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

2 50 THE SCROLL.This settled the fight so far as the annual was concerned,but, as at Wisconsin, a contest arose about an inter-fraternityparty. At Michigan this function was called the "juniorhop," and it was conducted by the fraternities, the first in1880. It was given in the spring every year except in 1884,when it was omitted because of the withdrawal of A A *,* Y, * K * and ATA. Beginning with 1885, it was conductedsolely by the Palladium fraternities. Members ofother fraternities, as well as independents, were permitted toattend, but were not allowed to exhibit banners or fraternityemblems at their booths. It is needless to say that undersuch conditions members of other fraternities did not attend.When the Palladium settlement was made, 1892-93, thenine fraternities which had controlled the annual still refusedto give the other fraternities representation in the managementof the so-called junior hop. In 1893 and 1894 the hop was inthe Waterman Gymnasium. The excluded fraternities protested,and in 1894-95 President J. B. Angell refused the useot the gymnasium, on the ground that the hop managementdid not have the sanction of the junior class or of a majoritythereof. The nine fraternities then gave up the old nam'ejunior hop" and adopted the name of "annual ball." Theuniversity regents passed a resolution authorizing the Presidentand Secretary to allow the gymnasium to be used by anyproperly organized body at a rental of ? 100 a night.The ball was given by the nine fraternities in the gymnasium,February 15, 1895, and plans were made by them foranother ball in 1896. Under the resolution of the regentsthey leased the gymnasium and paid the rent. But the otherfraternities appealed to the regents not to allow the ball totake place in the gymnasium unless it should be made a genuineuniversity affair. Thereupon the regents rescinded thelease, and passed a resolution which prohibited the ball unlessthere should be no unjust discrimination. An appeal to thepeople of the State had been threatened, and it was fearedthat legislative appropriations would be withheld if an equitablesettlement of the matter were not arranged. Fullaccounts of the dispute were published in the newspapers ofMichigan and adjoining States. AKE withdrew from theother eight fraternities, and the eight gave their 1896 ball atToledo, Ohio. An editorial in THE SCROLL, February, 1896,written by J. E. Brown, who had formely been a student atAnn Arbor, said: It was notoriously true that the weak andshaky chapters of the original Palladium crowd were the ones