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240 placed under the direction of Frederic Howe, who was editor for eleven years. From 1901 to 1909 it was published in Indianapolis and from 1909 to 1911 in Louisville by Leon P. Lewis. Its name was changed back to its original style in 1889. It is published eight times a year. The editorial and publication office is now in Pittsburgh, where it has been published by Elkanah B. Hulley who has remarkably increased its subscription list.

The badge of the fraternity is a diamond less than an inch in length having a black background and surrounded by a border of gold chain and displaying the letters "ΦΓΔ," above which is a single star in white enamel, and below the letters "αωμη." The color is royal purple, and the flower is the heliotrope. The flag is pennant-shaped, bearing the Greek letters ΦΓΔ across the face of the flag upon a white background. In the upper left hand corner is a purple square containing a white star.

The, Ekklesia of 1910 adopted a Recognition Pin of Diamond shape, black background with a star in the center, the size being five millometers [sic] by three and one-half millometers [sic]. It is worn on the left lapel of the coat. In 1884 individual coats of arms for each chapter were devised by Major Frank R. Keck. These were used secretly until the publication of the catalogue of 1890.

Among the prominent alumni of Phi Gamma Delta are the following: Vice-President of the United States, Thomas R. Marshall; former Vice-President of the United States, Charles W. Fairbanks; Postmaster-General, Albert S. Burleson; United States Senators, Henry S. Lane, Charles W. Fairbanks, Zebulon B. Vance,