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

356 THE SCROLL.will return it to you. The sub rosa branch of Indiana Delta,located at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., is in full blast.I hope to see those boys chartered soon, for they deserve itfor hanging o'n so long. I initiated the first man in that collegeon the 17th of June, 1875, so they have run nearly threeyears without a charter. Such pluck ought to be rewarded.—George Banta, Franklin, Ind., to W. B. Palmer, Universityof California, March 29, 1878.Yours of March 28th was received Wednesday. I immediatelywrote to the National Grand concerning the NorthCarolina chapter, but as I think they are now in vacation, Ido not expect to hear from them for a week. I spoke to Norrissome weeks ago about it, and he said he would favor it;and as Whitehead will do just what Jim does, you will have amajority of the Executive Committee on your side. Phil.Holland, the man who has written to me from Trinity College,in North Carolina, seems to be an intelligent fellow.Yesterday, I received a letter from S. E. Kennon of TrinityUniversity in Texas. I think that the matter is really as goodas settled. He says:I have thus delayed answering in order to find out whether I could get anyof our yoitng men to go into an organization of this kind. I have succeededin getting five besides myself (and can get more) to go into it, provided thatit is a good thing. I think we will like it, but we know scarcely anythingabout it, and it is but natural, and I suppose reasonable, that we should wantto know something more about the fraternity before we go into it. So wehave decided to ask you a few questions, which, being satisfactorily answered,will decide the matter for us, and then we will write to you to sendus the necessary instructions, papers, etc.- First, we want you to give us ageneral outline of the object and aims of the $ A 9 Fraternity. Second,we want to know what it would cost to get a chapter properly organized andstarted. Of course, we would bring none into it but those who would takean interest in it and make it a success. We may receive some oppositionhere, but I do not think it would amount to much.On the whole I feel that I have cause for self-congratulation,for I can't help construing the above favorably. I immediatelyanswered him, telling him that one dollar per capitafor initiation fee would be all the expenses. Of course, Icould give him a very favorable outline of our objects. Withthis chapter once organized, it is bound to be a strong one,and once fairly at work, it can work up the old Texas Alphaagain. I feel worried over Nebraska. Don't you know ofany plan by which we could get some other fraternity to settleat the University of Nebraska? If we could do this, Lambertsonwould reorganize the Nebraska Alpha, for it couldbe done without any difficulty. I have been waiting all year