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

THE SCROLL. 477orchestra and two dramatic organizations, the Thespians andthe Pharsonians. Each engineering department has a societyconnected with it to which the students and teachers in thatdepartment belong. The scientific students are bandedtogether into what is called the Natural History Club. Thestudents in agriculture are organized into a fraternity namedAlpha Zeta. Last fall an athletic society was formed to whichonly those having won an ' S" in some branch of athleticsports are eligible. The Young Men's Christian Associationis in excellent condition, numbering more than 250 membersand employing a general secretary.There are at present seven fraternities, excluding PennsylvaniaTheta of Phi Delta Theta, with an aggregate membershipof 144. These represented are in order of establishment:* r A (1881), B 0 n (1888), * K 2 (1890), 2 X(1892), K 2 (1892), 2 A E (1892), * 2 K (1899). Ofthese 4> r A, B 0 II and $ 2 K own their houses, while theothers rent. The houses are all above the average of those usedfor such purposes and make a good showing. The fraternitiesare all strong and well regarded, and there is ample roomfor another. Pennsylvania Theta, starting in as it does withbrilliant prospects and a good, healthy membership, and witha large field to select from, is bound to develop into a powerfulaggregation and be an honor to the fraternity to which itbelongs.DELTA CHI.Several ineffectual attempts had been made previous to thefall of 1902 to establish a chapter of Phi Delta Theta in StateCollege. In September of that year Carl S. Forkum, a Phifrom Washington and Jefferson College, entered the sophomoreclass and the matter was again agitated. The institutionhad increased in numbers so rapidly and had attained suchprominence that it was deemed advisable to make anothertrial. .Accordingly a conference of the Phis here, Bros,.likens, Gettysburg, '86 and Wyman, Colby, '86, was held atmy house and, after mature deliberation, Bro. Forkum was delegatedto go ahead and select suitable men to be considered ata subsequent meeting. In this way a nucleus was formed,several desirable men pledging themselves to the undertakingduring the next few months.Bro. John Dallas, of Lehigh University, entered as a specialstudent in mechanical engineering in February, 1903, andat once became greatly interested in the movement. Underthe direction of Bros. Dallas and Forkum the pledged men