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

78 THE SCRO'LL.INDIANA ZETA, DE PAUW UNIVERSITY.De Pauw opened this year with a slight increase in attendance^The freshman class is unusually large but many of the old studentsdid not return. The rush is just at its close and Indiana Zeta hascome out with her share, having pledged six freshmen and onejunior academy. This is the greatest number pledged by any fraternityhere except Phi Kappa Psi, which pledged seven freshmen.The chapterhouse has been improved both as to quantity and styleof furnishings, and with nine men rooming in the house there is noreason why the chapter should not enjoy a prosperous year. Bro.Devers, ex-'o3, will be back in a few days to enter school. This willmake a total active membership of sixteen. Phi Kappa Psi alsoleads in number of members, having about eighteen active men.Our members stand well, both individually and collectively, withthe students, faculty and townspeople. Bros. Van Sant and Hawthornewere both elected members of Kappa Tau Kappa, the honorarysenior inter-fraternity society. Bro. Van Dyke was elected trackcaptain for this year. Bro. Hawthorne was elected, by the studentbody, to the athletic board of control which is composed of faculty,,alumni, and one student member. Mr. Jones, pledged, is president ofthe freshmen class for this term. Bro. Felton is manager of thesophomore football team.The Chapterhouse Association is on good footing financially. Propertywill be bought as soon as a suitable location can be secured.The chapter hopes to be located permanently in a house of its ownwithin two or three years.The chapter has been visited by Bro. Brown, '03, Bro. Turner, ex-'05, Bro. Smith, of Indiana Alpha, and Bro. Haideman, of DickinsonCollege, representative of Wright, Kay & Co., fraternity jewelers.Visiting Phis are always welcome at the chapterhouse, No. 5 EastPoplar street. . RAY C. HAWTHORNE.Greencastle, October 3, 1903,INDIANA THETA, PURDUE UNIVERSITY.A keener college spirit has characterized the opening of the universitythis year than has been observed in the past, due largely, nodoubt, to the noticeable improvements about the campus and thelarge increase in attendance. The Eliza Fowler Hall has been completedand presents the most imposing appearance of any buildingon the campus; the building for the new heating plant, to cost$80,000, is progressing rapidly, and work on the installation of machinerywill soon commence. In addition to these, the new physicsbuilding would also have been well under way had labor been obtainable;it will not now be begun until spring. Nothing, however^has enhanced the appearance of the university grounds so much asthe new asphalt pavement which has been laid on the street, from theeast side of the river to the extreme limits of the campus, and presentsan extravagant but highly appreciated public improvement.Athletics, likewise, have tended to set the college spirit on edge.For the first time in the history of the school a football camp wasestablished prior to the opening of the college year. On August 26last year's veterans assembled on the Tippecanoe river, at a pointabout twenty-five miles from Lafayette, where training was begununder the direction of Coach Cutts, Harvard, '02, and Pat McClaire,