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

66 THE SCROLL.menced, as well as the new agricultural building, which will cost about thesame amount. A few months ago, five hundred acres of land behind thepresent campus was purchased and plans are now on foot to so lay out a campusand athletic field as to make them superior to any in the south. Inshort, everything seems to indicate a great growth of the university in thenext few years.Georgia Alpha is In a very prosperous condition. Besides returning fourteenmen of last year's chapter, we had the good fortune to secure more thanour share of the large number of good men entering college this fall, havinginitiated eleven new men. Our new brothers are: Earl B. Askew, Blakeley,Ga.; Edward V. Carter, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.; F. McWhorler, Woodville,Ga.; J. W. Fitz, La Grange, Ga.; J. E. Dunson, La Grange, Ga.; H. R,Slack, La Grange, Ga.; Walter Holmes, Macon, Ga.; Edgar Shipp, Amerrcus, Ga.; E. Pearson, Lumpkin, Ga.; Sidney Smith, Gainesville, Ga.Frank B. Willingham, Forsyth, Ga.Bro. Carter has been elected vice-president of the freshman class. Bro.C. A. Dozier was elected president of the athletic association. Bros. Smithand Marshburn are on the football squad and are promising candidates forthe 'varsity.The beautiful appearance of our chapter house aided us materially inrushing the new men. Georgia Alpha hopes that all the sister chaptershave been most successful in securing most desirable new men.Athens, October 2, 1905.WALTER O. MARSHBURN.GEORGIA BETA, EMORY COLLEGE.Emory begins the year of 1905-06 with unusually bright prospects. Theenrollment is larger than it has been in several years and it is expected thatfully 300 will be enrolled in the literary department before the year is past.The new gymnasium has not yet been started but as the contract has beenlet, work will be begun in a very short time. There have been but fewchanges in the faculty since last year. Prof. Duncan, who goes to accept asenior fellowship at Clark University, is succeeded by Bro. Murray. Thisgives $ A 9 three men on the faculty.Great interest is being manifested in the coming relay race. The teamsare already training and it is very hard to tell which will be the winner. Thedifferent football squads have been called out. It is expected that each classwill get out a strong team.As the spiking season is over Georgia Beta, as usual, has been very prosperous.We returned 15 men and we take pleasure in introducing to thefraternity: Bros. W. F. Mowring, '08, Chattanooga, Tenn.; W. M.Baldwin,'09, Albany, Ga.; H. Y. McCord, Jr., '09, Atlanta, Ga.; Chas. Hinton, '09,Macon, Ga.; C. W. Gunnels, '09, Bronwood, Ga.; E. L. Reagan, '09,McDonough, Ga.; A. F. Hill, '09, Greenville, Ga. We have pledged Mr.Grady Clay, '10, of Walnut Grove, Ga.,whois in the preparatory departmentof the college.There are six other fraternities represented here, but the average numberof members is not as it usually is, owing to the fact that $ A 9 and K Areturned so many men.The following shows the number in each fraternity as it now is: $ A 915 returned, 8 new, total 23; K A 9 returned, 8 new, total 17; S N 8returned, 5 new, total 13; X* 8 returned, 4 new, total 12; ATS) 7returned,4 new, total 11; S A E 6 returned, 4 new, total lo; A T A 2 returned, 3 new,total 5. We predict a bright future for Georgia Beta, and we feel sure thatwe will not be disappointed.RoBT. M. ARNOLD.Oxford, September 30, 1905.