1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 99more extended notice of his life and especially his workfor Phi Delta Theta will appear in the annual notices ofthe Chapter Graiid.COLLEGIATE.Haihilton makes swimming a required course for fresh- •men.A course in insurance is an elective open to juniors andseniors at Yale.The University of Colorado closed in June in the midst ofa snow storm, and in September re-opened under preciselythe same conditions.At the University of Wisconsin there is an associationcomposed of sixteen young women to do charitable workamong the poor of Madison.A unique gift to Brown is a collection of 200,000 newspaperclippings, covering a period of 20 years, and relating toa great variety of public questions.Elliott Hall, the oldest building at Ohio Wesleyan, wasseriously damaged by fire on July 4. It is being restored,to be ready for occupancy by November.L. H. Severance, of Cleveland, has agreed to give JSIOO,-000 toward the fund of $1,000,000 which it is proposed toraise as an endowment for Wooster University, at Wooster,Ohio.Northwestern, under the leadership of President James, isplanning to unite all Methodist schools in Illinois under onesystem, looking to Northwestern for the general management.A 'cane rush' between the co-eds of the freshman andsophomore classes is reported at Washburn College, Topeka,Kansas. It is not stated whether Carrie Nation waspresent.Cornell is to offer a two-years' course in landscape gardening,open only to those who have had the first two yearsof the regular course in agriculture. Harvard also offerssuch a course.