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

346 THE SCROLL.soon. The Grand Banker desires to issue some financialintelligence, and it will be a good way to give some words ofadvice and cheer, also to notify the Fraternity of our latesuccesses in the South. You will please embody such thingsas you desire in an address and send it to me. We will addsuch things as we wish in regard to the finances, SCROLL andcatalogue, and will have it printed and sent out at once. Isend a copy of the last address issued, so you will have anidea of what we want.—J. C. Norris, Indianapolis, Ind., toC. B. Gaskill, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27, 1877.As matters now are, next June will see * A 0 entirely deadin Illinois. The Illinois Phis are discouraged, and I think itwill be entirely useless to look to them for aid in perpetuatingthe order in that state. Something must be done, and donequickly too. Now, if my plans come out well, and are sustainedby the Fraternity, I think that I can save the IllinoisDelta, and found the Illinois Epsilon. And if we can getEdwards and Clem Hall at Chicago to do anything, we mightrestore the Illinois Beta; that, however, does not actively enterinto my present plans. Now for what I have done. Lastspring A. W. Little of the Illinois Delta sent me the name ofJames A. Wakefield of Bloomington, 111. I wrote to Wakefieldand he answered me. He told me that he was a * Sand belonged to the chapter at Lombard University, at Galesburg,111.: that the * S chapter at Lombard had before thattime desired to take a * A 0 charter; that he would join* A 0 if the whole 2 chapter would, and that he wouldimmediately write to them about it. He further stated thatthe * 2 was local and owned a good hall and was well fixed.I corresponded with him all summer, and he at all timesseemed to be willing to enter * A® if the rest of his brotherswould. Last Monday I received from the Secretary of the* 2s at Galesburg, Mr. S. C. Ransom, a letter formally askingme a number of questions about * A 0, all of which Ihave answered according to strict truth. I have yet to hearfrom them in answer but suppose that I will before Wednesday.The ^ 2s are now twelve in number. There is nofaculty opposition whatever at Lombard, and only one opposingfraternity, the ATA. My scheme is this: If the * Sscome into * A 0 I propose that the Illinois Delta at KnoxCollege be merged into the Lombard chapter. Let the Lombardmen hold the charter of the present Knox chapterand work as the Illinois Delta. This will necessitate thegranting of the Illinois Delta charter anew. Then let the