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

212 THE SCROLL.York University, former president of Westminster, to whose untiringzeal the institution owes so much, was a guest of the college.About thirty alumni of Missouri Beta were present, and the activechapter thoroughly enjoyed meeting the old men. It gave us greatpleasure to have the alumni assist us in the initiation of Bro. CharlesA. Calvird, '07, of Clinton, Mo.In football Westminster has been most successful. Althoughseverely crippled by the loss of Bro. Seibert, captain and left half,the team won a majority of its games. On October 23 we gained asignal victory over William Jewell College, the score being ii to 6.Our last game, with Central College, will occur Thanksgiving Day.On the team are Bros. Nesbitt, Soule, Calvird and Miller.Missouri Beta is now comfortably located in a new hall, havinglately removed to quarters over the Red Cross drug store. Thechange affords us a much, larger and more desirable hall for ourweekly meetings and initiations.On Saturday, November 21, occurred the death of Judge John A.Hockaday, president of the board of trustees of Westminster College.Judge Hockaday was foremost in everything pertaining to thecollege, and Westminster sustains a severe loss in his death.The present membership of the fraternities here is as follows, thenumber of new men being in parenthesis: K A, n (3) ; B 0 IT,10 (2) ; * A G, 14 (5). W. A. SOULE.Fulton, November 23, 1903.MISSOURI GAMMA, WASHINGTONUNIVERSITY.Missouri Gamma takes pleasure in introducing five new brothersto the fraternity, Bros. Randolph, Fisher, Edwards and Reader, allof '07, and Dodd, who is a special. We also have two men pledged,Messrs. Rippley and Rembert, who we expect to initiate during thewinter.The chapter is in excellent condition in every respect. We findopposition growing in the other fraternities, especially in some of therecently organized chapters. On account of their large membershipthey are able to cause us some trouble in elections, but so far all themen they have gotten into office have been highly incapable, whichis more harmful than beneficial to their purposes.Missouri Gamma gives a smoker New Year's night to her alumni,to which any visiting Phis will be heartily welcome.Washington University had a very successful football season thisyear and made a better showing in that line than we have for someseasons past. Great credit is due to Coach Boynton.Work is now under way to bring the literary society here up tothe proper standards. The society has been in rather a poor conditionowing to lack of general interest, but it is being taken up bysome good men, and we have no doubt that they will make somethingout of it.Bro. Eliot is editor-in-chief of the coming year book, and he andhis assistants have been at work on it for several weeks now. Ourfirst annual was published last year, and although the book itself wasvery satisfactory, the management was unbusinesslike and altogetherunsatisfactory.G. L. ALLEN, JR.St. Louis. December 14, 1903.