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

THE SCROLL. 63Kinkead, '07, B. M, E.; Chastine N. Haynes, '05, B. S.; George B.Wilken,'06. B. E. M ; William Fox Logan,'06, B. S,; Edward D.Carney, '06, B. M. E.; G. Henry Moore, '06, B. E. E.; Howell D.Spears, '07, B. S. We expect Bro. Pryse, '05, to return in a few daysand Bro. Lond, '06, will be here for the second termWe have pledged two prep, men for next year.Phi Delta Theta has arranged a schedule of football games withthe other frats to decide the fraternity championship.Kentucky State has entered upon what will probably be the mostprosperous year of her history. The matriculation is the heaviestever recorded at this time of the year. We were fortunate in securingthe services of Mr. C, K. Wright,ofColumbia,as coachforthe footballteam. We have better prospects for a championship team thanwe have had since '98. The team began the season last Friday bydefeating Cynthiana Athletic Club by a score of 39 lo o.The sixty thousand dollar dormitory for women is nearly completed,and will be opened for occupancy in November. On September 19the corner-stone of the agricultural experimental station was laid.The building now occupied by the station situated on the campuswill be used as laboratories by the chemical department.Kentucky Epsilon has enjoyed recent visits from Bro. Gourley,Kentucky Alpha Delta ; Bro. Gold, Ohio Gamma, and Bro. Franks,New York Alpha. Bro. Miller, who attended the U. S. Naval Academylast year and led in his class, paid us a visit during his vacatio.n.Bro. Almy received an appointment during the summer to the navalacademy and has entered upon his duties there. Kentucky Epsilonis occupying the same house of last year, and extends a hearty welcometo all visiting Phis.R. H. BARCLAYLexington, October i, 1903.TENNESSEE ALPHA .'.VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.'The largest freshman class in the history ot the university beganwork on September 16, in all departments except the medical ^nddental, which open on October i. The gain is especially noticeablein the engineering and law departments.There have been three additions to the faculty since last year, thenew man in each case being a Vanderbilt alumnus, as follows : inthe law department Allen G. Hall, B 0 U, is secretary of the facultyand professor of law ; in the biblical department, Henry B. Carre,S X, is professor of biblical theology ; and in the engineering department,Cranberry Jackson, K A, is professor of civil engineering,vice Robert L. Lund, A K E, resigned.As the result of an entirely successful spiking season, we takegreat pleasure in introducing to the fraternity Bros. John OwsleyManier, son of Bro. W. R. Manier, Sr.; Morton B. Howell III, son ofBro. A. E. Howell; Glenn Andrews Hall, son of Prof. Hall, abovementioned ; Thomas C. Keeling and Horace L. Allen, all of Nashville; Elijah Haynes Ayres, of Sprine Hill, Tenn.; and Edward GilmerThompson, of Mariana. Ark. These with three affiliates, Bro.Carrol from Georgia Delta, Bro. Barrett from Mississippi Alpha, andBro. Mendenhall of Tennessee Beta, give us a chapter of twenty-sixmembers.We had the pleasure of having with us at the initiation ceremony,Bro. Barrs, '78, of Jacksonville, Fla. He was largely instrumental in