Northwestern University Dental School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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holds most dear 15 fraternity life It IS here that lasting and close friendships are formed for if the college be at all large one comes in contact 1 with so many that it becomes impossible to know ,Ir-. 5 .1 . ,f Il- i A JI!! 4 5 .Iln ......, ,.-...nrliIQO well more than a mere handful. In the fraterni- ties one comes into close contact with the minds of the brethren, one learns their ambitions, and, above all, learns to judge better their character. ' In the colleges of letters 'and no-n-professional institutions the fra- ternity man is looked upon with disdain and even suspicion, the very name, frat man, becomes an oppro-brium. The fact that he is a member seems to be no mark of ho-n.or. But this is not so in pro- fessional schools, and much less so in dental colleges. There seem to be two good reasons for this: Primarily, the fact that the best men, pro-fessionally, belonged to fraternities, second, there are so few exclusive dental fraternities for such a large attendance that it becomes a mark of honor to-be elected. To these one is elected be- cause of his mental traits, his exemplary conduct and his standing in the profession. V T he largest exclusively dental fraternity is the Psi Omega, which was organized in 1892 at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Its me-mbership there was 80, in 1892, while nine years later it rose to 2,000, while -its alumni now numbers I,68O. Its chapters are found in all co-lleges of standing, numbering twenty-five, with five alumni chapters, thereby standing in equal rank with the largest of the col- lege of liberal arts fraternities. Its alumni arefound among the faculty members of all dental colleges, men of reno-wn and of high standing in the profession. The local chap-ter was organized in 1896, and so rapidly did it grow that to--day it is second to none. The charter members were ......... ,... NE of the recollections that a college man or woman I 1 . l 1 . 1 2 y , I 4 , . ill is il ' 253 '

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Lewis M. Ellis, Theodore H. Rath, Harry M. Puffer, Elmer E. Lampert, Robert D. Tilly. The first grand master was L. VVillis Strong, and those elected during the succeeding years were Vlfilliam H. Baker, Robert Paul Keith, Thomas Coleman. The act-ors of fraternity life may be likened to the kaleidoscope. A little shake-a matter of three years-and the different fraternity men may be scattered to all corners of the World, but a strange af- finity, brought about by the feeling of good-fellowship and brother- hood, seems to keep the fraternity men always in touchiwith each other. And it is well that this is so. For everywhere in- any dental meeting may be seen the insignia of the Psi Omega, and it is no vain boast when the claim is made that the fraternities have the greatest influence on their membersg that they become honest, ethical practi- tioners. The future possibilities of the Psi Omega are full of prom- ise and hope, and if its future aspirations are as Well done as the past imap been, then we may truthfully say that it will become a boon to mankind and a godsend to our chosen profession. if if . fe' , F 1 P ' .-L 5 mln M CA ' 1 4 --il! Lf. IJ!- Wi- . I No, I 1 . .ill S IE- T' I oo-fv i x 1 Txl fi v ilf 'A ', JK 1. I l l,. .,,,j, T ..llll I . 0 it ' W W ff' ' -l l 'Atl 254