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

428 THE SCROLL.The chapter will hold its annual banquet and dance during the first partof May. It will be held in Madison with the members of the MadisonAlumni club.Hanover, April 2, 1906.W. O. MCLELLAND Jr.INDIANA ZETA, DE PAUW UNIVERSITY.The third and last term of the present school year is opening with an increasedenrollment. Many new students have entered the courses offered byour recently revived department of education and both the music and artschools have made material advance in number of students enrolled.We are pleased to announce also, that President Hughes is able to resumehis work with the opening of the new term, after a long and serious illness.As we had hoped, Mr. Paul Smith S N, won for us another victory instate oratorical contest and is now in hard training with Prof. Brumboughfor the coming interstate contest. It will be remembered that Bro. J. M.Devers won the interstate for us last year and Mr. Smith may be able to addanother victory to our long list.A society, to be known as the Sunpsonian literary society, has recentlybeen organized in the university for the purpose of general literary andoratorical culture. This organization, of which Bro. Jewett is vice president,is composed largely of fraternity men and is a very helpful adjunct to ourdepartment of oratory.Prof. B. K. Kleinsmidt has succeeded recently in arousing much interestin the University choral society which is now composed of about one hundredand fifty voices. This organization promises to be one of the mostpopular in school during spring term.Outdoor baseball practice has been with Coach Cook on the field. ^ A 9will be represented on the team by Mr. Wiley, Jr., whom we will sooninitiate and who forms the main stay of the pitching staff. Bro. Wiley, Bro.Cartwright and Bro. Jewett are also strong candidates for positions. In theinterfraternity league we have all confidence iu. our ability to wrest thetrophy cup from the Dekes who won it from us last year by an extremelyclose margin. Bro. Dale Cartwright has been elected captain of our teamand is pushing practice to the utmost.We are now arranging for a reunion of our alumni during commencementweek of this year and hope to bring together a large per cent of IndianaZeta's men at that time. We will also be glad indeed to welcome visitingbrothers from other chapters.We desire to call attention to the fact that Bros. Chas. Prosser and L. C.Bently are candidates for president and vice-president respectively of theDePauw alumni association. The chapter is sparing no pains to insure theelection of these men and it will mean much to us if they are elected.Bro. Hawthorne reports an increase of $900 in our chapter house fundsince our last letter. We are pleased to announce the initiation of Bro.Ernest Causey of Montezuma, Ind., and later in the term we shall completethe initiation of pledged men, thereby adding six names to the chapter roll.Greencastle, April 2, 1906.G. EDGAR TURNER.ZETA PROVINCE.ILLINOIS ALPHA, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.Inter