St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-01

A certain strange fraternity, wandering this
way. finds bounteouS repast for itself spread
at the university
Things are lively among the Greeks at
the university. and some of the frater-
nifty men are realizing the truth of the
statement that "when Greek meets
Greek then comes the tug of war;"
The reports that were circulated, not
long since, that the local chapter of the
Phi Delta Theta had had some kind of
an eruption with the grand council and
had refused to send delegates to
the national convention, have ma
terialized into reports that the
Phi Delta Theta men have now secured
a chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
and will soon come out in the cOlors of
that fraternity. The ''DekeS are one
of the three unrivaIed college fraterni-
ties of the United States, and has few
Western charters. There are many
prominent members among the faculty
and in the city so that the alumni men,
bership in Minneapolis is very strong.
1t is understood that the men will come
out publicly with the Deke pins next
Thursday morning.
The Phi Delta Theta chapter was one
of the oldest of the ten fraternitieS at
the university and has large alumni
membership in the city. The gentlemen
who have graduated from the university
as Phi Delta Thetas are sore wrOth at
their. younger undergraduate brothers
and comment upon their actions in
deserving the old fraternity in anything
but )rotherly terms.
The leading social event of the season
- Loo, fI.r,FV nc
giving reception Wednesday evening.
Notwithstanding the slight counter
attraction of the Lurline Boat club at
West hotel. and the stormy weather,
the law building was full to overflow
ing. The term examinations had
closed earlier i'm the day, and the STU
dents were out in force. thoroughly de-
termined Ito drive dull care away"
From the faculty were counted PreSl-
dent Northrop and Profs. JudSon, Mac
Lean, Downey, Clark, Hoag, Mach
trIeb, Barr and Jones. There were
also present Prof. and Mrs. Brewster,
and about sixty students from the agri-
cultural college at st. Anthony Park.
Several representatives from Mac
alester and Carleton, and a gOOdly
number of laws and needles, making
in all about 500. The guests were met
by the reception committee in the spa
cious room at the right of the entrance,
and couple of hours were most pleas
antly spent here in social conversation.
Refreshments consisting of ice cream
and cake were served in the lecture
room adjoining, by DOrner, and at
1880. when most of the professors had
departed and buried themselves in
"Nature's sweet restOrer. balmy Sleep"
the gayest of the gay repaired TO the
second floor. and until l o'clock kept
step to the music of the Fort Smelling
Military band. The occasion was a
complete success. and was thoroughly
enjoyed by all. The Hamline students
evidently did not appreciate the cordial
friendliness and welcome conveyed in
our invitation to- them. They sent their
regrets.
The programme for the work of the
second term which commences Tues
day was posted in the hall yesterday,
and as usual is the center of attraction,
and always draws large crowd. There
is much dissatisfaction with the present
arrangement because it neceSSitateS
three hours of recitation in the after
noon in addition to the four morning
hours, and this requires the burning of
too much midnight oil in preparation to
please the Average student.
The death of Frank ID. Jones, 'S9, was
deeply mourned by his many friends at
the university. The funeral occurred
Tuesday at the home of his parents on
the East size.
There will be no lecture at the Stu
dents Christian association building
this afternoon on account of the alb
sence of many of the students at their
! homes during the short vacation.
The memory of one of last years SEN
Tors is revived by his photograph,
which hangs IN a flashy gilt frame over
the bulletin board. Here is pointer
for the outgoing seniors when they
come to consider the question of me-
mortal.
The presence at the university of a
Phi-Gamma Delta from the University
of Kansas has given rise to the rumor
that he is looking up material for a
chapter of his fraternity here. AT this
rate we shall soon be able to rival Ann
Arbor in the number of fraternities.