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

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Chapter, University of Iowa, t-oget' Although Rho Chapter might it has grown up t-o ai strong, stur able to cope with other earlier esta' University Dental School. Chiefly t' efforts of Brothers R. K. 'Davis and 'Je considered as one of the infant ty, it has been so well nourished dhood has passedlong ago, and chapters of the Xi Psi Phi Eraterni and cared for that its period of chif. dy, well-developed chapter, fully ulished chapters 'at Northwestern irough the ceaseless and untiring T. E. Alderson, both of Epsilon der with the invaluable assistance of our brothers of Lambda Chapter, Chicago, a charter was granted from the Xi- Psi Phi Fraternity to the following students of North- western University Dental School, who were promptly initiated as charter members on April 16, 1900: A Alderso-n, T. E., Bascombe, C. H., Brandt, C. R., Brant Claude, De Saint, L. R., Davis, R. K., Hullho-rst, L. H., Hullum, Elmer, Kern, M. S., Miller, L. M., McStay, Earl, Northwood, R. C. Packard, H. A., Peterson, NV. E., Poole, H. F., Shill, E., Sinn J. I., Umholtz, B. M., Vlfatson, T. S., Wollfef, E. F., if ' It should be stated, however, that before the charter was granted, nearly all of th-ose who later joined as charter members, by common consent had formed themselves into an association or club and held an occasio-nalmeeting at their rooms, or in vacant quiz rooms at school, where they talked over college happenings, and where the fraternal spirit first inspired them with the idea of obtaining a charter from Xi Psi Phi. Prom the very first Xi Psi Phi showed ability to join in friendly competition with its rivals by securing as members off its fraternal faith the president and secretary of the freshman class-Brothers Packard and Cla.ude Brant, respectively. ' t A As the installation of the chapter occurred rather late in the college year, no- new men were taken in until the beginning of the present year. This year the fraternity has again shared the honors by securing the presidency and vice-presidency of the junior class for Br-others Parks and Kern. ! 1 7 Concening our new initiates, the following seven men have been introduced into the world ofthe Xi Psi Phi: F. I. McLaughlin, H. T. Wfeyhe, H. M. Ziegler and G. N. Mason, of the junior class. From the ranks of the freshman class: G. C. Burbank. treasurer of fresh- man class, R. VV. Bane and E. C. jenkins. . 260

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' '.'.'. URING the college year of 1888-89, six freshmen- L. C. Thayer, W. F. Gary, G. G. McCoy, E. VVater- loo, W. H. Booth and Aj A. Deyoe-of the dental department of the University of Michigan, conceived Eff' ------' 3-375555 '-'-i-'-'- -111' f the idea of forming a club, as it was then called, for the purpose of social and intellectual intercourse, as well as to induce a greater interest in their chosen profession. The early history of the fraternity was similar tolmost orders of the kind. The details of o-rganization were in a chaotic state for some months, but by enlisting more members, a stable o-rganization wasformed. At the close of the first year itiwas found necessary to reorganize, and more new members were added. Gn May 31, 1889, a constitution and by-laws were adopted, but it was not until the 3d day of May, 1892, that articles of association were filedwith the Secretary of State of Michigan. Up to this time the work o-f the fraternity was confined t-o Alpha Chapter alone, but during the year ISQZ Beta Chapter was estab- lished at the New York College of Dentistry, New York City. From this time on, everything was clear sailing, and new chapters were established yearly, until now o-ur chapters number eighteen, with a combined membership, both active and alumni, of something near fifteen hundred. ilfvhile Xi Psi Phi is not so old as some of its rival dental fra- ternities, it is easy to be seen that it ranks at the front, both in regard to membership and in number of chapters. H The fraternity is rather conservative in establishing chapters, only granting charters to the best dental schools of the country. At the present writing there are a number o-f colleges seeking admittance to the mysteries of Xi Psi Phi, whose applications will be acted upon by the next national convention at Buffalo, N. Y., the coming sum- mer. At present, about half of the chapters are in chapter houses, and by next year they all hope to be comfortably ensconced in their own homes. The Xi Psi Phi Quarterly is the fraternity magazine. , 259

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