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

188 THE SCROLL.PENNSYLVANIA EPSILON, DICKINSON COLLEGE.Pennsylvania Epsilon, since her last letter, has initiated and nowpresents to the fraternity Bro. George L. Kress, of Johnstown, Pa.This makes our present membership nineteen. The fraternities haveold and new membership as follows: * K S, 15-3; * K "*", 11-3;2 X, 8-2; Ben, 8-6; ^ A 0, 11-8; S A E, 17-4; K S, 12-S; thelaw fraternities—A X, 9-4; O A $, 7-8; the sororities—* A 11, 6-9;fi *. 5-13-6 A *, a new legal fraternity founded at Dickinson in 1903, isto enter Cornell, making three chapters of this -fraternity, the othertwo being Dickinson, known as the Holmes chapter, and the Cooleychapter at the Detroit School of Law. $ A II has been granted acharter by the n B $ sorority, and will present nineteen candidatesfor installation. Si •*", the other local sorority, is applying to K A 9for a charter.A brick house opposite the campus, that 2 X has been occupying,will be demolished to make room for a new lodge, the cornerstoneof which will be laid about commencement time. ^ A 9 and 2 X arethe only fraternities owning houses, SAE, *K-^, GA* rentinghouses, while * K S, B 9 II, K S, A X and the sororities rent rooms.Our football season has closed with great satisfaction, even thoughour early games were not what they might have been. Since thelast letter we have lost to West Point, 12-0; Annapolis, 5-0, andLehigh, 17-O; but won from Mercersburg, 23-5; Franklin and Marshall,18-6; Baltimore Medical College, 12-0; State College, 6~o;Ursinus, 17-0, and Lafayette, 35-0. This makes a total of sevengames won and five lost, with a score in our favor of 156-78. Bro.Ralph Smith was manager of the team, and on it were Bros. Cramer,Harry Smith and Hoffman.Bro. Baker is president of the Comus Club and manager of theglee and mandolin clubs. Bro. Cheesman is managing editor of TheDickinsonian, with Bros. Judy and E. Keeley associate editors, andBro. Harry Smith assistant manager; the editor-in-chief is a$ K 2, elected as a barbarian. Bro. Harry Smith is assistant managerof the 1905 Microcosm. Bros. Baker and Cheesman wereelected to membership in the Raven's Claw, the senior society.On the musical clubs are Bros. Spedden, Cramer, L. Smith, Judy,Kress and Gehring. Bro. Tomkinson, '03, is now teaching mathematicsand English in the Dickinson preparatory school. Our delegateto the province convention was Bro. Baker.Affiliation certificates have been given Bros. Beazell, ex-'o4, andMeek, ex-'05, the former uniting with Ohio Zeta and the latter withIllinois Beta.During the past few weeks we have been visited by Bros. Loose,'01, Hoffman, '02, Appleman, '03, Haideman, '03, Swift, ex-'o4, allof Pennsylvania Epsilon; Bros. Singmaster, Dornberger, Fisher, andMuhlenburg, of Pennsylvania Beta; Bro. Treverton, of PennsylvaniaEta, and Bro. Newsom, '99, of Georgia Alpha.Carlisle, December 3, 1903.WM. H. CHEESMAN.