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

THB SCROLL. 279Bro. Rogers, captain of the 1907 track team, is a member of the relay teamand promises to do good work this spring. Since our last letter Bros. CurtisF. Aeliaume, of Oriskany, N. Y., William J- Dugan, of Pueblo, Col., andHoward M. Rogers, of Sherborn, Mass., have been initiated into our chapter.Ithaca, February 16, 1904.RICHARD CHASE.NEW YORK EPSILON, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.We desire to introduce as a brother Phi, Geo. G. Turner, '07, philosophical,of Malone, N. Y.Since our last letter Phi Delta Theta has again come to the front in collegehonors. Bro. Whitney, '06, was elected president of his class. Bro.Distin,' '05, assistant manager of the track team, Bro. Sanford, '05, assistantmanager of baseball.The nineteen hundred four Senior week beginning Feb. 9th was the mostsuccessful in the history of the university. It was ushered in by a numberof functions on Tuesday evening at several of the men's fraternity houses.Phi Delta Theta gave a dance in the city. On Wednesday evening theyattended the Glee club concert in a body; after which they entertained at the"Lodge." On Thursday evening a majority of the active chapter attendedthe Senior Ball. The decorations are conceded to have been the finest seenat a similiar function in this section. Bros. Twombley and Rubin weremembers of the Senior ba'l committee, Bro. Rubin being chairman.The chapter letter shows a falling off in membership of nearly all thefraternities.Our annual alumni banquet will be held March 11. It is expected thata number of plans of interest to the local chapter will be brought forward.Syracuse, February 16, 1904.HARRISON D. SANFORD.PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.The new catalogue, which is being published, shows the enrollment incollege to be 429 (a decrease of 5 over that of lastyear) divided as follows:—graduates 12, seniors 80, juniors 97, sophomores 100, and freshmen 130.The football season closed on Thanksgiving Day with a defeat at thehands of Dickinson. Taken as a whole, the past football season was asuccess, with seven decisive victories, and three defeats; 'he other two defeatswere sustained at the hands of our old rivals, Lehigh and Princeton. Thesplendid showing against Princeton merited much applause, and was as brilliantas it was unexpected. We lose only two men this year, and with our