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

572 THE SCROLL.Kingslev prize speaking, Bros. Shanley, '07, and Waterman, '07, elected toBoulder Society.Bro. Watson, '06, visited Toronto recently to attend the installationceremonies of our new chapter.EARLE L. WATERMAN.Burlington, June 5, 1906.MASSACHUSETTS BETA, AMHERST COLLEGE.The baseball season opened by Amhurst defeating Yale at New HavenI-o. The team, although a veteran team, seems to be erratic in many of thegames played since the opening of the season. At Philadelphia the teamwas steadier and at present is playing good ball. The team is expected togive a good account of itself on the western trip when Amherst plays Michigan,Wisconsin and Chicago.Amherst expected to take first place again this j'ear at the annual NewEngland intercollegiate athletic association at Brookline, but owing to aseries of misfortunes to a few of the star men, it is very doubtful as to whatAmherst will do.The football manager has annotinced the following games for next fall,—October 13,Tufts at Amherst; October 20,Vermont at Amherst; October 27,Yale at New Haven; November 3, M. A. C, at Amherst; November 10,Dartmouth at Hanover; November 17, Williams at Amherst; November 29,Swarthmore at Swarthmore.Bro. McRae, '06, is in his old time form as pitcher for the baseball teamand he is lo pitch two of the three games on the western trip.Bro. Worcester '06 is manager of the tennis association.Bro. Parmalee and Bro. Hague, '09, are playing on the freshman ballteam. The team has a number of games scheduled and so far has made acreditable showing.Bro. Hague, '09 has made the Walker honor division in mathematics.Bro. Gilmore, '06, has been elected to # B K on the second drawing.Bro. Swett, '07, has been elected to $ B K on the first drawing.Bro.Downey,'o6,has been chosen as one of the commencement speakers.Bro. Gilmore, '06, has been chosen as one of the "Hardy Eight" tospeak at commencement.Bro. Smith, '08, has been chosen as one of the editors of the Student.Bro. Bottomly, '05, one of the staff at the South End House, Boston, gavea very interesting talk before the cla^s in "Transportation and Trusts," onthe good work that is being done by that institution.The junior prom takes place May 30 %nd a large number are expected tobe present.The chapter takes pleasure in announcing that Frederic Marsena Butts,'09, of Newton Centre, Mass., has been initiated into the chapter.May 19, 1906.WILLIAM E. SWEENEY.RHODE ISLAND ALPHA. BROWN UNIVERSITY.The college year will soon be over. Final examinations begin in a week.Commencement week begins with Class Day oh June i8. Upon the afternoonof Class Day, Rhode Island Alpha entertains alumni and friends at BrunoniaHall. Bro. Frank D. Mc Intyre, '06, is the first speaker at the class tree.Bro. Alexander Graham, '06, is a speaker at the senior supper. It hasbeen announced that four of the speakers at the commencement banquetare as follows:—Charles E. Hughes of New York; Col. Henry Watt^rsouof Louisville, Ky.; Governor Utter of Rhode Island; and President Faunce.