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

162 THE SCROLLa hundred. For this reason the problem of securing good men for thefraternity was a hard one. Our young alumni stood behind us, and did allthey could to help us. Brother Milloy, 'lo, left his work in the War Departmentin Washington, D. C, and gave his active assistance during rushingseason. As a result we have pledged four exceptionally good men. In comingyears, however, we hope that our older alumni will give us more heartysupport in regard to new fraternity material. We must have the cooporationof the entire alumni body, both old and young. We make an earnest appealfor communication at any time concerning prospective Amherst material in orderthat we may have as good a line on the entering men as possible. Begin now.Amherst College is to be congratulated on its selection of Dr. AlexanderMeiklejohn, former Dean of Brown University, as its eighth president. Wefeel confident that under his administration Amherst College will continue tobe a drawing card for strong, substantial men.The entire active chapter to a man returned to resume college duties andactivities. Brother Guetter, '13, and Proudfoot, '13, are back in old form onthe football team. Brother Proudfoot is playing an unusually strong gameat left end, while Brother Guetter is beginning to think he has always beenleft guard, and has almost forgotten the old days when he played tackle, andran the length of the field for a touchdown against Dartmouth.Brother Renfrew, '14, was elected assistant manager of the musical clubs.He had also been pledged by the cotillion club, an honorary upperclasssociety. Brother Colton, '15, has been appointed a member-of the sophomorehop committee.Since the opening of college the chapter has received visits from BrothersO'Donnell, '04, Butts, '09, and Beatty, '12. Brother Butts has just recoveredfrom a very serious illness. We were very happy to learn that he was rapidlyregaining his former health.RAYMOND W. STONE.Amherst, Mass., October 19, 1912.MICHIGAN ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANThe university opened on October i, the active chapter returning on September23 for rushing. Michigan Alpha returned 21 men out of last year's activechapter. Since the opening of school Brother Clyde C. Randel of IndianaZeta, and Brother Ray Hazen of Pennsylvania Eta have been affiliated, and thefollowing men have been pledged: Boyd Compton, of Dayton, O.; WilliamDodge, of Lansing, Mich.; Martin Gault, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; MalcolmScott, of Connelsville, Pa.; and Mort Wilkinson, of Buffalo, N. Y. BrothersWilson Wetterau, '13, William Kilpatrick, '14, John Brent, '14, and EdgarWilliams, '15, of last year's active chapter did not return.During the summer the exterior of the house was repainted, and the interiorthoroughly renovated for the opening of college. Plans are well underway for remodeling the bath rooms, and it is hoped to have the work completedby the first of the year.We are represented on the football squad by Brothers Barton and Jay,the former holding down right end in a first class manner, and the lattersubstituting for a line position. Brothers Wilkins and Miller are on themusical clubs, while several more of the brothers have hopes of landingplaces. Brother Haff, captain of the varsity track squad, is rounding hismen into shape for the fall interclass relay races, which will take place betweenthe halves of the South Dakota-Michigan game. Phikeias Gault andScott are playing a good game on the all-freshman football team.This year we are again represented on the faculty by Brothers E^ C. Case,C. W. Edmonds, E. D. Jones, E. D. Rich, H. A. Sanders, and A. E. White.Brother E. V. Moore of last year's graduating class is teaching in the Schoolof Music.The chapter for the last few weeks has greatly enjoyed visits fromBrothers F. T. Rowell, '09, L. W. Smith, '10, and T. B. Simons, '12.Ann Arbor, Mich., October 18, 1912. D. CECIL JOHNSON.