PAGE SIX Miami Triad Hold Dance Tomorrow! Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta i Theta and Sigma Chi—thoe are the three fraternities found- 1 ed approximately a hundied years ago at Miami University ' that make up the famous “Mi- | ami Triad.” i The three fraternities hold- \ ing a “Miami Triad” dance to | the rhythm of Jimmy Leyden’s j band at the Beta house from 9 \ p. m. to midnight tomorrow. \ The last time the three houses i got together for such a reunion L was in 1937. It will be a closed dance and dress will be in formal. ‘ Beta Theta Pi, the oldest of the three, was founded at Mi ami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1839, Phi Delta Theta came next in 1848, and Sigma Chi was established in 1855. The houses are noted for their co operation in helping each other get started, - and on practically all campuses, where there is one of these fraternities, there also are the other two. ! As for the purpose in these houses uniting in such a Triad, it is briefly stated, “The three fraternities united to promote TAU —of— Delta Tau Delta Welcomes Guests To The Penn State Campus Weekend Host * “ w w jr Host to the many out of town guests here for the Interfraternity Ball tonight is H. Edward Wag ner, president of the Interfrater nity Council. an active agency in fostering better college spirit and inter fraternity relations.” Stern Elected President Arthur E. Stern ’42 has been elected president of Phi Sigma Delta. Mervin B. Krentzman ’43 is vice-president; A. Ken neth Sivitz ’44, secretary; and Ralph S. Snyder ’43, corres ponding secretary. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Phi Gamma DeSfa Fraternities Dancing Organized First >,,||,||i|t||||||,|||||,|,,|miiii||iii||||m| »ii |m iii» i »>ii»i " ’”! On April 4, 1888, Phi Gamma Delta received college recogni tion, and was the .first frater nity on the campus. Beta Theta Pi followed right behind the fijis, getting their sanction on October 4 of the same year. In the next five years five more fraternities were organiz ed, and by the turn of the cen tury there were eight Greek letter organizations here. Sixty-nine years ago in 1872 the first national fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, applied for a charter on this campus, but it failed to receive official sanction. At that time, 13 years after the college was founded, there were only 100 students on the campus, living in Old Main dormitories, and the adminis tration felt that the time wasn’t ripe for fraternities. Establishing fraternities on the campus came in “splurges.” The first, group came in the period from 1888-92, when six organizations were -formed. Another splurge came at the latter part of President Sparks’ era, 1911-14, with 13 fraterni ties getting charters at Penn State. Within four years after the close of the first World War, nine fraternities were es tablished. The first fraternity house was the Masonic Building, oppo site the Post office, quarters of the Phi Gams. Several years after the Betas were organized, they moved into what is now the Penn State Hotel. Two years ago, when L. G. Balfour, president of the Inter fraternity Conference visited here for Interfraternity Ball weekend, he remarked that Penn State ranked with Cornell and Dartmouth as being the three outstanding colleges in regard to fraternities and their connection with the college. The largest number of frater nities to be . organized in any one year was four,, in 1912. The general house-building period was in the 1920’5, prior to the depression period. BMOC's Set To Dazzle Dales With Lafesl In Campus Fashions Though Joe Colleges throw conventional dress to the winds, campus style leaders, besieged by frantic males, stumbled into a huddle and came up with the following vogues for weekend activities. Tweed suits are recommend ed for dinner dates Friday eve ning. However, BMOC’s will wear conservative sport coats" and slacks for the evening “feed.” * At IF Ball chic dressers will tear their hair at the sight of broken combinations of top hats, white ties, and tails. These accessories should all be worn together. A Chesterfield is the proper topcoat. Those “smoothies” with plain tuxes may wear red or white boutonnieres with correspohd ing ties. Esquire admits that a topcoat with a nearly-matching hat is quite in style. • • But what of the weatherman who will seek to spoil, all this -finery? As usual he will liber ally douse the campus to make things messy. The practical Joe Colleges will keep their rain coats and rubber boots handy. Sport clothes conform to vogue patterns for Saturday morning, while mostly anything is worn for a hike or ride through the Nittany Hills. Coun try wear, sport jackets and sad dle shoes, are most popular. Saturday evening wear is fashioned in suits of conserva tive, medium colors. But, then, she doesn’t notice the color of your suit from- two to five . in. th< The fraternities giving dances tomorrow night"afe: Alpha Chi Sigma Johnny Lann’s orchestra, informal, closed. Beta Theta Pi—Miami Triad, Jimmy Leyden, informal, closed. Delta Chi—Ranch dance, Fred die Rico’s orchestra, cos tume, closed. Pi Kappa Phi—Houseparty, The Nittany Lions, informal, closed. Phi Kappa Psi—Campus Owls, informal, invitation. Phi Kappa Tau—Vic dance, in formal, open. Phi Sigma Delta Ralph Wright’s . band, informal, invitation. Phi Sigma Kappa . Dinner dance, 6-7, 9-12, Rex Rock well, informal, open. Sigma Alpha Epsilon—Charles Masters’ orchestra, at the Nittany Lion Inn, formal, closed. Sigma Chi—Miami Triad, at the Beta House. Sigma Phi Epsilon—Vic dance, informal, closed. The oldest national fraternity on campus is Chi Phi, establish ed in 1824. Welcome ( Guests OMICRON OF Phi Kappa Tau • ETA of Sigma Phi Epsilon Wishes ' ► ALL ITS GUESTS AND ALUMNI AN ENJOYABLE INTERFRATERNITY WEEKEND i ..i FRIDAY APRIL 3, 1941 Proposed Lion Shrine Sculptor Is Holed Artist Heinz Warneke, recent visitor to the campus and possible sculptor of the Lion Shrine, has established himself as one of America’s finest artists of the past 20 years, according to Prof. J. Burn Helme, head of the' fine arts division. Warneke has wonj important first prizes since 192,4, including the Widener Gold Medal at the Philadelphia Academy in 1935, the Logan Medal and $2,500 at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930. His recent work includes pub lic commissions for the Post Of fice Department Building and the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, D. C. He is an associate of the Na tional Academy, a member of the American Society of Paint ers, Sculptors and Gravers, the National Sculpture Society,' and the Salon des Tuileries. The February 1939 Magazine of Art and the February 1041 Parnassus contain illustrated articles about his work. First school of engineering. in the United State was Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded at Troy, N. Y., by Stephen van Rensselaer in 1824.
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