Appendix C: Artifacts and Memorials

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by  Hotel Whiskey

DELTA KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY
Delta Chi Chapter at Cornell University
Office of the Alumni Historian

ΔΧ of ΔΚΕ Special Study #17: Chapter Letters (ΔKE Quarterly)

The Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly was published by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Council
continuously from 1883 to May 1941, thereafter under the title The Deke Quarterly until 1971
and intermittently thereafter. Numbers included letter reports from the various chapters of the
fraternity. This study reproduces selected letters issued by the Delta Chi chapter from 1883 to
1969 and additional material related to brothers and circumstances of the Delta Chi Chapter.

Table of Contents

DKEQ, I, #1 (1883), p. 62 ................................................................................................................8
DKEQ, I, #2 (Apr 1883), p. 169 .......................................................................................................8
DKEQ, V, #1 (Oct 1886), p. 83 .......................................................................................................9
DKEQ, V, #3 (Apr 1887), p. 241 .....................................................................................................9
DKEQ, VI, #1 (Oct 1887), p. 83 ....................................................................................................10
DKEQ, VI, #3 (Apr 1888), pp. 242-3 ............................................................................................10
DKEQ, VII, #1 (Oct 1888), p. 76 ...................................................................................................11
DKEQ, VIII, #1 (Jan 1890), p.80 ...................................................................................................11
DKEQ, VIII, #1 (Jan 1890), p. 89 (Graduate Personals) ...............................................................12
DKEQ, IX, #1 (Jan 1891), pp. 57-58 .............................................................................................12
DKEQ, IX, #1 (Jan, 1891), p. 77 (Graduate Personals) .................................................................13
DKEQ, XI, #2 (May 1893), p. 109 .................................................................................................13
DKEQ, XII, #1 (Jan 1894), pp. 61-62. ...........................................................................................14
DKEQ, XII, #2 (May 1894), pp. 149-150 (Graduate Personals) ....................................................15
DKEQ, XII, #2 (May 1894), pp. 173-4 ..........................................................................................15
DKEQ, XII, #3 (Nov 1894), p. 191 (Frontispiece, Delta Chi’s New House) ................................17
DKEQ, XII, #4 (Nov 1894), pp. 277-278 ......................................................................................18
DKEQ, XIII, #1 (Mar 1895), pp. 65-66 .........................................................................................19
DKEQ, XIII, #2 (Jun 1895), p. 116 (Graduate Personals) .............................................................20
DKEQ, XIII, #2 (Jun 1895), p. 133. ...............................................................................................20
DKEQ, XIII, #3 (Nov 1895), p. 187 (Graduate Personals) ............................................................20
DKEQ, XIII, #3 (Nov 1895), p. 207...............................................................................................21
DKEQ, XIV, #1 (Mar 1896), p. 69 ................................................................................................21
DKEQ, XIV, #2 (Jun 1896), pp. 131-132 (Graduate Personals)....................................................22
DKEQ, XIV, #2 (Jun 1896), p. 147 ...............................................................................................23
DKEQ, XIV, #3 (Nov 1896), p. 217 ..............................................................................................24
DKEQ, XV, #1 (Feb 1897), p. 63-64 .............................................................................................24
DKEQ, XV, #2 (Jun 1897), pp. 142-143 .......................................................................................25
DKEQ, XV, #3 (Nov 1897), p. 194 (Graduate Personals) .............................................................25
DKEQ, XV, #3 (Nov 1897), p. 220 ...............................................................................................26
DKEQ, XVI, #1 (Feb 1898), p. 40 (Graduate Personals) ..............................................................26
DKEQ, XVI, #1 (Feb 1898), pp. 60-61 ..........................................................................................27
DKEQ, XVI, #2 (Jun 1898), p. 124 ...............................................................................................27
DKEQ, XVI, #3 (Oct 1898), p. 162 (Death, Clifton Beckwith Brown 1900) ................................28
DKEQ, XVII, #1 (Feb 1899), pp. 39-40 (Chapter War Records) ..................................................28
DKEQ, XVII, #1 (Feb 1899), pp. 71-72 ........................................................................................29
DKEQ, XVII, #2 (Jun 1899), pp. 154-155. ....................................................................................30
DKEQ, XVII, #3 (Nov 1899), pp. 206-207 ....................................................................................31
DKEQ, XVII, #3 (Nov 1899), p. 229. ............................................................................................31
DKEQ, XVIII, #1 (Feb 1900), pp. 60-61 .......................................................................................32
DKEQ, XVIII, #3 (Nov 1900), pp. 195-196 ..................................................................................32
DKEQ, XIX, #1 (Feb 1901), p. 56 .................................................................................................33
DKEQ, XIX, #2 (Jun 1901), p. 116 ...............................................................................................33
DKEQ, XIX, #3 (Nov 1901), p. 178 ..............................................................................................34
DKEQ, XX, #1 (Feb 1902), pp. 61-62 ...........................................................................................34
DKEQ, XX, #2 (Jun 1902), pp. 112-113. ......................................................................................35
DKEQ, XX, #3 (Nov 1902), pp. 164-165. .....................................................................................36
DKEQ, XXI, #1 (Feb 1903), pp. 63-64 ..........................................................................................36
DKEQ, XXI, #2 (Jun 1903), 116-117 ............................................................................................37
DKEQ, XXI, #3 (Nov 1903), p. 164 (Graduate Personals) ............................................................38
DKEQ, XXI, #3 (Nov 1903), p. 183-184 .......................................................................................38
DKEQ, XXII, #2 (Jun 1904), pp. 142-143 .....................................................................................39
DKEQ, XXII, #3 (Nov 1904), p. 202 .............................................................................................39
DKEQ, XXIV, #1 (Feb 1906), pp. 83-84 .......................................................................................40
DKEQ, XXIV, #2 (Jun 1906), p. 144.............................................................................................41
DKEQ, XXIV, #3 (Nov 1906), p. 219 ...........................................................................................41
DKEQ, XXV, #1 (Feb 1907), pp. 34-37 (Article, DKE Assoc. of New York, Excerpt) ...............42
DKEQ, XXV, #1 (Feb 1907), pp. 57-58 ........................................................................................42
DKEQ, XXV, #1 (Feb 1907), p. 75 (Greek News and Clippings) .................................................43
DKEQ, XXV, #2 (Jun 1907), p. 143 ..............................................................................................44
DKEQ, XXV, #3 (Nov 1907), p. 204 ............................................................................................44
DKEQ, XXVI, #1 (Feb 1908), p. 44 (Graduate Personals) ............................................................45

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DKEQ, XXVI, #1 (Feb 1908), pp. 56-57 .......................................................................................45
DKEQ, XXVI, #2 (Jun 1908), p. 130.............................................................................................45
DKEQ, XXVI, #3 (Nov 1908), pp. 199-200 ..................................................................................46
DKEQ, XXVII, #1 (Feb 1909), p. 41 (Resolution on Franklin Smith Macomber 1899)...............46
DKEQ, XXVII, #1 (Feb 1909), p.66 ..............................................................................................47
DKEQ, XXVIII, #2 (Jun 1910), p. 117 ..........................................................................................48
DKEQ, XXVIII, #3 (Nov 1910), p. 157 (Resolutions, Arthur Peter Braun 1906) .........................49
DKEQ, XXIX, #1 (Feb 1911), p. 57. .............................................................................................49
DKEQ, XXIX, #2 (May 1911), p. 142 ...........................................................................................50
DKEQ, XXIX, #2 (May 1911), pp. 153-5 (Article, Recent Rushing Rules) .................................51
DKEQ, XXIX, #4 (Dec 1911), p. 305-06 ......................................................................................53
DKEQ, XXX, #1 (Feb 1912), pp. 56-7 ..........................................................................................54
DKEQ, XXX, #2 (May 1912), pp. 150-151 ...................................................................................55
DKEQ, XXX, #4 (Dec 1912), pp. 316-317 ....................................................................................56
DKEQ, (circa 1912), p. 142 ...........................................................................................................57
DKEQ, XXXI, #2 (May 1913), p. 194 ...........................................................................................57
DKEQ, XXXI, #4 (Dec 1913), pp. 376-377 ..................................................................................58
DKEQ, XXXIII, #2 (May 1915), pp. 141-143 (Comment of General Secretary) ..........................59
DKEQ, XXXIII, #3 (Oct 1915), pp. 253-255 (Convention Speeches) ..........................................62
DKEQ, XXXIII, #4 (Dec 1915), pp. 443-445 ................................................................................63
DKEQ, XXXIV, #1, p. 239 ............................................................................................................65
DKEQ, XXXIV, #4, pp. 481-2 .......................................................................................................66
DKEQ, XXXV, #2 (May 1917), pp. 218-220 ................................................................................68
DKEQ, XXXV, #4 (Dec 1917), pp. 386-387 .................................................................................69
DKEQ, XXXVI, #4 (Dec 1918), pp. 278-9....................................................................................70
DKEQ, XXXVII, #2 (May 1919), pp. 147-9 .................................................................................71
DKEQ, XXXVIII, #1 (Feb 1920), p. 110 .......................................................................................73
DKEQ, XXXIX, #1 (Feb 1921), pp. 126-7 ....................................................................................75
DKEQ, XXXIX, #3 (Oct 1921), pp. 357-358. ...............................................................................76
DKEQ, XXXIX, #4 (1921), pp. 459-60 .........................................................................................78
DKEQ, XL, #1 (Apr 1922), pp. 94-96 (Alumni Personals, Julius Chambers’ Last Book) ............79
DKEQ, XL, #4 (Nov 1922), pp. 341-2 ...........................................................................................80
DKEQ, XL, #4 (Nov 1922), pp. 367 (In Memoriam, Charles Shaw Horner 1894) .......................81
DKEQ, XLV, #4 (Dec 1927), pp. 401-2 ........................................................................................82
DKEQ, ca. 1928, p. 77 (Alumni Gossip) .......................................................................................83
DKEQ, XLVI, #4 (Dec 1928), pp. 488-90 .....................................................................................84
DKEQ, XLVII, #1 (Feb 1929), p. 122 (Newspaper Item) ..............................................................85

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DKEQ, XLVII, #4 (Dec 1929), p. 599 ...........................................................................................85
DKEQ, XLIX, #2 (May 1931), p. 108 ...........................................................................................86
DKEQ, XLIX, #3 (Sep 1931), p. 191 (Chapter Alumni Associations) ..........................................86
DKEQ, LI, #2 (May 1933), p. 102 .................................................................................................86
DKEQ, LI, #3 (Oct 1933), 155 (In Memoriam) .............................................................................87
DKEQ, LI, #4 (Dec 1933), p. 198 ..................................................................................................87
DKEQ, LII, #3 (Oct 1934), pp. 115 & 132 (Bayard Taylor, O) .....................................................88
DKEQ, LII, #4 (Dec 1934), p. 176 .................................................................................................88
DKEQ, LIII, #2 (May 1935), p. 79 .................................................................................................88
DKEQ, LIII, #2 (May 1935), p. 94 .................................................................................................89
DKEQ, LIII, #2 (May 1935), p. 99 (In Memoriam, Cuthbert Winfred Pound 1887).....................89
DKEQ, LIII, #4 (Dec 1935), p. 159 & 173 (Article, This Matter of Legacies) ..............................90
DKEQ, LIII, #4 (Dec 1935), p. 190................................................................................................92
DKEQ, LIV, #1 (Feb 1936), p. 28 (Article, The Pound Memorial Fund) .....................................92
DKEQ, LIV, #1 (Feb 1936), p. 43 (Death, George Washington Graham 1876) ............................94
DKEQ, LIV, #1 (Feb 1936), p. 45 (Deaths, Cool 1916 & Miles 1917) .........................................94
DKEQ, LIV, #2 (May 1936), p. 60 (Remembrance, James Anderson Hawes Φ’94) ....................95
DKEQ, LIV, #2 (May 1936), pp. 72-3 (Article, Use Your Head) .................................................95
DKEQ, LIV, #2 (May 1936), p.99 .................................................................................................97
DKEQ, LIV, #4 (Dec 1936), p. 190 ...............................................................................................98
DKEQ, LIV, #4 (Dec 1936), p. 201 ...............................................................................................98
DKEQ, LV, #1 (Feb 1937), p. 62 (Deaths, Snider 1894 & Baur 1921) .........................................99
DKEQ, LV, #2 (May 1937), p. 76 (Article, Fred Baker 1874) ......................................................99
DKEQ, LV, #2 (May 1937), pp. 92-3 ............................................................................................99
DKEQ, LVI, #1 (Feb 1938), p. 51 (Death, Herbert William Strong 1894) .................................100
DKEQ, LVI, #2 (May 1938), p. 101 ............................................................................................101
DKEQ, LVI, 3 (Oct 1938), p. 120 ................................................................................................102
DKEQ, LVIII, #2 (May 1940), p. 87 (Dekes in the News ―Charles Baskerville 1919) .............102
DKEQ, LIX, #1 (Feb 1941), p. 54 ................................................................................................103
DKEQ, LIX, #1 (Feb 1941), p. 55 ................................................................................................103
DKEQ, LX, #2 (May 1942), p. 76 ................................................................................................103
DKEQ, LX, #2 (May 1942), p. 48 ................................................................................................104
DKEQ, LXI, #1 (Feb 1943) p. 23 .................................................................................................104
DKEQ, LXI, #3 (Oct 1943), p. 92 (Deaths, Hewitt, III 1943 & Eisenman 1943) ........................104
DKEQ, LXIII, #3 (Oct 1945), p.95 ..............................................................................................105
DKEQ, LXIX, #1 (Feb 1951), p. 268 ...........................................................................................106
DKEQ, LXIX, #4 (Dec 1951) (Death, Arthur DeWitt Brooks 1900) ..........................................107

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DKEQ, LXX, #1 (Feb 1952) (News Item, George Nixon 1949) .................................................107
DKEQ, LXXI, #1 (Feb 1953), pp. 16-17 (T. C. Hennings 1924 Convention Address). ..............107
DKEQ, LXXI, #1 (Feb 1953), p. 22 (Wedding, James Lovell Carr 1944) ..................................110
DKEQ, LXXI, #2 (Summer 1953), p. 49-52 ................................................................................111
DKEQ, LXXI, #3 (Oct 1953), p. 98 (Death, Jay Cromwell Nellegar 1898) ................................112
DKEQ, LXXII, #1 (Feb 1954), p. 22 (Photograph, John F. Nixon 1924) ....................................113
DKEQ, LXXIII, #2 (May 1955), p. 54 .........................................................................................113
DKEQ, LXXIII, #2 (May 1955), pp. 62-63 (Article, Robert Trent Jones 1931) .........................113
DKEQ, LXXIII, #2 (May 1955), p. 71 .........................................................................................114
DKEQ, LXXIII, #3 (Oct 1955), p. 96 (United States Senate) ......................................................116
DKEQ, LXXIV, #2 (May 1956) ...................................................................................................116
DKEQ, LXXIV, #3 (Oct 1956), p. 128 (Article, Thomas C. Hennings 1924) ............................117
DKEQ, LXXV, #2 (May 1957), p 68 (Article, Delta Chi Community Service) ..........................118
DKEQ, LXXV, #3 (Oct 1957), p. 104 (Death, Hugh Everard Jackson 1924) .............................118
DKEQ, LXXV. #4 (Dec 1957), p. 135 (Article, Thomas Washburn Hopper 1928) ....................118
DKEQ, LXXVI,, #2 (May 1958), p. 75 (Death, Robert Heller Shaner 1914) .............................118
DKEQ, LXXVII #1 (Feb 1959), p. 44 (Article, Laurence Stockton Helffrich 1923) ..................119
DKEQ, LXXVII, #1 (Feb 1959), p. 44 (Article, Charles Barrett 1916) .......................................119
DKEQ, LXXVII, #3 (Oct 1959), p. 111 (Death, Walter C. Lefens 1905) ...................................120
DKEQ, LXXVII, #3 (Oct 1959), p. 111 .......................................................................................120
DKEQ, LXXVIII, #4 (Dec 1960), pp. 181-182 (Chapter Letter) .................................................121
DKEQ, LXXVIII, #4 (Dec 1960), pp 163-164 (Death, Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. 1924) .............122
DKEQ, LXXIX, #1 (Feb 1961), p. 9 (Deke Achievement Awards) ............................................126
DKEQ, LXXIX, #2 (May 1961), p. 88 (Death, George F. Hewitt Jr. 1910) ................................127
DKEQ, LXXIX, #2 (May 1961) ...................................................................................................127
DKEQ, LXXIX, #3 (Oct 1961), pp. 129-130 ...............................................................................129
DKEQ, LXXX, #3 (Oct 1962), p. 127 .........................................................................................131
DKEQ, LXXXI, #2 (May 1963), pp. 54-55 (Article, James McConnell Clark, 1944) ................131
DKEQ, LXXXI, #2 (May 1963), p. 70 (Article, Fred B. Johnston II 1961) ................................132
DKEQ, LXXXI, #3 (Oct 1963), p. 89 (Article, Briton H. Richardson 1937) ..............................132
DKEQ, LXXXI, #3 (Oct 1963), p. 120 (Death, B. Botsford Young 1919) .................................132
DKEQ. LXXXII, #2 (May 1964), p. 62 (Death, Frank H. McCormick 1910) .............................132
DKEQ, LXXXIII, #2 (May 1965), p. 87 ......................................................................................133
DKEQ, LXXXIII, #3 (Oct 1965), p. 124......................................................................................134
DKEQ, LXXXIII, #4 (Dec 1965), p. 175 .....................................................................................135
DKEQ, LXXXIV, #1 (Feb 1966), p. 35 .......................................................................................136
DKEQ, LXXXIV, #2 (May 1966), p. 78 ......................................................................................137

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DKEQ, LXXXIV, #4 (Dec 1966), p. 172 ....................................................................................138
DKEQ, LXXXV, #2 (May 1967), p. 85 .......................................................................................138
DKEQ, LXXXV, #3 (Oct 1967), p. 120 ......................................................................................139
DKEQ, LXXXV, #3 (Oct 1967), p. 134 (Death, Clem Steele Clarke 1919) ...............................142
DKEQ, LXXXV, #4 (Dec 1967), p. 153 (Article, Briton H. Richardson 1937) ..........................143
DKEQ, LXXXV, #4 (Dec 1967), p. 159 ......................................................................................144
DKEQ, LXXXVI, #1 (Feb 1968), p. 50 .......................................................................................145
DKEQ, LXXXVI, #2 (May 1968), p. 73 & 80 .............................................................................146
DKEQ, LXXXVI, #4 (Dec 1968), pp. 148-150 (Article, Charles Baskerville 1919) ..................147
DKEQ, LXXXVII, #4 (Dec 1969), p. 183 ...................................................................................150
DKEQ, LXXXVIII, #1 (Feb 1970), p. 27 ....................................................................................151
DKEQ, LXXXVIII, #2 (May 1970), p. 58 ...................................................................................152
DKEQ, LXXXVIII, #4 (Dec 1970), pp. 106-107(Article, 126th DKE Convention) ...................154
DKEQ, LXXXVIII, #4 (Dec 1970), pp. 115 & cover (Article, Caesar A. Grasselli II 1922) ......157
DKEQ, LXXXVIII, #4 (Dec 1970), p. 136 ..................................................................................158
DKEQ, LXXXIX, #1 (Feb 1971), p. 19 .......................................................................................159
DKEQ, LXXXIX, #1 (Feb 1971), p. 32 (Death, Frank Herbert Philbrick 1908) .........................160
DKEQ, LXXXIX, #2 (May 1971), p. 59 ......................................................................................160
DKEQ, XCIX, #3 (Summer 1986), pp. 8-13 (Article, Illustrations ΔKE Club, NYC) ................162
DKEQ, XCIX, #3 (Summer 1986), p. 34 (Article, Robert L. Malatesta 1955) ...........................162
DKEQ, CXXIX, #1 (Spring 2011), p.23 (Death, Brian Lo 2011) ...............................................163
Acknowledgement ......................................................................................................................163

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Note on the Transcriptions
Transcriptions of ΔX Chapter Letters appearing in the Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly (DKEQ)
are derived from two principal sources: digital scans from the Hathi Trust collection and
photocopies of various library holdings. In the latter case, the photocopies were scanned into
Microsoft Office Word 2003 using a DELL Model 966 All-in-One Printer-Scanner-Fax machine.
The scanned document was then processed by an ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint optical
character recognition program. The text was then washed by Microsoft Notepad Version 5.1 to
remove extraneous formatting codes, then transcribed to this Microsoft Office Word 2003
document, and finally processed by Adobe Acrobat Elements 6.0 to produce the Portable
Document File version. Omitted sections are noted.
Numbers that have been examined, but contain no ΔX Chapter Letter or any significant material
bearing on ΔX are so indicated, e.g. *DKEQ, IV, #2 (Jan 1886): nn [nil novi].
In general, extant text usage has been preserved: “‘Varsity” for varsity, “cotillon [sic]” for the
modern cotillion, lower case “street” in addresses, etc. Aleph Samach, the Junior class society,
was often misidentified as Adelph [sic] Samach. These instances have been noted. Names and
class years are corrected without comment.
See the following studies for selected transcriptions from DKEQ.
ΔΧ of ΔΚΕ Special Study #08: Overt Mottos of the DΚΕ Fraternity and Chapters
http://hdl.handle.net/1813/23086
DKEQ, VI, #1 (Oct 1887), pp. 28-36: Lantz, Franklin Winfield, ΨΦ ‘70. “The Blazons of
the DKE Arms.” Blazons and mottos in Greek are given for the following chapters: Φ, Θ,
Ξ, Σ, Ψ, Υ, ΒΑ (now B), Χ, Η, Α, Λ, Π, Α’ (now AA), Ο, Ε, Ν, Τ, Μ, Ρ, ΒΦ, ΦΧ, ΨΦ, ΓΦ,
ΨΩ, ΒΧ, ΔΧ, Δ (now ΔΔ), ΦΓ, Β (now ΓΒ), ΘΖ and AX.

ΔX of ΔKE Special Study #10: Poems and Songs
http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3367
DKEQ, I, #1 (Jan 1883), pp. 3-6: Brother John DeWitt Warner, ΔΧ ‘72, “Our Aegis.”

ΔX of ΔKE Special Study #18: Early Histories of the Chapter
http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3316
DKEQ, XII, #1 (Jan 1894), pp. 15-21: “Delta Chi: The Laying of the Corner-Stone of the
New Chapter House and Sketch of the Chapter.”
DKEQ, XII, #3 (Nov 1894), pp. 191-204: Warner, John DeWitt. ΔX ‘72. “Early History
of Delta Chi Chapter.”
DKEQ, XXX, #1 (Feb 1912), pp. 56-7: Anon. “The New Home of Delta Chi.”

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Delta Chi Chapter Letters in the Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly

DKEQ, I, #1 (1883), p. 62
DELTA CHI  CORNELL
We returned to college at the beginning of the year with seven men: one senior, three juniors,
three sophomores. On October 28th, we initiated three men of ‘86, and on November 24th, two
members of the junior class, thus increasing our numbers to twelve. One of our Sophomores is
under the ban of temporary suspension from the University for participation in a Hallow’een
affair. The less fortunate ΨΥs suffered the loss of 6 men, one half their total membership.
The chapter is in excellent condition and our prospects are most flattering for a full share of the
eligible men in the coming class.
One of our sophomores, discouraged in the search for gold in the far west, has concluded to
return and renew his search for knowledge in the University.
The weaker fraternities are being rooted out here and the stronger ones showing a more healthy
development in some consequence. Last year witnessed the death of the Cornell chapters of ΧΦ
and ΔΒΦ.
Within our own chapter there is renewed interest in the Fraternity at large and the interest taken
by the younger members is a source of pride and an encouragement to older members.
The University is making great improvement in all its branches. The return of Pres. White has
given new impetus to every department. The immense sales of lands, together with the
magnificent bequest of the late Mrs. Fiske gives [sic] the University the rank of third if not
second in wealth. The endowment of the library has no parallel in any college or even public
library.
Encouraged by this the trustees have nearly completed a beautiful building for the department of
Chemistry and Physics, and have under way a splendid gymnasium, thus filling a long felt want
among Cornell Students.

DKEQ, I, #2 (Apr 1883), p. 169
DELTA CHI  CORNELL
Our chapter house, which is one of the pleasantest and most centrally located of any, we have
recently refitted and refurnished, and it is a source of much pride to us. Our number, though
small, is most zealous and active in the interests of ΔKE. We elected two out of the seven editors
of the Cornellian, our yearly publication. On the Sun, our daily college paper, we are also
represented. We have one man each on the base-ball [sic] “nine” and Glee Club. The Junior Ball
Committee had two ΔKEs out of five. It was the most successful of any that has occurred here of
late years, both financially and socially. This was without doubt due to the ΔKE members of the
committee.
The Alpha Delts have the best chapter house, we are next in this respect and the ΨΥ next. The
other fraternities, except ΖΨ, live in business blocks.
The standard for admission to the university is being continually raised.

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*DKEQ, IV, #2 (Jan 1886): nn.

DKEQ, V, #1 (Oct 1886), p. 83
DELTA CHI — CORNELL UNIVERSITY
By sustaining a high standard of scholarship throughout the year, the members of X have won
the respect of both professors and students. We have representatives in most of the courses.
Especially noteworthy is the fact that one of our Seniors led his class in Civil Engineering, an
honor best appreciated by one who has done the work of that course. At the Class Day exercises
the poet was a KE. The base-ball [sic] club of the past year was an exceptionally fine one, so
that we esteem ourselves honored in furnishing it with the heaviest batter, who, besides, played
first base in every game without making an error. The Freshmen had the only class nine in the
University last year, two of their men being from X. We also won the championship of all
fraternity ball clubs, In the intercollegiate games at Utica X was represented by Bro. Smith, who
received the first prize for throwing the hammer.
[copy obscured] music among all the fraternities at Cornell, as we have had among our number
the best vocal and instrumental musicians in the University. A new room has been lined up for
the library which has received special attention, and the billiard hall has also been made more
attractive. In the best society of our little city KE is well represented, one of the events of the
season being the cotillion given at our house last winter. During the year we have had the
President of the Frinja Social Club and the Secretary of the Undine Club. At the Algebra
Cremation and Excursion, X furnished the master of ceremonies. We have begun the year of
‘86-’87 the strongest fraternity in the field. Two KE’s have been elected to fellowships for the
coming year. It is our intention to devote still more time and energy to the literary exercises
which have been so beneficial to us in the past.

DKEQ, V, #3 (Apr 1887), p. 241
DELTA CHI — CORNELL UNIVERSITY
The past year has been a successful one for Delta Chi. Besides having our usual number of
undergraduate members, we are now represented in the University by four resident graduates, of
whom two, Brother Lapham, Delta Chi, ‘84, and Brother Mills, Beta Phi, ‘84, hold fellowships.
Our chapter house fund has recently been greatly augmented by liberal contributions from our
alumni members, and has now reached such a sum as to assure us that KE will soon have the
finest chapter house at Cornell. With this in view, and also the fact that we shall lose but few of
our number this year by graduation, we deem ourselves prepared to enter the lists next fall with
the most brilliant prospects of success. The trustees of the University have recently elected Chas.
A. Collin, Phi, ‘67, a member of the Faculty of our new law school, and Julius J. Chambers,
Delta Chi, ‘72, as a non-resident lecturer in journalism.
The university is constantly growing; building is going on and other improvements are being
made. Our relations with our rivals are friendly; Υ [Delta Upsilon] has purchased Dr.
Coddington’s house for a chapter home. It is very commodious for chapter purposes. A chapter
of ΦΔΘ [Phi Delta Theta] has been established here.

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The Annual Field Day of 1887 gave eight out of sixteen first prizes to KE; also six second
prizes. As to the Inter-Collegiate Field Day soon to be held in Syracuse, ΦΓ [Phi Gamma] has
certainly taken more interest than her rivals, if the number of entries is any indication. Brother
Connelly is the Musical Director of the Glee Club, Brother Hawkins is the Captain of the
University Nine, and Brother Crowley is the Chairman of the Executive Committee, for the
Calculus Burial ceremony. To these add the presidency of the Senior class for class-day and the
presidency of the Freshman class for the latter of the year,
The Onondagan of ‘88 was lately issued; Brother Hawkins was Editor-in-Chief. In the Senior
class, exclusive of Brother Doubleday in the Medical Department, we have four men and
received two commencement appointments. Υ [Delta Upsilon] has seven men and received four
appointments. In the Sophomore Exhibition the fraternities stand as follows : KE, 3; Υ, 1; ΦΓ,
1; ΦΚΨ, 1; ΦΔΘ, 0.

DKEQ, VI, #1 (Oct 1887), p. 83
DELTA CHI  CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Delta Chi has experienced during the past year a steady growth, both in the number of members
and from a financial standpoint.
Earnest and vigorous efforts have been put forth by active and alumni members to push ahead the
new chapter house movement, and the success of the enterprise now seems assured.
We will lose no men this fall save those who have graduated, and as we have several of the most
desirable members of the class of ‘90 ready to swell our ranks at the opening of university this
fall, our prospects of a successful rushing campaign we regard as most excellent.
As our chapter is composed, to a great extent, of Western men, we expect to send an unusually
large delegation to the Convention at Chicago, and hope there to enter into fraternal competition
with our sister chapters in aiding to make the affair —what a Deke Convention usually is— a
grand success.

DKEQ, VI, #3 (Apr 1888), pp. 242-3
DELTA CHI — CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Delta Chi opened the last campaign with twelve active members, two pledged Sophomores, and
three post-graduates. We initiated six men, all of whom are fully up to the standard we have
always strived to maintain.
The Senior election was a great triumph for KE. One of our men, who was also Junior
President, was elected Toastmaster and appointed on the Banquet Committee. Another was
elected Marshal and appointed on the Class Day Committee. On the Ball Committee, which is
most important of all, we have two men of the seven, while no other fraternity has more than one,
and most are not represented at all. We also have one member of the Photograph Committee, the
Athletic Director of the Senior Class, and the Treasurer of the University Athletic Council. Thus
all of our Seniors have received high honors from their class.
In the Junior Class we have the Pipe Custodian, the only member of ‘89 who takes part in the
Commencement; also one member of the Junior Ball Committee. On the Cornell Era board we

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