The official program of that convention and the official minutes, which are still preserved in the archives, show this conclusively.Īs to what happened when Raymond returned to Evanston from the Pittsburgh convention, there is much uncertainty, excepting that plenty of trouble resulted. Raymond, 1871, became the presiding officer of the convention and took a prominent part in its deliberations. It was represented by a delegate to the eighth convention of Phi Gamma Delta, held July 7-8, 1869, in the old Monongahela House in Pittsburgh, Pa., and its representative, James H. The chapter apparently flourished during its first two years, having at that time only the competition of Phi Kappa Psi, which was first established at Northwestern in 1864. It would seem that the chapter initiated about nine members subsequent to the original nine. It appears that a total of eighteen members have been more or less positively identified as belonging to this chapter, although our fraternity's official records do not show a single name, for reasons which are discussed later. Winslow, remained in the faculty of the university until 1873. Members of Delta Deuteron continued in Northwestern until as late as 1876, and one of the charter members, George W. A photographic reproduction of the charter illustrates page 36 of Tomos Beta of The History of Phi Gamma Delta. This chapter continued in existence until late 1869 or early 1870, when the charter was returned to the governing body of the Fraternity, where it still reposes in the archives. * Delta Deuteron was also the name later given to the chapter established at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia in 1870, and reestablished in 1967. We must presume that all of these men were initiated, although up to date the only proofs of their membership appear in college alumni records and the like, stating "Phi Gamma Delta." Winslow, 1867 Jacob Randolph Allen, 1869 Hiram Curtiss, 1869 Ira Belknap Henry, 1870 Thomas Craven, 1870 Joseph Hamilton Gill, 1870 Michael Finity, 1870 Thomas Stribling Berry, 1872 J. On October 24, 1867, the Grand Chapter at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, issued a charter for the establishment of Delta Deuteron Chapter* at "NorthWestern University" (note the original spelling!) in Evanston, Illinois, to nine men whose names and classes, according to the charter and other evidence, were as follows: George W. The revival of the Phi Chapter authorized by the 82nd Ekklesia at San Antonio, Texas, on Januby the grant of a charter to the Scribblers fraternity of Northwestern University, and its reinstallation at Evanston March 14, not only revive our former chapter there but also rekindle our fraternity's interest in the history of the early Fiji groups there.įrom the many sources of information listed at the conclusion of this article, none of which is comprehensive and few of which are in exact harmony with the others, and without attempting here to explain my reasons for every statement, it appears to me that the history of Phi Gamma Delta at Northwestern, prior to the Scribblers' petition for revival, was substantially as follows: The known facts are comparatively few, and (to encourage an Irish bull market!) some of these are doubtful! Around and about those facts and many surmises and conjectures, have been written several very interesting stories of what happened to Phi Gamma Delta at Northwestern in the years from 1867 to 1875. Some have heard that the charter of one of those chapters was revoked and certain members expelled from the Fraternity for disloyalty.īut as most of these unusual occurrences happened in the years just before and after 1870, the true story of just what happened has not yet been written. Many Fijis have read that for a short time two of our chapters maintained themselves at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, independently and in rivalry.
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