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

THE SCROLL. 437There is now an attendance of more than 1800 students at Iowa, being anincrease of 249 over last year.Arrangements are being completed for the holding of an alumni banquetin Des Moines on the evening of May 26, at the Chamberlain hotel. Thestate intercollegiate field meet is held in DesMoines that day and is thegreatest gathering of college men in the state during the year.Much interest is being taken in interfraternity baseball this spring and aninterfraternity league is in process of organization. A Phi Delta Theta teamhas already played Beta Theta Pi, winning from them by a score of 12 to 8.Bro. H. N. Harwood is the captain and Bros. Murphy and Leech form thebattery of our team.Bro. Louis Roddewig, a member of the active chapter, was elected policemagistrate of the city of Davenport a few days ago with a majority of over1000 votes, running more than 400 ahead of his ticket. Bro. Roddewig issenior in the College of Law and will graduate in June.Bro. Mark Catlin, of Illinois Beta, will be married to Miss ElizabethBlanchard, of Chicago, on April 14. Bro. Catlin has had charge of theUniversity of Iowa track squad this spring and has made himself verypopular with the student body.Bro. A. H. Gale, '84, who represented Cerro Gordo county in the senate• of the last general assembly, has announced himself as a candidate for thenomination for United States representative, from the fourth district of Iowa.Bro. Gale is a successful banker at Mason City.The "Owl and Keys," a secret honorary society limited to ten men, hasbeen formed among the sophomore collegiates. Bros. Harwood and Murphyare members.Bro. E. J. Barrick has been forced to discontinue his school work onaccount of a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatistn.Bro. A. A. Paisley, '99, has been appointed a United States postal inspector.His headquarters have not yet been assigned him.Iowa City, April 7, 1906.Louis E. RODDEWIG.MISSOURI BETA, WESTMINSTER COLLEGE.The annual catalogue and announcements for the coming year are outand promise, among other things for the future, an engineering department.The faculty will be increased, and for this purpose President Kew is now inthe east.Gymnasium instruction closed this week with the annual gymnasium exhibitionin which six Phis participated. The college orchestra is managedand directed by Bros. Powell and Hamacher. Bro. Marquers is also a memberof the orchestra. Bro. Harvey represents us in the glee club.Baseball practice has been delayed on account of heavy snows and rainsso that our first game with the University of Missouri has been postponedindefinitely. $ A 9 will submit several men for trial, and expect Bros.Harvey and Rice of last year's team and Bros. Paukey and Lasley to makegood. Others have a chance. Bro. Miller has been elected manager.Alumni Day was observed as usual on March 15. In the afternoon thechapter went to the grave of Father Morrison and decorated the final restingplace of our beloved founder with flowers. At night a smoker was heldand Alumni Day exercises were presided over by Bro. E. C. Henderson; at10 o'clock we adjourned to the Elks' cafe and at 11 returned for the initiationof Foster R. Lesley, whom we are pleased to introduce to the Greekworld.