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

44 THE SCROLL.They want to communicate with all Phi Delta Theta menliving within a radius of fifty miles of New York. We canall co-operate to this end at least, and put the committeeinto communication with the Phis we know there. Theaddress of the corresponding secretary is LEWIS A. DRUM-MOND, No. 1 Ann street. New York City.TRADITIONS—A word pregnant with meaning to the collegian.Matters to be preserved without regard to rhymeor reason. They are, because they have always been; theymust be so, because they have always been so. And wewould not, on the whole, have it changed, for it suits us todo as those others did before us. However, let us heremake a reservation. Let us not omit to do certain thingswe ought to do—which are worth doing—because thoseothers "before us habitually omitted them. For instance,chapter officers. Let the committee on internal improvementdo some real work; work out its own ideas—first,however, acquire ideas, which can be done by study of thesubject; take up the matter of chapter improvement as asociological proposition and work it out, investigating thedifi&culties, smoothing the wrinkles, correcting tendenciesin the wrong direction, encouraging proper chaptei impulses,examining chapter ethics, introducing a clearerunderstanding of the proper field for the chapter's activities.And there is the matter of administration. Chapter financesto be put upon a sound basis—an absolutely essential conditionto chapter happiness and progress. Chapter records tobe put in order and kept in order, and reports to be madeintelligently and promptly. It is for the older heads todirect the younger heads, and for the younger heads toassist. There is work in plenty for the chapter officers.The beginning of a new year is the accepted and excellenttime to start.THE consideration of the matter of fraternity extensionby Dr. JOHN EDWIN BROWN, president of the general coun-