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

THE SCROLL. 193KENTUCKY EPSILON, KENTUCKY STATE COLLEGE.Kentucky Epsilon now numbers fourteen men, having initiatedone and one having retired since our last letter. Bro, Wilken wasforced to leave college because of illness. It is with pleasure thatwe present to the fraternity Bro. Warren Viley McFerran, '07, ofVersailles, Ky.Our football team was unusually successful this year, winning€very game played but the final one, that with Kentucky University.I' trust it will not be out of place here to offer a word of explanationin regard to. the last game, in which we played ringers, and•vyhich caused a great deal of comment. For the last few years wehave been endeavoring to form an agreement with the university toplay only bona fide students on athletic teams. This they havedeclined to do. In order for our season to be a financial success itis necessary that we play the game. We hoped that by causing anewspaper agitation we should be able to prevent them securinggames with the better southern colleges and force them to theagreement for clean athletics.Patterson Hall, the new girls' dormitory, is now completed and. presents a fine appearance.It has been our pleasure to have the following brothers with usrecently; Bros. Maddock, Ohio Beta; Sa.ndifer, Gill and Brown, ofKentucky Alpha-Delta.Bro. Richard W, Ellis, our only graduate of the class of ^03, iswith the Sturtevant Machine Co. of Boston.The following is a list of the memberships of the fraternities inthe college, followed by the number initiated by each this year:2 A E, 20-7; K A, 17-3; K 2, 18-7; 2 X, 12-S; n K A, 14-4; 2 N,12-5, and * A 0, 14-8. $ A 9 has four pledged men.Lexington, December 30, 1903.R. H. BARCLAY.TENNESSEE ALPHA, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.The football team closed a successful season on ThanksgivingDay by defeating our old rival, Sewanee, 11-5. We won everygame except that with Cumberland, the first game of the season,which we lost by the score of 6-0, and a draw game with Texas, 5-5.Sewanee defeated Cumberland, however, and in the opinion of expertsVanderbilt has the best claim to the Southern championship.Bros. Tigert and Bryan played regularly on the team as half-backs,Bro. J. T. Howell, at end and half-back, played in a majority of thegames, and Bro. Manier was a substitute. Bro. Tigert has beenunanimously elected captain for next year.The basketball team, with Bro. Tigert as captain, has begun practiceand prospects are good.Though we have our share of athletic honors, we are not behindhandin other lines. Bros. Tigert and Cornelius have been initiatedinto Phi Beta Kappa to date, being the only men of the seniorclass to receive this honor. Bro. Dobbs has been elected one of thespeakers for the annual inter-society oratorical contest, the winnerof which represents Vanderbilt in the inter-collegiate contest to beheld in this city next spring. Bro. M. B. Howell is vice-president