The fraternities represented here are as follows in the order of their establishment:

Chi Psi, 1845, present active membership eleven.

Alpha Delta Phi, 1846, actives, seventeen.

Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1853, actives, seventeen.

Sigma Phi, 1858, actives, thirteen.

Zeta Psi, 1858, actives, five.

Psi Upsilon, 1864, actives, twenty-four.

Beta Theta Pi, 1875, actives, fifteen;

Phi Kappa Psi, 1876, actives, sixteen.

The ladies fraternities, Kappa Alpha Theta, 1879, actives, ten.

Gamma Phi Beta, 1882, actives, thirteen.

Our fraternity established a chapter here in 1875 but owing to causes easily understood, but difficult to present delicately, the chapter died in 1S77. A second attempt was made in 1879 which resulted in the present chapter. The records of old Delta have been lost, and our knowledge of it is not so full as desirable. The present chapter has been prosperous, having initiated twenty-five men, many of them being prominent men of their class and of the University. During the present year we have initiated five good men, four in ’86, one in ’85. Our present membership is thirteen, five of our professional members left us when the Law and Dental Departments closed. We lose six members in the graduating classes, four from the literary department and two from the medical department, leaving us seven who expect to return next year. These with some we hope may come back to finish their course, we are confident of counting nine men to begin the year ’83-84. During the year three of our men have left college, two of our initiates in ’85 and one who came to us from a sister chapter, in ’86.

Our delegates to the Convention are F. A. Walker, ’83, Winthrop street, Taunton, Mass., and Ezra J. Ware, 111 Lafayette street, Grand Rapids, Mich.”

Reference Data:

The Rainbow of the Delta Tau Delta, Vol.s 5-6, by Delta Tau Delta Fraternity,1881, pages 154-5