, 1880-02-11

Ac1.tn.
ypteiol Dt,pateh to 1nt tateapa Tribune.
ANN Au1,ot., AticlI., Feb. 10.-Tile fI1iircr-
siiD Palladium for tBs0, the publication, of
which has been Iong t'elny,a1. will mike lis
appearance next wrrk, It il rnw positively
announced. Tic Palladium IL the annual
publication Of tho collrKu secret societies,
a3Id til tts cuntc,,ts is similar 10 the p,IbIica-
tt'ns which collegc-fraternitErs In NIL the
lending universities .lsbW srlt,lGnlly ISal1r.
THE T1lflsuSE correspondent wis permitted
10 examine tle atlvnl,cr-Altcris, from whicl,
soma Information flas been extracted. The
Palladium has bcen enlarged tl,ls ,'car to
jC0 pagrs, nftt several l1cW a1lla Interesting
frntNrus l,nvn been added. Among tliu hitter,
tile most Important Is u htstory of college
secret societies, comprising some general r.-
marks UPON their origin mud growth: fol-
lowrtt by condensed history nf each fruter-
ntty represented Mt present IN Michigan
University.
1'hi-Beta-Kappa. established at william
md S[ary College IN IT'D, WIS the first eullcgc
secret society In the United States, but hus
snco lreoiltc MI open society. From the
foundation Of tho kanpa-Alpl.a, Mt Union
College, III 1927, tie collcge-fratcrnlty system
has steadily grown, alld has now become Il
lending aitl important peculiarly Of Alneri-
cun cDlltges,-tho somewhat sFnlilnr but
widely different institutions In Gcrnlun uni
yu,slties alone furnishing anything like ii
counterpart. Within 4 comparatively few
yenrs tho Slg1,la-l'hl, Dclta-l'hi, Alplnl-
Delta-rlll, Psl-Upsiln1l, Clli-Ps1, Delta-KapIN-
Epsilon, and Zeta-Tst were founded, aMd
branches established in different colleges
The movement spread tO Western colleges.
Kappa-1'sl lsavo their origin.
Tie extent al,d rapts!ity of the growtl, Of
| rnllcge-soctettcs Inns been the more surpris-
llavn very oftun met frn,n college -Facnlties.
They cnrGll II membership tGalNy Of nyer y,
| Un l,ersOls,. Including Il lnrge number Of
cDllcgi- Presidents, prominent educators, A1ltl
men eminent tn !ett1rs, politics, Selelce the
| nlngy, III the professions, alld Iii bnstress,-
III fnct, ~ every walk Ut lif..
Thp history of these societies here Is inter
csing, from the determined effort which, wna
inada to exturinlnnte thein. The Faculty he
g,t. = !tlossnlent ngalnst them n 1916 MD In
| dents entering the College not 10 join any Of
the fraternlttcs, s,-cxpccting thus to starye
them out existence. Tilu soc!etics sti !nitt-
atc' , ,1,cMrs; a,!tl tlls Faet!ly n'I, nak!ns
were afterwards relnstntesl upon tic pronisG
0f the fratcrnitIes TINT they would intiutr
10 ntnrc students. But still thu societies
iourssllett. :, In 1870 twenty-five members
wns attracted to tho subject, a,ltl the Regents
mil Legislature tDUlt tho nluttcr up aiil liz
yestlgatM1. rlle students brought their case
to IL successful Termination. auIl III 1882 a!l
Tiio sorIety. War, nj Il Whs then ami lbs
slce beou kll0W,,, left two Important re-
suits: II nIn,lc thu election nf 1irgents pop
llur ntle, anM WIS indirectly tho cAuse OF the
AnIltion * tlie close supervision Of tho Fac'
Anotlier 'leyy fentlire Of tho PGl1ntll,,1n Ia
4 list Of tho l!ternry. works Of tho present
Professors Of the University. The list ctnli.
YrIses a!,aat II huMlyes! different works, and
thu Faculty ,ln.l lime aid lncIlaatioli for tho
perforilln!,ce If 4 largo s1it0i!t Of literary
work. Tile. list Of authors includes tie
lM,ne9s Ut Judges cooiGy md Campbell. of
tl!o Law Department; Drs, Ford, PulnHr,
pepartmeIt of Medicine alld Surgery; 1'rpfs.
Muses. Colt TYLER, Alexander Wincllcll,
Henry s. Frleze, Edward Olney, GeOrRe s.
f!a"tn1 fM!nrtF's eh"rles A Il A"as III lST{1H W,{l,n +
I''uyne, Of Tho 1.itcrary. Department; Prof.
Albert Il. Prescott, Of tho Scl,nn! Of Pl,nr:
lnHcy;. Dr. J0l,nthnn Taft, -nf tho Dental
Scll0n1; anti Or. Edward Z. Franklin. of the
homeopathic Department.
II 'soyotctl to gelxral Information pertaining!
tO rpflcgu-Stulrl@ nlld their ORGANIZATIONS
a,,a there nro Tho nsNni Illustrations 0f lent
ing, events during the yenr. The pnst-otsict
disturbance Ut n few luDNths aen will be r.
called by rcat!ers Ut 'rnE TRIBUNE; md thu
ncion OF the May0r In ringing thu Ilre-bpll tt
call out tho militia furnished subject which
the editors iayG nude tile most Of, ut tho 0x
pensc,, however. OF tho eity's Executive ant
IT. other officers. The w.rk Of tic artist.
uiIl ellgrnyerS IL in the main good, and ns 4
whule, tlle publication, compares fay0rnblj
With the best OF lis predecessors.
The editors Of tho Palladium this yen,
Nro: Chi-lsl ". ". Human, Ut Dowaglnc
Aiielh.; Alplla-Delta Frank i. Kecd. o1
Ann. ArLNlr. Alic!t; Ju!ta- -kappn-E Epsilon
Cllarles II. CAmphell, Of Delrolt, ,Alieh.: Teta
IsE, Charles s. Mitchell, of st. C(n,tu MINI.
SsgMn-Phl. Il. II. McSllnIy, Ut Mills. Mich.
psl.Upsll0i,. Clu,rlcs e. Whltncrc, Of Cl!iea
20, m; pli-pelta-I'h!, A. J. llal,coek, ot
Saginaw, Mich; 1}etI.'r 'rlie.a-Pl, Don a.
t.nrwu0a, Df CnSsnlMIlS, Aflnlt; Pht-knppn
Isi, Hubert N. Pelham, If Plymouth, Mich.
SiKlm-ClIi, Mortimer U. Miller, OF Plttsbarg
PHI.
The different societies have n nlclnl,crsli!
IN tllalrcl,apsers here, artla total membership
III all cEapters, III follows:
Ilrtr. Intal
| 81.