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

THE SCROLL. 505football team, bow of the '05 crew, and in 1903 he was bowof the 'varsity crew.•CHARLES SCOTT BRENT, CENTRE, '63.On July 2, 1903, Charles Scott Brent, Centre, '63, of Lexington,Kentucky, died in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,after a long illness. Brother Brent was for manyyears engaged in the grain and seed business, his house beingthe best known of its kind in that section. He bore thehighest reputation for integrity and was counted as one ofLexington's wealthiest and most prominent business men.He died in the sixty-third year of his age, leaving a widowand four children.•ROBERT SAMPLE MILLER, PURDUE, '96.One of the earliest initiates of Indiana Theta was RobertS. Miller, '95, of Lafayette. From the beginning of his fraternitylife he was one of its most enthusiastic workers. Atthat time the character of the young chapter was in formation.The early policy of the chapter, which Miller helpedto institute, was to produce all-around men from an evenlybalanced chapter, which policy Indiana Theta has endeavoredto follow to the present time. Although extremely young (heentered as a freshman at the age of fifteen) he rapidly becameone of the leaders in the chapter as well as in the universitylife. He took an active part in class politics and insocial enterprises. He was elected a member of the interfraternitysocial organization, 'Skulls of Thirteen," which atthat time played a very important part in the school's social life.Although actively engaged in the minor departments of studentlife he showed at his best in his classes. His dominanttrait was earnestness, and so thoroughly did he master hiswork that, although the youngest member of a class whichlater development proved to be one of unusual strength, hestood with the highest, and in his junior year was honoredwith membership in Tau Beta Pi. After being graduated be-.fore he was nineteen years old, he spent two years at Purduestudying for his master's degree which he received in 1897.He then entered the instructional force of the university andat twenty-three he became a full professor in the mechanicalengineering school. He was an indefatigable worker and atthe same time very brilliant.In the summer of 1902 he was given leave of absence thathe might live in Colorado for the benefit of his health. For