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

THE SCROLL. 531The junior "Prom." comes May 30. Twelve of the brothers hope to attend,so quite extensive renovation is being carried on inside the chapterhouse. The brothers will vacate the house during "Prom." week and turnit over to the young ladies (sister Phis) who attend the "Prom."Since our last writing a few honors have fallen our way. Bro. Peabody,'05, has been chosen chairman of the senior dramatics committee for nestyear. Bro. Greenaway, '05, has been elected president of the Young Men'sChristian Association. Bro. Bottomly, '05, made Phi Beta Kappa on firstdrawing, Bro. McRae, '06, is one of the regular pitchers on the team andhas pitched rema;rkably good ball. The chapter at present stands well incollege both in athletics and scholarship. The rushing committee havealready begun operation, with a view to getting in a strong delegation nextyear. ^ DAVID A. GREENAWAY.Amherst, May 21, 1904.RHODE ISLAND ALPHA, BROWN UNIVERSITY.Spring and the longing for life out of doors has arrived. Tennis hasbeen started on the university courts. A team sent to Williams was defeated.A tournament now will be played to decide upon the men who willbe sent to Longwood.Considering the circumstances under which the baseball team has beenplaying, it has done remarkably well. They have defeated Tufts, 2-1, andPrinceton, 7-3, although they were defeated by Dartmouth, Yale and HolyCross. Pennsylvania will be the next team to face Brown, followed byDartmouth again.The class baseball teams have been picked and the freshman-sophomoregame will soon be played. Bros. Graham, Mclntyre, and Huff are on thesophomore team.- Brown was defeated by Johns Hopkins in a debate a short while ago.The track leam is progressing in good form, and a good team will be sentto Worcester to take part in the meet given by the New England IntercollegiateAthletiC' Association. A meet with Wesleyan resulted in a victory forBrown by a score of 66-59.A series of outdoor symphony concerts to be given during the remainderof the term will be started on Wednesday evening, May 11. These concertsare given by the college symphony orchestra, and are much appreciated bythe students.The Union gave a smoker a short time ago. Professor Bailey spoke on"Brown, as it used to be."Junior week has come and gone with its jollities. The Sock and Buskin,the dramatic club, presented "The Rivals" in a very successful manner, theglee club entertained for another evening; the junior society of Pi Kappagave a farce and tea, and the Prom ended numerous other festivities with itsusual good time. 1The freshmen held their banquet on April 26 in spite of the strenuouswork of the sophomores, who endeavored to kidnap the speakers and classofficers of the freshman class.A series of interfraternity baseball games, to be played at six o'clock inthe morning, have been arranged. Phi Delta Theta plays Psi Upsilon forher first game.B. H. BUXTON.Providence, May 7, 1904.