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

THE SCROLL. 465President Elliot of Harvard says in his annual report thatof all sports that which has been conducted at Cambridgewith the least intelligence and success is football—except froma pecuniary point of view. The trouble with football is thatit has been Rockefellered. The end has been lost sight of ina too sedulous cultivation of means. The idea of sport hasbeen lost out of it. Everything has been sacrificed to "success,"with the result that success itself has been sacrificed.There is no joy in Harvard football; no light, no sweetness;no real success; nothing but bitter competition and a profitof about S6o,ooo a year.—Harper's Weekly.The addition of 8350,000 to the endowment fund of SyracuseUniversity, the gift of the late J. J.- Belden and J. I).Lyman of Syracuse, will be used for the construction of a newbuilding for the engineering department, and for scholarshipaids. L. C. Smith, formerly president of the Smith-PremierTypewriter Company, and donor of the new college of appliedscience building has announced his intention of erecting fourother structures to complete a quadrangle for the engineeringbranches. A new gymnasium and chemical laboratory arealso being planned by Chancellor J. R. Day.PHIS AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.St. Louis Phi Delta Thetas have concluded arrangementsfor a common time and place for members of the fraternityto meet during the World's Fair. The week of July ri-rShas been selected as the time and the Vlotel Hamilton as theplace. This hotel is situated in the West End, about tenminutes walk from the main entrance of the Fair Grounds.For the week a rate to Phis of S2 a day, on the Europeanplan, will be given, and reservations for that week will beaccepted until June 20. Brother Switzler has contributed forthe May Palladium an excellent detail of the arrangements.This is an admirable way by which hundreds of Phis ought toget together, and it is earnestly hoped that all of us willarrange to take advantage of it.