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

S74 THE SCROLL.For various reasons, the following fraternities appear unableto maintain official magazines: A *, A *, S 4> and NorthernK A have never supported papers. X *, * Y, A A * and Z *have had only spasmodic success at the enterprise, and arenow Qut of the magazine business. X * has some sort of asheet, but does not exchange, while 4>K 2 has "broke down,"and now publishes only a "News Letter," not for general cir-.culation. All other fraternities now maintain official inagazinesopen for general subscription, and most of them, inaddition, have their official paper for confidential and officialmatter.—IL K Journal.The Masonic students of the University of Michigan havefiled papers of incorporation of the ' 'Acacia Fraternity" withthe county clerk. This is the culmination of a movementthat has been on foot for a long time among Masonic studentsof the the United States for the organization of an intercollegiatefraternity, the prerequisite of which is that the initiatemust be a Master Mason. An innovation in the way of collegesecret societies is that the Hebrew and not the Greekletters will be used. Michigan, the parent chapter of theorganization, will be known as the "Ateph Chapter of theAcacia Fraternity."in the Phi Gamma Delta the only advertisement of a fraternityjeweler is that of Roehm & Son; and excepting anadvertisement of the * T A catalogue it is the only advertisementin the magazine. Roehm & Son are advertised as the"sole official jewelers of $ T A." They offer ''the-officialbadge adopted by the last ekklesia" (convention) at $2.15,postpaid. This is the first time we have ever noticed theprice of a badge of a college secret society published in itsmagazine. It is certainly the cheapest fraternity badge weever heard of, and at that price probably other jewelers donot care very much for the trade. Roehm & Son also advertise' novelties that are not prohibited by the laws of the fraternity,"stationery with the correct coat-of-arms," and"college pennants."The .figures appended to" the names of the following collegesindicate respectively thenumber of male students, the numberof fraternity men and the number of fraternities: Maine,485, 250, 8; Dartmouth, 900, 400, 12; M. I. T., 1,700, 274,ii;Cornell, 3,284, 568, 33;Columbia, 2,885, 5°°. 2o;Hobart,150, 70, 4; Lafayette, 450, 200, 11; Gettysburg, 240, 78, 6;