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

348 THE SCROLL.I last wrote to you, I have accomplished good work in Illi"nois. My man at Bloomington, 111., has signed the pledge,and I have sent the Bond to him and two others. The* 2 chapter at Lombard University, at Galesburg, hassigned the pledge, and I sent them the Bond yesterday.I won't crow yet awhile, but I think that I willcome out all right. Hobbs' Alabama Beta has notbeen chartered yet. The National Grand sent the AlabamaAlpha charter to me Monday, and I immediatelyforwarded it to Hobbs. Bro. M. W. Gray of Michigan Betasends a lot of new names for the catalogue, and says that theMichigan Beta is in better condition than it ever was before.The Indiana Delta has two or three good men on the string.The Indiana Alpha has taken in six or seven men this fall. Ihave found some queer facts concerning the Tennessee Beta.Lytton Taylor never initiated a single man there. He heldthe charter himself, and, when he went out of college, he tookit with him, and now, from what I can find out, he virtuallyrefuses to deliver it up to the six Phis at Vanderbilt. I thinkthat all the other fraternities at Monmouth and Knox are deadtoo. At Bloomington, 111., there are the * T A and ATA.At Lombard there are only the ATA and * 2, the latterbeing the future * A 0s. Why does not some one start achapter at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.; it is a splendidcollege; don't know whether there are any fraternities thereor not.—George Banta, Franklin, Ind., to W. B. Palmer,San Pedro, Cal., Nov. 21, 1877.Does the Illinois Gamma at Monmouth still exist as a charteredchapter? If so, is it not the Illinois Grand Chapter?Can you give me the name of any of its active members? TheIllinois Wesleyan men will be ready for a charter in two weeksI think and I want to know where to send the application.We must encourage this new chapter. It is a good college,and there is no faculty opposition and not more fraternityopposition than needed to keep the members spurred up.The catalogue for 1876-77, published in December, 1876,shows 13 professors, 2 instructors and i tutor in arts, and 6professors of law. There were 13 in the class of '76, 6 in '77,17 in '78, 24 in '79, 33 in '80, 252 preps and 23 in law; totalstudents 410. At the close of last year * r A had 17 andA T A 5. Wakefield says he will have no trouble whateverin getting men. With Wakefield once initiated (he is partlyinitiated now) we will get the whole * 2 chapter at Lombard,I think. Jim Matthews has written to Hall and Edwards at