OrriCIAL cJEM(ELERS TO ALL. THE LEADINO Fraternities and Societies
AKEBS OF
Class Pins, Canes and Pipes
^f OVELTIES in Trilby Hearts, Garter Buckles, Spoons, jM * -^1^ � Rings, Lockets and Fobs, Bangles, Hat I Pins, and Dozens of other Articles for
\ German Favors. Send for Designs and Price Lists through your Chapter.
Also ask to have Samples of Fraternity Stationery sent to you, and you shall receive one of the Handsomest Lines you ever saw.
AU orders for is young, and therefore the Pet of the establishment. Wedding Invitations, Announcements, Calling Cards, Monogram Paper, Commencement Invitations, and all kinds of School and Society work are gotten out by us in the
i^ohX <;opre ""'" WRIGHT. Kfty & 60 '^'''^''^m^. "Welister's International Successor the of ****-IliflionaiTV"**"*�* J " Unabridged." > 5 Standard ot tUalT.S. Sapreme Conrt, the IT. S. Got^ < Friiiting Office, and nearly all Seboolbooka. Commended J by aUState Snpeiintendtints of Scboolg. THE BEST FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES BECAUSI " It U easy to find the word wanted. It la easy to ascertain tlie pronunciatlsa. � Itisaasy totracettieKrowiliotaii^ord. It is easy to leara wiMt� word means. -* Specimen fiages, etO., 8611% on Application. O. St C. Merriam Co., Publlsbelrs, Springfield, Hasg. THE PSI UPSILON EPITOME All Account of the Origin and Progress of the Fraternity One hundred copies of this work which were left unbound the edition when regular (long since disposed of) was issued, have now been bound up in neat style, and the book will be sent postpaid to any address for $2.00. The money thus received will be devoted to the printing of a supplement which will bring the work down to date, and which will be sold at a nominal price, but only to the holders of the first volunie. Address THE PSl UPSILON REVIEW COMPANY, S2 McGraw Block, Detroit. Michigan. Richard B. Lockwood, (Of the late firm of Geo, R. Lockwood & Son) COLLEGE, FRATERNITY AND CLASS ^w "^ mWYIM 1 ^""^ ^^aTS^^"^^- NEW YORK CITY: Fraternity and Class Engraving, Pictorial and Heraldic Steel Plates, Illustrations for College Annuals, Diplomas, Certificates of Membership. Class and Fraternity Crests, Coats of-Arms, iMonograms, Address and Lodge Headings, Book Plates, Seals, Devices, Fine Writing Pa pers, Calling Cards, Stamping, Embossing & Illummating, Lockwood's Fraternitii Monogram Stationeru. A BRILLIANT STUDENT. Head of the class, perfect recitations and examinations, envied by aU, To attain such honor a good memory is necessary. The new physi ological discovery�Memory Restorative Tablets quickly and perma nently increase the memory two to ten fold and greatly augment intel lectual power. DiflScult studies, lectures, etc, easily mastered; truly marvelous, highly endorsed, your success assured. Price, i?l.00, post- -paid. Send for circular. MEiMORY ELEMENTS CO,, 1 Madison Ave., NEW YORK. THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW FOR JUNE, 1896 Will be devoted exclusively to the Sixty-third Convention It will contain the CONVENTION PHOTOGRAPH AND PORTRAITS OF PRESIDENT ANGELL, BISHOP PERRY, PROFESSOR D'OOGE, SOLICITOR GENERAL MAXWELL MR, HOYEY And other prominent members, together with a full list of the 172 attending members. The Convention Poem and the Address of Dr. D'Ooge will be printed in full, and minute accounts of all the public exercises will be given. THE PRICE WILL BE 40 CENTS PER COPY. A /~] /~j -p oo c THE PSI UPSILON EEVIEW CO., 52 McGraw Block, Deteoit, Mich. inc PSI UPSILON REVIEW VOLUME I NUA\BER 5 APRIL, 1896 DETROIT ynicMiGAN 1896 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW Vol. 1 APRIL, 1896 No. 5 PAG& - - I. The Rho of Psi Upsilon - - i6i - - II. Willard Smith Pope - - i8i - - III. The Chicago Dinner - - 189- - - IV. Evening Song - - - 191 - V. The Washington Alumni - - - 192 VI. Editorials ------193 - VII. Chapter News - - - - 194 VIII. Alumni Notes -'.--- 199 IX. Other Societies ----- 202 (bi-monthly) Terms: One Dollar per Volume, Entered at the Postoffice, Detroit, Mich,, as second-class matter. THE PSl UPSILON REVIEW COMPANY 52 McGraw Block DETROIT, - MICHIGAN THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. The installation of a new chapter is a great event in the history of Psi Upsilon; an event which, prior to last month, occurred eleven had only times during more than half a cen tury. After the establishment of the Mu in the University of Minnesota five years ago, attention was directed to the inter vening state of Wisconsin, and to its well-endowed and rapidly growing University. By a fortunate turn of affairs the oppor which tunity Psi Upsilon had rejected forty years before again presented itself. the university of WISCONSIN. This institution, which must be ranked among the first twelve of American universities, opened its doors to students in 1849, the year following the admission of Wisconsin as a State. In 1854, the first class, consisting of two young men, was graduated from the academic department. Now the- alumni number 1,600, and there are more than 2,700 grad uates. Since the year 1889 the progress of the institution has been very rapid. The number of students has increased from 722 to 1,800. The University stands at the head of the edu cational system of the State, its relations with the high schools and academies is intimate, and it is not much troubled by opposition from private colleges. The requirements for admission, and the character of instruction, have always been high. For work in its graduate courses the University has, established for itself an enviable name. One hundred and fifteen professors, assistant professors, and instructors, constitute the Faculty, at the head of which stands President Charles Kendall Adams, LL.D. (Phi '61), some time Professor of History in the University of Michigan, and later President of Cornell University. Another graduate member of the Phi, the distinguished astronomer, James Craig 162 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. Watson (Phi '57), died in the service of this University for which he had reluctantly given up his Alma Mater, Edward T. Owen (Beta '71), is Professor of the French Language and Literature; Amos A, Knowlton (Kappa '86), is Assistant Pro fessor of Rhetoric; and WilHam S, Marshall, Ph,D, (Tau '89), is Instructor in Biology. The libraries of the University contain 40,000 volumes, and are to be housed, in connection with the unrivalled collec tion of the Wisconsin Historical Society, in an extensive fire proof building for which the legislation of the State has appro priated $200,000. Among the buildings already erected are Main Hall, South Hall, and North Hall, all of stone; Science Hall, a structure of pressed brick, which cost $325,000; the Law Building, of brown sandstone; Washburn Observatory; the Gymnasium and Armory, paid for by a legislative appro priation of $120,000; Library Hall, and the Chemical Lab oratory. The endowment and income of the University are based upon and derived from federal land-grants, a tax upon mining companies, a permanent tax of an eighth of a mill upon the assessed property in the State, and special appropriations by the legislature. The location of the University is one of great beauty. Professor Bryce in 'The American Commonwealth" speaks of the spacious grounds of the University, which include "College Hill" and skirt for a longdistance the shores of Lake Mendota, the city of MADISON, This town of 14,000 inhabitants, the capital of Wisconsin, and the seat of the University, is situated on a prairie isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona, with two other lakes lying near by. It was of Madison that Longfellow wrote: "Four limpid lakes �four naiades Or sylvan deities are these In flowing robes of azure dressed; Four lovely maidens that uphold Their shining mirrors ribbed with gold, To the fair city of the West ". THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. 16.3 The city has many fine churches and private residences, Its and good hotels. refined social atmosphere reminds one of Hartford and Providence. Being on the great railroad highway of the Northwest, it is readily accessible to Psi U. men. EARLY PSI UPSILONISM IN WISCONSIN, Among the pioneers of the young Commonwealth were twenty or more Psi Upsilons, graduates of Eastern colleges, who retained in Western wilds their love for the Fraternity. Of these may be named the lamented Perry H. Smith (Psi '46), one of the charter members of the Psi, and subsequently a great railroad magnate, an active assistant in the foundation of the Omega, and the father of two Psi U. sons; General Albert C, Ingham (Theta '47), also an initiate of the Psi, through whose labors the revival of the Theta was accom plished in 1865; Morris R. Barteau (Psi '45 ), who has been for many years a manufacturer and merchant at Appleton, Wisconsin; and Jabez Brooks (Psi '50), now Professor of Greek in the University of Minnesota, On the evening of Thursday, January 23, 185 1, these men and their comrades met at Madison, and held what they called "The First Annual Convention of the Members of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, resident in the State of Wisconsin". Of their proceedings, duly printed in pamphlet form, a copy is in the writer's hands, and contains the following resolutions: "Resolved�That we recognize, with joy and pride, the strength of the Psi Upsilon bonds which have brought us here together to-night, in friendship and love, to hold the First Psi Upsilon Con vention in Wisconsin. " Resolved �That as we owe the pleasantest recollections of our College life to our connection with the Fraternity, we gladly acknowledge an obligation to use our utmost efforts in enlarging � its borders�increasing its usefulness and extending its fame. " Resolved�ThsLt in fulfillment of this obligation we deem it our duty to take immediate measures for the estabHshment of a Chap'ter of the Fraternity in the State of Wisconsin. " Resolved^Tha.t Brother Perry H. Smith be appointed a dele gate from this Convention, to solicit a Charter for a Chapter to be located in this State, from the General Convention of the Ps- 164 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. Upsilon Fraternity for A. D. 1851, which assembles at Hamilton College, New York, in the month of July next. "Resolved�That such Chapter be connected with the Univer sity of the State of Wisconsin, at Madison. FREDERICK PACKARD (Beta '48), President. ALBERT C, INGHAM (Theta '47), Secretary. The report gives the names of twenty Psi U. residents of Wisconsin. Nine of these were of the Psi Chapter. Concerning this "Convention" two things are noticeable: it was the first gathering of the kind ever held by the members of a Greek-letter fraternity; and it was not a "Pan-Hellenic" affair. The Psi Upsilons' of Wisconsin were few in number, but not too few to hold a conclave of their own, and far too many to meet in concert with initiates of other orders. Similar Conventions were held in 1852 and 1853. The Fraternity in 1852 rejected the petition of its Wisconsin alumni for a chapter in the State University. From the rec ords of the General Convention of 1858 the following report is taken: "It seems that there are twenty- five or more graduate Psi Upsilons in Wisconsin who wish to have a charter granted to them. The Legislature of the State and the Board of Requests have requested that our Fraternity grant a chapter to their State Univer sity. The Faculty of the said University have requested the same, and promised no other society a hold in the college". This application, though so strongly supported, was not granted. Our Fraternity, then confined to Eastern colleges, and uncertain about the future of the new State Universities, resolved to wait, fraternities AT MADISON, would What have been the effect upon the social life of the University had a chapter of Psi Upsilon been formed in Wisconsin before i860, we cannot say. It is a fact that the fraternity chapter organized about the time we refused to go to Madison, lived only four years, and was not revived until 1880. During the Civil War and for some time thereafter the University languished. Prior to 1873 there were no fraterni ties the among students, and it was not until 1878 that one of the Eastern societies, the same which had been the pioneer at THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. 165 the University of Michigan in 1845, and at the University of Minnesota in 1874, made its appearance. This illustrates the backwardness of fraternity growth at Madison; and partly the because leading societies of the country were not repre sented in the University, and partly because of opposition by the executive authority of the institution, a strong anti-frater nity feeling arose among the students. However, this did not prevent the organization, in 1875, of a fraternity chapter which continued to flourish, and which was destined to become the germ of the Rho of Psi Upsilon. So, too, in later years, branches of other fraternities were instituted, and these may have done good work in weakening the prejudice against societies. THE PSI UPSILON MOVEMENT, Passing over Wisconsin, the chief Eastern fraternities entered Minnesota, There Psi Upsilon absorbed an old local society, D, K, E. "lifted" Phi Delta Theta, and Alpha Delta Phi granted a charter to seven neutrals. That these fraterni ties, lodged both in Michigan and Minnesota, would not for long neglect Wisconsin, seemed clear, and to none clearer than to the members of the chapter above referred to as the germ of our Rho. If those societies established themselves at Madison, a branch of a fraternity less ancient and less power ful could not maintain its ascendency. Soon, under the leadership of a member in the Law School, who had been graduated at Princeton, and who is of kin to several members of the Phi, began a movement which has resulted in the forma tion of the twenty-second chapter of Psi Upsilon, Though always faithful in the discharge of its fraternity duties, the branch to which reference has been made was largely local in its feelings and associations. The University the sons itself had for many years done its work chiefly among of Wisconsin, There were associate chapters in unimportant colleges, for which the Madison branch did not entertain great regard. That a change must come was evident. In the Autumn of 1892, Charles Kendall Adams, who had been a member of the Phi of Psi Upsilon twenty-eight years, became President of the University. Two distinct deputations 166 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. of undergraduates called upon him and asked for his aid in securing a charter from Psi Upsilon. One of these deputa tions represented the society hereinbefore mentioned; the other had been sent by a collection of neutrals. Dr. Adams did not think it proper, in view of his position as the official head of the University, to take sides with either faction, and he merely said that while he should be pleased to see a chapter of Psi Upsilon at Madison, he could not undertake to secure the required permission. Thereupon Mr. Knox Kinney, '94, one of the m^embers of the society which had determined to leave its old moorings, wrote a letter to a personal friend of his in the Mu of Psi Upsilon, and this letter, promptly forwarded to alumni of the Phi in Detroit (who almost at the same time received a similar communication from another Wisconsin stu dent), may be regarded as the first decisive step in the direc tion of our Fraternity; for the inquiries made of President Adams were tentative and ineffective. Each of these letters was in fact a petition for the admission into our Order of the entire local chapter. Before they could be answered, a letter asking for guidance along the Psi Upsilon road was received in Detroit from the Secretary of the other crowd at Madison. A reply full of discouragement was sent to the aggregation of neutrals, and they received not long after a charter from a fraternity much more complaisant than Psi Upsilon. What should be done with the request of the other appli cants was a matter of grave consideration. Those men were members of a general Greek-letter fraternity. For reasons of their own, absolutely without solicitations or promises from any Psi Upsilon, in fact unknown to all Psi Upsilons until they themselves revealed it, they had determined to leave their fraternity. They were entitled, by the fundamental law of their order, to resign, and their chapter could accept their resignations. Our Society has not seen fit to refuse, merely on the ground of previous fraternity membership, candidates otherwise In qualified. fact it is thought by many that early af&liations tend to enhance regard for our .more ancient and more conservative sodality. Thus the Phi Chapter was formed upon a foundation supplied by members of another fraternity. THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. 167 and thus the and Omega Chapter the Chi Chapter owe most of their charter members to the very fraternity whose chapter in Wisconsin has been transferred to us. The Detroit alumni did not think that they would be jus tified in of their own rejecting, motion, an application from a strong body of students located in an institution jvhich seemed destined for Psi Upsilon. They felt that their first duty was to the Order. Whether the Fraternity, following the prece would admit dents, the petitioners, or, taking "Pan-Hellenic" would was for ground, reject them, the Fraternity to say; but they could see to it that the applicants, known to be desirable men, were set on the right road. Therefore, the petitioning letters being retained, the writers were informed that while they remained members of a general Greek-letter order noth would be done. was ing It suggested that if they resigned, as had said were they they about to do, they should form a local society; and a memorandum of the steps to be taken in form ing such a society was sent to Madison. But lest the men should conceive hopes that might never be realized, the diffi culties and uncertainties attending the quest for a Psi U. charter were explained. That the applicants must take their chances was made clear to them. What chances they took will appear hereafter. One by one the members of the chapter resigned from the fraternity, each applying for and receiving the prescribed cer tificate of dismissal, as follows: "To whom it may concern: This certifies that has been honorably dismissed from the Fraternity, and all his rights and privileges as a member thereof have been annulled. Given by the Alpha Chapter of the State of Wisconsin, this day of 1893, A. D. [seal.] Secretary ". Thus the chapter was reduced to two men, Seniors, who sent the charter with all the papers belonging to the fraternity, and with their own resignations, to the headquarters of the order. Then, with their resident alumni, the undergraduates organized a local society, March 13, 1893. An opportunity 168 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. was given to the desirable alumni of the old chapter to enter the new society, and they have done so. Rho Kappa Upsilon, as the new local society was called, was persona non grata to most of the existing secret fraterni ties at Madison, all but one of which were of Western origin. Several persons of the baser sort joined in a chorus of con demnation. That nothing illegal or immoral had been done made no difference. The magazine of the discarded society ' ' " turned itself inside out, and a young and very fresh resident of Madison set his wits to work to devise schemes by which the chapters of Psi Upsilon might be prejudiced against the so-called traitors. Anonymous communications were sent to members and branches of Psi U, False stories were circu lated in the college papers, A Madison journal declared one day that the local society had decided to enter Sigma Phi. Letters signed with fictitious names and containing all sorts of falsehoods, were sent to the Chicago papers. To cap the climax, students whose resignations had been offered and " accepted months before, were formally '' expelled from the deserted fraternity, and then the latter proceeded to change its fundamental law so that resignations could no longer be accepted by a chapter; thus acknowledging that previous resig nations were lawful. the , struggle for a charter. After the local society had been duly christened, it began to receive aid and encouragement from Psi U. branches and members. The Phi Chapter took up the work and pushed it vigorously. The dinner given by the Detroit Association to Mr. Charles Philip Spooner has been mentioned in this maga zine. At the Convention held under the auspices of the Zeta Chapter at Dartmouth College in May, 1893, Mr. Knox Kin ney, '94, introduced by the Phi delegates, presented the case of the petitioners; and to the exceedingly favorable impression which he made upon the members of the Convention, and subsequently upon the Chapters which he visited, the success which has crowned the efforts of his society is largely due. The Convention of 1893 granted the Wisconsin petition. THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. 169 subject, of course, to approval by every chapter. This approval was not immediately sought with great strenuousness. It was that it not anticipated would be secured in one year, or in two years. In March, 1894, an elaborate memorandum, finely illustrated, and fully setting forth the merits of the peti tioners and of their University, was drawn up and was laid by the Phi before the members of the Order. Shortly before the Convention which met under Kappa's auspices at Brunswick, Maine, in May, 1894, Brother Lewis Henry Paddock (Beta Beta '88), of Detroit, Michigan, in company with Mr. Charles Philip Spooner, of the petitioning society, visited most of the Eastern chapters, and performed for the applicants services the importance of which cannot be overestimated. At the Convention of 1894 it was made known that three chapters had not seen their way clear to vote for immediate admission. Again the petition was conditionally granted, and again there was delay-�this time because of one chapter. At the Convention of 1895 the sentiment of the Fraternity, both alumni and undergraduates, became overwhelmingly manifest. The attacks which had been made upon the applicants and their Psi U. sympathizers, did much to help the cause; and finally, after the lapse of three years�a period considerably ' shorter than is usual in these cases�the required unanimity was secured. It can do no harm to say that the chapters which from first to last, both in and out of the Convention, stood for the Wisconsin men, were these: Sigma, Gamma, Psi, Xi, Upsilon, Iota, Phi, Pi, Chi, Eta and Mu. Most of^ the others were at all times favorable after the Convention of 1893. In the work of obtaining a charter many Psi Upsilons assisted. Our revered founder, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Goodale (Theta '36), spoke in favor of the proposed branch whenever Nicholson he visited a Psi U. club or chapter. Bishop I. L, (Zeta '69), of Milwaukee, wrote a strong letter in behalf of the petitioners. The labors of Brother Paddock have been men tioned. Brother Earl D. Babst (Phi '93), was untiring in his support, and the delegates of the Iota, the Phi, and the Mu never faltered. 170 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. the installation. That the charter had been granted was officially made known to the petitioners February i8, 1896. Preparations for the induction into the Fraternity as charter members, of all the initiates of the local order, were begun immediately; and on the evening of March 27, the initiatory rites were administered to sixty-nine of the charter members by the Secretary of the Executive Council, assisted by Psi U. delega tions from Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee. The place of induction was the chapter house of the local order, 16 Mendota Court, Madison, After the ceremonies of initiation the Pres ident of the Executive Council declared the Rho Chapter of Psi Upsilon duly instituted and established. Following is the roll of charter members, the names of those hereafter to be initiated being set in italic type, and the names of two grad uates being omitted for the present: '56 James M, Flower, A,B,, A,M., LL.B. '61 Farlin Q. Ball, Ph.B. '64, John Coit Spooner, A. B., A.M., LL.D. '65 Justin Edwards Emerson, A. B., A.M., M.D. '70 BurrW. Jones, A.B., LL.B., A.M. Stephen Strong Gregory, A.B., LL.B., A.M. Charles Noble A. B. LL, B. A. '71. Gregory, , , M. '76 Albert Samuel Ritchie, A.B. Thomas Henry Gill, B.S., LL.B. i i Richard Meyer, Jr, '79 Harry C. Martin, A.B. '80, Byron Beach Park, LL.B. i i Henry Ogden Wilkinson. �83. Byron Beach Carter, B.M.E. Melvin Arista Hoyt, B. L. John T. Kingston, Jr., B.L., LL.B. Ernest Stiles Moe, B.L. '84. Charles Ruggles Boardman, A.B. Edward Joseph Dockery, A.B., LL.B. Julius Emil Olson, B.L. James Franklin Trottman, A.B., B.L., LL.B. THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. 171 '84. Mark Albigense Waldo, B.U.'E. '85. Oscar Dalzelle Brandenburg. George Edward Waldo, B.M.E., LL.B. '86. William Stanley Dwinell, LL. B, George Carpenter Main, B.L. Lynn Spencer Pease, A.B., LL.B, '87. Frederick Phelps Meyer, B.L. Edward Marcellus Piatt, B. L. Robert Mark Richmond, B.L., LL.B, John Henry Bowman, LL, B. Kenneth Page Chumasero, LL, B, Clinton Fulton, B,L, Nathaniel S. Robinson, A.B,, LL, B, '89. George -Hiram Baxter, Joseph Henry Dockery, B.L,, LL, B, Charles Mitchell Luling, B. L. John Stevens, Jr., B.M.E. '90. Herbert Alward, LL.B. Harold Lemuel North, LL. B. Earl Wilson Demoe, LL.B. Francis William Dockery, B.L., LL.B. William Francis Dockery, B.L,, LL.B. Henry Edmund Fitch, LL.B. Frank Hanchett Jackman, B.L. Will Alfred Jackson, LL.B. CarlAlbert Johnson, B.M.E. Edward Stillman Main, B. L. Charles Hatch Stoddard, M.D, Thomas Percy Carter, B. L. George Burr Clementson, B, L. Frederic Felker, LL, B. Lewis Bertram Flower, A.B. Loren Locke Prescott. Edward Paddock Sherry, B.L. Charles Philip Spooner, A. B., LL.B. Beverly Lynn Worden, B.C. E. Euclid Pascal Worden, B.M.E. '93- Henry Lawrence Blaisdell. 172 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. '93. Charles Herrick Doyon, B.L, Carl Felker, LL.B. John Hiles Moss, LL, B. Clarke Milligan Rosecrantz, B. L. , LL. B. '94, George Krogh Anderson, B, L, Henry Radford Dockery. Marcus Clizbe Ford, A.B, Leo Haben, LL.B, Hobart Stanley Johnson. Knox Kinney, B, L. Marshall Charles Moss, LL.B. Willett Main Spooner, A, B. Henry Vilas, A, B, Chauncey Lawrence Williams. '95. Farlin Herbert Ball, A.B. Charles Floyd McClure, LL, B, Vroman Mason, B,L, Frank Ellis Pierce, B.S. '96, Charles Edwin Blomgren, Charles Albert Crawford, Charles Fisher Freeman. Charles Nathan Freeman. Henry Brewer Hewitt. Andrew William Mitchell. Lucian Robson Worden, '97. Bertrand Herrick Doyon. Arthur Augustus Frambach. Albert Stewart Goodyear. Harry Graham Gould. Charles Winthrop Lea. Royal Cottrell Main. Spencer Smith Rumsey. Irving Boyd Carey. Morgan Hewitt. Raymond Asa Hollister. Clark Miles Knight. John Smith Main. Max Mason. THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. ' 17a '98. Archie Lyman Nash. " Fi;ed Burns Peterson. " Sydney Williams Smith. " John Irving Williams, Jr. '99. John Francis Bertles, Jr, " John Alexander Cameron. ' ' Frank Lockert Fay. " Maurice Johnson, To those who are familiar with the names of the leading of the graduates University of Wisconsin, it is not necessary to dwell long upon the list of charter members of the Rho. Judge James M, Flower (Rho '56), is one of the leading lawyers of Chicago, and the head of a well known law firm in which Harrison Musgrave (Phi '82), and Kenneth P, Chumasero (Rho '88), are partners. Farlin Q, Ball (Rho '61 ), another early graduate of Wisconsin, is one of the recently elected Judges of the Circuit Court in Chicago, He has been the head of the firm of Ball, Wood, & Oakley (the last named being of the Phi '85), The Hon, John Coit Spooner, LL.D,, (Rho '64), has represented Wisconsin in the Federal Senate. He is one of the most prominent lawyers and citizens of the State, and is actively interested in the University. Burr W. Jones (Rho '70), is Professor of the Law of Evidence in the Law School. Stephen S, Gregory (Rho '70), is a distinguished member of the Chicago Bar. Charles Noble Gregory (Rho '71 ), is Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the College of Law of the University, Thomas H, Gill (Rho '77), is a dis tinguished lawyer of Milwaukee. Byron B, Park (Rho '80), is a member of the State Board of Normal School Regents. Melvin A, Hoyt (Rho '83), is the Proprietor and Managing Editor of the Milwaukee Daily News. Julius E. Olson (Rho '84), is Professor of the Scandinavian Languages and Litera ture in the University, Oscar D, Brandenburg (Rho '85), is Managing Editor of the Madison Morning Democrat. Lynn S, Pease (Rho '86), is Instructor in Law in the University. Other alumni are well known lawyers, physicians, editors,. bankers, merchants, and civil engineers. It is an interesting fact that many of the charter members 174 THE PSl UPSILON REVIEW. are related to each other or to members of other chapters by ties of blood. Judge Flower (Rho '56), is the father of L. B. Flower (Rho '92); so is Judge Ball (Rho '61.) of F. H. Ball {Rho '95); so is ex-Senator J. C, Spooner (Rho '64) of C. P. Spooner (Rho '92), and W. M. Spooner (Rho '94); and J. H. Bowman (Rho '88), is son of John McC, Bowman (Theta '40). The five members, Dockery '84, '89, '91, '91, and '94, are brothers; so are the Mains, '86, '91, and '98; so are the Wor- �dens, '92, '92, and '96, There are several pairs of brothers. More than two-thirds of the members reside in Wisconsin, and half of the rest live in Chicago, so that the new chapter is able to assemble its alumni on very short notice. The grad uates living in Madison number a score or more, and are very prominent in professional, business, and social life. When the Rho Kappa Upsilon had become de facto as well as de jure a branch of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, a great �cheer went up from the members assembled in the chapter house. Three years of uncertainty, of anxious waiting, of perseverance amid great difficulties, had passed For the maintenance through all time of an organization of high char acter in which future students of the University should find association both with a long line of distinguished Wisconsin graduates and with a Fraternity of ancient prestige in other colleges, the originators of the Psi Upsilon movement had endured much. The falsehoods, libels, forgeries, and combin ations of enemies had come to naught. As for those members of Psi Upsilon who from the outset had labored to secure the introduction into the Fraternity of so worthy a coterie, they felt that their efforts had been rewarded amply. THE dinner. Soon after the installation the officers and visiting mem bers of the Fraternity, with the newly admitted brothers, repaired to the Park Hotel, the large dining-room of which had been decorated handsomely with plants and flowers. Here covers had been laid for eighty-nine guests. By each plate lay a beautiful souvenir of the occasion, embossed with the badge of Psi Upsilon, and inscribed thus: " Banquet in THE RHO OF PSI UPSILON. 175 Honor of the Installation of the Society of Rho Kappa Upsilon " as the Rho Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Within the heavy covers were leaves containing the menu and the lists of toasts and responses. Dean Gregory acted as toastmaster. After expressing in a few well-chosen words the gratification felt by the alumni and student members of the Rho Kappa Upsilon at being admitted into the puissant order of Psi Upsi lon, he introduced Mr. Herbert L Bridgman (Gamma '66), of the Brooklyn Standard Union, and President of the Execu tive Council of the Fraternity. Brother Bridgman was enthu siastically greeted. He congratulated the new Chapter on its auspicious beginning, spoke of the labors of the Council, and urged all present to attend the coming Convention of the Fra ternity to be held with the Phi Chapter, To the toast "Psi Upsilon" Albert P. Jacobs (Phi '73), of Detroit, made response. Judge Farlin Q, Ball (Rho '61), of Chicago, spoke on the theme "Embryology," "The Uni versity" was cared for by Judge James M, Flower (Rho '56), Francis S. Bangs (Lambda '78), spoke in behalf of the Exe ' ' cutive Council. In response to the toast Rho Kappa Upsi lon" Charles Philip Spooner (Rho '92), said: "It is my duty to interrupt the gayety of the evening to ask that you stay for a brief space to pay a parting tribute to Rho Kappa Upsilon. For Rho Kappa, Brothers, the ' Day is Ended'; and if there was in the short but vigorous and triumphant life of the society anything worthy of our permanent love and respect, is this not a fitting time and place in which to consider it } Springing meteor-like from an unclouded sky, the product of an honest, manly desire and determination to achieve the best in college life, the society came into being on the night of Monday, the 13th of March, 1893. It was born with a pur pose as clear cut and unalterable as man's designs can well be, and with a full appreciation of the rough and stony path up which it must travel. It was born to fight, and to win its way, undismayed and triumphant, to its goal, Psi Upsilon! The cares and sorrows of the young society were manifold and bitter, and its disappointments I need hardly recall to the 176 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. brothers. Psi Upsilon, with a wisdom we could not then always understand, bade it, 'Watch and wait. If ye are worthy ye will win your reward. If ye falter ye are not of us.' Hopeful but ever modest, Rho Kappa presented its claims to Psi Upsilon and again and again, at the answer 'Not yet,' bowed its head, but only to raise it again more full of deter mined courage and unfaltering purpose than on the day of its birth. Each delay was an assurance of increasing vituperation on the part of those who, unable generously to comprehend ' the greatness of its ambition, saw only a probable superior, too great to be even a rival. Upon such Rho Kappa has ever looked with a dignified and charitable contempt, believing with certainty that Psi Upsilon would accept or reject its petition upon its own judg ment, being in no wise affected by the slanders and abuses of the envious. That this faith was amply justified our presence here to-night bears eloquent testimony. At its birth the society took for its symbol a lion rampant, and as its motto typified in its name, the Greek words mean ing 'Strength, the noblest and loftiest,' and it at once became and has ever since been a synonym for that strength. Rho Kappa Upsilon has ever striven to realize that ideal combination of genial companionship and solid worth, and if at times the purpose has fallen short of perfect fruition, shall we not remember that all must err and that the noble endeavor, unfalteringly pursued, is after all the best there is in us,? The society's one great object was Psi Upsilon, and it would have that or nothing. It is one of the greatest of my pleasures to be able honestly to say here to-night, that from the day of its birth to the consummation of its life it was dedicated to Psi Upsilon, and never for an instant considered any other. ' ' ' Rho Kap, has Fought a good fight and is now as a tale that is told' but in its purpose, its symbol, and its life, it shows forth too plainly to be misread, this lesson: That harmoniously and lovingly impelled by the pursuit of a noble ambition, a society however small may become a The RHO OF PSI UPStLON. 177 source of power to its University and to its members, and that without a high ideal, pursued with unanimous, brotherly self- forgetfulness and sacrifice, even Grand Old Psi Upsilon cannot keep us, where as her sons we ought ever to be. Let it then be our determination, Brothers, as we bid adieu to the remains, the mere outward form of our little society, that we bear forever with us, to enrich the Rho, the true Rho Kappa Upsilon 'Strength, the noblest and loftiest,' the spirit that knows no dismay." "The Rho" was the next toast proposed, and in response thereto Henry Vilas (Rho '94), son of United States Senator Vilas, spoke as follows: "There is an old saying to the effect that the harder a man has to work for a thing the more he appreciates it when he gets it. I assure you, my brothers, that we of the Rho are brim-full of appreciation. For three years, long, long years to us, we have struggled on towards the goal we have reached to-night. For three long years we have wandered on through a wilderness of uncertainty, our path impeded by misfortunes and discourage ments, beset on every side by the combinations and opposi tion of untiring enemies. For three long years we have followed the star of Psi Upsilon, whose light, faint and flick ering in the dim distance, has been our only guide. To-night, brothers, we rejoice as the golden sun of victory bursts on our dark and wildered way, and we cross the draw bridge of brotherhood and enter the fortification of love with the golden-garnet banner waving a glad welcome. To-night this journey is ended, and to-night we enter on a far longer and a far brighter one. We, of the Rho, assume all the joys of its brotherhood and all the joys of its attendant responsibili ties as we come within the bonds of old Psi U. and the symbol of clasped hands, and as we come within the sweet influence of this Fraternity known throughout the world for its scholars and its gentlemen, I have been amazed during the course of the past three years at the great strength of the love and enthusiasm shown by even those Psi U's who have passed into the winter of life. 178 THE PSI UPSILON REVtEW. I feel confident that these two characteristics more than all else have won for Psi U. her place at the head of the fraternity world. Our first duty then must be to infuse our chapter with this love and this enthusiasm both for our Fraternity and for each other. From these alone can flow our future happiness. Upon these and only these as our foundation can we hope to build our future prosperity and success; can we hope to main tain that harmony of concerted action without which no strong and healthy chapter can exist. The next duty we feel we assume, an imperative one brimming with labor and responsibility, is to engender among our members a fervid ambition to attain the highest degree of scholarship. By this I do not mean that abortive idea of scholarship entertained by some men, by which they are satisfied if they are but allowed to pass in their work and graduate without a condition; but I mean that degree of scholarship which must ever win the esteem of the faculty and students and command the recognition and respect of cultured men; and both redound to the success and renown of the man and bring honor and glory to old Psi U, When we have established our foundation of love and enthusiasm and builded thereon our firm structure of scholar ship, then and not until then we indulge in the pleasure of adorning and refining our work with all the ornament of prominence in athletics and society. In the accomplishment of these ends and the fulfilment of these responsibilities, we earnestly desire the kind advice of our alumni and of all our brothers in Psi U. ; with whose assistance we of the active chapter will ever strive to make the Rho an honor to this most honorable fraternity." Professor Lynn S. Pease (Rho '86), answered eloquently for "The Alumni," Then ex-Senator John C, Spooner (Rho '64), was called upon by the Symposiarchon. He averred that he was incapacitated by his life and training from making an after-dinner speech. He needed, he said, an antagonist, somebody to talk against, to enable him to do his best. In the course of his remarks he paid a high tribute to the RHO OP PSI tlPSItON. 179 President Adams, who being in Tennessee recovering from recent sickness, was necessarily absent. Senator Spooner spoke of the President's sympathy with and labors in behalf of students of slender means. Referring to the trials of the petitioners, the speaker told about his interviews for their sake in New York City with Mr. Bangs. "Something," said he, "has been heard to-night about the conservatism of Psi Upsilon; we like it much better than we did." He closed by that the Rho declaring is going to have as good a chapter house as any other chapter has. Lewis Schwager (Mu '97), in behalf of the undergradu ates of that which had hitherto been the infant branch of the Fraternity, spoke of the prosperity of his chapter and of its bright prospects, and Frederick W, B. Coleman (Phi '96), in congratulating the new members, referred to the constant support which the Michigan men had given to their cause. Telegrams and letters of congratulation from chapters and members were read, and then the toast-master announced that Chauncey L. WilHams (Rho '94), of Chicago, had some thing to say about "Free Silver." In a neat speech Brother Williams presented to the Rho Chapter, as the gift of its alumni, a beautiful loving-cup of silver, appropriately engraved, which was then and there duly put into active service. At intervals throughout the evening Psi Upsilon songs were sung, the new initiates showing that they had studied the verses well during the period of their probation. The leaflets printed for the occasion contained five of the favorite Psi U. songs, and a new hymn, "The Rho Owl Song" composed by Charles Floyd McClure (Rho '95), which, sung to the air of the "Colored Four Hundred," was repeatedly encored by the veteran Psi U. men present. The latter declared it a great hit. Following are the lines: There is a legend quaint and Greek about an ancient owl Who dwelt in great exclusiveness, a most respected fowl; Beloved he of lion bold who, rampant, rose one morn, Awak'ning consternation in the land where he was born. SEMI-CHORUS : Tu-whit, tu-whoo! O ancient owl of fair Psi U., 180 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. Thy jewel bright The rampant lion wears to-night. And true to thee Will ever be, Owl of old Psi U. CHORUS: O lovely owl! Conservative fowl! In his joy and exultation Doth the rampant lion howl! Tu-whit, tu-whoo! Psi U, Psi U! Oh, to-whit, tu-whoo! Psi U,, Psi U. forever. The ancient owl blinked both his eyes and marvelled at the roar; In protest loud a pack of curs was snarling at his door: "An upstart lion comes this way!" the envious jackals cried, "Pray bar from out thy portals fair this traitor double-dyed!" CHORUS. Unto the rabble thus the owl: "Away! Let him appear! When Virtue claims her just reward, 'tis envy seeks to jeer; To thee, wise beast of rampant mien, the mystic badge I bring; Accept for thy great loyalty, the shelter of my wing!" CHORUS. In explanation of passages in the song it should be said that the badge of the petitioning society displayed a lion rampant, which is continued in the coat-of-arms of the Rho Chapter. After singing the "Dear Old Shrine," the mem- ers united in the mystic circle, and the meeting closed. The Psi Upsilons who attended the Installation exercises were: from the Gamma, Herbert L. Bridgman, '66; from the Lambda, Francis S, Bangs, '78, of New York; from the Upsi lon, John P, Morse, '95, of Rochester, N, Y, ; from, the Phi, John J. Mapel, '72, and William C. Quarles, '92, of Milwau kee; W, T, Underwood, '72, of Chicago; A, P, Jacobs, '73, Charles H, Jacobs, '75, C, S, McDonald, '75, F, W, B, Cole man, '96, Gaylord W, Gillis, '96, and Frank A. Ketcham, '97, of Detroit; James E, Ball, '87, of Marquette, and Henry T. Heald, '98, of Grand Rapids; from the Omega, the Rev. David WILLARD SMITH POPE. 181 B. Cheney, '80, of Racine; from the Mu, Thomas Rockwell, '94, of Oshkosh, and J. W. Harrison, '97, and Lewis Schwa- of ger, '97, Minneapolis; and from the Tau, Professor W, S. Marshall, '89, of Madison. THE prospects OF THE CHAPTER, Never has a chapter begun work under auspices more favorable than those which attend the inauguration of the Rho, classes and men Twenty-seven 107 are found upon the chapter's roll. Socially the new brothers have the precedence, many of the leading families of Wisconsin being represented in their list. At the University of Wisconsin as in nearly all other important institutions, the Fraternity leads in the Faculty �the President and seven professors or instructors being Psi U, men. It is reasonable to predict for this new branch of our Order a and prosperous brilliant future; and we may assume that succeeding classes will worthily build upon the foundation so well laid. WILLARD SMITH POPE, On the tenth day of October, at half after five in the evening, Willard Smith Pope (Psi '51),' President of the De troit Bridge & Iron Works, died at his residence, 37 Putman Avenue, Detroit. Mr. Pope was born at Rome, New York, in January, 1832, He was the son of a physician of distinction, was edu cated in the public schools, in the academy at Rome, and at Hamilton College, and was graduated A, B, in 185 i. When his college days were over he went to Buffalo, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar; but his health becoming impaired he returned home, and spent several months taking horseback exercise and making expeditions to the North woods. When his health had been restored he obtained a position with a friend engaged in railroad construc tion in Maine. Satisfied that his health would not permit of office confinement, he determined to fit himself for engineer- 182 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. ing, and spent nearly a year in New York, studying from books which he obtained at the Astor Library. He went West and obtained employment with the Illinois Central on railroad work at Cairo, 111, He was afterwards employed by the Chicago & Northwestern, where he was rapidly promoted, and secured the position of chief engineer of the system. During his connection with the railroads he made the acquaintance of the prominent bridge manufacturers in the country, and, in 1866, he came to Detroit and bought an interest in the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works, going into part nership with W. C. Colburn. Subsequently the concern was organized into a corporation. Mr, Pope planned many bridges, most of which have been built by the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works, He designed the Belle Isle bridge, but another built it. He also designed some additions that were required later, but because a Mil waukee concern offered to do the work for less than the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works asked, the former got the con tract. The success of the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works was largely due to Mr, Pope's skill and excellent judgment as an engineer. During his lifetime he made the acquaintance of all the leading railroad men of the country, as well as of the prin cipal bridge builders. He was often employed as referee on questions of railroad construction when railroad companies and contractors disagreed. Commanding the confidence and respect of railroad officers throughout the United States and Canada, he often was appealed to in matters of arbitration. Mr. Pope was a man of Hterary taste and attainments, and many of the acquaintances and friends made in college he retained throughout his life. He was a great reader, and possessed a peculiar quality of memory that enabled him to recall and recite what he had read many years before. On literary subjects and authors his knowledge was encyclopedic. He was noted for his high sense of honor and integrity, and was greatly trusted by all who had anything to do with him. He never held public office and never desired it. He was for some years vestryman of St. Paul's Church, Detroit, WILLARD SMITH POPE. 183 and also was an active member of the Prismatic Club, upon the walls of whose club room hangs his portrait by the late L, T, Ives. On the day following the death of Mr. Pope, this edi torial in The Free appeared Press, the chief newspaper of Detroit: "It used to be thought that history was an account of what kings and warriors did, and it is still far too much the fashion to regard the doings, the lives and deaths of those in public life as of paramount importance. But when a man hke Willard S, Pope drops out of the ranks of private life we feel that the event affects the community quite as seriously as the loss of a recognized leader. Modest and retiring almost to a fault, Mr. Pope was well known to comparatively few; but within the circle of his acquaintance he was esteemed and loved as it is not given to many men to be. The attachments that he formed were deep and lasting. Once a friend with him was always a friend; and his friendship was no empty form. He had the faculty which is rarer than is sometimes thought of perfect earnestness. He hated sham and pretense as the good hate everything that is low or mean or vile; and his associates appreciated this quality at its full value. Socially Mr. Pope was one of the most delightful of men. Always cha.ry about asserting himself, he had to be drawn out; but the drawing out process disclosed his possession of a fund of the quaintest humor which became on occasion exceedingly bright and sparkling. He was especially happy in a certain affectation of cynicism �which was oddly at variance with his real habit of thought; and used it very effectively in the punc turing of shams that Vv'as somewhat of a passion with him. He was always, however, tenderly careful of the feelings of others, and resented with all the force of his really strong nature the reckless habit into which so many have fallen in with the recent years of trifling in speech and otherwise repu tation of others. He was not given as a rule to impassioned utterances, but those who knew him best will recall more than one occasion when he indulged in it in denunciation of criti- 184 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. cisms upon individuals which he deemed unwarranted, inex cusable and slanderous. Had Mr. Pope given his attention to literature he would have made for himself an exceedingly enviable place in the ranks of the writers. He had a style of his own, and his occasional efforts�some of which in the shape of correspond ence from foreign lands adorned the columns of The Free Press�attracted a great deal of attention, and were greatly praised. Literature was, however, only a pastime with him; what he regarded as his real work lay in another direction, in his chosen profession. Peace to his ashes! There are not a great many men whom the community could so ill spare," Willard S. Pope became a member of the Psi Upsilon in September, 1847, at the very opening of his Freshman year. His class, '51, contained that famous delegation of eleven Psi U. men�the strongest as well as the largest delegation ever admitted by the Psi Chapter�among whom were Willard Fiske, Charles Dudley Warner, Charles A. Butler, and two scions of that celebrated Psi U. family, the Dakins. Brother Pope's interest in the Fraternity continued through out his life. When his brother, now the distinguished Army Surgeon, Benjamin F. Pope (Psi '64), entered Hamilton Col lege, our lamented friend saw to it that he entered Psi Upsilon also. When Willard Pope (Phi '88), was matriculated in the University of Michigan, it was his father's wish, no less than his own, that he became a member of the Fraternity. When an association of Psi U. alumni was formed in Detroit it received his encouragement, assistance, and attendance. If he could not be present at the annual reunion, he always sent an interesting paper to be read. When the Psi Chapter built its house he gave liberally, and again when it became neces sary to free the building from debt, he contributed far more than his share. Whenever the Fraternity issued a catalogue or a whenever a song-book, Psi U, enterprise of any kind was started, Mr, Pope's subscription was given cheerfully, and, if he had previous knowledge of the matter, was offered without solicitation. Everything that he did for Psi Upsilon was done ,.�* A ' ��'�, WILLARD S. POPE (PSI '51) WILLARD SMITH POPE. 185 so quietly, so unobtrusively, that few were aware of his unfail ing generosity and loyalty. Of Brother Pope's kindness to younger members of the Fraternity, one cannot speak without emotion. The following reminiscences of Mr, Pope have been written at the request of the Detroit Psi Upsilons by Brother Charles Dudley Warner (Psi '51): "My first acquaintance with Willard Pope was when I entered his class in Hamilton College in the sophomore year. Being members of the same secret society we were at once thrown together and a friendship began which gradually ripened into affectionate intimacy. During my first term my room-mate was Professor Willard Fiske, who left college that year to study at the University of Upsala, Sweden, and my second room-mate was Charles Butler of Utica, During our junior and senior years Pope and I roomed together. There is no such test of temper and of character as the intimacy of college room-mates. It is, in a sense, more constant than that of married people; for the room mates are together night and day, pursuing the same studies, walking together, constantly talking together and comparing views, and scarcely ever out of each other's sight. Pope of course was a boy in appearance, but I think we never thought of him as a boy for he had inherited a certain family gravity and deliberation, a little slowness of speech and maturity of manner which made us think of him as a man. And this impression was increased by the fact that early in his college life he began to be very bald. It was perhaps in allusion to this and some futile efforts to overcome this tendency that we used to remember the soliloquies of Peter, the janitor who built our morning fires. While engaged in this occupa tion on cold mornings, Peter used to soliloquize about his own feelings and the character of the people he served. I recol a beautiful lect his saying one morning, 'There's Pope; he's himself boy. He spends three .or four dollars to make beautiful.' Pope had then all the qualities that made him a favorite with his classmates, with his professors, with the whole 186 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. college, in short, as well as with all those who served us in a more menial capacity. He had an exceedingly bright, alert and expressive face, and his eyes used to so twinkle with humor as to a good deal overcome the general gravity of his manner. As I said, he was apt to be quite deliberate in speech, but he had a great deal of wit and a very keen sense of humor, the expression of which was heightened by his deliberate way of speaking. He was methodical and never in a haste, and never lost his head. I think any calamity�fire or earthquake �would not have induced him to quicken his motions, although his actions would be prompt enough for the occasion. He was a very quick as well as an industrious student. Fairly equipped in the languages and in mathematics, he also had the habit of wide and general reading. Exactly what his standing in the classroom was I have no means of saying because at that time at Hamilton College there were no honors awarded and the marks for scholarship were never published. But Willard stood among the first of his class, I am sure� certainly among them in point of general intelligence, A great deal of attention at Hamilton was paid to rhetoric and composition, and although Willard was not specially dis tinguished in these respects, he very often was among the first in his class. Our reading, as I remember, at that time took the prevailing tone of that period which was given to it by Carlyle and by Emerson, We read reviews a great deal and we discussed constantly profound questions, though I presume with no great profundity. Pope was fond of games and such sports as obtained at that day, and was of a gay temperament. I recall with pleasure our half-holidays on an adjacent trout brook. He was a very good angler, having the patience and the skill needed in that pleasing occupation, I think I never knew a good fisherman who was not also a good fellow. As I said, there was at that time in Hamilton a general spirit of inquiry and investigation outside of the college curri culum. We were all m.ore or less stirred to enthusiasm by the new movement, and by each appeal to young men which came from Carlyle and from the Boston writers of the day. Of WILLARD SMITH POPE. 187 course there was more or less imitation in what was produced in a literary and oratorical way. It was thought to be a sign of genius if one was able to imitate Carlyle, I remember that the great genius of the class of 1847, Guy Humphrey Mc Master, (Psi '47) was thought to have much of the Carlyle man ner and inspiration, while he improved upon him in lucidity. Much was said about one of his senior orations which did not end with an eloquent peroration, but with a simple statement in the way of a question, and concluded with the words 'Prob ably not.' 'Probably not' was thought to be very Carlyleish. My affection for Pope may perhaps influence my opinion of his qualities, but I think I never knew a more even-tem pered, constant-minded man, one more faithful in his friend ships, and certainly no soul that had more essential integrity. In the matter of principle he was absolutely immovable, nor was this obstinacy, for he was not an obstinate man; but it was the result of clear thinking, of absolute conviction. In the close intimacy of our college life I never saw him petulant or giving way to temper in any personal matter, although he would not be wanting at all in indignation in regard to any thing wrong or mean. He was of a very conservative turn of mind always and he had a great deal of sentiment. It was a sort of sentiment that would lead him to prefer the novels of Dickens to the novels of Thackeray, I have known several people who carried sentiment to the point of sentimentality his schol and yet were thoroughly conservative, Willard, for arship, his general intelligence, and his sturdiness and amia mean that that he bility, was very popular in college, I by what would was thoroughly liked and esteemed without being be called a hail-fellow-well-met, I do not think that we or in expected him to be one who would exceed in literature him to have a oratory or in politics, but that we did expect world. fine and successful career in some practical affair in the of When he left college he decided upon the profession civil engineering, and again I met him when he was pursuing his studies in the Astor Library in New York and I was engaged saw much of each other in some Hterary researches there. We then at that time in New York and although our pursuits had 188 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. begun to draw apart, our affectionate intimacy was in no degree lessened. Some years afterwards he was resident for sometime in the house which we occupied in Chicago. He had then become the chief engineer of the Chicago & Galena railroad and held an exceedingly responsible position, and was greatly esteemed for his knowledge and excellent judgment. I was at that time trying to practice law in Chicago and endeavoring to persuade myself that law was for me a useful and agreeable occupation. After i860, when Pope went to Detroit to become the president of the Detroit Iron and Bridge Company, and I took up editorial labors in the East, I saw very little of him for many years. Indeed, since that time, we have only met occa sionally and for brief periods. Our interests in life were widely divided. When we did meet I found, as always happens in life, that our views on many points upon which we agreed in our college days had slightly diverged. It could not be other wise considering the environment in which we each passed our lives, but there was never any radical difference in opinion in matters of principle or of honor, in anything that related to the betterment of the social state or to the higher demands of politics. And I can say, with a great deal of emotion and that our feeling, friendship to the very end never knew the slightest cloud or diminution. The man became what the boy in his most enthusiastic and malleable days promised to be, and the respect which he had in the world was the kind of respect awarded to him in college; a respect for a man of high character and inflexible principle and great kindliness of heart and of amiability character, together with a very keen intelli and a gence very practical way of meeting the exigencies of this life, I have never known a man of more integrity or with a kinder and tenderer heart. His affection for his friends, his to the loyalty them, confidence he gave them were absolutely without reserve, and nothing could wound him more than to find any one of them doing anything that seemed to him unworthy, I need hardly say that his memory is one of the dearest in and things my life, that my intimacy with him was one of THE CHICAGO DtNNER. 189 the things that always incited me to an honorable and honest course wherever decision had to be made. He lived as he died, a man of integrity, great kindliness, and an unobtrusive, unselfish gentleman." THE CHICAGO DINNER. On the evening of March 26 the alumni residing in Chi cago dined together at the Union League Club. Seventy-six members, among whom were three alumni from Detroit and four undergraduates of the Phi on their way to attend the installation of the Rho Chapter the following day, were present. Thirty-one of those who sat down to the tables were Phi men, a larger number than had ever been assembled outside of Michigan. After saying that the dinner was at the Union League, nothing need be said about the material part of the feast. The Psi U. songs were sung with even more than the old-time zest. When the last course had been disposed of the members pushed back their chairs, and William T. Underwood (Phi '72), called the meeting to order. After the reading of minutes and reports an election for officers was held, resulting in the choice of William T. Underwood for President, and of Henry C. Wood (Theta '83), for Secretary and Treasurer. Then came up the question of the Omega Chapter. Richard B, Twiss (Omega '75), in very clear and resolute terms set forth what had been done by the Omega alumni, the reasons for their action, and the justification of their course. He said that the graduates of the Chapter took upon themselves all the responsibility, and were resolved to main tain their rights for all time. George C. Howland (Gamma '85), an instructor in the University of Chicago, gave his reasons for having opposed the revival of the Omega, reasons to based largely upon President Harper's supposed hostility " " of scholar fraternities, upon the lack of a heavy element ship in the petitioning body, and upon the fact that some of 190 THE PSI UPSILON REVtSW. the petitioners belonged to the Theta Nu Epsilon Sophomore Society, which the Faculty had abrogated. Strong speeches in favor of the Omega were then made by Professor Augustus F, Nightingale (Xi '66), and Charles A. Warren (Phi'74), after which resolutions offered by Brother Nightingale approving of the action of the Omega alumni in initiating the members of the Omega Club, and urging the recognition of the Chapter by the Convention, were passed by the a vote of 32 to 13, the visiting alumni and Phi undergrad uates not voting. Several of the negative votes were cast by Phi alumni who favored recognition, but who thought that was and express approval of an accomplished fact unnecessary unwise. After much smoking and story-telling the meeting ad journed. Following are the names of those who were present: From the Theta, Henry C, Wood, '83, and Ralph H, Thacher, '93; from the Beta, Thomas E. Donnelly, Henry L, Magruder, and Henry E, Mason, all of '89; from the Gamma, the Rev, William M. Lawrence, '71, George C, Howland, '85, and Horace W. Dickerman, '88; from the Zeta, Eugene M. Robin son, '71, William R, Burleigh, '72, and J, H, VanHorne, '94; from the Kappa, John M. Burleigh, '78, and Harry R. Fling, '85; from the Psi, Charles M, Fay, '62, Perry H. Smith, '72, and WilHam C. Barber, '84; from the Xi, A, F. Nightingale, '66, Henry S. White, '82, George A. Robbins, '83, and Lewis G. Westgate, '90; from the Upsilon, George W. Northrup, Jr., '81, Irving Washington, '83, George A. Coe, '84, William C. Graves, '86, Storrs B. Barrett, '89, and John P. Morse, '95; from the Phi, John J, Mapel, '72, William T, Underwood, '72, Sidney C. Eastman, '73, Albert P. Jacobs, '73, Kimball Young, '73, George S. Baker, '74, Charles T. Warren, '74, Charles H, Jacobs, '75, Charles S, McDonald, '75, Frederick K. Gus- tin, '76, W. A. Otis, '78, Charles C, Whitacre, '80, Dr, Albert B. Hale, '82, Louis H, Hyde, '82, Horace S, Oakley, '85, Bowen W. Schumacher, '85, James E. Ball, '87, WiUiam G, Adams, '88, Thomas H, Gale, '88, Frederick W. Mehlhop, '88, Ralph M. Shankland, '88, WiUiam R, Murray, '89, James Vanlnwagen, '92, Arthur Vanlnwagen, '93, Henry S. Crane, p? EVENtNG SONG. 191 '95, Frederick W. B, Coleman, '96, Gaylord W. Gillis, '96, Frank A, Ketcham, '97, Otis H, Maclay, '97, Greenleaf W. Gale, '98, and Henry T. Heald, '98; from the Omega, Newton C. Wheeler, '73, Charles W, Nicholes, '75, Richard B. Twiss, '75, James Langland, '77, Prof, Thomas C. Roney, '78, the B, Rev, David Cheney, Jr, , '80, James P. Gardner, '81, John C. Hopkins, '81, Charles. W. Naylor, '81, Oliver D, Grover, '82, Franldin S. Cheney, '84, and Theodore M, Hammond, '85; from the Pi, Rhoderick R, HoUett, '78, and Alfred A. Howlett, '81; and from the Eta, Albert H. Bates, '89. EVENING SONG, AiR� "Amici." WRITTEN FOR THE ANNUAL REUNION OF THE TAU CHAPTER MARCH 16, 1896, BY ROBERT N. WILSON, JR, (tAU '93), Soft the shades of night surround us Bowed before the shrine, Loved by those whose hearts, with fervor. Pledged us ever thine. May we ever love and honor Thee, our pride, our song� Crown thee with our life's endeavor, Fair Psi Upsilon! Darker fall the shadows round us, From the sombre sky Clouds may form and thunder o'er us. Naught can terrify. Look we ever to thy beacon, Beaming forth�a sun; Time nor care can tinge with sadness Fair Psi Upsilon! 192 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. THE WASHINGTON ALUMNL Friday evening, April 24, 1896, the Psi Upsilon alumni residing in Washington, D, C, gave an informal reception to distinguished visiting brothers. President James B, Angell (Sigma '49) of the University of Michigan, Charles Dudley Warner (Psi '51), and President Andrew D, White (Beta '53), of the Venezuelan Commission, The gathering took place in the parlors of the Hotel Page, and was attended by about forty members of the Fraternity, Secretary William H. Hatch (Zeta '86), and Mr, Ralph W, Lee (Eta '87) of the Executive Committee, had charge of the arrangements. Senator Joseph R, Hawley (Psi '47) presided, Ex-President White entertained the company with reminiscences of Russia, to which country he was formerly accredited as Minister, speaking particularly of his acquaintance with Tolstoi and other distinguished Russians. President Angell talked inter estingly about China and its inhabitants, and of the war with Japan, Richard Hovey read an original poem, and the Rev, J. E. C. Smedes gave a recitation. Music was furnished by the best mandolin, banjo and guitar club in Washington, and the most popular Fraternity songs were sung. The affair was a great success, enjoyable from the time of the blessing asked by Dr. Mackay-Smith, through the salads, ices, and punch, entertaining remarks, and cigars, to the singing of the " Dear Old Shrine," Among those present were A, D. Gushing (Pi '90), Hon. F, P, Dewees (Theta '53), James H, Dodge (Psi '52), 'A. A. Fisher (Zeta '88), W. F, Ford (Phi '96), Hon. Charles N. Fowler (Beta '76), S, Herbert Giesey (Beta Beta '85), A, P, Greeley (Zeta '83), Richard Hovey (Zeta '85), Prof. A, J. Huntington (Sigma '42), Hon, S, I, Kimball (Kappa '55), Hon, J, H, McGowan, (Phi '61), Rev, A, Mackay-Smith (Beta Beta '72), Hon, R, B, Mahaney (Theta '87), Barry Mohun (Eta '96), D, C. Morrison (Psi '59), N. L. Piper (Kappa '63), W. S. Pitkin (Beta '58), F. E. Pratt (Delta '85 )i Rev. J. E. C. Smedes (Lambda '50), C, W. Smiley (Xi '74), Rev. I. L. Townsend (Lambda '47), H. G. Van Evern (Chi '90), A, B. EDITORIALS. 193 Veazey (Zeta '89), James A. Watson (Eta '84), W. C. Whittemore (Beta '55), C. P, Whittlesey (Beta '78), W, D. Windom (Gamma '85), Dr. G, H, Wright (Chi '82), Rev. Henry E. Cotton (Beta Beta '74) of Hagerstown, Assistant Attorney-General James A, Haight (Chi '79) of Washington State, Hyland C. Kirk (Gamma '72), and Chauncey C, Stark weather (Beta '74). EDITORIALS. Very gratifying is the support given to The Review by the distinguished alumni of the Fraternity. Senators of the United States, Governors of States, men in high judicial positions,' and eminent authors, clergymen, and teachers', are among the subscribers. For the first time a magazine con ducted in the interest of the Fraternity has paid its expenses, and that too without asking help from the Convention or from any Chapter, Whether The Review will be continued another year depends upon whether another than the present Editor can be found who will be willing to spend the time necessary for the work. The meeting in Chicago on the night of March 26 was the largest that has been held in that city for many years. Owing to the inactivity of the Omega, and for other reasons, the interests of Psi Upsilon in the great city of the West have suffered, and the members have not met once every year as is the rule elsewhere. The reunion last month is an augury of better things. Unless we greatly mistake, the first instance of the initia tion into Psi Upsilon of one whose father and grandfather were members during college life, took place at the annual initiation of the Xi last Autumn. Samuel W. Hubbard (Xi '99), is a son of Judge Leverett M. Hubbard (Xi '72), and a grandson of the Rev. Eli Hubbard (Xi '45), deceased, who was one of the charter members of our branch at Wesleyan. we of There are other Psi U. grandsons, but not, think, 194 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. grandfathers who wore the badge as college students. Thus Richard F. Rust (Phi '93), is a son of the Rev. Richard H. Rust (Xi '65), and a grandson of the Rev. Richard S. Rust (Xi '41); but the latter, though a member of the local society which was the germ of our Xi Chapter, had been graduated before the Psi U. branch at Wesleyan was organized. CHAPTER NEWS. Delta. �New York University. The second old est of Chapter the Fraternity is in a very pros perous condition, and holds a large number of college officers. Among those may be men tioned three members of the Executive Com mittee of the Alumni Association, the Treasurer of the Athletic Association, the Manager of the University Football Team for the season of 1896, and the President of the Eucleian Literary Society. The present undergraduate membership of the Chapter is 32. The other fraternities are represented thus: Zeta Psi, Phi Gamma 25; Delta, 14; Delta Phi, 12; Beta Theta Pi, 10; and Delta Upsilon, 8. Beta. �Yale College. The Yale Banner for 1 895 was edited � and published by two Psi U. men John Q. Tilson and Burton H. Hendrick, both of '95, According to its pages Psi Upsilon has 26 men in '97, D. K. E. 27, Alpha Delta Phi 25, and Zeta Psi 11. The number of Juniors at Yale is 281. The Chairman, Business Manager, and four other Editors of the Yale Record, one of the Editors of the Yale News, the Editor of the Yale Alumni Weekly, the Presi dent of the University Boat Club, one of the Crew, two of the and three of the Nine, Eleven, are Psi U. men. Of the 45 Senior men Psi U. Society has 20, D. K. E. 20, Alpha Delta Phi 4. CHAPTER NEWS. 195 Sigma. �-Brown University, There has been a series of "smokers" held at the Chapter House during the Winter that has been productive of much enjoyment to alumni and undergraduates alike. The Sigma has had vocal and instru mental soloists, quartettes, prestidigitateurs, and readers from time to time, with an occasional alumnus of note to"" deliver a short address. These affairs have been such a decided success that they will probably be continued through out the year. On the evening of February 17 the Chapter gave to its young lady friends a dance that was very well attended and very enjoyable. About seventy were present, some of the younger alumni helping to swell our numbers, and it was a distinctly Psi U, affair. It is intended to give a series of such dances after Lent, the Chapter House being an excellent place for such gatherings. The Sigma's annual sleigh-ride took place in January, and was an unqualified success. These sleigh-rides have a tradi tional significance, they having been held each winter by the Sigma, with but one or two exceptions, for more than fifty years. They have always been confined exclusively to the active members, and are a decidedly unique feature of the middle term of each year. The Chapter had always been fortunate�but this year more so than ever�in having various receptions, dances, etc., given to its members as a body. Quite a number of such functions have taken place and several more will follow. Psi U. at Brown is represented in the college organiza tions, having men on the Foot-ball, Base-ball, Track and Polo teams, and the literary publications, and holding several important college offices. � Eleven gj"j Gamma. Amherst College. Seniors, eleven Juniors, seven Sophomores, and six Freshmen� 35 men in all, constitute the under graduate part of the Gamma for 1895-96. The Freshman delegation is the smallest the Chapter has admitted during the fifty-nine years of its existance, and is much smaller than the representation in '99 196 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. of Alpha Delta Phi, of D. K, E., or Chi Psi. Nine members of Amherst's Faculty are initiates of the Gamma. The President of the Sophomore class, the President and five of the sixteen members of the Cotillion Club, two of the fifteen Phi Beta Kappa men in '95, one of the Editors of the Amherst Student, the Business Manager and two Editors of the Literary Monthly, two of the members of the Banjo Club, the President of the Fencing Club, the Captain and Pitcher of the Base-ball Team, the President of the Athletic Associa tion for 1895, and three members (with two of the five substi tutes) of the Foot-ball Team, were taken from the Psi U. ranks at Amherst. Lambda. �Columbia College, The annual dinner of the Chapter took place on the evening of March 28. The under graduate membership in the Schools of Arts and Mines con sists of two Seniors, three Juniors, three Sophomores, and ten Freshmen. Kappa. � Bowdoin College. On the evening of the February , Chapter gave its Annual BaU, which very largely attended and was very enjoyable. Xi, �Wesleyan University. Thirty-six undergrad uates�six Seniors, eight Juniors, twelve Sopho mores, and ten Freshmen, compose the Xi Chapter this year. The other societies are represented thus: Phi Nu Theta 31, Alpha Delta Phi 32, Delta Kappa Epsilon 35, Chi Psi 28, Beta Theta Pi 23. Of the 23 prizes awarded this year and were six one-half taken by Psi U. men, Of the nine speakers at Junior Exhibition three belonged to the Xi, and the first prize, and also the second, were taken by Psi Upsilons. Four of the Foot Ball Eleven and two of the Base Ball Nine were members of our Fraternity. CHAPTER NEWS. 197 Alpha. � Harvard CoHege. Eleven years ago the Editor of this magazine discovered the day of month the when the Alpha, for some years one of our most flourishing branches, was founded. Wednesday evening, November 20, 1850, is the date, which, through some misunderstanding, is given in our catalogue of 1888 as November 22, The follow ing letter�written by the undergraduate who had most to do with starting the new branch, and who had been a Psi Upsilon at Amherst College, gives certain details of the installation which until now have not been printed: Harvard University, \ Cambridge, November 22, 1850, j Bro. Calef: Your prompt response to our petition was duly received, and I am now happy to write to our brethren Xi, that our Initiatory Meeting came off last Wednesday evening, when were present from your Chapter Bros. Hoyt and Pratt from Boston, Five of our ten Chapters were represented by graduates resid ing in Boston, making in all fifteen, Hon. E, W. Wright of the Gamma acted as Initiatory Master, and all the exercises of the evening passed off much to our satisfaction�in fact 'twas a bright old-fashioned Psi Upsilon meeting, and our new brethren were most heartily pleased. I see no reason why we may not start right off with a real Psi U. spirit. Please suggest a Greek letter for the name of our Chapter. We should like Alpha if it would not be regarded as too pre sumptuous. Justus Smith. Iota, �Kenyon College, Though numbering only five men, the Iota is strong in the love of its alumni and in the harmony that exists be tween its undergraduates. With the inaugura tion of a new President the prospects of the the College will grow brighter. It is testimony of visiting alumni that the Iota possesses elements of strength not always enjoyed elsewhere. 198 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. Phi. �University of Michigan. The Chapter has enacted that its members shall not join other secret or class fraternities or societies in any department of the University. This salutary law prohibits Phi men from entering Phi Delta Phi, Delta Chi, Nu Sigma Nu, and other societies in the profes sional schools, as well as from joining Theta Nu Epsilon or other class societies. The rule is merely a Statement in express terms of the ancient unwritten law of the Chapter. From 1869 up to 1892 no member of the Phi at Ann Arbor accepted an election to the law-school fraternity, and since 1892 only one member has done so. Some years ago a few Phi men went into Nu Sigma Nu, but their associates felt that the interests of Psi Upsilon should be paramount. Owing to the refusal of the Psi U. Sophomores to join Theta Nu Epsilon, that society has ceased to exist at Ann Arbor. This year the Chapter refused to allow its Freshmen to join the "Card-Club" formed by the other "Palladium Fraternities" so-called. Beyond all doubt the radical action of the Phi will make the Michigan branch stronger than ever. This year the managing editorship of The Palladium, editorships on The Wrinkle and The University Daily, and the position of first baseman on the University Nine, are held by members of the Phi. Pi. �Syracuse University. On Tuesday, April 26, the Pi Chapter entertained at dinner Professor WiHiam J, Rolfe (Gamma '49) the Shakes- perian scholar and critic. Prof. Rolfe gave two lectures in Syracuse on that date. He spent a pleasant hour at the Chapter House and joined in the familiar songs. Other guests of the occasion were: Rev. L. Mason Clarke, D. D. (Gamma '80), Professor WilHam K. Wickes (Gamma '70), Rev, Edward N. Packard, D. D. (Kappa '62), Rev. Herbert C. Coddington (Pi '86), and Benedict R. Hatmaker (Pi '87). ALUMNI NOTES. 199 Tau Chapter. �University of Pennsylvania, The third annual performance of "The Three T's", �the dramatic troupe of the Tau of Psi Upsi lon�was given in the Chapter House on March 1 6th, and proved one of the most successful amateur efforts yet attempted by a Chapter organization. A large number of alumni were present both from the rolls of the Tau and the numerous other Chapters represented in "The Psi Upsilon of Philadelphia", and the evening was instituted as the reunion night of the year. The idea of such a performance grew out of an informal gathering about four years ago, when it was decided to entertain the alumni with whatever musical and histrionic talent could be found in the Chapter. Nothing elaborate was attempted, but the idea met with such favor that each successive performance has been of a higher grade than the preceding, until now it is looked forward to as celebrating an especial Tau night, when all Psi Upsilon men in the city are expected to join with the Chapter in singing the praises of the Fraternity, Two one-act plays were given at the recent performance, the characters impersonated all being members of the Fraternity, and the scenes lying in Psi Upsilon territory. Following these came an excellent minstrel show, for which a number of new Psi U. songs had been written, the audience joining in the choruses with the troupe. About seventy-five alumni joined in the entertainment that followed the performance, and an enthusi astic Fraternity night rewarded the efforts of the Tau, ALUMNI NOTES, Austin Abbott, LL,D. (Delta '51), Dean of the New York University Law School, died at his. residence, 16 East Fifty- an illness of about first street, on the morning of April 19, after ten weeks. He was born December 18, 1831, and was a brother of the Rev. Dr, Edward Abbott (Delta '60) of Cam on methods bridge, Mass. He was author of a series of works of- legal procedure which have been adopted as standard text 200 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. books for the desk and bench all over the country. For a long time he was the custodian of the trust fund of the Delta Chapter. Robert Lenox Belknap (Lambda '69), of New York City, long time Treasurer of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and a member of the Executive Council of the Psi Upsilon from 1869 to 1872, died March 12, 1896. Dr. Charles S. Benedict (Delta '80) sailed for Bermuda on the 1 8th of January to recuperate after a severe illness. Dr, Benedict occupies the position of Superintendent of the Bureau of Contagious Diseases of New York City, Rev. Alfred H, Brown (Delta '92) was ordained Priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Garden City, Long Island, December 22, 1895, by the Rt. Rev. Abram N. Littlejohn (Theta '45). Since then he has been acting Rector of St. Stephen's Church, Pittsfield, Mass, Rev. Henry E. Cobb (Delta '84) is Secretary and Treas urer of the Rutgers College Alumni Association of New York City. WilHam Coe Collar (Gamma '59), Head-Master of the Roxbury Latin School, is engaged in editing a series of "Latin and Greek Classics", which Ginn & Company are publishing. Dr. Peter ColHer, Ph.D. (Beta '61), who was for ten years Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy in the University of Vermont, and subsequently Chemist in the United States Department of Agriculture, is now residing in Ann Arbor, Mich, Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (Phi '81), Professor of Greek and Latin in the Michigan Normal School, has prepared a valuable "Greek Composition Tablet ", which makes it possible for even the busiest teacher to correct daily some Greek written by every member of his class. ALUMNI NOTES. 201 Henry C. Johnson (Chi '73), formerly Professor of Latin at Lehigh, and Editor of the Tenth General Catalogue of the Fraternity, is now with the law firm of Davies (Lambda '66), Stone & Auerbach, attorneys for the Manhattan Elevated Railroad of New York. Arthur M. King (Delta '90) and Paul C. Cloyd (Delta '92) have formed a law firm under the firm name of Cloyd & King, with offices in the Corn Exchange Bank Building, New York City. Alexander S. Lyman (Delta '84) and Joseph B. Lyman (Delta '94) are in the law-office of Davies, Stone & Auerbach, Rensselaer R, Nelson (Beta '46), who has been Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota since 1858, has retired from the Bench, having reached the age of seventy years. John N. Ostrom (Chi '76), one of the leading bridge engi neers of the country, resides at East Randolph, N, Y. His business address is 158 Forty-fourth street, Pittsburg, Pa. John J, Rust (Phi '75), is Vice-President of the American Straw Board Company, 71-73 West Monroe street, Chicago, Iflinois, David Eugene Smith (Pi '81), Professor of Mathematics in the Michigan State Normal School, is the author (with Pro fessor W. W, Beman, of the University of Michigan) of a new treatise on Plane and Solid Geometry, whereof Ginn & Com pany are the publishers. Richard W. Stevenson (Delta '75) has been for some time a member of the law firm of Davies, Stone & Auerbach, New York City. WiHiam H. Webster (Beta Beta '61), Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Commission, died suddenly at his home, 161 5 D, C. about o'clock on the after- Riggs Place, Washington, , 5 202 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. noon of March 23, 1896. Major Webster was Vice-President of the Washington Psi Upsflon Association, a: subscriber to The Psi Upsilon Review, and one of the most enthusiastic of our members. His death is a great loss to the Fraternity, and to the Chapter at Trinity College. OTHER SOCIETIES, Fourteen years after the foundation of our Fraternity, ten our York years after the institution of chapter in New Univer sity, and five years after the establishment of the Lambda at Columbia, a new order was organized in the two New York seats of learning. Delta Psi calls its branch at Columbia the "Alpha", and the one at the N. Y. U. the "Beta", assigning to both the date of January 17, 1847. But of the two men to whom is ascribed the origin of the fraternity, Charles Arms Budd, who is named first in the catalogue of Delta Psi, was a New York University student; and John H, Anthon, whose name stands second, was a son of Columbia. Moreover Mr, Anthon, who was of the class of '51, could not have been in college in January, 1847, while Dr, Budd, whose class was '50, had already been matriculated. For these and other reasons some have believed that New York, not Columbia, was the birth-place of Delta Psi, and that January 17 (St, Anthony's Day) was not the true date of foundation, but was assumed instead of the real and later date because the society at the outset chose the Egyptian hermit as its patron saint. However this may be, the New York branch succumbed after six years to the powerful competition of its older rivals Psi Upsilon, Delta Phi, and Zeta Psi; audits members are now enrolled in the same Hst with those of the chapter at Columbia, which has enjoyed great prosperity. Delta Psi has entered nineteen institutions, in eight of which�Columbia (1847J, Trinity (1850), Williams (1853), University of Pennsylvania (1854), University of Mississippi 1855), University of Virginia (i860), Sheffield (Yale) Sci entific School (1868), and Massachusetts Institute of Techology (1889) �it exists to-day. The eleven defunct chapters were OTHER SOCIETIES. 203 at the N. Y. U. (1847-53), Burlington College (1849-54), Rutger's College (1848-51), South Carolina College ( 1850-61 ), Princeton CoHege (1851-53), University of Rochester (1851-95), Brown University (1853-61, University of North Carolina (1854-63), Cumberland University (1858-61), and Washington-Lee University (1869-88), Nothing but a comparison of the Psi U, colleges with those of Delta Psi is needed to demonstrate that Psi Upsilon has been both more careful and more successful than its rival. Beyond a doubt our roll of twenty-two institutions is the better and stronger of the two lists. And if we regard the re-organization of the Omega as an accomplished fact, our Fraternity has only one inactive chapter as against the eleven extinct charges of Delta Psi. Seven chapters, five of which are dead, have been placed by Delta Psi in Southern colleges. That an order like Delta Psi as we now know it should have granted charters to Randolph-Macon and Cumberland (at the latter of which thirty-four men were admitted to this society in a single year), illustrates the difference between the old and the present order of things. Prior to the Civil War Delta Psi had not the social pres tige which its remarkable career at Columbia during the past thirty years has been largely instrumental in gaining for it. The Fraternity was not successful at the N. Y. U., Rutger's, or Brown; it expired at Princeton before the anti-fraternity legislation was put in force; and it was not until after the War that the Chapter at Trinity began to get the upper hand of two of the three ancient local societies there, or that the branch in the Yale Scientific School, which has done so much to strengthen the order, was established. Even the Chapter at Williams was not regarded as a rival on equal terms with Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi until about the year 1870. That a society whose chapter roll is starred with mistakes ' and failures, a fraternity which has only eight living chapters �two of those being in the distant South and two others being in Scientific schools�should be regarded by any consid erable number of college men as one of the most powerful 204 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. and influential of Greek-letter orders, seems very strange. And it seems stranger still when one realizes that the society in question has, all told, only 2,800 members, 860 (nearly one-third) of whom belong to extinct branches, and of whom very few indeed have achieved high distinction. Let us for a moment compare the catalogues of the two societies�we mean now the names in those catalogues, for it would indeed be ungracious for us to compare the books them selves, Psi Upsilon has initiated 8,400 men, just about three times as many as Delta Psi has admitted. The alumni of one are not much younger than those of the other, for our living chapters are on an average only about two years older than those of our rival. In the sacred ministry Delta Psi has two Bishops�Kip and Doane�of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and one Bishop of the M, E, Church South, as against twenty-one Psi U. Bishops, many of whom are more distinguished than their Delta Psi compeers. Of well known clergymen the latter society has few besides Charles Frederick Hoffman and Thomas McKee Brown, of New York City, J, D. Fulton of Brooklyn, and WilHam H. Vibbert of Chicago, who are less eminent than Morgan Dix, Charles A, Parkhurst, James De Koven, Samuel Hart, or fifty other Psi Upsilons, On the judical bench Delta Psi's chief men are four justices of supreme courts�those of New York, Iowa, Mon tana, and Mississippi; whereas at the present time Psi Upsilon has two members of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, two U, S, Circuit Judges, five U, S. District Judges, the chief justices of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, and ten associate justices of supreme courts, not to mention an equal or greater number of ex-judges. Of lawyers Delta Psi has none so eminent as Chauncey M, or Depew, the late Francis N, Bangs, or ex-Surrogate RolHns, of New York City. The leading representatives of Delta Psi in political life are ex-Governor Stewart L, Woodford; ex-U, S, Senator C, J. Faulkner; Hamilton Fish, Speaker of the New York Assem bly; and T. C, Catchings and H, D. S, Money, Representa- OTHER SOCIETIES. 205 tives in Congress. Of course these are hardly to be named in the same connection with the late President Arthur, with ex-Speaker Grow, with U, S. Senators Arnold, Bell, Cole, Ferry, Frye, Hawley, Higgins, Patterson, Spooner, and Wet more, with Representatives Clarkson Nott Potter, Waldo Hutchins, WilHam Walter Phelps, Benjamin T. Fames, Theodore Lyman (and thirty-five others might be cited), or with Governors Chamberlain and Prescott. In literature we find the Delta Psi names, Brander Matthews and Thomas Nelson Page, overshadowed by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Charles Dudley Warner, Arthur S. Hardy, Eugene Schuyler, James De Mille, and other Psi U. authors too numerous to mention. Delta Psi has done little for the cause of education. No distinguished college president is named in its catalogue�it has nothing to offset Adams of Wisconsin, Angell of Michigan, DeKoven and Gray of Racine, Perry of Hobart, Reed of Dick inson, Scott of Rutger's, Seelye of Amherst, or White of Cor nell. And of college professors less than twenty�of whom Bispham, Patterson, and Prime of Pennsylvania; Fay of the U. S. Naval Academy, and Ayres of Tulane University are the chief�are named in its catalogue, while Psi U. has full 300, among them such men as Goodwin, Peirce, Gurney, Agassiz, and Lyman of Harvard; Sumner, Eaton, Packard, Van Name, Dexter, Thacher, Woolsey, and Robinson of Yale; Harkness of Brown, and others in all the colleges from Maine to Cali fornia. It is not an exaggeration to say that for every Delta Psi who has become widely known in any walk of life a score of Psi U. men of equal or greater distinction can be named. Our Zeta (Dartmouth) Chapter, with only one-fourth as many members, has more Governors of States, more Representa tives in Congress, more Judges of Supreme Courts, more college Presidents and Professors, more lawyers and doctors of eminence, more authors of wide repute, than are to be found in the entire roll of Delta Psi. This extraordinary difference between the two orders�a difference so striking that it appears as soon as one opens the 206 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. catalogues�must be ascribed to one or other of the following causes: I. The colleges selected and held by Psi U. are more productive of great men than the Delta Psi institutions. 2. Psi Upsilon pays more attention to ability and to force of character than does its rival. 3. Psi Upsilon has been more successful than Delta Psi in drawing into its ranks men of mental power. 4. Psi Upsilon has done more to develop its members. Probably all of these grounds have concurred in bringing about the result noted. Delta Psi is supposed to select its men looking chiefly to their social qualities; Psi Upsilon in its most successful times and chapters has held and holds that from the contact of mind with mind, from the close intercourse of gifted intellects, better results are gained, and stronger friendships formed, than are gained or formed from the asso ciation of mere "good fellows", of students who have no distinctive traits, of the "popular men" who are popular because they seek nothing that others desire. Whether this is or is not the explanation, it is certainly a fact that Delta Psi during half a century has produced not one great name. A very careful examination shows that less than half�to be accurate, forty-six per cent�of the Delta Psi men out of college have academic degrees. This proportion is smaller than that which obtains in other Eastern Greek-letter societies, and is far smaller than in Psi Upsilon, which has graduated eighty-one per cent of its men. The writer has met two or three members of Psi Upsilon who, knowing little of coUege societies, and thinking only of what Delta Psi has accomplished at Columbia, accord to that fraternity a place far higher than the facts warrant, and who would even recommend the adoption by Psi Upsilon of the methods of its rival. But the truth is that except in Columbia College Delta Psi has not been able to withstand for long the ancient repute, the stronger college-roll, the wiser policy, and better work of Psi Upsilon. In Columbia College Delta Psi undoubtedly has secured of social points advantage that are very valuable. With rep- OTHER SOCIETIES. 207 resentatives on its roll of such families as the Hamiltons, the Edsons, the Wilsons, the Pierreponts, the Roosevelts, the Morgans, the Satterlees, the Howlands, the Fishes, the Wain- wrights, the Chanlers, the Webbs, the Motts, and others equally well known, the Alpha of Delta Psi stands unrivalled. How this advantage was secured is an interesting story, too long to be told here. Suffice it to say that it was not reached until years had passed, and that it was not gained by the siHy policy of limiting the membership, for ten years or more men have been admitted every year. At New York and Brown Psi Upsilon was so firmly entrenched that Delta Psi never got fairly started. At Roch ester Psi Upsilon, after thirty-seven years of conflict, com pletely vanquished the T-cross men, so that the society withdrew its chapter. In Trinity Delta Psi waxed strong when there were no inter-collegiate orders to fight, but it never surpassed the local Beta Beta, and now, after sixteen years of life as a Psi U. branch. Beta Beta leads. In Pennsyl vania forty-two years of experience do not enable Delta Psi to get the better of our five-year old Tau. So we see that in the colleges where the two socie ties have met the advantage is with Psi Upsilon, As for the institutions where one is to be found in the absence of the other, it is hardly open to dispute that Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Michigan,' Wisconsin, and Yale (Academic), are as a group superior to Williams, Yale (Scientific), Massachusetts Institute, Virginia, and Mississippi. A revised catalogue of the 4,000 members of Phi Delta Phi, the law school fraternity, will be issued soon. A request that each member send the necessary data concerning himself to George A. Katzenburger, Greenville, Darke Co., Ohio, had been widely published. Phi Kappa Psi instituted a new branch at Dartmouth, January 24, absorbing the local "Beta Psi", which was founded last autumn by seven neutral Juniors, and which the 208 THE PSI UPSILON REVIEW. magazine of Phi Kappa Psi calls "This society of picked men". The men were "picked"�by themselves from those whom eight fraternities had found not available. When the young men who edit The Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly contrast favorably the acquisition by D. K. E, of the Phi Delta Theta branch in Minnesota, with the conduct of Psi Upsilon in Wisconsin, they play with fire. The Minnesota Phi Delts resigned October i, 1889, One of them had written, June 18, 1889, "The Delta Kappa Epsilon scheme is working. Juddie [Prof. Judson, D. K. E.] and Mac [Prof. McLean, D. K, E,] are simply red-hot." Pending action by the Phi Delt authorities upon the resignations, a petition was presented to the D. K. E. Convention, October 15, 1889, and was granted, the chapter being installed Decem ber 1 1, 1889. The resignations of the Wisconsin Phi were made and legally accepted March 13, 1893. They had not been seduced from their allegiance by Psi U, men. They asked to be admitted, and were told that their petition could not be con sidered while they belonged to Phi Kappa Psi. They were not admitted until three years and fourteen days after they had formed a local society. By that time most of them had left college, and their places in the undergraduate ranks had been filled with new students. One is astonished at the temerity of the D, K, E, magazine. Sl/nONS BRO. & CO, Factory and Salesroom: 6i6 Chestnut Street, and 6ii & 613 Sansom Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAKERS. BADGES, CLASS JMBLEMS, AND PRIZES. A FEW SUGGESTIONS IN FRATERNITY NOVELTIES Badges, Canes, Lapel Buttons, Scarf Pins, Sleeve Buttons, Rings, Charms, Lockets, Eob Chains. Souvenir Book Marks, Souvenir Spoons, Souvenir Court Plaster Cases, Moustache Souvenir Combs, , Souvenir Match Boxes, 1 Souvenir Stamp Boxes, Souvenir Scent Boxes. Also a full line of� '1 Diamonds, Jewelry, I f i Silverware, Watches. ^ F. E. WOOD, ^ 95 and 97 Shelby Street, Designer and Engraver Class and Society of Posters, Seals, and Coats of Arms. FINE STEEL PLATE AND PROCESS ENGRAVING. I F^^ateroity Stationery a specialty. T�B PRflTERNITY AND CHflPTER ARMS PRINTED IN THEIR ^I PROPER TINCTURES. "U li .-^ ,�: .t' *t \^ MAKERS OP THB HIGHiST GRADE Psi Upsilon Badges Grand Circus park. AND NOVELTIES. ..T..LI.H.D DETROIT. MICH. and on 18S4.. Prices Samples sent Application -^