University at Albany - Pedagogue Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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Delta Omega ND so I, an old Delta girl, have been asked to write a short history of the society. If the subject has aught to do with the value of the account, surely this article cannot be utterly valueless. The records tell us, and has it not also been handed down from one class to another, that early in the month of October, in the year 1890, a meeting of some of the members of the Eng- lish and Classical Courses was called to consider the formation of a society. A committee was appointed to draw up a constitution, which was adopted, with slight changes, on the twenty- fourth of the same month. This newly-organized body was soon known as the Delta Omega Society, and the colors chosen were gold and white. The motive of the society in those days was, as the constitution read, to promote physi- cal, social and literary activity, and this, with perhaps little emphasis on the first, has con- tinued to be the motive of the society down to the present time. That we have always striven to promote social activity is patent to all. That we have equally striven to promote literary activity will be seen from the fact that it was' from our society the suggestion of a college paper came and it was due to the efforts of several of its members that The Echo was suc- cessful at the first. News comes to us within the last few years that the Deltas, residing in the Borough of Manhattan and the region round about, hold an annual banquet and reunion at the Metro- politan Hotel, in New York. Here, again, the fire of loyalty to old Delta burns brightly and many are the stories that are told of the good times of college days. Have we not proved the truth of the last stanza of our song? T ' Mingling with our lighter dreaming, Deeper thoughts we'll findg I-leart to heart in friendship ever T Delta ties will bind. It has been a custom of the society for several years past to give a midwinter play. This is the only thing of its kind that has been attempted in college so there is always the spice of novelty added. Of course it would never do to praise one's own productions, so here is a newspaper clipping in its stead: The play was a delightful one and showed careful preparation. Thro' many changes, Delta has come to be the society she now is. She has done no great things, neither has she attempted any. W'e have but endeavored to combine society with work and with what success we will allow others to say. So here's to thee, old Delta Omega, and may you live long and prosper. 18 o

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