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

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA January, 1931member of the Opera Club and is arteditor of both The Reveille and TheOld Line.Social Activities: Following our installationceremonies we were kept quitebusy with social affairs. On November11 the installation banquet was held atthe Meredian Mansions hotel in Washington,D.C.; on November 14 a formaldance was held at the chapter house;and on Sunday afternoon, November 16,the chapter entertained at a receptionand tea.Chapter Visitors: Edward Ruppert,'20; Charles Paine, '20; Ernest Haines,'30; Richard Summerill, '25; RichardRasch, '28; Luther Harper, '30; GordonBrighton, '26; Eugene Creed, *28; EgbertGingley, '26.Alumni Personals: P. H. O. Reinmuth,'21 is associate editor of the Journalof Chemical Education. Richard L.Summerill, '25 is a chief chemist forthe Du Pont Laboratories. BenjaminEyre, '19 is connected with the StraussEngineering Company of Chicago,Illinois. Reese Sewell, '28 is in chargeof student publications at George WashingtonUniversity. Ross Black and EugeneCreed, '28 and Edward Hudson, '29are studying law at University of Marylandin Baltimore. George Matheke, '29and Robert Healey, '30 are enrolled inthe Medical School. University of Maryland.NORMAN E. PRINCE[300]Massachusetts Alpha, Williams CollegeCampus Activities: Brother Lobo hasagain been awarded his letter as guardon the varsity football team. Van Santhas been elected secretary of the QassicalSociety, of which Brother Wallaceis serving as president. De Mallie andGrulee are out for varsity wrestling.Reeves and Van Sant for hockey. Arscottand Thomas for swimming, and Monierfor basketball. Phikeias Ebeling andFassett have been playing regularly atguard and fullback, respectively, on thefreshman football team. Phikeias Newcomband Wakefield have been membersof the squad, and both have seen considerableservice. Phikeia Allen has beenplaying as regular on the freshman soccerteam, and Phikeia Tarbox has run no. 2man on the freshman cross-country team.Phikeias Church and Lee are out forfreshman swimming. Phikeia Gagliardiis a regular on the freshmanbasketball team. Phikeia Schaus is competingfor the business managership ofthe Record of which Brothers Budingtonand DeMallie are serving as assistantbusiness manager and assistant advertisingmanager, respectively. The chapter,which won last year's intramuralathletic championship, is at present runningthird, but hopes to take the leadthis week by repeating last year's victoryin the swimming relays.Social Activities: We held a very successfulhouse party over the week-endof the Wesleyan football game on Novembereighth. About thirty-five girlsand a large number of alumni were herefor the dances Saturday afternoon andevening, for which Earl Howard and hisorchestra from New York City furnishedthe music.Chapter Visitors: Clark, Ely, andMarshall '30; Hadley, Pace, and Vicaryex-'32; Titus and Watters '29; Bongartz,Eaton, and Middendorf '28; Howard '26;Hotchkiss '27; Derringer '28; Lester '11;Ely '02; Stoddard '00, and Roberts,Pittsburgh. The Traveling secretary,Latney Barnes, spent several days withus early in November.JOHN J. GIBSON, JR.Massachusetts Beta, Amherst College(Received too late for NovemberSCROLL)Phikeia: John Lane Connet, WhitePlains, New York.Initiates: November 14: James HowardBrennan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;Evan Baird Davis, Bethayres, Pennsylvania; Prescott Wallace Hall, Salem,New Hampshire; James Post Hubert,Brooklyn, New York; Paul MorehouseOakley, Gloucester, Massachusetts;Thomas John Thompson, Chicago,Illinois; Robert Leo Tracy, New Rochelle,New York; Alexander BairdWhittaker, Clarksburg, West Virginia;John Bigelow Wooster, Walden, NewYork.Chapter House Improvements: Duringthe summer the porches and trim ofthe house were repainted, new rug anddraperies were procured for the east livingroom, a shower was put in on thesecond floor, and a letter written by LordJeffery Amherst in 1760, the gift of