The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-07-06
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Delta UpsiIon Fraternity.
MEETING OF THE THIRTY -FIFTu ANNUAL
CONVENTION AT HAMILTON n. Y,
--ANNIvERsARY EXERCISES,

HAMILTON, y. Y, June 10, 1869
Thirty-fve years ago band of Chris,
tian students in Williams College met to-
geiher in private room, land with honest,
manly purpose and earnest manly hearts,
banded themselves together in a society
whose declared purpose was to combat the
evil influence OF the then existing College
Secret Societies. They believed thlt these
evil inhuences-which led men to neglect
Of duty, to dissipation, and often to wreck,
and ruin--could only be met by action
combined with principle. They were
confident that these objects, if attained at
all, must be attained by An organization
whose purposes were open as the day,
whose character WAS above ieproach,
whose principles We're founded on truth,
and whose members strove to live and
act in the fear of God. They accordingly
made their organization anti-secret, chrls-
tened it with prayer, and went about the
work OF doing good to themselves and
those about them. Among these men
were the Rev. DR.. Lyman, the Rev. DR..
Hall. the Rev, Drs. Edward and solomon
Clark, and Hon E. Monroe Wright, of
Massachusetts,, and the Hon S j. Field,
Judge of the Supreme Court of the Units
ed States. In the face of opposition, slam
der and violence they stood firm Tho
strong men of the college gathered about
them, similar organizations were effected
at Union, Amherst, and Hamilton, they
united in council, they remained true to
their principles, and the new fraternity
hooted at Union, threatened at Amherst,
mobbed at Hamilton, and hated by lovers
of secrecy Tor that which secrecy in col-
lege signifies) everywhere became a
power.
To-day the Fraternity numbers over
two thousand members, the representatives
of sixteen collages, and points with pride
TO men in its ranks like these mentioned,
like Albert Barnes, Gen. Garfield, Gov.
Blair, of Michigan, DR.. Norlhrop, of Chi
cago University, DIR. Welch, of Union
College, and DIR. Nelson, OF Lane Semi
nary.
Thus much OF the Fraternity whose
Convention has just closed its session
with the Madison University Chapter,
at this place, by way of preface to what
we shall say of the Convention.
The Convention met in the large and
handsome hall of the chapter, on Wednes-
day morning, Robert C. Haskins, of New
York city, Vice-President Of the Frater-
nifty, in the chair. Delegates presented
credentials. the roll was called, and re.
sponse made by representatives of eleven
chapters Reports from these chapters,
represented them as being all of then il
a prosperous condition, united and earn
est in their adherence to the avowed prin-
ciples of the organization. That there
might be no mistake regarding these prln
ciples, they were reaflirmed by the voic'
of the Convention, substantially as follows
We are banded together for the accom-
plishment OF good. Our strength is derived
from our principles, which embrace tn,
upholding Of each other in the performance
Of that which is honorable and right, il
the discountenacing Of immortality, intem
perance, and all that is wrong. From
these principles, the Fraternity must neve
swerve, and if members fail to live in nc
cordance with them, they must be expell
ed from our number,
These are brief statement Of the un
changing principles of the Fraternity an
its purpose in reference to carrying then
out.
Tho afternoon and evening session Q
the first day were occupied in the trans
action Of miscellaneous business and tn
nominatioP of officers for the ensuing yeal
, II was resolved to publish collection {
the original songs and music in use in tn
different chapters, and COMMITTEES ws