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

VoL LV, No. 8THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAdance. The Miami Triad of B e H, S X,and * A '9 held a joint dance on April 4.The spring formal is to be held May 23.The Founders' Day banquet was held onApril 13, and the Oregon Beta chapterof 4> A 6 were guests. Kenneth Siegristwas chairman.Oregon Beta, Oregon State CollegePhikeias: Robert Bronson, NormanTwitchell, Portland, Oregon,Initiates: March 1: Dillard Burroughs,Hollywood, California; Kenneth Hammer,Rainier, Oregon; Forrest Lindsay,Hayword, California; Don Dunham,Klamath Falls, Oregon; Jack Williams,San Francisco, California; Jack Milne,The Dalles, Oregon.Campus Activities: Mark Grayson andBob Drager ended four years of collegebasketball by winning their third lettersin the season recently ended. Graysonand Hammer are competing for positionson the varsity baseball squad of whichthe former Is captain. Dunham and Lillieearned letters in water polo and swimming,respectively last season, Williamsand Phikeia Barras have been awardedfreshman numerals in swimming andLindsay in diving. Phikeias Twitchelland Bronson have turned out for rooktrack. McKalip and DuFrane and PhikeiaCurtin are working out with thevarsity cinder men. Burroughs and PhikeiaDonly are candidates for the freshmanball team. Forsyth was senior swimmingmanager last season. Oregon Betamade an enviable record in winter intramuralathletics, winning the swimmingrelays, the dual swimming meets and theopen swimming championship of the college.In taking these titles the swimmersbroke all previous intramural records.Burroughs has been appointed to thebusiness staff of the Oregon State DailyBarometer. Les Avrit has been electedfootball coach at Klamath Falls, Oregon,high school and will take over his dutiesnext fall. Avrit at present is coachingthe rook ball squad.Social Activities: Oregon Beta held Itsfirst formal dance in its new chapterhouse March 6, using a futuristic ideafor decorations. A barn dance is plannedfor April 18. The local chapter is planningon a big part of activities at the annualFounders' Day banquet at Eugene,April 11.Chapter Visitors: Charles Gaches,province president, and Mark Bradford,traveling secretary, visited the chapterhouse recently. They remarked on thenoticeable improvement of the fraternity'sfinancial and scholastic situation.Alumni Personals: "Slats" Gill hascompleted his third season as varsitybasketball coach. The Orange squadfinished in third place in the northwestconference. Seven Oregon Beta men,Charles Stidd, Charles Reynolds, AubreyDean, Byron Wright, Percy Locey, MilesJons and Everett May, are included inthe 43 district committeemen just namedby the Oregon State College honor council.Lyle Hendricks Is proprietor of theSt. Francis pharmacy at Portland. WaldoStoddard is credit manager of the FirstNational Bank at Ogden, Utah, Gilbert[533]Scott is attending University of California.LARKY WARRENPennsylvania Gamma, Washington andJeffersonPhikeia: John William Mathers,Washington, D.CInitiates: February 14, 1931: MorganPaul Morgan, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania;Frederic S. C Pomeroy, Media,Pennsylvania; Campbell R. King, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania; Alexander CStreater, Washington, Pennsylvania; EdwardC Rogers, Washington, Pennsylvania.Chapter House Improvements: Thechapter recently purchased a new Majesticradio. The set is table size and isin harmony with the rest of the furniture.Campus Activities: Three boys fromthe chapter, namely Webb, Lewis, andHecht were initiated into Skull and Dagger,the senior honorary society on thecampus. Two other brothers, Thorne andWilkison were initiated into Kera, thejunior honorary society, Elmer Flaccusgained honor for himself and scholarlyreputation for the fraternity when hewas initiated into II A E a nationaljournalistic society. Tennis season hascommenced and the chapter has fivebrothers entered in that sport. They areLewis, Ullom, and Duff, who are varsitycandidates and Pomeroy and Rogers whoare freshman candidates. There is agreat chance for the fraternity to accom-