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

THE SCROLL. 349Chicago; don't know whether he has heard from them or not.If the executive committee will sustain me we will have Illinoisall right yet, I hope. Have you spoken to Jim Norrisabout it? And if so, what does he say? The catalogue manuscriptsent by father came all right and I took it up to Indianapolisthe following Saturday. Although Whitehead hadwritten me to be sure to come up to Indianapolis to see him,as soon as I possibly could, I failed to see him, he havinggone to Connorsville. I, however, went to the printers.Baker, Schmidlap & Co., and told them in future to send allproof direct to me. On Monday Whitehead wrote that Bates saidhe saw no use of a preface, and that Bates ought to know, ashe is a practical printer. Now I am something of a printertoo, and I do not agree with Bates, and told him so, but Isaid I would waive all objections on that score, as 'tis no veryimportant matter. And he further said that he thought itwould be best to omit the recapitulation, thus saving $2 perpage, and in about two years get out another catalogue, usingthis one as a basis to work from. I said that as far as I individuallywas concerned, I was willing, provided that he wascertain that another catalogue will be published inside of twoyears. I got the names of Shirk and Rogers jn the catalogueall right. Whom have you initiated since?—George Banta,Franklin, Ind., to .A. G. Foster, Indiana University, Nov.(day omitted) 1877.We have fifteen members left (two having offered theirresignations which were not accepted and both having beenexpelled), two juniors, two sophomores, four freshmen, threesenior preps and four in the law department. One of ourmembers, Bro. Magruder, was a member at Randolph-Macon.We are getting along first rate, considering that we are a newchapter. I have not heard from Bro. Enochs in about amonth.—W. J. Smith, University of Mississippi, to W. B.Palmer, San Pedro, Cal., Nov. 25, 1877.Yesterday I sent to the National Grand the petition of fourmen from Illinois Wesleyan University.—George Banta,Franklin, Ind., to .A. G. Foster, Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 29,1877.The Pennsylvania Alpha has been a very fine and flourishingchapter since it was organized. I was the first man initiatedby the charter members—this was in June, 1873. I hopeto be able to do my share towards making the chapter flourishin the future. It has a fine set of members now, and I