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

3o6 THE SCROLL.credit and without mishap we will close the season well to the front. Baseballpractice is progressing nicely and Capt. Shirley reports a lively interestbeing taken in the indoor work. A new batting cage has been purchasedand placed in position, thereby supplying a long and seriously felt need inathletic equipment. With a number of old men as a nucleus, such as Shirley,Watson and Davis we hope to develop a winning team.In this connection we are pleased to announce that Bro. Charles Jewett,'07, has been elected football captain for the coming year. Bro. Jewett hasalso the honor of representing DePauw in the state oratorical association.Our department of education, which has been recently revived by Prof.Kleinsmid, has extended its courses and increased its capacity to such anextent that it now offers unexcelled advantages for teachers and promises torapidly increase our enrollment.As for Indiana Zeta, we find ourselves enjoying one of the most successfulyears in our recent history. In athletics we have been well representedso far by four men on the football team, two men on the junior basketballand one on the freshman basketball teams and two strong candidates forbaseball. As for politics our record will speak for itself. The junior, sophomoreand freshman classes are presided over by Bros. Chas. Jewett, FranklinTravis and Chester Jewett, respectively, while Bro. Love has been recentlyelected to the student council. It is our great pleasure to announce in thisletter that Indiana Zeta has purchased a site for her new chapter house.The lots lie just off the northwest corner of east campus, fronting Collegeavenue on the west. This is beyond doubt the most desirable location inGreencastle for a fraternity house and we hope to begin active building operationsin the spring. Our present home is convenient but too small, makingit necessary for certain men to pay room rent elsewhere, which should byall means be paid to the chapter.Some weeks ago "^ A 9 successfully entertained about one hundred menat an athletic smoker. A large part of the evening was given over to shortathletic talks, chief of which was given by President Hughes, We were alsohonored on this occasion by the presence of Dr. Stephenson, "I" A 0, Dr.Blanchard, Dr. Seaman, Prof. Brumbaugh, * A 0, and Prof. Kleinsmid. OnJanuary 20 the chapter entertained in honor of lady friends. Since our lastletter we have enjoyed visits from Bros. Boulton, Gwinn, Lynn, Edwards,Freeman, Gipe and De Lorenzi of Indiana Beta, Bro. Oldfather of IndianaEpsilon and Bro. Riddle of Indiana Gamma. Our chapter will add to itsroll next term by the return of Bro. Wiley, ex-'o5, and the initiation ofMessrs. Causey, Dicks, Randel, Carter and Sharp. G. EDGAR TURNER.Greencastle, January 28, 1906.INDIANA THETA, PURDUE UNIVERSITY,Purdue University opened the second semester on February i, and thenames of the "alsorans" have become public property. It has been rumoredthat something like 300 students were conspicuous by their absence on FebruaryI. Howevej-, notwithstanding such terrible shocks to her vitality,Purdue still flourishes and the enrollment borders closely on the 2,000 mark.In the laboratories of the university the work is still very much overcrowded.The sections of men to be handled are larger than they haveever been before. In addition to this a great deal of outside work is beingcarried on for large manufacturing companies. This is particularly true ofthe laboratories for testing the strength of materials. The nature of thework covers the most modern designs of steel beams and girders, woodenbeams of many kinds, and the most recent forms of concrete.