1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 167have carried off the honors. We also have prospects for two or three moremen, whom we hope to be able to present in the near future.Our football team is doing remarkable work, and was able to defeatCumberland University by a score of 12-11, last Saturday. The work ofJenkins (pledge) was exceptionally good.We have had a recent visit from Kentucky Alpha Delta, who came in abody to witness the football game between Central and Kentucky University.Plans are on foot lo have a joint dance of the Danville and LexingtonPhis, at Lexington, in a few weeks, which will be one of the greatest eventsof the season.The y. M. C. A. work is doing well here. Mr. R. Vaudercoot, S N, isgeneral secretary and has built up a membership which has never beenequaled before here.There is a great deal of class spirit shown here, as there have been severalfights between the classes. The freshmen and sophomores had a regularbattle over an attempt which the freshmen made to rub out the sophomorecolors, from the mechanical hall. These were painted on that dizzyheight by Bro. Shanklin and others.The Phis are taking the lead in everything. Bro. Rodgers, besides beingtrack team manager and I B II, was recently elected editor-in-chief of theK. S. C. engineering paper The Transit. Stout, pledge, is freshman reporteron The Transit, drum major of the band and trumpet corps. Bro.John Trice is leader of the college orchestra which promises to be the bestthis year it ever has been. We are still represented on the gymnasium teamby Bros. Shanklin and Spears, Bro. Spears being^ captain.Our chapter house is in a good condirioH and we hope to have a dozenor more fellows in after Xmas.S. V. DABNEY.Lexington, November 15, 1905.TENNESSEE ALPHA, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.Tennessee Alpha will welcome to Nashville on December i and 2, thefirst province convention of Gamma province. Bro. Allen has arranged aninteresting and instructive programme. The business sessions will be heldduring Friday and Saturday. Friday evening a banquet will be held atwhich the convention and the local alumni will be present, and the nextevening the convention will be entertained at a ball at the chapter house.This meeting of Phis from Tennessee and Kentucky should be of great benefitto Gamma province. It will give us a chance to know each other betterand it will strengthen the bonds of friendship and fraternity.The Vanderbilt football team of '05 is certainly the greatest team thesouth has vet produced. Its many victories attest this statement. First,Alabama tried her steel against the old gold and black and was defeated 34to o. Then came that memorable struggle against Michigan which we thinkamounted to victory for us, 18 to o. A team outweighing ours 30 pounds tothe man and conceded to have the finest coaching in the world, only crossedour goal line twice in the first half and once in the second, the third touchdownbeing made in the last minute of play and after two failures to gainthe necessary one yard. Vanderbilt is reported to have surpassed Michiganin "hurr3'ing up" and in returning punts was much better, but the greatweight of the runners could not be stopped. This game practically put uson a par with most of the teams in the middle west.Tennessee had been coached according to Yost tactics as we had, and itwas thought that when Greek met Greek there would be a battle royal, butthey proved easy for our boys who made the score 45 to o. Next the