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

320 THE SCROLL.the team. We are already practicing some but most of our time is nowturned to class football.The large number in college supplies the fraternities with a lot of goodmaterial and I am glad to say that "!> A 0 has her share of the good materialand I take pleasure in introducing the following: Bros. R. H. Liddell, '08,Camden, Ala.; J. A. Walker, '08, Dadeville, Ala.; M. S. Brasfield, '07,Dernopolis, Ala.; Scott Farley, '07, Opelika, Ala.It is the custom to appoint several corporals and a few sergeants eachyear and this vear the Phis have the honor of the following appointments:Bros. Liddell, 1st Corporal; Allen, 2nd Corporal. Bro. Powell also got agood one and Burgess the first appointment of the Sergeants.The other honors given to Phis are as follows: Bros. Certain, 'o5, assistanteditor-in-chief of Glomereata; Lipscomb, '07, vice-president of class;Ripley, '07, floor manager of hop and assistant floor manager of juniorgerman; Burgess, '07, advisory board; Liddell, '08, historian sophomoreclass.Our chapter house committee is hard at work and prospects look fine fora chapter house to begin the next session in September, We have a beautifulplace for the house near the campus and we are going to have the house.Auburn, January 22, 1906.N. ALBERT BURGESS.THETA PROVINCE.MISSISSIPPI ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.While our football team was not successful in the Thanksgiving game theseason was a phenomenal success in regard to finances. With the moneycleared the athletic board of control has started a fund for the erection of ahandsome athletic club house. The informal gathering in Jackson was enjoyableto all; we had the pleasure of spending the day with brothers Ray,Steen, W. A. Henry, Jr., Campbell, Richmond, Robinson, Spann, Jennings,F. L. (Pete) Fair, W. G. Yerger, Wilson of Sewanee and Foote of Virginia.Bro. Toney A. Hardy has entered the law department; Bro. J, A. NilesofSewanee has affiliated; and we have initiated H. C. McCabe, Jr., of Vicksburg,Miss., who is a brother of Bro. E. J. McCabe, '99; Bro. Drane hashad two operations performed, he is slowly improving, but is still confinedto his room in the Presbyterian Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. On account ofour late opening our only holiday was Christmas day; however, most of uswent home for a few days. On New Year's day we were standing exams whichwe have gladly finished. Last week as an expression of our gratitude forhis general activity in college affairs and thanks for his service as captain ofthe 'varsity for two years the students presented a gold watch to Capt.Dodd.Including initiates the fraternities number; AKE, 13; A St*, 14; S X, 19;* K ^, 11; S A E, 18; * A 9, 14; A T A, 6; K A, 11. As usual when theMississippi legislature convenes some of the goats try to show their loyalty(?) to their beloved alma mater by bringing up the question of legislation'against fraternities. Recently one (I do not mention his name for that mightincrease the notoriety he seems to seek) distributed a pamphlet among thelegislators in which he very severely criticised the board of trustees, thefaculty. Chancellor Fulton in particular, and all the fraternities. Thus farnothing more has been heard of him or his article except that the assistantclerk of the House, B. C. Trigg, who was accused of "doctoring testimony"given^ before the committee which investigated the fraternities here two yearsago publicly denounced the statement as "altogether false and malicious."