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

THE SCROLL 179TENNESSEE ALPHA, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYThe year 1912 opened most propitiously for the local chapter. With thereturn of nineteen old men and eleven pledges Tennessee Alpha expects oneof the most successful years in its history. It is with great pleasure and expectationof their doing great things for 4> A 9, that we welcome the followingnew men in the chapter: Howell Adams, Robert A. Love, Joseph L. Clark,Jr., Mays Kirkman, Hugh Spencer, James Webster, Gray Smith, CrutcherMcClure, Evans Waller, James Rogers and Jack Chadwick.Brother "Buddy" Morgan is holding down his old place as varsity center andat the same time a considerable quantity of surplus flesh, by means of his dailyambles on the gridiron. Brother Horde Boeusch is pushing mighty strong fora permanent berth on the varsity as quarterback. Brother "Bill" Granberryhas been elected editor-in-chief of the Commodore, the annual publicationof the fraternities of Vanderbilt. Several of the brothers are trying out forplaces on the glee club and dramatic club. It is refreshing to note thatPhikeia McClure has won the fifty dollar entrance prize awarded for thehighest average in certain required subjects.Nashville, Tenn,, October 15, 1912. L. F. SPERRY.TENNESSEE BETA, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHThe university opened the present session September 19. The enrollmentwas the largest in years and indications all point to a most successful year forSewanee.Tennessee Beta returned six of last year's chapter and these six set towork with a zeal and enthusiasm to recruit their ranks from the choice freshmen,and their work resulted in the pledging of three strong men. These threehave been initiated and it is with pleasure that we introduce to the Fraternity,James Nelson of Birmingham, Ala.; Joseph Eggleston of England, Ark.; andRandolph H. Cobb of Orlando, Fla.Football prospects are unusually bright this year and Sewanee expects tohave a team that will be heard of in .Southern football circles this fall.Tennessee Beta is represented on the varsity squad by Brothers Gillespi, Mc-Clanahan, and Eggleston.Brother Bowden is to take the Rhodes Scholarship examination this falland his return has 'consequently been delayed. His absence has been feltseverely by the chapter and his return is looked forward to with eagerness bythe brothers. R: L. MCGOODWIN.Sewanee, Tenn., October 12, 1912.TEXAS BETA, UNIVERSITY OF TEXASWith the opening of the collegiate year 1912-13 the results of the faculty'sstudies on how to make the student's life more odious, are remarkably apparent.Brilliant and luminous on the horizon hang the words "a student who isabsent during any term for more than one tenth of the total number of exercisesat which he is due during the term thereby (automatically) drops hisname from the university rolls". Even the eloquence of Brother HawthorneDorothy Kyser could not shake the iron will of the dean. So in the midst oftears and wild sobs, the eight o'clocks, now regularly forego their beautysleep, and headed by Brother Buddy, recently of Oklahoma A. & M., mournfullyplow their way through the sleet and rain to the slaughter. BrotherKnight uses mourning stationery now, and it is rumored that he will withdrawfrom the university and return home to take the hired man's place.Rushing season was a brilliant success. Brother Pearl Exall returned in a$15, no more, no less, all wool suit of a delicate pink, and jarred loose in thevery first week with $1.65. What freshman could resist such wild extravagance.As a result, we pledged six men—Stuart L. (Buckshot) Williams, of Cisco;Palmer Giles, of San Antonio; Edward Norment, of Paris; Wilmer Chatham,of Marlin; Horace Higginbotham, of Dublin; and Frank Wren, of Fort Worth.With mingled feelings of pleasure and pain we present them to the Fraternity.