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

Vol. LV, No. 1THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAleaders in forming a new Universityrooting section called "Block 'O'."Social Activities: Oklahoma Alpha willhave a dance October 11, 1930. NebraskaPhis will be the guests after the Nebraska-Oklahomagame of the same date.Chapter Visitors: Martin Heflin, '30,New York City; Roy Smoot, '22.WILLIS R. STARKOntario Alpha. University of TorontoChapter House Improvements: Duringthe summer the chapter house hasbeen given a new coat of paint and theappearance of the house has been muchimproved.Active Chapter: The fall term opensabout the first of October. During thepast year the chapter pledged thirteenmen and initiated ten. Six men are leavingthe chapter due to'graduation. Themortality due to spring exams was thelowest experienced for some years.There were only two failures in thewhole chapter. Three other brotherswere transferred to other courses becauseof not getting high enough grades. Thebrothers in all the other faculties weresuccessful in their exams. Rieder waselected as president for the fall term.During the summer Nash succeeded inwinning the Ontario amateur golf championship,defeating many of the outstandinggolfers in Ontario. We congratulatehim and wish him well in allhis future tournaments, Rieder, Marshand Irwin attended the Fraternity Conventionheld at Detroit and Jack Kingsmillattended as alumni club delegate.It was without a doubt one of the bestconventions ever held by the fraternity.Alumni Personals: R. B. Rochester,'30, is working for the Bell Telephone atHamilton. F. L. Hallam, '30, is workingfor Consolidated Smelters at Trail, BritishColumbia. J. F. Green, '30, is workingfor a firm of architects in Toronto.J. Raeburn. '30, is with the Ontario forestrybranch at Kapuskasing, Ontario.R. ARNOLD IRWINOregon Beta, Oregon State College(Received too late for the May SCROLL)Initiates: April 20, 1930: ArthurRamponi and Raymond Kerr.Chapter House Improvements: Theplans for the new chapter house weresubmitted to the contractors April 26,and building will begin about May 19.The new house will conveniently takecare of forty-three men, and from allindications will be the finest structureof its kind here at Oregon State. It willbe completed and give us ample time tomove into it next fall at the beginningof the school year.Campus Activities: Larry Warren wasappointed editor of the Daily Barometer.This position is probably the most importantone on the campus. Ken Carlson,Bill McKalip, Jack DuFrane, LloydLillie are all members of the varsitytrack squad. Torson, Grayson, Mack,and Ashby are all playing regular onthe varsity baseball team. Phikeias Curtin,McCrea, and Winslow are membersof the Rook track team, Russel Striffis assisting Coach P. J. Schissler with thespring varsity football practice.Social Activities: On April 15 the PiProvince Convention was held here, andon the following evening Oregon Betaheld its Founders' Day Banquet in conjunctionwith Oregon Alpha. This eventis an annual affair between the two chapters,and is held alternately by them. OnApril 27, an alumni dinner was held atthe chapter house.Chapter Visitors: Oregon Beta hasbeen honored with alumni ranging fromthe class of '10 to the late class of '29[8i:in the past month. Most of these visitorswere here during the Founders' DayBanquet. Their presence was enjoyedvery much, and we are looking forward toseeing them all again very soon. Sinclairof Idaho Alpha was here for dinneron May 6.Alumni Personals: Harlan Striff.Class of '27 announced his engagementto Miss Dorothy Battle, April 2. JohnDrager has opened a new golf practicefairway in Salem. MARK GRAYSONPennsylvania Alpha, Lafayette CollegeNew Officers: The following officerswere installed for the first term of nextyear: J. McAbee, president; R. Book,treasurer; E. McAbee, reporter, secretary,and alumni secretary; A. Mundy,warden; G. Laub, chaplain; E. Phelps,chorister; W. Auer, historian. Phelps