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

THE SCROLL. 447first annual pig barbecue" in the chapter house, January 25,calling the affair by "the rather dignified name, but fittinglyGrecian, of AEinXOX 2*0'2." Rev. J. C. Schindell,D. D., was "'symposiarch." After the soup course—The four pledged men disappeared from the table and soon far away inthe back of the old mansion could be heard a song, "Bringing in the Pig,bringing in the Pig, we shall come rejoicing, bringing in the Pig." This wassung to the tune of the old gospel hymn, "Bringing in the'Sheaves." Assoon as the forty-pound suckling, decorated with a superabundance of royalpurple ribbon, appeared, the tribe arose as one man, and, to the tune of ' 'Myown United States," let out with lusty voices the ditty:All hail to our Pig,The fatted Piggy wig.All hail the Fiji Pig.We will feast all nightAnd keep tradition bright.All hail the Fiji Pig.The enthusiasm was intoxicating, the hilarity went echoing through thehalls and rooms of the old house. After referring with tenderness to the lateFrank Norris, of California, Dr. Schindell then decapitated the roasted pig,held aloft the garnished head, gaily decorated in royal purple, and said:Mythology informs us that when gods and goddesses feas!ed royally a most deliciousportion of their meal was 5 T 2 seasoned with spices from Araby, garnished with sweetlotus from the far west sea and roasted well over fires fed by nymphs of surpassing beautyand loveliness. It was to provide for such a feast as this that Circe on Aean Isle turnedbold Odysseus' comrades into 2 T 2. So Phi Gamma Deltas, no less illustrious than nobleGrecian ancestors, thus feasted on 2 T 5, and in the feasting find soul lay hold on soul inloving bonds of fair, frank friendship.Then the symposiarch planted a kiss on the nose of STS, and said:"All hail, then, to thee. Oh STS, I greet thee! and in greeting, link heartto heart!"Each frater then arose in his turn, and bestowing his homage to STSin osculation, gave reverence in the words, "All hail, then, to thee, Oh STS, I greet thee." Talk about risibles aching! Laughter of the genuinegenus was loud and long. The head of STS, after this ceremonj', wasdeposited in front of the symposiarch, and the table became a shrine.After this ceremony, with great gravity, the symposiarch carved the southend of STS, and presented it with fitting words to the youngest Fiji present,Bro. Frank Robbins, as a symbol of what his lot in Greekdom was.Eighty Fijis had a pig dinner at the University Club, Indianapolis,February 5. The affair is thus described:As the deft little Japanese waiters of the club entered the large dininghall bearing aloft an inviting roasted suckling, there was joy unspeakable inthe breasts—or, more properly, in the stomachs—of over eighty hungry Fijis,who were seated around the festive banquet tables. Bro. George \V.Benton, Wabash, '84, who was chief carver for the occasion, at once issuedhis decree. To comply with his terms each brother immediately arose andreverently bowed to his majesty—the lovely roast pig. Obeisance done, Bro.Benton skillfully decapitated the pig, and holding the head before him, referredbriefly to the ancient Grecian custom of celebrating their illustriousachievements with a feast of. pig. Thereupon he kissed the pig's nose.The latest initiate present was then asked to come forward and act aspallbearer, Two brothers, Wagner and Lubeck, of the Wabash chapter,liaving been initiated on the same evening, accordingly obeyed, and in turnkissed the inviting little snout of the pig. They then carried the porker's