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

THE SCROLL. 19Howell and Beckett were appointed a committee by Brother Ward,president of the Portland Alumni Club, to report on the most propitiousway for the chapter to purchase a fraternity house.The banquet broke up close to midnight, everybody emphasizingthe good time they had had during the convention.Sunday morning a private car was chartered by the alumni club,and a trip was taken up the Clackamas River to Estacada and Cazaderowhere luncheon was served in the hotel.The party returned to Portland in the evening; the majority ofthe delegates and visitors left that night for their homes.The following brothers were present during the convention: Baker,Knox, '84; 'Bsidcwin, Georgia Tech., '10, Washington and Lee, '11;Babb, Idaho, '12; Beckett, Missouri, '07; Bigger, Monmouth, '12;Birkner, Nebraska, '08; Crozier, Wabash, '93; Gorman, Syracuse,'98; Gilbert, Cornell, '95; Heinicke, Kansas, '01; Howell, Knox,'06 and Missouri, '09; Hallam, Wisconsin, '82; Joslyn, Minnesota,'14; King, Minnesota, '86; Kirkup, Nebraska, '10; Lane, Minnesota,'09; Lewis, California, '95 ; Mclntyre, Westminster, '11; MacCamant,Lafayette, '88; Morgan, Vermont, '87; Phipps, Washington, '13;Reider, Mosier, Spencer, Wabash, '89; Standish, Cornell, '12, Spencer,California, '95; S-weet, Wisconsin, '93; Trout, Lafayette, '03;Wilbur, Vermont, '90; Ward, Ohio State, '90; Ferris, Williams, '85;Ruby, Indiana, '97; Larson, Idaho, '07; Whitten, Idaho, '15;Thompson, Minnesota, '04; Heizer, Kansas, '03; Urquhart andBeltz delegates from Washington; Cornwall and Faris delegatesfrom Idaho and the following from Oregon: Walls, Maris, Wagner,Leisler, Barbour, Bailey, Cockerline, Smith; Winters and Sanbornfrom California, and Beurhaus, Stanford, '13.W. C. P. BALDWIN, Washington &' Lee, '11.CANADIAN FOOTBALLCanadian football, to the average college man of the States, bringsup a vision of Soccer, aimless running about and ring around therosy. He is confirmed in this impression by photographs and theword of the travelled brother, who has spent a summer roughing itat some modern hotel in the Ontario "WILDS", and is thereforeinfallible in all things Canadian, that "Huh! they tackle like a bunchof old women up there."It is supposed that the Canadians have adopted a few featuresfrom both American and English Rugby, added some idiotic ideasof their own, and now are playing away at a great rate, too deeplyblinded by prejudice and hampered by British conservatism to fessup and adopt the American game. This, however is not the case.Canadians are rather well satisfied with their game as it is. Theysee no cause for changing it. While the game is far from perfect,