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DELTA KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY Delta Chi Chapter at Cornell University Office of the Alumni Historian ΔΧ of ΔΚΕ Special Study #07: Artifacts, Furnishings and Memorials This study tabulates the various artifacts, furnishings and memorials connected with the Delta Chi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. All are located in the 13 South Avenue Deke House or in the ΔKE Depository of the Cornell University Library unless otherwise noted. Detail from the 1947 Memorial World War II Painting by Brother Charles Baskerville 1919 Table of Contents Dated Artifacts, Furnishings and Memorials ...................................................................................4 1870 Charter .........................................................................................................................4 1893 Cornerstone .................................................................................................................6 1899 Clifton Beckwith Brown Memorial Fireplace ............................................................6 1899 Clifton Beckwith Brown Memorial Tablet .................................................................7 1899 Roosevelt Spruce Trees ...............................................................................................8 1901 Clifton Beckwith Brown Memorial Medal .................................................................8 1902 Library Table ...............................................................................................................9 1902 Sigmund Meyer Lehman Window ..............................................................................9 1907 Alumni Memorial Stained Glass Windows ................................................................9 1908 Replacement Charter .................................................................................................10 1910-1951 Memorial Plaques ............................................................................................12 1910 Gate Lamps ...............................................................................................................12 1915 Andrew D. White Statue ...........................................................................................13 1920 Clayton Caskey Ingersoll Memorial Plaque ..............................................................13 1921 ΔKE World War I Memorial Tablet .........................................................................15 1921 ΔKE Convention Cigar Case ....................................................................................15 1934 Equine Jawbone ........................................................................................................16 1935 (ca.) House Chimes ...................................................................................................17 1936 Dorance Meyers Place 1897 Badge ..........................................................................18 1947 World War II Memorial Painting ..............................................................................18 1948 House Bar ..................................................................................................................19 1952 George Harmon Coxe III 1953 Memorial Plaque .....................................................19 1970 Burnside Pocket Billiards Table ...............................................................................19 1979 Caesar A. Grasselli Memorial Room ........................................................................20 1983 Caesar A. Grasselli Memorial Award .......................................................................20 1987 Certificate, American College of Heraldry ...............................................................21 2000 Jordan Honecker Lamb 1939 Memorial Plaque .......................................................22 2004 Roosevelt Spruce Trees Plaque .................................................................................23 2006 Daniel Eric Rich 1996 Memorial Plaque ..................................................................24 2011 John Vincent Kearney 1979 Memorial Plaque .........................................................25 Undated Artifacts ...........................................................................................................................26 Hall Clock ..........................................................................................................................26 Hopper Oar .........................................................................................................................26 House Piano .......................................................................................................................26 Seal of Delta Chi ................................................................................................................26 Borthwick Furnishings .......................................................................................................27 References ......................................................................................................................................28 2 Note An early version of this tabulation was published in Fogle, Jr., H. William, The Cornell Deke House ──A History of the 1893 Lodge (Ithaca NY: The Delta Chi Association, 1993), “Appendix C: Artifacts and Memorials,” pp. 67-76. Copies may be found in the Cornell University Library (call number LJ75 .D315 1993z +), the DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County (call number 728.4 7655, accession #1994.9.1), and the Library of Congress (call number LJ75 .D315 1993). 3 Dated Artifacts, Furnishings and Memorials 1870 Charter The original 1870 Charter of the Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon was lost by 1894 or, most probably, before.1 A replacement charter was obtained, framed and also lost some years later.2 In 1994 The Sigma Phi fraternity (One Forest Park Lane) was exposed for wide scale thievery of artifacts from other Cornell fraternities.3 The theft was discovered by pledges of Theta Delta Chi (800 University Avenue), an off-campus fraternity not recognized by the University. More than 180 items were recovered, including the 1870 charter and a later vintage replacement charter. Dimensions: 17.50 x 11.75 inches (or, including the mounting, 19.82 x 24.25). Black & white and color images and a transcription follow. 1 Delta Chi Chapter Meeting Minutes (CMM), 5 Mar 1870 and 14 Nov 1894. Originals are located in the ΔKE Depository (Collection 37-4-1535), Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (CU-DRMC), Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853. B&W negative N4279. Color negative N4317. 2CMM, 27 Feb and 13 Mar 1910. 3Nick Goldwin and Lisa Fried, “Police Raid Sigma Phi House, Find Stolen Items, Skeletons, “ The Cornell Daily Sun, 31 March 1994, p. 1. Nick Golden, “Chapter Room Hides Bizarre Relics,” The Cornell Daily Sun, 1 April 1994, p. 1. “Thieving Cornell Fraternity Loses Booty,” NYT, 2 April 1994, p. 8, col. 1. “Fraternity's Secret Room Exposed,” Cornell Magazine, June 1994, pp. 4-5. 4 DELTA KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY Be it known to all Brothers of the ΔKE Fraternity that the Φ parent chapter of said fraternity has given and delivered unto J. J. Chambers, J. McNair, S. H. Soule, P. W. Cullinan, F. De E. Nash, D. A. Ogden, C. V. Parsell, A. C. Pike, J. D. Warner, S. Ellsbarr, E. B. Kellogg, and unto such other persons, as they may name, choose or select, members of Cornell University N.Y., This Charter signed by Pater of Φ parent chapter, and sealed with the Great Seal of the Fraternity, to be held by them until the interests of said fraternity demands its recall, or restitution, And be it known furthermore, that by this Charter is granted to the said J. J. Chambers, J. McNair, S. H. Soule, P. W. Cullinan, F. De E. Nash, D. A. Ogden C. V. Parsell P. W. Pike, J. D. Warner, S. Ellsbarr, E. B. Kellogg, the privilege of establishing a chapter of the ΔKE Fraternity in Cornell University to be governed by the established constitution of said Fraternity, and such Laws, Rules, and Regulations as themselves shall make, provided always that said Rules, Laws and Regulations in no wise interfere with said constitution and with the rights and privileges of any other Chapter, and we do hereby have to receive the said J. J. Chambers, J. McNair, S. H. Soule, P. W. Cullinan, F. DeE. Nash, D. A. Ogden, C. V. Parsell, A. C. Pike, J. D. Warner, S. Ellsbarr, E. B. Kellogg as friends and brothers and recommend them in the same light to our brethren of other Chapters. Witness our signature and the Great Seal of ΔKE Fraternity. Pater Primus Scriba Edwin F. Sweet [sig.] Wm. Morris [sig.] New Haven February 11th, 1870 5 1893 Cornerstone The cornerstone of the Deke House was dedicated on 18 November 1893. It is situated in the northwest corner buttress of the 13 South Avenue lodge and contains several items of memorabilia.4 1899 Clifton Beckwith Brown Memorial Fireplace The library fireplace was rebuilt as a memorial to Clifton Beckwith Brown, the only Cornellian to be killed in the Spanish American War. The cast bronze plaque measures 15 by 26 inches. The hood of the fireplace was originally ornamented with the chapter's coat of arms. This wood carving was stolen in the nineteen-thirties and replaced with a duplicate. The duplicate was taken by vandals in 1982.5 The current arms are the third in this series. Photographic reference: ΔKE1- 067. 4CMM, 11 and 18 Nov 1893. 5HWF, The Cornell Deke House ──A History of the 1893 Lodge (Ithaca NY: The Delta