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

THE SCROLL. 91already seen that the advantages are so great and numerous we cannever afford to be without one again. We are more confident thanever that it will only be a short while before we will own a house.We own the furniture in the one we occupy, and we are adding toour possessions all the time.I take pleasure in presenting three good men, whom we have initiatedthe past month ; they are Thomas Sessions Barkley, Ennis,Texas ; Thomas Claude Turk, Blooming Grove, Texas, and HarryTerrell Abies, Terrell, Texas. Phi Delta Theta now numbers i6.Kappa Alpha 12, and Kappa Sigma 10 men.Last commencement Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Taylor entertained inhonor of Texas Gamma, and a more enjoyable evening was neverspent than the one which passed so quickly on that happy occasion.We were delighted to have a number of our visiting alumni with usfor that event.Last year we were represented in all lines—Bro. Cooper was presidentof the junior class, and was on the annual commencement debate;Bro. Cody was treasurer of the athletic association; Bro.Mann was a member of the lecture committee; Bro. Graves playedshort-stop on the ball team, and Bro, Dickinson first base. In theannual series of games between the fraternities here, A 0 won thechampionship and will undoubtedly hold it this year also. Theclasses and other organizations have not yet organized for this year,but Phi Delta Theta will be recognized for her share of honors asusual.Visiting Phis will always be welcome guests at the chapterhouse,Georgetown, September 30, 1903.IRELAND GRAVES.THETA PROVINCE.CALIFORNIA ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,California Alpha started out the fall season with twenty-three menback in college. The class of 1907 was rather below the average inquantity of fraternity material. Nevertheless we have secured twofine freshmen, Zack Hartley and Emrick B. Hewett, whom we takepleasure in presenting. We lost two men by graduation last June,Bro. E. C. Anthony, mechanics, who is taking graduate work at Cornell,and Bro. E. M. Otis, social science, who is attending the HastingsLaw School at San Francisco,In last spring's contests with Stanford, California won the baseballand tennis series straightaway and theCarnot debate. Nearly all lastyear's veteran football players are back, and indications point to aCalifornia victory in the approaching contest with Stanford. Lastsummer California's rowing crew went north and rowed matches withOregon and Washington. A return meet will be held here nextApril. Stanford will enter a crew, and every effort will be made toestablish rowing as an inter-collegiate contest.The new physiological laboratory erected for Dr. Jaques Loeb forthe conduct of his research work was dedicated August 20. The Greektheatre presented to the univerpity by William Randolph Hearstwas dedicated September 24, in the presence of the donor, with 8,cxx)people on the rising tiers of seats. 'The Birds' of Aristophanes,presented in the original Greek, formed a part of the ceremony. CaliforniaAlpha begins the year in quarters vastly improved by several