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

VoL LV, No. 6THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAIllinois Alpha, NorthwesternPhikeia: Larry Cavanaugh, '33, Gary,Indiana.Campus Activities: Joe Miller, Northwestern,'29, is in charge of the diird annualWaa-Mu show. Miller has producedthis show ever since it was started.Packard has charge of the advertising,and is assisted by Landman and PhikeiasHuston and Kurrle. McManus is assistantproduction manager and PhikeiaApley is a candidate for one of the parts.Leach, Russell, and Fencl are on thebaseball squad, Cook is senior manager,and McClain is junior manager. PhikeiasOlson and Murdock have won theirnumerals in track.Social Activities: December 19 thechapter held its annual Dizzy Drag,which was greatly enjoyed by all thosepresent. January 18 a tea was held inthe chapter house. Plans are now beingmade for an informal to be held in thehouse on February 20, and for the annualMiami Triad to be held March 7.JOHN MCCLAIN» ^Illinois Beta, University of ChicagoOfficers: president, Marshall Fish; secretary,Warren Bellstrom; chaplain, CarlGeppinger; warden, Bernard Joel Johnson; chorister, Carl Scheid; assistanttreasurer, David Campbell; assistanthouse manager, Michael Ihnat.Affiliate: February 2: Frank Richards,\rissouri Beta.Initiates: January 24: H. Johnson, G.Johnson, R. White, F. Springer, E. Schaller,E. H. Miller, R. J. Aufdenspring, H.Marks, C. Rowe, and G. Routt.Chapter House Improvements: Showershave been installed in the bathrooms,adding a great deal to the comfort of thehouse.Ccunpus Activities: Fish has starred ascaptain and guard in every basketballgame this season. Lee, Johnson, Geppinger,and Thomson are out for baseball.G. Johnson Is fifth in total pointsin frosh track so far this quarter and iscertain to get his numerals. We havewon all our games In intramural basketballin both the "A" and "B" leagues,and it is certain that we wiU enter thesemifinals for the university championship.We won the second place trophyin the intramural swimming carnival outof a field of over thirty organizations.[419]Whitney, Thomson, Geppinger, andMarks turning in good races. Richardswas appointed editor of the chaptermonthly magazine. At the end of lastquarter we were in first place in numberof points scored in intramural competition,while Forbrich and Lee are in firstand third places, respectively, in individualpoints.Social Activities: A house party hasbeen planned for February 28, our firstparty of the winter quarter. Althoughother social affairs will be planned betweenthat date and March 20 it Is onthe latter date that we will present ourwinter formal, usually one of the outstandingparties of the campus year.Chapter Visitors: E. E, Quantrell, '05,was a welcome visitor recently when hecame to the university to speak on investmentbanking.Alumni Personals: Coke S. Sheffey,Randolph-Macon, '28, recently obtainedhis master's degree in history, as wellas a scholarship, from this school.JAMES L. PORTERIllinois Delta-Zeta, Knox CollegePhikeia: Spencer Vasen, Quincy, Illinois.Campus Activities: Wilson was electedco-captain of the 1931 football team. Heis one of the best ends Knox has hadin recent years. In addition to being anoutstanding football player Wilson hasturned in creditable performances on thebasketball and track teams. Bogue,Carle, Reed, and Arntson were awardedplaces in the cast of The Beggar onHorseback. Illinois Delta-Zeta is wellrepresented on both the basketball andswimming teams. Murphy, Shearer, Wilson,Babcook, and Smith were awardedletters at the annual football banquet.Sherman, Knox track captain, won footballletters in his sophomore and junioryears but this year he has concentratedhis efforts to the cinder path. Othertrack aspirants in the chapter are ilurphyand Sloan, dash men; Gault, quartermiler; Dewey and Frary, distance runners;Andrews, broad jumper; Wilsonand Babcook, weight men; and Jones, ajavelin thrower. Wilson, Glaub, Moline,and Dewey are on the basketball squad.Murphy, Smith, Jones, and Bogue willrepresent the chapter on the baseballteam. Competing for the varsity swim-