of the Trochos. In the Badger published,1896, by the class of '97, the emblematic cuts of the fraternitieswere preceded with a page giving the names of the fraternitiesat Wisconsin, with the years their chapters therewere originally established—$ A ©, 1857; B 0 n, 1873;X *, 1878, etc.—but the order in which cuts and chapterlists were inserted was; B © II, X*, * A 0, etc. The nextyear there was no prefatory page to the fraternity department,and * A © had its rightful place, its cut and chapterlist being first. In 1897 also $ K *, which had been revivedafter four years inactivity, was allowed its old position, followingB © n.At the University of Michigan * A © had an editor on theannual Palladium, 1866, 1867, 1868 and 1869. MichiganAlpha then suspended, and was not finally restored until1887. Previous to 1884 the Palladium was issued by theseniors of the secret societies, each of which societies wasentitled to representation on the editorial board, subject tothe condition that it had existed at Ann Arbor for the precedingthree years. Then (1884) the nine societies which hadhad the longest continuous existence there formed a closecorporation, to keep out fraternities whose chapters had beenmore recently established or revived. This object is plainlyshown by the following extracts from the constitution of thePalladium board;Article II. This board shall be under the care and direction of the followingnamed secret societies of the University of Michigan: X ^, A A #,AKE, S *, Z *, * T, Ben, * K * and ATA. Each society shallhave one vote through its regularly elected editor or delegate.Article III. No secret or other society shall be admitted to representationon this board, as now constituted, except by the unanimous consent ofthe societies heretofore named. But such societies may be admitted torepresentation in the Palladium upon a two-thirds vote of the board.Article V. It shall be the duty of the editor from the society longestestablished at the university {X ^) to call the first meeting of such board.Article XII. When duly ratified by the societies heretofore mentioned,this constitution shall be the organic law of said board; but it may beamended by and with the consent of two-thirds of the societies whose delegatesconstitute this board, except as regards Articles II, III and XII, whichcan be amended only by the unanimous vote of the board.All fraternities in the professional schools, and all otherfraternities in the literary department and the sororities weredebarred from editorial representation, although their membershiplists and the engravings of some of them were graciouslyincluded in the book. The lists of 2 X (then confined