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

THE SCROLL. 441The Tulane correspondent of the 2 -V K Record xevoxX.% allfraternities there holding their own except 2 N and A K E.He reports 0 N E as having drifted into the medical school.A very good thing if it could drift into the Mississippi river.—K .V Journal.The Record for March has an article about the nine Sigsat West Point, and says: "2 A E has a larger representationat the academy than any other fraternity." Excepting $ A 0this may be true. .As shown by the February SCROLL, thereare thirteen Phis at the academy..\ local society called * 2 A at California is petitioning AA * for a charter. Except the very small fraternities, ,\ A *is the only fraternity not represented at California. The onlyreason why this application is not granted is said to be thatthe personnel of the local society is not considered to be firstclass.The eminent supreme archon of 2 A E, W. C. Levere haswritten a novel entitled "'Twixt Greek and Barb." It dealswith fraternity life—bidding a freshman, initiating him, politicalcontests between Greeks and barbs, cane rushes, etc.The book is published by W. S. Lord, Evanston, 111.; price«il.25.The AKE Quarterly conducts the most remarkable "Greeknews" department of any such publication. It contains nota line of original matter, but is composed entirely of clippingsfrom exchanges, all properly credited. The lastQuarterly, dated February, contains fourteen such items,covering two and a half pages.The University of Pennsylvania chapter is agitating thematter of a fraternity hat band. Though the formal adoptioncan not be obtained until the next convention, the Pennsylvaniaboys will go ahead and place an order for a distinctiveband in the fraternity colors, provided they can get enoughco-operation from the other chapters. They say they do notwant to wait until the summer of rgos to sport the purple andgold on their straw hats. The hat band idea already prevailsin certain quarters, though we do not know just how far. Itseems a pleasant custom, and we hope the idea can be carriedout in time for the coming summer. Our colors wouldcertainly lend themselves admirably for the purpose—Recordof 2 .\ E.