Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-20
THE "DEKES."
Annual Convention of D. K. {.
Fraternity in Washington.
President Roosevelt and Other
Famous Alumni Participate.
Al 80 Chapters Represented Chapter Grant
ed at Leland Stanford.

nas, week in this city was the annual
convention of that famous toiitSe
PATERNITY, the Delta Kappa Epsilon
If was an important event because
orything that concerns two score OF
Americas $ leading educational institu-
,ions interests a great many people.
INA because President Roosevelt, Sec
,.t.rv Long. a score of senators and
CONSERVATIVES and many men promi-
rant in public life are members OF this
particular college fraternity, and
showed their loyalty 10 ii by recep-
IAN. to the delegates and by par
,i,inating in its proceedings and its
md banquet. The convention was
%,Id ~ the New willard ana lasted
three days.
na,ta Kappa Epsilon is universally
..,,,ri1ad as one Of the foremost Of
III Greek letter fraternitieS which
..,r,r;hute :, greatly 10 the pleasures
.nd benefits Of college life. 1t is one
=. Ia oldest. ana is numerically the
.,,onrrst Of them all. Ii was founded
VI, Vale in 1874. and is national in its
..baracter. with chapters from New
zealand IL tn. Pacific slope. from Min
r.s1ta 10 louisiana: indeed. inter
-,s,ional since two OF its younger chap
t.rs are al University Of Toronto ana
af.C;iU University. the great educa-
,ioual institutions of Canada. The
.ir>i national convention Of q college
fraternity was that If u. X. f.. and
,-as held in this city in l>31. The
,,rog4nt convention is the fourth which
A.. ~, u
lcg. rarlance. have held in Washing
ian The first state alumni association
.f any fraternity WAS that of u. N. f..
formed in Alabama in 1852. The fra
tarnitv heraldic system was developed
nv y. X. T.. and this fraternity ais"
constructed the first chapter houS" ana
founded the first fraternity magazine.
ID. * f.. is splendidly represented IA
Washington. Among its alumni Who
hold high place in public lif. are Piesi-
dent Roosevelt: Secretary John y.
I1tne: senator E,.yeridge Of Indiana:
senator Dubois of Idaho: Senat"r Glib
,pE of Montana. 1ud senator l-nds'' ~
Massachusetts,. In the lower House "f
congress. the following prominent
,lrinbrrs ar,. Dokcs. Alexander Of New
orr.: Eull nf Rhode Isiand: Chandler
ul New York. Foster Of Vermont: Hay
II T.lginia: H,dgr "f Iowa. Jones oi
Virginia: JOY of Missouri Knox "i
Massachusetts,; Metcalf If california;
Powers of Massachusetts,; Russell Of
Connecticut. Taylor Of phi" and
W:dSwerth uf New York Among III"
olh.r members "f the Washington
Aiurnni Association VII" are especially
in official circles aud WASH
iHgton life there may ~ mentioned
Gen. VI G. Iiutler. who VAS = member
" ,h,- chapter at South Carolina col
o.: Hon Hilary \. Herbert, cN-Src-
Iclary of th- May. University "f Ma
5a:ila: Hon. William T. Harris. CON-
missioner ~ Education. Yale. Hon
WAYNE MarNeagh. Yale; Hon. charles
Prouty. Interstate Commerce COM
missioner. Dartmouth; District -Attor-
,t-y Ashley NJ. Could. Amherst. and
.yer 10 ether alumni from All parts Of
thc land.
The president If the Washington
Alumni A>snciatiun is Grn. NJ. &. But
Ier Hon. &. \. Prouty and Hon.
Hcncrt W. T.yler ar.- Vice-p -prtSidrnts
Dr W. H. Hawkes. is secretary. and
Mn. William TWombley is treasurer
The committee in charge Of the ar
fangemcntS for the convention was as
follows: Mai Frederick G. Bryan,
chairman; Dr. W. II. Hawkes.. William
TW1mLley, cen. NJ. 4. Butler. Rev. X;
T.. Williams, Hon. q. a. Pr"uty, DR.
1. !. Woodnan. Mr.. ". v. Hit. Dr.
A. l.. Cooid@.. Nun Yrw chung. Mr..
!. X. Ohl. Alr. W. w. Rich, DR.. q. r.
lGlgworthy. Mr.. G. Il. Wales, Dr. J..
J. Baker. l.. IL. Machen. J. W. Young.
i.ea MrClun". J. q. Eaton, w. r.
Maxot. ". :. Er"ughtnn. and q. l..
lInr
Tno fraternity has 81 active chapters,
belng represented in the following in
>'itut.onS. Yale, EnWdnin, Colby, Am
horst. Vanderbilt. Alabama, MiSSis-
+ ipri BROWN North Carolina. Miami
F,nyon, Virginia. Dartmouth, Central
" kentucky. Middlebury, Michigan.
Williams. Lafayette. Hamilton. COL
@Jt., city rf New York, Rochester.
l;utS r.. pePauw Wesleyan. Rensse-
l-ag Polytechnic Western Reserve
cornell. Chicago. Syracuse, Columbia,
California, Trinity. Minnesota. Mass;t-
,hus"ttS Institute of Technology.
fulare. Toronto, Pennsylvania ANA
Nrill. All Of these chapters We're rep
resented by undergraduates and( with
the alumni present made oNer ="
Dekea present at this notable cohven-
tion.
Tho business sessions Of the cohVen-
ton Wee held behind closed doors and
inuch business of interest to the flater-
ni;y was transacted. The officers of
~ convention were as follows. all pun
drreraduate members: President How
ard :. Harrington. University Of Co
lumbia. New York; first Nice-Ercsl-
d"ll H. Caldwell Smith. University "f
michigan, second Vice-preSident. Ray
Inond W. Phelps, syracuse University;
secretaries. X. l. McKenney, University
't Minnesota. and Ralph \. kehlam.
University of Pennsylvania; sergehnt-
at-aIme Matthew G.. Brush, MaSsa-
chusetts Institute of Technology 1t
was voted to establish chapter at
Leland Stanford University. cfli-
fornia, whore petitioners have Peen
awaiting 4 cfapter for several years.
~ has been the case al every conNen-
ton for many years, number of ap-
piictions for new chapters We're voted