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

THE SCROLL. 155wit: 2 'varsity captains, 3 on football team, 2 on baseballteam, l on track team; 3 class officers, 5 members musicalorganizations, i man on Illio board; 5 military officers, includingthe cadet colonel, and~3 officers in athletics.The 1904 Olio is one of the best balanced, best edited andmost thoroughgoing annuals that have reached us. It isalso an excellent example of the art of the printer. Inshort, in every way it meets the test of what a college annualshould be. The 383 students at Amherst get a greatdeal out of their college days, and the life there is the wellroundedlife of the small college, in contradistinction to thelarge university, whose attendance runs into the thousands.All the undergraduate pursuits are highly developed andfostered, and the student activity in every direction ismarked by energy and enterprise. The 1904 Olio is welldedicated to William Travers Jerome, '82, A Y, the wellknowndistrict attorney and figure in New York politics,who is designated a prophet. A short review of the changesa year had brought about in Amherst, under the title 'In andAround College' is a welcome deviation from the usualpreface and prayer-for-indulgence-of-the-gentle-reader. Thecohesion of the classes crops out in everything—here, too,illustrating an advantage of the small college with its rigidclass system over the larger institutions with class linesobliterated by cross electives and multiplex courses. A mostinteresting fact developed by the Olio is the percentage offraternity men at Amherst. Of 383 men in the four classes322 belong to fraternities, being 84 per cent, of the whole.This membership is made up as follows: 66 of 71 seniors;75 of 94 juniors; 89 of III sophomores; 92 of 107 freshmen.College dramatics are on a firm footing and are givenparticular attention. A list is published of the senior playspresented each year since 1881. During the spring of 1902 thesenior play was presented sixteen tirnes, going on a ten days'trip at Easter. * A © came in for a large share of honorsduring the year: 4 men to * B K, 3 from '03, one from '04;2 commencement speakers; Latin prizes in '03, '04, '05;mathematical prize of $200; prizes in debate. Biblical literatureand entrance examinations—all aggregating $480;members senior prom and sophomore hop committees; managerand two other members musical clubs and manager '04dramatics; captain and sub pitcher baseball team, managerof tennis team and college representatives in doubles, man-