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

THE SCROLL. 405success and will probably become an annual event as is the football game onThanksgiving day.An unsuccessful attempt was made recently by several members of KappaSigma to organize a crowd of petitioners. The introduction of another chapteris not favored by the fraternities already chartered here.We wish to acknowledge the receipt of a number of circular letters.Lawrence, March 23, 1904.JOHN L. STARKIE.NEBRASKA ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.Nebraska beat Wisconsin in an excellent game of basketball. A crowdof 250 witnessed the game. Baseball season is here again and the field iswell filled with candidates.On March 12 we held our annual banquet at the Lincoln hotel. Coversfor fifty were laid. We had an excellent list of toasts from the old men.Bro. Stuart reported on our future chapter house which is to be built thissummer. We will be the first to build our own house, although several fraternitieshave made reports that they were going to build, but their planshave never matured. All those who were present at the banquet reportedthat they had a fine time. A meeting like this once a year gives the alumnia chance to get back to School and be boys again.We have a doctor at the house now. Doctor L. B. Pilsbury, Nebraska,'96, after taking several courses in hospitals and medical colleges in Denverand New York, has settled down in Lincoln. He pays us three visits a dayat meal time.Bro. White is business manager of The Nebraska Engineer, an annualpublication gotten out by the engineering students. Bro. White was acharter member of the local engineering fraternity Sigma Tau.Alpha Zeta, an agricultural fraternity, has been established here for amonth.CHARLES STUART.Lincoln, March 28, 1904.COLORADO ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.Although hindered by late winter weather an active interest has beentaken in field sports and baseball. Bro. Strayer, captain of the baseballteam, is developing a fast team and the interstate championship is assured.Two practice games have been played against strong high school teams andthe fast fielding and good batting displayed has proven the efficiency of theteam.The outlook for the track team is excellent and much good material isbeing developed. A great deal of interest is taken in the class games andclass track meets.The athletic field has been put.in excellent condition and is by far thebest in the state. The appearance of the campus has been very much improvedby the change in the arrangement of the trees completing the originalplan of the quadrangle.The new addition to the engineering building has been completed and itsequipment is modern in every respect.The summer school of the university will be open from June 20 to July 30and the healthful climate and attractive surroundings should attract a numberof eastern students. A more pleasant and beneficial climate for an easternstudent in poor health could not be found.Bro. Stickney, '03, made a very pleasant visit with the chapter lastmonth. He had just returned from California and reports an interestingtrip.