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

THE SCROLL. 215Somerville, Frank L. Fair, Arthur A. Howze, Fred M. Witty, MauriceBray and Edward C. Coleman. This gives us a chapter of ten,and Bros. Bem Price and F. Z. Brown will be with us after Christmas.On the football team we had more men than any other fraternity.Our representatives on the 'varsity were Bros. Fair, left end; J. S.Yerger, full back; Kimbrough, left half, while Bros. W. G. Yergerand Somerville were subs. Bro. Fair is also manager and captain ofthe freshman class baseball team. Bro. Somerville is manager andcaptain of the freshman football team, while Bros. Coleman and J.S. Yerger are vice-president and chaplain of that class. Bro. Kimbroughis manager and captain of field sports.On the magazine board are Bros. Henry and Kimbrough. Bro.Henry is also a member of the board of control of the athletic association.A number of honors taken during the latter part of last session,which have never been reported to THE SCROLL, are herewith noted.It is customary for the five highest men in law to write theses incompetition for a set of law books valued at $200, given by theEdward Thompson Publishing Company. Out of these five men* A e had three, Bros. Bourdeaux winning the books and Bros.Whittington and Sawyer tying for second place. Bro. Bourdeauxwas elected valedictorian, but declined, and Bro. Whittington wasappointed by the faculty in his place. Bro. Whittington having beenelected anniversarian, declined, and Bro. Sawyer was chosen in hisplace. Bros. Bourdeaux, Adams and Whittington were also selectedby the faculty as commencement speakers. Bro. Henry won theEnglish prize offered for the best short story, and also spoke in thesenior debate. Bro. Kimbrough won second freshman medal in thedeclamatory contest. On field day Bro. J. S. Yerger won secondplace in the pole vault and in the half-mile run. Bro. Kimbroughwon the pole vault, hop, step and jump, high jump, and second placein the 120-yard hurdle, and in the shotput. O. L. KIMBROUGH.December 3, 1903.LOUISIANA ALPHA, TULANE UNIVERSITY.Since our last letter we have initiated two men, Bro. W. H. Howcott,'07, and Bro. E. Denis, '07. Louisiana Alpha is in a flourishingcondition, and before the year is over expects to accomplish greatthings.In the football season just finished Tulane made a better showingthan was expected. Opening the season with a very weak team, shesteadily gained strength, holding Cumberland down to 28 to 0, andon Thanksgiving Day we beat Richmond 18-5. We closed the seasonwith Mississippi H. and M. in a tie game.The following fraternities are at Tulane: K A, S A E, K S, S X,A T fi, * A 9, A T A, # K 2, 2 N, A K E and n K A. n K A wasinstalled in the early part of Octobei-, and is the latest addition to theGreek world.J. H. LEWIS.New Orleans, December 12, 1903.