"7 i'r THE MAINE FIJI ORONO, MAINE, MAY, 1908 Vol. n AN INVITATION TO YOU. No. 6 the campus and all out for an old fashioned "lark." Gamma What is going to take place ? Delta are cordially invited, and earnestly requested, to be present Well, there is the Baccalaureate on All members of Phi Sunda3q June 7, by Prof. E. A. at the Commencement exercises to Ross of the University of Wiscon be held June 8, 9, 10 at Orono. sin. Prof. Ross is probably the leading authority in this country All members of O. T. V. are invited to be present and to receive on Sociological questions and his the formal initiation that will enable them to feel "at home" in future audience years. Come when you can ; stay as long as you can ; but be present will surely hear some thing worth listening to. Monday, June 8, is Class Day, the exercises for which will be held out doors. Tuesday, June 9th, at our Annual Initiation and Banquet anyway. Tuesday, June 9, there will be a We need year's varsitj' and a team selected you! Don't fail us I game of base ball between this Initiation at 6.00 P.M.—Banquet froin stars of former years, while at 8.30. the afternoon and evening will be taken up with class and fraternity reunions COMMENCEMENT. Forty years ago the University of Maine was born and has grown to occupy a position second to no other college in New England. Her graduates are fast becoming a power worthy of attention. and banquets. Our Annual Phi Gam Reunion, Initia Her undergraduate body is continually increasing. She has become, what she ought to be, the pinnacle of tion and Banquet takes place at this time. Wednesday morning, June 10, the Class of 1908 receive their diplomas and listen to the address by Hon. A. S. Draper, Commissioner of Education of New York State. Wednesday evening is the time set for the Annual Commencement Ball. her existence the Alumni Associa These are the principal events, while the time-spaces between, will be filled up with enjoyable tions, assisted by the faculty and students, have planned the most guarantee "not one dull moment." the public school system of Maine. In honor of the fourth decade of events of different kinds. We brilliant commencement ever held Replies, of a favorable Among the many letters of good nature, have already been received from at least a fourth of her gradu wishes and kindly advice we have received lately have been those of ates, and there is no 'doubt but PI. J. Hinchcliffe, '03, Principal of at Orono. that all will have a rousing good No. Burnside School, East Hart time. ford, Conn., T. H. Reynolds, '06, Fijis I Come back this year I More alumni will be here than ever before, and you will find at least a Ridlonville, Me., W. D. Hall, '07, Presque Isle, Ray F. Stevens, ex'10, Westbrook Me., A. B. Brown, '07, Billings, Mont., and E. C. good half dozen of your old class mates whatever year you gradu Clifford, '04, Pasadena, Cal. ated. are sorry that There will be between three and four hundred "old grads" on We w^e did not have room to publish them in this issue. \r\nTHE MAINE FIJI THE MAINE FIJI Raymond Fellows, 1908 Nelson N. Scales, 1911 Editor Manager chapter had nothing to do with the change, and their conception of the initiation process as the join ing of the new order is only Omega Md Chapter-•-Editorial Staff natural. Alumni Q. T. V. men are now in the new order, except for the technicality Reporters Issued—When there is news enough, usually the fifteenth of each college month. Subscription Price—The operation o! our Alumni- imposed, wdiich, in my opinion, was a wise provision in the interests of both the alumni and the hearty co fraternity Editor of "The Maine Fiji" and all Brothers in F A and Q. T. V. Dear Brothers,—In the Fiji for March, I have read the letter of "A Q. T. V." with mingled feel ings of regret that any of the old brothers should cherish the feeling therein expressed, and of sympathy with him in his sentiment. As a matter of fact all I lived four years in the old house as a Q. T. V. undergraduate, and for nearly four years more labored zealously for Q. T. V. at Maine in the trying experiences of building the chapter house, and the memo ries of the old days are for me at large. From the point of, view of the national or ganization of Phi Gamma Delta the whole body of Q. T. V. alumni was absorbed. In addition I wish to say to the older brothers that "the boys" in the house at Orono are of the same old type adapted to modern college ideas^, chips from the same old Q- T. V. block. The change is only in name. Also if you come to Kansas you will find some more chips of the same grain. Fraternally yours, P. F. Walker, '96, 1301 Ohio St., Eawrence, Kansas. The Fiji acknowledges with largely associated with that name. I can never have quite the same feeling towards the new name, many thanks this clear and con vincing letter of Bro. Walker It even .after having been affiliated will take the same broad minded with the Cornell chapter as a student. But from the very fact that O. T. is hoped that all Q. T. V. men view. V. at Maine was so dear to me in Bangor, Me., April 13, igos. 1899 and 1900, I felt compelled to urge and assist the movement to enter the larger order, and I wish to say to all old Q. T. V. men that than never." so here is my sub scription fee to the Maine Fiji for that step was an actual necessity. Dear Bro. Scales :—"Better late the current year. I think that I read your little We tried to bring the whole or paper with keener interest than initiation in which all the brothers to the old grads separated from have been repeatedly invited and urged to participate. Can we not are certainly to be congratulated ganization into Phi Gamma Delta any that comes to my home and I as a body, but it was impossible am only a few miles from you at without the slight formality of any time think of the joy it brings all overlook one little point of sentiment for the common good ? It should be remembered, al.so, that the boys now in the active you by thousands of miles. You upon your energy and spirit in producing it. Keep after the boj'^s to come back during Commencement and \r\nTHE MAINE FIJI keep as many of the freshmen and sophs there as possible. Phi Gamma Delta as well. "Ballad" is a very popular man in Those are the pleasures we his class and is well known as a should not miss, and in after years good athlete and a "jolly good when we think of them we will be unconsciously humming "Phi Gamma Delta still to thee Our hearts will turn eternally." fellow." He hails from Oldtown and prepared for college at Oldtown High School, entering the University in 1905. Omega Mu is sure that when he reaches Yours as ever, C. D. Garland. "Hingland" next fall he will show That $5. note was "good," and the "bloody blooming Tommies" we thank you for it Bro. Garland. Here's hoping more will pay their subscriptions. that down east Yankee Fijis are forces to be reckoned with. IMPORTANT! EXTRA! TO WELCOME YOU. Owing to the big preparations No less than fifty Phi Garams and O. T. Vs. have signified their being made this year, and because inten'tions of being here Com we expect a large number of our mencement. alumni back, the following active members of the chapter have rier ! We will put beds on the lawn if necessary. "Beat it for Orono" should be the motto of agreed to remain during mencement Week : — Com Seniors — The more the mer every Omega Mu Fiji during the Robert D. Cummings, Owen O. Dow, Rajmiond Fellows, William A. Hill, Arthur S. Hanscom, Stanley T. Hilliard, Raymond J. Smith, Robert Ia. Steward. Juniors — Howard U. Farwell, next month. Willis Harvey, Ballard F. Keith, U. S. R. S. in Billings, Montana. B. T. Harvey '05, who is engaged as forester with the great Northern Kenneth A Rollins. Harry Sutton, James G. Scales, Elton L. Towle. Sophomores—Tester M. Bragg, James M. Eaton, Charles E. Stickney. Freshmen—W. O. Haskell, N. NEWS ITEMS. Amon Brown '07, is chief of one of the field parties engaged by the Paper Co., with headquarters at Grant Farm, Me., has been spend ing a few days with us recently. E. C. Clifford '04, P. O. address . C. Cummings, R. B. Pond, F. M. Ingersoll, Sunnier Waite, N. N. Pasadena, Cal., Box 997, is in Scales, R. W. Davis, C. R. Robin Arizona at present with the Exten son, Boardman Williams, Lewis sion Forest Service. Fb Shaw. Bro. A. P. Weymouth '06, em OMEGA MU TO OXFORD. Ballard Freese Keith, 'oS 1ms re ceived one of the scholarships to Oxford University, provided for American students in the will of the late Cecil Rhodes. As this is a highly coveted honor we feel that it not only reflects credit on Brother Keith, but on ployed by the General Electric Co., at the Board of Trade Bldg., 780 Milk Street, Boston, has announced his engagement to Miss Grace Moore of Dexter. We wish to thank him for remembering us. The cigars were good ! The Annual Freshman Banquet was held April 4, in lillsworth ; this being the only successful \r\nr THE MAINE FIJI Freshman Banquet, with the ex ception of 1908, ever held by- R. Co., at Ensley. University students. R. ly. Mitchell '07, (Law School '10,) is one of the editors of the ''Maine Law Review," which made its initial appearance April i. One of the most successful Freshman Military Hops ever held at the University took place April ID, in the "gj^m." Pond '11, p was chairman of the decorating •'t- committee, the Pinkham '11 was on Hop committee, and Waite '11 was one of the aids. T. H. Reynolds '06, writes that he is with the Oxford Paper Co., as repair clerk and has charge of He is now in the service of the Tenn. Copper Co., with headquarters at Copperhill, Tenn. Bro. Baker was married in December, 1905, to Miss Gertrude C. Hill of Bangor. We had one of the most glorious celebrations ever held at the Uni versity on Thursday, April 30. The cause was the brilliant game at Cambridge where Maine de feated tiarvard to the score of 2-0. Nearly the whole student body attended the theatre evening. during the The following are addresses re one hundred men. quested by some of our alumni:— J. PI. Hilliard '03, 220 Broadway, The new catalogue of the Fraternity has just been published. It contains a chapter, alphabetical Cleveland and geographical directory. Carry one in your suit case when you travel. Price $1.00. Send check to Wilmer Christian, Treas., Clay- pool Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. Bear in mind our annual initiation and banquet Tuesday, June gth. We hope to hear that a large number of O. T. V. men will join us at that time. Write us so that we may know definitely who is coining. A. L. Gilmore Ex-'oy, now a senior at Cornell, has a position at Cascadilla School, Ithaca, N. Y. in the chemistry department. A new edition of Phi Gamma Delta songs is now being pub lished. Former President Harris of the University is coming back to commencement this year. This will be pleasing news to many of our alumni. R. C. Baker '04, since leaving the employ of the B. and A. R- E- in 1904 has been employed by the ',v,. Sou Ry. at Birmingham Ala., and The Tennessee Coal, Iron and R. New York City; W. O. Frost '06, Cliffs Iron Co., Negaumee, Mich.; R. C. Baker '04, Copperhill, Tenn., care of Tennessee Copper Co. "When you (and your wife) move, let us know. When you find an old Fiji out of touch with the chapter let us know. When you have a bit of news, good or bad, regarding Fijidom and Pdjis, let us know. If you want infor mation concerning your old class mates who have drifted away from you, let us know. If you happen to be traveling in our section of the universe let us know by drop ping in to see us. If you desire to learn the changes and growth of the Fraternity, since you were an active man, let us know. If you want anything at all under the canopy of Heaven, that we can help you get, let us know. And re.st assured that when we need your assi.stance for anything we will let you know." —The Jewell Fiji. The next national convention is to be held in New York City, June 27, 28, 29, 30 and July i.