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

THE SCROLL. 409inter class meet last fall, several good men were found among '09. Meetswith Trinity and St. Lawrence have been thus far secured.On March 15, Alumni Day will be celebrated by the chapter. A goodlynumber is expected.Beta Theta Pi has petitioned for a lot for a chapter house ou the campus.The student body voted to discontinue football for the year 1906.Our new engineering laboratory is nearly finished and will probably beready for work during next term.Schenectady, March 15, 1906.CARLOS G. HAFLEY.NEW YORK DELTA, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.It is with deepest feelings of regret that we announce to our brothers ofPhi Delta Theta the sad tidings of the untimely death of our beloved companionand esteemed brother, Wayne D. Parker, who passed away on February27, 1906 aftar a brief illness of three weeks.Bro. Parker was a member of the Indiana Gamma chapter at Butlercollege. He entered Columbia Law School and affiliated with the NewYork Delta chapter on December 11, 1905.In his death we mourn an irreparable loss and in this hour of sad afflictionwe offer our most sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the members of thebereaved family.The fraternity services at the funeral of Bro. Parker were held at thechapter house of New York Delta on February 28, 1906. This is the firsttime that such services have ever been held in New York City.The chapter takes great pleasure in introducing Bro. Fernando U.Parraga, '08, to the fraternity. Bro. Parraga was initialed on March 12,1906. Twenty-nine students entered Columbia in February. The entranceof this class did not occasion the usual activities of a strenuous rushingseason and none of its members were made Phis.At the meeting of the trustees held on February 5 an unusual number ofimportant gifts was received, including the following: $150,000 from Mrs.M. H. Williamson to establish a fund in memory of the late Edward R.Carpentier, $100,000 from Mr. George Blumenthal for the endowment ofa chair of politics; $30,000 from an anonymous donor; and $25,000 fromHorace W. Carpentier for the maintenance of lectures on law.The Columbia University Quarterly for March, just issued, contains anadmirable address by Prof, Brander Mathews on American character, deliveredbefore the Phi Beta Kappa last June.Bros. Jackson and Rodgers of Cornell and Bro. Smith of Lafayette havevisited us since the appearance of the last SCROLL. We hope that morebrothers will follow their example in the future.On March i, the chapter bade farewell to its old abode on 117th street,and moved into its new home at 565 West 113th street. A full account anda complete description of the new house will be found elsewhere in THESCROLL.Some time ago, President Butler appointed a commission to look after theattainment of an athletic field, suitable for the use of the university. Ifreports prove true, the commission did splendid work. The plans providefor the filling-in, at an enormous expense, of reclaimed land along the shoreof the Hudson river from 72nd lo Ii6lh st. This huge field, which doesnot yet exist, is to be divided into three parts. Columbia is to have the middlesection—large enough for a gridiron, a diamond and a track with roomfor other minor sports.