Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-13
DELTA UPSIlON.
58th Annual Convention Now
in Session at Colby.
Large Attendance Of Delegates
Welcomed by President Whitman.
The Fraternity TO be incorporated tieenon
ci Officers to be Held Today.


W.rsnvtlLG. Oct. l2.--( Special. The
,-,h annual convention Of the Delta p
.ilon fraternity convened in the city We'd
oe.Aay witt Colby chapter. Delegates
began to arrive Tuesday the first being T.
toreheck If Marietta, q. The morning
Pullman brought 90 il a special sleeper IN
o.. t,.,.t, MANY of th. western colleges were
represented.
The morning train from the West brought
mor,. delegate. and when the convention
moi ,i 10 O'Clock - delegates were on the
floor
TwYuty-t,s ont of - chapters were rep
resented by TWO delegates each. Soper
Han where the business. sessions were held
was ,ery ta-tiIs decorated Rich
yorticrs were at the entrances, anu
',,.,r rh,. central window while at the side
window. we're lace curtains looped back
xith goh and blue ribbon. Festoons OF
SONG rIrh material Of the same color were
arranged over the platform and along the
sall- In the center were the words Delta
psilon " reome" in gold letters on blue
grOund
ia addition to the chapters represented
tItree delegates were expected "Wednesday
eiebt from Adclbert and others from Mon
and 10 from Boston Institute OF
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brilliant manner stating that he was glad to
send back. to II Delta | psilon the president
Of Colby and an alumnus Of Brown, an ap-
probation of his most hearty welcome. He
commented upon the hearty welcome ac-
corded To the delegates and visitors by
Colby Chapter which was doing everything
for their entertainment AMI enjoyment.
He closed with an appropriate reference
10 the propitious nature of the weather and
the fraternity yell followed ID. L., Delta
L.. Delta | pslon" repeated three times.
The committee on credentials reported
two Delegates from each Of the following
colleges
Rutgers, MihIIeburv, New York Cornell.
~. Paw. Amherst Rochester, Mon. Colby
leheich Hamilton, Marietta. Boston Tech
nulogy, Harvard, Colgate. Syracuse. Tufts,
Brown. Williams Michigan.
The principal business of the mo: ming was
the discussion of the incorporation of the
fraternity +. D. Bagcn, New FORK 70, a
member of the executive counsel, suggested
that the fraternity be Incorporated, Dis
cussion, pro and con, followed and was ex-
tended aud interesting.
Among those who participated were
Bowen of MON Msihot of New York
Hutchinson Of Harvard, Learned of Brown
and others.
The chapter vote resulted - to 6 in favor
of incorporating the council. The dele
yates and visitor. are quartered at the Elm
ool and Bay View Hotels