The Onondagan Volume 1894 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...for existence during the first years of its history and the opposition directed against it on account of its position on this question, served to make it the most united and best organized of the college fraternities. As the other fraternities became more liberal, Delta Upsilon came to be more in sympathy with their ideals and purposes. The words anti secret were-at length dropped from the constitution and the words non-secret inserted in their place. Baird' s Manual of College Fraternit1es says: "The features of this non-secrecy may be summed up about as follows: The significance of the fraternity's motto is known, it has no grip, signs or pass-words, its constitution is public and the record of its conventions are printed and may be read by anyone interested. Strangers are not usually admitted to chapter meetings, and there is no reason for their admission. In a word, the privacv of most business and social organizations is observed." Delta Upsilon maintains and has maintained a higher average scholarship than any other undergraduate organization. The issue of the Delta Upsilon Quinquennial Catalogue, which appeared in 1891, shows the total number of the fraternity to be 5,163. It farther cites individual instances of 2,219 commencement appointments and scholarship prizes. From the fifteen chapters in insti tutions where. /'. K. is represented. 855 men have received "keys." The fraternity maintains a high moral and social standard. Its object is "the promotion of friendship, the development of character, and the diffusion and advancement of equity in college affairs." The badge is a monogram composed of the Greek letters Delta and Upsilon, upon which is engraved the motto of the fraternity. The flag is composed of two horizon...