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

596 THE SCROLL.For particulars in regard to rooms, reservations, etc., communicationsshould be sent direct to the manager of theHotel Hamilton. Particular care should be taken to makereservation of rooms by June aoth.The committee acting for the St. Louis Alumni club is asfollows:Royall H. Switzler, chairman; Alan Caldwell,, WalterFischell, Alexander R.- Skinker, Roy A. Campbell, GeorgeRandolph, Clemens E. Glasgow, Samuel E. Eliot, George L.Allen, Jr., E. Glion Curtis.Special: While there are to be no formal gatherings,reports, discussions or committee work, there will certainly betimes appointed during the week for all Phis iii the city, residentas well as visitors, to get together for a good time,Announcement of time and place of such occasions will bemade in due season.R. H. SWITZLER.INTER.'FRATERNITY COURTESY,It is part of the pride and tradition of a fraternity man tobe a gentleman; not only to be above anything dishonorableor mean, but to possess those finer instincts which are supposedto come from birth and breeding—kindness and gentlenessand unconscious courtesy. It is with the latter we areconcerned.It is possible that the members of a chapter may all begentlemen and 3'^et the chapter itself have the reputation ofsnobbishness. It takes but little to earn such a repjjtation; atoo evident exclusiveness, a single breach of college or fraternityetiquette, and a chapter is stamped, and unpleasant itis to have such a reputation; on the other hand, to be recognizedas big and broad "and open-minded is well worth workingfor; to be thought well of means much to a chapter's selfrespectand happiness, and the straightest rheans to this endis uniform, impartial, thorough inter-fraternity courtesy.Inter-fraternity courtesy has its foundation ih inter-chaptercourtesy. There are few, if any, of our chapters who arenot within reach of at least one neighboring chapter, and itis good to get together, not once in a while, but often; anoccasional formal rush meeting or smoker is not enough.There are a hundred ways that our chapters located close togethercan practice the gentle art of courtesy. A joint dance