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

344 THE SCROLL.Our chapter is in a flourishing condition. We occupy a comfortablesuite of rooms in the heart of the city.—C. B. Wright,Buchtel College, to * A 0 at Emory College, July i8, 1877.I am sorry to have to report the death of the NebraskaAlpha. Bro. G. M. Lambertson, a member of the IndianaDelta, and former resident of Franklin, now a lawyer in Lincoln,Neb., was the founder of the chapter. He was visitinghis parents in Franklin a week or so ago, and told me that theNebraska Alpha died because of a lack of interest on the partof the members. There were no other fraternities there andit was a new thing. He says that whenever it becomes necessaryhe can easily re-establish it. I am sorry you have not hadbetter success at Johns Hopkins. Hurrah for the VirginiaEpsilon that is to be. Affairs in Illinois remain in statu quo.Wakefield has a decided tendency toward A T A, but if the•!> S chapter goes into $ A 0, he will go in too, and thus insuretwo new Illinois chapters for $ A 0. The Indiana Deltahad their photographs taken in a group, both large size and thecommon card size. They will begin next fall with all the oldmembers excepting the two who graduated; two of the '76subs" will come in, and two good new men who have beenpledged; this will give them thirteen to start on. I havereceived a letter from Bro. Ranchfuss of Michigan Beta. Hereports things flourishing there; but I think that the MichiganBeta might extend the circle of its usefulness somewhat.I think next fall will see a grand awakening of Phi spirit allover Indiana, at least I sincerely hope so. It was shamefulthe way they let the Indiana Zeta die, but it can't be helpednow. What is the "calibre" of such fraternities as the K 2?The South seems to be full of fraternities that appear to haveonly one or two chapters. In a former letter you asked meif I had not once belonged to another fraternity. Yes, I wasonce a * I 2. Of those who were in the chapter at the timeof its collapse, two are now * A 0's, one a * T A, one a Z *,and three barbarians. It was a local affair. The $ A Awas the latest fraternity to go up at Franklin; there were onlytwo members left in it; and both put on the sword and shieldof * A ®. One of them, Bro. J. R. Edwards, is the manwho won such fame for $ A 0 by taking the prize at the stateoratorical contest.—George Banta, Franklin, Ind., to W.B. Palmer, Dalton, Ga., July 22, 1877.We now number twenty-one with a good prospect of gettingtwo or three more. We had a jolly time at our meeting last