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

440 THE SCROLL.of Illinois Beta, and Bros. Cowles, Cooke, Sexton, Sedden, Heuser andFleishman, all of Kansas Alpha.Lawrence, April, 12, 1906. SIDNEY K. COOKE.NEBRASKA ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.Another new building is being erected on the campus. This is the thirdnew building this year.Great activity is being manifested in athletics this spring. The baseballteam is fast rounding into form for the southern trip, April 10. Games willbe played at Kansas University and several minor colleges. Several gameshave been scheduled with the Lincoln league team. Later in the season aneastern trip will be taken. Principal games played will be with HighlandPark. Knox, Illinois, Indiana State, Purdue, and Notre Dame.The track team will meet Kansas University, and probably Minnesotaand Ames. There is an abundance of good material this year.Alpha Xi Delta has established a chapter here this week. Fourteen girlsare now wearing the colors.Since our last letter we have initiated three men into Phi Delta Theta.We wish to introduce Bros. Arthur Barth and W. M. Thurston, Billings,Mont., and R. A. Gantt, Falls Citj', Neb.Alumni Day was appropriately but not elaborately observed. On accountof our annual celebration Thanksgiving it was impossible to turn out a largenunil)er of alumni. However, a. number of resident Phis spent a pleasantevening with the chapter, enjoying a quiet smoker and light lunch. ThePhi orchestra furnished several selections.We enjoyed a very pleas?nt visit from our province president, Bro. Lamkinsince our last letter.Lincoln, April 6, 1906.GEORGE D. LANTZ.ETA PROVINCE,GEORGIA ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.Georgia Alpha is happy to introduce Bro. Edwin Parrot Walker, of WhitePlains, Ga. He is to 4» A G a "golden" find.The outdoor pleasures of spring are now in our midst. Baseball practiceis approaching its whirlwind finish. Georgia's prospects are splendid in viewof the fact that three or four men are competing for each position on the team.So the chances are that Tech, "our Tech," will bite the dust in the racefor the s'.ate college pennant. The first game of the season, a double-headerwith Clemson, will be played on March 31. "^ A G is well represented onthe ball team by Bro. Marcus Mc Whorter, a pitcher and utility man ofexceptional ability. Bro. Mc Whorter is one of last year's stars. Bro.Kyle Smith, our star football player and all round athlete, and Bro. Walker,are taking care of 4> A G in track work.On the whole, the athletic outlook at Georgia both for the present andthe coming seasons is unusually bright. A few weeks ago, the student bodyamid great enthusiasm started a fund of over a thousand dollars and virtuallyrid the athletic association of a debt of some years standing.Sometime during the next month, the board of trustees will in all probabilityname a successor to our lamented chancellor, W. B. Hill. His greatspirit still governs us. The university corps of cadets is preparing for itsannual encampment during the latter part of April. This period, just afterthe strenuousness of examinations, is one of rest, recreation and general en-