The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-15

The history of secret societies, in B. H. s., dates back to the time when the school was in it's infancy, in the | days when the boys and girls pulled together for the common good of
 the school. There were lunch clubs and class organizations, but no thought of secret societies. In this state there was a secret frat known as Gamma Delta Psi Fraternity. A handful of young men in the local
 school thought it would be a. grand idea to affiliate themselves with this
 organization. They applied for a
 charter and were admitted as Epsilon
 chapter. Their start sowed the seed
 Of discomfort which has manifested
 they could not agree among them
 selves was shown when one of their
 members, for some petty reasons,
 dropped the society and was respon-
 sible for the formation of Alpha Delta
 Sigma Fraternity. The first chapter
 of this Greek letter frat was in
 other schools of the state. Soon the
 lunch clubs became too tame for the
 young laQles. A select few wanted
 to be. as some of the boys were. in a
 secret society. They formed them
 selves into a club and soon became known as Kappa Phi sorority Not
 took it upon themselves to form
 Alpha Alpha sorority. Then Gamma
 Delta Psi, to make gain on their
 DOW rivals, Alpha Delta Sigma, took the Kappa Phi girls as their sister
 society. Not to be outdone, Alpha Delta Sigma linked hands with Alpha Alpha.
 It seemed to be, or it was the com mon report, that those of Catholic belief were barred from these fou1 organizations. This report galned resentatives of that religion had thei1 names enrolled on the roster of any of the quartet. Occasionally one or two Catholics would be found among the members. This later gave runor to the report that the bylaws so read that not more than .one or two Catho- lies would be admitted to mem Der ship. These rumors were never de- nied. Of course this clear throw l down of the Catholics. of which there | were. a goodly number in the school l caused a great deal of dissension- A | we'll known young man took it upon l himself to work among the members which resulted in the formation of Theta Sigma fraternity. The work of this fraternity was taken up by other schools of the state, manys chapters being formed.
 The other two fraternities of the schools having sister societies, Theta Sigma soon falling into their ways brought about the formation of Rap oa Mu Sigma sorority, which like its brother organization, was to admit 10 one but Catholics. Later on these ,yVO SOC1et1eS cnanSSQ LnS1T Oy-1c1WS 1 md allowed the admission of a few 2rotestants. Hereon hangs a tale The admission of one Protestant to rhete Sigma led to another. About T. Lnts had the majority of the mem ,ers of the frat. It is said today that t is exclusively Protestant Only two ears ago this frat took in a new member. Being proud of the fact hat he was a new member Of ociety which formerly exclusively estant he said, To-day there is not
 Catholic in our frat, and we do not Intend to have any, The Kappa Mu igma girls. though they changed heir bylaws to allow of the adnnis- ion of Protestants, never allowed I hose of that faith to gain the ma 0rity.
 Theta Sigma, being. as it was two ears ago, entirely Protestant, and aving a sister society, Kappa Mu igrna, which was composed mostly Catholic young ladies, ceased reIa- Ions Whether Theta Sigma threw -appa Mu Sigma down, or vice versa; ot want to have anything to do ,ith the other. At any rate they eased to exist as brother and sister ,cieties After this breakaway there as formed in the school Lambda ota Nu sorority, composed of Pro sstant young ladies, and which soon ecame the sister society of Theta ignna fraternity, the former brother E Kappa Mu Sigma sorority.
 Here again the Catholic young men the school were barred from all ,cret societies. Through the efforts a number of that faith, both in nd out of the school, and seconded v the girls of Kappa Mu Sigma sor- ,itv. there was formed Beta Kappa hi fraternity. They however. were 1t composed solely of Catholics, as
 few Protestants were included owever, at the present writing, the atholics are very much in the ma rity. Later they were accepted as le brother fraternity of Kappa Mu gTna sorority
 With all these constant clashes be- 7een the Catholics and Protestants IuROAT TRRTTArTONc