1962 Summer Vol 85 No 4

Vol. LXXXV Summer, 1962 No. 4 *" > *� ^rM^% THE RAINBOW OF DELTA TAU DELTA Vol. LXXXV Summer, 1962 No. 4 Contents Recommendation Time 177 Defection and Expansion , , , The Fratemity Emerges�F. Darrell Moore 179 Arch Chapter Meets in Atlanta�Doug Frisbie and Sam Matheny . 189 Communism�The Incredible Swindle�/o/iu Edgar Hoover 190 Founders Day Across the Nation 195 Some Reflections on the Beta Chapter Centennial�Ret: . Ralpli W. Parks . 198 Francis F. Patton, 1887-1962-F. Darrell Moore 200 Alumni in the News 201 Loyally Fund Life Members 203 The Delt Initiates 206 The Chapter Eternal 211 The Directory 214 COVER: For the fourth of our new cover series featuring color pictures, we have visited the Western Division, This strildngly handsome house is the Shelter for Beta Kappa Chapter, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, and college interests. The official organ of manuscripts, subscriptions and death notices Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Subscription for publication should be sent to the Central rate, $3.00 per year. Office of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, 3242 All chapter reports, alumni notes, alumni N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis 8, Indiana, Edwin H. Hughes, III, Editor, 3242 N, Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. Second-class postage paid at Fulton, Missouri. Published at 1201-05 Bluff Street, Fulton, Mo., and issued four times during the year. RECOMMENDATION TIME It's that time once again. Delta Tau Delta'.'; success depends upon its new members. It must continue to initiate men who measure np in character and abihty to the high standards of the Fraternity. We again ask for vour co-operation in contributing to the future strength of Delta Tau Delta. Fill in the recommendation blank below and send it at once to the Central Office, Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, 3242 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis 8, Indiana, Date From Chapter Year Address 1 recomiTiend for consideration the following young men: Name Address Graduate of (High School) Scholarship rating Expects to enter (College) Date , , , Activity interests . Finances Remarks Name Address Graduate of ( High School ) Scholarship rating Expects to enter (College) Date . Activity interests . Finances Remarks Name Address Graduate of (High School) Scholarship rating Expects to enter (College) Date , , . Activity interests . Finances Remarks , 178 The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta for Summer, 1962 Name Address Graduate of (High School) Scholarship rating Expects to enter (College) Date , . Activity interests Finances Remarks Name Address Graduate of (High School ) Scholarship rating Expects to enter (College) Date . , . Activity interests Finances Remarks Name Address Graduate of (High School) Scholarship rating E.xpects to enter (College) Date , . , Activity interests Finances Remarks Name Address Graduate of ( High School ) Scholarship rating to enter Expects ( College ) Date . Activity interests Finances Remarks Name Address Graduate of (High School) Scholarship rating to enter Expects ( College ) Date . Activity interests Finances Remarks Defection and Expansion The Fraternity Emerges By F. Darrell Moore, Ohio, '16 The sordid stobv of the defection of almost all of the members of the Del aware Alpha, as the first cbiipter of Delta Tau Delta at Ohio Wesleyan is usually referred to, is the most spec tacular phase of that chapter's history. Desertions to another fratermty, or the lifting of vvhole chapters, was not uncommon among Iraternities, In the 1898 edition ot Baird's Manual of CoUcge Fraternit ie,i more than a lew were listed. Beta Theta Pi lo.st its chapters at Brown and Williams to Alpha Delta Phi; its Michigan chap ter to Psi its Western Re Up.siloii; oliio Wesleyan campus view, around 1870, ir:chided, left to right: Elliott Hall, the to Delta serve Chapter Kappa Epsilon, original campus building which is still in use today; Thomas Chapel, torn dou:n in Psi Upsilon lifted chapters of Phi the late lS90's; and Sturges Hall, noic completely remodeled lo house the Home Gamma Delta and Phi Kappa Psi, The Economics department. Phi Gamma Delta Chapter at Wil liams deserted to Zeta Psi, and tiieir Members of the Delaware Alpha who mentioned all joined Beta Theta Pi Stanford chapter went local in 1898, were alumni maintained their loyal and some have become prominent in At Minnesota. Delta Kappa Epsilon lies; one was largely responsible for her general work. Mr, Baird is now a the of Phi Delta pirated ehapter the re-establishment of the chapter as Beta, and at almost any convention Theta. After our ov\-n Conventions the Mu a few years later. The defec he is liable to meet witli these men withdrew the charters at Adrian Col tion was not a handicap to the second whom he has branded as embezzlers and Mount Union College, mem lege chapter, and perpetrators ot thelt, lie says bers tbe joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon; that Delta Tau Delta was well rid Lombard went into Nu Bmud's Con'demns Defectobs ehapter Sigma of such members; but what of Beta after its charter was lost, Desertiuns "One cannot characterize in too Theta Pi which took them with such from Delta Tau Delta also oeeurred a as was wit terms the the was demonstrative embrace at Wabash and Lehigh, and belong strong way chapter dissolved," Baird is in the nessed in November of 1874 at Ohio to a later chapter in our history. quoted volume 1881-82, "Cer Wesleyan? It was done with a 'flour If a pattern seem.s to appear in the Crescent, five. ish of and for seA-eral \ears list of desertions, it is that of younger, tain of its members united together, trumpets' the foremost men in Beta Theta Pi's middle western, fraternities losing sold out the property of the Frater were the embezzlers chapters to older, wealthier, eastern nitv' in their possession, and a num ehapter alleged sectional fraternities. ber of them joined another fraternity. and perpetrators of theft. This is a Such an act has never happened be hard saving of Mr, Baird's and the Ohio Wesleyax Chosen .is fore or since in the annals ot college brethren ought to persuade him to Alpua in- 1869 fraternities. Deserters have been com vv-ithdravv his words in his nevv edi The high regard in wliich the Omi mon enough, but have never, except tion, ev-en though the reason for their wididrawal vvould verv- cron at Ohio Wesleyan was held in in this case, been accompanied by be transpar Delta Tau Delta is best evidenced by embezzlement and theft. Delta Tau ent. It will be interesting to see what " the overwhelming vote in it.s favor Delta was well rid of such members, he does," at the 1869 Convention when it was An editorial comment on the above Between the two editions of his from the Plii C^amma Delta designated as the Alpha, Omicron magazine Manual, Mr, Baird's fraternitv-. Alpha had developed local prestige as a was rcpi'inted in tlie Crescent: "This Sigma Chi, had combined with Beta chapter composed of fine fellows, ex tleri\'es its peculiar interest from tbe Theta Pi, The later edition com cellent students, and campus leaders. fact that the Delta Tau Deltas here pletely ignored the earlier comments. 179 180 The Rainbow of Delia Tau DeUa for Summer, 1962 Beta Mag.\zine Revtves Stohy IN 1896-97 Willis O, Robb, Ohio Wesleyan, 1879, who had entered the Theta of Beta Theta Pi Chapter there a year after our Alpha's desertion, revived the story in an article printed in the 1896-97 volume of that fratemity's magazine. The year before had been the most exciting, perhaps in the chapter's his tory, and had given it a unique rank and influence in college. For diuing the year '74-'75, with an active membership of 16�a very large number in those days� and with the leading position assured her in the college, Theta had astounded the Delaware world by taking in eight Delta Tau Deltas, almost the entire of the then membership presiding chap Chapters of Delta Tau Delta in 1869. Camma at W. 6- /,, Epsilon at Western Uni ter of the and one Phi Gam Fratemily, versity (Pittsburgh), and Delta at Allegheny were the three Pennsylvania chapters. ma to vi'hich collection a Phi Delta, Iota at Jamestown was the only one in New York. Alpha at Ohio Wesleyan and Beta Psi was soon added. Kappa at Ohio University were the Ohio chapters. Kappa at Hillsdale in Michigan and was not it would Lifting then, seem, Lambda (Lombard) and Zeta (Monmouth) were the ones in Illinois. frowned upon as now in the fratemity world, but the coup hy which the Betas then seized of practically every place particularly interested, and wrote to forming themselves into fratemities, and prominence and honor in the college fhig the Rev, B. F. Dimmick, who had upon high moral lone they determined practically drove the other fratemities been from the after long discussion running through and the barbs Riots men graduated university crazy. resulted, that would disband. Not a in before tlie raid. In a weeks, they went and the was in 1874, just armed, feeling hint was given that the promoters were tense. letter dated January 12, 1897, the going into another fratemity. The last The causes that had been operating latter wrote: session of our Fratemity was thought to to alienate the Delta Tau Delta Chap be as it was on the I am that member of very spiritual, put ter from its Fratemity were never fully surprised any Beta would revive the which basis of self-assumed sacrifice for the set forth until years afterward, and I occurrence, shadows some of their men. It good of the whole student body. The fancy opinions may j'et differ as to its leading was and the strong denying themselves for the sake conduct in throwing up its charter and fraternally unprincipled of tlie weak.

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