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

258 THE SCROLL.contains only 556 names, though if all then initiated had beenincluded, the number would have been 665. The * Iv *catalogue of 1870 contains 1,848 names, nearly three timesas many members as * A ® then had.From 1852 to 1855 a monogram of the letters * * was thebadge of * K *, which in the latter year adopted a shieldbearing the letters * K *," an eye, two stars and an antiquelamp on a book. The colors were chosen between 1875 and1878, when the Ohio Wesleyan chapter was Grand Chapter.This Grand Chapter first chose colors for the fraternity,and lavender and rose-pink was their choice."After mention of "fugitive chapter papers or annual letters,"the history says: "The first real fraternity journal was ThePhi Kappa Psi Monthly, the first issue of which appeared inOctober, 1875, and continued through nine numbers." From".\merican College Fraternities," it would seem that thisMonthly was issued before $ A © issued a magazine, but THESCROLL of Phi Delta Theta appeared nine months earlier, itsfirst issue being dated January, 1875. The Monthly wasedited and published by a member in Baltimore, as a privateenterprise; it suspended June, 1876. The Grand ArchCouncil authorized The Phi Kappa Psi Quarterly, threenumbers of which were published in 1877, when it also suspended.The first issue of The Shield of Phi Kappa Psiappeared September, 1879, and it was published as a privateenterprise until April, 1882, when it also suspended. TheShield vias revived, 1883, being made the official organ of thefraternity. The editor from 1883 to 1885 was C. L. Van Cleve,the author of the history under review, and he edited themagazine also from 1886 (when a salary was first paid theeditor) to 1893. An account of the Grand Arch Council of1880 says:The most amusing event of the meeting was an attempt upon the part ofsome of the chapters to add to the fraternity a sort of side-degree for collegegirls. It must be remembered that sororities were then in their infancy.Although some delegates were warm in their support of this' measure, it waslaughed out of court.The Grand Chapters of * K * were as follows: Jefferson,1852-56; Virginia, 1856-61; Washington (Pa.), 1861-66;Bethany, 1866-69; Dickinson, 1869-75; Ohio Wesleyan,1875-78; Lafayette, 1878-81; Columbian, 1881-84; Pennsylvania(Gettysburg), 1884-86. In 1886 a new constitutionwas adopted; the Grand Chapter was abolished, an ExecutiveCouncil was established, and the fraternity was divided into