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

THE SCROLL. 53chosen, a larger number than any other fraternity in college. Thesemen were E. LaVerne Mclntyre, '04; Noble Brandon Judah, Jr., '04,and Charles Frederick Savage, '04. Noble Brandon Judah was alsoelected track* team manager. E. L. Mclntyre won the Hicks prizedebate on commencement day.Members of the chapter now occupy one whole floor in BrunoniaHall, the most desirable dormitory here. This amounts, practically,to a fraternity house, and we have rented a room in the basement forour fraternity room.Our final initiation of freshmen will probably take place next week.Providence, October 7, 1903.BERTRAM H. BUXTON.NEW YORK ALPHA. CORNELL UNIVERSITY.Cornell University has opened the new year with a larger attendancethan ever before. It was thought by many that there would bea great decrease in the entering class this year on account of thedisastrous typhoid epidemic which Ithaca has just passed through.We are, however, glad to say that the conditions here are greatlyimproved, since we now have one of the most modern water suppliesin the country.Cornell's football team has not made a very good showing so farthis year. The lack of heavy men and the loss by graduation ofsome of our best men of last year has made the team weak, but wehope to get them into shape before the season is over. Bro. Mason,'94, and Bro. Short, '00, are assisting in coaching the team.Again Cornell won a great victory at Poughkeepsie, her crewswinning all of the three races. On the return of the crews Bro. Coffinwas elected captain for next year, succeeding Bro. Frenzel, whograduated last spring. This gives 4* i 9 the captaincy of the crewand the track team.Bro. Jenning, who will again coach Cornell's baseball team, saysthat the freshmen class has brought in some very good material,making our baseball outlook for the coming year most promising.New York Alpha takes pleasure in introducing Bros. William Mc-Gee, of Plainfield, N. J.; Montague Whiting and Wythe Whiting, ofMobile, Ala,; William Durand, of Ithaca, N. Y.; George Welles, ofBig Flats, N. Y.; George Kothe, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Harlan Bosler,of Indianapolis, Ind.; Joel Sheppard.of Quincy, Mass.; MaxwellWiley, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Oscar Trorlicht, of St. Louis, Mo.We also take pleasure in announcing the affiliation of Bro. EvansRoy Mosher from Michigan Alpha.Phi Delta Theta will be represented on the musical clubs this yearby Bro. Terry in the glee club, and Bro. Wythe Whiting in the mandolinclub.RICHARD W. CHASE.Ithaca, October 5, 1903.NEW YORK BETA. UNION COLLEGE.The opening of this college year finds both Union and New YorkBeta in a flourishing condition. The freshman class in the college isthe largest that'has entered in years and contains much good footballmaterial, which Coach Smith is now hard at work developing. Withthis new material and the men of last year's squad, of whom only oneor two have been lost by graduation, he promises that Union willhave a successful season. The team has played one game, defeating