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

THE SCROLL. - 253On May 20, 1903, he was elected bishop of the diocese ofQuincy. T'^e O!i\c3.go Record-Herald ^&\d: "Dr. Fawcett isone of the youngest men ever elected to the episcopate in theAmerican Church. His selection is all the more flatteringwhen it is considered that he has been a priest of the EpiscopalChurch only five and one-half years." The Churchmansaid; Saint Bartholomew's parish grew steadily under hisrectorate, and his success as a parochial administrator isauspicious of an efficient administration in a larger field."His consecration took place at Saint Bartholomew's Church,January 20, 1904. There were nearly 100 clergy of all orderspresent, including nine bishops. In the evening there was abanquet at Kinsley's, under the auspices of the Church Clubof Chicago, in honor of the newly consecrated bishop. Over175 guests were present.PHI KAPPA PSrS SEMICENTENNIAL HISTORY,THE HISTORY OF THE PHI KAPPA PSI FRATERNITY, from Its Foundationin 1852 to Its Fiftieth Anniversary: By Charles Liggett Van Cleve, OhioAlpha, '79. Philadelphia, Pa. Franklin Printing Company. igo2. Cloth;pp. 304, 6x9.The fraternity system is over seventy-five years old, andthere are about thirty inter-collegiate fraternities for men,besides those for women and those specially for professionalstudents. Considering these facts, it is somewhat surprisingthat so few of these organizations have published histories.Historical sketches of several of them have appeared in theircatalogues, but these sketches are more or less incomplete.Only four fraternities have published separate historicalworks,* viz;THE PSI UPSILON EPITOME, by Albert Poole Jacobs. Cloth; pp. 264,434^x5%. Published 1884; reviewed in THE SCROLL, February, 1885.FRATERNITY STUDIES: A Manual of Information Concerning the Fraternityof Beta Theta Pi, by William Raimond Baird. Cloth; pp. 370, 5>^x7J