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

THE SCROLL 351upon his judgment as to what kind of a ball to deliver. He seemsto know intuitively when a runner is going to steal and nine timesout of ten he has the ball in the base-man's hands awaiting him. Inthe Cornell game he caught the runner by several feet whenever heattempted to steal second, so swift and accurate were his throws. Heleads Vermont in batting and base-running and because of his greatspeed (he makes the 100 yard dash in 10 and 3-5 seconds) and lightningthrows he is a marvel in handling bunts, it being very rarelythat a batter gets to first ahead of the ball. In the Dartmouth, Cornelland Williams games and in several other hard fought contests itwas Mayforth who began the batting rally that brought victory toVermont. It is a safe prediction to make that when his collegecareer closes he will be found in big league circles. In addition to hisability as a catcher he has played at quarter-back on the varsity elevenand is one of the best all around track athletes Vermont has ever had.Malcolm and Mayforth are young men of most exemplary habitsmodest, unassuming and lovable and Vermont Alpha has reason to bevery proud of the fact that they wear the sword and shield of PhiDelta Theta.THOS. C. CHENEY, Vermont, '91.THE HISTORY OF ALPHA CHI OMEGATHE HISTORY OF ALPHA CHI OUEGA: By Mabel Harriet Siller. Foreword by Alta AllenLoud. Published by the Fraternity. First edition, 1911. Des Moines: The HomesteadCompany. Cloth, 8vo.; pp. 245 -t- 71 pages of illustrations on inserts. Price $2;prepaid; order from the author, 716 Clark Street, Evanston, 111.While the sororities are expanding at a greater rate than fraternities,they are making advances in other ways that promise to putthe fraternities to blush, such as building strong organizations, givingmuch attention to scholarship, uniting in a very influental Pan-Hellenic Congress, and in local Pan-Hellenic conferences, maintainingalumnae chapters with serious purposes in view, issuing highgrademagazines, and publishing song books, histories and manuals.In at least some of these lines the sororities have fairly outstrippedthe fraternities during the last ten years—there is no question of it.And evidence of this is the beautiful history of A X O, by MissMabel Harriet Siller, Northwestern, '95. It is a large octavovolume, well printed on uncalendered paper, with wide margins anddekle edges—it is a delight to turn its pages. It is bound in cloth ofolive green, one of the sorority colors, the side stamp (the coat-ofarms)and back stamp being in gold.A X n was founded at DePauw University on October IS, 1885.It was planned and the seven founders were chosen by James HamiltonHowe, dean of the school of music. He was not a fraternityman, and the assistance of James G. Campbell, B ® n, was sought.The latter wrote a constitution and by-laws which were adopted onDecember 5, 1885, but on April 9, 1886, a new constitution aridby-laws were adopted.