New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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ll 4.1-'tx a'5' Idoinlnlalmg r 4? 7 6, 'J 1 -.. ' '41 ...Q M91 , ,.ff,.'. iii' 5 L., .iv 5.1 - cv v Qlpha 191 alta Bull ' . CHARLES ANDERSON .......... A. X. 2.1. 12. SUMNI-:R IDUIJLEY 1qlLM.XRX...A. X. E 2. WILMER ANDERSON .......... A. X. 21. 13. BOWDEN DONALD LACY ...... A. X. E 3. WILFREIJ KENNEDY .Bl..'Xlil-1... A. X. E. 14. LOUIS PETER LEONE ........ .TL ID. 4. FRANK JAMES BUSTO ........ A. X. X. 15. JOHN WILLIAM .AlCAULlFlfli,JR. A. E. N 5. JoHN FITZGIBBON ............ A. E. N. 16. JAIxIEs EDWARD lNr,lANN ...-... A. X. E 6. EDWARD JAIvIEs GAGE ........ TI. fir. 17. ERNEST LEWIS lX'lATI-IEWS .... A. X. S 7. WAYNE SANGER GREEN ...... TI. ill. 18. MEREDITH CORNWALL NOBLE. A. X. E 8. RICHARD KENNETH GRIFFIN.. A. 2. N. 19. DAYTCJN VREEl.IXN1J TONRIN. . TI. fb. 9. CARL RUD0l.1'H HECKER ...... TI, 111. 20. ROBERT FRANCIS WEED ..... .. A. X. E 10. FRANKLIN ROCKWELY. HENIIY A. E. N. 21. CHARI.Es WILI.I.-xm YERItEs.. Tl. 111. Xu . KENNETH WADE 'HOGLE ...... A. X. .... There are four national fraternities in N. Y. M. A. and since their establishment it has been a -vfact that their numbers associated almost exclusively with their own brotherhood. This caused a lack of social intercourse amongst the fraternity men and realizing that this was a mis- fortune several of the Inore prominent men of the school, who were the leaders of their respective fraternities, got together and discussed the Inatter. 4 The Colonel was approached with the objects of the club. Seem- ingly he was highly in favor of this newly organized club, and actiI1g on his advice a written constitution was drafted and approved. Several designs for pins were drawn by some of the members and one of the designs was adopted. , This fraternity being so young, we have made little history. One of our men has already left and is now in the Service. Our thoughts are all for the future and while we expect to lose many of our men because of graduation we hope that the future chapters will be as suc- cessful as the present one. VVe feel confident that those who are left will continue to labor with the same ardor and zeal, and do all in their power to maintain that true position of dignity and respect which we have worked for and have thus far attained. 139

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l iBbi Sigma u Bull limos, Annlam' F. VV. AlCWll.l.l.'KAlS, CuA1u.Es A. S. l'lUNTl-IR, JAMEs G. hlixnsi-mul., Glsonczlz F. KING, Gll.llERT S. lX'lixv, JAY h'll'l'CHEl.l. LEsL1i:, JAMES N. Russia, NVll.l.IAM IEIJGAR MACKNIGHT, JOHN XV. S'1'i:wixRr, L1-:suis M. 'l'R,xUTMANN, CHiuu.ns P. Bad feeling among fraternities should not exist any more than bad feeling within fraternities. lf a fraternity can instil friendship only into its own limited circle of twenty' or thirty men, its range is too narrow. 'l'he tendency toward snob- bislmess is strong in fraternities. lt is their greatest temptation and their worst reproach. At the beginning of this year we all recognized thankfully that at N. Y. M. A. there was more good feeling among the fraternities than had ever been known. Partly because this made it possible, and partly in order that this state of things might continue, several inter-fraternity societies were formed. It was in November that four of us, in three of the fraternities, decided to form a society of this sort. We hrst thought of making it a New York Society, but realizing that occasionally a good man was born out of that city, and that we should encourage good men born with such a handicap, we decided to broaden our held. The name Phi Sigma Nu was chosen as being descriptive of both our inter-fraternity feeling and of matters not necessary to be spoken of here. The society was formed, as has been said, to promote inter-fraternity good feeling. As the best way of succeeding in this, one of the great ideals of the society is the loyalty of each man to his own fraternity, for we believe that if each man truly lives up to the ideals of his own fraternity he will be able to bear no ill-will to others. We wish, therefore, to all at N. Y. M. A. the fullest measure of prosperity for the coming year, and hope there will be a greater measure of good feeling than there has been this year, and that it may still continue to increase. 141