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

158 THE SCROLLDay, October 15, by giving a smoker at the fraternity house. We were honoredby having Brother M. L. Troxell, Pennsylvania Beta, '80, and former editor ofTHE SCROLL with us on that occasion. Brother Doctor Troxell is pastor ofthe Lutheran church in Topeka. He delivered the address of the evening andinsisted that Phi Delta Theta should strive after a high standard of moralcultivation for two reasons: first, because our founders set up that standard forus to follow and we should be loyal offspring of such worthy forebears, and,second, because it would be to our own individual advantage after we wereout of school. Brother Troxell gave concrete examples from past fraternityhistory to illustrate each point.The chapter gave a dinner for several new and old members of the facultythe evening of October 10. We were favored by a visit from Brother FredR. Cowles, president of Zeta Province on October 6.Topeka, Kan., October 21, 1912. WARREN J. CRUMBINE.KENTUCKY ALPHA-DELTA, CENTRAL UNIVERSITYOn September 11, Old Centre College threw open her doors for her nintyfourthcollegiate year and found Kentucky Alpha-Delta for her sixty-firsttime "on the job." We lost last year by graduation Brothers Walker, Caldwelland Ramsey and to other schools Brothers Van Sant, Doyle, Ray andFleming, which only left five men to return this fall but through the veryproficient work of Brothers Swope, Rogers, McClaskey and Wiseman, whofor the first few weeks were regular Trojans, we have again fortified ourplace in the van of college life.The chapter has secured a newly modeled house which has all the modemconveniences and furnishes very comfortable quarters for us.On October 10 and 17 the regular fall initiations were held and it is withgreat pleasure that we introduce to the Fraternity the following brothers:C. J. Byron, Illion, N. Y.; R. B. Dunn, Danville, Ky.; J. J. Bethurum,Somerset, Ky.; J. S. Mahan, Danville, Ky.; H. L. Collins, Umatilla, Fla.;W. B. Mahan, Denton, Texas; C. F. Cabell, Oklahoma City, Okla.So far this season Central has been rather unsuccessful in football, twogames out of three have been lost. We are represented on the team byBrother Byron.Brother Swope, our college Demosthenes, has been engaged by the Rooseveltheadquarters in Kentucky to stump the Blue-grass region in the interestsof "Teddy."The chapter has been very materially helped by its alumni this fall both insecuring our house and in furnishing it. We have been honored by visitsfrom Brothers Rogers, '15, and Melton, '11, both of Kentucky Epsilon.Danville, Ky., October 19, 1912.W. B. GUERRANT.KENTUCKY EPSILON, KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITYKentucky Epsilon shows the splendid condition she is in at the openingof this year by the marked success achieved since the beginning of the semester.The thirteen men returned have secured for the year one of the largestand best known residences in Lexington. Of itself, this house adds a greatdeal to our prominence and prestige, giving us advantages which no otherfraternity enjoys.We take great pleasure in introducing to the Fraternity, Brother JesseOwen of Owensboro, Ky.In securing the pick of the freshman class we were, more than ever, thisyear in a position to exert very calm, mature judgment before spiking therushees, still holding the enviable record of having lost only one man duringthe last five years. None of the men pledged will be initiated until they havepassed the Christmas examinations, one condition excepted. This is a restrictionof the local Pan-Hellenic. We have an affiliation and several prospectsstill in view.