Psi Upsilon Pledge Manual

PSI U. DOXOLOGY O God, Thy blessing now shed down Upon our loved Psi Upsilon; May all her ties of Friendship be Strengthened and honored, Lord, by Thee. PLEDGE MANUAL of the PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY Name Address Chapter and Class HISTORICAL NOTES Psi Upsilon Fraternity was founded at Union College, Schenectady, New York, on November 24, 1833. On that date seven men, four juniors and three sophomores, met and signed the formal pledge to organize a secret society. The fact that the Fraternity was organized was first kept secret. In 1834, twelve additional members from the Classes of 1836 and 1837 were initiated. Pins were first worn publicly in June, 1834. The local chapter name, Theta, was not assumed until 1838, by which time the Fraternity had embarked upon its policy of con servative expansion. The first constitution of the Fraternity was adopted on January 10, 1834, and this document is now in the archives of the Executive Council. At the present time there are twenty-eight active chapters of Psi Upsilon � twenty-five in the United States and three in Canada. Expan sion in the United States has continued to be governed by a conservative policy. Only five new chapters have been installed in this country since the turn of the century. Since her founding in 1833, Psi Upsilon has numbered among her sons countless men prom inent in literary, academic, financial and pro fessional fields. Two Presidents of the United States have been members of our Fraternity. There have been numerous Senators, Congress men, Cabinet Ministers, Governors of States, etc., who were members of Psi Upsilon. The rise of the Fraternity to prominence in all fields of endeavor was rapid. It is of interest to note, for example, that in 1863, at the height of the Civil War, no less than twenty-seven members of our Fraternity were Generals in the Union Army. The "Annals of Psi Upsilon" gives additional interesting information relative to the members of our Fraternity who have been and now are prominent in the United States and in Canada. The ""Annals of Psi Upsilon" is required read ing for those who desire to come to a closer understanding of the history and significance of the Fraternity. 4 CHAPTER ROLL 1833 Theta�Union College 1837 Delta�New York University 1839 Beta�Yale University (Inactive) 1840 Sigma�Brown University 1841 Gamma�Amherst College 1842 Zeta�Dartmouth College 1842 Lambda�Columbia University 1843 Kappa�Bowdoin College 1843 Psi�Hamilton CoUege 1843 Xi�^Wesleyan University 1858 Upsilon�University of Rochester 1860 Iota�Kenyon College 1865 Phi�Ûniversity of Michigan 1869 Omega�University of Chicago 1875 Pi�Syracuse University 1876 Chi�Cornell University 1880 Beta Beta�Trinity College 1884 Eta�Lehigh University 1891 Tau�University of Pennsylvania 1891 Mu�University of Minnesota 1896 Rho�Ûniversity of Wisconsin 1902 Epsilon�Ûniversity of California 1910 Omicron�University of Illinois 1913 Delta Delta�Williams College 1916 Theta Theta�Ûniversity of Washington 1920 Nu�University of Toronto 1928 Epsilon Phi�McGUl University 1935 Zeta Zeta�Ûniversity of British Columbia 1943 Epsilon Nu�Michigan State College 5 GENERAL INFORMATION Additional useful information concerning the Psi Upsilon Fraternity may be found by the study of the Annals of Psi Upsilon, which vol Council of ume was published by the Executive the Fraternity on November 24, 1941, and con of tains a complete history of the Fraternity, each Chapter of the Fraternity, of the Conven tions of the Fraternity, of the Executive Council, of the Alumni Associations, of the songs, of the '"Diamond" and of the Heraldry. The volume also contains numerous other articles of interest, a reprint of previous histories of the Fraternity the and a directory of the living members of Fraternity. Relative to the matter of the training of pledges, the following excerpt from a manual on pledge training by Alvan E. Duerr, pub lished by the National Interfratemity Confer ence on November 14, 1946, will be of interest: ""Fraternity life has been called the best demonstration of democratic living on the campus. Moreover, there is no better labo ratory for developing the art of living with one's fellows to the end that one may become a useful and efiFective member of society. Here then we have the under lying principles for any training that the chapter gives it pledges. But this pledge training should be considered only the first step in the continuing process of de veloping the potentialities of all its mem bers during their entire course, so that they may derive a maximum benefit from both their fraternity life and the years they spend at college. The immediate objectives of pledge train ing should be: a. To make the pledge a useful and acceptable member of the chapter. b. To make him a good citizen of his college. c. To develop his personality and char acter." 6 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 1947 � 1948 The present membership of the Executive Council of the Fraternity is as follows: LeRoy J. Weed, President Theta '01 Benjamin T. Burton, Vice President Chi '21 Edward T. Richards, Secretary Sigma '27 A. Northey Jones, Treasurer Beta Beta '17 John R. Burleigh Zeta '14 Russell S. Callow Theta Theta '16 Harold L. Field Upsilon '10 Robert I. Laggren Xi '13 Earle J. Machold Pi '25 R. K. Northey Nu '12 Walter S. Robinson Lambda '19 Samuel L. Rosenbetry Rho '23 Robert S. Taylor, Jr Eta '25 Albert W. Tolman Kappa '25 Henry N. Woolman Tau '96 7 COLLEGE FRATERNITIES The following information as to the date and place of founding of the older American college fraternities may be of interest: 1776 Phi Beta Kappa�^William and Mary (Now purely honorary) 1825 Kappa Alpha (Northern Branch) � Union 1827 Sigma Phi�Union 1827 Delta Phi�Union (The three last mentioned are known as the "Union Triad") * 1832 Alpha Delta Phi�Hamilton 1833 Psi Upsilon�Union 1834 Delta Upsilon�^WiUiams (non-secret) 1839 Beta Theta Pi�Miami University, Ox ford, Ohio 1841 Chi Psi�Ûnion 1844 Delta Kappa Epsilon�Yale (Psi Upsilon, Alpha Delta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon are known as the '"Historical Triad") 1845 Alpha Sigma Phi�^Yale 1847 Zeta Psi�C. C. N. Y. 1847 Delta Psi�C. C. N. Y. and Columbia 1847 Theta Delta Chi�Union 1848 Phi Gamma Delta�Jefferson 8 1848 Phi Delta Theta�Miami 1850 Phi Kappa Sigma�Pennsylvania 1852 Phi Kappa Psi�Jefferson 1854 Chi Phi�College of New Jersey 1855 Sigma Chi�Miami (Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi are known as the "Miami Triad") 1856 Sigma Alpha Epsilon�Alabama 1856 Theta Chi�Norwich 1859 Delta Tau Delta�Bethany 1864 Theta Xi�Rensselaer Polytechnic 1865 Alpha Tau Omega�V. M. I. 1865 Kappa Alpha� (Southern Branch), Washington and Lee 1868 Pi Kappa Alpha�Virginia 1869 Kappa Sigma�^Virginia 1869 Sigma Nu�V. M. I. 1873 Phi Sigma Kappa�Massachusetts Agricultural College 1880 Delta Chi�Cornell 1889 Phi Kappa�Brown 1895 Alpha Chi Rho�Trinity 1895 Pi Lambda Phi�Yale 1899 Delta Sigma Phi�C. C. N. Y. 1899 Tau Kappa Epsilon�Illinois Wes leyan SONGS of the PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY The man that hath no music in himself Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils. �Skak. Until the sands of life are run, We'll sing to thee, Psi Upsilon. �Finch. NEW HAVEN STORR & STONE, PRINTERS, 1849. Note: �This was the title page of the first edition of Psi Upsilon songs, which appeared in 1849. Storr & Stone, Printers, have no interest in the publishing of this Pledge Manual. 10 DEAR OLD SHRINE Prof. C. S. Harrington, D.D., XI, '52 Come brothers of Psi Upsilon, who trod its halls of yore, Unbar the ivied gate of years, and tread these haUs once more; The buried jewels glitter still � the ling'ring voices call, While we, with spirit gaze and gasp at ancient altars fall. CHORUS O dear old shrine. Our hearts around thee twine; We love thee yet, We'll ne'er forget The days of auld lang syne. Come brothers of this later time, of earlier worth the peers. Who bear the honors of the past along the hurrying years; Ye keep our temple walls still bright, ye weave the wreaths of bay. Ye feed the hallowed vestal fires we gather round today. �Chorus Come brothers of the then and now, one, whom no time can part. Linked by a chain whose diamond clasp gleams bright above each heart; Come sing again the good old songs, the mystic bonds still bless The diamond of Psi UpsUon shall never sparkle 11 WELCOME. BROTHERS. OLD AND YOUNG Charles Harry Arndt, Iota, '89 Welcome, brothers, old and young, Welcome, ev'ry loyal son. All who wear the emblem of the chosen few; Let us loud our voices ring, And each brother gladly sing, Sing the praises of our own, our lov'd Psi U. CHORUS Psi Upsilon, Psi U forever! Symbol dearest to our heart! Ever 'round thy holy shrine We'll the victor's myrtle twine, And our love for thee, Psi U, shall ne'er depart. In our various paths of life Cares and sorrow may be rife. And the night be dark and faithful friends be few; When the storm is raging high. And deep darkness rules the sky. Then the beacon light shall burst from old PsiU. �Chorus When our race on earth is run. And our labor here is done. And the jeweled crown of life is fairly won, May our last, faint, faltering breath. Ere 'tis hushed in silent death. Breathe the sweetest of all words, Psi Upsilon. �Chorus 12 RHO OWL SONG Charles Floyd McClure, Rho, '95 There is a legend quaint and Greek, about an ancient Owl, Who dwelt in great exclusiveness, a most respected fowl; Beloved he of a lion bold, who, rampant, rose one morn, Awak'ning consternation in the land where he was born.

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