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

194 THE SCROLL.of the freshman class, .and Bros. Wright and Montgomery are onthe glee club.Bro. Weller has returned home and will probably not be back thisyear.On the evening of December ii, the chapter enjoyed the hospitalityof two of our most loyal alumni, Bros. W. R. and J. W.Manier, at a game supper. The fraternity colors and emblems wereartistically in evidence in the decorations and throughout the courses.Other alumni present were Bros. J. H. DeWitt, '94, A. E. Howell,'82, W. H. Witt, '87, and J. R. West, '80. The occasion was inevery way delightful, and the chapter feels itself benefited in moreways than one.ADOLPHE F. NYE.Nashville, December 14, 1903.TENNESSEE BETA, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.Our year closed December 20, and the men of Sewanee are scatteredto the four quarters of the United States, to reassemble March20, 1904. While the winter holiday is in many ways pleasanter thanthe ordinary summer vacation it is not calculated to aid the reporterin his task. THE SCROLL is published bi-monthly, fromOctober to June; the University of the South is closed from December20 to March 20,—allowing the reporter four letters, one ofwhich must be written on the eve of departure during the throesof examinations, and another when he has j ust returned to themountain and ought to be busy meeting old friends.I have never seen a pessimistic letter in THE SCROLL ; in fact, Ido not believe the editor would publish one. Our sixty-eightreporters seem blessed with a divine optimism, and if we sometimesstretch our consciences it is in a good cause. The presentletter is to be no exception. The past year really has been a verysuccessful and a very pleasant one for the Sewanee chapter, andit is with sincere regret that we consign it to the days which areno more.In our rushing of the past two terms we were fortunate enoughto secure five out of the six men asked: A. W. Barlow, Hope,Arkansas; L. P. Brooks, Sewanee, Tennessee; E. Kirby-Smith,Sewanee, Tennessee; Malcolm Lockhart, Selma, Alabama; T. W.Palmer, Fernandina, Florida.Our representatives on the football team were Bros. L. Kirby-Smith (captain), M. A. Watkins, and E. Kirby-Smith. In hiscapacity as athletic editor of The Purple, Bro. Williams accompaniedthe team on all its trips.The following elections have taken place: As representatives inthe Pan-Hellenic, Bros. Abrams, Brown and Williams; as associateeditor of The Literary Magazine, Bro. Brown; as secretary SigmaEpsilon literary society, Bro. Ellerbe; as member of Sopherim, Bro.BroWn; as member of the Neographic Club, Bro. Ellerbe.The chapterhouse has been improved by the addition of a newbook-case and a collection of pennants. It is our desire to obtain apennant from every college where Phi Delta Theta is represented,and to hang sixty-eight on the walls of our historic little house. Forthe idea and the success with which it has met we are indebted toMiss Hodgson, and I take this opportunity to express our thanks