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

THE SCROLL. 269EDITORIAL,THE journey away from college days creates the necessit)'of scrupulous preservation of all the choice and preciousmemories of student life. The annual observance of AlumniDay has therefore, two essential elements, for the recalling ofcollege memories and student friendships does of necessityintensify the devotion to the larger friend and brother ofto-day. Sad is the time when the college and fraternity manallows his old loves to be merged into the furious turmoil ofhis life pursuits. Herein lies one of the great offices of acollege fraternity, and in order to give it concrete performance.Phi Delta Theta maintains, with great pride and deepinsistence, Alumni Day, as an intensely important institution.The General Council has chosen for this occasion a subjectthat will enable the oldest and most inactive alumnus topour out a wealth of sentiment and of love. It may at firsthearing sound trite—"Phi Delta Theta's Contribution to OurLife Equipment,"—but it is the theme which will instinctivelyarise in the minds of Phi Delta Thetas who meet to pledgeagain their loyalty; and then when we estimate how much ofreal education of heart and mind we have derived from ourfraternity life and how much richer thereby are we, bothinwardly and outwardly, we will feel "the larger heart, thekindlier haiid," and all our problems how to give to the Fraternitythe true measure of service will be solved.It is devoutly to be hoped that the celebrations everywhereon March 15 will, in success and number, excel anythingattempted heretofore. For us this should be an annual dayof thanksgiving as well as of handshaking and resolutions.The past year has been one of larger development for PhiDelta Theta. Seven splendid chapter ho mes—Texas, Michigan,Cleveland, Vermont, Allegheny, Ohio Wesleyan and Wabash—have been acquired. Three chapters—Iowa, Southwesternand Randolph-Macon—have rented houses for the first time.These achievements have added incomparably to the strength