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

2q8 THE SCROLL.year a concert tour is made of the state, which is a source of great pleasureto its members.Under the command of Major Morgan, 9th U. S. Cavalry, the cadetregiment is receiving the most thorough instruction in military tactics that ithas ever had. Cadets are required to drill three hours a week, and allofficers are required to attend a school in military science conducted by thecommandant. A feature of this year's drill has been the military hopswhich have been held every week in the university armory; the cadet bandfurnishing the music. A full dress ball has been planned for the nearfuture; the decorations are to be in military style, and the officers and theirwives from Fort Snelling are to be invited as special guests of the battalion.The Minnesota basketball team has had an unusually successful season.For several years they have been the undisputed champion "college five"in the west, and judging by comparative scores and general style of playthey have at least been on an equal footing with any five in the UnitedStates. The management has made several attempts to obtain games withthe leading teams in the east but has had no success in so doing until thisyear. Games were scheduled this year, however, with Cornell and Williamsin the east; colleges which have always had a high standing in basketball.After defeating all the local teamfe by decisive scores, the team took a. longeastern trip, traveling about 2000 miles in ten days and playing nine games.Even under this handicap of travel and strange floors they were victorious inseven out of the nine games, and defeated Ohio, Cornell and Williams by decisivescores. The defeat of Williams was particularly gratifying to Minnesotamen, as Williams had recently defeated Yale and several of the other strongfives in the east. Following is a list of the scores made on the eastern trip:Lewis Institute 30-14; Western Y. M. C. A. (Chicago) 26-35; Purdue University32-22; Crawfordsville High School 28-23: Ohio State University31-18; Rochester University 28-17; Cornell 46-18; Washington Universityl6'2i; Williams 10-6.Ithaca and Columbus papers were unanimous in saying that the Minnesotaboys put up the fastest, cleanest game of basketball that they had ever seen,and gave the team special praise for playing a clean, fair game, devoid ofthe rough tactics which some of the big teams have employed the last season.The University campus has been the battle ground for an unusual numberof strenuous class-scraps this winter. The freshman and sophomore classesdid not settle the question of superiority last fall, and as a result the babieshave been unusually ubiquitous this winter. The sophomore party on theeve of February 5, was the scene of a college mix-up the equal of which canhardly be recalled by the oldest students. The freshmen gathered in smallcrowds and spent the earlier part of the evening in waylaying lone sophomoresand taking button souvenirs fron their clothes. Later they gathered en masseand rushed the armory doors in an attempt to get in and put the whole partyout of business. They were stopped in their mad career, however, by abunch of husky sophomores and a still huskier fire hose attached to a hydrant.The night was bitter cold and many of the freshies had difficulty in gettinghome through the ice. Others tried to gain entrance through the secondstory windows, but the sophomores pushed some of these out and captured a.small number who were made to perform for the amusement of the upperclassmen, and then locked up where they could cool off until morning. Thefaculty has issued an edict that there will be no freshman parties this year,and the cradles are now rocking peacefully again.Minneapolis, February 16, 1904.EDWARD C. PARKER.