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

THE SCROLL. 451did house and two vacant lots adjoining, . . . . andthis, most noble Festus, is the chapter that some one wantedto refuse admission to * K * three short years ago!"Sixteen chapters rent houses—Columbia, Johns Hopkins,U. of Pa., W. & ]., Franklin and Marshall, Vanderbilt, O.W. U., Wittenberg, Indiana, Northwestern, Minnesota, Iowa,Nebraska, Kansas, California, Stanford. The Stanford chaptercomplains: "AH other fraternities at Stanford are situatedon the campus, while we are in Palo .\lto, a distance ofone mile from the college grounds. This makes it hard forrushing, especially athletic men, as they have not time to gothat distance. With a little co-operation and encouragementfrom our alumni, which is very lacking, we might be able tobe on the campus also."Four chapters own building lots—Bucknell, U. of Pa.,Minnesota, Kansas. The lot at Minnesota "is worth 83,000and is entirely paid for," and the chapter expects to build onit in 1905. Plans have been drawn for a chapter house onthe Lafayette campus. One chapter occupies apartments—Brooklyn Polytechnic. The 14 houses and 4 building lotsowned by chapters are valued at 5213,300, on which there isa mortgage indebtedness of $24,975. The 40 chapters ownpersonal property valued at ^56,734, and they have miscellaneousdebts amounting to 81,875.The blanks issued to chapters on which they are to reportcontains an inquiry as to what institutions they desire that* K * shall enter. Mr. Monnette says:All but six of the chapters have disclosed themselves as being definitelyinterested in extension propositions. The predominant movement commandinginterest, as evinced by these chapter statements, is that the fraternity takesteps towards establishing a chapter in the University of Texas. Next commandingattention is the University of Illinois. One Pennsylvania chapteris interested in Haverford College. Our Xew England chapters desireentrance into Williams College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology andWesleyan University. One other chapter suggests Tulane. Interest in Texasis manifested in all quarters. The Illinois suggestion finds wider favor in thecentral and northwest part of our territory.The Dartmouth chapter favors entrance into M. I. T. Toa petitioning local society at Vermont, "no encouragementhas been offered other than a fair and impartial hearing onclaims presented; this is due any petitioning body." A petitionfrom 15 students of Georgetown University, a prominentCatholic institution, received last November, was investigatedbv the executive committee and rejected. The Clevelandalumni association has given notice of "the renewal of