FORMAL PETITION International Fraternity of Delta Signia Pi FKCIM Deltasig Club Washington University School of Business and Public Administration < > * ^ i'O THS EOTEiiKAy: liONAIi KUl'JiiKXLT OF I/EUTA bKjiiA PI� We, tha uoders igned members of the Ijeltasig Club, a professional oocmercial organization In tha IVashinfjton University School of BusinesB and Piiblio Jidminis tration, do hereby respect fuliy present to the chapters and officers of lielta Ei^aa Pi, this petition that we be granted a charter as a chapter of I�elta Si^na Pi. We hereby ei5>reE� our willingness to abide by all laws, rules, and regulations of the International Fraternity of iJelta Si^na Pi now in effect or v/hioh shall hereafter be enacted. 7 .j::^ K }y{.^JJL ItX i-^H^. �t > � � � * f^iiPOSB OF l^KliL'AJJKJ OWB Through the development of the spirit of brotherbhood, loyalty, and cooperation among the members to encourage scholarship; to promote a keener interest in the activities of the bixs iness world; to promote a closer affiliation between the business world and students of business, thereby opening to the students of business greater opportimity for close study and research into business problems; and thus help to bring about a higher standard of ethics in the coninercia.1, cultural, and civic institutions* H I a T 0 a Y of THE LEIITASia GLDB ^ Ui UI 01 J IP Ui ill ^ ^ c o o i2 �< > T H I � SLVO H y Of DSLTAiSIG GLUB -oOo- Cue to the extensive growth and development of V/ashington University, and to the increasing prominence of the School of Business and Piiblio Administration, it became apparent to a number of students that the one national commercial fraternity chapter then at the school was not an adequate representation of the school, and that there were anple opportunities for the establishment of another national ooEmeroial fraternity. One factor viihich strongly influenced the belief that such opportunity existed is the location of Washington University. Being located in a city of very high oonmeroial significance, the school has for its use the fac ilities and equipment of St. Louis which serve as excellent laboratories. With an orgEinized group of students, such facilities may be closely studied and examined, thereby giving to the group a better and a more practical insight into coianerce and industry. With these points in mind, a niimber of active students, interested in a iUrtherance of coinnercial study, joined together and effected a local conmeroe club organi zation. The next step was the determination of the national comnerce fraternity to be petitioned, but it took little investigation to realize that the International Fraternity of Delta Ei^na Pi was, in all respects, the best suited for such a group as ours. It was resolved therefore to petition Delta Si3�a Pi Fraternity, our next step being, then, to get in touch with that organisation. Imnediately i^on our decision to petition Lelta Stgna Pi, contact was established with the St. Louis Alumni Glub of this fraternity. Several meetings were held, there after, at which Mr. R. I>. II. Bauer, president of the Alumni Club, llr. L. J. Haupt, secretary of the Alumni Club, and several Alumni Club members were present to offer assistance and instruction in petitioning Delta Sigpia Pi. Through the efforts of Jlr. Bauer and Mr. Haupt, who corresponded with Mr, H. G. W'ri�^t, national secretary, at the Central Office in Chicago, -we were supplied with petitioning instructions and v;ith otirrent numbers of the Deltasig, the official organ of the fraternity. With these aids, and with much helpiu.1 advice from �s > the Aliaani Club our group was or^aiized into the Deltasig Glub, formed according to Delta �i�?aa Pi regulations. A constitution was drawn up and officers elected. The officers followt Pres ident . The odore W . .iiedel Vice-President ........ Gene A. Anderv<ert Secretary Earl J. Wipfler Treasurer Peter V/. Herzog Ife et ings were held at intervals dtiring the Eunmer vacation and shortly after the opening of the Fall term, the Deltasig Club renewed its energies in obtaining new members of hif;hest qualities. Officers for the coming school year were elected to succeed those elected during the previous school year. They are as follows f President John C. 'F&c.%ou Vioe-Preaid&nt *> Ti.eo. Itiedel Secret arj' Earl Wip fler Treasurer . Arnold J. iiinrieman Sargeant -at -Arms John H. xiadford The qualifications for membership are based on Echolar-" ship and leadership. An average grade of eighty per cent is re quired with only those students having oomf)leted tv/o years of college work being eligible for membership, xiegular meetings are held every two Vi/eeks at which time plans for future develop- K J� f � ment and expansion as well as current topics, are disciissed. Tv/O or our members were guests at th� Founder's Day Banquet of the St, Louis Alumni Olub of Delta Sigma Pi on ITovernber 7th, where they learned much of the history and progress of the fraternity and where opportunity was present ed of disctissing our plans with several of the alumni members. In accordance with the regulations of Delta Si^aa Pi, Dean Isidor Loeb of the School of Business and Public Administration was notified of the steps taken in forming the Deltasig Club and was asked for a letter approving the petition to Delta Ei^na Pi. After a caref^il consideration of the Deltasig Club, Dean Loeb presented the letter of approval which has been incorporated into the petition. ^' .H_I ST 0 H Y Of WASHINGTOKr UNIVERSITY I ^ WASHlNQJon 0 UNivEiRsiTy Hall Ki �/' * � � V ^r'sp N i >'fi'n RIDGELY LIBRARY- WesfGide AIAIN QUADRANGLE *. a �HISTORY Of WASHINGTON UWIVEi^IlY -oOo- %ishington University has been a part of the life of St, Louis for nearly three-quarters of a century. It was established, organized, and si^ported through the gifts of publlo spirited men and women, vdio found pleasure in contri buting to education as the most useful public philanthropy. The only help It has ever received from the State is an ex� enj^tion from taxation of Its property, axid that has amounted to less than one-tenth of the expense of educating eaoh student. During the last sixty-four years I2tl30 students h?-ve been graduated in its different Schools, and during its existence approximately lH6,000 students iiave received some instaruotion within its walls. It has added to the literary, cultural, business, professional, and industrial life of the community and is today, with its thirteen Schools and Depart ments, each placed in the first rank by evej-y official and educational rating agency in the United States, with its four� �. �? � � m r hundred and thirty enable teachers and Its seven thousand students, entitled to be regarded as the most important enterprise in St, Louis, In 1853 V/ayman Crov/, St, Louis merchant and State Senator from his district, secured a charter for a seminary of learning to be called "Eliot Seminary" in honor of Dr. William C. Eliot, pastor of the Church of the Messiah in St. Louis and oolleague of Senator Crow in his educational enter prise, A corporation of seventeen men was founded for the purpose Of organizing the school, and its first full meeting took on place February 22, 1854, one year after the signing Of the charter. Assuming greater responsibilities than even the eager Senator Crow had cut out for them, the men decided that "seminary" was too small a word for the thing- they had in mind and changed it to "institute". At Dr. Eliot's surest ion they removed the name "Eliot" as too sectarian and personal and substituted the name "Washington" because the corporation meeting happened to take place on V/ashingtoaa's Birthday. Dr. Sliot had done a great deal of work in build ing up Missouri's educational system. He had founded the public sohool system of St, Louis and was a curator of the State University. He realized that the men were taking a * � *. � * -r large assignment when they opened the O'J^llon Polytechnic Institute, an evening school for artisans employed during the day. Durinfj the following years as the full signifi cance of the thing they v/ere doing was impresDed on them, the members of the corporation began to hope for a univer sity. They had a growing school v/ith a limitless charter in the largest and most influential city in the Mississippi Valley. Was it not the very thing to do, - to establish in this central place a. University which should nourish the higher culture of the future empire? They knew of the long line of annual deficits tiiat lay before them, v^-hich would hs.ve to be refunded from their own pockets, and of the need for heavy endovaJtents. They did not attempt to minimize the hardships of such an undertaking, but they said "Should not the foundation be riE,de to hold a more embracing edifice than a mere preparatory school**? Accordingly, in 1857, v/hen the non-Eeotarian pro vision T^s put in the charter the State Legislature chartered "Ifeshington University" instead of "Eliot Seminary", One year later the College was opened with full curriculum under the direction of Chancellor Joseph G, Hoyt. It was none too early for the University to get its ' *. � . , �� footing, for the outbreak of the Civil War followed close alter the Inauguration ceremony. Every year counted under the leadership of Dr. Eliot, however, and in 1860 his report showed that the College had ^^Inod prestige, being highly re garded by the citizens.