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

THE SCROLL. 429van were lost, and it was only through the friendliness of a powerful shiekthat the two men found their way into civilization. The shiek presentedthe two men with seven camels which they later sold. This was because oftheir services in rendering medical aid to the shiek.Cincinnati— The \'anished Empire, a Tale of the MoundBuilders," is the work of Waldo H. Dunn, '06, of Middletown,Ohio. The gifted authoris only twenty-two years of age,but he is a pioneer in making useof the treasures of historicalromance connected with the mysteriousworks of the mound builders.It has remained for a memberof * A © to write the firstnovel having for its theme thisinteresting branch of Americanarchaeology. The story is full ofstrength and feeling, the narratiyeis interesting and the style is clear.The book is from the press ofThe Robert Clark Company, Cincinnati.Bro. Dunn was initiatedH. DUNN, CINCINNATI, '06. into Ohio Theta in the fall of1902. He was an active member of that chapter for one yearand is now attending the University of Wooster.Bro. B. M. L. Ernst, president of Alpha province, callsour attention to the fact that three articles were contributedby Phis to March magazines—"First Impressions of Civilization,"by C. A. Eastman, Dartmouth, '91, in Harper's;"Latin-American Views of Panama and the Canal," by L. E.Van Norman, C. C. N'. Y., '87, in the Review of Reviews;The Work of Comedy," by Stanhope Sams, Vanderbilt, '81,in the Smart Set.David F. Houston, .A. M., South Carolina, '87, formerlj'dean of the academic faculty of the University of Texas,is now president of the A. and M. College, of Texas, atCollege Station, with which institution three other Phis areconnected: Dr. Mark Francis, O. S. U., '87, the veterinarian,by his investigation of Texas fever, has done great benefitto the cattle industry. John \. Lomax, Texas, '97, presidentof Eta province, 1898-1900, is instructor in English.Charles B. Campbell, De Bauw, '00, is instructor in modernlanguages.