Delta Upsilon is a member of the Interfraternity Council. Remarkably, not a single chapter closed, and the Fraternity added seven new chapters between 1929 and 1935. Over time, the DUEF has expanded its purpose to include funding for educational programs such as the Leadership Institute and the Presidents Academy. The Undergraduate Convention and the Assembly of Trustees meet annually. Final Clubs Decide to Merge Assets, Alumni Membership", "Delta Upsilon Fraternity records, 1847-1942", "Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Certificate of Membership", "UW fraternity Delta Upsilon loses its charter for hazing", "Swarthmore Fraternities Disband After Uproar Over 'Rape Attic' Documents", "Bucknell celebrates its part in the invention of beer pong", "Reno Rating Success for Discovery Channel! Chapters of Phi Lambda Upsilon . The purpose of the Chapter is to foster the "Four Founding Principles of the Fraternity," which are the promotion of friendship, the development of character, the diffusion of liberal culture and the advancement of justice. Although historically found on the campuses of small New England private universities, Delta Upsilon currently has 76 chapters/colonies across the United States and Canada. The seal of the fraternity, which is in the custody of the international headquarters in Indianapolis, is affixed to chapter charters and membership certificates. Then by Aug. 1, 2020, all chapter facilities were to be substance-free unless granted a waiver. That year's sitting of the Undergraduate Convention was dissolved by emergency action of DU leadership to "prevent open dissension" in the wake of the election of an African-American as president of the Brown University chapter. Delta Upsilon About We now stand as the oldest and largest non-secret fraternity, and have grown into an organization that focuses on providing our men with a unique college experience, one grounded in our four founding principles of the Promotion of Friendship, Development of Character, Diffusion of Liberal Culture, and the Advancement of Justice. Delta Upsilon encouraged the open discussion of these issues and, to this day, continues to combat them in our chapters. Club closed after an assault of a football recruit occurred at its clubhouse. The election had been denounced by a number of the fraternity's new southern chapters. The initiation was significant as it was the first time in more than a century that Delta Upsilon established a chapter at a school where no previous fraternities and sororities existed. [17], The fraternity's by-laws formerly prescribed a puggaree to band a boater hat that is black silk with the middle third occupied by alternating stripes of gold, blue, and gold. [58] In 1906 the Alpha Tau Omega Palm declared it was, among all fraternity journals, second in quality only to the Kappa Sigma Caduceus. The fraternity doubled its staff, from 11 to 22 and added new employees with advanced degrees in higher education or nonprofit management. In 1969, Delta Upsilon International Headquarters moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, to service the Fraternity's membership more efficiently. Harvard responded by declaring it didn't recognize the authority of DU headquarters as Delta Upsilon had ceased to exist in 1909. With the founding idea of membership based on merit alone, Delta Upsilon had no such restrictive policies to change. The building was financed with a bequest from Lester E. Cox, a University of Pennsylvania chapter alumnus who left half his estate to the fraternity. Six South Avenue has been DU's home since 1892. It was permanently erased when Williams College banned all fraternities in 1962. Founded on November 4, 1834 at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Delta Upsilon (ÎÎ¥) is the sixth, all-male, college Greek-letter organization founded in North America (only Kappa Alpha Society, Sigma Phi, Delta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi, and Psi Upsilon predate). With a gift from an alumnus from the Pennsylvania chapter, Lester E. Cox, the Fraternity Headquarters was built in the College Park area of Indianapolis, Indiana. [5] It is popularly and informally known as "DU" or "Delta U" and its members are called "DUs". It includes not only information on the history and principles of the fraternity, but also guidelines on dress, speech, manners, and formal etiquette. The "Delta Upsilon Sweetheart Song" is a courting song used in different ways by different chapters. Just as the decision was about to be made, the delegate from Rutgers Chapter arrived, establishing quorum and the ability enact legislation. They remained unchanged until the 1891 Convention undertook a complete revision of the Constitution, article-by-article. The Delta Upsilon Quarterly is the official voice of the Delta Upsilon International Fraternity. 1949. Date Permanent Trust Fund was created. [9] According to Delta Upsilon, the reason for this change was because it had been absolutely victorious in its battle against secrecy, "the character of the secret societies so altered, that hostility toward them decreased". The following is a list of Delta Upsilon chapters. Forty-two brothers of the fraternity have sat in the United States Congress, three in the Parliament of Canada, one in the Imperial House of Peers of Japan, and six on the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. In the new revision, the old Preamble was completely stricken and the following text was added to Article 1, Section 2: "The objects of this Fraternity shall include the promotion of friendship, the exertion of moral influence, the diffusion of liberal culture, and the advancement of equity in college affairs. Delta Upsilon (ÎÎ¥) is the sixth oldest international, all-male, college Greek-letter organization, and is the oldest non-secret fraternity in North America.Founded on November 4, 1834, at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Delta Upsilon has initiated over 110,000 men into its brotherhood since its founding. The findings formed the basis of a new Fraternity strategic plan that has propelled Delta Upsilon to become a leader in number of areas: chapter operations, loss prevention, leadership development and global competency, to name a few. At the 1864 ACS Convention, the confederation nearly formally disbanded as only three of the seven ACS chapters were in attendance. On November 4, 1834, thirty students held the first meeting of what they named the Social Fraternity. [44], Delta Upsilon's chapter at Brown University, which was organized in 1868, disaffiliated in 1967, reforming as a local known as Kappa Delta Upsilon (so named because it was the tenth chapter of Delta Upsilon and Kappa is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet). Zeta Chi at Baker University was one local which unsuccessfully petitioned for annexation by Delta Upsilon. These documents also contained the labeling, by the local Phi Psi chapter, of parts of Swarthmore College's Delta Upsilon fraternity house as a "rape attic" and a "rape tunnel." All rights reserved. Club's alumni board voted to merge its alumni with the Fly Club. This waiver program was announced in 2019 and will allow chapters that meet certain criteria to annually apply for a waiver, which would be available for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years. In the 1830s, faculty and students at Williams had become concerned by the two fraternities on campus for many reasons, but particularly in their successful placement of members into high campus offices, regardless of their qualifications. Delta Upsilon was the first organized anti-secret fraternity. Looking to change that, a group of men formed what would become Delta Upsilon. A flag of a solid gold field charged with a visual representation of the pledge pin is used by colonies. [39], When the fraternity incorporated in 1909 it adopted a new constitution. More refined conflict took the form of pamphlets and debate. The arms of the Upsilon each have a word of the Fraternity motto engraved on them in Greek letters, the left arm Δικαια, the right arm Υποθηκη. Delta Upsilon (ΔΥ), commonly known as DU, is a collegiate men's fraternity founded on November 4, 1834 at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. [51][52], The Fraternity's motto is "Dikaia Upotheke" which the fraternity translates from Ancient Greek—"Δικαια Υποθηκη"—to mean "Justice, Our Foundation". November 1, 1901 â Sigma Phi Epsilon November 2, 1909 â Lambda Chi Alpha November 4, 1899 â Alpha Sigma Tau November 4, 1834 â Delta Upsilon November 5, 1914 â Alpha Phi Delta November 6, 1992 â Lambda Pi Upsilon November 7, 1913 â Alpha Epsilon Pi November 9, 1988 â Omega Phi Chi Its founding came at the tail-end of the anti-Masonic hysteria that had recently swept the United States, though the idea that it was part of the popular backlash to Freemasonry has generally been rejected (a mysterious fire in 1841 destroyed the records of the first meeting of the Social Fraternity, erasing much of the organization's early history). DELTA PHI EPSILON: BETA UPSILON A Message From Our President. Their goal: create a new, non-secret society that would welcome “all good men and true.”. Though a number of other chapters initially signaled support for the Harvard position, a proposed amendment to the new document failed. [14], The "Four Founding Principles" are currently: the Advancement of Justice, the Promotion of Friendship, the Development of Character, and the Diffusion of Liberal Culture. Delta Upsilon updated its initiation ritual. Until this time, the motto of the Williams Chapter, "Ouden Adelon", meaning "Nothing Secret", was used.[17]. in 1852 saw fraternities from Wesleyan University, Case Western Reserve University, Colby College, and the University of Vermont join. [9], At the 1862 convention, the fraternity's mother chapter, Williams, declared the purposes of the fraternity had been corrupted and, over the objections of the other chapters, withdrew. Delta Upsilon Lodge at Cornell Destroyed Through Defective Wiring. Let from thy alters die the life-giving flame; Hands gripped in loving clasp, all brothers forever. At this time, Charles Evans Hughes became Delta Upsilonâs first president. The delegated reacted by placing the petition on the table for a year. [12], Delta Upsilon was founded in 1834, when thirty freshman, sophomore, and junior students at Williams College met in the Freshman Recitation Room at the West College building to form what was then called "the Social Fraternity". Justice thy cornerstone, true manhood thy goal! [23][24], In the 1950s, former Delta Upsilon international president Horace G. Nichol served as president of the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). [21], At the turn of the century the fraternity's growth plateaued due, in part, to opposition from a group of chapters to what was seen as the lessening of the fraternity's standards through colonization. It has yet to reestablish itself. [26][45][46], Almost 20 years later, in 1986, the Brown chapter rejoined Delta Upsilon. Alpha : University of Illinois: 1899: Beta: University of Wisconsin: 1906: Gamma : Columbia University In 2005 the six-year-old Delta Upsilon chapter voted to disaffiliate from the fraternity. Terry Bullock, then Delta Upsilon international president, wrote of the return of Brown that "there is no greater joy than the reconciliation of a family estranged for many years". [13], In November 1847 Williams' Social Fraternity met with similar societies that had recently been formed at Union College, Hamilton College, and Amherst College and formed the "Anti-Secret Confederation". 1921. To these men, “social” did not refer to entertainment events, rather an interest in life’s interactions among people and how society would better itself through group action. [60] Two Delta Upsilon fraternity members, Alfred P. Sloan (Technology 1895) and Charles F. Kettering (Ohio State 1904), joined together in 1945 to found the Sloan-Kettering Institute, which is now part of the world's oldest and largest private cancer research facility, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.[7]. According to the fraternity, the reproduction of early covers of the magazine was authorized by TIME editor-in-chief Hedley Donovan, a member of Delta Upsilon's University of Minnesota chapter. December 6, 1998 â Delta Phi Omega. By 1838 two-thirds of all students at Williams belonged to the society which engaged in militant agitation against the other two fraternities. In 1915 the Harvard chapter stopped paying dues to the fraternity. Our focus is always giving back to the community, and weâre constantly looking for new and meaningful ways to do so. Phone number 405-321-0132 is registered to Ou Delta Upsilon Parents Club Norman. It is popularly and informally known as "DU" or "Delta U" and its members are called "DUs". The "Delta Upsilon Ode" is also used for special occasions; its melody and lyrics were penned by Edward La Wall Seip of Delta Upsilon's Lafayette College chapter. Fast and free shipping free returns cash on ⦠Two years later it dissolved itself. The cause of separation is lost to history with Delta Upsilon's own records recording that the exit of Delta Psi is "from causes unknown to us". One of the largest fraternities at the University of Washington. [19] The Harvard Crimson, meanwhile, poetically attributed the official change of position as due to "the sheer exhaustion of those that heretofore have maintained a vigorous tilt at the windmill for exercise's sake, on finding that the windmill stands the attack much better than they". At the turn of the millennium, Delta Upsilon had established 148 chapters. (The preceding year, the Brown DU chapter had elected an African-American as chapter president causing the fraternity's new southern chapters to threaten a boycott of the convention.) Using the motto Ouden Adelon (meaning “Nothing Secret”), these groups from Williams, Union College, Middlebury College and Amherst College fought to advance justice and spread liberal, learned culture at a time when other fraternities fought to guard their secrets. [34][35], On March 28, 2009, Delta Upsilon established its 152nd chapter, and the second of the 21st century, at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. Soon, similar groups began to appear on other campuses, and in 1847, the Social Fraternity formed an alliance with three other non-secret groups to create the Anti-Secret Confederation (ACS). An indirectly elected board oversees the operations of the fraternity between meetings of the two chambers and hires an executive-director who manages the full-time secretariat which, according to the fraternity, currently employees 21 persons. [18] Others commented that chapter meetings were closed to all but initiated members and the fraternity was now practicing selective pledging and initiation, in contrast to its earliest days at Williams. The Colonnades petition was presented to the 1909 Convention. [14] Delta Upsilon sued its rebellious chapter whose leaders included toy heir F.A.O. [15], Growth of the Social Fraternity (whose members were informally called the "Oudens") was exponential. December 3, 1987 â Gamma Zeta Alpha. For more information on this fraternity, click on any of the links below (website, Maize Pages, and Fraternity & Sorority Contact List). Another Delta Upsilon member, Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. (Swarthmore 1919) popularized growth stock investing and founded the multibillion-dollar investment firm T. Rowe Price, based in Baltimore, Maryland. 's militant stance against secret ritual; after separating from the A.S.C. Thanks to DU’s non-secret heritage, the Fraternity was able to strongly emphasize the personal aspect of fraternity, rather than just its rituals and formalities. October 31, 1847 â Theta Delta Chi. By removing alcohol from chapter facilities, brothers could have a safe, secure place to live, gather and learn. [26], By 1986 Delta Upsilon had 88 active chapters, increasing to a high of 92 in 1991. [49][50], It is blazoned as Or, a balanced scale proper on a chief Azure, seven mullets of the first, four, and three. [49], The colors of the Fraternity were approved as "Old Gold and Sapphire Blue" by the 1881 Convention. [9][14] It has also been speculated that Delta Psi felt local pressure in maintaining the A.S.C. [59], The Cornerstone: Delta Upsilon's Guide to College and Beyond is the fraternity's membership manual. April 25, 1953. Date Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation was started. These documents revealed discussion of fraternity activities using racist, sexist, and homophobic language, as well as language condoning sexual assault. During this period, DU avoided attempts to colonize the University of Vermont. During the Civil Rights Movement, DU’s history of both non-secrecy and inclusion proved fruitful as many other fraternities were called upon to amend their governing documents to admit men of different races and religions. Incorporated, December 10, 1909, under laws of the State of New York. It is named in honor of Wilford A. Butler, who served as the fraternity's executive director from 1963 to 1987. Older records are in the custody of the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library. [42][43], After several decades of patient waiting for the D.U. View on timesmachine. [33] Among the chapters targeted for closure was one of the fraternity's longest enduring chapters, the 120-year-old Technology chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The joy was short-lived, however, as the chapter again voted to disaffiliate in 1991, reverting to the name Kappa Delta Upsilon. The new chapter was installed in 1999, four years after the D.U. Delta Upsilon’s Founders at Williams were not the only men to like the idea of brotherhood based on merit. Olav. [7][9], Notable Canadian DUs include Prime Minister and Nobel Prize recipient Lester B. Pearson (Toronto 1919), actor Alan Thicke (Western Ontario 1967), Alberta premier E. Peter Lougheed (Alberta 1959), Ontario premier John P. Robarts (Western Ontario 1939), and Minister of Foreign Affairs David Emerson (Alberta 1964). [47][48], The Fraternity's Four Founding Principles originated in the Preamble to the early Constitution of the Anti-Secret Confederation. to also be members of Delta Upsilon, the separation being so total that the "action removed all its members from membership in the Delta Upsilon fraternity". December 8 (celebrated) â Alpha Omicron Pi (founded January 2, 1897) December 10, 1869 â Kappa Sigma (Delta Upsilon has maintained that it does not consider members of Delta Psi during the period it was affiliated with the A.S.C. Delta Upsilon was never intended to be “just another fraternity.” From the Fraternity’s very beginnings, it strived to be something different. Its members have received six Nobel Prizes, five Olympic gold medals, one Pulitzer Prize, four Medals of Honor, one Lenin Peace Prize, one Presidential Medal of Freedom, seven investitures into the Order of Canada, and one investiture each into the Order of St Michael and St George, the Order of Merit, and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. [25], The turbulence the Greek system experienced in the middle 20th century began for Delta Upsilon in 1956. [36], In 1854 the University of Vermont chapter, which was named Delta Psi, severed its connections with the Anti-Secret Confederation. Delta Upsilon (ÎÎ¥) is the sixth oldest international, all-male, college Greek-letter organization, and is the oldest non-secret fraternity in North America. students.washington.edu/deltau The traditional air "Down Among the Dead Men" is used as a toasting song at formal dinners with slightly modified lyrics penned by Joyce Kilmer in which those who deny the ritual toast to "our beloved Delta U" are condemned to lay "down among the dead men". - Norman Norman OK 73072 USA. The design of the ribbon is similar to the interior stripes of the hat band, but with colors reversed. Club to pass, Delta Upsilon chartered yet another chapter at Harvard. [13][14], The March 1864 convention of the A.S.C. This version remained with minor changes until around 1923, when the first printed example of the current version was published in that year's edition of the Manual of Delta Upsilon. Delta Upsilon is one of a growing number of fraternities with a substance-free housing policy. These were altered to simply "Gold and Blue" in 1879, before taking on their current form in 1881. The charter revocation followed its earlier suspension from the university's Interfraternity Council. Delta Upsilon (ÎÎ¥) is the seventh oldest extant, all-male, college Greek-letter organization in North America. A catastrophic fire in 1909 nearly destroyed the chapter house; the alumni association rebuilt in 1910 on the same foundation, although the house was expanded significantly on the east side and on the third floor. Its founding came at the tail-end of the anti-Masonic hysteriathat had recently swept the United States, though the id⦠As of August 1, 2018, hard alcohol was banned from all chapter houses. [45][46] In 1996 Kappa Delta Upsilon was banned from campus for 5 years due to the circumstances surrounding a fire in its basement. [14] Its victory was short-lived, though, as the recreated chapter itself voted to disaffiliate from Delta Upsilon. It is the sixth-oldest, all-male, college Greek-letter organization founded in North America (only Kappa Alpha Society, Sigma Phi, Delta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi, and Psi Upsilon predate). In 2018, the chapter of Delta Upsilon at the University of Washington in Seattle had its charter revoked for beating pledges and forcing them into servitude of senior undergraduate members. Following the installation of its 150th chapter (Northwestern State Chapter) in 2001, the Fraternity focused solely on reopening closed chapters until 2007. In 1866, the Convention first adopted "Chrome and Blue" as the official colors. Date the UNC DU was founded. With a gift from Pennsylvania Chapter alumnus Lester E. Cox, the Fraternity headquarters was built in the College Park area of Indianapolis. At Ohio University, for instance, it is performed at the chapter's spring cotillion and it has also been played at the weddings of members. Fraternity growth continued to soar in the early 1900s with DU’s first chapter in the Pacific Northwest (Washington Chapter) in 1910, and the first Southern chapter (Virginia Chapter) in 1922. After a strong period of growth around the turn of the century, the Fraternity was incorporated in the state of New York in 1909, leading to the formation of an Assembly of Graduate Trustees and a Board of Directors. During this time, from 1968-1971, DU chartered 18 chapters. [14] In 1898, Delta Upsilon joined the recent trend of fraternity expansion into Canada by chartering a chapter at McGill University in Montreal. Organization Information National Founding: November 4, 1834 at Williams College A Delta Psi historian later claimed the withdrawal was due to the expenses the fraternity was incurring sending delegates to the meetings of the Anti-Secret Confederation. [20] Writing in 2013, Benjamin Wurgraft of the New School for Social Research commented that Delta Upsilon's changes made it "nothing more than another fraternity—a rival for pledges rather than a force for unity". In 2013, Business Insider named Delta Upsilon one of the "17 Fraternities with Top Wall Street Alumni". É o sexto mais antiga do todo-macho, faculdade, grego letras organização fundada na América do Norte (somente Kappa Alpha Society, Sigma Phi, Delta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi, e Psi Upsilon anteriores). It is 36-inches in length with open ends, designed to be crossed and fastened by the badge. It is the sixth-oldest, all-male, college Greek-letter organization founded in North America (only Kappa Alpha Society, Sigma Phi, Delta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi, and Psi Upsilon predate). During this year, the manual of DU was first published. [53][54], A more extensive volume of fraternity songs is indexed in the fraternity's songbook Songs My Brothers Taught Me. The gold section is charged with the fraternity's badge. [22] In 1909, Charles Evans Hughes led the incorporation of the fraternity. 1916. However, most expansion in this period came in the form of the annexation of established local fraternities. The motto was adopted in 1858. [17], The current Delta Upsilon badge was submitted to the fraternity's 1858 convention by a "badge committee", chaired by Edward Gardner. From outside the Norman area, dial 1 and the phone number 4053210132, Norman Business Directory, Norman People Directory, Norman 411 Local Directory It features the Greek letter Delta superimposed on an Upsilon. One of the oldest fraternities in the world, Delta Upsilon has a rich and storied history spanning nearly 200 years. )[37][38], Delta Psi continued as a very successful local fraternity for 150 years after leaving Delta Upsilon. The fraternity closed a quarter of its chapters for poor performance, including risky behaviors, poor grades, and weak service records. Delta Upsilon ( ÎÎ¥), comumente conhecido como DU, é a fraternidade um colegiado masculina fundada em 04 de novembro de 1834 no Williams College, em Williamstown, Massachusetts. Gen. John Arthur Clark, the celebrated former commander of the Seaforth Highlanders and a Member of Parliament from Vancouver, was elevated to "international president", the fraternity's penultimate office, in 1944, holding it for three consecutive terms. Open revolt came when the international fraternity tried to impose discipline on Harvard. In 1949, through the vision and generosity of Hugh E. Nesbitt, an alumnus from the Ohio State Chapter, the Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation (DUEF) was founded to provide educational scholarships to DU members. In 1898, DU became an International Fraternity, installing its first Canadian chapter at McGill University in Montreal. [15] He was recognized for his work leading the NIC with the NIC Gold Medal in 1959. 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