New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-02
urs1EYAN,S FRATERNITIES.
THREE FoUETHs OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED
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! NisdIotoun Conn., Jan. 31.-The system OF col
, fr,ternities is found In its fullest deveiopmeht
in tho comparatively smaller colleges since III .ieSe
alone has it risen 20 the dignity Oh peh's '''' ~
f+or in the college life and there are few If any
college communities in which II can De Viewer W pe'c'
adant,ce than at Wesleyan University Five Of the
leading college fraternitieS are representa- Hero H
firmly established and thoroughly prosperous chapters
These fraterntcs are the Alpha Delta Phi Psi upslon
DcIta Kama Epsilon Eeta Theta ri and Chi Psi Be
edc those there is the Eclectic, or Pm MI lhcta,
local fraternity that easily holds equal RANK WIN tho
,trs in local influence and in the character of It's
membership The prosperity OF these sooieucs u'iS
bo seen in the fact that each Of them occupies emp
fer house, or lodge. that IS. except In one case the
absolute property Of the chapter. Here Is afforded 10
the twenty-five or thirty young men. who are generally
so chosen as 10 insure the highest congenay, as g"o
substitute for the home life could we'll be iouhd III
a college community.
Tho first OF these societies be established here was
the local fraternity Phi Nu Theta. better known a.
Eclectic from the Greek word on It's badge. II was
founded in 1877 and has had a Of uninterrupted
nrosperity Although local society. 1t has proved
worthy rival the general frat@rniflcs, ana easily
stands with the first, H. i.ecd, 1t be not inc nrst III
polnt OF scholarship II has beautiful Sl'oOo clnb
bouse in College Place. Among It's alumni II num-
hers Bishop Foss OF the Methodist Episcopal Chnroh
the Rev. Or. j. VI. BuckHH. ruIpI ~ ~" ~'''''''
Advocate Professors ". O. Atwatcr ana william
North Rice of the Wesleyan faculty; the Hon. Daniel
Dorchester and the Hon. George &. Reynolds
Next in order Of establishment IS the vi Chapter
Of Psi Upsllon, founded IN 1913 and therefore the
Oldest representative here of the intercollegiate IRA
tornities II has OutT0wn its present clubhouse IN
Broad ST. and is raising a fund for the erection OF
a new one for which IL has already secured site on
the corner of College and This house when
completed will probably place the chapter hrst In
point of eligible location and equipment. Inc
fraternity at large has high standard, ana CLAIMS III
its membership such men senator HaWley, william
Walter Phelps Chauncey VI. Depcw. Bishop Mallalicu,
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Charles Dudley
Warner Judge Toirgee, Professors c. T. Winchester
and j. c. Van Benschoten, Of Wesleyan, and Orange
Judd, the donor 10 the college OF the Orange Judd
Hall Of sciences.
The Alpha Alpha Chapter OF the Chi Psi fraternity
was established in 1e44. II occupies house sur
rounded By a beautiful lawn aud arbOrs little 10
the west of the college campus. For a number Of
years the chapter has been considered rather weak a.
compared with the other societies but IL showed signs
Of renewed yisOr in its quinquennia exercises last
June. and the members striving hard 10 regain
the old time influence and standing. Tho frathuity
in general Is quite strong, having As alumni Chief
Justice Fuller, OF the United states supreme Court;
speaker Thomas L. Reed Eldridge r. Gerry and
William Astor Of New-York and the Rev. Dr. Charles
5. Robinson.
The Middlctovn Chapter Of Alpha Delta Phi
established in 1886. II occupies handsome S20,cOO
chapter house the Of Cross and High Sts.
interior Of the house Is finished IN hard wood and
richly furnished throughout. Tic fraternity IS gen
orally cIassed with Isl u and d. h h. a. Que
OF the three leading college lTdtcfnltcs. II Is dis
tinctvely literary fraternity, numbering among lis
alumni the Rev. Edward Everett Hale Donald &.
Mitchell, James Russell Lowell Charles Francis Adams,
IT,, Moses cot i!icl Gcui.c william tugtls. bIanDp
Coke, Of the Episcopal Church; Presidents Eliot Of
Harvard, Dwignl OF Yale. and Gales of Amherst,
DR.. Storrs, OF brooklyn; Phillips Brooks Joseph II.
ChOnte, and United states senators Pugh Allison and
squire.
established IN loG1 and belongs TO thc largest Of the
college fracrnitles. The local chapter occupies
! councillors house well located on High st., near
College Among the Representative members of
tins fraternity are senators calvin D. Broe and
Matthew G. Butler, Henry Cabot Lodge, General
stewart l. WoOdford, Whitelaw Reid. Robert I.
Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt
Aiu Epsilon Chapter o Bcta meta III has only becn
in existence for about year. but bids ilr 10 become
nrmly established 1t rents honSc IN College t..
chapter house. The fraternity i very large one.
especially IN the number Of Ito chapters being repre-
sentei AT sixty colleges. Among rs DISTINGUISHED
alumni numbers senators voorhees, and QUAY. Con
gresham Springer Governor beaver. Of Pcnnsy lvana
Bishop Joyce Of The Methodist Episcopal Church. aud
Chancellor sins, Of syracuse University.
The ladies ~ the college organized IN lr-3 chapter
u the Kappa Alpha Theta. but the enterprise did not
prosper and ii was suspended two ycaTs later.
bcside these iui"TCdr- IT. iTriitlr- each has
one more year societies that hold NJ weekly or
weekly niecinr5. ana have occasional banquets rang
ing IN dignity and IN variety Of menu from the pea
nut buns" Of kai CAT" the freshman society /,
commo2y known to the more or loss elaborate
spreads Of the senior societies These class
cetlcs the Mystical scVcu and the SAUL and
serpent for the seniors. the Corpse and Colin in the
junior class Zca Phi and Theta IN Epsilon rival
at fourteen colleges and Kappa nIammai the freshman
society.