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

288 THE SCROLL.Stadium and action taken on as to what shall be done with the newly acquiredYates Castle property. The work on the Carnegie library, building ofapplied science and the hall, of natural history goes steadily on and it isexpected that they will be ready for occupancy by next fall.The candidates for the crews were called out December 20 and about 80men reported. Enthusiasm in this branch of athletics is high and the prospectsare very bright for a successful season. In basketball we have beenfairly successful thus far. We were defeated by Company B at Schenectady,32 to 24, and have defeated Yale, 19 to 15, and won from Williams on aforfeit when the actual score was 17 to 17. We have games scheduled withColgate, Princeton, Amherst and the University of Pennsylvania. Candidatesfor the track and baseball teams will be called out at an early date, andfrom the results of last fall's inter-class contests, many good men are inline for these branches. An inter-fraternity basketball league has beenorganized and twelve teams have been entered. As the competition is quitekeen, the games promise to be more than interesting.The glee and instrumental clubs returned from an extended western touron December 30, and all report a very enjoyable and profitable trip. Theannual dinner of the university to its athletes will be held on January 17and a fine program has been arranged. At this time the cups will be presentedto the members of the winning four oared crew at Poughkeepsie lastJune. These dinners are held once a year and are very enjoyable affairsand especially noted for the college spirit they serve to arouse.The chapter was never in a better condition than it is at the present time.Our annual banquet occurs on February 9 and we are working hard to makeit a great success. At this time plans for the new chapter house will beadvanced. During the last week we had pleasant visits from Bro. Stark,ex-08, and Bro. Sanford, '05. Bro. Stark is in business at Little Falls, N.Y., and Bro. Sanford is teaching at Peekskill, N. Y. During the holidaysBro. Simpson was taken seriously ill with pneumonia and will be unable toreenter college until after the midyear examinations. In college affairs thechapter is quite prominent. Besides the offices mentioned in the last issueBro. Madden, '05, is president of the junior law class, Bros. Whitney andBurrel, members of the senior ball committee, and Bro. Jones is a memberof the senior dinner club. In athletics Bros. Weaver and Murray are candidatesfor the freshman crew.H. M, DEXTER.Syracuse, January, 1906,PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.Lafayette has recently been exceedingly fortunate in receiving an endowmentof $100,000 from ex-Gov. Ralph Voorhees of New Jersey. With thisaddition the amount bestowed during the last year is $165,000. The aim ofthe college-is to raise $500,000 by June, 1907, which is the seventy-fifthanniversary of the college.Our football season closed on Thanksgiving day with a victory overBucknell. Our tie score with Pennsylvania and our decisive victory overLehigh cause us to consider the season a most successful one. Bro, Mc­Avoy, '08, was our representative on the team and played an exceptionallystrong game at full-back.Much interest is being manifested in the interfraternity bowling tournamentwhich is taking place. Bros. Hemingway, '07, Kirkpatrick, '08, Wight,'08, and Atherton, '09, are our representatives, and while the contest hasnot progressed far enough to predict victory, nevertheless we feel sure wewill give a good account of ourselves. We are also looking forward to aninterchapter contest with Pennsylvania Eta on Feb. loth at South Bethlehem.