1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA December, 1930Montana Alpha, State University of MontanaChapter House Im-provements: Additionsand improvements are still goingon in the furnishing of our remodelledhouse. New curtains have been purchasedfor the dining and receptionrooms. Draperies of gray monasterycloth have been hung in all the rooms onthe second floor, and each of the sevenstudy rooms has been furnished withstudy table and chairs. Further studyroom furnishings have been left to theindividual members, with the result thatrugs, mirrors, additional' tables, andchairs, benches, davenports, pictures andtwo radios have been added. Severalindirect shaving lights have been installedover the mirrors in the washroom.[206]Campus Activities: Babcock, Boone,Breen, Cox, Crowley and Dahlberg havebeen playing on the varsity footballsquad all season. Peterson, best tackleon the team, has been out all season becauseof a knee injury, and will beeligible to play again next year. PhikeiasSmith, Caven, Thompson, Reynoldsand Johnson have all been starring onthe frosh first team. Rohlffs, Rathert,Lockwood, Fitzgerald, Carey and PhikeiasLarimer and Nelson are out forvarsity basketball, and Dahlberg, basketballnumeral winner last year, will alsobe out for it again as soon as footballseason ends. Rohlffs is basketball captainfor the year. Patterson is assistantbasketball manager. Kennedy andPhikeia Soenke are on the Universityswimming and diving team. PhikeiasWhite, Eckley, Agather and Currie areout for fall track. Morrell won secondplace in the Atwater Kent state auditioncontest. William Brown has the lead inthe fall quarter play Nov. 21 and 22,with Morrell and Phikeia Holstromplaying important roles in the same production.Phikeia Bell had a role in aone act Masquer play Oct. 30, whichwas repeated at a down-town florist'sconvention recently. * A '9 played itspart in the recent political campaignwhich Erickson treasurer of the Walshfor-and Phikeia Compton president ofthe Galen-for-Senator club. Maury hasbeen active in the organization of a newliterary club. Barnes, Fitzgerald, andPhikeias Compton, Anderson, Nelson andEckley are playing in the Grizzly band.Haughland was initiated into SAX journalismfraternity, of which Rohlffs andCooney are pledges. Cooney is presidentof the largest Press Club in theSchool's history, and Rohlffs and Curtisare class representatives to Press club'sexecutive board. The chapter has votedto again try out for Varsity Vodvil nextquarter, though having won it three timesin succession, it will naturally meanintense competition this year. In lastspring's elections, not previously reported,Boone was made Junior Class presidentand Curtis sophomore CentralBoard delegate.Social Activities: Mothers, sistersand wives of * A 6 held a silver teaand open house in the chapter house Oct.25, with brothers showing the gueststhrough the house, Maury and Watsonfurnished a musical program for thetea. That night a fireside dance was heldin the house, with about 50 couples present.Carnival favors were given. A e, A T fi, A S A, S A E and S Xfraternities gave the annual progressivedance in their houses Oct. 31, with practicallythe entire University as guestsduring the evening. The annual pledgeformal will be held at the house Dec. 13.Chapter Visitors: J. C. Irwin, LafayetteCollege, charter member of PennsylvaniaAlpha, now living at Hamilton,Mont.; John Smith, '23, of Hamilton;Maurice Driscoll, '28, of Kalispell; PatSugrue, '26, of Anaconda; Roger Deeney,'23, of Butte; and Lloyd Callison, '30, ofGlendive, all of Montana Alpha.Alumni Personals: Married: August16, at Berkeley, Calif., Sylvester R.Smith, Montana '29, of Wolf Point, toOlive Nash, Butte, at the home of thebride's sister, Mrs. Tom C. Davis. October16, at Butte, Harry Welton, Montana'25, to Irene Sugrue, Anaconda.Smith has a graduate assistantship atthe University of California, at Berkeley,where he is working for his Ph.D. degree,and Welton is district manager forthe Texaco Oil company in Butte.VERNON HAUGLANDNebraska Alpha, University of NebraskaCampus Activities: Phikeia Storywas high point man in the all universitytrack meet. His award was a goldmedal. Phikeia Baker was chosen towork with the Dramatic Club.Social Activities: A party held thetenth of October at the chapter house wasenjoyed by all members. A Home-comingparty held the fifteenth of November