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

THE SCROLL. 23the only one available we could rent. An application was atonce made for the house but met with decided opposition fromthe trustees. It was only b3' the most determined efforts thata lease was finally secured on the day that college closed.The house is a large two and a half story frame building,very plain in outward appearance, but roomy and well adaptedto the uses of the chapter. There is a piazza across the entirefront of the building, affording a pleasant lounging place. Tothe left of the entrance are the rooms set apart for the use ofthe matron. To the right are two large parlors, and in theirrear the dining room and goat room. All these rooms havepolished hardwood floors. An ell provides kitchen, pantries,storerooms, and everything necessary for the boarding department.The second story contains eight pleasant study rooms,besides two baths. On the third floor are the sleeping rooms.The building is heated throughout by steam and lighted byelectricity. The entire lower floor was renovated by the collegebefore the chapter took possession. The house affordsample accommodations for twenty men.It is not the intention of the chapter to occupy this buildingpermanently. It is merely to serve as a stepping .'•toneto something better—a real home of our own, if possible.Our chapter house fund has already reached a very respectablesum, and during the present year we expect to push thematter with our alumni in order to secure if possible, the fullamount necessary to buy or build a suitable house. For thepresent, however, we congratulate ourselves that we can nolonger be named among the decreasingly small number ofhouseless chapters, and feel that we have taken a forwardstep entirely in accord with the spirit of Phi Delta Theta.Visiting brothers will find a cordial welcome at our new home,67 College avenue.The past three years have shown not a little advancementat Colby. Extensive improvements have been made aboutthe campus, and that portion sloping towards the Kennebecriver has been newly graded. North College, burned in 1902,was rebuilt in a thoroughly modern manner and is now thebest arranged dormitory in the state. .Alumni Athletic Fieldhas been entirely made over, the improvements including anew clay diamond and a handsome grandstand seating about800 The new building of the women's college, Foss Hall,erected at a cost of ^140,000, was dedicated during commencementweek. New courses have been introduced in nearly alldepartments, and the number of students has increased twenty