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

THE SCROLL. 249to the law school), X 2 N (medical), A 2 A (dental), * X(pharmacy), and the ladies societies, r* B, A r and Sorosis,appeared in the annual issued early in 1887. A Y wasexcluded because it was non-secret, and SPA for the allegedreason that, when established, 1885, it had refused to pay forits cut, and thus incurred the displeasure of the board. Onapplication of J. E. Brown, a hst of five members of * A ©from other institutions appeared in the 1887 annual. MichiganAlpha was re-established, November, 1887, and in the1888 and 1889 annuals the chapter had a list of members andan engraving, but they were placed among those of professionalfraternities and other non-Palladium fraternities. Inthe annual of 1890, '!> A 0's list and engraving appeared withthose of the fraternities in the literary department, but thechapter's position was according to the date of its re-establishment,instead of the date of original establishment..\ T n was established (in the law school), 1888; 2 A E,1889; © A X, 1889, and K 2, 1892; but they, as well as* A 0, $ r A, 2 X, AY and the strictly professional fraternities,were excluded from editorial representation.'The Palladium fraternities received a surprise. May, 1892,when the class of '95 elected a board for the sophomoreannual, the Oracle. This board consisted of ten members,and it had been decided that four of the ten should be fraternityrepresentatives. The Palladium fraternities held a caucus,and later in class meeting nominated as fraternity editorsthe caucus nominees. The other fraternities, which had notbeen invited to the caucus, then placed four candidates innomination, all of whom were elected. One of them, C. W.Foster, was a Phi.The nine fraternities which controlled the Palladium maintainedtheir control through 1891-92, and, becoming evenmore arrogant and .unfair, excluded all other fraternitiesentirely from the annual. However, the fight for equalrights continued and the cabal was forced to surrender. Thenumber of other fraternities having multiplied, their threatsto publish a rival annual, unless allowed editorial representation,caused the board to admit them. In the volume issuedin 1893 all the fraternities of the literary department wereaccorded equal representation. Michigan .Alpha's editorthat year was A. W. Hookway. However, the positionallowed the chapter was determined not by the date of itsestablishment, 1864, but by the date of re-establishment,1887.