A History of The Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta, 1837–1970

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index academic excellence (scholarship ), 10–11, 23, 27, 33, 38–39, 42, 64, 71ff, 78, 82–83, 90, 120 administration, Eclectic relations with, 41, 64 African American member, first, 110–11 alcoholic beverages, 65, 74–75, 83–84, 145 Aldrich, Clarence K., 83 Allen, George W., 9, 10 Allison, L. Lee, 142 Alpha Chapter, 16, 31–32, 34 Alpha Chi Rho (also Black Walnut Club and EQV), 124 Alpha (eating) Club, 41, 74, 75– 76, 77, 84, 89, 91, 104–5, 126, 130, 135 first mention, 22 in College Place clubhouse, 42 in 200 High Street fraternity house, 58 in World War I, 67 no longer a separate entity, 86 as source of potential members , 90, 92, 99–100 closure in World War II, 93–94, 97 and foreign students, 101 and departure of The Chief, 128 failure of brothers to remain members, 129, 132–33 Alpha Delta Phi, 22–23, 64, 88, 109, 146 Alpha Theta Chi, 111 Alverson, James L., 6 Amherst College, 117 Anderson, John A., 46 Andrews, Kenneth R., 82 anniversary, celebration of 125th, 131 annual alumni dinners in New York, 134 Annual Meetings, 38, 125, 129, 134 anti-establishment attitudes, 135–36 anti-fraternity sentiment, 31, 33, 34, 87–88, 122–23, 130, 137 appointments, literary, 37 Argus, 39, 57, 119, 124 associate members, 98, 122, 134 ASTP program, 92–93 athletics, 64, 78–79, 95, 108. See also sports, intercollegiate; sports, interfraternity attendance at meetings. See meetings, attendance at Atwater, Wilbur O., 29, 31, 39 Augusta College, 32 Augusta (Maine) High School, 2 Aumock, Delos, Jr., 96 authority, lack of respect for, 144 automobiles, 37, 68 199 Bacon, Henry, 56–57, 66 Bagg, Richard T., 97 Bangs, Nathan, 11 Bare Legged Goddess (BLG), 63–64 Barlow, Mark, 92, 94, 95, 98, 103 Beach, John W., 10, 11–12, 32, 41 Beach, Samuel F., 12 Beattys, Frank D., 44, 57 Beattys, George D., 44, 57 Beattys, Harry H., 44 Benham, William R., 31 Bennet, Douglas, 10, 124 Bensinger, Noel E., 59, 63–64 Berger, Robert A., 132 Bergholz, Leo A., 41–42 Berlew, F. Kingston, 100 Beta chapter, 16, 21, 32ff, 109, 189n16 Beta Theta Pi, 109, 142–43 Bibeault, Pete, 108, 127 big brothers, 120, 127 bills, failure to pay, 129, 132, 136, 145 Bischoff, Ralph F., 93ff blackball system, 40, 99, 110, 117, 191, 191n18 Blundell, Charles R., 55 Board of Directors of the SLS, 56, 65ff, 70, 72, 73–74, 81–82, 84–85, 88, 98, 110–11, 141–42 Board of Trustees, Wesleyan, 142 Bonnell, Charles L., 131 born men (i.e., ‘‘legacies’’), 19, 22, 73, 111, 117 Briscoe, John A. H., 119 Britt, Benjamin W., 5 Brown, Randolph F., Jr., 101 Bruster, Donald C., 141, 142–43 Buck, Charles H., 57 Budd, Edward G., 80 bugging the ladies’ room, 123 bumming (bums), 55, 59–60, 63 Burdick, Donald B., 100 Burr, Edson W., 23, 24 Burr, Horace K., 83 Burrer, Robert M., 118 Burton, Nathaniel J., 12 Butterfield, Victor L., 93–94, 104, 107, 193n47 bylaws (Alpha Chapter), 15, 17, 20–21, 42, 47, 60, 61, 65, 84, 112, 121, 124–25, 127–28 Cadigan, C. Richard, 121 Camp, Burton H., 82, 84, 85, 86, 88–89, 107, 187n9, app. F, app. G campus/college life, Eclectic participation in, 76ff, 108–9, 118, 132 campus politics, 64 Canham, Charles P., 97 card playing, 65 Case, Malcom D., 97 Catalogue of the Eclectic Fraternity (1865), 6–7, 30–31 Catalogue of the Eclectic Fraternity (1908), 30, 36 censure, 62, 63, 65, 74, 112, 121, 124–25, 127, 129, 131–32, 133, 136 centennial celebration of Eclectic , vii, 1, 36, 75, 86–87 200 index centennial celebration of Wesleyan , 11, 46, 82–83, 87 Chandler, Ralph C., 17 Change, the Great, 101–2, 119, chap. 14 changes at Wesleyan, 161 changes in Eclectic, 137, 138 Chanter, William G., 77, 90, 105, 93, 187n23 charades, 38, 76 Charter Gag, 78, 99–100, 109, 115, 118, 133, 134, 138 Chief’s Prize, 143–44 Chief, The. See Fichtner, Erich Chi Psi, 17, 24, 29, 64, 67 Civil War, 20, 24ff, 28, 35 Civil War veterans and casualties , 28 clans, Eclectic, 9, 12, 22. See also multigenerational Eclectic families Beach, Haven, Hyde, Ingraham , Newhall, 12 Beattys, 44 Camp, Mason, North, Rice, 22 Douglass, 22 Foss, 15 Ingraham, 26–27 Reynolds, 9–10 Thorndike, 45 Upham, 19 Clark, Allen, 29 Clark, Lester M...