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

THE SCROLL. 585Bro. Chace is superintendent of schools in Ayer, Mass. Someof those present had not seen each other for many years, andgreat pleasure was experienced in living the old days overagain.* * * *Although the chapter letter of Wisconsin Alpha in the .\prilSCROLL announced the splendid new chapter house movement,it is so noteworthy as to excite our heartiest comment, tt'egive three cheers for Wisconsin Alpha. A fine lot oppositethe present house has been chosen at a cost of Sio,000, and ahandsome $20,000 building will be erected. The new locationis much larger and has direct connection with Lake Mendota.Certainly this new enterprise looks toward somethingideal for the chapter, and in its great vitality and prosperityall Phi Delta Thetas will rejoice.Bro. Hugh Th. Miller, former editor of THE SCROLL, inwriting of his successful fight for the Republican nomination forlieutenant-governor of Indiana, tells of numerous Phis whowere delegates to the convention, or who influenced thosewho were delegates. Bro. Miller says he does not know of a* A 0 in the state who was not "for him" Bro. GeorgeBanta, our official printer, is the Democratic mayor ofMenasha, Wisconsin. Bro. Miller heard of a quarter whereBro. Banta could assist him. As soon as Bro. Banta heardof it, though he was suffering with a dislocated shoulder, hetook the train for Indianapolis, and with his arm in a slingplunged into the fray and did the work assigned him, returningto Wisconsin the same day. Bro. Miller thinks that thisis a most striking example of fraternity loyalty. Bro. Bantawas P. G. C, 1880-1882, as was Bro. Miller, 1894-1896.The fathers of these two Phis, Judge D. D. Banta and Rev.John C. Miller, were both Indiana Alpha Phis, classmates('55) and roommates. Bro. Miller says that Bro. Bantawrote him he was coming not only to help out a $ A 0 living,but also "for the sake of the old boys of '55."The presidents of Delta and Epsilon provinces contributeto this number of THE SCROLL accounts of recent conventionsin those provinces. The minutes of Delta provinceconvention will be issued in pamphlet form. Bro. J. E. Mc­Dowell, president of Theta province, informs us that the con-