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

382 THE SCROLL.the new rule have all resigned and a new one has been put in. Bro. Grahamis the representative from the sophomore class.The track team has commenced work in preparation for a dual meet withWesleyan which is to take place in May. The annual Brown banquet willbe given at the Union on Saturday, April 9, and the prospects are good fora successful event.On March 19 the college had a theatre party at the Imperial Theatre.Junior Week commences Monday, April 11. The dramatic club, the"Sock and Buskin" presents the "Rivals" at the Providence opera house onApril 13.On March 15 Rhode Island Alpha joined with her alumni and celebratedAlumni Day in a very enjoyable fashion. Many of the alumni were presentand plans for a closer union of alumni and chapter were discussed.The chapter held their mid-winter banquet at the Crown Hotel on March7, several of the alumni being present.A A * has just purchased a chapterhouse on College Hill near the campus..Bro. Buxton was elected to the Senior ball committee. Bros. Tift,Dickinson and Hopkins will probable play on the baseball team.Providence, April 2, 1904.B. H. BuXTON.NEW YORK BETA, UNION UNIVERSITY.The winter term of Union College is at an end and all its duties andpleasures. Spring term opens with exceedingly bright prospects for a goodbaseball team. The freshman class contains some excellent material andnearly all of last year's team are back. The schedule thus far is as follows:April 9, West Point at W. P.; April 11, Amherst at Schenectady; April 23,Williams at Williamstown; April 27, St. Lawrence at Schenectady; May 7,Hamilton at Schenectady; May 11, Hobart at Schenectady; May 13, Hamiltonat Clinton; May 19, Vermont at Schenectady; May 27, Middlebury atSchenectady.The track team is also showing up well. There are to be meets withRutgers, Hamilton and Wesleyan. An inter-class meet took place on March18, in which the sophomore class of 1906 won by a considerable score. Thefreshman banquet took place on March 15, at which 60 out of the 75 freshmenwere present besides upper classmen. It was the best banquet whichthe college has seen in many years. Bro. Richards was on the committee.The chapter has shown an interest in the college and the activities of thestudents greater than for many years past. At the sophomore soiree it hadby far the largest and best appearing crowd present; including chapter andguests there were 35. After the soiree we entertained our friends with ahouse party.On Saturday, March 5, the chapter entertained a large company of guestsat dinner and with an informal dance afterwards. This was for the purposeof entertaining some prospective sub-freshmen. Of these there wereten present.Brother Hays, '04, has just brought honor to the chapter and himself bywinning the individual prize In the Allison-Foote debate between the literarysocieties.On Friday, March 18, the Phi Delta Theta Club of Schenectady met inits annual session at the chapter house. Officers for the ensuing year wereelected and house plans thoroughly discussed. The meeting was followedby an informal smoker and card party.MARCUS H. ELLIOT.Schenectady, March 19, 1904.