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

5° THE SCROLL.secured and with Mr. Railsback to coach we expect to even up old scoresagainst our rivals. The opening game of the season is with Marietta on September30.Ohio Gamma has returned fifteen men out of nineteen of last year's chapter.This is more than twice as many as either B 9 II or A T A has returned.Bro. Davis will be back for winter term. Bro. Higgins was lostby graduation. L. B. Sewart, last year's pledged man, is attending a militaryschool in New York. H. E. Little, also pledged, is in business in Parkersburg,W. Va. As yet there have been no initiations. We have pledgedso far four men who were much desired by our rivals.Bro. Foster was recently elected to membership in a scientific societywhich is very exclusive. Bros. Fisher, Elliot, Heyman, and Shattuck aretrying for positions on football eleven. Bros. Elliot, Shattuck and Heyman,last season's man-ager, played the entire season last fall and all won the collegeO. Their positions on the team this year are pretty well assured.T. L. Jones and R. B. Wood, lately pledged, are candidates on the gridiron.Ohio Gamma is in a new house for the coming year. It is a brick structurewith spacious rooms. It was leased at $400. Although not so suitablylocated as last year's house, it is better in many ways, being a more "athome"house. It has been newly furnished from top to bottom. Everythinghas been done to start the chapter off for a prosperous year.Our latch string on No. 12 N. College St. is always out for all Phis whomay come to Athens on visiting teams or otherwise. G. D. MILLER.Athens, September 27, 1905.OHIO ZETA, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.The registration for this fall indicates that the attendance at the universitywill be greatly increased and that over two thousand will matriculate. Thenew chemistry and mining and ceramics buildings are nearing completionand will be ready for occupation by the first of next term. There are noimportant changes in the faculty. A large number of new men have comeout on the football squad, and the prospects for a winning team are good.Among the candidates are two of our pledged men who will undoubtedlymake the eleven. The first game to be played is on September 23 withOtterbein. Michigan, Case, Indiana and Oberlin are also on the schedule.It is with much pleasure and pardonable pride, that we are able to reporttwelve pledges, all of whom were rushed by our strongest rivals, and we cansafely say that Ohio Zeta this year has carried off the honors at Ohio State inthis respect. We have several other good men in view and we hope to reportin our next letter a much larger chapter roll than we have had in recent years;an initiation will take place next coming Saturday. Bros. Alvin Bonnettand James Wood successfully passed the bar examination last spring theformer being now engaged in business in Columbus and the latter practingat Athens, O. Bro. Delbert Sayers was also graduated and is now engagedas mining engineer at Jarry, W. Va. Bro. Ned Raynolds has accepted agood position at Schenectady, N. Y. Bro. E. I. Gibson also has been fortunatein securing employment with the U. S. Geological Survey for thisyear, but will be back in school next fall.The location of the chapter house has been changed and the membershave been busily engaged this fall in moving to the new quarters 1463 N.High street. We are well satisfied in our new home, but hope to leave itsoon for one of our own. We hope that any brothers who may be in Columbus,will call at the chapter house.C. C. SHERICK.Columbus, September, 1905.