Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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iiim lllilliliilli|f|l||lilllllfll iin In October, 1867, six students of Denison University pledging themselves to each other, signed and submitted to the parent chapter at Delaware, a petition for a chapter of Sigma Chi. Owing to some delay, one of the six, fearing the petition would not be granted, and being somewhat afraid of the faculty, who opposed the one fraternity then in existence in the University, withdrew, afterward joining Kappa Phi Lambda, which exploded, and later becoming one of the charter members of Alpha Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi. Another man was substituted and the petition granted, and March 2d, 1868, Mu Chapter was instituted, with the following charter mem- bers: J. G. Dye, ' 68 ; Chas. L. Allen, 70; Geo. C. Coon , 70 ; R. G. Howell, 72; J. B. Ellis, 72; and R. L. Bell, 72. The chapter moved along quietly but prosperously until 1876, when it died, in obedience to the anti-fraternity laws passed by the Board of Trustees, having initiated twenty-two men. In the winter term of 1880 Mu Chapter was revived, and existed sub rosa, nominally at least, until commencement, 1881, when the anti- fraternity laws were repealed. 12