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

THE SCROLL. 183nuities for retiring college and university instructors. Dr. McClelland is atpresent in the east attending a meeting of this board.Bro. Howell has Been made a member of the Pundit club, an organizationcomposed of the faculty and the senior honor men. Bro. Snohr has beenelected president of the athletic association and Bro. Howell is president ofthe Y. M. C; A. Bro. Howell is president of the senior class and Bro. Grantis president of the sophomore class. Bros. Snohr and Howell are membersof the senior dramatic club.The glee club promises this year to excel all previous organizations. Atrip is now being planned through. Iowa and Nebraska for the Christmasholidays. * A 9 is represented on the club by Bros. Qrant, J. Lowrie, G.Lowrie, president, Auracher, accompanist and Stephenson (pledged).As a result of a class scrap which nearly resulted fatally, the two underclasses in joint meeting agreed to omit the annual color-rush which hasgenerally occurred on Washington's Birthday. S. GALE LOW^RIE.^Galesburg, November 15, 1905.ILLINOIS ETA. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.Since the October -letter many interesting and important events havetaken place here- Among these the installation of Pres. James was beyondquestion the most important. What took place on this occasion, what itmeans in the university's history and how it impressed the friends of theuniversity and the visiting strangers is told elsewhere in this issue. Butthere was a side to the installation exercises that deserves a place in thisletter,—and that is, the cheerful assistance the Greeks of the university extendedto the reception committee in charge of the entertainment of theguests of the university, and the part they took in the monster students' parade.When it became known that the reception committee was experiencingconsiderable difficulty in finding places for the entertainment of the largenumber of guests expected installation week, nearly every fraternity in schoolgenerously threw open its chapter home and each entertained from four toeight of the university's guests. It was Illinois Eta's good fortune to entertainthe following distinguished gentlemen; Hon. H. M. Beardsley, speakerMissouri House ot Representatives; Dr. G. W. Locke, University of Michigan;Bros. Frederick N. Hinett, president Central University; Edward D. Jones,University of Michigan; W.C. Hill, President Carthage College and M. A.Scovall. Their presence among us is recalled by all as being at once apleasure and a privilege.In the students' parade the Greeks took a very prominent part. Somein the Grecian Cavalcade assuming the characters of noble and warlike Greekhorsemen, some in symbolic floats representing the various schools and collegesof the university and others got off individual take-offs on well knownmembers of the faculty. Those who had no particular parts assigned tothem, fell in line with their respective schools. The Phis who figured insome special capacity, or.make-up, were H.'L. Green, on the engineeringfloat, M. Greenleaf, on the "Ag" float, and W. H. Stelle. Every one whosaw it pronounced the parade an unqualified success.Grim tears of sorrow have been wrung from the loyal followers of theorange and blue this fall. Early in the fall it became apparent that the'varsity could not hope to win the championship and would probably ranklow in the column of the Big Nine teams. The one year residence rulebarring freshmen from university contests had an unusually harsh effect uponthe 'varsity. Losing those stars and bulwarks on the teams of former years.