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

322 THB SCROLL.fraternities have also entered several of the Canadian schools, as follows:Medical—McGill Medical College, # B H; Toronto Medical College, N S N,and the legal, at the Law School of Upper Canada, 4> A $ and A X. Thelast of the collegiate fraternities to enter Canada was $ A 9, in 1902, whichit of special interest to Betas, as it marks the first advance of this kind in thehistory of the "Miami Triad." . . . .The quality of the fraternities represented in Canada is well recognized, asis the success of the individual chapters. In practically all cases the fraternitiesthat have instituted one chapter in Canada have been justified in thefounding of the second, and with one exception {^ K S, which died in 1898,at Toronto), all the chapters are at present active.Mr. Keller gives the following table of statistics regardingthe larger colleges in the Dominion, explaining that by availablestudents" is meant undergraduates in the classical, scientificor technological courses, exclusive of purely professionalstudents:Name of UniversityMcGill University, 11821Montreal, Que. CUniv. of Toronto, 11827Toronto, Ont. j*Victoria Univ'ty, t.1836Toronto, Out. (Univ'ty of Trinity )College. \ 1852Toronto. Ont. 1Univ'ty of Queen's \College, \ 1841Kingston, Ont. )Univ. of Bishop's 1College, \ 1843Lennoxville, Ont. )Dalhouse College )and University. V 1821Halifax, N. S. \Univ'ty of Arcadia JCollege, \ 1838Wolfviile, N. S. \UniVsity of Mount )Allison College \ 1862Sackvilie. N. B. )FoundedEndowment% 2,750,0001.187,683280,000750,000400,000196,27s340,000iSS.ooo117.500Value ofpropertyg 2,800,0001,457,339,»,ooo325,000125,000166,28080,000120,000120,000AnnualIncome$230,000..9,08726,0003S,ooo46,0002t,I50..,,0012,000--Total enrollmentstudents1,1821,353271350635i6s326122175Availablestudt's forfraterniti's4l€6831945725026ISOlOI70DenominationJ Undenomtinational( UndenomjinationalJ Undenom-1 inationalJ Church of1 EnglandPresbyterianj Church of1 EnglandBaptistMethodist*Now connected with the University of Toronto.Mr. Keller says: "Now comes the question, 'Is it wise forB 0 n to extend to the extent of becoming international?'"He concludes that, "If the fraternity undertakes extensioninto Canada it must be content with a limited field; but whilethe field is limited, it is none the less good."Mr. W. A. Crawford, K 2, of Arkadelphia, Ark., issuedcircular letters to the presidents of the leading colleges anduniversities throughout the United States, asking their opin-