USA > Michigan > The Michigan book > Part 28
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31
66 Saxe W. Mowers, M. D.,
66 Homer E. Safford, M. D.,
6:
Harry E. Sauer,
66 James W. VanDusen, M. D.,
'97 Ralph N. Gorden, M. D.,
Howard A. Ijams, M. D.,
Frederick P. Lawton, M. D.,
66 Chester W. Merrill,
'91 Nelson Abbott, M. D.,
66 *James C. Ballard, M. D.,
Edward C. Davidson, M. D.,
60 William H. Fisher, M. D.,
66 William J. Furness, M. D.,
66 Walter J. Green,
Thomas A. R. Jones, M. D.,
66 John H. Kimble, M. D.,
Samuel S. Lindsey, M. D.,
'99 Philip D. Bourland,
Willis G. Cook,
66 Willard D. Hutchins,
John V. Keogh,
66 Clarence W. Mehlhop,
66 Samuel Schultz,
66 Frederick T. Wright,
Henry M. Joy, M. D.,
Peter D. McNaughton, M. D.,
66 Richard R. Smith, M. D.,
66 Henry C. Valentine, M. D.,
Alonzo Andrews, 2d,
66 '94 James R. Arneill, M. D.,
James L. Halsey,
'92 Arthur P. Burroughs,
293
PROFESSIONAL-SCHOOL FRATERNITIES
'00 Harold M. Doolittle,
66 Theodore A. Hoch,
66 George B. Lowrie,
66 Carl H. Lund,
'OI Alfred C. Bartholomew.
Phi Rho Sigma, a medical-school fraternity, was founded in 1892 at the Northwestern University, and in addition to the parent (Alpha) Chapter has these branches: Beta, Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons; Gamma, Lake Forest University; Delta, University of Southern California; Epsilon, Detroit College of Medicine; and Zeta, University of Michigan, established in June, BADGE OF PHI RHO SIGMA. 1897. The local chapter occupies the house No. 538 Church street. It has enrolled the following men, among them Corydon F. Heard, '98 m, of the University baseball nine of 1897:
George M. Reese, M. D.,
Carleton D. Morris, M. D.,
66 Frederick W. Palmer, M. D.,
99 Roy B. Canfield,
'97 Albert A. Church, M. D.,
Herman R. Dewey, M. D.,
Stowell B. Dudley, M. D.,
66 Charles B. Gauss, M. D.,
66 Benjamin W. Kelley, M. D.,
66 Martin A. Mortensen,
,
98 Howard B. Baker,
Andrew L. Swinton,
66 Corydon F. Heard,
'00
William A. Coventry,
66 William S. Jackson,
66 Jesse K. Marden,
Herbert E. Peckham,
Horace Newhart,
'01 Herbert B. Horton,
Joseph C. Scarborough,
Herbert S. Olney.
Phi Chi, a society in the School of Pharmacy, was organized in 1883, and now has a branch in the Northwestern University. At Ann Arbor it occupies as a chapter house the dwel- ling 344 South Division street. Professors Albert B. Prescott, Victor C. Vaughan, Alviso B. Stevens, and David L. Davoll, Jr., are honorary members, and the society has already one regular member, Professor J. BADGE OF PHI CHI. O. Schlotterbeck, '87, in the Faculty. Following is the roll, as compiled from the successive issues of The Palladium:
'84 Charles E. Bond,
Franklin H. Frazee, Ph. C.,
66 Llewellin H. Gardner, Ph. C.,
66 Calvin P. Godfrey, Ph. C.,
66 * Adolph G. Hoffman, Ph. C.,
66 Arthur G. Hopper, Ph. C., Benjamin J. Lauer, Ph. C.,
66 Charles Hueber, Ph. C.,
66 *George P. Leamon, Ph. C.,
'84 Herbert W. Snow, Ph. C., Azor Thurston,
66 Albert T. Waggoner, Ph. C.,
'85 Frank M. Clark, Ph. C.,
DeLagnel Haigh, Ph. C.,
Samuel J. North, Ph. C.,
66 Willard F. Pett, Ph. C.,
20
1
'98 Archie A. Swinton,
Charles H. Williams,
William P. Harlow,
Downey L. Harris,
66 Cabot Lull, Jr.,
Thomas K. Moore,
66 John A. Mapes, M. D.,
Hiram W. Orr,
66 John M. Craig,
Wesley E. Taylor,
Joseph B. Palmer,
'00 John Stoddard,
Bert K. VanNaten,
294
THE MICHIGAN BOOK
'85 Arthur S. Rogers, Ph. C.,
'95 Carl W. Jones, John N. Judy, Ph. C.,
66 Hugh Scott,
66 Albert W. Smith, Ph. C.,
66 James W. T. Knox, Ph. C.,
66 Henry M. Spencer, Ph. C.,
Ernest G. Reese, Ph. C.,
66 Wilbur B. Scott,
Edward A. Tupper, Ph. C.,
Edward E. Washburn, Ph. C.,
'86 Gordon A. Bowdish, Ph. C.,
'96 James W. Ames, Ph. C.,
66 Andrew J. Buckham, Ph. C.,
66 Ernest L. Curtis,
*Edward W. Clark, Ph. C.,
Joseph M. Drew,
66 Charles T. Haigh, Ph. C.,
66 Edward P. Graves, Jr.,
6. Charles L. Stinchcom'b,
66 Frank C. Hitchcock, Ph. C.,
Edwin R. Stivers, Ph. C.,
Walter A. Parker,
66 William A. Zimmer,
66 Edward L. Schmitt, Ph. C.,
66 Burton A. Sweet,
66 Roland B. Taber, Ph. C.,
66 Richard S. Dupont, Ph. C.,
Jacob J. Haarer,
66 Miles L. Trowbridge, Ph. C.,
66 Milton L. Trowbridge, Ph. C.,
66 Fred J. Henning, Ph. C.,
66 Elisha B. Williams, Ph. C.,
66 Jennings Pemberton,
.. Julius O. Schlotterbeck, Ph. C.,
66 Charles G. Shubel, Ph. C.,
Fred J. Baringer, Ph. C.,
'88 Dorsey P. Horine, Ph. C.,
Charles F. Lawson,
66 Arthur L. Green,
P. Willis Hickman,
John H. Shaper, Ph. C.,
66 Frederic J. Klein,
66
John A. Wesener, Ph. C.,
66 William H. Noll, Ph. C.,
66
J. Burgess Whinery, Ph. C.,
Harry S. Stoddard, Ph. C.,
66 Frank D. Wiseman, Ph. C.,
89 Henry A. Allshouse, Ph. C.,
66 Frank B. Ambler,
66 John A. Coram,
66 Warner P. Cary,
Mark B. Hawes,
66 Starr K. Church, Ph. C.
William S. Lockwood, Ph. C.,
66 Firdinand E. Parkinson, Ph. C.,
66 George E. Steketee,
66 Will E. Sullivan,
'90 C. Wilson Baker, Ph. C.,
66
F. Wilford Baker, Ph. C.,
66 William E. Collins, Ph. C.,
66 Joseph M. Gries,
Charles A. Duerr,
66 Theophil Klingmann, Ph. C.,
66 George Eckel,
66 Otto P. Meyer, Ph. C.,
Ralph Hicks, Jr.,
66 Wallace C. Palmer, Ph. C.,
66 Philip Kephart,
66 O. Clayton Reed,
66 Olney R. Morse,
66 John G. Steketee,
66 William B. Saladin,
'95 Henry J. Bowerfind, Ph. C.,
.'00 Henry C. Hitchcock,
66 Henry A. Herzer, Ph. C.,
Burton A. Sweet.
Delta Sigma Delta .- The Alpha Chapter of this, the earliest fraternity of dental students, was founded at Michigan in 1882. The sister branches are: Beta, Chicago College of Dental Surgery; Gamma, Harvard University (Dental Department); Epsilon, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania (Department of Dentistry); Zeta, Univer- sity of California (College of Dentistry); Eta, Northwestern Uni- versity Dental School; Theta, University of Minnesota (College of
66 Leroy E. Minot,
66 Leonard Short,
66 Philip Schaupner,
66 George L. VonKleine,
66 Herbert E. Taber,
66 Sam H. Zimmerman,
Lyman Barlow,
66. Lavern O. Cushing,
'98 John N. Adams,
Carl J. Biehl,
Henry Levy, Ph. C.,
'97 66 Fred J. Austin, Ph. C.,
Herman L. Barie, Ph. C.,
Louis A. Dryfoss, Ph. C.,
Henry W. Taylor, Ph. C.,
66 Samuel S. Hance, Ph. C.,
Ursa S. Abbott,
George W. Beisel,
Laird J. Stabler, Ph. C.,
295
PROFESSIONAL-SCHOOL FRATERNITIES
Dentistry); Iota, Detroit College of Medicine (Dental Depart- ment); Kappa, Vanderbilt University ( Dental Department); Lamb- da, Western Reserve University (Dental Department); Mu, Boston Dental College; Nu, Kansas City Dental Col- lege. There are also "Auxiliary Chapters " in Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Minneapolis, Cleve- land, and Philadelphia. The total membership of the society is about 1, 600. A quarterly mag- azine called Desmos is published by the order. Turquoise-blue and garnet are the colors. The chapter at Ann Arbor occupies the house 624 Packard street, and is accumulating a fund forBADGE OF DELTA SIGMA
building. Upon its membership roll are the
following honorary initiates: Doctors Calvin S. Case, James Cle- land, William H. Dorrance, George H. Field, James W. Gale, C. H. Harroun, Nelville S. Hoff, Joseph Lathrop, Sr., William Mitchell, Edward L. Moore, and Fred S. Whitslar. Among the graduates are many well known dental surgeons, of whom William Cleland, '84 d, of Detroit, and Louis P. Hall, '89, of our Dental Faculty, are types. Upon the University baseball and football teams the fraternity has been represented by F. R. Carson, '84 d, E. V. Deans, '96 d, A. H. Kinmond, '98 d, and H. E. Lehr, '98 d. A roll of the 156 regular members of Alpha Chapter follows:
'84 Franklin R. Carson, D. D. S., '86
William A. Hering,
66 William Cleland, D. D. S.,
Sandy H. Houston,
66 Lyndall L. Davis, D. D. S.,
Clarence J. Hand, D. D. S.,
George H. Watson, D. D. S.,
66 Charles W. Howard,
66 Benjamin F. Yates, D. D. S.,
66 Louis M. James, D. D. S.,
'87 Frank C. Babcock, D. D. S.,
66 Ezra L. Kern, D. D. S., <
66 Edward L. Dillman, D. D. S.,
*Donald D. Magill, D. D. S.,
Elmer L. Drake, D. D. S.,
66 Louis J. Mitchell, D. D. S.,
66 Francis W. Temple, D. D. S.,
66 Charles P. Weinrich, D. D. S.,
'88 *Clarence W. Berry, D. D. S.,
'85 Louis P. Bethel, D. D. S.,
66 Rollin E. Drake, D. D. S.,
66 Francis E. Cassidy,
E. Johnson Galbraith, D. D. S.,
66 Elmer B. Hause, D. D. S.,
60 George B. Haught, D. D. S.,
Henry C. Merrill, D. D. S.,
66 Willoughby B. Smith, D. D. S.,
Will H. Whitslar, D. D. S.,
'86 DeWitt C. Bacon,
66 Edmund K. Clements, D. D. S.,
66 William A. Courtney, D. D. S.,
66 Harry W. Davis, D. D. S.,
66 Henry A. Dawley, D. D. S.,
66 George J. Dennis, D. D. S.,
66 Frank F. Douds, D. D. S.,
Irvin Myers, D. D. S.,
66 Harry C. Nickels, D. D. S.,
66 Homer E. Parshall, D. D. S.,
66 Sherman F. Stauffer, D. D. S., Edwin C. Clow,
'89
Louis P. Hall, D. D. S.,
Horace N. Holmes, D. D. S.,
66 Jacob W. Jungman, D. D. S.,
66 *Reuben J. Kirk, D. D. S.,
66 David A. Harroun, D. D. S.,
William A. Wright, D. D. S.,
Egbert T. Loeffler, D. D. S.,
Charles E. Meerhoff, D. D. S.,
66 Arthur N. Hart, D. D. S.,
66 Clifford F. Snyder, D. D. S.,
DELTA.
296
THE MICHIGAN BOOK
'89 Frank E. Morey, D. D. S.,
66 Charles F. Noyes, D. D. S.,
66 Arthur M. Potter, D. D. S.,
66 De Witt Spalsbury, D. D. S.,
66 Will S. Taylor,
'90 Ernest Catt, D. D. S.,
George H. Copp, D. D. S.,
66 William C. Herbert,
66 John B. Keesing, D. D. S.,
Melville W. Mason,
'97 66
James C. Blair, D. D. S.,
Frank R. Fletcher, D. D. S., " ¥?
66 Frank W. Howlett, D. D. S.,
66 Wendell H. Johnson, D. D. S.,
Frederick M. Joslin, D. D. S.,
66 Frederick H. Leland, D. D. S.,
66 William R. Purmort, D. D. S.,
Alfred J. Reed, D. D. S.,
Delmer W. Stoup, D. D. S.,
Edward L. Vaile, D. D. S.,
James N. Vodrey, Jr., D. D. S.,
Harry D. Watson, D. D. S.,
Edward J. Anderson,
Roy Archbold,
Lyman S. Brown,
Wilton J. Hardy,
Alexander H. Kinmond,
66 Herbert E. Lehr,
66 Greenbury A. Rawlings, D. D. S., 66 Harry B. McMillan,
William H. Van Iderstine, D. D.S.,
66
Edwin K. Medler,
Fred C. Miller,
60
Clarence E. Pease,
66 Joseph B. Stewart,
66 Fred G. Titus,
66 Thomas B. Van Horne,
Hilen D. Aldrich,
66 Homer F. Hussey, D. D. S.,
Arthur E. Alther,
66 George W. Kenson, D. D. S.,
66
Carroll F. Chase,
66 George M. Freeman,
66 Paul R. Furlong,
66 Claude E. Hathaway,
66 James C. Lowrie,
6. Clair G. Meseroll,
66 Edgar E. Nelson,
Philip R. Thomas,
Benjamin W. Wells,
'00
Carl Bonham,
66 Edmond Dnbuis, D. D. S.,
66 Albert L. LeGro, D. D. S.,
60 Frank E. Mclaughlin, D. D. S.,
66 Henry P. O'Connor,
66 Harry B. Respinger, D. D. S.,
66 Lorne Moodie,
.6 Clifford P. Sweny, D. D. S.,
66 George McA. Tyng, D. D. S.,
'95 '96 Clarence H. Bailey, D. D. S.,
66 Edwin V. Deans, D. D. S.,
66 Charles A. Devlin, D. D. S.,
Stanford J. Farnum, D. D. S.,
Stanley A. Farnum, D. D. S.,
Fred J. Hale, D. D. S.,
66
Burton T. Hunt, D. D. S.,
66 Raymond L. Williams, D. D. S.,
60 George Northcroft, D. D. S.,
66 William H. Siebert, D. D. S ..
66 Fred S. Sizelan, D. D. S.,
66 John H. Waterhouse, D. D. S.
'91 Frederick W. Fleming, D. D. S.,
*Frank S. Henry, D. D. S.,
66 Alfred L. Sickler, D. D. S.,
66 Charles F. Stone, D. D. S.,
66 Jonathan R. Taft, D. D. S.,
'92 Archibald W. Diack,
66 George Dilworth, D. D. S.,
66 Allison W. Haidle, D. D. S.
66 Edward B. Spalding, D. D. S.,
'93 Charles W. Adamson, D. D. S.,
Frank W. Boyer, D. D. S.,
66
66 Charles A. Church, D. D. S.,
66 Herman Kreit, D. D. S.,
66 Milton T. Watson, D. D. S.,
66 Will L. Webster, D. D. S.,
'94 Frederick H. Codding, D. D. S., James K. Douglas, D. D. S., Calvin R. Elwood,
'99 66
66 Allen H. Kessler, D. D. S.,
Joseph Lathrop, Jr., D. D. S.,
66 Walter C. Mckinney, D. D. S.,
66 Benjamin F. Pearce, D. D. S.,
Charles T. Whinery, D. D. S.,
'95 Douglas Anderson, D. D. S.,
66 Lewis E. Coonradt, D. D. S.,
66 Fred E. Dodge, D. D. S.,
66 John B. Dowdigan, D. D. S.,
60 Bert G. Coggin,
66 Artemas B. Gray,
66 Eugene P. Hall,
Carlos J. Light,
66 Percy S. Peck.
Frederick von Widekind, D. D. S.,
'98 66
66
William H. Van Deman, D. D. S.,
6.
297
PROFESSIONAL-SCHOOL FRATERNITIES
Xi Psi Phi .- This dental-school fraternity was founded at our University in 1889, and has spread into the following institu- tions: New York College of Dentistry, Philadelphia Dental Col- lege, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Iowa, University of Cincinnati, University of Mary- land, Indianapolis College of Dental Surgery, University of California, Chicago College of Dental Surgery, and Ohio Medical University. These branches are named in the regular order of the Greek alphabet. There are about 1,000 members. Alpha, the chapter at Michigan, BADGE OF XI PSI PHI. occupies the house 408 East Washington street. It was incorporated March 31, 1892. The following list of members was compiled from the successive issues of The Palladium and The Michiganensian :
'93 Frank I. Ball, D. D. S.,
66 Herbert J. Burke, D. D. S.,
*William J. Clark, D. D. S.,
Otis DeUrfae,
66 Jesse J. McMullen, D. D. S.,
Thomas B. Mercer, D. D. S.,
66 Charles L. Mitchell,
66 Mason Moyer, D. D. S.,
66 Fred M. Prettyman, D. D. S.,
66 Milton R. Stimson, D. D. S.,
'94 Gerald W. Collins, D. D. S.,
66 Frank B. Dawley, D. D. S.,
66 Alfred W. Hall, D. D. S.,
66 George E. Hathaway, D. D. S.,
66 John L. Hoover, D. D. S., Roland S. Mitchell, D. D. S.,
Beaumont H. Kaighn,
66 Thomas A. McIndoe, D. D. S., Robert B. Mckenzie,
66 Frank L. Stow,
66 Harvey A. Sturdevant, D. D. S.,
66 Charles R. Vanderbelt, D. D. S., James Whiting,
,
95 Joseph H. Billmeyer, D. D. S.,
66 J. Austin Bucknall, D. D. S.,
66 George F. Fiddyment, D. D. S.,
66 C. VanGarratt, D. D. S.
Arche G. Hicks, D. D. S.,
Arthur S. Kennedy, D. D. S., Jad H. F. Kuyper, D. D. S.,
.60 Clarence F. Piper, D. D. S.,
Charles S. Preston,
66 Andrew R. Thorpe, D. D. S.,
66 Christian L. Thuerer, D. D. S.,
'06 Robert R. Buckthorpe, D. D. S.,
.. George F. Burke, D. D. S.,
66 James N. Clarke, D. D. S.,
66 Frank Day, D. D. S.,
66 Charles F. Fitch, D. D. S.,
'96 Charles A. Phillips, D. D. S.,
Will H. Roper, D. D. S.,
66 Frank J. Sheldon,
66 Charles E. Slagle, D. D. S.,
Morley P. Templar, D. D. S.,
Ralph L. Williams, D. D. S.,
66 Percy B. Wright, D. D. S.,
'97 William Bruce,
Ernest E. Bubb,
66 Albert J. DuBois, D. D. S.,
Samuel W. Hussey, D. D. S.,
66 Cary E. Jaynes,
66 Frederick J. Klein, D. D. S.,
66 Frank D. Loomis, D. D. S.,
6 Samuel K. Scharlott, D. D. S.,
60 Arthur M. Schurtz, D. D. S.,
66 Luman R. Slawson, D. D. S.,
66 Daniel Templar,
66 Albert J. Wildanger, D. D. S.,
' '98 Arthur A. Baker,
James R. Davis,
66 D. Willard Flint,
66 Percy R. Glass,
66 Claude C. Goodes,
Chalmers J. Lyons,
Gail H. McFarland,
Don C. Mckinney,
66 Guy R. Palmer,
66 Leslie W. Platt,
66 Lester G. Platt,
66 Thomas C. Reed,
Ralph J. Roper,
Ollie W. White,
'99 Arthur L. Baker,
Will C. Butler,
Wilfred D. Kirk,
66 Fred C. Orvis,
·
66
298
THE MICHIGAN BOOK
'99 Harry C. Orvis,
'00 Archie W. Cook,
George M. Richardson,
Albert R. Hervey,
Samuel C. Sims,
66 Ray A. Horning,
6 Charles F. Steinbauer,
Marvin Houghton,
66 Clifford F. Stepp,
Charles Lord,
'00 Earl M. Brown,
Robert P. Roe.
Mu Sigma Alpha .- This homeopathic-medical fraternity was organized late in 1888, but did not make its formal appear- ance in public until Monday, February 4, 1889. There were eight founders. It has prospered in ΜΣΑ correspondence with the school which it represents. It has neither rivals nor chapters. Doctors Hugo R. Arndt, Charles A. Gatchell, Wilbert B. Hinsdale, BADGE OF MU SIGMA ALPHA. Charles S. Mack, Daniel A. McLachlan, Henry L. Obetz, Charles F. Sterling, and James C. Wood, are honorary members of this order, which numbers among its regular graduates Professors Roy S. Copeland, '89, and Charles W. Ryan, '94. The following are known to be members:
'89 Roy S. Copeland, M. D., '94
Burt D. Walker, M. D.,
Walter N. Fowler, M. D.,
'95
William H. Atterbury, M. D.,
66 James A. McLachlan, M. D.,
'97 Albert J. Elliott, M. D.,
Charles A. Macrum, M. D.,
98 Charles Montague,
'90 Ernest A. Clark, M. D.,
6. Clarence A. Schimansky,
Andrew B. Nelles, M. D.,
S. Porter Tuttle,
'91 Arthur W. Burdick, M. D.,
99
S. Newton Babcock,
66 John H. Harvey, M. D.,
66
Robert T. Johnson,
66
Guert E. Wilder, M. D.,
66
William W. Jungels,
'92 66
Ernest F. Gamble, M. D.,
66 Dean W. Myers,
Lewis B. Gardner, M. D.,
66 Hardy M. Piper,
'93 George F. Clark, Jr., M. D.,
66 Paul Thompson,
66 John L. Ireland,
66 Tisdale S. Walker,
F. Clifton Laur, M. D.,
66
Charles E. Wehrle,
66 Henry M. Northam, M. D.,
'00
Paul E. N. Greeley,
66 Frank Rich, M. D.
Scott F. Dodge,
66 Milton T. Watson, D. D. S.,
60 Harry D. Obert,
66 Harvey G. Young, M. D.,
66 Harley A. Haynes,
Charles A. Critchlow, M. D.,
66 Arthur S. Moore,
'94 66 Charles W. Ryan,
Glenn G. Towsley, M. D.,
George R. Owen.
1
CHAPTER XIII CLASS SOCIETIES
Many causes have operated to prevent the development in our University of a system of class societies similar to that which is the characteristic feature of student life at Yale. As the early classes with us were very small, the fraternities planted at Ann Arbor in 1845 became of necessity four-year affairs; whereas the same or similar Greek-letter frater- ΚΣΕ YALE nities at Yale from 1837 to 1844, and there pre- ceded by senior-class secret societies, naturally confined themselves sooner or later to the junior class, which always afforded them plenty of BADGE OF KAPPA SIGMA EPSILON (YALE). material. Not before 1870 were Michigan's classes large enough to ensure the continued prosperity of an order limited to one delegation; but by that time the four-year fraternities had grown so strong that they could not be reduced to a subordinate plane. That the so-called "Owl" came very near to permanent success is true, yet the very fact that after living ten years it was compelled to yield to the opposition of the Greek- letter societies shows how hard it is for an order of its kind to sur- vive at Ann Arbor.
As for freshman or sophomore societies they never have a serious excuse for being where four-year fraternities exist. At Dartmouth and at Amherst the lower-class orders imported from Yale were successful so long only as the regular fraternities were wholly or largely confined to the upper classes; and so with us mem- A K bership in the stronger and more honorable organ- ization precludes attention to one of less impor- tance. If the fraternities would refrain from ini- BADGE OF DELTA KAPPA (YALE). tiating new men until the opening or the middle of sophomore year, there would be room for several under-class societies; and the latter, if decently conducted, would be useful factors in college life. But when composed of men who owe allegiance to the full-course fraternities a freshman or a sophomore society has no special field.
300
THE MICHIGAN BOOK
The Owls .- This senior-class society was founded in 1860 by members of the class of '61. It is said to have been suggested by Andrew D. White, Yale '53, then Professor of History in the University, and to have been modelled by him after the plan of the Skull and Bones of Yale. Fifteen men were to be chosen in each class, but this number was reached in '61 and '63 only, and there were but ten men in '66. Among the members were Ex-Ambassador Uhl; Ex-Regent Barbour; Judges Swan, Coolidge, and Kinne; Representative in 555 Congress Snover; Ex-President Harrington of the University of VIGNETTE OF THE OWLS. Washington; Professors D'Ooge and Walter of Michigan, Hurd of Johns Hopkins, Campbell of Dartmouth, Blackburn of Chicago, and Rising of California; Messrs. Utley, Grant, and Hart of De- troit; and many other distinguished graduates.
Both because it hurt the feelings of the non-elect, and because it threatened vested interests, the society was violently attacked. The following extract from the University Magazine for March, 1862, shows how the Owl was regarded by part of the student body.
"There appeared in our midst last year a Secret Society in the Senior Class. It was composed of members of different societies. It was not noticed much, until it was noised around that the members called themselves the best men in College. Each man, it seemed, was a committee to extol and praise every member except himself This year it has appeared again .
By the aid of dashes and names of men who do not belong to the College, it makes
the sacred fifteen. They style themselves variously '555's', 'Owls', and ' Sons of Minerva'. They like the latter appellation best, however. It places them above the vulgar rabble and on a footing with gods .
The spirit of their constitution is, to elevate themselves at the expense of others. It is a mutual admiration fraternity; a you-tickle-me-and-I'll-tickle-you-society. This is its plan. Its members come from the different secret societies. These secret soci- eties are not supposed to be very friendly to one another. Hence a member of one society can easily praise certain members of another with an apparent show of fair- ness. For instance, a Beta Thet. sticks his impertinant phiz in any place he gets a chance, and says that there are only three or four Delta Kaps who know anything at all, the rest are all asses. A Delta Kap says the same of the Beta Thets; an Alpha Delt. speaks in this way of Delta Kaps and Beta Thets; and so it goes on in the rogues' circle In the class it is a clique that sneers and scoffs at all honest merit outside of its own organization ".
301
CLASS SOCIETIES
As the "555" began to gain something of the prestige and influence of its Yale prototype, the Greek-letter orders grew uneasy. Sigma Phi expelled two men for joining it; Alpha Delta Phi stood aloof after 1866; and although D. K. E. and Psi Upsilon remained friendly, more than half of the '69 delegation was supplied by the so-called neutrals. Men were secured from '70 and also from '71, but the names of the members in those classes were not recorded in the Palladium. Indeed, the last appearance of the order in the annual mentioned was in 1869, after which date the career of the Owls is shrouded in mystery even deeper than that which char- acterized its earlier life. No elections were conferred upon the class of '72, and the order became dormant in June, 1871. It is remarkable for the affection with which its members regard it. Following is the roll, from which are omitted the delegations in '70 and '71 :
'61 *Frederic Arn,
'63
Conway W. Noble,
William H. Beadle,
George P. Peck,
Samuel M. Billings,
Delos Phillips,
66 Benjamin F. Blair,
66 Stephen Powers,
Charles H. Denison,
66 James L. Taylor,
66 William E. Crume,
66
*George S. White,
66 Isaac H. Elliott,
'64
George S. Albee,
66
Edward S. Jackson,
66
*William S. Brewster,
66
John C. Johnson,
66
William A. Ewing,
66 John S. Lord,
66
Schuyler Grant,
66
Samuel R. B. Lord.
66
Joseph C. Hart,
66
Moses K. Rosebrugh,
66
Zina P. King,
66 *Thomas B. Weir,
Herbert A. Lee,
762 H. Austin Burt,
Henry D. Smith,
66
S. Consider Stacy,
66
Shubael F. White,
66
*H. Dewey Follett,
66
*Theodore H. Hurd,
66
Gabriel Campbell,
66
*W. Eugene Nelson,
William J. Maynard,
66
* Albert Nye,
66 Homer C. Powers,
66
Moses K. Rosebrugh,
*Edward C. Boudinot,
763 66
J. Clement Ambrose,
66
Sanford B. Ladd,
Levi L. Barbour,
66
*Delos Phillips,
66
Orville W. Coolidge,
66 *C. Stuart Draper,
Charles A. Sanford,
Lincoln T. Farr,
'66 James K. Blish,
66
Clark Gray,
Gabriel W. Crutcher,
William S. Harroun,
William C. Frew,
-60 Henry M. Hurd,
Henry W. Hubbard,
66
*John E. Colby,
.',
Martin L. D'Ooge,
*Clarence E. Wilbur,
66 Edward A. Fay,
'65
Oscar P. Bills,
66 *Aaron C. Jewett,
66
Charles A. Dudley,
66 Henry H. Swan,
66 Edwin F. Uhl,
James D. H. Cornelius,
*Samuel R. McLean,
*Levi J. Brown,
*J. Barnes Root,
Henry M. Utley,
Edward D. Kinne,
Charles Chandler, Jr.,
Abram J. Aldrich,
William H. Barnes,
Henry B. Landon,
*Arthur Everett,
302
THE MICHIGAN BOOK
'66 *Edwin D. Kelley,
'68
Oliver H. Dean,
A. Eugene Mudge,
Mark W. Harrington,
John W. Remington,
Edward L. Hessenmueller,
66 *James M. Scott,
66 Edward S. Jenison,
Henry Smith,
66 Willard A. Kingsley,
66 George S. White,
66
*John C. Magill,
'67 William H. Brown,
66
Humphrey H. C. Miller,
Wellington Carleton,
Galusha Pennell,
66
George E. Church,
66 Rollin J. Reeves,
66
*Isaac N. Elwood,
66
Edward L. Walter,
66 Lester O. Goddard, Jr.,
'69
Sidney Brownsberger,
66 Milton Jackson,
66
William J. Darby,
66 George L. Maris,
66
Samuel Hayes,
66
Joseph H. Reid,
66
Allen M. Hurty,
Willard B. Rising,
66
Theodore F. Kerr,
66 John A. Rollins,
60 *George B. Lake,
66
Edward W. Wetmore,
66
Charles E. Otis,
'68
William K. Anderson,
66 Horace G. Snover,
66
Wickliffe W. Belville,.
66 Thomas C. Taylor,
66 Francis A. Blackburn,
66 *John Whiting,
66 Edward C. Burns,
66 Alfred E. Wilkinson.
Sigma Tau was a society founded in 1867 and confined to the class of '70. "The initiations and the disorders of exercises cannot be described ", said the chronicler of the class.
Delta Sigma Phi was a senior society which began and ended with thirteen members of the class of '90, not all of whom, by the way, were actually seniors when the society was founded. These were the members, most of whom were from Alpha Delta Phi, D. K. E., or Psi Upsilon:
'90 Charles T. Alexander,
'90 Edwin F. Gay,
66 James R. Angell,
66 Paul R. Gray,
William D. Ball,
66 Walter L. Mann,
60 Dugald Brown,
William L. Page,
66 Benjamin P. Bourland,
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.