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

THB SCROLL. 321directory in the Garnet and White is solemnly headed, ' TheNational College Fraternity of Alpha Chi Rho." WhileA X P is now confined to three states, it expects to grow.The item which appeared in THE SCROLL last October sayingthat 2 X had grown from 3 chapters in 1883 'o 4^ ''^ i?°3 i^reprinted in the Garnet and White under the heading. WhatA X P may come to."Southern K A established a "council of honor," 1893, inwhich should be enrolled, by vote of the convention, "thosethat have done most for the order's advancement." TheK A Journal advises the committee in charge of the revisionof the fraternity's constitution to abolish the 'council', andsays: "Of the ten men elected to the 'council' by the conventionof 1893, seven were there present. A majority ofthose since added have been present at the conventions whichelected them. This plainly shows that selections are generallymade according to the personal popularity of nominees withthose present, and that services to the order are seldom considered."The convention of ® A X was held this month at the MajesticHotel, New York, where the convention of * A ® was heldNovember, 1902. The 0 A X convention began Saturday,February 23, with a theatre party, "Babes in Toyland" beingthe attraction. Sunday there was a memorial service at theFourth Presbyterian Church, Monday evening a smoker atthe .\rion club, and Tuesday evening a banquet at theMajestic Hotel. The New York Sun reports "more than 300"present at the banquet, and says that D. G. Lockwood, amember of the parent chapter at Union, inactive since 1869,announced "that there was a prospect to re-establish thechapter," which "caused prolonged cheering.""Canada as a Fraternity Field" is the title of an article inthe November Beta Theta Bi, written by Wm. S. Keller,O. W. U., '99. He mentions that the first chapter of a Greekletter fraternity in Canada was established, 1879, at Torontoby Z *, which established a second Canadian chapter atMcGill, 1883; and he continues:For thirteen years Z ^ was alone in the Canadian land, but soon afterthe entrance of the second fraternity (which was Northern K A in 1892)the Greek organizations began to investigate and inhabit the field; and,as a result, there are now represented in Canada the following fraternities:Toronto—Z *, K A, A A *, AT, and A K E; McGill—Z *,K A, A A *, AT, * K S, AKE, 6 A X and * A 9. The professional