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

540 THE SCROLL.has placed him at the head of the batting list. Bro. Campbell plays anexcellent gartie at second, and Bro. Owen Bagley helps hpld down the bench.Our gym team showed its worth in the recent contest with the V. Rf. 1.in which the latter were defeated by about fifty points. The university trackteam to be chosen today promises to be the best in recent years. Bros. LeGore and Bagley will enter for the loo yard dash; Bro, Le Gore for highjump'and Bro. Bagley for hurdles.In other forms of college activities the chapter has its representatives.Bro. Sloan has recently been elected president of the Washington literarysocietv,' also of the Y. M. C. A, for next year.Extensive preparations are being made for an unusually attractive coinmencement.One of the most interesting features is to be the celebration ofthe fiftieth anniversary of Prof. Alexander Lochart Nelson's tenure of thechair of mathematics in this institution. We believe his case is without aparallel.Bishop W. L, Gravatt, Virginia Delta, '87, of Charlestown, W. Va., willpreach the baccalaureate sermon this year.The chapter recently enjoyed a very pleasant visit from Bro. Harry LeeWatson, prpvince president; also from Bros. Blakeney, Brent and Varner^ofthe Randolph-Macon chapter.T, DWIGHT SLOAN,'Lexington, May 9, 1904.KENTUCKY EPSILON, KENTUCKY STATE COLLEGE.It is with deep sorrow tnat I announce to the fraternity that our Bro.Llewellyn James Pryse, '06, has joined "The Chapter Grand." Bro. Pryse'sremains were accompanied to his home in Beattyville, Kentucky, by a coramiteeerepresenting the chapter.Baseball is now' the engrossing topic at Kentucky State, but it is impossibleto fortell the outcome of the'season's games. So far we have won froinCincinnati University, and lost to Franklin College, We were glad to seefive Phis on the Franklin team. Brp. Matthews is our only representativethis year. In inter fraternity baseball we won oyer K S by the encouragingscore of 34 lo 7. K S had previously defeated K A and SAE. We havea game scheduled with S N who has beaten II K A and SAE and if weare successful we will pbtain the much coveted honor of being champions.The college gymnasium has recently been the scene of two of the prettiestdances ever given here. The first, was the junior Prom., Bro. Haynes beingon the committee and the second was given by the Lamp and Cross society.The decorations were furnished by the fraternities and the press awardedthe laurels tp the Phi corner. The Lamp and Cross is a senior society composedof ten members, Brp. Shelby is a member and Bro. Trice wasrecently elected.In the Patterson literary society pratoricq.1 contest, Bro. Haynes representedthe chapter and acquitted himself with honOr.Through the efforts of Bros. Grary and Shelby, Lexington is to have analumni club, and we' hope it will be installed in the near future. Brq.Moorman, one of our old charter members is back with us for a short time.He is preparing to take work on the U. S. geological survey.Lexington, April 20, 1904.R.^ H. BARCLAY.TENNESSEE ALPHA, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.The baseball team has come out splendidly this year. The two pitchersare pitching shut-out games, and the -team is giving them proper support.