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II. The Simi-Cxmtxnnial CoNvximoNy 5
Thi Pubuc ExxRasis, 6
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CONVXNTION NoTXSy 33
III. Thi Jacobs Loving Cup, - • 35
IV. "Also Rak," 36
V. Alumni Associations, 37
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THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION.
The Forty-eighth Annual and Seroi-Centennial Convention was
held on November i4-i6th, at New York City under the auspices of
the Council. As this was the fiftieth anniversary of the Fraternity^
the programme was arranged with special reference to this event,
and the exercises partook largely of the nature of a celebration.
The Convention opened with a reception on Wednesday evening
at the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club house, No. 435 Fifth avenue. The
majority of the delegates had arrived during the day, and by nine
o'clock the spacious parlors and reception rooms of the Club were
thronged. The presence of the only living founder oi A K E added
interest to the occasion. There were a number of informal musical
selections, and later in the evening a collation was served. Over
three hundred were present.
The business sessions were held at Sherry's all day Thursday
and Fnday, with an intermission long enough on Thursday to have
the Convention photograph taken in front of the Clu b. The literary
exercises took place on Thursday evening, and the banquet on
Friday, both being held at Sherry's.
On Saturday, in response to an invitation extended to the Con-
vention, a number of the delegates and visitors went to New Haven
on a special train where they were tendered a reception by the
mother chapter.
There were also a number of other receptions and dinners, the
principal one being the dinner given by Mr. C. Murray Rice, the
chairman of the Council Convention Committee, to the speakers and
a few others at the Holland House after the public exercises on
Thursday evening.
There was also a reception tendered to the delegates by the
Gamma Beta Chapter, a dinner at Clark's, and luncheons at the
Club.
6 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION.
THE PUBLIC EXERCISES.
The literary exercises, which were open to the public, were held
at Sherry's on Thursday evening. The large ballroom was filled
with the delegates and their invited guests. On the platform were
Hon. Frank D. Pavey, *, '84, President of the Council; William Boyd
Jacobs, *, '44; Rev. David J. Burrell, *, '67; Hon. Charles A. Fair-
child, i4, '63; Hon. John De Witt Warner, ^X, '72, and Hon. Samuel
F. Hunt, K, '64.
Mr. Pavey, with a few fitting remarks, introduced Mr. Fairchild
as the presiding oflBcer of the evening, who, after the invocation by
Dr. Burrell, delivered a short address of welcome, dwelling briefly
upon the growth and progress of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and closing
with some humorous allusions and references to the time when he
was a Deke at old Harvard, which was most enthusiastically
received.
After a selection by the orchestra, Mr. Warner read his beautiful
"Story of J AT £" in a most impressive and pleasing manner, and
amid frequent cheering and applause, as follows :
THE STORY OF J X E.
As with a man or a nation^ so with a fraternity. The greater part of its
activities are those in which it is similar to others; and from an account of its
growth these must be omitted, not because they are petty, but because they
may be taken for granted. So, in the few minutes I shall occupy this evening,
it is not the whole story of Delta Kappa Epsilon, not even the titles of all the
chapters in its chronicles, that I shall attempt to tell. The time allotted me
will be all too crowded with hasty sketches of the crises which proved turning
points in her life, of the characteristics or fortunes in which she has been pecu-
liar. None the less that I do not constantly refer to it must I beg each who
listens to me to see each picture to which I shall point him against the back-
ground of warm hearts, high ambitions, mutual rivalry and mutual helpfulness
in all things scholarly and lojral, that — dating as far behind David and Jonathan
as does their example behind our day — has alwa3rs hallowed the friendship of
generous youth, and has made our colleges the temples where its dearest altars
stand among its most devoted worshipers.
It is this, after all, that is the essential of a fraternity. Time would fail me,
did I attempt to set it forth in words; and, however well chosen they might be,
they would confuse, rather than make clear, what each knows and feels far more
THE Semi-centennial convention. 7
mdly than tongae can tdL Not, therefore, as the artist who creates a painting,
but rather as he who, as it hangs before him, so adjusts the windows as to bring
out in sharper light what seem to him its most characteristic features, do I
stand before you this evening. The picture is in your own heart»— painted in
the gules that tinged the ruddy mom of Delta Kappa Epsilon's early days, in the
azure of the skies above her later prosperity, in the gold of the promise that ever
beckons her on.
In her first half century of growth, which has just ended, our Fraternity has
passed through four sharply marked epochs.
I.
The Greek-letter system was already well established before Delta Kappa
Epsilon came into being. It had started vigorously with Phi Beta Kappa at
William and Mary College in 1776; and her jovial and scholarly life had already
branched into her Beta, Gamma, Delta, Eta and Theta chapters in Virginia, and
her Epsilon and Zeta at Harvard and Yale in the North, before the northward
march of Comwallis in 178 1 closed her parent college and called her members,
enrolled in the hasty levies of Virginia, to meet the red coats at Guilford Court
House, where young Archibald Stewart, with the Fraternity's seal in his pocket,
fought by the side of his &ther. Chi Phi, from its Jacobite birth and long ob-
scurity, was stirring again; the Kuklo* Adelphon had already been succeeded by
Southern and Northern Kappa Alpha; Union College had become the mother of
fiatemities for the East, and Miami was taking a similar position in the West;
while at Yale — then incomparably (he college of the whole land — were thriving
chapters of Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon, which — the one with thirteen and
the other with ten strong chapters — were so far in the lead that each concerned
itself with no rival except the other.
But so far, each fraternity was provincial. Of Phi Beta Kappa her northern
chapters alone survived, and these were petrified. Northern and Southern
Kappa Alpha were separate systems, ignoring each other's existence. Chi Phi
survived only in country towns of North Carolina. Beta Theta Pi was in the
main confined to a narrow circle in the West, though doing her best to get a
foothold at Harvard and Princeton. Psi Upsilon was confined to the north-
east, and Alpha Delta Phi, her rival there, had gone outside only into Ohio and
Michigan, while Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi and Delta Phi still clung to the
neighborhoods of their birth. There was a reason for this. The colleges them-
selves were provincial. In i844» Yale, the largest college in America, was the
only one that could be considered national, drawing its students from all parts
of the country.
At Yale, too, there was then a more distinctive student life, and student
institutions were stronger than elsewhere in America. So far, the Greek-letter
8 THE SEMICENTENNIAL CONVENTION
system had been a growth, which, coming from the oatside, had twined about
her. That Yale influences should add a factor was inevitable. That new
fiictor was Delta Kappa Epsilon.
The details of the founding of our parent chapter are too well known to be
repeated here. The first essential was that its founders, young in years, were
mature in disposition, and saw how narrow criteria were scholarship and social
prestige, which Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon had respectively adopted.
To be sure, eight commencement honors, including five orations, fell to our
first fifteen members. But Horton's high college rank had not given him the
undisputed leadership which he held in his class. Chester's sound scholarship
was little when compared with his ability to inspire confidence in his fellows.
That Bartlett was easily first in song and verse counted more, perhaps, than
did Case's solid learning ; and when, at the now memorable first meeting, the
boys found their janitor so backward that their deliberations were held in utter
darkness, the overflow of mirth that made the evening a busy one for the New
Haven police boded better for jolly Zi K E than stilted debate or elaborately
compiled minutes. From the beginning the A K E's realized that they were
founding a firatemity, not establishing a study hall. And almost from the first,
a national firatemity was planned.
The policy was clear, first, to make head against rivals in the East, and then
surpass them in the South and West. Scarcely two years had elapsed before
Bowdoin and Colby, Princeton and Amherst, were occupied by aggressive
chapters, and our first National Convention called to meet at Yale at Christmas,
1846. It action was far-sighted and thorough. The whole field of fraternity
possibilities was gone over, and it was determined to occupy at once the leading
southern colleges. The new constitution then adopted, which greatly reduced
what had been the over-shadowing influence of Phi and constituted the other
chapters her equals in most particulars, was presented for approval by Phi her-
self, and had been drafted by the then leader of the mother chapter, Cyprian
George Webster, of Mobile. Thus auspiciously was prepared the extension
southward to which Delta Kappa Epsilon had been predestined. I can do no
better here than quote from Senator Butler's summary :
"Of the fifteen founders, of '46, but two, Franklin, of Maryland, and
Horton, of Alabama, came from southern States. But the former was one of
the honor men of his class, and the latter led the collie in oratory, and was
chairman of the committee which drafted our preliminary constitution. Of the
nineteen members from '47, seven were from Kentucky^ Louisiana, Missouri,
Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina and the District of Columbia ; and,
of these, one, Thomas Y. Simons, of South Carolina, was the first and last
plenipotentiary to establish chapters. Of '48, six of the nineteen were from
"^^rginia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama, and of
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION 9
these six, one, Cjprian George Webster, was the author of J JT Rs first con-
stitution, and another was Henry Hitchcock, under whose supervision became
settled into precedent, still followed, the methods formulated by his classmate.
An inspection of the catalogues of the then three general fraternities of Yale
shows that of Yale classes, '46-62, ninety-three Southerners were A K E, forty
eight Alpha Delta Phi, and forty-three Psi Upsilon. It is, therefore, scarcely
strange that, when in 1845, the Zeta was established at Princeton, the first
twenty-three members were all Southerners, and that, of the forty-six others from
succeeding classes of the same chapter, but nine came from north of Mason and
Dixon's line. Of the sixteen chapters which, by 1852, the Fraternity had estab-
lished, eight were exclusively southern in their membership ; and the rest in
northern colleges, including the Phi, were those which, far beyond their rivals,
included students from the South. Alpha Delta Phi had timidly followed us
only to the University of Alabama, and Psi Upsilon had taken no step
southward," while at the universities of Nashville, Alabama, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, the Delta Kappa Epsilon chapters
included the best fellows of each.
Nor was this all. /IKE had pushed forward in the North as well. In
1850, Upsilon had been founded at Brown ; in 1S51, Alpha at Harvard, and in
1852, Kappa and Lambda at Miami and Kenyon.
In eight years. Delta Kappa Epsilon had become thoroughly national.
The impetus given by the early Yale classes had spent itself from sheer lack of
worlds to conquer ; and, as the head of the Greek-letter world, our Fraternity
settled down to what seemed assured prosperity for all time to come.
II.
Thus auspiciously opened the second era in Delta Kappa Epsilon's life.
For more than eight years longer her sky was to remain unclouded, and her
grip to continue to be the open sesame, that, from Maine to Mississippi, opened
to the visiting student the choicest circles of every great college in the land.
Petitions for charters showered on every convention, and from the crowd of ap-
plicants, A K E added new chapters to her galaxy. The order of these additions
shows how broad was her outlook. Omega in Mississippi, Pi in New Hamp-
shire, Iota in Kentucky, Alpha Alpha in Vermont, Omicron in Michigan,
Epsilon in Massachusetts, Rho in Pennsylvania, Tau, Mu, Nu, Beta Phi, and
Theta Chi, all in New York ; Kappa Psi in Tennessee, Zeta Zeta in Louisiana,
Alpha Delta in Pennsylvania, Tau Delta in Tennessee, Phi Chi in New Jersey ;
such were the posts by the occupation of which, before the middle of April,
1 86 1, Delta Kappa Epsilon had strengthened her lines in all quarters of the
American college world.
Nor was this her main work during these years of such unexampled pros-
10 THE SEMICENTENNIAL CONVENTION.
perity. The day of systematic expansion was past Such chapters as were
added came as petitioners. No longer engrossed by propaganda work, whidi
had practically ceased in 1852, J JT J? occupied the next few years in blazing
the way of Greek enterprise along paths which we are too apt to consider as
latter-day discoveries.
Before 1861, she had issned three catalogues — as creditable a series of
similar publications as was then in existence — and her first song book, in the
contents of which Psi U was her only real rival. The Quartxrlt was yet twenty
years off, but in 1847 ^^d been commenced the systematic gathering of material
for a J f E magazine, the publication of which was entrusted to a committee^
upon whose report it was determined in i860 that the first number should be
issued in 1861.
From the first, her conventions were duly organized bodies of delegates, in-
stead of the informal gatherings, frequently called such by other Greeks. Of
her few honorary members, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Bayard Taylor had set
the standard. The Washington dinner of 1855 ^^ ^^ ^^ national public
dinner of a Greek letter fraternity. Our State associations were headed by that
of Alabama in 1859.
At Kenyon, our Lambda's log cabin, built in 1854, was the first Greek
letter firatemity chapter hall, and at Miami and Yale substantial brick lodges
were building. From the very first, Delta Kappa Epsilon had developed a
heraldic S3rstem instead of the grotesque blazonry of her rivals, while the " Mystic
Circle " and the " Doxology " were already fixed in our ritual.
In January, 1861, had been published the grandest of all fraternity music,
the "Delta Kappa Epsilon March," and already had our Alpha of Harvard
imparted to the Fraternity the receipt for the Caius punch, without which no
A K B dinner has since been complete, and the secret of which had been handed
down from the time of William the Conqueror, whom it is reputed to have con-
quered. The last few years had been especially propitious ones. The chapters
at Harvard and the University at Nashville had been re-established, and were pros-
pering, and Zeta was the only one under effectual faculty ban ; so that every
great college of the land, save Princeton, was Delta Kappa Epsilon territory.
Thus closed A K Es second epoch. Happy in her prestige and position,
these were now to serve as the measure of her bereavement, and of the compara-
tive good fortune]of her rivals, in that they had not thus given such hostages to fate.
HI.
The convention held at New York in i860 had been the most noteworthy
ever assembled ; and, not less heedless than were their elders of the gathering
war cloud, the boys had resolved to hold their next convention in some Southern
State. But at the first breaking out of hostilities in 186 1, the Southern A K E's
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION U
ashed into Confederate service, and collie after collie closed as its stadents
oined the ranks ; while at the North, the chapters were depleted by enlistment,
jid on both sides A K E alumni hastened into camp. From first to last A K E
ras at the front on both sides. When the first shot was fired on Snmter, the Delta
lojrs were already in Confederate uniform, and at its first echo the members,
irtive and otherwise, of every chapter, hastened to the field. At Great Bethel,
he first important engagement of the war, Theodore Winthrop, of Phi, led the
idvance of the Union force, and the A E E's of Beta were among the Confed-
lates whose fire left him dead on the field. At Shiloh and Gettysburg — at
!very batde from first to last — J E E met A K E in combat ; and when, six
^eeks after Appomatoz, the last engagement was fought, it was 2l A KE Con-
ederate Colonel, Spence, of Zeta, who was then brought to bay after more than
our years of continuous service.
And so, in 1865, when the war was over, A K E found herself bereaved
adeed. Not a single southern chapter remained active, and at our northern
olives there was do longer the attendance of southern students that had so
ugely contributed to A K E's strength. For years the Fraternity struggled to
epair its losses. Committees were appointed to inquire as to our suspended
hapters ; those in northern colleges were carefully looked after, and the field
1 the North and West carefully scanned for new points of vantage. But it was
ot until 1866 that the revival of Eta and Chi showed the return of A K E life
1 the South ; and between 1861 and 1869 new chapters were established only
t Troy University, Indiana Asbury, Connecticut Wesleyan, Washington and
^e, Troy Poljrtechnic and Western Reserve ; so that, when the convention
let at Bowdoin, in the latter year, though somewhat of order had succeeded to
le chaos and substantial advance had been of late made, A K E was in a less
dvantageous position, when compared with her rivals, than she had ever before
eld.
But a grand epos had meanwhile been written into our history. Many a
•risoner of war in each uniform found a generous courtesy from A K E
rethren; and many a time did widow or orphan of a dead hero receive his
ying words from % A K Eiot and brother into whose fraternal hands he had
dlen. For such incidents there is too little room here, but I cannot refrain
om noting what seem to me especially characteristic examples of fraternal
wling.
In December, i860, the members of our Delta were daily listeners to the
iscussion of the secession ordinance by the South Carolina Legislature. When
was finally passed, they were puzzled to know what was their position with
ference to the Fraternity ; and finally, as the South drifted into the war, their
^rrespondent sent a circular letter to the other Southern chapters asking for
leir views. The result was most gratifying. Each wrote to the Delta depre-
12 THE Semi-centennial convention.
eating any thoaght of leaving A K E^ whatever might happen, and to the
northern chapters pledging undying loyalty to the Fraternity; while the Cen-
tenary Zeta in her last letter that came northward from Louisiana before the war
ended her career, sent as her tribute the song, "Ever Friends at Heart," that
we all know so well, and the next production of whose author was the Confed-
erate anthem, "God and Our Right"
^ Friends in £ur and stormy weather,
Friends no ill can part.
Linked in love we grow together.
Ever friends at heart.
» » » »
And the chain that stretches longer
Over land and sea.
Binding faster, clasping stronger,
Isour J ££"
Such was the pledge of J JT ^ in the South as the rattle of drums drowned
her voice.
In July, 1862, the National Convention was held at Yale. The northern
chapters alone were present But as one after another southern chapter was
reached on the roll call, by order of the Convention, its secretary arose and read
as the response of the absent chapter, the assurance of loyalty to A K E, with
which in each case its correspondence with Phi had closed. And thus, while
J KE Blue and A E EGrzy faced each other in battle, did their Fraternity
cherish all her children.
How prompt and plucky was A K E, 2l few figures may help to show : Of
Major-Generals, A JT^ had 8 (6 Union and 2 Confederate) ; of Brigadiers, 31
(25 Union); of Colonels, 98 (about equally divided between Blue and Gray);
of Lieutenant-Colonels, 118 ; of Majors, 170 ; of Captains, 308 ; and of other
staff officers, above 50a Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon are justly proud of
their war records. Of the 2,450 members that by 1861 were noted on the rolls
of P^i Upsilon, 650 were in the Union and 63 in the Confederate service, while
of the nearly 2,500 who had been the Alpha Delta Phi's, 581 had served in Blue
and 86 in Gray. In other words, 30 per cent of the Psi Upsilon and 27 per
cent of the Alpha Delta Phi membership were in the war on one side or the
other. When the war broke out there had been enrolled in our chapters, includ-
ing brothers then dead, some 2,500 members. Of these, A JT^ furnished to
the war more than Psi Upsilon and Alpha Delta Phi combined. Indeed, A K E
gave to each, the Union and the Confederate armies, more soldiers than did
either Psi Upsilon or Alpha Delta Phi to both of them. A KE sent to the
ranks more than 1,500 of her sons* — 60 per cent of all names on her rolls,
* Seven hundred and ninety-six to the Union Army, and twenty-one to the U. S. Navy ;
seven hundred and twenty-five to the Confederate Army, and one to the Confederate Navy.
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION. 18
nearly two-thirds of all the J K E's then living, and probably nine-tenths of all
those then eligible for service.
IV.
So much for the first twenty-five years oi A K E*s history. With 1869
commenced a new epoch of steady development that has continued to the
present In 1870, Delta Chi and Delta Delta were planted at Cornell and
Chicago, and weak chapters ordered to show cause why their charters should
not be recalled. In 1871, a revision of the Constitution proposed by Phi left
her no prerogatives, except those of an honorary character, though the affec-
tionate regard of the chapters has more than restored in honor those she once
held as a right
Phi Gamma was chartered at Syracuse in 1871, Gamma Beta at Columbia
in 1874, Theta Zeta in California in 1876, and Alpha Chi at Trinity in 1879.
In 1 88 1 the Graduate Council was established, in 1883 the publication of
the QuARTXRLT was commenced, in 1885 the A K B Qub was incorporated ;
between 1885 and 1889 were revived Iota, Psi, Beta and Gamma, and since
1889 have been established Sigma Tau in Massachusetts and Phi Epsilon in
Wisconsin, while, in 1890, the last edition of the A K E catalogue was at once
die most extensive and thorough work of the kind ever compiled. Our
armorial system has been perfected ; the chapter halls of old days are changing
to spacious houses of brick and stone, which at one college after another bear
witness alike to the regard of the alumni for their Fraternity and their confi-
dence in the active members of their old chapter ; while throughout the length
and breadth of the land, the Greek-letter system, to which A K E gave more of
direction than has any other, is now recognized as the most characteristic feature
of American University life — alike the most effective medium by which self-
government may be administered among students, and the strongest bond by
which the interest and affections of the alumnus are assured to his Alma Mater.
Did the occasion permit, it would be easy to show by comparison between
ARE and her rivals, that in literary, political and commercial achievement,
she surpasses them as markedly as she did in prompt courage and self-sacrificing
patriotism. * But the knowledge of this is already the possession of every A K E,
* The imperfections of any basis for comparing hoi^rs in the sereral lines are so well appre-
ciated by the writer that he hesitates to attemp tiiere to supply data in many respects where
J JT^ superiority is demonstrated by striking figures. In one regard, however, that to
which she and her rivals have respectively contributed to Congress, it would seem that a field
was given for a comparison so extended in scope and time and so fairly covering the whole
country as to be suggestive of the comparative success of ^ KE in her aim — that of making
cultured leaders of men in the broadest sense of these words.
A KE*s roll is as follows, her contingent in each Congress being noted below, the
14
THE SEMICENTENNIAL CONVENTION.
The pleasure of demonstrating it may well be left to others ; the glory of cele-
brating it may well be reserved for jubilees yet to come. Let it suffice here to
note that, to-day, at her semi-centennial, Delta Kappa Epsilon — embracing the
country from California to Maine, from Mississippi to Minnesota — is not merely
the most prosperous of any fraternity of the period ; but again, as in i860, is the
unquestioned leader of the Greek world — the great national fraternity.
As to the future, that is comprehended in the impetus already gained ; and it
needs not the eye of a prophet to see the course she is swiftly to follow. Some
of her best beloved chapters are still sleeping. That means they are yet to
be revived. The chapter-house system is far from complete. That means that
for years to come, at one university after another, will rise new cloisters of
number of the Congress bdnfi: indicated by Roman numerals. Senators in italics, and Repr^
aentatires in ordinary type; while political classification is indicated at the foot of each column:
k'M:
1863-65.
XXXVIIL
xxSik.
•^J^
'Hsr:
'Vm-
•$arf:
tS^:
•Sa^
Grorer
Brandagee
Brandagee
Archer
SUmm*
Archer
Haldeman
Buck
Archer
Haldeman
Davis
Dunnell
Archer
Dottnell
MiUiken(C)
Woodford
Donnell
Milliken(C)
Gibson
Httrd
Lewis
Plaisted
Grwvtr
BuiUr
DanaeU
Gibson
Davidson
Herbert
Dem. I.
Rep. t.
Rep. I.
Dem. 1.
R. s; D. 9.
R. i; D. 3.
R. s; D. 9.
R. 9; D. 4.
R. I : D. 5.
1879-81.
xEvL
1881-83.
xLvrt.
XLrai.
1885-87.
XLIX.
1887-89.
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•12K'-
Grmftr
BmtUr
Donnell
Gibson
Davidson
Herbert
Athertoo
Hurd
Lewis
Lane
Washbon
Grwvtr
BmtUr
Donnell
Gtbion
Herbm
Athertoo
Washbom
Belmont
Garrison
Jacobs
Pettibone
Wadsworth
BmtUr
Gibiom
Davidson
Herbert
Washbom
Belmont
Garrison
Pettibooe
Wadsworth
Hord
Graves
Long
Maybary
Millard
MflUken(S)
BtUUr
Davidfon
Herbert
Belmont
Pettibooe
Long
Maybury
MUIard
MiUiken (S)
Hayden
Irion
McCreary
Moffat
BmtUr
Gibs0m
Davidson
Herbert
Long
MillUcen (1)
Hayden
McCreary
Moffat
Anderson
Burnett
DoBois
Lodffe
McClammy
RosseU
BmtUr
Gibtom
IVaskbmrm
Davidson
Herbert
MiUiken (I)
McCreary
Anderson
DnBois
Lodge
McClammy
RosseU
DonneU
Andrew
Goodnight
Knapp
Moiey
Owens
WaUace
BmtUr
Gibtm
lyatkbmm
DmBms
BHct
Herbert
MUliken (S)
McCreary
Lodge
RoiseU
Andrew
Goodnight
Owens
Wadsworth
J ones
Lapham
Storer
Warner
BmtUr
Wmtkbmm
DuBw
BrUa
Lodgt
Pmttcm
MiUiken (S)
McCreary
RusseU
Goodnight
Wadsworth
Jonei
Storer
Warner
Aldrich
Bartlett
Pigott
R 9 ; D. 9.
R 6; D. 9.
R. 6 ; D. 9.
R. 6 ; D. 8.
R. 7 ; D. 8.
R. 9 ; D. za
R. 7 ; D. II.
R. lo ; D. 9.
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION. 15
Bonnmental stooe, new shrines to the genins of onr Fratemitf. And although
on evei7 hand State and local J KE asaociations arc growing in number and
inBuence, aa^etthe J iff Clnbat New Yoik istbeonlybodyof Jf f alnmni
bonsed in a complete clnb establishment This means that at Chicago, Phila-
delphia, Boston, San Francisco, and many another ambitioas centei of inflaence
and cnltnr^ there are to be o^nised A K E dabs, whose libraries shall be the
chosen repoaitoiy of fraternity and college memorabilia ; whose walls shall be
attractive with the rarest symbolism that art can devise; whose tables shall attract
the good fellows that were of old the heroes of coll^ spreads ; about wboae
hearths shall gather the genial ghosts of what was dearest in college days.
Comparing A KS"/ record with that t>l A A 9 and W 2"— these bdng the other &ater-
nillet moMneutj approachmg A KB, when purclf hoooraiy membcn are excluded from
calcolatioa (m thcf are throughout thli note), and we hare— Senator* in bold iace, Repre-
(cntatiTCS in vHatry Ggnro —
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whidt needs bat little coBunent In each of the last *even Congreneiv coasting both Seaa-
ton and R^tteaenlatives, A KS hai had moi« members than A A i and W T combined.
At the time the war broke out but few A KE'i were old enough to be couMitutianaUj
digible for Congrem. But thej were old enough to fight ; aad in military serrice distanced
IbeiT rivals combined. Dead on the Geld of battle, or with feara lost out ot their political
M- professional careers, the A KB'i at the close of the war teemed an tinequal match for their
raatnrer rirala, ndther of whom had suffered one-half of A JTS'.rlosies in the war, and a
majority of whose graduate membenhip was out of college before the majority of A KB's
had entered it. But in the elections of i868 J J? £ led IF r, and was second only to A A f
in CoogTCaional honors, and just ten years later led them both ; while, ut /SSo, and i»
tvery Cvtip'tn tUcitd tinte, A K E Aaj MaA mart mtmirrt than hatit haj beth htr rivaU ctm-
huud; iBtd i» tht lalt faitr, t)u Lth, LItt, Llldand Lllld, iki hat had thru timti ai many
u hat titJUr ff fhtm.
In the tables above given Is shown the prompt and steady developnient in A KB't
supremacy. In the extent to which her Congressmen came from all parts of the country,
and the evenness which they are apportioned between the Democratic and Republican parties,
when compared with the almost exclusively Northern and Republican character o! A A ft
membership, is shown the national character of J ££, as compared with the local tendencies
of hCT rivals; and scarcely less plain, when the lists are scanned, is the conservative Amcrican-
im of J KE. Of the three tatemitiei, it is not A KE but W T, throt^h the irreprenitde
" Richelieu " Robinson, that represents the tordgn-tmm Democracy, and it is not A KE but
A A 9 that in Otis, of Kansas, speaks in Congress (or the Populist party.
16 THE SEMICENTENNIAL CONVENTION.
Such are the lines along which her growth is predetermined. And so, when
a full century of her life shall have passed, and her Carmen Saeculare shall be sang,
there will be celebrated a fraternity, the homes of whose local chapters shall be
the centers of the best student life at every great college in America, and whose
graduate clubs at every great city in the land shall be the most cherished homes
of student memories and the youth-renewing founts of the rarest good fellowship.
St Paul reminds us that, sacred as are the commandments graven on the
tables of stone, there are others more ineffably holy that God has written in the
hearts of men. And thus it is that, without depreciating the more formal tests
that others have well chosen, ARE rejoices in her observance of the principle
that is written by his Creator in the loyal heart of every true man ; that was as
far before the decalogue as was Paradise before Sinai ; and that, so long as fol-
lowed, must ensure the prosperity of the brotherhood we love.
This was followed by more music, and then came the masterly
oration of Hon. Samuel F. Hunt. Judge Hunt said :
«• From every region of iEgea's shore
The brare assembled ♦ ♦ ♦
Led by the golden stars, as Chiron's art
Had marked the sphere celesdal."
There is a story of Philopoemen, the last of the Greeks, that he entered the
theatre at the time of the Nemean games attended by the young men in their
scarlet vests and military cloaks. It was just after the victory of Mantinea, and
the young men were not a little elated themselves with the many battles they had
fought and the glory they had won. In the moment that they all entered the
musician happened to be singing to his lyre the Persas of Timotheus, and was
pronouncing the verse :
«• The palm of liberty for Greece I won,"
when the people, struck with the grandeur of the poetry and inspired by the
glorious presence of the gallant youth, from every part of the theatre at once
turned their eyes upon Philopoemen and welcomed him with the loudest plaudits.
They caught in idea, says the historian, the ancient dignity of their country,
and in their present confidence aspired to the lofty spirit of former times.
This page from classic history has suggested a fitting subject for an address
to a fraternity which comprehends so much of the young culture and aspiring
manhood of our American colleges — ^a fraternity not only characterized by a
radiant wealth of true and lasting friendship, but where every purpose is in the
direction of scholarly attainments and right views of citizenship and public duty.
The loyalty of her sons has broadened and deepened with the succeeding years,
so that on this semi-centennial occasion we have an abiding affection for her
associations, a just pride in her traditions, and a supreme faith in her future.
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION. 17
A Glorious Chapter Roll.
Fifty years have passed since the organization of this Greek-letter society.
The history of those years is a chapter roll embracing thirty-five of the represent-
ative institutions of learning in the country, with not less than twenty-two
alomnal associations and organizations, and a membership of not less than ten
thousand names. Much could be written of those who have worshiped at the
shrine of the Fraternity and there paid their vows. In the record of the past
half century there are names which have been most influential in directing State
and national legislation ; names which have adorned the science of jurisprudence
and theology and medicine, and which will live in the literatures of the profes-
sions ; names of scientists and professors and authors and editors who have
largely influenced public opinion upon measures of public policy ; names of
soldiers who rendered the full measure of their devotion on fields of battle, while
the pages of the Fraternity are resplendent with the glory of her sons in the
mighty struggle to preserve the Union. A society thus animated by a lofty pur-
pose and with a perpetual succession may well review her annals and mark the
stages of growth to the meridian of a century, and may well invite public judg-
ment to the spirit and object of her existence.
From every Region of ^Egea's Shore.
Delta Kappa Epsilon is intrenched in a continent Maine, with her forest-
crowned mountains, exchanges fraternal greetings with California, with her
snow-capped diadem. The brave have assembled from every region of iEgea's
shore — from Yale and Bowdoin and Colby and Amherst and Vanderbilt and
Brown and Miami and Kenyon and Dartmouth and Middlebury and Will-
iams and La Fayette and Hamilton and Madison and the College of the City of
New York and Rochester and Rutgers and DePauw and Wesleyan and
Rensselaer and Adelbert and Cornell and Chicago and Syracuse and Colum-
bia and Trinity and the universities of Alabama and Mississippi and North
Carolina and Virginia and the Central of Kentucky and Michigan and Cali-
fornia and Minnesota and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the
language of the Twelfth Night, we even "unclasp the book of our secret
soul " to the surviving brethren of Zeta, of New Jersey ; and Delta of South
Carolina ; Omega, of Oakland, Mississippi; ThetaChi, of Union ; Kappa Psi, of
Cumberland ; Zeta Zeta, of Centenary, Louisiana ; Alpha Delta, of Jefferson ;
Tau Delta, of Union, Tennessee ; Kappa Phi, of Troy ; and Eta Alpha, of
Washington and Lee.
The Latin poet says that to have been born in the early age was to have
been of the heroic race of men, and that the ancient rulers of the Trojan line must
have been greater than the family which occupied the throne when Phyrrus
18 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION.
stood before the walls of Ilium. A jast respect for the &ith we hold so dear
requires that we mention with gratitude to-night the founders of the Delta
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity— the ancient rulers of the Trojan line. The Frater-
nity which they established has nothing of age save its dignity, and her strength
is the strength of youth. The fellowship of the young and the brave and the
stalwart will be enlisted as one academic year succeeds another, so that as we
turn from the past we can look with sublime confidence to the future ;
'* When at last our hearts grow chill
And turn to sQent dust.
We shall not die, for brave hearts still
Shall keep the ancient trust."
The Badge of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
In the great busy world which lies beyond the college walls there will be
found many who are demanding the honors and rewards of society. The Fra-
ternity badge will not accomplish much unless accompanied by a gentlemanly
bearing. Well-directed effort is more potent than genius unemployed. If the
Persian youth acquired something of a dignity by having been educated in the
palace of the king, so should the very associations of fraternity life stimulate a
sincere comradeship, and an earnest effort and a strong enthusiasm for all that
makes for the good of college life and the career of maturer days. There must be
progress. There must be the marching forward. John Ruskin, after he had
filled his mind with untold riches in the field of art research, was not to be com-
pared with the John Ruskin when he left the walls of Oxford. Daniel Webster,
when he expounded the Federal Constitution in the Senate of the United States,
and declared the very principles for the centuries upon which free representative
government alone can rest, was not to be compared with Daniel Webster when
he left the walls of Dartmouth College. It is possible for almost every college
graduate to become a right-thinking man ; but with the proper culture of the
heart and the mind, the education of Commencement Day is not worthy to be
mentioned with the advancement of middle life. The development of the young
man must advance with the ministry of the best thoughts and the noblest ideals
and the most refined sympathies.
The Demands of the FRATSRNrrr upon Her Young Men.
Cicero, who was, perhaps, the broadest scholar of the pagan age, says in his
essay on the Republic that ''at no point of thought and feeling does man's
nature resemble more the Divine nature than when the statesman is founding and
caring for the Commonwealth." There can be no greater duty than a service
consecrated to a well>equipped state, which guards the liberty and industry
and education of its dependent millions. It is the genius of the Fraternity that
her young men should go out into society with the restless spirit of inquiry ;
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION. 19
that they should go back of phenomena and seek the cause; that they
should not be sophists — those who know, but rather those who wish to know ;
that they should discover for themselves the laws by which events come to
pass ; that they should trace the brooklets in the valley up to the mountain
sources, and follow the hidden hand that is painting cloud-pictures on the sky or
wave-pictures on the sea. Great principles come out of intellectual activi^.
Despotisms are borne of ignorance alone. It is necessary for somebody to think;
for while some men think for themselves, it is not the less true that many men
think as others think, or do not think at all. Thought may create a wide dis-
content, but it is generally followed by a better endeavor. There is in every so-
ciety a sentiment suspicious and jealous of all freedom of thought unless it can
be regulated by some civil or ecclesiastical authority; but the true end of all
human inquiry should be the endowment of human life with new riches and
new beauties and new inventions. This is the aim of scholarship. A modem
writer truthfully observes that Roman civilization died in the death of the literary
spirit, and when a better national life reappeared it first presented itself at the
doors of the universities.
Thk Scholarship of the FRATSRNrrr.
Sir William Hazlitt, in his Table Talk, observes that any one who has
passed through the regular gradations of a classical education and is not made
a fool thereby may consider himself as having had a narrow escape. It must be
confessed that pedantry is almost as objectionable as ignorance; but no one can
read the magnificent oration on the studies which Archias taught without being
impressed with the necessity of giving attention to classical pursuits, not only
for benefit, but for pleasure as well. Xenophon, in the Symposium, has one of his
guests say, '' My father, anxious that I should become a good man, made me
learn all the poems of Homer, and now I could repeat the whole Iliad and
Odyssey by heart" Perhaps this standard is high, but a college graduate who
is unsuccessful in practical life, with the preparation afforded by a regular col-
lege curriadumy could hardly hope for preferment without a knowledge of the
Tasculan Disputations. The trouble to-day is that young men are taught to
believe that there is an antagonism between culture and practical success, and
that learning, in the best sense, is inconsistent with public affairs. Indeed,
political life is exhibited to the young and aspiring in its most repulsive form,
like the drunken Helot to the youths of Sparta, as a warning and as an example.
Scholarship should stand near the people so that they can be familiar with the
laws and duties that spring from the relations of man to man. Scholarship must
stand near the people that the greater truths may come. The student as the
representative of thought, the student as the inspiration of freedom, is demanded.
Scholarship can have no higher object than the maintenance of civil liberty.
» THE SEMa^CEyTEXSZAL COKTEKUOIL
wiud) is the candhiaD of its groirdi. The Fxasenun- looks to vnxatxictBd
tfaoaght for real political deFelopmcDi; it matirrs not w be t b er tim tiKMigfat
comes of the laws and letters of Qoero, or ibe an of Angelo, or tfhe Tnfa j plij aq
of Pascal, or the j^oao;^ of John Scnait Mill, bo innc± » ^viwdier it dull
direct a nation's histoxj. It is die adiolaz^tzp of Pteaich whicii, ahhongjb fail
fiither cast into the flames the political Hhcaix of his acm, did not dquive him of
the Roman lanxeL It is tiie adiolaidiip of jc^ Kihosi, widtch made him Icme
liberty not leas tiian letters, and irho irished to leaive aamedmif to a&ei ages
whid) would not willinglj let his name die. It is tiie Bdiohkidiip of LamartzDe,
idiich was powedhl enongh and pamotic enon^ to save Fmoe from the
calamities of civil wai. It is die adiolaiBhip of the jonngcr AiImwc which made
him the greatest dtisen of a great commocwealdL All the old Hdxev
whteis were stndents and acholazs for the cammonweahh, while thznkccB like
Wadiington and Hamilton and Jcfieraon and Bnrke and Pin and Gbdstooe and
Cavonr and Castebr and Bismaick are die names uaodated with the modeni
State. Tb^ are the men who have traced and foUowed the great Hnes of mote-
ments which have framed and oiganiaed gov e rnm ents and drnasties and peoples,
and foond for ti^emselves how the customs and habits and laws *^**'««^ settled
and established upon which the verr £dvic of hnman sodetr ecsia.
The FaATEunrr Bzuktzs ik FaxsnoM.
It has, then, been thinkers and not geometricians who have framed coosdta-
tioiis and given bonndaiies to States from the time of Solon. Chi! libertj will
alwajs best be p r ese r v e d through an edncated dtizen^p, becaose dvil Hber^
means freedom from both political and religions intolerance. When America
was discovered, an infinite continent was dedicated to modem democracj, and a
perpetual home was found for tiie quickening piindples of hnman libertj.
Quistopher Columbus did not give a new world to Castile and Leon 90 much
as he gave a x^ew world to humanitr. Nearlj three hundred rears elapsed from
^ time that the great discoverer first set foot on the islands of the Indian Coo-
tment before the Republic was bom. It is most significant that the last vessel
which transported the Jews from Spain into exile because of political prejudice
and religious proscription met the SimiaMaria^ the first of the fleet of O^umbus
OB the waj to discover a new continenL Both vessels dipped their sails in
aalme as thej passed on the boundless ocean, wiiose restless waters spoke onlj
of freedom. One vessel was going to America, the home of free religious
thought: it was fiUed with sunshine and hope and promise; the other was
gomg to the home of de^nir: it was filled with hate and bitterness and
pre^dice.
It was oertainlj not for the gold of nations nor die gloij of kings that a
virgin hexciqihere was found in these shoreless seas. It was that the principle
THE Semi-centennial convention. 21
of self-government should be magnified; it was that the republican idea should
take the place of the monarchical idea; it was that the sacred rightness which
suictifies the man is more worthy to be magnified than the sacred rightness which
surrounds the monarch. Books are nothing without this underlying principle
in government Intolerance comes of egotism ; freedom comes of education.
The most important education is that which teaches man to determine the right ;
the highest ideal which man can cherish is that of right
The Dsvelopmbnt of the Man as a Citizen.
It cannot be doubted that the first colonial colleges were practically patterned
after the old transatlantic colleges, whose forms and curricula may be traced to
mediaeval influences. The theological tendency, too, was manifest, if not domi-
nant, in early colonial education. To-day there is a demand that the individual
be prepared for the duties which belong to the citizen. Free government can
only be made secure by an ever-increasing morality and intelligence. If sov-
ereignty is to be universal, education should be universal. An enlightened
citizenship is the security of the republic. The university is a mighty influence
in the future of the country. Learning is patriotism, in that it not only enables
the citizen to demand what is due to himself, but makes him concede what is
due to others. It lifts the man up to a proper appreciation of his rights as well
as his obligations. Thus liberty and learning have always contended together
against despotism and wrong. The scholars have always stood for popular
rights. Suflrage is the most sacred privilege of the citizen. If not directed by
intelligence and patriotism and conscience, it will be exercised with ignorance
and selfishness and corruption. If good men do not go to the councils of the
people, then bad men will control public aflairs. Public clamor may sometimes
be mistaken for an enlightened public opinion.
The young men who have the superior advantages of our universities and
colleges cannot afford to assume a dignity greater even than the nation itself.
Scholarship cannot afford to wait to be invited to public life ; it must go from a
grander impulse than self. It cannot afford to reserve itself for the more
stately occasions, which are but periodical, nor should it act alone for the more
critical emergencies, which are but temporary. Nothing is unworthy the best
thought in science or in law or in literature or in religion which may contribute
in any way to the welfare of a republic for which more than one million of
men were ready to die. It would be a calamity hardly less terrible than civil
war itself if the best thought and the best culture and the best conscience should
voluntarily or involuntarily be divorced from all active sympathy with our polit-
ical or social institutions. Mr. Gladstone, in an article in the North American
Review, in September, 1878, declared that there could hardly be a doubt as between
the America and England of the future — that the daughter at some no very dis-
22 THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION.
tant time, whether fairer or less fair, would unquestionably be stronger than the
mother. This prophecy will not be realized unless all the forces of intelligence
and conscience shall tend to the peace, prosperity, and general good of socie^.
Our national importance will not be determined by our geographical proportions,
our wealth, our military strength, but by the stability of the administrative
power and by the civil and social institutions of the commonwealth. Gibbon
calls the period of the Caesars the golden age of the world, because history has
never witnessed greater commercial enterprise, more industrial activity, and a
more magnificent creation and display of wealth and splendor ; but the student
of Gibbon cannot read of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire and the
artful policy of the Caesars, who long maintained the name and image of a free
republic, without being impressed with the loss on the part of the people of the
very spirit of citizenship. De Tocqueville observed that the great danger of a
democracy is that unless guarded it merges into despotism.
The Potency of Scholarship Found in a Sound Pubuc Opinion.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity believes that the aim of generous
scholarship should be towards creating and keeping alive a sound public opinion
upon all subjects of morality and philosophj^ of science and politics. The Fra-
ternity believes that the potency of scholarship will be found in a ripened public
opinion. Public opinion penetrates the mighty mass of human action. It is
the voice of the pen, the pulpit, the study, the bar, the forum, just as every
raindrop and every dewdrop and every misty exhalation which reflects the rain-
bow contributes to swell the mountain stream or the ocean flood. Without
general morality there can be no sound commonwealth, for the better the party,
the better the government It is the teaching of history that in an absolute
monarchy there will always be a tendency to despotism, in an aristocracy toward
an oligarchy, in a democracy toward anarchy. The feature of all democratic
forms of government has been described as an occasional burst of patriotism with
a splendid efibrt, followed by dejection, anarchy, and misrule — a stormy night,
illumined by occasional flashes of lightning, never by the steady radiance of the
morning sun.
The FRATERNrrr Believes that the Country must be Glorified.
In every age the life of the citizen has been subject to the call of his country.
The honors of victory have been chanted even by the lips of women. Corio-
lanus is pictured by the great dramatist as loving his country's good with a
respect more tender, more holy, and more profound, than his own life. Achilles
is no longer fed on honey and milk, but on bear's flesh and lion's marrow, that
he may be strong for the conflict The stately orations of Pericles, the splendors
of Tully, as well as the touching verses of Virgil and the poetic prose of Horace,
all tell of courage and sacrifice. Patriotism enters into men's lives and men's
THE SEMICENTENNIAL CONVENTION. 28
hearts. The pen of Homer proclaims in bold Hector all the virtnes of polished
war. The Iliad is fhll of the noises of battle, the sounding of spears on metal
shields, the groans of the dying "whose eyes black darkness covers.'' It is
the glory of America that it stands for citizenship ; but no one can follow the
pages of Hallam in his Constitutional History, or Macaulay as he tells of Eng-
land, or our own Bancroft as he traces the history of our people from the
Colonial period to the time of the Republic, without a consciousness that the
spirit which gives liberty its living power must be preserved lest it be lost in the
worship of its symbols. The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity believes that the
Republic has a right to the best zeal and the noblest affection of every citizen,
tnd looks with an ever- increasing faith that the country may be glorified through
the devotion of her sons and the patriotism of their scholarship.
Membership a Privilege as well as a Distinction.
It cannot be doubted but that the Greek-letter societies are one of the most
significant features of American college life. Secrecy is cherished only to the
end that there may be a better development of the social and intellectual spirit,
while the letters of. the Greek alphabet are selected as representative of the cul-
ture they represent Membership is a recognized privilege as well as a distinc-
tion, and they are now regarded as the most influential agency by which a
community of feeling and life can be awakened among the colleges of the
country. The secrecy which is maintained has the same relation to the Frater-
nity life that a proper reserve has to the character of a gentleman. " It is secret,''
says a writer, who is one of the best exemplifications of the ideal scholar and
gendemen, '' in the same sense in which every union of affection, every meeting
of friends, every intimate exchange of thought by correspondence or in the family
circle is secret It wears its secrecy as lighdy as a cheerful and united house-
hold, simply as a security for the unreserved freedom of friendly intercourse and
the closeness of brotherhood. The mystic name, with its significance known
only to the initiated, is precious as a symbol of protection against the criticism
and possible misrepresentation of an unfriendly world, a pledge of perfect
freedom for whatever may be worthily said or done in the fellowship of a gentie-
man."
The Fellowship of Gentlemen.
Nothing certainly can be more useful and instructive to young men who are
acquiring a liberal education and preparing themselves for the more important
spheres of practical life in literature and eloquence and public action than the
companionship of the worthiest Nothing can be more desirable than the
associations of a fraternity whose traditions are the best expression of the suc-
cessive college classes of one-half a century in the leading educational institu-
tions of the land. Dr. Thomas Arnold, the devoted scholar and great school-
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master, pronounced it his highest aim to make the boys entrusted to his care tQ
feel like Christian gentlemen. The word "gentleman" was formed, says one,
before gentle came to mean kindliness of soul ; and a gentleman signifies
that character which is distinguished by strict honor, generous as well as re-
fined feeling ; a character to which all meanness is foreign, and to which an es-
sential truthfulness, and a courage, both moral and physical, and a proper self-
respect as well as a respect for others, are habitual and have become natural. The
same writer adds that the character of the gentleman implies, further, a refine-
ment of feeling and a loftiness of conduct to the right dictates of morality and the
purifying precepts of religion. Those who listen to grand old Plato, in the
Eleventh Book of his Dialogues, when he says, in the form of an invocation
" May I, being of sound mind, do to others as I would they should do to me,'
will have the gentlemanly instinct, and will narrowly escape, if at all, the gen-
tlemanly bearing. The principle of the golden rule underlies our public and
private justice, our society, our charity, our religion.
Talfourd's words, uttered on the bench in a case tried at the Bristol Assizes,
are instructive. " Gentleman, " said the learned judge, " is a term which does not
apply to any station. The man of rank who deports himself with dignity and
candor, and the tradesman who discharges the duties of life with honor and in-
tegrity, are alike entitled to it ; nay, the humblest citizen who fulfills the obli-
gations cast upon him with virtue and honor is more entitled to the name gen-
tleman than the man who could indulge in offensive and ribald remarks,
however big his station." Nor is the title even unbecoming a king. Pistol^ in
Henry V.^ calls himself as '*good a gentleman as the Emperor"; while Lord
Campbell, in his Lives of the Lord Chancellors, informs us that when the
Commons in 1640 were unwilling to vote supplies to Charles before sending
their grievances, they were told by Lord Keeper Finch that they should fi'eely
vote the money, for ''they had the word of a king, and not only so, but the
word of a gentleman."
The Lasting Influences of the Chapter House.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, then, not only stands for that broad and
enduring conception of culture which comprehends all branches of mental
activity, but looks as well to the association of gentlemen for the highest social
development The ideals of membership will be found in the scholar and the
gentleman. The primary purpose of the organization was the cultivation of a
bond of sympathy between the youthful students of our American colleges in
pursuit of the higher objects of education. This force, too, is receiving recogni-
tion in college government The chapters of fifty years ago were mere stu-
dents' clubs, governed by the decrees of the faculty. The altered condition of
college culture is due in no small degree to the Fraternity movement The
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student most be largely influenced by the moral force of his chosen associa-
tions. The time seems to be approaching when ''student government" is
to be regarded as well as ''college government/' and when the responsibility
for the personal conduct of the student will be left to the students them-
selves. The Faculty of Amherst College has called to its aid a committee
of students as the guardians of college order, while Bowdoin College has
placed the discipline of the college in the hands of the students. This course
arises, doubtless, largely from the influence of the Greek-letter societies and the
very idea of stability and dignity which at once surrounds the Greek homesteads.
A just pride in the name alone must give direction to every movement for
the preservation of college order. The chapter houses are the embodiment of a
tender sentiment, and with their traditions and memories and libraries, all
characterized by a ripened culture, become beautiful with the passing years, just
as the colleges and halls of the old English universities are more sacred to-
day now that many generations have left upon them the living thought and
affection of the departed students.
The Abiding Affection of Her Sons.
Youth is the period of generous impulses, of noble aspirations, of undoubt-
ing fisuth. The Fraternity, as with an inspiration, found that the best ideal
in the selection of young men must rest on the enduring principle that
true friendship as shown in the boy is the index of the true manliness to be de-
veloped in the man. It is the story of friendship as illustrated by the affection
of Achilles for Patroclus, when he declared that though the dead forget their
dead in Hades, even then he would not forget his dear comrade; and just as
Apollo bound his bow with laurel in memory of Daphne, whom he loved, the
chord was touched that must always give a responsive echo. With each suc-
ceeding year the Fraternity will widen and widen until Greek temples and
Greek hearths in every chapter will attest the living devotion of her sons. The
influence for good, too, will not only exist in the undergraduate, but continue
to live in many an unfinished life. Friendships are formed which do not die
with college life, but they go on through the years of manhood, uniting the
members in a closer relationship and lifting them up to a broader sympathy for
others. These friendships are like running brooks, which deepen their channels
as they run on forever. With increased influence will come increased respon-
sibility, and our good name will depend upon the cultivation by every member
of the true fraternal feeling.
It was that spirit that enabled the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity to build
the first of all Greek homesteads in the forests of Gambler. It was the feudal
loyalty of her sons which caused the armorial blazons of chivalry to be first em-
ployed among the Greek-letter societies — indeed, alone in a complete heraldic
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system. It was this spirit of generous fellowship which cansed the chapters of
the North afler the desolation of civil war to turn with an abiding affection to
the chapters of the South, and welcome again with the fraternal hand those who
had been brothers in a common prosperity. Her young men fell like leaves in
the blasts of autumn, and every grave consecrated by a sacrifice which held devo-
tion to duty as better than life — however mistaken the cause — will only awaken
respect in the heart of every brave man. In the rekindling of the flame, in the
renewal of pledges, and in the singing of the Fraternity songs, we ask them with
us to hail the new stars which are constantly rising in the crowded galaxy of our
flag, and we ask them with us to look to the Federal Constitution as the sacred
covenant of a perpetual union. In unbroken unity alone will be found uncon-
querable strength. We must all march forward, conscious of the power and
permanency of our political institutions, in the path to imperial greatness.
We Hail Thbb, Holy Goddess I
If in the classic m3rths of the old heroes Atlas is represented as bearing the
heavens on his massive shoulders — even the whole starry world, with its im-
mense mystery of the planets and its azure of glittering constellations — so let us
to-night picture our beloved Fraternity, crowned with the triumphs of the past
half century and inspired with the glowing prophecies of the still unmeasured
years, as standing in matchless sjrmmetry, and with a devotion that knows
no weariness, holding a world of scholarship and genial fellowship in her
uplifted hand.
After the cheering which greeted this had died away, the exer-
cises were closed with " Hail to our Brotherhood " and the J K E
yell, in both of which selections all the J K E*s present joined most
lustily.
THE BANQUET.
The culminating feature of the Convention was the banquet.
Every chapter was represented and all sections of the country,
Maine and California, Minnesota and Mississippi, Phi, '44 and '96.
The chapters were seated together. The undergraduates from
Gamma Beta and Nu were out in full force, and from Phi came
twenty-five. The enthusiasm of the occasion was something un-
heard of, even in J K E history. The different chapters would rise
in their seats, giving their respective chapter yells or a J A" £ song,
and then, as though by preconcerted plan, the entire assembly
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would rise to a man and give the good old d K E cheer, amid the
waving of napkins like a sea of white. Then would come a song in
which the chorus of three hundred and fifty joined all through.
The toasts were as follows :
Charlton T. Lewis, (P, '53,
Toastmaster,
"The Founders,*' William Boyd Jacobs, ^, '44
"The Semi-Centennial Convention," . Henry M. Hyde, *, '95
"The Bench," Isaac Newton Mills, 2, '74
" Athletics, *' Charles F. Mathewson, U, '8j
"The Council," Frank D. Pavey, *, '84
"Everybody and Everything," . . John J. McCook, A, '66, and A, '69
"The Qub," Andrew W. Gleason © X, '60
"The Ladies," Daniel H. Clare, M, '95
Besides the above, Mark H. Bunnell, the veteran J K E, who
has worn the diamond and the scroll almost as long as our founder,
and whose loyalty is honored and respected by every A K E, and
who came all the way from Minnesota to attend this Convention,
Judge Hunt and John De Witt Warner occupied places at the
Speakers* table.
The Toastmaster was a happy selection, and the manner in
which he introduced the speakers was very taking with the boys.
The first speaker, Mr. Jacobs, although so well known to his hearers,
was presented ag^in and said :
'* In the dim historic past when I was a collegian, it was a not
unusual thing for a debater in the literary societies of that day — at
Yale, the Linonian, the Brothers in Unity, and the Calliopean — to
commence his address with, ' Unaccustomed as I am to public
speaking,' by way of soliciting the sympathies and dulling the criti-
cisms of his audience. I am justified in quoting the old formula,
because it is literally true in my case, as my audience will undoubt-
edly agree after the brief time I shall occupy their attention, if,
indeed, I am able to do so at all. I might also plead the old rhyme :
* You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage,'
for the remembrance of the forty-nine generations of the Fraternity
whom I may claim as my descendants might well excuse me from
the unaccustomed task, while my younger brethren might justly
claim to escape the garrulity of age.
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" The contrast between the day of small things when fifteen young
men associated themselves to form the A K E Society under the
elms of Yale, and the magnificent display in this Convention of the
healthy and vigorous growth of our beloved Fraternity, is, of course,
much more striking to me than it can be to any of my hearers.
" We founded the Society at first for ourselves alone, perhaps,
thinking and caring nothing for the future. But we builded better
than we knew. It was but a few months until we had an application
for a charter for the chapter at Bowdoin, our first-bom, so to speak,
and our views and hopes began to expand. Yet I can safely say
that not even the most enthusiastic among us dreamed of the
extended field the Fraternity now occupies.
" But as I look back to the past it is not alone in joy and triumph
that I do so. It is a very saddening thought, when memory brings
back our own active life in the Society, to realize that I, only, am
left of my classmates in the Fraternity. After our separation on
Commencement Day, in 1846, I saw but two of them, John B.
Conyngham and Elisha B. Shapleigh ; and as I heard of them from
time to time it was the knell that told how one by one they had
passed away : Thomas J. Franklin, '48 ; Frederick P. Bellinger, '49;
Chester N. Righter, '56 ; Albert E. Stetson, '57 ; Walter W. Hor-
ton, '65; John B. Conyngham, '71 1 William W. Atwater, '74 J
Thomas D. Sherwood, *75 ; Orson W. Stow, '83 ; Henry Case, '84;
Edward V. S. Kinsley, '88 ; Edward G. Bartlett, '89 ; George F.
Chester, '89 ; Elisha B. Shapleigh, '92.
" You probably all know the story of De la Tour d'Auvergne,
the first grenadier of France, how, after his death on the battlefield,
when the roll of his company was called, his name was first called,
and the reply of the oldest sergeant was daily, * died on the field of
honor.' May we not claim that in the battle of life that is the field
of honor in which we struggle with honor, faith, endurance to the
end, striving to do the duty which every day brings with it. My
immediate comrades have fallen. But, having been true and loyal
members of A K Ey may I not justly claim for them that they like-
wise battled truly and loyally in the greater battle of life and
answer to their names, * died on the field of honor.' They have
passed over into the great beyond, * Si monumentum qtueris circum-
spice.'
" My message to you, my younger brethren, from your founders
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION 29
is * go forward/ The future is yours. What it contains we can-
not know now. But be very sure of this, that if — as you cannot fail
to do, I am sure — you live up to the meaning indicated by your title
J K E^ while you will find your future brightened by many joys
and pleasures, the chief of which will be the consciousness of duties
done and triumphs won, you may also meet with the shadows of dis-
appointments and sorrows, until, having met all bravely and loyally,
in accordance with the teachings o[ A K E, you too shall be carried
to your rest with the answer to the roll-call in your surviving
comrades' hearts, * died on the field of honor.' Be faithful and
true while you are here to the honor and interests of our be-
loved Fraternity. It is yours to press it forward. This is the 48th
Convention, noting the first half century of our society. May I not
anticipate that some at least of those now present here, may be pres-
ent fifty years hence in the 98th Convention. May I not prophesy
that they will then learn with joy and pride that the progress of our
Fraternity has continued at the ratio of the past. The prophesy is
for you to verify or to falsify. I charge you now to preserve the
honor and justify the foresight of your ancestors.
" I thank you all for your kind reception and bid you an affection-
ate farewell.
" * Ave et Vale — Moriturus vos Saluto* "
Phi, of fifty years later, was represented by Mr. Hyde, who
took occasion, on behalf of the mother chapter, to thank the Con-
vention for the honor she had received, and commented on the
great harmony that prevailed at the Convention, considering the
amount of business transacted. The speaker gave a report of the
chapter at Yale, and closed with a few sentiments as to the loyalty
of the mother of A K E,
At this point the Toastmaster presented to Mr. Jacobs the beau-
tiful loving cup on behalf of the thirty-five chapters. The scene
which followed, as the venerable man arose and thanked his
brothers for this expression of their tender affection, beggars all
description. It was fully fifteen minutes before the cheering
ceased.
This was followed by Judge Mills, who said :
" In common with all this company, for I assume you all feel as I
do, I have listened with the greatest interest to what this young
gentleman, the fit representative of our undergraduate members,
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has so well said to us concerning the present condition of our loved
Fraternity ; and also to what this veteran has so well told us of her
birth and early history. There is nothing which could gfive us
greater pleasure than to hear and know that A K E\s still vigorous
and thriving. The choicest memories of my college days are A K E
memories ; and the most valued and cherished friendships of my
college life were, and for that matter still are, A K E friendships.
What we have heard concerning her past and present and of the
fair promise of her future has brought back to my mind such a flood
of recollection of my undergraduate life as one of her members, that
I am strongly tempted to let the subject of my toast most respect-
fully and severely alone and to talk only of my memories oi A K E life
at Amherst twenty and odd years ago. There may be, however,
an especial fitness in the toast of " The Bench " at this banquet ; for,
as I view the matter, A K E is oi all the college societies pre-
eminently the Fraternity of the bench and bar. With a view to ascer-
taining the facts, I last evening consulted the latest edition of our
catalogue and the admirable tables of compilations at its close. I
found to my great satisfaction that up to the ist of July, 1890, the
period with which those compilations closed, more members oi our
society had belonged to the legal profession than to any other pro-
fession or calling. I ascertained that up to that date two thousand
four hundred and thirty-one of its numbers had been lawyers, and
that the profession or calling having the next highest number of its
membership was that of the clergy, numbering eight hundred and
seventy-seven, a little more than one-third the number of the law-
yers ; although still enough, as we may piously hope, to leaven the
entire mass and to save us all in the day of final trial, for, if I remem-
ber aright, in my undergraduate days, it used to be a cardinal prin-
ciple oi A K E that its members should stand or fall together,
brothers all. I find also that of the two thousand four hundred and
thirty-one lawyers, more than one-fifth, or five hundred and twenty-
six in exact numbers, had been by their fellow-citizens elevated to
judicial positions, and that of those more than one-tenth of the
whole number of the lawyers, or two hundred and fifty three exactly,
had been judges of courts of record, federal or State. One may,
therefore, well proclaim our society to be pre-eminently the frater-
nity of the bench and bar. It is to be hoped that our undergraduate
members, who are present with us to-night in such numbers and
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CONVENTION 31
who have added so much to the interest and hilarity of the occasion,
will see to it that the honorable record oi A K Em this regard is in
the future maintained."
The speaker went on in appropriate terms and with interesting
anecdotes to briefly review the paramount qualifications of an ideal
judge and to suggest that they are such as the principles of our
Fraternity inculcate, and closed by saying, " But however it may be
with the bench and bar, this much I do know, and in the knowl-
edge thereof I take the greatest delight : It is well with old A K E ;
long may she live and prosper."
Mr. Lewis, with a few remarks that the old college days when
they used to study seemed to be growing obsolete, presented the
next speaker, whom he said would make a few observations upon
the subject so near and dear to A K E's — " Athletics."
Mr. Mathewson proceeded to indulge in some of his character-
istically humorous remarks. His excuse for being at the top table,
he said, he explained by a remark made by the committee man, after
notifying him that a few words might be expected of him, to the
effect that eight tickets to the Thanksgiving game he thought
would be enough to go around. Then with some graphic descrip-
tions of a few games, the speaker launched his subject and defined
the true meaning of the term " Athletics " in a manner which prob-
ably suggested new thought to the audience.
Mr. Pavey, President of the Council, and fresh from victory at
the election, expressed the feeling and regard of the Council for the
best interests of the Fraternity, and how, through all the trials and
triumphs of Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Council had always been
jealous of her fair name and fame. He dwelt on the success of the
the Convention, and with a few remarks on the true fraternity spirit
and the bonds oi A K E, as he had found them exemplified in politics
as well as in professional life, paid a glowing tribute to the progress
of the grand old Fraternity.
Col. McCook's first remarks were the way to tell an old Deke
from a young Deke ; the old boy always wore his pin over his heart,
while the young one invariably carried it right over his stomach.
This he attributed to the rapid strides of the present civilization.
He then indulged in some inspiring reminiscences of old Lambda's
first house, the old log-cabin chapter house — the first Fraternity
house in existence. He told how the walls were chinked to shut
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out evesdroppers from delving in the mysteries of J K E\ how in
those early days the chapter was maintained ; how the fondest recol-
lections of the old " boys " were those days. Then how he changed
to Harvard, and found the same true spirit pervading old Alpha.
The good work of the New York club was demonstrated by
Mr. Gleason. He showed how it began and how it had grown in
power and influence until it surpassed everything of the kind ; how
it had furnished a home and resting place for so many young men ;
how friendships had been formed and lasting results accomplished.
Some allusions were made by the speaker to the old Theta Chi ; the
" ghosts " of some of her old sons were called up and their records
shown, with the eloquent touches such as those who heard this
brother address the Convention the day before will never forget
The last speaker, Mr. Clare, delivered a very humorous and
witty address, as he called it, on ** The Ladies." Although late in
the evening, he commanded the entire attention of his hearers, who
were charmed with the pleasing manner in which he handled this
time-honored topic.
All of the speakers received ovations, being frequently inter-
rupted with applause in the midst of their talk.
After the last speech a toast was drunk in silence to the honored
dead oi J K E, the doors closed and the Doxology sung and Mystic
Circle formed, and the Semi-Centennial Banquet was part of the
record of the past.
CONVENTION NOTES.
The next convention will be held with the Alumni Association
of Central New York, at Syracuse.
The original pin worn by Mr. Jacobs for the past fifty years was
presented by him to the A K E Club of New York, as custodian for
the Fraternity.
The Council, who had charge of the Convention, consisted of the
following : Frank D. Pavey, President ; Fred. Perry Powers, C. Mur-
ray Rice, Edward F. Stevens, Dr. A. N. Brockway, Arthur M. John-
son, John W. Wooten,and David B. Simpson, Secretary. The Con-
vention Committee were: C. Murray Rice, chairman ; David B.
Simpson and Fred. Perry Powers.
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The following resolutions were adopted by the Convention :
Whereasy It has pleased God, since the last Convention, to take
from among us our brothers, Dean Fish, Psi Omega, '86 ; Granville
P. Hawes, Theta, '60 ; Dr. Eustace W. Fisher, Nu, '63 ; George Z.
Erwin, Alpha Alpha, '65; Albert W. Clark, Gamma Phi, '98;
Charles Cottrell, Chi, '94 ; Alfred P. Burbank, Delta Delta, '71 ;
Colonel Garrick Mallery, Phi, '50; George A. Johnston, Phi, '53;
Henry Hunt Wells, Jr., Tau, '69 ; Francis W. Oury, Theta Zeta,
'87 ; John Lee Cotton, Theta Zeta, '79 ; Charles Edward Greenman,
Epsilon, '84; Wilbur J. Sawyer, Gamma Phi, '95 ; be it
Resolved^ That the Forty-eighth Convention deeply deplores the
loss of our brothers ; and be it further resolved that a copy of these
resolutions be published in the next Quarterly.
McCoy Fitzgerald, © Z.
R. K. Sheppard, 2 r.
Norman Van Voorhees, B *.
Committee.
The attendance was unusually large. The active members were
out in full force, nearly every chapter being represented by several
delegates. Theta Zeta sent two all the way from San Francisco,
while from Maine came eleven. Phi had twenty-five active mem-
bers at the banquet. Over two hundred attended the business ses-
sions, not counting those who just stepped in. Altogether over six
hundred A K E*s were present at one or more of the different exer-
cises or entertainments.
The alumni were out in large numbers, too. Among those from
a distance were the following :
Harry Hull McClaughry, San Francisco, Cal.; McCoy Fitzgerald,
San Francisco, Cal.; Henry Rogers, Denver, Colo.; R. B. Haughton,
St. Louis, Mo.; Mark H. Bunnell, Owatonna, Minn.; F. D. Mitchell,
Chicago ; F. B. Dallam, Paducah, Ky.; J. B. Whitehead, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; St. Clair Hester, Raleigh, N. C; Samuel F. Hunt, Cincinnati,
O.; Rutherford P. Hayes, Columbus, O.; E. H. Inglehart, Evansville,
Ind.; W. F. Webb, Cincinnati, O.; Alfred L. M. Gottschalk, Gambier,
O.; George M. Sherwin, Cleveland, O.; Arthur C. Walworth, Bos-
ton, Mass.; E. H. Mansfield, Boston, Mass.; T. S. Gamett, Norfolk,
Va,; William Boyd Jacobs, Philadelphia ; Joseph P. Winston, Rich-
mond, Va.; Aldice G. Warren, Rochester, N. Y.; Edward R. Fore-
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man, Rochester, N, Y.; W- R. Dunlap, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Martin S.
Fanning, Providence, R. I.; Tingley Wall, Providence, R. L; J. P.
AUds, Norwich, N. Y.; J. McMillan Hamilton, Rochester, N. Y.;
James Swan, Boston, Mass.; Wesley I. Mulligan, Rochester, N. Y.;
Arthur K. Willyoung, Buffalo, N. Y.; Bayard H. Christy, Semckley,
Pa.; Elias Thomas, Portland, Me.; W, W. Thomas, 2d, Portland,
Me.; Ralph Plaisted, Portland, Me.; Elton D. Walker, Schenectady,
N. Y.; James C. Miller, Amsterdam, N. Y.; John S. Applegate,
Red Bank, N. J.; William A. Chapman, Hillburn, N. Y.; Charles
C. Coster, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J. H. Smart, Hartford, Conn.; William
L. Sheafer, Pottsville, Pa.; Libra Heazlit, Ithaca, N. Y.; L. P.
Smith, Syracuse, N. Y.; G. R. Miller, Matawan, N. Y.; V. S.
Gaggin, Newark, N. J.; John P. Searles, Rome, N. Y.; Howard
T. Alexander, Elizabeth, N. J.
Among those from New York and vicinity were : John DeWitt
Warner, Charles S. Fairchild, Calvin S. Brice, Wager Swayne,
Charlton T. Lewis, John J. McCook, Richard C. Shannon, Clarence
Lexow, David J. Burrell, David Bennett King, Frank S. Williams,
Hugh R. Garden, Henry N. Tifft, Henry B. B. Stapler, Almon
Goodwin, Benjamin E. Hall, Christopher Heiser, William T.
Shedd, Frank Drisler, Howard Gould, John P. Munn, A. N. Brock-
way, FitzGerald Tisdall, Isaac O. Woodruff, George E. Hoe, Ros-
well B, Burchard, R. Ogden Doremus, Wilson H. Blackwell, Irving
H. Tifft, George B. Fowler, T. Herring Burchard, Jared G. Baldwin,
Jr., A. B. Crane, George Chace, George B. Harrison, A. Barton
Hepburn, William L. Trenholm, Theron G. Strong, Benjamin S.
Harmon, Charles F. Mathewson, Edward B. LaFetra, E. W. Tyler,
Noah C. Rogers, A. W. Gleason, Orville P. Allen, James A. Wot-
ton, George W. Ellis, Alexander McNeil, Walter B. Safford, Ben-
jamin F. Gerst, T. F. Allen, Richard C. Boyd, Julius Chambers,
Gilbert R. Hawes, James W. Husted, Isaac N. Mills, Jesse Grant
Roe, Thomas G. Shearman, Jr., Floyd B. Wilson, F. S. Grant,
Maurice Bouvier, P. A. Hegeman, James A. Hawes, Edwin W.
Forrest, Holmes V. M. Dennis, Benjamin T. Marten, William A.
Lewis, Norman J. Marsh, W. G. Wright, W. G. Bos worth, John
H. Safford, Frank B. Seeley, George W. Glaze, Charles N. Wells,
Reuben L. Maynard, Wilson H. Blackwell, Jr., G. Holmes Craw-
ford, Edward J. Gavegan, Robert N. Brockway, Oscar D. Weed.
THE JACOBS' LOVING CUR
The loving cup presented to Mr. Jacobs at the Convention was
made by Tiffany & Co. It is 9 inches high, 13 inches wide, and
weighs 108 ounces of all solid silver. The one side is inscribed as
is shown in the frontispiece, and on the other appears the coat of
arms and open motto of the Fraternity, both being etched. Around
the base is the open motto in large letters.
The following letter was received by Mr. Pavey from Mr.
Jacobs:
141 2 Lombard Street,
Philadelphia,
December 29, 1894.
Frank D. Pavey, Esq.,
President of Council of A K E^
ARE Club, 435 Fifth Avenue, N. Y.
My Dear Sir :
Assuming that you are still President of the Council, as you were
when you sent me the invitation to attend the Convention in Novem-
ber — for I know not when its officials begin and end their terms — I
suppose you are the proper person to whom to acknowledge the
receipt of the massive and beautiful loving cup which I have this
day received, apparently direct from Tiffany.
Although the cup (by proxy) was presented to me at the ban-
quet at Sherry's, and I had seen in some newspaper a description of
its design, I must say that its beauty as much exceeds any anticipa-
tion I had made of it, as my deserts. I am not so conceited as to hold
this valuable and beautiful evidence of the generosity of my brethren
as a token of regard for myself personally, so much as a tribute in
memoriam of the founders of the Fraternity — quorum pars minima
fui^-^nd of whom I am, alas, the sole surviving representative. I
shall guard and preserve as one of the most precious of my posses-
sions this magnificent proof of the regard and affection of the present
active members of our brotherhood for their founders. Would that
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they were all still with us to share with me in the pride and hap-
piness with which I have noted the growth and progress of the
Fraternity.
In connection with the cup I have only regret, that it was not
completed in time for the members of the Convention to have seen
the beautiful result of their generosity at the banquet, so that all
could have had a draught from its lips and realized that it was indeed
a loving cup from 1844 to 1894, and from North to South and East
to West, wherever a chapter could be found.
Will you kindly convey my heartfelt thanks to all of the chap-
ters for the gracious hospitality and liberality,
And believe me,
Yours fraternally,
William Boyd Jacobs, *, '44.
"ALSO RAN."
She wore my pin with girlish grace,
Which made a Heaven of the place ;
That summer by the sounding sea
Seemed like a day of dreams to me,
Where all was fair, and naught was base.
These flowers, shrined in dainty vase
Are now, alack, the only trace
Of that glad time when by the lea
She wore my pin.
Another summer comes apace
To spur us on in love's mad chase.
But since near her I cannot be
She seems heart-whole and fancy free ;
Still, though I'm not now in the race.
She wore my pin.
Edward Hurd Smith, 0, '91.
Eddy, New Mexico.
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The a K E Club of New York.
The most prominent entertainment given at the Club since Con-
vention was the musicale on February ist. The programme con-
sisted of Mr, Irving H. TiflFt, piano ; Mr. Oscar B. Smith, flute ;
the Brooks and Denton Banjo Quartette, and G. M. Spedon, sketch
artisL A collation was served at 10.30.
The whist and pool tournaments are now in progress, with a
goodly number of entries in each.
The following officers have been elected for the present year
since the last issue of the Quarterly :
President,
John Db Wrrr Warner.
Vice-Presidents :
Gkorgk T. Bliss, Almon Goodwin,
A. Barton Hkpburn, John P. Munn,
Frank S. Wiluams.
Recording Secretary,
Jareo G. Baldwin, Jr.
Corresponding Secretary,
Andrew W. Gleason.
Treasurer,
C. Murray Rice.
The following have been elected to membership since the last
issue of the Quarterly :
Geo. H. Watrous, T, '94, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Edward T, Hawes,
-2, '93, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Rupert H. Baxter, 8, '94, Brunswick, Me. ;
John Sears Wright, B *, '92, Rochester, N. Y. ; Edward P. Fowler,
iV,'94, New York; Clark Dewing, *, *74» Stamford, Conn. ; J. Pe-
dersen, ZV, '84, New York ; Harry M. Shrady , F J?, '94, New York ;
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Robert L. Moffett, r B, '92, New York ; David G. Phillips ; Edwin
Nesbit Chapman, E, '94, Brooklyn, N, Y. ; Arthur Kittinger Will-
young, £, '93, Buffalo, N, Y. ; Byard Henderson Christy, E, '94,
Cambridge, Mass. ; Norman Herbert Dutcher, £, '94, St Albans,
Vt. ; John Remmey Searles, E, '94, Rome, N. Y. ; J. McMillan
Hamilton, ^ X, '94, New York ; M. Leale, F B, ^94, New York ;
Adolfo J. Menocal, ^ X, '89, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Joseph P. Winston,
-ff, '88, New York; Robert Speirs Weston, 2, '91, Brooklyn, N. Y. ;
Wm. E. Hatch, 8, '7S> New Bedford, Mass.; Benjamin Stanley
Webb, r, '92, Orange, N, J. ; J. B. Searle, B X, '93, New York ;
DeWitt Bailey, F B, '93, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; J. E. Bullen, T, ^90.
The New England Alumni Association of J K E.
The annual meeting and dinner was held at the Parker House,
on Tuesday evening, February 26. The members assembled at six
o'clock, and after approving the records of the '94 meeting and
accepting the report of the Treasurer, the following list of officers for
1895 was presented by the Nominating Committee, consisting of
Brothers Nathaniel W. Ladd, Pi, '73 ; Dr. Myles Standish, Theta,
'75, and Dr. Henry S. Knight, Sigma, '75> ^^d the same were unan-
imously elected. President: Dr. Henry O. Marcy, Sig^a, '63.
Vice-Presidents : Arthur C. Walworth, Phi, '66 ; Samuel L. Powers,
Pi, *74- Executive Committee : H. Burr Crandall, Epsilon, '59 ; J.
Fred Eliot, Theta, '73 ; Dudley P. Bailey, Xi, '67 ; Elmer E. Silver,
Upsilon, '85 ; George V. Wendell, Sigma Tau, '92. Secretary and
Treasurer : William A. Wood, Phi Gamma, '75- Brother S. L»
Powers takes the vice-presidency vacated by President-elect Marcy.
The remaining officers were re-elected : Brothers Daniel W. Haskins,
Sigma, '58 ; Henry S. Knight, Sig^a, '75 ; Cyrus K. Hale, Sig^a,
'87 ; Edmond E. Blake, Sigma Tau, '93 ; Fred. C. Blanchard, Sigma
Tau, '91 ; W. S. Forbes, Sigma Tau, '93 ; George E. Merrill, Sigma
Tau, '93, were admitted to membership in the Association.
Circumstances beyond the control of the Committee brought the
dinner on the same date as the re-union of the alumni of Brown.
This deprived us of the presence of a large number of men from
Upsilon who seldom miss the Deke dinner. Upsilon was not
unrepresented, however, as Brothers E. A. Thurston, '93, and J.
Winn Brown, '94^ found the Fraternity magnet stronger than the
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college. Plates were laid for fifty-five (55), and Phi, Theta, Alpha^
Xi, Sig^a, Upsilon, Kappa, Lambda, Pi, Epsilon, Phi Gamma,
Theta Zeta and Sigma Tau, responded to the chapter roll.
President Blume started the after-dinner speaking in a happy
vein, and there was no cessation in the flow of wit and song until the
mystic circle put the finishing touch on a jolly good time. The
speakers were Brothers Long, of Alpha ; Walker and Marcy, of
Sigma; Walworth, of Phi; Standish, of Theta; Rev. Richmond
Fisk, of Epsilon ; Wood, of Phi Gamma, and Sheppard and Wendell,
of Sigma Tau. Eighteen active members of the latter chapter
united with the veterans and made the welkin ring with songs of
AK E and other things. Letters were read and regrets noted from
the editor of the Quarterly, Secretary of the Fraternity Council,
Senator Lodge and Lieutenant-Governor Wolcott, of Alpha ; Mayor
Curtis, of Theta, and numerous brethren whom previous engage-
ments, or the grip, or what not, had caused to miss one of the things
no New England A K E should think of missing, the annual re-union
of our Association.
William A. Wood,
Secretary,
The Northwestern Association of A K E.
The Fourteenth Annual Banquet of the Northwestern Associa-
tion of Delta Kappa Epsilon was held at the Grand Pacific Hotel,
Wednesday evening, December 12, 1894. The table was arranged
in the form of a horseshoe and was very prettily decorated with
ferns and red, blue and gold flowers. In fact these colors were on the
menu, in the alumni punch, and even the cake reflected them. About
sixty members were present and a dozen new brethren joined the
Association. The number present was somewhat smaller than usual,
but the A K E temperature was not lowered a degree, and it certainly
was an extremely enjoyable occasion. The banquet was most excel-
lent in menu and service, and was thoroughly appreciated. Letters
and telegrams of regret and congratulation from other A K E asso-
ciations and individuals were received and read, one letter from A.
W. Gleason, of New York, eliciting especial applause.
During the banquet the loving cup, presented to Tracy C. Drake,
January 12, 1893, as a wedding gift by the Association, was started
on its rounds by President Francis M. Larned after remarks by him
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appropriate to the occasion. All kinds of healths were proposed,
and a running fire of comments enlivened immensely the ceremony
as each brother's name and chapter were announced just prior to his
drinking from the cup. This was a new feature of our banquet, but
its success promises its continuance and permanency. Cheers and
songs followed in its wake.
After the balance of the feast had disappeared President Lamed
introduced Judge Richard S. Tuthill, Alpha Alpha, '63, as Toast-
master, who performed his duties most happily and enthusiastically.
The judge, always a pleasant and witty speaker or toastmaster,
fairly outdid himself and contributed no small part of the enjoyment
of the evening. The toasts were all very scholarly, as is indicated
by the programme below :
SCHOLARISTICS.
''Schoolmaster," Judge Richard S. Tuthill, Alpha Alpha (Middlebary), '63
"The Scholar at the University," . . Prof. A. W. Small, Xi (Colby), '76
"The Scholar on Earth," . . S. E. Magill, Rho (Lafayette), '81
"The Scholar in Politics," . Joseph B. Mann, Phi Chi (Rutgers), '65
" The Scholar in Business,"
CoL Aldacb F. Walker, Alpha Alpha (Middlebuiy), '62
"The Scholar on the Bench," . Judge N. C. Sears, Sigma (Amherst), '75
"The Scholar at the Bar," . Frank A. Helmbr, Delta DelU (Chicago), '78
"TheScholar in Journalism," . . S. S. Rogers, Epsilon (Williams), ^jj
"The Scholar out of School," . F. G. Hanchett, Delta Delta (Chicago), '82
All the speakers were present except Col. Walker, who was
unexpectedly called away on business. Judge H. V. Freeman, *, '69,
kindly consented to respond in his place. Brother Mann furnished
us music as well as oratory, and was well supported by a strong and
lusty chorus in his vicinity.
Dr. S. C. Coolidge, a charter member of Sigma, of Middleton,
Wis., was with us and was cheered to the echo when the loving cup
reached him. The doctor remarked that he hadn't seen a J A' £ for
nearly forty years, but that he did not propose hereafter to miss any
of the meetings of the Northwestern Association.
A very unique and valuable souvenir of the last Convention at
New York was exhibited by F. D. Mitchell, Xi, '84, our delegate,
in the shape of a menu of the Convention banquet bearing the auto-
graphs of William B. Jacobs, the only surviving founder of J AT £,
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and of Henry M. Hyde, *, '95, the president of the Convention.
This had been neatly framed and excited the interest of all who
saw it.
At one o'clock the assembly adjourned with the customary cere-
monies, having had one of the most entertaining events in our his-
tory.
The following officers were elected for 1 895 :
President, J. K. Wilson, Delta Delta, '72 ; Vice-President, W.
F. Johnson, Rho, '91 ; Secretary and Treasurer, B. W. Sherman,
Alpha Alpha, '90 ; Executive Committee : Jacob Newman, Delta
Delta, '73; F. D. Michell, Xi. '84; H. H. Van Meter, B *, '72.
The absence in New Mexico of our Secretary and Treasurer for
1894, Edward Hurd Smith, O, '91, was greatly regretted, and we
hope to see him with us ag^in in the near future.
B. W. Sherman,
Secretary.
A K E Association of Detroit.
The Detroit Alumni Association of the A K E Fraternity held its
Twenty-second Annual Banquet at the Detroit Club last night. It
was the most numerously attended and enjoyable banquet yet held
by the Association. There were sixty-seven members and guests
present Several Freshmen A K E^s were present from Ann Arbor.
The menu was a classical one, and it was served with the thor-
oughness characteristic of the A K E^s.
When the Fraternity men had done justice to the spread and the
cigars were lighted, Honorable William C. Maybury rapped for
order. As the Toastmaster of the evening he made a few felicitous
remarks and introduced the first speaker of the evening. Rev. R. J.
Service, who responded to the toast, *' A K E in the Church."
Attomey-General-elect Fred A. Maynard, in response to the
toast, '* J K E in the State," expatiated on friendships formed in
college. These ties were lasting, he said. Their influence is notice-
able all through life. Nowhere are they so conspicuous as in
political life.
C. Murray Rice, Treasurer of the New York City A K E Club,
reported the progress of the Fraternity in New York. He exhibited
the ^ K E pin worn for over fifty years by Brother Jacobs, one of the
founders of the Fraternity. Mr. Rice suggested the advisability of
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holding the National A K E Convention of 1896 in Detroit. This
sentiment was favorably received.
D. Lindsey Russell, of the University of North Carolina, happily
responded in hehalf of the Southern Chapter of the Fraternity. He
stated that the A K Eis the most prominent Fraternity in the South.
The Frat. at Ann Arbor.
Henry L. Lyster, of Ann Arbor, entertained his brethren with a
recital of the prosperous condition of the chapter at the State
University.
United States Senator John Patton, Jr., entertained A K E^s with
reminiscences of Fraternity life at Yale University. He stated
that it was indirectly through the A K E Fraternity that be became
a United States Senator. Through association with Withey, of
Grand Rapids, while in college, Mr. Patton said he was induced to
leave his Pennsylvania home and seek a new home in Michigan.
Other speakers were Judge Claudius B. Grant, of the State
Supreme Court ; Levi B. Barbour, Harold Wetmore and George
Russel, of Detroit. Those present were :
Senator John Patton, Jr., Grand Rapids; Judge Claudius B.
Grant, Lansing ; Honorable Fred A. Maynard, Grand Rapids ; C.
Murray Rice, New York ; C. E. Baxter, Grand Rapids ; Fred S.
Richmond, Chicago ; Harry W. Douglas, Ann Arbor ; E. C. Wil-
kinson, Marquette. Undergraduates from Ann Arbor: George
Russel, Henry L. Lyster, Albert Russel, George A. Marston, E. R.
Harrington, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr., John R. Rogers, A. H. Hunt,
Harold Wetmore, Walter Jennings, Charles B. Davis, A. C. Bloom-
field, H. W. O^Brien, Kirk Lathrop, Henry G. Nicol, H. H. Cushing,
T. C. Lyster and Angus Smith.
Resident graduates: J. H. Avery, F. C. Andrus, Dr. B. P.
Brodie, Levi Barbour, Paul F. Bagley, Ed. M. Benson, E. H.
Butler, Henry M. Campbell, Charles H. Campbell, George L. Can-
field, J. T. Cowles, George P. Codd, Harlow P. Davock, William M.
Dwight, Bethune Duffield, Frederick T. Ducharme, William J.
Gray, Robert T. Gray, Walter S. Harsha, James D. Hawks, Fred.
Hodges, Wetmore Hunt, Lewis B. King, William C. Maybury, J. H.
Maguire, Henry A. Mandell, William Moore, Dr. Delos L. Parker,
Dr. Walter R. Parker, John R. Russel, George B. Sheehy, Rev.
R. J. Service, Dr. E. T. Tappey, H. C. Van Husan, Bryant Walker,
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Louis D. Wight, Frederick W. Whiting, Henry M. Wright, Vin-
cent J. Dwyer, D. Lindsay Russell, Jacob F. Lewis, Samuel Med-
bury and R. G. Latbrop. — Detroit Tribune, November 28, 1894.
AK E Association of the Pacific Coast.
Theta Zeta Chapter ol AK E held its Nineteenth Annual Banquet
in conjunction, as is customary, with the Pacific Coast Alumni
Association on the 8th of December, at the California Hotel in San
Francisco. More than the usual number of eastern alumni partici-
pated, and the reunion proved to be one of the most enjoyable and
successful ever given. A K E held undisputed sway until the wee
sma' hours in spite of the fact that mine host Warfield endeavored
to outshine us with his V T pin, and that ATA was holding high
carnival on an upper floor.
Preceding the banquet was the annual election of officers, at
which Brothers Ames and Tilden were replaced respectively by
Brothers T. B. Bishop, Upsilon, '64, as President, and E. C. Sutliffe,
B Z, '78, as Secretary and Treasurer. To Brothers Ames and
Tilden belongs the unique distinction of having been present at
every one of our nineteen reunions, and every time in their capacity
of President and Secretary. Lest they should come to consider
their tenure of office as an hereditary right, a change was suggested
and quickly carried out, they retiring with a hearty vote of thanks
from the Association and graceful speeches of welcome to their
successors.
After the inner man had received proper attention the Committee
produced the more enjoyable mental pabulum under the direction
of Brother W. D. Mansfield, as Toastmaster. Professor Martin
Kellogg, *, '50, President of the University of California, in answer
to " Our Fraternity," dwelt upon the change of sentiment during
later years in regard to the Fraternity system in American colleges,
giving it his hearty approval and support Brother Bishop thanked
the Association for his newly acquired honor, and promised to take
an additional and renewed interest in A K E, from the fact that his
son had recently been made a brother in Z Chapter. Pro-
fessor W. A. Merrill, of Berkeley, 2, '80, responded to " Our Eastern
Chapters," and Brother N. H. Castle, *, '84, gave his experience
with the " College Widow." Brother S. E. Moflfett showed his less
fortunate brothers of O Z the benefit of '' A K E in the World " as
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experienced by him in his travels. Numerous other toasts were
happily responded to, and it was well toward morning ere the last
reluctant farewell was given.
Among those present were Prof. Martin Kellogg, *, '50 ; Brother
T. M. Osment, K W, '61 ; Brother T. B. Bishop, T, 64 ; Brother
Fisher Ames, H, '69 ; Brother N. H. Castle, *, '84 ; Brother W. S.
Green, X, '85 ; Brother W. A. Merrill, -2", '80. The alumni of © Z
Chapter were represented by Brothers C. L. Tilden, '78 ; F. R.
Whitcomb, '78 ; E. C. Sutliffe, '78 ; B. P. Wall, '76 ; W. D. Mans-
field, '81 ; S. E. Moflfett, '82; A. H. Ashley, '87; W. C. Gregory,
'87 ; H. C. Moore, '87 ; Thos. Rickard, '87 ; Lewis McKissick, '87 ;
E. L. Paramore, '89 ; C. G. Harker, '90 ; H. B. Gates, '91 ; B. G.
Somers, '92, and others. The chapter, which is now in a most
flourishing condition, was enthusiastically represented by a large
contingent of undergraduates, among whom were Brothers Rickard,
Hewlett, Green, Stringham, FitzGerald, Blake, Russ, Graham,
Thompson, Noble, Hutchins, Veeder, Rideout, Metcalf, Starr, Mee,
Bishop, Whipple, Easton, Laughlin, Palmer, Chickering, Merrill,
Davenport, Bixby, Frick, Rickard and Wood.
It is hoped and expected that during the present year the alumni
will give the chapter material assistance in its endeavor to erect a
suitable home. S Z \s almost of age and should shortly be able to
accomplish this long-desired object by its own exertions. A little
encouragement from the outside, however, goes a great way, and
that we hope soon to realize.
Edgar C. Sutliffe,
Secretary.
A K E Club of Rochester.
After several months of quiet club life two events, within a few
weeks of each other, have stirred the slumbering fires ol A K E
enthusiasm. The first was the reception given by the Beta Phi
Chapter, Friday evening, February ist. While the undergraduates
are entitled to the credit of its success, the alumni assisted so materi-
ally and enjoyed it so thoroughly, that they may be pardoned if they
forget that it was not their own idea. While the younger alumni
were more in their element, it was gratifj'ing to see many of the older
men present. The patronesses were Mrs. George D. Hale, Mrs. A.
J. Hutton, Mrs. E. S. Martin, Mrs. J. W. Oothout, Mrs. J. C.
Powers and Mrs. J. W. Whitbeck, all wives of prominent Rochester
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J K E's. The large parlors were found fully equal to the occasion,
and, adorned as they were with a wealth of plants and flowers, and
filled with gracefully moving figures, they presented a scene that
it will be difficult for any future party to eclipse.
The second event to which reference has been made was the
annual mid-winter dinner of the Club, which was held, as usual, on
Friday evening, February 22d. While perhaps there were not as
many present as on some former occasions, none have surpassed it
in the general good feeling and spirit of loyalty and devotion to the
Fraternity which characterized it. Brother W. E. Dana acted as
Toastmaster. Responses were made by Brother Briggs, Gamma
Phi, and Brother Padelford, Xi, for their respective chapters ; by
Brother Mason, Phi Gamma, " The Ladies "; Brother Rockwell,
Beta Phi, " The Bar." The sage political philosophizings and prog-
nostications of Brother G. F. Slocum, Beta Phi, were droll to the
last degree. The Toastmaster closed the post-prandial programme
with a stirring appeal for good citizenship and love of country that
brought every man to his feet and called forth three lusty cheers.
Mississippi Valley Alumni Association of J K E.
Since the last report of our Association our annual banquet
has occurred. It took place at the Mercantile Club on the evening
of November 27th. The spirit which pervaded all the exercises
was that which is only found at a Deke gathering. About twenty-
five of the members of the Association met in the parlors of the
club, and, after half an hour's chat, adjourned to one of the private
dining-rooms, where they sat down to one of those delightful dinners
which the club steward knows so well how to prepare. After the
chairs were pushed back and the cigars lighted, Mr. E. S. Orr, the
Toastmaster, in his most happy manner called for the following
toasts: '' J K E" responded to by S. P.Spencer; " Initiation/' J.
Barrow ; '* J K E in the Law," Congressman Charles F. Joy ; '' A K E
in Medicine,** Dr. John Green ; " J /f £ in Business,** F. O. Spencer;
** The Ladies and Little Dekes,** Smith P. Gault. At the completion
of the list the Toastmaster called on some of the visitors for their
opinion ol J K Ey and Mr. Chas. S. Wiley told us how they ad-
journed court at Charleston to let him catch the last train which
would land him in St. Louis in time for the dinner. The toasts
were all that toasts ought to be, brimful of wit and stories, and
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only long enough to make us wish they were longer. At the busi-
ness meeting of the Association all the old officers, with the excep-
tion of our efficient Secretary, who begged off on the plea of too
much other business, were re-elected. Mr. Haughton, the old secre-
tary of the Association and our delegate to the last Convention,
gave us a most interesting account of the doings of the Convention,
and told us how well the Ciub and New York Dekes looked after the
visiting delegates. Congratulating telegrams from the Northwest-
ern Association and from the Council recalled to us that we were
but one link in the Deke chain, and that the joyous ringing of one
link is heard wherever the chain stretches.
George S. Johnson,
Secretary.
The Chattanooga Southern Association of J K E.
Our Association is in excellent shape. We are all wide awake
and doing everything in our power to make ourselves useful to the
Fraternity in this section, where there is an especially good field
for work.
The newly elected officers are : E. W. Mattson, President ; T. 8.
McCallie, Secretary and Treasurer; and J. B. Whitehead, Corre-
sponding Secretary. The annual banquet will take place in March.
We were represented at the last Convention, which was a very
great success. J. B. Whitehead,
Corresponding Secretary.
Harvard Association of J K E.
The regular monthly meetings of our Association have been
well attended and are typical Deke meetings in every respect.
Several of our members attended the initiation ceremonies of
Sigma Tau last fall. These exercises compared very favorably
with those of the older chapters of the Fraternity, while in the
energy and devotion of its alumni members, who were present to a
man, this chapter presents a worthy example to all. We assure the
Deke world that " our Tech men " have the true spirit of J K E,
and plenty of it
Nearly all of our Association were present at the New England
A K E banquet in February.
In the recent Yale- Harvard debate Brother T. L. Ross, Chi,
was leader upon the Harvard side.
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The a K E Association of Central New York.
The semi-annual reunion and banquet of the A K E Association
of Central New York was held on the evening of February 22d at
the chapter house of the Phi Gamma Chapter at Syracuse.
An elaborate menu was served at seven o'clock to about seventy-
five Dekes.
Judge N. B. Smith, Alpha Alpha, '65, of Pulaski, presided.
After the boys had done ample justice to the bill of fare, Rev. W.
H. Van Allen, Phi Gamma, '92, was introduced as Toastmaster. He
announced the following toasts in a very happy manner :
I. "The Chapters of the Association," • • £. L Edgcomb, Phi Gamma
"The University Qub," Cktlon Lewis, Ma
"The Tau Chapter," S. H. Palmer, Taa
"The Next Convention," . . . L. P. Smith, Phi Gamma
" Reminiscences," .... Hon. N. B. SMrrn, Alpha Alpha
"Our Hosts," H. I. Nottingham, Phi Gamma
A number of informal toasts followed, all ringing with A K E
enthusiasm. One by C. H. Andrews, Phi, was especially happy in
its allusions to the Association and the coming Convention.
Very naturally the Convention was frequently mentioned during
the evening, and Brother L. P. Smith in his toast gave a detailed
account of Convention arrangements, as far as could be done at this
time. Every Deke in the city may be counted on to do all in his
power to ensure the success of the Convention.
Before rising from the table the election of officers was held,
resulting in the re-election of each one.
The Association is especially to be congratulated in retaining
Judge Vann for the presidency.
The next event of the evening was the presentation of a laugh-
able farce by the active chapter of Phi Gamma. The play selected
was " Poison," as given by the Hasty Pudding Club, of Harvard,
and was admirably rendered. The A K E orchestra followed with
some selections, and later accompanied the boys in Deke songs,
rendered with an enthusiasm rarely excelled in A K E circles.
The evening closed by marching up stairs to the chapter room in
step to the inspiring strains of the A K E marching song, led by
Brother Gurley Miller on the cornet. Here the usual closing cere-
monies were held, and the boys separated after, perhaps, the most
enjovable evening in local A K E history.
W. Y. FOOTE, Secretary.
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Mountain Association of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
The second annual meeting of the Mountain Association of Delta
Kappa Epsilon was held at the Brown Palace Hotel on January loth.
After doing full justice to M. Keppler's elaborate ntenu^ the
members present enjoyed the following toast list :
TOASTMASTER, HeNRT T. RoGERS.
''The Mountain Association/' .... Robert W. Bontnge
"Reminiscences," John Pierce
" The Heraldry of J XJE,** Edmund J. Moffat
'' The Semi-Centennial/' George M. McConaught
" J KE in the Professions," Wiluam A. Ulman
•'Valedictory,*' Wiluam F. Slocum
The idea of the evening was a definition of the '* Spirit of Delta
Kappa Epsilon"; and while, from the reminiscences of white-
haired General Pierce to the predictions of Dr. Slocum, the speakers
all failed to tell in what the meeting with Brother Deke differed
from that with barbarian men, all united in agreeing that the differ-
ence was there, and in a marked degree the cause of higher and
better feelings.
A feature of the evening was the A K E songs, which have been
reprinted in the Mountain Association song book. Led by the
orchestra and Brother Joy, the effect was one to have made an active
chapter envious.
A difficulty that is frequently spoken of and definitely felt is the
distance of our Association from an active undergraduate chapter,
but, as far as possible, this is to be mitigated by the visits to active
chapters of our migratory members.
Frederick T. Snyder,
Sfcretary,
CHAPTER LETTERS.
PHI.
Sddom, if ever, in the history of 9 has so much interest been shown in the
society as has been manifested in the last four months. The new chapter
house, a need which every year 9 has felt more keenly, is now well under way.
Early in the year a strong committee was elected, and they at once set to work
on the preliminary arrangements. Mr. Stove Phelps, '90, was consulted as
architect^ and from him a set of plans were obtained which met with the unani
mens approval of the society. The site for its erection has not been definitely
decided on, but it will probably be on Grove street, between High and York.
It is estimated that the amount needed for the building and the prelim-
inary fittings will be about |3o,ooo. Of this sum over |4,ooo has been con-
tributed by the undergraduates alone, and, without any personal supervision,
the alumni have sent in, in answer to a circular, nearly |3, loo. Mr. W. W
Lounsbury, '94, has offered to see the alumni of 9 in New York and personally
present the cause to them. If this plan proves successful, then it will be tried in
the other large cities. The building will be 37 x 60 feet, and will be, when
completed, by far the finest Junior Society house in the University. The re-
newed interest, however, has not been confined alone to the new house, but has
shown itself as well in the meetings and occasional plays which are held
throughout the year.
The following men were initiated in November: P. R. Allen, F. F. Bennett,
K B. Hamlin, G. R Hatch, W. W. Heaton, F. W. Hoeninghaus, H. S.
Johnston, T. S. Kingman, P. C. Peck and T. B. Wells. Of these, Brothers
Allen and Bennett were among the twenty-eight men in the class who were
honored with the appointment of Philosophical Oration. When the '96 Board
of Editors of the Yale News met for organization in February Brother Stokes was
elected Chairman, and Neale, Business Manager. Brother Weyerhaeuser was
elected Chairman of the Alumni Weekly , while Peck and Johnston have been
elected to the boards of the Lit and Courant, respectively. At the end of this
year's football season Brother S. B. Thome was chosen Captain for the ensuing
year.
THETA.
Bowdoin and Theta have their usual message of peace and prosperity for the
Quarterly. With the exception of Shute and Russell, '97, who are out teach-
ing, all our active members are present in college. During the past football
so CHAPTER
waiMCfn the Dekes lost none of tiiar fcimer prcfiigc; being represented bj seven
men, while no other society had over three. Now dot die football season is
over, attention is directed to basffaal! and tiadL athleticsL A laige sqoad has
alreadj commenced active training in baseball vnder the capudncj of Fair-
bank, '95.
In the senior dection of officers, Dewer was chosen Oass Marshall, Christie
Historian, and Hohertj fir&t in one of the committeea,
Of the Junior Class officers, we have Kjes, Vice-IYesident, and Minot, Ivj
Da J Poet
Holmes, '97, has been elected Assistant Manager of die Foodnll Association,
and Haines, '97, one of the DirectoiSL
Minot, '96, was chosen President of die Boating Association, and Pettengill,
'98, a Director.
Bates, '96, has been elected Captain of next jear's 'Vaisitjr Football Team,
also squad leader in die annual Adiletic Exhibition.
On the Glee Clab we are represented bj Devrejr, '95, and l^d)ee, '98, and in
the Orchestra bf Holmes, '97, and Gardner, '98.
Baxter, '98, was chosen to fill the position at the cfaapd organ, which was
made vacant by the graduation of Brother Bliss, '94.
There has been onlj one literary appointment daring die last qtiarter — the
'68 prize extemporaneous speaking, which will occor in Jane. Hatch, '95, will
be one of die six speakers
It is seen from the above account that Theta of J KE is still occupying a
very prominent place in the affairs of Bowdoin.
Now that Theta is ^ly past her fiftiedi anniversary, she can review her
splendid record of a half century's existence with much satisfi^tion, and, while
she realizes that in this case it is not safe to judge of die future from her past, she
see no reason her record of the next half century may not be even more
brilliant
Theta wishes equal success and prosperity to all her sister chapters.
XI.
Since our last letter we have enjoyed our usual prosperity and success in
athletics, in scholarship and in hall work. The new delegation of last fidl is
proving itself worthy of the houor bestowed on it
The only college honors that have been given are the appointments for
Senior exhibition and the announcement of the four best Junior scholars. We
had one man out of four in the list of Senior speakers, and Brother Collins was
one of the best scholars in the Junior Class.
The honor bestowed on one of our alumni gratifies us exceedingly. Brother
Mathefvs, '91, has been chosen Instructor at Johns Hopkins University in
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geology. He is the third student from our chapter who has entered the geolog-
ical department there, and each has received the scholarship for his year.
All our energies are now bent on making our next reunion, which is the
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of our chapter, the greatest event in the his-
tory of the Fraternity here. It comes the same week as the seventy-fifth anniver-
sary of the founding of the college, and under such circumstances as will make it
a gala occasion. We shall have a big public meeting on the evening before Com-
mencement day, and of course we shall get the finest orator we can. Hon.
Josiah H. Drummond, of Portland, " the father of our chapter," will preside,
and we are to have an historical address and a poem by alumni of our chapter.
Nearly all our graduates will be present, and we are in hopes of giving our chap-
ter house fund such a boom that it will only be a short time before we have a
new home.
During this time of our reunion our " latch -string will be out" for every
Deke throughout the length and breadth of the land, and through the columns of
the QuA&TXRLT we extend to all our brothers a most cordial invitation to visit
us. We shall try to entertain them to the best of our ability.
SIGMA.
Sigma has no special news to report since her last letter to the Quarterly.
The winter term at Amherst is not marked by any special excitement, yet is by no
means dull. The Junior promenade wnich is held yearly in Pratt Gymnasium
came this year February 15th, and was, as usual, a brilliant social event The
various societies also hold receptions which help to break the monotony of study.
Sigma gave her winter reception February 33d at her pleasant house on the
hill, and the brothers made it the best the society has ever given.
The lecture course under the management of Brother Walker, '96, has been
one of the most enjoyable and profitable we have had for several years.
The baseball outlook for the coming spring, thus early in season, is most
encouraging. A goodly number responded to the call for candidates for bat-
tery positions and have been training regularly in the cage. The other men
begin practice in a week or two. Altogether Amherst expects to put a strong
team into the field in the spring with the present promising material.
The track athletic men and the relay team which meet Dartmouth in Boston
have been at work for some time and are showing up well.
On the Day of Prayer for Colleges we had addresses, among others, by two
of Sigma's men, Goodrich, '79, and Parker, '84.
Brother Wilde, '97, in convalescence from a severe attack of typhoid fever,
has started on a three months' tour in the Holy Land.
On February 33d the society initiated into the Freshman delegation Louis
£. Warner, of Northampton.
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One of the pleasantest features of this tenn has been the Saturday night
gatherings at the house. Each delegation in turn has taken charge of the enter-
tainment and furnished refreshments^ and the brothers have thoroughly enjoyed
these occasions. Nothing helps more to foster the sociability and hearty good
fellowship which are such notable characteristics of J KE.
GAMMA.
The bright prospects of the Vanderbilt football team of which we spoke in
our last letter were dimmed by only one defeat during the season.
Attention is now being turned to baseball. Brother Elliott has been chosen
Manager, and Brother Hendriz Captain, for this coming season.
Gamma was ably represented in the Thanksgiving debate by Brother Elliott
He was also our delegate to the great Convention in New York celebrating the
Semi-Centennial of our noble order.
On February 33d there will be an oratorical contest here to decide who shall
represent Vanderbilt in the Southern Intercollegiate contest Brother Matthews
will be one of the speakers on that date.
Our Glee Club made a tour of the principal southern cities during the
holidays. The trip was a decided musical and social success. Brothers Lund,
Hendrix and Morschheimer wore the diamond.
PSL
We of the Psi Chapter greet you, our brothers, at the commencement of this
new year.
We are a band of eighteen true and lo3ral Dekes, and we look forward to the
future with hope and confidence.
Since Christmas we have lost three good men. Brother Nesmidi, of the
Law Qass; Howze, '96, and Brown, '97.
We understand that Brother Nesmith is practicing law, and that Brothers
Howze and Brown have gone into business.
In compensation for the loss of these we have, since our last letter, received
into our mystic circle Brothers J. W. Little and H. J. Thornton, both of whom
are from Tuscaloosa, Ala., and are prombing members of the Class of '98.
Our chapter this year, as usual, has received her full share of University
honors.
Of the four classes, the Presidents of three of them are Dekes as follows:
Brother Pugh, '95; Brother Rhett, '97, and Brother Patton, '98.
We have on our Corolla board two Dekes, Brothers Pugh and Edgar, and
the Editor in Chief of our college paper is also a Deke.
In athletics we have been well represented. Brother McCants was a half
back of quite a reputation on our football team. Brother Pugh is President of
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the Athletic Association, and Brother Jenkins is Captain of the Field Day sports^
•8 well as Manager of the University baseball team.
We have candidates for the gymnasium, Field Day and baseball teams who
will be very likely to sustain our honor.
UFSILON.
Another year of college activity is now in full swing at Brown, and Upsilon,
as usual, stands foremost in all departments of college life. On the football
team that has so excellenUy represented Brown on the gridiron during the suc-
cessful season that has just closed, the Dekes were represented by Brothers G.
A Matteson, Chase and F. O. Jones. The team was materially aided by
Uatteson's magnificent goal kicking. The interests of general athletics are un-
der the direction of Brother Call, the energetic manager of the Athletic Associa-
tion, and Upsilon is represented by several brothers on the team. As has al-
ways been the case at Brown during past years, the ouUook for baseball is
wonderfully promising. Brother G. A. Matteson is Scorer for the Association,
and will manage the team next year. Brother Graves is the President of the
Association, and Brother F. O. Jones is Sophomore member of the Executive
Committee.
Brother G. A. Matteson was one of the Brown members of the American
Hockey Qub that recently played in Canada. Upsilon, it will be seen, is very
active in athletics. Brother Graves is President, Brother Steadman is Treasurer,
and Brother George, Director, of the Tennis Association. On the bowling
team we have Brothers Steadman and Foster, Brother Steadman being Manager
of the team.
In literary pursuits we hold a higher rank. Brothers Winters and Burrage
are on the editorial board of the Brunoman, and on the Herald Brothers Stead-
man and Coll are prominent editors. Brother Graves is Business Manager of the
collie annual, the Liber Brunensis.
The social event of the college year is the Gymnasium Ball, conducted by a
select committee of which Brothers Grant and Matteson, '96, are members.
Brother Graves is Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements for Class Day.
The '98 delegation is already stepping into prominence in college afifairs.
Brothers Gaskill and Corlen are respectively President and Vice-President of the
Qass. Brother Burrage is a member of the Symphony Society. Brothers Hand
and Graves were members of the Class eleven. Brother Gaskill is Freshman
Director of the Baseball Association. Since our last letter was published two
new members have been initiated into the chapter. Brothers W. H. Hand and
W. O. Shurrocks of tiie Qass of '98.
With active participation in all branches of college afifairs, Upsilon is moving
on through another year of success and prosperity.
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CHL
Since the last issue of this Qvartbrlt, we have taken in three men, in whom
we have secured good enthusiastic Dekes. These men are: Clarence Townes^
Minta City, Miss. ; W. M. Lea, Grenada, Miss. ; £. M. Fant, Friar^s Point, Miss.
In the Senior debate, in which two men are selected to speak Monday night
of Commencement week, our just share fell to us, which is one-half of all
honors, the place being won by Brother J. S. Hibbler, of West Point, Miss. As
no other contests have as yet come off, we have, of course, won no other honors^
that is, coll^iate honors, but we have won and held the admiration and love of
the " tender sex." The Dekes are they who are on hand at all the balls, and
for whom a sigh from many a tender throat issues.
Our mid-year examinations closed on the 35th of January, and it is needless
to say, the Dekes did not fisdl below the average. Chi sends her best wishes to
all worshipers of the Goddess of A KE.
BXTA.
The supporters of the denominational colleges in the State are endeavoring
to induce the present Legislature to withdraw the State appropriation from the
University. If this is done, the University will necessarily fiill, and with it we
have to lament very much that the only chapter of A KE in this State must cease
to exist
Beta is now flourishing in her new chapter house, which has eight rooms
with the hall above.
Our regular initiation takes place in about three weeks. L. J. Guion, '96,
Charlotte, N. C, is thus far the only initiate for the year. He has been elected
Captain of the Tarsity football team for the season of '95. We have filled this
position for two successive seasons. Beta's six representatives on the Glee^
Mandolin and Banjo Qub are reflecting much credit upon her.
Brother Eaton, of Dartmouth, recently paid us a very pleasant visit.
XTA.
Since our last letter this chapter has moved along smoothly, holding its
customary position in this University. There has happened but little worthy of
record except the preparations for our new chapter house, the erection of
which will probably begin as soon as the spring opens. Our chapter is looking
forward with considerable interest and self-congratulation to this event, as we
have had many difficulties to overcome.
Our members are at the front in all departments. Brother Nelson has been
elected Captain of the baseball team. Brother Craighill was Editor-in-Chief of
QUlege Topics for the first term, and Brother Price has been elected to the same
position for the remainder of the year.
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There is some talk of introdadng coeducation here, but the student body
and most of the fiicnlty being bitterly opposed to it, there is great doubt
whether we shall have this grievous calamity inflicted upon us. The University
of Viiginia has always been conservative in this matter, and it is to be sincerely
hoped that the festive cord will never obtain an entrance to our walls.
I noticed that in our last letter the names of Brothers Herbert Old, of
Norfolk, and Richard R Taylor, of Norfolk, were omitted from the chapter roll.
Brother Old has been here four years and will graduate in medicine this spring.
Brother Taylor has been here three years, and is applying for his B. L. this year.
KAPPA.
Since our last letter. Kappa has had the pleasure of entertaining, on
November 20th, the members of the other fraternities at the chapter house.
The University Mandolin and Glee clubs were present, and added not a little
to the success of the affair. The chapter has also lost a member, but has
succeeded in pledging another, leaving us as before with seventeen members,
a larger crowd than any other fraternity in Miami University. The chapter does
not count on numbers, but it is peculiarly significant, and we are glad of the
&cty that a small college should contain so many who are considered worthy to
be Dekes. On the whole. Kappa is working on a solid basis this year, the
meetings being enlivened by literary work of a beneficial nature.
After the first semester exams are over, we expect to have an enjoyable
social time by entertaining the Deke girls from the Western and Oxford College,
the two female institutions located at Oxford, O.
PI.
The first two or three weeks of the winter term have been quiet and
uneventful at Dartmouth, but the succeeding months will not be entirely devoid
of interesting occurrences. Among these, the most novel for us will be a public
contest in debate and original oratory for prizes which the college has recently
established. Four Seniors will participate in an extemporaneous debate, and
two Juniors and two Sophomores will deliver orations. It is altogether probable
that an interfratemity whist tournament, similar to one held last year, will soon
be arranged. Of more particular interest to the members of Pi is a minstrel
show and reception to which the chapter is soon to invite its lady friends. Last
winter we had a very excellent private minstrel show ; but for several years none
of the fraternities here has attempted a formal social entertainment, and we feel
sure that by making a successful beginning we shall gain considerable prestige.
The student body of Dartmouth will be called upon before long to decide
one of the most important questions which has ever arisen in connection with
its athletic interests. At the last meeting of the delegates of the Triangular Foot-
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ball League, it was TOied that Dartmondi diall not be allowed hereafter to play
her medical stndenti. The qnertioD 1% whether we care to complj with this
regulation and remain in the awodation, or prefier to continue to play the
'' medics" and withdraw. The opinion of the allege b divided. Many
think that the medical students have as good a right as any one else to
take part in athletics^ that we should make a great mistake in reducing by
nearly one-third the number of men from whom our deven is recruited, and
that we should be as well off out of die League as in it ; others believe that
membership in the League is worth a considerable sacrifice of what is certainly
our advantage and seems to us our right. The fiict that die delegates of die
League refused to award die pennant for last season to Dartmouth until the right
of Mr. Caverly to play should be settled by a special committee of arbitradon
has not in any way diminished our gratificadon at the victory of our team.
At the dme of writing, it is too eariy to make predicdoos in regard to Dart-
mouth's chances in the other athledc contests of the year. We shall compete
widi Amherst in a team race at the winter meet of the & A. A. We shall also
be represented at the next Mott Haven games for the first time. The candidates
for the baseball nine are to begin regular training at once.
The trip made by our musical dube last vacation is said to have been the
most satisfactory in the history of those organixadons. In the Glee Qub Pi has
three members, Brothers Scale, '95; Marshal, '97, and Crane, '98.
Among die other honors recendy gained by the chapter^s members may be
mentioned the fiu:t that the Freshman class voted to continue during the present
term all its officers for the last one, which means that Brother Marden is still
President, and Brother Hoyt, Vice-President
At the second annual Louis Pollen contest in Original Oratory, hdd by Pi
last term, Brother Gaycock, '96, a second time took the prise.
IOTA.
Central University opened her doors for the second five months' term on
January 2d with an increased attendance.
It is yet too early to say with any degree of definiteness to whom the honors
of '95 will &1L Yet we can safdy say that in the final summing up, A KE
will come in for her usual share. Already Brother Bamam has been chosen
President of the Epiphilidian Sodety. Brother Glass represents us on the
AUanHs stafif, while Brother Lair is President of the Athletic Assodation.
We have four men in the Senior class. Brothers Martin, Jackson, Glass and
Bumam.
Since our last letter to the QuAaTK< Iota has sustained a deep loss in the
death of our brother, Harry F. Goodloe. His death occurred on December 5,
after a brief illness. Brother Goodloe was a member of the Senior dass, and
possessed one of the brightest minds in the University.
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ALPHA ALPHA.
Tliis winter tenn is, with us, one of hard work and rather nneventfhl; and
while, peiiiapsy the term of the college year most difficult to interest others in^
Jtt, if possible, it is the one in which we enjoy our chapter life best, find our-
selves together more as a chapter and become most firmly knitted together.
We have a very pleasant custom of meeting informally on the Sunday afternoons
of the winter term at the chapter's rooms, thus becoming more and more at-
tiched to the old place and to each other.
Our Freshman delegation is fulfilling all we hoped for. Three of the six
played on the 'Varsity football team, with a fourth as a substitute, and four of
them are trying for the baseball team. The following were the five men who
represented the chapter on the regular football team last year: Grant, '95;
Munroe, '96; Skulcs, '98; Wells, '98; Hubbard, '98. Brother Adams, '95, is
Captain of the college baseball team, this being his second year in that capacity.
We can tell better later as to whether we have all the positions or only half on
the team.
Our refwesentatives to Convention report a glorious time and royal entertain-
ment by the Council and J KE Qub of New York City, returning with, if pos-
sible, renewed enthusiasm for our A KE.
OMICROK.
At this particular time of the year few attractions of special interest are to be
found in Ann Arbor. For the present the average student casts all pleasure
aside and makes most strenuous efforts towards a successful completion of four
months' toil.
October with us is usually a busy month, made so by the interest we all fed
in the successful formation of each Freshman class, and also by our efforts in
bringing such interests to reap fortunate results.
Our delegates returned from the Convention with glowing accounts of the
pleasure their short stay in New York afforded them.
On the evening of November 27th the Detroit Alumni Association gave their
annual banquet, which proved to be one of the most enjoyable J KE gather-
ings we have experienced in years.
The annual ball was given on February 15th. Among the fraternities this
is, perhaps, the most important social event of the college year.
In the department of athletics I may say in regard to football that the ex-
pectations of the most ardent enthusiast were this year fully realized. Prospects
for next season are even brighter, as we expect to have an eleven that will be able
to successfully compete with all of the eastern teams.
Predictions for baseball would at this date be a little early. We, however, hope
to have a team that will accomplish better results than those attained last year.
68 CHAPTER LETTERS.
It may be of interest to onr sister chapters to learn that Omicron has passed
a law prohibiting undergraduates from joining any other college secret
society.
We regret the withdrawal from college of two members during the last month.
Onr number, however, still remains rather large.
IFSILON.
Epsilon ended the first term of the year with bright prospects, and regrets
only the departure of the '94 delegation, whose attainments were of so high
a nature as to serve as a model for their successors. The Coll^;e Glee, Banjo
and Mandolin ' clubs, whose western trip last year was a success from every
standpoint, have been working hard during the past term, and much progress
has been made for a similar trip this coming April The following cities are
to be visited: New York, Albany, Buffalo, Qeveland, Columbus, Cincinnati,
Chicago and Milwaukee. Brothers Folsom, '96; Corbin, '97; Floyd, '98, are
members of the Mandolin Gub, which is under the leadership of Brother
McDowell, '96. Brothers Bragdon, '98, and Rust, '98, represent us on the Glee
Qub. Those who took the trip last year reported most generous treatment
from Dekes along the route, and especially from the Omicron Chapter.
The editor-in-chief-ship of the WQUamt Weekly^ which has been held by Epsi-
lon for the last four years, passed into other hands with the retirement of
Brother Furman, '95. Brothers Bailey, '96, and Robinson, '96, are still on the
editorial staff.
The Junior Dramatic Committee, of which Brother McDowell, '96, is a
member, intend to present a light comic opera during this term. The proceeds,
by the vote of the Junior Class, are to be given to the athletic treasurer as a
foundation of a fund for the erection of an athletic house on Weston Field.
Epsilon's annual banquet took place at the J £ £ club house. New York
City, February 33, 1895. Some definite plans were discussed for rebuilding
our chapter house this spring.
RHO.
Rho reports progress, not the conventional progress of a committee, but
the materiid progress so characteristic of everything pertaining to Delta Kappa
Epsilon. The dear old Fraternity songs are still ringing in our ears from
Saturday night, February 3, on which evening we had the first of a series of
"Smokers" which have been arranged to take place in our Hall this winter.
The committee on arrangements did everything in their power to make the
afiSur a grand success, and such it was. Brothers Shull, Pfatteicher and Stod-
dard contributed towards the instrumental part of the programme, while
Brother Martin, our Irish comedian, kept the boys in almost constant fits of
laughter.
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There is only one item of importance concerning the college which we
would bring our readers. La&yette is to have a large and well-equipped library
building, to be built as soon as the weather will permit the workmen to begin
excavating. It will be reared on the old South College ball ground, south of the
college office.
Brother ShuU was elected Toastmaster for the Senior banquet to be held in
Boston during the latter part of May.
Brother Pfiitteicher was elected Class Poet at the same meeting of the Senior
dass.
Brother Earnest is President of the Sophomore class, and Brother Walbridge
of the Freshman class. This is the important term in these classes, as they
hold their banquets during this term. These gentlemen are, consequently,
Toostmasters at their respective banquets.
Brother Stoddard is author of " Ninety-seven's Calculus Play."
There are at present twenty undergraduate members in the chapter. Since
our last communication to the Quarterly we have initiated Brothers William
Hemy Wells, '96, of Reading, Pa., and William Cope, '98, of Nazareth, Pa.
TAU.
Hamilton, together with the other interested colleges, is rejoicing over the
prospect of $150,000 more from the Fayerweather estate. By the will of Hon.
Cy. K Dexter, '43» his Alma Mater is to receive not less than $50, oca
The coll^;e baseball team has decided to stay out of the State Intercollegiate
Anodation this year, and, instead, to take an eastern trip. Tau has several
promising candidates for the team.
The Glee and Banjo clubs are to take a trip in the near future. We are
represented on them by Brother Alison, '96, who is leader of the Banjo Club,
and Brother Smith, '98.
Brother Aiken, '95, has been awarded the prize in "Kirkland " oration.
Tau opened the social season by giving a dancing party at the chapter house
on the evening of January 16.
Brother Kelsey, '98, was a member of the Freshmen Committee which gave
a dance on January 28.
The four members of the active chapter who had the pleasure of attending
the great Convention in New York were Brothers Aiken, '95; Palmer, '95; Wood,
'96; Kelsey, '98.
A summary of Tau's scholarship for the past six years shows a total of 83
prizes and honors, her nearest rival, 2 4^, having taken only 65^.
MU.
During the last quarter our chapter has maintained its high position at
Colgate.
M CHAmX LETTBtS.
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their d«eti(Mk Their BOBiber hm ttamdj been nensKd bf the tnltudoo of
T. tfhny Lmtat. of New Y.^ Otf.
We w^ M omhI, veil Ufnaau ed oa aU ifae coOcgc or^anstioaft. On the
dm dwlb hmr are t>etu», em the B>^ dub, two xad oa the IfiiMWin Clnb
two, OfdMi«UiMMN«*bo«d AcZdtoar'fli'CkiefaDdoDeofdKMairbeloDg
to ovr dK^ter, aad Ae Dnaatic Oab bos » Deke fer id Pnadcnt sud one foi
IliMsMger.
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■ Mi y caitdidaiw akcadj tnimig for poaition^ aad Ae ^«r**™- Brodicr F. A.
Monro, i> eamUent ot iwfiag tiaXLaa. — **— ^T The »faednle of gima
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Brother Dearborn wa> le-deeted Fceaid^ of '97.
Brodter Hodges recdwd the petaideacj of the Fnahaaa d*«L
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Beta Phi hia a mott enconragiog report to make. Amoog the honon won
bjF her men lince onr last letter we wonld mendoB that Brodier Van Voorfaii,
'95, baa been elected Presideot <rf the Intercollegiaie Aihledc Aeodation;
Brother Walltt, '96, Manager of the "Interprea" Board and also Football
Manager for next aeaaon; Brotlier Richards, '96, Janior Bone Orator; Brother
Palmer, '97, Vk»-President of hii daas; Brother Smith, '97, Class Hiatorian, and
Brother Baker. President of tiw Class of '98.
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On the fi)otbaU eleven were Brothers Montgomery and Puffer of '9$, and
Baker and ^^^lliams of '98.
Of the committees in charge of the college minstrel show which is to be
given next month. Brother Van Voorhis is chairman of the Students' Committee,
while Brother Wright, of the Gass of 91, is SecreUry and Treasurer of the Com-
mittee fix>m the alumnL Beta Phi's men will no doubt have some of the most
important parts in the entertainment.
The party given by the chapter Friday evening, February ist, was one of the
leading social events of the college year. The floors of the spacious parlors
were crashed, and the mantels and fireplaces enveloped in a profusion of plants
and flowers, and the music for the hundred dancers floated in from the hall,
where Dossenbach's orchestra was concealed in a bower of palms and smilaz.
Sapper was served by Teall in two rooms on the upper floor, draped with the
colors of the Fraternity. Besides the resident alumni of our own and other
colleges, it was our pleasure to entertain Brothers Aikenhead and Poole of Delta
Chi
PHI CHL
Greetings from 4^ X to sister chapters. We are in our usual state of pros-
perity, and as active as ever in all branches of college life.
Since the completion of the new "Gym," athletics have been booming at
Rutgers. The men are in winter training for the baseball and track teams,
and we are sure of a good representation in each.
Boxing has been revived, and a club organized in which A KE is fully repre-
sented.
The Trustees of the college have given the students a quarter-mile track, for
either wheeling or running. This will be a great addition to our field, as the
track which we are now using is too small for bicycles.
The Banjo and Guitar clubs have been reorganized with a membership of
about twenty, and has very bright prospects for the future. A Mandolin Club
has also been started.
But about X, We are, as at the last time of writing, represented by six
men on the Glee Club, one on the Board of Editors of the Targum, two on the
Students' Self-Govemment Committee, and three on the "Senate," the govern-
ing body of the dormitory. Brother Loud is a member of the Senior Class
Play Committee, Brother Van Ness is on the Junior Ball Committee, and we are
also represented on the Sophomore Cremation Committee.
The influence of the late Convention is still felt in the chapter, and the true
J KE spirit is shown more strongly than ever.
FSI PHI.
The second semester at De Pauw opened propitiously for Psi Phi. She has
captured three of the best students from the Freshman and Sophomore classes.
62 CHAPTER LETTERS.
viz.. Brothers Healer Sassater and Jnlins C. Bone, '98, and Brother Albert
Rand, '97.
As De Pauw is noted throughout the State for her scholarship, so in her
Interstate Association is she noted for oratory, and none the less there does V 9
hold the palm of victory. In our late college contest, of the first four places we
took two, and for the first time in the history of De Pauw has a Sophomore
(Brother Nadel) taken second place above two Seniors and two Juniors.
In the School of Military Science we have Brother Abbott, CapUin; Brother
Iglehart, First Lieutenant ; Brother Buchanan, First Lieutenant and Adjutant;
and Brother Ritter, First Lieutenant of Artillery.
In the field of athletics we have special hopes for Brother Basye as catcher
on the 'Varsity nine.
Several of our brothers are among the leaders in the gymnasium, and
participated in a special exhibition on Washington's Birthday.
In the Glee Club we are represented by Brothers Abbott, Iglehart, Nadel
and Ritter.
On the Junior Mirage Board, Brother George W. Kenny holds an important
position, and deserves much credit for his work there.
Brother Orville Pratt is Subscription Agent on the De Pauw Weekly.
Several of our alumni brothers of Indianapolis make us frequent unex-
pected but much appreciated visits. They are : Brother Gilmore, with Mason
k Latta, attorneys ; Brothers Dotey and Higdon, of the City High School — ^the
former Instructor in English, and the latter of Mathematics. Also Brother
Robinson, Superintendent of Spencer High Schools, and Brother Johnson, In-
structor of Latin in De Pauw.
Brother Lewis N. Neale, of Iota, was here during this year until the first of
December.
We very much appreciated Brother Neale's stay among us, and r^et that
sickness, though not severe, was sufficient to take him to his Kentucky home.
Sickness has caused Brothers Glen, Soule and Earnest Welch also to be tem-
porarily absent
With Brother Ritter in the Department of Biology, chosen instructor pro
tern, upon the resignation of Professor Norman, and Brother Basye Tutor in the
Department of Greek — in all we feel encouraged over our year's record and
prospects.
Greetings and best wishes to sister chapters from Psi PhL
GAMMA PHI.
During the recent typhoid epidemic at Wesleyan, Gamma Phi probably
suffered the most of any fraternity. The first death was that of Brother A W.
Qark, of Derby, Vt. Brother Clark was with us for so short a time, having
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been initiated only two weeks, that we had scarcely become acquainted with
him ; bat from what we did see, we found him to be in every way a man. He
prepared for college at Montpelier Seminary, and there he was the most popular
man in the school He was a fine scholar, a good athlete and a Christian man.
We realize that Gamma Phi lost a true brother and A KE^ %, man of
whom she would have been proud in years to come.
In all, fourteen brothers were taken with the fever. Brothers Le Compt,
'96 ; ^ger, '96 ; Kent, '97 ; Brock, '98, and Darby, '98, all of whom were
sick, have been obliged to give up this year's work, but will return next year.
It has been thought that this epidemic would injure us and the college in
general, but since the fever has been found to be due to germs found in New
Haven oysters, we hope it will not affect us materially.
Wesleyan's hard luck in football continued throughout the season, due, to a
large extent, to poor management After much urging. Brother Leo, '95, con-
sented to captain the team, and by hard work and untiring efforts he brought it
to such a condition that Wesle3ran made a fair showing in the last two games.
Brother Alexander, '98, played throughout the season at left end, and is con-
sidered the best player in college.
Gamma Phi was represented at the Convention by Brother Waltz, '95, and at
the banquet by Brothers Ackerly, '95 ; Leo, '95 ; Thayer, '95 ; Chase, '96 ;
Davies, '96, and Alexander, '98. We were very much pleased with the showing
of oar Fraternity, and were filled with new enthusiasm for our beloved A KE.
The Glee Club has made some very successful trips both North and South.
Gamma Phi was represented by Brothers Miller, '96, and Hawk, '98.
We have already begun to look ahead for our '99 delegation. One man is
pledged and two more the same as pledged.
We are now living in our new house. On the afternoon and evening of Feb-
raary ist we gave a house-warming, which was one of the most successful social
events of the season. Perhaps some extracts from local papers will give a better
idea of our house than can be written :
"In a word, the Dekes have the finest college club-house in the State." —
Middleimon Herald,
" From the occupancy of a small room it has advanced until now it is the
proud possessor of the handsomest college fraternity home on the hilL
'' Last evening the house presented a most brilliant appearance, as the electric
lights shone through the stained glass windows, many of which are of emblematic
design, and are emblazoned with the letters A KE, As carriage after carriage
deposited its richly dressed ladies and the wide doors opened to receive them, the
scene within was one for an artist's brush.
" Hail, Gamma Phi, throned by the river's side ! Long may you prosper and
countless stars of glory be added to your already glittering diadem." — MiddUiawn
TrUmne, February 2d.
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MiDDLnoiw, Fdmmj ad.
''The Delta Kappa £(wIo«i Gob Hoiise^ on Higiuenxc, was tbe icene of the
soft dabofale dob recepcioii ever given in thia dtf. About fewt, hnndredenests
called to tee the renovated acmctore and to congratslate tbe Weaicjaa 'I>^es'
on tbe completioo of tbe beantifsl smprovenienta. Tbe a£ur was given added
interest bf tbe presence of Governor G>ffin, wbo is an hopor ar y alnmnns of tbe
dMpter. "^—Hartf&rd Dmif P^ti.
Manf prominent dtisens of M iddletown vA alnmns of Gamma Phi were
present. We were glad to en t ertain foor of oor Alpha Chi brocbegs.
We hope to have a cm iA tbe home and a detaiW descripdon in the next
iasoe of tbe QfTAtrmLT.
P9I OVXGA.
Tbe winter months at R. P. L arealmostvoidof incident and of interest, and
as it is at tbe Inititote so it is with firatemitiea.
Fn Omega has led an even, nneventfol life since the winter set in. We sos-
tained a severe loss at Christmas hj the fiulnre to retnm of Brothen Reed and
Martin, both of '98.
Both were Freshmen, hot were popohr, and Vwl Omega loses in them two
stannch sopporteni
There bos been a great change in the management of adiletics at the Institnte,
which everyone hopes will raise the standard ofalhletica
The old R. P. L Union has been dissolved and it has merged into a stronger
and better organization.
Brother Voorhees, '96, was dected President, and Brother Jones, '96,
Treasurer.
Tbe Glee, Ifandolin and Gnitar Gab is enjojing a most soccessliil season
nnder tbe efficient management of Brother Robinson, '96.
Its trip dnring onr Febmarj vacation was one of the pleasantest memories of
college year.
We have a fall share of the honors distribated at the Institate, both by faculty
and by fellow-stadents. Brother L. P. Reed, '94, of Denver, CoL, received the
McDonald Prize for the best thesis at gradaation. This prize is sought for with
great determination by every member of the graduating class, and it is, indeed
an honor to win it We also have President of Union, Treasurer of Union,
Editor-in-Chief of annual, the Trantii; Manager of Glee, Mandolin and Guitar,
Qub, Manager of neit year's football team. Manager Freshman football
team, President of '96 Class, and President and Toastmaster of '98 Class.
BETA CHL
We are about to open the second term of a very successful year. Adelbert
has added to its most excellent corps of teachers several new professors, among
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whom is Brodier Holme, of Gamma. Brother Fuller has lately been elected to
die hew position of Dean of the College. As nsnal we have been well repre-
sented on the football team, which did exceptionable good work this year, and
Btodier Evans, '96, has been elected Captain of the baseball team for the com-
ing season. On the Glee and Mandolin clubs, B X had five of its members.
Bf the gradnation of the Class of '95 we will lose four of our men — Stockwell,
Stewart, Ridey and Scholej— of whom Brother Stewart was Captain of the foot-
ball team and an Editor on the Reserve ; Brother Scholey is one of the Editors of
the Addberi and Assistant Manager of the Glee and Mandolin clubs ; Brothers
Stockwell and Ridey have been a credit to the chapter, both by their efforts in
the coll^ie work and on the football field. Besides these members of '95 who
were on the football team, were Brother Wilson, of the Law School, and Brother
Gaylord, also of the Law School, both playing excellent games in their positions.
Brother Evans, '96, unfortunately fractured his shoulder in the early part of the
season, hence was nnable to play his old position at full-back, but it was filled by
Brother Rieley.
Brothers Fuller, '97; Smith, '97, and Rudolph, Law School, are at present
engaged in publishing a new monthly magazine, which will be edited by men
from each department of the University. Thus with our men the foremost in
all phases of college life, we can say that B X was never in a more prosperous
Gcmdition.
This year's initiates are Richard Hilliard Gaylord, Case avenue, Qeveland,
O. ; Max Joseph Rudolph, Mentor, O. ; Arthur Hughes, Wilson avenue,
Qeveland, O.
DXLTA CHL
Delta Chi has nothing but tidings of prosperity for her sister chapters. Since
our last quarterly letter, the chapter and the University have made rapid
advances in every way. At a recent meeting of the Athletic Council, it was
decided to send our crew to England to compete with the British oarsmen in the
Henley Regatta. A race with our Freshmen and those of Columbia College is
more than probable, and if Cornell maintains another crew to row against
Pennsylvania, we will have quite an aquatic representation at home and abroad.
The talk of abolishing intercollegiate athletic contests at this University has been
given wide circulation in the various papers throughout the country, ad nauseam.
A good deal of credence perhaps is given to these ill-timed reports of improbable
occurrence, owing to their having their origin in one of the corps of instruction
of the University.
Cornell's success last &11 on the football field is too recent and well known to
more than mention the fi&ct, save that in Brother Chi, '97 (full-back), Cornell
wins her first representation on the All-America team.
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On the '97 Class football team, A KE was well represented by Brother Hill,
and on the '98 eleven by Brother Nellegar.
Besides gaining the Vice-Commodore of the Navy in Brother McCalloh, '96,
we have Brother Ohl, '97, Osborne, '96, and Stebbins, G., training for the
"Varsity, and Brother Nellegar, '98, for the Freshman crews. Brother Baldwin,
'96, maintained a position on the Glee Qub quite worthy of ns on its Christmas
trip throughout the South and West
In the Class balls which are so deservedly popular, we were represented on
the various committees by Brother Place, '97, on the Sophomore Cotillion ; by
Brother McCuUoh, '96, on the Junior Promenade ; and by Brother Jewett, '95,
on the Senior Ball.
We have in Brother Thome, Law School, '96, an efficient Manager of the
lacrosse team, and in Brother Osborne, '96, a most excellent player. Brothers
Jewett, '95, and Pope, '98, secured the respective presidencies of two of the four
class banqueting clubs. Brother Stebbins, G., made an energetic stage
manager of the ''Masque," with Brothers Cool, '96; Grabay, '97, and Holbrook,
'96, taking prominent parts in the Junior week play.
We had the pleasure of informally opening our new hall on Thanksgiving last,
and its beauty and accommodations have been the wonder and envy of alL
We are pleased to note the welcome visits of Brothers R. C Watson, A, '69;
S. T. King, '84; D. S. Tuttle, '91; A. J. Horner, '91; J. M. Bloss, '92; R. C.
Wilson, '92; W. H. Brown, '93, and H. W, Strong, '94, all of this chapter.
DELTA DKLTA.
The University of Chicago and the Delta Delta Chapter of A KE began the
New Year together with every promise of splendid future success. There is a
noticeable increase in the number of students in the undergraduate department
this year, and it b expected that, as usual, the best of the new men will be
wearing the star-studded diamond of A KE before the year has gone by.
The football season of '94. which was brought to a close by the trip of the
team to California and the games there with the Leland Stanford, Jr., team, has
been considered the most successful in the history of the U. of C, and augurs
well for the seasons yet to come. In regard to the work of the team of '94, one
word must be said in praise of the playing of Brother H. G. Gale, '96, whose
work at full-back and left end was deserving of the highest mention. Brother
H. T. Chace, '96, also, as substitute end, although handicapped by numerous in-
juries, made a very creditable showing.
Football, however, for the time being has become a thing of the past, and
now baseball has again returned to the throne of college sport Brothers R.
W. Webster, '95, and C. S. Pike, '96, of last year's nine, together with Brothers?.
H. Minard, '95, and L. B. Vaughn, '96, have gone into training, and it is
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almost sore that Delta Delta will have at least two of her men on the team of
1895. This season's nine in all probability will take a trip East to cross bats
with the eastern college teams.
Brother H. C Holloway, '96, is again a candidate for the captaincy of the
Track Team, while Brothers G. Bliss, '97, as a bicycle rider, and S. S. Mc-
Qintock, '97, and R. Law, '98, as runners, will in all likelihood find places on
the team.
Brothers H. T. Chace and G. Bliss represent J J on the Mandolin Gab, and
Brothers H. R. Caraway, '95, and £. Walling, '97, are members of the Banjo
Qab.
Brothers C S. Pike, '96, as Managing Editor, W. N. Atwood, '96, as
Business Manager, and H. T. Chase, '96, as Assistant Editor, are the three
representatives oi A KE on the Editorial Board of the Ct^ and Chum^ the
first U. of C annnal.
Brother Law, '98, is President of the Academic Colleges, and is also Business
Manager of the Dramatic Gub.
Brother Pike is President of the University Dramatic Club.
In the social world of the University, the Dekes have been more than hold-
ing their own. A series of informal dances, under the able management of
Brother R. W. Webster, '95, have been given at intervals during the h\\ and
winter quarters, and have won no little social prestige for Delta Delta. Brother
Webster is also one of the Managers of the Washington Promenade, an annual
a£Eur given by the University College.
In conclusion, one cannot refrain from writing a few words relative to the
"First Annual A K E Assembly" given by the Delta Delta Chapter at
"Bourinques" on the eighth of February, and which was the event of the year
in the annals of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity in the Northwest
Brothers H. R. Caraway, '95, R. W. Webster, '95, and L. B. Vaughan, '96,
had the management of the assembly in charge, and made this affair a mem-
orable one in the history of J KE. It is hoped this event will be only one
link in many that will bind the hearts of the older and younger members of
A KEin close fraternal union, and bring the Delta Delta Chapter and the
Northwestern Alumni Association in close connection.
PHI GAMMA.
The winter term at Syracuse finds Phi Gamma in a most happy condition.
The welcome information that the next Convention will be held in Syracuse,
under the auspices of the Central New York A KE Association, is very grati-
fying to us and the large number o( A K E alumni in Central New York.
Brothers Hodge, Pierson, Brown and Houghton, who represented Phi Gamma
68 CHAPTER LETTERS.
at the recent Conventioii, report to us a most enthn^astic gathering and enjoy-
able time.
Since the close of the football season, college affairs have been very qniet
The football team succeeded in finishing second in the New York State Inter-
Coll^iate Football League. Brother Bond, '94, was the coach throughoat the
season. Brother F. T. Pierson, '96, has been elected Football Manager for next
season. The cold weather has hindered the work on the new athletic field, bat
the erection of the new grand stand is being rapidly pushed. It will hold, when
completed, over a thousand people. The basement will be fitted out as a cage
for the baseball team.
The track athletic team have begun training in the gynmasium, and will
shortly hold an indoor meet under the auspices of the Sjrracuse Orange Athletic
Qub, a new organization, of which Brother £. S. Van Duyn, '97, is President
This club will have a general supervision of University athletics. Only promi-
nent athletes may become members. Brother Alexander W. French has been
elected Captain of the Freshman athletic team.
We are glad to announce the addition to our chapter roll of Samuel Haven
Glassmire, '98, who was initiated on November 9th.
A new department will shortly be added to the University in the form of a
Law SchooL The Trustee and Alumni committee who have the matter in
charge are expected to report at the next Trustee meeting, and the new depart-
ment will undoubtedly be on its feet at the beginning of the next collegiate
year.
It has been the privilege of the Syracuse University students to have a num-
ber of interesting lecture courses open to them this winter, through the kindness
of alumni and friends of the University.
A course has been given by Annie S. Peck, of the American School of Arch-
eology at Athens, Greece, upon ancient and modem Athens.
Dr. B. W. Bacon has just finished a course of morning lectures on Bible
Literature, which has had much to do with the higher criticism.
Another course has just been begun on economic and political questions, at
which several noted lecturers on these subjects will address the students.
A large engraving, 7 by 17 feet in size, of the famous Sistine Chapel ceiling,
has been received for the art galleiy. This copy is the only one known to the
college authorities.
The Glee and Banjo and Mandolin Qubs had a successful Christmas trip.
Engagements were filled in the cities in the northern part of New York State
and Canada.
The mid-winter banquet of the Central New York AKE Association was
be held at the chapter house of Phi Gamma on February sad.
Chancellor Day, who has been seriously ill, is recovering.
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GAMMA BXTA.
Since yoa last heard from me FB has been getting on prosperously. In
bet, we have been right in it, so to speak. We are well represented in all affairs
of the college. Brodier Rjerson is leading the Madolin Qub, on which we are
wdl represented. Brother Cok3nidall has captured the presidency of his class.
Brother Shepherd is Manager of the Musical Society. Brother Hungerford is
managing the "Varsity baseball team. Brother Conover, a recent acquisition,
has been appointed Business Manager of his class crew. We expect to be well
represented on Columbian Board, baseball, crew and track athletics, etc. ; but as
the latter are not yet chosen it is impossible to tell what we may do. Since our
last letter we have had two initiations, in which we have taken in exactly the
men we wanted. Our annual J KE dance was held on February 15th at Jar-
ger^s, and was a very successful affair.
Best greetings to all from FB.
THKTA ZITA.
Theta 2^eta has nothing but continued prosperity and success to report since
her last letter.
Our chapter house has been enlarged and improved in many ways, and, with
the advantage of its grounds and surroundings, easily surpassed any other local
chapter house. The chapter roll numbers twenty-six, two of the brothers—
Brc^her Starr, '97, and Brother Chickering, '98 — having taken short leaves of
absence, the latter for a three months' trip to Europe. We have with us, how-
ever. Brother Porter, '94, who has been on the United States Topographical
Survey, and who is back taking some post-graduate work.
The University has made rapid strides in every way during the past year.
Bills for appropriations for new buildings, which are much needed, aggregating
over $500,000, are now before the State Legislature, and there is every indica-
tion that they will be passed. The total registration in the University is some-
what over 1,700.
The Dekes had a practical monopoly in the Junior Day exercises of the Qass
of '96. The fiu-ce selected from among many offered in competition was writ-
ten by Brother Russ. who is also Blue and Gold Editor for the year. Brother
Thompson is President of the Class.
The chapter celebrated the nineteenth anniversary of its founding at its an-
nual banquet at the California Hotel, in San Francisco, on December 8, 1894.
Over sixty were present, including active members and alumni, and it is need-
less to say that the affair was successful and enjoyed by all.
ALPHA CHL
Again comes round the summons for our chapter letter, and Alpha Chi is
glad to report progress. Friday evening, November 23d, we held our initiation.
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Mfed five flKMPt y^K^ flMB VPCR initwlrd lotD ^le uijFilfiiBi of A KEL Tli^ were
Marc W. Cole. 'jr7: Howard D. FlingitaB, 97; Lonif A. Hopkmt, '97; Mor-
gan fL Gaftwrigixty '98, and JaBMS W. lioord, '9^ Brother Fliapcoo Is 00 the
JBa&jo Cliib, and Brolfaer Hopkiaa m a mendier of ^ Tnm dob.
Tbe foodiaU aeaaoo i^uch bas joat doaed ham been a moat fnccrwftil one.
Webave won four ontof tbe aeven^aagMBpliTed.
We bave tbroe men on tbe GSee Qnb and two on ^ Banjo Qnb. We
fiijiwi to ^ve a joim canoBn aoon wx& Wea&ejwn.
firotber PeaBroae, '$^. baa been Te-etecied Captain of ^ baaeball team.
Tbe dag of '95 reoenth- i^acted Brodier Smart C3a» HtiTaffTan Tht Tailed
pfiae for vene was capiiued bj Broidiei Olcoc
Tbe Dsamatic Qnb is in a fionxadiing conditian, tbanks to tbe efficient man-
agement oTBrotber Smart. '95. Hmt l eoe mlj pamented two pbtys, *' Cbimis,''
the Harvard anooei^ and ^* Genns.** an od^inal oomedj written by Ptofeasor
C F. Jobnaon.
Broliier Danker, in tbe rc^ of JMr. Snm/in '^Gbsnu," made the bit of the
At a recent nkeednf of tbe Aibktic Amnrartion, Brother Cotter, '97, was
cfectedTreaaBxerofdfeeFoodHLD Amodabon. and Brother Caitwxight was elected
Freshman member of tbe £ancBtrve Commmne.
Brocher Bnrton^ *Sc:. one of oar darter members, delivered a lectore in Al-
amni HaU* Mondaj evening on ^' Dogs and Dof literature," adiich was well
r eo o red br a laj^ge aadienoe.
Brodier Barrows, *8a, another one of oar chiner member^ recently paid as
a Tiatt and ipenta rcnr pleasant erenii^ talking over oldtimea.
We have off:ganixed a dee and Banjo Qnb among onrsdTe^ and as we have
conabdcnble talent, tl»eaongs of J iiEare whooped np in good shape;
m ipsojok.
Phi Epsilon's growth and prosperxtr has onlj been equaled bythe wonderfal
growth and marvdoos devdopment of tl»e UnirersztT in which it is founded.
We number fourteen brochen; and erery one of tbat " noble and glorious band "
is a worthy r ep r esentative of the weareis of *' the Diamond and the Scroll"
Their past record has been a most successful and envious one; and we fed confi-
dent of our ability to maintain our high standard. In all lines of University
work our men are represented. We are neither "digs ** nor " sticks ** but a
crowd of "jolly good fellows" as a brief summary will show: On the 'Varsity
football eleven we had N. F. DaLrympIe, '95, right end. and J. S. Dalrymple,
'96, left tackle. N. F. Dalrymple holds the University record for the 100 and
ISO-yard dashes. The " biggest " honor which one can recdve in coUege (in the
way of athletics) falls toone of our men, £ e.. Brother Van Sant, '95, is Manager of
the football team for the coming year. On last year's baseball team we had three
CHAPTER LETTERS. 71
brothen, Northway, Ritchie and Van Sant This year we hope at least to equal
our record. In literary work we have not been ontdone. Brother Stout, '96,
is Editor-in-Chief of the new literary monthly magazine, while Brother Van Sant
is one of the Editors. Brother Baldy, '95, is our representative on our weekly
pablication (TheArieL) Our men have not been neglected in appointments on
committees for Commencement Dalrymple (Chairman) and Van Sant are
members of the Senior Promenade Committee, while Stont and Mitchell are on
for the Class Day Committee. J. S. Dalrymple and Higbee are our representa-
tives on the Junior Promenade Committee. On the University Male Quartette are
Ritchie and Baldy. We have many minor offices too numerous even to mention.
Our ** House Question" is being seriously agitated. We have a lot, and if
we do not have some kind of a house before long, it will not be any fiiult of
ours. We have the strongest alumni backing in the twin cities of any fraternity
here. Many of our alumni are of our own chapter, and are most enthusiastic
and loyal. We do not have to trumpet our own praise, for, like Themistocles
of old, the palm has been awarded to us.
Our University has never ceased to grow. We now number over two thou-
sand (2,000) students. We are about to open our new library building. It is
of Grecian architecture, and is but one of the few fine buildings which already
grace our campus. We hope to get from the Legislature (which is now in
session) appropriations for a gymnasium and for two or three other new
buildings.
Let no brother who visits these twin cities hil to give us a call. We will do
the rest by promising him a true " Deke " greeting.
SIGMA TAU.
On November ninth Sigma Tau held its annual initiation. The exercises
were attended by a large number of our own alumni and members of the Har-
vard ^ KE Association. Professor Burton, 6, of the Institute, was also present
Those who were admitted to the Fraternity at that time were : Harry Humphrey
Coddington, '95, Cincinnati, O.; Henry Orlando Marcy, Jr., '95, Boston, Mass.;
George Bumham, '97, Portland, Me. ; William Henry Cutter, '97, Chicago, 111. ;
Oswald Constantin Hering, '97, Boston, Mass.; Walter Humphreys, '97, Dor-
chester, Mass.; Thurlow Washburn, '97, Cambridge, Mass.; William Henry
Tur, '98, Jamestown, N. Y. ; Maurice De Kay Thompson, '98, Covington, Ky.
In Institute and Class affairs the chapter is well represented. Brothers
Whiting and Washburn played in the ^Varsity football team. On the Tech,,
the weekly publication, are Brothers Coddington, Norris and Whiting, and
Brother Baldwin is one of the Editors of the annual. Brother Norris is Presi-
dent of the French Club, and Brother Coddington President of the Electrical
Engineering Society. Of class offices, our men have their fair share.
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'98; 1733 Washington
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'98, 1732 Washington street, San Fran-
dsoo; Fred. Hathawaj Bizby, '98, Xjong
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ing, '98, 970 i6di street, Oakland, Cal.;
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Maic Wheder Cole^ '97, Albion, N. Y.;
Hovazd Danid Plimpton, '97, Hartford,
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Wood Reynolds, Minneapolis; Clarence
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nati O.; Henry Orlando Marcy, Jr.,
'95, Boston, Maan ; George Burham, '97,
Portland, Me.; William Henry Cutter,
'97, Chicago, HL; Oswald Constantino
Hering, '97, Boston, BCass.; Walter
Humphreys, '97, Dorchester, Biass.;
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town, N. Y.; Maurice DeKay Thomp-
son, '98^ Corington, Ky.
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the CooTeotioii, we hare been compelled to omit the nsoal alumni
penooaliw
The thanks of all the J K E's who were present are due to the
Council who had charge of the CouTention for the painstaking
manner in which thej handled the affair. An especial point was
made in selecting a suitable place for holding the meetings and
exercises, and in this thej succeeded admirablj.
The Council for the year 1895 is composed of Dr. A. N. Brock-
way, representing ^ Chapter ; Fred Perry Powers, representing W
Chapter; C. Murray Rice, representing H Chapter; St Clair
Hester, representing B Chapter ; Benjamin S. Webb, representing
T Chapter ; John W. Wootcn, representing X Chapter ; Fred. S.
Grant, representing # Chapter, and David B. Simpson, of P Chapter.
The Council organized for the current year by electing Dr. A. N.
Brockway, President, and David B. Simpson, Secretary.
One of the most gratifying features of the Convention was the
financial report, which showed the condition of the Fraternity in
this respect to be the best it had ever been. This, however, is not
to be taken as an indication that the chapters can allow themselves
to relax in these matters now. It was only through the persistent
and untiring efforts of the Council and its officers, and the earnest co-
operation of the chapters, that this splendid showing was accom-
plished. To echo the praises ol J K E and to glory in her record
is commendable, but this glorification should not be carried on to
the exclusion of the necessary business details. In this general
period ol J K E prosperity, none can aCFord to fall behind.
The J K E Catalogue, published under the immediate supervision
and editorship of Brother George E. Fisher, is the most complete
EDITORIALS. 76
work of the kind ever published. Neither labor nor money were
spared in procuring, the necessary data for this work. In addition
to the name, address, profession or business, and short biographical
sketch of each member of the Fraternity, a locality index is given
showing the names oi d K E*s in any particular city or town, the
different alumni associations with the lists of their members, a com-
plete war record showing the number engaged on either side in the
Civil War, together with their rank and the various offices held by
each, an index showing the number who have held any particular
public office, and a short history of the founding and growth of the
Fraternity. Some of this work is undoubtedly outside and beyond
the region of legitimate catalogue work. In other words the book
is more than a catalogue. A vast fund of valuable information con-
cerning the Fraternity and its members has been collected and put
down m enduring form — information such as every A K E should
possess. We cannot urge too strongly upon the alumni associations,
chapters and individual members of the Fraternity the desirability
of possessing this valuable work.
The Semi-Centennial Convention is over. It was an occasion of
congratulation and joy. The attendance was something unheard of
in the annals of college fraternity conventions. Two delegates
from California clasped hands with eleven from Maine, Omicron
and Chi, and the chapter roll from all between, all were there. The
alumni associations from Boston to San Francisco, Minnesota to
Tennessee, were there.
It was an occasion replete with reminiscences and inspirations.
Brothers, whose hair had long since turned or ceased, mingling
with the new-bom sons of Delta Kappa Epsilon, heard from the lips
of the last one of the Immortal Fifteen, how A K E was founded,
how she suffered in those early days, how she won. They saw him
receive the loving tribute of his youngest brethren, and dedicate in
return to the grand old Fraternity the diamond and the scroll,
which for fifty years had gleamed unceasingly upon his bosom.
They listened to the story of J K E; to her trials and triumphs ;
to how, in 1 86 1, the year the A K E march was composed, to the
end of the war, from first to last, A K E was on the field of battle,
having sent to the ranks more than fifteen hundred of her sons —
nearly two-thirds of all the A K E*s then living ; how from the log-
76 EDITORIALS.
cabin chapter house of old Lambda, built in 18549 the cracks in
whose walls had to be plastered to shut out evesdroppers — the first
Fraternity chapter house in existence — ^the chapters had grown in
strength until now nineteen out of thirty-five had houses, many of
them approaching a magnificence scarcely dreamed of; how the
A K E waltz came into existence ; the '^ Song Book," with its dif-
ferent editions; the Quarterly; the last edition of the "Cata-
logue," the most complete and thorough work of its kind ever com-
piled ; the Caius punch, the secret of which was discovered by the
A K Es over thirty years ago, having been handed down from Will-
iam the Conqueror, whom our Historian told us it was reported to
have conquered ; the heraldic system developed by Delta Kappa
Epsilon ; the " Mystic Circle "; the " Doxology." They heard the
record of Delta Kappa Epsilon; how her sons had served their
country in both public and private life. How a few years ago the
idea of organizing her alumni was conceived, with the result of the
twenty-two active and vigorous associations of to-day, scattered in
all parts of the country, and among them the New York Club, with
its house on Fifth avenue, and a membership of nearly seven hun-
dred.
The first half century is past. For fifty years has A K E existed,
with the fiftieth year the most prosperous of them all. Hers has
been a steady, lasting growth. May we not hope that the next half
century will see the record of the past upheld.
CREEK CLIPPINGS.
This is an editorial on chapter letters. Always pay some atten-
tion to truth and English, please. — Editorial in Rainbow of J T ^.
In addition to # J 6, the following fraternities maintain secret
publications : 2 X, B 9 n, 2 AE smd * F J. The regular publi-
cation of X !F, TA€ Purple and Goldy is sub rosa. — The Scroll.
Sigma Chi has entered Columbia College, New York, making
the first New York chapter. — * F A Quarterly.
There is a new fad in town. It is to be found in the private
stationery of certain college graduates. Instead of placing his
family crest at the top of the page, the graduate has engraved a cut
of his secret-society pin. This fashion is the outgrowth of the in
crease in this city of clubs like the Delta Psi, Delta Phi, Psi U,
A K E^ Alpha Delta Phi, etc., having their origin in college secret
societies. — New York World.
College libraries in America are increasing their lists. The
Johns Hopkins library now has 6o,ooo volumes ; that of Amherst,
6i,ooo; Brown, 73,000; University of Michigan, 80,000; Lehigh,
90,000; Princeton, 91,000; University of Pennsylvania, 100,000;
Cornell, 150,000; Columbia, 155,000; Yale, 180,000; University of
Chicago, 250,000, and Harvard, 430,000. — The Campus.
The chapter of Psi Upsilon established at the University of Min-
nesota some years ago, with glare of red lights and sound of trum-
pets, is reported to have given up the struggle, and Alpha Delta
Phi, organized a few years later, is reported to be in a moribund
condition.—* FA Quarterly.
V T\s evidently looking with favor on PK E local at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin. The University Magazine for September has
quite a laudatory article in it written by Albert P. Jacobs, who is a
P K E, who can see no good in any other fraternity. Rho Kappa
Epsilon once was a chapter ol 9 K W, but left that fraternity in a way
anything but honorable to it. — Rainbow.
78 GREEK CLIPPINGS.
General Harrison is a Phi Delta Theta. Of course his Frater-
nity did not make him president, but he honored it when on one of
his tours he met with a chapter and lived over again the days of
his college career. How much good could a man do his Fraternity,
who, after rising to positions of honor, reaches down his hand in
encouragement to the Fraternity which was once all in all to him !
He gives to the world proof incontestable that the Greek-letter fra-
ternity is a reality, not a myth ; is founded upon principles that are
noble and durable, and cultivates virtues that grace the student or
the statesman. All honor to those who honor their fraternities.
In their weakness it confessed them. In their might they should
not be ashamed of it — Editorial in Delta of 2 N.
Beta Theta Pi has a unique method of gaining entrance to an in-
stitution which is quite Jesuitical in its operation. It is by process
of special dispensation, by which a member about to enter a college
where BOH has no chapter is given authority to organize and
initiate men into the Fraternity and to maintain an existence until
they demonstrate their ability or fitness to live, when they are taken
into the Fraternity. During the period of probation they are per-
mitted to pass themselves off as Betas who sail under her banner,
the name of the chapter appears on the chapter roll, but if the chap-
ter fails to maintain an existence, B O n is enabled to disclaim it as
one of her children. As a method of extension we can conceive of
no plan more effective, and in case of failure the Fraternity is relieved
of any embarrassment or chagrin. Such a chapter has recently
been established at the University of the City of New York, the
candidates having been initiated by the Wesleyan chapter. — * PJ
Quarterly.
The editorial column of the 9 K V Shield furnishes this inter-
esting paragraph, quoted from the remarks of a graduate of '$5 at
the New York Convention :
" I am interested in my own chapter and help it because, in the
first place, it is the object of my affections, and, in the second place,
because I think it a good institution. I like the Fraternity because
I know it is made up of chapters like my own. My affections arc
held by my chapter, because, as my mind wanders back to the days
of my youth, the college chapter home is one of the few things that
GXEEK CLIPPINGS. 79
still Tcroain unchanged. By a happy process of renewal, even the
Uood of the members remains young as in my time. The life, the
pleasures, the ideals, the character remain the same, the college
scenes are the same.
" I think the chapter a good institution because of its influence
over its young members. The ideals of the Fraternity are high ;
intercourse witn genial and generous fellows is necessary to a whole-
some character. Then there are substantial responsibilities and
varied experiences, and even cares and troubles, incidental to chap-
ter life as an orgaDizatioo. This develops an esprit dt corps. Rivalry
with other ore^nizations increases this, and develops a strong feeling
of pride ; and the object of a man's pride is also likely to prove the
object of his affections.
" But aside from these affections for one's Fraternity, there are
other positive benefits incidental to membership. Membership means
a letter of introduction to a society of men each of nearly equal cul-
ture and aims in life, a society of college-bred men, of select college-
bred men. I belong to a dozen different lodges, insurance societies
and social clubs. They each have their ments, but to me none of
them compare with the Phi Kappa Psi fellowship, because in the
latter I can find more coneeniahty and culture. Here we do not
have to pay dues, nor study long rites, ceremonies and other fra-
ternity tore, in order to progress along the different degrees, as in
some fraternities. We nave but one degree, and that is entrance
into some good college and the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity." — Scroll.
HAVING COMPLETSD ONE OF THK
LAKGIST MANUFACTORItS OF
Society
Badges
SKILLED ■• DESIGNERS •■ AND •• JEWELERS,
jUro WTTH A LARGE STOCK OF PRECIOUS STONES. PERSONALLY SELECTED IN
THE EUROPEAN UAREET5. THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO PRODUCE
FINER WORK IN A SHORTER SPACE OF TIME, AND UPON MORE DESIR-
ABLE TERMS. THAN OTHERS WHO MANUFACTURE UPON A SMALLER
SCAL^ AND WHO ARE OBLIGED TO PURCHASE TMBIR MATERIALS
FROM THE IMPORTERS OF lUESB GOODS.
HsTfnc pnpuBd u endiclr new Una af A K 1 toai$,
with nnr pBttami aad Dew price*, I iMpMtfnQr offer a moM
imporunt aad icrUed Pun List.
THE
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON
QUARTERLY.
OOMDOCTBD BY
JESSE GRANT ROE,
ros THX couMcn. of A K 1.
VOLUME xin.
No. 2.
K^poBev fiXot 'aei.
JUNE, 1898.
NEW YORK:
435 FIFTH AVENUE.
1895.
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON QUARTERLY.
JUNE, 1895.
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I. Frontispiece, opposite page 85
II. Gamma Phi, 85
IIL 49TH Annual Convention, 90
IV. Our Queen, Our Goddess, J K E, . . . . 90
V. The Change at Phi, 92
VL Phi Epsilon, 93
VII Sigma Tau, 94
VIIL The Heart's Song, 95
IX. Alumni Associations, 96
X. Graduate Personals, « 103
XL Chapter Letters, 118
XII. New Initiates, 137
XIIL Editorials, 138
XIV. Greek Clippings, 141
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GAMMA PHI.
January i8, 1867, the Phi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity, by the direction of the convention, granted a charter to
" William H. Bums, Eugene R. Hendrix, George H. Stone, John
Fimam, Benjamin L. Miller, Isaac N. Clements and such other
persons as they may choose, name or select, members of Wesleyan
University, for the purpose of establishing a chapter," which was
afterwards established and named Gamma Phi Chapter of A K E.
There had already, for many years, been chapters of Psi Upsilon,
and Alpha Delta Phi and a local society known as Phi Nu Theta,
all of which were well established, and the new chapter entering the
field bad very many obstacles to contend with. Both the reputation
of the Fraternity and the character of the men of which it was com-
posed, however, commended it to the undergraduates, and in spite
of such opposition as the older established Fraternities made, the
new chapter continued to grow and increase. During the twenty-
eight years of its existence the chapter has been able to secure
many of the brightest men who have attended the college, and to
maintain certainly an equality with the other Fraternities in all the
lines of work and excellence which go to make up college politics.
The first meetings of the new chapter were held in two small
rooms, comprising the third floor over one of the stores on Main
street, and this continued until 1873. The convention of 1872 was
appointed to be held with this chapter, and it was thought necessary
under the circumstances that the chapter should be in quarters
better fitted for that purpose than those in which they were.
Owing to the fact that the fall of 1872 was the time of the Presi-
dential campaign, it was found impossible to secure the services of
such speakers as were desired, and the chapter assumed the respon-
sibiUty of postponing the convention until the spring of 1873. Steps
were immediately taken to secure better quarters for the chapter,
and an arrangement was made for several rooms to be prepared in
a new building which was then being erected on the land where the
Bank Block now stands. Before the building was completed, how-
ever, it collapsed, and the chapter, being forced, at short notice, to
86 GAMMA PHI.
make other arrangements, secured the whole of the third floor in
what was then known as the Mitchell Block on Main street, and
here were fitted up in a plain and substantial manner very com-
fortable rooms. The convention of 1872-73 was held in this place
and was in many respects a very successful one. Up to that time
no southern chapter had been represented in the conventions since
the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion, and special efforts were
put forth to secure as full a representation as possible from the
chapters still existing in southern colleges. To a certain extent this
was accomplished, and probably that convention was the most
largely attended of any that had been held up to that time. The
orator of the occasion was Rev. Dr. Albert T. Bledsoe, of Baltimore,
formerly a Cabinet Officer of the Southern Confederacy. The
President of the convention was the Hon. Kimloch Falconer, ex-
Lieutenant-Governor of Mississippi, and a representative from the
chapter at the University at Mississippi.
The chapter continued to occupy these quarters until 1883. It
has been a custom peculiar to Wesleyan University, that the mem-
bers of each fraternity, to a very large extent, have organized
themselves into eating clubs. For the purpose of economy and con-
venience the members of different fraternities in the former days
were accustomed to make arrangements with some family in town
to prepare and serve the meals for the club, the club itself furnish-
ing the provisions, and appointing one of their number to look after
the matter.
As time went on the relation between the clubs and the f ratemi-
ties became closer, and the two, while actually entirely separate
institutions, became practically one. Consequently the necessity
became more and more apparent of providing in some manner for
bringing the two together in one place and establishing each upon
a more permanent basis. The result was the erection of chapter
houses. The initiative in this direction was taken by the Psi Up-
silon Society which put up a building for these purposes on Broad
Street in 1 877. This was followed in 1881 by the Phi Nu Theta,
and afterwards by the Alpha Delta Phi. Although these other fra-
ternities had the advantage in several ways in the matter of estab-
lishment, yet it was conceded important that A K E should not be
behind the rest, and steps were taken looking toward a new chapter
house. In the then condition of the chapter, the erection of a new
GAMMA PHI. 87
building such as the chapter would require and ought to have was
entirely out of the question. There was, however, standing on the
cast side of High street, upon the crown of the street and
within sight of the college, an old stone mansion erected in 1832 by
Nathan Starr, which was at that time unoccupied, and in a more or
kss dilapidated condition. It was a question whether the under-
graduates would be pleased to go into such a building, although it
could then have been purchased for a small sum of money. To
determine the feasibility of such a plan, it was deemed best to lease
the premises for a term of years, believing that in that time it could
be satisfactorily demonstrated whether it would be better to under-
take to make a chapter house out of it Therefore in 1883 a lease
of the premises was taken for five years with a proviso that the
place could not be sold without first giving the chapter an oppor-
tunity to buy if they wished. This building was about 50 feet
square, two stories high, with basement and attic, with a veranda
10 feet wide extending across the rear, and a one-story L extending
from each side. Together with the house was quite a piece of land
of 137 feet frontage on the street, and about 300 feet deep. It is the
finest location in the City of Middletown, standing as it does about
200 feet above the Connecticut River, distant about one-half mile
therefrom, and affording a view of the river in its easterly course
from Middletown to the point where it breaks through the White
Rock range of hills, about 3 miles. Quite a sum of money was im-
mediately expended to make the place habitable, and it was at once
occupied by the chapter, a room being fitted up on the second floor
for the purpose of the meetings, the basement being used by the
matron, and one of the large rooms on the first floor being used as
a dining-room. The remainder of the smaller rooms were occupied
by members of the chapter for dormitory.
With the advent of the chapter houses came what is now one of
the features of Commencement week, the Fraternity receptions.
As the time drew on for the expiration of the lease, there was
no question but that the chapter should in some way become the
owner of the premises. Sometime prior to this a special act of in-
corporation had been procured from the Connecticut Legislature,
including all the graduate members of the Gamma Phi Chapter,
together with such non-graduates as had been out of college three
years or more, under the name of Kent Literary Club. In 1888 this
88 GAMMA PHI.
corporation purchased the property, and the active chapter became
its tenants.
The condition of the building rendered it necessary that some
considerable repairs should be made at once, to preserve the build-
ing, but it was thought best that whenever any such work was
undertaken, it should be done along the line of a definite plan, and
with a view to permanency.
An architect was therefore called in and definite plans formulated
for remodeling the building in colonial style. A committee was
appointed, consisting of the writer, Prof. E. B. Rosa and the Rev.
D. G. Downey, to carry out the work of remodeling the building.
This work was commenced in May, 1894, and was practically com-
pleted in October of the same year. The old roof, which sloped
towards the street, was taken ofif, the walls raised 5 feet, and a square
hip roof, slated and with dormers, was put on. In this way ample
room was secured for a chapter room on the third floor, the re-
mainder of the room being put into suites for dormitory purposes.
Material changes were made in the first floor. There was originally
in the building a spiral staircase extending from the cellar to the
attic. This was taken out and a new modern staircase of oak was
put in on the north side.
As one enters the building from the front through a wide vesti-
bule, finished in paneled and carved oak with tile floor, he finds
himself in a corrider 10 feet wide, extending from the front to the
rear of the building. Upon the right of the corridor is a parlor
finished in Louis XV style. Immediately back of this and occupy-
ing the remainder of the south side of the building is what is known
as the recreation room, finished in Louis XIV style, the two being
separated by doors, so arranged as to drop into the basement when
it is desired to throw the rooms together. On the left of the en-
trance is a reception room and the staircase, practically a part of
the corridor, with paneled oak ceiling and wainscot, and back of
this is a large dining-room, sufficient for all the requirements of the
chapter. From the dining-room into the corridor, and from the
recreation room opposite into the corridor, are sliding doors 10
feet wide, so that practically the whole first floor of the building
can be thrown together.
On the second floor is a similar corridor, with doors opening out
upon the roof of the front porch, and at the other end doors open-
GAMMA PHI. 89
ing upon the roof of the rear veranda. On this floor are the toilet-
rooms with bath and shower bath, and the remainder of the room
is arranged in suites for dormitory purposes. The old veranda
was not safe and was pulled down, and an entirely new one built,
15 feet wide, which, together with the roofs of the two L's, make a
very large and pleasant promenade. The upper deck of the roof
is also made easily accessible, and affords a commanding view of the
surrounding country. The windows are of plate glass, and at the
landings of the staircase, in the doors leading to the roof of the front
porch, and in the chapter room above, are stained-glass windows
with appropriate designs. All the woodwork of the first floor and
the staircases is made of oak. The entire house is heated by steam
and lighted with electricity.
When the house was originally built, a large number of fire-
places were constructed, most of which have been preserved, being
DOW finished with modem tile, mantels and mirrors.
The premises in the rear of the building furnish an excellent
opportunity for tennis, and two courts are kept up all the time.
Taking all of the conditions into consideration, the unparalleled
location, the substantial character of the building, the beauty and
style of the plan, and the comfort and convenience of the interior, it
is conceded that the 4 K E Chapter House is superior to any other
in Middletown.
W. U. Pearne, '74-
THE FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
The Executive Committee of the Alumni Association is made up
of the President, Hon. Irving G. Vann (Phi), W. Y. Foote, Secre-
tary (Phi Gamma) ; L. P. Smith (Phi Gamma), C. W. Andrews
(Alpha) and Charles Kyle (Phi). The Committee has met several
times, making plans relative to the coming Convention. The last
occasion was at the usual " term feed " of the Phi Gamma Chapter,
held Friday evening, May 24th — a great success, by the way.
The Committee are in correspondence with prominent members of
the Fraternity in reference to the literary exercises of the Conven-
tion, but it is too early at this writing to announce any names.
The plan in general is to open with a grand reception and ball
the evening preceding the opening of the Convention. As Syracuse
is a J JiT £ stronghold, this is expected to be a social event of the first
magnitude. The business sessions will probably be held at " The
Yates," although the Chancellor has placed the college buildings
freely at our disposal.
The public exercises will occur on the second evening, and the
banquet on the third. Every available hour outside of the business
meetings will be utilized in the entertainment of the boys, and the
Committee are looking forward to a large time. Detailed announce-
ments will be given later.
OUR QUEEN, OUR GODDESS, J KE.
From over the seas on the wings of mom
In the dear old days of yore,
A beautiful form was hither borne
From an east to a western shore.
Old Greece was dead, and o'er it, in truth,
The dust of the centuries lay ;
But deathless there lived in her beauty and youth
The Grecian queen of our day.
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And she left the sunny land of her birth
To seek a fairer place,
And here in a land of greater worth
To rule o'er a greater race.
Though others had come before her day,
And others later came.
Yet lesser, minor queens were they,
Who tremble at her name.
O ^Eur was her form of classic mould,
Her face was sweet as fair ;
And the diamond gleamed, and four stars of gold,
From the meshes of her hair.
And a pure white scroll in her hand she bore.
With its magic letters three ;
And of symbols fair she had many more.
Our queen, our goddess, J KE.
And through all our land where the youth were best
Were altars built in her name.
Till thousands were ready at her behest
To die for her honor and fame.
She stood where the pine trees whisper low
To the breezes passing free,
Where the eastern skies in glory glow
Over the unseen sea.
She stood where the sapphire seas of the West
Sweep over golden sands,
Where sunset grandeur from ocean's breast
Floods the enchanted lands.
She wandered far in the Northland fair,
By mountain, lake and glen,
And every river flowing there
Sang her praises unto men.
And her footstep fell where the perfumed breeze
Kisses the sunny plain ;
She stood in the shade of palmetto trees
And looked o'er the Southern main.
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And she touched the hearts of the youth where she went.
First in the land were they ;
And a new life into their hearts she sent
And the dawn of a greater day.
She taught them mystic rites and signs,
Of all their lives the pride ;
She shaped their course in better lines.
With brighter stars to guide.
She built for each a sacred shrine,
With incense filled the air ;
She spread o'er all a light divine
That glows forever there.
And proud are we to-night to say
We worship at her shrine ;
We live beneath her mystic sway,
We see that light divine.
And ever our pulses]quicker start
At the sight of her stars and scroll ;
For the strength of her love enchains our heart,
And has bound us soul to soul.
And as long as summer skies are blue,
And blue the summer sea,
May manly hearts beat warm and true,
Bound close in J K E.
John Clair Minot, 0, '96.
The Change at Phi.
An important change has lately taken place in the Mother Chapter
at Yale. Owing to the great increase in the size of the classes dur-
ing the last few years, and because J K E and Psi Upsilon were the
only fraternities that the best men could or would join, the number
of men in the chapter had to be largely increased, until the last few
years it has reached forty-five in each class, or ninety men in the
chapter. This number became so unwieldly that Alpha Delta Phi,
which for a few years had led a hand-to-mouth existence as a four-
year society, was taken in as the third junior society on an equal
basis with the two older rivals. And so the Phi Chapter hereafter
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will take but twenty-five men toward the end of Sophomore year,
and a few more during Junior or Senior year.
A number of other minor changes have been effected which are
sure to bring added strength to the organization, both in New
Haven and outside. A very noticeable revival of Fraternity spirit
has taken place this year at Phi, instances being the great interest
taken in the convention in the fall, which over thirty men attended,
and also the number of visits the Yale men have paid the surround-
ing chapters. But perhaps the most important fact has been the
great energy shown in the effort to build a new chapter house. The
movement was started last November, and during the last six
months over ten thousand dollars have been raised. It is not yet
decided whether to start the new building this summer or to wait
until next year, but it is only a question of a short time now. The
house will have, besides the large meeting-room or shrine, an as-
sembly-room and theatre, library, billiard-rooms and roof garden,
the whole house lighted by electricity, and will be in every way
worthy of the society. The entire building will be kept closed and
secret, though each member will have a key. So with this new
building and increased regard for the great Fraternity that she
founded, Phi will start out on the second half of the century of her
existence without any chance of losing the position she has so long
occupied in Yale, and with even higher and better expectations for
the future. J. Anderson Hawes,
Phi, '94.
Phi Epsilon.
" University of Minnesota,'*
Minneapolis, April 27, 1895.
Dear Brothers: Phi Epsilon sends greetings to all Dekes.
Our Fraternity in 1889 placed this chapter in the ** University
of Minnesota," christening it Phi Epsilon. The high standard which
the Fraternity demands of charter members was fully realized here.
With so auspicious a start and the greatest national fraternity pin
on our vests, it has been comparatively easy to maintain a chapter
worthy of d K E,
We are indebted to the older chapters for sending us an alumni
whose invaluable assistance has always been most liberally accorded
Phi Epsilon.
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We can state with pride that this alumni, with those of our own
chapter, constitute the strongest of any fraternity in this section.
The ** J K E Association of the Northwest " numbers among its
members the president of our university, eight professors and many
of the leading business and political men of this State.
Phi Epsilon*s ambition for a home of its own is fast materializing
through the generosity of the before-mentioned alumni. A lot
opposite the main line of college buildings has been purchased for
$2,500. Plans for a house of colonial style have been accepted, to
be built of cream-colored pressed brick. The pillars, rising two
stories, are to be of wood, painted white, which color will, of course,
be used on all wood trimmings. It is confidently expected to put
in the foundation next fall, and complete the building the following
spring.
J K E 2it " Minnesota " has always been the leader in college
affairs, making its power felt in politics, supporting all associations,
assisting on the three publications, and seeing that every man trains
for the different athletic teams who is capable in that field. An idea
of the success following the above course may be gleaned from our
position this year, which is as follows : Three men on football
team, three on baseball, football manager for next fall, *' Chairman
Prom. Committee," " Editor-in-Chief " of the Minnesota Magazine^
"Athletic Editor" of the -/4rj>/ (weekly), Vice-President of the
General Athletic Association, and the sprinter of the college, hold-
ing both 100 and 220 yard dashes, the former at 10)^ seconds.
Our University has had a most remarkable growth. At the
time of the birth of this chapter Minnesota only registered 1,002
students, but now stands, with a registration of over 2,100, among
the leading American universities.
Phi Epsilon closes its annual report by wishing continued pros-
perity to all chapters and sends brotheriy love to all Dekes.
Fraternally yours.
Phi Epsilon of d K E.
Sigma Tau.
To our Brothers: As the youngest chapter of our Fraternity,
Sigma Tau has felt it doubly her duty to maintain the high standard
of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Nothing shows better the standing of a
chapter and the high opinion in which it is held than the college
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offices intrusted to its members. Sigma Tau has always had her
full share of these honors. In the literary productions of tech-
nology, Dekes have been especially prominent, and in other de-
partments they have been at the front, as a glance at the statistics
below will show.
The object in issuing this pamphlet is primarily to keep our
alumni well in touch with the chapter by letting them know what
it has done and is now doing. The chapter has at last emerged
from the chrysalis state and now stands free from debt. Its head-
quarters is the chapter house at 563 Massachusetts avenue. This
house, rented by the chapter, is a four-story building, having the
chapter-rooms and the dining-room on the first floor, and living-
rooms for fourteen members in the upper stories. Sigma Tau has
made every effort to maintain a chapter house, believing it is the
most efficient way to bring the men together and to keep up the
Fraternity spirit.
Boston, 1895.
"THE HEARTS SONG."
In the morning when I wake
To my ARE I'll sing,
And my joyous song shall mingle
With the robin's caroling ;
And the breezes softly blowing.
Then shall murmur low to me
The notes of gladness I awake
For my loved A K E,
At the noontide's sunny hour
Still the melody shall roll
From the unrestrained devotion
Of an ever-loving soul 1
And the bees so softly humming
In the ripening clover fields
Lend their music for the ofifering
My humble altar yields.
In the twilight's peaceful hour
When ascends my vesper prayer,
The plea goes up that Heaven
Keep her honor bright and fair ;
And the mellow bells of evening
Bring the answer back to me :
' ' The king of love forever more
Will guard our J X J?."
Hamilton^ N. Y. Howard Marvin Gaylord, M
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
The a K E Club of New York.
The annual dinner of the Club, held on April 20th, was well
attended. Hon. John De Witt Warner, President of the Club, pre-
sided, and speeches were made by Hon. Isaac M. Mills, Hon. R. C.
Shannon, Assemblyman Frank D. Pavey, William H. Hamilton,
Alderman Benjamin E. Hall, N. H. Swayne, Jesse Grant Roe and
Henry M. Hyde, * '95. The speeches were of a social nature, and
formality was as much as possible dispensed with. Mr. Warner
announced that the Club had raised a large sum of money to be used
in the complete refurnishing of the house.
A musicale and reception was held on May 17th, the special
features being Mr. Alfredo Camancho (" Cam."), ventriloquist and
comic artist, the Abbott sisters of Palmer's Little Christopher troupe,
and a quartette from Yale, after which there was a collation.
The pool tournament has been very interesting and exciting,
owing to the number of entries and the handicapping. The first
prize was won by Andrew G. Dickinson, and the second by David
B. Simpson.
Since the last issue of the Quarterly fifteen have joined the
club, among them being Hon. Charles S. Fairchild, A, '63.
J K E Association of New England.
Since my last communication to the Quarterly, two of the
founders of the New England Association have passed away. On
February 17th Col. T. W. Clarke, Alpha, '55, died at his home in
Roxbury. He always showed great interest in the welfare of our
association, seldom missing a meeting as long as his health permitted
his attendance.
The following brief sketch is from the Boston Herald of Febru-
ary i8th:
death of col. CLARKE.
CoL Thomas William Clarke, one of Rozbury's best known citizens and a weU-known
lawyer, died last night of heart failure.
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He was born in Boston December i, 1834. He attended Chauncey Hall school, and was
graduated from Harvard in the Class of '55 with the late Rev. Phillips Brooks.
At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company A, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers,
was elected Captain, and later breveted Major. He subsequently became Lieutenant- Colonel
of his regiment. For a number of years he was attorney for the Highland Street Railroad
Company, of which he was one of the organizers. On the consolidation of that road he
became Assistant Counsel.
Col. Clarke leaves a widow, two daughters and a son, Thomas W. Clarke.
Hon. Joshua N. Marshall, Sigma, '53, of Lowell, Mass., another
loyal J K E, who responded to the call of our first meeting in 1878,
died March 2, 1895.
The following is from the Boston Herald of March 3d :
LowKLL, March 3, 1895.
Hon. Joshua N. Marshall, the well-known lawyer of this city, died last night.
Deceased was bom in Dracut sixty-four years ago. He graduated from Amherst College
in 1853 and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He has practiced law here since the latter date.
He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1863 and 1864, and of the Senate in
1867 and 1869.
He had served the State, also, in various capacities, being at one time a member of the
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners.
Daring the memorable theological controversy involving the views and teachings of Prof.
Smyth, of Andover Theological Seminary, Mr. Marshall was counsel for the Trustees, being a
«troog sympathizer with their views.
He was a member of the Kirk Street Congregational Church of this city.
He leaves a widow and three children.
Brother J. L. Shipley, Phi, '61, died at his home in Springfield,
Mass., December 17, 1894. The following sketch is from the Boston
Evening Record of same date :
J. L. Shipley, member-elect of the Legislature of Massachusetts for a second term, for
nearly twenty years editor of the Springfield Evening Union^ and before that on the editorial
staff of the Springfield Republican and Boston Journal^ died at his home in this city, at I
o*clock this morning, from heart disease. He was bom in Londonderry, N. H., in 1836, and
was graduated from Yale College in 1861. Mr. Shipley was with the Republican 1863-66;
Tetumed to Springfield in 1872 as member of the staff of the Union\ became chiet editor and
president of the Union in 1882, and was its owner in 1893, when he sold his interest. He has
since been a representative of Springfield in the great and general court. He was a deacon
of the First Chuich and a highly esteemed citizen. He succeeded Colonel Clapp as President
of the New England Associated Press.
On October 4, 1864, he was married in Maiden to Margaret H., daughter of Captain
Hiram Weeks, of Colchester, Conn.
From another column of the same paper I clip this comment:
Death has claimed his first victim in the Legislature of 1895. Deacon Shipley, for thirty
a conspicuous figure in western Massachusetts journalism, is gone. I knew him as a
;mber of the Legislature last year, where, though he took no prominent part in debates,
Ih^re were none more faithful than he in attendance, and the committees of which he was a
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member were in the habit of giring considerable weight to hit well-matmied and generally oor-
rect Tiewi upon pending legislation. He made many personal friends at the State House, by
whom he wfll be greatly missed.
In the list of officers of the University Club for 1895, Judge J. M.
Barker, Epsilon, '60, is among the Vice-Presidents, Brother A. C.
Walworth, Phi, 66, is Chairman of the Auditing Committee, and
Brother Henry Baldwin, Phi,' 54, at the head of the Executive
Committee.
The Fitchburg College Association was organized January 7th,
some sixty graduates of different colleges uniting. Among those in
attendance I note the following J K E*s: Rev. G. M. Bodge, Theta,
*68 ; F. H. Thompson, Sigma, '67, and C. E. Bigelow, Upsilon, '78.
Brother Bodge responded to the toast, " The Serious Side of a Col-
lege Education/*
Hon. Edwin U. Curtis, Theta, '82, who overcame the normal
adverse majority of 10,000 last November and was elected Mayor of
Boston, is filling that office in a very acceptable manner.
The official meeting of the Association has been held since the
last issue of the Quarterly. William Austin Wood,
Secretary.
The J K E Association of Rhode Island.
MIDWINTER REUNION.
A jolly party of between thirty and forty sat down at the annual
mid-winter banquet of the A K E Alumni Association of Rhode
Island, which was held March 8, 1895, at the Club House of the
Providence Athletic Association.
Preceding the dinner an informal reupion was held in the
Club rooms, when greetings were exchanged by old and young
The members of the undergraduate chapter at Brown were guests
of the Association.
The after-dinner speaking was of an informal nature, and was
presided over by Hon. Andrew J. Jennings, Upsilon, '72.
Among those who had a word to say were : Prof. J. W. V. Rich,
Gamma Phi, '75 ; Rev. Eli W. Blake, Phi, '57 ; Col. H. B. Rose,
Upsilon, '81 ; William B. Sherman, Psi Omega, '72, and William A.
Dyer, Upsilon, *86, Secretary of the Association. H. M. Grant, '95,
responded for the local chapter.
Alter the speech-making the members of the Association were
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entertained by Prof. Victor Barrarf with sleight-of-hand, magic and
cabinet manifestations. The festivities were rounded out by singing
of college songs and the familiar fraternity cheer.
The announcement to his brothers by Professor Blake of his in-
tended retirement from the university at the end of the present year
was received with evident manifestations of regret. Professor Blake,
as is well known, is Hazard Professor of Physics at Brown Univer-
sity, and has been identified with the University for many years.
The news of his intended retirement will be learned by the alumni
of the college with sincere sorrow.
William Allan Dyer,
Secretary,
J K E Association of Buffalo.
The Bufifalo Association has held no meetings since the last issue
of the Quarterly. It is hoped that one in the form of a banquet
may be held soon after the opening of the new University Club
here. Sheldon T. Viele, *, '68, has been elected President of this
neyr organization, which starts ofif with a membership of two hun-
dred, a very suitable rented house, advantageously located and
accessible by electric cars, and a widespread demand for its existence
as a center of college influence and convenient meeting place of
college clubs, societies, etc. Such an organization has long been
needed and contemplated in Buffalo, but the time for forming the
same has not seemed ripe until now.
Nathaniel W. Norton, U, '78, serves on one of the important
committees of the University Club, and is Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Buffalo Republican League.
E. D. Emerson,
Secretary.
J K E Club of the Northwest.
banquet by the J K E*8.
The sixth annual banquet of the Phi Epsilon Society was given at the West Hotel last
night, and, as usual on such occasions, was a brilliant affair. The menu was choice, the
guests in the best conversational and speech-making mood, and the toasts appropriate and
responded to in the most enjoyable manner. The toastmaster, C. M. Fergerson, complied
with every requirement. Dr. J. Wright responded to *• J JT JK of Early *6o's '*; Dr. H. P.
Ingersoll to "Then, Now and Very Soon''; Prof. Cyrus Northrup supplied the place of
ex.Congressman Dunnell; George Thwing to **The House"; Grant Van Sant to "The
Chapter," and Dr. George E. MacLean to »* Chivalry of ^ K EV^Tribime, May, 1895.
100 AL VMNI A SSOCIA TIONS.
Brother George Thwing, Theta, '89, has been elected Treasurer
of the " Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of Minnesota." The above
Association is regularly incorporated, and will be the legal owners
of Phi Epsilon's new chapter-house.
Chattanooga Southern Association of J K E.
There is nothing to write which is of special interest to the
Fraternity at large, except to say that our Association is extending
its membership, are out of debt, and every member is exerting him-
self to make this the best alumni association in the South. The dedi-
cation of the Chickamauga National Park will take place here next
September i8th, 19th, 20th, and it will then be our pleasure to enter-
tain, not only the soldiers who fought on both sides of this memorable
contest, but all Dekes who will honor us with their presence. It
has been estimated that at least 100,000 people will be here, and we
are especially anxious that all Dekes write us, so that we can
arrange to entertain them.
The Government and the States have appropriated large sums
of money to erect monuments and mark the lines of battle at
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain. It will,
indeed, be the greatest event which has taken place of the kind
since the war. I hope all J /T E's will take notice. Send us your
names and we will do the rest.
Fraternally,
J. B. Whitehead,
Corresponding Secretary.
Harvard Association of d K E.
The stress of college work has in a measure interfered with our
regular monthly meetings this spring. But we feel that the year has
been a very successful and pleasant one for the J K E's in Harvard.
The Association supplies what one most needs in this University
— the chapter life of our old college.
We urge it upon all Dekes who come to Harvard next year to
make themselves known to us at once through the Secretary. Any
inquiries concerning Harvard will be cheerfully answered. Our
membership this year was 28, distributed as follows : College, 3 ;
Graduate School, 3; Divinity, i. Law School: First year, 7;
second year, 9 ; third year, 5.
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The A K E Quarterly has been placed on file in the reading-
room of the University Library.
Brother Stimson won the Boylston Prize in Oratory.
Brother Symmes will complete his course in Harvard this year,
and will return to his home in San Francisco, to enter upon the
practice of law. Brother Symmes has served as President of the
Association during the past year, and to him more than to any other
person is due the success of the year.
The Northwestern Association of ^ KE.
The Northwestern Association of Delta Kappa Epsilon held its
regular bi-monthly dinner Friday evening, May 31st, at the Chicago
Athletic Club.
In addition to the usual social gathering prior to the dinner, the
last degrees of the Fraternity were given to a new member of the
Delta Delta Chapter, Brown Frederick Swift, eldest son of Chicago's
new Mayor.
Although the evening was very warm, forty-three of the brethren
were present, and were well repaid by the dinner and the discourse
following it upon the " Money Question."
Among the speakers on this topic were George E. Plumbe, A A,
'61 ; Col. Aldace F. Walker, AA/62\ E. B. Tolman, J J, '80, who
wrote the financial plank of the Illinois Democratic platform in 1892 ;
A. H. Nelson, T, '58, of Montana, and L. B. Vaughan, A J, '96, Presi-
dent of the American College Republican League.
The meeting was an unusually interesting one, although it did
seem queer not to be at the old A K E headquarters, the Grand
Pacific Hotel, which is now closed.
The next regular dinner will occur in September.
B. W. Sherman,
Secretary.
Mississippi Valley Alumni Association of A K E.
On May 29th our Association held its annual spring meeting.
The attendance, although not as large as usual, made up in enthusiasm
what it lacked in numbers. Our spring meeting is never a formal
affair, and this year we celebrated it with a smoker at the Mercantile
Club. Brother Smith P. Gait, Rho, '60, presided, and, with his in-
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exhaustible fund of stories and jokes, made the meeting so lively
and interesting that we almost forgot that old Father Time does
not stop, even for a meeting of Dekes. It was well and on towards
the time which, even as undergraduates, we would have called late
or early before we knocked the ashes out of our last pipe and
boarded the Owl cars for home. At a previous meeting of the
Association we subscribed for five copies of the Quarterly, to be
placed on the tables of the city libraries and principal clubs. The
beneficial effects of this move have been noted by the Secretary in
the inquiries regarding the Association which have been made by
Dekes in the city not on our lists.
George S. Johnson,
Secretary.
GRADUATE PERSONALS.
*74- Congressman Charles F. Joy was married in San Francisco on
May nth.
'74. F. A. Cline is making a splendid record as a justice of the
peace. The Devoy law under which Judge Cline was
elected has made the office of justice in St. Louis one of a
great deal of importance and dignity.
'84. Seldon P. Spencer has been one of the most prominent of the
Republican leaders on the floor of the Lower House of the
State Legislature during the session just closed.
*86. William R. Crawford is practicing law at 560 Monadnock
Block, Chicago.
'87. William Kent was elected Alderman of the 32d Ward, Chicago,
at the spring election on the Republican ticket.
*92. H. R. Rathbone is practicing law in Chicago, at 1328-30 Unity
Building.
*92. James William Husted, member of the New York Legislature,
and son of the late Gen. James W. Husted, of Peekskill, N.
Y., was married on June 12th to Miss Louise Wetmore
Spaulding at St. James' Church, Winsted, Conn.
'94. Charles Kyle is located in Syracuse, where he is studying law
with Knapp, Nottingham & Andrews.
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Three loyal sons of this chapter are members of the Maine
Legfislature this winter. Brother George M. Seiders, '72, of
Portland, is President of the Senate, and Brother Stanley
Plummer, '67, of Dexter, and Brother Arthur W. Merrill,
'87, of Portland, are prominent members of the House of
Representatives.
The following alumni of have died within a few weeks : Dr.
J. M. Eveleth, '49, of Hollowell ; John D. Frost, '58, of
Elliott, and E. G. Spring, *8o, of Portland.
104 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
'82. Edwin Upton Curtis, the new Mayor of Boston, is a loyal son of
old 0. He is a brilliant young lawyer and has rapidly pushed
his way to the front. His majority of over 2,500 in the
usually very strongly Democratic City of Boston was a well-
merited recognition of his popularity and ability. He was a
leader in athletics while in college, and is now the alumni
member of the General Athletic Committee.
The following are extracts taken from an interview with Mr.
Curtis in the Boston Sunday Post:
" I suppose you want to know my age, to begin with ?"
** I am rather interested in knowing, if you don't mind telling me. "
** Thirty-four," he replied. ** All the papers have had it thirty-two, however."
<* Do you live at home ?" I asked.
*< Yes," he replied, ** I live quietly with my father since my mother's death. It is rather
a singular thing," he continued, " I was bom in Roxbury and our family have lived for seven
generations vrithin a mile of the place where the first family lived in 1630. We seem to stick
right there, and I presume my brother and I will do the same. I don't think, however, that
a fellow is of any more account because he has a grandfather than if he hadn't, if he doesn't
amount to anything himself."
He is tall, a trifle over six feet in height, and not particulariy slender. He looks the
college athlete that he was.
He was not a <*dude," but his clothes fit well, and he dressed with good taste. He
looked scrupulously neat Another thing I noticed was his shoes. They were shined behind.
He has a pleasant face, but he is shrewd and he shows it.
**The worst I ever felt in my life, I think, was when I was beaten in a boat race. I
always went in for everything at school in the way of sports, but I got through my lessons all
right, too." He graduated firom Bowdoin College and received the degree of A. M., and,
after private tutoring, was admitted to the Sufiolk Bar. He was with ex-Governor Gaston in
his law office for awhile, and was also City Clerk when the Australian ballot began to be used.
**It was rather a difficult position then," he said, *' because there were so many new laws
connected with it."
Mr. Curtis perhaps sets a good example to all the Mayors and other people. No matter
how late he may be up at night, he arises at 7 or 7.30 every morning.
A Hard Worker.
The right way to live, he says, is to get up at a good hour, take breakfast, go for a drive
and get your lungs full of fresh air, then come to business and work as hard as you can all
day, go home and dress, leave your business cares in the office, go some place where you can
enjoy yoursdt
« Do you know," he said, '* I always feel as though the time I sleep was wasted ?" It
is plain to be seen that he is a worker. If he was not he probably would not be Mayor, and
only thirty -four.
Mr. Curtis is a mason and a member of the Athletic and University Clubs, also President
of the Willow's Point Shooting Club. He is a J JT^, year '82, and is devoted to his
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Fnlernity. He is fond of hones and hunting, and, when he can, goes into Maine for a few
i' hunting in the laU.
*9i. Brother Lewis A. Burleigh has been admitted to the Maine
bar, and has formed a fraternity with Brother Joseph Will-
iamson, Jr., '88, at Augusta, Me. Brother Burleigh is City
Clerk of Augusta.
'91. Brother H. C. Jackson has been elected gymnasium instructor
at Colby University. He has been at Phillip's Exeter.
While in college Brother Jackson won the famous $500 prize
offered by Dr. Sargeant, of Harvard, for the American college
student who should be shown by measurements and tests to be
the most perfect physical man.
*92. Brother Frank H. Cothren, now practicing law with his father,
Brother Nathaniel Cothren, '49, in New York, has been
elected as the representative of on the Council.
'93. Brother Elmer H. Carleton is the gymnasium instructor at
Dartmouth, where his work has made him very popular.
Through his course he was the athletic leader of Bowdoin,
and was the popular man of his class.
The Bowdoin Alumni Association of Washington holds its
annual dinner this month, an occasion of considerable interest,
since the Association contains so many of the leading men of
the Capitol city. Among the good Theta Dekes who are
members are : United States Senator W. D. Washburn, '54 ;
Rev. Stephen M. Newman, D.D., '57; Prof. J. W. Chicker-
ing, *52; Col. J. N. Whitney, '64; John W. Butterfield, '51 ;
H. L. Price, '62, and Lieut. Robert E. Peary, 'jy, now in the
far North. Hon. La Fayette Grover, '48, ex-United States
Senator from Oregon, and Hon. Henry Dunlap, '54, now
dead, have also been among its active members. Two of the
leading members of the Association, Hon. T. B. Reed, *6o, and
Chief Justice M. W. Fuller, '53, are members of the Bowdoin
Chapter of X ^ which ceased to exist nearly thirty years ago.
H.
'91- Brother E. B. Mathews, Instructor in Geology at Johns
Hopkins University, sailed in May for Genoa, Italy, where he
is to study volcanic formations this summer.
'92. Brother C. P. Barnes, who has been the successful Principal of
106 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
Norway High School, has entered the law office of Judge
Symonds, of Portland, Me., which is the finest in the State.
'94. Brother Freeland Howe, Jr., who holds a position with the New
York Warldy has recently been promoted to be treasurer of
the city office.
'84. Brother Rev. Henry Kingman has recently gone to Colorado
on account of ill-health. He had just returned from Burmah,
where he has been a missionary.
'81. Prof. W. A. Merrill is now Professor of Latin in the University
of California.
'88. Albert P. Goodwin is with the Dickinson Cement Company,
127-129 Market street, Chicago.
'89. Jesse M. Watkins is Vice-President of the Mather Stock Car
Company, 169 Adams street, Chicago.
'92. Arthur Mills Johnson, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., who repre-
sented Sigma Chapter on the Council in 1893 and 1894, was
married to Miss Mabel Lucretia Prouty, of Spencer, Mass.,
on June nth. His best man was David B. Simpson, the
present secretary of the Council. His ushers were C.
Murray Rice, of the Council, and treasurer of the New
York d K E Club ; J. Percival Schmuck, of Hanover, Pa.;
Landergran Armstrong, of New York City ; James Valentine
Simpson, of Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Lewis I. Prouty and Lewis
W. Dunton, of Spencer, Mass. The maid of honor was Miss
Annie Dustin, of Gloucester, Mass. The bridesmaids were
Miss Vonie Wiley, of Charleston, 111.; Miss Alice Sulloway,
of Franklin Falls, N. H.; Miss Estelle Ward, of Chicago ;
Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, Miss Addie Comins and Miss Sue
Morse, of Spencer, Mass. Mr. Johnson is the nephew of
Judge Isaac N. Mills, -2, '74, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., a well-
known Deke, with whom he is associated in the law busi-
ness,
'87. Daniel Thompson McCall, who was graduated as Valedictorian
of his class from Louisville, Ky., Medical College, March,
1894, has located for the practice of medicine at Gaston, Ala.
Mark Harwell Pettway was married to Miss Nellie Atchison
GRADUA TE PERSONALS. 107
Fuller, Nashville, Tenn., November i, lig^ They reside in
Knoxville, Tenn., where Mr. Pettway is a prosperous mer-
chant.
*88. Joseph Lee Bonner, who is a farmer and merchant at Rosebud,
Ala., was married September lo, 1894, to Miss Eula Dale,
Oak Hill, Ala.
Thomas Henry Garner has sold out his interest in the Tusca-
loosa Gazette. He has not yet decided upon what he will
venture.
'89. Oscar Dudley Berwick, Jr., is a sugar chemist, Foster, La.
William Earl Dent travels for a Knoxville, Tenn., flour com-
pany in Virginia and North Carolina.
'90. Joseph Berry Greene has been assigned to duty at the Marine
Hospital, Stapleton, S. L, as assistant surgeon.
Walter Young Kemper has been very successful as sugar chem-
ist ever since his graduation. He now manages Glencol
sugar plantation, Glencol, La. He was married to Miss
Leonora Barton, St. James Parish, La., April 18, 1894.
Charles Irby Pegues, who was graduated M. D. from Tulane
University, 1893, is pursuing a special course in surgery at
Lincoln Sanitarium, Chicago.
John Blocker Thornton, who now lives in Waco, Tex., was
married December 26, 1894, to Miss Adele Inge, of Atlanta,
Ga.
'91. Ernest Edward Newton has removed to Monroeville, Ala., to
practice law.
*90. Benjamin Needham Ward won a position as Interne in Charity
Hospital over a large number of competitors.
*9i. St. Valentine Taylor, lawyer, has been elected Mayor of Union-
town, Ala.
Sidney Thomas Whitfield, who was graduated M. D. from
Tulane University, 1894, practices his profession at Union-
town, Ala.
"83. Charles Moore Franklin has been attending College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons, New York, the past session.
Felix Tarrant Bush, who was engaged in grocery business, died
Memphis, Tenn., November 30, 1894.
*94. John Curtis Bush, Jr., is with his father in business in Mobile,
Ala.
108 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
George Thomas Edgar is teaching in Talladega, Ala,
George Kerr Little has been on the River and Harbor Survey,
but will be at home now for a short time.
Andrew Lee Hixson is a merchant at Union Springs.
Christopher Columbus Nesmith, who was with us for the first
term, has been admitted to the bar and is practicing law at
Vernon, Ala.
'94. Nicholas Eugene Stallworth is Port Adjutant and a member of
the Law Class.
William Roland Hall is pursuing a course of law in Yale Uni-
versity.
'96. Guy Guerdon Newton is studying medicine at the Alabama
Medical College, Mobile, Ala.
'88. Felix Blackburn, attorney at law, Birmingham, was down on
business a short time ago.
'89. S. S. Boost showed his interest by coming out to the University
on a recent trip to Tuscaloosa. He is a drummer for a
Nashville house.
'90. Henry R. Howze paid Tuscaloosa a short visit on legal busi-
ness.
The boys enjoyed meeting these brethren very much.
'91. St. Valentine Taylor is Mayor of Uniontown, Ala., one of the
youngest men occupying such a position in the State.
'92. T. A. Street, Jr., practices law in Nashville, Tenn.
'94. George K. Little now occupies a pedagogue's chair at the
Verner Military Institute, Tuscaloosa.
'96. W. P. Epes is in business in Petersburg, Va.
'96. H. H. Royall, having received an appointment to Annapolis,
has gone to stand the entrance examinations.
'96. John Howze is now at the University of Georgia.
X.
'90. H. S. Jones, formerly with the Chemical National Bank, has
left St. Louis and returned to Mississippi.
'90. Lewis M. Nance is traveling for the Shapleigh Hardware Com-
pany, of St. Louis.
'60. Rutherford Higgins Brown is ranching at Pescadero, Cal.
'73. James Samuel Reamy was admitted to Tennessee bar, Mem-
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phis, 1873 ; went to Stockton, Cal., where he was a lawyer
from 1875 until his death in 1889.
74. Robert Saunders Murray, whose name does not occur in the
catalogue, was graduated B. S. and now resides at Saunders-
ville, Tenn.
*75. His brother, Anselen Bugg Murray, is farmer and dealer in
live stock, with headquarters at New Iberia, La. and Hender-
sonville, Tenn. He was graduated A. B. Taught school
1877-87. Traveled in England, France and Spain 1887-90.
Is an enthusiastic Deke.
HA.
'67. Invitations from Mr. and Mrs. John D. Young to the marriage
of their daughter, Margaret Joynes, and Hon. Edward
Echols have been received. The happy event will take place
at Louisville, Ky., June 5th.
Ned has at last surrendered, and is to be congratulated.
'70. John Janney Lloyd was made D. D. by Washington and Lee
University, June, 1894.
Lawrence Rust died April 24, 1895, at Gambler, O.
'76. Robert Fishburne Campbell was made D. D. by Davidson
College, June, 1894. He is now pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church of Asheville, N. C.
r.
'52. Nathan E. Goldthwait is editor and proprietor of the Republican^
Boone, la.
'53. Lewis E. Smith is Principal of Smith's Academy, Portsmouth,
N. H.
'55. Rev. Charles F. Holbrook is Pastor of the Baptist Church in
Danversport, Mass.
'56. Hon. George L. Stedman, of Albany, N. Y., has been recently
made Vice-President of the New York State Bar Association.
Also President of the New York State Baptist Union for
Ministerial Education.
'58. A. H. Nelson is practicing law in Helena, Montana.
*6i. Rev. H. S. Burrage, D.D., read a paper recently on the ** St.
Croix Commission " before the Maine Historical Society.
no GRADUATE PERSONALS.
'6i. Hon. J. H. Stiness, of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, with
Hon. Charles Bonaparte, of Baltimore, addressed the Provi-
dence Advance Club recently on " Municipal Government"
'65. Dr. Hosea M. Quimby is in charge of the State Lunatic
Asylum, Worcester, Mass.
'66. Hon. Francis A. Gaskill, of Worcester, Mass., one of the Trus-
tees of Brown University, has been appointed Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.
'67. Rev. Henry Cocker, of Fairfax, Vt., is President of the Vermont
Baptist Young People's Union.
'68. Charles H. Smart is a member of the General Assembly of the
State of Rhode Island.
'71. Rev. C. C. Luther, the Evangelist, began a series of special
meetings with the First Church, Norwich, Conn., March 20,
1895.
'73. A. D. McClellan, Esq., of Boston, Secretary of the Boston
Brown University Club, spent the winter abroad.
'jT. Joseph D. Milne is Editor of the DaUy News, Fall River, Mass.
'78. Professor Augustus Wood is at the Imperial University, Tokio,
Japan.
'78. Dr. Charles Edwin Bigelow is successfully practicing at Leo-
minster, Mass.
'81. H. B. Rose was recently re-elected Secretary of the School
Committee of Providence, R. I.
'82. Arthur H. Swift, who is interested in business in Pernambuco,
Brazil, has been making an extended visit among his friends
in New England.
'82. Dr. William T. Learned is recognized as one of the leading
physicians of Fall River, Mass.
'82. H. B. Rose, of Providence, is Lieutenant-Colonel of the First
Light Infantry, Rhode Island.
'83. Edgar O. Silver has been elected a member of the Board of
Trustees of Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C.
'85. James M. Pendleton is Treasurer of the Niantic Savings Bank,
Westerly, R. I.
'87. Dr. Edmund D. Chesebro is a practicing Physician at Provi-
dence, R. I. Address: No. 6 Hawthorne street.
'89. George R. Macleod is practicing law in Providence, R. 1. Ad-
dress : No. 4 Weybosset street.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. Ill
'89. Vernon P. Squires has a fellowship at Chicago University.
'89. A, P. Williams is Treasurer of the Upton Manufacturing Com-
pany, West Upton, Mass.
'90. Henry R. Palmer had an article entitled ** A Visit to Pitcaim
Island " in a recent issue of Harper's Weekly.
'90. Dr. Albert L. Morrison has a successful practice in Providence,
R. I. Address : Conrad Building.
•90 and '92. Joseph E. BuUen, '90, was elected Vice-President, and
Ben. S. Webb,'92, Treasurer of the New York Young Alumni
Association of Brown University at the mid-winter meeting,
held at the " Arena," Friday evening, January 4, 1895.
'91. E. A Hicks is interested in real estate business, Portland, Me.
'92. B. S. Webb has recently been made a member of the A K E
Council.
'93. Edward Baldrich is with the General Electric Company, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
'93. A. K. Gerald was recently elected to the Board of Editors of
the Harvard Law Review.
93. Edward A. Thurston is at the Harvard Law School.
'93. A. C. Matteson is at the Harvard Law School.
'93. J. D. E. Jones is engaged in the insurance business in Provi-
dence, R. L
'93. A. K. Gerald and Archibald C. Matteson are members of the
Editorial Board ot the Harvard Law Review.
'93. J. D. E. Jones is located in Providence with the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of New York.
'94. Harold D. Hazeltine addressed a large meeting of men at the
Y. M. C. A. in Warren, Pa., last month, on the " Social Sig-
nificance of Christianity."
'94. Frederic E. Steere is with the Providence, R. L, Branch of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
'94. M. R. Stout is with J. M. Bishop & Company. Address : Pro-
vidence, R. L
*57. Judge W. J. Galbraith is permanently located at Colville,
Washington.
'57. Medical Director H. M. Wells, U. S. N., is in charge of the
Naval Laboratory at Brooklyn, N. Y.
'7. Captain E. W. Denney is traveling abroad.
112 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
*6i. Hon. G. A. Marden is Vice-President of the Hancock National
Bank of Boston. He also continues as Chief Editor of the
Lowell Courier, which has consolidated with the Citizen.
'6i, 'jj^ *8i. Among the five candidates for a vacant position on the
Board of Dartmouth Trustees are Hon. E. D. Redington, of
Chicago ; C. A. Willard, of Minneapolis, and J. W. Lanehart,
of Chicago.
'62. W. E. Johnson is President of the Woodstock, Vt., National
Bank.
'74. Rev. C. G. Baker has assumed the pastorate of the Congrega-
tional Church at Ferrisburg, Vt.
'74. Rev. E. L. Morse has resigned his pastorate at St Louis to ac-
cept that of the Congregational Church at Tomoh, Wis.
'75. F. S. Black will represent the Fifteenth New York District in
the next Congress.
'75. C. A. Prouty is a member of the Committee on Professional
Conduct of the Vermont Bar Association.
'78. F. S. Rogers is practicing law at North Troy, Vt.
*8o. At the last annual meeting of the stockholders of the Tilton and
Belmont Railroad W. B. Fellows, of Tilton, N. H., was
elected one of the Directors.
'83. A. E. Watson is Vice-President of the Vermont Young Men's
Republican Club. He is also a member of the Republican
State Committee.
'85. E. F. Philbrick is studying law in Boston University.
'89. Professor C. D. Hazen, of Smith, has translated a work on the
Adoption and Amendment of Constitutions in Europe and
America, by Charles Borgeaud.
'91, non-grad, R. A. Bowles, of the Los Angeles Herald, died at
Dundee, Cal., March 22d.
'91, non-grad. R. L. O'Brien, President Cleveland's Executive Clerk,
was married, February 19th, to Miss Emilie Young, of Lisbon,
N. H.
'92. S. P. Baldwin is Editor-in-Chief of the Law Journal, published
at Western Reserve University.
*92 and '94. E. K. Hall has been elected a member of the Dartmouth
Advisory Athletic Committee. He and M. B. Jones form o
of the teams representing Harvard in the Whist Tourname .
with Yale.
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'93. T. L. Harley is Principal of Olney Academy, Olney, 111.
•94, W. J . Wallis is Principal of the Hyattsville High School, at
Hyattsville, Md., a suburb of Washington.
*S9. B. L. Pease is in the real estate and loan business in Chicago.
'72. Hon. F. S. Streeter has been elected clerk of the C. and M. R.
R. corporation. He is also one of the partners in a' stock com-
pany which is to build a large furniture factory at Beecher's
Falls, Vt.
'74. S. L. Powers has recently established an entrance scholarship
of $100 at Dartmouth.
'76. E. A. Jones, of Marlow, was nominated for State Senator by the
Democrats of the Eight New Hampshire Senatorial District*
'78. C. W. Stone, of Andover, N. H., is a member of the Democratic
New Hampshire State Committee.
*8a D. J. Foster, of Burlington, has been appointed Tax Commis-
sioner in Vermont.
'83. Alfred Watson, of Hartford, is a member of the New Hampshire
State Legislature.
'83. William Quimby is junior member of the firm of Wright, Brown,,
& Quimby, Patent Attorneys, Boston.
*83. Rev. H. L. Ward occupies the Chairs of Mathematics and
Physics in Lake Charles College, Lake Charles, La.
'86.. F. C. Loveland has recently been appointed Clerk of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which includes
Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
'92. S. P. Baldwin was recently admitted to the Ohio bar.
7.
'89. James M. Duncan is Export Freight Agent of the Big Four
Railroad, at 134 Van Buren Street, Chicago.
'88. Robert McCreary is Deputy Collector of Customs, Government
Building, Chicago.
'93. Brother E. F. Shannon is Professor of Greek in Arkansas State.
University, at Fayetteville, Ark.
'93. Brother J. Talbot Jackson is practicing law at Richmond, Ky.
Brother A. Lisle Irvine is located at Big Stone Gap, Va.
'93. Brother Benjamin L. Stuart is at Louisville Theological Sem-
inary.
114 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
'93. Brother C. B. Dickson is studying law at Paris, Ky.
Brother T. L. Harnon is a thriving farmer near Vaiden, Miss.
'84. Brother J. N. Saunders is located at Stanford, Ky.
Brother R. E. Lair is studying medicine at Central University
Medical Department, Louisville, Ky.
*93. Brother T. M. Morton, who is now stationed at Winchester,
Ky., paid our chapter a short visit recently.
AA.
'62. Colonel Aldace F. Walker was elected Commander of the
Illinois Commandery of the Loyal Legion, May 9th.
''90. Arthur B. Pease has removed his law office to Room 1 102,
Chamber of Commerce, Chicago.
'90. B. W. Sherman was appointed on June ist Assistant Special As-
sessment Attorney of the City of Chicago. Mr. Sherman has
been remarkably successful for a five-year-old graduate, and
is already regarded as one of the ablest of the younger mem-
bers of the Chicago Bar.
0.
'57. Dr. Edward G. Thurber, Pastor of the American Church in
Paris, is visiting his friends and former parishioners in
Syracuse, N. Y.
P.
'90. Geo. S. Johnson, who has been practicing law in St. Louis for
the last two years, has formed a partnership with C. A.
Houts, formerly with General Solicitor Haggerman, of the
M. K. and T. R. R. The address of the new firm is Johnson
& Houts, 701 Oriel Building.
'90. J. E. Kennedy has assumed charge of the St. Louis office of the
E. T. Burrowes Screen Company.
r.
"82. F. A. Spencer has given up his work at the Rugby School,
and is devoting all his time to the work of the Travelers*
Life Insurance Company, for whom he has been remarkably
successful.
'90. George H. Minor graduated in the Class of '95 from the Chicago
* College of Law. He will resign from his present position as
Instructor in Northwestern University and enter a law office
next year in Bufifalo, N. Y.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 116
N.
•74- Rev. Richard P. Williams, Rector of the Church of the Holy
Comforter, Montgomery, Ala., is regarded as one of the most
active and acceptable ministers of the P. E. Church in the
Diocese of Alabama. He wins his way to the hearts of all
who meet him.
DENNIS— HOWELL.
'94. New Brunswick, June 6. — Miss Mary A. Howell, only daughter of Congressman
Benjamin F. Howell, and Holmes Van Mater Dennis, of Freehold, N. J., were
married this afternoon at the home of the bride*s parents on Union street. The Rev.
Dr. W. W. Knox, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this dty, performed the
ceremony. The bride was given away by her father. The maid of honor was Bliss
Gregory, of Fort Plain, N. Y., and George Green, of Elizabeth, was the best man.
After the reception and wedding breakfast the bride and groom started for New
York. They will pass three months on a tour of the Eastern States, and, upon their
return, will make Uieir home in New York. — New York Sun^ June 7, 1895.
72. John Oscar Henderson, late auditor of Indiana, has made a fine
record.
'75. Charles A. Murry, a leading lawyer of Denver, Colo.
Ex-80. James M. Mcintosh, Representative in State Legislature, has
taken position among the great Republican majority.
'85. Wilber Fletcher Sheridan, Rev., is connected with Detroit City
mission, contributor for Western Christian Advocate and Ep-
worth Herald, and is author of an historical novel, relating to
the founders of Methodism entitled " An Original Leaguer,"
now running in Western Christian Advocate,
'85. Albert J. Beveridge stumped the State last campaign for Re-
publican Party.
'88. E. B. T. Spencer, Professor Latin University of Denver.
'91. Halstead L. Ritter, late President of Indiana Epworth League,
but since January ist in law office of Brother Charles A.
Murry, Denver, Colo.
*94. L. G. A. Powell graduates this year from Chicago Dental
School.
/'iP.
'76. Hon. W. C. Wallace has been appointed Judge Advocate-Gen-
eral on Governor Morton's staff.
116 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
J. A. BergstrOm holds a professorship in the University of
Indiana.
'89. H. S. Noe with the First National Bank, Chicago.
'93. Walter S. Watson is Instructor in Biology in Northwestern
University.
ipsa.
*86. Tracy C. Drake's present address is 569 Rookery Building,
Chicago. Brother Drake has severed his connection with
the Grand Pacific Hotel. The firm of Drake, Parker & Com-
pany will, however, renew the hotel business in Chicago
during the coming fall.
'93. George T. Horton is Engineer for the Chicago Bridge and Iron
Company, 503 Rialto Building, Chicago.
'94. Paul L. Reed has recently been appointed engineer of the
Denver Gas Company.
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'87. Hon. Cuthbert W. Pound, of the Lexow Committee, has been
offered a professorship in the Cornell Law School.
'90. Charles L. Etheridge is with the Engineering Corps of the
Chicago Telephone Company, and was recently elected an
Associate Member of the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers.
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'76. Henry I. Bosworth is a banker at Elgin, 111., and is now taking
a trip around the Mediterranean.
^jj. George C. Mastin is practicing law at 1006 Ashland Block,
Chicago.
'78. Frank A. Helmer is a member of the law firm of Smith, Helmer
& Moulton, 132 La Salle Street, Chicago.
'80. Edgar B. Tolman is a member of the law firm of Doolittle,
Tolman & PoUasky, 1628-32 Marquette Building, Chicago.
*82. Louie Fuller has given up his law practice in Syracuse and will
locate in Rochester.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 117
'ga Howard S. Abbott has been compelled, on account of poor
health, to give up his position in St. Louis, and is now at his
home in Minneapolis.
'92, Severance Burrage has accepted the position of Instructor
in Sanitary Science at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
'94. George Earnest Merrill was married April 23, 189S, to
Miss Grace Gassin Mortimer, of Norwalk, Conn. Brother
Merrill is a partner in the firm of Chaplin & Merrill, Builders
and Contractors, Boston.
'95. Thomas Butler Booth is with the American Telegraph and
Telephone Company of New York.
'94. R. D. Flood is with the Fidelity and Casualty Company, 329
The Rookery, Chicago.
CHAPTER LETTERS.
PHI.
Since our last letter the Chapter has been increased by twenty-five new mem-
bers from the Qass of '97. With the election of their officers for the ensuing
year, another period in our history has passed. It has been a most prosperous
and enjoyable one, as many of our men have gained prominence by their efforts
in study, literary work and athletics^ and our meetings have been a source of
pleasure to alL
Of the newly elected members, Brother Fincke is pla3dng with the 'Varsity
baseball team ; Brother Clarke is coxswain, and Brother T. Miller substitute,
on the ' Varsity crew ; and Brother Gillette is assistant manager of the track
athletic team. Brother Coffin has been elected Vice-President of the Yale
y. M. C. A., and also Deacon of the Class of '97.
Of the older members. Brothers McKee, Bingham, Weyerhaeuser and Allen
were elected into Phi Beta Kappa ; Brother Archbald is the Presidentof the Yale
Y. M. C A. ; Brothers Beard and Longacre are on the ' Varsity crew ; Brothers
Carter and Speer on the ' Varsity nine, while in track athletics we are represented
by Brothers Brown and Sheldon^ the latter being the captain of the team for
next year. Brother Stokes won the Junior exhibition prize.
Following is the list of new members from '97: C. S. Adee, McKinley
Boyle, G. C. Brooke, T. M. Brown, T. L. Clarke, H. S. Coffin, Wirt Davis,
G. K Famam, C M. Fincke, L. G. Fisher, Jr., Curtenius Gillette, £. £.
Gregory, J. I. Lineaweaver, C. McV. McCance, J. V. Miller, T. W. Miller, J.
F. Pierce, Jr., G. H. Rountree, Dean Sage, Jr.-, J. D. Smith, Graham Sumner,
D. V. Sutphin, N. W. Wallis, J. H. Winterbotham, Mason Young, Jr.
THETA.
Another college year is fast drawing to a close^ completing a successful
quarter, as usual, to Bowdoin and Theta. But few college honors have been
announced since the last letter to the Quar/erly, but in these few J KE has by
no means taken a second position.
Of the twenty-four provisional Commencement parts, five have been assigned
to Brothers Boyd, Dewey, Hatch, Moore and Stubbs. Of these, fBKmW take
in two at least, and possibly more. Of the ten Junior Prize speakers, there are
Dekes Bates, Kyes and Minot, all of whom were in the Sophomore speaking
last year. A Sophomore prize debate has been arranged, and will probably
CHAPTER LETTERS. 119
take place during the last of the term. Of the six disputants, Brother Varrel)
represents our '97 delegation.
At the beginning of the term the new Orient Board entered upon its duties,
with Brother Minot, '96, still Editor-in-Chief; Brother Marston, Assistant Editor,
and Brothers Baxter and Marble, of '98, newly elected to the Board.
The annual publication of the Bugle has appeared under the direction of
Brother Kjes, '96, who is Editor-in-Chief. Varrell, '97, will represent the Dekes
on the '97 Bugle. At the Ivy Day exercises the wooden spoon was presented to
Brother Bates as being the most popular in his class, which is considered one of
the highest honors in the course. Since the institution of this custom twenty-
one years ago, the honor has been awarded eleven times to Dekes. Brother
Hinot read the Ivy Poem.
The usual good number of Dekes are on the college athletic teams this year.
We are represented on the ball nine by Fairbanks, '95, third base and captain of
the team, and Haines, '97, catcher and change fielder.
Brothers Bates, '96, and Pettengill, '98, were on the squad which attended
the annual intercollegiate athletic meet at Worcester. Bowdoin's rowing pros-
pects are very dim. It is doubtful if the annual Sophomore-Freshman race
comes off, but if it does we shall have, as last year, three of the four men on
the Sophomore crew — Rhines, Lurell and Shute — and at least one of the Fresh-
man crew. This year, for the first time, the four Maine colleges are to hold a
joint field day. Bowdoin expects to be well represented, as it probably will be.
Among those who will enter, the Dekes have a strong representation, and in
oor own field day we hope to win more points than any other fraternity, as we
have in many past years. Such, in brief, is the start of Theta in her second
fifty years, which we hope may be as prosperous as the first.
XI.
It is a pleasure to us to tell the brothers of our history since our last letter^
for our prosperity remains with us, and we have been more than usually suc-
cessfully in the different departments of college life.
The hterary event of the winter term was the Junior Debate. Out of the six
speakers appointed we had one man, and although this is a break in our pre-
vious wonderful record, never before having had less than three, our representa-
tive did us honor, and was a prize winner.
A chess club was started in the winter term, and it was Deke energy that
made it a success. The President and majority of players were Dekes.
Thus far in the spring term there have been two college exhibitions, the
Freshman Reading and Sophomore Declamation. On the former we had three
of the nine readers, and captured one of the prizes ; on the latter we had four
of the seven speakers, and got both prizes.
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Our work in the hall has been fine, the Freshman delegation proving them-
selves able literary men.
In athletics we have led all the fraternities. The annual athletic exhibition
had more members ot A KE than of any other faction, and the star work was
all done by Dekes. Brother Jordan, '95, is the finest all-round athlete in col-
lege. He has been elected Captain of the track team. The baseball nine is
under the management of Brother Gray, '95, and three of the regular players
are Dekes — Brother Thompson, '96, first base; Brother Watkins, '96, second
base, and Brother Hanson, '95, left field.
For our fiftieth anniversary, which occurs July 2d, we have secured an Orator,
Hon. William P. Whitehouse, Judge of the Supreme Bench of Maine, a mag-
nificent scholar and speaker. He was a brother of the Class of '69. Our Poet
will be Brother L. C. Cornish, of '75, and Historian, Brother F. W. Johnson,
*9i. This talent insures literary success, and from the energy displayed by the
chapter members a glorious celebration is betokened. The chief management
of the affair is in charge of Brother Gray, '95. £ver|rthing here is in fine con-
dition, and we hope equal prosperity is to be found in the other chapters.
SIGMA.
Surely no other body of men have better cause to enjoy spring term at
Amherst than have the Dekes. At this season particularly the location of our
chapter house on the hill is most fortunate. The extensive lawn before the
house, shaded with great elms, makes an ideal place to rest or study during the
summer weather, while from the piazza we have a view of the town. Nothing
gives us more pleasure than to show visiting brothers our house and grounds,
and any Dekes who come to Amherst will be given a warm welcome.
Amherst men look with great satisfaction on the new triangular league which
has been formed with Dartmouth and Williams. The long-standing differences
seem now in a fair way to be settled, and the athletics of the three colleges put
on a firm and fair basis.
Our ball team has been doing good work, and we confidently expect to see
the pennant come to Amherst this year, unless some unforeseen accident hap-
pens. Brother Johnston^ '97, is substitute pitcher. Our athletic team includes
some very good men, but we hardly hope to do more than make a worthy
showing at Worcester.
Sigma has been well represented in the college appointments of this term.
Brother Phillips has been elected to 9 B K.
Brother Stocking, in addition to ^ B K^ is one of the Commencement
speakers on the Hardy Fifteen and Manager of the senior dramatics.
Brother Little is Chairman of the Class Banquet Committee.
Brother Bouton, '96, has been elected an Editor of the LUerary Manihfy.
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Brother McAllister, '96, has been elected assistant leader of the Glee Club.
Brother Billings, '97, and Brother Walker, '96, made the Kellogg fifteens in
their respective classes.
Altogether, we feel that this term will close a very successful year for Amherst
and for Sigma of A KE.
GAMMA.
Gamma has had a very successful year, being well represented in all depart-
ments of university life, and being extremely fortunate in having received within
her portals seven of the best men in the Class of '98.
The only new man initiated this term is W. F. Clary, '98, of Bellbuckle,
Tenn.
T. G. Kittrell, Law, '96, was one of those chosen to represent Gamma in
die contest for Founder's medal for oratory, and Wm. Hughes in the contest for
Young's medal for oratory. There were about thirty contestants, out of whom
four men were appointed to speak for each medal.
Brother Hendrix, '95, and Brother Eliot, Law, '96, are Captain and Man-
ager respectively of this year's baseball team.
In tennis Gamma has several candidates for honors, of whom Brothers Faut,
'97, and Rand, '98, are the most promising.
Brothers Moore and Bryson, '98, are entered in the field-day sports for the
mile run and high jump, respectively.
Jeff. McCam, LL. B., '94, is practising law in Nashville, Tenn.
W. T. Locke, LL B., '94, is practising law in St. Louis, Mo.
In the non-secret Senior Fraternity Gamma has four out of the eight men,
Brothers Bayliss, Ketchum, Matthews and Lund. The members of this Frater-
nity are selected on the scale of scholarship, all who have reached a certain
average in all their work being eligible.
PSI.
The session of '94-95 is drawing to a close, and will soon be numbered
among the things of the past; and, as we look back over the past session, it is,
at times, with remembrances of happy recollections, and at other times of
thoughts less pleasing to the memory.
We of Psi Chapter have spent a pleasant and prosperous session, and it fills
our hearts with a kind of sadness to think of the time when we shall be sepa-
rated, perhaps, to meet no more ; but as we go out from the old University halls
to battle with life's stem realides, no matter what our work shall be, no matter
where our lot be cast, we shall always remember with pleasant thoughts our
college life, and especially shall we remember with still pleasanter thoughts
the sweet remembrances of college Dekedom, and with these thoughts, how can
we help from always being true and loyal Dekes, "friends always from the
heart?"
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As I said at first, this has been a pleasant and prosperous session for Psi
Chapter, and when I think of the honors that A K £*$ have taken, what can I
say otherwise ?
In all athletic and academic honors the J K BTs have been, if not first,
among the first I will mention some of the honors recently taken. In the
Sophomore Exhibition, on April 23d, we were represented by Brother Rhett,
with Brother Howze as alternate.
During Commencement Brother Cook will represent ns as Junior Orator,
with Brother Jenkins as alternate.
Brothers McWilliams, Payne and Pugh will represent us as Senior Orators.
Our annual field-day sports took place Saturday, May i8th, and the athletic
team, under the efficient captaincy of Brother Jenkins, made some good records.
Our baseball team, also under the management of Brother Jenkins, has made a
fine record, not having lost a single game this season.
Brother Patton represents us on the team, and Brother Gholson is a sub-
stitute.
Our initiates this year are : C. L. Gholson and H. C. Howze, '97 ; D. A.
Crawford, J. W. Little, O. B. Patton, S. H. Spratt, G. G. Tait, H. I. Thornton,
'98 — all of whom are good men and have shown themselves worthy of keeping
up the high standard that has hitherto been set by our alumni brothers.
UPSILON.
Our previous letters this year have given a fairly detailed account of the
success o( J K E 9Lt Brown during the current year, but that we are not letting
up in the good work may be seen from a statement of the doings of the Dekes
since our last writing.
7^e Brown Daily Herald has added another Deke to its board in Brother A
O. Foster, '97, and the election of officers for 1895-96 resulted in the appoint-
ment of Brother C. S. Stedman as Editor-in-Chief, and Brother A. D. Call as
business manager. Brother H. H. Utiey has been chosen as Commodore of the
Brown Yacht Club. Brother R. E. Corlew is Manager of the Freshman base-
ball nine, and Brothers C. H. George, 77, and R. C. Graves are members of the
nine.
Brothers A. O. Foster and H. H. Utley were members of the annual Sopho-
more ball committee. Brother R. C. Graves is a captain in the military depart-
ment. The annual bowling tournament was won by Brother W. C, Bliss, and the
annual whist tournament by Brothers W. C. Bliss and G. M. Bliss. We have
another Class-Day officer in Brother G. A. Matteson, who is one of the three
Junior Marshals of the day.
Upsilon is hard at work, and with great prospects for a strong '99 delegation.
We have no fear of the future.
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BBTA.
The University is growing, and building improvements are being made.
Beta is pushing ahead. Our chapter is rejoicing over the recent generous gift
of money for the purchase of a building site. An initiate of this year, Harry S.
Lake^ of New York City, is the giver. The building committee are planning
for the erection of a creditable chapter house. It is our intention to have it
finished before the opening of the next session.
Our present rented Fraternity home has been a popular center of unusual
activity and interest, and Fraternity life is enjoyed thoroughly. We are a happy,
congenial body of students.
The Helleman, of which our loyal and aggressive Brother Dudley Lindsey
is Editor-in-Chief, is regarded as the best edition ever issued here.
E. W. Myers, who is Editor-in-Chief of the 7'ar Heel, the University
weekly publication, and President of the Senior class, has been elected Poet of
his class.
This year's initiates have been doing good work. They are growing enthu-
siastic and progressive members. In fact, we are justly proud of their records
in winning honors.
It is quite certain that Stanly will be captain of the 'Varsity baseball team
next year. He has played remarkably fine ball this season. His record has
brought great credit upon the athletic side of the University.
The new initiates are: John B. Lindsey, Frankfort, Ky.; C. R. Dey, Norfolk,
Va.; H. S. Lake, New York City; R. R. Handy, Washington, N. C
Brother Lake has been very successful as leader of the Banjo Club, being
greeted with great applause at every place visited. Brother Guion will captain
the next football team.
Brother Lake has been re-elected as leader of the Banjo Club^ and Brother
Dey leader of the Mandolin Club. Brothers Stanley, Bel den and Johnson were
on the baseball team.
Beta will give a banquet commencement.
KTA.
We of the Eta Chapter are modest ; we are not fond of ** blowing our own
horn." Our fraternal readers of other chapters will undoubtedly be chiefly im-
pressed by this truth of ours upon perusing what is to follow.
Yet, despite this foolish reserve, we cannot refrain from slyly observing that
"We are the people." We do not underscore anyone of the words of this
hackneyed yet adequately expressive sentence, because wherever you place the
emphasis the main feature will be the same — the glory is ours I
We had our picture taken the other day, and we must confess that we make
a charming group. In the photograph we are grouped in a double row ; the
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first row of us is sitting, the back row standing. The central figure of the group
is Brother Raleigh Minor, first in law, first in seniority, and first in the hearts
of his clubmates. He is the younger of our two representatives in the Faculty-
much the younger, having not yet stepped into the thirties. We beg to mention
in passing that the other brother in the Faculty is Professor J. M. Gamett, who
has now for a number of years occupied the Chair of English and Anglo-Saxon.
Others in the handsome group are Brother Sidney Neely, who as an acade-
mic student won honor and glory for himself, both in the class-room and on
the athletic field several years ago, remained out of college three years,
returned last session, to take up the study of law, and will take his Bachelor
of Law degree at the coming finals ; Brother Boyle, a fellow citizen of Brother
Sidney Neely in the fair city of Memphis, who will also take a Bachelor of Law
degree at this final ; Brother Nelson, member of the '94 eleven, pitcher on the
'95 nine, and Captain of the same, President of the Academic Class and candi-
date this year for the degree of Master of Arts ; Brothers Herbert Old and
Clarke Collins, who will take the M. D. degree at these finals.
Brothers Hugh Neely, Garnett and McCabe, who hold the positions of first-
base, short-stop and left field, respectively, on the nine ; Brother Virginias
Dabney, who is the star of the University Dramatic Club, and Brothers Craig-
hill and Price, who have been respectively and successively the Editor-in-Chief
of College Topics (weekly), for the first and second half session.
Brother Taylor was obliged to abandon his study of law and leave college
two or three weeks ago, on account of ill health.
Brother Joseph Winston, who took the degree of Doctor of Medicine here
three years ago, and has since been practicing in several New York hospitals,
is at present paying the chapter a welcome visit.
Our modesty, to which we made an apologetic reference in the beginning of
this epistle, has prevented our noting one-half the nice things that might be
said of us.
We trust, however, that we have said enough to show that the college ses-
sion which is now drawing to a close, has been a successful one for Eta Chap-
ter, and that the observation made in the beginning is true of us this year, as it
has been in former years, and will be, we hope, in times to come, viz., " We
are the people. "
KAPPA.
Nearing the close of the college year the chapter reviews the year's work
with pleasure. Our representatives in the Senior class missed getting the first
honors by a fraction of i per cent, giving us a close second and third in class
standing. We lose four members by graduation this year.
Having started the chapter house idea and carried it out successfully this
year, we will improve on the plan by renting a more commodious home &cing
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the campiis for next year. It is hoped our alumni will be interested in a per-
manent and lasting home for the chapter.
Two members will represent us this year on the oratorical contest.
The AKK banquet will be held on the evening of June 19, preceding
Commencement Day.
^ Among the other honors carried off by the chapter are the Hepburn English
piin^ the Elliott Greek prize, and Sophomore Latin prize.
Several men do not expect to return next year, but if we are successful in the
nshing season, as usual, our success next year will be assured.
With many well wishes for her sister chapters, Kappa bids them good-bye
ontii next fall.
LAMBDA.
Easter term at Kenyon is always a term of hard work, interrupted by few
events of importance, and this year was no exception, save that the interrupt-
ions proved happier than usual.
• ^nety-six's Junior Promenade was acknowledged by all to be the most
complete and successful dance ever given at the college. Brothers Follett and
Hjrers were on the committee.
The Lecture Course Committee was remarkably fortunate in its selections
this jrear, and offered a series of entertainments seldom enjoyed by so small an
audiende.
The Dramatic Club and Glee and Mandolin Clubs are stronger than usual
this year, and so far have done very creditable work. We are represented on
the latter by Brothers Clarke and Dunham, '98.
With the advent of spring new life has been instilled into the college, and
the prospects of Lambda, as well as of the whole institution, look brighter and
more promising than some may have expected.
An unsuccessful football jeason has been forgotten in the successful begin-
ning of the baseball season. A KE furnishes her usual share of the team,
with Brother Myers short-stop, Esselburne pitcher, Follett second base, and
Clarke third base. The baseball field has undergone a thorough renovation,
and is now one of the finest in the State.
The football team is out for spring practice, and is making a very good
showing. Only two men will be lost by graduation, and with the average
Freshman delegation next fall the team should be the strongest one that Kenyon
has ever put in the field. Among the candidates are Brothers Myers and Little,
who played on last year's team.
Politics has become a matter of secondary importance at Kenyon, and no
comparative standing of firatemities could be made on this score, neither could
one be made according to scholarship honors ; but if a comparison were to be
made it could justly be made from the number of men who make Theta Nu
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Epsilon, which, however broadcast its honors may have been scattered lately,
still prides itself on its ezclasiveness at Kenyon, and nnmbers among its men
the pick and choice of the whole college. For the last five years the dififerent
fraternities have been represented in this society by the following percentage of
their men: A K E \ij 'Ji per cent; IFT by 60 per cent; -4 J * by 50 per
cent; A 7* J by 10 per cent, and £ G Ilby s per cent
We deeply lament the death of Brother Lawrence Rust, E A, '70, which
occurred on the 1 5th of April last For many years Dr. Rust had been one of
the Regents of the Kenyon Military Academy, and it is to him that that institu-
tion owes much of its success.
PI.
Each division of the academic year has, naturally, at every college, certain fea-
tures which make it peculiarly attractive ; but at Dartmouth, certainly, the
spring term is almost universally recognized as the pleasantest of the three.
From the very first, however, there are abundance of reminders that it is not to
be by any means long. The Seniors are principally interested in preparing for
Commencement ; occasionally they let their caps and gowns appear; and one
of the most conspicuous objects on the college grounds is always a group of
them busily engaged in carving class canes.
Yet there is room enough for other things also, conspicuous among them,
of course, athletics. With the condition of our affairs in this department we
have every reason to feel satisfied. The Triangular League with Amherst and
Williams, in football, baseball and general athletics into which we have
entered is by far the best arrangement that could be devised for us, as well as for
the two other colleges. The results of the winter training of our general ath-
letic team appeared in the winning of the championship of the New England
Intercollegiate Association. No small part of the credit for this achievement is
due to Brother Carleton, our Athletic Director, who has worked devotedly in the
gymnasium all the year. In baseball our prospects for a championship are not
good, although the work of the nine has been very creditable. Pi has gained
honor from the playing of the four Dekes who have places on the team, Brothers
Lane, '95 ; Davis, '96 ; McCornack, '97, and Patey, '98.
Dekes have been prominent in almost all the lines of college activity during
the months just past. After a year of inactivity the Dramatic Club was revived
this winter, and some weeks ago it presented ^' David Garrick." Among its
members are Brothers Stevens, '95 ; Scales, '95 ; and Ham, '96 ; while Brother
Laycock, '96, is Stage Manager. Among the participants in the college minis-
trel show, which is to be given soon, are four Dekes, of whom Brother Scales,
'95, and Chandler, '98, are end men. Pi's private minstrel show and reception
of last term went off very successfully. One of the Deke ladies, who has lived
in several academic towns, declared it the pleasantest of the student entertain-
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ments at which she had ever been present In the first college contest in original
speaking Pi was well represented. Brother Stevens was one of the four Seniors
who contested in an extemporaneous debate, and Brother Laycock, one of the
two Juniors, and Brother Shaw, one of the two Sophomores, who delivered ora-
tions. Brother Shaw took the second prize. In the annual speaking of Pi the
awards went to Brothers Laycock, Thompson, '95^ Stevens and Shaw. In the
Second Annual College Interfratemity Whist Tournament the Deke team, con-
sistiiig of Brother Davis, '96, and Fletcher, '96, won first place. Places on the
Board of the Dartmouth have for several months been held by Brothers H.
E Gibson, '97 ; Shaw; Marden, '98 ; and Blakely, Medical. Among the
twelve Seniors who have been given provisional Commencement appointments
(assigned for excellence in scholarship) are four members of Pi : Brothers Lord,
Fillsbary, Thompson and Marden. Brother Laycock is President of the Y. M.
C A. for the year beginning with the present term. Brother Chandler was
Toastmaster at the Freshman banquet. Brother Meserve is President of the
Sophomore class.
The members of Pi extend to all other Dekes the best wishes for the sum-
mer.
IOTA.
Iota is justly proud of her record in every department of college life at Cen-
tral University, and especially so of her record in oratory.
She has nearly always had the medalists in local oratorical contests, and the
representatives of our University in the Intercollegiate Oratorical Contests. On
the first Friday night of May the annual declaims contest was held in the Uni-
versity chapel ; the Dekes had three out of ten speakers, Brothers Bennett, Stone
and Smith. The medal was unanimously awarded to Brother J. Speed Smithy
one of our new mitiates.
Since our last chapter letter, the name of John D. Goodloe, '98, has been
added to our roll. Brother Glass has been elected Captain of our baseball
team. J KE, 2a usual, will have more men to graduate in June than any other
fraternity.
Brother Wm. Jackson, by virtue of his victory last year, will be Chairman
of the Junior oratorical contest ; he is also Class Orator. Two of the six Com-
mencement orators are J KKs^ Brothers Burnam and Glass.
Again it is our painful duty to announce to our sister chapters the death of
one of our brothers, Edwin Phelps Tribble, '92. In his death A KE loses one
of its most promising members.
Brother Tribble, while at college, won the Highest General Average prize,
FhjTsics prize. Calculus prize, Atlantis prize, Twenty-second Oratorical prize,
Latin prize, Physiology prize^ and graduated with summa cum laude.
He was beloved by all who knew him, and his kindness of heart, clearness of
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judgment and seal foe hm Fntenutf made him an espedal ^Torite and valuable
alomaos of this cfaapcer.
We ckite the fear with a record oneqiialed bj anf odier chapter here.
Brother Adams was Capcaxn of the ball team, and Brothers Gnmt, '95, Wells, '94,
Parkhont, '97, WeHs, '98, and Skceles, '98, gave as a good representation on
the team. The Alpha Alpha men expressed much pleasare at the entertainment
at the hands of the Hamilton and Colgate Chapcers o( J K E.
Brother Wells^ '98, will be oor man to contest ibr the P^ui^er prize at Com-
mencement time, and Brothers Harden, Parkhnrst and Kimball for Merrill prizes.
We hope to get at least our share of the awards.
¥hr^ Senior:} leave the chapter this rear who have been active in every line
of college work. Bat the fatare attracts a% and the prospect for new men is
eq>edallf bright
OXICX09.
The most ecjojable period of the college year at Michigan is at hand. This
period marits the revival of the interest in athletics in general as distinguished
from the nndivided enthasiasm shown in t'ne great hh sport, football. Oor
baseball team has recently taken two trips, one, a soathem trip, which occupied
the entire spring vacation, the other a joomej westward. On both trips thej
were unosuallj saccessfal, losing bat one game, and that in Chicago, daring the
latter trip. This year the chapter is well represented on the nine by Brothers
Condon, Gallup and Waterman.
For several years there has existed here what is known as an Interfratemity
League, composed of the fraternities Alpha Delta Phi, Pri U, Zeta Psi and
J K E. At the close of college last year J KE occupied first place, and this
season we also expect to hold the same position in the schedule.
This year more interest is being takoi in track athletics than ever before, due
in great part to the efforts of a good trainer. Our representatives in this field
made a good showing at the Intercollegiate meeting at Chicago on June ist, and
also against the California track team here on June 5th.
Ann Arbor has recently been the scene of a musical festival, in which many
noted musicians participated, and which brought many visitors^here from differ-
ent parts of the State.
This year we have made no recent additions to our membership rolls on
account of receiving no second semester stadent& The coming graduation of
the Class of '95 will remove many valuable men from our ranks, as we are wdl
represented, not only in the literary, but also in the professional departments.
We hope, however, to fill this vacancy by several men whom we have already
pledged for the coming year, together with such others as we shall deem suitable
for OmicroD.
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RHO.
Nearly at the close of another college year we can look backward over oar
record and be pleased with it We would report progress, but as that is char-
acteristic of all pertaining to ^ KE, why state what we enjoy with all our other
€bapter8.
In college life we each do what we can in some particular department, and
thns we are represented in all.
Brother Wells, '96, is President of the Young Men's Christian Association for
the coming year. He is also Historian of his class.
Brother Earnest, '97, is Secretary of the Track Athletic Association.
Brother Pfatteicher is Vice-President, and Brother Rowland Marshal, of the
ClasB of '95 for three years.
Brother Pfatteicher was President of the Press Club, which was organized here
last term. The Press Club does a good service for the college in sending out
the news in a correct form. It will be a permanent organization.
On the Medical Society, also a new organization, we are represented by
Brother Stoddard, '97, who is Secretary of the Society.
Brother Cope, '98, has played short stop on his Class team this spring. He
espects to enter the bicycle races this Commencement
Brother Walbridge, '98, has demonstrated that he can play baseball as well
as football by his playing at third base on the 'Varsity nine. He was on the
team that defeated Lehigh in the relay race in Philadelphia last May. Besides
this, he and Brother Rowland have won prizes in other athletic meets.
The Melange, our Junior Class annual, which will be issued by the Qass of
'97, is to be strictly a fraternity book.
Each fraternity has two representatives on the Board, and the non-fraternity
men of the Class are not represented.
Brothers Demarest and Stoddard represent Delta Kappa Epsilon.
We had the pleasure of receiving a visit from Brother G. B. Davidson, Delta
Chi, '84, May 2 2d. Brother Davidson was here to arrange for a game of base-
ball between Lafayette and Cornell.
Just a word about our new alumni, the '95 men. Brother Booz will rest
for the summer months and take up railroad engineering next fall.
Brother Pfatteicher has received several offers to teach, but it is probable that
he will enter some theological seminary in the fall.
Brother Rowland is so charmed with the scenic beauties and curriculum of
La&jrette that he is pretty sure to return in September to study and play football.
Brother Shull has applied for admission to the bar, and will pursue the study
of law next fall.
TAU.
The action taken this spring by Hamilton in withdrawing from the State
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Intercollegiate Football, Baseball and Athletic Leagues has left matters of late
rather qaiet
The college has just suffered a great loss in the death of Hon. John W.
O'Brien, Instructor in Municipal Law.
The annual Psi Upsilon Convention has lately been held with the Hamilton
(Psi) Chapter.
On the 'Varsity baseball team are Brothers Hiken, '95, and Rogers, '98.
Brothers Rogers and Kelsey are also on the Freshman team.
Brother Palmer, 95, has been appointed one of the six Clark Prize Orators.
Of the Commencement officers, Brother Hiken is Chairman of the Senior
Ball Committee, Brother Palmer is Class Photographer, while Brother Glass, '97,
is to give the Sophomore response on Campus Day.
Tau has been highly favored this spring by visits from the following
Brothers : J. D. Henderson, *68 ; J. R. Douglas, '69 ; F. Gibbons, '90 ; T. C.
Brockway, '93 ; R. N. Brock way, '91 ; J. A. Minor, L. N. Foote and G. A.
Watrous, all '94; also Brother French, 4> T^ '92, and Brother Penrose, -<4 X. '95.
These visits are one of the most pleasant features of fraternity life, strengthening
the bonds, both among the members of the active chapters and with the alumni
as well.
Tau has good reason to expect several honors and prizes not yet announced.
MU.
The spring term at Colgate University opened with the usual earnestness and
good cheer. First, the Glee Club took its annual trip, which was attended with
remarkable success. Our delegation on the club speak in the highest terms of
the good *'Deke times" they were given at Rutgers and in other places. Then
followed the gayest event of the year, the Junior Promenade, which was pro-
nounced far ahead of all previous promenades. Following this event was the
celebration in honor of our patrons, which began with an oration by President
Schurmann of Cornell, and ended wtth a nicely served banquet in the gymnasium.
The annual tour of the baseball team is now in progress. The results thus far
have with few exceptions met the expectations of all. Seven brothers, including
the Captain, are on the team.
Of college honors, Mu has taken her due share. Brother Negus, '96,
took the first prize in the Grout Junior oratorical contest Brothers Clare, '95,
and M. Stackpole^ '95, were appointed Commencement speakers, the former
being also elected member of Phi Beta Kappa.
NU.
The bill appropriating $1,150,000 for new buildings and grounds for our
college has been signed by Governor Morton. Nothing has been settled beyond
the fact that the site will be above Central Park, about the center of the great
residential district of New York City.
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Oar college will receive an immense impetus from this measure, the social
and athletic plants, as it were, receiving a much-needed nourishment, while the
fraternities will become even a more potent factor than before.
Oar chapter now numbers fourteen, J. Harper Jasper, '96, winner of one of
last year's mathematical prizes, having been initiated. We have been very glad
to see at the initiation, and also at our regular meetings and stags, Brothers
Powell, '83; Perrin, '83; Emly, '91; Reynolds, '91; Tracy, '93; Humphries, '93;
Robeson, '93;. Douglas, '94; Fowler, '94; Calkins, '94, and Seitz, '93, all
of No.
The records of some of our men will show the work we are doing. Brothers
Dejgnau, '95; Hanson, '97; Davis, '98, are on the Track team. Brother Han-
son won the half-mile in our spring games. Brothers Ridley, '97, and H. Kafka
'97, are on the Lacrosse team.
Brother Deignan is on the baseball team, and also was a member of the relay
team who beat the New York University team at the University of Pennsylvania
games.
Brother H. Kafka is Treasurer of the Lacrosse Association.
Brother Dearborn, President ; Brother Ridley, Toastmaster, and Brother H.
Kafka, responded to toasts at the Sophomore banquet, the finest affair of its kind
during the year.
The Nu contingent at the New York University are doing good work.
Brother Bradley managed the 'Varsity baseball team, while Brother Eckel won
second in the mile, and Brother Fred. Kafka, second in the shot, in the Univer-
rit/s annual games.
The chapter passed the following resolutions respecting the death of Brother.
Hdser, '78, Nu :
Whereas^ Our Heavenly Father has called to his eternal home our beloved
Brother Charles L. Reiser, '78; be it
Resohed^ That we deeply deplore the loss of our esteemed associate, whose
companionship we have enjoyed and whose absence from our midst will be
greatly felt ; be it further
ResoiDed, That this expression of condolence be conveyed to the friends and
family of our departed brother and to the J ^ ^ Quarterly and college papers,
as indicating the fraternal affection and high esteem in which he was held by the
members of Nu Chapter, Delu Kappa Epsilon.
For the chapter,
Fred. L. Hunt, '96.
Fred. M. Dearborn, '97.
PSI PHI.
The college world at DePauw has lately been stirred by the resignation of our
President, Dr. J. P. D. John. The real cause of his resignation is not genen^lly
known, but it is hoped that Dr. John will reconsider in favor of a continued
term.
132 CHAPTER LETTERS.
W <P takes the lead, both in studentship and athletics. Three of oar five
Seniors were this week elected to ^ B K. They were Brothers Ritten, Abbott
and Pratt — three out of the ten chosen.
Though our 'Varsity ball team has not been very successful this year, yet
Brothers Basye and Bohn, as catcher and second baseman, have been the recipi-
ents of special honors.
In our recent Field Day exercises the Dekes took the plums : Brother Pratt,
the mile run and half-mile run ; Brother Buchanan, the pole vault, running
broad jump and standing broad jump ; Brother Iglehart, the high jump ; Dekes
scoring one-third of the points.
Athletics is on a boom. The necessary funds are now ready for a new park
as soon as a suitable location can be found.
In the zouave drill on Military Commencement Day, we were represented
by four oiit of eighteen men, viz., Brothers Abbott, Iglehart, Buchanan and
Hixson, Brother Abbott receiving first place in the Competitive Company DrilL
The Junior Mirage, upon which Brother Kenny represents us, has just been
issued.
The President of the American Republican College League has appointed
Brother Nadal Chairman of the Seventh Department, embracing Indiana, Ken-
tucky and Tennessee.
GAMMA PHI.
Another college year is near its end and Gamma Phi will lose five good men.
Brothers Waltz and Miller will be very much missed by us in the line of schol-
arship (they will both be B K men) and Brother Leo in athletics.
The '96 Oi/a Padrida appeared last month and it is a very neat and tasty
annual. Brothers Davies and Fuller were on the Board of Editors.
Brothers Brownell and Evans have been elected on the Board for next year's
annual. Brother Brownell has also been appointed Assistant Manager of the
Argus,
Our ball team has been doing good work this season and is undoubtedly the
best Wesleyan has ever had.
In track athletics we have been represented by Brothers Leo^ '95, and Chase,
'96. Brother Davies is Assistant Manager of the team.
Brother Waltz has received an appointment as Commencement Speaker.
Brother Fuller was a Speaker at Junior Exhibition and will speak at the Junior-
Sophomore contest. Brother Chase will represent us at Junior debate, and
Brother Hawkins is one of three for the Freshman Declamation Contest
It is too early to state positively how many prizes we shall get this year, but
we are reckoning on taking no less than six.
Broken up as we have been this year, yet we have taken a high place in col-
lege affairs; and in town we are recognized as the first of college fraternities.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 13»
We have entertained to a much larger extent than formerly, and on several occa-
sions have given up oar house to various societies for social gatherings.
Our oudook for next year is very bright indeed. We have a delegation
started with three first-class men, and are on the track of several more.
We are glad to have a cut of our new house in this number. Several grad-
uates of other chapters have visited us recently and they say, as everybody else
does, that is the finest chapter house they ever saw.
PSI OMEGA.
With the advent of the summer vacation Psi Omega naturally reviews the
work accomplished during the college year just closed. Much has been attained ;
all that we could, rather than all that we would, achieve. We find our men
holding the highest positions which the student body can bestow, the late
election of Brother Voorhees to the Grand Marshalship of the Institute and the
advancement of Brother Robinson to the position of Editor-in-Chief of The
Pofylechmc, completing our conquests. The Junior publication, the Transit^
has just appeared and is provoking favorable comment No small amount of
the praise is due the Editor-in-Chief, Brother Janes. The chapter finds itself
well pleased with the house it has occupied during the past year and has
arranged to retain its present quarters for another twelve months. As we have
no men in the Senior class our number will not be lessened by the graduation
of '95, so that with the return of our full membership next fall, we should be
well equipped for another year's labors.
DELTA CHI.
Since our last letter we have beautified our house and grounds by furnishing
and grading.
We regret to announce that Brothers Mullan, '96, and Ohl, '97, did not
return this term.
We have added to our membership E.J. Marshall, Post-Graduate, Law School
Brother Marshall will next year be an instructor at the U. of M. Law School.
Tlie Star I^eague baseball games are now on, and A KE has won two and
has a good show for victory. The league consists of five of the oldest fraterni-
ties at Cornell, namely, A A &, T W, K A, ZTznd A XE.
The Henley crew sailed for England May 29th on the Ctfy of Paris, They
were escorted to their special train by an enthusiastic procession of the town
people and students. The Paris was escorted down the bay by a steamer
crowded with the friends of Cornell, and all anxious to give the crew a last
forewell.
We had the pleasure of a week's visit from A. C. Field, '92. He coached
the baseball team while here.
Brother Pound, 'Sj, has been elected to a professorship in the Law School.
This will be the first Deke that has ever been a member of the Law School Faculty.
134 CHAPTER LETTERS.
Brother Welch, '95, won the Law School prize debate this year.
There are many brothers who have never seen us in our new home. We
-extend to you all a hearty invitation to visit as Commencement week, and we
hope as many will come as can.
The Cornell Glee, Banjo and Mandolin clubs depart for England Jane 19
on the City o/Paris^ intending to make a concert tour of five weeks' duration.
'95 is the first Senior class that has ever adopted the cap and gown at Cor-
nell. The innovation is received by all with approbation.
We are pleased to note the visits of the following brothers: Leeming, P B ;
Van Allen, * jT, '90; Penrose, A X; Otuway, T\ Pierson, (P /*; Jones, iV, '93;
and from J X Snider, '91; Brown, '93; Tuttle, '92; Field, '91; Davidson, '84;
Ickelheimer, '88; Pound, '87; Dalson, '88; Wilson, '87, and Place, '94.
DELTA DELTA.
Success in all departments of student life continues to crown the efibrts of
the brothers of Delta Delta.
Athletics are booming, and there is no doubt that the U. of C. baseball team
will make a great record before the year is over, it being conceded that the
Western intercollegiate championship lies between the University of Chicago
and the University of Michigan. Delta Delta is represented on the 'Varsity
team by Brother Pike, while Brother Minard captains the reserves and is sub-
stitute on the 'Varsity.
The track team, with Brother Holloway as captain, is doing good work,
and has already won the triangular meet between Northwestern, Lake Forest
and Chicago. June ist the team will enter for the Western intercollegiate
championship and will be up among the first three or four colleges. Brothers
Bliss and Law, the former a brother of the famous fast wheelman, are doing
good work on the team and may be relied upon. In tennis, Brother McGillivray
holds a place on the team.
One of the highest honors to be awarded in the American college world was
tendered to Brother L. B. Vaughan on his election to the Presidency of the
American College Republican League one month ago. Brother Vaughan also
had the honor of being chosen chief debater in the recent financial debate with
Lake Forest Universitv.
Delta Delta will be represented on Academic Day this year as follows: Presi-
dent, Brother Law; Committee on Academic Ball, Brothers Pike, McGillivray and
Law; Committee on Academic Farce, Brothers Pike, Law, Atwood and Chace.
Brother Caraway, '95, graduated in March, and Brother McClintock has
left college for one quarter.
GAMMA BETA.
The college year of '94-95 has passed into history, but it has left the Co-
lumbia Chapter of J £ J? in an enviable position, although with '95 graduating
CHAPTER LETTERS. 136
<me of the strongest delegations we ever had leaves the chapter. Oar fund for
a chillier house, to be built near the site of the great Columbia University of the
fiitiixe;, has assumed very gratifying proportions. With the strong aid we have
in the Faculty, we hope and expect to have one of the best situations and finest
fratienuty houses on University Heights. .
In the graduating class this year, Brother J. £. Bullen and Brother Fred
Coykendall are both honor men, both making (^ J9 J. Brother Bullen is also
chairman of the Graduating Committee. With him on the committee are Brother
C D. Shrady, Edward Coykendall, Fred Coykendall and T. W. Shepard.
Brother Shepard has had the honor of Grand Marshal conferred upon him.
Brother Fred Coykendall, who is considered one of the brightest men Columbia
has graduated in some years, was nominated by the Faculty as one of the most
deserving men of the graduating class. The Class have honored Brother Coyken-
dall by electing him life President of the Class. On the Class Day Committee
are Brothers Hungerford, Coykendall and Beach. Brother Coykendall will de-
liver the salutatory address. On the Columbia Spectator^ the only and one of
the oldest college papers, we are well represented. Brother George R. Beach is
business manager, and Brother Charles S. Adams is one of the associate editors.
Under Brother Beach's management the paper has improved wonderfully, and it
reflects credit upon our Fraternity to have a J ii^ ^ at its head.
Brother Conover is manager of the Freshman crew^ he is now at New Lon-
don looking after the interest of the men. We were well represented this year
in the track team, and Brother March has been putting up a star game behind
the bat He is considered one of the best catchers Columbia has ever had. In
the Musical Society Brother Coykendall is Secretary and Treasurer, Brother Ry-
erson, Vice-President, Brothers Shepard, Beach, Doty, Bostwick and Adams
being members.
We do not like to brag too much, but we feel that we have just cause in
thinking that Gamma Beta is a power at this, the Columbia University.
ALPHA CHI.
Since our last letter Alpha Chi has moved along smoothly, holding its cus-
tomary position in college.
During the Easter recess the baseball team and the musical organizations
made trips, the former through New York State, while the latter gave concerts
in New York, Wilmington, Germantown, Baltimore and Washington. Both
trips were very successful.
Lately the baseball team has been playing in hard luck, three of the regular
team being laid off on account of serious injuries. Brother Penrose, '95, Captain
of the teams, being among the number.
The Dramatic Association recently presented "Germs" and *' Chums" at
Waterbury, Conn., before a large and appreciative audience. Under the able
136 CHAPTER LETTERS.
management of Brother Smart, '95, this organization has become one of the
most prominent in college.
At the Senior Prize Oratorical, held recently. Brother Danker, '97, carried
off first prize.
Brother Olcott, '96, has been elected a member of the Tablet Board.
In closing. Alpha Chi extends to all her sister chapters best wishes for a
successful "rushing" season.
PHI SPSILON.
The college year here is just closing. This letter can truthfully announce the
most prosperous in the experience of this chapter.
Prospects for next year are the best. We have already pledged five men
who will make a strong link in Phi Epsilon's chain, it being the custom here
to fix all men from the twin cities the spring before entering college.
Our '' first annual report," sent out about a month ago, gave all necessary
information in regard to our standing in college. The precedent will be here-
after regularly observed.
Athletics in ''Minnesota" are fast bringing her into prominence. The
$125,000 for the new gymnasium has been secured and will be built upon the
campus directly opposite the new '' Phi Epsilon Chapter House."
Every effort will will be put forward to regain our old reputation as cham-
pions of the Middle West on the gridiron, so ably won by Wisconsin, with a
score of 6-0 last fall. The able work of Brother Van Sant, as football man-
ager, has secured Pug. Heffelfinger as coach for the entire season. The teams
will be under his entire supervision and all practice secret
Phi Epsilon will close the year with a dinner in honor of our Class of '95.
SIGMA TAU.
Since her last chapter letter Sigma Tau has initiated two more men, Charles
Oilman Hyde, '96, Yantic, Conn., and Paul De Blois Leighton, '98, Ports-
mouth, N. H. Brother Hyde is Editor-in-Chief of the Tech, and was recently
elected President of the New England Intercollegiate Press Association.
Brother Whiting was elected Associate Editor, Brother Cutler, chief of the
artistic staff, and Brother Washburn business manager of next year's Annual.
Sigma Tau now numbers twenty-six men, eight of whom belong to the out-
going class. Of these Brother Booth was First Marshal and Stephen Sheppard
Orator at the Class Day exercises. Brother Tucker was on the Class Day Com-
mittee.
Our annual reception was held, as usual, at the Hotel Brunswick on Gass
Day and was a great success.
The Institute was fortunate enough to secure from the Legislature an appro-
priation of $25,000 for six years, which was very badly needed, to cover the
deficit of the past few years.
NEW INITIATES.
r.
W. F. Claiy, '98, Bdlbuckle, Tenn.
B.
JdhnB. Lindsey, Frankfort, Ky.; C.R. Dey,
Norfolk, Va. ; H. S. Lake, New York
Citj; R. R. Handy, Washington, D. C.
/.
lokn D.Goodloe, '98, Whites Sution, Ky.
JV.
J. Harper Jasper, '96, New York City.
Edwin James Marshall, '94, P.-G., Law
School, Toledo, O.
2 1.
Charles Gilman Hyde, '96, Yantic, Conn.;
Paul De Blois Laighton, '98, Portsmouth,
N. H.
It will be gratifying for A K Es to know, that although the
proprietors, Messrs. Drake, Parker & Co. have closed the Grand
Pacific Hotel, they expect to renew the hotel business in Chicago.
The Grand Pacific had been the old standby headquarters of J A £in
the West for years, and Tracy Drake ( ^ £1 '86), is known to all. It
was here that the Northwestern Association was founded ; and it
was here that not only they, but Dekes from all over, always
gathered, using it for a club or chapter house rather than a hotel.
In this particular this famous house occupied a unique position, the
passing of which, so full of reminiscences and associations, has left
a place not easy to be filled.
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EDITORIALS.
The beautiful house of Gamma Phi is our frontispiece in this
issue. The chapter owes a debt of gratitude to their alumni, con-
spicuous among them being Judge Pearne himself, for their valuable
assistance in securing such a home.
We are very much pleased to note the rapid advances that
have been made within the last few years on this chapter house
question. We have received encouraging reports from every single
chapter not owning a house, varying all the way from the inception
of a chapter house fund to the completion of the building. A short
time ago we published a cut of Delta Chi*s new house, the finest of
the kind at Cornell.
Theta Zeta, Eta and Phi Epsilon are well under way towards new
buildings, and Phiis about to commence the erection of a new house
to take the place of her old one. The majority of our chapters
already occupy houses, some of them magnificent structures. It
should be the ambition of every chapter to own a house, and we
hope to see the time when such a state of affairs exists.
The admission of Alpha Delta Phi on an equal footing with ARE
and Psi Upsilon at Yale will be beneficial to all three. It will pre-
serve the exclusiveness and at the same time materially reduce the
membership of the chapter. The proportion of honors shared by
each fraternity will necessarily be less, but where the fundamental
idea is congeniality and fraternalism rather than distinctly honorary
— such as the Yale Senior societies — such a change will not be
detrimental. It will also present the advantage of an increased
competition and the resultant increase in effort and care to secure
good men, and in this way raise the standard of the chapter.
We publish in another place the annual report of Phi Epsilon,
which was printed in pamphlet form and distributed by the chapter
among the other chapters and elsewhere. Several other chapters
EDITORIALS. 139
liave sent out similar reports or chapter letters. The most com-
plete among the late publications of this kind is the pamphlet
published by Sigma Tau, containing a brief statement as to the con-
dition of the chapter by way of preface, which we also publish
elsewhere, and a list of all her alumni and undergraduate members in
catalogue form, with a short account of each one.
This procedure on the part of our two younger chapters we
cannot commend two strongly. The advantages of publishing and
distributing reports of this kind are too obvious to require any
argument. It not only serves as a link between the chapters, but
tends to preserve the interest of the alumni in their chapter. It is
the j)olicy of the Quarterly to maintain as complete a system of
chapter correspondence as possible, and with this end in view we
have endeavored to have a letter from each chapter in every issue.
But this need not interfere with these yearly reports. A pamphlet
of this kind can be published and distributed at a comparatively
small expense — too small to meet with any serious objection on this
ground. We should like to see all of our chapters support a pub-
lication of this kind for distribution among the other chapters, their
own particular alumni and the alumni generally through the regular
alumni associations, and would suggest that this be added by the
respective chapters as a duty incumbent upon them.
It is gratifying to learn that plans are already under way for the
next annual convention, which will be held in Syracuse on Novem-
ber 14 and 15, 1895, with the J K E Association of Central New
York.
This young and vigorous association is well able to entertain
the convention, and we feel sure that a varied and interesting pro-
gramme will be provided for those who may attend. The import-
ance of these annual conventions cannot be overestimated. Here
the questions of general Fraternity policy are discussed and deter-
mined under the enlightened and broad intelligence of the repre-
sentatives of the whole Fraternity. Not the least gratifying feature
of past conventions has been the large attendance of the alumni
and the representatives of the Alumni Associations. This was
especially noticeable at the conventions held in New York, Wash-
ington, Boston and Chicago. High tide in this respect was reached
at the Semi-Centennial Convention held in New York last Novem-
140 EDITORIALS.
ber, where over six hundred members attended one or more of the
exercises.
While such large and representative attendance and such en-
thusiastic interest in the doings of the conventions shall continue,
the harmonious growth and development of the J K E Fraternity is
assured.
It is not too much to say that J K E owes her lack of secularism,
her strength and her unity largely to these annual conventions.
We bespeak on behalf of the Association of Central New York
a large and representative attendance at the next annual convention.
Let us keep up the high mark set by the Semi-Centennial Con-
vention.
CREEK CLIPPINGS.
There are chapters of twenty-one fraternities now represented
at the University of Michigan. — Record of2AE.
There are fourteen fraternities represented at Columbia College,
with a total membership of about three hundred and fifty. — Record
of^AE.
The University of Michigan is one of the very greatest strong-
holds of fraternities. The following is clipped from a chapter letter
in the S. A. E. Record. A numerical increase in the University had
just been noticed :
" This increase and improvement in membership has had a favor-
able eflfect upon the chapters of the twenty-four fraternities and
eight sororities located here. Fraternity life at Ann Arbor means
a home life. Twenty fraternities and five sororities now live in
chapter houses. Of these, nine own their houses, while the others
are rented. The University gives no honors, and makes no distinc-
tions ; but on the campus and in society a person's fraternity fixes
his position much more arbitrarily than family standing could do at
[ his own home. Nearly all these fraternities have good chapters,
[ and no one chapter can truthfully boast of a monopoly of Greek life
\ at Ann Arbor."
The new catalogue shows a total membership of three thousand
three hundred and seventy-four names — an increase of six hundred
and sixty in four years — fifty-nine names have been added to the
Omega charge. At the present time there are two thousand nine
hundred and sixty-five living members, and four hundred and seven
are numbered with the honored dead. — © ^ X Shield,
Phi Gamma Delta, in the year closing December 31, 1894, had
forty-eight active chapters, but from two of these the charters were
withdrawn. The estimated total membership during the year was
six hundred and ninety-three, an average of 15.06 per chapter. Nu
142 GREEK CLIPPINGS.
Epsilon (University of the City of New York) had the largest
membership, twenty-six, while three chapters had only seven mem-
bers apiece. During the year two hundred and fifty-six men were
initiated, as against two hundred and sixty-one admitted during
1893. The loss in active membership by graduation in 1894 was
one hundred and forty-nine ; by departure, eighty-seven ; by death,
three. Fourteen chapters occupied houses, of which, presumably,
very few were owned by the Society. — American University Magazine,
The forty -second annual report of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity,
covering the year ending December 31, 1894, appears in a recent
number of the society's magazine. " The chapters report that they
have maintained their standing as the leaders of the Greek letter
societies." A chapter of eighteen men was installed in the Univer-
sity of Nebraska, March 23, 1894; petitions from the Arkansas In-
dustrial University, Mississippi College and the University of Illinois
were rejected ; applications " are now pending from three institu-
tions, two being from first-class institutions ; the chapters are urged
to rent or buy chapter houses ; and the alumni associations are said
to be " all in good shape." In thirty-five active chapters an under-
graduate membership of five hundred and fifteen is found, of whom
there are one hundred and four Seniors, one hundred and twenty-
eight Juniors, one hundred and twenty-four Sophomores, one hun-
dred and twenty-one Freshmen, and thirty-eight " specials." The
average membership per chapter for 1894 was 14.8. There were
two hundred and thirty-five initiations, fifteen deaths, ten dismissals
and expulsions. The total membership of the Fraternity is stated at
six thousand six hundred and sixty-two. The organ of the society
is The Shield^ published at Chicago, under the authority of the Ex-
ecutive Council, and edited by George Frederick Rush. Six of the
chapters own houses, six rent chapter houses, and twenty occupy
halls. — American University Magazine.
From a review of the recent catalogue of Phi Delta Theta, by
Mr. Albert P. Jacobs in the University Magazine, the'foUowing inter-
esting facts are culled :
" Twenty-eight different States are named in the roll of college
chapters of this society, which, by reason of its representation in
all sections of our country, claims to be the national fraternity. It
GREEK CLIPPINGS. 143
is a fact that this order surpasses all others, not only in the number
of ooUeges chartered, but also in the number of living branches.
Kappa Alpha (Northern), Sigma Phi, Delta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi,
and Psi Upsilon, the patriarchs of the society system, have estab-
lished eighty-four chapters, all told, whereas Phi Delta Theta has
instituted eighty-five ; and those five fraternities have to-day sixty-
six existing branches, while the active chapters of Phi Delta Theta
number sixty-nine."
The marvelous numerical growth of this Fraternity from twenty-
five in 1850, to seven thousand nine hundred in 1894, is noted, also
the fact that fully five thousand three hundred names have been
added since 1880. Mr. Jacobs observes the preponderance of
" Southern and Western elements," calling attention to the fact that
about 81 per cent, of membership is from chapters in these sections.
As regards total membership, Phi Delta Theta ranks fourth, follow-
ing J /T £, Beta Theta Pi, and Psi Upsilon.
The publication of a Greek newspaper in America is quite sur-
prising. There is one, and only one, and that is published at No. 2
Stone street. New York, under the name Atlantis^ and issued weekly.
It has survived its first year, and entered upon its second. It is
meeting with considerable success, and appears somewhat enlarged.
It is Greek, and all Greek to us, so far as its contents go. Our
Greek lexicon is too dusty and life too short to make any examina-
tion of its contents ; but we mention it as a grand opportunity for
American students to get some variety in Greek study. In our day
we had nothing but the old musty Greek mythology, which was dry
enough. To be able to read current topics in the original Greek
must be truly refreshing. The journal is meeting with much favor
among Greek students. It is neatly printed and deserves the hearty
support of every college in the land. — Shield of Theta Delta Chi.
In the fraternities that have the most chapters the number of
dead ones is often very great, even in proportion to the size of the
fraternity. The chapters that exist are, many of them, very weak,
located in small Western or Southern colleges.
If rapid extension has not proved a success, our policy in the
future should be extreme conservatism in admitting new chapters,.
or gradual extension— one of these two.
144 GREEK CLIPPINGS.
The man most opposed to rapid extensioo should never regret
that there are as many chapters of Delta U. as we have at present.
But now, as wc are a Fraternity of twenty-nine chapters, what advan-
tage is there in increasing the number of chapters, unless in the most
exceptional cases ? Would further extension strengthen, either the
Fraternity as a whole, the individual chapters, or the men that form
these chapters?
The college world passes judgment upon the strength of a
fraternity. How does it form its opinion ? If the Fraternity in
question has fifty chapters, is it strong? If it has twenty-five
chapters, is it weak? No. The number of chapters is not the
standard.
The strength of any fraternity depends upon the strength of the
chapters of which it is composed and the character of the colleges
where they are located. — Delta Upsilon Magasine,
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Several months ago, when the Trustees of the college learned
that Xi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity was to cele-
brate its fiftieth anniversary this year, they determined to allow the
Fraternity the privilege of making the anniversary a part of the
Commencement exercises and for that purpose gave up to the Fra-
ternity the whole of Tuesday evening, July 2d, which is usually
occupied by an oration before the literary societies of the college
in general. The wisdom of this action was very fully demons-
trated by the great success which fell to the celebration.
The Dekes assembled at their hall on Main street at 7. is in the
evening, and there formed a procession numbering a few hundred.
Headed by the band, the column marched to the hotel, and from
there escorted to the church the presiding officers and speakers.
The body of the church was reserved for the members of the Fra-
ternity. An immense audience filled the rest of the audience-room
and flowed over into the vestry, the double doors between the two
rooms being thrown open. High above the platform had been ar-
ranged a big representation of the Deke pin, electric lights shining
in the place of the jewels in the real pin.
The alumni members of the chapter entered the church first, and
greeted with a hearty round of applause the undergraduate
members as they filed in to their seats in the front portion of the
church.
Hon. J. H. Drummond, of Portland, ex-Attomey-General of
Maine, presided, and opened the exercises by saying :
Ladies and Gentlemen^ — We have met to-night to celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of the organization of a chapter of a society con-
ncaed with Colby University. The requisites of admission are ex-
cellence in scholarship, excellence of character, and a disposition to
appreciate and maintain the objects of the society. Its objects are to
promote higher excellence in scholarship and solidity of character,
tod to cultivate a spirit of brotherhood that shall extend beyond the
severance of college relations and to the latest moments of our lives.
160 XrS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARF.
During its existence these objects have been successfully accom.
plished. But its founders builded better than they knew, for it has
proved a pillar of strength to the University, and has sent out sons
loyal to her and devoted to her interests.
You, my brothers, I know, and you, ladies and gentlemen, I
trust, will pardon a personal allusion. To have had the honor of
presiding at its first meeting and also to preside at its fiftieth anni-
versary is a source of great pleasure to me, but the knowledge that
its high character has always been maintained, and the confident
hope that when those who shall come after us shall celebrate the
return of this day they will find it holding the same grand position
is a source of pleasure to me almost infinitely greater.
At the conclusion of Mr. Drummond's remarks prayer was
offered by Prof. Nathan Butler, Xi, '73-
Frank W. Johnson, Xi, '91, principal of the Cobum Classical
Institute, delivered the history.
History.
In the preparation of a history of the Xi Chapter of Delta Kappa
Epsilon, I have felt decidedly my limitations. Had I been prepar-
ing to address an audience composed entirely of the elect, apart
from the uninitiated barbarian or the Greek of other clan, I should
have been allowed a freedom in the choice of subject-matter and
terms of expression which is here impossible. I could have presented,
without fear of criticism, any and all facts which relate to the founda-
tion, subsequent growth and present prosperity of our chapter, sure
that ray words would meet with a hearty response from every
brother. But before this audience much must be omitted. The veil
which shrouds the holy place of the temple ol A K E must not be
rent asunder. I must content myself with narrating those events
which may properly become the property of all the world.
The Greek letter fraternity idea originated with Phi Beta
Kappa at the College of William and Mary in 1776. This was fol-
lowed, after a somewhat long interval, by Chi Delta Theta at Yale
in 1 82 1, Chi Phi at Princeton in 1824, Kappa Alpha at Union in
1825, Delta Phi and Sigma Psi at the same institution in 1827. In
1832 Alpha Delta Phi was established at Hamilton, in 1833 Psi
Upsilon at Union, in 1834 Delta Upsilon at Williams, in 1839 Beta
Theta Pi at Miami, in 1841 Chi Phi at Union.
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It was not until 1844 that Delta Kappa Epsilon was founded at
Yale. Although several of these fraternities had become strongly
established before this time, notably Alpha Delta Phi with thirteen
and Psi Upsilon with ten strong chapters, AKE^ with the aggressive
spirit which at once became characteristic of the Fraternity, soon
gained as great influence and greater numerical strength than its
older rivals. At the end of ten years chapters were established ia
eighteen colleges, including the foremost institutions of the North,
South, East and West. Delta Kappa Epsilon was tbns the first
fraternity to deserve the name of a national fraternity. This posi*
tion it has ever since maintained. Fourth ki order of establishment
among the chapters oi A K E was our own chapter Xi, established
in 1845. Zc^ ^^ Princeton and Theta at Bowdoin were established
a few weeks previous to this. Of these Zeta was suspended in 1857.
Thus Xi stands to-day third on the roll ol A K Es thirty-five
chapters.
In my search for documents bearing on the early history of our
chapter, I have met with surprises. One is the discovery that the
history of Colby does not date from 1845. ^^ Dekes are accus-
tomed to think, and with some ground of reason, that Colby could
not exist without Delta Kappa Epsilon. The fact is the college had
arrived at a position of considerable importance, and had sent out
no less a man than Benjamin Butler some time even before a thought
oi A K E had rendered immortal the name of *• Father " Drummond.
By what devices student-life could have been made at all endurable
in those days is quite beyond the comprehension of us, who have
known the blessed privilege of brotherhood in Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Our predecessors must have been of sterner stuff. Indeed, we have
other evidence of this fact in the traditional morning recitation by
starlight.
The founding of the chapter occurred in this wise : During one
of the college vacations Walter M. Hatch, of the Class of '47, was
approached by a member of the recently formed Bowdoin Chapter
with reference to the formation of a chapter ol A K E 2! Colby. On
returning to college he conferred with one or two who, in his judg-
ment, were qualified for membership. These favored the scheme,
provided enough others, agreeable to them, would join in the move-
ment. A certain number were selected and their names arranged
in the order in which they were to be approached. The matter
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was conducted with the utmost secrecy. Each one approached was
bound to absolute secrecy, whether he should or should not concur.
After giving this pledge the plan was laid before him. Every one
agreed to join and ultimately did join.
Meanwhile, there was considerable correspondence with the
Bowdoin Chapter. To insure greater secrecy, this was conducted
by Josiah H. Drummond, '46, who was then absent from college, as
principal of China Academy. Your historian has grave apprehen^
sions that the trips which tiiis young pedagogue made each week or
oftener, to hold conference with his fellow schemers at Waterville,
may not have been conducive to the best interests of the young ideas
intrusted to his care in China. Be that as it may, greater issues
were at stake. China Academy survived, and Xiol J K E was bom.
The result of all this correspondence and mysterious conference
was the forwarding of a petition to the parent chapter. The follow-
ing names appear on this document: Josiah H. Drummond and
George R. Starkey, of the Class of '46 ; Walter M. Hatch, Henry 1.
Ware, Gilbert L. Palmer, David S. True, all of '47 ; Ephraim W*
Young and Horatio Q. Butterfield, of '48. The charter was imme-
diately granted and bears the date of June 25, i845« I^ ^^ made to
*' Josiah H. Drummond and others," and is officially signed by John
D. Candee and George G. Webster, both of the Class of '47 at
Yale.
Though the charter was given in 1845, it was not until June 25,
1846, that the chapter was formally organized. At that time W. F.
Jackson and John S. H. Fogg, of the Class of '46, at Bowdoin Col-
lege, initiated nine members. The org^ization took place in room
No. 27, North College. This was conducted with such secrecy
that Jackson and Fogg experienced g^reat difficulty in finding the
candidates who were awaiting them, and seriously discussed between
themselves whether they had not been made the victims of a huge
joke by the Colby boys. The following men were duly initiated as
charter members : Josiah H. Drummond and George R. Starkey, of
'46; Stephen L. Bowler, Alexander Gamble, Walter M. Hatch,
Henry I. Ware, of '47 ; Horatio Q. Butterfield, Benjamin W. Dean,
Ephraim W. Young, of '48. Of these it will be noticed that Bowler,
Gamble and Dean are not among the original petitioners, while
Palmer and True, of the petitioners, were not initiated until June
29th and July 6th, respectively.
Xl'S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARF. 158
The early records of this period form interesting reading. The
meetings were held for several weeks alternately, in Nos. 27
and i» North College, but after a time wholly in No. 27. Here
were initiated Palmer, True, Estes and Hamlin, of '47 ; Newell, '48 ;
Dannell, Barton, Staples, Tarbox and Brainerd of '49.
The nature of the initiation ceremony may be inferred from the
fact that the whole was performed in a room of the college dormi«
tory without any knowledge on the part of the other students of the
existence of such an organization. Those of us who have come
in nnder a later dispensation have found it a more difficult feat to
keep safely astride the " goat." The animal seems to have grown
more frisky with advancing years. In connection with the initiation
of Palmer, '47, the record tells us that "promiscuous speeches
were then made which moved the spirit of the brethren." Evidently
a notable occasion. The spirit ol A K E was thus early rife in the
humble beginnings of Xi.
Under date of May i, 1847, the record states: "Society met in
their Hall," with a capital H. Xi had taken a long stride. She
had passed through the tentative state of existence and now stood
forth an active, potent influence in college life at Colby.
The first reunion of the chapter was held at the Commencement
of 1847, August 4th. This reunion goes down to history as unique.
It is the only one at which all the alumni were present. Both
brothers, Drummond and Starkey, showed their loyalty to A K E
by gathering about her altar on this occasion. A commendable
custom was also here instituted, for we read, " the members of the
Society partook of a rich feast with two brethren from Bowdoin."
The Fraternity soon outgrew its accommodations, and on June
12, 1849, nioved to more commodious quarters in the Boutelle block,
on Main street. Here it remained until February 26, 1876, when it
moved to the present hall in the Ticonic Building. The next move
to its own chapter house I will leave to the historian of the near
future to record.
The total membership of the Xi Chapter, including present
members, is four hundred and nineteen. Of these three hundred
and forty-nine are now living. They are distributed from comer to
comer of the United States. From Maine to California, from Wash-
ington to Florida, in twenty-seven States of the Union ; in Australia,
Burmah and China are found loyal men of Xi. The sun never
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sets on Xi oi J K Ef nor does any other body, celestial or ter-
restrial.
In the various professions A K E men stand at the front among
Colby's most distinguished alumni.
First, in point of number, stands the legal profession. Among
our eighty-seven lawyers may be mentioned three of the gentlemen
who sit upon the stage this evening: Josiah H. Drummond, '46;
Judge William P. Whitehouse, '63 ; Leslie C. Cornish, '75. Others
prominent in the profession are Hatch, '47; Congressman Mark H.
Dunnell, '49; Emery, '51 ; Mathews, '54, now Labor Commissioner
of Maine; Foster, '55 ; Judge Purring^n, '55 ; Congressman Rich-
ard C. Shannon, *62 ; Judge Bonney, '63. Of our sixty-four repre-
sentatives in the ministry may be mentioned Everett, '53 ; Sawtelle,
'54; Chapman, '55; Rowe, '58; Elder, '60; Hanson, '65. In the
teachers' profession Xi has a large number of eminent men, includ-
ing three college presidents, H. Q. Butterfield, '48, Olivet ; A. W«
Small, '96, of Colby ; C F. Meserve, ^77, of Shaw University. Ten
coll^^ professors, including Hamlin, '47; Fairman, '50; Hall, '62;
Stetson, '81 ; Mathews, '84. Larkin Dunton, '55, ranks among the
foremost educators of Boston, and, therefore, of the world.
The medical profession claims thirty-seven, among whom are
Starkey, '46 ; Stackpole, '49 ; Drury , '65 ; Cates, '74.
Xi claims five Congressmen, Mark H. Dunnell, '49 ; Harris M.
Plaisted, '53; Seth L. Milliken, '56; Alfred E. Buck, '59; Richard
C. Shannon, '62 ; one Governor, of Maine, Plaisted, '53, besides
mayors of cities, U. S. consuls, journalists, bankers, merchants, pub-
lishers, miners, artists, farmers — in short, Xi is represented in almost
every trade and profession, and worthily in all.
As a fraternity, A K Eis justly proud of her war record. More
than one thousand five hundred of her sons rallied about the stand-
ard of the North or South, 60 per cent of all the names on her rolls»
" probably nine-tenths of all then eligible for service." In blue and
gray alike they won distinction.
Xi need not be ashamed of her record. Forty-four men fought,
and all for the Union. The statistics of the number of offices which
these men held is a glowing tribute to their courage and devotion.
The roll shows one Major-General, one Brigadier-General, four
Colonels, eight Lieutenant-Colonels, six Majors, fifteen Captains, ten
First Lieutenants, six Second Lieutenants, one Orderly Sergeant,
XI'S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 156
six Sergeants, five Corporals, seventeen staff oflBcers, nine privates.
Nine Xi men met death in the struggle* The first was Bassett, '64,
who died in '62 ; Perkins, '65, in '63 ; Carr, '49 ; Keene, '56, and
Keene, '65 ; Cousins, Boothby, '57 ; Leavitt, '62 ; the brothers, Will-
lam and Edwin Stevens, of '62 and '63 ; all fell in 1864.
In Xi's war record the most distinguished name is that of Gen.
H. M. Plaisted, '53. He passed rapidly through the grades of
Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier-General, to that of Major-
GeneraL As member of Congress and Governor of Maine, he has
since won distinction in peace.
Alpha Delta Phi aims at scholarship, Psi Upsilon at social posi-
tion, Delta Kappa Epsilon combines both. Good scholarship and
good fellowship are the standards which she upholds.
A glance at the records of prizes is interesting evidence of Xi's
success in scholarship. Of the three hundred and sixty-six prizes
for scholarship, excellence in composition, debate or declamation, on
record in the catalogues in the college, A K E men have taken one
hundred and sixty-seven, or 45f per cent. The total membership of
Xi has been less than 25 per cent, of the students of the college.
One of our early alumni, in a recent conversation, expressed grave
apprehensions with reference to the present standing of our chapter
in scholarship. For any who may be laboring under the same mis-
apprehension the fact is interesting that of the thirty-nine prizes
offered to the four classes now in college twenty-two have fallen to
the lot oi A K E men, an average of 56f per cent.
In every department of student life the Dekes have occupied a
prominent position. In these days when, it is said, few students
allow intellectual pursuits to interfere seriously with athletics, no
fraternity can lay claim to greatness unless it contains a fair share of
baseball, football and track athletes. In athletics Xi has held the
foremost place. On all athletic teams she has had a large number
of men who have worked hard to win victory for the gray, and often
with success. In the work of the different student publications, in
the musical clubs, and in the religious organizations of the college,
Xi men have exhibited that push and energy which are character-
istic of the Fraternity.
If time allowed I would be glad to speak more fully of the
Fraternity as a whole ; of her membership of over ten thousand
men, a greater number than that of any other fraternity ; of her
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thirtj'fiTe chapcers from Maine to California; of her twenty-two
alumiii a»ociatiofis and serenteen chapter houses, in both of which
A K E lotiiM znj other fratemit j ; oi the J K E catalogue, the
most cxtamrc fratemit j poUicatioD erer attempted. These things,
with others^ combine to gire Delta Kappa Epslon its high position
among the foremost Greek letter fraternities of the coantrj«
Brothers, it is with a feeling of honest pride in our Fraternity
that I present this brief sketch. I knew thatit was a grand thing to
be a £>eke ; I knew that we had reason to be proud of our Frater-
nity and of our chapter, but nerer did I realize the full significance
of membership iaXioi J K E until I had searched the archives of
the past. There, what treasures rewarded my search I have g^ven
to you. Do we not all Iotc and honor our brotherhood ?
" Hafl to our brofhefkwid,
Bd^ is onr brocheriiood.
Noble iti aims.
Hearts linked in mutjr.
And immofftafitjr
Gurdin^ iti itamr
Then followed the oration, a scholarly and eloquent production,
deliyered by Hon. William P. Whitehouse, Xi, '63, which was most
enthusiastically recdved.
To Leslie C. Cornish, Esq., Xi, '75» '^U the office of poet for the
occasion, and his effort was greeted, as it desenred to be, with very
liberal applause :
THE POEM.
If je have tein^ prepare to died diem here ;
Ko fitter time will ever come, I fev.
For now apon this platform je shall see
The execntion of true poetrj.
Not execQtioQ dot denotes high art.
But where the sheriff tikes the leading part.
And tries to remedj the law's dda j
Bj hfiding oS die victim's nadiral wajr.
XrS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 167
Strange misconception that could hope to find
Rhythmical juice beneath a legal rind ;
Thorns may bear grapes, and thistle bring forth fig,
Song sap nms slowly in a legal twig.
Tis said that Orpheus in his frisky moods,
Made mirry music through the fields and woods ;
But though the world has not outgrown the lyre.
The kind I've struck has little heavenly fire.
Ermine may flash, as we have seen to-night.
Rich gems of thought in settings rare and bright ;
But don't you see they take their place with those,
That, though not prosy, still are couched in prose.
Lawyers, 'tis true, make music in their way,
Expensive, sometimes, so those clients say
Who disregard the adage and, perchance.
Won't pay the fiddler, though they love the dance.
Yet many poets dear to public eye
Wrote with their names at first a-t-t-y,
And reached at last the butterfly of song
Through chrysalis of law, a process long.
Look at this list, you can't conceive a finer :
Schiller and Goethe, not forgetting Heine ;
In France, Voltaire ; in England half a score —
Chaucer and Milton, Campbell, Scott and Moore.
Shakespeare, some say, was at the inns of court,
Twas doubtless Bacon, had we true report ;
And then there's Gray, whose famous churchyard song
Vents his relief from some decision wrong.
And Cowper, too, hung out his legal shingle ;
No wonder that when ducats failed to jingle
He longed for lodge in some vast, woody wild.
As, since his day, has many a briefless child.
New England follows after England old.
And Hiawatha never had been told
Had not its author left his early task.
In sunnier fields by fairer brooks to bask.
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Here's to godfather, still young and strong.
Why presides to-night o'er this happy throng ;
These fifty years have glided away,
And "never touched him/' the boys would say.
His heart is as big and warm and light
As long ago, on that christening night ;
May the diamond birthday find him here.
Typical Deke, with a Deke's good cheer.
What changes have come in this world of ours;
Since that date we recall to-night I
From lumbering stage to a Pullman car.
Tallow dip to electric light.
The news they read in their weekly sheets
Had occurred many months before ;
Our morning paper, though weekly enough,
Brings the latest from every shore.
The clever brain and the nimble hand
Have been busy with some new plan.
Tin Asbury Park has come to be known
As the second Eden of man.
The stream of life has quickened its pace
With every year of its flow ;
But sometimes I think that the greater speed
Doesn't filter the depths below.
Then labor was quite a matter of course.
In every station of life ;
Strikes, lockouts and Debs were events unknown.
They hadn't much time for such strife.
A dollar meant a hundred good cents,
And held up its head with the best :
They didn't inject just sixty per cent*,
In Providence trust for the rest.
No female club deep problems discussed
Of the so-called woman's sphere ;
But home life has never been sweeter.
Nor the mistress of home more dear.
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She did not fret if her partner in life
Did the voting, while at home she staid ;
It was woman's fear in the olden time,
That she might have no man to aid.
Society moved on a simpler plan,
Its machinery then was crude ;
The servant girl question and nervous prostration
Were later evolved with the dude.
The college world, like the world without.
Has rushed along with the tide,
Since that day when Sheldon ruled things here,
And Polk ruled the nation outside.
It was Waterville College then, you know.
Coy maiden, with youth and health ;
Her sons still lament the financial stress
That forced her to marry for wealth.
A Rip Van Winkle of forty-five
Would think there was some mistake.
That the student flock held some stray lambs,
Or that he was not awake.
He would know that the simple Oxford black
Was the old Commencement gown ;
Now many are trimmed with laces and frills,
And pompadour puffs near the crown.
"Though college girls were as numerous then,"
He would say, with a far-away smile,
" Their names were not on the catalogue,
In such an obtrusive style."
"They did not attend the college themselves,
But were co-eds in their day.
For they felt the pressure of college life,
In a sort of roundabout way."
The imperative mood had not gone out of use
In the verbs or the life of that day.
And the only elective allowed in the course
Was the option to go or to stay.
XrS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 161
The diet was Latin well mingled with Greek,
With a mathematical sauce ;
You ate it or left it, just as you pleased^
The dinner had but one coursCi
Just think of arising at five-thirty a.m.,
With the mercury twenty below;
And then be expected to swell up with praise,
While the body was shivering so.
From that early mass to an early class
Which black darkness could not disturb,
Where the da/s first meal was sure to consist
Of the root of a Grecian verb.
Oh I those were the days that tried boys' souls,
And you'll see on looking back.
That the road to learning ran not as now.
On the top of a cinder track.
I doubt not that when Commencement arrived.
Their diplomas thejr'd doubly prize.
For they felt that the skin of a Paschal lamb
Meant their own sweet sacrifice.
»
For scholarship told in the olden days,
And leadership came thereby;
The head of the class was supposed to be
The goal for which one would try.
To some that is now an old-fashioned idea,
A relic of primitive night ;
The man that plays ball half-back is further ahead.
And the full back is way out of sight
At no distant day, perhaps this year,
When the President grants the degrees,
He will change the words of the old-time speech
To fit the modem A. B.'s.
" Ascendite hie," we shall hear him say;
The candidates forward file ;
" Accipite hoc pigskinum, hurrah,"
While the Faculty sweetly smile.
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Amid such changes in thought and in life,
Which these fifty years can sing,
Has nothing come down from that far-off day
With the sweetness and fireshness of spring ?
Yes ; love still abides in the human breast,
Staunch friendship ever springs new ;
Man's mind may have changed with each added year,
But his heart must always beat true.
Time, like a chemist, life's crucible fills,
With honors and riches and fame ;
All volatile these. They fly to the winds.
While friendship is ever the same.
She cares not for time, she cares not for space.
The links of her chain never break ;
The oldest and youngest are all one to her,
And almanacs only a fake.
To-night at her bidding we seek the old home,
The roof-tree that sheltered us all.
Lay down for a bit the burdens of life,
To enter the old Kappa Hall.
To tread again the well-known paths,
We linger 'neath the elms ;
Each glance reveals familiar sights.
Each sound sweet memories brings
Of other days and other times.
When life was all before,
The shadows slanting toward the west.
While we stood at the door.
We've journeyed far by various paths,
In stranger lands to roam ;
Our hearts have never yet forgot
The dear old Kappa home.
We loved it when in Freshman days
We stood almost aghast ;
We loved it when we said good-bye.
We'll love it to the last
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To-night we all are boys again,
And sit at our mother's knee ;
No matter how silvery are our locks,
Or how rare any locks may be.
She welcomes us back with open arms,
She calls us each one by name ;
She knows no titles or affixes here,
We are " Bills " and ' ' Joes " once again.
We find her dressed in her ancient robes
Of red, old gold, and blue ;
And the only jewel she cares to display
Is the diamond worn by you.
These many years at the loom she has sat.
Like a busy housewife of old ;
And woven into the college woof.
True friendship's bright thread of gold.
No present she asks for in return,
That wealth or art can suggest ;
But simply the homage of filial love.
That token that mothers prize best
We bid her good-night with reluctant heart,
Our eyes half- blinded with tears ;
For few of us here can expect to see
The close of her hundred years.
But with hands firm clasped in the mystic grip,
We will pledge, 'till we "cross the bar,"
Our faithful love for q\A A K E,
The diamond, the scroll, and the star.
The exercises closed with the singing of an inspiring Deke song
and the giving of the Fraternity yell.
ELI WHITNEY BLAKE,
Eli Whitney Blake, until the close of the last college year
Hazard Professor of Physics at Brown University, died at Hamp-
ton, Conn., October i, 1895, aged fifty-nine years.
Professor Blake was bom in New Haven, Conn., April 20, 1836.
He was the son of a noted inventor and grand nephew of the cele-
brated Eli Whitney, Graduating from Yale in 1857, he spent a year
thereafter at Sheffield Scientific School, and several years in the
study of chemistry and physics in Germany at the universities of
Heidelberg, Marburg and Berlin, being under Kirchoff and Bunsen,
Kolbe, Dove and Magnus. Returning to this country, he was made
Professor of Chemistry and Physics in the University of Vermont.
From 1868 to 1870 he was Professor of Physics and Mechanic Arts
at Cornell University — part of the time being also acting Professor
at Columbia College — whence he was called to Brown. For twenty-
five years he held the Hazard Prof el|$6rshdp<of Physics at Brown
University, practically making the course of Physics there, resign-
ing in June last on account of ill health.
He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, to whose proceedings he frequently contributed
valuable papers. From the University of Vermont he received the
degree of A.M., and from Brown University that of LL.D.
Possessed of a scientific mind unusually acute, his researches were
thorough and scholarly. He loved philosophy and theory, but that
he was no idle theorist his abundant inventions, put to practical use,
give ample evidence. His opinions were only given upon mature
deliberation. As a teacher, he was pre-eminently kind and helpful,
winning the confidence and love of his scholars. As^a friend — and
it is from this point of view that those who came in contact with
him must love to remember him — he was considerate and thought-
ful, possessed of that sweetness of character and gentleness of
manner that attracts and endears and never cavils, evidencing the
perfect gentleman and honest Christian.
ELI WHITNEY BLAKE. 166
Thongb graduating from Yale, and retaining always his affection
for the Phi Chapter, his interest in the chapter at Brown and J K E
at large was a most active one.
His advice, desired and willingly followed, and the influence of
his character and life made vastly toward upholding the high char*
acter of the Upsilon Chapter.
He was successively a member of the Executive Committee,
Vice-President and President of the J K E Alumni Association of
Rhode Island.
William Allan Dyer, T, '86.
IRVING G. VANN.
Hon. Irving G. Vann, the honored President of the d K E Asso-
ciation of Central New York, having just completed the term of
fourteen years as Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, has been
made the unanimous choice of both parties for a second term,
We respect him for his honorable record in public life ; we hold
him in warm regard as a loyal member of the Fraternity. As he will
necessarily be prominent in the next convention, we subjoin the fol-
lowing sketch of his life, taken from the Syracuse Post^ on the day
following his nomination ;
Judge Vann's Active Life.
Hon. Irving Goodwin Vann was bom in the Town of Ulysses, Tompkins
County, on January 3, .1842. He spent his early days on his father's farm at
Ulysses, and did not attend school until he began to prepare for college at
Trumansburgh Academy.
In September, 1859, Justice Vann entered Yale College, graduating in 1863.
During the next year he was principal of the Pleasant Valley High School at
Owensboro', Ky., but resigned the position to begin the study of law in the office
of Boardman & Finch, at Ithaca. In the fall of 1864 he entered the Albany
Law School, graduating in the following spring. He spent a few months as clerk
in the Treasury Department at Washington, after which he came to this city and
entered the law office of Raynor & Butler.
In March, 1866, Justice Vann began the practice of law, and afterward
became a member of the law firms of Vann & Fiske, Raynor & Vann, Fuller &
Vann, and Vann, McLennan & Dillaye.
In 1879 Justice Vann was elected Mayor of Syracuse by a plurality of nearly
one thousand, and retired from office with every debt contracted by the admin-
istration paid and a balance in the treasury. In 1881 he was nominated by the
Republican Judicial Convention as candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court,
and was elected by over eleven thousand majority.
In January, 1888, he was designated by the Governor to assume the duties
of Judge of the Court of Appeals, Second Division, in which position he re-
mained until the business of the court was completed. In 1870 he married
Florence, the only daughter of the late Henry D. Dillaye, and is the father of
two children.
Justice Vann was one of the founders of the Onondaga County Bar Asso-
ciation, and in 1883 Hamilton College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor
of Laws. He has always been a stanch Republican, and has been actively
engaged in several political campaigns.
THE FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
The Forty-ninth Annual Convention will be held at Syracuse^
N. Y., on November 14 and 15, 1895, with the Association of Cen-
tral New York.
There will be a reception and ball at the Century Club on Wed-
nesday evening, November 13th, which will be one of the leading
social events of the season. The public exercises will be held on
Thursday evening in Crouse College Hall, and the banquet on
Friday evening at " The Yates." The business sessions will be held
at the chambers of the Common Council on Thursday and Friday.
The Committee in charge are : Hon. Irving G. Vann, ^, Presi-
dent ; W. Y. Foote, * F, Secretary ; L. P. Smith, * F; C. W. An.
drews. A; and Charles Kyle, *.
A K PS IN EMPIRE STATE POLITICS.
The following are a few of the J K E*s prominent this fall in New
York State politics :
Hon. James A. Roberts. 0, *yo, State Comptroller, is a candidate
for re-election on the Republican ticket.
Judge John D. Teller, E, '67, is the regular nominee of the Demo-
cratic party for Judge of the Court of Appeals.
Judge Irving G. Vann, ^, '63, is the regular nominee of the Re-
publican party for judge of the Supreme Court in his district, and so
excellent and fitting is his nomination that he has been endorsed by
the Democratic party,
Edyrard Marshall Grout, M, '84, is the regular Democratic
nominee for Mayor of Brooklyn. He was one of the early members
of the Council and conspicuous in conventions of that time, and a
former editor of the Quarterly.
168 A K E'S IN EMPIRE STATE POLITICS.
Hon. Richard C. Shannon, H, '62, is the Republican member this
fall for a New York City district, heretofore overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic, having defeated Hon. Amos J. Cummings.
Theodore Roosevelt, A, '81, is President of the Reform Police
Board of the City of New York which is just now attracting so
much attention in the public prints. Mr. Roosevelt was formerly a
Civil Service Commissioner.
Clarence Lexow, F B, '72, who became so widely know as Chair-
man of the Lexow Investigation Committee, which unearthed so
much political corruption in New York City, has been renominated
for the Senate in his district and will be elected. He was a charter
member of his chapter.
The members of our Fraternity will be happy to learn of the
nomination of Brother Frank D. Pavey, *, '84, for Senator in the
Fifteenth Senatorial District of New York City. Mr. Pavey won his
nomination and will win his election by his very excellent record in the
last Assembly. He was easily the leader of the reform element in
that body, and was instrumental in securing the passage of a number
of reform laws for the City of New York. Mr. Pavey was President
of the Council for several years and is well known to the Fraternity.
For the last eight years he has been a familiar figure in the Annual
Conventions, taking an active part in the deliberations.
J. Irving Burns, O Xand M, '62, has been nominated for Senator
in the Westchester District and will be elected. He represented his
district in the Assembly last year, and on the strength of his record
he won his present nomination.
William H. Law, ^, '78, is the Democratic nominee for Senator
in the Fifteenth District of New York City. Mr. Law has had
previous legislative experience, having served a term in the Con-
necticut Assembly.
James M. E. O'Grady, £ *, '85, has been renominated for the
Assembly in his district. In the last Assembly he served with
credit as Chairman of the Cities Committee, the most important
committee of the Assembly.
J. P. Allds, M, '83, has been nominated for the Assembly in the
Chenango District. He has been a familiar figure in many^ of the
conventions and is well known to the Fraternity.
George C. Austin, P, '85, is the Republican nominee for the
Assembly in the Twenty-first District of New York City and is sure
A KE'S IN EMPIRE STA TE POLITICS. 169
of election, being supported by both factions of his own party, as
well as by the Good Gk>vemment Clubs. He was a member of the
Council for several years and at one time its Secretary.
James W. Husted, 9^ '92, whose father was a A K Eoi the same
chapter. Class of '54, has been renominated for the Assembly. Mr.
Hosted's father served for many years in the Assemby and was
Speaker of that body more times than any other one man in the
history of the State.
William A. McQuaid, 9^ '89, has been nominated for the Assembly
in the Twenty-fourth District of New York City.
ALUMNI AMOCIATION8,
Chattanooga Southern Association of d K E.
The Chattanooga Southern Alumni Association extended an in*
vitation to all Dekes who were in attendence at the Chickamauga
National Park dedication to meet with them and partake of their
hospitality. It was our pleasure to entertain a few of the old
veterans who wore the blue and the gray, yet we were in a
measure disappointed that more of them did not come.
I think, however, if we could have advertised this feature more
extensively, many more would have taken up their abode with us
instead of being crowded in the hotels.
The Dekes took the lead in looking after her alumni, and it was
indeed a pleasure which we seldom enjoy, and which will not be
forgotten by those who met with us.
More than three decades had elapsed since the blue and the
gray met at Chickamauga and Mission Ridge to battle for a
principle which each thought was right,
I do not care to enter into the merits of this controversy, but
suffice to say that this time they met to celebrate the valor and
bravery of Americans and to dedicate everlasting monuments tc^
their memory.
They met with malice toward none and charity toward all.
They met under one flag as one people, realizing that it was ^
battle between Americans and American manhood, and it was left fc
Americans to do honor to their heroes on both sides of the confli(
in a way which has no parallel in history.
Nearly all the States whose sons had fought in the battles <
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, made appi
priations and had erected monuments, which for beauty ai
durability cannot be excelled anywhere.
General Manderson, in his masterly address to the Army of
Cumberland, said : ** We have forgiven everything. All ranc^rc
and hate is gone. The Unionist and the Secessionist, the Yanl=^e<
and the Johnnie, the Federal and the Rebel, meet to rejoice in t Ae
existence of a nation, not a confederacy. Hail ! the epoch of co/j.
cord. All hail ! the era of fraternity.
" The splendid body of men who fought so courageously ^nd
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sacrificed so much for the 'lost cause/ have accepted ' the result
manfully, hopefully and patriotically."
I desire to give my endorsement to the above, and to add that I
believe that college fraternities have done as much as any other
agency to do away with sectional animosity, and to create a feeling
of brotherhood which extends from one end of this country to the
other. All that was needed was for the sections to get better
acquainted with each other, and the dedication furnished an oppor-
tunity which, I believe, has cemented us forever.
J. B. Whitehead,
Secretary.
CHICKAMAUGA.
1863.
Homing dawns on dickamauga, and the marshalled hosts arrayed
Face each other, proud, defiant, all in battle form displayed ;
And two flags float high above them, and each loyal cavalier
Swells his life shall vouch protection to the cause he loves so dear.
A thousand drums are loudly beating, where those banners proudly wave ;
A thousand heroes marching — marching on to glory's grave.
Harkl the deafning roar of cannon, 'tis the signal for the fray —
See the blue lines of the Union meet the stubborn ranks of gray.
On they rash, wildly, madly, in mortal combat, friend and foe.
Amid the dead and dying comrades beneath their feet now lying low.
And when the sun is slowly sinking, that fatal day in sixty-three.
The life-blood of the best and bravest stains the soil of Tennessee.
♦ *♦*♦****
1895.
Afoming dawns on Chickamauga, and once more the blue and gray
Mingle on that field together, after years have rolled away.
A thousand drums again are beating, but one flag now floats on high,
^^e flag of a re-united nation, unfurled beneath a southern sky.
^ow the scarred and aged veterans, greeted once with shot and shell,
Ijsten to a song of welcome upon the hill and dell.
^Toond the marble slabs they tell us the story of that fearful fight
^^en brother met in strife with brother for the cause each thought was right
^ow as friends we come together, and for the fallen shed our tears,
-And pledge our love in loyal union for evermore in after years.
And when the last rays of the sunset fall in beauty o'er our land,
And North and South in friendly greeting grasp each other by the hand.
Then let the cry from Southland's borders ring throughout our country free,
"We've won the greatest, grandest battle ever fought in Tennessee."
172 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
Northwestern Association of A K E.
The regular bi-monthly dinner of the Northwestern Association
of Delta Kappa Epsilon was held Friday evening, October i8th, at
the Iroquois Club, through the courtesy of E. B. Tolman, A A, '82.
Forty-eight of the brethren were present and enjoyed an enthusi*
astic meeting and a general good time.
The topic of the evening was " How to Strengthen the North,
western Association." Several plans were proposed, and all
thoroughly debated.
The general sentiment seemed to be that the Association,
although flourishing at present, could be increased considerably in
membership by the personal efforts of the officers and members, and
so grow in power and importance, until the Association could some-
time be successfully merged into an influential club, second to none
in Chicago.
The time and place of the next convention was announced, and
several present expect to be there, to represent the Association at
Syracuse.
Every one of the recent initiates from Delta Delta were present,
and were heartily welcomed.
The next meeting of the Association will occur in December,
when the annual formal banquet will be given.
B. W. Sherman,
Secrftar^.
A K E Association of the Pacific Coast.
The Pacific coast A K Es have reversed the order of Nature and
" hibernate " in summer. During our long dry seasons no signs of
Fraternal life or activity are visible. The first symptom of return-
ing vigor is the opening of the fall term at Berkeley, when the more
enthusiastic alumnus crosses the bay to see the novitiate admitted to
the fold, but Nature (or rather ARE) does not resume full sway till
December, when the Association holds it annual reunion and
banquet. Then, from San Diego to Seattle, the ARE war cry
resounds, and gray-haired pioneers of '49 join hands with the
youths by the Golden Gate, and live again their college days. The
disappointments, defeats and failures of those eventful times have
left no sting; the recollections of their triumphs and pleasures alone
remain as an ever-present remainder of " the days that are no more."
ALUMNI A SSOCIA TIONS. 173
Such days and such experiences come to a person but once in this
life, and he is ever ready to revive their memory with one whom
like experience has made a sympathetic listener.
To such a reunion and to such an interchange of confidences we
are now all looking forward as the mecca of our year's dissipations.
During the interval since our last assembly little has occurred to
disturb the " even tenor of our way." We are scattered over thou-
lands of miles of territory. Communication is slow and infrequent.
To remedy, in a measure, this defect, and to centralize the interest in
oar Fraternity, the alumni of & Z^ who have now gained sufficient
oomerical strength, are actively canvassing a project for an associa-
tion composed entirely of members from that chapter. Such action
would in no way interfere with our larger organization, biit would
infuse new life and energy into it and prove a valuable auxiliary to
the chapter itself. It is to be hoped this long^eferred action will
soon be taken.
Our new President of the Association, Brother T. B. Bishop, of
Upsilon, '64, has now two sons undergraduate members of 9 Z, and
in the law firm of Garber, Boalt & Bishop has associated with him
Brother J. H. Boalt, 2, '57, so there is little chance of his losing sight
of the interests ol A K E. He is, in fact, taking an active part in the
affairs of our Berkeley Chapter and through his efforts the boys
hope soon to see a handsome club house gracing the beautiful lot
they already possess.
E. H. Webb and Andrew Thorne, both of Z, have lately asso-
dated themselves in the practice of law and have opened handsome
offices in the palatial Mills Building. F. R. Whitcomb, Z, '78, has
recently taken offices in the same building, which is, par excellence^
lawyers* headquarters.
A very pleasing feature of the late initiation at Berkeley was the
presence of and address by President Martin Kellogg, ^, '50. This
would, a few years ago, have been an unprecedented occurrence, but
now passes without comment. The Greek letter fraternities have
certainly secured a recognized position in the college world, but it
was not many years ago their presence at the University of Cali-
fornia was forbidden by the Regents. Truly tempora mutantur — et
nosnan!
Brother S. E. Moffett is now one of the leading editorial writers
on the San Francisco Examiner. I have long been anxious to see
174 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
his contributions in the Quarterly, where I know they would prove
of interest, as he is a most ardent d K E.
Edgar C. Sutliffe,
Secretary.
d K E Association of Rhode Island.
At the annual meeting of the J K E Alumni Association of
Rhode Island, held June i8, 1895, the following officers for the
ensuing year were elected, viz. :
President, . . . William B. Sherman, V il, '72.
Vice-President, . . • Rev. George A. Smith, M, '74-
Secretary and Treasurer, . William Allan Dyer, T, '86.
^ Frank B. Bourne, T, '73.
Martin S. Fanning, T, '91.
Frank W. Matteson, T, '92.
Executive Committee,
Following the usual custom on this occasion, of listening to re-
marks by prominent alumni, the Association was addressed by the
following brothers: Hon. John H. Stiness, T, '61, of the Supreme
Court of R. I.; Hon. George A. Stockwell, T, '72, Secretary of the
State Board ot Agriculture and British Vice-Consul; ColoneL
George N. Bliss, &X, '61 ; and Rev. George A. Smith, M, '74-
The representative of the graduating class speaking was Brothei:^
C. M. Graves, T, '95.
Thirty-two brothers were present.
William Allan Dyer,
Secretary.
J K E Club of the Northwest.
The A K E Club of the Northwest is always pleased to ava.il
itself of the privilege which each issue of The Quarterly offers
of sending a fraternal greeting to the other alumni associations, to
the active chapters and to all A K E*s wherever they may be. On
this occasion we desire especially to extend our best wishes and si
good old Deke grip to those brothers who are separated from
A K E associates and associations. Such separation breeds forge t,^
fulness in some men, while in others it but increases the longing for
a renewal of those relations which memory holds so dear. By con-
stantly reminding all such brothers that we, who are more fortu-
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 175
nate, hold them in remembrance, we may quicken the dying
entlmsiasm of the former class, while we rejoice the heart of the
latter.
With sorrow we confess that during the past summer months
there have been no large distinctively A K E gatherings among our
members. Nevertheless, friendly intercourse between individuals
and frequent smaller gatherings have, to a certain extent, tended to
keep alive our loyalty and interest in our Fraternity.
The assembling of the Episcopal Convention in Minneapolis
during the present month has enabled us to become more familiar
with the names and faces and in many instances to make the per-
sonal acquaintance of some of the most honored of living J K E*s.
The spirit with which these men return the secret grip recalls the
fervor of college days.
On the evening of October the nth many of our number met
with the Phi Epsilon Chapter and beheld those rites which always
arouse all the boyhood which passing years has failed to eradicate
from a man's composition. Eight neophytes passed through the
initiatory ordeal and emerged therefrom with a due appreciation
of the mental ingenuity of their tormentors. At the banquet,
which followed the initiation, the sentiments expressed, as well as
the general spirit of the occasion, taught the new members that
J K E life is not, as their previous experiences of the evening might
incline them to think, all terror and hilarity, but consists first and
foremost of the gentler emotions of constant friendship and kind-
ness towards all A K E brothers and loyalty and respect for the
grood name of the Fraternity.
Harry R. Banner.
Secretary.
The are Association of Central New York.
Rev. J. W. Webb, D.D., of the Wyoming Conference of the
^lethodist Church, stationed at Pittsburg, has just been transferred
%o the Central New York Conference and comes to Syracuse to
"•ake the pastorate of the University Avenue M. E. Church. Dr.
Webb is an enthusiastic Deke.
At the last meeting of the University Alumni Association, the
medical college was given increased recognition by the election of
176 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS
one of their number to the Board of Trustees of the Universit
The choice fell upon Dr. J. L. Heffron, a graduate of Colga
University and Syracuse Medical College. The doctor is a memb
of the medical faculty and a physician in high standing in the cit
He is on the Executive Committee of the J K E Alumni Associati*
of Central New York.
We have the following Dekes upon the Faculty of the new la
school, organized by the University, under very flattering auspic
this fall :
Hon. Irving G. Vann, Phi, '63, Lecturer on Insurance ; Ceyl(
H. Lewis, Mu, '73» Lecturer on Practice ; Wm. Nottingham, P
Gamma, '76, Lecturer on Corporations ; Giles H*. Stilwell, Amhen
'73, Lecturer on Torts and Personal Property.
Our local Alumni Association and the Fraternity at large ha^
suffered a great loss in the sudden death of H. H. Ragan, the po
ular lecturer, which occurred at Atlanta, October 12th. Mr. Rags
made his home in Syracuse, where his relatives resided, and w
greatly esteemed by all the citizens for his genial and magnet
personality. He frequently visited the J K E club house, ai
always attended the Fraternity banquets when in town. He w
a Yale graduate, practiced law for a time, and then took up le
turing, illustrating his lectures with the stereopticon. For fifteen (
twenty years he has been engaged in this work traveling in th
time very extensively over Europe, North and South America, tl
Mediterranean regions and Africa. He accumulated over thir
distinct lectures during this time, and was the acknowledged pe
in this country in his field. His time for the coming winter ^
all engaged. Only a week before his death he called at our oflE
to express his regrets at being unable to attend the coming Convc
tion. He was apparently in robust health. At Atlanta, where
was to begin his fall tour, he was taken with an acute attack of pne
monia and died in twenty-four hours. We mourn the loss of
warm friend and distinguished member of the Fraternity.
A most cordial invitation is extended to all J /f E's to attend th
coming Convention. Our Association is young, we know, but vii
feel that what we miss in years we make up for in J K E spirit an
enthusiasm.
W. Y. FOOTE,
Sicreiarjf.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 177
J K E Club of New York.
»
Since the last issue of the Quarterly, the following have been
added to our list: F. W. Jewett, J X, '93, New York City ; H. N.
Hyde, *, '95, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Robert M. Collins, A A, '89, Wash-
ii^on, D. C. ; James C. Cropsey, F B, '93, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; L. C.
Boyd, jBT, '70, Hillsboro', O. ; Richard Monks, F B, '94, New York
Ci^ ; and Aldice G. Warren, B *, '83, Rochester, N. Y.
GRADUATE PERSONALS.
^66. Henry Treat Rogers is solicitor for Colorado Midland Railroad.
He is President of Mountain Association oi J K E, 2ls well as
of the University Club of Denver. He does a very large law
practice. Office, Boston Building.
'88. William Howard Fitzgerald, of Chicago, was yesterday ap-
pointed by Governor Altgeld a member of the State Board
of Education, to succeed Clinton E. Rosette, resigned.
Mr. Fitzgerald is a member of the law firm of Black & Fitz-
gerald. He was bom in Chicago in 1866 and received his
early education in its public schools. After completing the
course in the Hav^n school, he went to Yale college, where
he graduated in the Class of '88. He then read law in
Capt W. P. Black's office, and, upon being admitted to the
bar, formed a partnership with him, which has lasted until
the present. He said yesterday that he was in no sense a
politician and had no ambition in that direction. Mr. Fitz-
gerald is a bachelor and lives at his father's home, 2616
Indiana avenue. He said he did not know why the Gov-
ernor had appointed him and the news was a surprise. —
Chicago^ October 24.^ i8g^.
^95. Shirley T. High is a member of the Junior class of the North-
western University Law School.
a
'62. Col. Richard C. Shannon is a representative in Congress from
New York City.
'73. Prof. Nathaniel Butler has been elected President of Colby
University.
'90. Charles Spencer is Professor of History at Colgate.
HA.
'70. Rev. John Janney Lloyd, D. D., now has charge of an Episcopal
church in Lynchburg, Va.
'74. Walter Kemper Bocock, who was recently ordained to the
ministry of the Episcopal Church, has a parish in Detroit,
Mich. His address is 71 Winder Street, Detroit, Mich.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 179
2.
'78. Allen Movar Culver is a merchant, Denver, Col.
r.
'92. Jeff. McCann married Miss Mary D. Allison October 9th. They
will live in Nashville, where Brother McCann is practicing
law.
'95. Walter Hendrix is teaching school at Union City, Tenn.
'93. Edwin Mims is Professor of English at Trinity College, N. C.
'92. Will Locke is practicing law at St. Louis, Mo.
'92. Walter B. Nance will sail for China on the 15th of November,
where he intends being a missionary.
V.
'88. Alabama's distinguished Chinese Consul is attracting so much
attention that the Advertiser reproduces a picture of him.
The New York World of Wednesday prints this sketch of him
on its first page :
"J. Courtnqr Hixson, United States Consul at Foochow, who will\ repre-
sent the State Department at the investigation, was appointed Septem-
ber 25, 1893. He is a native of Georgia, and a citizen of Union
Springs, Ala., from which State he received his appointment He was
graduated from the University of Alabama in 1888. The day after
graduation, by the unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, he was
elected Commandant of Cadets, the University b^ing a military institu-
tion. He filled the position for three years. Having taken the degree
of Bachelor of Laws, he began to practice at Union Springs, where he
also edited the Union Springs Herald, The State Department officials
say that he was endorsed for the position by nearly every prominent man
in Alabama. Lifelong friends say that he is honest, zealous, energetic
and brave. He is about thirty-four years old, of magnificent presence,
and wears the fiercest mustache and imperial that ever came out of the
South. He is showing excellent judgment in the conduct of affairs at
Foochow." — Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.
*92. Thomas Atkins Street, Jr., is practicing law in Nashville, Tenn.
Office, Vanderbilt Building.
94. George Thomas Edgar will fill the position of Assistant in
Chemistry at University of Alabama for 1895-96.
'95. Edward Clopton McWilliams will study medicine either at
180 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
College of Physicians and Surgeons or Bellevue, New York
City, this Session.
*95. Warwick Henry Payne will be private secretary to the Presi-
dent of University of Alabama for 1895-96, at the same time
taking the law course.
'95. Elijah Stewart Pugh, winner of the Trustees* prize and the
Camolian prize, will have charge of a large school at
Jackson, Ala.
r.
'56. George L. Stedman, of Albany, N. Y"., was recently elected
President of the New York Baptist Union for Ministerial
Education.
'58. Joseph Henry Gilmore, Professor of Rhetoric, Logic and
English in the University of Rochester, is at present traveling
in Europe.
*66. Hon. Francis A. Gaskill, of Worcester, has been appointed a
Justice of the Superior Court in Massachusetts.
'72. Hon. Andrew J. Jennings, of Fall River, has been renominated
by the Republicans of the Thirteenth Massachusetts District
for District Attorney.
'78. William B. Winn is Editor and Manager of the Berkeley Herald^
published weekly in Berkeley, Cal.
'78. Dr. Augustus Wood is Professor of English in Imperial Uni-
versity, Tokyo, Japan.
'80. Richmond B. Esten has been pastor of the Central Baptist
Church at Westfield, Mass., for four years.
'81. Morgan Brooks is President and Manager of the Electrical En-
gineering Company, Minneapolis, Minn.
*82. Dr. William C. Lott is assistant surgeon in the Presbyterian
Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa.
'82. James H. Spencer is Associate Editor of the Montana Baptist
Record, of which he is the founder.
'84. Everett Brownell Durfee is a teacher in the classical depart-
ment of the Fall River (Mass.) High-School.
'85. William C. Burwell, of Providence, R. I., is a trustee of Ver-
mont Academy.
'85. James M. Pendleton was recently elected Town Treasurer in
Westerly, R. I.
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'90. Joseph E. BuUen has opened a law office this fall in New York
City.
'92. Benjamin S. Webb, member of the Council, is with Sackett &
McQuaid, *, counsellors at law, 1 54 Nassau street, New York
City.
'93. John Davis Edmands Jones is in the life insurance business in
Providence, R. I.
'93. "William J. Brown has commenced the practice of law in
Providence.
*93. Edward A. Thurston is in the law office of Jennings & Morton
in Fall River, Mass.
'94. Mahlon R. Stout has an important position in the firm of J. W.
Bishop, builders and contractors, of Providence.
'93. Ezekiel S. Newman, Jr., is in the Custom House at El Paso^
Tex.
81. Rev. E. B. Witherspoon was married to Miss Maggie M. Gib-
son, Rockbridge Baths, Va., September 12, 1895.
B.
*59. F. A. Fetter is an Episcopal clergyman at High Point, N. C.
'89. Rev. St. Clair Hester, member of the Council, is Rector of St.
George's Episcopal Church, the third largest in the City of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
H.
'69. Dr. Blair D. Taylor has recently been transferred from Fort
Bliss, El Paso, Tex., to Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga.
Brothers Charles M. Boyle and Sidney Neely who received
their degrees in Law here last Finals are now practicing at
the Memphis (Tenn.) bar.
Brother Henry C. Riely is teaching at the Episcopal High School
of Virginia, Brother Garnett Nelson at St. Albans Academy,
and Brother James Southall at the Miller School of Agri-
culture, both in Virginia.
Brother Herbert Old, who received the degree of Doctor of
Medicine here last Finals, has recently been admitted to
Charity Hospital, New York City.
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•
Brother Hugh M. Neely has entered his father's banking estab-
lishment in Memphis, Tenn.
Brother C. Clark Collins, who also received his M. D. degree last
Finals, has entered the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
A.
*93. Married — Mr. John D. FoUett to Miss Ida Lee Rust, at Lees-
burg, Va., Thursday evening, October 3, 1895.
'93. Robt. J . Watson has been compelled by ill health to give up his
studies at the Harvard Law School, and has taken up a tem-
porary residence in New Mexico.
n.
'61. Maj. E. D. Redington, of Chicago, has been elected by the
alumni of Dartmouth to a five years* term as Trustee.
'74. Hon. F. N. Parsons, of Franklin, has been appointed a Justice
of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire.
'88. F. L. Paltee has been promoted to a full professorship in
English at the Pennsylvania State College.
'88. H. R. Watkins, M. D., is City Physician of Burlington. Vt,
and Lecturer in Anatomy at the U. V. M.
'91. C. G. DuBois has been obliged by ill health to resign his posi-
tion with the Western Electric Company, and has been
chosen Cashier of the Randolph, Vt., National Bank.
'92. V. W. Eaton was married July 12th to Miss Mabel Ruggles, of
Hanover, N. H.
'93. P. E. Stanley, who for the last two years has been Instructor in
Physics and Chemistry at Blair Hall, has been transferred to
the Department of French.
'94. Quincy Blakely is at the Yale Theological Seminary.
'94. W. J. Wallis is Instructor in Physics in the Nashua High
School.
'95. The following locates nearly all the members of the delegation :
C. J. F. Crosby is traveling abroad ; J. F. Gerould is Assist-
ant Librarian at Dartmouth ; W. A. Lane and B. H. Pillsbury
are at the Harvard Medical School ; J. K. Lord, Jr., is in the
wholesale tailoring business at St. Louis ; J. K. Marden is
studying medicine at the University of Michigan ; B. T.
Scales is on the staff of the Dover Republican : R. E. Stevens
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has a Fellowship in Social Science at Dartmouth ; J. W.
Thompson is at the Yale Law School.
'96. N. P. CoflBn is a student of Colorado College, Colorado Springs^
Colo., of which Rev. Dr. W. F. Slocum, Sigma, '74, is Presi-
dent.
7.
'85. Rev. Alex. Henry is a Missionary of the Southern Presbyterian
Church at Lavres, Brazil.
'87. Brother Robt H. McCreary, of Chicago, is visiting his parents
in this city.
'91 and *93. W. L. Bronston and A. Lisle Frime were with us a few
days during the first two weeks of college.
95. Brother W. M. Jackson is Principal of the Campbellsville High
School at Campbellsville, Ky.
'95. Brother Curtis F. Buman is attending Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity Medical Department.
AA.
'62. Hon. A. F. Walker is one of the Receivers of the Atchison
Topeka and Santa F6 Railroad.
T,
'73. At the Brooklyn meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Prof. Thomas H. Norton, Vice-
President of Section C, read a very exhaustive and carefully
prepared paper on " The Contributions of Chemistry to the
Methods of Preventing and Extinguishing Conflagration."
Prof. Norton was also one of the distinguished list of speakers
at the brilliant banquet of the Ohio Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution, held on June 17th, at Columbus, 0.,
at wiiich banquet E. O. Randall, J X, *74» presided as toast-
master.
We quote from the following, upon the occasion of his receiv-
ing the degree of Doctor of Science last June :
[From The Cincinnati Tribune, June 29.]
DOCTOR OF SCIENCE.
Prof. Norton, op the University Faculty, Honored By His Alma Mater.
Prof. Thomas H. Norton, of the Faculty of the University of Cincinnati,
receifed last Thursday the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from
184 GRADVA TE PERSONALS.
his Alma Mater, Hamilton College. ProC Norton's investigations in
various departments of chemistry are widely known, and he has received
many honors at the hands of his fellow scientists. His recent studies
on methods of preventing and extinguishing conflagrations ha?e been
copied largely by the technical and insurance press throughout the
country.
At present he is busily engaged on the plans for the commodious new
Chemical Building for the University, which has been provided for by
the munificence of Mr. Henry Hanna.
[From The Gncmnaii Commercial Gazette^ June 29.]
Prof. Norton Honored.
At the eighty-third Commencement of Hamilton College, which occurred
on June 27th, the honorary degree of Doctor of Science was conferred
upon Prof. Thomas H. Norton, of the Faculty of the University of Cin-
cirmati. This degree is one of some rarity, and has been conferred but
once before in the history of the college.
Pro£ Norton's work as an investigator, well known on both sides of the
ocean^ has led to this graceful recognition on the part of his Almt Mater.
[From The Lockport DaUy Journal^ June 28.]
Both Union and Hamilton Colleges did two especially proper things yester-
day. The former conferred the honorary degree of L. H D. upon
Prof. Oren Root of Hamilton College, and the latter conferred the hon-
orary degree of Sc. D. upon Prof. Thomas H. Norton, Ph.D., of the
University of Cincinnati and formerly of Lockport
Dr. Oren Root is recognized as one of the leading educators of the State
and nation. As a mathematician he stands unexcelled, as did his father
the late Dr. Oren Root, before him, also Professor of Kathematics
at Hamilton College.
Dr. Norton is the son of Rev. Robert Norton of this city, and b known far
and wide as a pleasant gentleman and ripe scholar. He his for some
years been secretary of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science which gives special point to yesterday's honor.
'82. Brother Evans has accepted the pastorate of the West Presby-
terian Church of New York City. The good wishes of the
chapter go with him to his new charge. For the last six
years Brother Evans has been pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Lockport, N. Y., where success attended every ef-
fort. His church parted with him with sincere regret
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*9i. Brother Wight is principal of the Clinton High School, and is
often a welcome visitor at the House.
'92, Brother Welch has graduated from the Cornell Law School,
and is practising law in Binghamton.
'94. Brother Payne is studying law in the ofSce of Brother Finn, '68,
Ty at Middletown, N. Y. Brother Payne holds the record as
a prize winner in Hamilton, beside being Valedictorian, so
Tau looks for great things from him.
'94, Brother Watrous is teaching in the Brookly n Polytechnic In-
stitute.
'94. Brother Foote is studying medicine in the University Medical
College.
'95. Brother Aiken is studying law in the oflBce of Hon. Wm. Daly,
of Hoboken, N. J. Brother Palmer is assistant principal of
Trumansburgh Academy.
M.
'94. S. W. Risley is connected with the public schools of Denver,
Colo.
iV.
'72. John C. Gulick, tl\p efficient secretary of the New York Ath-
letic Club, has lately been prominently before the public in
connection with the international games.
'95. Brother Deignan is studying law.
*97. Brother Kafha is studying architecture.
*97. Brother Hodges is studying in Lawrence Scientific School,
Harvard.
'98. Brother Fisher is preparing for Columbia Mines under private
instruction.
'64. William H. Zeupp, Jr., was recently elected Alumni Trustee of
the college.
'65. Robert M. Brown, of Japan, is spending the winter in New
York City. His address is 113 East 17th street.
'82. Walter Newell, Superintendent of the Freight Department of
the Illinois Central Railroad, spent his vacation in New Bruns-
wick, N. J.
'92. Harry R. Bristol is practicing law in Warsaw, N. Y.
186 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
'91. William P. Pool is practicing medicine in Brooklyn, N. Y.
William J. Cooper, formerly Professor of Mathematics in Tu-
lane University, has accepted a lucrative position with the
Wilmington, Del, Iron Works.
'95. F. K. Grant is studying law at Schoharie, N. Y.
J. C. Loud and W. C. Van Styke, both of '95, have entered the
New York Law School.
'92. H. H. Hornbrook has become a member of the criminal law
firm of Duncan & Smith, Indianapolis. It is now Duncan,
Smith & Hornbrook.
'93. Theodore J. Moll, who has been Deputy Recorder of Vander-
burgh County, at Evansville, enters Cornell this fall for his
law course.
'95. Roscoe H. Ritter has entered the Indiana Medical College.
'95. Eugene H. Iglehart is in the law office of Iglehart & Taylor,
Evansville, Ind.
'95. Allan Buchanan is in the U. S. Naval Academy.
'95. Orville C. Pratt is Principal of the Danville, Ind., High School.
'95. G. Alonzo Abbott is doing post-graduate work and instructing
in the chemical laboratory. •
r (p.
'92. Rev. August KuUman died July 27th of cholera in Calcutta,
India, where he had been a missionary for two years. In
January he married Miss Weatherby, of New Jersey, who
died with the same disease a few hours after her husband.
'93. R. C. Parker graduated from the law department of the Uni-
versity of South Carolina last June. He is at present at his
home in Westfield, Mass., in the office of A. F. Lilley.
'93. H. Howard is with the R. G. Dunn Company in New Haven.
'95. S. LeRoy Ackerly is studying law with the firm of Ackerly &
Miles, Northport, L. I.
'95. A. H. Leo is at present coaching the football team. He will
study the sociological relations of the poor in the slums of
New York this winter.
'95. H. E. Miller is Principal of the Academy at Brattleboro', Vt.
'95. H. A. Thayer will enter the business department of a publishing
house in Springfield, Mass., in November.
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'95. M, B. Waltz is a Fellow in Political Economy at the University
orChicago. Address, 210 55th street, Hyde Park, Chicago.
V£L
•85. Brother Holmes visited Psi Omega in Troy recently. He is
with the Pittsburgh Meter Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.
'94. P. L. Reed is Assistant Engineer with Chicago Bridge and Iron
Company.
73. W. M. Hughes is Civil Engineer at the Rookery, Chicago.
*77. W. J. Sherman is Contracting Engineer of St. Louis.
'79, F. M. Steames is with the Cypress Lumber Company of
t Boston.
'8a George W. Benham is Manager of Pennsylvania Mutual Life
Insurance Company of St. Louis.
'88. Winchester Fitch is a member of a prosperous Deke ftrm of
lawyers at Ashtabula, O. Edward H. Fitch, Ey '58, is the
senior partner.
'89. H. A. Fergusson is Assistant Master Mechanic of Pennsylvania
Railroad.
'91. A. C. Fields is Manager of the Czar Bicycle Company of
Chicago.
'92. W. G. Smith is with the Truman Bicycle Company of
Toledo, O.
'92. Daniel S. Tuttle was married to Miss Newman at Watkins,
New York.
'93. F. N. Jewitt is with G. W. Payne & Son of New York.
'94. E. Vail Stebbins is traveling in Europe.
'95. P. G. Browne is Assistant City Engineer of Chicago.
'90. Rev. C. W. Douglas is connected with St. John's Cathedral,
Denver, Colo. He has made a decidedly favorable impression
there in many ways.
'92. E. H. Gaggin, Instructor in Architecture in the Crouse College,
has a two years* leave of absence for study in Europe.
'93. F, Z. Lewis has been appointed Instructor in Sciences in the
Liberal Arts College.
IBS GRADUATE PERSONALS.
r B,
'91. C MarniT Rice, member of the Coancil and Treasarer of the
New York J £ E Clab. is in the bicycle business at 105
Chambers street. Sew York Crtr.
'95. Fred. Covkendall has entered '97 Mines, Columbia Coll^^
'95. Edward S. Cojkendall has been appointed Superintendent of the
Delaware axid Baltimore Railroad.
*95. Charles Shradj is >Iana$in^ Saperintendent in Edwin GouId*s,
r B, '88. mafrh factory at Ogdensbur]^.
2 r.
'91. Frederick T. Snyder. Secretary of the Mountain Association of
J K E, with headquarters at DenTer, has a very responsible
positioa with the Newtown Mills, where he is the Mechanical
Engineer in charge of the preparation of the ores for the Il^
CHAPTER LETTERS.
PHL
Fhi has began her fifty-first year with the brightest outlook that her members
ooold hope for. The society spirit and enthusiasm has never been so great as
It present, and with the prospects of a new building in the near future, A KB
at Yale has reached a most satisfactory and enviable position.
Her men are prominent, not only in athletics, but also in the class elections
ind in the different branches of university life. Brother Sheldon was Captain of
Ae track athletic team which was victorious over Cambridge this fall, while the
captaincy of the ^Varsity football team is very ably filled by Brother Thome.
Brothers Fincke and Brown are also prominent on the football field.
Of the Junior Promenade Committee, Brothers Fincke, Brooke, Sage and
Sntphin are Dekes, while the society is represented in the Glee and Banjo
dobs by Brothers McKee, Thome, Hoeninghaus, Spock, Eagle and Fisher.
Brother T. Brown was taken on the Yak News Board at their last election,
and the following Dekes received Junior appointments : Brothers Brooke, Cofl&n,
Rotmtree, Fisher, J. Miller, Sage, Sutphin, Brown, Fincke and Lineaireaver.
THETA.
We are glad to say that in the opening of the new college year the prospects
of Theta are as bright as ever. Owing to the usual long summer vacation, little
has taken place in the shape of college affairs since our last letter. Of the six
Commencement speakers in June, Brothers Hatch and Moore were our repre-
sentatives, the Dekes being the only Fratemity to have more than one. They
^^'ere also elected into 9 B K. The Mathematical Prize of $300 was brought
to us by Brother Vanell, '97, and the Pray English and English Composition
I^zes by Brother Hatch, '95. Bowdoin's football prospects are very favorable,
tiiough the team will necessarily be a light one. Brother Bates, '96, is Captain,
^nd, among the others, players on first and second elevens, the positions not being
definitely settled, are Brothers Baily, Eastman and Warren, '96 ; Shute, '97 ;
Stetson, Pettingill, Merrill, '98, and Venzie, '99. Brother Holmes, '97, is
Assistant Manager, and Brother Haines a Director.
XI.
Xi enters upon the fifty-first year of her history under most favorable circum-
stances. The fishing season is over, and, as usual, J KE has the finest of the
catch. The following eight men have been pledged :
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f
William Oliver Stevens, WaterviUe, Me. ; Henry Russell Spencer, Waterville,
Me. : Charles Emeiy Gould Shannon, Saco, Me. ; Richard Catts Shannon, Saco,
Me. ; Ernest Henry Maling, Portland, Me. ; Harold Libby Hanson, Skowhegan,
Me.; VarnQT Arthur Putnam, Danforth, Me.; Ralph Homer Richardson,
Brockton, Mass.
The football team is fairly organized, and promises to be the strongest eleven
Colby has ever had Five of the eleven men are Dekes — Brothers Holmes^
Putnam, Thompson, Shannon and Chapman.
Colby's new President, ProC Nathaniel Butler, of Chicago University, is
a graduate of Colby and a Deke. At Chicago University he was at the head of
the University Extension Department The many friends of the college are
highly gratified that Prof. Butler has accepted the presidency.
Brother Hedman returns this fall as Instructor in French and German.
All interested in athletics are glad that Brother Jackson, Theta, 'pr, has been
secured as Gymnasium Instructor for another year.
At the last Commencement four of the Commencement speakers were Dekes
— Brothers Bryant, Hedman, Nichols and Bonett Brothers Padelford and Foss
were two of the five men on the Junior Exhibition ; Brother Padelford received
the first prize.
The first German prize was awarded to Brother Hedman, the second to
Brother Bonett
SIGMA.
The opening of the college year finds Amherst larger and more prosperous
than at any other time in her history. The college buildings are in excellent
order, the equipment in every department has been improved, and the curric-
ulum altered just enough to meet the modem idea of a strictly college course
of study. There have been two important changes in the Faculty since the close
of last year. The Chair of Political Economy, vacated by Pro£ J. B. Qark,
who is, by the way, a Sigma Deke of '72, is filled by Prof. J. W. Crook, who
has made for himself an enviable reputation at Johns Hopkins University and the
institution to which we lose Prof. Clark. In the department of Romance Lan-
guages, the place left vacant by Prof. Montague is filled by Prof. W. S. Sym-
ington, former Professor of Romance Languages at Leland Stanford, Jr., Uni-
versit}'. The friends of Amherst moum the death of Hon. William A. Rickinson,
Treasurer of the college, which occurred last August
^ K E is successfully maintaining her usual high position in the coll^;e.
In the recent brief and stirring campaign season, ^ KE, having had, with two
or three possible exceptions, her pick of the incoming class, pledged eleven
strong men, one Junior and ten Freshmen. The names of the pledged men are
as follows: H. W. Harrington, '97, Watseka, III; F. H. Clark, Amherst, Mass. ;
H. H. Craig, Falmouth, Mass. ; George Dantel, Cleveland, O.; A. C Hinckley,
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Florence, Mass. ; Bnigeas Johnson, Chicago, 111.; H. P. Kendall, Walpole, Mass.;
L. C Merrall, Syracuse, N. Y.; K B. Pottle, Naples, N. Y. ; J. B. Stocking,
Lisbon Centre, N. Y. ; C. C. Woodworth, Buffalo, N. Y.
or these men, Harrington, Clark, Craig and Dantel are prominent among
the candidates for the football team, and are doing excellent work. Craig and
Hinckley gave promise of exceptional ability in the college tennis tournament
that has just been played.
The Senior Class has elected Brother Bouton Qass Orator, and has placed
Brother Walker upon the Committee on Committees, and upon the Nominating
Committee. Brother Walker is again to have charge of the Amherst College
Lectore Course for the year.
The college has elected Brother Billings, '97, Assistant Football Manager.
The Assistant Manager is always elected from the Junior Class, and is appointed
Manager the following year. Brother Billings was President of the Class last year
and was unanimously re-elected for the year of 1895--96.
A K E\& represented on the Glee Club by Brothers Hawes and Walker,
and by Brother McAllister, Assistant Leader. Brothers Swett, Newton and
Jc^nston are members of the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs.
6AMICA.
As the years roll on, under its new management, Vanderbilt continues to
grow and expand in every direction, and student life here yearly takes on a
broader scope. Interest in athletics, fraternities and all other spheres of student
life increases year kxy year.
This year our medical department enters its new building which has just
been completed at a cost of $60,000. The new Medical Faculty is made up of
the very best talent in the South, and we feel justified in expecting great things
from the reorganization of that department Gamma receives a new friend and
adviser in the person of Dr. Paine, formerly of Chi, who has the Chair of
Obstetrics.
The chapter here is in a more flourishing condition than ever before. Al-
though we lost by graduation eight strong men, we have taken in nine of the
best men in the Class of '99, who will no doubt be able in due time to bear the
responsibility and labor of the older men in the chapter.
Brother S. V. Wall, '97, is with us again this year, and Brother Hamilton,
Chi, is affiliated with us this year.
Last year an honorary Greek letter society was formed, being non-secret and
having as its basis for membership excellency in scholarship. Of its seven
charter members, four were Dekes — Brothers Lund, Matthews, Bayliss and
Ketchum.
Brothers Elliott and Hendrix managed and captained respectively a winning
Tinififffnit fwmrng' all collegiate rivals and
^xe 'lain 'J mull I u ii'JtiR *rarp.
1 -va 3K li ^us imr aOmwi oa coofiest for the Founder's
satL^grjcxBr^jspies -w^ znis q£ dat caastatants for the Young
I'j-^rzail ZBxgsst acs -tssj irgTiL . Tj^iEiL. of Pennsvivania, will coach the
JUET-Jif Ilnef a' ±e Jusiaffir Si^dbfi^^ with Brother
mgnr^ ad l^or rise ss ai Jfer Aaflfi^ staff for 1895-96.
Lzzzii s ymay^ if ±e Tsnia ^.iKxiarint, and Brothos Land anj
*vizci£ 2 JL a icacabnv ctwififnin and hopes to accom.
narn xncc Timg
I
C«ir aacoer ias axce iscxl j-Kii-' g d ler manbca within her fold at the
Ai ±13 r«'^'"^^f icizLe :c =be TTfg dxac znr dopfsr pcxaed most last jear are
ikuff Jasc Co m iiff i i-nnmr was an honor to themselves
.L .
7 71 re TT"*'^-"'^ as he won the two highest
a -.( z^ .LAS — >±e ^=j:r Scclls s X3ii rxe Reodr Wriier s prixes.
izz we icTsc Eiic Kcnw 5:r ±>:ae wi: lesipe 13 each Commencement, for
r ijn csarcsr s cr:wt2. and die new initiates that
r =75cc crce ake op dieir mantles. Thus oar
Tzit Z^s sLaZ sczrd ±is ^ear. &s iberbLie alwxis stood since our establish-
m m ^
=«c.t hcr» ±* reers c£ acT frajcrzirr =ie£ m ac UniTerarr of Alabama.
I: Zi5 al=^:sv beccce a csljch ±ai a l>aL^ saoold be the editor-in-diicf of
e;-Ji«r :i* crllfse paper or d» ^vmoL sc, according to this custom, Brother
EdriT 15 ±e Ziitcr-m-Chie: :f ±e C^#<^ and Brother Jenkins is an editor of
I: is wiii: rrta: picascre ">^:>t we LaTt wiih us again Brother Payne, of the
Cass cf 95- xrd Brocher Gccrge Edgar, of die Cass of '94-
Fs Chapcer. widi hx^j prospects for another successful college year, sends
her greecngs and bes: wishes tc all her ssser chapters.
VPSOjOX.
Brown and Upsilon baTe opened the &I1 torn under most fiavorable auspices.
The Fr eshman class diis year numbers two hundred and sixty-one, which is the
largest class that has ever entered the University. Malcy Hall, a fine large
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ionnitory, was completed during the past summer, and many improvements
Hire been made about the campus and buildings. The present large accom-
Bodations in Wilson Hall for the physical laboratory have proved insufficient
far the growing classes, and a new building, attached to the chemical laboratory,
ii being constructed. It will be in direct communication with the>:entral heat-
ing station, by which its value will be greatly enhanced. Fourteen new
fiofessors and instructors have been added to the Faculty, which now numbers
ifanost ninety.
Upsilon has begun the fall campaign vigorously, and has scored a number
of brilliant successes. There are eight men now pledged for J K E, and this
nmber will probably be increased to twelve before the next letter. All our
pledged men have been rushed hard by several other fraternities, but, as
voal, Upsilon has more than held her own, not having lost a single man, and
litving taken the cream of the entering class.
Upsilon is represented in every branch of college life, although at present all
ictive departments of the college have not yet perfected organization.
In the literary line the Dekes are quite prominent at present. When the
Board of Editors of the Brown Daily Herald met last spring for organization.
Brother Stedman, '96, was elected Editor-in-Chief, and Brother Call, '96, was
liosen Business Manager. Brother Foster, '97, is also a member of the Board.
Brown's weekly publication, the Brunonian, has always had some member of
Jpsilon as a prominent editor, and this year Brother Burrage, '96, is our repre-
fintative. Brother Winter, '95, who had charge of the " Brown Verse " depart-
lent last year, will be missed greatly by the present Board.
Last June Brother Call, '96, won the Brunonian prize for the best verse
fiered to that publication during the year, and Brother Harrington, '97, was
warded the prize for the best prose contribution. Brother Stedman, '96, is the
I KE Editor of the Li&er Brunensis, the annual publication of the Greek letter
-atemities.
The Press Club, a very active and progressive organization at Brown, has
trother Sears, Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, as its efficient head, and
Irothers Burrage, '96, and Foster, '97, are members of the Executive Committee.
In athletics the Dekes at Brown have always been prominent This fall,
mong the promising candidates for the football team, are Brothers Matteson,
^; Chase, '91, and F. O. Jones, '97, while from the pledged Freshmen five are
indidates for the 'Varsity or their class team, the latter being managed by
QOther of our pledged men.
In track athletics and baseball. Brown has taken a high rank for some
me and will be assisted this year, as much as usual, by Dekes. Brother Mat-
son, '96, is Manager of the Baseball Association, and Brother Call of the
thletic team.
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Thus it will be seen that A KE occupies a worthy place in all active depart-
ments of college life here. Everything points toward a very successful year for
Upsilon and old Brown.
CHI.
It pleases Chi to report that the brilliant manner in which she ended last
year has only been equalled by her prospects for the ensuing year.
As she always has done, Chi took more honors in every way than any other
club on the campus, and, in some directions, more than any two or three.
In the Junior debate, Brother A. W. Shands^ '96, won the Anniversarianship
of d^ 2 Society.
Brother W. M. Hamner, '96, won the office of introducing the Senior de-
baters, for having the best original speech. He also won the Sophomore Dec-
lamation medal.
Brother J. S. Hibler, '95, represented Chi in the Senior debate last Com-
mencement.
In athletics we were unusually successful. Brother P. H. Saunders, Ph.D.,
being President of the Athletic Association and Manager of the baseball team.
Brother C. R. Jones, '96, was Captain of baseball team.
We had two men on the football eleven, and six on the baseball team.
In tennis. Brothers Shands and Edmondson won the championship of the
Union in doubles.
Brother J. B. Wendel, '97, was President of the Glee Club.
On April 26th, Chi gave a banquet which eclipsed anything ever given in
this place. Tables beautifully decorated with cut flowers, tied with red, blue
and old gold ribbons, were arranged for fifty. The cycle of pleasure began at
10 o'clock with the A K E march, and ended at daybreak with the A KE
waltz.
At 1 2 o'clock a royal meal was served in eight courses.
We had the pleasure of extending the fraternal hand to Brother Eugene
Johnson, first honor man of Class of '70, and now Judge of this district He
came over to see his son initiated into the mysteries of A KE,
We also had with us at our second meeting. Brother W. D. Heddleston,
second honor man of Class of '83, and now pastor of Presbyterian church at
Oxford.
Brother Roswell V. Boo the, '93, has returned and is now taking law.
Brother Charles Strong, '92, is Fellow in Chemistry here now.
Brother Henry Hutchinson, of Fort Smith, Ark., was with us at two or three
meetings this year.
We have at present no permanent meeting place^ but hope in the near future
to erect a chapter house worthy of -^ KE, We now meet in the lecture room
of one of the professors.
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BETA.
Beta's chapter house is now completed and the members are all pleased
with the new phase of fraternity life it affords. It is very conveniently located
on the campus.
Beta and the University have to lament the fact that Brother Guion will not
be back to captain the 'Varsity football team.
Brother Stanley will captain the '96 baseball team, and Brother J. S. Thomas
will captain the track athletic team. Brother Dey is leader of the Mandolin
Cltib, and Brother Lake of the Banjo Club.
Brother P. J. Thomas is Manager of the Glee, Mandolin and Banjo Clubs.
The captaincy of '98 and the management of '97 football teams are held by
Dekes.
Unfortunately the authorities forbid the fraternities to take in new men until
they have been in college one year, but, however, we have six promising
pledged men.
Brother Fred Emerson Brooks, the poet humorist, visited the University a
few days ago, and was much enjoyed by all.
ETA.
To the Quarterly, and to other chapters north, south, east and west, Eta
sends an affectionate greeting, and to the latter her sincere wishes that this may
be for them all a prosperous collegiate year. Such an one promises to be hers,
and this despite the fact that she loses quite half her last year's chapter.
Her old members returned at present writing are : Brothers W. H. H. Old,
Gamett, Dabney, H. B. Winston, Craighill, Minor, Orrick and McGuire — eight
in all. Brother McGuire, after two years' absence from college, has returned to
study the law. Eta's initiates are Brothers Hoxton, Venable, Goodridge and
Henry.
Brothers E. L. Sykes and D. G. Ross of Chi, and H. M. Rhett of Psi, have
joined Eta this fall.
Brother Minor, who has for several years been an Instructor in the Law
school, has lately been elected to a full professorship in the same department.
Brothers Hoxton and Dabney are applying for the 'Varsity eleven.
Brothers Gamett and Craighill are in the 'Varsity Glee, and Brother Orrick
has been appointed Historian of the Academic class.
Brother Garnett is the only one of four representatives on last session's
'Varsity nine who has returned ; but Brother McGuire, still the most renowned
of Virginia's pitchers, will doubtless join Brother Garnett in maintaining Eta's
baseball reputation.
Eta has not relinquished her efforts to build herself a home, though she still
lacks several hundreds of dollars of the amount necessary for a beginning of the
work.
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Readers of this epistle will probably recall Mr, Jerome's rich, benevolent old
lady in search of '' deserving poor." Here the case is reversed. Eta deems
herself the deserving poor and sighs for the advent of the rich benevolent old lady.
If any of the Brotherhood knows of such a rich, benevolent old person^or
young or middle-aged person for that matter — that he commend her to such an
one is the humble but earnest prayers of Eta.
KAPPA.
Kappa extends cordial greetings to sister chapters, together with the best of
wishes for a successful year.
The results of last year's work proved a triumph for A KE at Miami Fully
five-sixths of the honors fell to Dekes. Brother DuBois, '95, took the Hepburn
English prize and second honors in the class. Brother Cabell, '95, took the
Elliott Greek prize, and Brother Upham, '97, the Bishop Latin prize. Brother
Stivers, '96, received First Oratorical honors.
At no time since her re-establishment has Kappa entered upon a jrear^s work
with such brilliant prospects. Comfortably located in her commodious chapter
house, with good representatives in all classes and a decided prestige in the
University, she looks forward to a pleasant and profitable year.
The captain and two other strong men on the football team wear the blue,
gold and crimson, and Brother Shofstall, '98, is leader of the University Man-
dolin Club.
The University seems to be enjoying an era of prosperous growth, and
Kappa easily keeps pace with the advancement of the institution.
LAMBDA.
As far as numbers go this is an off-year for Kenyon. The Freshman class is
the smallest that has entered within our time, and it has no praises to be sung.
But still it has a mission and that mission is to demonstrate the incapacity of the
present administration. And this is being accomplished so effectually that we
feel safe in predicting a new rule for next year, and, what must inevitably result,
a broad stride towards the front for Kenyon.
In reviewing the fraternities we find ourselves easily in the lead of both
A A $ and WTin any way and every way that a comparison could be drawn,
though we didn't see fit to make any additions from the Freshman class, while
they both did.
Our football team is being coached by Brother Stewart, B X, '95, who won
an enviable reputation in western football last year with Adelbert Brothers
Kennedy and Little are playing the ends, and Brother Myers was quarter-back
until recently disabled.
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PI.
The beginning of the year has brought to Dartmouth her full share in the
general prosperity of the colleges. Her Freshman class and Medical Depart-
ment are the largest in her histoiy and seem to contain much promising mate-
rial No friction has been apparent anywhere.
There have been comparatively few important changes, especially in the
teaching force. During the summer work has progressed on the Butterfield
Museum of Archaeology and kindred sciences, the central building, in the new
quadrangle to be erected on one side of the campus; but it will not be com-
pleted until next year.
The athletic outlook is good, though not of the best.
Pi's prospect in many ways is very bright indeed, but she has been under the
shadow of the deepest of the afflictions through which she has passed in recent
years — ^that caused by the death of two highly valued sons. Harry Appleton
Gibson, '97, was drowned July 8th at Cumberland Junction, Me. It has been the
nniversal sentiment that no man in college would be more missed than he. He
bad led his class ^dthout difficulty during the entire two years of its course, and
was evidently endowed with a mind powerful to a very unusual degree. He
was probably the best organist whom Dartmouth has ever produced. But it
was not principally for his accomplishments that he was esteemed. His char-
acter was of the noblest and his companionship of the pleasantest; to all who
knew him he was a much prized friend, and to his fellow Dekes a loyal and
devoted brother. Professor Louis Pollens, an honorary member of Pi, died at
Hanover on September 28th after a long decline, due, undoubtedly, to grief for
the sudden loss, two years ago, of his son, Louis Pollens, Jr., Pi, '91. Pro-
fessor Pollens was one of the most scholarly and popular members of the Faculty
and enthusiastically interested in our chapter. Meaningless eulogies of the
dead are so common that these words in praise of our brothers may seem mere
conventionalities; but they are written in the truest sincerity.
The regulations agreed upon last spring by all the Greek letter fraternities,
in accordance with which no member may mention his fraternity to any incom-
ing student before November 20, have of course revolutionized the methods of
chiming. Perhaps Pi may be pardoned for thinking, as she does, that the
change will not operate to her disadvantage.
In the work of the individual members the chapter is not falling behind.
On theTarsity eleven are Brothers McCormack, '97, the Captain; Marshall, '97,
and Clark, '98. Brother Bartlett is Captain of the Sophomore eleven. Brothers
Marshall, '97, and Crane, '98, are on the Glee Club. Brother Fletcher, '96, is
Managing Editor of the Lit, Brother Davis has been elected Vice-President of
the Senior class for the spring term, and Brother Ham a member of the
Executive Committee. Brother Hartigan is Treasurer of '98. Our record last
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Commencement was particalarly good. Of the eight speakers of the gradaating
class three — Brothers Lord, Harden and Thompson — were Dekes. Of the eight
honorable mentions awarded to members of the college for distinguished ex-
cellence in different lines of study Brother Harry Gibson, '97, had three, and
Brother Smith, '96, one. The following brothers took prizes: Gerould, first
Senior rhetorical; Smith, first Junior Greek; Fletcher, second Junior rhetorical;
Harry Gibson, first Sophomore mathematical; Shaw, '97, first in the general
prize speaking; Meserve, one-third of the second Sophomore mathematical
In brie^ we had one-third of all the prize winners, more than one-third of all
the prize money given, and in general more than one-third of all the honors.
In addition, of the four special scholarships awarded to members of '96 on the
basis of class standing during the year Brother Smith took first, Brother Fletcher
second, and Brother Ham fourth ; of the three awarded to members of '97,
Brother Harry Gibson took first and Brother Meserve third; of the two awarded
to members of '98 Brother Lord took second. Brother Stevens, '95, was awarded
a fellowship in social science.
In the latter part of November Brother Laycock, in company with another
student, is to issue an illustrated book, entitled '' Dartmouth Echoes," contain-
ing literary and historical articles by present and former members of the
college.
IOTA.
The most successful Commencement ever held at Central University was that
of '95. ^ KE had four men to graduate. Brothers Curtis F. Buman, William
M. Jackson, Gilbert Glass and George B. Martin. Brothers Buman and Glass
were chosen by the Faculty to deliver orations on Commencement day and
Brother Jackson was Orator of his class.
Just before Commencement the preliminary contest for the purpose of select-
ing a representative for the University at the Chautauqua oratorical contest at
Lexington, Ky., was held in the chapel. This contest is open to the whole
University, and as usual ^ K E walked off with the honors. Brother W. M.
Jackson was chosen, making the sixth Deke out of seven representatives, the
contest having occurred annually since 1889.
The University reopened her doors on September 12 th, with a largely in-
creased attendance. Iota had six old men to return. While our number is
thus small we have been the closer bound together, and when the first rush had
subsided we came from the contest with three new men, W. L. Park, Jansen,
Fla. ; Frank R. Christian, Little Rock, Ark. , and George S. Buman,
Richmond, Ky.
Though numerically the smallest chapter at the University we are by no
means in the rear in other respects, realizing that quality, not numbers, makes
the Fraternity, and having used the greatest care in making our selections.
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Our chapter has a strong list of enthosiastic alumni, residents of Richmond,
who have graduated from the University in the past few years. This fact has
proven a material advantage for Iota as they take an active part in the chapter
affiurs, and their influence and enthusiasm give to us all the effect of active
membership.
The Dekes in social circles hold their old unrivaled position, and our
badges are proudly worn by a host of Richmond's prettiest and most charming
women.
ALPHA ALPHA.
The banning of another college year finds A A more flourishing, if pos-
sible, than ever before. Last Commencement was a very enjoyable one, al-
though we lost through graduation five men, whose loyal fellowship is sadly
missed in the halls of A A, Brother Adams, who was Salutatorian, is now
at Johns Hopkins taking post-graduate work. During the summer vacation
he won the State championship for singles in tennis. Brothers Wells, '94,
and Cushman, '95, are doing post-graduate work in Germany. Brother Grant,
'95, was one of the successful competitors for the three $600 scholarships at the
University of Pennsylvania. Brother Eldridge, '95, editor of the State organ of
tiie order of I. O. G. T., is now organizing lodges for that order.
Brother Dunton secured the first Freshman prize in Latin, and in the Junior
honors we received one-third of those given to the men.
Brother Haydon is Manager of the baseball team, and we are practically sure
of a strong representation on the team, including captaincy.
On the Glee Club we have three men, they being all who tried for positions.
Brother Williamson is leader.
We have been eminently successful in our rushing, and have pledged every
man we want, capturing several from the very camp of the enemy. The six
best men of the Freshman class will soon be wearing the diamond pin of Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
OMICRON.
This year has opened with very bright prospects for the University, as the
number of students at present is equal to last year, and within a week it is
expected the number will be more than three thousand.
The chapter has had the usual success in getting desirable men, and also in
giving bitter doses to the leading crowds. Although ten of our men graduated
last June^ three have returned to the professional departments, and so, with the
seven new men, the crowd is the same as last year.
There is more enthusiasm in athletics this year than ever, due to our successes
last year in all things, and also to the gymnasium. There is in addition to the
Waterman g3rmnasium, a movement on foot to build one for the women. It has so
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far succeeded that by the opening of collie next jear they expect to have a
gymnasium entirely for their own use. Though there is a great deal of interest
in general athletics, the attention is at present mostly taken by football^ as
the team expects to play Harvard, and it is thought they will make a very fair
showing with any of the eastern teams. We are represented on the team by J.
HoUister, of Alpha Alpha, on the end, and R. S. Freund, half on '93'8 team, at
half and substitute quarter.
EPSILON.
A neat pamphlet has been recently gotten out by a committee of the alumni,
containing a short history of the chapter, together with the plans and exterior of
the new chapter house.
The style of the building is colonial, simple in plan and admirably suited to
the surroundings. The plans show a large hall, with a beautifully designed
stairway curving up to a landing through a columnated archway. On the land-
ing are the memorial windows. Library and dining-room are situated on either
side of the main hall.
On the second floor are three studies, each with two adjoining chambers.
The interior is to be of natural woods, the exterior of cream brick and white
stone trimmings.
A large part of the money has been subscribed, and our alumni promise that
the house will be built within a year.
Epsilon is well represented, musically, this year. Brothers 'McDowell,
Folsom and Floyd are on the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, Brother McDowell
being leader of the latter organization. Brothers Rust and Bragdon are mem-
bers of the Glee Club.
Brothers Robinson, Bailey and Rust are members of the editorial staff of the
Williams Weekly. Brother Bailey is Alumni Editor.
Brother Robinson, '96, has returned to college. He is trying for the posi-
tion of guard on the team.
It is too early in the year for any great accumulation of chapter news. Our
prospects, however, are unusually bright The chapter numbered nine men
at the opening of the term, and we have six men pledged from the incoming
class, and one from the Junior class.
Epsilon wishes her sister chapters the best of success for the coming year.
RHO.
Nothing could give me more pleasure than the privil^e of announcing for
Rho that A KE 2X Lafayette is steadily maintaining her old standard of
excellence ; and in spite of the fact that the entering class is small in compari-
son with the few years preceding, that we are getting a good run of new men, in
numbers as well as quality. The outlook for the chapter never was better, and
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everything points to a most pleasurable as well as successful year in all branches
of class and Fraternity work.
A special effort is being made to increase the reputation which we have
always held here for fraternal union and interest An interesting billiard tourna-
ment is now in progress. Several others have been arranged for the winter, and
these, together with a series of "smokers " and receptions, will bring us together
most of the time. We sadly feel the need of a chapter house, but until that
good day comes we must make the best of opportunities.
In athletics, we greatly feel the loss of two of our trio of football stars, who
made their presence so strongly felt last season, Brothers Rowland, '95, guard,
and Vincent, '97, quarter-back. But Brother Walbridge, '98, is still with us,
and playing his usually fine game at half-back, and, together with other promis-
ing materiad, in Brothers Kinter, '97; Cope, '98, and Bixler, '99, we are doing
not a little toward furthering this season's excellent football prospects.
Brother Walbridge also represents us on the baseball and track teams.
Brother Earnest, '97, is Treasurer of the Athletic Association.
We are greatly indebted to Brother Fisler, '91, for his aid in rushing new
Brothers Rowland, '95, and Shull, '95, were recent visitors of the chapter.
Brother Wells, '96, is President of the Young Men's Christian Association.
Brother Martin, '96, is on the Editorial Board of the LafayetU^ which is now
published weekly.
Brother Stoddard, '97, one of the authors of ** Hamlet Up To Date," pro-
nounced by all the most successful Sophomore play ever presented here, has won
new laurels by his election as Editor-in-Chief of the Melange,
Brother Bentel, '97, also represents us on the Board.
Certainly three fathers, at least, have brought up their sons "in the way they
should go,'' for of the seven men initiated three are sons oi A K £'5, and a
fourth a brother of two Dekes.
As I said, the entering class is small, but the best is coming our way, and,
as the game is yet young, we hope to have more and better announcements
later.
Until then, &rewell, and a hearty handshake round the world with all the
dear brothers in A KE — " always friends at heart"
TAU.
The opening of the year finds Hamilton and Tau of A KE in the best con-
dition for several years. The incoming Freshman class is the largest that has
entered Hamilton for fifteen years,^ and the second largest in the history of the
college. Everything points to a remarkably successful year in all departments.
Football is, of course^ the all-absorbing topic now, and indications are that
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Hamilton will have a good team. Tao is represented on the eleven by Brother
Finn, '98 ; Brother Kelsey, '98 ; Brother Rogers, '98, and Brother Millham, '99,
In the work for last year Tan points with pride to the record made by her
men. Of the four |200 Junior Scholarships (for prize work), Brother Warner,
'96, secured the Truax Greek Scholarship, and Brother Wood, '96, the Mnnson
German Scholarship. Brother Warner also won second Cnrran medal in
classics, second prize in speaking. Brother Alison, '96, won Hawley medal in
classics; Brother Finn, '98, first Freshman Essay Prize; Brother Sweet, '97,
second Sophomore Essay Prize ; Brother Piercy, '98^ Brockway Entrance Prize.
This year out of eighteen High Honor in college. Tan has eight
Tau has now twenty-one active members. Five men of whom any chapter
would be proud have been selected from '99 to become A K E*s already, and
there are two or three more ''on the leaders."
Many needed improvements and fittings for the house are being planned,
and will soon materialize.
The boys have returned this fall with a firmer determination than ever to
keep A K E in her old position at the top. The marked increase in fraternal
feeling is very gratifying, both to us of the active chapter and the many alomni
who have been back this fall.
MU.
Colgate opens the new year with bright prospects. The long interregnum
is broken. Once again we have embarked on this grand old ship with no
sleepy Palinurus at the helm. The campus and buildings have been greatly
changed. The old historic "Alumni Hall " has been refitted, and so elegantly
that it is a pleasure to attend even a "math." lecture. Our gymnasium has
been furnished, the instructor secured, and the doors opened to the pale (?) and
lank (?) college student.
The business portion of our beautiful village which was burned last year has
exchanged its sombre and charred ruins for new, substantial and ornamental
stone and brick blocks. The students, now, for the first time, will be able to
attend instructive and entertaining plays in a comfortable and well-furnished
opera house.
There have been some changes in the Faculty. Besides the election of a
president, we welcome to the Chair of Philosophy, the young, genial and intel-
lectual Prof. Reed, of the graduate school of Cornell University, and to the
Chair of History we welcome with clasped hands and loving hearts, Brother and
Prof. Spencer, formerly a member of Xi Chapter.
It seems unnecessary to again speak of the prosperity of Mu. Last year our
Banjo and Glee Clubs, upon which were seven Dekes, took an extended trip
south, visiting New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore and
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Washington* This year they will take a more extended trip and have among
their number more Dekes.
Mn upheld her reputation for leadership in athletics last year, having seven
men upon the baseball team, among whom was Captain P. A. Munro, and by
winning a large majority of events at the field sports.
In June occurred the greatest social event of the year, when Mu gave another
of her successful parties.
In oratory we won another victory, winning four prizes ; the number would
have been greater if the University had given more prizes.
The prosperity of the last year was so great, that it seemed that we would
hardly be able this year to equal the achievements won by the chapter during
the last ; but " we have met the enemy and they are ours." Mu is well repre-
sented on the football field, we have the leaders of both the Glee and Banjo
Clubs, the Manager and principal parts in the Dramatic Club, and other minor
charges too numerous to mention, and, above all, we have pledged and initiated
six men firom the Class of '99, all star men of marked ability.
We send greeting to our sister chapters, and during the Convention time, we
invite our brothers to drop down and see us and sit in our pleasant and elegantly
furnished chapter house, and look out upon Colgate's campus, with its verdant
slopes, its arching trees and its winding paths; look upon the sparkling waters
of our lake in which is reflected the azure field of heaven, and then our brothers
can see from what Mu Dekes draw their inspiration to become leaders in
scholarship, leaders in athletics and leaders in royal good friendship.
NU.
Another college year opens with Nu in splendid condition.
Although four brothers left us last June, we have already initiated three ster-
ling men whom all the other *' frats" desired.
The next initiation to be held within a month will add four more to our
numbers.
As usual, our brothers are active in all circles.
Brother Tripp has been elected President, and Brother Davis, Historian, of the
Sophomore class.
Brother Hunt, '96, is President of College Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation; Brother Hanson, '97, is President of Lacrosse Association; Brother
Lee, Manager of the same organization, and is playing half-back on the football
team.
A majority of the Glee Club are sure to be ^ KE's.
In the next issue of the Quarterly we hope to give a full account of our
new grounds and buildings.
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BETA PHL
The University has entered upon another prosperous year. The Freshman
class is as large as that of any previous year, and includes more men from oat-
side of the city. As the requirements for admission have been steadily rising,
the men are more thoroughly prepared than formerly.
We look with pride upon the delegation of nine whom we have selected
from the Class of '99. They are men who will take a high standard in scholar-
ship and in the various departments of college life.
Brother Wallis, '96, Manager of the football team, has been making evoy
effort to get the team in good condition for the coming games. Brothers Baker,
'98 ; Williams, '98, and Burke, '99, hold important positions on the team.
The Glee Club has begun its rehearsals. Brother Engel, '97, the new leader,
is determined that the organization shall take higher rank than during the last
few years. Brother Dillman, '99, is one of the tenors.
Unusual interest has been manifested in the class elections this year. In the
Freshman class we have the Secretary, Orator and Toastmaster. In the Sopho-
more class, Vice-President, Treasurer, Prophet and Captain of the class foot-
ball team ; in the Junior class, President and Bone-Orator. The Senior clasg
elections have not been held.
A new custom has been inaugurated since the advent of our new steward
that bids fair to be one of the pleasantest features of the year. Every Monday
evening the alumni gather at the chapter house and take dinner with the under-
graduates ; thus the older men breathe the atmosphere of present prosperity and
enthusiasm, and the boys listen to tales of wonderful doings in the past
The annual initiation was held Friday evening, October i8th. There was a
large gathering of resident alumni of our own and other chapters at the ban-
quet Brother Rodenbeck, '85, City Attorney, acted as Toastmaster, and some
good speeches were made, filled with wisdom for the initiate.
The Dekes in Rochester look forward with pleasure to the approaching con-
vention at Syracuse. A large representation from our club and chapter is
assured.
PHI CHI.
Phi Chi starts the new year with the brightest of prospects, and hopes that
all the sister chapters may say the same.
We take great pleasure in introducing into the Fraternity our new initiates :
Frederick H. Winn, of Madison, Wis., and Isaac £. Titsworth, of Dunellen,
N. J., both of the Class of '99.
We have four excellent men pledged in the graduating class of the prepara-
tory school.
We have six Dekes on the Faculty, the last one chosen being Brother E. K
Davis, Pi, '89.
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Last spring Brother Conger took the first prize in speaking at the Junior
eihibition, and Brother Voorhees received the second.
On the baseball team we were represented by Brothers Voorhees, Pool and
Telson, while Brother Manning was Manager.
Brother Harrington,' 98, was Captain of his class crew. This crew cap-
tued both the collie and the city pennants for racing.
On the football team we have Brothers Wyckoff^ Pool, Owen, Torrey and
Stiyker. Brother Pdbl is Captain of the baseball team for next spring.
We still hold our large proportion on the Glee Club> as Brother Voorhees is
Manager, and Brothers Wyckoff, Gregory and Titsworth are on regular and
Brother Pool is first substitute.
We are represented on the track team by Brothers Byram and Harrington.
Brother Owen is Manager of the Banjo and Guitar Club, and Brother Van
Ness is a member.
Brother Stryker is Captain and Brother Torrey is Manager of the scrub foot-
ball team, and Brother Thompson is Captain of the Sophomore football team.
Brother Stryker represents A KE on the Scarlet Letter Boar^, and Brothers
Conger and Thompson are members of the Tar gum staff.
We greatly miss the presence of our '95 brethren, but we soon hope to fill
their places by new members.
PSI PHI.
De Pauw University opened September i8th with flattering prospects for the
coming collegiate year. More new students have entered than in any semester
for several years, and the few changes in the Faculty only add to its former
strength.
Susi)ension of the edict against football has strongly encouraged field
athletics, and has awakened a determination to redeem the humiliating records
of last year, while the declaration of the Faculty of its determination to sustain
a proper spirit of athleticism meets the approval of all friends of the
University.
The much-needed athletic park mentioned in our last letter is now ap-
proaching completion, an event which we confidently expect to be epochal in
our football history.
Keeping pace with the college, Psi Phi Chapter has not been unmindful of
her opportunities. Notwithstanding the loss of several strong men, we entered
the arena boldly, and our effort has been crowned with the acquisition of six of
the best men in college.
We expect, besides, that several good men will return to join us at the
beginning of the second semester.
Though college politics are not yet at white heat, two of our men have been
honored with college positions.
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Brother T. P. Woodson, '97, is to be Associate Editor of the Junior annual,
TTie Mirage, and Brother Ray J. Wade, '98, will be the Associate Editor of
ihtJDePauw Weekly,
Once more we are settling down for a hard winter's work, bound that in
scholarship, oratory, society and athletics we will maintain the position, and,
wherever possible, advance the standards of old ^ KE.
GAMMA PHI.
Gamma Phi sends greeting to her sister chapters, and is glad to report the
successful termination of her eHorts during the year '94-95» &nd her brilliant
prospects for the present year. Though heavily handicapped and crippled last
year by the enforced absence of a large portion of her members owing to ^phoid
fever, she sturdily maintained her position in the van and finished the year with
a most enjoyable reception and reunion.
This year, with Brothers Trinkaus and Miller, '96 ; Hawk, '98 ; Goodrich
and Burdick, '99, on the Glee Club ; with Brothers Fuller, '96, and Goodrich,
'99, on the College Senate ; with Brothers Singer, '96, and Williams, '98, on the
football team ; 'with Brother Fuller, '96, University Secretary-Treasurer, and
Brother Davies, '96, as President and Manager of the Track Athletic Association ;
with Brother Trinkaus, '96, President of the Young Men's Christian Association;
with Brothers Fuller, '96, and Goodrich, '99, Presidents of their respective
classes ; with Brother Brownell, '97, on the Argus Board, and Brothers
Brownell, '97, and Evans, '97, Members of the Board of the Editors of the OUa
Fodrida, we think we may safely assert that Gamma Phi is supporting her claim
as the foremost Fraternity at Wesleyan.
Brothers Le Compte and Singer, ex-'96, and Kent, ex-'97, who were obliged
to leave college last year on account of sickness, have returned and dropped back
one year in their courses.
Brothers Legg, Alexander and Griffiths, '98, will return during the winter
term.
The "cultivation season "was most exciting and successful, and Gamma
Phi pledged thirteen men well fitted to become good and loyal members of our
grand Fraternity. On Friday evening, October nth, they were welcomed to the
inner shrine with great force and enthusiasm by the members of the chapter and
a goodly number of the alumni.
We wish to express again our pleasure in the numerous visits we have had
from members of other chapters, and to extend a hearty invitation to any Dekes
who may find it possible to be our guests. A genuine ^ KE welcome awaits alL
PSI OMEGA.
As Psi Omega reassembles this autumn in its cosy chapter house, perhaps
the first topic to be discussed is the Class of '99. We find the Freshman class
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to be smaller^ in point of numbers, than the incoming classes for several years
pasty but we also note that it is composed of a fine, manly set of fellows through-
out, and as we have put out lines for such of the men as come up to the Psi
Omega standard, we expect shortly to increase our list of active members by our
Qsoal full quota.
The appointment of the Editorial Board of the junior publication, The
TYoHsif, recently took place, and now comes the news that Brother Watrous has
been elected Business Manager of the Board.
Once throughout the year Rensselaer places athletics upon an almost equal
footing with scholarship^ and as a result football receives the hearty and firm
support of the student body to a man. With Brother Robinson as Manager
and Brother Towie Assistant Manager of the Football Association, a successful
season is anticipated. Brother Jones, as quarter-back on the eleven, is the best
R. P. I. has had in years.
These, together with the various other positions, enumerated in our last let-
ter to the Quarterly, which our chapter members hold in the different student
Ofganizations, give us a standing equalled by none of the other fraternities rep-
resented here. We sincerely trust and expect that our duties will be so fulfilled
during the coming year as to meet with the approbation of all concerned.
DELTA CHL
From Delta Chi — greeting :
As we are very near Syracuse we hope that all the brothers will, if possible,
visit ns on their way to and from the Convention.
Cornell is adding to its courses, one in Veterinary Surgery. The building is
to be situated on East avenue.
The Tarsity team promises to be a good one. Brother Cool represents us
playing half-back.
The three principal games are with Harvard at Cambridge, October 26th ;
Fjrinceton at New York, November 9th, and University of Pennsylvania at Phila-
delphia on Thanksgiving.
Brothers Holloway and McGillvray, J J, have entered '96 Science and '97
VL E., respectively.
Brothers Ranney and Stockwell o( B X have entered the Law School.
We have during the past spring had the pleasure of visits from D. A. Ogden,
'72 ; W. H. Brown, '93, Delta Chi ; Stewart L. Woodford, Phi, '54 ; J. A.
Johnston, Sigma, '97 ; A. K Hunt, Phi, '96 ; A. H. Place, Delta Chi, '94 ;
Chas. J. Jenkins, Phi, '94 ; W. E. Cooke, Phi, '95 ; A. R. Clark, Jr., Phi, '95 ;
H. E. Mills, Beta Chi ; D. S. Tuttle, Delta Chi, '92 ; G. W. Haines, Delta
Chi, '92 ; A. C. Pike, Delta Chi, '72 ; Winchester Fitch, Delta Chi, *S8 ; D. B.
Simpson, Rho, '86 ; H. C. Evans, Beta Chi ; George Thompson, Beta Chi ; R»
H, Gaylord, Beta Chi.
208 CHAPTER LETTERS.
DKLTA DELTA.
At no time since the re-establishment of Delta Delta has the chapter been
in a more prosperous condition than at present
We are veiy conveniently housed at 5835 Drezel avenue; which home,
through the kindness of several of the alumni, has been appropriately for-
nishedy and will be open to all members of AKE. We hope to meet and
welcome many of our brothers here during the coming year.
Each year brings a larger number of strong men into the University ; more
who are sure to make good fraternity men are coming to Chicago, and many are
even leaving other institutions, entering here on advanced standing, to complete
their courses. This last fact throws men among us who are immediately eligible
(according to the Faculty's ruling, excluding Freshmen) for joining fratemidei
Now, Delta Delta is fully awake, and in the pleasant rivalry that has been going
on we have been particularly successful^ not having failed in a single case where
we have " fished " for a man. We now have six men, all of whom are men of
marked ability and high character, who will soon be added to our membershipi
Our initiation occurred on the irth of October, at our new home, followed
on the evening of the i ath by a banquet given in honor of our initiates^ and a
dance. With our new men our enrollment will^ be twenty-one, a larger num-
ber than Delta Delta has had at any one time since its re-establishment
Of last year's membership Brothers Caraway and Webster have received d^
grees ; the former now being associated with his father in the bank at Tuscola,
111. , the latter entered Rush Medical College, but will be more or less associated
with the chapter.
Brothers Halloway and McGillivray have gone to Cornell to complete their
college careers.
The following have returned to the University : Brothers Pike, Minard, Gale,
Vaughan, Chase, McClintock, Dougherty, Walling, Bliss, Law, Swift, Atwood,
and Speer, who had not been in attendance for about a year.
Brother Waltz, from Gamma Phi, a graduate student at the Univer-
sity, and Brother Ogilvie, from Gamma, an undergraduate, are among 08^
and have been fully welcomed into the chapter.
As for prominence, A KE will hold a strong place at the University.
Brother Gale is doing excellent work on the football team, which team has no
rival except Michigan in the west, that it may fear, and many think the great
Thanksgiving Day game will result favorably for us; Brother Vaughan is
President of the National Republican College League ; Brothers Bliss and Chase
represent us on the Mandolin Club ; Brothers McClintock and Bliss received
scholarships for high standing in the academic college (Freshmen and Sopho-
more years). It might be added that we were the only "Frat" represented
in those awards ; and Atwood will again be Business Manager of the annual.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 209
7%€ Cap and G<mm^ '96. The male talent in the University Dramatic Club
18 all "Deke/with Brother Pike as President Delta DelU sends her best
Indies and greeting to the other chapters oi A K E.
PHI GAMMA.
Phi Gamma begins the twenty-fifth year of her existence with the best of
proq>ects. Nineteen members return to college this &lly and in addition nine
new members have been admitted.
The University has received one of the largest entering classes in its history ;
the new College of Law opened September 33d with good classes, and the hand-
some new bailding for the College of Medicine is in process of erection. The
Faculty has been greatly strengthened, both in numbers and in quality. The
names of nine Dekes are found on its roll, from Phi Gamma, Mu^ Sigma, Phi
and Gamma Phi.
The University football team under the management of Brother F. T.
Pienon, '96, is meeting with universal success. The track team closed the most
successful year of its history at last Commencement time under the management
of Brother W. D. Alsever, '96.
The Syracusan^ the college paper published for many years by the chapter,
has been discontinued to make way for a publication more generally represent-
ing the University. The first numbers of the new paper have been published
under the name of the UmoersUy Forum, Only two elections to the Board of
Editors have as yet been announced, one of which is that of Brother W. D.
Alsever, '96.
As usual. Phi Gamma will have a large proportion of the membership of the
musical clubs, which are the best organizations sent out by the University.
GAMMA BETA.
A^th new quarters, new men and great prospects for success, Gamma Beta
again salutes her sister chapters, and brothers in the United States. As far as
news is concerned, it would be better could we wait for a fortnight until class
dections are held and other associations have had their initial meetings, but as
diis letter must go to press directly, we are obliged to proceed.
The incoming classes are filled with many fine, attractive fellows, and the
rushing committee have succeeded in meeting eighteen of the best stuff, and
are sure of catching at least three-fourths of that number.
Our new rooms this year are extraordinarily good ; perhaps nearer the col-
lege than ever before. We have secured the whole fourth floor, 557 Fifth
avenue, and we will deem it a pleasure for alumni or brothers fi'om other chap-
ters to drop in Friday evenings, meeting nights, and give us a hand shake.
We lost by last spring's graduation but six men, so that without initiates
even we are twenty-eight strong and have sterling bed-rock to work on.
»f> CHAPTER LETTERS.
Tvm fbr «e iwe a.1 of ih» odkcn of tJhe ColnOnn Hvscal Sodetj, the
mfM^ 'vaA'wewcai orpm-nrion it OckmmtioL, Brochcr Rfcnoo being President and
Bmowm 3<aaagsr, and Brmer Fred. Caykeadall being Se ueuij and Treasurer.
Osr Bf ocber Beach manages aie coOegs paper; 7i< Spedatcr. It will not be
(&£cn!t fcr ns to hase the leaden of bodi die Biaajo and ICandolin moacal
dabs ; and i( is profaobie dnt ve win hose dieni before long. Brother Cooover
a fcsnaged die Fratunan oev at New London wcH dm year, and so we migiit
ennnMntteon fer icnbe txnwL
Sndi IS oor scccj briedy told as regards some of tiie honors fidling to our
share, Ve shall ssf no nore, bnt reserve farther details ibr die next issue.
Perfaapa it woald be weil &r as of California to express to joo of the East
some of oar noaeroas socceasei ; bac as self-praise is not ranked the highest
characterisdc of a aobie indxTidaal, or of a noble sodetjr, we refrain. We
simplj sar — come to the Pacific Coast and see ibr joarsdves.
The dass entering this jear was the poorest, as Eu- as eligible fraternity men
were concerned, that die Universitj has seen for jeaxs. The other fraternities
had to satisfy their desire for good men with one, two, or three perhaps ; bat
Ddu Kappa Epsilon elected and pledged six of the best men in the class. Tbef
were T. Bishop, S. Carr, ]. ZsLilt, N. Wood, N. £<^art and T. Burr. The
initiatioa took place Friday, October 4, 1895.
Many of the class offices are filled br J KE men and the ''good Dekes"
have taken the Militarj Department by storm.
Brother Miller (grad.) had a Terj interesdng article in the /ommai q/" PoUHcal
Ecomtmy on the Income Tax, and Brother A. C Moffitt, '81, had a very good
one on Economics in the Qmttrttrfy Rtciem,
'< The Thanksgiving Game " (football) with Stanford has heretofore resulted
rather disastrously to as, bat this year we have many new candidates, and regular
practice work was began some time ago. Oar coach this year is Frank Batter-
worth, of Yale.
Brother Olive Day, of Phi Chapter of A K E, is Instractor in History here,
under Prof Bacon.
Daring this last vacation the Glee Clab made a toar ap to Alaska, and intend
making a short trip through the southern part of the State about Christmas
time.
ALPHA CHL
The year has opened auspiciously for Trinity College, the number of new
men being larger than we have had for several years. From these new men
Alpha Chi has, as usual, secured a representative delegation. She ranks third
CHAPTER LETTERS. 211
mong the firatemities at Trinity in point of numbers. The chapter and college
kIs Uie loss by graduation of Brother Penrose, '95. For four years he was
he leader in every branch of college athletics. For the past two years he has
^een Captain of the baseball team, and last year won the McCracken cup as the
teat all-ronnd athlete in college. Brother Smart, '95, Class-Day Custodian and
Ifanager of many college organizations, will also be greatly missed
Our ranks are further depleted by the withdrawal of three promising men,
3ole, '97 ; Coster, '97, and Hopkins, '97.
Of the active members Brother Leonard, '96, has been re-elected Business
Ifanager of the TaNei. Brother Olcott, '96, has been elected to the Senior
Sonorary Society.
Brother Lord, '98, is in his old position as center on the 'Varsity. Brother
Danker, '97, has been elected Manager of the second eleven.
We have had a good rushing season, and pledged six good men. One of
he new men won the Hartford Admission Prize, and promises to be the best
icholar in '99. Another promises to be the best athlete in college. Several of
us (Mreparatory school records surpass the standing college records.
Best of all that can be said of Alpha Chi is her strong fraternal feeling, and
x> this, and the fact that several of our alumni assisted us personally this &11,
ve owe the fact, that as the outlook now is. Alpha Chi bids fair to have as
nosperous a year as ever before.
SIGMA TAU.
The new year of work has begun most pleasantly for our college and our
^'ratemity. Technology may boast the largest incoming class in her history,
lumbering four hundred men. During the summer she has received several
housand dollars in legacy, which will be devoted in separate funds t6 various
;>urposes:
Fifteen men of our chapter have returned, and the brothers are looking for-
irard to a prosperous year. Already a number of men has been pledged from
he Sophomore and Freshmen classes. The initiation will in all probability take
>Iace about the middle of November.
Brother Henry Marcy, son of Dr. H. D. Marcy, has this year returned as
A active member among the alumni.
Brother Humphries, '97, has been elected to the Technique stafif, together
nth Brother Washburn, who was last year elected Business Manager ; Brother
^utler^ Chief of Artistic Staff, and Brother Whiting, Associate Editor.
NEW INITIATES.
9
C. S. Adee, McKinley Boyle, G. C. Brooke,
T. L. Clarke, H. S. Coffin, J. L. Davis,
G. B. Famam, C. M. Fincke, L. G.
Fisher, Jr., C. Gillette, E. E. Gregory,
J. I. Lineawearer, C. McV. McCance, J.
V. Miller, T. W. Miller, J. F. Pierce, Jr.,
G. H. Roimtree, Dean Sage, Jr., J. D.
Smith, Graham Sumner, D. V. Sot-
phin, N. W. Wallis, J. H. Winterbotham,
Mason Young, Jr., New Haren. All
from '97.
FrandsW. Briggs, Pittsfidd, Me.; Edward
B. Chamberlain, Bristol, Me.; Arthur
P. Fairfield, Saco, Me.; Edward R.
Godfrey, Bangor, Me.; Louis L. Hills,
Welsh, La.; Fred. R. Marsh, Eustis,
Fla. ; Roy L. Marston, Skowhegan, Me. ;
Arthur H. Nason, Augusta, Me.; Cony
Sturgis, Augusta, Me.; William T. Vea-
zie, Bangor, Me. All of '99.
r
W. Ed. Baird, '99, Tennessee; WiU R.
Easterling, '99, Mississippi; Marrin S.
Enodis, '99, Mississippi; Ed. Bullock,
'99, Tennessee; Will M. Patterson, '99,
Kentucky; Ed. Patterson, '99, Tennes-
see; C. W. Strother, '99, Kentucky;
Bronson BayUss, '99, Alabama; H. P.
Briley, '99, Texas.
w
Jno. E. Reid, Law, Boiling, Ala.; O. L.
Shirers, '98, Marion, Ala.; S. A. Stew-
art, '98, Jackson, Ala.; E. L. Wallace,
'99, Tuscaloosa, Ala. ; Geo. D. Johnston,
'99, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
X.
Kyle Chandler, '99, West Point, Miss.;
W. £. Deckenninier, '99, Strongs, Biist.;
Frank D. FerreU, '99, EDisviDe, Miss.;
J. T. Lockhart, '99, Dorant, Miss.; H.
Trader Perkins, '99, Senatobia, Mis.;
Joseph Shdby, '99, EUlsviDe, Miss.;
L. Augustas Smitfi, '99, HoUy Springi,
Miss.; Lacy C. Townes, '99, Minter
City, Miss.; Guy H. Price, '99, Water
Valley, Miss.; Clyde Johnson, '98, Sen-
atobia, Miss.; Robert Hudson Taylor,
Jr., '99, Sardis, Miss.; B. Roe Hayei,
Law, '96, Winona, Miss. ; Eugene Syke%
Octave, Jr., Law, '97, Aberdeen, Kfiss.
B.
Richard Hubbard, '97, Clinton, N. C.
H.
Archibald R. Hozton, Charles Venabte,
Fergus A. Goodridge, George Henry.
Chester M. Poor, '98, Glendale, O.; Geurge
T. Poor, '99, Glendale, O.; Harry M.
Scott, '99, Seven Mfle, O.; Walter A.
Robinson, '99, Washington C. H., 0.;
George A. Robinson, '99, Washington,
C. H. O.
J.
W. S. Park, '99, Jansen, Fla.; Frank R.
Christian, '99, Little Rock, Ark. ; Gemge
S. Buman, '99, Richmond, Ky.
P.
Harry Guy Heebner, '98, Port Carbon, Pa.
Arthur P. Ried, '99, Westchester, Pa.
Frank W. Stooedpher, '99, Easton, Pa.
Charles E. Sdiope, '99, Homnidstown,
Pa.; Lewis Qyde Bixler, '99, Easton,
Pa.; Ray Woohrorth Fuller, '99, Scran-
ton, Pa.; Sam A. Shull, Jr., '99,
Stroudsberg, Pa.
NEW INITIATES.
213
T.
H. Mumj Andrews, Potsdam, N. Y. ; Abmn
lipMd, Middletown, N. Y.; C. Rich-
mood Millham, Rochester, N. Y.; Willet
C. PiertOQ, Lockport, N. Y.; H. Dorsey
,Spenoer, Greene, N. Y. All from '99.
M.
Later Wdls BoArdman, '99, Genera, N. Y. ;
George Charles Embody, '99, Auburn,
N. Y. ; Frank Alrord Jennings, '99, Au-
burn, N. Y.; Steuart Root Treat, '99,
Anbom, N. Y.; George Burwell Utley,
'99, Hartford, Conn.; Harold Onrille
Whitnall, '99, Syracuse, N. Y.
N.
Herman Foehrenbach, '97, New, York City;
Frank Burchard Oakes, '99, New York
City; Onrille Hurd Tobey, '99, New
York City.
Fred. H. Winn, '99, Madison, Wis.; Isaac
£. TItsworth, '99, Dunellen, N. J.
Gilbert Galusha, Rochester; Don Arthur
Cawthra, Rochester; Arthur Teal, Ro.
Chester; J. Steward Hamilton, Roches-
ter; George L. Myers, Rochester;
Charles Burke, Rochester; Harry Moul-
throp, Rochester; Albert F. Dillman,
Scottsrille, N. Y.; all of '99.
Lymi Banks McMuIlen, '97, Kenton, O.;
Samuel Hallam Bohn, '97, Centralia,
Sis.; Roy John Tuller, '99, Milford,
IDs.; Clarence Cordova Bassett, '99,
Greencastle, Ind.; Bemal Leslie Yatman,
'99, Connersyille, Ind.; Harold C. Moh-
ler, 99, Huntington, Ind.
toland H. Williams, '98, Steuben, N. Y. ; A.
Bliss Albro, Bridgeport, Conn.; Arthur
H. Burdick, Elmira, N. Y.; Arthur F.
Goodrich, New Britain, Conn.; Edwin
W. Kemmerer, Factoryville, Pa.; Wil.
bur R. Mattoon, Liberty Comers, Pa.,
Ernest M. Quittmeyer, Bridgeport,
Conn. ; Nathan L. Rockwell, Jr., South
Norwalk, Conn.; Frank A. Sargent,
Bangor, Me.; Frank F. Simonton, Win-
terport. Me.; Ralph C. Stone, Kent's
Hm, Me. ; Willard W. Wilsey , Middle-
town. Conn.; Fred. U. Ward, Cherry,
fidd. Me. ; all from '99.
FhHip Aitkin Wilson, '97, Law, Menomo-
nee, V^ ; George WQson La Pointe, Jr. ;
*97, Law, Menomonee, Wis.; Edward
Hubburd Fitch, Jr., '97, Jefferson, O.;
Maurice Francis Connolly, '97, Dubuque,
la.; John7Augustin Meeluui, '99, New
York City.
J J.
John F. Palmder, '98, Clear Lake, la.
(from Uniy. of Iowa); W. S. Broughton,
'98, Dwight, lU. (from Univ. of Wis-
cousin); R. J. Furbeck, '98, Oak Park,
m. (from Yale Univ.) ; George S. Pom-
eroy, '98, Chicago; Frank H. Harmes,
*98, Chicago; Julius Gauss, '98, Chi.
cago.
* R
Paul William Arnold, Edward Woodworth
Burdick, Henry Hagaman Burdick,
Byer Ives Cooper, Jesse Peck Kenyon,
Harry Glover Lee, Harry Sheridan
Lee, Henry Bell Pratt, Horace Hunting-
ton Pierson.
©Z.
Norton E. Wood, '99, Alcatrax Island, Cal. ;
Nelson A. Eckart, '99, San Francisco;
John 2^ile, '99, San Francisco; Henry B.
Burr, '99, Berkeley, Cal.; Thomas P.
Bishop, '99, San Francisco.
AX.
Frederick A. Lund, '99, New York City;
R. A. Benson, '99, Oakland, Me.;
Ralph E. Meade, '99, Burnt HUls, N.
Y.; Irving K. Baxter, '99, Utica, N. Y.;
Wm. A. Warner, '99, Hartford, Conn.
EDITORIALS.
The Convention will be held at Syracuse on November 14th and
15th, under the auspices of the A K E Association of Central New
York. Our conventions are noted for their large attendance, and let
this one be no exception. Every single chapter should be repre-
sented. So should all our alumni associations. We also hope to see
a large individual attend.ance. The association has spared no pains
to make this Convention a success, and they deserve the hearty
cooperation of all.
We congratulate Xi on the success of her fiftieth anniversary.
At the semi-centennial of our Fraternity, the last surviving founder
told how A K E was founded. Xi has had the rare good fortune to
be able to have had the brother, or " father " as they affectionately
call him, who presided at the first meeting of the chapter, preside
at this, her fiftieth anniversary.
Three chapters have passed the first half century of their exist-
ence. Phi, Theta and Xi. The birth of each one has been celebrated
in an eminently befitting manner. Fraternity and chapter reunions
have been held, long absent brothers again have met, the story of
those early days has been retold, the old songs sung. Such reunions
must be beneficial. To see the love and reverence with which
these older members of our brotherhood hold their Fraternity, and
these enthusiastic gatherings of men, who in the midst of their daily
business cares, still find time to renew their worship at Delta
Kappa's shrine, must be an inspiration not easy to forget. Will not
all the other chapters, as they pass this fiftieth mile-stone, see to it
that the event is appropriately remembered ?
The question of extension will probably be presented before the
coming convention in a little different aspect from heretofore. The
policy ol A K E has always been conservative, particularly so of late
years, and we are glad that it is so. In this age of mushroom
colleges, when institutions of learning, so-called, are springing up
over-night, as it were, on every side, it is quite natural that this dis-
EDITORIALS. 215
tinctively characteristic feature of the American college, namely,
the college fraternity, should follow suit. To keep the pace set,
it must. Hence, we must expect to find almost no " college " too
primary, either from an age or scholarship standpoint, to support at
least one or more of these so-called fraternities, and we don't. Chap-
ters have been and are being placed everywhere, literally, appar-
ently regardless of the place where or the persons to whom such
charters are granted, by fraternities whose chief aim seems to be to
increase their chapter roll and swell their numbers. This evil — and
we call it an evil designedly — appears to be largely on the increase
of late years. To meet this, just such conservatism as is manifested
by the policy oi J K E and a number of the other well-established
societies is necessary. Indiscriminate extension should, and we
know will be, sedulously avoided, and any eflforts in this line promptly
checked. Neither should the pre-eminence of any application over-
shadow the strict requirements for membership in J K E.
But, while we cannot be too careful in this respect, it may be
advisable to take a little broader view of this question than some of
us have. There are certain fraternities which have been so relig-
iously conservative that, with a small chapter roll, reduced chapters
and little or no alumni organization, they are threatened with
extinction. While no such danger as this is liable to fall to our
lot, yet there may be desirable fields still unoccupied by J K E.
The mere fact that our fraternity has formulated and developed an
eminently satisfactory and beneficial policy of stringent conservatism
should not of itself preclude any and all consideration of questions of
extension.
**Psi Upsilon to Enter Wisconsin."
Detroit, Mich., September 19. — (Editor of the Triune,) — Your paper of
September 14 says, under the heading, " Psi Upsilon to Enter Wisconsin," that
'* the petitioners are the members of the local chapter known as Rho Kappa
Epsilon, formerly a chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, but which surrendered its charter
to apply for recognition from the Delta Kappa Epsilon. Being refused by them
Zeta Psi was unsuccessfully petitioned, and now Psi Upsilon has been peti-
tioned with favorable results." Now, the truth is that neither Delta Kappa Ep-
silon nor Zeta Psi has ever been asked for a charter by the Rho Kappa Upsilon
(not Epsilon, as you print it). Being a member of Psi Upsilon I was consulted
by the Phi Kappa Psi men of the University of Wisconsin in regard to obtaining
a Psi Upsilon charter. I advised and helped the formation of the Rho Kappa
216 EDITORIALS.
Upsilon Society in March, 1893, having already in my hands the petition of the
members thereof to Psi Upsilon. That petition I presented to the Psi Upsilon
Convention at Dartmouth College in May, 1893, and it has been before the
Fraternity ever since; nor have the petitioners or myself had any reason to
doubt that it would be granted in due time. During the last thirty months the
Association of the petitioning Rho Kappa Upsilon with the western chapters of
Psi Upsilon has been uninterrupted, and there never has been thought on either
side of any outcome other than the absorption of the local into the general
society. I regret that the TrUmne should have been misinformed. The &ct8
are as I have stated them and they are peculiarly within my knowledge. Proof
of them is very easy. I beg that you will give ths Rho Kappa Upsilon and the
Psi Upsilon the benefit of this correction. Yours very truly,
Albert P. Jacobs,
University of Michigan, '73. — Detroit Tribune.
In 1889 a chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon was established at the
University of Minnesota amid the most adverse criticism on the
part of the Fraternity world.
The action of the Fraternity in granting a charter under the
existing circumstances was universally condemned, many going
even so far as to claim that A K Ehy her policy in this case had for-
feited the respect of all. Nor were these denunciations confined to
the smaller fraternities.
That they were largely the result of ignorance of the true situa-
tion is evident, but, nevertheless, they existed.
The facts connected with Phi Epsilon's charter were these : The
members of the chapter of Phi Delta Theta at the University of
Minnesota were not treated with in any manner hy ^ K E until they
had cut entirely loose from Phi Delta Theta. No negotiations what-
ever were had between them as members of another fraternity, and
Delta Kappa Epsilon ; no " deal *' was arranged ; no encouragement
nor inducements were held out to them that, in case they g^ve up
Phi Delta Theta, they might make J K E ; in fact no overtures of
any kind were ever made. Nearly all of the chapter resigned from
Phi Delta Theta, as, in our opinion, they had both a legal and moral
right to do. Afterwards an application was made by these same
students, in the usual way, for a chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon,
which was favorably considered, and a charter granted. This was
the manner in which A K E^^ lifted " the Minnesota chapter of Phi
Delta Theta.
EDITORIALS. 217
Contrast this with Psi Upsilon's entrance into the University of
Wisconsin, as described by Mr. Jacobs, an unquestioned leader in
the councils of that society, and apparently one of the prime movers
in securing a charter for that University. He says: "Being a
member of Psi Upsilon, I was consulted by the Phi Kappa Psi men
of the University of Wisconsin in regard to obtaining a Psi Upsilon
charter, I advised 2Lnd helped the formation of the Rho Kappa Upsilon
Society in March, 1893, having already in my hands the petition of
the members thereof to Psi Upsilon." It is not our object at this
time to criticise either Mr. Jacobs or the Psi Upsilon Fraternity for
the manner in which it established its chapter at Wisconsin, nor do
we intend to oflfer any apology or defence for the granting of a
charter of J K E to Minnesota. Phi Epsilon was established in a
manner honorable in all its details, and the chapter ever since its birth
has maintained the standard of J K E, and been an honor to the
Fraternity. We do, however, call attention to the fact that such a
fratemit)' as Psi Upsilon has seen fit to, by the acts of its represen-
tative authorized at the time or by subsequent ratification, encourage
and abet the resignation of a body of students from their fraternity,
and reward them after such desertion by an election to Psi Upsilon.
HAKE has merited condemnation for her Minnesota methods, how
much more culpable has Psi Upsilon been in connection with her
Wisconsin incident. We also anticipate that we shall hear less of
the ''JKE theft " in the future.
Another word as to the statement that Delta Kappa Epsilon was
never asked for a charter by Rho Kappa Upsilon. While it is true
that no formal application was ever made by that society, as a society,
for a charter of A K E, yet, we are informed that overtures were
made looking to that end by individual members at least. We are
informed that in the spring of 1893 the secretary of the North-
western Association oi A K E was approached by a member of this
local society with a view toward securing the backing of this Asso-
ciation for an application for a charter ol A K E, and that, failing to
get this, within a few weeks thereafter Rho Kappa Upsilon came
out as an aspirant for Psi Upsilon. We mention this simply to state
the fact, and to correct, if necessary, the diligent rumor that has
been more or less assiduously circulated in certain parts, that Psi
Upsilon is admitting a chapter which rejected A K E.
CREEK NEWB AND CLIPPINGS.
For the revival of the old Olympic games, wealthy Greeks have
already contributed 800,000 drachmae (about $160,000), the sports to
occur at Easter time, 1896. — The Scroll.
Delta Tau Delta has withdrawn from six colleges since 1893.
Six new chapters have been organized and four petitions refused.—
Shield oiQ AX.
Beta Theta Pi for October contains a special article on Betas in
athletics. Four of the New York Athletic Club international team
were members of this fraternity, namely, Kilpatrick and Sands of
Union, Chase of Dartmouth, and Crum of Iowa.
The largest single gift which Harvard has ever received was the
Price-Greenleaf bequest in 1885, aggregating $800,000, to aid poor
scholars. The Benjamin Bussey bequest amounted to $600,000. It
was for agricultural and horticultural purposes. — The Scroll.
A chapter of the medical society, Alpha Upsilon Mu, has been
formed at Dartmouth. The parent chapter is in the City of Mexico,
and this is announced as the first in the United States. — Shield (A
J X.
Psi Upsilon and Alpha Delta Phi are among the few orders par-
tial to holding their conventions in the spring. The sixty-second con-
vention of Psi Upsilon was held with the Hamilton College Chapter,
May 9th and loth. Alpha Delta Phi's sixty-third convened in New
York City a few days later, the i6th, and continued three days.
Cambridge was the first English university to open her doors to
women, just twenty-five years ago. Even now the women of Cam-
bridge enter and pursue their studies in colleges separate from the
men, and their examinations are somewhat dififerent. The most
serious defect in the co-education of Cambridge is the fact that the
university grants women no degrees. The state of affairs at Oxford
is very similar to I hat at Cambridge. — Ex.
GREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS. 219
The total membership of Phi Delta Theta, according to their
historian, on April i, 1895, ^^^ 8,124 ; the number initiated last year,
449, an average of 6.5 per chapter ; total number of attendant mem-
bers, 1,075 ; number of chapters, 69; number of chapter houses, 14;
five of them owned and nine rented. The historian congratulates
the Fraternity on the fact that a little over one-half of the active
members have badges.
" The writer, in his early days, was led to feel by the current
education of those days that a man could not be a man unless he
was a Mason or Odd Fellow. After an experience of nearly thirty
years in active life, and a membership of twenty-six years in one of
these self-same societies, we are led to assert that a man can get far
more real pleasure and companionship from his college fraternity
membership than he can from the best secular society ever known.
We can ms^e every Theta Delt brother a companion in the nearest
and truest sense. Every one who has belonged to the secular
societies knows that this is not true of them. This condition of
things should encourage every one to make the most of his society,
both in and out of college. Membership is not only for college days.
It is for life. If those who are now active members will believe this,
and devote the money which they would spend in joining the
secular societies, after leaving college, to the good old Theta Delta
Chi, we would soon have the greatest fraternity on earth.*' — Clay
W. Holmes in J X Shield.
Trouble which had been brewing for some time between the
Brown University chapter of Chi Phi and the authorities of that order
resulted in the appended open letter to the public, which appeared
in the Brunonian June ist :
" To THE College World.
" Whereas, The Kappa Chapter of Chi Phi was founded at Brown
University in 1872 by tne secret Order of Chi Phi and has existed
to the present time under the original charter granted by that body ;
and
" Whereas, The secret Order of Chi Phi in 1874 united with the
Southern Order of Chi Phi (so-called), and formed the Chi Phi
Fraternity ; and
" Whereas, The Chi Phi Fraternity has persisted in violating the
rights of the Kappa Chapter by seeking to withdraw its charter on
220 GREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS.
grounds wholly unconstitutional and unjust, and by seeldngfto injare
its good reputation ; and
" Wherfos, The Chi Phi Fraternity has not only violated its <
constitution, but has sought to foist upon its chapters a standard
totally opposed to the manty character and democratic spirit which
our own Alma Mater has always inculcated ; and
" Whereas, The Kappa Chapter regards this standard as unworthy
of itself and of Brown University ; and,
" Whereas, The Chi Phi Fraternity has utterly violated its oaths *
of obligations and agreements with the Kappa Chapter, and thus
left this chapter free to act independently ; and,
" Wftereas, The alumni of Kappa Chapter have re-established the J
supreme organization of the secret Order of Chi Phi; be it
" Resolved, That the Kappa Chapter dissolve its connection with
the Chi Phi Fraternity ; that it resume its allegiance to the secret
Order of Chi Phi, and that it continue its existence as a chapter of
that organization." j
These resolutions were unanimously adopted by the chapter, ']
twcry member's name being appended thereto, together with tbo j
" hearty endorsement " of a representative committee of the cha^ J
ter's alumni body. The truth of the matter in a nutshell is that ^i jl
Phi has been endeavoring for years to rid itself of this chapter, the i
above action being the result of the chapter's recent fornaal dismissal -j
from that Fraternity. — K A Journal. .;;
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finer work in a shorter space of time, aj«d upon more desiil-
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I. Frontispieck, Facing page 5
IL The Forty-ninth Annual Convention, 5
III. Delta Kappa Epsilon — Miami Uniyersitt, . . . . 22
IV. Communications, 25
V. A Theta Marching Song, 29
VI. Alumni Associations, . • 30
VII. Graduate Personals, 41
VIII. Chapter Letters, 52
IX. New Initiates, 75
X. Editorials, 76
XL Greek Clippings, 81
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THE FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
The Forty-ninth Annual Convention of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity was held in Syracuse, N. Y., with the Delta Kappa
Epsilon Association of Central New York, and the Phi Gamma
Chapter of the Fraternity. Beginning with the reception to the
delegates at the Century club house, on the evening of November
13th, the Convention continued its sessions until the evening of No-
vember 15th. About two hundred Dekes registered as being
present at different times during the Convention, and a noticeable
element in those present was the number of the alumni who attended
the Convention as a whole and the business sessions in particular.
The delegates present were rewarded with a joyful occasion from
the start to the finish, and many were the regrets expressed at the
close.
The general reception to the delegates was given on Wednesday
evening at the Century Club. By that time nearly all of the regular
delegates to the Convention had arrived, and the boys were all kept
busy during the evening, meeting each other, and Syracuse girls.
The first of the business sessions was called to order on Thursday
morning, and the Convention photograph was taken in front of the
City Hall of Syracuse at noon. The business session was continued
during the fore part of the afternoon, when the permanent organ-
ization was formed. In the evening of Thursday the public exer-
cises of the Convention were held at Crouse College Hall of Syra-
cuse University. After the exercises, the brothers of Phi Gamma
gave a smoker to the delegates at the chapter house.
Friday morning the last business session of the Convention was
held, and the afternoon was taken up with a tally-ho ride. After
the ride, receptions were given by Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta
and Kappa Alpha Theta, all ladies' fraternities of Syracuse
University.
The Convention was finished with a rousing banquet at the
Yates Hotel on Friday evening. Over one hundred and seventy-five
sat down to the feast. The speeches were bright and witty, and
the closing scenes of the Convention were replete with joy for all.
6 FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
The Reception of the Delegates.
For the second time in fifteen years, the Century Club of Syra-
cuse, well known and highly aristocratic, was thrown open to a
mixed reception. The whole affair, as far as it could be, was left in
the hands of a committee from the Club, and from the moment ot
its inception, its success was assured. Over four hundred invitations
were issued and very few were the regrets.
The decorations of the club house were very elaborate. Bunting
of the crimson, old gold and blue hung from every available place,
while festoons of green were stretched from every comer. Supper
was served from tables in two of the largest rooms on the second
floor. The Fraternity coat of arms and pin were used wherever the
decorations would permit.
The Reception Committee consisted of Judge and Mrs. Ir\^ing
G. Vann, and Mr. and Mrs. William Nottingham, representing the
Fraternity, and William Kirkpatrick, Mrs. George N. Crouse and
Mrs. W. W. Cox, representing the Club. The ushers for the Fra-
ternity were Harry Neal Hyde, Edward S. Van Duyn, Frederick
T. Pierson, Jr., Frank J. Marion and Frank J. Miller; for the Club,
W. S. Andrews, Fernando A. Carter and Albert Fowler. A large
orchestra furnished music for the promenade, and later in the
evening for dancing and Deke songs.
After the reception a large number of the delegates and Fra-
ternity gathered in the cafe of the Yates and enjoyed a festive
occasion.
Thursday's Exercises.
The regular business sessions opened at eleven o'clock on Thurs-
day in the assembly-room of the Yates Hotel. In one hour the
session was closed, and the Convention photograph was taken at
high noon across the way, in front of the City Hall. The photo-
graph was a decided success, and a large number of the local and
central New York alumni were in the group.
At two o'clock the business session was again called to order
and a permanent organization formed. Adjournment was taken at
4.30 o'clock.
The day's programme was closed with the public exercises at the
Crouse College of Syracuse University.
FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 7
The Public Exercises.
The public exercises of the Convention were held in the Grouse
Music Hall of Syracuse University. The large hall was well filled.
Hon. Irving G. Vann, President of the Alumni Association, pre-
sided. Frederic Schlieder, Phi Gamma, '95, presided at the organ.
The organ prelude was the overture from " William Tell." Rev.
T. R. Green, Phi Gamma, *7i» invoked the Divine blessing.
Professor J. Scott Clark, Phi Gamma, 'JT, read the poem, as
follows :
THE OLD PROF.'S DREAM.
The old Pro£ sat in his old arm chair
At the close of an autamn day,
And the worn old face 'neath the thin white hair
Had a look that was far away.
The day had been dark and drear and cold,
But the sun, as he sank to rest.
Had bathed the earth in a flood of gold.
Poured out of the glowing west.
Even so, the day of the old Prof.'s life
Had often been cold and drear;
But now, at the end of the toil and strife.
Came warmth and rest and cheer.
And the old Prof, dozed (as old Profs, will)
As he sat in his old arm chair;
And there in the twilight, calm and still.
He saw a vision rare.
For, ^as many a stalk of golden grain.
Bent down by the wind all day,
When the storm is past springs back again
And stands as it stood in May;
So the old Prof.'s thoughts, at eventide,
When the rush and the storm were o'er,
Went springing back to the glad May-tide,
When he was twenty — and four.
For more than five and forty years
He had sat, with his earnest face.
At the class-room desk — all eyes and ears —
Like the North star, ever in place.
8 FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
And students had come and students had gone,
And boys had become old men.
And still the old Ptof. had toiled fiuthfolly on
Nearly three score years and ten.
Bnt now his thoughts went back to the jrear
When he was a young A. B.;
When life before him was bright and clear,
And the feeling that he was free
At last from his Alma Mater's wing —
That the future was all his own —
Made his young eyes flash and his young heart sing
With nought of a minor tone.
And he thought of his class-mates, every one,
As they stood at the threshold of life;
He thought of the work that each had done;
He thought of the struggle and strife.
And some of the class had heard the voice
Of the lowly Nazarene;
And the old Prof, thought of their kingly choice —
Their deeds in the years between,
Their steadfast &ith in sun and storm.
Their moral battles won.
And the old Prof, 's heart grew strangely warm
As he thought of the work they'd done.
And some had given the best of their lives
To lessening human pain;
With pills and powders and plasters and — ^knives
They'd tried, and not in vain,
To quell the rage of fierce disease.
To give the sufferer rest;
And when the facts they couldn't seize
They'd sometimes wisely — guessed.
And some had shown a wondrous knack
In settl'ing college rows.
In making black look white — or black
(As every case allows);
So shrewd in finding evil out,
Detecting every flaw.
That fate decreed beyond a doubt
FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 9
That they most study law.
And some had sought the marts of trade.
Intent on winning gold;
And some had found that business paid,
And some themselves were "sold."
For some were always winning,
And some would always fail;
And four had gone to Congress
And one had gone to jail.
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And so the old Prof, dozed and dreamed
At the close of the autumn day;
Like a panorama his life-work seemed
To pass in swift array.
And now, in the early fifties,
He sees his class-room there,
With benches hacked and seats all knacked.
And the blackboards grim and bare.
And with almost a moan of pain.
As of nature too long pent.
He thinks of the everlasting '* grind "
That the old curriculum meant.
Greek and Latin and Greek,
Mathematics and Latin and Greek,
Hour after hour, five da3rs in the week;
As dry as a stranded mill;
With a bit of philosophy now and then
To make it drier still.
And the Latin and Greek were tough;
And the students' ways were rough;
And little of aught that was bright or foir.
Or fresh or living e'er entered there;
And of toil there was more than enough.
Then a presence passing fair
Came slowly into the gloom.
With step so light and eyes so bright
They brightened the old class-room.
And the students' hearts grew mild.
And the students' ways less wild;
10 FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
For many a lad who was rough and raw
Came suddenly under the sway
Of the college fraternity's mystic law,
And it rubbed his rawness away.
For Psi U had started in '33,
And the "Dekes" in '44;
And "Alpha Delt" came in between,
And they led the way for more.
Then the students' eyes grew bright,
And the students' hearts grew warm ;
And the very air of the class-room bare
Grew soft 'neath Brotherhood's charm.
Then the Calculus seemed less tough,
And the classics seemed less dry ;
For a living soul had come into the whole
And a love that never could die.
And the spirit of love grew deep and wide
Till it spread from the woods of Maine
To old Mississippi's sluggish tide,
And linked in a golden chain
The hearts of the best of the nation's youth
In every State in the land,
And each was inspired in his search for truth
By the grasp of a brother s hand.
And so the later fifties
Went speeding to the past ;
And each year's work was happier
And better than the last ;
Till a cloud arose in the Southern sky.
And the air grew thick and dark,
And threatening lightning flashed on high,
And the world held its breath till — hark I
Borne up on the wind, one April day,
Came the thunder of Sumter's guns ;
And the nation called to their part in the fray
The best of her loyal sons.
Then the students' hearts grew restless ;
Their lessons were all unlearned ;
For they heard the nation calling,
And their hearts within them burned.
FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 11
For the boys who sat on the class-room seats
In the spring of sixty-one
(Like those who sit on the same seats now)
Were not the fellows to run
When the call of the Patriarch went forth
(Ah, men were in earnest then I
How it thrilled the heart of the loyal North !)
For a hundred thousand men.
And they looked in each other's faces —
These boys of the young Prof's class —
And quietly took their places
In the ranks that soon were to pass
To a school of a sterner training
Than that of their Latin and Greek,
One where the diploma-gaining
Could not be done by the weak.
And they carried these college colors
From Potomac to the sea —
From Bull Run to Appomatox,
With "its famous apple tree."
And many a game of ball they played,
These boys who were college bred,
But the bats were all of powder made.
And the balls were made of lead.
And the football game of later days
Had its tjrpe on a bloodier field.
Where fine "team-work " and strong " mass-plays"
Made the other fellows yield.
But the " interference" at Gettysburg —
The "wedge" that was led by the ram
That opened the way up many a bay —
Gave the game to Uncle Sam.
And sometimes it fell, in the thick of the fray,
When the lines were but little apart,
That a fellow in blue eyed a fellow in gray,
And each gave a sudden start
As he saw gleaming forth on the breast of his foe
A badge that reflected his own ;
And their hearts gave a leap at the vision, although
12 FORTY'NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Their faces were set like stone.
For a moment they wavered 'twizt Duty and Love,
As they aimed at each other there ;
But Love gave the muzzles an upward tilt —
And each fired his shot in the air.
And many a night, when the fighting would cease,
When the dead and the wounded all lay
With the stars looking down, and the servants of peace
Went scanning their pitiful way
In search of the wounded with succor and stay,
With shovels and spades for the dead.
Then many a fellow in blue or in gray,
Forsaking his o'er-welcomed bed,
Joined the hospital squad in its labor of love.
And scanned every form on the field
To see if the coat any still heart above
Might bear his fraternity shield.
Then the anger of batde was all forgot ;
The words of reproach were unsaid ;
He was only his brother in that sacred spot ;
And he loyally buried his dead.
And the old Prof, thought of the wearisome weeks
(Did ever time move so slow ?)
When he tried to teach their Latin and Greek
To those who could not go.
He tried his best to follow the lines ;
He tried the translations to trim ;
But he thought of the graves 'neath Southern pines —
And the Latin text grew dim.
And so, one morning in '95
The old Prof, woke from his dream ;
And he thanked the Lord he was still alive.
For he held in high esteem
Our bustling American life of to-day,
In spite of its follies and sins ;
He had faith we should find *^ a more excellent way ";
He had faith in the courage'that wins.
He heard men talk of a Senate for sale.
Of "boodle,** corruption, and fraud ;
FORTF'NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 13
Of Ljnch law supplanting the gallows and jail,
Of weakness at home and abroad ;
Bat he thought of the days of Fox and Burke,
The days of the ** rotten borough,"
And he knew that, though *' boodle " still ''gets in its work,"
It isn't so broad and thorough
As it was in the days by our fathers revered.
He found, every morn, on his table
The daily, with stories of wrong so besmeared
lliat sometimes he hardly was able
To see the world's good through this shower of tar
But he filled his lungs full of the morning,
And, looking up, saw, rising many and far.
His age and his country adorning,
The temples of love and the temples of truth —
The manifold means of relieving
The pangs of misfortune, the sorrow, the ruth.
The hopeless, the toil-worn, the grieving.
He heard men talk of Labor and Wealth,
Of lock-outs and boycotts and strikes.
He heard them prate of the danger to health
From microbes and — stooping on ** bikes
He heard the agnostic and pessimist say
That we're all going straight to the dogs ;
He saw timid Christians in doubt of their way
O'er the new theological bogs.
But the old Prof, opened his ears and his eyes,
And sought for a wider view ;
And he saw such visions of hope arise
As the pessimist never knew.
He saw unscathed in the * ' tiger's " den,
A Parkhurst with nerves of steel,
And a Roosevelt (both college men) —
Two giants for human weal.
And he heard the march of a multitude
Of earnest, strong young souls
Joined hand to hand in a deadly feud
Against the wrong that rolls
Its blighting flood o'er city and home ^
And legislative hall.
14 FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
And he saw the glad new time to come.
When the wrong must surely fall
For "Christian Endeavor" and "Ep worth League"
And sturdy Y. M. C. A.
And the "Volunteers," who fear no fatigue
On the old Macedonian way ;
Young souls too strong for the pessimist blight.
Too brave for the pessimist whine,
Were sharpening their swords for a quarterless fight
And gathering into line.
And the old Prof, thought of these coming men
Till his eyes grew dim with joy ;
For, in spite of his three-score years and ten,
His heart was the heart of a boy.
And the old Prof, valued the place where he stood :
He knew to the past he was debtor :
He knew that " the good old times " were good ;
But the good new times were better.
And he looked at the college life of to-day —
He looked at its evil and good :
And he thought, if e'er Providence opened the way,
A sermon (as well as he could)
To every student he would preach
On fraternity concerns.
And this is the doctrine he would teach
(You will find the text in Bums) :
Come Dekes, Psi U's, and Delta U's
And Alpha Delts and a* that ;
Phi Kappa Psi's, Phi Delta Thetes.
And Gamma Phi s and a' that —
Come, heed a bit o' plain, blunt talk
From one who's been through a* that
Ye think veVe each the real elect :
Ye form ycr cliques and a' that ;
I say yeVe simply just yersels —
Na more, na less for a' that
For a' that and a' that.
Yer badges, grips, and a tha: —
Yer lives show plainer than yer pins ;
Ye '11 be versels for a' that
FORTY NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 15
Yer boast sa much about yer rank,
Yer history, and a' that^-
A chain's no stronger than its links,
Andye're the links o' a' that.
For a' that and a' that,
Yer chapter's name and a' that —
Till be just what ye make it of —
Na more, na lest for a' that
Ye think, because yer neighbor man
Wears not yer pin and a' that.
He's but a dunce, cheat, a rogue,
A toady, '* chump, "and a' that.
But for a' that and a' that—
Yer narrow spite and a' that —
A man's a man, whatever his badge :
Ye're both yersels for a' that
Ye think, because yer sister fair.
Suits not yer taste and a' that.
That she and all her sisterhood
Are weak, bold, silly — a' that
But for a' that and a' that
Yer spitefu* speech and a' that, —
She doubtless thinks the same o' you :
Ye're baith to blame for a' that
And ye who wear na pins at a' —
"Ye neutrals/' •' oudens," a' that ;
Why should you ye boast, grow sour, or whine ?
Stand up like men for a' that
For a' that and a' that —
Their greetings, grips, and a' that —
Be each a chapter to yersels.
Outstrip them all for a' that
Shame, shame on a' yer jealousies,
Yer slanders, plots, and a' that
Away wi' all such childish things !
Be men I and let go a' that 1
For a' that and a' that,
Yer badges, grips, and a' that —
Yer lives show plainer than yer pins ;
Ye're still yersels for a' that
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Think not to make yer badge a crutch
To help ye on and a' that ;
Ye'll be whate'er ye make yersels ;
The world cares nought for a' that
For a' that and a' that-
Fraternal help and a' that —
The time will come yell walk alone
And rise or fall for a' that
Then let us pray that come it may —
Come soon, come sure, and a' that —
That college cliques may better mix.
With less of hate and a' that
For a' that and a' that—
Yer brotherhoods and a' that —
A man's a man, whate'er his badge ;
Be nobler men for that
At the conclusion of the poem, Brother Schlieder rendered the
" Pilgrims' Chorus '' from Wagner, and Moszkowski's " Serenata,"
Hon. Solon W. Stevens, Brown, '58, delivered the oration. He was
introduced by Judge Vann in a very pretty speech. Mr. Stevens*
oration was a masterly efiort, showing his ability as a true orator to
be beyond question. Following are extracts from his address :
Not many years ago in an eloquent address before a company of scholars at an annual
festival of a New England college that prince of orators, whose fascinating voice has since been
hushed in death, George William Curtis, alluded to a famous picture which he had somewhere
seen, representing an old man and woman sauntermg wearily along in the sombre woods, feeble
in frame, uncertain and infirm in step, serious, anxious and even haggard in countenance,
when suddenly they are confronted by the shadowy figures of a young num and a maiden,
buoyant and happy in the bloom of youth, whom they instantly recognize as themselves as
seen in other days when the heart and the hand were young. The title of the picture is
•• How They Met *rhemselves. "
So to-night and here in imagination we meet our former selves. Not indeed as alumni
of one and the same Alma Mater, not as members of one particular chapter of our society, but
as students in the larger university of the world, bidden by instincts implanted in the sonny
period of youth and even yet undimmed by the winds and storms of age, we come hither to
participate in this pleasant exchange of fraternal greetings, as in ancient times the various
tnbes of Greece were wont to meet and celebrate their common Olympia ; and by the recogni-
tion of the three once familiar letters, and remembrance of their meaning suggests, with the
hands clasped in friendship and the fingers intertwined, we are carried back to the romantic
scenes of earlier years, and thus made to see ourselves as we were seen, when the heart was
buoyant with hope, and the countenance was radiant with the dawn.
FORTY^NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 17
In grateful appreciation of the courtesy hy which my appearance here is warranted I
ask your attention to a brief consideration of my theme, which in simple terms may be ex-
pressed as follows, Tiz.: ** The Scholar, viz., a Leader."
Primarily this discussion does not refer except incidentally to the class known as pro-
iiessionad and technical scholars, men whose lives are passed in the pursuit of the development
of certain social and scientific laws, like Herbert Spencer, whose library is his throne room,
wherein by virtue of his prerogative he sits the unrivaled monarch of his special domain; nor
like Darwin, who by patient, incessant toil through length of years established the doctrine
of evolution, which produced a revolution in customary modes of analytic thought along
special lines; nor like our own Bancroft, who has invested the story of the origin, the growth
and the establishment of our constitutional government with the fascination and the literary
charm of the novelist; nor like Emerson, the radiance of whose wisdom, like moonlight from
the heavens, has dispelled the darkness of doubt and made the pathway bright and clear to
loftier planes of spiritual belief; nor like Longfellow, the melodious singer of our national
dawn, whose scholarship adorns his Umpid verse as jewels embellish a crown. Scholars like
these hold undisputed sway in their special realms, and the world bows reverentially in alle-
giance to their behests. These are rare natures to whom was given the ** vision and the fac-
ulty divine " to lead mortals of narrower limitations up, and out, and on; up from avarice to
generous aspirations, out from selfish environment to sympathy with fellow men, and on to
the attainment of ethical ends, **Oa, on," as Wordsworth has it, '* along the line of limitless
desires."
Yet I fancy there is a prevalent spirit in our modem American life which straightway
«sks, ** What does all this amount to anyway?" These beautiful phrases, these ingenious
theories, these uplifting sentiments, are all well enough in their way, very interesting, very
novel and particularly suitable for the pleasant diversion of an idle hour, but what is there in
aU this for me? What per cent, will it pay? And so we boast of being an eminently practical
people. **Oh, yes, we want our sons and daughters to be educated," ihey say, *'butwe
want that kind of education which will pay." I do not criticise this spirit. I do not under-
estimate the value of technical and manual training schools. Correctly estimated, this new
education, so called, is supplemental to and not a substitute for the old. We all have our
living to earn, and we need both the skillful hand and the well-balanced mind. But in these
intensely utilitarian times, in this day of the rapid growth of wealth, and with it the increasing
lost for its luxuries, there is danger, is there not, lest we forget that *' the life is more than
meat and the body than raiment"? And would it not be well to remember Lord Bacon*s
words which we read in our student days: *'The greatest error of learning is the mistaking
the final end of knowledge; for some have sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a
searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and
down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or
a commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale, and not a rich
storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate."
De Tocqueville, in no unfriendly spirit, told us years ago that the future would prove
whether the rare and fruitful passion for profound knowledge could be bom and be developed
as readily in a democratic society as in an aristocracy. Isn't it time for scholarly men to an-
swer that question? Can we confidently assert in an age when the apostles of corporations
and syndicates are crying aloud for ♦• comers " and «* calls " and »» puts " and ** pools," that
the still small voice of serene scholarship in its disdain for material reward will find willing
listeners '* for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate "? <* The ages are not
dead; if we listen they will speak to us,'' said Frederick Maurice. And so we want a class of
men who will listen, and tell us what the oracles say, and transcribe imperishable truth as-
they read it on the checkered scroll, and by their very existence become a living protest
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against the dominion of gross materialism and selfish greed; and in the struggle for the at-
tainment of these ends ** devoutly to be wished," scholars and edacated men should lead
the way.
As we sit together in this congenial circle and recall the scenes, the aspirations and the
enthusiasms of our college days, we can but notice the contrast between the motives and the
methods which then prevailed in educational and public affairs and those which govern to-
day. The distinction is plainly seen by those of us who graduated in the opening years of
the last half of the closing century.
As we go hence to toil and struggle in] the dusty arena of every-day afiEurs let the
scholar be mindful of his consecration vows, and, gentlemen, whether in adversity or along
prosperous lines our lot may be cast, let each of us try to imitate the spirit of the helmsman in
classic story, who when the ocean seemed stirred to its very depths by storm, and when the
waves were lashing mercilessly on his craft, cried in tones pitiful to hear: *'Oh, Neptune,
you may bury me beneath the waters if you will, but as long as life shall last I'll keep my
rudder true."
At the conclusion of the address, prolonged applause greeted
Mr. Stevens. He was obliged to acknowledge the greetings so
freely extended. The concluding number on the programme was
the ** J A^ £ March," and was sung heartily by the entire audience,
led by the great organ.
Friday's Sessions.
The last day's festivities of the Convention opened with a busi-
ness session in the morning. It was late before the delegates
gathered together, but what work was left was dispatched quickly.
In the afternoon, three tally-hos were provided for the delegates
to see the city. The party left the " Yates " shortly after two o'clock,
and were taken through the principal residence streets. The last
part of the drive was taken up in looking about the grounds of
Syracuse University.
The Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi held a reception at their
chapter house for the visiting delegates, and the local members of
the Fraternity from four to five on Friday afternoon. The tally-hos
were left at the hospitable door of the Fraternity, and the next hour
was enjoyed in making friends with the girls. Ices were served,
and many fraternity songs enlivened the occasion.
From five until six, the delegates were royally entertained at the
chapter house of Alpha of Gamma Phi Beta. There were merry
Deke songs, mingled with those of Gamma Phi, and light refresh-
ments were likewise served.
Kappa Alpha Theta entertained the delegates during the next
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hour at the home of Miss Sweet, on East Genesee street. Songs
were resung, and all enjoyed a fine time.
The banquet was held in the evening.
The Banquet.
The Forty-ninth Convention came to a close with the banquet
held at the " Yates " on Friday evening. All of the enthusiasm and
jolly fun of the past three days seemed to be crowded into this festive
occasion. Old ** Dekes " and young *• Dekes " from all parts of the
United States mingled their voices to laud one common bond.
Covers were laid for about two hundred, which made it the largest
Fraternity banquet which has ever been held in Syracuse.
Hon. George Raines, of Rochester, Beta Phi, '66, was the Toast,
master. He was introduced by Vice-President of the Association,
Hon. N. B. Smith, of Pulaski. Judge I. G. Vann, who was Presi-
dent of the Association, was unable to be present on account of
illness. He, however, sent a letter in which he expressed his regrets
at not being able to be present, and hoping that the delegates would
enjoy themselves in the t^losing hours of the Convention.
In introducing the various toasters Mr. Raines showed great wit
and tact. Nearly every sentence finished brought a laugh, and
was apropos of the occasion.
Dr. A. N. Brockway, President of the Council, was the first
speaker, as he was obliged to take a train for New York at an early
hour. He explained the exact position of the Council as related to
the Fraternity, and reported general harmony in their relations.
He closed with the thought that the founders oi J K E had builded
better than they knew.
L. B. Vaughan, Delta Delta, '96, was the first regular speaker on
the toast list, and his subject, *' College Days." He opened his
remarks with a modest reference to his own chapter, the youngest
in the fold. He told some of the varied experiences which he had
encountered since he entered college, and finished by saying :
" Those who have the good fortune to attend conventions of college
men are the favored of all college men, and especially those who
attend the A K E conventions."
The Toastmaster then introduced Rev. J. Walter Webb, Psi Phi,
'71, whose subject was " J AT £ Songs." Dr. Webb said: "In the
nature of things, noble thoughts and beautiful sentiments will come
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in verses, and, like songsters on the brow of dewy mom, warble their
melodies to the steps of coming manhood. Hence, brothers, the
muses, with fondest delight, have given a wreath of song to their
favored child, our own beloved d K £." Dr. Webb continued, quot-
ing liberally from the songs of the Fraternity, and telling in a
beautiful manner the story of the college man from the day that
he entered college to the close of his earthly career.
Rev. E. M. Mills, of Elmira, made one of the happiest toasts of
the evening, on " Fraternity Spirit." He told the value oi A K E to
him personally, and how the Chapter of Phi Gamma was formed.
Dr. Mills kept the diners in good humor from start to finish, and the
Fraternity yell was given with a vim when he finished.
" J A' £ at the Bar " was the subject of the toast responded to by
Judge J. D. Teller, of Auburn. Toastmastcr Raines referred in a witty
way to the recent campaign in which Judge Teller was interested,
and called to his mind a time many years ago when the two went to
a convention with the Omicron Chapter. Judge Teller returned
the repartee with force, and then referred to many of the " Dekes "
who have won laurels before judge and jury. He called the Toast-
master one of the brightest members of the New York State bar,
which was immediately seized upon by Mr. Raines as a clever intro-
duction to the next toast.
Dr. E. O. Kinne, Phi Gamma, '76, responded for the Alumni
Association. His subject was " Our Association.'* Dr. Kinne spoke
a few words on how the Association was formed, of their annual
meetings, and how it served to bring back to college days many of
the older alumni, who before had not taken so much interest in their
Alma Mater. His toast was replete with good stories pat to the
occasion.
The informal toasters followed Dr. Kinne. Hon. Solon W.
Stevens, of Lowell, Mass., was called for by acclamation. He
responded in a happy speech, urging upon the young men the
necessity and importance of devoting much of their time in after-
life to civic duties. He presented in a forcible manner much which
was instructive, and when he concluded he was vigorously
applauded.
Prof. J. Scott Clark, Phi Gamma, '77, told the boys in the most
informal way what J K E really meant to him. He related of some
of the friendships which he had formed in college, particularly in
FORTY'NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 31
his delegation, and referred with feeling to the death of one of the
seven with whom he was initiated.
Mr. Wilson, of New York, responded to a toast on " Woman."
It was one of the intellectual efforts of the evening. Mr. Wilson
began with the women of Chaucer, then Shakespeare, and carried his
theme down through the English writers. He quoted liberally
from memory, and closed with a beautiful quotation of his own
writing — a toast to woman.
C. Murray Rice was the last on the toast list. He told something
of the working of the Council, and expressed himself as glad that so
much harmony existed between the chapters and executive of the
Fraternity.
Judge Smith closed the banquet with a few fitting words,
expressing himself that he was sorry that the festivities were so
soon past. The banquet closed with the usual ceremonies, and the
Convention was declared adjourned for one year.
H. A. Houghton,
* i", '95.
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON.
BEAUTIFUL HOME OF THE FRATERNITY AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY.
Glimpses Through Grounds and Buildings of the Western — Famous
People WIto Graduated There.
[Special Correspondence of The Tribune,]
Oxford, O., November 15.
In this classic little city East High street, which overlooks the
campus of Miami University from the north, is regarded as the most
aristocratic locality. Conspicuous among the comfortable, sub-
stantial brick dwellings, with their well-kept lawns, stands the
Chapter House of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity of Miami
University.
While several fraternities are well represented in this famous old
institution, the Delta Kappa Epsilon is the only one among them
which can boast of a chapter house. It is a pretty brick dwelling,
standing on slightly rising ground. The elegant lace curtains
shading the lower front windows give a modern, home-like air to
the structure, whose quaint dormer windows, forming the third
story, make one feel that it is older than it looks, and has a history,
and it has — one connecting it with the Miami University, too.
Rev. George Junkin, D.D., LL.D., who was President of the
Miami University more than fifty years ago, lived in this house dur-
ing his term of office. It afterward passed into the hands of the
Wade family, a branch of the family of that name well known in
Cincinnati. Later it became the property of Mr. Palmer W. Smith,
a graduate and trustee of Miami University, who resided in it a
number of years. Since 1892 it has been occupied in turn by Pres-
ident Thompson, of Miami University, and Professor W. B. Langs-
dorf, of the Department of Latin in the same institution. What
could be more appropriate than that the Dekes, by becoming the
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON— MIAMI UNIVERSITY. 23
tenants of this dwelling, should perpetuate its connection with their
Alma Mater ?
A courteous member of the Fraternity acted as my cicerone,
and as he ushered me into the wide, commodious hall, the home-like
impression made by the lace curtains was deepened. Unlike most
halls, this one does not shine by a reflected light, but has one all its
own, the result of its broad east windows. This advantage makes
it peculiarly adapted to the use to which the Dekes, with admirable
taste, have dedicated it — that of library and reading-room. The
Brussels carpet, the pretty square library table, the well-filled book-
case, and the profusion of newspapers and magazines tempt one to
tarry in the inviting-looking lounge chairs. The parlor doors, how-
ever, stood hospitably open, and I accepted the invitation to enter.
There are two parlors, separated by Persian portieres. The rich
carpet covering the floors, the easy chairs, rocking chairs, and bric-
a-brac artistically placed make such an effiect as would be given by
any ladies* drawing-room.
A distinctive feature of these rooms is the portraits of members
of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society who have become known to
fortune and to fame. As one enters the front drawing-room the eye
is caught by a portrait of Dr. Andrew Carr Kemper, the well-known
Cincinnati physician. This oil painting hangs over the mantel piece,
and is the work of Israel Quick, a Cincinnati artist. Near the front
windows, on the west wall, is the face of that famous Deke and
generous son of Miami, Calvin Stewart Brice, who was graduated
in 1863. Senator Brice made possible, by his gift of $15,500, the
erection of the annex which bears his name — Brice Hall. In addi-
tion to this, he has contributed at different times and for various
purposes, about $6,000 to the support of his collegiate home. Judge
Samuel F. Hunt, of Cincinnati, Class of '64, and Judge George L.
Reinhard, of Indianapolis, are found among the faces forming this
gallery of family portraits. Whitelaw Reid, whom to know is but
to name, and who was graduated from Miami in 1856, and the pop-
ular lecturer, George Reuben Wendling, who was a student of
Miami from 1861 to 1863, are also among the portraits of honored
Dekes adorning the walls of the Chapter House. Henry Lee
Morey, of Hamilton, O., a student of Miami in 1857-59, ^^^ ^ mem-
ber of the United States House of Representatives ; and Jefferson
R. Claypool, of Connersville, Ind., who attended Miami University
24 DELTA KAPPA EPSILON— MIAMI UNIVERSITY.
in 1870-73, and has been a member of the House of Representa-
tives, attest by their portraits that they belong to the ranks of the
Dekes.
North of the drawing-room, and opening from the hall, is the
dining-room, with floor, woodwork, cabinet and mantel-piece and
furniture of polished oak. This dainty room is lighted from the east
and west sides by square bay windows : the latter formed by a
wainscoted arch of polished oak. Then, by a softly carpeted broad
staircase one ascends to the second floor, where the sleeping apart-
ments of the " Noble Dekes," instead of presenting an appearance of
masculine Bohemianism, or ** confusion worse confounded," are
models of elegance and order. The rooms, all large, well lighted
and airy, with rug-covered floors, white and gold iron bedsteads,
pretty stands, comfortable chairs, with pictures and ornaments,
give an air of luxuriance, as well as comfort, to the apartments.
The quaint, dormer-windowed third story I was not allowed to
penetrate. No alien foot may cross its threshold or look upon its
mysteries, set apart as sacred to the rites of initiation. Less than
two weeks ago eight young men were initiated into the order. The
initiatory exercises were followed by the serving of a banquet^
which in all of its appointments was in keeping with the style main-
tained by the Oxford representatives of Delta Kappa Epsilon. The
occupajits of the Chapter House are : Messrs. Bickley, Evans, Ferris,
Nixon, Leonard, Scott, Shofstal, Upham and Yockey. Messrs. Mc-
MuUin and Stivers are members of the chapter, although not
residents of the house, which is an ornament to Oxford and a credit
to the Fraternity. — Cincinnati Tribune, November 16, 1895.
COMMUNICATIONS.
2. E. Baxter & Co.,
3nds and Securities,
riammond Building,
Detroit, Mich.
November 19, 1895.
:ssE Grant Roe,
Ediior J K E Quarterly, New York City :
Dear Brother, — Your reprint in the November Quarterly
am the Theta Delta Chi Shield, in which Clay W. Holmes com-
ires favorably the pleasures, companionships, benefits and general
fluences of college fraternities with those of other secret societies,
which masonry is a most illustrious example, was read by me
ith much pleasure. The sentiment strikes a responsive chord in
y heart. After over ten years out of college, during which but
ice have I had the inexpressible joy of visiting the dear old col-
je, and after years of activity in several secret societies, my
ndest memories are those of the days with the brothers of Ep-
on, where I found brotherhood exemplified in its purest sense,
was companionship such as I never before nor since have founds
id while it is but a memory now, my lines having been so cast that
e relations have been impossible of even occasional renewal ;
jvertheless, it is a tender one.
A fallacy to be exploded, moreover, is the belief that benefits of
)llege fraternity life cease with undergraduate days. Some of the
;st friendships of my business life have been formed among Dekes
other chapters, notably, Omicron, who are the salt of the earthy
Ithough they are clannish, they extend the right hand of fellow-
ip to another brother ot whatsoever chapter, and give him the
inefit of not only splendid companionship, but encouragement such
can be shown only by brothers
And so I say that a fraternity man, whether in or out of college,
a favored mortal, especially if he belongs to " jolly J K £."
Fraternally,
C. E. Baxter,
Epsilon, '85.
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The Wisconsin War.
We publish the following letter from Mr. Jacobs :
Detroit, December 27, 1895.
To the Ediinr of the A KF, Quarterly :
In the December issue of your magazine you draw from a letter of mine
quoted therein certain inferences which neither my words nor the facts warrant
One may have in his hands a petition from members of a fraternity chapter,
and he may advise and aid the formation, by such members, of a local society,
without having held out inducements or made promises in regard to action by
his own Fraternity. I was informed in writing by the Wisconsin Phi Kappa Psi
that they had determined to leave their Fraternity. For that determination I
was in nowise responsible, directly or indirectly, nor did I know of it until some
days after it had been made. I am sure that no other member of the college
fraternity to which I belong did anything to influence the Wisconsin gentlemen,
or to bring about the determination referred to. I wrote to them that, while
they remained members of a general college fraternity, I should not even ac-
quaint them with the preliminary steps necessary for the presentation of a petition.
However, I knew that the constitution of Phi Kappa Psi gave the right of resig-
nation, and I suggested that if my correspondents were irrevocably determined
to dissolve their former ties, the best course for them to take would be to or-
ganize a local society, and in the establishment of that society I furnished such
aid as a pretty long experience in fraternity matters enabled me to give. That I
take to be my own affair. But while the Wisconsin men were in Phi Kappa
Psi they received from me no encouragement whatever in the direction of my
Fraternity. Neither I nor anyone else promised them that if they left one Fra-
ternity they should receive a charter from another. In fact, it would have been
impossible for any person truthfully to give assurances on the subject, and this
the prospective applicants well knew. I can, 1 am sure, speak for other mem-
bers as well as myself, because the petitioners have always declared that they
made up their minds before approaching any of us, and that they received no
offers or inducements ; and had the fact been otherwise, I should certainly have
learned of it in the three years that have intervened.
It is, therefore, not true that the Wisconsin Phi Kaps were induced or per-
suaded by other fraternity men to desert their society. The fact is, they had
before ihem the example of what had been done at Cornell University and else-
where. No inducement was needed. I am not at all sure that I should not
have furnished inducements had they been asked and could I have given them,
but the fact is as I have said.
I may add that I am informed by the Rho Kappa Upsilon society, that if
any of their members ever made advances to any other fraternity except the
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one with which the writer is connected, the society was not aware of it, and
never authorized such action.
Asking that this letter may appear in the next number of your valuable peri-
odical, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Albert P. Jacobs.
We also publish, by request, the following from the Chicago
Tribune of November 29th :
Honor of Three Fraternities Involved.
Milwaukee, Wis., November 24. — [Editor of the Tribune.] — In the
Tribune of September 24 th appeared a communication from Mr. A. P. Jacobs,
% member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and editor of the Fraternity magazine,
anent a news item in the issue of September 14th, saying Psi Upsilon was to
enter the University of Wisconsin by absorbing the Rho Kappa Upsilon local
society, a body that had been refused by the Zeta Psi and A KE fraternities.
Three fraternities are interested in having the facts of this matter presented to
the public. The local society was formerly the Wisconsin Alpha of Phi Kappa
Fn and left that Fraternity. Every college man can understand the sorrow and
indignation which this withdrawal caused in Phi Kappa Psi. The recalcitrants
are to be Psi Upsilons, Mr. Jacobs says. Phi Kappa Psi is therefore anxious to
have it known that two other fraternities refused to benefit themselves at the
expense of a sister fraternity. If Psi Upsilon thus violates inter-fraternity comity
it most do it with the full knowledge that the college world knows two other
societies refused to do so in this case. The Zeta Psi Fraternity is interested in
this matter, for the local society published in a Wisconsin paper a statement
conveying the impression that a Zeta Psi charter had been offered them. The
A K E Fraternity is similarly interested, for the local men have stated they could
become a chapter of A KE zX any time. In behalf of all these societies the
following statement can be made :
In October, 1892, a member of the Wisconsin Phi Kappa Psi wrote to an
Amherst A KE , asking him if the Wisconsin men could gain admission to
A K Bif they resigned from Phi Kappa Psi. The matter was brought before
the chapter and the Wisconsin men were informed the Amherst Dekes would vote
against the admission of men who were or ever had been members of another
fraternity. The matter went before the whole Fraternity, however, in the shape
of a petition, which was denied. After this a delegate was sent to confer with
members of Psi Upsilon. The chapter was instructed to resign from Phi
Kappa Psi and become a local, preliminary to membership in Psi Upsilon. In
May a petition was presented before the Psi U. Convention at Dartmouth
and not acted upon. Mr. Jacobs, who has had charge of the case, was full of
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encouragement, however. Nevertheless the local men h^ come to the conclu-
sion Zeta Psi would do just as well as Psi Upsilon, especially as they would
have to wait a year for the latter, so a petition was sent to Zeta Pd. It did not
even receive the notice of a vote in the convention, although that body did not
know of the petitioners' previous attempts zX. A KE and Psi U.
The honor of three college fraternities is involved in this matter and the
college world should be in possession of the facts. No one can say that Psi U.
has as yet involved itself at all. Its connection with the matter has so far been
through unauthorized individual members. Some of the latter have gone so far
as to say the charter will be granted, but until it does Phi Kappa Psi has no
quarrel with Psi Upsilon and Zeta Psi, and AKK will have nothing but the
comfortable feeling that Psi U. is taking what they did not desire, i^ indeed, it
does take it
W. H. Hovis.
A THETA MARCHING SONG.
AiR: John Brown's Body.
Delta Kappa Epsilon shall be our song to-night,
Delta Kappa Epsilon with fame so pure and bright,
Delta Kappa Epsilon with hearts so free and light,
The Dekes go marching on.
Chorus.
Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa,
Delta Kappa Epsilon ;
Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa,
The Dekes go marching on.
Delta Kappa Epsilon, the queen we love so well.
Delta Kappa Epsilon, who can her glories tell ?
Delta Kappa Epsilon, loud let the chorus swell.
The Dekes go marching on.
Chorus.
Delta Kappa Epsilon, the diamond, star, and scroll,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, that binds us soul to soul,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, while future years shall roll.
The Dekes go marching on.
Chorus.
John Clair Minot, ©, '96.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
A K E Association of New England.
The annual reunion and banquet was held at Young's Hotel,
Boston, on Saturday, January 25th.
The members gathered at 5 p. m., and after approving the min-
utes of the 189s meeting and accepting the Treasurer's statement, the
Nominating Committee reported the following list of oflBcers and
they were unanimously elected :
President, . . Arthur C. Walworth, Phi, '66.
Vice-Presidents, . . \ S^^^^^ L. Powers, Pi, '74-
( Henry Hyde Smith, TAeta, '54.
' H. Burr Crandall, Epsilcn, '59.
Solon W. Stevens, Upsilon, '58.
H Dudley P. Bailey, Xi, '67.
Elmer E. Silver, Upsilon, '85.
[ George V. Wendell, Sigma Tau, '92.
Secretary- Treasurer, . William A. Wood, PAi Gamma, '75.
The Secretary announced the death of two members of the As-
sociation, Brothers Joshua N. Marshall, of Lowell, Sigma, '53, and
Stephen A. Holt, of Winchester, Theta, '46. The former died on
March 2d, and the latter on December 14, 1895.
A motion was passed requesting the Secretary to have printed
and mailed to each member a membership list revised to date.
At 6.30 the procession was formed, and, with President Marcy
and Brother Stevens at the head, marched to the dining-room to
the tune oi ** J K Eis Marching Onward," the swelling chorus of the
youthful actives from Sigma Tau no more in evidence than the
time-worn croaks of the " old grads."
The chapter roll was not called — the chapter bars are all down
in the New England Association — but the Secretary, for statistical
purposes, noted representatives from Phi, Theta, Xi, Sigma,
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 31
Jpsilon, Kappa, Pi, Epsilon, Gamma Phi, Phi Gamma, Gamma
(eta, and Sigma Tau.
It was a happy gathering under a capital leader, and the after-
inner speaking was of such an informal, spontaneous character that
here resulted a diversity of topics and a succession of surprises
hat served to maintain the interest unabated until the close. One of
he most enjoyable meetings in our history, was the general verdict.
Brothers Preston Keyes, '96, and Mortimer Warren, '96, repre-
ented, and Brother Keyes spoke for, the active members of Theta
Chapter. Brother A. W. Jackson, of '96, responded for the large
lelegation of alumni and actives from Sigma Tau.
Brother C. F. Meserve, Xi, 'jjy President of Shaw University,
:ave an interesting discourse on the educational problem in the
k>uth.
The proceedings of the last convention were vividly portrayed
)j Brother Stevens, who served so acceptably as orator, and, at the
^resident's request, Brother Thomas B. Booth, Sigma Tau, '95,
cad, with fine effect, extracts from the convention poem.
This resulted in drawing out some interesting war reminiscences
\y Brothers Marcy and Crandall ; and Brothers Blume, Powers^
iailey, Benner, Silver, Smith and others kept the enthusiasm up to
oncert pitch until the mystic circle was formed and the reunion of
896 was 'rah ! 'rah ! 'rahed ! into history.
Brother Powers, in the course of his remarks, touched upon the
'alue of alumni associations to the members and the Fraternity at
arge in a way that aroused an interesting discussion regarding
neasures tending towards the building up and strengthening of our
Association.
The existence of a general desire for a reorganization on lines
ending towards a more frequent and intimate intercourse among
mr members was plainly demonstrated.
Letters of regret were read from Wager Swayne, of New York ;
he Secretary of the Council, Editor of the Quarterly, Secretary
►f the Rhode Island Association, Lieut.-Gov. Wolcott, Ex-Gov.
x>ng, Judge Barker, General Walker, and Ex- Mayor Curtis.
The announcement of the organization and first meeting of the
l^estern Massachusetts Association was received with applause.
William Austin Wood,
Secretary,
32 ALUAfNI ASSOCIATIONS.
The Northwestern Association of J K E.
The fifteenth annual banquet of the Northwestern Alumm
Association of Delta Kappa Epsilon occurred January lo, 1896,
at the Chicago Athletic Club. A number of non-resident alumni
were present to renew old friendships and make new ones. A
short business session was held in the club reception room, after
which a " Pease punch," mixed according to a good old Ver-
mont recipe, was liberally sampled before adjourning to the banquet
hall.
The room and tables were decorated artistically with flowers
and A K E colors and emblems. The menu was excellent and the
crowd enthusiastic. Copies of the Yale marching song (revised for
the uses of Delta Delta) were presented to the alumni with the
compliments of the Delta Delta Chapter, which attended in a body
and contributed no small share to the enjoyment of the occasion.
A K E songs and music were interspersed between the courses, and
everything and everybody was decidedly lively.
About 1 1 o'clock Francis M. Lamed, Delta Chi, '85, the Toast-
master, proceeded, with fitting remarks and appropriate introduc-
tions, to call upon the following speakers :
'' The Chicago City Council," . . William Kent, Phi, '87
" Fraternities Twenty Years After," . A. W. Small, A7, '76
Poem, J. Scott Clark, Phi Gamma, 'jy
" Anything and Everything," . E. B. Tolman, Delta Delta, '80
" Delta Delta," ; . . S. S. McClintock, Delta Delta, '96
*• The Last A K E Convention," . L. B. Vaughan, Delta Delta, '96
The banquet and speeches over, the ^customary rites and cere-
monies ensued, and the Association adjourned to meet again on
the evening of Saturday, April 4, 1896, the day after the American
Republican College League concludes its annual convention, held
this year in Chicago.
This date was expressly selected with the expectation that quite
a number oi A K E undergraduates will attend this convention as
delegates, and also be with us at our dinner, to meet the Chicago
alumni of their own and other chapters.
The following oflBcers were elected for 1896 :
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 38
Pfindent^ . . . . . F. D. Mitchell, Xi, '84-
Viet-Presidint, . A. B. Pease, Alpha Alpha, '90.
Secretary and Treasurer, . . B. W. Sherman, Alpha Alpha, '90.
r W. E. Oden, Psi Phi, '89.
Executive Committee, . . -| J. M. Watkins, Sigma, '89.
[ Locke Etheridge, Delta Chi, '91.
Our membership had a marked increase during 1895, and the
omens for 1896 are propitious. B. W. Sherman,
Secretary.
d K E Association of Detroit.
The twenty-third annual banquet of the Detroit Alumni Asso-
ciation oi A K E was held at the Detroit Club, Tuesday evenings
November 26th, 1895. There were present, besides the active
members of the Association twenty-four undergraduates from Ann
Arbor, and the following from abroad, Hon. Claudius B. Grant,
Lansing, Mich. ; Harry W. Ashley, Charles S. Ashley and Harry
H. Cushing, of Toledo, O.; Prof. Bradley M. Thompson, Ann
Arbor ; Hon. Frank S. Parker, of Marine City, Mich. ; E. C.
Wilkinson, of Marquette, Mich., and Harrison B. McGraw, of
Cleveland, O.
James T. Shaw, 0, '78, acted as Toastmaster, and, after the cigars
were passed, called on Judge Grant, O, '59, as the first speaker of
the evening, to respond to the toast, " Reminiscences." As Judge
Grant was the oldest Deke present he had a fund of reminiscences
which were told in his happy style.
Frank S. Parker, 0, '84, prominent in Michigan politics, and
fresh from his defeat by one vote for Republican nomination for
Congress from the Seventh District, responded to the toast, " The
Metropolis." He treated his subject in a sarcastic vein, regarding
the country as the metropolis and the inhabitants of cities as
*• Gaps."
The toast, " The Sisters and Little Dekes," fittingly fell to Dr.
Benjam'n P. Brodie, a bachelor, whose theoretical knowledge of
the subject greatly pleased the married men present.
Charles S. Ashley, 0, '84, in responding to the toast ** The Scholar
in Politics," related a number of amusing experiences in practical
politics, which tended to shatter his ideals formed in college and
reading.
84 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
After James O. Murfin had reported the condition of the chap>
ter at Ann Arbor and the doings of the last convention, Henry Russel,
O, '73, was called on to say " Any Old Thing." Mr. Russel said
that, by a peculiar coincidence, the post that brought a request to
him to respond to the above also brought a stenographic report of
a speech made by him a year or so ago at the Yale Dinner, at
Chicago, on the " Western College," and he had taken the com-
mittee at its word and would read his remarks on that occasion.
As this speech was favorably commented on at the time by the
Chicago press and copied extensively, Mr. Russel's friends were
glad to hear it as it was given that night.
After re-electing the old officers, the Association adjourned to
meet again a year from that night.
A K E Association of the Pacific Coast.
We of the Golden West send greeting !
The annual re-union and banquet of the Pacific Coast Associa-
tion passed off quietly but successfully on the 7th of December, at
the elegant banquet rooms of our new Delmonico. Forty brothers
from Z and various eastern chapters responded to the call and
enjoyed themselves, as all good J K E*s know how.
Each succeeding reunion has been pronounced more successful
than its predecessors. The only criticism we, of Z, have to offer
is that more of our eastern alumni do not participate. Theta Zeta
has grown so rapidly that her representatives are now always in the
majority. We desire to have it otherwise and would gladly see the
graduates of other chapters step in and assume control.
Before adjournment, the old officers of the Association were
unanimously re-elected: President, T. B. Bishop, and Secretary, E.
C. Sutliffe. Fraternally yours,
E. C. Sutliffe,
Secretary.
A K E Association of Rhode Island.
The annual mid-winter reunion of the A K E Alumni Associa-
tion of Upsilon and Rhode Island was held in the Empire rooms of
the Trocadero, Providence, R. I., Friday evening, February 7^
1896.
The affair was one of the most novel and enjoyable that the
ALUMNI ASSOCIA TIONS. 35
Association has ever held, conventional methods being thrown
entirely to the winds.
The notices and invitations were unique : As far back as the
iSth of January, by postal, each member was notified, in a combina-
tion of languages, to " shun omnes engagements for Friday evening,
septimo die^ February," and to watch for further notice to come on
the 22d. On that date, by postal again, in doggerel verse, each man
was informed that ** A J K E banquet was to occur on the 7th prox.,
at 8 o'clock," and he was cautioned to watch for " general orders "
January 29th. On the 29th came the invitation in the form of a
proclamation from the President, in old fashion style and type and
sent in an official envelope. At the top was this quotation :
** Why shotild a man whose blood is warm within,
Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster ?**
This proclamation gave the particulars of the reunion as to date,
time, place, etc. On the 5th February followed still another notice,
a reminder of the reunion on the 7th, and ending " See to it that the
strength of the chain is not weakened by lack of the link you repre-
sent."
These notices proved popular, exciting much interest, which was
not once permitted to wane, and attracting the largest attendance
in the history of the Association.
The evening's programme as arranged by the Entertainment
Committee proved a decided departure from former methods. For
one thing there were no speeches. The members were bidden to
be on hand at 8 o'clock.
As each brother appeared, he was greeted by the active chapter
of Upsilon (all of its members being present) with a ringing cheer,
followed by his name, college and class.
Promptly at 8.10 the Association was called to order by the Presi-
dent, Brother Wm. B. Sherman, Rensellaer, '72, who—speeches being
proscribed — recited most eloquently, as the sentiment of the evening,
a portion of Oliver Wendell Holmes' " Boys Again To-Night."
From 8.15, for nearly two hours, came a novel harlequin enter-
tainment, as one brother expressed it, "a grand game of forfeits.*'
There were sixteen or seventeen tables, at each something different
to do, all sorts of seemingly impossible feats. Those performing
the tricks progressed, the two finally most successful winning each
as a prize a beautiful J K E pin. These prizes were won respec-
36 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
lively, first and second, by Brother Dr. A. L. Morrison, of Provi-
dence, and Brother James M. Pendleton, of Westerly, R. I. Suc-
ceeding this, and at other tiroes during the evening, the members
listened to harp solos delightfully rendered by Professor Raia, of
Providence.
Then all formed in line and proceeded to the Assembly Rooms
for a flashlight photograph. Upon return the Empire Rooms were
found to have been transformed into a most attractive banquet hall,
the spread being laid on twenty small tables, prettily decorated.
Between courses, in lieu of speeches, which were forbidden,
there was presented the " Deke Fork and Carver," a spasmodic
manuscript publication, devoted to a gentle roasting of the members
of the Association. This was read by Brother George R. Macleod,
the editors being unknown. It was received with shouts of laugh-
ter as the different hits and funny things were read. The paper
was illustrated and during the evening was passed about, that the
members might enjoy the pictures.
Even after the banquet, which was not over till midnight, the
evening's enjoyment was continued ; the brothers, gray heads and
young remaining for some time thereafter, reluctant to go, calling
up again old times, exchanging stories and singing the familiar and
well-loved fraternity songs.
It seemed to be the opinion of all, enjoyable as these occasions
have proven to be, always full of good fellowship and genuine
pleasure, that this year's event was far and away the most successful
ever held by our Association.
Members were present, graduates of Yale, Bowdoin, Colgate,
Renscllaer, Wesleyan, Harvard and other colleges. As one of the
papers expressed it next day, " including so many distinguished citi-
zens, it was a truly representative gathering of college men out for
a good time."
The officers of the association are :
President, .... Wm. B. Sherman, Psi Omega, '72.
Vice-President, .... Rev. Geo. A. Smith, Mu, '74.
Secretary and Treasurer, . . Wm. Allan Dyer, Upsilon, '86.
Frank P. Bourne, Upsilon, '73.
Executive Committee, \ . . Martin S. Fanning, Upsilon, '91.
Frank W. Matteson, Upsilon, '92.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 87
The above, together with the following, formed the Reunion
Committee :
A. TiNGLEY Wall, Upsilon, '85.
George R. Macleod, UpsUon, '89.
J. D. E. Jones, Upsilon, '93.
William Allan Dyer,
Secretary.
The following are these notices and proclamation, each having a
cut of the J AT £ pin for a seal, in full.— [Editor of Quarterly].
(First Postal.)
Hall ol A KE Alumni Association,
• Providence, R. I., Jan. 15, 1896.
Query-
Quid significat hoc Postal Card ?
Answer —
Shun omnes Engagements for
Friday Evening — Septimo die February.
N. B. — See Postal to come Jan. 22, 1896.
(Second Postal.)
Hall oi A K E Alumni Association,
Providence, R. L, Jan. 22, 1896.
Make a Note of this I
** Let every good fellow of every degree,"
Appear at the banquet oi A K E^
Friday at 8,— February 7,— SEE 1
'' The classics and mathematics fade out of our lives, but the friends we
made remain forever."
N. R — ^Watch for "General Orders" to be issued Jan. 29, 1896.
Proclamation.
''Why should a man whose blood is warm within
Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster ? "
Bj the President of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Alumni Association of Rhode
Island.
38 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
A PROCLAMATION.
The sons of Delta Kappa Epsilon should gratefully render thanks and praise
to the Goddess who has watched over them with kindness and fostering care
during the year which has passed ; they should also meet with one another and
in joyous assembly join in mirth and merriment for her sake and for the sake of
good-fellowship.
Therefore, I, William B. Sherman, President of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
Alumni Association of the State of Rhode Island, do hereby appoint and set
apart Friday evening, at eight o'clock, on the seventh day of February, as a
time, and the Empire Rooms of the Trocadero Hall, in the City of Providence,
as a place, when all members of the A KE Alumni Association, and such
other brothers as are within our gates, shall meet for an evening to be devoted
to mutual entertainment and reunion.
At that time let there be on the part of all brothers a cessation of ordinary
work or pleasure, and let us meet for an evening which shall result in a renewal
of friendship and in a strengthening of the tie that binds us ; let us leave in our
respective homes all prepared and ancient speeches ; let us, in song and word,
express the feeling of good-fellowship which exists between us, and, by thought
and action, prove to one another that, as in past years, we are now, ' ' Brothers
ever friends at heart."
Let all brothers come, being well assured that no appeals will be made upon
their purse strings for any object however dear to us.
Witness my hand and seal, which I have caused to be hereunto affixed.
Done at the City of Providence, on the twenty-ninth day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ninety-six, and of the founding of
our fraternity the fifty- first.
William B. Sherman.
By the President,
William A. Dyer,
Secre/ofy.
Followed by the following notice :
The CoMMrrTEE on Entertainments
especially requests that all the brothers assemble at the hall at 8 o'clock,
promptly.
A harlequin entertainment has been provided, in which each brother is ex-
pected to participate, and to ensure its success your prompt attendance is neces-
sary.
Spread will be served at 9.45. Carriages may be called after i a. m.
Please make quick reply on the enclosed card.
AL UMNI ASSOCIA TIONS. 39
Third Postal.
Providkncs, R. I., February 5, 1896.
This will remind you of the A KE "jollification" at the Empire Rooms
of the Trocadero, Mathewson Street, Friday evening next, February 7, 1896, at
8 o'clock sharp.
" See to it that the strength of the chain is not weakened by lack of the link
you represent" \
40 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
New Association.
The Dekes of Springfield, Mass., and the vicinity have formed a
permanent organization to be known as the Western Massachusetts
A K E Alumni Association. Their first meeting and banquet was
held at Springfield on January 17th last The following is from the
Springfield Republican :
BANQUET 0¥ AK E ALUMNI.
Enjoyable Gathering at the Massasoit Last Evening-
Officers Elected.
The alumni members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon College Fra-
ternity in this city and vicinity held a banquet at the Massasoit
House last evening, which was well attended. It was voted to
form the Western Massachusetts A K E Alumni Association, and
these permanent oflBcers were chosen to arrangfc for annual gather-
ings: President, T. M. Brown, of this city. Vice-Presidents: Judge
W. P. Strickland, of Northampton; Judge E. W. Chapin, of Holyoke;
Dr. George E. Fuller, of Monson. Directors : C. C. Spellman, W.
S. Robinson, C. T. Winchester and E. M. Long. The two latter
will act as Treasurer and Secretary respectively.
The banquet began a little after seven o'clock, and was followed
by a number of informal toasts. T. M. Brown presided as Toast-
master and made a short address in reminiscence of his college
fraternity days, and called upon a number for impromptu remarks.
Among those who spoke were Judge Strickland, Judge Chapin,
Rev. G. C. Baldwin, Jr., C. C. Spellman, James L. Doherty, H. K.
Hawes, Dr. Fuller and Elias Brookings. A letter of regret was
read from Judge Barker, of Pittsfield, of the Supreme Bench, who
could not be present on account of his father's death. Besides
the speakers the local members present were : Dr. E. A. Bates,
W. G. Baker, C. G. Smith, E. L. Tupper, G. W. Kimball, H.
A. Thayer, E. H. Marsh, all of this city ; C. J. Gleason, of the
Amherst College Chapter ; A. B. Chapin, of Holyoke, and Fred L.
Parker, of Westfield. E. M. Long,
Secretary.
GRADUATE PERSONALS.
90. Stephen Hurlbut Kohler was married June 5, 1895, to Miss
Lida Plumer, onci of the most beautiful of Akron's (O.)
fair daughters. A fine residence he is building for their
future home will be ready for occupancy soon. Mr. Kohler
has left banking, and is now engaged in the manufacture of
varnish.
0.
^6. Stephen Abbot Holt, a charter member of Theta Chapter, and
ever loyally devoted to its interests, died December 14, 1895,
at his home in Winchester, Mass.
So. Prof. Augustine Jones is President of the Friends' School^
Providence, R. I.
58. " Charles O. Whitman, the head of the Biological Department^
or, more correctly, head of the departments of Zoology and
Animal Morphology of Chicago University, has, by his long
career in his chosen work, been recognized as one of the
leading biologists of the world. His connection with learned
bodies of men the world over testifies to his recognition and
worth. Even in far-off Japan he is well known by scientific
men. While comparatively young he was called to the Im-
perial University of Japan, and there held a professorship in
zoology for three years. More important work awaited him
at home, however, and he was soon known in Europe by
his connection with the Naples Zoological Station. Prof.
Whitman was born in Woodstock, Me., fifty-three years ago^
and received his early education in the schools of Norway,
Me. He took his Bachelor's degree at Bowdoin College in
1868, and his Master's three years later at the same college.
He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred on him in
1878 by the University of Leipsic. He has been connected
with various schools in this country, among them being
42 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
Westford Academy, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard
College. He was Professor at Clark University when he was
called to his present position in 1892. At the same time he
was connected with Allis Lake Laboratory, and has since
1888 been Director of the United States Biological Labora-
tory at Wood's Holl, Mass. Prof. Whitman is also editor
of the Journal of Morphology and of the microscopic depart-
ment of the American Naturalist. He is also President of the
American Morphological Society, and was last year elected
a member of the National Academy.'* — Chicago Tinus-Herald,
'72. Hon. George M. Seiders, the present President of the Maine
Senate, is the leading candidate for the Attorney- Generalship
of the State.
*87. C. B. Burleigh, of the Kennebec Journal, has been elected Presi-
dent of the Maine Press Association.
'92. F. G. Swett is now on the staff of the Times- Democrat, New
Orleans.
*93. A. S. Haggett has just won a $200 prize in Greek in Johns
Hopkins University.
'94. F. W. Dana is with Silver, Burdett & Company, publishers,
Boston.
•94. W. W. Thomas, 2d, is studying law in Leland Stanford Uni-
versity.
^94. C. A. Flagg is the State Librarian, Albany, N. Y.
'94. A. V. Bliss and A. J. Lord are students in Andover Theologi-
cal Seminary.
*95. H. L. Fairbanks was football coach at the University of
Mississippi for the season of 1895.
*49. One of the clearest expositions of the " Monroe Doctrine " lately
written, and one which was extensively copied in the law
publications of this country, including the New York Law
Journal, was written by Hon. Mark H. Dunnell.
*98. Frank T. Fisher, who was obliged to leave college on account
of his eyes, is now with the Arcade Savings Bank, Cleveland,
O. He trained a college football eleven awhile last fall.
GRADUATE PERSONALS, 43
*87. Dr. William Wade Harper led to the altar November 20, 1895,
Miss Rosa Frantz, of New Orleans, La. They arc living in
Selma, Ala., where Dr. Harper is a successful physician.
*88. Dr. Eugene Pressly Cason, who practices at Rogland, Ala., was
married January 16, 1896, to Miss Sarah Coleman, of Aber-
deen, Miss.
*90. Dr. Joseph Berry Greene is now stationed at the United States
Marine Hospital in Baltimore. He paid Tuscaloosa a visit
in December, rejoicing his many friends.
John Blocker Thornton has moved to Mobile, Ala., where he
is engaged in the practice of law.
*92. Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr., is studying law at his old home,
Eufala, Ala.
*94. Nicholas Eugene Stallworth has entered upon the practice of
law in Mobile, Ala.
William Roland Hall is engaged in the same work in Mont-
gomery, Ala.
James Edward Webb, Jr., is in business in Birmingham.
r.
•64. Edward S. Aldrich is a member of the firm of Whitford, Aldrich
& Company, one of the most prominent ot the wholesale groc-
ery firms in Rhode Island.
*73. Dr. E. Y. Bogman is at Atlanta, Ga., for his health.
*86. William Allan Dyer was recently elected a member of the Exec-
utive Committee of the Brown University Club, Providence,
R. I.
'78. Stephen O. Metcalf is Treasurer of the Steere Worsted Com-
pany and Agent of the Wauskuck Company of Providence,
R. I.
•94. Clarence N. Arnold is with the Rumford Chemical Works,
Providence, R. I.
'81. H. B. Rose is Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Light Infantry,
Rhode Island,
'93. Colonel Edward B. Aldrich is Aide-de-Camp to Governor
Lippitt, of Rhode Island.
^64. Benjamin C. Dean sailed February 5th from Boston for a trip
abroad.
44 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
'98. George C. Harrington is traveling south for his health.
'89. J. P. Williams is connected with the Diamond Machine Com-
pany, Providence, R. I.
'91. Martin S. Fanning is a member of the firm of Charles M. Gross
& Company, Providence, R. I.
'92. Frank W. Matteson was recently made Treasurer of the Ath-
letic Association of Brown University. He was also recently
made a Director in the Rogers William National Bank and
member of the Corporation of the Rhode Island Hospital.
'93 and '94. J. D. E. Jones and F. E. Steere arc connected with
the Mutual Life Insurance of New York and located in Prov-
idence.
'93. Edward H. Thurston was recently admitted to the bar. He is
connected with the firm of Jennings & Morton, of Fall River,
Mass., of which Brother Andrew J. Jennings, Upsilon, '72, is
senior member.
'79. Edward F. Ely is a member of the firm of Hoppin & Ely, archi-
tects. Providence. He has but recently returned to Prov-
idence from New York.
•93. W. J. Brown was recently admitted to the Rhode Island bar.
Address, care Wilson & Jenks, Providence.
'95. L. V. C. Winter is connected with the New York Tribune.
X.
'71. Rev. Thomas Bressil Hargrove recently died in Mississippi. He
was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman.
*95. George Perkins Bondurant, who was graduated from the Poly-
technic Institute of Alabama at Auburn last June, is teaching
in the Agricultural School at Athens, Ala.
HA,
*yo. Rev. James Ridout Winchester, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn., was
one of the Clerical Delegates from the Diocese of Tennessee
to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, held in Minneapolis in October last.
B.
'55. Evander James Mclver died at his home, Cameron, Tex., Jan-
uary II, 1896.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 45
Brother E. W. Myers has accepted a position on United States
Geological Survey of North Carolina.
Brother Dudley Lindsey is studying law in Frankfort, Ky.
Brother John Lindsey is studying at Lehigh.
Brother R. R. Handy is clerking in Washington, N. C.
Brother Clark is in the mercantile business with his father in
Tarboro'.
Brother Batts is studying medicine at University of Mary-
land.
Brother Yates is in business with his father in Wilmington,
N. C.
H.
;. Brother Herbert Old, M. D., is one of the Charity Hospital
Corps this year ; and Brother C. Clark Collins, who gradu-
ated M. D. with Brother Old, has recently been appointed
to the staff of the Marine Hospital, Brooklyn.
A.
2. Rev. William Morton Postlethwaite, D. D., Chaplain and Pro-
fessor of History, Geography and Ethics in the United States
Military Academy, died at West Point on January lo, 1896.
Dr. Postlethwaite was Editor of the Western Episcopalian in
1865; Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Our
Saviour at Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1866-72; of the Church of
the Intercession, New York City from 1872-75; of Christ's
Church, Chicago, Irom 1875-76; of the Reformed Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, from 1876-82.
From Baltimore he went to West Point, where he remained
until his death.
He was a life member of the New Y'ork A K E Club and a mem-
ber of the American Historical Society.
j- William B. Beck returned home last fall from a year's trip in
Europe, and is now interested, with his father, in the varnish
business at Akron, O.
n.
\. Rev. J. W. Scribner has been elected President of Suncook
Valley Association of Congregational Churches.
[. Owen Copp is to have entire charge of a hospital for epileptics
at Monson, Mass.
46 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
'86. Prof. Arthur Fairbanks now lectures on Comparative Religions
in the graduate department at Yale.
'89. David Blakely has accepted a position as chemical clerk at the
Boston City Hospital.
'89. F.J. Allen has published "Topical Outlines of English His-
tory."
'91. Brother O'Brien has given up his position as private secretary
to President Cleveland, and is now Washington correspondent
of the Boston Transcript.
'92. M. P. Thompson has been delivering a very interesting course
of lectures on English History at the People's Church,
Boston.
'94. F. A. Balch is teaching Latin and Mathematics in the Norwich
University.
'95. J. W. Thompson was recently initiated into Corbey Court, in
the Yale Law School. The other six initiates were Yale
graduates.
'95. Curtis Burnam, who is attending the Medical School at Johns
Hopkins, and William Jackson, who is teaching at Camp-
bellsville, Ky., spent Christmas with the chapter.
James Stone, son of Auditor Samuel H. Stone, is occupying a
responsible position in the State Auditor's office.
A A,
'95. Walter Grant is studying medicine at the University of Penn-
sylvania.
0.
'83. Henry A. Mandell is Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne
County, Mich.
*8i. Fred. B. Wood is now located at Woodland, 8 miles from
Richmond, Va., where he has a celery farm.
'84. Willard M. Clapp is with the Cleveland Furnace Company, in
New York City.
'87. James F. Blaine is a member of the firm of Anthony Kelly &
Company, wholesale grocers, Minneapolis, Minn.
'87. George A. Burden, is Secretary of the Rider- Wallace Com-
pany, Dubuque, la.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 47
S8. H. H. Gushing has a large and prosperous real estate business
in Toledo, O.
JO. James R. Angell is an Assistant Professor in the Chicago Uni-
versity.
91. Thomas B. Cooley is Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Medical
Department at Harvard.
yi. H. C. Bulkley is with the law firm of Russell & Campbell^
Detroit, Mich.
93. R. G. Lathrop is in the law offices of Wells, Angle, Boynton &
McMillan, Detroit, Mich.
M.
Owing to a mistake in the records the name of an alumnus of
Mu was omitted from the Catalogue of the Fraternity. The
chapter has requested the Quarterly to publish an item
rectifying this mistake. Appended is a brief history of
Brother Brooks, which the chapter would request you to
insert in your Catalogue at page 839.
For Mu of J /r E.
K. P. Smith, Com.
Hall of Mu, Hamilton, N. Y., February i, 1896.
1873.
Fred Emerson Brooks, 564 West i82d street. New York>
N. Y.
First Montgomery Oratorical Prize, 1873, A. B. Residence,
San Francisco, Cal., 1873-90. Europe, 1885 m., Mary Emma
Tregidgo, Plymouth, England, December i, 1885. Poet,
^ National Encampment, G. A. R., San Francisco, 1886.
Memorial Day Poet, San Francisco, 1885-90. New York
City, 1890. Poet, National Encampment, G. A. R., Boston,
1890. Memorial Day Poet, New York, 1890-94. Author,
"Old Ace and Other Poems," 1894. Librettist of Comic
Operas, "The Mormons," and " The Perfect Man," 1895.
Occasional contributor to periodicals. During season engaged
in giving public recitals from his poems. Memo., Lotus
Club, New York.
48 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
N.
^59. Brother Abraham Wilton Lozier, M. D., passed away on Janu-
ary 14th. He was one of New York's prominent physicians.
*6i. Brother Wilson H. Blackwell died last November, after a pro-
tracted illness.
'69. Brother William G. McGuckin has been raised to the position
of Instructor of History in our college.
*70. Brother Charles A. Doremus has received a similar promotion
in the Department of Chemistry.
'90. Brother Lawrence Villier has lately joined us as Tutor in
Mathematics.
'71. Rev. J. Wallace Webb, LL. D., is pastor of the University Ave-
nue Church, Syracuse, New York.
^y6. Rev. John H. Doddridge, D.D., holds the pastorate of College
Avenue M. E. Church at Bloomington, seat of Indiana State
University.
*8o. Hon. James M. Mcintosh, of Connersville, Indiana, has been
appointed assignee of the estate of Ex-United States Treasurer
J. N. Huston.
•85. A. J. Beverage, who has become prominent in Indiana politics
by his public speaking, is being urged to make the race for
Governor.
'85. Henry B. Langden, Professor of German in De Pauw Uni-
versity, has recently been elected a member of the American
Philological Association.
*88. Frank M. McFarlan is assistant in the Biological Laboratory of
Leland Stanford, Jr., University.
'90. A. I. Dotey is President ot the classical section of the Indiana
State Teachers' Association.
*92. J. S. Johnson, Instructor in Latin at De Pauw, read a paper
before the Indiana State Teachers* Association in December.
'92. Charles Ammermann is Pnncipal of the Paris, 111., High School.
*92. Melville Wood holds the position of Draughtsman for the
Indiana Bridge Company, at Muncie.
'92. George C. Price, one of President Jordon's right-hand men at
Leland Stanford, Jr., University, is touring Europe.
'93. Eugene A. Gilmore has entered the Harvard Law School.
GRADUA TE PERSONALS. 49
'93. Theodore J. Moll has been the first student graduating else-
where to receive a scholarship in the Cornell Law School.
'94. Ed. Dunn has entered the Kent Law College at Chicago.
*95. Eugene Iglehart has become a teacher in the Evansville, Ind.,
High School.
'95. Allan Buchanan, who entered the U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, last fall, ranks third in a class of eighty.
'95. G. Alonzo Abbott, Captain of the Prize Company of Cadets at
De Pauw last year, has received honorable mention in the
U. 5. Army Journal^ and has been enrolled upon the Regular
Army lists.
*97. Milas Lasater was married at Weatherford, Tex., in December.
*72. John E. Kendrick was recently elected President of the Common
Council of Providence, R. L, over his Psi U opponent.
*70. Richard W. Smith was recently elected Principal of the East
Providence, R. L, High School.
*93* James A. Leach died of typhoid tever in the Hartford Hospital,
November 23, 1895. He was the telegraph editor of the
Hartford Post^ and was highly respected by all newspaper men,
especially in Hartford. His home was in Bucksport, Me.
'93. E. V. Du Bois is preaching in Brooks, la. He was married
October 22d to Miss Elizabeth H. Kessler, of Altoona, Pa.
'93. A. E. Loveland is attending Yale Medical. He has been re-
cently elected an Associate Editor of the YcUe Medical News.
BX.
^yj. Clarence Emir Allen is now representing Utah in the House of
Representatives, as the first Congressman from the newly
admitted State. There is not half as much glory in that,
however, as in being the first college pitcher in Ohio to pitch
a curved ball. The vain and futile manner in which oppos-
ing batsmen fanned the air that year, and their ludicrous
efforts to dodge a ball which started directly for them and
then went over the plate, is one of the fond traditions cherished
within the walls of his Alma Mater. Other pitchers discovered
the secret by another year, but that season the colors of West-
BO GRADUATE PERSONALS.
em Reserve waved triumphant overall opponents and the nine
was invincible.
Beta Chi now has three Representatives in Congress, which, for
a small and young chapter, is certainly a splendid record.
'91. Joseph W. Young, who was in business in Florida when the
hard freeze of 1895 blighted so many oranges, not to mention
business prospects, is now interested in the book business,
with headquarters at 3 1 West 42d Street, New York.
'92. Dr. I. C. Rankin is one of the hospital physicians at Alle-
gheny Hospital, Allegheny, Pa., winning the place in com-
petition with a large number of applicants.
'95. Lou Jackson is studying medicine in Philadelphia, at the Jeffer-
son Medical College.
r B.
'90. — One of the pretty weddings of the season in New York was
that of Richard Charles Boyd, of Gamma Beta Chapter, class
of '90, to Miss May Candee Hancock, of Syracuse, N. Y.,
on the evening ot January 15.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. William Harman Van
Allen, of Syracuse.
Howard Gould acted as best man, and Messrs. Jack Kimble,
Andrew Dickinson, Jr., AJexander Jenney, William Brincker-
hoff, Dudley Tenney and Dr. Arthur Seymour Vosburgh were
the ushers. The bridesmaids were Miss Mary Jenney, of
Syracuse, and Miss M. L. Vosburgh.
It was decidedly a, J K E weddmg party. In addition to the
groom, the officiating clergyman, the best man and three of
the ushers are J K E*s.
A large reception followed at the home of the bride's uncle.
Dr. B. F. Vosburgh, No. 40 West 88th street. The house was
tastefully decorated for the occasion, excellent music was dis-
coursed throughout the evening, and, after the crush of the
early part of the reception was over, dancing followed.
Refreshments were served throughout the evening.
Among the guests present were : Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Slote,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Milliken,
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and many of the groom's friends from the A K E Club of
New York, of which he is a popular member. The bridal
gifts were many, among the most beautiful of which was a
large silver jardiniere, which captured a prize at the World's
Fair, and was the gift of Mr. Howard Gould.
:2T,
^<jii. Brother Barrage, who has been made Instructor in Sanitary
Science and Bacteriology at Purdue University, was east
during the holidays, and visited the chapter.
'95. Brother Coddington has accepted a position with the Forbes
Lithographic Company, in Boston.
'96. Brother Norris, is in California, at Fresno, the home of his
mother, where he will remain for some time.
CHAPTER LETTERS.
PHI.
We take pleasure in telling'our sister chapters that is in a most floarishing
condition. At Thanksgiving six new members were initiated from the Jonior
class — H. W. Carey, Stamford, Conn.; Robert D. Hamilton, Newburyport,
Mass.; Charles R. Hemenway, Lancaster, Vt; Larkin G. Mead, New York
City; Robert L. Munger, Ansonia, Conn., and Henry H. Townsend, New
Haven, Conn. We have now a full membership, excepting four men from the
Junior class, three of whom will be initiated just before Easter. The day after
Thanksgiving work was begun tearing down the old chapter-house, which has
done service for so many years. When the idea of a new building was con-
ceived, many of the brothers in the University thought the old lot too small for
the new house, but letters were received from graduates in which they strongly
upheld the old location and the preservation of the old associations that have
grown about old 0, The plans were drawn by Mr. Stone Phelps, (P, '90, of
New York. The new house is to be 56 x 30, three stories high, and of brick.
The side and back walls of the old building will be carried up one story, while
the front will be extended 1 2 feet forward. There will be no windows on the
ground floor, nor in the front, the ventilation coming mostly through the roof
The exterior decoration will consist of a facade of Indiana limestone and pressed
brown brick, in the center of which 2. J K E pin will be cut in relief. Directly
over the door there will be a 4^ in a wreath also in relie£ On the ground floor
will be the shrine, which is not to be changed ; also a pantry and coat-room.
On the second floor will be a library and billiard-room. The third floor will
be given up entirely to the theater. The stage will be 28 x 18 and over 20
feet high, with a complete equipment of scenery. The roof is to be circular,
excepting directly over the stage, where it will be flat, so that it can be used as
a roof garden in warm weather. The work of construction is going on rapidly,
and we hope to be settled in our new quarters by the first of May. When
finished, we are confident that the new will not only compare favorably with
any chapter-house in the University, but with any in the country. The bonds
of fraternal spirit have from the very first been strong and lasting in 0, but
with the entrance into our new home we look forward to a new era of even more
interest and fraternal spirit than ever before.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 6»
THKTA.
The winter term finds Theta in a most prosperous and harmonious condition.
All of our active members are at their studies, with the exception of Brother
Shute, '97, who is out teaching, and Brother Rhines, '97, who is obliged to be
away for his health.
Since the last Quarterly only one occasion has been offered to secure col-
lege honors. This was at the Sophomore prize declamations, when we won
both prizes. Brother Baxterjwinning first and Brother Marble second.
Brother Minot, '96, has been appointed one of the six speakers to compete
for the '68 prize in Oratory.
Brother Holmes, '97, is manager of and a star player in the college orchestra,,
which is the best in the history of the college.
Brothers Holmes, '97 ; Bisbee, '98, and Veazie, '99, represent us on the Glee
Qub.
Brothers Kyes, '96, and Warren, '96, attended the annual banquet of the
A EE Association of New England, held in Boston January 25th.
Brothers Haines, Homes and Varrell will take part in the German play to be
given by the Juniors.
Brother Godfrey, '99, has broken all previous Bowdoin and Maine records
of the strength test according to the Dr. Sargent system. He showed a total
strength of 13 17, and a condition of 720. His brother. Brother H. P. Godfrey,
'91, held the college record before this.
Brother Christie, '95, has returned to enter the Medical Department.
The late football season was a very successful one, and Brother Bates, '96,
as Captain, won honor for the chapter and college. Brothers Warren, '96 ;
Eastman, '96, and Stetson, '98, were members of the 'Varsity. Brother Bailey,
'96, was Captain of the second eleven, of which six members were also Dekes.
Our meetings this year have been unusually interesting and profitable as
pleasant The attendance has been perfect As ever, Theta stands at the
firont among the seven Bowdoin fraternities, and means to remain there. We
send firatemal greetings to all the sister chapters.
SIGMA.
Since the writing of the last chapter letter the life of Sigma has been moving
along in a healthy monotony. Almost all of the chapter events have been those
of a social nature. During the fall term two informal dances were given, one
on October 19th and one on December 7th ; and both of them were eminently
successful.
The winter term at Amherst is always a quiet one. The routine of college
work is broken only by the Junior promenade and the reception given by the
different fraternities. A K E continues to hold her high position among the
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fraternities of the college, in the social line, and is planning to make the re-
ception which she will give February 21st at least reach the standard of that of
a year ago, and that means a good deal
Since the opening of the year two new members have been added to the
Fraternity. Elliott C Davidson, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Frank B.
Orvis, of Pontiac, Mich., came here from Olivet G)llege and entered the Qass
of '99, at the beginning of the present term. They were initiated into A KE
on the evening of January nth. Brother Orvis has already won a position on
the College Mandolin Club. The Freshman delegation has still another repre-
sentative in the College Musical Association in Brother Hinckly, who has lately
become a regular member of the Glee Club.
Amherst College accepted the invitation of the Boston Athletic Associa-
tion to enter representatives in its indoor athletic meet to be held on Februaiy
8th. Two of the six men who represented the college were Brother Billings,
'97, and Brother Kendall, '99. Brother Billings is a member of the relay team
that raced with a Williams team at that time.
The chapter continues the custom that has always proved such a pleasant
one, of holding informal gatherings of the members of the Fraternity on the
Saturday evenings of the winter term. The different delegations take turns in
providing the entertainment for the evening.
The great strength of the chapter lies in the almost ideal unity and good-
fellowship which exists among its members. There is not a sign of a division,
nothing like a clique in the Fraternity, but a universal feeling of good-Mrill that
makes the individual members of the chapter pull together as a single unit At
the present time, probably more than ever before, we live in the spirit of the
motto beneath our shield : Krfpo Ger 0iXoi asL
GAMMA.
Since our last letter the football season has expired, and the Glee Club has
made its annual tour ; but beside these things nothing of especial interest has
happened at Vanderbilt.
The football season was a success in every way. We succeeded in holding
our former position at the top of the list Of the southern colleges that partici-
pated in the manly sport, Gamma was well represented by four of the regular
team, beside several on the second eleven, Hughes, Kittrell, Elliott and Dortch
having the same position on the 'Varsity as last year.
The Vanderbilt Glee Club made the most extensive trip during the last
Christmas holidays that they have ever made. They went as far west as Ft
Smith, Ark. , and as for north as St Louis, giving in all ten concerts, each one
being a success in every way. Lund and Morscheimer represented Gamma in
the musical clubs.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 56
Brother Walter B. Nance^ our last charter member, sailed for China on
January 28th, where he is to make his home as a missionary. Before he left all
the alumni of the chapter who were in reach came up, and we had a very
pleasant reunion to bid Brother Nance Godspeed in his noble work. He was
the last of thirteen charter members to sever his connection with Vanderbilt
Brother C C. Ogilvie has returned this session to resume his work in the
University after an absence of about two and a half terms. We welcomed him
very gladly back into his old place in Gamma.
The chapter, as a whole, is in a good, healthy condition, and look forward
with great pleasure to next ^1, when we shall have the honor to entertain the
convention. The chapter sends fraternal greeting to all the sister chapters.
PSI.
Since the scribe's last letter to the Quarterly, the time has passed very
pleasantly, and, we hope, profitably, to us all. We know of nothing very un-
usual or extraordinary to relate.
Brother Payne was our delegate to the convention of the chapters at
Syracuse, N. Y., and he came back telling us of all the wonderful and gay things
that were done there.
These reports from the world of Dekedom have refreshed us so much that
we have taken on much new life and have had many meetings made more jovial
by the contact of the sister chapters at Syracuse.
It is only with great expense that a chapter like ours, in the far south, can
be represented at these conventions, and we will be more than glad to meet our
Northern brothers next year at Nashville.
The baseball season will soon be with us, but as yet we can hardly say
whether or not any Dekes will greatly distinguish themselves. We think, how-
ever, that we shall have a few representatives on the ball team of '96.
Until the next issue, good-by to our sister chapters.
UPSILON.
The year of prosperity and success which opened the fall work in Brown
and Upsilon continues unabated. The rushing season was entirely satisfactory,
and the Freshman delegation of nine men is proving to be a worthy one.
During the winter the college is more or less occupied in social events, and
the A KK men are as prominent in this department of life as in every other.
Brother Matteson, '96, was Chairman of the Gymnasium Ball Committee, of
which Brother Chase, '97, was a member. This ball, which is one of the an-
nual social events, was given last December and was an unqualified success.
The other large college dance given every year is the Sophomore Ball, to be
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given this month by the Class of '98. Brothers George and Graves last month
were elected members of the Ball Committee.
Brown's record on the football field last fall was one of which all her sons are
proud. Brothers Matteson, '96; Chase, '97; and Djer, '99, were on the Tar-
sity. Brother Green, '99, was Manager of the Freshman team on which Brother
Plocar played full-back.
The prospect of a good baseball team next spring are excellent Tennej,
'94i Brown's famous catcher, has been coaching the new candidates, of which
Brother Graves, '98, is one, since the middle of January. Brother Hatteson,
'96, who is Manager of the Association, is busily arranging games for the coming
season.
Track athletics under the management of Brother Call, '96, have received
considerable attention this winter. Over seventy-five candidates are in training
for the team, and the outlook for a good team next spring is bright
An important change has been made in athletics this year at Brown, for now
all branches are under one head. A Board of Directors has general charge of
the affairs, funds and property of the Association, and is made up of nine mem-
bers — two from the Faculty, three from the graduate body and four from the under-
graduate. Brother Martin S. Fanning, '91, and Brother Gaskill, '98, represent
Upsilon on this Board. Brother Frank W. Matteson, '92, has been chosen by
the Directors to fill the important position of Treasurer of the Association.
Brother Barker, '99, was chosen last fall Manager of the Glee, Banjo and
Mandolin Clubs, enjoying the distinction of being the first member of any
Freshman class ever filling this position.
In other departments Upsilon is active. The Brown Debating Union has
Brother Sears, who was appointed Professor of American Literature last fall, at
its head, and Brother Meacham, '96, is Secretary. The Chess Club has among
its officers Brother G. M. Bliss, '97, as Vice-President, and Brothers Stedman,
'96, and Tucker, '97, as members of the Executive Committee. In the recent
tournament of the Club Brother Bliss, '97, won the championship of the collie.
At the election of the Freshman class Brother Pevear, '99, was chosen Class
Cheerer. Brother Barker, '99, won one of the three Hartshorn premiums for
excellence in Mathematics.
In her chapter life Upsilon has never been stronger, nor has the spirit of
loyalty to Brown and J K E ever been of greater strength.
BETA.
Beta sends New Year's greeting to all chapters. Our prospects for the year
are very encouraging, having eleven men on our roll.
Since our last letter Brother Deper, of Bowdoin, has entered college and be-
came an active member of this chapter.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 67
University of North Carolina's prospects for a good baseball team are very
bright, and, with Brother Stanley as Captain, we hope to have a winning
University of North Carolina has this year organized a track team, and, with
Brother J. S. Thomas as Captain, we may expect success.
The First Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament of the South is to be held here
in March, and with our strong tennis team we expect to win the championship.
Brother Shepard has recently been elected as a representative from the
Philanthropic Society to speak at Commencement
Beta is as usual upholding her high record in college and is in a flourishing
condition.
ETA.
Eta has nothing startling to communicate. Litde has occurred during the
past three months to disturb the "even tenor of her way." This past quarter
marks no new advanceipent in her course, because there is nothing to which she
may advance. She is to-day just where she has ever been — in the front rank.
Her modesty alone would make her worthy of great esteem, were that her only
virtue.
Eta has at present sixteen members, whose names were given in the Novem-
ber QuABTSRLT. Brother Murray M. McGuire has been elected Captain of
Virginia's '96 nine. Brothers Theodore Gamett, Jr., and Archibald
Hoxton are applicants for this team and almost sure to be members of it.
Brother E. A. Craighill, Jr., has recently been appointed to the Advisory Board
of the General Athletic Association, and Brother J. Lewis Orrick to the Chief
Editorship of College Topics,
Brothers W. H. H. Old and Virginius Dabney are applicants for the B. A.
degree and Brother Craighill for the Bachelor of Laws.
KAPPA.
On the evening of December 14, 1895, Kappa Chapter celebrated the sixth
anniversary of her reorganization with an elegant banquet served in the chapter
house. Invitations had been issued to a number of Kappa's alumni, several
of whom found it convenient to attend. Others less fortunate sent letters of
regret which were expressive of the warmest fraternal feeling and of the most
kindly interest in the chapter. Brother O. B. Finch, one of the original
seven to whom the charter was granted, and now occupying a chair in the
University, acted as Toastmaster. The present chapter found it most interest-
ing to listen to the older men as they related the exciting incidents connected
with the organization and establishment of the "new" Kappa.
The occasion was most enjoyable and served as an excellent illustration
of the success attained during the past six years \iy AKExn Miami University..
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Daring all that time she has been the foremost Fratemi^ in the institntiony
and never was her position more secure than at present
Kappa takes pleasure in extending to sister chapters the compliments of the
reason together with the kindest wishes for 1896,
LAMBDA.
The prediction that we made in our last letter has been realized even sooner
than we anticipated, and even now Kenjon is rejoicing over the election of a
new president At the last meeting of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Luthur, of
Trinity College, was elected by an unanimous vote to the chair which has been
so long vacant— or nearly sa Kenyon has long felt the need of a new adminis-
tration, but she is fully compensated for the delay in the election of so eminent
and capable a man as Dr. Luthur. The action of the Trustees has the enthu-
siastic support of all who are interested in Kenyon's welfare, and we have every
reason to believe that it will mark a changing point in the history of the institu-
tion.
Last term the old "College Senate " was done away with and a new insti-
tution called the "Assembly" organized to take its place. Radical changes
were made in the constitution, and it has succeeded in placing the collie organ-
izations upon a firmer and more business-like footing. One of the most import-
ant changes was that made in the Executive Committee in reducing its member-
-ship from five to three, and giving it additional powers. We are represented on
this committee by Brother Little, as Chairman.
Brother Clarke is leader of the Mandolin Club, and Brother Esselbume has
been elected Baseball Captain.
A fund is being raised for the improvement of the gymnasium — which is
sadly in need of improvement — and by next fall we hope to have added enough
modern apparatus to make it one of the most complete in the State.
PI.
The plan which was adopted by the different societies at Dartmouth, in
regard to postponing the joining season, has worked admirably this year. As
was hinted in the last number of the Quarterly, J KE profited by the change
and got one of the best delegations in the Freshman class. It was a noticeable
fact that all our best men came at the last moment, proving that mature consid-
eration had shown them the high standing which the 11 Chapter has.
The future looks very bright for the chapter just at present as there is every
indication that within a year or two she will be able to build a house of her own.
The Committee having the matter in charge have completed the purchase of a
very desirable lot in one of the best locations in town, and are now hard at work
raising the funds necessary to build a house. It is expected that the money can
be raised among the alumni of the chapter within a short time.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 69
A debating anion composed of representatives from each of the Greek let-
ter societies and from the non-society men has recently been formed in the col-
lege. This fills a long-felt want, and it is hoped that, in connection with the
Debating League recently formed with Williams, it will do much toward raising
the standard of public speaking in the college. Pi's representatives in the union
are Brother Laycock, '96, and Brother Ham, '96.
At present the matter of adopting the so-called honor system of examinations
is being discussed here, but as yet no definite decision has been reached. It
seems to be the general opinion of the student body that something should be
done to stop cribbing, and when such a feeling begins to develop it usually results
in some decided action.
Dartmouth's baseball prospects for the coming season are bright, as there is
much new material in among the Freshman. Pi will probably be represented on
the team by Brother Davis, '96 ; Brother McCormack, '97, and Brother Patey,
'98, who were all on last year's team.
In other branches of college life Pi is still in the front rank. Brother Crane,
'98, was with the Glee Club during its recent successful trip. Brother Chase,
'99, was President of his class last term. Brother Sleeper, '99, is the college
organist and is on the college orchestra. Brother Meserve, '97, is also a mem-
ber of the orchestra. Brother McCormack has been elected Captain of the foot-
ball team for the coming year. In the Medical College David Blakely, '89,
received first prize in Anatomy, and Manson, '87, second prize.
IOTA.
We are pleased to report our chapter in a flourishing condition, having
added two to our number since the issue of the last Quarterly, viz. , Brother
John Menier Lair, of Cynthiana, Ky., and Brother Embry Scott, of Little
Rock, Ark.
In a late declaimer's contest which was open only to medal winners, held in
Paris, Ky., the second place was awarded to Brother Speed Smith. Brother
Smith also having won the first prize last year in the contest between the £pi-
phyllidian and Philalithian societies of Central University, is entitled to be Chair-
man of the next contest, which takes place some time in March. Brother Ben-
nett has been selected by the Chancellor to act on the staff of the Atlantis, our
college magazine, which is issued monthly. Brother William Stone is ranking
Captain of the military companies, being the highest ofi&ce held by a student
On the Friday night before Christmas a dance was given in our Fraternity
hall, which proved to be a grand success. Dancing was the principal feature of
the evening, although a few enjoyed cards and crocinole. When the early hours
of morning came we bid adieu the hall of J X £, not to return until after the
Christmas holidays.
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ALPHA ALPHA.
The winter months with A A are the most qaiet of the year, yet by no means
the least enjojrable. Perhaps at no other time is the union of good fellowship
closer and dearer fostered as it is by oar frequent *' feeds '' and by our regular
social gatherings after the mystic circle. During these months, too, we are
actively preparing to raise Delta Kap's colors and push them to the front, both in
athletics and Commencement appointments. Already we have eight promising
candidates in active training for positions on the 'Varsity team, and under our
fraternal direction the Freshmen are making mighty strides toward victory on the
rostrum, where, we are sure, none will prove himself a pebbleless Demos-
thenes.
The halls of A A have recently been embellished, among other improve-
ments, with a new upright piano. This, under the skillful touch of Brother
Williamson, has already acquired the J KE spirit and is a material aid in rend-
ering our rousing songs. We are also the proud possessors of vl ^ K B
orchestra of no mean ability. Brother Williamson is leader, while Brothers Peck,
Hubbard and Waterman, respectively and collectively, discourse sweet music.
Since our last chapter letter we have celebrated our annual initiation rites and
joined to our mystic circle five more links. In every man we find a true J KE
and gentleman.
Following are the names and addresses of the new men :
Eugene Cook Bingham, West Cornwall, Vt ; Hermon Emerson Smith,
Middlebury ; Rufus Wainwright, Jr., Middlebury ; Ernest James Waterman,
Brattleboro', Vt ; Frederick Conant Bingham, West Cornwall.
OMICRON.
The winter season, particularly at this time, is one of hard work at Mich-
igan, and athletics, together with the social affairs, have practically ceased for
the time being, while all efforts are directed towards obtaining favorable results
for the semester's work.
On account of the large number of prospective graduates the coming year,
fourteen in number, including those in the professional departments, we have
already turned our attention towards obtaining desirable men for the next year's
Freshmen class, and the outlook is most promising. According to the general
custom here, the various fraternities keep up an almost ceaseless campaign for
men, and, as has been the usual result, J KE has always been most successful
in coping with them all, so we do not feel uneasy concerning the future.
Our recent football victories, placing us as champions of the West, have had
a most wholesome effect in awakening a new interest in that sport, which prom-
ises to lead Michigan toward a higher development of the game, so that in the
future there will be little or no room for unfavorable comparison between the
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eastern and western teams. Omicron was represented this year bj Brother
Hollister, left half, and by Brother R. S. Freund, substitute quarter. The
prospects for our baseball team are also most encouraging, although little, as
yet, has been done in getting the men together. We will be represented on this,
team also, as Brother J. C. Condon, last year's catcher, is back again, and there
is some very good material among the rest of the chapter.
Besides some of the athletic positions which Omicron holds, she has several
men who are holding offices in the various class organizations. Brother Kirke
Lathrop is on the Paliadium Board, which is the Senior annual ; Brothers
T. C Lyster and J. B. Freund are on the annual Ball Committee, given by the
Junior class ; Brothers Wetmore and Thomson are on the Glee and Banjo Clubs
respectively ; Brother H. B. Potter is Manager of the Freshmen baseball team,
and Brother Reilly is one of the Editors of the Daily,
Our delegates, Marston and Nicol, returned from the Convention much
pleased with their visit in Syracuse and with warm praises of the hospitality
shown to all by Phi Gamma.
RHO.
Rho reports a term of progress in every direction. Probably the most no-
ticeable advance we have made is in procuring permission of the Trustees of the
college to occupy a chapter house. This privilege has long been denied to the
Fratemiiies at Lafayette, and, now that it has been granted, J KE is to take the
iead. The large house in Professor's Row, formerly occupied by the late Dr.
Fox, has been secured for temporary quarters, a Finance Committee has been
appointed, and work is being rapidly pushed toward procuring funds for erect-
ing a permanent chapter house.
The new men who have joined us this year have proved themselves especially
worthy in all directions and are all good Dekes. In the Freshman class our
boys rank among the highest in scholarship.
To prove that ^ KE still holds her high place in college life, we need
only to look at the place of honor her men fill — and certainly Rho has a good
share.
Brother Martin, '96, is President of the Franklin Literary Society, and will re-
present that body in the Senior Debate. He has also been chosen as Valedic-
torian for Class Day.
Brother Fuller, '96, is Qass Vice-President
Brother Wells, '96, Class Historian for Class Day.
The Junior Hop, held in Able Hall on December 5, 1895, was "a great
success," and reflected great credit on the class and committees.
Brothers Earnest, Stoddard and Bentel, all of '97, represented us on the
Committee.
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On February 7, 1896, a new college institution was established in the form
of a Junior banquet, following the suggestions of Brother Bentel, '97, who bears
the honor of originating the idea. As usual, A K E had its Toastmaster,
Brother Kinter, '97. I say as usual, for of the three banquets '97 has held, all
the Toastmasters have been Dekes. Brother Bentel responded to the toast
"The Faculty."
Brother Walbridge, '88, who has been the star half back of the 'Varsity foot-
ball team for the past season, has been chosen Captain for the season of 1896.
Brother Heebner/ 98, will have a toast at the Sophomore banquet, which wiU
be held February 2 1 in New York City.
Brother ShuU, '99, is President of his class and held the chair at the Fresh-
men banquet with honor. Brother Schull is the third successive Freshman Ban-
quet President
In all, Rho and J KE are constandy gaining at Lafayette. We hope and
trust for grand success in our new venture, and wish all our sister chapters the
same success and prosperity that the past term has brought to us.
TAU.
Tau has nothing but success to report to her sister chapters.
The expectations of a prosperous year for Hamilton College have been more
than gratified, and Tau of A KE has, as usual, taken her large share in the
benefits.
The season for prize work has as yet scarcely begun, but the first announce-
ments — those of the "winter" oration winners — show the name of Brother
Warner, '96, as the successful Kirkland Prize orator.
The football season for Hamilton closed most satisfactory to the collie.
Out of the chaos which existed at the opening of the year, a team was developed
which exceeded the highest anticipations and which, by its good, steady work,
has roused up more football spirit than has existed here in some years.
Tau had four men on the team ; Brother Finn, '98, right tackle ; Brother
Rogers, '98, left half; Brother Milham, '99, right end ; Brother Kelsey, '98;
sub-quarter.
Brother Finn has been elected Captain of next year's team, and we look
forward with confidence to its making a great record under a Deke captain.
The different athletic departments have been completely reorganized and
and put under one head — the Athletic Union^ of Hamilton College — an ar-
rangement which will be much more satisfactory than the old.
Brother Wood, '98, is Manager of Track Athletics, and Brother Kelsey, '98,
is member of the Advisory Committee.
Brother Alison, '98, is leader of the Banjo and Guitar Clubs, of which
Brother Pierson, '99, is also a member. This Easter vacation the Glee and
Banjo Clubs will make a trip for the first time since organized in 1894.
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In the social world, Taa retains its well-earaed prominence.
A tone of the informal receptions last fall, which form a characteristic of
the social life of Tao, we were glad to receive several of the brothers from
different chapters.
Brother Glass, '97, was a member of the Janior Promenade Committee last
November, while Brother Finn, '98, is Chairman of Sophomore Hop Committee
for February.
Our comfortable house has been refinished on the interior, making it more
attractive. The brothers all take pride in our " house ^ and its surroundings,,
and are always happy to see any Dekes who stray near Hamilton.
MU.
Since our last letter to the Quarterly many noteworthy events have hap-
pened in Colgate, in all of which Mu has figured prominently.
The students who play band instruments have organized into a university
band, of which Brother J. W. Finch, '97, is leader. Brother M. £. Stubbs, '98,
has been elected Manager of the musical clubs. This is the first time in the
history of the clubs that the position has been held by an underclass man.
Brother C. W. Negus, '96, is leader of the Glee Club, and Brother F. P»
Emsberger, '98, of the Banjo Club. We are represented in these clubs by
seven men.
In class offices Mu is represented by the President of '97, Vice-Presidents of
'96 and '98, Treasurer of '98, Toastmasters of '97, '98 and '99, and Poet of '96.
Brother J. W. Finch, '97, is Editor-in-Chief of the Saltnagundi. We are
represented by Brothers Negus and Winegar on the Qark Oration contest, and
expect to be represented on the Grout contest and on the Madisonenis. Brother
F. A. Smith, '96, is at present our representative on the latter.
The '98 delegation have put a window seat about the smoking room, and
have decorated it generally in very attractive style.
Mu continues to lead in Hamilton society. We gave a very pleasant informal
on the evening after Thanksgiving and two others during the Christmas vacation.
We have been pleased to receive a very fine crayon of our distinguished
brother, E. M. Grout, '84, of Brooklyn.
It was with sincerest regret that we heard of the death of our brother, the
Rev. Andrew Richardson Moore, of the Class of '86. Brother Moore was one
who brought great honor to Mu while in college, and was ever a devoted and
enthusiastic alumnus of Colgate and of Mu.
NU.
We now number seventeen brothers. The four initiated last November
being Alfred Compton, '97, Associate Editor of the College Mercury and winner
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of the Ward medals in Botany and French ; William J. S. Getty, '98, who
sings on the Glee Qub ; G>nrad £. Koefer, '98, Class Orator of '98, and Peter
F. Stocky, '98.
It has been six or seven years since we were so well represented in all walks
of college life. Particularly we own C. C. N. Y.
Brother Dearborn, '97, was re-elected President of his class, thus establishing
a college record for holding class presidency three years in succession. Brother
Tripp is President of '98 ; Brother Davis, Historian ; Brother Koeper, Orator
of the same class. Brother Lee, '96, was Chairman of the College Theater Part^
Committee.
Among the class committees, the one arranging and controlling the class
dinner is considered the choicest Brother Ridley, '97; Brother Davis, '98, and
Brother Tobey, '99, were chairmen of these committees in their respective
<:las8es. There is a very good chance for us to capture the other two presidents,
for '99 and '96 hold elections at Commencement of every term. Our candidates
are by far the strongest.
Brother Tobey was Toastmaster of '99's dinner. As we predicted, we con-
trol the Glee Qub. Brother Dearborn is Manager, and Brothers Ridley, Dear-
bom, Getty and Tripp are members. No other fraternity has a representative
on the club.
In the literary world we are well represented, Brother Compton on staff of
Mercury^ and Brother Ridley Associate Editor of Phrencosmian Liierary
Magazine,
Brother Kafka, ex-'96, Captain of New York University football eleven, re-
ports a most hearty Deke welcome from the brothers at Wesleyan and Rutgers.
We had the pleasure of entertaining a number of Columbia, Kenyon, Hamilton
and Michigan brothers. All are most welcome. Our rooms have been par-
tially refitted, and present a most attractive appearance.
The College Trustees are busily engaged In procuring the land which the
last Legislature appropriated the funds for. In a meeting of the alumni certain
funds held in trust were donated for a gymnasium, so we are sure to possess
that very necessary part of a college. In the n^xt issue we trust to have more
definite news concerning our new house.
BETA PHI.
The prosperity with which we entered upon this year still attends us, and the
brothers are active in all branches of college work. Indoor baseball is attract-
ing a large share of attention of the city. The 'varsity team, on which Brothers
Montgomery and Chamberlain, '98, hold important positions, and are doing
excellent work, is one of the strongest teams in the league. The track athletic
team is just being organized, and we are sure to be as well represented in this
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branch of athletics as we are in other branches. We are ahead of most fra-
ternities here in having several new men pledged as early as this, and they bid
&ir to do us honor, too.
The most successful events of the year, however, have been our parties.
The first one was held on New Year's eve, and everybody enjoyed themselves,
although it was a small gathering. The second one was an informal reception
at which seventy were present In the course of the evening supper was served
in our commodious dining-room.
The W T Fraternity had a party the same night, but several V T girls
were present at ours, and one of them admitted before she left that the
'^Dekes were all right" In the course of a month or two we expect to give
a ball which will be worthy of the chapter. During the holidays the Glee Qub,
on which we are represented by Brothers Williams, '98, and Dillman, '99, took
an extended trip west, and made a very favorable impression. Brother Will-
iams, '98, who did such good work on the football team last season, and who
was Captain of the Sophomore eleven, will probably be elected Captain of
the 'Varsity for next year.
B ^ sends her heartiest greetings, and wishes all success to her sister
chapters.
PHI CHI.
It gives us great pleasure to again greet our brother chapters.
A brief summary of the active part taken by our men in the college life
would, perhaps, be well.
On the football team were five Dekes ; two on the track team.
We will also be well represented in the midwinter gymnasium exhibition,
which is soon to take place.
In the spring athletics we will have Brothers Poole and Voorhees on the base-
ball team. Brother Poole is Captain.
Phi Chi will also have her share in the boat crew and the track team.
The Senior elections are now over, and A KE here has again demonstrated
her strength in politics. Brother Poole is the Class President, and Brother
Manning is Presenter of Mementos.
Brother Conger, who with Brother Voorhees took first and second prizes
respectively for Junior Orators last year, is the Editor-in-Chief of the college
paper, the Targum. Brother Thompson is associated with him.
Brother Voorhees is one of the Senior representatives on the Self-Govem-
ment Board.
Dr. Adams, our Gymnasium Instructor, Beta, '84, has sailed for Greece to
attend the Olympic games.
Not only in these wajrs is the strength of J K EzX Rutgers shown, but it is
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generally admitted in the city that the Dekes exert the most influence of all the
fraternities here, and that " they run things to suit themselves."
We can assure the brother chapters that Phi Chi is earnestly maintaining the
high standing which she has always held.
We have been pleased to have Brother Reiley, Beta Chi, '95, with us a
number of times this collegiate year.
We extend a hearty welcome to all Dekes who may be able to visit us.
PSI PHI.
The events of the past semester in De Pauw University lead to the gratifying
assurance of a steady increase in her prestige and prosperity.
Acting President Gobin has announced that the student enrollment, the con-
dition of the endowment fund, the success of athletics in the fall and the gen-
eral status of the institution and the spirit of its directorate, Faculty and student
body are indications of sure and steady improvement
Psi Phi Chapter of JXJS'has also felt the revival tendency, and has experi-
enced an awakening to its possibilities.
While pre-eminently constant in solicitude for the highest attainment of its
members in class work and personal development, social and political honor
has not remained unsought
Brothers B. L. Tatman, '99, and Frank Anderson have been elected to the
presidency of their respective classes, with three other brothers in various
inferior offices.
Brother J. Joseph Easton occupies the chair of Y. M. C A« President
in West College, with Brother Carl D. Miller as Vice-President
Brother B. M. Allen is President of the Lessing Verein, the third year
German club, and Treasurer of the Agassiz Association.
Brother T. P. Woodson is Instructor and one of the Board of Managers at
the gymnasium. The first ''Gym." Class numbers several Dekes, who are pre-
paring for the various Field-Day events.
In oratory the chapter has been honored in various ways. We were credit-
ably represented upon the college debate by Brother F. I. Barrows. Brother
W. S. Brockway is Secretary of the Oratorical Association, and Brother Ray J.
Wade, '98, secured third place on the oratorical contest in competition with six
higher classmen.
Brother Wade also recognized by being sent to Indianapolis as the De Pauw
representative at a State mass convention of Good Citizen Leaguers. His ad-
dress before the Assembly upon ''The Educated Man and Reform" won the
honors of the occasion.
Two of our brothers will officially represent Psi Phi at the annual Pan-
Hellenic banquet
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Brother F. L Barrows was to-day elected President of the De Pauw Republi*
can Club, and Brother R L. Tatman Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Five strong Dekes are candidates for position on the baseball team, witb
every reason for success. Brother Otto Basye has just been elected Captain of
the team.
PSi Phi is represented on the Glee Club by four Dekes, and Brothers Miller
and McMuUen are at the head of the Guitar and Mandolin Club.
In the fall reports from the Faculty upon the standing of our members in*
classroom work, a unique feature of methods in Psi Phi Chapter, every brother
had first rank in all departments with but one exception.
The annual holiday reception given by the Dekes in December was easiljr
the most recherche social function of the season, and the " drives" earlier in the
year proved most delightful affairs.
With such a record we enter upon the new year, sending greeting and best
wishes for the prosperity of our sister chapters.
GAMMA PHI.
Gamma Phi is prospering beautifully, and makes her influence felt in alt
afhirs at Wesleyan.
A very successful tea was given at the club house on the afternoon of Janu-
ary 31st About three hundred accepted of the hospitality of the "Deke*^
boys.
Since the last I^ter Brother Wilsey, '99, has taken the Ayres' Prize for excels
lence in preparation for college.
The Glee Club took a trip during the holidays as fi&r south as Elizabeth Ci^,.
N. C. Brothers Miller and Trinkaus, 98' ; Hawk, '98, and Burdick and Gkx>di»
rich, '99, are members of the club this year.
The Senior class has chosen Brother Trinkaus Orator for Class Day.
We have received visits recently from Brothers Sill, Epsilon, '63 ; Perry, Xi^
'82 ; Minot, 6, '96 ; and Pottle, Sigma, '99.
PSI OMEGA.
Psi Omega greets her sister chapters. We are pleased to inform them thafc
she is getting along famously.
We have a rather small membership at present, but as quality is sought by
A KE rather than quantity, we cannot complain.
The winter term is necessarily dull on account of lack of sports, but any
one who has attended Rensselaer will know we have had enough to do.
The mid-winter reunion of the sons of R. P. I. took place in New York
Ci^, at the Hoffman House, January 17th, and was a grand success. The
speeches were brilliant, and altogether it was an affair to be remembered.
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Oar winter vacation began February 3d. It is a little relaxation between the
terms and is generally enjoyed to the utmost, as our next vacation begins
July 1st The R. P. I. Musical Organization takes its annual trip during this
week and will no doubt make a success of it
The Polytechnic, the Institute monthly publication, is gaining new laurels
under the hand of its editor-in-chief, Brother Robinson, '96. It not only gives
a full review of the student life during the month, but also contains a scientific
essay from the pen of some well-known engineer, which is copied widely in
engineering papers. Brother Martin, '97, has left us to take charge of his plan-
tation in Shelbyville, Ky. Brother Curtis, '96, has returned to college to con-
tinue his course in the Chemical Laboratory. Brother Towle, '98, is ist man-
dolin on the Mandolin Club and is also Manager of the football team for next
year.
Our annual, the Transit, is making good progress, and its financial affairs un-
der the management of Brother Watrous^ '97, are in good condition.
Wishing all good Dekes the best of success, we say farewell till next time.
BETA CHI.
The chapter at present is in a flourishing condition. Its eleven active
members are indeed active in everything pertaining to college life.
The football team of '95 owes much of its success to the excellent work of
Brother H. C. Evans, '96, half-back ; Gaylord, '97, quarter, and Thompson,
'97, guard. Brother Gaylord, who has the reputation of being the best all-
around quarter-back in the State, has received the Captaincy for '96. Brother
Charles O. Jenkins, ^, has ably coached the team for the last two years, and his
work has been of inestimable value in improving both team work and individual
playing.
Brother Fuller, '97, is Editor-in-Chief of the W, R. U, Magazmg, with
Brothers Rudolph and H. D. Smith, both '97, on his staff. Brothers Thomp-
son, '97; Hughes, '98, and D. L. Smith, '99, represent the chapter on the Glee
and Mandolin Clubs. Brothers Fuller and Thompson are also Editors of the
'96 Reserve, the college annual. The chapter boasts two Qass presidents,
Brothers J. H. Evans, '97, and Tyler, '99.
The Freshmen who were so fortunate as to be initiated into ARE this
year are Julian Woodworth Tyler, Louis Augustus Moses and Dudley Lytton
Smith, all of Cleveland.
Brother Stewart, '95, the Captain of the great '94 football team, coached the
eleven at Kenyon last fall. He is now a Freshman at Law School. Brother Stock-
^cll> '95* is now in the law school of Cornell University. Brother Wilson, of
the W. R. U. Law School, '95, has commenced to practice at Youngstown, O,
We wish him all success.
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DSLTA CHI.
Delta Chi is trying in every way to maintain its good position in the Univer-
sity, and it is with much pride that we tell of oar success.
On the football team we were very ably represented by Brother Cool at right
half back, and Brother Fitch at right tackle.
Brother McCulloh, as Commodore of the Navy, promises us many surprises
before the rowing season is over this spring. Our navy is the pride of every
Comellian's heart, so we are justly proud of Brother McCulloh who is also en-
titled to a vote on the Athletic Council.
Brother Hill has been elected an Editor of the CamelUan, the annual, and
Brother Pope holds a position on the Sophomore Cotillion Committee, both of
which honors are much sought after.
We regret very much to say that Brother Howard Cobb was obliged to leave
his college duties last month on account of sickness, but from the latest reports
he will soon be with us again. It is equally as much our pleasure to say that
Brother Snider, '94, is able to return this term and resume a course of law which
he started in the fall of '94.
Brother Miller, '99, was elected president of his class and Brothers Comsen,
'97, and Meehan, '99, are the presidents of the social organizations of their
respective classes. Besides these we are very well represented on the other
social clubs.
Brother Baldwin was President of the Glee Club, but not being able to
return last fall he was obliged to give up the honor.
Most of the brothers are looking forward to a very pleasant time during our
Junior week, which comes the first week in February this year. This is the
gayest time of the year from a society standpoint, and is welcomed most heartily
by the brothers. As previously, we will give up our house to the visiting ladies,
and this alone shows how the brothers look upon it
Among our visitors since the last letter are Brothers Winchester Fitch, '88 ;
William A. Baldwin, '96, and Fred. Ford Jewett, '95, all of Delta Chi. Also,
George A. Marston, Harry H. Nicol and Floyd B. Wilson, from Omicron ; A.
B. Freeman and C. A. Graves, from Upsilon, and W. A. Aiken, Tau, and
William H. Van Allen, Phi Gamma.
DELTA DELTA.
Since our last letter the Fraternity world at the University of Chicago has
been particularly active. According to the new ruling of the Faculty, secret
societies may organize as University houses, and so become an integral part of
the institution. This step, although at first thought may not appear important,
signifies a much more friendly disposition in the Faculty toward fraternities
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than we have enjoyed during the previous years. This has given a new impetus
to such societies. Since then Alpha Delta Phi has granted a charter to a peti-
tioning body here, which will probably be initiated within a few days. Several
local societies have sprung up ; there is a nucleus for Sigma Chi started, and a
<luestionable chapter of Psi Upsilon, organized under the charter of the old
Omega Chapter of the old University of Chicago, is now among us. The action
in the Psi Upsilon matter was taken by a few of the Chicago alumni and is
expected to be a lively question at their convention in May, when it will be
decided whether or not the chapter shall remain here.
During the last quarter we have enjoyed a visit from Brother Ferry, of Delta
Chi, initiated Mr. Freeman into the chapter, had the pleasure of Brother Waltz's
company, an old Gamma Phi man, and received news of the marriage of
Brother Prescott, Delta Delta, '94. llie college activities, among which we
keep a large delegation, are increasing in number and interest at Chicago, and
Delta Delta hopes to keep the triple banner of Delta Kappa Epsilon in the
lead. With best wishes to our sister chapters.
PHI GAMMA.
The winter term so far has been a quiet one for Phi Gamma. With its
accustomed prosperity, however, the chapter is pursuing the even tenor of its
way in endeavoring to represent A KF.%X Syracuse in a way creditable to the
Fraternitv.
The principal fraternity event of the winter will be the semi-annual banquet
of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of Central New York on February 2 2d.
This meeting always draws a large number of Dekes living in neighboring towns
to Syracuse, and it is hoped that the coming banquet will prove no exception to
the rule.
The Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs have returned from a successful
Christmas trip through Western New York and Pennsylvania. Phi Gamma is
represented on the clubs by Brothers Smalley, Cherry, H. S. Lee, H. G, Lee
and Walker.
The Onondagan, the annual publication of the Junior class, is this year un-
•der the editorial management of Brother W. A. Groat It is expected to be
issued early in the spring term.
The chapter is this term strengthened by the return of Brother George H.
Bond, '94, who enters the Junior class in the College of Law.
Brother Arnold, who has been suffering from an attack of scarlet fever, has
been obliged to leave college for the remainder of the year.
The chapter has been recently visited by Brothers McDowell, Folsom, Rush
and Floyd, of Epsilon.
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GAMMA BSTA.
Since our last letter we have been moving along at such rapid strides that
we are now ahead of all the other fraternities, not only in having taken the
best men from the incoming class, but in having captured many eagerly sought
after by the other fraternities.
Our new members for the year number fifteen, with more to follow after the
mid-year examinations.
The following are a few of the offices which are held hy A K E brothers:
President and Vice-President Musical Society ; Manager Buccaneer; Chairman
Sophomore Show ; Managers of Freshman and 'Varsity crews ; three members
of the Spectator Board ; President Freshman class ; Secretary Sophomore class,
and, well, with several of our men training for both crews. We will leave the
other offices for our next, as the old saying, "enough is as good as a feast,"
is very applicable just at present
THKTA ZKTA.
Theta Zeta has to report a continued prosperity, both in the local chapter
itself as well as in the University of California generally, and the outlook for
the coming year promises well for the further success of both.
The usual prominence oi A K E men in college life here still continues.
Brother Carr, '99, represented us on the Freshman football team, aiding very
materially to down Stanford, 44— o; he also played on the "Varsity, going in as
sub-half in the intercollegiate game on Thanksgiving] Day. Brothers Noble,
'96, and Spence, '99, are captains of their respective class baseball teams, while
in the military department five out of the nine captaincies are held by Dekes.
In the Glee Club and class societies, as well as in the other prominent associa-
tions, more especially the papers, we are well represented.
The chapter itself has just recorded the deed for a new lot conveniently near
the campus, on which it is proposed in the near future to erect a suitable chapter
hall, the one at present we are occupying being hardly sufficient for our accom-
modation.
The twentieth banquet of the Fraternity was held at Delmonico's, in San
Francisco, on Saturday, December 7, 1895, at which a larger number of the
eastern chapters than ever before were represented. Brother Thomas, '94, of
Theta, who is at present taking a law course at Stanford, proved to be the event
of the evening, while some well-told stories from Brother Lewis, of Amherst,
'93, furnished us with much amusement Brother Ames, '71, President of the
Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Pacific Coast, represented Dartmouth.
A word in regard to the University itself might be of some interest There
are at present 2,025 students enrolled, of whom about 1,200 are pursuing
academic courses at Berkeley, and the remainder in the professional colleges in
72 CHAPTER LETTERS.
San Francisco. With the idea in view of consolidating the latter colleges, the last
Legislature appropriated $250,000 to defray the cost of a building now in pro-
cess of erection. The graduate department has increased so that a special
council has been appointed in the Academic Senate to supervise graduate
instruction; this in itself shows the prominence that this department is
assuming.
In regard to the student body, all the societies are, without exception,
apparently progressing, while for athletics generally, but football more especi-
ally, a great enthusiasm is being manifested.
In closing, let me add the chapter's one misfortune of the past year, the
loss of Brother Henry Merrill, '98, a.nd Brother Walter Powell, ex-'95. It is
only within the past few weeks that we have removed the crSpe from our pins ;
the formal period of mourning is over, the real sense of our loss is only begin-
ning. May their memory be ever dear io ^ K E.
The following resolutions were adopted by the chapter :
Hall of Thkta Zeta of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father has seen fit to call from us our beloved
Brother, Henry Charles Merrill ; be it
Resohedy That while we unquestioningly bow to the Divine Will, neverthe-
less we sincerely mourn the departure of our noble and beloved brother, and
tender our heartfelt sympathy to his sorrowing family ; and we further resolve to
drape our badges in mourning for thirty days, and to send a copy of these reso-
lutions to our sister chapters and his family.
WiLLARD D. Thompson,
Raymond John Russ,
George H. Whipple,
Commiitee,
ALPHA CHL
We held one initiation Wednesday evening, October 23d, and showed the
mysteries of J X E to five good men, Ruel A. Benson, Irving K. Baxter,
Frederic A. Lund, Ralph C. Mead and William A. Warner, all of '99. Of these.
Brother Lund was compelled to leave college because of sickness. Brother
Warner captured an admittitur prize, and leads his class in scholarship, and
Brother Baxter in recent in-door trials broke the college records for the running
high jump, the standing high jump and the high kick.
In the recent mid-year elections of the Athletic Association we captured more
than our share of the honors. Brother Plimpton, '97, was elected delegate to
the N. £. I. A. A. , to succeed Brother Leonard, '96, and at the meeting of the
N. £. I. A. A. was elected Treasurer. Brother Cartwright, '98, was elected
Sophomore Director of the baseball team, and Brother Baxter, '99, was elected
Freshman member of the Executive Committee.
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Brother Danker, '97, was elected Literary Editor of the Ivyy our college
mnnual, and is also Stage Manager of the Dramatic Association.
We have two editors of the TMet, Brothers Olcott, '96, and Leonard, '96,
who is also Business Manager, and have four men tr3ring for the one vacancy,,
more than all of our rivals.
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Brother Walter David*
son Bidwell, of the Class of '81.
PHI SPSILON.
4^ E enters the latter part of the college year in its usual strong condition,
both financially and otherwise. Early in the autumn a delegation of eight men,
the pick of the Freshman class, was admitted into the good-fellowship of our
beloved Fraternity. Since that time the wisdom of our choice has been re-
peatedly demonstrated, and the influx of new blood and energy coming in with
these men is most beneficial.
A source of strength, as well as pleasure, is the chapter-house in which
9 Ey& most comfortably situated. Being located but a short distance from the
campus, it affords a pleasant rendezvous for the alumni, as well as members of
the active chapter, and good-fellowship and loyalty Xo ^ KE xa fostered by
many on evening spent in song and story.
Renewed energy is also being displayed in the advancement of our project
for the erection of a new chapter-house upon a lot which has been already pur-
chased. It is confidently expected that another year will find 4^ £ in possession
of a model chapter house.
While the maroon and gold has not sustained this year its old-time prestige
on the football field, yet all previous defeats are forgotten in the victory which
we wrested firom Wisconsin. A K E maintained her past reputation on the
gridiron, being represented on the team by Brothers Dalrymple, Fulton and
ScandretL The office of Football Manager, the most important in college, was
held by Brother Van Sant, who gave the team the most successful management
in the history of the sport in the University of Minnesota. At the annual meet-
ing of the Athletic Association Brother Baldy was honored by being made
Treasurer of the Association for the ensuing year.
The prospects of Minnesota's putting a winning team on the diamond this
spring are at present very encouraging, while a large number of men are in active
training for track and field.
During the wiriter months the chapter has occupied a prominent place in so-
ciety, and has given several most enjoyable social afiTurs.
True to its destiny, the University of Minnesota has progressed at its accus-
tomed rapid rate during the past year. The registration has reached the 2, 500*
mark, and advancement equally pronounced has taken place in all departments.
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Last fall the foundations for a new drill hall and gymnasiam were put in, and the
opening of spring will witness the completion of this building. A need long
^elt' will be supplied by this building and the campus provided with the one
thing necessary to its completeness.
SIGMA TAU.
For Sigma Tau, the half year which has just passed has been one of con-
tinued prosperity. The work of the chapter has been carried on with commend-
able enthusiasm, and the new members have early found the true J KE spirit
To the members of the chapter in '96 and '97 several class and college
honors have been given. Brother Sawtelle, '97, has been made President of
his class and Vice-President of the Institute Committee, of which Brother Hum-
phreys, '97, has been made Secretary-Treasurer. Brother Hyde, '96, has been
elected President of the Senior class and President of the Institute Committee.
Brother Washburn has proved himself a most able Manager of the '97 Tech-
mque^ and of the recent Minstrel Show.
The chapter held its Annual Initiation and Banquet at the chapter-house
-early in December, and was peculiarly fortunate in its new members. The ini-
tiates were Isaac Brewster Hazleton, '96 ; Argyle Eggleston Robinson, '97 ;
Henry Ford Hoit, '97 ; George McMurtrie Godley, '98; David LaForrest Wing,
'98; Haven Lawyer, '99. Sigma Tau was glad to greet on this occasion an en-
thusiastic delegation of brothers from Upsilon, a brother from Beta, and Brother
Myles Standish of Theta.
During the year, Sigma Tau intends to give a series of informal evening
parties at intervals of six weeks. The first of these, a musicale, arranged by
Brothers Hering and Humphreys, was given early in January, and proved a
<:omplete success. The company was delighted with the songs of Mr. Brackett
and of Miss Montgomery, by the violin solos of M. de la Rapide, and the piano
solos of Mrs. Fanny Field Hering.
The chapter has but lately received the news of the sad death of Brother
Lawrence. To every brother in the chapter the loss is keenly felt, for
Brother Lawrence has endeared himself to us all, and to each one was a true
friend, a loyal brother in J X E.
NEW INITIATES.
H. W. Carey, Stamford, Conn.; Robert D.
Hamilton, Newburyport, Mass; Charles
R. Hemingway, Lancaster, Vt.; Larkin
G. Mead, New York City; Robert L.
Munger, Ansonia, Conn.; Henry H.
Townsend, New Haven, Conn.; all
firom '97.
n.
Theodore Woolsey Chase, Charles Elliot
Cushman, John Henry Du Bois, William
Francis Eaton, Gordon Hall Gerould,
Everett Vinton Hardwick, Willis Bradlee
Hodgkins, Charles O. Miller, Jr., Alvan
Guy Sleeper, Frank Clarence Staley,
Charles Chase Sturtevant.
A A.
Eugene Cook Bingham, West Cornwall, Vt. ;
Hermon Emerson Smith, Middlebury,
Vt. ; Rufus Wainwright, Jr, Middlebury,
Vt.; Ernest James Waterman, Brattle-
boro*, Vt ; Frederick Conant Bingham,
West Cornwall, Vt.
JV.
Alfred Compton, '97, New York City; Will-
iam J. S. Getty, '98, New York City;
Peter F. Stocky, '98, New York City;
Conrad E. Koeper, '98, Willets Point,
N. Y.
Walter Henry Brockway, '98, Milwaukee*
Wis.; Marcellus Marion Powell, '99,
Hartford City, Ind.; John S. Colbum,
'99, Oxford, Ind.
ez.
George Edward Spence, Los Angeles, CaL ;
Sterling Douglas Carr, Yreka, Cal., both
from '99.
2 T.
Isaac Brewster Hazelton, '96 ; Argyle Eg.
gleston Robinson, '97 ; Henry Ford
Holt, '97 ; George McMurtrie Godley,
'98; David La Forrest Wing, '98;
Haven Sawyer, '99.
EDITORIALS.
The sentiments contained in the letter of Brother Baxter, pub-
lished elsewhere, furnish but one of the many expressions from
alumni, of both few and many years, as to the appreciation of
the college fraternity by those in after life.
Some of our alumni associations may get some ideas on the
entertainment question from the unique programme provided by
the Rhode Island Association at their spring reunion, which had
the merit of being not only a novel, but a very successful affair.
We take pleasure in publishing elsewhere a letter from Mr.
Jacobs, in relation to his connection with the Wisconsin Chapter of
Psi Upsilon. Mr. Jacobs clearly states his position in the matter^
and we think his statement will be accepted as to his part in the
case. We also publish, by request, a clipping, on the same subject,
from the Chicag^o Tribune, of November 29th.
The position of J K E in this matter has been already explained.
Our Central New York Association deserves the congratulations
and thanks of the Fraternity for the notably successful manner in
which they handled the Convention. The social features were a
distinct success, and the efforts of our Syracuse brethren to give
everybody a good time cannot be too highly appreciated. The at-
tendance was unexpectedly large, but the Association was well able
to entertain all who came.
In his preface to the 1895 edition of the Theta Delta CAi c^Ltz-
logue, a copy of which we have duly received, the editor, Clay W.
Holmes, upon whom devolved the entire work of editing and pub-
lishing the same, graciously acknowledges financial assistance to the
extent of $279.25 in contributions, the balance of the expense being
borne by the editor personally. No comment upon this significant
statement is needed. Mr. Holmes, who has always been noted as
EDITORIALS. 77
most assiduous and constant in his efforts to promote the welfare of
Theta Delta Chi, has not only done the work, but borne the expense
of their catalogue.
The editor of the last edition of the d K E catalogue, Mr. Fisher,
with his able assistants, labored years on it and compiled for Delta
Kappa Epsilon the most elaborate and complete work of the kind in
existence, and one which every member of the Fraternity should
possess. Thousands of dollars were expended in this work. Mr.
Fisher has been only partially reimbursed. Cannot the chapters,
the alumni associations and the individual members of the Fraternity
take this in hand and do more than they even are doing in this
matter.
As a natural result of the existing rivalry among college societies,
we frequently find the argument of comparison invoked to an ex-
aggerated extent.
This spirit of comparison has been particularly rampant of late.
We have been, and are being, constantly regaled with tabulated
figures, statistics and systems of comparisons by the Fraternity
press, each set calculated to conclusively demonstrate the superiority
of one society over another in all the way from one particular line
to everything. Delta Kappa Epsilon has suffered terribly in these
*^ figures-won*t-lie *' arguments. We form, perhaps, in the majority
of cases, the basis of comparison — a fact of itself which would tend
pretty strongly to disprove the conclusions of these very argu-
ments. The way these comparisons are framed and deductions
drawn are frequently ridiculous in the extreme. One of these
seventy-five to a hundred chapter fraternities shows by a system
of figures and statistics that J K E is not progressive, while one of
the almost extinct societies proves that we have grown too fast and
are comparatively weak. Another, working on an arithmetical
basis, clearly demonstrates to his eminent satisfaction that J K E,
from a ratio and proportion standpoint, is inferior. Another has
produced more poets during a certain period ; a larger number of
oratorical prizes in some particular institution have been captured
by a rival fraternity on some particular occasion, and so on.
Padded figures and carefully culled statistics are offered to sus-
tain claims of general superiority. Not only these, but contrasts
are indulged in, oftimes to such insignificant details as to be abso-
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lately absurd, and wholesale conclusions drawn therefrom which
are frequently positively grotesque.
Listen to this — extracts from an eight-page article, replete with
just such unanswerable arguments as this sample, in the Phi Delta
Theta Scroll: '*For some time I have contemplated writing an
account " — which we hope to see soon from sheer curiosity —
" entitled. • The Fraternity Exhibit at the World's Fair/ "—It will
be remembered that the so-called " World's Fair Congress " was
never, officially or otherwise, recognized by the Dekes, and
we think by neither Psi Upsilon nor Alpha Delta Phi. — "There
were Dekes in ilUfitting Prince Alberts and white lawn ties,
Psi U's in high-water pantaloons, and Phi Psis, Phi Gams, Phi
Delts, Delta Taus, Sigs, and Alpha Tau Omeg^, all dressed in
the height of style. I compared notes with a Delta Tau and a
Phi Delt who were at the Fair from the beginning to the end, and
a Phi Gam who was there most of the time " — the booth, if any,
occupied by these connoisseurs of good dress is not disclosed — " and
we were a unit in the following opinions: The western fraternity
men were as good looking, as well dressed as any * * * and bet-
ter looking than any ot the ' big three,' Psi Upsilon, Delta Kappa
Epsilon and Alpha Delta Phi. * * * The nicest looking were
* * * the poorest the Dekes." Not only were the Dekes badly
dressed and the poorest looking set, but the writer goes on to
demonstrate that they were ill-bred as well by the following solitary
example of a single observation on one occasion on his part, he says :
" I was regaled by sitting opposite a joyous young Deke in the
French bakery who ate voraciously and loudly with his knife."
After foisting upon a World's Fair audience such specimens in
the way of dress and good looks as described by the aforesaid
" Delta Tau, Phi Delt and Phi Gam," how can Delta Kappa Epsi-
silon be otherwise than branded as a society of yokels? How can
we claim to be a society composed largely of the refined and cult-
ured among the college world, when we have in our ranks this
pie-eater ?
The above is calculated to show general superiority in the way
of dress, looks and table manners. But the most unique exhibition
of straining at conclusions on this question of general superiority is
the following — slightly different from the pie-eater case, but equally
good, or better: The Psi Upsilon Review of October, 1895 (Vol. I,
EDITORIALS. 7»
No. 2), consists of forty-four pages of reading matter, thirteen solid
pages of which is an elaborate comparison between Psi Upsilon and
Delta Kappa Epsilon, in which the " survival of the fittest " argu-
ment, as a mark of general superiority, is invoked in the following
labored conclusion:
" Of the fifteen members of the Yale class of '46 who founded
Delta Kappa Epsilon, June 22, 1844, fourteen have passed away^
leaving William Boyd Jacobs the sole survivor. It is remarkable
that of our seven founders, four — all members of the Class of '36, ten
years earlier than J K E's progenitors — have remained to see the
fruition of their labors. This is our good fortune, but it may be
more than mere chance — it may follow from the fact that the origin-
ators of our Fraternity, drawn together as they were from classes
in which hardly any selections had yet been made by rival orders,,
were the sturdiest mentally and physically, and are to-day living
among us because they are of the kind that survives."
In answer to this, we might claim that A K E was more
loved of the gods than V T, or something equally sound, but we
won't.
The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta refers to this as " Greek egotism
at the highest," and advises J K E to pay more attention to the
longevity of her members ; it also comments on the fact that this
thirteen-page article would indicate that the Dekes do sometimes
worry their complacent rival, and says that the writer is not always
frank, making no gracious acknowledgment when A K E has an
obvious advantage.
Good, healthy competition is always productive of beneficial
results. Nothing is better for, a chapter in maintaining a high stand-
ard than the material assistance furnished by one or more worthy
rivals, and, as a test in determining the relative position and worth
of a fraternity or chapter, comparisons are often essential, and
figures and statistics necessary. But they should be truthful and
fair. When this comparison degenerates into a distortion of facts
and a perversion of honest argument, it is time to stop. Admittedly
every fraternity has its poor men, its poor chapters, its weak spots.
But isolated instances do not make generalities, nor should a society
be bolstered up by magnifying those weak spots of its adversary.
Let us be honest about this thing, and also get over the idea that
we, and only we, are the elect, and the only elect. We would recom-
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mend to some of these worthy scribes the following advice of our
Convention poet :
"Ye think ye're each the real elect ;
Ye form your cliques and a' that ;
I say ye're simply just yersels —
Na more, na less for a' that."
CREEK CLIPPINGS.
A chapter of Alpha Upsilon Mu, a Mexican medical fraternity,
appeared last summer at Dartmouth College.
Theta Nu Epsilon, the Sophomore fraternity, has entered the
University of Nebraska and Tulane University.
Since i8So Beta Theta Pi has entered nineteen colleges, has
revived chapters at eleven, and has withdrawn from eight.
The last annual report of Phi Kappa Psi shows a membership of
6,662.
The catalogue of Beta Theta Pi, now in press, will contain about
9,000 names and will show about 700 pages. — Rainbow of ^T A.
Every well-informed fraternity man knows the prosperous con-
dition of Delta Tau Delta. — The Caduceus of Kappa Sigma.
A A ^ has granted a charter to the local organization at the
University of Chicago formed for that purpose, and which has gone
under the name of the ** Lion's Head.*' — The B Q 11.
Beta Theta Pi numbers among her alumni no less than four
Governors of one State ; ex-Governors Brown, Hardin, Crittenden
and Francis, of Missouri, were all Betas. Other well-known State
head officials, likewise members of that Fraternity, are Brown, of
Kentucky ; Hoadley, of Ohio ; Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and Porter,
of Indiana. — Kappa Alpha Journal,
Fraternities have been organized for the professional students in law,
medicine, etc. And now at Northwestern University has appeared
Chi Rho for divinity students. It will aim to be a Phi Beta Kappa for
graduating theologues, and will seek extension. — Rainbow of A T A.
The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, which has lor some time occupied
the field of monthly journalism alone, has reverted to a bi-monthly
and will alternate with a bi-monthly secret bulletin treating official
subjects. — Kappa Alpha Journal.
A new honorary fraternity, to be confined to schools of theology,
has been organized at the divinity school of the Northwestern
University. It is called the -T P, and aims to elect only honor men
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from each graduating class. Its practices are to be akin to those of
* B x- Tiie sen.
Probably at no other institution in the country do chapter member-
ships average as high as at Dartmouth and Amherst At Dartmouth
it is about thirty per chapter, while at Amherst the average is about
thirty-five. Phi Kappa Psi, which has placed its latest chapter at Am-
herst, has already initiated over thirty men. — Kappa Alplia Journal
The Theta Delta Chi Shield for September reports that a state-
ment in the New York SuUy that fraternity badges were found in
good numbers in the city pawn shops, moved a representative to
investigate the matter. A careful searcher found but two regular
badges, — one of Phi Gamma Delta and one of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Even these may have been found and sold by uninitiated parties.
The result of the search was as remarkable as it was gratifying.
It is not given out which of the other worlds Psi Upsilon will
conquer next, but there is no doubt that the local mundane sphere
has proven a dead easy thing and there is of necessity a casting
about for other planets. An editorial in the Review advocates the
admission of one or two other colleges merely for geographical rea-
sons, and then " to close the door for all time by organic law and
formal announcement." The editor does' not approve of the unsatis-
factory method of convention chartering, and advocates adopting
the method now generally m vogue of maintaining an alumni board
for that purpose. — Kappa Alpha Journal
" So far as Kappa Sigma is concerned, it may be said that there
has been some nonsense connected with the claim of any Middle-
Age date as the time ot formation, resulting from brothers who, in
the early days of our fraternity, were more zealous than wise. On
the other hand, it is not merely an alleged but an absolute fact that
our traditions, etc., resulted from material pertaining to an old
European order which was found by the men who established the
Kappa Sigma fraternity. At a proper time the Greek world will
be told that Kappa Sigma is American, her date of foundation 1867,
and her history a history of progress by young American manhood,
and also what and how much relation those European traditions have
to do with the Kappa Sigma of 1895." — Caduceus of K2.
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POR THB COUNCIL OP A K B.
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Ktjpo^ev 0iXot 'aei.
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I. ^ K E's IN Science, 87
II. Nix's Fortieth Anniversary, 102
III. Correspondence, . . 106
IV. Psi Upsilon Sighs for More, 108
V. A Legal Letter, no
VI. Alumni Associations, in
VII. Graduate Personals, 120
VIII. Chapter Letters, 134
IX. New Initiates, 154
X. Editorials, 155
XI. Greek News and Clippings, 157
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A K Es IN SCIENCE.
Until the charter was granted in the fall of 1890 to the Sigma
Tau Chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Delta
Kappa Epsilon had existed at but one distinctively scientific institu-
tion, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy. In the earlier
days of the Fraternity a large proportion of college men entered the
so-called " learned *' professions, and while, at the present day, col-
lege education is more general and college-bred men are found in
every calling, there have also arisen many scientific schools which
the greater number of those who expect to devote their lives to
science attend. How marked the change has been may be seen
from a few statistics of the Fraternity. Of the alumni at large down
to 1890, 9 per cent, have entered the ministry, 7 per cent, medicine,
and 25 per cent, the law ; 8^ per cent, have become teachers, leav-
ing over 58 per cent, in other occupations. Even omitting recent
graduates, still pursuing their studies, it is hardly probable that one-
halt the alumni have entered upon a professional life. Comparing
this with the graduates of the first decade of the Fraternity's his-
tory. Classes '46 to '55, we find that of eight hundred and twenty-
nine men, fourteen and one-half entered the ministry, 12 per cent
medicine, 40 per cent, the law, and 7 per cent, teaching, leaving,
with the omission of those who died before taking up any occupa-
tion (3 per cent.), less than one-fourth who did not enter one of
these callings. Of this 23 per cent., pver 9 per cent., mostly from
southern chapters, were planters, all other occupations attracting
but 14 per cent, of the alumni.
These points are adduced to show the probability that a large
share of the scientific men of this country are not graduates of class-
ical colleges ; indeed, there has been a strong prejudice which is,
perhaps unfortunately, increasing rather than abating, against a
classical education for men who propose following scientific pur-
suits. The cry of the day in science is for " practical " men, not-
withstanding the fact that many of the leaders of scientific thought
and action have as the foundation of their work classical training.
88 JKE's IN SCIENCE.
A glance at the roll of our Fraternity, while necessarily show-
ing a small proportion of scientific men, will nevertheless reveal
many bright lights, especially among those engaged in scientific
pedagogy. It is the purpose of this article to call attention to
some of the chief workers in science among our number, and to
glance briefly at their work. Many and much worthy of mention
must perforce be omitted by the restrictions of a magazine article,
but enough may be shown to reveal the tacts that scientific men
have not been shut out from success by reason of a collegiate
education, and that in the struggle for the furtherance of science.
Delta Kappa Epsilon has borne a honorable part, and has not failed
to sustain her share of labor.
The favorite science with Dekes seems to be chemistry. Nearly
one-third of all the alumni who have gone into science pursuing
this branch. Until the recent development of electrical engineer-
ing, chemistry has, next to civil engineering, offered the largest field
in science for practical applications. Those who intended to follow
engineering, as a rule, attended schools of engineering, while the
ranks of chemists were, and are to-day, largely filled by graduates
of classical colleges, who have completed their education at German
universities. Indeed, it is only within a few years that a thorough
chemical training could be obtained in this country. That it is
now possible, is due, in large part, to the efforts of such men as
Remsen and Morse, and Jackson and Norton, under whose influence
chemical departments, with every needed facility for study, and
equal to those abroad, have grown up. The greater proportion of
chemists in Delta Kappa Epsilon, however, occupy professional
chairs, more than thirty professorships of chemistry being filled by
our alumni. This includes over one-third, or excluding chairs in
medical colleges, nearly one-half the professorships of science in
our ranks.
Johns Hopkins University is, as regards advanced work, the first
and most influential of our American educational institutions. The
chemical department was organized, and has since been presided
over by Ira Remsen (JV, '65), ably seconded by Harmon Northrup
Morse (-2, '73). Prof. Remsen is one of the best known of American
chemists, both in this country and abroad, and his various chemical
text-books are more widely used in this country than those of any
other author. After graduating at New York and taking his Ph.D.
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at Gottingen, and then serving as assistant to Fittig at Tubingen,
he began his work in this country at Williams College, where, with
most meagre facilities, he not only carried on the work of an
incumbent of the professorships of Chemistry and Physics, but also
entered upon research work, which has placed him in the forefront
of American investigators. At the founding of Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity he was called to be the head of the Department of Chemistry,
a position which he still holds. This department he has placed on
the same plane with those of the German universities, and the
opportunities offered students are in no way inferior.
Although less than a quarter of a century has passed smce
Dr. Remsen began teaching, he has probably more students
now holding professorial chairs than any other American
teacher. As an investigator his two most important and extended
lines of research have been on the sulfinids^ a class of organic sub-
stances of which saccharin, an intensely sweet substance, discovered
in his laboratory and now largely used technically, is a type, and
on the double Iialids, the theory of which, propounded by him, has
been widely accepted. His investigations of the water supply ot
Boston and of the contamination of air for the National Board of
Health, also gained him an enviable reputation. His work and
influence have been by no means confined to the classroom and
laboratory. In 1879 he founded and continues to edit the American
Journal of Chemistry y which is as well known abroad as at home,
and which until recently had no American rival. Dr. Remsen is a
member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Morse, who has so ably assisted Dr. Remsen in building up
the chemical department of Johns Hopkins, is also a graduate of
Gottingen. His work has been largely confined to analytical
chemistry, and he has done much in the way of devising methods
and apparatus for laboratory work.
Turning from Johns Hopkins to Harvard, here, too, the depart-
ment of chemistry is presided over by a Deke, Charles Loring
Jackson {A, '(>T). After graduation he was for sometime assistant
in the chemical laboratory of his Alma Mater, then studied several
years in Germany under Bunsen and Hofmann, returning later to
Harvard, where he was made Professor in 1881, and on Professor
Cooke's death he succeeded him as the head of the department. He
is an active investigator, his researches being chiefly in organic
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chemistry. Some of his best-known work has been on turmeric,
camphor, organic compounds of fluorin, and sulfonic compounds.
Like Dr. Remsen, he is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences.
The head of another important department of chemistry is
Thomas Herbert Norton (T", '73), of the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Norton spent ten years abroad, partly in study at Heidelberg,
Berlin, where he was laboratory assistant, and Paris, and afterwards
as manager of the Compagnie General des Cyanures et Produits
Chimiques at Paris. He was also a Commissioner of the United
States at the Paris Exposition of 1878, and author of the report on
the Chemical Section. In 1883 h^ returned to this country to be-
come Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati. He
has had great success, both as a teacher and an investigator, and is
now supervising the erection of what will probably be the best-
planned and equipped chemical laboratory on the continent Dr.
Norton has been a prolific contributor to chemical journals, and
was for some time assistant editor of the Chemical News and of
Nature. He has also been General Secretary of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and Vice-President of
the Association for the Section of Chemistry. While abroad he
achieved quite a reputation by making an extended pedestrian trip
through southeastern Europe and western Asia, traveling more
than 10,000 miles on foot.
Two of the best-known chemists of New York City are Robert
Ogden Doremus (A^, Honorary) and his son, Charles Avery Dore-
mus {N, '70). Their work has been largely devoted to the medical
side of chemistry, and both are prominent as expert witnesses in
medico-legal cases. To Dr. R. O. Doremus belongs the honor of
having established the first chemical laboratory in this country for
medical students, and he has lived to see laboratory courses in
chemistry required of students by every reputable medical college
in the country. These two chemists have, however, by no means
confined themselves exclusively to medical chemistry, the father
having in his early years assisted Prof. John W. Draper in his
famous researches on light and heat, and having been for years Pro-
fessor of Chemistry and Physics in the College of the City of New
York, while the son during the time of his studies at Heidelberg
and Leipzig wrote the report to the United States Government on
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photography at the Vienna Exhibition, and later held the Assistant
Professorship under his father at the College of the City of New
York. He is an active member of the American Chemical Society,
and a frequent contributor to its journal.
The development of the natural resources of the southern section
of our country has been accomplished largely through the labors of
chemists, and few have contributed more to this work than Charles
Upham Shepard (*, '63), of Charleston, S. C. Since taking his
degree at Gottingen, he has done much for the State of South
Carolina, particularly in connection with the development of her
phosphate beds. Another southern chemist is Frank Preston
Venable (H, '74), who also took his degree of Ph.D. at Gottingen
in 1881, and has since held the Chair of Chemistry at the University
of North Carolina. Dr. Venable has done much work on the
resources of North Carolina, as well as in the fields of pure chem-
istry. At the same time he has done much literary work; his
" Short History of Chemistry " is widely known and used, and he
has a " History of the Periodic System " now in press.
In this connection the name of George Washington Fergus
Price (y, '48), one of the charter members of the Psi Chapter, should
not be passed over. During the war he was of great service in the
Nitre and Mining Bureau of the Southern Confederacy. Since the
war, however, his attention has been devoted to teaching.
Another chemist whose work has been in technical chemistry is
James Morris Gamble (^4, '54), of the firm of Proctor & Gamble, of
Troy soap fame. The visit to their great factory at Ivory dale will
be pleasantly remembered by all who were at the Cincinnati Con-
vention.
Did space permit it would be pleasant to dwell upon the work
of many others of our alumni who have acquired reputation in the
field of chemistry; William Pitt Riddell (*, *5i), before the war^
Professor in the University of Louisiana; Mase Shepard South-
worth (*, '68), a Gottingen man and Ph.D. of Tubingen, preceding
Dr. Remsen in the Chair of Chemistry at Williams College ; Mai-
colm Scollay Greenough {A, *68), long connected with the Boston
Gas Light Company, who is a recognized authority on gas, and who
has been President of the New England Association of Gas En-
gineers ; John Barnwell Elliott (J, '62), sometime Professor of
Chemistry at Sewanee, and since in the Medical Department of
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Tulane University ; David Kitchell Tuttle {H, '59), a Ph.D. of
G5ttingen, who was during the war superintendent of the Nitre
and Mining Bureau of the Confederacy, and has later been engaged
in the United States Mints at Carson City and at Philadelphia :
Thomas Bliss Stillman (* X,'73), Professor of Analytical Chemistry
at Stevens Institute; Philip Shaffner Baker {W *, '74), Professor at
De Pauw University ; Martin Edward Waldstein {F B/y6), of New
York, a Heidelberg Ph.D., and a frequent contributor to chemical
journals, as well as many others, especially among the younger
alumni.
Physics is often associated with chemistry in college professor-
ships, and Le Roy Clark Cooley {B X, '58), has long held the double
chair at Vassar. He is best known as the author of successful
elementary text books in chemistry and physics, as well as a deviser
of many forms of laboratory apparatus.
It is but a few months since we read with deep regret of the
death of Eli Whitney Blake (#, '57), who had since 1870 held the
Chair of Physics at Brown University. Prof. Blake had, after
graduating at Yale, studied at Heidelberg, Marburg and Berlin,
under Kirchhoff, Bunsen and other distinguished teachers, and, after
holding professorships at the University of Vermont, Cornell and
Columbia, was called to Brown, where for more than a quarter of a
century he was a most successful teacher.
The Chair of Physics in the College of New Jersey has also been
held for many years by a Deke, Cyrus Fogg Brackett (0, '59), who
was called there from a similar professorship in his Alma Mater^
Bowdoin. Prof. Brackett is a prominent member of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and was in 1886 Vice-
President for the Section of Physics.
At the same time Prof. Blake was called to Brown, Francis
Cuyler Van Dyke (IP" ^, '65), became Professor of Physics at Rutgers
College, where he had previously been a tutor. These three men,
Blake, Brackett and Van Dyke, have been pre-eminently teachers;
nevertheless they have found time for occasional valuable contribu-
tions to scientific journals, and have been active members of the
American Association.
During the last two decades, electricity, which up to that time
was but a department of physics, has made such strides, that it has
come to be treated almost as a separate science ; and while as a
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theoretical study its field is well nigh as great as that of all the other
subjects which are included in natural philosophy, as an applied
science it is attracting more attention and offering greater oppor-
tunities than perhaps any of its elder sisters among the sciences.
Even chemistry is hardly holding its own against the new rival, and
what was but a year ago but a mere infant is now developing
into a sturdy youth. Practical electricity is engaging more and
more of our brothers ; but most of these have yet their spurs to
win. A few, however, were, so to speak, present at the infant's birth,
among them Charles Francis Brush (0, '69), of Cleveland, well
known to all the world as the inventor of the Brush Electric Light.
To few men is the electrical world more indebted, not merely in
connection with the arc light, but more especially in connection
with the generation of powerful currents by large dynamo machines.
Francis Raymond Welles {B 0, '75)> was another of our number
who went into electricity in its early days, turning his attention
to the telephone. He was a pioneer in this department in Chicago,
and then in Australia, and has been since 1882 manager of the Bell
Telephone Company in Antwerp.
In the field of mathematics and astronomy, also. Beta Phi has
furnished us a distinguished representative in one of her charter
members, William Harkness {B ^, '58), of the United States Naval
Observatory.
After graduating in medicine Prof. Harkness was called to the
Naval Observatory in 1862 and has, with the exception of a few
years, when in other government service, been connected with the
observatory ever since. His first important work was on " terres-
trial magnetism,** founded on observations taken on a voyage from
Philadelphia to San Francisco, on the United States Steamship
Monadnock in 1865 and 1866. He has been in charge of many of
the most important government astronomical expeditions, observing
the total eclipses of the sun at Des Moines in 1869; at Syracuse,
Sicily, in 1870, and at Creston, Wyoming, in 1878, and the transits of
Venus at Hobart, Tasmania, in 1874, and at Washington in 1882.
Many of his reports and observations, as well as other papers, have
been published by the Government. After having served in 1881,
and again in 1885 as Vice-President of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science for the Section of Mathematics and
Astronomy, he was, in 1893, President of the Association, deliver-
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ing his presidential address, '' On the Magnitude of the Solar
System."
Another astronomer of our number was George Mann Searle
{A, '57), who, after distinguished services in connection with the
Harvard Observatory, the United States Coast Survey and the
United States Naval Academy, joined the Paulists and entered the
priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming teacher in
the Paulist Seminary. While at the Dudley Observatory at Albany
he discovered asteroid No. 55, which he named Pandora. He is
also a skilled photographer, and has done much to advance photog-
raphy.
The name of Judson Boardman Coit (# i^, '/j). Professor of
Mathematics and Astronomy in Boston University, should also be
mentioned here, Prof. Coit having done work on the orbits of double
stars.
Among others in the field of mathematics are Thomas Craig
(P, *75)> ol Johns Hopkins University, who has made a specialty of
the theory of motion in a fluid, and has also published a standard
treatise on " Projections " ; James W. Moore (P, '64), Professor of
Mathematics and Physics at Lafayette; William James Vaughij
{W, *57), Professor of Mathematics at Vanderbilt; and Louis Lowry
Mclnnis (X, *75)» Professor of Mathematics and Chairman of the
Faculty of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
The most distinguished names of geologists on our roll are those
of the Winchells, Alexander (O, honorary), and his brother, Newton
Horace (0, *66). Alexander Winchell was a graduate of Wesleyan
University in 1847, ^"^ after teaching in New York and Alabama,
first occupied a collegiate chair in 1853 at the University of Michi-
gan. While here from 1859 ^^ '861 he was State Gedlog^st, and
from 1869 to 1 87 1 was Director of the State Geological Survey, in
this connection describing over three hundred new species of fossils*
During a portion of this time he was also Professor in the newly or-
ganized Kentucky University, which had just succeeded the old
Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky. After a short con-
nection with Syracuse University, during one year of which he
was Chancellor, he was called to the then recently established Van-
derbilt University. Prof. Winchell had been one of the earliest in
this country to accept the theory of evolution as enunciated by Mr.
Darwin, and he had written much on the subject, especially looking
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toward the reconciliation of the supposed conflict between geology
and religion. His views and writings on this subject and on a sup-
posed pre-Adamite race gave offence to the ecclesiastical authorities
at Vanderbilt, and Bishop McTyeire requested his resignation. On
his declining to offer it, his chair was abolished. It took Vanderbilt
University many years to recover from the odium she gained by her
aiiberality. Prof. Winchell returned to the University of Michigan,
where he has since been Professor of Geology and Paleontology. He
has been an unusually voluminous writer for a scientific man, both
as contributor to scientific journals and the general press, and also
as an author of books. In addition to those on evolution and reli-
gion^ he has written many text-books and has done much to popu-
larize geology. In 1872, and again in 1882, he was Vice-President of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the
Section of Geology.
Prof. A. Winchell's brother, N. H. Winchell, has been for a
quarter of a century Professor of Geology at the University of Min-
nesota, and also State Geologist of Minnesota. He has also done
much work on the State surveys of other States, as Michigan and
Ohio. He is the author of many State reports, and frequent con-
tributor to scientific journals. In 1884 he was Vice-President for the
Section of Geology of the American Association.
For nearly twenty years one of the active members of the State
Geological Survey of New Jersey was John Conover Smock
(* X, '62). During much of this time he was also Professor of Min-
ing and Metallurgy at Rutgers College. Since 1885 he has been
assistant in charge of the New York State Museum at Albany. He
was one of the authors of the Geological Survey Reports of New
Jersey, and has also written on the building stones of New York.
The lists of geologists would not be complete without the men-
tion of Cassius Marcellus Terry (JS", '67), who, though a clergyman,
was an expert geologist, and at the time of his death was Assistant
State Geologist of Minnesota, under Prof. N. H. Winchell; and of
George Hapgood Stone (F ^, '^j^y Professor of Geology in Colorado
College, who has been a constant contributor to scientific journals.
Phi Gamma has furnished two men, who, with affinities to geo-
logists, would perhaps be better classed with biologists. Lucien
Marcus Underwood (^/^, '77) Professor of Biology at DePauvv Uni-
versity, has written on geology, but his specialty is the ferns and
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hepaticae of the United States. He has published several works on
these subjects, on which he is one of the first authorities. He was
in 1894 Vice-President for the Section of Botany of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
Richard Ellsworth Call (* /*, *79) has been engaged in the geo-
logical surveys of several States, and has written much on geological
and paleontological subjects, and is a recognized authority in several
departments, as upon the fresh water molluscs of the United States.
One of his recent publications on Raffinesque and his work has
■
attracted much favorable attention.
In the department of biology, the most distinguished member of
our Fraternity is unquestionably George Lincoln Goodale {2, *6o),
who occupies the Chair of Botany at Harvard University as the suc-
cessor of Asa Gray. Dr. Goodale, after graduating at Amherst,
studied medicine and entered on its practice at Portland, but teach-
ing had greater attractions, and after a few years, during which he
had taught anatomy in the Portland School for Medical Instruction,
and also had acted as State Assayer, he accepted the Chair of Natural
Sciences and Applied Chemistry in Bowdoin College, and the Chair
of Materia Medica in the Bowdoin Medical College. In 1872 he was
called to Harvard, where he had graduated in medicine, as Lecturer
on Vegetable Physiology, and a little later became Assistant Professor
of the same branch, and in 1878, full Professor. He is the author of
several well-known works on botany, including his ** Wild Flowers
of America," and his treatise on " Physiological Botany,'* which
forms a part of Prof. Gray's '* Botanical Text-Boc>k.** He is a prom-
inent member of the American Academy and of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Science. In 1889 he was Vice-Presi-
dent of the Association for the Section of Botany, and the succeeding
year was President, his presidential address being a valuable contri-
bution on the subject of "Economic Botany." Since 1879 he has
been director of the Botanical Garden in Cambridge.
Another biologist of note is Charles Otis Whitman (©, '68), Pro-
fessor of Biology at the University of Chicago. After taking his Ph.
D. at Leipzig he was appointed Professor of Zoology at the Univer-
sity of Tokio, Japan, and later was head of the biological department
at Clark University, Worcester, from which he was called to Chicag^o.
Frank Hall Knowlton {A A, '84), has since his graduation been a
Curator in the botanical department of the United States National
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Museum, and has done much in the way of scientific exploration^
especially in connection with the botany of Alaska and of the Yel-
lowstone National Park.
Several others should also be mentioned here : Henry Sewall
(jT*, '76), Professor of Biology at the University of Michigan; Am-
brose Parsons Kelsey (T, '56), a charter member of Tau, now Pro-
fessor of Natural History at Hamilton College ; Ainsworth Emery
Blunt (IZ, *59), Professor of Botany and Experimental Agriculture and
for some time President of the Colorado State Agricultural College ;
and of more recent graduates, Frederick LeRoy Sargent (iV, '85),.
author of several works on botany, including a ** Guide to Crypto-
gams "; and Severance Burrage {2 T, '92), who has since graduation
been engaged in the microscopical examination of the water supply
of Boston, and was last year appointed Professor of Biology at
Purdue University.
The name of Livingstone Stone (^, '57) should be noticed here
as that of a pisciculturist, as since 1866 he has been engaged in fish
culture and ranks as one of the first in his department. He has been
on the United States Fish Commission, and in 1882 was judge at the
International Fisheries Exhibition at Edinburgh.
Passing to the field of civil engineering, we remark the fact that
but ninety-seven of our alumni have graduated with the degrees of
C. E. or B. C. E. Of these over one-half are from the Psi Omega
Chapter at Troy, and the remainder chiefly from Gamma Beta, Iota
{ante-vellum) and Omicron. And yet, among these there are few
that have not made their mark in their profession, while the other
chapters have occasionally made a contribution to the ranks of those
distinguished in engineering.
Arthur Beardsley (0, '66), was graduated as C. E. in 1867, and
may, perhaps, be looked upon as a step-father of the Psi Omega-
Chapter. After practicing his profession for several years, he was.
called to the University of Minnesota and later to Swarthmore
College, where he has occupied a professorial chair since 1872, from
1883 on being Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Dr..
Beardsley is a prominent member of many scientific societies, and in
1890 was Vice-President of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science for the Section of Mechanical Science and
Engineering. He has also devoted much time to the subject ofi
engineering education and has been President of the Society for the
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Promotion of Engineering Education. He was the founder and has
also for the past ten years been Director of the Department of Manual
Training at Swarthmore.
William Lewis Marshall {A, '64), after service in the Kentucky
Cavalry during the war, entered West Point, where he was gradu-
ated in 1868. After teaching at West Point he was engaged in the
United States exploring expedition west of the looth meridian, and
published " Barom'etric Hypsometry " as the result of his work. He
has been engaged during the past twenty years on river and canal
engineering.
George Frederick Ritso {B #, '62) went abroad immediately after
graduating at Rochester, and has since been one of the best known
civil engineers in New Zealand. He has been especially engaged
on the subject of water supplies, and has rendered great service to
the colony along this and other lines.
Eliot Channing Clarke (/I, '67), after graduating at Harvard, sup-
plemented his course by study at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, giving special attention to the subject of drainage and
sewage. He is regarded as an expert on these subject, and has pub-
lished a number of works on them, which are not only well founded
from a scientific standpoint, but are also very interesting reading.
Nelson Williams Perry {F B, '78) was a member of the Alpha
Chapter, and then graduated as E. M. from Columbia. For some time
after graduation he was on the United States Geological and Geo-
graphical Survey of the Territories. His special attention has been
given to Mineralogy and silver mining, and for several years he was
Instructor in Metallurgy and Crystallography in the University of
Cincinnati. Of the graduates of Psi Omega it is almost invidious to
select out any particular men from the large number of those who
have distinguished themselves along scientific lines. Mention might
be made, however, of William Orlando Park {^ fly '69), who was for
several years after graduation an Assistant Professor of field work in
his A/ma Mater, and has since been connected with the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad ; and Seijiro Hirai (¥^/2, '78), who, since his re-
turn to Japan, has been a very prominent railroad and civil engineer.
In passing we may mention also the names of Theodore Augustus
Blake (iV, '58), inventor of the Blake crusher, and for some time on
the United States Government Survey ; Frederick Jay Knight
(-^ Xy *73)» topographer of the United States Geological Survey ;
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Alfred Alexander Tits worth (* X, yy% Professor of Graphics and
Mathematics in his A/ma Mater ; and Joseph Appleton Van Mater
(*Z, '80), who has been a contributor to the American Journal of
Chemistry^ and is especially engaged in mining chemistry and
engineering.
Bowdoin has furnished one Deke whose name is as well known
as that of any of his brothers, not only in this country, but abroad.
Robert Edwin Peary (0, 'J7\ soon after graduation was appointed
to the United States Coast Survey, and has since been connected
with the Department of the Navy. In 1888 he was the chief engi-
neer of the Nicaragua Canal Survey. His chief fame, however, rests
on his Greenland Arctic expeditions. Nansen had previously
crossed the southern portion of Greenland from east to west, but
Peary crossed from south to north and returned, reaching the north-
em limit of the island, as he proved Greenland to be. His second
more prolonged expedition unfortunately did not meet his expecta-
tions, although he was able a second time to cross and recross
Greenland and reach the northern coast. While he did not succeed
in reaching a " farthest north," he has done more than any other
explorer to add to our scientific knowledge of Greenland.
Just where the limits of " science ** are reached may be a ques-
tion ; perhaps not till we pass the new science of experimental
psychology. If this be the case, we must needs include the name
of James McKeen Cattell (P, '80), Professor of Experimental Psy-
chology at Columbia, and editor of Science. Dr. Cattell is one
of the foremost men in his department m America, and second to
none in giving the impetus which has placed experimental psy-
chology in the prominent position it now occupies. He prefaced
his labors in this country by several years of study with Lotze and
Wundt. He has also done much literary work, founding the Amer-
ican Journal of Psychology , while it is due to him that Scunce, which
had succumbed in the struggle for existence, was revived, and has
become the leading scientific weekly of America.
As it is to-day pursued, anthropology comes well within the field
of this article, and in this department several names must be men-
tioned.
Daniel Garrison Brinton (*, '58) first came before the public as
the author of " Indian Tribes and Antiquities," very soon after his
graduation from Yale, and while he was still a student of medicine*
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During the war he was surgeon, and became Medical Director ot
the Eleventh Army Corps. After the war he began to devote him-
self almost wholly to ethnological and archaeological studies, in
which field he stands at the front among Americans. He
has been a prolific writer, " The Myths of the New World,"
" The Religious Sentiment " and " American Hero Myths," being
among his best known books. His editorial work is not the
least important of his labors, he having been for many years
editor of the Medical and Surgical Reporter^ and having edited
many works on medicine, public health and hygiene, as well as
the American edition of the " Iconographic Encyclopaedia." He
was the first native American to be honored with the medal of the
Sociiie Amiricaine de France^ which was awarded him for " numerous
and learned works on American ethnology." In 1887 he was Vice-
President for the Section of Anthropology of the American Associ-
ation for the Advancement of Science, and in 1894 President of the
Association. His presidential address before the Association at the
meeting last August was a masterly treatment of " The Ainis of
Anthropology," and was, owing to his detention abroad by illness in
his family, read by the General Secretary of the Association, who
was also z. A K E,
In the field of ethnology another prominent name is that of the
late Garrick Mallery(^, '50), who, after rising from the ranks during
the war, entered at its close the United States Army, and held high
offices during the period of reconstruction in Virginia. He then
entered the United States Signal Service, where he became one of
the highest officials. While commanding officer at Fort Rice, Da-
kota, he became much interested in Indian ethnology, and has pub-
lished many works upon the subject, especially on the philosophy of
the sign-and-gesture language. Up to the time of his death he was
the Ethnologist of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1889 he was
Vice-President of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science for the Section of Anthropology.
Charles Henry Farnam (*, *68) is another of our number who
has devoted himself to anthropology, becoming, after several years
of European study, assistant in archaeology in the Peabody Museum
of Archaeology at Yale.
An eminent name in the field of classical archaeology is that of
Charles Waldstein {T j5, *75), Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum of
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Art at Cambridge, England. After taking his Ph.D. at Heidelberg,
Dr. Waldstein spent several years in archaeological studies in Italy
and Greece, being a member of the German expedition which had
in charge the excavations at Olympia. He soon became connected
with King's College, Cambridge, as a lecturer on classical archae-
ology, where he now remains. For some little time he was also
Director of the American School of Archaeology at Athens. He has
been a constant contributor to popular, literary and archaeological
journals, as well as an editor of the American Journal of ArcluBology,
Among his important discoveries was the fact that the so-called
statues of Apollo are merely those of athletes; he also identified
a head in the Louvre as being the work of Pheidias.
Perhaps here our line should be drawn ; many other departments
of science could be similarly touched upon, many other names could
be mentioned, but it would exceed the limits of this article. The
field of statistics is now considered a science, and in this no one
stands more conspicuous than Francis Amasa Walker (^, '60),
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The field
of medicine has many distinguished members of our Fraternity,
but the story of their work must be reserved for another pen.
As years roll by, the list of our scientists and their labors will
increase; our Fraternity is yet young; many of the most noted
of American scientists graduated from college before Delta Kappa
Epsilon was born ; many of those we have here mentioned are yet
young, and their life-work is yet before them. Enough has been
said, however, to prove our thesis, that in the rapid march of science,
more rapid in the last decade than ever before in history, our Fra-
ternity has borne its part ; our brothers have faithfully performed
their share of the work and received their share of honor.
James Lewis Howe, -2*, '80.
Washington and Lee University,
Lexington. Va.
February 5, 1896.
NU'S FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
The existence of " Nu of A K E'' is due to circumstances so
very similar to those that prompted the establishment of the
Fraternity of Yale University that I feel if I set forth a few of the
facts they will not be wholly uninteresting to the readers of the
Quarterly.
In 1855 -4 J * founded the " Manhattan Chapter " at the "Free
Academy," as the College of the City of New York was then called,
(the word " academy " being used solely for the purpose of obtain-
ing the benefit of a certain " academic State Fund "); their members
were chosen from among the leaders in scholarship in each class,
and for a short time this Society was regarded as representing the
most intellectual element in the college ; but in carrying out their
narrow and short-sighted policy of selecting only from the students
whose class standing was very high they overlooked, in so many
instances, men of acknowledged intellectual leadership and progress-
ive ideas, that several who received election to A d ^ refused,
and, co-operating with the more prominent of those who had been
slighted, determined to form another society.
These men were :
Henry Davis, Jr., '56; John Howe, '56; Frederick Augustus
Leeds, '56; Adrian Herman MuUer, Jr., '56 ; John Edward Ward,
'56; Jared Starr Babcock, '57; Henry Bausher, Jr., '58 ; Theodore
Augustus Blake, '58 ; William Kirkland, '58.
A charter was granted them by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fra-
ternity and they initiated four others :
Arthur McMuUen, '56; William Mellen Banks, '58 ; James God-
win, '58 ; Thomas Crowther, '58.
At the Commencement exercises the evening of July 22, 1856,
these thirteen Dekes marched down the main aisle in a body, each
man wearing his pin on the lapel of his coat, thus announcing the
birth of Nu Chapter.
Believing that through the individual the chapter and frater-
nity derive their strength, it has ever been the policy of Nu to
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elect men of congenial temperament and "who combined in the
most equal proportions the gentleman, the scholar and the jolly
good fellow."
For a period of forty years the " Nu ** chapter ol J K E has
successfully led all its rivals at the College of the City of New York,
and it was deemed advisable to give a banquet and reunion to
commemorate the Fortieth Anniversary of the founding of the
chapter. The loyalty of the brothers of *' Nu " to d K E is a mat-
ter of tradition in the Fraternity, and the spectacle at the Delta
Kappa Epsilon Club Friday evening, April loth, when one hun-
dred and four Nu men marched into the banquet hall, was one long
to be remembered and cherished in the heart of every man present.
The Trustees of the J K E Club courteously threw open the
house to the chapter for the day, and in every way possible labored
to make the affair a success.
The committee in charge of the arrangements were particularly
happy in their selection of speakers. The Toastmaster was William
G. McGucken, '69, the most popular alumnus of Nii Chapter, whose
witty remarks and brilliant repartee evoked almost continuous
applause.
Judge Advocate-General Asa Bird Gardiner, '59, spoke of " Nu *'
in the War of the Rebellion. His graceful address was followed
by reminiscences of each of the founders by Jared Starr Babcock,
•56, the only " founder " present He was enthusiastically wel-
comed and given the J K E cheer when he had finished.
Dr. George B. Fowler, '69, who is never spoken of by any
" Nu " man without the thought " God bless him," was at his best
on the topic " Memories," and they will never be forgotten by
those who heard them.
Frank S. Williams, '78, whose name is synonymous with Nu
Chapter and the J K E Club, told the history of the Club and out-
lined the plans of the Trustees for the future.
Roswell P. Burchard, '80, was heartily welcomed after his long
sojourn abroad.
"Floy" McEwen, '87, whose witty speech on the ladies
** brought down the house," was the last speaker. The silver punch
bowl won by Mr. Gould's yacht, the Vigilant, was filled with a
superb punch and passed around, and the dinner was a matter of
history.
104 NITS FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
Letters of regret were read from Henry Bausher, '58, and
Theodore A. Blake, '58 (who, with Brother Babcock, are the only
surviving founders of the Chapter) ; also from Prof. Ira Remsen,
'65, of Johns Hopkins University ; Prof. John Bach, McMaster, '^2^
University of Pennsylvania; Prof. FitzGerald Tisdall, '59, Col-
lege of the City of New York; and Prof. R. Ogden Doremus,
College of the City of New York. The guests of the evening
were the Board of Trustees of the Club, Alexander McNeil, Presi-
dent Howard Gould, Ephraim M. Youmans, Robert J. Trimble and
C. Murray Rice.
The " Nu *' men present were :
Arthur McMuUin, '56; Jared S. Babcock, '57; John A. Ely, '58;
James A. Godwin, '58 ; Horace E. Dresser, '59; Asa Bird Gardiner,
'59; Theodore G. Ascough, *6i ; Henry H. Hollister, '61 ; Towns-
end Wandell, '63 ; Augustus W. Conover, '64 ; Lewis H. Spence,
*66 ; George B. Fowler, '69 ; Charles W. Gould, '69 ; Frank S.
Grant, '69 ; Frederick A. Guild, '69 ; William G. McGuckin, '69 ;
Theodore F. Miller, '69; William T. Shedd, '69; Charles S.
Brown, '^o ; Nathan Clark, '70 \ Charles A. Doremus, '70 ; William
D. Freeman, 'yo\ Richard V. Van Santvoord, '72; Knight L.
Clapp, *73 ; Harrison Clark, '73 ; Henry N. Tifft, *73 ; Hanford
Crawford, 75 J Christopher Heiser, *75 J Vernon M. Davis, '76;
William H. Kenyon, '76% J. V. B. Clarkson, 'yT\ Irving H. Tifft,
'yT\ Edgar T. Weed, '7T\ Henry S. Kirkland, '78; Frank S. Will-
iams, 78; Roswell P. Burchard, *8o; R. Floyd Clark, '80; Alfred
Mestre, '80; Henry G. S. Noble, *8o; Ogden D. Budd, *8i ; Robert
N. Kenyon, *8i; Frederic A. Ryer, *8i; Lewis T. Brush, '83;
Maurice Bouvier, ^84; Edwin P. Delanoy, '84; Robert W. Fer-
guson, '84 ; James Pedersen, '84 ; William H. Crossman, Jr., '85 ;
Charles H. Easton, '85; Henry W. Easton, *86; Edward B. La
Fetra, '86; George Floy McEwen, '87; John W. Howe, '87;
Harry L. Bamman, '88; Walter B. Brouner, '88; Charles F.
Davies, '88 ; George W. Glaze, *88 ; Hugo F. Huber, '88 ; Gano S.
Dunn, '89; William F. Mohr, '89; Victor C. Pedersen, '89; Frederick
Mailing Pedersen, '89; Harold M. Wilcox, '89; Richard C. Boyd,
•90 ; Burton C. Meighan, '90 ; Ransom J. Parker, '90 ; J. Noble
Emley, '91 ; Howard S. Meighan, '91 ; Carl F. B. Thumm, '91 ;
William N. Harrison, '92 ; Edwin P. Fowler, '93 ; Oscar R. Seitz,
'93 ; Clarence B. Tracy, '93 ; Hiram J. Calkins, Jr., '94 ; John
NU'S FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 106
Douglas, '94 ; Baylies C. Clark, '95 ; J. Herbert Deignan, '95 ; T.
Lurell Guild, '95 ; F. Alvord Johnston, '95 ; George Ross, '95 ;
Frank Heath, Jr., '96 ; Frederick L. Hunt, '96 : J. Harper Jasper,
^96 ; Fred. P. Kafka, '96 ; William A. Bradley, ^97 ; Alfred Comp-
ton, '97; Thomas F. Davies, '97; Frederick M. Dearborn, '97;
Harry Ashton Dunn, '97 ; Herman Foehrenbach, '97 ; Hugo Kafka,
Jr., '97 ; Arthur J. Ridley, '97 ; James Horton Tuttle, '97 : Robert
M. Fisher, '98; Peter D. Stockey, '98; Charles Milne, Jr., '99;
Frank B. Oakes, '99 ; Herman P. Olcott, '99 ; Orville H. Tobey, '99.
The Committee having charge of the arrangements was Charles
F. Davies, '88 ; Clarence Bartlett Tracy, '93 ; John Douglas, '94.
Clarence Bartlett Tracy, N, '93.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, April 14, 1896.
To Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly :
You will no doubt receive-an account of the meeting at Madison,
this State, held on the evening of April nth, at which the A K E
Alumni Association of Wisconsin was organized. The writer has a
seventeen-year-old boy, at present in the High School. Of course
he has often heard his father speak of our Fraternity. A few even-
ings before the Madison meeting the two were sitting together, the
father reading and the boy writing, when the following conversation
took place :
Boy. — " Father, have you got to make a speech at Madison ?*'
Father. — '* Well, yes, I suppose they will expect me to do so.**
Boy. — '* What is to be your subject?"
Father. — " The New Association.*'
About ten minutes afterward, the boy looking up, said : " Here
father, I have written a speech for you,*' and handed him the en-
closed. Perhaps the boys (you know we are only boys — a true
Deke will alway be a boy), would have been better satisfied if the
writer had simply committed the son's speech and delivered it as his
response to the subject given him. Although our numbers were
not large, we had a very pleasant time.
Fraternally yours,
N. C. GiFFiN, © Xy *59.
The New Association.
" May it ever increase in wisdom, in numbers and in strength.*'
Not that I would cast a slur upon the Association by suggesting
that it lacked wisdom, for if such were the case, this wise step,
namely its formation, would never have been taken. And, too, what
institution could be lacking in wisdom which holds in its embrace
such a man as him whom you see before you— our Chairman ? But I
would say, may we receive more members of his capacity and excel-
CORRESPONDENCE.
lence. But we all have wisdom ; did we not show it when we
the A K E Society ? In numbers there are many of us, — jolly
chaps we are, too — and we are together for a good time ; 1
over our college days when we stalked majestically through th<
of learning, proud of the pins u{>on the lapels of our vests
which were the letters which identified us as " Dekes." And
does the old saying of " more the merrier *' hold more true t
such gatherings ? And so, again, may we increase in numbei
strength. " In union there's strength," and may we ever b
more and more united. May the warm glow of hearts in
with each other, shine from our midst and attract others tha
may also join our circle. And who knows but that we ir
some of these reunions, encourage some fallen brother " Deke
lift him up to a higher plane of life ? And so may '^ Our Associs
as was said of one almost 1,900 years ago, " increase in wisdo
stature and in favor with God and man."
PSI UPSILON SIGHS FOR MORE.
Were all things pleasant subjects for comment the life of a scribe
would be one of ease. Ever and anon, though, his fellow men err,
and he, as the public censor, must resolutely, though reluctantly,
score the wrongdoer. When Sam Rogers was reproached tor say-
ing disagreeable things, he replied, " I have a very low voice, and if
I did not say disagreeable things nobody would hear what I said/'
At the outset, then, of this arraignment it is to be borne in mind
that, though some disagreeable things may be said, our intentions
are the best and we realize that mere words — even though ours —
•cannot successfully challenge or change the character of a brother
•society. We will go further and say, that should our complaint be
well founded and the accused be guilty of the charge, we will be
among the first to pardon it and appreciate that the wrong done
was a mere temporary aberration of the Society. In which con-
nection it is to be remembered that no matter how often a hen may
roost, she never can become a rooster ; so, no matter how often Psi
Upsilon sins, she never can become a sinner.
We take this, the more charitable view, and believe her blind,
not base ; ignorant, not ignoble, and were we at a love feast of all
the Greek letter societies, we would be among the first to embrace
Psi Upsilon — thus carrying out the divine injunction, " When thou
niakest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren,
neither thy kinsman, nor thy rich neighbors, lest they also bid thee
again and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a
feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind."
In the University of Wisconsin, March 27, 1896, Psi Upsilon initiated
sixty-nine members — alumni and undergraduates — of the local order
of Rho Kappa Upsilon. That order was founded March 13, 1893, as a
sort ot guardian ad litem for the anticipated transfer of Phi Kappa Psi
into the inheritance of the more august Psi Upsilon. March 27, 1896,
the transition, with appropriate solemnity, took place and Phi Kappa
Psi, together with its guardian, died an unnatural but resigned death.
We scarcely know whether to accuse Psi Upsilon of murder or
the less heinous, but more difficult, crime of kidnapping. In either
•case she has rendered herself liable to capital punishment, for does
not the Good Book say in Exodus xxi, 16, " He that stealeth a
man * * * shall surely be put to death.**
PSI UPSILON SIGHS FOR MORE. 109
Yet the age and dignity of those transferred retards us some-
what from denouncing the act as one of kidnapping. In the cases of
Moody V. People, 20 111., 318-19; State v. Rollins, 8 N. H., 565-67;
Click V. State, 3 Tex., 285 ; 2 Bish. Cr. L., §§ 750-56, it is laid down
as law that " The condition of the person kidnapped, the age, educa-
tion, condition of mind and other circumstances are to be consid-
ered." We have carefully gone through the names of the initiates
and find that many of them were old enough to have been sui juris.
As to the condition of their minds, however, we are more in doubt,
for one of their own good brethren has make frank to say that
" * * * a beautiful silver loving cup * * * was duly put in
commission."
Some of the gentlemen transferred had for some little time lived
and labored within the bonds of the now defunct chapter of Phi
Kappa Psi. Many of them were alumni of Wisconsin University of
some years' standing and had not for ages been actively connected
with the University. Just how Psi Upsilon rejuvenated these in-
tended followers and made them active members is a device, we
fear, she has alone adopted. We have met people who were so
constituted that they could look right up at the sun and stare it out
of countenance. They are dead now. We do not think Psi Up-
silon is looking so well as usual.
But what is the cure for it all, for, as we hinted at the outset, we
prefer rather to correct than to chide. Shall Psi Upsilon give back
her new child to its old guardian, Rho Kappa Upsilon, and the old
guardian foster and bring it up ? Or, rather, shall Psi Upsilon pay
damages to the old guardian for the loss of services and obedience,
which the law usually allows the guardian of an estranged child ?
Shall the patriarchs and aged men, long ago through with college
halls and now basking in the effulgency of alumnihood, cast ofi
their well-earned halos and return to the humble status of the col-
lege boy? Yes, that is the solution. Decrepit and hardened in
their ways as they may have become, they must all be born ag^in
and then Psi Upsilon will, as the only true fountain of youth, be for-
ever made up of active members. This appears to be her plan.
At all events, we desire to express our sincere hope that Psi Up-
silon may gracefully emerge from her present emergency and re-
establish our long- held belief that at heart she is not really a sinner*
John Wayland Peddie, M.
A LEGAL LETTER.
My Dear:
I had a holocaust
Last night, of ancient letters
And college relics Fd thought lost ;
I broke these last, light fetters
And found, while taking one more look.
With happy consternation,
A kodak of yourself I took
The day of graduation.
It all comes back ! You wore my gown.
And, at my window sitting.
My mortar board served for your crown ;
The sunlight 'round you flitting
Diffused throughout my bare old den
A subtile, sweet aroma
Of youth, that made it seem just then
Dearer than my diploma.
And then — when Senior Prom, was done —
A smile that well repaid me
Flashed a good-by. The fight seemed won
With your sweet face to aid me.
Ah, well ! You've been abroad two years
With all the world to woo you.
This picture tells my hopes and fears —
1 think I'll send it to you.
Away with work ! The law's a bore !
I hate the sordid city.
And long for college days once more
When, far from Coke and Chitty,
Your smiling, summer sway was held
O'er serfs and slaves unruly.
At your decrees I ne'er rebelled.
And so I'll sign YouRS truly.
To Edith, Esq.
(i enclo.) Edward Hurd Smith, O, '91.
Eddy, N. M.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
The a K E Club of New York.
The college year is rapidly drawing to a close and, with other
good fellows, the A K E Senior is making preparations to return to
his home as soon as Commencement week shall be an event of the
past. Students who have been actively interested in the welfare of
A K E are about to follow professional or business pursuits as their
life's work in our large centers of trade or elsewhere. Chapter life
in A K E (except for occasional visits necessarily of short duration)
will become a part of the bright memories of a college career.
Should active work for our Fraternity cease with graduation, and
our interest gradually become passive as time rolls on, we have
failed utterly to grasp the idea and meaning oi A K E. As in our
college course we advance from class to class, and after graduation
cease the study of Latin and Greek, and begin that of law or
medicine, soin A K E there is now a great work for us. Experience
and advice are needed in the guidance and management of our
Fraternity. J K E alumni associations are springing into existence
all over the country. They need and should command our support,
and it is through them that we can still keep in touch with A K E.
The most powerful and well known of these organizations is the
J if iB Club of New York, the home of the Council oi A K E and
the acknowledged headquarters of the Fraternity. Its membership
up the present time has been made up largely of the older alumni ;
and the most prominent and active Dekes from every chapter arc on
its roll. The Board of Trustees feel that it is for the best interests of
the Fraternity that the membership should be increased especially
from the younger element in A K E, with this end in view. The Board
has recently passed a new law by which Seniors are eligible to non-
resident membership and Juniors may be elected to become mem-
bers after the June examinations. The location of the Club House
has been changed from 435 Fifth avenue to 9 West 31st street. The
new house is central and accessible, being between Broadway and
Fifth avenue, and within easy reach of the principal hotels and
theatres ; the appointments and accommodations are in every way
112 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
of the best and compare favorably with those of t^e best clubs and
hotels in the city. The rooms are rented at $i per day or from $iS
to $20 per month. The initiation fee for resident members is $30
and dues $30 per year ; there is no initiation fee for non-resident
members, and the dues are $10 per year, payable in advance. Mem-
bers are allowed to bring guests to the Club and to contract bills.
The trustees have received the hearty co-operation of the mem-
bers of the Club, and have been remarkably successful in their
efforts to appeal to the young men of J K E. All Dekes arc
earnestly and cordially invited to become members of the Club and
communications or enquiries in this regard should be sent to the
Committee on Admissions, and will receive prompt attention.
Clarence B. Tracy,
Secretary Committee of Admissions.
The new oflBcers of the Club are :
Alexander McNeill.
Howard Gould.
C. Murrav Rice.
Ephraim M. Youmans.
Robert J. Trimble.
President^ Alexander McNeill.
f Howard Gould.
, . ry ' f 1 Almon Goodwin.
Vice-Presidents, ] Dr. John P. Munn.
[^ Frank S. Williams.
Secretary, ^ Ephraim M. Youmans.
Treasurer, C. Murray Rice.
Historian, Andrew W. Gleason.
The following members have been elected since the last issue of
the Quarterly :
Arthur B. Wright, *, '82 ; Emory Hawes, *, '96 ; C. L. Fincke,
Jr.; *, '96 ; Maurice Connolly, A X, '97 ; Robert J. Thome, AX, '96;
Theodore F. Miller, N, '69 ; Edgar T. Weed, N, 'yy ; Frederic A
Ryer, iV, '81 ; W. H. Crossman, Jr., N, '85 ; George Floy McEwen,
N, '87; Bayles C. Clark, N, '95 ; Frank Heath, Jr., N, *g6; James
Horton Tuttle, N, '97 ; William Bradley, N, '97 ; E. H. Allen, N, '78;
C. A. Graves, T, '95 ; W. F. Withey, William S. Windle, A, '69.
Trustees,
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Northwestern Association oy A K E.
An informal dinner of the Northwestern Association of Delta
Kappa Epsilon was given Saturday evening. April 4, 1896, at the
Iroquois Club. This date was selected with the expectation that
some of the delegates to the American College Republican League
Convention, held in Chicago, April 3d, would be members oi A K Ey
and would be present at the dinner. The following undergraduate
A K E*s were delegates, and also attended the alumni dinner: Fitch,.
AJT; Murphin, *; Pearson, * F; Bond, * F, and Nodal, W *.
Sixty alumni and a good delegation from ' Delta Delta were
present, and enjoyed a royal good time.
After the dinner, S. E. Magill, the Toastmaster, called for a few
informal remarks from a few alumni, and responses were also made
by the visitors to the members of the Association, who insisted on»
hearing from them.
Several songs were heartily sung, and then followed an act of
" Midsummer Night's Dream," rendered by some of the members of
Delta Delta Chapter, who received great applause and numerous
curtain calls.
A few suburban alumni left us about eleven o'clock, but the
greater number remained until midnight to become better
acquainted with each other and the visiting college boys.
The meeting was well attended and enthusiastic, and augurs
well for the future of the Association, both in interest and increased
membership.
B. W. Sherman,
Secretary.
A K E Association of Buffalo.
For some years past there has existed in Buffalo, in name at least,.
a A K E Alumni Association, but which had in recent years become
inactive.
Last fall, through the efforts of Brother Emerson, who has been
a leading factor in A K E matters in Buffalo, and a few others, it
was decided to revive the Association.
A call was sent to the Dekes of the city and vicinity to meet at
the University Club, and in response to the invitation a goodly num-
ber assembled and the situation discussed and an organization was
effected. The following oflBcers were elected for the ensuing year :
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President, Sheldon T. Viele ; Vice-President, Nathaniel W. Norton ;
Secretary, Edwards D. Emerson ; Treasurer, Sherman S. Jewett,
2d, and an Executive Committee of five was appointed consisting
of Brothers Nichols, Sickels, Thornton, Jewell and Hartzell, who
were instructed to prepare a constitution and a scheme of enter-
tainment to be submitted to the Association at its next meeting in
November. A good deal of interest was manifested, and a pleasant
'evening was spent in renewing old acquaintances and the making of
new ones, recalling college days and experiences, and it looked as if
the revival would be a success.
Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Rochester, Hamilton, Lafayette and
other chapters were represented.
At the next meeting the Executive Committee submitted to the
Association a constitution, which was adopted. It was resolved to
hold three informal smokers at the University Club — one in Novem-
ber, one in February, and one in April, at which luncheon would
be served. Also to hold a midwinter banquet between Christmas
and New Year's, to give an opportunity to the undergraduates who
may be in the city on their Christmas vacation to attend.
The annual dues are placed at a small sum and is to cover the ex-
pense of the smokers. The banquet will be extra.
There are a large number of Dekes living in Buffalo, and it is ex-
pected that we will have a strong membership and become one of
the flourishing alumni associations of the Fraternity.
We expect to start off the year in the fall with a good number of
members and the requisite amount oi d K E enthusiasm.
NEW ASSOCIATION.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association of A K E.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity has a new alumni associa-
tion. The organization was perfected on the night of April loth,
when the Dekes of Wisconsin gathered at the Park Hotel at Madi-
son to hold their first annual meeting and banquet. The affair was
a grand success. Members were present from all parts of the State
and from Chicago. The old and young were there ; those who had
been graduated from college for half a century, and who had
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been divorced from active participation in the affairs of their beloved
society, and those fresh from the fields of fraternal fellowship, all
came back and renewed again the dearest associations of their life,
those of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Nothing could keep a Deke from
this meeting, for it was the first time the Dekes of Wisconsin had
ever gathered, and it meant a big thing. Ministers left their flocks,
farmers and politicians their herds, all vowing that neither the
church nor State were paramount to the interests of such an organi-
zation. Judges adjourned court, and lawyers informed their clients
that their cases were off" a term, for, law or no law, cases or no cases,
they were bound to be true Dekes, and so on down the line of occu-
pations until out of a possible fifty in the whole State, thirty sat
down to the festivities. Loyal spirit was manifested on every hand,
and regret was expressed that every Deke in the world was not
with us to enjoy what we all recognized as a grand treat. The after-
noon trains began pouring the wearers of the diamond and scroll
into the city, and as the writer stood in the lobby of the hotel where
the banquet was held, the door opened, and an old fellow, boiling
over with enthusiasm and wearing a badge on his breast bigger than
a small-sized saucer, rushed up and whispered, " Going to have
plenty to drink?" He was from Dartmouth, and had been isolated
from his fraternity for years, but whether these two last facts had
made any material difference as to the terrible drought his appetite
had been suffering from for years he did not state. Another one, a
little short man, round as an apple, with a pleasant but stem face,
stuck his hands in his pockets and strutted around the lobbies with
his chest bulged out and adorned with a pin, in a manner which in-
dicated that " I am a Deke, and I want everybody to know it" He
was loyal to the backbone, and we gave him as much honor as we
had to offer, making him President. Then old Dr. Coolidge was
there. The Doctor is one of Wisconsin's pioneers and has lived in
this vicinity for forty years, and a truer Deke is hard to find. He
graduated from Amherst in '54.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association began to be evolved when
Frank B. Wynne, A -4, '93, called a meeting of the Dekes of Madison
at his rooms in that city, January 31, 1896. There were present at
that meeting Dr. S. C. Coolidge, Sigma, '54; Hon. A. W. Newman,
Tau, '57; Dr. L. W. Austin, A A,'i^\ Prof. E. S. Ferry, Delta Chi,
'89, and F. B. Wynne, A A^ '93. A committee was appointed con-
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sisting of Hon. A^ W, Newman, Hon. N. C. Giffin, Theta Chi, '59, of
Fond du Lac, and Frank B. Wynne. This committee had the
arrangements for the organization of -the association in charge, and
invitations were sent out fixing the date for the banquet April loth.
Enthusiasm for the proposed association at once rose to a high pitch,
and not a Deke in the State who could possibly be on hand but was
there. Some of the oldest landmarks of the Fraternity live in Wis-
consin. There is Hiram Hayes, of Superior, Theta, '51, and a Deke
from the top of his head to the soles of his feet H. I. Bliss, of
La Crosse, Phi, '53, is another loyal old fellow, and a man the Asso-
ciation is proud of. Five of the most noted of the clergy in the
State are ours : Rev. John W. Greenwood, D.D., of Oshkosh, Beta
Phi, '73 ; Rev. M. A^ Johnson, D.D., Sigma, '58, of Watertown ; Rev.
G. H. Ide, Pi,'65, of Milwaukee; Rev. Judson Titsworth, Sigma, '70* of
Milwaukee, and Rev. R. W. Bos worth, Theta Chi, '58, of Wauwatosa.
The bar is also strongly represented. One way by the usual
custom, where all Dekes, old and young, whether they be parsons,
doctors, advocates, or common, ordinary business men, whether
they have made it a life-long study, or whether it has grovm upon
them by their indulgence in the good fellowship of their brothers,
are sure to be found around the flowing bowl as active practitioners ;
the other by the select few, who are distinguished from the former
class in that they impart more than they receive.
Among the strongest lawyers in the State are found the Dekes.
Here are some : Hon. J. W. Losey, of La Crosse, Sigma, '58 ; Hon.
P. A. Orton, of Darlington, Mu, '59 ; Samuel Howard, of Milwau-
kee, Omicron, '62; Hon. Moses Hooper, of Oshkosh, Theta, '57;
Hon. N. C. Giffin, of Fond du Lac, Theta Chi, '59, and W. W. Wight,
of Milwaukee, Epsilon, '69.
At 9 o'clock in the evening those present gathered in the parlors
of the Park Hotel to hold a business meeting. Hon. N. C. Gifl&n
was chosen Chairman, and Frank B. Wynne was elected temporary
Secretary. After speeches by Dr. F. D. Mitchell, Xi, '87, of Chi-
cago, President of the Northwestern Association of J K E, and
B. W. Sherman, AA, '90, Secretary of the Northwestern Association
of J K E, on the formation of alumni associations, Samuel Howard,
Omicron, '62, was elected President
Rev. John W. Greenwood, Beta Phi, '73 J Frank B. Wynne,
Alpha Alpha, '93, and Rev. Judson Titsworth, Sigma, '70, were
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elected Vice-Presidents. Samuel B. Coit, of Milwaukee, Rho, '86,
was elected Secretary and Treasurer. An executive committee was
appointed consisting of W. W. Wight, Epsilon, '69; Rev. R. W.
Bosworth, Theta Chi, '58, and Frederick T. Snyder, Psi Omega, '91,
of Milwaukee.
At 10.30 the members in double file and to the tune of the **JKE
March " took their places around the horse-shoe table. The dining-
room was most elaborately decorated and beautifully set with palms>
roses, carnations and lilies. High banks of flowers lined the hall
everywhere, and the lights were softened into beautiful shades of
red, blue and gold, which made ^ sight for the fairest.
The after-dinner programme was exceedingly pleasant, and the
old fellows, particularly, enjoyed recalling to memory the associa-
tions of the past. The toasts and toaster were as follows :
To ASTM ASTER .... Rev. Judson Titsworth.
Toasts :
'• The Fraternity," . Rev. John W. Greenwood, Beta Phi, '73
" The Early Days of J A £," . Hiram Hayes, Theta, '51
" J A' £ in the Northwest," . B. W. Sherman, Alpha Alpha, '90
"The Old Boys," . . . S. D. Hubbard, Tau, '59
" The Boys of To-Day," . L. Brent Vaughn, Delta Delta, '96
" The New Association," . Hon. N. C. Giffin, Theta Chi, '59
" Good Fellowship," . . Hon. J. W. Losey, Sigma, '58
Odds and Ends. — Hon. P. A. Orton, Mu, '59; Rev. George H
Ide, Pi, '65 ; F. D. Mitchell, Xi, '87 ; H. I. Bliss, Phi, '53 ; George
H. Reed, Sigma, '78.
A number of informal speeches were made at the end of the
regular programme and every one swore allegiance to the new
association before adjourning with the Mystic Circle. The associa-
tion is destined to be with doubt one of the strongest of the
Fraternity and one which the Wisconsin brethren and whole
Fraternity will be proud of.
A full list of the members of the Association is as follows up to date:
Phi. — H. I. Bliss, '53, La Crosse, Wis. ; G. H. Lawrence, '69,
Milwaukee, Wis. ; Harry George, '94, Milwaukee, Wis. ; George C.
Hixon, '94, La Crosse, Wis.
Theta. — Hiram Hayes, '51, Superior, Wis.; Hon. Moses Hooper,
'57, Oshkosh, Wis. ; Prof. W. R. Hemmenway, '7^, La Crosse, Wis.
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A7.-Dr. F. D. Mitchell, '87, Chicago, 111.
Sigma. — Dr. S. C. Coolidge, '54, Middleton, Wis. ; Hon. J. W.
Losey, '58, La Crosse, Wis. ; George H. Reed, '78, Waukesha, Wis.;
Rev. Judson Titsworth, D. D., 'yo, Milwaukee, Wis.; Rev. M. A.
Johnson, D. D., '58, Watertown, Wis.
Alpha, — C. P. Button, ^73, Milwaukee, Wis. ; J. W. Mariner, 91,
Milwaukee, Wis. ; A. H. Vogel, '86, Milwaukee, Wis. ; R. F. Howe,
'84, Milwaukee, Wis.
Lambda. — C. W. Adams, Ashland, Wis.
Pi.—n. S. Eldred, '74, Green Bay, Wis.; Rev. G. H. Ide, '65
Milwaukee, Wis. ; A. P. Weld, '59, River Falls, Wis. ; J. A. Clark,
•62, Waterloo, Wis.
Alpha Alpha. — Dr. L. W. Austin, '89, Madison, Wis. ; F. B.
Wynne, '93, Madison, Wis. ; B. W. Sherman, '90, Chicago, 111. ; A.
B. Pease, '90, Chicago, 111.
Omicron. — Samuel Howard, '62, Milwaukee, Wis. ; George L.
Graves, '65, Milwaukee, Wis.
Epsilon.—Vf. W. Wight, '69, Milwaukee, Wis. ; H. T. West, ^i,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Rho.S. B. Coit, '86, Milwaukee, Wis.
Tau. — Hon. A. W. Newman, '57, Madison, Wis. ; S. D. Hubbard,
'59, Mondovi, Wis.
Mu. — Hon. P. A. Orton, '59, Darlington, Wis.
Beta Phi. — Rev. John W. Greenwood, D. D., '73» Oshkosh, Wis.;
James W. Greene, '84, West Superior, Wis. ; E. M. Calkins, '78,
Janesville, Wis.
Theta Chi.— Hon. N. C. Giffin, '59, Fond du Lac, Wis. ; Rev. R.
W. Bosworth, '58, Wauwatosa, Wis. ; Rev. D. B. Jackson, '59, Min-
neapolis, Minn.
Gamma Phi. — Webster Goss, 'jjy Clear Lake, Wis.
Psi Omega. — J. A. Kimberly, '89, Neenah, Wis. ; W. E. Haselton,
'95, Ripon, Wis.
Beta Chi. — D. D. Smead, '85, West Superior, Wis.
Delta Chi.—]. F. Wilson, '87, Menomonie, Wis.; T. B.
Wilson, '90, Menomonie, Wis. ; P. C. Wilson, '92, Menomonie,
Wis.
Delta Delta.^Y. W. Kermott, '83, Milwaukee, Wis.; C. W.
Brinstad, *88, La Crosse, Wis.
Sigma Tau. — Fred. T. Snyder, '91, Milwaukee, Wis.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 119
Whereas, one of our brethren, Hon. A. W. Newman, has been
unfortunately stricken with illness, and whereas great regret and
sorrow was felt for his absence from the First Annual Meeting and
Banquet of the Wisconsin Alumni Association of Delta Kappa
Epsilon ; therefore,
Be it resolved, that the Wisconsin Alumni Association of Deltsl
Kappa Epsilon extend to our unfortunate brother and his family
our heartfelt sympathy and hope for his speedy recovery.
Frank B. Wynne,
Temporary Secretary.
CRADUATK PKRSONALS.
'53. H. I. Bliss is one of the oldest living Dekes in the West, and is
a very prosperous real estate agent of La Crosse, Wis. He
' is a brother of C. N. Bliss, *, who lives at Bennington, Vt,
and who is a member of the Vermont Alumni Association.
They are both very loyal Dekes, and men of whom the Fra-
ternity is very proud.
'69. George H. Lawrence is a very prosperous lawyer in Mil-
waukee.
'81. Frederic D. Helmer is traveling for Leonard & Ellis (oil), 17
River street, Chicago.
'92. Henry R. Rathbone is an attomey-at-law, 1328 Unity Building,
Chicago.
'94. Harry George is studying law in the College of Law of the
University of Wisconsin. He graduates this year, and then
expects to enter on the practice of his profession at Milwau-
kee, Wis.
'94. George C.]Hixon is with the Hixon Lumber Company, of La
Crosse.
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'51. Hiram Hayes is the oldest living graduate in Wisconsin, and
lives at Superior, Wis. He is greatly attached to the Fra-
ternity, and is one of the most loyal supporters of the Wis-
consin Alumni Association.
'57. Moses Hooper is one of the ablest lawyers in Wisconsin, and
enjoys a very large practice. His home is in Oshkosh, and
is well known throughout this country as one of Wisconsin's
ablest men.
8.
'74. W. R. Memmenway is principal of the La Crosse High School.
'87. Dr. F. D. Mitchell is Superintendent of the Chicago Home for
Incurables at the northeast corner Ellis avenue and 56th
street, and President of the Northwestern Association olJ K E.
'90. Dana W. Hall is with Ginn & Company, publishers, 355 Wabash
avenue, Chicago.
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'54. Dr. S. C. Coolidge, of Middleton, Wis., is another old A K E pio-
neer, and perhaps one of the best types oi A K E loyalty that
can be found anywhere in the world. A K Eis very close to
the old doctor's heart, and especially praiseworthy is this for
the reason that the doctor had been isolated from Dekes alto-
gether since he graduated from college nearly half a century
ago until very recently. He lives a good old Yankee style
of life, and enjoys himself to its greatest extent.
'58. Hon. James W. Losey, of La Crosse, is one of Wisconsin's
greatest lawyers, and one of the prominent men of this State.
He had charge of the Marquette monument, recently un-
veiled at Washington. He is still practicing law at La
Crosse, and has a very lucrative practice.
'70. Rev. A. Judson Tits worth, of Milwaukee, is one of the ablest
clergymen in the State, and has charge of the First Congre-
gational Church of Milwaukee.
'78. George H. Reed, of Waukesha, Wis., is in the employ of the
Johnson Electric Heat Regulating Company. Mr. Reed is a
very enthusiastic supporter of the Wisconsin Alumni Associ-
tion, and one of the members instrumental in bringing about
its organization.
Rev. M. A. Johnson, D. D., of Watertown, is the rector of St.
Paul's Church. He has recently come to Wisconsin from
Des Moines, la.
'73. Andrew J. Hirschl, lawyer, 917-930 Unity Building, Chicago,
has just finished MS. *' Consolidation, Combination and Suc-
cession of Corporations," which is now in press (Callaghan &
Company).
'94. William S. Johnston is a Senior in Northwestern University
Law School, with an office at 53 Metropolitan Block, Chicago.
'90. Edward S. Whitney is with the law firm of Winston & Meagher,
Monadnock Block, Chicago.
'89. Jesse M. Watkins, Vice-President of Mather Stock Car Com
pany, has removed his office to 1320 Marquette Building,
Chicago.
'95. F. A. Elliott is with the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, Chi-
cago, and resides at Oak Park, HI.
'96. Howard W. Harrington is at Watseka, 111.
122 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
V.
'90. Dr. R. M. Fletcher has gone to Europe to take a course of lect-
ures in medicine.
'91. K. D. McKellar has recently been taken into partnership by one
of the strongest law firms of Memphis, Tenn. The style of
the firm is now Chalmers, Carroll & McKellar, attorney s-at-
law.
'95. T. D. Stames has been teaching the past session at Bellbuckle,
Tenn.
'98. D. A. Crawford, who left in December, has a good position in
business in St. Louis, Mo.
'98. O. B. Patton is farming near Huntsville, Ala.
r.
^58. Hon. Solon W. Stevens was one of the speakers " Green-
halge Day," March 13th, in Lowell, Mass., when there were
appropriate services in honor of the late Governor Green-
halge, of Massachusetts. Brother Stevens was Orator at the
last A K E Convention.
'58. S. W. Abbott, M. D., of Wakefield, Mass., was lately re-elected
Vice-President of the Massachusetts Associated Board of
Health, Boston, Mass.
*6i. Hon. John H. Stiness, of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island,
was recently elected President of the Brown University Club
of Rhode Island.
'64. Rev. Jas. W. Colwell is Rector of Grace Church, Colorado
Springs, Colo. Address, No. 329 North Nevada avenue, Col-
orado Springs, Colo.
'64. William Jay Russell, is Auditor Standard Oil Company. Ad-
dress, No. 26 Broadway, New York.
'70. Richard S. Colwell, D. D., of Denison University, Granville,
O., is to deliver the annual address to the Phi Beta Kappa at
Brown University at Commencement time.
'71. Rev. Latham Fitch died November 6, 1895, of typhoid fever, at
his home, in New London, Conn.
'71. Rev. C. C. Luther is settled with Trinity Baptist Church, Cam-
den, N. J.
'72. Hon. Andrew J. Jennings, of Fall River, Mass., at present Dis-
trict Attorney, will, in all probability, be the next Republican
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nominee for Congress from the Thirteenth Massachusetts
District, which is equivalent to an election. Brother Jen-
nings has been honorably prominent in public affairs in
Massachusetts, and has been elected to many offices. He is
at the head of his profession in his city, is Director in several
large corporations and is a member of the Board of Trustees
of Brown University. He was Orator at the J K E Conven-
tion held in Providence in 1882.'
'73. Frank B. Bourne is connected with the City Engineer's De-
partment of the City of Providence. Address, City Engin-
eer Office, Providence, R. I.
'76. William Cary Joslin is Vice-Principal of the Staten Island
Academy, Stapleton, N. Y. Address, No. 19 Madison
avenue, New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y.
'63. Col. Daniel R. Ballon, of Providence, is the probable next Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is
senior member of the law firm of Ballon & Tower, and has
been for several years a member of the Providence city
government. At various times, through the absence or ill-
ness of the Mayor, he has been acting Mayor of the City of
Providence.
'81. Charles Francis Adams, M. D., is the author of several articles
in the North American Journal of Hotnceopathy. Address, No.
229 Union street, Hackensack, N. J.
*8i. Frank H. Gifford is in the cotton business, New Bedford,
Mass.
'82. Ira R. Allen is a member of the Vermont Senate. Address, Fair
Haven, Vt.
'84. John G. Doron, M. D., is Visiting Physician Camden City Dis-
pensary. Address, No. 207 North 6th street, Camden,
N. J.
'86. Dana R. Bullen, A. M., is with the General Electric Company,
Philadelphia, Pa.
'86. William W. Whetten is senior member of the Whetten Cycle
Manufacturing Company, Providence. Factory at Edgewood,
R. I. ; office and salesrooms. No. 118 South Main street, Prov-
idence, R. I.
'83T Walter W. Bumham is a member of the Board of Assessors of
the City of Providence.
lU GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
'86. Charles A. Reed is practicing law at Morristown, N. J. Ad-
dress, No. 1 5 Harrison street.
•89. Archibald A. Freeman is Professor of History, Phillips' Acad-
emy, Andover, Mass.
•90. Charles H. Forbes is Professor of Latin Phillips' Academy,
Andover, Mass.
'90. Charles F. Mackenzie is a dealer in wholesale and retail millinery,
Nashville. Address, No. 408 Union street, Nashville, Tenn,
'92. John P. Gage is in the cotton business. Address, Fall River,
Mass.
'94. Daniel F. George is with the Narragansett Electric Light Com-
pany, Providence, R. I.
'94. Harold D. Hazeltine was recently elected to the Editorial
Board of the Harvard Lampoon.
'94. Mahlon Runyon Stout died at his home, in New Jersey, Decem-
ber 4, 1895, of typhoid pneumonia.
H.
'67. Thomas Seddon died in Birmingham, Ala., May 10, 1896. He
was President of the Sloss Iron and Steel Company, and one
of the most successful and progressive men of the State.
HA.
'70. Rev. John J. Lloyd, D.D., has charge of a Protestant Episcopal
parish in Lynchburg, Va.
Rev. Julius W. Walden, D.D., is pastor of Pry tania Street Presby-
terian Church of New Orleans, which will celebrate its semi-
centennial May 31st to June 3d, with appropriate ceremo-
nies.
A.
'83. Charles W. Adams is the Manager and Treasurer of the Lake
Superior Coal Company, and lives at Ashland, Wis.
A.
'73. Charles P. Button, of Milwaukee, is a manufacturer, and is
proprietor of the Phoenix Knitting Works, 80 to 88 Detroit
street.
'86. A. H. Vogel lives at 83 Buffalo street, Milwaukee, Wis.
'91. John W. Mariner lives in Milwaukee, and his address is 133
Mason street. He is an attorney with Mariner & Mariner.
GRADUA TE PERSONALS. 126
U.
'62. J. A. Clark, of Waterloo, Wis., is a retired farmer but never a
retired Deke, for he would travel the entire length of the
globe to attend 2lJKE reunion of any kind. Mr. Clark is a
good and solid supporter of the Wisconsin Alumni Associa-
tion. He has lived in Waterloo, Wis., since his g^duation
from college, and has been very successful in accumulating
his share of this world's goods. He always attends the
A K E reunions in this State, and is one of the mainstays of
our organization.
'65. Rev. George H. Ide, of Milwaukee, is one of the leading clergy-
men in Wisconsin and is pastor of the Grand Avenue Con-
gregational Church of Milwaukee, Wis.
'74. H. S. Eldred, of Green Bay, Wis., is one of the firm of lumber
dealers of Anson Eldred Company. The firm is one of the
largest and wealthiest in the State.
•59. A. P. Weld is at River Falls, Wis.
/.
'88. James M. Duncan is General Western Freight Agent of the Big
Four and C. and O. R. R., 134 East Van Buren street,
Chicago.
A A.
'89. Prof. L. W. Austin, Ph.D., has recently been promoted to an
Assistant Professsorship in Physics at the University of Wis-
consin.
Dr. Austin, though a very young man, has gained considerable
fame with the Roentgen ray theory, and is rapidly advancing
to the front in his department.
'93. Frank B. Wynne is practicing law at Madison, and has offices
in the First National Bank Building. Mr. Wynne was one of
the founders of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, and with
Judge A. W. Newman and Judge N. C. Giffin formed the
Committee of Organization for the Association.
'90. B. W. Sherman is Assistant Special Attorney of Chicago, and
also has offices at 1153-54 Monadnock block, Chicago, 111.
Mr. Sherman has lately won an important case on the subject
of Loan and Building Associations. The Chicago Legal News^
of May i6th, prints the opinion in full and says editorially :
126 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
"Loan and Building Associations. — The Statutes
Relating to," Construed.
" The opinion of the Supreme Court of Illinois, by Wilken, J.,
construing the statute relating to the management and disso-
lution of building and loan associations, and holding that the
Act of 1893 gives the auditor supervisory power over these
associations, and any action brought under Section 17 to dis-
solve such an association must be on his relation. He is the
officer to determine when the assets are insufficient to justify
the continuance of business, and he alone is authorized to de-
cide whether or not the assets have been made sufficient, or
any illegal practice corrected, within the sixty days allowed
for that purpose after notice. The court had jurisdiction of
this corporation, and was by its receiver in possession and
control of the business and assets. That jurisdiction was
neither taken away nor interfered with by the intervening pe-
tition of the Attorney-General. This may be regarded as an
important opinion. We congratulate young Mr. Sherman
upon his success.*'
'90. A. B. Pease is senior member of the firm of Pease & Allen,
with offices at 1101-02 Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, 111.
'90. C. N. Pray is junior member of the firm of Latimer & Pray,
with offices at 1408 Ashland block, Chicago, 111.
'90. H. N. Pearson is Assistant State Attorney of the City of
Chicago, and, though a young man, has gained considerable
distinction as a criminal lawyer.
'90. George M. Groves is in the wholesale boot and shoe business,
220 Adams street, Chicago.
'90. Charles N. Pray recently left Chicago and is now a member of
the law firm of Donnelly & Pray, Fort Benton, Montana.
X.
'59. Hon. N. C. Giffin, of Fond du Lac, is senior member of the firm
of Giffin & Sutherland, and one of the prominent lawyers of
the State. Judge Giffin is, and always has been, a very en-
thusiastic Deke, and it is owing to his eflorts a good deal that
the new association for Wisconsin was organized. Judge
Giffin is one of the oldest members of the Fraternity in Wis-
consin.
GRADUA TE PERSONALS. 127
'58. Rev. R. W. Bosworth, of Wau watosa, is another old and enthusi-
astic Deke, and one who will be a power of strength to the
Association.
He is one of the members of the Executive Committee of the
Association. He is pastor of the M. E. Church at Wau-
watosa.
'59. Rev. D. B. Jackson is a minister at Minneapolis, Minn.; address,
1428 6th street, southeast. You can find from the catalogue
of what denomination he is. These three last-mentioned
from Theta Chi are all old timers and mighty loyal Dekes.
0.
'62. Samuel Howard is the President of the Wisconsin Alumni As-
sociation, and is a lawyer in Milwaukee, at 90 Mason street,
and is probably the best authority on the law of real pro-
perty in Wisconsin.
'65. George L. Graves, of Milwaukee, is in the real estate business
with offices at 303 New Insurance Building.
E.
'69. W. W. Wight, of Milwaukee, is an attorney, with offices in the
Pabst Building. He is a member of the Executive Conl-
mittee of the Association.
'93. Charles Forrest McLean is practicing law in Chicago; office, 98
Adams Express Building.
P.
'JT. Rev. O. H. McAnulty, a minister of the Wyoming Methodist
Conference, died at 9 o'clock yesterday morning in Easton«
where he went for special medical treatment several weeks
ago. He was a brother of J. S. McAnulty. The announce-
ment of the funeral has not been made.
Mr. McAnulty was about forty-three years old, and was a
native ot this city. He graduated with honors from Lafay-
ette College, and since entering the Methodist ministry has
had charges in this city, where he was pastor of the Court
Street Church, Norwich, N. Y., Oneonta, N. Y., Carbondale
and West Pittston. He relinquished his pastorate at the latter
place about a year ago on account of ill-health and went to
Clifton Springs for recuperation. His health did not greatly
128 GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
improve and in August he came to Scranton. For several
months he suffered nervous prostration and a few weeks ago
went to Easton for special treatment.
He was an ardent reader, a strong philosophical and analytical
preacher, and was of very positive convictions. His tendency
for constant research and study seriously injured his health. —
Scr anion Republican^ March 20, 1896.
'86. Samuel B» Coit, of Milwaukee, is in the insurance and real
estate business, with offices in the Pabst Building, Room No.
309. He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Wisconsin
Alumni Association, and a very enthusiastic supporter of the
Association and the Fraternity at large.
'91. W. F. Johnson is a chair manufacturer, Indiana avenue and
1 6th streets, Chicago.
*93. Arthur L. Leeds is with the Northwestern National Bank,
The Rookery Building, Chicago.
r.
'57. Hon. A. W. Newman, of Madison, has been one of the Asso-
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin for a num.
ber of years. Judge Newman came to Wisconsin im-
mediately after graduating from college, and settled in
Trempealeau County at the practice of law. Judge Newman
was then a poor boy, with no prestige and very few acquaint-
ances. That period of starvation so familiar to all young
attorneys prolonged itself in Judge Newman's case, and it was
only after eight long years of hard and diligent work that he
was finally able to command attention at the bar. Judge
Newman's love for his profession at last brought him to
the foremost rank among the attorneys of Wisconsin, and
to-day he stands as one of the best legal lights of the State, and
for that ability he occupied a seat on the Supreme Bench of
of the State, honored and loved by all who know him. He is
a loyal Deke and was one of the Committee of Organization
of the Wisconsin Association.
•59. Hon. S. D. Hubbard, of Mondovi, Wisconsin, is President of
the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. Tau has a pair of
good and loyal Dekes in the State of Wisconsin in Hubbard,
'59, and Newman, '57, and though they have both had very
GRADUA TE PERSONALS. 129
little to do with the afifairs of Fraternity life since leaving
college for the reason that Dekes have been, until very
recently, rather scarce in this region, they both are loyal sup-
porters oi A K E and the reunions always find them on hand.
M.
•59 and *84. Brothers T. E. Stillman, '59, E. M. Grout and J. C. Col-
gate, '84, have been elected to the Advisory Board of the
Bachelor of Arts.
'59. Hon. P. A. Orton, is the only member of the Mu Chapter in
Wisconsin. He lives at Darlington, Wis. and is one of
the foremost attorneys in the State.
'85. Brother A. W. Reynolds, is head Professor of Hebrew in Crozer
Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa.
'88. Brother E. G. Treat, of Weedsport, N. Y., has been nominated
as the Alumni Trustee to be elected at Commencement.
'89. An unwonted honor has been conferred upon Brother W. A.
Stanton, missionary at Kurnro, India, in his election to the
Municipal Council of that city. A very complimentary
recognition of his high mental qualities was g^ven by his ad-
mission into a Brahmin Literary Club.
N.
'69. Brother McGuckin officiated as Clerk of Course at the annual
C. C. N. Y spring games.
'83. Brother Perrin officiated at the same event as one of the Judges
at the finish.
'92. A wedding of interest to A K E men was that of Miss Laura H.
Saffen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Saffen, to Brother
Lewis H. Friedman, iV, '92, son of Judge and Mrs. John J.
Friedman. The ceremony was performed on Tuesday even-
ing, April 14th, at the Second Reformed Collegiate Church,
Lexox avenue and 123d street. The Rev. Dr. Harsha offici-
ated. The bridal attendants were Brother Clarence B. Tracy,
Ny '93, best man ; Brothers Leland S. Stillman, *, '94 ; Joseph
E. Bullen, y, '90, and Messrs. Herman S. Friedman, Fred.
O'Brien, Herv La Coste and Arthur Knox, ushers; Miss Addie
La Coste, maid of honor, and the Misses Alta Stilwell, Jose-
phine Friedman, Grace Green and J[ennie Ewald, bridesmaids.
A A K E pin was a conspicuous ornament worn by the bride.
130 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
B*.
'67. Horace E. Burt is a lawyer, with offices at 729-30 Lumber Ex-
change, Minneapolis, Minn.
73- John W. Greenwood, of Oshkosh, is Rector of Trinity Church,
and one of the most able clergymen in the State. He is a
loyal Deke and a good supporter of the Wisconsin Alumni As-
sociation.
'78. E. M. Calkins is a merchant at Janesville, Wis.
'84. James W. Greene is in the brokerage business at West Supe-
rior, Wis.
'83. M. E. O'Grady is the acknowledged leader of the Republican
party in the House of Representatives of this State. He is
also a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, and
has, besides doing very successful work on the committee,
adjourned it two weeks earlier than usual.
'89. Mr. Gilmore has just returned from Burmah, where he has
been as a missionary.
'73. Mr. Vedder is to deliver the oration before the alumni during
Commencement week.
'65. Joseph B. Mann is one of Chicago's best lawyers; office, 1132
Marquette Building.
'94. Holmes V. W. Dennis has just graduated from the New York
Law School.
r*.
'67.^ Bishop E. R. Hendrix, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, will preach the Commencement sermon at the Univer-
sity of Alabama, June 14th.
'95. Merle B. Waltz is a graduate student at Chicago University;
address, 210 55th street
'89. J. A. Kimberly, Jr., of Neenah, Wis., is Secretary and Treasurer
of the Neenah Paper Company.
B X.
•85. D. D. Smead is in the insurance and real estate business at
West Superior, Wis.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 131
J X
^JT. D. O. Barto is Principal of the Oak Park High School, Oak
Park, 111.
Ervin S. Ferry is Instructor in Physics at the University of
Wisconsin.
'92. P. C. Wilson is the proprietor of the Grassland Stock Farm at
Menomonie, Wis.
'87. J. F. Wilson is in the milling business at Menomonie, Wis.
'90. T. B. Wilson is now traveling in Europe.
'95. Paul G. Brown is Assistant City Engineer, 325 City Hall, Chi-
cago.
'96. L. J. Osbom is Mechanical Draughtsman with Eraser & Chal-
mers, Chicago.
'96. H. B. Squires is electrical assistant for the Chicago Underwrit-
ers' Association and also for the Electrical Bureau of the Na»
tional Board of Underwriters, 157 La Salle street, Chicago.
'96. O. L. Hunter, Board of Trade, Chicago.
'91. Arthur C. Field is with the Czar Cycle Company, Chicago.
'91. Locke Etheridge is Electrical Engineer in charge of experi-
mental laboratory of Chicago Telephone Company, Chicago.
The following members of Delta Chi have lately been married.
J. Ward Warner, '79, a prominent member of the Produce
Exchange, and a brother of ex-Congressman John De Witt
Warner, one of the charter members of Delta Chi Chapter,
was married to Miss Lillian Houghton Mills, daughter of
Mr. John P. Mills, of Rahway, N. J. The wedding was
celebrated at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Wm. Alex-
ander Ewing, No. 134 West 58th street. New York City.
Mr. David Bennett Simpson, Secretary of the Council, was
best man.
Mr. Joseph Mackie Bloss, '92, to Miss Lizzie Clark Rowe, April
22d, at Titusville, Pa.
Mr. Arthur Herbert Woodward, '92, to Miss Edith Marie Nor-
ton, May 2oth, at Jefferson, O.
Dr. Charles Edwin Atwood, *8o, to Miss Helen Pearce Jarvis,
February 5th, at New York City.
Leonard B. Kieffer, '92, in April, at New Orleans.
The following named brothers will soon be married. F. W.
Welch, '92, of Binghamton, N. Y.
13a GRADUA TE PERSONALS.
Mr. Frank Nilsson Jewett, '93, June 2d, to Frances Angeline
Palmer, at Elmira, N. Y., at home 251 Lenox avenue New
York.
J J.
'76. John Edwin Rhodes, M. D., is Professor of Diseases of Chest
and Throat N. W. University Woman's Medical School, and
is also Lecturer on Diseases of Chest and Throat in Rush
Medical College. His office is in the Venetian Building,
Chicago.
'78. Frank A. Helmer, of the law firm of Smith, Helmer, Moulton
& Price, has removed to new offices in the Atwood Building,
Chicago.
'82. Julius A. Johnson is an attorney at law, 503 First National
Bank Building, Chicago.
'96. Charles Sumner Pike, who graduated last quarter, is taking
graduate work in Chicago University.
'94. Harris F. Williams is an attorney at law, iioi Chamber of
Commerce, Chicago.
'82. Frank Humboldt Clark, lawyer, 184 Dearborn Street, Chicago,
has just completed a work on " Street Railway Law."
'80. Edgar B. Tolman, is a member of the law firm of Doolittle,
Tolman & PoUasky, 1628-32 Marquette Building, Chicago.
'83. George R. Wright, is a Real Estate Broker, 818 Royal Insur-
ance Building, Chicago.
'72. J. K. Wilson is an attorney at law. Room 39, 184 Dearborn
Street, Chicago.
'95. Brown F. Swift, M. D., is Assistant County Physician, Chicago.
'83. F. W. Kermott, of Milwaukee, Wis., is in the Milwaukee Sand
and Gravel Company, offices at 779 North Water street.
'jj. Prof. Lucien M. Underwood, who came to the Chair of Biology
at the Polytechnic Institute of Alabama, at Auburn, from De
Pauw University, has just been elected to a chair in Columbia
College.
A X.
'93. Robert Peck Bates is Principal of Chicago Latin School,
Chicago.
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'91. Fred. T. Snyder is a civil engineer in Milwaukee, Wis. He is
a member of the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin
Alumni Association.
'95. W. E. Haselton is at present in Florida, but his home is at
Ripon, Wis.
•97. Horace Manning is with J. W. Doane & Company, Chicago.
•96. R. D. Flood is with Goodwin, Hall & Henshaw, 171 La Salle
street, Chicago.
CHAPTER LETTERS.
PHL
Since the last issue of the Quarterly many things of unusaal interest have
taken place in (P. Eveiy brother has watched with keen interest the progress on
the new building. On Tuesday evening, May 19th, the elections of new mem-
bers from the incoming Junior class were announced. The brothers in (P in a
body, headed by a large calcium light, visited the new members in their rooms,
and congratulated them. On Friday evening the initiation took place, and,
thanks to the efforts of the building committee, we were able to hold the initia-
tion in the new house. The shrine could not be used because it was so
damaged by the rain and snow of the winter that it had to be replastered and
decorated. The room directly above was used, which will serve as a library
when the building is completed. The new brothers are :
A. a Baylis, Jr., Brooklyn; M. L. Bennet, Hartford, Comu; W. R. Betts,
New York Qty; Robt Callender, Providence, R. L; Bruce Clark, Chicago,
111.; M. J. Dodge, New York City; M. U. Ely, Brooklyn; Eugene Hale, Jr.,
Ellsworth, Me. ; T. G. Hinsdale, Pittsfield, Mass. ; Ernest Howe, Washington,
D. C; C. K Ives, Danbury, Conn.; Frederick Kemochan, New York City ; A.
I. Lewis, Detroit, Mich. ; J. R. Livermore, New York City ; F. A. Lord, Moor-
head, Minn. ; G. D. Montgomery, Denver, Colo. ; D. K Peck, Hudson, N. Y. ;
Wm. S. Ray, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; D. F. Rogers, New Canaan, Conn. ; F. H. Sim-
mons, Brooklyn ; Robt J. TumbuU, Jr., Morristown, N. J. ; Jas. W. Wads-
worth, Jr., Geneseo, N. Y. ; Payne Whitney, New York City ; H. B. Wilcox,
Summit, N. J.; H. B. Wright, New Haven.
Directly after the formal initiation an address on the history oi A K E was
given by Brother Peck, of the Senior class. This was followed by a play writ-
ten for the occasion by Brothers Clarke and Gillette, which was said to have
been the best ever given in (P. Costumes were made in New York, and special
scenery painted for the production. Great credit is also due Brother Fisher,
who acted as stage manager. Of the new brothers Lewis Peck and Rogers are
editors of the Yale Daily News, Brother Dodge is a member of the University
Glee Club, Brother Ely is a substitute on the University football team. Brother
Simmons is a substitute on the University baseball team, and Brother Whitney,
son of ex-Secretary Whitney, is going to Henley as substitute on the Universi^
crew. We regret that we could not invite brothers from the other chapters, but,
owing to the unfinished condition of the house, we decided to wait until its
entire completion before we gave a formal opening.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 135
THKTA.
Thus far the spring term at Baldwin has been rather uneventful, yet of the
few college honors awarded this spring Theta has received more than her pro-
portional share.
At the recent Senior class election Brother Marston was elected Class-Day
Orator, Brother Eastman, Toastmaster for the Senior banquet ; Brother Warren,
Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements ; Brother Minot, Odist, Brother
Bass, Statistician, and Brother Bailey, one of the Committee on Pictures. A KE
is represented on the list of provisional Commencement speakers by Brothers
Bailey, Bass, Bates, Eastman, Keyes, Marston and Minot It is certain that
several of these will be elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
At the Junior class elections Brother Holmes was elected Vice-President, and
Brother Varrell, Ivy Day Poet, while Brothers Haines and Varrell will be among
the Junior prize speakers.
Bowdoin has been particularly successful in athletics this season, and A KE
has been well represented on the various athletic teams. In baseball. Brother
Haines, '97, has not only filled most satis&ctorily his position as catcher, but
has done very effective work at the bat
The success of the college nine this year has been due in no small degree to
the efficient coaching of Brother Steer, of Upsilon, '94. At the recent inter-
collegiate meet at Worcester, l*heta was represented by Brothers Bates, '96 ;
Minot, '98 ; Pettengill, "98 ; and Godfrey, '99.
First place in the shot put was won by Brother Godfrey, '99, who, by the
way, is the first Bowdoin athlete to break a New England record.
The musical talent of Bowdoin, under the management of Brother Bailey,
'9^$ RAve a very successful presentation of the comic opera, "The Mascot," in
Town Hall, May 26th.
Brother Marston, '99, was recently elected to the editorial staff of the Orien/.
Three Dekes are now members of the Board. At the Freshman banquet
Brother Nason will be Odist, and Brother Marston, Historian.
The graduation of the Class of '96 will exclude from active membership a
most loyal delegation of eight members which has won many high honors for
A KE, yet with the under delegations composed of earnest and enthusiastic
Dekes, the prospect of a successful future was never brighter.
XI.
Xi is enjoying her usual degree of prosperity. In every branch of activity
in the college J KE men lead. Brother Hubbard is Captain of the track team,
and will send out a better one than has ever represented the college before. It
is largely composed of Dekes. On the ball team we have three men — Brothers
Watkins, Putnam, '97, and Putnam, '99. Brother Whitman, '97, has been
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elected Editor-in-Chief of the Echo for the coining year. On the Sophomore
Declamation we are represented by Brother B. C. Richardson and Woodman.
On the Sophomore debates, by Brother Richardson. Onr Freshman are show-
ing up well Of the six speakers on the Freshman Reading, three are Dekes —
Brothers R. H. Richardson, Spencer and Hanson.
'' Father" Dmmmond, the founder of our chapter, who preaded at its first
reunion fifty years ago, will preside again this year. Father Dmmmond is a
typical Deke, and keeps in close touch with the chapter he founded.
SIGMiL
As we write, Pro£ Frink, of the Department of Logic and Public Speaking,
has just returned to Amherst from a five months' journey abroad. He has
announced the selection of the speakers who are to take part in the prize-
speaking at Commencement From each of the two lower classes fifteen men
are chosen to compete for the Kellogg prizes for declamation. AKE\& rep-
resented on the Freshman fifteen by Brothers Hinckley, Johnson and Pottle,
and on the Sophomore fifteen by Brother Arter. Out of Uie sixteen members
of the Senior class who take part in the preliminaries of the Hardy Prize Debate,
two are Dekes, Brothers Bouton and McAllister. Brother Bouton is also Class
Orator. In the series of Armstrong prizes in Freshman Rhetoric, Brother
Woodworth has taken three ; Brother Pottle, two, and Brothers Johnson and
Kendall, one each. Brother Bumham, '97, is a member of the new Board of
Editors of the Amherst Sfudsn/, and Brother Hood, '97, is one of the editors of
the Literary Monthly.
In track athletics. Brother Kendall, '97, is the fastest half-mile runner in
college, and Brother Pottle, '99, is showing up well in the mile walk. Brother
Kendall pitched for the Freshmen team until strict training for track athletics
demanded all his attention.
The series of baseball games in the Triangular League is well under way.
The second game with Dartmouth was won with Brother Johnston, '97, in the
pitcher's box.
Four of the fraternities in college have formed a baseball league which
causes no little amusement At the time of writing, J K E*t average in the
league is 100 per cent
GAMMA.
Vanderbilt is now at the close of a year that is pleasant to look back over,
as, from whatever standpoint it is viewed, it has been full of victories for her.
We have won this year the championship of our section in baseball, as well as
in football. Vanderbilt also has won the Intercollegiate athletic meet of all the
Southern colleges by a large plurality of events. Brothers Morse and Enochs
represent Gamma on our track team.
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Brother Morgan and Brother Cheairs have won oratorical honors for Gamma
this year, Brother Morgan being one of the contestants chosen by the Faculty
for the Founder's Medal for Oratoiy, while Brother Cheairs will contest for the
Young's Medal.
Brother Hughes has made a most efficient Business Manager for our annual,
Th€ Comet, Brother Hughes has also been chosen to represent his class at '96*8
Qass Day.
Our chapter life is in a good healthy state. We are entertaining many plans
for our future welfare, and are expecting great things when the Convention shall
meet with us next fall Then we hope to get in closer touch with all the
chapters, and hope that they will all send large delegations.
PSI.
At the University of Alabama the session of '95-96 is verging towards its
dose.
During the entire session, as we glance back, we see that W has enjoyed her
usual prosperity, and that her members have taken prominent positions in every
department of college life.
The two Senior Dekes were entitled by their high standing to compete for
Senior Speaker places. Only one competed, and we are glad to say that he was
successful, and will be one of the six men to represent his class on Commence-
ment Day.
Of the ten Sophomore speakers, four were Dekes. More might be said,
but suffice be it that in scholarly attainments the Dekes have done well.
In athletics we had a representative on the football team, and our represen-
tative, Brother Jenkins, on the track team won the gold medals for the fiistest
sprinter and the best all-round athlete. In baseball Brother Little is winning an
enviable reputation as the "'Varsity" second baseman.
Our chapter will close this year in good condition and with good prospects
for next year.
We will have with us during Commencement Bishop E. R. Henrix, of Phi
Gamma, who will deliver the Commencement sermon. Our chapter will be
delighted with his presence.
The twenty brethren of W send their parting good wishes to all their sister
chapters at the close of this college year.
UPSILON.
The year that is just drawing to a close has been one of great success for
Brown and Upsilon. As usual, the chapter has maintained its high position in
college affairs and all departments of college life.
Brown's baseball team this year has been an unusually successful one under
the efficient management of Brother Matteson. So far this season but two games
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ovt of fifteea bote beat Ion; aad fint pbce ■mm^ the ooDeffei wiU probably be
gjfCB to Brown*
Tbe track aiUeiic team, of vUdi Brocfaer Baikcf; '99, and Brocfaer Fetter,
*^^ wti€ memhm, uA BrocfaerCaO, '96, Managrr, waa ^ atroogeat Aat Brown
haaever tsmcd ont, eatfy taJdng aecond piicc at die annnal apriny meet of the
New England IntcnxOegiase Athletic Aawyiafinn,
Brother Gaskill, '98, haa recently been elected to die Board of Editors of
dbe Brown Daify HerM, of whidi Brodier Sledman ia die EditorHn-Chid ;
Brother Call, '96, Bcninem Xanagei; and Brodier Foater, '97, an Anodate
Editor. Brother Foater tgiSut AKE IjdaUx of dbe UUr Bnmemm foi next
Brown's mnsical daba haire been onnsaaDy sncoessfnl this year imder the
management of Brother Barker, '99.
Among the officers for Class Day, Brother CaD ia President of the Class sop-
per, and Brother Bomge, the Claas HymnisL
Brothers Stedman and Borrage are nnmbered among the ten q)eaken chosen
for the Commencement stage. Upailon giadnates six men this year, having lost
but one member of the '96 delegation throogh the entire foor years, and that one
on accoont of sickness.
Tbe chapter work of Upailon has been up to its usual high standard daring
the past year, and the fraternal spirit and tie that links oor hearts in unity is
stronger than ever.
We have been rushing hard for the last six weeks and have been well re-
warded for our efforts, having pledged several good men for next year. Oor
prospects are bright for the future, and with the confidence that we can hold
our own we are sure to remain at the top.
CHI.
Chi reports progress in every directioiL Since our last letter many honors
have been added to the already long list To prove that she still holds her high
place in college life we need only to look at the honors her sons have won since
the second term begaiL
Brothers W. M. Hamner and A. W. Sbands were chosen in an original debate
to represent ^ 2 Society in a debate Commencement. Brother Shands was
chosen one of three to represent the University in a debate with Tulane
Brother Hamner was elected President Class of '96.
In a contest, Brother S. M. Jones, '98, won the honor of introducing the
Senior debaters at Commencement, by ha\'ing the best original speech. He is
also Vice-President of the Qass of '98.
Brother Clarence Townes won a, ^ 2 Freshman medal.
We had three men on the baseball team, viz. : S. M. Jones, catcher; W. Will-
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iamSy pitcher, and £. M. Faut, first base. Brother Williams also represented
Chi on the football team.
The Senior speakers are chosen by the Faculty, and out of nine men three
A KE's were chosen — Brother T. L. Ross to represent the Law Class, and
Brothers Shands and H. Johnson to represent the Literary Gass.
Brother T. L. Ross has also been chosen to deliver an address before the
Societies of L I. and C. located at Colambos.
Brother Spratley Jones is here now, visiting his father, the Professor of Chem-
istry.
Brother D. G. Ross has returned from Eta Chapter, and meets with ns regu-
larly now.
Brother J. B. DeMotte, V t Chapter, delivered a lecture here and was given
a luncheon by our club. He was well pleased with the club, and the club with
him.
Brother B. J. Allen, Jr., had to leave the University in January on account of
sickness.
Chi had three men holding positions on the Magazine.
With best wishes to sister chapters, we remain,
Ktjpodev ^{kot aeL
BETA.
Beta sends warmest heartfelt greetings to all Dekes. Brother Lake is a genu-
ine Fraternity man. He is generous, as well as loyal.
Through his gift of money University students will have an athletic track
worthy of the institution.
S. Browne Shepherd, an ardent literary society member, will be one of the
three Philanthropic Society speakers at Commencement Six representatives
speak for a gold medal. Brother Shepherd's speech will reflect credit on the
chapter.
The superiority of the baseball team is due to the efficient and popular cap-
taincy of Brother B. £. Stanley. Its record this year has never been equalled by
any southern team. His re-election has large meaning for the University.
He graduates this June, and intends to study law next year.
F. B. Johnson, of the Junior Class, has played fine ball on third base, and
gained much applause.
A. W. Belden, who is doing special good work in the Chemistry Department,
enjoyed playing left field with the team a part of the season.
Beta's seven pledged men are sure to win position and honor. As Freshmen
they show promise and purpose in their University life and associations.
Louis B. Brown, Jr., goes to Harvard next year. He has made many fine
friendships during his half-year stay.
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Our handsome and admired chapter house has given enjo3rment to the broth-
ers and some of their worthy friends. We have entertained prominent visitors
and visiting collegians.
Loyal and true are the hearts of Dekes, and as Fratemi^ men widd excellent
influence in student relationship.
It is our purpose to endeavor to advance in scholarship.
KAPPA.
Kappa comes with pleasure to review the last quarts of the seventh year of her
'' New Life." The recent appropriation of an annual endowment by die State,
placing the University on a now sure footing, has already had its effect in giving
us our fine athletic park, and promises by the opening of next term a modem
and thoroughly equipped gymnasium, and we who are surely the acknowledged
leaders at " Old Miami," to keep pace with this, will next year be occupying as
a chapter house by far the most beautiful home to be had from our 8arrounding&
There are now seventeen of us. Brothers Frank and Horace Nixon being called
away during the early part of the year. Of these. Brother Upham will be Editor-
in-Chief of the ShidmU, and Brother Bickley will rq)resent us on the staff
Brother Upham is also President of M. N. Literary Society.
Our nominee for Football Manager, Brother Munger, was recently elected in
a hotly fought contest Brother Ferris easily carries off the Bishop Latin Prize.
Brothers Bickley and Upham will ably represent us in the Oratorical Exhibi-
tion. While Brother Stivers last year took the honors in oratory, he was this time
defeated by only a few points, by one who later also captured the Slate honors.
We are represented on the Mandolin Qub by their leader. Brother ^o6taU.
Brothers Brookbank and C M. Poor are catcher and Captain of the fint and
second baseball teams, respectively.
Brother Brookbank in ' * Field Day " contest secured the first piiiit on hammer
throw, and second on shot put, while his records place him in a leading position
for the intercollegiate contests. Brother G. Trowbridge Poor yet holds the
championship in tennis for both singles and doubles.
A great honor was recently shown us by the Facul^, who» in naming four can-
didates for the management of the college paper, included three wearers of the
" Diamond and the Scroll"
We might also mention that Miami's championship football team of last
season, captained by Brother C. M. Poor, and containing three other 'Moftl
brothers,** will if all indications are correct, next&ll be composed of amajoritj
of Dekes, which certainly tells what success will be theirs.
Knowing that this is written in the reflection of a successful year for Kappi,
we will try and enjoy the pleasures of a short vacation and then back to new vic-
tories with another year.
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IOTA.
Iota of A KE comes to the close of the season of '95-96, proud of the suc-
cess that has been made during the past session. Since our last letter Messrs.
Vernon Dickson, of Covington, Tenn., and Newton L. Shropshire, Clinton-
ville, Ky., both of '99, have been initiated into the mysteries of Delta Kappa
Epsilon. We have received more than our share of honors in every line.
Brother William Stone has been elected one of the Editors of our annual,
the Cream and Crimson, He also holds the office of Vice-President of the
Epiphyllidian Society, and Brother Speed Smith has the President's chair.
Brother Newton Shropshire is Treasurer of the Philalithian Literary Society.
Brother Smith is Secretary and Treasurer of the Kentucky Inter-Collegiate
Oratorical Association. Brothers Bennett and Smith are our representatives on
the baseball team ; Brother Bennett at short, while Brother Smith holds down
second base. We are to be represented on the Junior Oratorical Contest by
Brother Speed Smith.
The fraternity spirit runs very high in Iota, and consequently we have very
little more to wish for. Our prospects for next year are good, and from the
present prospects we will have most of our men to return and do good work
for J KE.
OMJCRON.
The spring has been marked in a great many ways by an increased enthu-
siasm in athletics, the conventions of A A and V T and the annual May
Festival
The enthusiasm in athletics is shown more in regard to the ball team, which
is by far the best college team in the West, though Chicago has a different
claim, but this will be settled by the final game between the two on June i ith,
and the winner will have a perfect right to claim the championship of the West
and equal to any team in the East. We are represented on the team by
Brothet Condon as catcher, and Brother Hollister in the field.
While the A A ^ were having their convention here, we gave an informal
reception to them and the WT, as the VT held theirs the week after.
The May festival was, as usual, a success, and brought a large crowd of
visitors. It is the Annual Musical Festival, given under the direction of the
Musical Society, and there are always a number of noted musicians present
This year we have made no recent additions to our membership roll. The
coming graduation of the Class of '96 will take thirteen valuable men from us,
not only in the literary but in the professional departments. We have a few
more pledges for the coming year, but we hope to be able to get a few more
when college work is resumed in the fall.
All Dekes will regret to hear of the death of Edward Hurd Smith, of
Omicron, Qass of '91. He was always active in all the business of the Frater-
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nity while in college, and after on the Northwestern Alumni Association in
Chicago. He died while at Eddy, New Mexico, where he had to stay becaose
of consumption.
SPSILON.
Epsilon ended the second term of the year with bright prospects. We at
present have seventeen members, having taken one man from '97, one man
from '98, and six from '99. They are as follows : Richard R. Bradbucy, '97 ;
Cecil Frederic Bacon, '98 ; Leo K. Eaton, Ashton P. Derby, Henry L. Mann,
John Barker, J. Mandly Hills, Harold Sloper, from '99.
Epsilon is well represented on the musical organizations this year. Brotheis
Folsom, '96 ; Floyd ; '98, and Bragdon, '98, are members of the Mandolin Gob,
which is under the leadership of Brother McDowell, '96. Brother Rust, '98,
represents us on the Glee Qub.
Brothers McDowell, '96 ; Folsom, '96 ; Floyd, '98, are also members of the
Banjo Club.
On the editorial staff of the WUUams Weekly we are represented by Brother
Hust, '98, who is Alumni Editor, and Brother Hills, '99, Associate Editor.
Brothers Bragdon, '98, and Mairs, '98, are on the Sophomore Promenade
Committee. Brother Mairs, '98, is also Class Treasurer,
The plans for our new chapter house have been accepted, and we expect
to build some time during the summer.
The chapter has lately been visited by Brothers Laycock, Davis and
McComack, of 17.
RHO.
Besides the distinction of being the only Fraternity occupying a house at
La&yette, Rho holds her old place in every branch of college life.
Since the last issue Brothers Ernest, '99, and Reid, '99, have been elected
to the Editing Board of the Lafayette, the weekly college publication.
The '97 Melange is a beauty. Brother Stoddard, '97, was its Editor-in-Chief
and one of the illustrators. Brother Bentel, '97, was on the Literary Committee.
Our reputation on the platform has been sustained by Brother Martin, '96,
who carried off first honors in the Senior Debate, and Brother Ernest, '97, who
received second in the Junior Oratorical Contest.
Brother Walbridge, '98, has represented us on the baseball team, playing his
old position at third. ** Willie Rocking Horse's little stick works wonders."
At the recent elections of the athletic associations Brother Ernest was elected
Manager of the track team.
This ends our first term in the chapter house, and we cannot but note the
decided advantages of having the Fraternity together in body as well as spirit
Here have been enacted many informal good times, and many are the rousing
Deke songs that go up from its walls.
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TAU.
Tan sends greeting, and reports a most successful year in every way. Our
grounds at the foot of College Hill have been improved by new road- ways and
a new tennis court, so that our situation is the envy of our rivals.
In scholarship Tau is, as usual, getting its usual large share. Commence-
ment announcements are not yet fully made, but so far promising. Brother
Warner, '96, received a Clark Prize appointment, and has won department
honors in Latin, Law and History, Psychology, Logic and Pedagogics.
Brothers Warner and Wood, '96, received 9 B K keys, and, with Brother
MacNally, appointments as Commencement Speakers.
Brother Kelsey and Finn received appointments as Sophomore Prize Speakers.
Tau was represented on the baseball team this spring by Brothers Rogers,
'98; Kelsey, '98, and Lipfeld, '99.
At the spring meet of the Track Association, three first prizes were won by
Dekes, Brother Finn winning the shot-put and hammer-throw, in the latter event
breaking the college record ; and Brother Millham, '99, winning the lao yard
hurdles. Brother Ward, '96, is Manager of track athletics, and Brother Finn,
'98, has been elected Assistant Manager for next year.
In the next issue Tau confidenUy hopes to have still better news ioi ^ K E
at large in the matter of prizes and honors won by her men, and in the triumphs
which do so much toward making our college life both successful and happy.
MU.
Commencement honors have just been announced. Brothers Anderson and
Winegar are two of the four Seniors elected io t B K, In the Commencement
programme we have five of the eleven speakers. Brothers Henderson, Negus,
Smith, Steen and Winegar. Of the six Seniors chosen to debate for the Class of
'84 prizes. Brothers Negus, Smith and Winegar represent Mu. Six of the nine
honor men from the Class of '96, Colgate Academy, including the three who
have taken the Dodge Entrance prizes, are pledged Dekes. Brother Negus, '96,
took the Clarke Oratorical Prize of $50.
We are represented by three men on the baseball team. Brother Roberts,
'97, is Captain of the track athletic team. In the College field day, held May
1 2th, we took more points than any other chapter at Colgate, as we have done
in all previous field days.
Our annual Commencement reception will be given on the evening of June
13th. The alumni banquet of the chapter will occur on Tuesday evening,
June 1 6th. A larger number than usual of our alumni will be present Dr.
W. T. Henry, '73, of £lmira, will act as Toastmaster.
During the last term we have been pleased to entertain many Dekes firom
other chapters, among them Rev. Henry M. Saunders, D.D., #, '73, a trustee
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of Colgate and a lectarer on the James coarse ; Profl W. C Joslin, T^ '76,
Principal of Oxford Academy, and Pro£ J. H. Gilmore, T. '58, of Rochester
University. Brother James C Colgate, '84, has also visited us. It is oar greatest
pleasare to entertain brothers visiting Hamilton.
We have to-day won the baseball game with the local chapter of jS 6 27,
oar most formidable rivals in athletics, thas proving oarselves the athletic
fraternity at Colgate.
NU.
Not until the Commencement exercises of '96 are over will Na's triamphs
for this year have ended. Not since the days of '90 and '91 have we been so
sapreme. With a chapter varying from fifteen to twenty, we have had a lion's
share of the social, political, athletic and literary spoils.
Not satisfied to have the Presidents of '97 and '98, we longed for the other
Presidents, and got them. That one fraternity should captare all four Qass
Presidents is a feat unknown in C C. N. Y., and establishes a record not soon
to be equalled.
Brothers Lee, Dearborn, Tripp and Tobeyare Presidents of '96^*97, '98, '99,
respectively. Sickness made it necessary for Brother Tobey soon after his elec-
tion to the Presidency of the Freshmen to leave and hence to resign his position.
However, in special election Brother Oakes was elected Vice-President of '99.
Under the able management of Brother Dearborn, the Glee Club which
A K E controls enjoyed their most successful season for many years.
In athletics we are well represented. Brother Hanson, on the Intercollegiate
team ; Brothers Boyd, '97; Redley, '97, and Oakes, '99, played on the lacrosse
team, while two other members are pledged to us.
In the twenty-second spring games of C C. N. Y., Brother Oakes won the
broad jump, and Brother Hanson secured second place in the half-mile run.
The college is particularly proud of this year's annual, our thirty-ninth
Microcosm^ for whose success many thanks are due to Nu representa-
tives Brother Lee, who, as Business Manager, devoted his whole time to it, and
Brother Dearborn. The annual is of particular interest to our alumni, because
it contains a dozen photographs of our old buildings, which we soon vacate,
and also likenesses of the entire Faculty.
The fortieth anniversary of the chartering of Nu was duly celebrated by
a grand banquet held at the A KE Club of New York city on the night of
April 10, 1896. One hundred and fifteen Nu brothers and the Trustees of
the Club sat down to feast, both intellectual and physical, which not only did
credit to the ability of the speakers, but also to the attempt of the caterer. We
think it safe to affirm that no chapter of any fraternity ever had a grander
reunion or had present a larger number of its living alumni. Such is the
enthusiasm of Nu Dekes that years are of no account Instructor W. G.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 146
McGackin, '69, wittily introduced the following Na brothers, who
responded to toasts: J. S. Babcock, '57; one of our charter members; Pro£
FitzGerald Tisdall, '59; Hon. Asa Bird Gardiner, '59; George B. Fowler,
M. D., '69; Frank & Williams, '78; Roswell R Bnrchard, '80, and George F.
McEwen, '87. Letters of regret were read from Brothers Blake, of New Haven,
and Bausher, of Chicago, our other living charter members, and also from
Prof. J. R McMasters, of University of Pennsylvania, and from Prof. Ira Rem-
sen, all of whom regretted their inability to see their old chapter friends and
brothers.
A month previous to the dinner a very neat circular was mailed to each liv-
ing Nu man, .'explaining the proposed jollification, and, after the fraternally
yours, we see the names of the following representative Nu Dekes:
Asa Bird Gardiner, '59; FitzGerald Tisdall, '59; Heniy H. HoUister, '61;
George Hoe, '64; James A. Wotton, '66; Christopher Heiser, '68; Gilbert H.
Crawford, '68; George B. Fowler, '69; William G. McGuckin, '69; John C
Gulick, '72; Hanford Crawford. '75; William H. Kenyon, '76; Frank S.
Williams, '78; Charles W. Erskine, '79; Robert N. Kenyon, '81; Edward R La
Fetra, '86; Floy McEwen, '87; Charles F. Davies, '88; Gano & Dunn, '89;
Victor C Pedersen, '89; Howard & Mdghan, '91; Wilson H. Black well, '93;
Clarence R Tracy, '93; John Douglas, '94.
BETA PHL
The end of the college year is drawing to a close, and B t will rest during
the vacation only to win fresh laurels in the coming year. The past year has
been a series of successes in all branches, and to crown it all we expect to be
nobly represented on Commencement Day by Brother Wallis, '96, who is Master
of Ceremonies. On April loth we gave a ball at which about two hundred
were present This ball totally eclipsed anything of the kind held before by
any other Fraternity in the University of Rochester, and we hope to give another
next year which will surpass even this one.
At the college field day Baird, '99, won first in the high jump, shot put,
hammer throw and pole vault, and Moulthrop, '99, won the mile and two-mile
bicycle races. It would be difficult to mention all the successes of the year ;
but, better than all, we may hope for just such honors again next year,
because of the fine del^;ation we have pledged, for in them we have a set
of men who will uphold us in all branches of college work. B # sends
greetings and hopes that her sister chapters may all spend a profitable and
pleasant vacation.
PHI CHL
The spring term at Rutgers finds A KE still "running things to suit them*
selves."
146 CHAPTER LETTERS.
Upon the 'Varsity baseball team were Brother Poole, '96, Captain, and
Brother Voorhees, '96.
Brother Coager is to be one of the speakers at Commencement
We are represented upon the track team by Brother Bjrram, '96, and Brother
Harrington, '98. Brother Harrington is also Captain of the Sophomore boat crew.
Upon the Freshman baseball team we have Brothers Winn and Titsworth.
We are now preparing for oor annual banquet to be held on June 16th, at
which time we expect to initiate three men from the graduating class of the
Preparatory School.
For a long time we have been^striving for a chapter house, and we now
hope that the time is not far distant when we may have one of some sort
J i^ J? is the only Fraternity here which does not have a house, and we feel the
need of it greatly, as our rooms are not suited to our needs.
We feel the loss of our Senior brothers, who left us some time ago, as thejr
constituted nearly half the chapter ; but we hope that the loss of them will not
prevent ^ X from doing good work in time to come.
9 X wishes A K E ever3rwhere a pleasant and profitable summer.
GAMMA PHL
Gamma Phi sends greetings to her sister chapters. We are closing what has
been an unusually pleasant year. In college affairs we have the following to
report:
Brothers Brownell and Le Compte, '97, represented us in the Junior Exhibi-
tion contest Brother Brownell has recently been appointed Business Manager of
the Argus, Brother Le Compte has been re-elected to a position on the Literaij
Monthly Board, from which he had resigned last year on account of sickness.
Our Tennis Association has recently been put on the same basis as the other
athletic associations, and Brother Kent, '98, has been elected Secretary-Treas-
urer. Brother Davies, '96, is President of the Track Athletic Association. A
beautiful gold medal was given by Brother Briggs, '94, who was Captain of the
team for two years, to the best all-around athlete. Brother Fuller, '96, has re-
ceived an appointment as Commencement Speaker. Of three possible contest-
ants for the Freshman Declamation Prize, Brothers Goodrich and Legg, '99,
have been appointed as two. Here it might be well to mention that our Fresh-
man delegation is proving itself to be an unusually strong one.
We pleasantly entertained our lady friends recently with a novel musical pro-
gramme called " An Hour with De Koven." It consisted of solos, quartettes
and an octette entirely of De Koven's composition, closing with Fraternity songs.
We gave the use of our club house one evening recently to the Universitj
Club. About one hundred and fifty were present An address was given bj
ProC John Fisk on " Salem Witchcraft."
CHAPTER LETTERS. 147
ALUMNI.
'93. Brother A. £. Loveland has been recently elected Business Manager of the
Yale Medical Journal for next year.
'95. Brother A. H. Lee will sail for England in June.
'86. Brother J. M. Tabor has been reappointed pastor of Trinity M. £. Churchy
Providence, R. L
DELTA CHI.
Since our last letter to the Quarterly, Delta Chi has led a very prosperous
life. During the first pslrt of the spring term several improvements were made
in the grounds about the hall.
Everyone is looking forward with much pleasure to the coming of Senior
week, and our hall is to be given up for the use of our guests, of whom we ex-
pect a goodly number.
Besides Brother McCulloh being Commodore of the Navy, among the recent
honors bestowed upon some of our number is the representation on the CameU"
ion Board of Editors by Brother Hill, '97. Brother M. F. Connolly, '97, has
been elected an editor of the Cornell Era. Brother Connolly also received hon-
orable mention in the '86 Memorial, Prize Competition in oratory. Brother
Miller, '98, besides being President of his class, is also on the Freshman crew.
Brother Gaboy, '97, is to take a prominent part in the masque play to be given
during Senior week. Brothers G. W. La Pointe and Miller represent us on the
Mandolin Club.
Delta Chi has a strong baseball team, and we expect to win the Star League
championship this year.
The ^Varsity and Freshman crews are in active training for the quadrangular
race at Poughkeepsie. Both crews go on the lake every evening, followed by
Coach Courtney in the Navy launch. Mr. Courtney uses a large speaking
trumpet which enables him to coach the individual oarsmen from a great dis-
tance. The prospects are bright for a fast Freshman crew.
Among the visitors whose names appear in the register since March are:
Rev. £. A. Mirick, Epsilon, '64; Israel T. Deyo, Epsilon, '79; L. A.
Squires, Upsilon; Charles Pike, Delta Delta; Harry Hyde, Phi; Daniel S.
Tuttle, Delta Chi, '93; George Davidson, Delta Chi.
DELTA DELTA.
In the midst of a very prosperous and active period of our Fraternity life we
take pleasure in sending our best wishes to the sister chapters of Delta Kappa
Epsilon. Since our last letter seven men have been added to our roll. Hiey
are: J. Wilbur, '98; Willoughby Walling, '99; William B. Cornell, '99; Percy
B. Eckhart, '99; William F. Anderson, '99; Clinton L. Hoy, '99; Thomas C.
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was '* Frederick Douglass." Brother F. M. Smalley, '98, at present clerk of
the University Congress, has been elected Secretary and Treasurer of the League.
Since the last issue of the Quarterly Brother W. D. Alsever, '96, has been
elected President of the New York State Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
As manager of the University track team for the past two years he has made a
notable success. The team itself has been unusually successful, winning from
Williams by a score 66 to 46 at Albany, and winning the championship in the
State League by a score of 98 to Rochester's 35 and Colgate's 3, Hobart not
competing. Phi Gamma was represented on the team by Brothers F. Z. Lewis,
P. G., H. G. Lee, '99, and H. B. Pratt, '99. Brother Lee was Captain of the
Freshman team. Brother H. L Andrews, '96, was Vice-President of the University
Athletic Association. On the General Athletic Committee Phi Gamma is repre-
sented by Brothers W. Y. Foote, '86; T. W, Gaggin, '95; C. C. Brown, '96;
W. D. Alsever, '96, and F. T. Pierson, Jr., '96.
In intercollegiate athletics Syracuse has succeeded no better this year in any
branch than in football. Brother F. T. Pierson, Jr., '96, as Manager scored a
marked success and was honored with the presidency of the New York State
Intercollegiate Football Association. The Syracuse team won the champion-
ship of the League with ease.
The Qass Day exercises this year were presided over by Brother J. N.
Alsever, '96, as President of the graduating class. Brother H. L Nottingham, '96,
was elected Treasurer for the same occasion.
The Onandagan, the annual publication of the Junior class, under the able
management of Brother W. A. Groat, '97, Editor-in-Chief, has this year proved
to be more of a success than usual. The book reflects no little credit upon the
editors.
Two additions have this year been made to the society system at Syracuse.
The Mu Chapter of the Nu Sigma Nu Fraternity has been established in the Col-
lie of Medicine, and the New York Alpha Chapter of the Pi Beta Phi sorority has
been established in the colleges of Liberal Arts and Fine Arts. Brothers W. L.
Wallace, '97, and £. S. Van Dnyn, '97, are charter members of Nu Sigma Nu.
Brother J. L. Heffron, Mu, '75, is an honorary member.
Delta Kappa Epsilon is this year represented on the several faculties of the
University by thirteen members representing the following chapters: Phi, Sigma,
Mu, Gamma Phi and Phi Gamma. This number is twice as large as any other
Fraternity can show. The City of Syracuse also contains more Dekes than
members of any other Fraternity.
Elections are about to be made to the recently established New York Kappa
Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. It is probable that when the roll of alumni is
announced Delta Kappa Epsilon will have more members than any other Fra-
ternity. The only Syracuse men who have previous to this time been honored
150 • CHAPTER LETTERS.
by an election to the society have been members of Phi Gamma. They are
Brothers Laden M. Underwood, '77, who has just been appointed Head Pro-
fessor of Botany at Columbia University; }. Scott Clark, '77, Professor of
English in the Northwestern University; W. H. Van Allen, '90, and C W.
Weller, Syracuse, '93, and Yale, '95.
Three times has death entered the ranks of Phi Gamma this year. Those for
whom the chapter mourns are Brothers W. H. Dunlap, '75; Hany Klock, '88,
and J. D. Keefe, '89.
The roll of class officers in the Otumdagam shows a good representation for
Phi Gamma. Brother J. N. Alsever is President of the graduating class, Brother
£. £. Riley of the Junior class, and Brother S. H. Glassmire of the Sophomore
class.
The Central New York Association of J KE held its midwinter banquet at
the Phi Gamma Chapter house. A feature of the evening was a play presented
by members of the local chapter. The Commencement banquet is to be held
Wednesday, June 10, at the Vanderbilt House.
The Glee and Instrumental Qubs have just closed a very successful season.
One of the best received numbers given on the programme was the trick banjo
work by Brother H. S. Lee, '99.
Brother H. L Andrews, '96, was President of the Lowell Literary Society
during the winter term. Brother C W. Walker, '97, is President of the
Athenian Literary Society for next fall term. Brother Walker was Critic of the
society during the winter term. Brother W. A. Groat, '97, is Vice-President of
the Science Association. Brother F. T. Pierson, Jr., '96, is President of the
Monastic Circle. Brother £. W. Burdick, '96, was the first President of the
newly established Kent Club of the College of Law.
Brother T. C. Cherry, '97, has been obliged to leave college for this year
owing to illness. Brother £. £. Riley, '97, has left to accept a pastorate in
Pennsylvania.
GAMMA BKTA.
This being the end of the college year, it seems but fitting that the Quar-
terly should have a brief r^sumd of Gamma Beta's affairs for the past eight
months.
When the college year opened, thanks to the interest taken by the older mem-
bers, the chapter was greatly reduced in numbers, and affairs were, to say the
least, decidedly discouraging ; but, owing chiefly to the energy of three or four
of our members, the chapter now is ready to take its stand before the college
world and defy all comers.
Seventeen neophytes have been admiitcd to our bond of fraternal feeling —
the pick of the Freshman class as well as some of other classes.
A few of the positions held are as follows:
CHAPTER LETTERS. 161
Brothers Beach, Adams and Hall were on the '95-'96 Spectator Board, while
Brothers Smith and Hall are on the '96-'97 Board.
Brother Adams is Chairman of Class Day Exercises, and also was Mandolin
Qub leader.
The Musical Society was essentially under control of the chapter, having
Brother Ryerson, President ; Brother Coykendall, Vice-President ; Brother Bost-
wick, Manager, and Brother Shepard, Dramatic Representative.
The Musical Society's production of "The Buccaneer" was under the man-
agement of Brother Bostwick, while the cast and chorus included Brothers Ryer-
son, Bryant, Machen^ Oakley, Brower, Smith, Hall, Ware and Bostwick.
Both Varsity and Freshman crews have Dekes as managers, while in the
Freshman crew there are two more.
Numerous other positions could be cited, but merely to let the Quarterly
know that the chapter is alive to its duty, we have mentioned the above.
In conclusion, if the following year brings with us one-half the number that
have been taken in this year^ the result will be far from unsatisfactory.
THBTA ZETA.
Theta Zeta has just finished probably the most prosperous year in her exist-
ence. The chapter now numbers twenty-eight active members. The Fraternity
has purchased a large lot in the best part of Berkeley, and expects to build before
long. The chapter has progressed steadily with the remarkable growth of the
University, which now has over two thousand students. Commencement was
held on May 13 th, and our chapter graduated seven splendid men. Their
standing has been excellent, and they have always occupied a prominent posi-
tion in college affairs. In military, Thompson graduated with the commission
of Lieutenant-Colonel, and Graham with the rank of Major. Blake, Veeder and
Russ each received a Captain's commission. During the last year four of the
companies, out of the seven in the corps, have been captained by Dekes.
On the evening of April 8th our chapter gave its first play in Shattuck Hall,
Berkeley. Over one thousand invitations had been issued, and long before the
time for the curtain to rise the hall was packed to overflowing. The play pro-
duced was a farcical comedy, in three acts, entitled "The Argonauts," and
written by Raymond John Russ,* one of our Seniors. The cast was filled by
members of our chapter, assisted by a number of the Deke sisters. The partici-
pants had been trained on their respective parts for over a month, so that the
performance progressed without a hitch. The Fraternity was highly compli-
mented on its success by the San Francisco press.
The cast was as follows : William Hubbard, a college man, Thompson, '96;
John S. Talbot, a man of business, Hutchins, '96; Allen Borden, attorney for
both sides of the Clifton will case, Veeder, '96; Sir Hugh Fitz Hugh Riley,
152 CHAPTER LETTERS.
Bart., Carr, '99; the Rev. Demertius Doremus Snivers, a budding genius,
Stringham, '95; the late Col. Timothy Trelawney, Blake, '96; Elliot Doolittle,
a leader of Germans, Starr, '98; Fitzpatrick Murphy, Riley's man, Laughlin,
'97; Mrs. Trelawney, Miss Duff; Dorothy, her daughter. Miss Moore; Miss
Eulilia Peabody, Miss Strong ; Margaret Clifton, Miss Green ; Mrs. W. Stuart
Newcome, Miss Garber; Pansy, a light-running domestic. Wood, '99.
ALPHA CHI.
During the past few months the members of Alpha Chi have all taken an
active interest in the various departments of college life.
Our two Seniors, Brothers Olcott and Leonard, have received important ap-
pointments on Senior committees, the one on the Class Day Committee, the
other on the Reception Committee. Brother Plimpton, '97, has been appointed
Treasurer of the N. £. I. C A. A. and President of the Tennis Association.
Brother Danker,' 97, has taken part in all the performances of the
''Jesters" this year, and as stage manager has presented "Poison" and the
** Bicyclers."
Brother Cartwright, '98, is the Ivy Editor for '96-'97, and Brother Lord,
'98, as center on the 'Varsity football team, will be the stand-by for next season's
team.
By this time all the new men have developed well Brother Baxter, '99, has
fulfilled all expectation in regard to athletic ability. He is, without doubt, the
best athlete Trinity has had for years. In the Wesle3ran-Trinity meet he indi-
vidually scored twenty-one points, and will greatly strengthen Trinity's team at
Worcester. He has also broken five collie records. Warner, '99, takes a lead-
ing part in the ''Bicyclers," and has made a record for himself in scholarship
during the year. It can be justly said that Alpha Chi has done creditable work
this year in all branches.
SIGMA TAU.
Sigma Tau is glad to once more greet her sister chapters, and to be able to
record a somewhat uneventful but prosperous half term. Our Junior week,
early in April, served in some measure to awaken us from our lethargy and to
break into the monotony of our long term of lectures. This year's Junior week
proved an unusually enjoyable one, with its usual promenade. Glee Onb con-
cert, reception and club plajrs.
Sigma Tau had its finger in the pie, or, rather, fingers, with Brother Whiting
on the Promenade Committee, of which Brother Sawtelle was Chairman. In
the plan's given this year by the Walker Qub, Brother Hering carried off the
honors of the evening, while Brothers Wing and Hazeltine represented us on the
musical clubs.
CHAPTER LETTERS.
On the evening of April 35th 2 7^ held its fifth annual private initi
the chapter-house. We are most happy to say that on that night we \
our list of brothers Howell Fisher, from the Sophomore class.
Our '97 TechniguB^ which came out early in April, was conceded
be the best volume in all respects that has ever been issued by a Junior
Tech.
Sigma Tau was fortunate, not only in having Brothers Whiting, Hui
CuUer and Washburn on the Editorial Board, but also in winning first p
both outside literary and artistic work.
Brother Jackson acted as Toastmaster at the Junior class dinner in
and lately won the annual spring tennis tournament.
Now that our college year is over, it is with a great deal of pleas
some satisfaction that we look back over the chapter work of the year. ^
been smaller than is our custom, owing to our '' quality, not quantity" i
we trust that next year's Freshman class may contain many Dekes embi
if such proves to be the case we shall make it our business to decorate ti
forthwith. In conclusion, '2 7^ wishes each of her sister chapters the joll
sible summer.
NEW INITIATES.
A. B. Baylis, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.; M. L.
Bennet, Hartford, Conn.; W. R. Betts,
New York City; Robert Callender, Pro-
Tidence, R. I.; Bruce Clark, Chicago,
IU.;M.J. Dodge, New York City; M.
N. Ely, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Eugene Hale,
Jr., Ellsworth, Me.; T. G. Hinsdale,
Pittsfield, Mass.; Ernest Howe, Wash-
ington, D. C; C. E. Ives, Danbury,
Conn. ; Frederick Kemochan, New York
City; A. L. Lewis, Detroit, Mich.; J. R.
livermore, New York City; F. A. Lord,
Moorhead, Minn.; G. D. Montgomery,
Denver, Colo. ; D. E. Feck, Hudson, N.
Y.; Williams. Roy, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
D. F. Rogers, New Canaan, Conn.; F.
H. Simmons, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Robert
J. Turnbull, Jr., Morristown, N. J.;
James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Geneseo, N.
Y.; Payne Whitney, New York City; H.
B. Wilcox, Summit, N. J., and H. B.
Wright, New Haven, Conn., all from '98.
E.
Richard Robertson Bradbury, '97, New York
City; Cecil Frederic Bacon, '9S, Toledo,
0.;Leo Kimball Eatoo, '99, Oshkosh,
Wis.; Aahton Philander Derby, '99,
Gardner, Mass.; Harry Levi Mann, '99,
Fitchburg, Mass.; James Mardly Hills,
'99, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; John Barker, '99,
Pittsfield, Mass.; Harold T. Sloper, '99,
New Britain, Conn.
William B. Boyd, '97, New York City; Her-
man P. Olcott, '99, New York City; ,
Charles Milne, Jr., '99, New York City.
2^ J.
J. Wilbur, '98; Willoughby Walling. '99;
William B. Comeii, '99; Perx^ B. Eck.
hart, '99; William F. Anderson, '99;
Clinton L. Hoy, '99, and Thomas C.
Glendening, '99.
EDITORIALS.
The Council and Quarterly have moved from 435 Fifth
avenue to 9 West 31st street, New York, the new house of the Club.
Will all interested please take notice ?
There had been a growing desire on the part of the great ma-
jority of the active members of the Club to have a place more con-
veniently located than the old quarters were, and in deference to
this wish the new Trustees secured this new house, which, situated
as it is in such a central location, is easily accessible in all directions.
The wisdom of this move cannot be doubted, as in a club of this
kind convenient access is essential ; and in this respect the new
house is an admirable success.
With a membership of over fifty, representing twenty-one
chapters, our new Wisconsin Alumni Association has certainly made
an auspicious start. The steady growth of our alumni associations
and the interest taken in their organization is very gratifying.
The next Convention will be held in November, at Nashville,
Tenn. This will be the second time within the last five years that
our conventions have been held in the South. We hope all the
chapters, alumni associations and others, will keep this date in mind*
Full particulars will be given later.
We are prepared to admit Psi Upsilon's claim to be the " leading
college fraternity '* — with the limitation of the college dean, who,
when an enterprising collegian about to strike the world for a living
presented to him a letter of recommendation already prepared,
placed after the words " leader in the college " the words " in one re-
spect," and, when asked to elaborate, added the words " in the
number of flunks." As a leader in one respect, Psi Upsilon has un-
doubtedly established a claim ; we know of no college fraternity,
great nor small, which has gone to such lengths in the matter of mak-
ing new members in the formation of a new chapter as Psi Upsilon.
166 EDITORIALS.
On March 27th last past, a new chapter was instituted at the
University of Wisconsin, with a charter membership of one hundred
and five, representing classes ''as far back as '56" — according to
their own statement — sixty-nine of whom were initiated at this time.
The aggregation must certainly have been representative ; there
were the late Phi Kappa Psis ; neutrals of many years ; men from col-
leges where the secret-society system is not recognized ; and others
of apparently all ages and descriptions. We confess we must ad-
mire, to a certain extent, at least, the reckless abandon with which
Psi Upsilon recruited her ranks on this occasion.
To initiate, as new members, men out of college, from forty years
down, in this wholesale manner, is certainly a direct violation of the
policy which has governed college fraternities of any standing for
the past quarter of a century. Just a few years ago a prominent
man, not in college, was initiated into a college fraternity, and the
society was censured on all sides for doing it; and justly so, for
where will this thing end ? Following this precedent of Psi Upsilon,
any man who has ever at any time seen the inside of any college, for
a greater or less time, is eligible for election to a college fraternity
at any time from the date of his matriculation to the date of his
death ; and why not go one small step further and take in men
who have never even gone through the formality of matriculation.
In our opinion, it is bad policy to relax in the slightest from the
strict requirements of the college fraternity man, and we cannot
see how any society which does so can claim to be regarded as con-
servative.
CREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS.
The Delta Upsilon Quarterly has seemingly withdrawn from the
ranks of open publications. It has not appeared among exchange
notices of any of the magazines for some time ; its present where-
abouts are not even generally known. — K A JournaL
Theta Delta Chi enjoys the unique distinction of having one of
its alumni, Charles D, Tenney, selected as President of the first
Chinese university, now being established in Tien Tsin. Mr. Ten-
ney is a graduate of Dartmouth, '78, and has for many years served
as a tutor in the household of Li Hung Chang. No allusion is made
by Col. Holmes to a prospective new chapter. — K A JournaL
At the University of Michigan the leading fraternities constitute
what is termed the Palladium Board. Its principal features have
been the publication of an annual and the participation in a joint
yearly dance. This organization is comprised of Chi Psi, Alpha
Delta Phi, A K E, Sigma Phi, Zeta Psi, Psi Upsilon, Beta Theta Pi,
Phi Kappa Psi and Delta Tau Delta. Those comprising the non-
admitted are Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Theta, S. A. E. and Theta
Delta Chi.— JT A Journal.
The Faculty of the University of Chicago has requested the local
© NE Chapter to give up its charter, and the chapter will be dis-
banded. There was no complaint against the local chapter, the
point in question being the reputation of the Fraternity at large.
© N EhdiS been at the University of Chicago for two years. — 2 A E
Record,
John Bell Keeble, who has for eight years edited the Kappa
Alpha Journal, has recently been elected City Attorney of Nashville,
Tenn., and as a consequence he has been compelled to resigned from
his editorial position. — Caduceus of K 2,
168 GREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS.
The present field of extension ior ^ KW seems to be New Eng^
land. The establishment of a chapter of that Fraternity at Amherst
last fall has recently been supplemented by a chapter at Dartmouth,
which starts with fifteen members. — Caduceus ofK'2.
9 r A will hold her convention at Chicago during the coming
fall. — Caduceus ofK 2.
The fourth annual Pan-Hellenic banquet of the Greeks in Toledo,
O., was held on the 2ist of February, with some fifty men in at-
tendance. Fine responses were made to the toasts ; in this list was
one on " Greek Ideals and Ideal Greeks," which was responded to
by Ex- Mayor J. Kent Hamilton, J K E, who was full of reminis-
cences of the old days of Kenyon, and spoke of the old log chapter-
bouse in the woods, which was probably the first chapter-house in
existence. Other speakers were members of -4 J ^, * X y, Z #,
B & n, and V T. Ex-Congressman Frank Hurd was one ol J K Es
trio of speakers. W. A. Clarke, 2 A E/\s Secretary of the Associa-
tion, and was instrumental in getting up the banquet. Several other
2 A E men were present. — 2 A E Record.
Psi Upsilon instituted a new chapter — its twenty-second branch
— in the University of Wisconsin, March 27, 1896, by initiating
sixty-nine members — alumni and undergraduates — of the local order
of Rho Kappa Upsilon. That order was founded March 13, 1893,
by graduate and student members of a former chapter of the Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity. The induction into Psi Upsilon was per-
formed by Mr. Herbert L. Bridgman, of the Brooklyn Standard
Union, the President of the Executive Council of Psi Upsilon, and
by Mr. Francis S. Bangs, President of the State Trust Company of
New York, and Secretary of the Psi Upsilon Council. Members
came from Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee to attend the installa-
tion of the Rho Chapter of their fraternity. After the initiation
there was a dinner at the Parker House, the spacious dining hall of
which had been handsomely decorated for the occasion. Eighty-
nine covers were laid. Professor Charles N. Gregory, Assistant
Dean of the Law School of the University, acted as toastmaster, and
speeches were made by ex- Senator John C. Spooner, H. L. Bridge
GREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS. 169
man, F, S. Bangs, Judge Farlin ^. Ball, Judge James M. Flower, C.
P. Spooner, Henry Vilas, Prof. L. S. Pease and C. L. Williams. The
latter, on behalf of the graduates, presented to the new chapter a
beautiful silver loving-cup, which was duly put in commission.
One hundred and five names, representing classes at the University
as far back as '56, appear in the charter of the new branch, and all
but thirty-six of the original members were present for initiation on the
evening above mentioned.— American University Magazine, May, 1896.
A general review of Phi Gamma Delta for last year shows a
total of forty-four chapters, with an active membership of six hun-
dred and sixty-seven. This indicates a very healthy chapter average
of about fifteen members. Two hundred and seventy-five initiations
were recorded, an average of about six per chapter. The largest
chapter was the Omega at Columbia, at which institution there were
forty-five members, only twenty-nine, however, being active. The
smallest was at the University of Tennessee, where there was a total
of six. Fifteen chapters occupy houses. For the first time in the
history of the Fraternity a charter was forciblj^ withdrawn, the
Muhlenburg(Pa.) and Bethel (Ky.) branches suffering in this respect
The University of Michigan Chapter disbanded on account of dis-
sensions, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapter
was announced as practically dead for the last two years. Losses
by graduation numbered one hundred and fifty-eight ; by departure
from college, seventy-six, and by death, two.
United States limits have been disregarded in extension by Zeta
Psi, Kappa Alpha (N.), Alpha Delta Phi, and Phi Kappa Sigma,
each of which has a chapter in Canada, the first being twice repre-
sented. To Chi Phi, however, belongs the sole notoriety of having
maintained a chapter on strictly foreign soil. In 1867 a charter was
granted to University of Edinburgh students, which chapter in its
existence of three years comprised a total of only fourteen members,
all of whom, with a single exception, were from the United States.
All of these save one hailed from either Louisiana or South Carolina.
Another and even more unique chapter is said to have existed during
the late war among members of Sigma Chi in the Southern army.
It was known as the " Constantine Chapter," and is said to have
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maintained some sort of an existence during the intensest period of
the war. It was, of course, entirely unofficial. — K A Journal.
The March Shield contains an account of a banquet tendered
Hon. Jno. W. Griggs (Lafayette, '68) recently elected Governor ol
New Jersey. There were, one hundred and twenty-two covers at
the dinner in question, which took place at Delmonico's in New
York. Gov. Griggs' response was extremely happy and appropriate.
He said, among other things:
" I am profoundly conscious of the beautiful compliment that
you pay me to-night, a compliment in which participate a larger
number of Theta Delts than I have ever seen assembled together in
my life ; coming from a wider extent of territory and from more
different directions and from longer distances. It touches my heart ;
I will not say it inspires my gratitude, for between brothers grati-
tude is not a proper term. It draws out all my old affection. It
brings up fresh again all my old love. It revives all my old memo-
ries. It takes me back thirty years, when I, a young lad, was first
introduced to the mysteries of our Fraternity. I again stand with
my old brothers of the Phi, who are here in such goodly numbers
to-night. With them I participate in recollections of those Attic
nights, those feasts of the gods, which we remember yet, and which
have left a taste in our mouths never to be forgotten and sweeter
than anything we have known since. Thirty years is quite a long
time, and Brother Paine alluded a little more plainly than my wife
would care to have him, to the fact that my brow was frosted. In
that time many things have happened, and much has come about,
but I desire to say here, in the presence of all these brothers, old
and middle-aged and young, that there has never been a time when
I was not proud that I have belonged to the Theta Delta Chi Fra-
ternity. There never has been a time in all my life when her glori-
ous principles, her noble fellowships, have not stood me in good and
useful stead."
Governor Griggs' beautiful tribute to his old Fraternity speaks
eloquently for the lasting nature of those ties formed within the
Fraternity circle, and he further drew a picture tinged with genuine
pathos when he confessed his gratification at the recent admission
of his son into his old chapter. He stated that he was willing to
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trust his son into the keeping of the Fraternity " in the daylight and
in the dark," and that he could not wish him in better company.
In closing he said :
** There is something in this fellowship, there is something in
this brotherhood, that always keeps the heart young, that preserves
the glorious inspirations of youth, that preserves the glorious
ambition of youth, that seems somehow to cast aside, to throw
away, all that ennui and tired feeling that comes to the men who
have not had the glorious experience that we have had in youth.
As a climax to the Psi Upsilon-Phi Kappa Psi- Wisconsin matter
hitherto frequently mentioned, and which has proved the absorbing
incident of general interest in the Fraternity world, we publish
the following extracts from an article appearing in the Chicago
Post of March 28th with reference thereto, bearing immediately
on the formal absorption into Psi Upsilon of the petitioners
in question, which took place on that date. This is the most
exhaustive as well as apparently correct account of the matter
that has appeared, and despite the very unpleasant nature of the
details involved, it is nevertheless presented with the idea of bring
ing to general observation what is undoubtedly the most outrageous
violation of fraternity ethics and comity ever perpetrated. The
ensuing much abbreviated and condensed history of the incident is
taken from the Phi Gamma Delta Quarterly^ which credited its
originality to the paper above mentioned.
" In the winter of 1892-93 the Phi Chapter of Psi Upsilon, Uni-
versity of Michigan, learning that the Iqve for the Phi Kappa Psi
Fraternity was weakening in the Wisconsin Chapter, and being
aware of its excellence as a chapter, invited negotiations and cor-
respondence with a view of placing this chapter under the banner
of Psi Upsilon.
" To further this end Albert P. Jacobs, Michigan, '73> visited the
Wisconsin Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, and in March, 1893, succeeded
in effecting a dissension. The chapter renounced its affiliation with
the Phi Kappa Psi, and to its head magistrates sent its charter.
Then, with the assistance of Mr. Jacobs, the local society of Rho
Kappa Upsilon was founded and a petition to Psi Upsilon drawn
up, which Mr. Jacobs presented to the national convention of Psi
Upsilon in May, 1893, which was held at Dartmouth College. Ever
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since that time the petition has been before the Fraternity and the
petitioners have been living as a local society.
"Several years ago, when the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society
* lifted * the Beta Theta Pi Chapter at Western Reserve University,
and later also lifted the Phi Delta Theta Chapter at the University
of Minnesota, Psi Upsilon was noisy, indeed, in denouncing the
outrage and avoidance of Hellenic courtesy in such unwarranted
desertions. In this outcry and protest all Greek letter fraternities
most heartily joined. But, however bad that was, it was a credit
able move in comparison to the step just taken by Psi Upsilon. In
both of the instances cited with Delta Kappa Epsilon the chapters
withdrew from their respective fraternities simply because they felt
their relation with them was no longer congenial, and feeling that
they would prefer to live local than be indentified with them. After
establishing as a local society they both honorably petitioned Delta
Kappa Epsilon and received their charters in an honorable manner.
They sought Delta Kappa Epsilon ; Delta Kappa Epsilon did not
seek them. At Madison it is quite the contrary. The Psi Upsilon
Fraternity invaded the ranks of Phi Kappa Psi at a weak point, and
without consideration of fraternity or inter-traternity honor or any.
thing else, effected a desertion in one fraternity for an ascension in
theirs.
" The inconsistency of statements made by that Fraternity can
hardly be accounted for. Since October last the Lambda Chapter,
Columbia College, along with the chief executive officer of the Psi
Upsilon Fraternity, made pledge statements to the Phi Kappa Psi
Fraternity that they did not approve of the action certain of their
men and chapters had made, and that they would not vote for the
establishment of a charter over the deserters of the Phi Kappa Psi
men at Madison, without which votes, according to the Constitution
of Psi Upsilon, the charter could not be granted. As the charter is
now granted, it would seem that the Phi Psi men deserve an
explanation on the part of Lambda Chapter and the chief executive
men of Psi Upsilon to sustain them in the minds of all Phi Psis as
men of integrity.
** Under any other circumstances the fraternities at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin would be hearty in their reception to Psi
Upsilon among their number. As it now is the new chapter starts
out in its career under very adverse circumstances. Among the
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fraternities at Madison are Chi Psi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta
Theta, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Chi, Delta Tau Delta, Theta Delta
Chi, and others.
" The affair seems to be causing quite as much worry to Psi Up-
silon as it has disapproval from the fraternity world. We are in-
formed from Chicago that under date of March 30 the Psi Upsilon
Fraternity, through its president, advised Mr. Walter S. Holden, the
Secretary of Phi Kappa Psi, that the charter of Psi Upsilon was not
granted Rho Kappa Upsilon by the general Fraternity at all, but by
the Chicago Psi Upsilon Alumni Association, which has taken
matters into its own hands and acted without regard to the action
of the chapters of the general Faculty on the question. These same
alumni recently installed the Chicago University Chapter of Psi
Upsilon without legal authority. Our correspondent adds, " and
both new chapters are under protest from the general fraternity,
and many of the Chicago alumni have taken issue with the Chicago
Alumni Chapter and feel their honor and decency have been out-
raged."
This article concludes by saying :
" Until Psi Upsilon had received the petitioners into her ranks Phi
Kappa Psi had no cause of action against that order ; but now that
the Psi Upsilon Fraternity has formally recognized the recalcitrant
ones, Phi Kappa Psi has formally declared war in the following terms
adopted at the last Grand Arch Council, held in Cleveland on April
8th to loth :
" * Whereas^ The Phi Kappa Psi Fratemit}^ in Grand Arch Council
duly assembled has learnecl of the absorption of the local society
known as the Rho Kappa Upsilon Society of the University of
Wisconsin, by the Phi Upsilon Fraternity, on the 27th day of
March, 1896; and
" * Wftereasj The said local society was the immediate successor
of a former chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, all of the
active members of which had been, on the 15th day oi]\i\y^ 1893,
expelled from our Fraternity for conduct unbecoming men and
treasonable in the highest degree ; and
" * Whereas, In our judgment the organization of the Rho Kappa
Upsilon Society by the attempted irregular withdrawal of members
from the Wisconsin Alpha Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fra-
ternity was the result of a conspiracy between members of the Psi
Upsilon Fraternity and the Wisconsin Alpha Chapter of the Phi
Kappa Psi Fraternity ; and
164 GREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS.
" ' Wfureas, Such a conspiracy is an act of a character which has
always been deemed unworthy of any reputable Greek letter fra-
ternity and thus injurious to the reputation and standing of inter-
collegiate fraternities in the estimation of the public and college
world ; now, therefore, be it
" ' Resolved, By the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity in Grand Arch
Council assembled that it hereby denounces as utterly contemptible
the conduct of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity in their conspiracy, and
earnestly calls the attention of the college and Fraternity world to
the same and to the fact that it would now appear to be part of the
approved policy of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity to carry on illegiti-
mate warfare of this character ; and be it further
" ' Resolved, That we recommend that in all future inter-fraternity
intercourse the treatment to be accorded the Psi Upsilon Fraternity
should be such as its deliberate conduct and avowea policy deserve.'
The resolutions were greeted with prolonged applause and
adopted without a dissenting vote." — K A Journal.
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UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN THE FAR EAST.
" The world moves." And so does the college world. Fifty
years have wrought most astonishing changes in the realm of higher
education, not only in the United States, but also in Europe, and
even in Asia and the far East. Fifty years ago there were but a
few colleges scattered along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian
Range. To-day you will find colleges at all important educational
centers from that range westward to the Pacific Ocean. Fifty years
ago the " college graduate " was a rara avis, and was rever-
cntl}' looked up to as the oracle of his native village. To-day a
college graduate creates no greater commotion in a communit}^ than
did formerly a high-school graduate.
In the days of our grandfathers — and for centuries prior thereto
— everything ran to "classical culture," so that graduates from
institutions of learning came forth better versed in the grammatical
structure of the dead languages than in the simple elements of their
own language. Scientific studies and English literature were looked
at askance as being decidedly " common," and quite beneath the
serious consideration of the university scholar. It was Doctor John-
son who refused '* to disgrace Westminster Abbey with an epitaph
written in English." Doubtless, a " Johnsonese " epitaph would
have looked strange beside the matchless English epitaph engraved
upon the marble scroll beside Shakespeare's statue in the Abbey, and
possibly the ponderous doctor acted wisely in recognizing his own
limitations, and accordingly refraining. If my memory serves me
right, it was a Cambridge professor who, at a later date, sternly
frowned on the introduction of chemical studies into the University
curriculum, with the contemptuous observation that " chemisty is
merely the science of kicking up horrible combinations of smells."
Nevertheless, chemistry and English literature are important studies
to-day in the universities of Europe and America, and they have
come to stay. Yes, the college world most certainly does more.
And it is yet moving onward to wider and more liberal expansion
under the unfolding pressure of the intellectual requirements of
170 UmVERSirr EXTENSION IN THE FAR EAST.
the age. And who can predict what changes the future may
develop ?
Let us, for a moment, turn from Europe and America, and con-
sider university development in the far East — in Japan. When Com-
modore Perry visited Japan in 1853, the condition of higher educa-
tion was in an exceedingly primitive and stagnant state. In fact, for
two hundred and fifty years it had remained stationary. For the
sake of convenience, we may divide Japanese history into four
periods. The first period begins with the dawn of Japanese history
(about 600 B. C), and ends with 800 A. D., a period of fourteen
hundred years. This may be termed the patriarchal period.
Although Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese literature had been
introduced, yet the people were extremely illiterate and were in a
barbarous condition. For the purposes of this article, this period
of Japanese history is not worth serious consideration. The second
period commences with 800 A. D., and ends with 1600 A. D. — eight
centuries. This may be termed the age of barbaric feudalism, as it
was a period of almost continual warfare, and but little attention
was paid to literature outside of the Imperial Court, and the Budd-
hist monasteries. The natives very aptly designate this period as
the Dark Ages. From an educational standpoint, this period, also,
is not worth considering. The third period extends from 1600
A. D. to 1868 A. D., and may be termed the period of civilized feu-
dalism, or the Tokugawa era, because Tokug^wa lyeyasu com-
menced the period by founding the Tokugawa dynasty of Shoguns,
which held sway all through the epoch, and also because he estab-
lished profound peace throughout the length and breadth of the
realm, thus giving art and literature time and opportunity to
develop. The fourth and last period extends from the date of the
Imperial Restoration (1868 A. D.), and comes do^^n to date, and is
known as modern Japan, as it marks the time when that nation set
out to introduce the sciences, the literature, the civilization and the
educational methods of Christendom upon a vast scale.
Although the Tokugawa era, as compared with the Japanese
Dark Ages and with the patriarchal era, was unquestionably an age
of great culture and refinement (viewed from a native standpoint),
yet, from our standpoint, it was very weak in its literary and educa-
tional development, although art and social culture attained ad-
vanced development Society was divided into four great classes :
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN THE FAR EAST. 171
(i) The Samurai, or military class ; (2) the artisan class ; (3) the
mercantile class ; (4) the agricultural class. The Samurai class
formed the governing and literary portion of the nation, and con-
stituted about 10 per cent, of the population. That is to say, in a
population of 30,000,000 it would be safe to estimate the Samurai at
about 3,000,000. This class, however, gave almost all their time to
the study of the science of war and of government, and rather looked
askance at poetry and literature as being effeminate and beneath the
attention of warriors. Poetry was left almost exclusively to women
of rank and leisure, and historical and romantic literature were left to
low-grade Samurai and weak-kneed scholars who might have a fond-
ness for such unwarlike pursuits. Very naturally, in such an atmos-
phere literature blossomed very indifferently. Considerable pretty
versification was produced, but nothing with glowing profound poetic
sentiment There were some fair historical works, but nothing that
has been deemed worthy of translation into foreign languages. The
romance literature belonged almost exclusively to the " blood-and-
thunder " type. It would rank with our dime-novel literature descrip-
tive of frontier life. These stories consisted largely of brawls, duels
and nocturnal assassinations. To illustrate, some Daimio, or feudal
prince, happens to be marching with his retainers along the Tokaido
(one of the great highways ot the empire) and he meets another
Daimio with his retainers. At this point the effusive author wastes
mnch verbiage in describing the rank and quality of the respective
Daimios and the pomp and circumstance environing them. Then a
Samurai of one Daimio in some way or other gives offence to a
Samurai in the retinue of the other Daimio, and many pages are de-
voted to elaborating the growth of the quarrel, the grandiloquent
exchange of defiance, then the pompous challenge, and, finally, the
meeting of the combatants in mortal combat. By this time the feud
is well aglow, and the friends of the respective combatants have
become interested and are taking a hand in the g^me by exchanging
challenges also. And a general fight ensues between the rival clans,
wherein the destruction of wayside villages and much slaughtering
are very unctuously described by the novelist at most wearisome
length. Literature of this description was very popular, and the ma-
jority of the young Samurai read nothing else, and became turbulent
and dangerous swashbucklers — lazy, quarrelsome, and utterly in.»
disposed to take up literary pursuits.
172 UNIVERSITF EXTENSION IN THE FAR EAST.
And how were the people educated, and what system of schools
and colleges was there in the empire ? There was no general system
of popular education. There were no schools for the masses. The
agricultural classes were left entirely to themselves, and were pro-
foundly ignorant and superstitious. Very few of them could either
read or write. The artisans and the mercantile classes were some-
what better off. Those who could afford to do so sent their children
to some teacher in the neighborhood, where they learned to read
and write and to calculate upon the abacus. They were rarely in-
structed in anything beyond these rudiments, and they never received
public instruction free, but were obliged to pay private tutors for
everything. The education imparted to them would not equal what
children receive in our primary schools. Such a thing as a free
school or a college for the common people was unheard of. In fact, the
haughty Samurai of those days would no more have thought of fur-
nishing free education to a peasant's son than a New England farmer
would take under consideration the sending of his cattle to college.
This may sound rather severe, but it about covers the ground and
shows the unutterable contempt felt by the ruling classes for the
masses.
Nor was the education of the Samuari class much to boast of.
While there was no great system of popular education, yet there
was a great deal of irregular private tutoring going on all over the em-
pire. The great educational and literary center was Kioto, the ancient
capital of the Mikados. From the eighth century until the Restora-
tion in 1868 the Mikados had lived here in seclusion among the '
mountains, while the Shoguns at Yeddo, on the Pacific coast, gov-
erned the empire in their name. During this long period the
Mikados devoted themselves to religious and literary matters, and
were the patrons of learning. There were 4,000 temples and mon-
asteries in and around the city of Kioto. The abbots of some of
these monasteries were famed throughout the land for their
learning, and scholars from all parts of the empire flocked to them
for instruction in Chinese literature and Buddhistic metaphysics,
which subjects formed the basis of their system of education.
Although there were no universities, in our sense of the term, yet the
monks gathered around them numerous scholars and formed schools
which furnished the best education obtainable in the land, and which
might have been termed universities. These schools were not for the
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN THE FAR EA ST. 173
common people, but were reserved for young priests and the sons of
Samurai. The course of study was very limited. Chinese htera-
ture was the classical study, just as Latin formed the classical study
in Europe during the Middle Ages. Years were spent in memoriz-
ing the classics of Confucius. Considerable attention was also given
to the study of native history. Chemistry, mathematics and what
we term the sciences were unknown studies. Outside of these
monasteries in different parts of the city were schools founded by
persons who had acquired fame as scholars, and who had a certain
following of young men anxious to be taught by them. There were
no endowed schools or universities. Schools were founded upon
the individual reputation of scholars and dissolved upon the death of
those scholars, to re-form quickly again around other scholars. This
is similar to the method of instruction prevailing in ancient Greece^
where celebrated philosophers gathered scholars around them in
porticos and public places and instructed them by precept and ad-
monitions, delivered as lectures; such was the primitive state of
education in Japan in its greatest literary center.
Yeddo, the capital of the Shogun, ranked next as an educational
center, and had a Confucian college where Confucian learning was
disseminated by a sta£f of lecturers and instructors. With this ex-
ception, however, there were no endowed colleges, and the same
system of education prevailed as in Kioto. Men learned in Chinese
literature or native history formed private schools and instructed
by precept and lectures. Nothing like a modem university ex-
isted. These private schools were often under the patronage of
Daimios, who desired to encourage the cultivation of scholarly
tastes among their retainers. But Yeddo, being in reality a vast
military camp during the entire Tokugawa era, could not be ex-
pected to foster scholarly tastes as did Kioto amid its engraved
monasteries among secluded mountains. The retainers came to the
great metropolis for pleasure and excitement, and not to burrow
among books like storks prodding the mud of the rice fields with
their bills. Taken altogether, the atmosphere of Yeddo was not
very conducive to high scholarly attainments during feudal days,
although it undoubtedly did produce some of the most learned men
in the realm.
Turning from these two great educational centers to other parts
of the empire, we find much the same system of education prevailing
174 umvERsrrr extension in the far east.
everywhere. The basis of learning was Chinese literature. The
Daimio of each province became the patron of learning in his own
principality, and encouraged studious habits in his clan. In his
provincial capital he gathered around him learned and capable in-
structors to teach the sons of his retainers. In some of the Daimiate
capitals, there were schools of considerable celebrity ; and scattered
through the smaller towns of the provinces were schools conducted
upon the same general plan. A young Samurai who had distin-
guished himself in the school of his native village would be sent to
the more advanced school in the capital city of his Daimio ; and,
having done credit to the course there, he would be sent to his
Daimio's Yashiki (feudal palace) in Yeddo ; and, if he there showed
equal diligence and proficiency, would be sent to finish his studies
in Kioto. It was this class of young men that the Japanese sent to
study in the schools and universities ot Europe and America later on.
Being youths of exceptional ability, they naturally took high rank
in their classes wherever they went.
This brief and hasty review of educational methods in Japan
during the Tokugawa era will enable the reader to appreciate the
wonderful progress which that empire has made since the Restora-
tion in 1868. Before the smoke of that conflict had fully cleared
away, sweeping and radical educational methods were innovated
throughout the realm. During the past twenty-five years the
progress has been sufficiently wonderful to excite the admiration
and the applause of Christendom. Without taking the time to
describe the innovations at length, suffice it to say that the Mikado's
government introduced by wholesale the educational systems of
Europe and America, so that to-day an admirable system of popular
education exists throughout the empire. The large cities have
colleges furnishing the same studies that our colleges furnish. They
produce surgeons, physicians and engineers not to be surpassed in
any part of the world. The Naval College at Tokio (formerly
Yeddo) produced men who showed to great advantage in the recent
war with China. General Grant pronounced the engineering college
in Tokio to be second to none other in the world. And the Imperial
University of Tokio to-day is one of the best organized institutions
^ of learning in existence. Its course of study is wide, comprehensive
and thorough. To one who has seen Old Japan, such changes seem
almost incredible.
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN THE FAR EAST. 175
When I went to Japan in 1873, I was engaged by the Daimio,of
Hirosaki, to instruct the young Samurai of his clan in English liter-
ature. Hirosaki, his capital city, lay over five hundred miles north-
west of Tokio, at the extreme end of the island of Hondo, close to
the Japan Sea. I took the steamer to Hakodate, then went across
Tsugaru Straits to Awomori, and then rode on horseback southward
for over 30 miles across the mountains to Hirosaki. I found myself
in the midst of the feudalism of the Middle Ages. I was the only
foreigner in the province, and for nearly a year I was shut off from
the world. It took twenty days for a letter to reach Tokio. The
school was a line of barracks alongside the Castle Moat My scholars
attended class in outlandish dress, with murderous swords sticking
in their belts, and I was not allowed to go beyond the precincts
of my yard without a body-guard, lest some of the fierce old swash-
bucklers about town should cut me down. The scholars were from
sixteen to twenty years of age, and could hardly understand a word
of English.
Eight years afterwards, three of those young men called upon
me at niy office in New York City. In the meantime they had pre-
pared themselves for college, had come to the United States, had
entered Indiana Asbury University, had been graduated in due
course of study, and were then on their way back to Japan via
Europe and India. One of them afterwards became Japanese
Consul at San Francisco; another one became Secretary of the
Japanese Legation at Washington ; and the third one became a high
official in the Foreign Department at Tokio. When those three
young men entered my office, wearing A K E pins on their vest
lappets, and saluted me with a hearty A K E grip, I think the Ameri-
can reader will comprehend me when I say that I was fairly
staggered. Yes, the world certainly does move, and so does the
college world.
During the past twenty years many young Japanese have be-
come members oi A K E while studying at tht various colleges in
the United States, and have returned to their native country bear-
ing pleasant memories of "the happy days of yore." While in
Japan I met several A K E men (foreigners like myself) in the em-
ploy of the Japanese government, and our fraternity relationship
proved a most pleasing bond of friendship during our residence there.
Why should not society extension go along with university exten-
176 UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN THE FAR
sion? Some of those reading these words may see z d K E
Chapter in the Imperial University at Tokio, or an alumni chapter
or association in Yokohama. Stranger things than this have
already happened in that progressive empire. As each year slips
away, the tide of travel to Japan steadily increases. Hundreds of
Americans pass through Yokohama every year, many of whom are
J K E men. The reader who has traveled in foreign lands can well
imagine how pleasant it would be for such wayfarers to find a spirit
of intercollegiate freemasonry in the far East, and to spend an
evening in the chapter rooms, dither in Tokio or Yokohama, singing
again the old, old songs :
" Hopes may fade and friends may fiiil.
Time old bonds shall sever, —
Memories, aye, of good old days linger here forever.''
I am aware that our last Convention looked somewhat askance
at the fraternity extension idea when applied to foreign countries,
but to my mind it is a step that will receive favorable consideration
in the not distant future and goes along legitimately with university
extension.
It is true that the Greek-letter fraternities are a peculiarly
American institution, and also true that the policy and scope of
A K E should be controlled at home and not by foreign influences.
But, while recognizing the justice and necessity of this position, it
does seem as if a few of our chapters, say half a dozen, scattered
judiciously abroad in leading universities would not hurt our con-
trol of the American policy (which should surely be maintained),
and would make a delightful feature of foreign travel. The frater-
nity world should keep pace with the college world.
Arthur C. Maclay, F *, '73,
55 Liberty Street,
New York City.
ISAAC HORTON MAYNARD.
On June 12th ex-Judge Maynard, -2, '62, died suddenly at Albany,
N. Y.
Isaac Horton Maynard was bom at Bovina, Delaware County,
N. Y., April 9, 1838, of Scotch and English descent His earliest
years were spent on his father's farm. He received his education at
Stamford Seminary, in Stamford, and then entered Amherst College
in the Class of 1862, where he was graduated with prizes in Greek
and in extemporaneous debate. He entered the law office of Will-
iam Murray, at Delhi, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1863,
where he began his practice, but removed in 1865 to Stamford,
N. Y., where he had since lived. There he formed a partnership with
R. F. Gilbert, his cousin, afterwards a judge oi the Supreme Court.
This partnership continued till 1878. In 1869 Mr. Maynard was
elected Supervisor of his town. In 1875 he was elected to the Legis-
lature from Delaware County as a Democrat, and was re-elected in
1876. In 1877 he was elected County Judge and Surrogate of Dela-
ware County. He served a full term of six years.
In 1883 Mr. Maynard was a candidate for Secretary of State on
the State Democratic ticket, but was defeated by a small majority
on account of his temperance views. On January i, 1884, Judge
Maynard was appointed by Attorney-General O'Brien First Deputy
Attorney-General, and held the office till June i, when he resigned
to accept the office of Second Controller of the United States Treas-
ury, to which he was appointed by President Cleveland. In April,
1887, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, to suc-
ceed Charles S. Fairchild, who had been made Secretary on the re-
tirement of Daniel Manning. He resigned this office on the inaugu-
ration of President Harrison, March 5, 1889, but retained his desk
till April I, at the request of Secretary Windom.
In May," 1889, Judge Maynard was appointed by Governor Hill
one of the commissioners to revise the general laws of the State.
He was a candidate for the Assembly from Delaware County in
1889, being defeated by a small majority. On January i, 1890, he
178 ISAAC HORTON MAYNARD.
was appointed First Deputy Attorney-General again by Attorney-
General Tabor. On January 19, 1892, he was appointed an Associ-
ate Judge of the Court of Appeals by Governor Flower, in place of
Judge Earle, promoted to be Chief Judge.
After his retirement from the Court of Appeals bench he con-
tinued in the practice of law at Albany, as the senior member of the
firm of Maynard, Gilbert & Cone. He was married in 1871 to Miss
Maurine, of Delhi, N. Y., who, with one daughter, survives him.
As a man Judge Maynard was conspicuous for his great popu-
larity and loyalty to his friends. His love and reverence for his
Fraternity are well known. Wherever he was he always took an
active interest in all J AT £ affairs. During his career at Washington
he was prominently identified with the A K E Alumni Association
there, and soon became one of its most enthusiastic members. In
his death Delta Kappa Epsilon mourns one of its most loyal mem-
bers.
THE FIFTIETH CONVENTION.
The Fiftieth Annual Convention will be held with the Delta
Kappa Epsilon Associafion of Central Tennessee at Nashville on
November nth, 12th and 13th. The Association has had this matter
under headway ever since its organization on October 2d, at which
time the following committees were appointed :
Committee on Reception and Entertainment, Capt. John Biddle,
Omicron, '80, Chairman.
Committee on Public Exercises, Chas. F. McKenzie, Upsilon, '90,
Chairman.
Committee on Banquet, Prof. H. A. Vance, Tau, *88, Chairman.
Committee on Invitations and Printing, Thomas G. Kittrell^
Gamma, '95, Chairman.
The Executive Committee consists of the President of the
Association, Rev. James R. Winchester, and the chairmen of the
different committees. The Gamma Chapter is represented on the
committees and is working with us in the greatest harmony.
The programme for the Convention is as follows :
On the night of November i ith, as the trains do not arrive until
from 7.30 to 9 P. M., there will be an informal reception of delegates
in the parlors of the hotel, at which reception over punch and cigars
the politicians of the Convention may pull their wires.
On Thursday, November 12th, in the morning and afternoon the
secret business sessions will be held. At noon the convention will
be photographed. At night the public exercises will be held at
Watkins Hall. Our committee are preparing a pleasing programme
for this event, which will be announced later. These exercises will
last about an hour, immediately after which will be the reception to
the Fraternity and their girl friends at the University Club House.
This club house is situated almost directly across the street from
Watkins Hall. The club which has so kindly and enthusiastically
invited us to hold our reception with them is composed mostly of
180 THE FIFTIETH CONVENTION.
college alumni, and we can promise every one a gjand, good time.
There will be a large number of the fair maids of the South present,
so no one will have a chance to feel lonesome.
On Friday morning will be held the business sessions of the Con-
vention, and in the afternoon the delegates will be taken to the
Centennial grounds, which are nearly finished, and Belle Meade,
Gen. Jackson's great stock farm. This will give the delegates an
opportunity to see the country.
In the evening comes the crowning feature of the Convention,
namely, the banquet
In short, if human effort can do it, the Fiftieth Convention will be
the best ever held. We will do our part, and we trust our brothers
from the north, east, south and west, will come in goodly numbers
and bring along a number of their alumni.
We expect rates from both hotels and railroads, and we can take
care of all who come. Our Association will be greatly disappointed
if this Convention is not largely attended. We want to show our
brothers what Southern hospitality means. We want them to meet
our brothers of the South. We want them to see our city. We want
our southern matrons and maidens to see what a fine lot of men our
Dekes are all over the country.
Committees will meet all trains on the night of November nth
and on the morning of November 12th, to greet the incoming
brothers and see that they find quarters at the hotels. We are in
communication with all the southern chapters and southern alumni,
urging them to do their best in making this a success. An official
programme and invitation will be sent to all chapters and many
alumni later.
Charles F. McKenzie,
Secretary of the AK E Association
of Central Tennessee.
AN EFFUSION.
From the school in old New England
Where the " Sons of Eli " grow,
Rose a band of loyal brothers
In the days of long ago ;
And that band has grown in splendor,
Till to-day, from sea to sea
Are the watch-fires brightly burning
On the shrine oi A K E.
It is friendship's chain that binds them.
Links their noble hearts in one.
And they bear with pride the title
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Oh, their candidates are leaders
Who bestride the festive goat ;
And their lives are full of brightness
Till they launch on Charon's boat.
And methinks that in the future.
In the land beyond the blue,
Whence the golden beams of promise
Pierce the sunset crimson through ;
Where the balmy breezes murmur
Round about the crystal sea.
They will find a cosy corner
Just reserved for A K E.
K, '97.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
The New England Association of J K E.
There is little news to send you, as no meetings have been held
since our annual re-union in January.
At informal meetings during the summer the officers have been
considering the advisability of presenting to the Association at its
next meeting a plan of reorganization, involving a change of name.
The gathering of 1878 in response to the call for the purpose of
organizing an association brought together representatives from
widely separated sections of New England, and from the beginning
until, say, the date of the convention of 1889, ^^^ name chosen was
significant and appropriate. To-day, with five alumni associations
in the territory, the title New England is something of a mis-
nomer. The bulk of our membership is drawn from the section in-
cluded within a forty-mile circle having Boston for its center, and,
naturally, nine-tenths of those who attend our reunions are Boston
men. Why not, then, the Boston Association ? is the question pro-
pounded by those who believe the name will better conform to
existing conditions, and more clearly define and localize the associa-
tion. It will indicate to the Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont
and western Massachusetts branches, that we do not covet the earth
and the fullness thereof, while our flexible constitution and by-laws
will assure them that the spokes of the " Hub of the Universe " are so
long that they may one and all catch on (excuse the Greek), and
will at all times be welcome at our meetings. This is one side of
the argument. On the other hand, a change in name will be op-
posed by some who were instrumental in founding the mother asso-
ciation, and who maintain that the old lady should not be deprived
of the title so long and proudly worn, for no other reason than that
her progeny are precocious, numerous and ever increasing.
With such momentous questions pressing it is surprising that
the Dekes of Yankee land find any time to devote to politics. That
they do, witness the Republican State Convention held October ist
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 183
Acting Governor Roger Wolcott, A, '70, was nominated for
Governor. Hon. Samuel E. Winslow, also of -4, was a candidate
for Lieutenant-Governor, but failed to receive the nomination. A
hasty review of the list of temporary and permanent officers and
committees enabled me to extract the following names : Hon. John
D. Long, A ; Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, A ; Hon. W. S. Knox, 2 ;
Hon. E. U. Curtis, © ; Hon. G. Von L. Meyer, A ; Dr. W. M. Wright,
/T; Hon. Geo. H. Lyman, A ; Daniel Kent, 2 ; Thos. Talbot, A ;
Burrill Porter, Jr., 17, and C. Q. Richmond, 2. I also note that
Boardman Hall, H, '82, has accepted the Democratic Congressional
nomination in the Tenth District. Major Henry Winn, *, '59, is
on the list of Bryan and Sewall electors.
William Austin Wood,
Secretary,
A K E Association of the Pacific Coast.
The request for a report from the Pacific Coast Association puts
upon me a task which I feel unable to accomplish. We are a
lazy and unprogressive people in this quarter of the hemisphere,
and rouse ourselves to action semi-occasionally only. That period
of activity has not been felt since my last communication, but is
nearly due — indeed, the premonitory symptoms are even now
apparent. It will take the form of our annual reunion and ban-
quet, and will, I trust, furnish material for at least a few items of
interest for the Quarterly.
While, as an association, we have been dormant, as individuals
there has been considerable activity manifested, socially and polit-
ically. The graduates oi Q Z are now becoming sufficiently ma.
ture and numerous to make their presence felt in the community,
and the indications at present are that some of them will reap
their reward on the 3d of November. R. H. Webster, Z, 'jj^
is a prominent candidate for Superintendent of Schools in this
city, while C. Lee La Rue, © Z^ '83, will undoubtedly represent
his district in the State Senate.
It is with sorrow that we have to announce the untimely death
of Brother W. F. Bradford, of © Z, at Stockton, Cal, on the i6th
of September. Since leaving college Brother Bradford had been
engaged in business at Sonora, in this State, and had rapidly as-
sumed the lead in all matters, social and commercial, in the com-
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munity in which he lived. All who knew him called him friend,
and by all will his absence be felt.
Brother J. L. Crittenden, Z, '82, has charge of the Depart-
ment of Mathematics at the San Francisco Boys' High School.
Brother Austin Sperry, 2 T, '94, will shortly leave for Scotland
where he is to finish a course of study to fit himself as a nautical
engineer.
F. J. Heney, © Z, '82, formerly Attorney-General of Arizona,
has returned to his old home in San Francisco, and will hereafter
practice law in this city.
A. C. Ellis, Jr., Z, '88, is practicing law in Salt Lake City in
partnership with his father.
Jas. P. Booth, Z, '88, recently recovered from a very severe
illness, has resumed his post as editor of the daily Report. Another
of our journalistic brothers, S. E. Moffitt, Z, '82, after a prolonged
absence in the East, has again taken his position among the editorial
writers ot the daily Examiner^ and is making his presence felt in
the present political campaign.
The latest addition to our association roll is Brother Reginald
Norris, 2 r, '96. Brother Norris has tried ranching and teaching
in Southern California, but is at present in the employ of Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s Express at San Francisco.
Brother Jos. D. Hodgen, Z, '89, having long been connected
with the Dental Department of our University, and, having ex-
perienced the pressing need of a suitable text book for his classes,
has at last solved the problem by turning author. The result of his
work is a volume just issued from the press which has already been
adopted by the University of California and several eastern col-
leges, and will, no doubt, add largely to his already excellent repu-
tation in his profession.
The long-deferred project of forming an association from the
alumni oi & Z has at length taken shape, and we shall soon have
two organizations here, not as rivals, but working harmoniously for
the advancement oi A K E. All residents of the Fraternity upon this
coast are cordially invited to send in their names for enrollment as
members of one or both bodies, according to their eligibility.
Edgar C. Sutuffe,
Secretary.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 186
A K E Association of Rhode Island.
At the annual meeting of the A K E Alumni Association for
Rhode Island and vicinity, held June i6, 1896, the following offi-
cers for 1896-97 were elected, viz. :
President, .... Wm. B. Sherman, W£l, '72.
Vice-President, . . ... Wm. C. Burwell, r, '85.
Secretary and Treasurer, . . . Wm. Allan Dyer, T, '86,
Frank B. Bourne, T, '73.
Executive Committee,
Irrank a. tsoume, /, 73.
Frank W. Matteson, T, '92.
J. D. E. Jones, T^ '93.
A K E Association of Buffalo.
The Buffalo Alumni Association will have its yearly gathering at
the University Club next month. The Association has now passed
through one year of its revived existence, and the members look
forward this winter for renewed activity and interest in the meet-
ings of the Association that will be held throughout the winter.
The list of members is expected to be materially increased with
the addition of graduates of last year's classes from our different
colleges, and the new blood will be gladly welcome and will tend to
bring the older members of the Association in closer touch with Fra-
ternity life and interest.
A K E men have been accorded political honors recently.
Brother Louis W. Marcus of Delta Chi at the last election was
the nonijnee of the Republican Judicial Convention for the office of
Surrogate of Erie County, and was elected by a handsome majority.
Judge Marcus was one of the youngest members of the Bench
of New York State, and is eminently well qualified to discharge the
duties of the office, and will reflect honor and credit on A K E.
Brother Colonel D. S. Alexander, of the Pi Chapter, recently re-
ceived at the hands of the Republican Convention the nomination
as Representative in the National Congress for the Thirty-third
District.
The district being strongly Republican, Brother Alexander will
undoubtedly be elected. Brother Alexander is a lawyer by profete-
sion and stands high in the estimation of the people of this city.
Brother Sherman S. Jewett (2d) was married to Miss Helen Hal-
lock, of Binghamton, N. Y., on the 14th of October. Brother Jewett
186 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS.
is successfully practicing law in this city and is one of the active
members of the association.
Brother Howard Cobb, Delta Chi, has entered the law office of
Marcy & Close, and will take up the study of the law.
Brother Robert W. Day, a member of the Phi Chapter, has re-
cently located in this city and is connected with The EUicott Square
Company, as Secretary.
Brother Edwards Emerson, Pi, is connected with The Star Oil
Company. Brother Emerson is always alive to the interest oi JK E^
and is always in touch with fraternity matters. He is at present
the Secretary of the Association.
Tau Chapter is well represented in Buffalo. Brother Gibbons is
in the practice of the law, and is a member of the firm of Woods,
Gribbons & Potter. Brother Graves is reading law in the office of
Parker <St Hodkiss. Brother George H. Minor has recently
opened his law office in this city in The Erie County Savings Bank
Building.
Brother Nathan Jewett, of the Pi Chapter, is in the insurance
business.
Brother Frank H. Carr, Delta Chi, has located in Buffalo, and is
practicing his profession as civil engineer.
Brother Sheldon T. Viele, Phi, is President of our J K E Associ-
ation, and is also President of The University Club. President
Viele always keeps well informed in regards to fraternity matters.
Brothers Albert A. Hartzell, Delta Chi, and Frederick B. Hart-
zell, Rho, are practicing law in this city under the firm name of
Hartzell & Hartzell.
Brother Nathaniel Norton, Pi, has been recently appointed by
President Cleveland United States Commissioner for Western New
York.
Brother Norton occupies a prominent position at the Bar, and
always lends his efforts for the advancement oi J K E.
The Western Michigan Association of J K E.
The Western Michigan Delta Kappa Epsilon Association is as
full oi J K E spirit as ever, and we will hold our Annual Banquet
and Reunion here in Grand Rapids some time during the coming
winter. Several of our number are at present deep in the politi-
cal campaign. Senater John Patton, Jr. (Phi, *75)> is "stumping"
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. 187
Michigan and Wisconsin, and Attorney-General Fred. A. Maynard
(Omicron), is a candidate for re-election. The eng^ement of John
Randolph Rogers (Omicron, '90 ; Medical, '95), and Miss Grace Hey-
ser, of Jackson, Mich., is announced. Likewise we see announced the
engagement of Thomas Parks Bradfield (Omicron, '94 ; Law, '95) and
Miss Elizabeth Palmer, daughter of Charles H. Palmer, of Montana.
Both Rogers and Bradfield are practicing their respective profes-
sions here, and both will be married this fall. A number of us will
get to Ann Arbor for Omicron initiation this fall, and then, later, to
the Detroit Alumni Association of Delta Kappa Epsilon reunion
and dinner, so we are within reach of several pleasant Fraternity
gatherings, and there is no danger of our losing any of the enthu-
siasm of our undergraduate days while we can live those days over
again for a few days each year.
Roger W. Griswold,
Secretary.
NEW ASSOCIATION.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of Central Ten-
nessee.
On the night of September 26th, a few of the A K E alumni of
Nashville met at the office of Brother T. G. Kittrell, Gamma, '95,
to talk over the subject of forming z, A K E alumni association. At
this informal meeting it was decided to call together all the alumni
we could notify on the night of October 2d. Many of our alumni
were active members before the war, and yet their zeal and love for
the grand old Fraternity is as strong and as loyal now as then. A
fairly good number attended the meeting on October 2d, and an
organization was perfected under the name of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon Association of Central Tennessee, and the following officers
were elected :
President, . . Rev. James R. Winchester, D.D., Eta Alpha.
Vice 'President y .... Hon. Morton B. Howell, Eta.
Secretary, Charles F. McKenzie, Upsihn*
Treasurer, William Hughes, Gamma.
Our list of members is not yet completed, but we expect to enroll
all the d K E alumni of Nashville and vicinity. Of course, the first
thing after organizing was the question of the Convention which is
to meet here on November nth, 12th and 13th. Our meetings will
be held weekly until after the Convention, to hear reports from com-
mittees and to perfect plans. At present the meetings are held with
the Gamma Chapter at the Chapter Hall.
Charles F. McKenzie,
Secretary.
GRADUATE PERSONALS.
'8 1. H. S. Van de Graaff was nominated for Congress by the Sound-
Money Democrats of the Sixth Alabama District
2.
*S4. Charles Hallock, who founded the New York Forest and Stream^
is now chief editor of the Western Field and Stream^ published
at St. Paul, which he is using as an influential medium to push
his original and favorite scheme of a uniform code of g^me
laws for all the States, as far as it is practicable to apply it.
It seems to be a very desirable measure. Mr. Hallock is
also actively interested in the Foxaway hunting preserve and
investment enterprise, which adjoins Mr. Vanderbilt's Bilt-
more estate in the mountains of western North Carolina. Its
mining interests are very extensive, especially in corundum.
The tract comprises 95,000 acres.
'94. William T. Walker is in the gold fields of South Africa.
'94. W. M. White, who left college after his Sophomore year, and
was one of the best men of his class, has been in business in
New Orleans, La. He will take Electrical Engineering at
Tulane this session.
HA.
'74. Rev. W. K. Bocock is now located at Darlington, Md., in charge
of the Episcopal church at that place.
'66. Rev. Hardy M. Cryer died July 24, 1896, at Marianna, Ark.
190 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
r.
'63. Col. Daniel R. Ballou is the Republican nominee for City
Treasurer, Providence, R. I.
'64. Hon. Oscar Lapham is prominently mentioned in connection
with the vacant Judgeship of the U. S. District Court for the
District of R. I.
'64. Rev. Jas. W. Col well, who was for several years Dean of Grace
Cathedral, Topeka, Kan., is rector of Grace Church, Colo-
rado Springs, Colo. Address, No. 329 N. Nevada avenue.
'65. Dr. Hosea Mann Quinby is in charge of the Worcester Insane
Asylum. Address, Worcester Lunatic Hospital, Worcester,
Mass.
'66. Hon. Francis A. Gaskell is Trustee of Worcester Academy; is'
also Trustee of Brown University, and is Associate Justice of
the Superior Court of Massachusetts.
'70. Rev. Richard Steere Colwell is Professor of Greek, Denison
University, Greenville, O.
'72. Rev. Amos T. Ashton is Rector of St James Church, Hyde
Park-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.
'83. Elias F. Dunlevy is Deputy Clerk, District Court, Arapahoe
County, Denver, Colo.
'84. Edgar O. Silver was made a member of the Corporation of
Brown University last June.
'64, *72, '81, '83, '85, '92, '93, *94. J A' £ was represented at the recent
exercises at the laying of the corner stone of new R. I.
State House by the following brothers: Representing the
Supreme Court, Chief Justice Matteson and Judge Stiness;
representing the City Council, President John E. Kendrick ;
representmg the State Militia, Lieut-Col. H. B. Rose and
Lieut. Frank W. Matteson ; Ushers, A. T. Wall, Daniel F.
George, and Col. E. B. Aid rich of the Governor's Staff ; Con-
gress, Hon. Oscar Lapham ; Masonic Fraternity, W. W.
Burnham, Captain-General of St. Johns Commandery, No. i.
'86. Charlton A. Reed is practicing law in Morristown, N. J.
'86. Dana R. BuUen is with the General Electric Company, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
'93. A. C. Matteson was recently admitted to the Rhode Island bar.
'93, '94. A. C. Matteson, Clarence N. Arnold and Daniel F. George,
are members of the newly organized Hospital Corps con-
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 191
nectied with the brigade of Rhode Island militia. The
Hospital Corps is recruited almost wholly from college men.
X.
'88. Dr. R. P. Wendel led Miss Sarah E. Wardlaw to the altar at
Oxford, Miss., September i, 1896.
^•
The Rev. St. Clair Hester, member of the A K E Council, and rec-
tor of St. George's Church, Brooklyn, was married Wednesday
evening, June 17th, to Miss Sarah Conselyea Baker, daughter
of the Rev. Charles R. Baker, rector of the Church of the
Messiah, Brooklyn. The ceremony took place in the Church
of the Messiah. A notable feature of it was the participation
in the service of four brothers, the bride's father being as-
sisted by Bishop Littlejohn, of the diocese of Long Island^
and by his three brothers, the Rev. Dr. George Baker, of St.
Luke's Hospital, New York City ; the Rev. Frank Baker, of
Connecticut, and the Rev. Walter Baker, of Baltimore. A
fifth brother. Dr. William Baker, of Boston, escorted Mrs.
Baker, the bride's mother, into the chancel when the giving-
away ceremony took place.
The church was tastefully decorated and crowded with persons
well known in Brooklyn society. It was one of the society
events of the season. The organist was assisted by a full
choir.
The maid of honor was Miss Isabel G. Ward. The bridesmaids
were Miss Bessie Martin, Miss Helen Graff, Miss Susie Tay-
lor, Miss Lucy Hester, of Washington, D. C, a sister of the
groom ; Miss May Wheelock, of Boston ; Miss Fannie Baker,
of New York City, a cousin of the bride ; Miss Anna Bliss, of
Connecticut, and Miss Carrie Steele. The groom's best man
was his brother, Joseph Fairfield Hester, of Washington, D.
C. The ushers were the Rev. Ernest Victor Collins, assistant
rector of the Church of the Messiah ; the Rev. Rowland
Stuart Nichols, assistant rector of Grace Church, New York
City ; the Rev. Charles Edward Spalding, of Geneva, N. Y.;
David Bennett Simpson, of New York City ; Roy Ball Baker,
of New York City, a cousin of the bride; William Myers
192 ' GRADUATE PERSONALS.
Little, United States Consul to Honduras, and William Henry
Wills, of New York City.
A reception to the bridal party was given at the home of the
bride's parents. The bride and g^oom spent their honey-
moon in Europe.
H.
*68. Charles H. Matthews is one of the most prominent advocates of
the election of the Hon. Thomas E. Watson. He is a lawyer,
Indianapolis, Ind.
*7i. Charles J. Bronston is a strong contestant for the democratic
nomination for Congress in the Lexington, Ky., district.
'95. Sidney M. Neely is practicing law in Memphis, Tenn.
•95. Dr. Herbert Old is at the Charity Hospital, New York.
*95. Dr. Clark Collins is at the Marine Hospital, Staten Island.
'96. Murray M. McGuire is practicing law in Richmond, Va.
'96. Edward A. Craighill is working on the " English and American
Encyclopedia of Law '* at Northport, N. Y.
*96. Harry M. Rhett is in Huntsville, Ala.
K.
'91. P. W. Jenkins is Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at
Simpson College, Indianolia, la.
'94. H. H. Herman is a student of the Cleveland College of Medi-
cine, Cleveland, O.
'94. S. W. Richey is engaged in business in Cincinnati, O.
'91. Hinkley Smith is Superintendent of the Franklin, O., High
School.
'96. O. L. Stivers is engaged in journalism at Liberty, Ind.
'91. J. E. Lough is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Harvard
University.
•93. R. M. Hughes is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ohio State
University, Columbus, O.
'95. G. A. Morris is Professor of Science at Marion, Ind.
'95. F. T. DuBois is a medical student at New York City. His ad-
dress is 314 East 35th street. New York.
'95. T. S. Huston is a student at the University of Toronto.
'95. Sears W. Cabell is a student at Harvard University.
'93. E. R Beard is a medical student at Cincinnati. His address is
124 East 9th street, Cincinnati, O.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 193
'93. B. S. Bartlow is engaged in campaign work. His address is
Hamilton, O.
'63. Professor E. D. Woodbury has been appointed Principal of the
Cheshire Academy.
'75. Alfred F. Sears was recently elected Circuit Judge of the 4th
Judicial District of Oregon.
'75. Frank S. Black is the Republican nominee for Governor of New
York.
On leaving college Mr. Black began the study of law in the
office of Wells, Dudley & Keck in Johnstown, N. Y. Here
he became connected with the Johnstown Journal^ and later
with the Troy Whig. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar and
has since continued the practice of his profession, except
when called to accept political offices. Until three years ago
he took no active part in politics. He was then induced to
accept the nomination for Congress, and although making a
fight against tremendous odds and the most violent opposition
ot the State Democratic machine, he was elected by a tremen-
dous majority. This opened the eyes of the Republican
managers to the sort of man Black was. At the Saratoga
Convention last August, as temporary chairman, he made so
good an impression on the convention that he eventually
received the party nomination.
Intensely in earnest, brilliant in talent and reasoning ability,
and fearless and courageous in his attacks on any abridg-
ment of political liberty, it would seem that in Frank S. Black
H Chapter has a son whom she may well claim with pride.
^J^. Rev. William Carr is now pastor of the Congregational Church
at Taftville, Conn.
'83. J. W. Gordon, ex-Mayor of Barre, Vt, was one of the delegates
from Vermont to the National Democratic Convention at
Chicago.
'83. C. F. Matthewson was one of the speakers on " Dartmouth
Night " at Hanover.
'88. Of the '88 men who are officers of alumni associations, Fair-
banks is Secretary of the New York Association, Blakely is
Treasurer of the Worcester Association, and English is on
the Executive Committee of the Chicago Association.
194 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
*89. Frederick J. Allen, of Limerick, Me., will be principal of the
Franklin, N. H., High School the coming year.
'91. E. K. Hall has established himself in practice in Scranton, Pa.
'94. W. J. Wallis has a position as Instructor of Mathematics in one
of the high schools of Washington, D. C.
'94. R. E. Stevens is Principal of the Hanover, N. H., High School.
'95. J. T. Jerould has been appointed Acting Librarian of the Gen-
eral Theological Seminary, New York City.
^96. A. T. Smith is principal of the Milton High School.
*96. Craven Laycock has received the appointment as Professor of
Oratory at Dartmouth. He will spend the coming year under
the Instruction of Prof. Churchill of Andover.
'96. Robert H. Fletcher is Instructor in Latin and Greek in the
High School of Towanda, Pa.
*88. David M. Sweets, who is pastor of the Presbyterian Church at
Louisville, Ky., delivered the alumni address at Commence-
ment.
J. Leonard Harris, M.D., D.D.S., died at Lexington, Ky.,
August 5, 1896.
He was born at Amherst Court House, Va., June 17, 1867, and
in 1884 entered C. U. After spending two years in this college
he took a course in Dentistry, and later graduated in Medicine
at Louisville, Ky. He practiced at several towns in Ken-
tucky, and it was while a citizen of Richmond he died.
Brother Harris always took an active part in the Fraternity,
and the chapter deeply mourns his loss.
*95. Wm. ,M. Jackson is again situated at Campbellsville, Ky., as
Principal of the High School.
'96. W. H. Stone has a responsible position in the insurance depart-
partment of the State Auditor's office, Frankfort, Ky.
'95. Curtis T. Burnam has entered his second year in the Medical
Department at Johns Hopkins.
*98. B. E. Scott is attending the Boston Institute of Technology.
'99. Wm. B. Park is in Chicago, III.
'96. John M. Lair is farming at Lair, Ky.
*94 and '95. Henry H. Sweets and Gilbert Glass are attending the
Seminary at Louisville, Ky.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 196
A A.
'87. C. Ford Langworthy is one of the editors of the Agricultural
Experiment Station Record at Washington, D. C.
'88. Richard Henry Lane is at Oxford House in London.
'89. Robert M. Collins will soon go to London as European Editor
of the Associated Press.
'94. H. E. Wells is pursuing a course in Chemistry at the University
of Leipzig.
*95. Earl L. Cushman is studying Philology at the University of
Freiburg, Germany.
'95. C. A. Adams is Instructor in Sciences at St. Albans Academy
at Knoxville, 111.
*95. William H. Eldridge has a position with the Proctor Marble
Company at Proctor, Vt.
O.
Brother H. H. Cushing recently made a hit at a campaign
meeting in Toledo, where he now lives, which all who know
his proclivities for matching coins will appreciate.
He was speaking at a Republican meeting and made a certain
statement which did not suit one of his auditors, who called
out, " That's a lie." Cushing's hand went down in his pocket
and producing a dollar, he slapped it down on the table in
front of him and said, " Til just match you to see whether it's
a lie or not.'' The novelty of the " argument " caught the
crowd, who cheered lustily.
T.
'73. At the meeting of the American Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, held at Buffalo August 24th-28th, Professor
T. H. Norton read papers on the " Teaching of Industrial
Chemistry," and " On New Forms of Gas Generators."
'88. Brother Vance has resumed his duties as Professor in the Uni-
versity of Tennessee.
*90. Brother George Minor, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, has
established an office at 117 Erie County Bank Building,
Buffalo, N. Y.
'92. Brother W. T. Couper is reading law in Minneapolis.
Brother Wight continues as Principal of the Clinton Academy.
196 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
'94. Brother Watrous is teaching in Siglar's School, Newburgh.
'95, Brother Palmer is taking a second year in the Union Theological
Seminary.
^96. Brother Warner has entered a law school in New York.
Brother G. W. Wood is Vice-Principal of Ives Academy.
Brother McNalley is teaching in the Brooklyn Polytechnic.
M.
'73. Rev. C. H. Watson, of Arlington, Mass., who wrote the song
" Stranger, At Our Portal Stand," received the degree of D.D.
from Colgate at the last Commencement
^77. Rev. T. G. Brownson, of McMinnville, Ore., is very successful
as President of the Oregon Baptist College. The last year
was the most prosperous in the history of the college.
'79. Prof. Emanuel Northrup holds the Chair of Mathematics in the
Oregon Baptist College.
'95. Brother D. H. Clare is acting pastor of the Central Baptist
Church in Syracuse. Brother F. S. Munro enters Harvard
Law School this Fall.
'96. Brother C. W. Negus is Assistant in the Department of Oratory
in the college.
N.
'92. Oakes ranks second in his class at West Point and has one more
year at the academy.
'93. Humphries received his M. D. from Columbia University last
June.
'93. Seitz graduated from Columbia Law School last June.
'95. Ross graduated from Columbia Law School last June.
'94. Ekel graduated as Civil Engineer from New York University.
'96. Kafka graduated as Civil Engineer from New York University.
'96. Hunt has entered Columbia Law School.
'96. Lee has entered Columbia Law School.
'98. Tripp has entered Columbia Law School.
'97. Kafka has entered Columbia School of Mines.
'98. Fisher has entered Columbia School of Mines.
'96. Jasper is taking Post-Graduate course at C. C. N. Y.
'97. Tuttle enters New York Law School.
'98. Getty enters Princeton University with advanced standing.
'98. Koerper has removed to Fort Crook, Neb.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 197
* X
*62. Brother J. C. Smock is State Geologist for New Jersey, and is
located at Trenton, N. J.
'65. Brother R. M. Brown was married on September ist to Miss
Harriet T. Babb, of Philadelphia. His address is Millbum,
Long Island.
*68. Brother Thomas M. Strong is Resident Physician of the Massa-
chusetts Homoeopathic Hospital of Boston, Mass.
'^^. Brother Alfred A. Titsworth was appointed by Gov. Griggs as
one of the three surveyors to determine the boundary be-
tween Hunterdon and Morris counties in New Jersey.
'84. Brother John A. Van Nest was married in June to Miss Sadie
Zimmerman, of New Brunswick, N. J.
'89. Brother I. M. Holly is in the Senior class of the Long Island
Medical College.
'90. Brother Alexander Van Wagoner is practicing law in New
York City.
'90. It is with sincere regret that we have to report the death of
Brother Washington I. Van Riper. Brother Van Riper died,
after a short illness, at his home in Paterson, N. J., on January
18, 1896.
'91. Brother Cornelius D. Vreeland, Jr., was married in August to
Miss Edith Higgins, of Stelton, N. J. Brother McCuUy offi-
ciated as best man.
'92. Brother Andrew H. Berry is with the H. W. Johns Manufac-
turing Company, of Pittsburg, Pa.
'92. Brother Charles Fitz Randolph was wedded in June to Miss
Florence Snodgrass, of New York City.
•93. Brother Frank B. Sanford has received his certificate of gradu-
ation from the New York Law School, and expects to prac-
tice in the city.
'93. Brother A. H. Schleider has been installed as pastor of the Re-
formed Church of Hurley, New York.
'93. Brother Arthur B. Totten is farming at Middlebush, N. J.
'94. Brother H. V. M. Dennis has become the happy father of a
baby boy. Brother Dennis has already begun to " teach him
that alphabet begins with A K E^
'96. Brother Pool is studying medicine at the Long Island Medical
College.
198 GRADUATE PERSONALS.
'96. Brother C. W. Byram has entered the New York Law School.
'96. Brothers Conger and Voorhees have entered the Seminary of
the Reformed Dutch Church at New Brunswick.
'97. Brothers Torrey and Owen are surveying in the vicinity of
Montclair, N. J.
'97. Brother H. A. Sigler is finishing his course at the Pennsylvania
State College.
'83. Moses Stephen Slaughter has gone from Iowa College to Uni-
versity of Wisconsin to accept the Chair of Latin.
'89. Frank Mace McFarland, Assistant in Biology at Leland Stan-
ford, Jr., University, has returned from post-graduate work
in Italy and Germany.
'95. Alonzo G. Abbott is Assistant in Science in the Evansville, Ind.,
High School.
'78. Rev. C. E. Bacon, D.D., has been elected a Trustee of De Pauw
University. Brother Bacon is the efficient Presiding Elder
of the Evansville District, Indiana, M. E. Conference.
'81. Charles F. Coffin is President of the Indiana State Sunday
School Association.
'74. John Brewer De Nott, Lecturer, has located at Bryn Mawr, Pa.
'93. Theo. J. Moll has located in New York City and is engaged in
the practice of law.
'85. Albert J. Beveridge is one of the most eloquent of the speakers
who are stumping the State in the interest of the Republican
party.
'91. Rev. Worth M. Tippy has been appointed Pastor of the Cen-
tenar)' M. E. Church, Tcrre Haute, Ind., the leading church
in the Conference.
'79. W. I. Overstreet is a member of the Republican State Executive
Committee.
'92. Prof. Jesse Johnson is somewhere in Southern France, headed
for the " Eternal City," and mounted upon a frisky bicycle.
He will take work in Latin in Rome. — De Pauw Weekly^ Sep-
tember 29, 1896.
va.
•87. James Dickey Hadman was married on October 7th to Miss
Johanna Knowles Woodwell at Homewood Place, Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
GRADUATE PERSONALS. 199
97. Harry Douglas Martin, of Shelbyville, Ky., was married Oc-
tober 7th to Miss Belle Curtice, of Eminence, Ky.
J J.
'95. R. W. Webster is studying medicine at Rush Medical College
in Chicago.
'96. H. G. Gale is taking graduate work in Physics at the University
of Chicago.
'87. On October 14th occurred the marriage of Frank W. Merrick
to Miss Grace Bell Latimer, of Oneonta, N. Y. They will
reside in West Roxbury, Mass.
'93. Arthur S. Ruland, M.D., has recently opened an office in Syra-
cuse.
'67. O. A. Houghton is Pastor of the ist M. E. Church, Cortland,
N. Y.
'96. H. I. Andrews is in attendance at the Drew Theological Sem-
inary.
*88. H. L. Rixon is in attendance at Drew Theological Seminary.
'93. R. E. Brittle is Pastor of the M. E. Church at Hamlin, N. Y.
'76. J. D. Phelps is Pastor of Plymouth Church, Buffalo.
'96. C. C. Brown is engaged in business in Syracuse with the firm
of Perry, Candee & Co.
^96. J. N. Alsever has been appointed to a place on the Faculty of
Syracuse University.
'92. On October 14th occurred the marriage of Luther O. Wadleigh
to Harriet M. Budd, of Syracuse. They will reside in Syra-
cuse.
'75. M. J. Wells, a charter member of * /*, returns to the vicinity of
Syracuse.
'79. Julian H. Myers is the author of a book, just published by the
University Press, entitled " The Philosophy of Faith."
'82. E. M. Wells has been nominated for the Assembly by the Re-
publicans of the 3d Assembly District of Onondaga County,
N. Y.
'86. Charles E. Hamilton has been appointed Pastor of the ist M.
E. Church of Rochester, N. Y.
CHAPTER LETTERS.
PHI.
This fall finds the hall of t entirely finished outside and in. Last spring
only the theater on the top floor was finished and all our meetings were held
there, but now the shrine is furnished. The walls are dark terra-cotta, and at
the head of the shrine facing the door is emblazoned the seal of J K E. Last
week a pool table was placed in the billiard-room, and we expect soon to have a
billiard-table also. It is with great pride that we announce the fact that Brother
Wright has obtained t B K, having a philosophical oration stand in his studies.
Brothers Sommons and Ely obtained elections to the Junior Promenade Com-
mittee. Julius Tuckerman, formerly of M Chapter, was elected to active mem-
bership to the ^.
THETA.
The fall term of Bowdoin has opened most auspiciously for ^ KE.
Theta is justly proud of her '96 delegation which won so many high honors
last spring. Brother Minot, '96, won the First English Composition Prize,
Brown, Extemporaneous Prize and the Goodwin Commencement Prize, and
Brother Bass, '96, won the Second English Composition Prize. Three of the
six Commencement speakers, Brothers Eastman, Keyes and Minot, were Dekes.
Of the '96 delegation of eight men, Brothers Bass, Bates, Eastman, Minot and
Marston were elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Brothers Minot, Marston and Bass
standing respectively third, fourth and fifth in their class.
Bowdoin closed her baseball season last spring by defeating Bates at Lewis-
ton, thereby winning the championship of the Maine Intercollegiate League.
Brother Haines, '97, catcher of the team, was elected captain for the coming
year. J KE is represented on this season's football team by Brothers Shute,
'97, Stetson, '98, Fairfield, '99, andVeazie, '99.
All the members of last year's delegation have visited college this fall. Oar
initiation was held Friday evening, October 9th, and several of our alumni and
also a delegation of brothers from Xi were present The members of the active
Chapter of Theta have lately purchased a most desirable house lot, and hope to
erect a chapter house in the near future.
XI.
The fall term at Colby opened the 23d of September with the best of pros-
pects. The Freshman class is one of the largest in the history of the college, and
promises to be a good class in every respect
CHAPTER LETTERS. 201
Of the new class we have pledged seven men. One of these has already
made quarter-back on the Tarsity eleven, and the rest of the delegation will
doubtless represent us as well in all lines of college activity.
The football season has fairly opened^ and Colby takes a better stand than
ever before. Three games have already been played^ one with Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, one with Maine State College, and the third with New
Hampshire State College. Colby won the three games.
Coach Marshall, of Pi, '97, is doing his best for the team, and is making a
winning team for us.
President Butler, Xi^ '73, who came into our midst last January, has already
won the confidence and hearty support of all.
Mr. Hedman, Xi, '95, who last year assisted the head professor in the De-
partment of Modern Languages, is this year Instructor in Greek and Latin.
George Otis Smith, Xi, '93, was awarded the degree of Ph. D. in the Geo-
logical Department of Johns Hopkins University last June. He then passed the
Civil Service examinations in geology so creditably that he received one of the
three appointments open at the time.
Shailer Matthews, Xi, '84, Professor in Chicago University, is presenting a
series of articles on Christian Sociology in the American Journal of Sociology.
These articles are attracting a great deal of attention and winning Professor
Matthews high praise in such universities as Yale, Harvard and Chicago.
Albion W. Small, head Professor of Sociology in Chicago, is the Editor-in-
Chief of the American Journal of Sociology,
C. H. Pepper, Xi, '89, had two pictures in the Paris Salon and one in the
Berlin Salon at the spring opening, a great honor for an American.
SIGMA.
The present college year opens with bright prospects for Sigma. Eleven
men have been taken into the chapter ; eight from the Class of 1900, two from
'99 and one from '98.
In the Freshman delegation Brother Bonney is doing well on the football field
and is one of the most promising candidates for end. Brother Franklin played
on the class ball team.
Among the Sophomores Brother Pottle is on the Glee Club, Brother Barr
has been elected Vice-President of his class, and Brother Orvis and Brother Barr
play on the Mandolin Club this year.
Brother Arter, '98, is the best halfback on the team this year and has done
well in all the games thus &r. Brother Walher has been elected a member of
the Cotillion Qub.
In the Senior delegation Brother Billings is managing the football team with
marked ability. Brother Hawes is Assistant Leader of the Glee Club. Brother
202 CHAPTER LETTERS.
Billings was also re-elected President of his class. Brother Johnston is on the
Mandolin Clnb. Sigma is well represented in every branch of the college life,
and the men are doing &ithfiil work, which most tend to keep the chapter in
her high position.
Owing to the special effort of the brothers last year the chapter is in on-
usually good financial condition.
GAMMA.
Gamma has at last reached the zenith of her success in having the honor
of entertaining <' God's Elect" at their next convention. There is not a mem-
ber of our chapter who is not enthusiastic over the prospects of meeting
<< Dekes " from all parts of the United States, and having their eyes opened to
appreciation of what fraternity life is in the largest Greek national letter organ-
ization.
We have a full chapter, having initiated four new men to fill the vacancies
made by the men' who did not return to the University. Gamma is in the fore-
fi-ont in all the different avenues of college life.
Brother Hughes is Fellow in Mathematics, and a member of the "Varsity
eleven; Brother L. G. Fant is Manager of baseball team for '97, and is one of
Thanksgiving Debators. Brothers Easterling, Lund, Morschheimer and Rand
have won places on the musical clubs ; Brother Lund is Fellow in Engineering
Department ; Brothers Rowe, L. B. Fant, Strother and Moore are Assistant
Editors on the college journals.
PSI.
Our chapter begins the college year in a prosperous condition. Some of our
most esteemed members are not with us this year, having been graduated with
honors last Commencement, but in their places are new initiates who ably fill
their positions in the ranks of Dekedom, which always keeps us in the lead and
our chapter the pride of the hearts of its members and an honor to them.
In the athletic and literary worlds we are by no means deficient Brother
Gholston, '97, is Vice-President of our Athletic Association, and Brother Howze,
'97, is a member of the Board of Editors of our college annual Gholston is
also one of the editors of our college paper.
Three of our members deserve especial mention. Brothers Sprott and Tait
won second year honors and were appointed to the highest military offices, and
Brother Wallace, '99, was appointed to the highest military office of his class.
Brothers Johnston, and Pearson of the Class of '99 also received appointments
to military offices.
Our alumni of the Law Class of '96^ five in number, are practicing law
with success, and are gaining for themselves the splendid reputations that they
well deserve.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 208
This year the following new men have been initiated into the mysteries of
jd KE: T. G. Burke, '99 ; F. B. Haynes, '99 ; E. C. Street, '99 ; W. H.
Vemer, '99, and K C. Gulley, 1900.
CHI.
To sister chapters Chi sends an affectionate greeting, hoping that the pros-
pects of each and every chapter for the ensuing year are as bright as hers.
Chi, as usual, took more than her share of honors last session. Notwith-
standing the fact that there are seven fraternities in the University, we took
about 40 per cent of the total number of honors given.
Although we had five men to graduate last year, we opened this year with an
excellent club to start on, and, by brisk ''setting," won several men, all of whom
we feel confident will contribute something to Chi's honor roll.
We are represented on the editorial staff of the Utiwersify Magazine by
Brothers Hamner and Jones.
As yet we cannot say whether we will have any men on the college eleven
or not, but will doubtless have three on the baseball team, besides the cham-
pions in tennis and other participants in field sports.
We are all delighted to have Brother J. W. Hollister of A A with us, and
Chi extends to him a most hearty welcome. Brother Hollister is here for. the
purpose of coaching the football team. He attended the University of Michi-
gan last session.
Chi is always glad to welcome Dekes of whatever chapter who, though per-
sonally strangers, are members of our common Brotherhood and '*KrfpoB€y
mXot a€L"
BETA.
Nothing gives us more pleasure than the privilege of announcing for Beta
that ^ K E 2X University of North Carolina is still maintaining her old standard
of excellence.
We have with us this year thirteen active members, not including Drs.
Venable and Baskerville, of the faculty.
Brother C. S. Venable, Jr., from Eta, has entered the medical class here.
Last Friday night we initiated Brothers Alston, C. S.; Elliott, M. C;
Osborne, F. M.; Osborne, A., and Hume, T., Jr. A very elaborate banquet
was given the chapter by these initiates immediately after the initiation.
It is too early to predict how many men we will have on the football team.
Brother Belden has been elected Secretary and Treasurer of the General
Athletic Association and Assistant in Chemical Laboratory, and Brother Johnson
Secretary and Treasurer of Tennis Association. »
In Tennis Tournament, which is now going on. Beta is represented by
Brothers Howard, Johnson and Alston.
804 CHAPTER LETTERS.
Brothers Dej and Belden represent as in the Dramatic Gab.
Brother Elliott has been elected Treasurer of German Qab and also leader
of Banjo Qub.
Dr. Venable, a brother in faculty, will soon publish the new book called,
* * The Development of the Periodic Law. " The ' ' History of Chemistry " estab-
lishes his reputation as an author, and we feel confident that this, his new work,
will bring him even greater fame.
Beta closes her letter with greetings for all her sister chapters.
ETA.
The present session finds the University of Virginia rapidly recovering from
the severe shock it received last year.
The construction of the new building is progressing rapidly, and in such
magnificent proportions that we are almost tempted to say that the fire was a
''blessing in disguise."
Eta's record of last year is equaled only by its prospects for this.
On the baseball team we had Brothers Murray M. McGuire, Captain; Thea.
S. Garnett, Jack L. Bonney and Archie R. Hozton.
On the football team. Brothers Hoxton and Virginius Dabney.
On the Glee Club, Brothers Ashby Henry and Fergus Goodridge.
Brother Jessie L. Orrick was Editor-in-Chief of CbiZ?^^ Topics ^ Associate Editor
of the Unrversify Magcutine, and Associate Editor of Corh and Curls.
Brother Eugene L. Sykes. who won the valuable first moot court prize last
year, has been elected President of the Law Class, President of the Bryan and
Sewall Club, and Manager of the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Association.
Brother Fergus A. Goodridge has been appointed Manager of College Topics,
and Brother Bonney Assistant Manager of the football team.
We have the same representatives on the football team of '96 as on that of '95.
Our chapter is exceptionally fortunate in its new initiates — Clerville Himel,
Lauderdale, La.; Alpheus Beall, Hagerstown, Md.; Douglas McCormick,
Cleveland, O.; Llewelyn G. Hoxton, Alexandria, Va.; Brodie C. Nalle^
Mitchells, Va. — men whose mental abilities, social position and good fellow-
ship qualify them for membership in our fraternity.
With such additions to the number that returned, Eta now has its usual
membership, and is capable of maintaining that high position which it has
always occupied.
Best wishes to our sister chapters and the Convention at Nashville.
KAPPA.
To all her sister chapters Kappa sends kindest greetings and best wishes for
a prosperous college year.
CHAPTER LETTERS. 20&
The Commencement of '96 was an occasion long to be remembered by the
alumni and active members of Kappa.
Her lojral sons were gathered from far and near, and the banquet held at the
chapter house was in every way a decided success. Over forty Dekes were
present, and toasts and songs were the order of the evening, Judge S. F. Hunt^
Ky '64, acting as Toastmaster.
This year the University opened with the usual number in attendance.
We started out with thirteen old men, and have added three links to our
chain since the opening. We now number sixteen, with one pledged man.
A new $25,000 gymnasium is being erected on the campus, adding very
materially to its beauty and attractiveness. It will be ready for use about the
first of December.
Now, since the completion of the new athletic park, athletics play a very
important part at Miami.
In football the oudook is very promising. ^ K E has the manager and six
men on the team.
Since our last letter athletics here has been placed in the hands of a so-called
Board of Control. In this the office of Secretary is very well filled by one of
Kappa's men.
Musically, we are well represented both on the Mandolin and Glee Clubs.
A Deke succeeds a Deke as President of the Oratorical Association.
Our representation extends everywhere that it would be worth while for a
Deke to be represented.
LAMBDA.
Lambda has entered upon one of her most successful academic years
simultaneously with the growth and^ progress of Old Kenyon.
The election of our new President, William F. Pierce, has tended greatly to
bring this about The Freshman class this year numbered thirty, and, as usual.
Lambda procured the ** cream of the class."
The new initiates. Brothers Braddock, Daly and Rice, are active representa-
tives in college athletics. Brother Braddock, besides having been elected Presi-
dent of the Freshman class, is a candidate for the football team.
Brother Daly is gaining quite a reputation on the football field. Brother
Rice is also a promising candidate for the team.
Brother Stewart, of Beta Chi, is with us this year, acting in the capacity of
football coach.
Lambda had the pleasure of a short visit by Brother D. B. Simpson, Secretary
of the Council.
We are sorry to announce the recent death of one of Kenyon's most dis-
tinguished sons, and one whom Lambda takes great pride in claiming, the Hon*
Frank H. Hurd, of Toledo.
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Dartmouth opens the year nnder very auspicious circumstances. Not onlj
is she fortunate in enrolling the largest Freshman class in her history, but she is
also fortunate in having at her disposal new and better buildings and apparatus
for instruction. Butterfield Hall, which was formally dedicated last Commence-
ment, is now being used by the departments of Mental and Social Science,
Botany, Geology and Biology, and forms a valuable addition to the college
buildings. It is the first of the buildings on the contemplated quadrangle
which has been erected and marks the advance of the " New Dartmouth " along
material lines. The Crosby House is another mark of improvement This is a
dormitory which was erected during the past year, and is fitted with all the mod-
em improvements. There have abo been several advantageous changes in the
board of instruction.
The system of postponing the chiming season until the middle of Novem-
ber^ which was successfully tried for the first time last year, is still in force. This
method is of great advantage to the leading societies of the college, as it gives
the Freshmen a better opportunity to judge of the respective merits of the chap-
ters. Judging by the experience of last fall, i7 Chapter has much to gain by
such a system.
Turning for a moment to the honors awarded last Commencement we find
that ^ KE is still in the front. Of the eight men who received Commence-
ment appointments three were Dekes, Brothers Fletcher, Smith and Ham, the
first two receiving first and second honors. They, with Brother Laycock, were
elected members of iht ^ B K Society. Among those who received honorable
mention were the following : Brother Lord^ '98, in Greek and Mathematics ;
Brothers Meserve and Marshall, '97, in German ; Brothers Fletcher and Smith,
'96, in Philosophy ; Brother Smith, '96, received special honors in Greek, and
Brother Ham, '96, in German. At the Commencement prize speaking Brother
Shaw, '97, received first prize. Of the twelve prize scholarships awarded at
Commencement, four were taken by Dekes, Brothers Marshall and Meserve, '97;
Lord, '98, and Varney, '99.
In football we are again represented by Brother McCormack, '97, who was
elected Captain of the team again this season, and Brother Marshall, '97, who will
probably play in his old position at guard. On the Glee Club, Brother Meserve^
'97, and Brother Crane, '98, are among the basses. Brother Shaw, '97, Gibson,
'97, and Marden, '68, still hold positions on the editorial staff of the Dartmouih,
Plans are rapidly being matured for a liew chapter house, and it is hoped that
by next fall it will be ready for occupancy.
In the Senior elections for Commencement officers Brother Norton was chosen
Vice-President ; Brother Shaw, Orator; Brother Drew for the introductory ad-
dress, and Brothers Meserve and Smith, members of the Executive Committee.
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IOTA.
Central University opened with a large attendance, and the prospects for a
successful year are exceedingly good.
Iota had five old men to return, and by their untiring efforts have initiated
five excellent men, all of whom were "rushed " by other fraternities.
The initiates are :
Samuel M. Sanders, 1900, Campbellsville, Ky.
Guy Davis, 1900, Louisville, Ky.
Robert K Adams, '98, Somerset, Ky.
Samuel J. Sanderson, '98, Vaiden, Miss.
William B. Denny, '99, Lancaster, Ky.
Brother Adams is Captain of Company "A" of the Military Department^
Secretary and Treasurer of C. U. Athletic Association and member of the Glee
Qub.
Brother Sanderson, besides his work in college, is Professor in the Prepara-
tory Department
On the football eleven, A K E \% represented by Bumam, Bennett and
Denny.
Of the entertainments given during Commencement, two are credited to
AKE.
Tuesday evening before Commencement a reception was given by Mr. and
Mrs. James Bennett at "Rosedale," their beautiful suburban home, in honor
of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. The house and tables were beautifully
decorated with old gold, blue and crimson, and the hostess in her usual man-
ner, with the assistance of " our boys," made the affair most enjoyable.
On Wednesday eve, we gave a ball in our fraternity halls, to which beautifully
engraved invitations were sent.
The music was furnished by Saxton's orchestra, Lexington, Ky.
The ball was in every way a decided success, and was agreed by all to be
the most successful entertainment of that kind ever given by Iota.
ALPHA ALPHA.
The year of 1896-97 opens up with a large class and bright prospects for
" Dear Old Midd," and especially for Alpha Alpha. We have at this writing
pledged three fine men, although the horse-shedding season is going yet
Of the seventeen men in the chapter last year we lost three by graduation.
Of these Brother Munroe is in the Senior class of the Northwestern Law School
at Chicago. Brother Wilcox, an honor man, is doing post-graduate work in
chemistry at Johns Hopkins, and Brother Williamson is taking a post-graduate
course in German, French History and Literature here, and also has a position as
tenor in the College Street Church Quartette of Burlington.
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On the football team we are represented by Brothers Skede, '98 (Captain)
end; Haydon, '97, guard ; Dnnton, '98, tackle ; Rice, '98, half back ; Wells,
'98, fhll back ; Bingham, '98, center; Hubbard, '99, guard, and Waterman, '99,
tackle.
Brother Williamson was again chosen as leader of the Glee Club, and although
the men for this season are not yet chosen, we will doubtless have a good rep-
resentation.
The Alpha Alpha orchestra this year will consist of Brothers Tangney, violin;
Hubbard, comet; Lane, flute; Peck, 'cello, and Williamson, piana
At the prize-speaking last Commencement Brother Waterman secured first
Freshman prize, two Sophomore prizes also falling to our lot
The chapter recently enjoyed a very pleasant visit from Brother F. £. Grant,
of the Council.
OMICRON.
It must be admitted that the present financial depression has not left the
University of Michigan unscathed, for it has had a very visible effect, and never
for the last few years has there been less promising material in the Freshman class.
While the college as a whole suffers from this lack of good men, still Omicron
cannot complain, as we have already pledged three Freshmen and will probably
have one more. In securing these men we have had the more or less painful
duty forced upon us of grievously disappointing several crowds who, unfor-
tunately for them, desired the same men. It almost seems as if it would be an act
of Providence, if, just to break the monotony, we should lose a man to another
fraternity. As it stands now, though it may sound as if we were blowing our
own horn pretty loudly, we have secured any one we wanted without any great
exertion for so long a time that we are gradually becoming insufferably con-
ceited and self-satisfied in regard to the relative merits oi A KK at Michigan
and all other fraternities here. The natural consequence of this is that we have
become rather apathetic and indifferent in rushing, and the annual exercise of
dealing out bitter doses of defeat in liberal measure to our well-meaning contem-
poraries has lost somewhat of its novelty and ceases to give a righteous thrill of
pleasure at the discomfiture of the enemy.
For the last few years our graduates fi-om the literary department have come
back to take work in the professional schools, but this year the usual quota are
not in evidence, there only being one post-graduate in the chapter. For this
reason the chapter is smaller than usual, especially since we had a graduating
class of thirteen last year. We have always tried to form the nucleus of the Fresh-
man class the year before, as far as practicable, and not trust to fortuitous Fresh-
men to make up the bulk of the Class, and, in accordance with this idea have
already pledged six men for next year, and, taking everything into consideratioD,
the chapter has a very bright outlook.
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In politics we are just about where we have been for the last four years —
entirely out of it We make no attempt to get any offices, and as a general thing
couldn't get very much if we did want it We were at the top of the heap in
politics for a good many years, but the other crowds, chagrined at their failure
to successfully buck us on secbc, combined against us in politics, so that
now it is id X j^ against the field.
Our football team is making a very good showing for so early in the season,
and every afternoon there are fifty or sixty candidates practicing, besides the old
players who are back. Of these last all of last year's team are expected to re-
turn with the exception of Bloomington, Hall, Hooper, and Brother Hollister.
Brother J. B. Freund, '97, and Brother R. S. Freund, '96, are both out practic-
ing, and stand very good chances of making the team. The schedule of games
at present writing is not complete, but the management has decided to play
Chicago University at Chicago, on Thanksgiving, at which time a crowd of four or
five hundred will probably go to Chicago from here to encourage our team and
cheer them to victory as they did last year. We play Lehigh at Detroit upon
October 31st, and confidently expect to arrange a game with either Pennsyl-
vania, Harvard, or Princeton.
At the election of the Athletic Board Brother Potter^ '99, who managed his
class baseball team last year, was elected to fill the vacancy caused by Brother
Condon, '98. Brother Wetmore, '98, and Brother Thompson will probably rep-
resent us on the Glee and Banjo clubs. We enjoyed a very pleasant visit from
Brother Connolly, A X, this fall. We hope all brothers going through Ann Arbor
will make time to stop off and see us and partake of our humble bread and board
for as long a time as the spirit moves them, for O seldom has the pleasure of
giving a good Deke welcome, and would like to have the opportunity to do so
occur more often.
BPSILON.
Though Epsilon feels the loss of her '96 delegation she enters upon the new
term with a bright outlook and every prospect of success during the coming
college year.
She begins the year with thirteen active members, and at present has six
initiates from the incoming class. They are R. K Chapin, of Fort Wayne, Ind;
David Davis, of Bloomington, 111.; R. A. Hawley, of LeRoy, O.; A. R. Marsh, of
Springfield, Mass.; £. H. Woodward and H. D. Woodward^ of Morristown, N. J.
At last Commencement Brother McDowell, '96, was elected Ivy Orator, one
of the highest honors of Class Day, Brother Bailey, '96, being a member of the
Committee of Arrangements at the same time. Brother Hills, '99, won first
place in the Freshman Oratorical Contest which was held in May.
Brother Floyd, '98, has been elected leader of the Mandolin Club in the
place of Brother McDowell, '96, who held the leadership during the two previous
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years. Brothers Rust, '98, and Bragdon, '98, are members of the Glee Qub, and
Brother Rust is also a member of the College Chapel Choir.
On the WUUams Weekly Epsilon is represented by Brother Rust, '98, Alumni
Editor, and Brother Hills, '99, Associate Editor. Brother Eaton, '99, is at the
training table of the 'Varsity eleven.
The new men are also doing excellent work. Davis is half back on the
^Varsity, and Marsh was the most promising candidate for quarter until he was
forced to retire with an injared shoulder, Hawley is a member of the Banjo Club,
and Woodward of the Freshman baseball team.
Epsilon has for years hoped for a fitting home of her own, and the wish
seems at last near fulfilment With one of the best sites in Williamstown and a
sinking fund nearly completed, she expects soon to begin work with the plans
which were accepted last year.
RHO.
Although Rho graduated but three men in '96 — Brothers Martin, Fuller,
Wells, they were all men whose place in the chapter will be hard indeed to fill
But, undaunted, the ntnks have been recruited, and the Dekes go forth to hold
their old undisputed place in the front line at Lafayette. The new men added
to our lists to date, are. Brothers Morton F. Jones, '98, Mansfield, Pa. ; Charles
G. Oldt, 1900, Dubuque, la.; James B. Funk, 1900, Mercersburg, Pa.
We are glad to announce the first issue of a new literary magazine edited by
a board of five from the Senior class. The Touchstone^ is idx ahead of the ordinary
run of college publications, both in artistic arrangement and general literary ex-
cellence, and bids fair to take a leading place among college journals. Brother
Stoddard, '97, is Editor-in-Chief, and Brother Earnest, '97, Business Manager.
Brother Earnest, '97, and Brother Reid, '99, hold positions on the sta£f of The
Lafaytiie^ and Brother Demarest is artist on the current issue of the Melange.
Brother Kinter, '97, is President of the Washington Literary Society, and Brother
Bentel, '97, has been given a place on the Banjo Club.
We need say very little of the splendid football season at Lafayette, only to
state that we have never seen a better captain than Brother Walbridge, '98, and
that Brother Jones, '98, is sustaining his enviable reputation at center. Brother
Rowland, '95, the veteran guard is also with us, taking a post-graduate course.
Brother ''Brink " Thome, ^, is studying Mining Engineering at Lafayette and
has given valuable assistance as a coach.
Since the beginning of the term Rho has had the privilege of entertaining
Brothers Fred P. Kafka, Nu, '96 ; Ralph D. Payne, Phi, '94, and J. F. Stone-
cipher, Rho, '74.
TAU.
College opens very auspiciously this fall Never in the history of Hamilton
has every department of the college been so well equipped.
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The outlook for Tan is no less promising. Though she loses efficient and
loyal men by the departure of the brothers of '96, the present Senior delegation
is the strongest in the history of the chapter since '93.
The hope expressed by Tau in her last letter that she might receive a goodly
share of the prizes and honors announced at Commencement time has been
more than realized.
In addition to the prizes and honors previously announced, Brother Warner,
'96, won the Darling Prize Thesis.
In '97, three of the four prize scholarships were won by A KE: Brother
Beakes taking the Munsen German, Brother Sweet the Truax Greek, and Brother
Winans the Soper Latin Scholarship. Brother Winans also received a Hawley
medal
Of the '98 men. Brothers Minor and Piercy each won a second essay prize.
A special prize ofifered to the '99 man who attained the highest standing for
the first year was awarded to Brother Spencer.
In the senior offices Brother Allison, '96, was on the Senior Ball Committee.
Brother Wood, '96, was Class Prophet, and Brother Spencer, '99, gave the Fresh-
man response.
Tau was equally successful in gaining a lion's share of the honors announced
this fall. Nine A KE men were posted in the high-honor group, four being
the largest number of men of any rival Fraternity posted in that group. Besides
the above, Tau has two men posted in the honor, and one in the credit, group.
Brother Winans, '97, has received an appointment as Business Manager of
the HamUion IMerary Magazine^ which is the successor to the old HamQhn LiL
Tau is represented on the Junior ''Prom" Committee by Brother Kelsey,
'98.
Brother Finn, '98, as captain of the football team is arousing considerable
enthusiasm over the game, and hopes to put a winning team in the field.
It is a source of regret that Brother Rogers, '98, and Brother Pierson, '99^
do not return to college this fiilL
Brother Lee, formerly '98, who has been out of college for a year^ enters
with '99.
The chapter has, thus fiatr, initiated two men firom the Class of 1900; Brother
H. J. Thayer, of Lockport, and Brother Arthur C. Higgins, of Sidney Centre.
TsTu sends greeting to her sister chapters, and it shall be her endeavor to do
honor both to herself and to the Fraternity at large throughout the year.
The chapter house is always open to brothers m A KE.
uu.
On last Commencement Day Brother C W. Negus, '96, took the Lewis Ora-
torical prize for his oration on " The New Learning." Brother Winegari '96,
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received special mention for his oration. At that time Brother F. A. Smith,
'96, received the Second Debate prize ; Brother C. W. Negus, '96, the Clark
Oration prize ; Brother R. G. Seymour, '97, the Second Losher Essay prize ;
Brother Loyd, '98, the First Latin prize ; Brothers Wood, '97 ; Gaylord, '98,
and Treat, '99^ received Kingsford Declamation prizes ; Brother Gaylord, '98,
the Second Allen Essay prize; Brothers Parker, 1900, and Avery^ 1900, the
First and Second Dodge Entrance prizes. Brother W. T. Henry, Jr., 1900,
took the Entrance prize awarded this fall
Our rushing season has been one of the most successful in our history. We
have initiated a Junior, a Sophomore, and twelve Freshmen, swelling our mem-
bership to thirty-four. Our new men represent us on the musical clubs and the
football team, and maintain the honor of Mu in the class room. Brother E. H.
Loyd, '98, has left college for a year, but will return next fall to strengthen oar
'99 delegation.
Our football team is doing fine work. We have been defeated by Cornell,
6 to o, and by Williams, 4 to o. We won from the Syracuse Athletics by the
score of 34 to o.
NU.
Nu commences this, her forty-first year of Deke existence, with the usual
bright prospects. Though we lost ten brothers, either by graduation or by
going to some other college, still, with seven old soldiers and seven Freshman
recruits, we present a stalwart front of fourteen loyal fighters.
Last year's record of four Class Presidents and similar extraordinary facts
would be hard to repeat, but if our end is as promising as our start, it would be
dangerous to predict our earnings.
Still harping on last year's successes, we must mention that Brother Jasper,
'96, was the only fraternity man who received ^ B IL
So far, very little has occurred in college. The Glee Club has not been defi-
nitely formed, but even now we are sure of two men on it We will have one
on the football eleven, and five on the lacrosse team. Brother Boyd is Captain
of the team and President of the Lacrosse Association. Brother Bradley, 1900,
is Treasurer of the same, and Brother Dearborn, '97, is Manager of the ^Varsity
team.
Only the Junior class has held elections, so we can only speak of Brother
Stocky, who was elected Secretary of '98.
Brother Compton, '97, the finest golf player in college, is President of the
Golf Club, and Brothers Dearborn, '97 ; Dunn, '97 ; Foehrenbach, '97, and
Stocky, '98, are prominent members.
Over forty " Nu " men attended the initiation on October 5th :
Howard L Davies, New York City; Alan B. Bradley, New York City;
Walter B. Simpson, New York City ; F. Morton Clark, New York City ; Wm.
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A. Downey, New York City; W. Harris Cherry, New York Qty; Frank
McAllister, New York City, all of whom are members of 190a
PHI CHI.
The year that is just opening gives promise of being a very prosperous one
for Rutgers and Phi Chi, Although the chapter is, at present, small in num-
bers, A KE still maintains its high position in college life. We have been very
successful in obtaining desirable men from the Freshman class, and take great
pleasure in introducing to the Fraternity the following brothers : C W. Jon^
Graham C. Woodru£f, William £. McMahon, Robert A. Cooke, and Henry
Eggcrding.
In order to show the place which Phi Chi holds in college, it will be best to
mention some of the positions held by Dekes.
On the 'Varsity football team we have Brothers Stryker, '97 ; McMahon,
1900, and Woodru£f, 1900, with Brother Thompson, '98, as substitute. Of the
Qass football teams. Brother Stryker is Captain of '97 ; Brother Harrington cap-
tains '98, and Brother McMahon captains 1900. It is very apparent that in
football, at least, J KE zt Rutgers is very much in evidence.
On the class crews, last spring, we had Brother Stryker, '97, on the Junior
crew, and Brothers Harrington, '98, and Thompson, '98, on the Sophomore crew.
Brother Van Cleef, '98, was recently elected President of the Junior class by
a very large majority.
We also have Brother Thompson, '98, to represent us on the Junior Prome-
nade Committee;
Brother Woodruff, 1900, has secured a position on the Glee Club, of which
Brother Voorhees, '96, is Manager.
At a recent meeting of the College Republican Club, Brother Stryker, '97,
was unanimously elected President, and he is filling his position in a very
creditable manner.
Brother Titsworth, '99, has been elected as Historian of the Sophomore
class for the ensuing year.
Phi Chi is justly proud of her record in college, and hopes to maintain it in
the future, as she has in the past
We have had great pleasure in having with us this year Brother Reiley
Bet Chi, '95 ; Brothers Bouton, Sigma, '96, and Brother Stout, Upsilon, '99.
Brother Torrey, '97, was unable to return to college this year, and we greatly
miss his presence. We hope, however, to have him with us next year.
We neglected to state in our last letter the initiation of Brother Elliot E.
Van Cleef, '98, who was taken in last March.
In conclusion, Phi Chi wishes all her sister chapters a prosperous and happy
year.
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PSI PHI.
De Pauw University has entered upon another prosperous year. A Fresh-
man class of one hundred and seventy-five — the largest ever in collie — ^has been
enrolled. The Theological, Music, Art, and Preparatory schools are also well
attended.
No changes in the Faculty have occurred, except that Brother Jesse S. John-
son, '92, who has been Instructor in Latin, will this year pursue studies in
Rome, and Acting President Gobin has been duly elected to the position of
President, to the gratification of the students and the alumni
Psi Phi has now eighteen initiated men, and they are almost equally distrib-
uted among the four college classes.
Brother O. P. Robinson, ex-'95, has returned to graduate with '97. Also we
are pleased to announce the return of Brother T. W. Nadal, '98, who has been
reappointed District President over Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the
American Republican College League. We suffer loss from the temporary ab-
sence of Brothers F. W. Hixson, '98; H. C. Nobler, '99; R. J. Tuller, '99, and
B. L. Tatman, '99, the latter, on account of his health, having gone to Colorada
The "spiking season" has passed, and, as a result, four new men — splendid
fellows — wear the diamond pin.
We agree with the opinion of a member of a rival fraternity, in that he said
that the choicest men who have so far entered have been chosen hy A K E.
Besides these, we expect the acquisition of several others during the college
year, and the return of several absent members.
Psi Phi still maintains her long-established prestige in studentship. Upon
graduation, last year, Brother Otto Basyl, our only Senior, was honored by elec-
tion to ^ ^ iiT. Brother Lynn McMullen, '97, will be Laboratory Assistant in
the Department of Physics this year.
As in former years, many Dekes have been honored with positions of respon-
sibility in college. Brother B. M. Allen, '98, is one of the editors of the De
Pauw Weekly,
The position of Editor-in-Chief of the Junior annual. The Mirage^ has been
assigned to Brother Ray J. Wade.
The chief offices of the three political clubs of the University have fallen to
A KE, Brother F. I. Barrows is President of the De Pauw Republican Club,
Brother T. P. Woodson holds a similar position in the Free Silver Club, and
Brother Ray J. Wade in the Prohibition Club.
Brothers Hornbrook and Woodson occupy minor positions in their respective
classes.
Brother Lynn McMullen is Secretary of the De Pauw Glee Club.
In addition to our secret hall on the Public Square, where are held cor
weekly meetings^ which are an unceasing source of pleasure, profit, and help,
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we occupy the Crouch House, adjoining the college campus, as a temporary
chapter home.
Thus, with brilliant prospects for herself^ Fd Phi wishes her sister chapters
the best of success for the coming year.
GAMMA PHI.
Wesleyan and Gamma Phi have opened the fall term under most favorable
auspices. Our present situation is one of prosperity.
A band of eleven of the most desirable men from the Century Class were
welcomed to the inner shrine of our chapter on Friday evening, October i6th.
These will ably take the place of members who left us last Commencement — men
whose leave-taking was an honor to themselves and to their fraternity. We
have representative men from 1900. Brother H. V. Mattoon has been elected
first president of the class. Brother Nivison is the only man from 1900 taken
upon the Glee Club. Brother Ellis will doubtless be on the Tarsity baseball
team next spring.
The close of the past year was full of honor for the Dekes. One incident: Of
the three prizes awarded in the Freshman year, our delegation captured two and
stood second for the third. Brother Legg, '99, taking the Declamation prize and
Brother Wilsey, '99, taking the Ayres Scholarship prize and standing second
for the Greek prize.
Other brothers on the Glee Club are: Hawk, '98, Assistant Business Man-
ager; Goodrich, '99, and Burdick, '99. Brother Le Compte, '97, is on the
Board of Editors of the Literary Monthly, and Brother Goodrich, '99, is one of
its most important contributors. Brother Brownell, '97, is business manager
of the Argus, Brothers Singer, '97, and Williams, '98, represent us on the
'Varsity football team.
Brother C. H. Judd, Gamma Phi, '94, who received his degree from Leipsic
after two years' residence in Germany, has been added to our Faculty as In-
structor in Philosophy. He has just finished his labor of translating Wundt's
'' Handbook of Psychology " in co-operation with its author. Brother Judd is
warmly welcomed, not only by the chapter, but by the college at large.
Best of all, there is a deep feeling of brotherly love existing among our mem-
bers, and not simply that, but also a strong devotion to the Fraternity, which
cannot fail to make for us a prosperous year.
Gamma Phi always takes real enjo3mient in entertaining brothers from other
chapters. Come, and we will give you a genuine AKE welcome.
PSI OMB6A.
The seventy-third year of the Rensselaer Polytechnic began on the 17th of
September. Although the incoming class proved to be rather small, yet it has
already become distinguished in various features of approved R. P. I. customs,
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and we are watching it, hoping that some good J KE material may be fomid
therein. We were highly pleased by a recent visit of Brother Baber, of the Clasi
of '70 and a charter member of the chapter. The efficiency of Psi Om^ga men
as leaders in undergraduate organizations appears to remain unquestioned.
Brother Fowle has been made President of the R. P. I. Sound Money Club,
and also serves as manager of the Football Association. The management of
the Musical Association has been ofifered us, but declined. We further bid fair to
put our man in as Editor-in-Chief of the '98 Junior publication, 77ie lyansiL
Brother Voorhees, of the late graduating class, was one of the three men elected
into the honorary society of Sigma Xi, a distinction only obtained by men of
rare high scholarship.
BBTA CHI.
W. R. M. and Beta Chi wish our brother chapters the very best wishes for
the ensuing year. Beta Chi is looking forward to a very promising term. We
are twice seven in number, having just added to our nine upper class men five
new members. Especially are we strong as usual on the football field, with
Gaylord, '97, as Captain of the team at quarter-back. Thompson, '97, as
guard, and Goodhue and Gilchrist, both 1900, at half-back. Brother Jenkins,
of 0, is again coaching the team. He is doing finely with the few he has to
pick from» and with the light weight which he must take, for there are no heavy
men in college.
Brother Fuller, '97, is the college representative on the University Athletic
Board.
At our annual initiation this year there were with us Nathaniel Kendal, of
Phi ; Brother Herman, of Kappa; Pope brothers, of Delta Chi, and Brother
Rikert, of Delta Chi. We were pleased to have them with us on this occa^
sion, and we extend a hearty welcome to them and all brothers in /^ KE,
Brothers Thompson, '97; Hughes, '98, and Tyler, '99, will again represent
us on the Glee and Mandolin Club of '97.
Brother Hughes, '98, is one of the Editors of the '97 Reserve, the coll^
annual.
Brother H. C. Evans, '96, is at Johns Hopkins, studying Medicine. Chick
was a great favorite at college, and we all miss him.
We lost, also, Brothers H. D. Smith, '97, and Rudolph, '97, of Law School
They are both in business in Cleveland.
Brother Meyer, who has been studying abroad for some time, is now Pro-
fessor of German in the college.
Brother Stockwell is at Cornell studying law.
Rev. Ranney has gone to Ann Arbor for the purpose of pursuing his study
in law.
Brother Stewart is again coaching the Kenyon football team.
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DBLTA CHI.
Although Delta Chi lost a number of her men last June through graduation
she has filled their places with an exceptionally large number from the entering
class, and in consequence her prospects are very bright for the coming year.
We have also been fovored by the return to college of Brothers Thome and
Cool.
Numerous improvements are being made on the campus. A large stone
bridge has been placed over the gorge at the entrance, and gates now mark the
approach to the campus.
In athletics Cornell has been much &vored, the football team having won
all games to date this fall. In Brothers Fitch, Wilson and Hill we have three
worthy members of the team. Navy affairs this year promise to be in fine
shape, owing to Cornell's excellent record at Poughkeepsie June last, winning
both Freshman and 'Varsity races from Harvard, Pennsylvania and Columbia.
Brother Hill is Business Manager of the Era this year. Brother Connolly is
Associate Editor of the same paper.
Brother Nellegar holds a position on the Junior Promenade Committee.
Brother Miller is President of the Undine — the Sophomore banqueting
society.
Brother Hill was elected Marshal of the Senior class, and Brother Connolly
Ivy Orator of the same.
Brother Gabay is President of the Masque, and Brothers La Pointe and
Stratton also represent us upon that organization. Brothers Stratton and
Mothershead are Captain and Manager, respectively, of the Freshman baseball
team. Brothers La Pointe Miller and Nevin are on the Banjo and Mandolin
clubs.
Brother Lockwood, ^, '96, has entered the Law School.
Delta Chi has received visits from Brothers Ichelheimer, A X, '98; Brown,
A X, '93; Mims, r, '92; Benjamin Lee Wilson, A X, '88; Shedd, B *, '95;
Randall, J X, '74; Hyde, * '95; Payne, *, '95; Ferry, A X, '89; James F.
Wilson, A X, '86; Jenkins, *.
DXLTA DXLTA.
Delta Delta is fortunate this fall in having all of the old chapter back again.
Out of a membership of twenty last year, all have returned. Sixteen are now
living at the house. This is a larger number than we have ever had together
before, and we expect the chapter will be greatly benefited. Besides the active
members, two of our alumni, Brothers Webster, '95, and Gale, '96, are with us.
The house which has been secured for the coming year is large and
roomy, by far the finest we have occupied. It is pleasantly situated near the
University, on one of Chicago's most beautiful boulevards, the Midway
218 CHAPTER LETTERS.
Plaisance. Among other advantages, it has a broad veranda, and large recep-
tion rooms especially adapted for entertaining. During the latter part of Sep-
tember, before college opened, several Dekes from eastern colleges called on
the chapter. We hope that every Deke who visits Chicago will do the same.
Our address is 5859 Washington avenue.
The Northwestern Alumni Association of Chicago has generously extended
its privileges to the members of the chapter. This is a favor which we thor-
oughly appreciate. It will bring the alumni and undergraduates into closer
relations with each other, and will strengthen greatly the friendship which
already exists between the Association and Delta Delta.
In former years the chapter has been influential in college affairs, and
prospects seem to augur another year of success. There are few organiza-
tions of any note in the University which do not contain at least one member
from our roll. We feel that in honoring Delta Delta we honor A KE.
PHI GAMMA.
Phi Gamma can report, that, with the opening of the University this fall, she
is in better condition than hitherto. With one exception all the members of
the chapter are with us, and in addition several members of the Class of '96 have
entered the professional schools of the University and are in active connection
with the chapter. Eight members of the entering class have already been
initiated, and in every way the future promises even greater progress than we
have enjoyed in the past.
The unusual growth in the attendance at the University during the past year
has made necessary the addition of several new professors and instructors. Phi
Gamma is honored in the appointment of Brother John N. Alsever, '96, to a
position in the Faculty. In the Glee Club the chapter is represented by Broth-
ers C. W. Walker and W. R. Maxon, and the Instrumental Clubs are com-
posed largely of our members. Among the number are Brothers T. C. Cherry,
F. M. Smalley, H. G. Lee, H. S. Lee, H. H. Burdick and P. W. Arnold.
On the football team we are represented by Brothers J. H. Palmer, J. F.
Lyon and D. H. Bonsted, and in track work a number of our members are
active. In the tennis tournament of last spring Brother H. B. Pratt took first
place, Brother H. H. Burdick second place. On the '98 college annual, the
Onondagan, Brother F. M. Smalley has recently been elected Business Manager.
Phi Gamma is now making extensive preparations for the celebration of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the chapter, which occurs Novem-
ber 1 7th. Many of our charter members and alumni are to be present, and the
event will be an important one in the history of the chapter.
At our recent initiation banquet we were glad to welcome visiting brothers
from sister chapters ; Phi Delta Chi, Mu, Gamma Phi and Tau, as well as a
CHAPTER LETTERS. 219
large number of oar graduate brothers in Phi Gamma. The names of the
initiates appear elsewhere.
Brother Frank S. Black, Pi, '75, Republican nominee for the governorship of
New York State, recently visited Syracuse and was greeted by the members of
Phi Gamma.
GAMMA BETA.
Although the college year is but two weeks old, we have not been idle, as
the following few lines will show. The last president of the Columbia Musical
Society was one of our brothers, his successor was also another; owing to his
work he was obliged to resign, and in his place was elected another of our
men. In the Glee Club trials four of our men came forward, three of whom are
sure of making the club. We have two men on the Spectator^ our University
weekly. As to new members, we have already pledged two, and are rushing
about a dozen, of whom we are sure to get more than half, with fair chances of
more. Owing to the short time we have had since the first of the year, it is
impossible to give fuller details at present In the next issue will be seen more
honors captured by the loyal brothers of A KE.
THITA ZBTA.
With the opening of the college year for California some three weeks since,
the twelve or fifteen firatemities that are represented here adopted the usual rush-
ing tactics, having a class of about five hundred academic students from which
to pick the fraternity material. In reality the class numbers two hundred more,
who, though in the University, are attending the professional colleges in San
Francisco. As regards the number oi A K E men, we cannot report definitely
as yet; but no doubt from present prospects Theta Zeta will add quite a few
new men to the eighteen that are now active members in it
A new feature of the University Extension system is that which is known as
the Farmers' Institute, an organization with ^branches throughout the State,
through which the University aims to present to those interested the latest
knowledge it has obtained in agriculture and horticulture, special attention being
paid to the viticultural interests.
On Monday, September 12th, we had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Pepper,
late provost of the University of Pennsylvania, discuss the Modem University
Idea in its relations to the University system in vogue in the United States. It
was an informal lecture, but nevertheless of exceeding interest
Brother Wood, '98, after a hotly contested election, was announced to be the
successful candidate for Manager of the track team — one of the three most
important positions, from a financial point of view, that we have in athletic
circles. He looks forward with much pleasure to a projected trip east in the
220 CHAPTER LETTERS.
spring, in that he will have an opportunity of observing A KE as she is in col-
leges other than our own.
Though we have graduated seven as strong men as ever went from here,
and have at the same time lost three from the present Senior class, yet we hold
relatively as prominent a position as we did last year. Brother Whipple has
been elected Editor-in-Chief of the college daily and President of the Glee Qub.
We have, in addition, good representations on the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin
clubs, the Class societies, papers and military, besides a fair standing in
scholarship.
Brother Russ, '96, is at he head of the Chemistry Department of the Oak-
land High School, one of the strongest institutions of its kind in the State.
Noble, '96, is studying in Pittsburg, Pa. ; Thompson, '96, is making a tour of
Europe and the Holy Lands; four others, who were active members last year,
are attending the professional colleges in San Francisco.
We have had the pleasure of having Brothers Norris and Sperry, of Sigma
Tau; Thomas, of Bowdoin, and Lewis, of Amherst, with us lately. They are
all, with the exception of Thomas, permanently located in San Francisco.
The twenty-first annual banquet of the Pacific Coast Alumni Association is
to take place on Tuesday, December 8th, to which MAKE men who may
be in the vicinity are invited, with the assurance that they will have a pleasant
evening.
In closing, allow me to extend the best wishes of Theta Zeta to the other
chapters in the Fraternity, and to add that we should indeed be glad to see any
of the brothers who may chance to visit the coast during the coming winter,
and to do all that we can to make their stay an enjoyable one.
PHI KPSILON.
Phi Epsilon was never in more prosperous condition than she is to-day.
We now have a fine brick chapter house of twelve rooms, with a large hall for
guests. The alumni have donated enough to keep us warm for the coming
winter and are also taking a great interest in A KE matters.
Three brothers are on the football team, Fulton, Scandrett and Woodwirth.
Brother Scandrett is also Assistant Manager of the same. Brother Boldy is
Treasurer of the Athletic Association and is also on the Floor Committee of the
Athletic Ball The new gymnasium has been completed, and every one is
reducing flesh, especially Dekes who have grown rather large in our prosperity.
A reception was given for the Alphi Phi's whose convention met here^ and the
girls think A K E\3 the only thing.
SIGMA TAU.
2 T begins her fall term with a membership thinned by graduation and less
than for some years at this time. We are glad, however, to discover that the
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entering class contains plenty of fine material, as well ' as being the largest
class that has ever entered. We are now in the midst of the struggle for new
men, and our smokers and theater parties follow each other in rapid and purse-
depleting succession. We hope to take in at least ten men, and feel confident
that by hard work the requisite number of the right sort may be obtained.
The election of new officers for the various clubs and classes has not yet
taken place, so that we have nothing new to report in this particular. In the
Republican Club which has lately been formed we are represented by Brother
Humphreys as Vice-President, and Brother Washburn as Treasurer. One of the
purposes of this club is to awaken interest in the coming Republican Intercol-
legiate Parade, to be held in Boston at an early date, and in which students
firom Tech., Harvard, Amherst, Yale, Brown, Williams and Bowdoin will par-
ticipate.
Brothers Potter, Herring and Jackson, who have spent their summer tour-
ing through Europe on their wheels with the Summer School of Architecture,
are again with us.
Brother Brackett, '96, was married in Portsmouth on October 7th to Miss
Mary Montgomery, of that place. This happy event was a purely Deke affair
in all respects.
We have lately renewed the lease on our house, so that we are settled in re-
gard to a home for some time, and trust that all of our brothers who may
chance to pass through Boston will give us a call.
NEW INITIATES.
a
Alpheus G. Varney, '98, Windham, Me.;
Clifton A. Towie, '99, V^throp, Me.;
Percy A. Babb, North Bridgton, Me.;
Harry O. Bacon, Natick, Mass.; John
R. Bass, Wilton, Me.; Ernest V. Call,
PittsBeld, Me.; William H. Cutler, Ban-
gor. Me.; Otho L. Dascombe, Wilton,
Me.; Arthur W. Strout, Gardiner, Me.,
all from 1900.
r.
H. H. Elder, Tenn.; J. W. Holman, Tenn.;
Phil Hill, Tenn., R. D. Smart, Ark., all
from 1900.
w.
T. G. Burke, '99, Meridianville, Ala.; F. B.
Haynes, '99, Union Springs, Ala. ; E. C.
Street, '99, Guntersville, Ala.; W. H.
Vemer, '99, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; E. C.
Gulley, 1900, Livingston, Ala.
B.
C. S. Alston, M. C. Elliott, F. M. Osborne,
A. Osborne, T. Hume, Jr., all of 1900.
H.
ClervUle Himel, Lauderdale, La.; Alpheus
Beall, Hagerstown, Md.; Douglas Mc-
Cormick, Cleveland, O. ; Llewlyn G.
Hoxton, Alexandria, Va.; Brodie C.
Nalle, Mitchells, Va., all of 1900.
I.
Robert E. Adams, '98, Somerset, Ky. ;
Samuel J. Sanderson, '98, Vaiden, Miss.;
William B. Denny, '99, Lancaster, Ky.;
Robert M. Sanders, 1900, Campbells-
ville, Ky. ; Guy Davis, 1900, Louisville,
Bennett M. Grove, 1900, Liberty, Ind«;
Lloyd E. Fosdick, 1900, Liberty, Ind.;
Wm. H. James, 19CX), Springdale, O.
E.
R. E. Chapin, Fort Wayne, Ind.; David
Davis, Bloomingtoo, HI. ; R« A. Hawley,
Le Roy, O. ; A. R. Marsh, Springfield,
Mass.; E. H. Woodward, Morristown,
N. J.; H. D. Woodward, Morristown,
N. J., all of 1900.
P.
Morton F. Jones, '98, Mansfield, Pa. ; Charles
G. Oldt, 1900, Dubuque, la. ; James B.
Funk, 1900, Mercertburg, Pa.
T.
H.J. Thayer, Lockport, N. Y.; Arthur C.
Higgins, Sidney Centre, both of 1900.
M.
Edwards Hargrave Smith, '98, Omaha, Neb.;
James George Harriss, '99, Boston,
Mass.; Oswald Theodore Avery, 1900^
New York City; Harvey Dunham
Cadmus, 1900, Newark, N. J. ; William
Thomas Henry, Jr., 1900, EUmira, N.
Y.; Louis Patton Homberger, 1900,
Philadelphia, Pa.; James David Hew-
lett, 1900, Lewiston, Me.; William
Henry Jones, 1900, Chicago, HI.; Her-
bert Paul King, 1900, Trumansburg, N.
Y. ; Edwin Knaff Munro, 1900, Camillns,
N. Y.; Waiiam More Packe, 1900,
Gloversville, N. Y.; Fred Charles
Parker, 1900, New York City; PhiHp
Tompkins Smith, 1900, Hamilton, N. Y.;
William Thomas Towers, 1900, Cort-
Undt, N. Y.
N.
Howard L Davies, New York City; Alan B.
Bradley, New York City; Walter B.
Simpson, New York City; F. Morton
Clark, New York City; William A.
Downey, New York City; W. Harris
Cherry, New York City; Frank Mc-
Allister, New York City, all from 1900.
NEW INITIATES.
223
Chjurlei W. Jonet, Kejport, N. J.; Gnham
C. Woodruff, Rahway, N. }. ; William
E. McMahon, Rahway, N. J.; Robert
A. Cooke, New Brunswick, N. J., and
Henry Eggerding, Plainfidd, N. J., all
of looo.
Charles B. McFerrin, 1900, Terre Haute,
Ind.; Frank W. Hombrook, 1900,
Eyansville, Ind.; Raymond F. Bacon,
1900, Eyansville, Ind.; Albert G.
Preston, 1900, Cloverdale, Ind.
B X.
Warren Marshall, 1900, Youngstown,0. ; John
Gilchrist, 1900, Cleveland, O.; Allen
Goodhue, 1900, Cleveland, O.; Walter
Adams, 1900, Cleveland, O. ; Edward
C. Brice, 1900, Cleveland, O.
A X.
Franklin G. Macomber, '99, Toledo,
O.; Erwin Marx, 1900, Toledo, O.;
Phillip B. Windsor, 1900, Homells-
ville, N. Y.; William H. Nevin, 1900,
PhUadelphia, Pa. ; Hayward H. Kendall,
1900, Cleveland, O.; Arthur D. Brooks,
1900, Cleveland, O.; Thomas G. McCul-
k>h, 1900, Chicago, Bl.; Owen M.
Mothershead, 1900, Indianapolis, Ind.;
FredT. Rockwood, 1900, Chicago, Bl.;
Frank L. Stratton, 1900, Louisville,
Ky.; Clifford Brown, 1900, Cleveland,
O.; Peter C. Brereton, 1900, New York,
N. Y.; AlUn Merritt, '98, Lockport,
N. Y.
* r.
De Forest Herman Bonsted, 1900, of Man-
lius, N. Y. ; Sands Niles Kenyon, 1900,
of Syracuse, N. Y.; Robert Hefihm
Lewis, 1900, of Syracuse, N. Y. ; James
Frederick Lyon, 1900, of Waverly,
N. Y.; Charles Van Merrick, 1900, of
Syracuse, N. Y.; John Henry Palmer,
1900, of Elmira, N. Y.; Charles Liv-
ingston Palmer, 1900, of Syracuse, N. Y. ;
William Leroy Sweet, 1900, of Waterloo,
N. Y.
© z.
Harold Shakspear Symmes, '99; William
Kennedy White, 1900; Eugene Elbert
Hewlett, 1900; Alfred Ray Burrell,
1900.
EDITORIALS.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Association of Central Tennessee is
the latest addition to our alumni associations. This is the eighth
new alumni association which has been organized since the present
editor has had charge of the Quarterly — a period of three years
Imost three a year.
We cannot refrain from congratulating the Fraternity upon the
great interest which has been manifested in the org^ization of
alumni associations during the past few years. In our opinion there
is nothing which engenders and preserves the fraternal spirit so
much as the means furnished by these associations of keeping up
one's college associations. The strength of Delta Kappa Epsilon
to-day is largely due to her alumni organizations.
It has become the unwritten law of the A K E Fraternity to issue
a new catalogue every ten years. The last one was issued in 1890,
and the time is rapidly approaching when a new one should be un-
dertaken. The 3'ear 1900 should see a new catalogue. It should be
small in size, neatly bound, convenient to handle, and it should con-
tain only catalogue matter, strictly speaking — the name, address and
profession or business of each member.
To this might be added a brief and concise historical sketch of
the founding and growth of the Fraternity, and the catalogue of
each chapter mie:ht be prefaced with a very brief historical sketch
of that chapter. With the aid of the last catalogue, such a work
could be gotten out quickly and at a comparatively small expense.
Our Fraternity should begin the twentieth century with a new
song book, containing both the words and the music. Of course, the
old song book would be the basis for the new, but since its publica-
tion many new d K E songs and much J K E music have been writ-
fr
EDITORIALS. 225
ten by various members of the Fraternity. These should be col-
lected and collated. New songs and new music should be solicited
from the members of the Fraternity, graduate and undergraduate.
From the songs already in existence and from others yet to be
written, most excellent materials for a new A K E song book could be
selected. The work should be begun in time. Contributions
should be asked for and received -from all quarters. Let the dawn
of a new century see a new song book worthy of the Fraternity.
We call the attention of our subscribers to the programme of
Convention printed in this number of the Quarterly. It is one of
unusual interest. The arrangements for the reception and enter-
tainment of the delegates and others who may attend Convention
are excellent. Ample accommodations and a good time generally
are assured to all. The advantages and benefits to be derived from
attendance at these conventions by alumnus and undergraduate
alike are too obvious to mention. The fact is abundantly evidenced
by the large and increasing attendance from year to year. Of
course, it is expected that every chapter will send delegations.
Many of the alumni associations will be represented, and alumni
from many parts of the country will be in attendance. This will be
the third time in the last decade that a convention has been held
with the brothers of the South. Those who attended the Washing-
ton and Chattanooga conventions will not soon forget the warm re-
ception which they received. We bespeak on behalf of the Con-
vention Committee a large attendance worthy of the entertainment
which they have provided. You will be sure of a warm and hearty
greeting.
CREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS.
The d K E house erected at University of North Carolina last
year has accommodations for twenty men.
Mayor Swift, of Chicago, is a member of 4> J 9, from the old
University of Chicago Chapter. His son is an active member of the
A K E Chapter at the new University of Chicago.
The men at University of Chicago initiated in !F 9 by Chicago
alumni were not recognized at the recent Convention of that fra-
ternity as constituting a chapter. — The Scroll.
Z W,2i strong fraternity, is the only general order having a
chapter at Case School of Applied Science, at Cleveland. At
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., where the attendance
is considerably less, though the Institute is one of the oldest in the
country, there are chapters of & ^ X, G S, ^ ^, Z W, ^ K E, X 9
and ^ T/l. At Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J., are G S, ^ T A,
B G U^XW and X ^. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
has chapters of Jf <P, -2 X, J W,G ^, AT A^G A X, A KE, A r and
:S A E.— The Scroll.
Wm. Raimond Baird, author of " American College Fraternities,"
proposes to issue a new revised edition of that work if 8oo subscrip-
tions there are received. Owing to the changes in the Greek world,
the demand for the new edition has been constant for two years or
more. Those desiring to subscribe for the work should address
Wm. Raimond Baird, 271 Broadway, The price will be — single
copies, $2 ; five copies to one address, $10.
A curious pin that is to be seen in every costume that Kathryn
Kidder wears, and which she regards as her mascot, is a badge of
one of the college fraternities, the Alpha Delta Phi. It was given
GREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS. 227
to her by her brother, who is a member, and has been observed
with deep interest by wearers of the star and crescent who wit-
nessed her in the title role of " Madame Sans-Gene,'' during its
presentation at the Baldwin Theatre in this city. — San Francisco
Argonaut.
A A 9 does not maintain a magazine, but the members of its
Wesleyan chapter have begun the issue of a periodical devoted
to its interests. This is, perhaps, but the forerunner of a general
magazine to be published by -4 J ^ in order to retain her prestige
in these days of rapid changes in the fraternity world. — Caduceus
ofK2.
The J X Fraternity, a distinctively legal organization, held its
recent convention with the Justinian Chapter at the New York Uni-
versity Law School. All the chapters were represented. The Fra-
ternity is now six years old, and has chapters at the law schools
of Columbia University, New York University, University of
Michigan, University of Minnesota, Northwestern and Dickinson. —
Caduceus ofK2.
Vassar, the oldest of the women's colleges, is but thirty years old.
Nearly 1,200 women have graduated from Vassar, and about 3,000
from all the other women's colleges put together. — Scroll.
The Executive Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees has
approved the action of the Law School Faculty in deciding that in
September, 1898, and thereafter, the standard of admission to the
Cornell School of Law shall be the same as for entering classes in
arts, philosophy and science. After this date the course will be-
come three years instead of two, as at present. — Scroll.
Under the scheme of continuous instruction all the year around,
with terms of six weeks' duration, vacations at the University of
Chicago do not all come at the same time. Some professors take
their vacations in the winter ; others in the fall and spring. This
necessitates special courses by men from other universities. They
have come from all the different universities of the world, and add
a great deal to the strength of the work. — Scroll.
228 GREEK NEWS AND CLIPPINGS.
Besides the 9 B K key, there is no mark of honor at any of our
colleges for students who excel in other than athletic pursuits ; but
at Williams College they are going to establish a custom of honor-
ing students who become famous as debaters or as banjo players
by some appropriate addition to their wearing apparel. Perhaps
debaters will be allowed to wear neckties of the college colors;
members of the Glee Club, the college monogram on their dress
shirts ; the champion chess player, appropriately checkered trousers ;
the officers of the Young Men's Christian Association, white socks;
and the leader of the Junior Promenade might have the privilege of
wearing a dress coat to recitations ; while to members of the sta£&
of the college papers might be reserved the privilege of keeping
their hair short, as a suggestion of their excellence with the shears.
As a matter of fact, the tendency to increase the personal decora-
tions, which seems to be a most insidious form of gratifj^ng personal
vanity, is not to be encouraged at all, and to my mind it would be
a valuable lesson in ethics if the regulation monograms on the
sweaters of the athletes were abolished. — University Magazine.
Greek Frats.
The Board of Trustees of Miami University have formally recog-
nized Greek-letter fraternities, and authority has been granted to
the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity of the world to erect a large chap-
ter house on the college campus, which has heretofore contained
only the college buildings proper.
The new building will cost $10,000, and will be after the Greek
style of architecture. This action on the part of the Trustees will,
it is believed, bring about the erection of many fraternity buildings,
and make Oxford the headquarters of all the Greek letter societies.
Senator Calvin S. Brice several years ago offered to erect a chap-
ter house for the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society, but the Trustees
withheld their consent for its erection on the campus. An effort
will be made to have Senator Brice renew his offer, and it is thought
he will do so, and build for his old Fraternity a building that will
outshine the Phi headquarters. Both of these societies were founded
here. — Special in Cincinnati Enquirer.
BOOK REVIEWS.
A Budget of Letters from Japan, Third Edition, crown 8vo. Being
reminiscences of work, travel and adventure in Japan. By Arthur Collins
Maclay, F 0, '73, formerly of the Imperial College of Engineers, Tokio, Japan.
Shortly after leaving college, Mr. Maclay had an opportunity to enter the
service of the Japanese Government in their Educational Department, and he
went out there and '* taught the young Jap ideas how to shoot,'' from the year
1873 ^^ i^7^> ^^^ sets forth in a series of delightfully breezy and piquant (at
times almost waggish) letters, the results of his unique and highly entertaining
experiences. He has steered clear of guide-books and statistics, and he has
not rehashed the writings of those in vdiose track he has traveled, so that he
has brought to his readers more original information than any other writer
known to us. To say that the book is readable would be faint praise. We do
not remember to have found a more impressive description of that highly inter-
esting country. It is handsomely illustrated and gives a series of vivid sketches
of life and travel in the land of wonder. Of course no letters were actually
written. That part is fictitious. Aside from this quaint conception, the book
describes journeys of nearly 4,000 miles through the inland provinces of the
empire and along the sea coast The inland roads — vast serpentine avenues em-
bowered in shade, stretching like nets over mountain, field and river — are trav-
ersed on foot and on horseback ; distant shrines are visited ; peerless Fuji-sau —
stateliest of mountain cones — is climbed and scenes of rare beauty described ;
the castles of old Japan and glimpses of old feudal times are conjured up with
realistic vividness ; an assassination in Hakodati, weird street scenes in Tokio,
and the Satsuma Rebellion furnish thrilling and sanguinary episodes not of^en
found in books of this description ; and the concluding chapters on Buddhism
and Social Problems in Japan, are filled with judicious reflections and valuable
information. The author states that during his leisure hours, while a sojourner
in *' the Land of the gods and of the rising Sun," he made it a practice, partly
as a matter of recreation and partly from a desire to secure accurate information,
to carefully reduce to writing his observations and experiences, and that these
'^ wayside jottings " finally grew into a book. This impresses us as a sensible
evolution for a book. We recommend the Budget to all who wish a clear idea
of Japanese character and institutions.
230 BOOK REVIEWS.
Miio-Yashiki—A Tale of Old Japan. Third Edition, i2mo. Being an historic
romance descriptive of feudal life in Japan at the time of the visit of Commodore
Perry, and detailing the downfall of the Tokugawa Djmasty of Shogans,
1853-68. By Arthur Collins Maclay, F *, '73. Published by G. P. Putnam's
Sons, New York and London.
The people of the United States know in a general way that Commodore
Perry opened up Japan to foreign commerce forty-three years ago, and that then
there was a revolution in that empire and the Shogun (improperly designated
Tycoon) was overthrown and the Mikado was restored to his ancient power and
prerogatives. And that is about all our people — or, at least, the vast majority
of them — know about the matter. Mito-Yashiki — A Tale of Old Japan, em-
bodies in the form a popular narrative the inner history of this revolution and
traces the undercurrents of that great liberal movement which had its head-
quarters in the feudal palace of the Prince of Mito (Mito-Yashiki, by the way,
means '' Feudal Palace of the Prince of Mito ") and which culminated in the
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with Christendom shattered forever. The intrique is worthy of the best — or the
worst — days of Italy or France, and the heroism shown is as lofty as any to be
found in the chronicles of chivalry. Many windows are opened into the dark
period of the Imperial Revolution. Sufficiently impressive as a story, the book
makes its strongest appeal as a singularly satisfying picture of life in Old Japan,
and makes an irresistible impression, not of dry accuracy merely, but of anima-
tion and life likeness. With such an array of merit, one feels indisposed to take
notice of occasional lapses of style which mar the book at rare intervals. Con-
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