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

2o6 THE SCROLL.ellyn Williams, Jr., 'oi, to Miss Luetta Jane Ross, of Lafayette, whichoccurred November 25.Indiana Theta has been fortunate in having visits'from numerousalumni during the past year,SAMUEL G. CLIFFORD.West Lafayette, January 11, 1904.^ETA PROVINCE.ILLINOIS ALPHA, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.Since our last letter Illinois Alpha has initiated Ned Conley, LarryBarker, Leon Hebblethwaite, all of Evanston; Elmer Albtitton, ofWilHamsport, Pa.; Flint Bondurant,, of Cairo, 111., and HaroldRomans, of Denison, Iowa. Max Murdock is pledged and HerbertWhite, of Evanston, will enter college and be initiated the secondsemester. Bro. Chauncey Colton, of Dartmouth, has been affiliatedwith us. Our chapter now has eighteen active members, the largestnumber that Illinois Alpha has had for some years.Northwestern closed a very successful football season. We haveonly one defeat to our discredit,.and that by an eastern team. CoachMcCornack has done wonders for the team and has won for himselfa place in the hearts of all the students because of his qualities as acoach and a gentleman. Bro. Allen was unanimously elected captainfor next year.For several years the Northwestern students have been disappointedby the false rumors concerning a new gymnasium. But thecombined efforts of President James and prominent alumni havemade it reasonable for us to hope. They have assured us that in ayear from present writing we shall be able to enjoy the ^vantages,of the much needed and much hoped for gymnasium.It has been very unfortunate for the university at large that theprofessional scho"bls have been located in Chicago. This separationof the departments has made it very difficult to induce men to cometo "Evanston for athletic training. But our president, coach anddirector of athletics have succeeded in interesting the professionalstudents. There is a noticeable increase of college spirit and closerrelations have been established between the college of liberal artsand the professional schools.This fall Illinois Alpha has been most unfortunate in losing bydeath one of her most beloved alumni, Bro. James Stoll. A detailedaccount of his life will appear in a later edition of THE SCROLL.Prof. George W. Hough, one of the most famous members ofNorthwestern's faculty, and an astronomical authority the worldover, has just been elected to associate membership in the RoyalAstronomical Society of London. This is one of the greatest honorsthat can be granted to an astronomer, and Northwestern carl well beproud of her old and honored professor. OLIN A. WAKEMAN.Evanston, December 15, 1903.ILLINOIS BETA, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.The university has, in the completion of the group of buildingsknownto the student body as the tower group, added not only somethingto her attractiveness,; but has given the students a general