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

THE SCROLL. 431Since our last letter to THE SCROLL we have pledged Bruce McClelland,'09, son of Dr. Thos. McClelland, president of the college.Bro. Gale Lowrie, '07, has been chosen by the faculty as college marshallfor the ensuing year. With the exception of two years this office hasalways been held by Phis since it was created.Galesburg, March 20, 1906.S. GALE LOWRIE.ILLINOIS ZETA, LOMBARD COLLEGE.We take pleasure in introducing to the fraternity, Bro. George L. Ross,Avon, Illinois, who was initiated March 22.It was announced in chapel a few days ago that Andrew Carnegie hadoffered to donate the last $25,000 of the $100,000 additional endowmentfund upon which President Fisher is now working. About $30,000 hasalready been raised and it is expected that our new endowment will soon bea reality.Our basketball season this year was not as successful as had been anticipated,although a fair percentage of the games were won. The team wasgreatly handicapped during the most of the season by sickness and injuriesto the best men. Bros. Hughes and Justus (captain), earned the collegeletter.For the present track season our prospects look very bright. All of the1905 team are again eligible and the freshman class has some very promisingmaterial. The whole school is looking forward to the inter-class meet. May5. The classes are very evenly matched in known material and some goodmarks are looked for. After this meet' the regular schedule commences andsome very good work is expected. Illinois Zeta is represented by Bros.Hughes, Crellin, Ross, Weigel, C- C. Housh and Justus.On March 17 the Knox and Lombard chapters of Phi Delta Theta celebratedAlumni Day in the usual manner, by a banquet at the Illinois Hotel.Bro. Frank J. R. Mitchell, P. G, C, was in attendance and gave an interestingtalk with many helpful suggestions.RAY W. JUSTUS.Galesburg, March 30, 1906.ILLINOIS ETA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.Spring time is baseball time and a grand old time it is, too. Of all collegesports baseball reigns favorite in the University of Illinois. The reasonsfor this are not hard to explain. Illinois has always had a very successfulteam, the game is intensely interesting,—affording many opportunities forspectacular individual plays—and in addition it is a game which can beeasily understood and appreciated by the spectators. The prospects for agood team this year are excellent. A series of practice games have justbeen played with the Chicago nationals and, while the series resulted in thevarsity winning only one out of seven games, yet these games were all realcontests and the nationals had to put up their article of baseball to win theirsix games. Considering the age and experience of the nationals, and the extremelyshort time the varsity had played together out of doors before thebeginning of the series, the result is very satisfactory and presages a greatteam for Illinois. The first college game will be played here with Wabashon April 18. Bros. Jean Pope and Love are promising candidates for positionson the varsity.The interfraternity baseball league has recently perfected its organizationand arranged a schedule for the season. Bro. Reynolds represented PhiDelta Theta on the executive committee. Heretofore the championship has