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

THE SCROLL. 351that body had unanimously vetoed the petition. Jim Norrisand Whitehead, of the Executive Committee, voted in favorof it So I shall not have my * 2 chapterat Galesburg petition, for they will only be met with a refusalConcerning Davidson College, the followingextract from a letter from Bro. Jas. L. Williams, ofDavidson College, received last Thursday, will explain itself:As you know, during last term, I had whispered the thing around amongsome of the boys, and got the promise of their co-operation at the beginningof the term. As soon as possible after I got back, I went to work, intendingto organize, when one of the timorous ones, fearing the wrath of the facultyin case of detection, and yet hoping that, by putting on a bold front and asking,their permission could be gained, did ask, without consulting me, andfailed *'mostignominiously." They (the faculty) admit that it may be for thegood both of the college and of the students to have such a society, yet theyare bound by the charter of the college, and by the will of Chambers, thelargest contributor to the founding of the college, to exclude entirely all suchorganizations.Williams still remains a true Phi, and says he will do all thatlies in his power to further the cause, but he thinks that thishas knocked the whole thing into a cocked hat. The IndianaZeta is dead; it is a pity too, for Asbury University is thelargest college in Indiana. There are no Phis left in thePennsylvania Delta. I like your plans for amendments, andshall vote for them at the convention. I sent you the alumniconstitution two weeks ago. I think that the convention of1880 ought to be at the University of Virginia; that chapterneeds all the encouragement we can give it.—George Banta,Franklin, Ind., to W. B. Palmer, San Pedro, Cal., Dec. 15,1877.This evening I received the constitution signed by the * 2chapter at Lombard University, numbering nine members,and a petition for a charter. Now it would be worse thanuseless to send this petition in, for it would be refused. As Ihad two members of the Executive Committee in my favorbefore I initiated these men, I never dreamed of failure. Theresponsibility of soothing the ruffled feelings of these thirteennewly fledged Phis (nine at Lombard and four at IllinoisWesleyan) worries me awfully. As I do not know any reallygood reason why the Bloomington scheme should not besanctioned, I do not know what to tell them.—George Banta,Franklin, Ind., to W. B. Palmer, San Pedro, Cal., Dec. 18,1877.Winslow, Giles and myself have consulted and decided toorganize the Fraternity. Send the documents and we will