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

THE SCROLL. 283the near by preparatory schools. At a recent meeting of the "Red andBlue" Board, Bro. Richards was elected a member of the Board of Editors.During the engagement of "The Darling of the Gods," Bro. Haines,Missouri, '89, the leading man of the company, visited the chapter houseand met several of the brothers. We were particularly glad to have BrotherHaines with us, and we hope more of the brothers will visit our home.Pennsylvania now holds second place in the Inter-Collegiate BasketballChampionship. The one mile relay team defeated Amherst in New Yorklast week. One of the events of the swimming season will be the dual meetwith Yale at Houston Club. Bro. McCarly, as captain of the team, hopesto defeat the Yale team, in a majority of the events. The baseball outlookis very bright this season, and we hope to have a championship team.Philadelphia, February 15, 1904.ROLLIN CANTWELL BARTLE.PENNSYLVANIA ETA, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY.With the opening of Williams Hall, Lehigh obtained greater facilities forhandling the large number of students who yearly enter the mechanical andmining engineering courses. Previous to the opening of this new buildingthese departments were rather handicapped for want of room.Improvements have also been made upon the athletic field so as to allowa greater seating capacity than has heretofore been the case.The outlook for athletics is better than has been the case for several years.With more money in the treasury than has ever before been the case andwith plenty of good material there is no reason why the teams representingLehigh in baseball, lacrosse and on the track should not be ones of whichshe can be proud. The indoor practice for baseball has started in earnest.There is a lack of good new pitching material which is rather discouragingas the team will have to rely upon Bro. Badgley almost entirely in this line.Since our last letter we have initiated six men and we take great pleasure inintroducing Bros. Fred. P. Bates, Williamsport, Pa.; Chas. W. Blazer, Newton,N. J.; John Faber Haust, Philadelphia, Pa.; Edgar R. Treverton,Carlisle, Pa., and Robert L. Lafferander, Layville, Long Island. Besidesthis we have pledged Wm. McCleary, who entered the sophomore class atthe beginning of the second term. McCleary is a good basketball playerand is also a promising football and baseball man.Bro. Daugherty has been elected to the sophomore Cotillion club. Bros.Hartzog and Shusley are members of the glee club. Bro. Orth was electedPresident of the E. E. society, and Vice-President of the Y. M. C. A. Hewas also elected to T B II.Bro. Blazer is Secretary of the freshman class and was the only freshmanto make his L during the past football season.Bro. Mack has been elected athletic representative of the senior class.South Bethlehem, February 17, 1904.J. H. WALLACE.BETA PROVINCE.VIRGINIA GAMMA, RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE.Now that all our holidays are over, we have a long hard road ahead ofus up to June 12. The much dreaded intermediate examinations are overand there is no fellow in college but smiles when this pleasant thoughtcomes to his mind. None of us Phis overworkedowrselycs but most of us cameout all right. Any other Phis laboring over exams now, have our heart-feltsympathy.