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

THE SCROLL.28'ifair equality and intense rivalry. We are represented on the freshman teamby Bro. Hughes.Among the various honors conferred upon Phis since our last letter are thefollowing: Bro. Stockton has been elected to the '06 Pandora board. Bro.Davis has been elected P. and U. debater for the annual inter-society contest,Bros. Crow and Hughes are members of the glee club of which Bro. McElroyis manager. Bro. Grubbs is preparing one of the hardest football scheduleswe have had in years.The baseball outlook for this spring is very bright. W. & J. never had abetter staff of first class pitchers than she will start the next season with, andwe should do even better than we did last year which was to lose but oneout of twenty-two college games, and that one to Bro. Hughes, then attendingWooster.We desire to introduce Bros. Paul A. Stuart and James Ralph Bailey whohave been initiated since our last letter.Pennsylvania Gamma is willing to exchange college pennants with anychapter so desiring.HORACE W. DAVIS.Washington, February 15, 1904.PENNSYLVANIA DELTA, ALLEGHENY COLLEGE.The fall term of the present collegiate year closed December 19; the winterterm opens with Allegheny College and Pennsylvania Delta in characteristicprosperity.Our football team closed the season with a good record; while we didnot win every game the end of the season showed a good balance in thegeneral score in favor of Allegheny. We played State College on theirhom« grounds and there scored on them, a thing never before done on State'sown ground. Bro. Turner and Bro. Hayes represented 4" A O on the team.Just at present we are in the midst of our basketball season. Thus farwe have played four games and won three. Our schedule this year is thebest we have ever had; we play many of the best known teams, includingthe Buffalo Germans. Bro. McArthur is captain of the team and Bro.Turner, forward.Our glee and mandolin clubs, during the Christmas vacation, made atwo weeks trip, having engagements in several cities in Western New Yorkand Pennsylvania, including three dates in and about Pittsburg. The gleeclub, this year, is most successful and prosperous. Bro. Swansan is leader,and Bros. R. N. Merrill, C. C. Merrill, King, Freeman, Clark and Giesey,members.Considerable interest has been awakened in oratory and debating. Thecollege classes have arranged a series of debates,—the seniors to contestwith the juniors; the sophomores with the freshmen, and the winners ofthese to try in the final contests.The chapter is enjoying prosperity. Since our last letter we have initiatedFrank Meredith Thompson, of Canonsburg, Pa., and Cinette Grant Farr,of Fayetteville, W. V., and pledged Joseph M. Kuukle, of Johnstown, Pa., J.Wesley Ballantyne, of Derry, Pa., and Earl M. Giesey, of Wheeling, W. Va.Meadville, February 7, 1904.BRUCE WRIGHT.PENNSYLVANIA EPSILON, DICKINSON COLLEGE.After a fall term of strenuous rushing and initiating, Pennsylvania Epsilonsettled down to a winter term of external quiet, but of great internal activity,strengthening the bond of union between the brothers. There have been no