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

THE SCROLL 381streamers in the holiday colors and Christmas greens. With many of theout of town alumni and all the alumni in the city, the active chapter, pledgesand their friends present, a most enjoyable evening was spent.The regular monthly dinner given with the Mount Pleasant alumni clubwas held on February lo at The New Brazelton. Extensive preparationsare being made for the observance of Founders' Day.With the beginning of the second semester Brother Earl C. Shipley ofNew London, Iowa, has re-entered school. We are pleased to announce thepledging of Joseph Earl Vandagriff of Oftumwa, Iowa. John F. Myers, '05,William H. Perdew, '94, Arthur Beck, '06, and Chas R. Stafford, *oo, wererecent visitors at the house.Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, February 21, 1913.CLARENCE S. JOHNSTON.IOWA BETA, UNIVERSITY OF IOWAIowa Beta takes great pleasure in introducing to the Fraternity the followingbrothers, who were initiated February 14: C. M. Morse, Jr., Nevada,la.; Mathias Steffen, Davenport, la.; Wellwood Nesbit, Waterloo, la.; EarlGrissel, Cedar Rapids, la.; Rober Parrish, Des Moines, la.; Paul Ferguson,Shenandoah, La.; Leal Parrish, Des Moines, la.; Emmett Conn, Ida Grove,la.; and Rollo Moore, Fargo, N. D. We are very much pleased fo havesuch a high scholarship record among the freshmen as to be able to initiateall of our pledges.Three Iowa Beta men won their letters on the football team last fall:Brothers McGinnis, Curry, and Penningroth. Brother McGinnis was electedcaptain for next fall. Brother Conn played in the pivotal position on thefreshman leam, and will be a very promising candidate for the varsity thiscoming season. Indoor baseball practice started in the gym, with three candidatesfrom Iowa Beta, Brothers Curry, McNeil, and Casady. BrotherCurry won his letter last season and will undoubtedly again fill a gardenposition successfully.The board of control has made a great fight to remove the engineeringschool to Ames, but they met with such opposition that the engineering schoolwill be retained here, and probably enlarged. Also there is a bill before thelegislature looking to the placing of a domestic science school at the university,and everything points towards its passage.Tonight the dramatic club presents the show, "Going Some." BrothersMcGinnfs and Cunning are playing leading roles.Iowa was not very successful in basketball, the team playing rather spasmodically.The one bright spot in the season was the defeat administered toMinnesota University at Minneapolis, at the close of the season.Brother H, M. Harwood, AB., '08, L.L.B '10, has been made editor of theAlumnus, and has charge of the publicity bureau of the university.Plans are under way for the Founders' Day banquet, which is to beheld at the chapter house.Iowa City, Iowa, March 12, 1913.HORACE C. YOUNG.KANSAS ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF KANSASKansas Alpha wishes to extend a warm hand of congratulation and welcometo the new and re-elected officers of our general council. It is with the greatestpleasure that we see these worthy Phis installed into the highest offices of theFraternity and we rest secure, knowing that their duties will be well andably performed.Brother Lewis O. Northrup, our representative at the convention, gave afull and extended report on convention happenings. We wish to congratulatethe Chicago alumni club upon the manner in which they handled the visitingbrothers and feel assured that the 1912-13 convention came nearer reachingthe ideal of Phi Delta Theta than any one previous.Our annual "Matinee Mess" was held Saturday, February 15, and was hailed