Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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ft of center door are still in the reading room of the e Eta Eta Club is the ancestor of Denison ' s frater- nity system. The eight eaters first joined Kappa Phi Lambda in 1867 and then, disgusted with na- tional organization, switched to membership in Beta Theta Pi ' s ranks in 1868. Earlier in 1868 Sigma Chi was established on this campus. The two groups, despite faculty and trustee disapproval, survived and published a college annual in 1884. Adytum, mean- ing innermost or secret shrine in ancient temples, was chosen as a title for this inside feature on student life. Phi Gamma Delta and other national fraternities came to Denison and by 1890 chapters were renting college land and building houses. The first Adytum staff in 1882 was edited by the fratern- ities then represented at Denison.

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As years passed, Denison turned more and more to extra-curricular activities. Along with less or- ganized frolics (who thought turfing parties were modern innovations?) the Calliopean Society, a secret honorary waving the banner of Truth, Excel- lence and Eloquence was established in 1835. It soon had a rival, the Franklin Literary Society, whic h was founded in 1843. Both went out of exis- tence in 1919 when more exciting groups were well- established and reappeared as the merged Franco- Calliopean Society of today. The Society for Reli- gious Inquiry was the only other formal extra- curricular organization until a group was formed in 1857 to publish the first Denisonian. Included in its sports write-up was the Denison-Kenyon baseball game in which Denison trounced Kenyon, 59-39. This game marked Denison ' s entrance into inter- collegiate sports. Doane Library in 1892. The presidents ' pictures to the right ari library today. 2), 6 tL The Big Red football team of 1896 poses for the photographer.

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66 em6on i6 tc eneracior. In the twentieth century tremendous steps have been made toward an integrated University on the hill. In the 1920 ' s under President Clark Cham berlain, Swasey Chapel, Deeds Field, the new Doane Library, and the uphill womens ' dorms were built for a Greater Denison. With the admission of national sororities to the campus in the late 20 ' s and encouragement from the school, sorority circle was developed. The school also encouraged fraternities to build uphill, forming fraternity row. The Denison campus in the early twenties as seen from Mount Parnassus. The years immediately preceeding World War II saw the construction of Curtis West and Life Science, while the postwar era has produced the Field House, Curtis East, Deeds, and Smith Halls, and the theatre building, now under construction. During the Commencement week- end program this June, Dr. Knapp an- nounced a new $10,000,000 building program for the completion of the theatre building, a swimming pool, an addition to the library, two uphill women ' s dormitories, a new union, and a humanities building. From its humble beginning in the Ohio Wilderness, Denison has kept pace with the growing needs of its student body through the gifts of those who have loved the school. The University of today, with its oppor- tunities for the development of awak- ening minds, stands as an outstanding example of an educational institu- tion devoted to the liberal arts. 8