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

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA March, 1931Chapter House I-mprovements: A radiohas been purchased for the front roomand new draperies have been added tovarious parts of the house. We havealso secured a card table for the sunroom.Campus Activities: Scribner, upon beingchosen as a member of the dramaticclub, recently played a leading role inThe Fourth Wall. Plummer is preparingfor a lead in The Millionaire, which is tobe presented soon. Potts has received aletter in varsity football, while PhikeiaGamble is to be awarded his numerals.Phikeia Skalla is out for wrestling, andalthough inexperienced, is expected toshow up well next year. Phikeias Grasse,Gamble, and McGlothlin are out forspring football, while Smith is holdinghis regular berth as a sprinter on thevarsity swimming team. Phikeia Russellis a member of the chorus of The Chimesof Normandy, a forthcoming opera sponsoredby the Conservatory of Music.Plummer and Phikeia Potts are activereporters on The Rocky Mountain Collegian.Phikeia Potts also won thecoveted trophy given for the best pistolshot in the Military Department.Social Activities: We are making extensivepreparations for a house dance,to be held in the near future.Chapter Visitors: Arthur Sheeley, '21,'Tink" Brown, '22, and Edward Williams,Colorado.Alumni Personals: Hillis Benjamin,'28, announces his marriage to DorothyStuders, at Brush, Colo., January 1. L.D. Love, '30, is now teaching in thebotany department of North DakotaAgricultural College. Alva Anderson,'26, is with the Mountain States Telephoneand Telegraph Company in Denver.C. W. LOVEFlorida Alpha, University of FloridaOfficers: Pepper, president: Gillette,reporter; Dunkle, secretary; Fugua,warden; Trice, chaplain; Boyd, treasurer;Smith, historian; Knott, chorister;and Brown, house manager.Phikeia: Roger Goodwin, Orlando,Fla.Chapter House Improvements: Tomeet the demand for rooms in the houseit has been rearranged to provide additionalsleeping quarters.Campus Activities: Bill Zoller madethe trip to Virginia with the boxing team.Don McGovern and John Bryson arecandidates for the polo team, while PaulBrown and Q. I. Roberts are out for thebaseball team. Phikeia Charles Giffordis playing first string center on the freshmanbasketball team. Bill Trice is onthe rifle team and Lauren Sompayrac isout for track. Phikeias Maurice Hollinsand Fred Rayburn are assistant managersof boxing and basketball, respectively.The chapter has entered a team inthe interfraternity wrestling tournamentand has started practice for the springintramural sports. Florida Alpha nowstands fifth in fraternity intramurals.Gardner Gillette is publicity director forthe department of intramural athletics.Aubrey Sawyer, Harold Jones, and CalvertPepper are out for the swimmingteam. Dale Waters, captain, and LukeDorsett continue to form a Phi guardingcombination on the first varsity basketballteam. Waters, varsity tackle, wasawarded a gold watch by the FloridaTimes- Union, Jacksonville newspaper,for being the most valuable player onthe 1930 Gator eleven. Dorsett has beenelected alternate football captain for the1931 season. Phi Delta Theta's footballteam lost a hard-fought battle to the2 N aggregation 13 to 6 in the fifth engagementof a ninety-nine year contract.Social Activities: A reception for LatneyBarnes, traveling secretary, has beenplanned. As it is impossible to servemeals in the house, nearly all of thebrothers have arranged to eat togetherin a near-by boarding house catering toPhis exclusively. December 13, duringthe installation of B 9 H on the Floridacampus, * A 9 and 2 X jointly gave adance in honor of the third member ofthe Miami Triad. Phikeia John Aldermanwas host to Phis, rushees, andfriends at a smoker given at his Riversideresidence in Jacksonville during theholiday season. In St. Petersburg onJanuary 2 a * A 9 dance was held inthe beautiful ballroom of the HotelHuntington.Chapter Visitors: Bill Tate, presidentof the Georgia Tech chapter, and CaptainSanford, University of Georgia, withtheir respective basketball teams; OlinWatts, '26.Alumni Personals: James R. Boyd,'27,chapter alumni trustee and former assistantathletic director of the university, has[416]returned to complete work for a law degree.Munger Edwards, '30, is now lo-