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Harry B. Potter,
66 William R. Nellegar,
Robert B. Potter,
Forris DeA. Stevens,
Rodolphe R. Reilly,
60 Charles MacM. Wetmore.
The following members of D. K. E., initiates of other chap- ters, and students in the professional schools of our University, are not included in the official list of the Omicron Chapter:
'57 m James B. Ford, M. D.,
'63 l *Samuel B. Spear,
'65 m Charles W. Milliken, M. D.,
'66 / Frank Evans,
" 7 De Witt C. Marsten,
" Z James W. Owens,
" m Philip C. Porter,
" ¿ Nelson L. Rood, LL. B.,
'67 l Calvin S. Brice,
" ¿ George P. Davis, LL. B.,
" Z John J. Davis,
" Z Le Roy Parker,
" m John B. Tyler, M. D.,
'68 m Frank H. Carson,
'69 m Alfred H. Champlin, M. D.,
'70 / Walter J. Collins,
" 7 James F. Elliott,
" Z John N. Irwin,
" Z John N. Wyman,
'71 / *Edward Egbert, LL. B.,
" ¿ James E. Riddick, LL. B.,
" Z John T. Stringer, LL. B., '72 / William R. Smith, LL. B.,
'73 / George W. Cass, LL. B., '74 / Howard E. Henderson,
" ph Finley B. Pugh, Ph. C.,
" ¿ Eberle D. Smith,
" / Edwin F. Sweet, LL. B.,
" / *Thomas A. Taylor, LL. B., £ *Robert E. Williams, C. E., '75 m George G. Baker, M. D.,
'76 / *Charles A. Kebler, LL. B., " ¿ Charles L. Lewis,
" ¿ John R. Ranney, LL. B., " m John E. Weaver, '77 m Walter Schell,
" / *Willis E. Walker,
'78 / Charles E. Hale, LL. B.,
778 m Olin Kinne, M. D., " m George H. Littlefield, M. D., '79 p Charles W. Koons, Ph. C., '80 m Frederick Baker, M. D.,
" ¿ Henry McFarland,
" ¿ Elroy D. Sherman, LL. B.,
" / Thomas M. Sloan, LL. B.,
" h Ashley J. Williams,
'81 / George W. Benham, LL. B., George F. Kenaston, A. M.,
" m John G. Kennan, M. D., " / Edgar H. Loyhed, LL. B.,
" / Thomas B. Marston, '83 7 Edward W. Peterson, LL. B., " Z Orson H. Brooke,
'84 / Lincoln Brooke,
'87 m Leonard F. Hatch, M. D.,
" / Charles Reed, LL. B., " ¿ James N. Saunders, LI .. B.,
'88 g Sedgwick Mather.
'90 h Leigh Y. Baker, M. D ..
'91 / George S. Johnson, LL. B., '92 / Victor M. Elting, LL. B.,
" ¿ Charles S. Witbeck, " ¿ Haynie R. Pearson, '94 m William S. Hubbard,
" ¿ Lindsay Russell, Jr., LL. B., " ag Hinckley Smith, " ¿ Luther O. Wadleigh, LL. B.
'96 / John W. Hollister, I.L. B., " ¿ Wallace H. Prescott, " m J. W. Van Dusen, M. D., " ¿ Frederick W. Winkler,
'98 m Thomas S. Burr, " m Jesse K. Marden,
" ¿ Rufus P. Ranney,
'99 e Cary D. Terrell,
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Delta Phi, the third in age of the Greek-letter fraternities, was founded at Union College, November 18, 1827, by nine mem- bers of the class of '28. Sixteen chapters lettered successively from Alpha to Pi, have been established at Union, Brown, New York, Columbia, Rutgers, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Michigan, North Carolina, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Colgate, Lehigh, Johns Hopkins, Sheffield (Yale) Scientific School, and Cornell, those at Princeton, Michigan, North Carolina, and Colgate, being at present inactive. Of the 3,000 BADGE OF DELTA PHI. members the following may be named: Garret A. Hobart, Vice-President of the United States; William H. Seward; Ex-Governor William Gaston of Massachu- setts;
General Adin B. Underwood of Boston; the Rev. T. Stafford Drowne of Long Island; United States Senator Christo- pher Magee; the late Hon. Samuel S. Cox; Ex-Chancellor How- ard Crosby of New York; Ex-Presidents Rankin of Hobart and Totten of Trinity; Professor R. Ogden Doremus; Professor Cor- nelius R. Agnew of Columbia; the late Bishop W. E. Armi- tage; Sanford R. Gif- ford, the artist; and Ex-Governor George C. Ludlow of New Jersey. White, blue, and white are the col- ors. The chapters at Columbia, Rutgers, and Yale, own build- ings. Iota, the Mich- igan branch, was in- stituted late in 1855 with eight charter MDCCCXXVII members, chiefly from the classes of '58 and '59. George N. Brady of Detroit, ARMS OF DELTA PHI. was one of the found- ers. In 1856 D. O. Farrand, subsequently distinguished as a sur- geon in Detroit, and Cushman K. Davis, now United States Sena-
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tor from Minnesota, were initiated. Other good men were added to the roll, but the society never became as strong in Michigan as it is in other institutions, and in the autumn of 1875, after a cheq- uered life of twenty years, the Iota, discouraged by the graduation of the strongest class it had ever secured, returned its charter. Three of the five academic undergraduates joined other societies, and one abjured college fraternities altogether. In 1892 the frater- nity contemplated a revival, and a number of men stood ready to take the charter, but the ground had been occupied by younger organizations. The chapter was represented upon the baseball nine of the University by J. C. Bigger, '68 7, and F. N. Wood, '75. Following are the names of the 104 men carried on the chapter's roll:
756 *Dwight D. Stebbins, A. B.,
'63 l *Ferdinand A. Ashley,
George N. Brady,
Nelson Booth,
' 57 Cushman K. Davis, A. B ,
66 James H. Fairchild, LL. B.,
*D. Osbourn Farrand, 66 *William R. Hosmer,
66 Charles M. McDonald,
66 * Franklin Johnson,
66 *George M. Waldron,
William H. Thurber,
" mn * Allen M. Walton, 66 Edward R. Wilcox,
*Adolphus G. Armington,
'64 James F. Benedict,
66 *George M. Chester,
66 William J. Booth, B. S.,
Albert M. Helmer, M. D.,
66 William D. Morton,
66 *Myron E. N. Howell, B. S.,
*S. Frank Walker, B. S.,
" m Thomas Lothrop, M. D.,
'65 Henry E. Duncan, .
7 '59
*James A. Brown, M. D. '63, Alvin J. Cole,
" m John V. Cowles,
66 Clayton J. Croft,
66 George E. Cuming, B. S.,
'67 *Joseph S. Eaves,
66 *H. Clay Gould,
66 Robert Heath,
2 Harrison Hume, LL. B.,
66
Gerritt S. Van Valkenburgh,
'68 Brutus J. Clay, M. E.,
'60 Henry S. Noble,
George C. Fry, A. B.,
66 Barry Taylor,
*John M. Wirts, LL. B.,
William J. Patterson,
'61 John K. Cravens,
'69 John C. Bigger, LL. B. '68,
William A. Martin, LL. B.,
William Borden,
66 Hugh M. Murphy,
66 Adam H. Heldenbrand,
'62 Edward B. Darlington,
" m James G. Hunt,
66 *Lewis Drake,
66 Benjamin L. C. Lothrop, A. B.,
A. Theodore Dudley,
" / Thomas E. Turner, LL. B.,
George Kingsley, LL .. B.,
66 *Joseph McConnell,
66 Charles T. Parks,
66 Daniel D. Thurber,
66 Charles B. Wood, A. B.,
'70 Henry B. Farwell,
66 Walter E. Johnson,
Albert Taylor,
John J. Aiken,
'71 66 J. Frank Brooks,
66 Belno A. Brown,
66
James P. Mosher,
66 *Gove Porter,
66 *Judd M. Mott, A. B,
- George M. Walker, LL. B
'66 Gabriel W. Crutcher,
66 William C. Frew, B. S.,
66 *Levy M. Hathaway,
Henry Smith, A. B.,
Robert E. Frazer, B. S.,
66 *James Kingsley, LL. B. '63, S. Thomas Moore,
Henry P. Rodgers,
Levi D. Vincent,
66 Edgar S. Johnston, C. E.,
66 *Aaron C. Jewett, A. B.,
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'71 / Lewis L. Kettle,
'75 Fred G. Bulkley,
66 William O. Snyder,
Bartolo D'Aubigné,
" m William M. Walker,
Walter J. Heyser, B. S.,
'72 Frank C. Duncan,
Charles V. Hicks,
"/ Frank M. Hoyt,
66 Arthur D. Lathrop,
Edward H. Jones,
Leslie C. McPherson, A. B.,
66 Lewis B. Parsons,
66 "George E. Pantlind, C. E.,
'73 *Samuel P. Barstow,
Benjamin F. Webster,
66 Addison Millard,
66 Frank N. Wood,
66 Joseph Painter, Jr.,
'76 Harness R. Quinn,
66 Frank W. Rorke,
Frederick G. Waite,
'74 *George H. Jameson, A. B.,
'77 *George K. Brown,
Stewart Clark,
66 George H. Lathrop.
Josiah Medbury, '78 m, was a member of Delta Phi at Brown University before coming to Ann Arbor.
Sigma Phi, the second in age of the intercollegiate fraterni- ties, was founded at Union College, March 4, 1827, by four students. A branch at Hamilton was formed in 1831; another was instituted at Williams in 1834; a fourth chapter existed in the- New York University 1835-48; a fifth chapter was established at Hobart in 1840; a sixth, at the Un- iversity of Vermont in 1845; a seventh lived at Princeton, 1853-60; and later branches have been instituted at Michigan (1858), Lehigh (1887), and Cornell (1890). Seven of the eight chapters now living own houses. Light-blue and white are the BADGE OF SIGMA PHI. colors. The fraternity is exclusively Eastern in traditions and sentiment. There have been in all about 2, 100. members, among whom may be named the late Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the U. S. Treasury; John J. Knox, former Controller of the Treasury; John Bigelow, Ex-Minister to France; Major- General Daniel Butterfield, of New York; U. S. Senators J. J. Ingalls and Theodore Otis; John Cochrane and Charles B. Sedg- wick, Representatives in Congress; Ex-Governors Hartranft of Pennsylvania, Hoffman of New York, and Walker of Virginia; George F. Comstock member of the New York Court of Appeals; Elihu Root of the New York Bar; Dr. Lewis A. Sayre of New York City; the late Thomas S. Preston, Vicar-General of New York; Bishop George Worthington of Kansas; Bishop Lemuel H. Wells of Spokane; Bishop Charles E. Cheney, of the Reformed Episcopal Church; the late Rev. Henry M. Field of The New York Evangelist; Anson Judd Upson, Chancellor of the University of New York; Presidents Buckham of Vermont University, Stryker of Hamilton, and Hastings of Union Theological Seminary; Ex-
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Presidents Andrews of Marietta, Le Conte of California, Eaton of Madison, Sterling of Kenyon, and White of Cornell; Professors Oren Root of Hamilton, William D. Whitney of Yale, Asahel C. Kendrick of Rochester, and Charles S. Denison of Michigan.
In 1849 steps were taken under the direction of the Hon. Edward L. Fuller, Union '30, and of other Sigma Phi graduates, to organize a chapter in Michigan. Eight men were selected from the classes of '49, '50, and '51, for a petitioning club, and four others from '52 stood as conditional peti- tioners. But the Society War necessitated the withdrawal of the petition; and not until 1858 was the Alpha of Michigan-which owed its origin largely to Professor Andrew D. White-instituted. Only one of the first 0 PERPETU petitioners has been received into the chap- ARMS OF SIGMA PHI. ter. An incorporation under the laws of the State has been effected, and the society owns a chapter house and lodge delightfully located on a spur of the bluffs overlooking the valley of the Huron. The property was bought for $5,000 from Professor Tyler in March, 1882. Among the alumni of the Alpha of Michigan are the late Theodore R. Chase, '49, of Detroit; the late Richard Beardsley, '59, Consul General at Cairo; Ex-Regent Samuel S. Walker, '61, Judge Conway W. Noble, '63, of Cleveland; Colonel Henry C. Christiancy, '63; Circuit Judge Edward DeW. Kinne, '64, of Ann Arbor; Henry A. Conant, '65, former Sec- retary of State of Michigan; John M. Hinchman,'66, and George B. Remick,'66, both of Detroit; John F. Law- rence, '66, of Ann Arbor; Ex-Circuit Judge Herman W. Stevens, '66, of Port Huron; Dr. Richard S. CHAPTER HOUSE OF SIGMA PHI. Dewey, '68, author of the " Prize College Song", 1869; William A. Butler, '69, of Detroit; William A. Childs, '69, of New York City; Charles P. Gilbert, '70, the late George H. Lothrop, '70, General Henry B. Lothrop, '77,
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Alfred E. Brush, '73, Franklin H. Walker, '73, James V. D. Will- cox, '75, and Harrie R. Newberry, '78, all of Detroit; Eugene F. Cooley, '70, of Lansing; Henry G. Prout, '75, formerly Governor- General of the Soudan; Charles R. Wing, '74, of Monroe; George S. Willits, '78, and Robert H. McMurdy, '80, of the Chicago Bar; Edward H. Ozmun, '82, of the St. Paul Bar; and Professor Mor- timer E. Cooley of the University.
The following members of Sigma Phi have been members of the Michigan baseball nines: O. P. Bills, '65, J. M. Hinchman, '66, W. H. Boardman, '68, W. A. Butler, '69, E. F. Cooley, '70, G. H. Lothrop, '70, R. H. McMurdy, '80, L. S. Bigelow, '86, J. D. Hibbard, '87, Lincoln MacMillan, '90, and E. L. Cooley, '99. In the football teams of the University Sigma Phi has been represented by F. G. Allen, '81, E. P. Hathaway, '82, N. C. Paine, '92, E. D. Wickes, '93, Roger Sherman, '94, H. Mortimer Senter, '96, J. DeF. Richards, '98, and Leo J. Keena, 'OI.
Following is the roll of the Michigan Alpha of Sigma Phi:
'49 *Theodore R. Chase, A. B.,
'65
Lamont C. Bidwell,
'58 *John Q. A. Fritchey, A. B.,
Oscar P. Bills, A. B.,
*John W. Paine, B. S.,
66
James C. Christiancy,
66 *Charles S. Patterson, B. S.,
66
Henry A. Conant,
66 Alexander Richard, B. S.,
66
James C. Darragh,
66 *Samuel E. Smith, B. S.,
66
*Mills H. Landon,
'59
*Richard Beardsley, B. S.,
66
*William S. Oliver,
66
*Judson C. Lowell, A. B.,
60
*Ossian R. Ross,
'60
Charles D. Lyon,
'66
*Theodore R. Adams,
'61 William E. Crumme,
66
John M. Hinchman,
66
Archibald B. Darrah,
John F. Lawrence, A. B.,
66
William Farnsworth,
66
William A. Rogers,
66 Samuel S. Walker, B. S.,
66
Herman W. Stevens, A. B.,
'62 Hiram R. Johnson,
Charles H. Lewis, A. B.,
Charles W. Wright,
'63
Henry C. Christiancy,
Henry N. French, A. B.,
66
John B. Davenport,
66 Dwight N. Lowell, A. B.,
66
*George L. Philips,
66 *Lewis H. Redfield,
66
Rollin P. Saxe,
66
Richard S. Dewey, M. D.,
66 *Clarence N. Howell, A. B.,
'64
66 Edward DeW. Kinne, A. B.,
Fillmore M. Smith, M. E.,
66 Edward C. Page,
2 Emory D. Potter Jr., LL. B.,
6. William A. Butler, B. S.,
66 William A. Childs,
66 *Jesse P. Winegar,
66
Edward C. Stoddard, LL. B.,
66
William J. Stackhouse,
Charles G. Hickox,
66 William C. Green,
6. Conway W. Noble, A. B.,
Charles H. Palmer, B. S.,
Charles H. Starkweather,
'68 William H. Boardman, A. B.,
66 Uriah L. Sayrs, *Frederick A. Buhl,
'67 Henry P. Churchill, A. B.,
Horton H. Drury, A. B.,
*Fred C. Hober,
William B. Thompson, LL. B.
*William F. Rogers,
Rufus J. Palen.
66 *Richard C. Sabin, A. B.,
66 George B. Remick, A. B.,
Cholwell Knox, LL. B.,
66 Isaiah G. Lewis,
66 Joseph M. Stoutt, A. B.,
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'69 *Frederick A. Dudgeon, A. B., '82 Edward H. Ozmun, LL. B.,
William W. Lockwood,
Francis D. Weeks, A. B.,
'70 Eugene F. Cooley, A. B.,
p William H. White, Ph. C.,
*William T. Emerson, B. S.,
'83 / Thomas J. Lynch, LL. B., 66
66
Edwin E. White, A. M.,
*Edwin A. Kilbourne,
'84 William P. Cantwell, Jr.,
66 Charles O. McEntee,
Charles M. Maclaren,
Frank M. Millard,
Henry G. Prout, C. E.,
6
*Frank K. Ferguson,
66 *Frank Remick,
66 *Harry C. Willcox, B. S.,
*Charles B. Lothrop, A. B.,
66 Delos Thompson, B. L.,
'86 / Lewis S. Bigelow,
'73 Alfred E. Brush, Ph. B.,
*Eliot H. Brush, Ph. B.,
987 *Charles L. Carter,
*William H. Fox, A. B.,
66 John D. Hibbard, B. S.,
60 William J. Head, C. E.,
6 Charles R. White,
66
Charles A. Philips,
'88 Donnell Davenport,
66 Clarence M. Stevens, C. E.,
66 Franklin H. Walker, B. S.,
'74 Franklin S. Goodrich,
66 Henry B. Goodrich,
Henry B. Jackson, C. E.,
66 Austin W. Mitchell,
66 *James F. Potter, B. S.,
'90
Lincoln MacMillan,
66 Charles R. Wing, Ph. B.,
Oliver C. Smith,
'75 Henry D. Bates, C. E.,
66 Charles O. Ford,
'91 m Charles C. Burnett,
James V. D. Willcox,
66 Louis V. DeFoe, B. L.,
'76 *Peter E. DeMille,
66 Theodore H. Hinchman, A. B.,
'77 Stanley C. Bagg,
66 John A. Jameson, Jr., A. B.,
66 Albert W. Hard, Ph. B.,
166 Herbert O. Statler, M. D.,
66 Henry B. Lothrop,
66 Lucius E. Torrey,
66 John A. Van Ardsdale, A. B.,
Charles M. Cooley, Ph. B.,
'92 Fitzhugh Burns, A. B.,
66 Clarence Griggs, A. B.,
66 Charles A. Howell, B. S.,
66 John R. Marfield,
Nathan C. Paine,
66 Alfred D. Rathbone, Jr., A. B.,
66 Charles M. Willcox,
'93 Samuel D. Kinne, LL. B.,
66 Frank W. McKee,
66 Earle C. Peters, Ph. B.,
66 Edward D. Wickes, B. S.,
James Blair, B. S.,
66 Guy S. Crane,
66 Robert F. Hall, A. B.,
'81 Frank G. Allen, A. B.,
66 *W. Sheridan Mason,
Roger Sherman, A. B.,
66 Goldwin Starrett, B. S.,
'82 James S. Collins, A. B.,
66 Roger W. Cooley, B. L.,
66 Elnathan P. Hathaway,
66 Lewis S. McCreary,
Charles C. Parker, LL. B.,
*William H. Mitchell, A. B.,
66 Robert L. Wagner,
'96 l Sheldon C. Burr,
66 Percy A. Lane,
66
Elmer Dwiggins, B. L.,
Frank A. Ross, Ph. B.,
'85 Theodore R. Chapin,
Mortimer E. Cooley,
Fred W. Job, Ph. B.,
" m Charles F. Pettibone, M. D.,
'72
William A. Warner,
66 *Frank L. Ilgenfritz,
66 George R. Mitchell, A. B.,
'S9 Lewis W. Parker, B. L,
Everett C. Rockwood, Ph. B.,
66 Frank C. Smith, B. S.,
66 Charles P. Taylor, Ph. B.,
66 Orlando B. Willcox, LL. B.,
Frank L. Sizer, C. E.,
66 George S. Willits, A. B.,
179 Fred K. Fernald,
" ¿ William T. Hall, LL. B.,
" p John P. Kelly, Ph. C., M. D.,
" p John F. Wallach,
'80 Edwin L. Chapman,
Robert McMurdy, LL. B.,
'94
William W. Nash,
66 Frank W. Loveland,
66 George L. Little,
66 *Harry C. Richardson, A. B.,
'95 Ford A. Hinchman,
66 Jerome Ingersoll,
66 William L. Loveland, B. L.,
66 Charles P. Gilbert, C. E.,
Willis C. Marsh,
*George H. Lothrop,
'71 *George T. Fox, A. B.,
66 Edgar T. Stephenson, M. D.,
'78 *Marion B. Allen, Ph. B.,
Harrie R. Newberry,
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'96 Melancthon W. Campau,
'98
Ralph H. Page,
66 Henry P. Hart,
66.
James J. Parker,
66
John H. Porter,
James B. Pell,
66 Royal G. Remick,
66 Duane H. Wager,
66 H. Mortimer Senter,
'00 Alaton L. C. Atkinson,
'97 Alexander M. Campau,
Edgar L. Cooley,
66 William A. Starrett, ~ George von Nieda,
'98 William J. O'Brien,
Ralph L. Roys,
J. DeForest Richards,
Lloyd M. Shepard,
66 Henry W. Standart,
66 William W. Talman,
662
Cuthbert C. Adams,
Frank R. Blair,
Alexander Boyd,
66
Leo J. Keena,
66
Walter C. Boynton,
66
Willing D. Kirk,
66
Frederic V. Carpenter,
C. Richard Lockwood,
Henry T. Clark, Jr.,
66 M. Hubert O'Brien,
William M. McKee,
Edwin Porter.
The following members of Sigma Phi, initiated at other col- leges, have studied law or medicine in the University:
'58 m Horace M. Darling, M. D.,
'91 / Arthur M. Willcox,
" ¿ Edwin C. Luce, LL. B.,
'95 / Frank Garrett, LL. B.,
'66 / George P. Bradstreet,
Zeta Psi, the seventh secret society to enter Michigan, was founded in 1846 by John B. Yates Sommers, John M. Skillman, and William H. Dayton, all of New York '49. Following are the colleges of the active and inactive branches: New York University, 1846; Williams, 1848-53, 1881; Rutgers, 1848; Princeton, 1850-78; Pennsylvania, 1850-73, 1876; Colby, 1850; Brown, 1852-61, 1864-78, 1887; Tufts, 1856; Lafayette, 1858; North Carolina, 1852-68, 1885; Michigan, 1858; Rensse- lear Polytechnic, 1865; Bowdoin, 1868; Virginia, J868-82, 1885; Cornell, 1869; California; To- BADGE OF ZETA PSI. ronto, 1879; Columbia, 1880; McGill, 1883; Yale, 1888; Leland Stanford, Jr., 1892. Zeta Psi owns buildings at Williams, Rut- gers, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Cornell, Yale, Michigan, and Leland Stanford, Jr. The fraternity is Eastern in its sym- pathies. White is the color of the fraternity. There are about 4,500 members, among whom are William P. Pepper, the for- mer Provost, and Charles C. Harrison, the present Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. Ex-President Harrison E. Web- ster, of Union; Ex-President William T. Reid, of California; Professors Albert H. Gallatin, Henry G. Piffard, and Alfred L. Loomis, of New York University; Professors James M. Van Vleck, of Wesleyan, W. L. Wells and E. C. Mitchell, of Pennsylvania; Professors Truman H. Safford, James B. Greenough, Bennett H.
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Nash, and Henry B. Hill, of Harvard; Lucien A. Wait, of the Cornell Faculty; Professor Henry Johnson, of Bowdoin; Alfred Reed of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and Addison C. Niles of that of California; Judges R. L. Larremore and G. M. Van Hoesen of New York; Ex- MDCCCXLV U. S. Senator P. W. Hitch- cock; Representatives : Congress Horatio Bisbee, Nelson Dingley, G. T. Gar- rison, James T. Jones, J. E. Leonard, C. E. Phelps, G. D. Robinson, and C. A. Sumner; Seldon Connor, formerly Governor of Maine, and James H. Budd, now Governor of California; Isaac Newton, Chief Engi- neer U. S. N .; Joseph Nim- mo, Jr., Chief of the Bureau of Statistics; A. D. Hazen, formerly Third Assistant Postmaster General; Robert VIGNETTE OF ZETA PSI. Garrett, Jr., late President of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R .; Rodney Welch of the Chicago Times; and the Rev. C. De W. Bridgman, of New York.
To Liberty Emery Holden who had been a member of Zeta Psi at Waterville College (now Colby University) is due the origin of the Michigan branch of this fraternity. Having entered as a junior at Ann Arbor in the autumn of 1856, he became acquainted with James Franklin Spalding of the freshman class, and the two laid plans for the establishment of a chapter. Holden began cor- respondence with the Waterville Zeta Psi, while Spalding interested certain of his classmates and friends in the project. The negotia- tions with Zeta Psi were not at first successful, and the little band which Spalding had gotten together decided that some organization was necessary to keep their membership intact, and to form a nu- cleus for accessions to their numbers. Accordingly, in the spring of 1858 they met at the house of James F. Spalding, and organized themselves into a local society, which they named Alpha Psi. A ritual was prepared, and pins so made that they could easily be changed into Zeta Psi badges were procured from New York jew-
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ellers. When the necessary authority had been obtained Mr. Holden initiated four other students, who, with himself, thus be- came the founders. On Commencement Day, June 23, 1858, the presence of Zeta Psi in Ann Arbor was announced by the appear- ance on the campus of fifteen members wearing the new badge. The membership increased to twenty-seven in 1859-60, but in the following year differences of opinion led to the withdrawal of twelve members, and the Civil War still further emptied the ranks, so that only two members, seniors, were left in college in the autumn of 1861. Fraternal zeal and activity overcame all obsta- cles, as they did in 1869-70 when the attendance was sadly re- duced, and still later after Commencement in 1883, when only one undergraduate remained. The chapter's name, originally Beta, was changed to Xi in April, 1861. From 1879 to 1883 the Millen property on Washtenaw avenue was occupied as a chapter house. Other houses were rented and occupied until, in the sum- mer of 1890 the society purchased for $6,000 the Hunt property, 512 South State street, directly facing the southwest corner of the campus. It is the intention to replace at an early date the present frame structure with an imposing edifice of stone and brick.
Especially prominent among the Michigan alumni of Zeta Psi are the following: Liberty E. Holden, '58, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; Lewis McLouth, '58, President of the South Da- kota Agricultural College; William J. Beal, '59, Profes- sor of Botany in the Agri- cultural College at Lansing; General William H. H. Bea- dle, '61, of the South Da- · kota Normal School; Capt. James E. Eastman, '62, of the United States Army; Judge James E. Hawes, '62, of Xenia, Ohio; Dr. Lewis S. Pilcher, '62, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Henry H. Swan, '62, Judge of the CHAPTER HOUSE OF ZETA PSI. Federal District Court; William R. Bates,'66, United States Marshal for Eastern Michigan; Cornelius A. Gower, '67, formerly Superin- tendent of Public Instruction; Leander W. Pilcher, '67, Mission- ary to China; Isaac M. Weston, '67, recently mayor of Grand
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Rapids; William K. Anderson, '68, now Consul at Hanover; Judge Aaron V. McAlvay, '68, now of our law department; Circuit Judge Frank Emerick, '70, of Alpena; John Eisenmann, '71, the Cleveland architect; Henry T. Thurber, '74, President Cleveland's Private Secretary; Frank H. Culver, '75, of the Chicago Bar; Je- rome C. Knowlton, '75, Professor in our Law Department; Ben T. Cable, '76, Representative in Congress; Austin E. Wing, '77, recently National Bank Examiner for Michigan; Henry G. Sher- rard, '92, teacher in the Detroit High School; and Lawrence A. McLouth, '87, Pomeroy Ladue, '90, and Frank W. Pine, '94, of the Faculty of New York University. In athletic sports not a few Zeta Psi men at Ann Arbor have been prominent. On the base- ball nine have played W. R. Roberts, '77, DeForest Kendall, '82, and A. D. Welton, '89. The football elevens of Michigan have been strengthened by the following members: W. R. Roberts, '77; C. S. Mitchell, '80, E. H. Barmore, '82, F. B. Wormwood, '83, F. L. Smith, '90, and T. L. Chadbourn, Jr., '94.
A list of the members of the Xi of Zeta Psi follows:
'58 Horace Halbert, B. S., '64
Liberty E. Holden, A. B.,
66
*Lorison J. Taylor,
66 *Henry A. Humphrey, A. B.,
66 Lewis McLouth, A. B.,
'65 m Jonathan L. Lambert,
'59 William J. Beal, A. B.,
66 *James M. Edmunds, A. B.,
66 *John G. Everett, A. B.,
Fayette Hurd, A. B.,
" James E. Chambers,
Johnson N. High, LL. B.,
66 John P. Stoddard, A. B.,
'60 Osgood E. Fuller, A. B.,
66 *Henry B. Northrop,
66 Caleb Parkinson, A. B.,
06 James F. Spalding, A. B.,
'61 *Amos W. Abbott,
William H. H. Beadle, A. B.,
66 *Ephraim G. Hall, A. B.,
'62 *John H. Beadle, A. B. '67,
James M. Burlingame, LL. B.,
James E. Eastman, A. B.,
James E. Hawes, LL. B. '62,
66 Lewis S. Pilcher, A. B.,
66 Henry H. Swan,
'63 David F. Fox,
*John H. Keep,
66 *Henry W. Stevenson, LL. B. '69,
'64 *A. Frank Chaffee, A. B.,
66 Nathan P. Cochran,
*George W. Dudley,
" l *Claude Hollywood,
2 * Augustus S. McAllister, LL. B.,
66 William B. Slemons,
66 Charles H. Allen,
66 William K. Anderson, A B.,
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