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

THE SCROLL. 75H. Milligan, of Newcastle. We are not through rushing, and hopeto introduce several more before the term closes.Football prospects here are very bright. Forty or fifty aspirantsfor the team are hard at work- underCoaches Home, King and Pike.Coach King, a former Indiana man, made quite a reputation as centeron the Harvard team last year. These coaches expect^to developa winning team. Bros. Kent and Shirk, who played some last year,have made their places on the 'varsity. Bros. Cisco and Smith aretrying for positions.Bro. Markle, Indiana's well-known football man, has accepted ascholarship at Swarthmore College.Bro. Tuley attended the Equitable Life Insurance school for collegegraduates in New York this summer, and returns a full-fiedged insuranceman.All Phis who visit in Bloomington are cordially invited to make,themselves known to the members of Indiana Alpha, and to visit us'in our home.J. HARVEY SMITH.Bloomington, October 3, 1903.INDIANA BETA, WABASH COLLEQE.The college year opened on September 15, with the largest enrolmentsince 1888. There have been no changes in the faculty. Every. department has gained wonderfully and Wabash is now enjoying aSeason of great prosperity.The spiking season is not yet on, as the five fraternities here lastyear agreed that no spiking should be done until after November i.However, everybody is given the privilege of rushing, and by thistime it is evident where most of the new men will land. We are findingthis plan very successful.Indiana Beta begins the year with better prospects and in bettercondition than in any year of her history. We now have only onerival to be feared and are on a sound financial basis. Since last yearwe have raised enough money to buy a chapterhouse, and one that isfar superior to the other fraternity house here. On October 5th thedeed was signed by which we became owner of a large brick houseof fourteen rooms, situated very conveniently to both the college andtown. We expect to take possession December i, so that we may beginthe new year in our own home. Phi Gamma Delta is the onlyother fraternity in a house here.Indiana Beta returned thirteen men this year. Bro. Hasbrouck isdoing post-graduate work and assisting in the chemistry department.We have five prospective men whom we will be able to introduce inthe next SCROLL. We are pushing a movement for the organizationof a Pan-Hellenic Council, to discuss such matters as may concernthe Greeks here.In college athletics. Phi Delta Theta is not very well represented,but what men we have out hold the highest positions. We have nomen on the 'varsity, which is gaining such an excellent reputation foritself this year. We have beaten Indiana University 5 to o, held Purdue17 to o, and won from the Indianapolis medical school by 31 to o.Capt. Reed, of the track team, who was pledged last year, has atrack squad of twenty men and expects to develop some good material.Basketball has been started, and Phi Delta Theta will be representedthere by Bros. Loop, Reed and Boulton.Crawfordsville, October 20, 1903.R. D. SCBROCK.