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

4M THE SCROLL.smoke finally raised Minnesota had piled up i6 points to her sister college'slo. Bv defeating Nebraska, Minnesota has completed a season that ranksalong with the best teams she has produced. The girls' five has kept upthe reputation of the university in this branch of athletics by defeating everyteam they have met this year and bid fair to go through the season with aclean slate. An incentive was given to basketball enthusiasm by the classtournaments both for young ladies and young men; the young ladies of thesenior class landing first place in their contest. The young men's tournamentis looked forward to with much interest and enthusiasm as there aremany strong and evenly matched teams competing, chiefly those of thefaculty, senior and junior teams. The "Profs." have a team that is pickedas a logical winner.Track athteticsareprogressing very favorably under our somewhat limitedfacilities. Meets will be held with Iowa and Northwestern. An indoormeet was recently held, teams participating from the university, prep.Schools, and high schools. An inter-fraternity and inter-class meet wasalso held. Relays were run between squads representing the baseball, trackand football teams. Through these meets much valujible material was exposedand it is safe to predict that Minnesota will have an unprecedentedseason in this branch of athletic sport.Some fifty men responded, to the call of coach "Spike" Anderson forwork in the new baseball cage. Inter-department nines are being projectedand Minnesota will endeavor to rouse her baseball enthusiasm which haslain dormant for several j'cars. Manager Reed has arranged a schedulewhich will, if successful, make our diamond artists look like "Muggsy"McGraw's bunch of "world beaters." The outcome of the season will bewatched intently by the student body as some were unfavorable to the renewalof the national game.Oratory and debate have suffered no deterioration from the usual highstandard. Minnesota has met and defeated Iowa and in turn was defeatedby Northwestern. By the Pillsbury contest. Miss Lucile Way has won thedistinction of representing Minnesota in the Northern Oratorical League.Inter-class and inter-society contests have done much to keep up the enthusiasmof the disciples of Demosthenes. ,The indignation of the student body has been aroused by the almost unlimitedauthority given the faculty committee supervising athletics. Theathletic board of control has called a meeting of the athletic association anda mass meeting will be held at which various prominent men about collegewill air the opinions of the students in general. As matters now stand thestudent board has little of importance to decide and it is to protect theirinterests that the meeting will be .held.Contracts for the erection of two new structures have been awarded.The new woman's building is to be built upon the site of the Old Main.It is a gift of Thomas Shevlin, who has endowed it with $60,000. Groundwill be broken on the first of April but the completion will not be effecteduntil September 15. The New Main is tobe erected at a cost of $410,000.Work will be started immediately but it will not be ready for.occupancyuntil July 1907. There will be a frontage of 322 feet and a depth of 96feet. Much relief will be felt upon its completion as it will alleviate thecongested condition of the other buildings which are crowded far bevondtheir comfortable capacity.The inter-fraternity bowling league has just about finished its season withPhi Delta Theta. in fourth place. Two handsome cups have been offeredfor the first and second places and as no team has cinched them, the strifebetween the rollers is very keen. The fraternity men have renewed the