1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 95Miami—An article by Edwin Emerson, '89, appears in The Independent forAugust I. It is entitled "Mexican Bandits at Close View," and is preceded byan editorial note which says: "Mr. Emerson was a member of fhe RoughRiders in the Spanish-American War, took part in the Columbian-VenezuelanWar in 1901 as Venezuelan Colonel of Volunteers, and was decorated by PresidentCastro with the Order of Boliver for gallantry in action. He was alsowar correspondent in Manchura during the Russo-Japanese War, and haswritten much on military affairs."Vanderbilt 'g4—G. R. Baskerville (Ph.D. Chicago), who has been for someyears in the department of English at the University of Texas, has been calledto the University of Chicago. He is instructor in English. His work is entirelyin the senior college and graduate department. He will probably do workespecially in Elizabethan literature. Dr. Baskerville has done some magnificentwork in his special lines in the last five years. Recent issues of the New YorkEvening Post and Nation contain a two column review of a book by him entitled"English Elements in Jonson's Early Comedy", published as Bulletin178 by the University of Texas.HELLENICItems of news suitable for this department should be sent direct to theEditor, instead of being included in chapter letter.AssistantZ SE' has revived at Columbia.The latest at the University of Washington is A S $, which now has 10chapters.^TA has entered the University of Colorado. It already had a chapter atColorado College.0 A X has entered Colgate, where the other fraternities are A K E, B 0 II,* K ^, * r A and AT.2 X has entered Trinity College, where North Carolina Alpha of * A 0was formerly established.S X has entered Oklahoma, where the other fraternities are B 0 II, S A E,KS, 2N and Southern KA.The eight fraternities at Dickinson have agreed to hold their meetings onthe same night in the week to avoid conflicts with other collegiate affairs.New sorority chapters: .\ S A at Iowa and Nebraska; A A * at Kansas,K A e*at South Dakota, K A at Trinity (N. C.) and A A A at James Millikln(111.).S*E has entered Wooster, where the other fraternities are B 0 II, ^PA,A T A, A T fi and 2 X. The charter of the 4> A 0 chapter there was surrenderedfifteen years ago.0 A X has withdrawn from Boston University, on account of the fewnessof male students in the arts department. The only remaining fraternities areB 0 n and 2 A E.The 2 N Delta for May contains a letter from its parent chapter at VirginiaMilitary Institute. We ^undersfand that other fraternities besides 2 N arerunning sub rosa there.The faculty of the University of Washington has compelled ATA andSA E to vacate their houses there, because of their nearness to sorority houses,the 2AE house within a few feet.