Union College - Garnet Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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, .' A :uv 1 Yr' D 'I PHI 1 .- DELTA ' I 9 1 - it 1 A S 'Wa X ' ' Him 3 - THETA 5 A iz.: 11 ' , Y 'ff Founded at Miami University-1548 , ,i 1 U PIA Active Chapters-102 A ' 'i ' ' A . ' ' f New York Beta of Phi Delta Theta . FRATRES lN FACULTATE John Harold XVittner FR AT R ES IN UNIVERSITATE 1933 Gerard H. Caye Frederick XYalter Dill, jr. Thomas Powers Clinton john C. English George XV. Codnian Frank S. Higgins David XV. Corwin Charles E. Wiillianis, Jr. Alexander Stephenson 1934 Edward Theodore Barna John P. judge Daniel Francis Flinn, ll Harry Brackett Parker, Jr. Charles Burt Griliith Wfilmot Dickinson Griffith Robert Franklin Blatchley Frank Connelly Charles Richard Davis Brant Ditmore john Emory Burton Robert Forte George Guthinger 1935 Clement Smith Charles Robert Tinker Edward Frank Melville Parks Hargrave john joseph Moffett Alden Pickett XfValther Francis Gain, jr. 1936 Iames Keegan VVilliam Rynasko Arthur Einkell George XV ard LUV jf 182 nhl -' N n I :Jig ? Z. WL 1883

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IKNET ul f Beta Theta Pi was formed at Miami Univer- NS-Gwp knitxudflffaf . my J e,x:0k,xK ayff W. 1 v V- 4 . . 1 . . bd. - sity, Oxtoicl, Gino, its first formal meeting emg S tm W -aww , . held August 8, 1839. john Reily Knox '39, desig- ig fill E' f j 2 - . . S nated in the fraternity as Petter Knox was the -'lllllllr1'lIIIIll-1'lWU ' moving' spirit connected with the founding. The I society was the first fraternity to originate west of the Alleghenies, and at the time of its organization, T- Alpha Delta Phi, which established a branch at lVliami in 1833, was the only fraternity with a west- ? T? ern chapter. The presence at Miami of Alpha Delta Phi and opposition to it led to the formation of Beta 'D I -1' : si llllll W A my . - . . . . W 'W ' ll Theta P1. The traternity incorporates Clgllty-SIX 5 active and twenty-two inactive chapters. Among prominent members are: United States Senators VVilliam E. Borah, Robert M. LaFollete and VVilliam H. McMaster, Supreme Court Justice Wfillis VanDevanterg Ambassador Dwight VV. Morrow, Owen D. Youngg jay N. Darling Q Ding j cartoonist, Paul V. McNutt, American Legion Commander. I o l,'u Nw' If l4'lUjll4lli l 'X' ,n LEA 5 if e? if J-L N4 'xl x ,Q 'vm CL W!! It W1 gtfzmfw lflllggi all 'Htl :QRS ESR ESFKISQI-G:-',a1.i: up

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'- 5- Phi Delta Theta was founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, December 26, 1848, by Robert Morrison, '49g john McMillan VV'i1- - my .. YQ.. . r v My qw ef ' , ,s 12 Ek son, '48g Robert Thompson Drake, '5Og John XN'olfe Lindley, '50g Ardivan XfXIE111iC1' Rodgers, '51 and Andrew Wfatts Rogers, '51. Morrison first proposed the organization to Wfilson, and -is, -5 E- they were joint authors of The Bond of the :J E i Phi Delta Theta, which is a statement of the N principles of the fraternity and has never been E-5 -' 'L changed. The founders intended that the so- ig N' fail flint 11 Clety should be extended to other institutions, ' Q5 ' In mmm! E and today the fraternity embodies an active chapter roll of 102, while 21 chapters are in- active. The first meeting of the founders of Phi Delta Theta was in VVi1son's room in the north dormitory which still stands, and the room was later marked with a granite tablet. The fraternity now maintains a general headquarters at Oxford, Ohio, in a building owned by the fraternity. 183 n - -LL5-1. x igi,i 1 ,.. 1? x Av? I 14- Wal, wr, ll I , '- agp!! '. I in , V 1 F., . 1 1- , .W A ffl F- ' ' ' ' r f ' ii ,I x - 9 .,1gg-v q'2.:+.'f ii t ,, ,im f'- M14 r 1 'vi 2 ' 'Z .J R.