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

THE SCROLL. 133The Jayhawker of Kansas.The Gulielmensian of Williams.The Tyee of Washington State.The Oracle of Colby.The Old McGill of McGill.The Debris of Purdue.The Liber Brunensis of Brown.The Gale of Knox.The Michiganensian of Michigan.The Melange of Lafayette.The Illio oi Illinois.The Olio of Amherst.The Kaldron, in blue and gold, in the conventional yearbookstyle, gives a full record of Allegheny's 225 studentsand their doings, besides bestowing some attention on thethree classes in the preparatory school, an unusual feature inthis respect being that in the lists of the prep, students thosepledged to fraternities are designated by the Greek lettersafter their names, in the same manner as the members inthe college classes. A casual 'observer would be misledinto presuming that the fraternities admitted -prep, students.While still published by the fraternities the Kaldron is nolonger devoted more particularly to fraternity interests, butis now representative of the entire student corps, and thenon-fraternity element has a place on the board of editors.Allegheny's best record in athletics was made by the basketballteam. In twelve games played, two were lost, one eachto Geneva and Westminster, but only after winning fromboth. Among the teams defeated were Western Reserve,Pennsylvania State, Syracuse, Pennsylvania and Oberlin.The fraternities play a very important part in the life, andmost of the honors and preferments seem to go to theirmembers. No mention is made of ® N E, although Alleghenyis credited with a chapter in the chapter roll ofONE appearing in other annuals. There are, however, twointer-fraternity sororities, 'Skin & BOnes' and Iota RhoEpsilon. Inter-chapter relations are successful and a'Pan-Heavenly' banquet is held by the girls' fraternities,as well as the 'Pan-Hellenic' of the men. Interestin the advertisements—present in uncommon number—-is enhanced in a clear manner, by a sprinkling of the itemsof the college calendar—^that ancient vehicle of quips and