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

THE SCROLL. 445close touch with the alumni club. Alumni Day will be observed by a jointbanquet with the New Orleans Alumni club. Fraternity examinations willbe held. The chapter is prominent in a social way at the university. Everymember at the academic department is in one of the German clubs. Theinternal workings are good. Regular meetings are held. The chapterhouse fund has been started by the active chapter, some $2000 in good notesand about $750 cash has been collected. The fund was voluntarily turnedover to the New Orleans Alumni club for further contributions. They havecomplete charge now and the early building of a house depends solely onthem. We are very much interested in circulating THE SCROLL. Wethink we have more alumni subscribers in proportion to the number ofalumni than any other chapter, A new fraternity A A X, has entered theacademic department, but they don't amount to much. Nothing can belearned about it. Eleven national fraternities are at the academic; all in away are prosperous. None have over eight or ten men in this department,H K A, the youngest there, has been the first to enter a house, havingrented a two room cottage about twenty blocks from the university. Allthe others have a membership of New Orleans men. Louisiana Alpha hasno trouble in holding her own with others at Tulane.New Orleans, March 19, 1906.EDWARD C. ANSLEY.TEXAS BETA, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.The 'varsity is now entering on the home-stretch of the college year.Winter examinations are over and the spring term is in full swing. Baseball,basketball, and track now claim the attention of the students. All theseteams are working hard.In her first college game of the season Texas met and defeated the Uni--versity of Kansas baseball team by the score of 4 to 2. This was the firsttime that we had encountered a strictly northern team; so the victory wasespecially gratifying. Our team this year is not up to its usual standard.The rigidity of examinations and the scholarship requirements have pre:•vented several good men from playing.Prospects for a good track team are bright. This year Texas enters twomeets—a triangular meet with Tulane and Vanderbilt, and the Southwestern•meet at Oklahoma City.In basketball we have won all of the seven games already played, andhave a very strong team.The most important event of the present term is the formal installation ofour new president. Dr. David F. Houston, a Phi from the old South Carolinachapter, to take place on April 19. Many distinguished educators fromall over the country will be present besides a large number of our alumni.The Theta province convention at New Orleans was a great and brilliant-Success according to the glowing reports of Bros. Witt, Watkin, and Baker,who were present. They cannot say enough in praise of the royal receptiongiven them by Louisiana Alpha. Next year the convention will be held inAustin and we will try to reciprocate.Texas Beta observed March 15 with a smoker and reception in honor ofher alumni. The affair was a decided success; if we may be the judges..\11 the Phis living in Austin were present, besides a number of out-of-townbrothers.We have recently enjoyed visits from Bro. "Curly" Duncan, ex-'01, andBro. I. B. Mc Farland, ex-'03. Bro. Johnson, captain of the Kansas baseijallteam, was with us while in Austin.Austin, April 4, 1906.ARTHUR MATHIS.