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

THE SCROLL. 311cosy corners, plenty of room has been arranged for both the lounger andthe student.The basket-ball $ A 9 has been represented by Bros. Justus, captain,and Hughes, guard. Other members of the fraternity have been out andtrying for the team.The faculty of Lombard college recently met and took action upon theproposition of football. The conclusion arrived at was that there would beno football team at Lombard during the next year. This was a source ofconsiderable disappointment to some of the students but they rallied and intruly royal style celebrated with the burning of the old football dummy.Galesburg, January 29, 1906.CHESTER C. HOUSH.ILLINOIS ETA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.The wave of reform which has swept over the country permeating municipal,state and national politics apd which is doing so much to purify themanagement of the big corporations, is now making itself felt in athletics,and particularly in football. Whether this latter is simply an instance ofthe contagion with an extremely popular movement is charged, or a sincereand intelligent effort to do away with existing abuses remains to be seen. Inany event whatever the result of the present agitation may be it will not beso severely felt here as in some of the other middle western schools whichhave always had strong football teams. President James and the faculty asa whole are undoubtedly in sympathy with the movement to reform footballand from all indications the council of administration will ratify the actionof the university's delegate in voting for the report submitted by the Chicagofootball conference. 'But the student body is not in sympathy with all the proposals of the conference.Few, it is true, can be found that do not admit that somethingought to be done to do away with the slugging element of the game and to givethe officials more power in punishing infractions of the rules. But on someof the other points submitted by the conference—for instance, the ruleabolishing the training table, the three year playing limit rule and the threegames a season rule, there is considerable difference of opinion. But thelarger per cent of the students seem to think that the recommendations ofthe conference are too drastic.Bull dogs must go, according to a decree recently issued by the council ofadministration. They are a dangerous class of animals—so runs the decreein effect—and fraternities and students who must have mascots and pets willfind pug dogs and maltese cats "safe and sane" at all times. The cause forthis order was an unfortunate accident at the Delta Upsilon house about tendays ago. An imprudent colored domestic found the bull dog owned bythat fraternity lying in her way and struck it with a broom stick to driveit away. This enraged the animal and it sprang upon her severely bitingher arm. As a result of the bite and the nervous condition induced byfright, it became necessary to take the girl to the hospital. The papers gothold of the affair and in a sensational and exaggerated article declared thatall bull dogs were public nuisances and steps should be immediately takento exterminate them. It went on further to significantly remind the citizensof Champaign and Urbana that if no action were taken by the city officials,powder and lead are cheap and easily procured. The result of all this sensationalnewspaper talk was the order of the council of administration prohibitingthe bringing of bull dogs upon the campus and a request upon thecity authorities of Champaign and Urbana to take such action as may benecessary to compel all persons owning dogs to dispose of them. Closely fol-