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

492 THE SCROLL.The Ohio legislature has passed a law making hazing bystudents a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $200 or imprisonmentfor six months, or both, and it fines also theteachers who knowingly allow hazing.McGill University is to establish an affiliated college inVancouver, British Columbia, to be known as the UniversityCoUege of British Columbia, and a biU is now before thelegislature of the province to obtain the necessary authorization.A bill is pending in the New York legislature to permit theestablishment of the University of Brooklyn, which willcombine the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Adelphi College,the Brooklyn Library and perhaps other institutions, and thesite of which will be on the Eastern Parkway.The pen of Gen. Horatio C. King, of New York, has producedthe words and music of a new coUege song, dedicatedto Dickinson College. It is called "Old Dickinson Slogan."General King was graduated from Dickinson in 1858, andhas been an active alumnus. The music of the new collegesong is broad and swelling and admirably suited to choralsinging.Two gifts for the completion of the hospital of the medicaldepartment of the University of Virginia have been announced.The first is a contribution of $50,000 from CharlesSteele, of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., New York, an alumnusof the university. The second is 'a gift of $IQ,OOO from MissHelen M. Gould, of New York.The sum of $55,000 has been subscribed for the alumnimemorial building at the University of Michigan.At a college meeting at Williams, March 2, it was decided,by a vote of 170 to 16, to restore the custom of hazing. In amild form hazing has always had a strong hold there; butunder faculty pressure, following several accidents, it wasdecided last fall to eliminate all forms of it for half a year.The decision was strictly adhered to by the sophomore class,under protest. It is asserted by the students that hazing isnecessary to college spirit, and it was generally held that thehalf year experiment was an argument against its abolition.The trustees of the University of Chicago have acceptedcomplete plans for the memorial library building, which is to