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

THE SCROLL. 35In baseball Colby did not meet with the same success as last year, althoughher record was a good one. Nearly all of the games lost were by closescores. Maine Alpha was represented by three men on the team. Bro. Pileplayed center field; Bro. Tilton second base, and Bro. Dwyer was catcher.This was Bro. Dwyer's first year in college, but his work behind the bat gavevery general satisfaction, and he was mentioned for the "All Maine Team."Bro. Gooch successfully managed the track team.The great question before the fraternity during the last year has been gettinginto a chapter house. We have had a chapter house fund for a fewyears. This fund is not large enough to warrant the construction of a chapterhouse. The next step was to rent a house if one could be found. Nohouse could be found until the college authorities offered to rent us a largehouse on the campus which has been used of late for a dormitory and boardinghouse. The offer was accepted, and Maine Alpha will be housed nextyear. The building is very well adapted for a chapter house. With threemen pledged the prospects are bright for a successful year.Limerick, Me., August 7, 1905.I. A. BOWDOIN.NEW HAMPSHIRE ALPHA. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.Dartmouth opens the year with by far the largest enrollment in its history.With an entering class of 310, as against 255 last year, there are nowabout 930 undergraduate students. The new dormitory, Wheeler Hall, isnow ready for occupancy, and accommodates ninety men. The rebuilding ofOld Dartmouth is being carried rapidly toward completion. It is expectedthat the dedication will take place on February 18, next, the second anniversarvof the burning of that historic building. The new hall will be anexact duplicate of the old in every outward appearance, with the exceptionthat it is of brick instead of wood. The bronze tablet on the corner stone iscast from the metal of the old bell.The football prospects are good', though a phenomenal team is hardlyto be expected. The loss by graduation of nearly the whole rush line oflast year's undefeated eleven will be a serious blow. The team cannot butsuffer from the scarcity of heavy and experienced line-men. About sixty-fivemen reported for practice yesterday and others will probably come outwithin the next week. Bro. Bankart, '06, Bro. Chase, '06, and Bro. Black,'07, are on the squad.New Hampshire Alpha lost eleven men in the 1905 delegation. Thereare now thirty-three in the active chapter. Three affiliates have come to usthis year: Bro. Judson, '07, Knox; Bro. Wilson, '08, Vermont; and Bro.Lewis, '08, Westminster. The chinning season does not come till the latterpart of October.We are fortunate this year in having so many of our alumni with us.Bro. Porter, '03, and Bro. Shaw, '04, are taking work in the Thayer Schoolof Civil Engineering. Bro. Loder, '05, is in the medical school, and Bro.Musgrove, '05, has returned for post-graduate study in English.New Hampshire Alpha extends to her sister chapters her heartiest wishesfor a successful year.THURLOW M. GORDON.Hanover, September 23, 1905.MASSACHUSETTS BETA, AMHERST COLLEGE.Amherst has entered upon another year of activity and with it our chapter.The entering class is the largest that ever entered Amherst, numbering178 men and on the opening day of college, they showed their strength by