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

196 THE SCROLLA bond issue of $550,000 for the erection of dormitories and other purposesand an extra tax levy of $57,000 has been voted by the people of Cincinnati forthe University of Cincinnati, and a chair in the medical school has been endowedby Harry M. Levi, with an intimation that the gift may be increased.The New York State College of Forestry, established in 1911 by the Legislatureand located at Syracuse University, opened its first regular session thisyear with an enrollment of 157 men. Of this number, no are freshmen comingfrom sixteen states and two foreign countries. Good physical condition is arequirement.The Mask and Wig Dramatic Club of the University of Pennsylvania hasmade an additional contribution of $5,000 to a fund, the income of which is tobe used for general university expenses. This fund now amounts to $15,000.This makes a total of $100,000 presented to the university by the club since itsorganization.At the University of Pennsylvania 150 men have filed application with theuniversity employment bureau. Most of these have been supplied with remunerativework. Students have been placed in positions as waiters, office clerks,salesmen, - boys' club leaders, gymnasium directors, ushers, messengers, attendants,readers, tutors, furnace caretakers, boys' walking club leaders, manualtraining directors, stenographers, typists, musicians, stereopticon and movingpicturemachine operators.* The University of North Carolina has a unique record in inter-collegiate debating,a record which probably is unequalled by any other institution in thecountry. The first inter-collegiate contest was held in 1897 with the Universityof Georgia. Since that time thirty-four contests have been held and in twentyfourNorth Carolina has been victorious. The opposing institutions range fromPennsylvania to Louisiana and include the University of Pennsylvania, JohnsHopkins, George Washington, the University of Virginia, Washington andLee, Vanderbilt, Georgia, and Tulane. In all these contests not a single serieshas been lost. A tie now stands with Washington and Lee and it will be brokenon December 14. Pennsylvania has been met four times and has been defeatedin three of them.A TEN MILLION DOLLAR SOUTHERN INSTITUTIONThe William M. Rice Institute at Houston, Texas, was opened on September26. Leading scholars and educators from the United States, England, Scotland,France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland and Japan participated in the formaldedication and inauguration on October 10-12.The Rice Institute is the seventh richest college in the United States, possessingan endowment of approximately $10,000,000, left by the late William MarshRice, formerly of Houston, who met a tragic death in New York twelve yearsago. The fund was left in trust at the founder's death, and by wise investmentand accumulation it has grown to the enormous sum, which instead of givingto Houston a new public school—as was Mr. Rice's first intention—it hasfounded a college which will be the richest in the South and exceeded in wealthby only six American universities—Columbia, Stanford, Chicago, Harvard,Cornell and Yale.An elaborate system of institute buildings is being erected, including the administrationbuilding, and an academic group of five buildings, residential hallfor women, residential hall for men, school of fine arts, mechanical laboratory,the gymnasium, graduate school, a Greek playhouse, botanical gardens andlaboratories of pure and applied sciences, athletic stadium, power-house andother buildings. Tuition in every department will be free.CO-OPERATION OF THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES.The four Protestant theological colleges of Montreal, namely. Congregational,Diocesan, Presbyterian and Wesleyan, have agreed upon a plan of co-operation