1937–38 Volume 62 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

382 The SCROLL O£ Phi Delta Theta for June, 1938
Omdorff of Chicago.—FRANK H. MCKELVEY, JR., Reporter.
INDIANA ALPHA.—Eleven seniors—Hawkins,
KeUy, Kenderdine, Mason, McCotter, Sleeth, Spraul,
Trester, Taubensee, Wrasse—will receive the coveted
sheepskin this spring. Charles Welker, who is employed
with Prudential- Insurance, was graduated in
February. A rush party is planned for May 20,
and many recommended fellows are being invited
to this affair. Rush Chairman King has been inviting
several rushees down every week-end in an effort to
get acquainted with them. Captain Kingdon is leading
the tennis team into a strenuous campaign.
Sleeth was recently initiated into SAX; Bamhill
was honored with membership in A K * and also
was made associate business manager of the Arbutus.
Spraul was selected as delegate to convention of
A X £, Getz was elected president of 6 K *. Ware
and Anson are members of both the freshman baseball
and golf teams; Brooks shone in the spring
football practice until he suffered a leg injury.
President Dan Inthout has been chosen delegate to
the national Convention and Weir was selected alternate.
The scholastic standing of the chapter rose
in the last publication of grades. We had an average
of 1.68, and ranked fifth of all fraternities,—ROBERT
WEIR, Reporter.
INDIANA BETA—Initiation and the April SCROLL
caught Indiana Beta at a bad time. At the date
of initiation an intestinal flu epidemic had rifled our
ranks so badly that only five men in the house were
able to attend dasses or to initiate the eligible pledges.
Of the pledges, only three were well enough to be
initiated at the regular time; the remainder were
initiated after spring" vacation. The initiates are:
Alvin Joslin, Glenn Rynerson, and William Beaning,
Indianapolis; Thomas McConnell. Fowler; Harvey
Wheeler, Greensburg; and Robert Hancock, Terre
Haute, Ind. Hancock is a third-generation Phi and
both his father and his grandfather were here for
his initiation. Among the alumni who have visited
the chapter recently are: John Freeman, Buck Robertson,
John Buchanan, Cris Branning, Clarence Merrill,
John T. Hays, Bill Hays, Jr., and the Rev. Emory
Luccock. Brother Luccock for the past seventeen years
has been a missionary in Canton Province, China,
now on special leave in this country to lecture on
the Sino-Japanese situation. We were privileged to
hear him speak both in chapel here and at the
Founders Day Banquet in Indianapolis. This year, for
the first time, bowling has become an intramural
sport at Wabash. The final totals have just been
added, and we are proud to say that Indiana Beta
INDIANA GAMMA PULLS OFF THE ANNUAL BUGGY
RACE WITH SIGMA CHI
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has chalked up another victory. Also in the way
of sports was the election of Jack Hester, '38, to
basketball captaincy this year after his three sterling
years of varsity competition. Many alumni will be
expected and welcomed back June 4, 5, and 6, when
the one-hundredth commencement of Wabash College
will be celebrated.—GORDON MEFFORD, Reporter.
INDIANA GAMMA.— Nine Phikeias were initiated
into the chapter May 7: Hack, McQueen, Bowen,
Johnson, Pert, Fred Symmes, Abts, Cohee, and Bolin.
Phikeia Gene Ward is president of the newly organized
Camera Club, and McCreary president of the
commerce dub, Whitney president of the economics
honorary organization, and Sorenson is the president
of the Student Council. Pritchard is also a
member of the debating team. The intramural basketball
team finished the season with a post season victory
and completed an undefeated season with the best
defensive and offensive record in the league. McQueen,
Bowen, and Hack were elected into * H S. Diener
was elected to the position of editor of the yearbook,
the 1939 Drift. Woolling, Bill Connor, Beasley, and
Hart were elected into Blue Key, which wiU act as
hosts to the national Blue Key convention next year.
The chapter published a twelve-page edition of the
Butler Phi, the chapters monthly newsletter, in which
the year's activities of the chapter were reviewed.
Phikeia Bob Ostlund was the editor of the paper.
Herrmann and Gibson, and Phikeia Bob Connor are
members of the varsity baseball team. Herrmann is
the leader in the runs scored averages and second
in batting. The track team includes Geyer, Kreag,
Roderick, Merrill, and Diener, Brother Beasley was
elected delegate to the national convention and ten
brothers have formed a party to attend the condave
at Old Point Comfort. Seventeen seniors will graduate
this month and will receive a 4> A 9 plaque from
the Mother's club. They are president Symmes, Sorenson,
Bagnoli, Bitter, Bolin, Buyer, Hamp, Hooker, Mc­
Creary, Merrill, MiUer, Pearce, Ruddell, St. Hdens,
Thurston, P. K. Ward, and Whitney.—BILL HART,
Reporter.
INDIANA DELTA.—The highlight of Indiana
Delta's activities for the past month was Executivesecretary
Paul C. Beam's visit May 1-2. Although
his visit was of an official nature Brother Beam proved
himself a regular fellow and won the high esteem
of our members. Mrs. Beam accompanied him.
Brother Lee Ridgeway, president of Kappa Province
also visited the fraternity on May i. In the intramural
trophy race we are trailing the leaders by a
single point, with four more sports to be played.
We have won first in swimming and ping-pong. Our
intramural baseball team just turned in its fifteenth
consecutive victory. Finche Duffy has been selected as
chapter representative to the National Convention,
with Rex Knorr as alternate. At this writing the
paddle system, previously used for the amelioration
of the house proletariat, is under fire by the fraternity
and its complete abolition or a suitable substitute
is promised in its report by the committee in charge.
In spedal ceremony April 25, Melvin Murphy was initiated.
Brother Murphy's application to continue his
study in the medical profession has been accepted
by Indiana University. Spring rush has begun and
the chapter has planned a number of smokers and
a spring dance, Louis Mahin, brother of Grayson
Mahin of this chapter is the first to be pledged.
Indiana Delta points regretfully yet with pride to