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

THE SCROLL. 603GEORGIA DELTA, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.The year just closing has been a most successful one for both GeorgiaTech, and Georgia Delta. In all college activities 4" A 9 has been veryprominent and has received her share of honors. At the recent election ofofficers by the athletic association, Bro. Chapman was elected manager ofthe football team and Bro. Stout manager of the basketball team.For the first time in several years there is this year a champion baseballteam of the south, this honor falling to the Georgia Tech. team. It hasgone through the season with the enviable record of having won every seriesplayed, winning twenty-three games and losing three. The record was notmade by playing against weak teams, but against such teams as Vanderbilt,Auburn, Georgia and Clemson. 4» A 9 was represented on the team byBros. Wright, Brown, Chapman and Knight.The dance which the chapter gave at Segadlos on June i, was in everysense of the word -A success and every one, who attended, reported a glorioustime.Edward Gay of Atlanta, has been pledged. We will be very grateful forany information in regard to new men.A. C. KNK.HT.Atlanta, June 2, igo6.ALABAMA BETA, ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.The season in baseball has been very successful considering the fact thatwe were minus the services of our best pitcher, who had the misfortune tosprain his arm in the last Auburn-Tech game.During the season we played fifteen games winning twelve and losingthree. One of these lost was with a semi-professional team. We played Tech,Cumberland, Mercer University, Southern University and the University ofAlabarna. $ A 9 was represented on the varsity by Bro. Burgers.Class baseball is now being played. The sophs won from the juniors andthe freshmen from the seniors. The championship game lies between freshmenand sophomores and will be played some time during commencement.In track athletics we were fairly successful, although we lost to Universityof Georgia. We won from Tech on Ma\ i. .Auburn has also won glory onthe rostrum as well as on the athletic field. She defeated Howard Collegeand Southern University in the annual state oratorical contest for the medalon the evening of May i. This is the third time Auburn has carried off thehonors. On the evening of the 14th A 9 entertained at a smoker in honorof Bros. Murray, Connor, Mallory and McCathern, who are on the Mercerbaseball team. Final examinations are on and the year is drawing to a successfulclose. A 0 will lose two men by graduation, Bros. Gray and Certain. Wewill return 15 men. While we anticipate a pleasant summer we have brighthopes for the session of 1906-07.T. \'. WATSON.Auburn, May 20, igo6.THETA PROVINCE,MISSISSIPPI ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.Our campus has been greatly improved by the erection of a handsomeConfederate monument which has been placed over the smaller lily pond.On May 10 the faculty granted a holiday and we all turned out to see theunveiling which was attended by a large crowd; Hon. Chas Scott was theorator and Bro. Sivley was master of ceremonies for the occasion. The