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

203 THE SCROLL.Of last year's men, Bro. Markle has entered Swarthmore, havingreceived a scholarship at that institution. Bros. Ayers and Croninare in business at Hartford City, Ind. Bro. Kennedy, who received3. government appointment last spring, was compelled to resign andreturn to his home on account of siclmess.Bro. Shaw, president of Strut and Fret dramatic society, is to puton a student minstrel during the coming term. He has receivedmany requests to repeat the successful performance of last year.Indiana was very successful in football this year. Eight of the'varsity were placed on the all-Indiana team. Bro. Shirk has returnedto finish his term's work. The fracture of a collar-bone inthe Chicago-Indiana football game placed him in the doctor's carefor six weeks.Much newspaper comment was evoked by the alleged war betweenthe fraternities at Indiana University. This war was mostly newspapertalk, and caused more comment outside the university than in.The trouble arose over college politics. Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Nuand Kappa Sigma were successful in having their men elected tooffice. The disappointed fraternities tried to persuade the sororitiesto blacklist the successful ones. The attempt failed, and all is quietagain. Phi Delta Theta has always taken a correct stand in collegepolitics here and has nothing to fear from any of the other fraternities.The university is prospering under the administration of our newpresident, William Lowe Bryan. He is a man well fitted for theplace and has gained the friendship of the entire student body.Since my last letter we have initiated William Seers, of this city.Bro. Seers is one among many men in this city whom we have wonover other fraternities.J. HARVEY SMITH.Bloomington, December 14, 1903.INDIANA BETA, WABASH COLLEGE.The spiking season at Wabash opened November i, and IndianaBeta has not been the loser by the agreement to defer spiking untilthat time. In fact, the advantage has been decidedly ours, as is.evinced by the other fraternities here being unfavorable to thesame agreement next year. * A 9 has pledged from the freshmenclass Marion S. Leaning, of Goshen; Clarence B. Gwynn, of TerreHaute; Morgan Bogue, of Mishawaka; Edgar S. Fleming, of FortWayne; Glenn Henry and Frank Symmes, of Crawfordsville. Bros.Reed (pledged last year), Henry and Symmes were initiated lastterm.Indiana Beta has been very careful this year in selecting her men,and we feel that we have pledged^ men who- were built for good,loyal Phis. All are very active men in college and class circles.The new chapterhouse was opened on January i, and we nowhave every room full. As yet the house has not been thrown opento^ visitors, but our 'house warming' will doubtless occur near the•middle of the term. On December 10 we gave a pillow shower inour hall and our friends responded even more loyally than we daredhope. This was the last function in the quarters which IndianaBeta has occupied ever since fraternity halls have been rented atWabash.