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

332 THE SCROLL.to the north and the smoking and music rooms to the south,while to the south of the smoking room our matron has twoprettily furnished rooms for herself and one for the cook andwaitress. In the basement is the dining room which has aseating capacity of thirty people and is appropriately furnishedwith quartered oak table, chairs and sideboard. Adjoiningthe dining room on the south is a spacious kitchenfurnished with everything necessary to a first class culinarydepartment. The rest of the basement on the south is alarge store room and vegetable cellar, while on the north isthe furnace room equipped with a new steam heating plant ofthe latest and most approved design. The smoking andmusic rooms are very substantially furnished in weatheredoak with cozy corners and settees, while each of the parlorshas a davenport and ten rockers of various designs. Thefloors are all covered with brussels rugs. On the secondfloor are ten well lighted and ventilated bed rooms as wellas a room for the waiter and fireman. These rooms arefurnished according to the taste of the occupants and as awhole are very pleasant.The floors throughout are of hard wood and covered withrugs and the four rooms on the first floor are so arrangedthat we can throw them all together and twenty couples canbe comfortably accommodated at dancing. During the pastyear two of our charter members called upon us, BrotherGeorge, of Aurora, 111., who is one of the leading bankersof that city, and Brother Sever, of Stuart, Iowa. BrotherSever, who is one of the leading lawyers of his city, entertainedus with many narratives of the younger days of IowaBeta and the University of Iowa.Though somewhat in debt, Iowa Beta is gaining financiallyand now owns the furniture and draperies in the chapterhouse. We are making an effort to get out of debt and havesent out letters to our loyal alumni, asking them to helpus pay for our new furniture and thus help us get in shapeto buy our house. Some have responded liberally and otherswill undoubtedly help us out. Our matron, Mrs. S. D. Byers,is not only a lady of the highest integrity and ability, but sheis a leader in society and has a large circle of friends in IowaCity. Mrs. Byers has been with us since 1899 and our successis due to a great degree to her able management.THE UNIVERSITY.Many changes have been made in the university in the lastfew years and 'Iowa" has steadily progressed from a new