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

THE SCROLL 259Brother Herman Phleger is the delegate from California to the Phi DeltaPhi convention at Seattle.Brother Paul Cadman leaves on January 4, 1913 for an extended tour of theFar East. We shall welcome his return to us in August.Brothers George and Spencer Mastick and Brother Kauffman will remaininactive during their stay at the University Farm at Davis next semester.We are pleased to report the addition of two phikeias—John Porter andCecil Huntington to enter in January. With a chapter roll of twenty-eight,we will begin our spring semester January 13, and look forward to a successfulterm.Berkeley, Calif., December 29, 1912.CHAS. S. DODGE.CALIFORNIA BETA, LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYUpon November 9, the University of California tied Stanford by a scoreof three to three in the annual "BIG GAME'', held this year upon CaliforniaField. Owing to a lack of a turf field at California and the previous rainyweather, the game was played under very unsatisfactory conditions. BrothersA. Sanborn, R. Noble, and J. Thoburn represented California Beta upon theStanford varsity with excellent playing. Brothers Sanborn and Noble werelater selected for the All-American Rugby Team which played the Waratahs ofAustralia to an eight to twelve score. Brother Thoburn has since beenelected to captain next year's varsity.The honor societies have just held their regular end-semester initiations.E. Wells, '14, was elected to Sword and Sandals; J. Thoburn, '13, to Skulland Snakes; M. Price, '13, to Nu Sigma Nu; L. Gamble, '14, to the MechanicalEngineering Society; R. Roberts, '14, to Phi Delta Phi.Semester final examinations begin December 14, and the semester closesDecember 20. Registration begins January 8.Stanford University, Calif., December 10, igi2.COLORADO ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOR. E. ROBERTS.With the close of the first semester but two weeks off, Colorado Alpha feelsthat it has passed through a successful half year, despite the fact that theenrollment of the chapter is only fourteen. Since the last chapter letter,Malcom Dillion of Denver, Colo., has been pledged.Thursday, December 19, will be a red letter day for the chapter. Thesealed Pyx will be opened with ceremony and the memorials left by the alumniand active brothers will be read.Departing from the annual custom of giving a Christmas party the nightbefore the holiday vacation begins, the chapter this year gave an uniqueformal- dinner dance on the evening of Friday, December 13. Combined withthe weird decorations for which such a date called, a decorative scheme appropriateto the holiday season was carried out. A Christmas dinner was tabledat 6 o'clock, after which dancing lasted until midnight.The winners of the interfraternity basketball championship defeated ColoradoAlpha by only one point. The chapter five was composed of Brothers KennethMacPherson, James Reynolds, Steere De Mathew, Kenneth White and WinthropLeach.Brother Eugene Millikin took the leading part in the annual college play,"All The Comforts of Home". Brother James Reynolds is eating at the trainingtable with the varsity basketball team. Brothers Eugene Millikin and JohnHenderson will try out for the debating team. Brother Jack Haley wasinitiated into Vulcan, a junior engineering society.Boulder; Colo., December 12, 1912. JOHN HENDERSON".GEORGIA ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAThe University of Georgia closed on Thanksgiving a most successful footballseason. Three Phis made their G, Brothers Sancken, Powell and Dorsey.