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

I90 THE SCROLL.and Tilley on the sophomore; and Bros. Reagan, Hill, Baldwin and Hintonon the freshman team.The chapter regrets very much the death of Bro, Branch, one of its membersof last year, who was drowned near his home at Decatur, Ga.; duringthe latter part of the summer. Bro. Branch was a member of the '07 class.He was a loyal Phi, a christian young man, and his^place in the chapter isvery much missed by the brothers who knew him.We also miss very much Bros. Rayne and Thomas, whom we lost by graduation,and Bro. Chas. Mills who affiliated with Georgia Alpha. Bro.Purcell, one of our beloved members of this year's chapter, has retiredfrom college, but hopes to be able to be with us again in the near future.The chapter, despite the loss of some of its best members, is nevertheless ina flourishing condition".We are well pleased with the new brothers, and the members of the chapter,new and old, stand well in their respective classes. The chapter enjoyeda very pleasant visit made to us by Bro. Brown, our province president, andwe feel sure that he was very favorably impressed with our brothers.Oxford, November 17, 1905.ROBERT M. ARNOLD.GEORGIA GAMMA, MERCER UNIVERSITY.We regret that our last letter was written a little late for the OctoberSCROLL. AS our officers were, however, at that date uninstalled, we justlybeg excuse; and we hope never again to be even seemingly careless.Mercer has commenced the new year under conditions that promise to beauspicious. The new members of the faculty seem to satisfy the requirementsof even the fastidious, and the student body, numbering approximately300, is composed of loyal good fellows.Mr. Charles Lee Smith, Ph D., formerly of William Jewell College, andone of the foremost educators of the south, is our new president. Messrs. O.P. Chitwood, Ph. D., E. J. Forrester, D. D., W. C. Pumpelly, Ph. G., M.D., and H. A. Van Landingham, A- M., now occupy the chairs of history,Bible, pharmacy, and English, respectively. It is a great pleasure to thechapter to have Bro. E. B. Murray, A. B., Mercer, '05, back with us, asassistant professor of English; and we feel that the faculty is strengthenedby the acquisition.Prospects are bright for Mercer and for Georgia Gamma, yet some localevents have brought regret and sadness to the chapter, Bro. GeorgeHerbert Clarke, formerly occupying the chair of English, has resigned andis now more specifically engaged in journalism in Macon, We hope thatsuccess will attend his efforts; and predict for him a happy future. Bro. B.D. Ragsdale has resigned from the chair of Bible and has allied himselfwith theological and religious interests of the state. Bro. Wilfred C. Lanehas, on account of ill health, given up his work, to seek recuperation, andwe are hopeful of seeing him return soon to resume his duties on the Lawfaculty. Bro. P. D. Pollock, Mercer's beloved late president, has goneto his reward, to meet us again, only after we have in.some measure led thenoble life, which characterized him.Bro. Pollock was of that genial, pure and noble disposition whichimproves the world by having lived in it; and yet whose absence is emphasizedby its very nobility.But Georgia Gamma has much to rejoice over; our condition and prospectsare very pleasing. We returned every one of last vear's chapterexcept those who graduated and those who went to other institutions; andBro. J. E. G. Terrell,formerly of Georgia Gamma, has returned. We now