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

THE SCROLL. 369With three chapters, the "first National Convention' washeld at Galesburg, 111., May 8-9, 1903, at the same time that2 N held a division (province) convention there. On Friday,the first evening, the two chapters joined in giving areception and dance at the Lombard gymnasium, adjourningto their respective banquets. Why they could not banquettogether is not mentioned, but separation for a few hoursmust have been a cruel hardship. However, they cametogether again the next evening, when the conventions closedwith a joint rally at the 2 >«' house."The 2 N Delta of last August published a group picture ofthe ABA convention, accompanied with very sympatheticremarks, and now, in turn, the Alpha Xi Delta publishes theS N convention group, with remarks equally sympathetic.It speaks well for 2 N that it has monopolized the smiles andfavors of A B A these ten or eleven years. They appear tobe as badly smitten with each other as ever; indeed theattachment seems to be growing. Evidently the poor unfortunatePhis stand no higher with these Lombard ladies thanthey did a decade ago.In the fall of 1902 a chapter was established at BethanyCollege, W. Va., and in June, 1903, one was established atthe University of South Dakota. For an organization withonly five chapters, the first issue of the Alpha Xi Delta isremarkably creditable; indeed it is one of the best initial numbersever issued by any Greek-letter society. It is handsomelyprinted and has many attractive half-tones, includingportraits of grand officers and chapter groups. After admiringthis array of beauty, we feel sorry for the poor LombardPhis, and we hope that the Phis at Iowa Wesleyan stand insome higher favor with the chapter of .\ 3 A there.The editor of the magazine is Mrs. ..\nna Gillis Kimble,instructor in English at Lombard. She acknowledges assistancereceived from Mr. C.'E. Woods, editor of the 2 "S. Delta,from the vice regent of 2 ^'. and from a Mount Union SigmaNu. She also gives place in the editorial pages to a letterfrom a Lombard Sigma Nu, saying, "We have not yet forgottenthe uphill path that 2 N in Lombard often trod beforethe organization of .\ B A;" and he congratulates the sororityon its "nationalization." There are 84 pages in the magazine,and it seems that the letters 2 N are printed about asoften as .\ B A. This issue was intended to be a souvenir ofthe .\lpha chapter's "nine years' growth, and the achieve-