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

I70 THE SCROLL.OHIO GAMMA, OHIO UNIVERSITY.We intrpduoe with pleasure to the general fraternity Robert Wood,Athens, Ohio; Thomas Jones, Jackson, Ohio; Raymond Crisp, Akron, Ohio;George Thomas, Jackson, Ohio; Leo. W. Lorbach, Waverly, Ohio.Our football season is over with the exception of one or two unimportantgames. From the manager's standpoint it has been successful. Cashstands with a debit balance. From the player s standpoint we have aboutheld our own. Two games were o to o, two were lost 5 to 6, and threemore were won by our opponents without our scoring. The return gamewith Marietta was won by O. U. at the tune of 6 to o. We are greatlyrejoiced over the score as Marietta is our strong rival and has carried offthe gridiron banner for the past four seasons. Our team is composed ofmsn averaging not over twenty years and 155 pounds, only four of whichplayed last season. Considering the hard schedule that we have had tomeet the season has been more than was hoped. Most all the men of thisseason will be back next year which assures a strong nucleus of vitality forthe 1906 pig skin at O. U. Ohio Gamma was represented on the team byBro. Elliott, left guard; Bro. Fisher, right guard; Bro. Jones, right end;Bro. Heyman, right tackle; Bro. Wood, half back. Bro. Shattuck, one oflast year's half backs, broke his leg just above the ankle in scrimmage notlong after the mailing of the October letter. He was sorely needed manytimes to carry the hall.O. U. glee club is rapidly getting into shape for entertaining under theable direction of Prof. J. P. Mc Vey, who spent last year studying undermasters in Paris and Berlin. The membership of the club is twenty, five ofwhom are Phis. Prof. Mc Vey is also working up a chorus to render "TheMessiah" sometime in December. This will be the musical treat of theyear.Ohio Gamma has again been honored by the election of Bro. Norton tothe science club. Bro. Manning Coultrap was a delegate to Delta provinceconvention, held at Ann Arbor, November 9-11. He reports an interestingsession and brought back many helpful suggestions.A very enjoyable affair was the entertainment given at Albany by thePhis for their lady friends on the Monday evening next after Hallowe'en.Leaving Athens in single and double carriages the jolly Phi Delts and theirfriends formed a long line of rollicking lads and lassies which startled thebarn yard folk and brought the grouchy farmer to his window with their"siz boom bahs," "rah, rah, rahs" and songs to our honored fraternity.A little after 8 p. m. the dancing hall was a scene of gaiety that one willoften longingly gaze "upon with mind's eye when he has passed without collegehalls. There seemed to be a friendly rivalry among them in everybodytrying to have a better time than his brother. Often the orchestrawas drowned out by the songs of the dancers. At ten, or thereabouts, thetables, were spread and the merry crowd repaired to the dining room. Herenothing was slighted. A wholesome satisfaction seemed to be present toall. (Thq alumni were there to show us how.) They were simply gettingsurplus energy which was to make another eventful going home. In thewee sma' hours of the still night the farmer and the barn yard folk werestartled again by the noisy band. Not long after every one was in dreamland,dreaming, to be sure, not of the morrow's classes, but of ball rooms,and glittering dining halls in which are noble men and princess-like womenwith eyes twinkling like sparkling glassware.At 12 N. College St. we hold council and would b^ glad for any Phi whomay be at Athens to join our camp fire circle at his pleasure.Athens, November 18, 1905.G. D. MILLER.