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

586 THE SCROLL.assuming large proportions. Only a small amount still remains to be subscribedof the $40,000 necessary to be raised in order to obtain the $40,000promised by Andrew Carnegie. In all probability work will be commencedon the library this summer. We are making preparations to hold a largebanquet on Wednesday evening of commencement week and hope to makeit the event of the chapter year.Bro. Southwick was compelled to leave college on account of troublewith his eyes.We have erected a tennis court on the lot adjoining the fraternity houseand it is a source of great enjoyment for the whole chapter.Oxford, May 22, 1906. W. G. SMITH.OHIO BETA, OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.Our commencement this year will witness the close of one of the mostprosperous years that Ohio Wesleyan has ever had. Also the same may besaid in regard to Ohio Beta.We lose by graduation this year Bros. D. A. Morrow, J. W. Pontius,D. A. Cary, M. C. Gilchrist, and G. S. Irwin. Two or three others arethinkmg of taking up techical work in other schools. But it is safe to predictthat Ohio Beta will return next fall with a good strong bunch withwhich to open up the rushing season aud there is no reason why we cannotsecure the best men that enter.O. W. U. has turned out a winning baseball team, this spring under thecaptaincy of Bro. C. E. Webb, having beaten the teams from the Univer-^ sity of Indiana, Western Reserve, University of West Virginia, Kenyon,Denison, and Case. Oberlin is the only college in the "Big Six" that canclaim a victory over us. Ohio Beta is represented on the team by Bro.Webb, pitcher, and Baker (pledged,) catcher, making a Phi Delt battery.Within the last three years that the fraternity baseball league has beenorganized, Ohio Beta has twice won the championship cup, and we arewell on the way toward winning it again this year. There is much rivalrybetween the various fraternities to obtain this cup, and much interest istaken in it throughout the whole school. Since our last letter Ohio Betahas iniated A. H. Sapp, '07, of Ravenna, Ohio, and has pledged A. B.Baker, '09, of Mingo, Ohio. On the evening of June 9 we gave a lawnparty on the chapter house lawn- This was the first party of its kind thatOhio Beta has ever given and judging from the success of the first one itwill likely be an annual affair. Our lawn, which is large and wellsuited for such an affair was prettily decorated with Japanese lanternsand electric lights. We had as guests from out of town, Bros. Parker,Baker, and Born, from Ohio Eta, and Bro. Trump from Pennsylvania Beta.Ohio Beta will hold her annual alumni banquet on the evening of June 20here at the chapter house, and we hope to have a large number of ouralumni in attendance.Our commencement exercises wilt begin on Tuesday, June 19 and endwith the commencement address by Edward J. Wheeler, editor of CurrentLiterature, on Tuesday morning. H. W. WHITNEY.Delaware, June 12, 1906.OHIO GAMMA, OHIO UNIVERSITY.I'he university has undoubtedly entered upon a new and permanent statusof prosperity and growth under the able administration of Bro. Dr. AlstonEllis. Under his generalship the Ohio University as a ward of the state of