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

346 THE SCROLL.in Pendelic marble, on the ancient plan, in 1904 and 1905,at an expense of $600,000, donated by a rich Epirote, thelate George Averoff. Sixty thousand spectators can see thegames. The ports of Piraeus and of Phalerum will serve forthe nautical contests, as well as for the Venetian festival,which will be organized during the games.An historical sketch and alumni record of Iowa WesleyanUniversity, a pamphlet of 256 pages, has recently been issued.The historical sketch covers thirty pages, and is illustratedwith the portraits of the presidents of the institution, includingRev. John T. McFarland, D. D., LL. D., Iowa Alpha,'72, who was president 1884-91. The number of alumni inthe classes from 1856 to 1905 inclusive is 722. Of these just100 are members of * A ®. Much painstaking labor seemsto have been expended in collecting and editing the data aboutthe alumni. The fraternity to which each belonged is mentioned,a feature that we have never seen in any other collegealumni catalogue.There has been a remarkable increase in the number ofstudents attending Germany's twenty-one universities. Thetotal number of matriculated students is now 42,390, as comparedwith 29,117 ten years ago. The University of Berlinhas the largest total, the number of matriculated studentsbeing8,o8i. Bonn has 2,908, Heidelberg 1,443. The facultyof law was the best attended, having 12,139 students, as comparedwith 4,975 a decade ago. One of the most remarkablefacts of these statistics is the rapid, continuous decrease inthe students of Protestant theology. Within the last decadethese have decreased from 4,437 to 2,186, while the studentsin Catholic theology have increased from 1,079 to 1,680.According to the report of Provost Harrison in the newcatalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1905 was oneof the most prosperous the institution has known financially.During the year Pennsylvania received in endowments andgifts the sum of $1,300,000. Of this amount the Wistar Instituteof Anatomy alone received $1,000,000 from Gen.Wistar, while $50,000 was subscribed for the new dormitoryto be ready next September. Another gift of $50,000 wasmade by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the new engineeringbuilding which is being erected at a cost of $750,-000. The old engineering building was burned Febeuary 6.The university now owns 63 acres of land and 32 build-