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

THE SCROLL. 83lULlNOlS KfA, U.MVEKSITY OH ILLINOIS.TheJreshman class offgoo which entered this university this fallis an increase of several hundred over last year, and brings the totalenrollment at Champaign close to 3,700.The prospects for Illinois Eta are bright, promising a strong chapter.Twenty-three of the thirty-three members oi last year returned.Seven of those not returning graduated in June. Bros. WilliamCaton and Arthur Hill will be with us the second semester. Bro.Smith, of Rockford, 111., received the offer of a position which hethought it wise to accept, and discontinued his course here.There is an abundance of fraternity material in the freshman class,and Illinois Eta has been very successful in pledging new men. Sixhave already been initiated : Bros. Merle E. Trees, Frankfort, Ind.;John Morrison, Bloomington, 111.; Harry Green, Rockford,III.; MosesGreenleaf, Jacksonville, 111.; Jean and Henry Pope, of Moline, 111.This brings the total membership of the chapter to 29.Three Phis have made the glee and mandolin clubs, and seven aremembers of the various class football teams. An abundance ofheavy football material has entered the field at Illinois this year, andwith Bro. Rothgeb as captain, Coach Woodruff expects to put outone of the best teams that Illinois has ever had.Our house fund is in a flourishing condition. One very desirablelot has already been paid for and we soon expect to own the lot adjoining.The plan is to build a ten to fourteen thousand dollar housenext spring or summer. The house which we still occupy has beenpapered and calcimined throughput, and considerable new furniturebought, So that we are in very 'pleasant quarters.Champaign, October 2, 1903.F. W. CUTLER.WISCONSIN ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OP WISCONSIN.Under the leadership of its newly elected president, C. R. Van Hise,the University of Wisconsin has opened for the year 1903-4 with alarger attendance than has ever before been registered. The freshmanclass alone shows ah increase of about three hundred over theclass of last session, and there is every indication that the enrollmentof all students for the year will reach 3,000.The faculty, with but few exceptions, will be the same as last year.Acting-President E. A. Birge, who was relieved by the election ofMr. Van Hise, has been granted a leave of absence of one year.Dean Richards of the law school, formerly of Iowa State College,succeeds the late^Dean Edwin E. Bryant, father of Bro. William V.Bryant, '98.An entirely new system for the arrangement of courses was institutedduring the past year. In all departments with the exceptionof the school of commerce, which is now under the directorship ofProf. W. A. Scott, the subjects have been arranged in groups, andcourses are made elective from the various groups. The A. B. degreeis given for the completion of all of these courses.The prospects for a football team are very good. A large numberof very promising men are hard at work under the proficient supervisionof Coach Arthur Curtis, '01.This season will undoubtedly be one of the most prosperous in thehistory of Wisconsin Alpha. Besides twenty of our active men oflast year, we have with us Bro. Thomas F. Frawley, '02, of Eau