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

THE SCROLL. 187Other Phis that have visited us this year are: Bros. Moore, Peeper,McBaine and Houck, of this chapter; Bros. Welsh and Dowuton, of Kentucky;Bro. Zellar, of Cornell; and Bro. Powell, of Missouri Beta.Columbia, November 18, 1905.H- B. BECKETT.MISSOURI GAMMA, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.Since the publication of our last letter Missouri Gamma has increasedand strengthened her chapter by the initiation of" five men who we feel area material addition and will always be a credit to Phi Delta Theta. Thenew men are Douglas Turner, '08, Charles Glasgow, '09, Arthur Dixon, '09,Leroy Wehrle, '09, and Francis Hardaway, '09. All of the above, withthe exception of Brother Wehrle who is from Bellville, 111., are St. Louismen.Bro. Ruby W. Benecke, '07, law, at an election held recently, waschosen captain of the 'varsity baseball nine for the season of 1906. Bro.Benecke has been a member of the team for the past two years and his selectionto fill the captaincy will without doubt bring victory to Washington aswell as honor to Missouri Gamma. Bros. Turner, '08, and Frank Eliot, '08,are on the 'varsity mandolin club.It may be of interest to athletically inclined Phi Delts to hear that Bro.Rothgeb formerly of Illinois Eta, has been for the past few weeks assistingMr, Fairweather as coach for the W. U. eleven. Bro. Rothgeb, whose reputationas an all around athlete is national and needs no comment here, hasbeen a great help to the team. We feel that it was due largely to his efficientcoaching that we defeated the University of Missouri on November18. This game, which was. one of the hardest fought that has ever beenwitnessed on the university field, will go down as a memorable triumph forboth team and coaches. Outweighed by a substantial number of poundstheW. U. team wrested a bitterly contested victory from an opponent who hadlittle idea of defeat. During his stay at Washington Bro. Rothgeb was theguest of Missouri Gamma and occupied one of our suites of rooms.Nor have all of Washington's triumphs been in athletics. At the lastBeaux Art competition, held in New York, the first, second, fourth prizesand several honorary mentions were bestowed upon Washington U. men ofthe department of architecture. When one pauses to consider the numberof competitors and the large field of competition he will readily understandthat this is no insignificant triumph.A chapter dance is being planned by Missouri Gamma. It will probablytake place somewhere in the city rather than in one of the university buildingsand will be held during the Xmas holidays. In order that smallerfunctions may be held if desirable, our rooms in Tower Hall have been redecoratedand now compare more than favorably with those of any otherfraternity.ALVAN J. GOODBAR.Saint Louis, November 18, 1905.KANSAS ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.Since our last letter Kansas Alpha has held two initiations and we arepleased to present the following new Phis to the fraternity: Bro. Taylor,Eng., '09, Bro. Nixom, Arts, '09, Bro. Peet, Arts, '09, Bro. Van Cleave,Arts, '09, Bro. Ellis, Arts, '09, Bro. Rowlands, Arts, '09, Bro. Abercronibie,Eng., '09, Bro. Boyle, Eng., '09, Bro. Poindexter, Arts, 'og.Kansas Alpha now has 21 active men.On Nov. 3 the new law building of the university was formally dedicated.