Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-13
NEW FRATERNITY OPENS
AT RICHMOND COLLEGE
Sigma Delta Chi Local Fraternity
Installed as National
Order.
DANCE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB
All College Fratcrnities Expect to
Rent Chapter Houses in Richmond
During Period College Returns to
It's Old Campus.

On Friday evening the Country Club
OF Virginia was the scene Of an unusual
tcstiNity. that of local fraternity
becoming a national fraternity. Tho
installation ceremonies took place at
Richmond College on Thursday night
and Friday morning and afternoon.
The Sigma Delta Chi local fraternity,
of Richmond College. was organized in
1916. and filed It's formal petition with
the national fraternity. Tho charter
was grantcd this spring, and the in
stallatlon staged last week so as not to
interfere with the college examinations.
The members of the local fraternity
had been looking forward to their ma
tionalization with much anticipation
and enthusiasm ran high. 4 member
from every other fraternity on the
campus was invited, and several OF the
alumni Of Sigma Delta Chi returned
to receive their initiation along with
the actiTe members. Warren A. Cole
grand high archon of lambda Chi AL
pha, Alvah S. Holway. of Lambda Chi,
Alpha, DIR. and Mrs. r. T.. Loving and
II. Il. Handy, dean of Richmond Col
lcge. were guests OF honor, DR.. and
Mrs. Loving and Mr. Handy acting as
chalSrons.
The advent of Lambda Chi Alpha to
Richmond College brings the total
number of national fraternities in that
institution to eight. Lambda Chi Alpha
Is a live. energetic. progressive young
fraternity. and with the present chap
ter is expected to prove a worthy rival
of the other fratcrnities. lambda Chi
Alpha was founded at Boston Univcr-
s!ty in 1909, and has since that time
enlarged its roll of Zetas to forty three,
the Alpha Chi Zcta at Richmond Col
lege being the forty-thrd Zeta. The
fraternity Is represented in all OF the
Ia ~ ha u,
and has before it brilliant future.
due in part to the fact that it is one of
the few national fraternities in exis-
tcncc having no inactive Zetas. On
moving back to the old campus site in
Richmond all of the fraternities will
occupy chapter houses, and this will
serve to strengthen the. young Alpha
Chi Zeta. up to this time 1t not being
permitted for the fraternities to erect
fraternity houses on the new campus
until five years after the new campus
had been occupied by the college.
DANCE FOLLOWS FORMAL
EXERCISES OF FRATERNITY
Those receiving the Lambda Chi AL
pha obligations were: DR.. l.. X. Dingus,
J. Lewis Heaton. Edwin Raymond
Mickle, w. Il. Loving, Jr., j. Folliard
Street, II. Russell Holland, Thomas ii.
Campbell, Philip ]. Hibbitts. Jury b.
Loving. all of which were initiates of
the local fraternity; Keith Taylor and
-. Clifford Goode, pledges to Lambda
Chi Alpha, received the fun imitation;
and Oscar l.. Brittle. j. c. Kidd and
Gates w. Kidd, alumni OF Sigma Delta
Chi, received the obligations also. The
chapter roll now number ten men, al
though fifteen men were initiated.
The festivity staged at the Coun-
try Club was in the form of 4 dinner
dance, 4 Hoovcresque luncheonette be-
ing served. and between courses short
speeches were sandwiched in. w. b.
Loving served as POSTMASTER and well
coined the guests in the name OF the
Alphi Chi Xeta, of the lambda Chi
Alpha Fraternity He introduced the
other two speakers OF the evening, Er
r.. F.. Loving and Warren a. Cole
Dean Loving talked Of the relation
ship of college to the fraternity. and
Mr.. Cole spoke on the relationship OF
the fraternity to the college. and gave
a synopsis of the ideals and endeavors
Of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Among those dancing were: Miss
willis with Mr.. Willis. Pi Kappa AL
pha; Miss Phillips with Mr.. Mason
Sigma Phi Epsilon; Mics Robertson
Morgan with Mr.. Thomas. Phi Gamma
Delta; Miss Il. Everett with Mr.
knight. Phi Kappa Sigma; Miss S
Everett with Mr.. Spicer, Kappa Alpha
Miss Barnes with Mr.. Barnes. Tri Phi
UocaD: Miss Rogers with Mr.. Butler
Phi Delta Omega QocaD; DR.. and Mrs
Loving and Mr.. Handy. Tho Lam kais
present We're: Miss Hawthorne with
w. b. Loving, Jr.; Miss ADHESION with
J. L. Heaton; Mrs. Dingus with Dr.
Dingus, Miss Williams with NJ. f.
Partridge, Miss Freeman with Folliard
street. Miss Sydnor with b. c. Goode
Miss Crews with r. r. NIickle. Miss
with II. r. Holland. Miss Bundiclt with
J. IL. Loving, Miss Ransome with It.
Fl. Campbell, Miss Dudley with X. Tay-
lor Miss Staples with G. w. Kill, and
Miss Askins with j. c. Kidd. Among
the stays were: Warren 4. Cole AL