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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
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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
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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
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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.