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

THE SCROLL. 205The college has continued its rapid rise during the past term.Our football team scored 276 points against our opponents' 56.Our first game of basketball was a victory of 34-26 over RosePolytechnic. Bros. Henry and Reed are on the five. Bros. Boultonand Loop are also on the squad. The college gym is being remodeledin order to give more floor space for basketball.The fraternities have memberships as follows: Beta Theta Pi, 9;Delta Tau Delta, 14; Kappa Sigma, io;-Phi Gamma Delta, 19; PhiDelta Theta, 21.R. D. SCHROCK.Crawfordsville, January 10, 1904.INDIANA DELTA, FRANKLIN COLLEGE.Since the last writing we have pledged Harry Vanarsdale, ofWhiteland, Ind., who will be a valuable addition to our chapter.Bro. Bachelor, who was out of college the fall term, will be with usagainafter the vacation.The football team of which Bro. Webb was captain defeatedHanover and Rose Polytechnic Institute, and lost to Earlham andWabash, thus winning third place in the Indiana athletic league..There were five Phis on the team, and at the end of the season-Bro. Silvers was chosen captain for next year. Five of the membersof this year's team graduate, but some excellent new materialwas developed and the prospects for next season are encouraging.At the meeting of the athletic association, of which Bro. Demmingis treasurer, Bro. Neal was chosen business manager of the '04 footballteam, and Bro, Sellars business manager of the baseball t«am,of which Bro. Webb is captain. At that meeting a movement wasstarted which, if carried out, will be a great help to athletics. It isproposed to add one dollar per term to the tuition fee, the moneythus raised to be used for athletics, thus putting the department ona firm basis and providing for the better equipment of teams. Bro.Jewett was appointed representative on the Indiana athletic leagueboard and was elected president at the first meeting of the board.Bro. Witt has been elected representative on the state oratoricalboard. In the primary oratorical contest Bro. Hall was the winner,defeating a man of two years' experience at Dennison University,and will represent the college in the state contest at Indianapolis.Numrous stag functions have been given during the term, and onthe evening of December 17 about three hundred of our friendswere entertained at our annual fall reception in the chapter rooms..Franklin, January 7. 1904.FRANK A. WITT.INDIANA EPSILON, HANOVER COLLEGE.A number of informal social functions given by Indiana Epsiloirduring the present term have given pleasure to her many loyalfriends. The principal party of the term was held in the chapterhall on November 4.The chapter, with resident alumni, will hold our annual banquet:on January 15, at the Madison Hotel, in Madison, Ind.At the fall election in athletics, Bro. Hatfield,was chosen manager'of the baseball team and Bro. Newton manager of the track team.The success of the football team for the past season was suddenly-