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

300 THE SCROLL.has to take the initative and it is sometimes embarrassing for any chapter todo it. This council would furnish a means of obtaining any necessary agreementbetween the chapters and at the same time it binds no chapter fartherthan they themselves wish.There is a good deal of activity here in indoor athletics although theselimit themselves to internal contests between class teams and fraternity teams.The prospects here for baseball and track athletics for this spring are verybright. All Washington's games will be played on the "Louisiana Purchase"exposition grounds and the exposition has guaranteed us a good sum ofmoney to defray all expenses connected with athletics. With such an opportunityit seems that we should make a very good showing this year. Anotherthing which makes the outlook bright is the greater interest shown in thegraduate schools. Heretofore except in football the teams have been largelylimited to undergraduates but I understand that this spring the graduateschools will send out a number of candidates for positions on the differentteams.G. L. ALLEN, JR.St. Louis, February 22, 1904.KANSAS ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.The year thus far has been a very prosperous one for the University. Agift of $25,000 cash and of land to the value of $75,000 was made by Dr.Simeon Bell, of Rosedale, for the building of a clinic hospital to be conductedin connection with the present medical school of the university, but tobe situated at Rosedale. A further amount of $75,000 is necessary to completethe building as planned, and there is every reason to believe that it willbe appropriated at the next session of the State Legislature. It is alsoassured that that body will make an appropriation of $20,000 for a newgreenhouse and biological laboratory to take the place of the present inadequatearrangements.Since the October letter the chapter has received a number of honors.Bro. Burriss was elected Vice-President of the Pharmaceutical Association;Bro. Neff, Vice-President of the engineering classes; and Bro. Relihan,treasurer of the sophomore class. Bro. Fleishman plaj'ed a back on the'Varsity basketball team; Bro. Sexton is a member of the junior prom, committee;and Bro. Flint, of the senior play committee.On February i, Kansas Alpha celebrated her annual spring party. Thedecorations were of red and white and their beauty added much to the enjoymentof the evening. About thirty out of town guests were present, amongthe 01 ten of our recent alumni, of whose presence advantage was taken todiscuss our plans for purchasing a chapter house.The retirement of Bro. McCoy, who goes to accept a position at Sawyer,Kansas, is regretted by all the chapter. Bro. McCoy would have been captainof this year's track team had he remained in school.An excellent baseball schedule has been arranged but Bro. Sexton, captainof the 'Varsity, has very little good material from which to select awinning team for 1904, owing to the stringency of the faculty in regard tothe eligibility of players.The chapter was very agreeably entertained recently by Bro. E. J. Caldwell,Kansas, '85, at his new home in Lawrence. Bro. Caldwell, who waslately married, is a charter member of Kansas Alpha.Lawrence, February 15, 1904.JOHN L. STARKIE.