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

THE SCROLL. 581PHI KAPPA PSI CONVENTION.The proceedings of the grand arch council (convention) of* K *, held at Indianapolis, .\pril 6-8, are published in theApril Shield. All of the 40 active chapters and 20 of thealumni associations were represented. The number knownto be present was 371, but the actual number is believed to be"in the neighborhood of 400."Reports showed that 14 chapters owned houses (thosementioned on page 450 of the April SCROLL; while the Cornellchapter "is maturing plans for the erection of the finest chapterhouse in the land;" the Columbia chapter is arranging forthe "construction of a new house on Riverside Drive, NewYork City, at a cost of from $75,000 to $80,000;" the Universityof Pennsylvania chapter has purchased a lot "in an ideallocation," and raised $13,000 toward a handsome $20,000brick edifice," to be erected this summer: and the Kansaschapter was to buy a house the next week after the convention.The report of one of the archons says: "Kappa, atSwarthmore, in the face of the faculty opposition has anelegant little chapter of 14 men, who represent the best sideof this Quaker institution. From all sources nothing butpraise is heard of a chapter which has produced such prominentalumni."At the University of Illinois there are as many as sevenPhi Psis from various chapters, and they have petitioned fora charter. A group picture of them appears in the Shield,which calls them the "Illinois orphans." The conventionadopted that part of the report of the committee on extensionwhich recommended "that the University of Illinois be placedupon the accredited list, and that the executive committee beinstructed to grant a charter to said institution and establisha chapter there when, in their judgment, a suitable number ofpetitioners of satisfactory character has been secured."Requests from the Cleveland alumni association and then * society of Case that the desirability of entering thatschool be investigated were referred to the executive councilfor investigation.The petition from the University of Texas was withdrawn,but "there is still some hope that the chapters opposing themovement will reconsider the matter," and if the opposingchapters yield the petition may be renewed by Jan. i, 1905.A communication in reference to an annual reunion at Putin-Baywas referred to the newly established alumni board.