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

THE SCROLL. 185NEW YORK BETA, UNION COLLEGE.The close of the first term of Union's one hundred and eighthyear has found New York Beta in ,an unusually flourishing condition.The university has closed a very successful football season, consideringthat much of the 'varsity squad was new material and a numberof men temporarily disabled. The final score was that of the N. Y.U. game—ii-o, favor of Union.We take great pleasure in introducing from the freshman dassBros. Richards, Bishop, Davidson, Waters and Elliott. We have alsopledged one man of the class of '08. There are now fourteen men"in the active chapter.A series of informal dances have been given at the house by thechapter, one after each football game on the campus. They haveproved very pleasant; but the most notable event was the celebrationof the twentieth anniversary of the chapter on December 3. Anniversaryexercises were held at the house and were followed by dinner,during which the chapter was presented with a handsome silkbanner. After the anniversary ceremony the company adjourned toOdd Fellows' Hall to spend the rest of the evening in dancing. ThePhis present besides the active chapter were Bros. Winne, Swanker,Conover, C. F. Blessing, Lawton, Scofield, E. G. Blessing, Hagadorn,Adams, Nagel, Ripley, Willis, Grout, Hawn, Hays and Donhauser.New York Beta is represented this year in the Allison-Foote debateby Bro. Hays, '04, with Bro. Sylvester, '06, as alternate.Schenectady, December 15, 1903.A. W. LENT.NEW YORK DELTA, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.The chapter at Columbia is in a flourishing condition, and in noway did the excellent outlook at the beginning of the college yearmislead us. Our rushing season has been most .successfiil-and wetake the greatest pleasure in presenting to the fraternity in generalfour new brothers, Lawrence Ripley Clapp, '07, John L. Tonucle, '05,Ferris S. Hetherington, '07, and Elliot R. Alexander, '07. In additionto these we have pledged George Norris and Gardner Talcott,and consider that we have with us the pick of the freshmen. Bro.Emil Kehrlein, of Leland Stanford, has affiliated with us, and is herefor a seven-year course. The elder Kehrlein, also a Phi, is studyingat the P. and S.All of our new men took part in the annual fall regatta on theHudson. Bro. Maeder, captain of the crew, kept the freshmen onthe water as long as the weather would permit and expects veryshortly to start all candidates at work on the machines.The football team has just finished a very successful season, being:victorious in every game played except one, that with .Yale. Thegymnasium team, captained by Bro. Ashley, and the fencing team,,captained by Bro. Pitou, have started work. There is a goodnucleus of veterans in both branches of sport, and confidence is felt,that the teams will be excellent. Bro. Benham, whose absence lastyear was greatly felt, has again entered gymnasium work.Our two delegates to Syracuse, Bros. Updike and T. Miller, re-