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Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma 
 
 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 1873-1908 
 
 Being a Short Narrative of Kappa Sigma's Career at 
 
 Old Trinity, with An Account of the Fraternity 
 
 at New Trinity to the Present Time 
 
 By 
 JOHN COOPER WINSLOW 
 
 Published by the Chapter under the Supervision of 
 its Committee, who wish hereby to acknowledge 
 Indebtedness for Editorial Assistance. 
 
 Luther Gehrmann White, '08. 
 
 John Cooper Winslow, '08. 
 
 John Reuben Woodard, Jr., '06. 
 
 DURHAM, N. C. 
 
 Prbss of The Sbeman Primtbrt 
 
 1908 
 

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 Author 
 <r«nen> 
 
 15 f '09 
 
IN MEMORIAM 
 
 WILLIAM MOSELEY SMITH 
 
 SON OF 
 
 Rev.Thomas Walter AND Mary Hubbard Smith 
 
 Prepared at Concord (N. C.) High School; Entered Trinity 
 College September, 1902; Member of Columbian Literary 
 Society, Y. M. C. A., Tombs, Kappa Sigma Fraternity; 
 Assistant Baseball Manager 1902-3; Member of Base- 
 ball Team 1903-4, 1904-5, 1905-6, 1906-7; Captain 
 of Baseball Team 1905-6, 1906-7; Business 
 Manager of Trinity Archive 1905-6; President 
 of Senior Class 1905-6; Received Degree of 
 B. A. 1905-6; Business Manager of South 
 Atlantic Quarterly 1906-7; Received 
 Degree of M. A. 1906-7. .'. .-. .'. 
 
 BORN CONCORD. N. C. OCTOBER 2,1884. 
 DIED DURHAM, N. C, JUNE 27, 1907. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 In an issue of the Star and Crescent, March, 1906, 
 a suggestion appeared that the early history of Eta 
 Prime would afford a fertile field for investigation. 
 Acting upon this suggestion, the Chapter, late in the 
 session of 1905-6, made me Historian. Bta Prime 
 existed at Old Trinity under its old name Eta from 
 1873 to 1879, then became inactive, and was revived at 
 Trinity, Durham, N. C, in 1892. Under the Instruc- 
 tions of the Chapter, I considered my work as Histo- 
 rian finished, when the period at Old Trinity had 
 been written up and published in pamphlet form. 
 This pamphlet came from the press on December 14, 
 1907. 
 
 Under the unwonted stress of a sudden and acute 
 attack of nervous prostration, our esteemed friend 
 and brother, William Moseley Smith, took his own 
 life, June 27, 1907. He was an exceedingly close 
 friend to me and to other members of this Chapter, 
 and he was our representative at the Grand Conclave, 
 Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1906. While in college 
 he exerted a peculiarly potent and wholesome influ- 
 ence throughout the entire community, being promi- 
 nent especially in athletic circles. At the beginning of 
 the present session, 1907-8, the idea of a memorial 
 to him lay deep in the hearts of us all. On this ac- 
 count, with considerable aid from other members of 
 the Chapter, I have continued this sketch of Eta 
 Prime's history to the present time, actuated in the 
 later period almost wholly by the hoi>e that through 
 it his memory might be suitably honored by me and 
 
vi Preface. 
 
 the other members of this Chapter. I say, without 
 the slightest hesitation, that it has been a work of 
 the deepest love of man for man. 
 
 By way of acknowledgments, I wish to say that 
 Brother John R. Woodard, Jr., has cheerfully ren- 
 dered me indispensable aid from the beginning of my 
 undertaking. Also, in the later part, I am under very 
 deep obligations to Brother Gilmer Korner, Jr. To 
 Brother Russell D. Korner, I am indebted for exceed- 
 ingly efficient stenographic work. To all others who 
 have helped me in any way, I return my heartfelt 
 gratitude. 
 
 John Coopeb Winslow, '08. 
 
 Trinity College, Durham, N. C, March 19, 1908. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 PAGB 
 
 A Tribute xiii 
 
 An Appreciation xy 
 
 Founding of the Original Eta Chapter 1 
 
 Policy of the New Chapter 5 
 
 Early Relations Between Zeta and the Old Eta 8 
 
 Trinity College in the Seventies 9 
 
 Growth and Prosperity of the Chapter 16 
 
 Eta Prime During the Session of 1878-9 18 
 
 The Disbanding of the Chapter 22 
 
 The Inception of the "Devil's Thirteen" 25 
 
 The "Owls" 28 
 
 Activities Previous to Re-establishment 30 
 
 Semi-Sub Rosa Status of Fraternities 40 
 
 Establishment of Alpha-Mu 44 
 
 Action of Board of Trustees 46 
 
 New Arrivals 48 
 
 Beta Upsilon 49 
 
 Non-Fraternity Activities 49 
 
 Theta Nu Epsilon 52 
 
 Meetings of District IV 53 
 
 Letters to Alumni 55 
 
 Commencement Banquets 55 
 
 Chapter Roll 61 
 
4. 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 William Moseley Smith. 
 
 Facsimile of Eta Pbime's Fibst Chabteb. 
 
 FotJNDEB AND Chabteb Membebs. 
 
 Membebs. at Old Tbinity. . 
 
 Membebs at Old Tbinity. 
 
 Membebs at Old Tbinity. 
 
 The "Owls." 
 
 Chapteb Gboup 1907-8. 
 
William Moselev Smith 
 
He did good just by living. 
 
 To his friends he imparted courage and inspiration. 
 
 To his teachers he accorded a cheerful responsiveness. 
 
 To his college he gave unreserved loyalty. 
 
A TRIBUTE 
 
 Oh, Friend and Shade, afar — yet near, 
 
 Whose presence mem'ry makes so real, 
 Unfathomed spaces twixt us set, 
 
 And yet I speak to you and feel 
 As one who talks to bosom friend 
 
 Who walks beside him in the night, 
 Whose voice is heard, -A^hose face unseen, 
 
 Whose nearness is like gleam and light. 
 
 The springtide days are done, the life 
 
 All prized so highly, spent, but when 
 I hear these many friends 
 
 Speak soft your name, it seems again 
 You live and with us move and work. 
 
 That blinding thought that numbed your brain, 
 That hand all sick and weary and its deed — 
 
 'Tis all forgot! And God does reign! 
 
 Within your days, within your life. 
 
 There burned a pure and holy flame; 
 A thousand loves encircled round 
 
 Your being, friends that called your name 
 With smiles. So short a span of days! 
 
 I would more lived as honest and 
 As brave a life. And these are blessed 
 
 Who knew you in our honored band. 
 
 I think from out that high dim world, 
 
 Your spirit eyes these pages see, ^■ 
 
 You know the love that wrought the work 
 
 We hallow to your memory. 
 Oh weak memorial that we bring, 
 
 Yet penned in strength and courage true, 
 Because your spirit penetrates 
 
 And breathes these proffered pages through. 
 
 A. Sabtob Bebghauseb, '08. 
 
AN APPRECIATION 
 
 Trinity College has suffered greatly in recent years 
 from the untimely death of some of her most loyal 
 and promising alumni. The latest of these, and the 
 youngest, was William M. Smith, whose tragic death 
 cast a gloom over the college community. While he 
 had not had time to give evidence of such ability as 
 Avery, Flowers, and Bivins displayed in various ways, 
 all who knew him in college looked forward with con- 
 fidence to a life of genuine, and even brilliant, success. 
 As he had settled down to business in Durham, there 
 is every reason to believe that he would have been 
 one of the most active of the local alumni, vitally in- 
 terested in the future work and plans of the institu- 
 tion. 
 
 This confidence in his future was based upon the fact 
 that he had for five years displayed unusual qualities 
 of leadership in college life. He was, first of all, a 
 faithful and successful student. He was not a "grind," 
 nor a pedant, but he realized that his main business in 
 college was to get an education ; he did not look upon 
 class-room work as an incident, although he was prom- 
 inent in all departments of college life. His teachers 
 recall that in the full tide of a baseball season he 
 kept up his work surprisingly well. He knew how to 
 concentrate his mind on the work in hand. His 
 answers were always definite, clear-cut, incisive; he 
 did not get everything, but what he got he mastered. 
 On class he was always attentive, oi)en-minded, 
 
xvi An Appreciation. 
 
 appreciative. He graduated cum laude, missing magna 
 cum laude by only a fraction of a point. His coming 
 back to take bis M. A. degree was a manifestation of 
 bis desire for better training. Seme of bis best work 
 was done during his graduate year. Tbe best exami- 
 nation paper be ever wrote for me was Ms last. 
 
 His success in class-room work gave additional em- 
 pbasis to /bis leadership in otber fields of college life. 
 He was an integral member of a community upon 
 whose life, traditions land ideals he exercised a forma- 
 tive influence. He was, as this volume dedicated to 
 his memory so 'ivell shows, one of the leaders in his 
 fraternity. He must be reckoned as one of the two or 
 three men who did most to put tbe fraternity upon its 
 present prosperous course. Such leaders are of incal- 
 culable service to a college ; they become the most valu- 
 able allies of the college administration in imaintain- 
 ing the proper ideals oif student life. 
 
 Smith was, of course, most widely known as an 
 athlete. It is a commonplace to say that the college 
 never bad a better shortstop or captain. His brilliant 
 plays on the diamond are part of our athletic history. 
 As captain for two years he won the admiration of 
 his team and the respect of all who opposed him on 
 the field. He was not a loud talker, nor one who was 
 likely to antagonize an opposing team, but when 
 situations demanded he could be firm and decisive. 
 His true dhairacter was most evident when he was ral- 
 lying his team from apparent defeat. However, it is 
 not as an individual player or as captain that he will 
 have his permanent place in the history of Trinity Col- 
 lege. He must be counted along with Bradsher as one 
 who did a great deal to support the athletic manage- 
 ment in its insistence upon athletic reform. There are 
 times when any student body will grow restive under 
 strict regulations, especially when it is impossible to 
 
An Appreciation. xvii 
 
 get games with rival colleges, but not a word of dis- 
 loyalty ever oame from either of these captains ; on the 
 other hand, both of them gave the weight of their in- 
 fluence to the cause of pure athletics. Many will recall 
 the speech made ^by iSmith at the beginning of last year 
 at the Y. M. C. A. banquet, when he stated with 
 much emphasis and real convincing power ihis belief 
 in the policy to which the athletic management was 
 committed. 
 
 This incident suggests also that Smith was a posi- 
 tive force in the religious life of the community. He 
 was not only a member and at one time an officer of 
 the Y. M. C. A., but he was a regular aittendant at 
 President Kilgo's "class-meeting." There was in his 
 religious faith the same positiveness of conviction, the 
 same manly spirit, that we have noted in other phases 
 of his character. Though he was not one of the most 
 active workers in the annual revival meetings, he did 
 work in private with his ifriends that few ever knew 
 about. In a college community where there is an 
 almost inevitable cleavage between two distinct types 
 of men — sometimes called saints and sports — it 
 means mmch to have a man like Smith who comhines 
 with good fellowship and jovial participation in all 
 forms of athletic and social life, genuine piety and de- 
 votion. He was an aggressive force for righteous liv- 
 ing. 
 
 One of the best illustrations of his power of leader- 
 ship (was his management of the banquet given by stu- 
 dents of Trinity College to the delegates from other 
 institutions at a Young Men's Christian Association 
 Convention held here in the spring of 1907. Smith was 
 requested to take in hand the management of the 
 banquet. Securing the cooperation of two or three of 
 his best friends, he went to work and within one day 
 put 'through one of the most successful banquets ever 
 
xviii An Appreciation. 
 
 held at Trinity College. Disappointed by the failure 
 of servants to appear, he put on an apron and himself 
 served the cream from the kitchen, and then came into 
 the main banquet hall and led the cheering. Certainly 
 no more delightful occasion was ever held here, and 
 much of its success was due to Smith's industry, com- 
 mon sense and good cheer. 
 
 This same spirit of business-like leadership was evi- 
 denced in his management of the Archive. At the 
 time when the Chronicle had just been started, and 
 some said that the Archive might suffer by reason of 
 the division of advertising, he managed it with con- 
 summate success. During his graduate year he was 
 business manager of the South Atlantic Quarterly, 
 and proved himself to be a most efficient worker. 
 Whether handling the correspondence, or sending out 
 the magazines, or soliciting subscribers from this 
 State and others, he was eminently successful. He 
 never returned from one of his trips without a good 
 batch of subscribers. The work that he did will be 
 of permanent good, and he must be counted among 
 those who have done most to extend the influence of 
 the magazine. 
 
 It wias in association with him in this last named 
 work that I learned to know Smith most intimately. 
 As a member of the Faculty I had felt the truth of 
 all the points that have here tbeen made ; but my ad- 
 miration for him was enhanced when I came to know 
 him as a friend and companion. There was no disillu- 
 sionment. No one ever knew him intimately without 
 feeling the charm of his personality and the nobility of 
 his character. There was a fascination about him that 
 made him a leader in the college community as well as 
 the hero of the little boys that played on the campus. 
 His smiling face, his cheery voice, his buoyant faith, 
 his masterfulness in everything he undertook, his 
 
An Appreciation. xix 
 
 warmth of friendship, — ^^all these are among the sacred 
 inheritances of those who knew him intimately. And 
 therefore it was with the most poignant regret that I 
 read in a newspaper in a Western State last summer 
 the sad account of his death. Time has not lessened 
 this regret. It is with peculiar joy that I contem- 
 plate /this volume dedicated to his memory. 
 
 Edwin Mims, 
 Professor of English Literature, Trinity College. 
 
^<.^^o»x*:;a*^* 
 
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 ^: >r.r 
 
 Facsimile of Zeta's Authorization to James Henry Durham for the 
 Establishment of the Trinity Chapter. 
 
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH. 
 
 The facsimile which appears opposite is of an 
 original document in possession of Eta Prime, 
 and represents the first written authority upon 
 which a Chapter of Kappa Sigma was ever estab- 
 lished. Beta Chapter at the University of Ala- 
 bama had been established in 1871, preceding 
 Eta Prime by two years; but, while this act was 
 authorized by vote of Zeta Chapter, no written 
 charter was ever issued, and the Chapter was 
 short-lived.* This was in the days when the 
 power to govern Kappa Sigma lay entirely in 
 Zeta, then the Grand Chapter, before this office 
 was abolished at the Grand Conclave at Rich- 
 mond in 1878. The name Eta remained to the 
 Trinity Chapter until 1879, when all chapters at 
 Trinity were disbanded. In 1888 this name was 
 given to the chapter which was established in 
 that year at Randolph-Macon College. Accord- 
 ingly then, when the original Eta was restored in 
 
 *"The second Chapter of this name (Beta) was located at 
 Mercer TTniversity, Macon, Ga., and was the offspring of H. 
 Chapter, being established by Dr. W. A. Thomas, of Bartow, 
 then of Davisboro, Ga. Founded sometime in 1875." — OLD 
 CATALOGUE, pub. 1886. The Chapter at the University of 
 Alabama being re-established in 1891 under its old nameBeta, 
 the name of the Chapter at Mercer University was changed to 
 Alpha-Beta, by which name it is now known. 
 
2 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 1892, to prevent confusion and at the same time 
 allow the revived Chapter to retain as much as 
 possible of the old name, Brother F. K. Farr, 
 who was W. G. M. C. at that time, suggested 
 that the Trinity Chapter be known as Eta Prime. 
 The suggestion was adopted, and thus the first 
 permanent offspring of Zeta Chapter again be- 
 came marked for particular notice. 
 
 Another peculiar fact with reference to this 
 third oldest Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Frater- 
 nity is that all the advances came from the fra- 
 ternity. However, such procedure was then 
 common among college fraternities, especially 
 in the South. The men at Trinity that became 
 charter members had never petitioned any fra- 
 ternity for a charter, and were practically unor- 
 ganized at the time of their initiation. Brother 
 James Henry Durham, the founder of the Chap- 
 ter, says that there were no negotiations between 
 any member or members of 
 FOUNDING OF ^eta Chapter, at the University 
 
 at Trmity College when he 
 established the Trinity Chapter in 1873. 
 
 Among the active members of Zeta Chapter, 
 during the session 1872-73, were at least four 
 North Carolinians, Brothers Samuel Macon 
 Smith, James Henry Durham, Francis Irwin Os- 
 borne, and Thomas Wright Strange, together 
 with Brother Steven Alonzo Jackson, "the gol- 
 
Founding of Original Eta Chapter. 3 
 
 den-hearted Virginian," who was the most active 
 member of the Chapter during that session. It is 
 reasonable to suppose that the suggestion of the 
 founding of the Chapter at Trinity College came 
 from one of these. At this time the fraternities 
 at the University of Virginia were especially dis- 
 posed to branch out and establish chapters at 
 other colleges. The Alpha Tau Omega Fra- 
 ternity in particular was thought to be contem- 
 plating the establishment of a chapter at Trinity 
 College (Alpha Tau Omega had been established 
 at Trinity during the session of 1871-72, but 
 this fact was not generally known at the Univer- 
 sity of Virginia), and so some of the members 
 of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, knowing that 
 Brother Durham had been a student at Trinity 
 for two years, suggested at one of their informal 
 meetings, that, as Brother Durham was going 
 home to Wilmington, N. C, in a few days, he go 
 by Trinity and establish this Chapter; which he 
 did, having provided himself with the necessary 
 authority from Zeta Chapter. 
 
 Brother Durham arrived at Trinity, February 
 28, 1873, on the morning mail-stage and stayed 
 at the College only a part of one day and night, 
 finding very few of the boys there whom he had 
 known two years before. He did find one of his 
 former classmates, however, Adolphus Richard 
 Wortham, of the Junior Class, with whom he had 
 been intimately associated during the whole of 
 
4 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 his college life there. Brothers Durham and 
 Wortham had been together one session in the 
 preparatory department and one session in the 
 college as freshmen. Brother Wortham's room 
 became Brother Durham's headquarters and his 
 roommate, Thomas Taylor, was promptly intro- 
 duced to Kappa Sigma's representative and con- 
 sulted as to the propriety of including a third 
 party in the rites and ceremony of the Trinity 
 Chapter at its inception. They finally decided to 
 include a third person, but to extend the invita- 
 tion no further, because the day's proceedings 
 were necessarily hurried and the elected ones 
 wanted time to deliberate. Brother Taylor was 
 at that time a member of the Freshman Class, 
 having entered Trinity from Granville County 
 some two or three weeks before, about February 
 1st, as a total stranger, and had been invited to 
 room with Brother Wortham through the instru- 
 mentality of Brother Wortham's married sister, 
 who lived close to Brother Taylor's home. 
 
 The other member of the trio initiated by 
 Brother Durham was a freshman, Ned H. 
 Tucker, taking the scientific course, who was 
 boarding at the same place with Brother Wor- 
 tham and who was Brother Wortham's warm 
 personal friend. Brother Tucker was a native of 
 Iredell County, N. C, and, as an old chapter-mate 
 of his says, "was a fine man." Brothers Wor- 
 tham, Taylor, and Tucker, all, were members of 
 
Policy of the New Chapter. 5 
 
 the Hesperian tviterary Society, of which society 
 Brother Durham had also been a member; so 
 that night they were taken to the Hesperian Hall, 
 duly initiated and appointed to offices as follows : 
 Adolphus Richard Wortham, G. M.; Thomas 
 Taylor, G. M. C.; and Ned H. Tucker, G. S. 
 No one of these can properly be called the first 
 initiate, because Brother Durham administered 
 the oath, delivered his instructions from Zeta 
 Chapter, and outlined the fraternity work to 
 them all at the same time. All this was done, 
 though, only after Brother Durham had obtained 
 permission from Dr. Craven, president of the 
 college, for the existence and legitimate growth 
 of the new Chapter. 
 
 At that time Trinity College was located at the 
 small village of Trinity, Randolph County, N. C, 
 five miles from High Point, and had about two 
 
 hundred matriculates. There 
 POLICY OF THE 
 NEW CHAPTER ^^^^ already two fraternities 
 
 at Trinity— Chi Phi, intro- 
 duced in 1871, and Alpha Tau Omega in 1872. 
 Kappa Sigma was not introduced in opposition 
 to these fraternities in any sense, but because it 
 was recognized that there was room in college for 
 another. Neither Brother Wortham, nor Taylor, 
 nor Tucker was a member of any fraternity or 
 club at the time of his initiation except that each 
 was a member of the Hesperian Literary Society. 
 On account of the high standing of the charter 
 
6 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 members of the new Chapter there was no 
 trouble in getting good men to join, and in a 
 short time there were some ten or twelve of the 
 best men in college associated with them. The 
 policy of this Chapter from the very first was to 
 exercise the greatest care in the selection of the 
 very best men and to solicit only those who were 
 of the highest moral and social standard. The 
 Chapter's members were expected to aid in the 
 development of a high type of life in the college, 
 and so to conduct themselves that the words 
 Kappa Sigma and gentlemen should be synony- 
 mous. For this reason the Chapter met with a 
 most cordial reception from both Faculty and stu- 
 dents. For some time the Chapter's meetings 
 were held in the Hesperian Hall, but afterwards 
 changed to a room, in the main college build- 
 ing, which was set apart for the fraternity's use. 
 This room was on the third floor, in the south- 
 east corner, directly opposite the Chi Phi room. 
 These two fraternities, therefore, agreed never to 
 meet on the same night, and, in case of call-meet- 
 ings for the same night, the fraternity that posted 
 its notice first on the bulletin board should have 
 precedence. 
 
 At the time of Kappa Sigma's advent, Trinity 
 College was practically a new field for fra- 
 ternities. Chi Phi was then considered to have 
 the ranking chapter in the college, but there 
 were quite a number of first-rate men who had 
 
Policy of the New Chapter. 7 
 
 no fraternal obligations whatever. The charter 
 members of the old Eta proceeded with conserva- 
 tive enthusiasm and found their way open to 
 Chapter success. It must be borne in mind that 
 at this time the old Eta and Zeta really composed 
 the entire Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Realizing 
 that the Chapter must stand almost unaided, and 
 that their future work must be purely construc- 
 tive, the charter members of the old Eta disre- 
 garded all except the surest foundation. It is a 
 noteworthy fact that, while no seniors were ini- 
 tiated during this first session, five out of the nine 
 men who composed the Chapter during the spring 
 of 73 became college graduates. 
 
 After the accomplishment of his mission at 
 Trinity, Brother Durham proceeded to Wilming- 
 ton, N. C, and soon returned to the University 
 of Virginia. The fraternity continued its policy 
 of extension, so that seven more chapters were 
 established before the disbanding of the Chapter 
 at Trinity College in 1879. Before the disband- 
 ing of the old Eta Chapter in the fall of 1879, 
 there was no medium of communication among 
 the chapters except by private letter — The Kappa 
 Sigma Quarterly, the first Kappa Sigma maga- 
 zine, not being established until the Lynchburg 
 Conclave in 1885. At this time all chapters re- 
 ported regularly to Zeta Chapter or to the Su- 
 preme Executive Committee, but, when the gen- 
 eral magazine was started in 1885, this custom 
 
8 Eta PkiME of Kappa Sigma: 
 
 was dropped and chapter letters were substi- 
 tuted. Brother Thomas Taylor does not remem- 
 ber that any Kappa Sigma from another chapter 
 ever visited the Trinity Chapter after Brother 
 Durham founded it, but a voluminous corre- 
 spondence was kept up with the mother chapter. 
 With no manual of college fraternities and the 
 whole fraternity system veiled, as it were, in 
 mystery, there was no general knowledge of the 
 
 college fraternity, especially in 
 EARLY RELA= ata 
 
 TIONS BETWEEN ^^^ South. The mother chap- 
 
 ZETA AND THE ter's relations with the old Eta 
 were probably always cordial, 
 but never intimate. Out of the early records of 
 the Trinity Chapter, most of which have been 
 lost, the old constitution and initiation ceremony 
 have been preserved, together with the following 
 greetings, from Zeta, all in manuscript: "The 
 makers of our badge are Samuel Kirk and Sons, 
 No. 72 Bait St., Baltimore, Md. Their price is 
 $8.00 [covered with $i^.oo in pencil] each. The 
 getting of the badge is of course optional, but it 
 would be best for every member to have one. 
 The Z chapter will always give you their best 
 wishes and hearty cooperation, and would now 
 bid you Godspeed and go on building up the 
 Chapter in your college which shall be second to 
 none in the fraternity. As soon as you have 
 framed your by-laws you will send a copy of 
 them to Goodwin H. Williams, University of 
 
FOUNDER AND CHARTER MEMBERS 
 James Henry Durham Adolphus Richard Wortham 
 
 Thomas Taylor Ned H. Tucker 
 
Trinity College in the Seventies. 9 
 
 Virginia, to meet the approval of Z chap; your 
 mother chapter. We will always be glad to give 
 you any information in our power which you 
 may desire. Yrs. in K. S., S. M. Smith, Univer- 
 sity of Virginia." 
 
 In the seventies, Trinity College was a church 
 school of very meager resources; in fact, it was 
 understood to be rather deeply in debt, though 
 not embarrassingly so, and was 
 TRINITY COL= composed of three depart- 
 LEQE IN THE ^ ^ ^ a 
 
 SEVENTIES ments, preparatory, law and 
 
 academic. There was only one 
 large building, containing lecture rooms, chapel, 
 offices and society halls. This was situated in a 
 beautiful forest country and was the nucleus of a 
 village of about three hundred people, composed 
 mainly of the families of the professors and their 
 kinspeople. This was considered a good-sized 
 village, for the towns in North Carolina at that 
 time were so few and so small that a person's 
 place of residence was usually designated by the 
 county in which he lived. There was no regular 
 library during the whole history of the college in 
 Randolph County, nor was there a gymnasium 
 until late in the seventies. The college had no 
 dormitory facilities, so the students roomed and 
 boarded in private families or at small hotels 
 run as private enterprises. The institution was 
 not coeducational, but some of the young ladies 
 of the immediate vicinity, of whom there were 
 
10 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 very few, were educated there. It offered no 
 graduate courses, but conferred the degree of 
 M. A. regularly, as an honorary degree, and, 
 occasionally, for the completion of an unusually 
 large amount of undergraduate work. Although 
 the grade of the institution steadily improved dur- 
 ing this time, its enrollment as steadily decreased, 
 until at the beginning of the eighties it amounted 
 to barely more than a hundred. 
 
 What circumstances led to the introduction of 
 the college fraternity system at Trinity, and in 
 what spirit this introduction took place is uncer- 
 tain, but nothing is more certain than that the 
 opportunity to inaugurate Kappa Sigma there 
 came as a pleasant surprise to the charter mem- 
 bers of the old Eta. Nor did the occasion and 
 the opportunity ever come together more happily. 
 The close association of Trinity students, living 
 so much together, and away from other than the 
 college influences, as they did at that time, v/as 
 peculiarly suited to those relations which are 
 productive of the highest fraternity feeling. The 
 Hesperian and the Columbian Literary Societies 
 constituted by far the most prominent feature of 
 student life and were carefully fostered by the 
 college authorities. These societies offered medals 
 in debating and oratory and possessed elegantly 
 furnished rooms with good libraries. Moreover, 
 scholarship, in a somewhat old sense of the 
 word, was a much more prominent feature of 
 
Tritity College in the Seventies. 11 
 
 college life than it is now. Then, as now, com- 
 mencement was one of the most enjoyable 
 occasions of the college session and was largely 
 attended from Greensboro and other near places. 
 A banquet was always given by the college in 
 honor of each graduating class. 
 
 At this period intercollegiate athletics were 
 unknown to Trinity students, as far as participa- 
 tion is concerned, but an immense amount of 
 interest was taken in class games, especially in 
 baseball. On account of the meager preparatory 
 facilities in the South, and on account of the 
 results of the Civil War, Trinity students were, 
 as a class, older than they have ever been since. 
 They had to originate all their diversions, and 
 they considered themselves at liberty to play all 
 kinds of pranks. Many were the feasts they had 
 by night with chickens and apples culled from 
 neighboring premises, nor were the raids which 
 always preceded these feasts considered other 
 than as a matter of course. Greensboro was a 
 kind of students' Mecca, and the boys used to 
 run off there as often as they could without their 
 absence being detected by the college authorities. 
 Some of them would have kept livery teams of 
 their own, had it not been against the rules of the 
 college. 'Possum and bird hunting were also 
 favorite amusements. Trinity students then had 
 a weekly holiday and were compelled to go to 
 chapel. After the college was moved to Dur- 
 
12 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 ham, however, the hoHday was abandoned and 
 the college work was distributed throughout six 
 days in the week, but a remnant of the old holi- 
 day idea remains in the fact that no chapel ser- 
 vices have ever been held on Saturday. The stu- 
 dents watched for the arrival of the mail as the 
 principal event of each day. There was no rail- 
 road closer than five miles, and so the mail came 
 to the college by stage, being brought twice a 
 day. 
 
 In accordance with the leading suggestion in 
 Zeta's greetings to the Chapter, given above, the 
 initial care of the first three Trinity Kappa 
 Sigmas was to secure badges. A few days after 
 Brother Durham's departure three badges were 
 ordered from Baltimore and received at Trinity 
 in a reasonable time, costing each of the three 
 members nine dollars. Brother Thomas Taylor 
 still has his badge, and prizes it very highly. He 
 relates that not long after these first badges were 
 received, a member left his badge on a large linen 
 duster which he was accustomed to wear and that 
 a student whom they never thought of taking in, 
 put on the duster plus the badge (not knowing 
 nor appreciating the significance of it) and wore 
 it until the badge had been observed by several 
 other students and members of the other fraterni- 
 ties. The Kappa Sigmas were twitted with hav- 
 ing taken in such a person and explanations were 
 consequently forthcoming. This incident made 
 
Trinity College in the Seventies. 13 
 
 the Chapter more guarded than otherwise it 
 might have been in its selection of pledges and in 
 the care of the emblem. It showed that the new 
 fraternity was being closely watched by the others 
 and that a misstep would lead to deterioration 
 and dissolution. 
 
 The matter of by-laws was then taken up. A 
 code was drawn up and a copy sent to Zeta Chap- 
 ter, but most of the by-laws were a matter of 
 growth, and the suggestions of Zeta were adopted 
 at various times. As one result of Brother Dur- 
 ham's very efficient instruction in the purposes of 
 fraternity work, no internal dissention was ever 
 tolerated in the Chapter. A provision was early 
 incorporated in the by-laws, that in case of a pro- 
 tracted and ill-natured dispute or disagreement 
 between two members, in which the members 
 refused to be reconciled, the members should be 
 required to resign from the fratrenity in due 
 form, but a unanimous vote by secret ballot was 
 required to accept this resignation. This law 
 never had to go into operation in any instance, 
 but it had a salutary effect in doing away with 
 disputes over trivial matters. The by-laws also 
 provided, among other things, that absence from 
 a meeting without an acceptable excuse should be 
 attended by a fine of one dollar. 
 
 Brother Durham had left with the new Chapter 
 a copy of the constitution of the fraternity, one 
 provision of which was that not more than one 
 
14 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 person should be elected to membership in the 
 order at a single meeting, and that no other elec- 
 tion for membership should be held until that 
 person should have been duly initiated or should 
 have signified his unwillingness to enter the fra- 
 ternity. This provision enabled each member to 
 vote on every subsequent candidate. When a 
 new man was initiated, some member loaned the 
 initiate his badge until the new man could get 
 one of his own, just as the present custom is in 
 this matter. George David Tysor, a classmate of 
 Brother Wortham, became the fourth member of 
 the Chapter and that not until about two weeks 
 after Brother Durham had left. The five other 
 members during the session of 1872-73 were: 
 Julius L. Holmes (deceased), '75, a sophomore 
 and law student from Cotton Grove, N. C. ; Wil- 
 liam Anderson Thomas, '76, a freshman frOm 
 Davisboro, Ga., who afterwards established 
 Kappa Sigma at Mercer University, graduated 
 there and studied medicine at the University of 
 Virginia, being there an affiliate of Zeta; he 
 stayed at the University of Virginia only one 
 session and completed his course at the Jefferson 
 Medical College at Philadelphia; Thomas Ed- 
 ward Kirkpatrick, 75, a sophomore and resident 
 of Charlotte, N. C. ; Rufus Basom Kearans (de- 
 ceased), 75, a sophomore and resident at Trin- 
 ity; James Williamson Dillon, 75, a sophomore 
 and resident of Brunswick, Gao Of the three 
 
Trinity College in the Seventies. 15 
 
 charter members Brothers Wortham and Tucker 
 are- deceased. 
 
 The young Chapter rapidly waxed strong and 
 prospered. One of its early schemes was to 
 establish a chapter at Raleigh, N. C, to draw its 
 membership from the alumni and ex-students of 
 Trinity College who lived there. Permission to 
 do this was obtained from Zeta Chapter, and all 
 arrangements were completed by Brother Thos. 
 Taylor to go to Raleigh and establish the pro- 
 posed chapter, but for some unknown reason 
 this was never done. 
 
 The different chapters at Old Trinity tried to 
 work together in harmony. Soon after the intro- 
 duction of Kappa Sigma, they each appointed a 
 committee of three to meet together and draw up 
 articles. They agreed to preserve a uniform 
 practice in "all elections in the Literary Societies, 
 or in the election of Marshal or Manager," and 
 to keep their agreement secret. This agreement 
 was entered into in a spirit of fairness of the fra- 
 ternities towards one another, and it was laxness 
 in its enforcement that finally led to their dis- 
 banding in 1879. 
 
 As for the history of the Chapter from the 
 session of 1873-74 to the latter part of 1878 we 
 have very few definite facts, since the minutes 
 
16 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 of this period have been de- 
 THE GROWTH ^ j i . u . j 
 
 AND PROSPER= stroyed or lost, but we do 
 
 ITY OF THE know that it was in a flourish- 
 
 ing condition, and that it kept 
 in close contact with the parent chapter. The 
 members who are living at present and who were 
 in the Chapter during this period speak very en- 
 thusiastically of the many good times they had, 
 and love to relate the sweet memories of those 
 good old times. There is no doubt that the Chap- 
 ter was at the height of prosperity at each one 
 of the intervening sessions spoken of and that 
 the members were of the best type of young man-' 
 hood, as is evidenced by the fact that these men 
 now occupy positions of honor and respect 
 throughout the South. Thos. Taylor, who grad- 
 uated in 1875 and who was considered a kind of 
 a guardian of the Chapter, attended the three 
 following commencements after his graduation 
 and kept in close contact with the members. He 
 says he always found the Chapter in good condi- 
 tion, and that they quite often wrote to him. Dr. 
 E. T. White, of the class of 1878, after he had 
 been out of college some time, was once asked if 
 he had ever known Thos. Taylor. His reply was, 
 "Yes, he partly raised me." 
 
 In fact it is the memory of such characters as 
 Thos. Taylor that causes so many of the older 
 members to write enthusiastically about those 
 former days. Brother G. D. Tysor, who gradu- 
 
MEMBERS AT OLD TRINITY 
 George David Tysor Herbert Edmund Norris 
 
 William Alexander Thomas Peter Edmund Hiues 
 
 James Lucius Craven William Parker Alercer 
 
Growth and Prosperity of Chapter. 17 
 
 ated in 1874, says: "Well, well, Tom Taylor, 
 Tom Taylor, too goody good old Tom. Why, 
 yes, he was a great good old grand-mama and I 
 can see the boys all holding to his skirts and con- 
 fessing their sins and taking such medicine as 
 Tom thought best to administer. Dear Brother 
 Tom! I wish I could shake his honest old hand 
 and see him puff away at his old cob pipe. May 
 he live long!" Many of the informal meetings 
 were held in Thos. Taylor's room. The boys 
 never made any attempt to have an exclusive 
 boarding place, but they soon found themselves 
 all boarding at one Mrs. Leak's home, who was 
 very good to all of them. As a whole the student 
 life was one of application, and "very few were 
 disposed to go on foraging expeditions during 
 the dead hours of the night, yet it is true that 
 occasionally some very clever boys would pull a 
 fat hen off some foreign roost and bake her 
 before a roasting fire until the tender meat would 
 mingle delightfully with boarding house biscuits." 
 As for paraphernalia, this was rather scanty, 
 although the regular meeting room in the Main 
 Building was fixed up very nicely for carrying on 
 business. 
 
 During the session of 1877-78 the college man- 
 agement had some considerable improvements 
 done on the campus and buildings. There was 
 a new wing built to the Main Building, the 
 
 2 
 
18 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 lower floor being the gymnasium and the upper 
 floor the chapel. It was in the gymnasium that 
 the banquet of the Chapter was held in the 
 spring of 1879. There was quite a noted caterer 
 at High Point, N. C, who served this banquet. 
 Most of the girls for this occasion came from 
 Thomasville and Greensboro. 
 
 Dr. Craven, in order to get the different socie- 
 ties of the college to take an interest in beautify- 
 ing the campus, extended to them the privilege 
 of placing any floral design representing their 
 insignia on the campus. The members of Kappa 
 Sigma were very eager to take advantage of this 
 opportunity. Brother Norris was the committee 
 from Eta to speak to the President in regard to 
 the Chapter placing a design in the shape of the 
 fraternity badge. He was the first of any of the 
 committees to speak to Dr. Craven, and conse- 
 quently secured the most desirable place for the 
 same, which was directly in front of the Main 
 Building. Shells were brought from the eastern 
 part of the State to beautify the design. 
 
 The minutes of "Eta Prime" for the session of 
 
 1878-79 show that the Chapter numbered at least 
 
 fifteen active members at the close of the session. 
 
 These members were as fol- 
 •*ETA PRIME" 
 
 DURING THE ^^^^ ' Thomas Wesley Taylor, 
 SESSION OF Thomas Neal Ivey, Frank 
 1878-79 Haywood Taylor, Herbert Ed- 
 mund Norris, Edwin Gibbons Moore, William 
 
Eta Prime During Session of 1878-79. 19 
 
 Throop Lyon, Thomas Raybon Pepper, Dabney 
 Belvin Rinehart, Fletcher D. Biggs, B. H. 
 Sharpe, Amos Frederick Becton, Daniel Elijah 
 Perry, William Henry Nicholson, Benjamin 
 Franklin Lane, and James Clarence Fink, the 
 last nine being initiated during that session, in 
 the order named. From the minutes of the first 
 meeing of the session, dated September 30, 1878, 
 we quote: "All spent a pleasant time talking of 
 Kappa Sigma's great success and achievements, 
 and determining how we could start work for the 
 coming year. After quite a lengthy debate upon 
 the subject, the fraternity adjourned to com- 
 mence our regular work at the next meeting." 
 (Signed) T. W: Taylor, W. G. M.; H. E. Nor- 
 ris, G. M. C. ; T. N. Ivey, G. T. ; E. G. Moore, G. 
 S. From the minutes of November 9, 1878, we 
 quote: "Under the head of General Business it 
 was moved and passed that the W. G. M. appoint 
 a committee to confer with other Fraternities on 
 the propriety of getting up a Magazine, a thing 
 that will be interesting and instructive, and 
 through which we may know how other Fraterni- 
 ties are progressing, for which purpose Bros. 
 Norris and Moore were appointed.* A commit- 
 tee consisting of Bros. Norris, Pepper and Moore 
 was appointed to bring up the shells belonging to 
 the K. S. badge from Dr. Craven's room." From 
 
 *This was the first proposition for inter-fraternity journal- 
 ism of which the writer has any knowledge. 
 
20 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 the minutes of December 1, 1878, we quote: 
 "The committee appointed to get the shells from 
 Dr. Craven's room reported that they had 
 brought them up. Also Bro. Norris, the chair- 
 man of the committee appointed to communicate 
 with the old members of the Fraternity concern- 
 ing the Magazine, reported that he had written to 
 several of them and that he had received letters 
 from Bro. Wortham and Taylor expressing their 
 views upon the subject. Bro. Norris then offered 
 some Resolutions of the Fraternity which on 
 motion were accepted, and it was decided that 
 they should be printed and sent to other chapters 
 of the K. S. Fraternity. The business being too 
 much for a committee of two to attend to, Bro. 
 Ivey was appointed as the third. Under the head 
 of General Business, it was proposed that the 
 Fraternity meet twice a week, Thursday and 
 Saturday nights. It was also proposed in order 
 to interest the members of the Fraternity that 
 one of the members should deliver an Oration 
 for the good of the order at every regular meet- 
 ing, and was carried by a vote of three to two. 
 Bro. Ivey was appointed to deliver an Oration at 
 the next meeting." From the minutes of March 
 29, 1879, we quote: "The Fraternity decided that 
 all should meet next Saturday to complete the 
 Badge in the campus." From the minutes of 
 April 16, 1879, we quote: "Since it has been a 
 matter of some difficulty to get the Badge wa- 
 
Eta Prime During Session of 1878-79. 21 
 
 tered, it was determined that the members of 
 the Fraternity should be divided into companies 
 of three each, and that they should water it each 
 evening successively. The Fraternity then went 
 into the election of Speakers for the Banquet 
 occasion, which resulted as follows: To deliver 
 the address — W. B. Mercer, Farewell — Thos. N. 
 Ivey, Reply — E. G. Moore." From the minutes 
 of April 26, 1879, we quote : ''Under the head of 
 Report of Committees, Bro. Moore made a report 
 as follows : To defray the expense of the Ban- 
 quet that a tax of $2.00 PER CAPITA be levied 
 which report was received. Under the head of 
 General Business, Bro. Moore made a motion 
 that we elect a member of the Senior Class to 
 deliver an Address of Welcome at the Banquet 
 which was carried, the Fraternity then proceeded 
 to the election, which resulted in the election of 
 H. E. Norris. Bro. Moore also read a letter 
 from Bro. Page, W. G. S. of Kappa Sigma, in 
 which he sent his congratulations and best wishes 
 for the Chapter's success. On motion a recess 
 was declared, after which the house was called to 
 order and the Banquet tickets were distributed." 
 It was during this same session of 1878-79 that 
 those conditions were brought about that led to 
 the disbanding of the Chapter. Brother Thos. 
 
22 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 W. Taylor relates that until 
 THE DISBAND- jg/g the fraternities were run 
 CHAPTER solely as social organizations. 
 
 At the commencement of that 
 year, being at the end of the session of 1877-78, 
 there arose a dispute over the awarding of the 
 debater's medal in the Hesperian Literary So- 
 ciety. The originator of the dispute was a mem- 
 ber of the Chi Phi, who claimed that the non- 
 fraternity men were discriminating against the 
 members of his fraternity. The dispute grew in 
 intensity during the ensuing session of 1878-79, 
 and for self-protection the fraternities combined 
 against those who did not belong to these orga- 
 nizations. The outsiders then formed an organi- 
 zation, obtained a charter from Phi Delta Theta, 
 and initiated nearly every outsider in college, 
 solely for the purpose of gaining numerical 
 strength with no regard to the social features. 
 This brought about a bitter fight with the other 
 fraternities over every honor that the literary 
 societies bestowed. In the spring of 1879 Dr. 
 Craven attended the General Methodist Confer- 
 ence at Atlanta, Georgia, and was absent from 
 college for four or five weeks. During that time 
 the election for Chief Marshal and Manager for 
 the ensuing Commencement came off. George M. 
 Bulla, of High Point, N. C, organizer of the Phi 
 Delta Thetas, and Evans Tanner, of Sassafras 
 Fork, N. C, a member of Chi Phi, were candi- 
 
The Disbanding of the Chapter. 23 
 
 dates for the same office, and by aid of the Alpha 
 Tau Omega and Phi Delta Theta fraternities, 
 Bulla was elected. Just why the Alpha Tau 
 Omegas joined in with the Phi Delta Thetas is 
 not known. Bulla's combination was too strong 
 for the other two fraternities, and encouraged by 
 this circumstance, he also ran for the presidency 
 of the Hesperian Literary Society. This was 
 contrary to custom and considered an outrage on 
 account of Dr. Craven's absence. Tanner was 
 the rival candidate against Bulla in this contest 
 also. F. H. Taylor, a brother of T. W. Taylor, 
 and a member of Kappa Sigma, though not a 
 member of either literary society, was a good 
 friend of Tanner and offered to join the Hespe- 
 rian Literary Society solely for the purpose of 
 voting for him. Bulla and his crowd contended 
 that as F. H. Taylor would cast the deciding 
 vote in the contest he had no right to join for 
 that purpose. The candidates then called in Pro- 
 fessor Carr to settle the dispute. The Professor 
 took the ground that F. H. Taylor had a perfect 
 right to join unless it was shown that he was 
 socially or morally unfitted. The next vote on 
 F. H. Taylor's name as a candidate for member- 
 ship in the literary society was put on these 
 grounds. The society rejected him a second 
 time. Bulla was elected contrary to all prece- 
 dent simply by the mass of the two fraterni- 
 ties. Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Tau Omega, 
 
24 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 combined for that purpose. When Dr. Craven 
 returned he was so incensed that he determined 
 to disband all the fraternities and would doubt- 
 less have done so in the following year if the fra- 
 ternities had not disbanded by agreement at the 
 beginning of the next session. 
 
 At Commencement of 1879 there was a meeting 
 of some of the alumni of Trinity College. Of 
 course the disturbance in the societies spoken of 
 above was still fresh in the minds of those inter- 
 ested in the welfare of the college. At this meet- 
 ing of the alumni one of them who had not been 
 a member of any of the fraternities made a very 
 strenuous speech against the further existence of 
 the fraternities at Trinity and made a motion that 
 the alumni send in a petition to the Board of 
 Trustees to perfect the purpose of his speech. 
 Professor W. H. Pegram, a Chi Phi alumnus and 
 a member of the Faculty, opposed this plan, but 
 proposed that a committee be appointed to confer 
 with representatives of the different fraternities 
 with the view of geting them to disband of their 
 own accord. Professor Pegram's proposition 
 was adopted and he, with one other alumnus, was 
 appointed to confer with representatives. This 
 was so near the end of the year that nothing 
 could be done at that time. So at the beginning 
 of the following session Professor Pegram con- 
 ferred with one member of each of the fraterni- 
 ties whom he considered the leader of his respec- 
 
MEMBERS AT OLD TRINITY 
 
 Edward Bascom Claywell 
 Julius I>. Holmes 
 Sherrod Thomas Hall 
 
 James F. Tanner 
 Herbert Milton Barrow 
 Robert Henr3' Hargrove 
 
Inception of the Devil's Thirteen. 25 
 
 tive chapter. In each case this was done without 
 the knowledge of the other fraternities until the 
 Professor found that they were all willing to dis- 
 band. - Then he had the different fraternities to 
 enter into an agreement not to initiate any more 
 men and thus let the respective chapters cease 
 to exist in the college. 
 
 After the three chapters of fraternities at Old 
 Trinity were compelled to disband in the fall of 
 1879, the fraternity idea languished. Member- 
 ship in one or the other of the 
 THE INCEPTION ^^q literary societies was made 
 IL'S THIRTEEN" almost compulsory by the Fac- 
 ulty with the purpose of keep- 
 ing down the fraternity spirit. During the en- 
 suing period of about ten years, the college ex- 
 perienced a sort of slump due to lack of support 
 and to situation remote from the public. In the 
 fall of 1890, however, almost coincident with the 
 agitation of questions concerning great improve- 
 ment in the college, the fraternity idea began 
 unconsciously to reassert itself for the first time. 
 During the session of 1890-91, some time before 
 or after the Christmas holiday period, some of 
 the students were very much surprised one morn- 
 ing at chapel to find quite a number of seniors 
 ostentatiously wearing a badge or emblem of 
 some society not previously known at college. 
 This society took the name "9019," and kept 
 itself shrouded in mystery as much as possible. 
 
26 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 Thomas Co wper Daniels, David Anderson Hous- 
 ton, and Fred Harper were among the few 
 seniors who did not have this badge on. There 
 were a number of students in the other classes 
 who were surprised and, perhaps, piqued at being 
 left out of an organization that sported so pretty 
 a badge. Naturally these outsiders drifted into 
 frequent discussions of the new organization, and 
 a few choice fellows finally, in a spirit of deviltry, 
 organized, secretly, a society known as the 
 "Devil's Thirteen," which had practically no aim 
 or object, except to get the most fun possible out 
 of the situation. 
 
 One night, during the early part of the year 
 1891, Daniels, Houston and Harper, with several 
 others, were returning from a raid of some kind 
 when the spirit moved them to organize secretly. 
 They went immediately to Daniels' room, dis- 
 cussed the matter, and appointed a committee to 
 get up a prospectus and constitution for the pro- 
 posed society, and to report in one week. These 
 fellows were an exceedingly congenial lot who 
 had been going together during that and the pre- 
 vious session. Their organization was sponta- 
 neous, was not in opposition to anything, and 
 was not for the purpose of getting into a frater- 
 nity. Daniels, Houston and Harper were class- 
 mates and all graduated at Old Trinity with the 
 class of 1891. 
 
 At the end of one week, the committee re- 
 
Inception of the Devil's Thirteen. 27 
 
 ported satisfactorily, and the question of a name 
 for the society became in order. It was the fancy 
 and suggestion of Frank Armfield to adopt the 
 name ''Devil's Thirteen," and to meet in a place 
 to be called ''Hell's Hollow." This suggestion 
 was adopted and the number of members was 
 afterwards raised and limited to thirteen. A deep 
 ravine back of Dr. Craven's house was selected 
 for "Hell's Hollow." In this ravine was a small 
 unfinished tobacco barn built of logs. The barn 
 had not been far enough finished to have any 
 place cut out for a door or to have any roof, 
 so the boys used to climb down into it over 
 the walls to hold their meetings, until the haunted 
 cottage was discovered. The early initiations 
 were carried on in Mrs. Albright's barn, owing 
 to the unsuitableness of "Hell's Hollow" for such 
 purposes. In the early part of the same winter, 
 about the time of the first snow, some of the 
 boys were prowling around in the woods one day 
 and came upon a deserted cottage which looked 
 good to them for a meeting place, because 
 "Hell's Hollow" was too much exposed to the 
 cold weather. This cottage was about two miles 
 from the college, and was considered haunted, by 
 the people of the neighborhood, so that no one 
 would go near it at night. The boys rented this 
 cottage from its owner for $2.00 a month, and 
 kept it for a meeting place. Their purpose devel- 
 oped to perpetuate the society as a sophomore 
 
28 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 organization, and they soon began to observe a 
 regular form in conducting their meetings. In 
 getting up their secret work, Daniels procured the 
 assistance of a Skull and Bones man, an alumnus 
 of Yale. This secret work was very. highly prized 
 by the members and the secrecy of the organiza- 
 tion cannot be too greatly emphasized. Before 
 long the existence of such an organization was 
 rumored, but the identity of its members was 
 not divulged for several years. 
 
 During the early days of the organization a 
 lecturer came to Trinity College and related an 
 incident of his college career in which a society 
 was formed for the promotion of impromptu 
 speaking. The members would meet and each 
 would secretly write upon a slip of paper a sub- 
 ject. These slips would then be shaken up in a 
 hat, the roll called, and as his name was called, 
 each member would go to the hat and draw out a 
 slip. He was compelled, under penalty, to deliver 
 a five minutes talk upon the subject he found 
 written on the slip he had drawn. This idea was 
 appropriated by the members of the "Devil's 
 Thirteen," and it was decided to enlarge the 
 
 society, change its name to the 
 THE "OWLS" "Owls," and have for the main 
 
 feature of its meetings this lit- 
 erary impromptu speaking. At one of the meet- 
 ings some one spoke on the subject of Greek 
 letter fraternities and advocated trying to get 
 
The Owls. 29 
 
 into one of them. This matter was discussed at 
 various times and several letters were written to 
 different fraternities, but none of them wanted 
 to come in sub rosa, so nothing ever came of 
 this, because faculty opposition to fraternities 
 precluded the possibility of acting openly with 
 any degree of success. 
 
 In order to preserve the secrecy of the identity 
 of the members in soliciting new members, they 
 followed the plan of sending an unsigned, printed 
 letter to the proposed candidate, inviting him to 
 join, and enclosing an emblem for him to wear in 
 case of his acceptance. If he wore the emblem, 
 they would send him a second similar letter in- 
 structing him where to be on some apointed 
 night. The place of initiation would then be sur- 
 rounded by sentries. No word was spoken dur- 
 ing the initiation. The candidate was met by the 
 first sentry and passed on by him to the second 
 and on to the third. The third sentry blindfolded 
 the candidate and led him to the meeting place. 
 The members all wore masks and black gowns 
 and were provided with whistles which they used 
 for carrying out a regular code of signals. All 
 this precaution was necessary in order to keep 
 them from being followed and spied upon. 
 
 This organization never did assume any very 
 stable form. During its existence, it probably 
 had in all as many as forty members. The prime 
 movers gradually lost interest when the number 
 
30 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 of members became so large. The integrity of 
 the organization seemed to have been lost, its 
 vitality gradually seeped away, and it perished, 
 probably soon after the college was moved to 
 Durham in the fall of 1892. 
 
 The story of the "Devil's Thirteen" has no 
 place in the history of Eta Prime Chapter, ex- 
 cept inasmuch as two of the founders of this 
 society, Thomas Cowper Daniels, '91, and David 
 Anderson Houston, '91, became charter members 
 of the revived Chapter at Durham, N. C, in 
 1892, after Fred Harper, '91, another of the 
 founders of this society, had become a Kappa 
 Sigma at the University of Virginia. Several 
 others who had been members of the "Owls," at 
 least, were also initiated into the revived Chapter. 
 During the session of 1891-92, Daniels and Har- 
 per remained at Trinity as law students, and 
 Houston remained as an assistant in the Commer- 
 cial Department. 
 
 At the beginning of the session 1892-93, Fred 
 Harper went to the University of Virginia to 
 study law, while Daniels and Houston remained 
 at Trinity College. During 
 PREVIOUS^O the session of 1891-92, Daniels, 
 RE-ESTABLISH= Houston, Harper, and Davis, 
 ^^^'^ '94, with others, had petitioned 
 
 Phi Delta Theta for a charter, but owing to the 
 fact that the college was on the eve of being 
 moved to Durham, N. C, and the necessarily 
 
Previous Activities. 31 
 
 chaotic conditions incident thereto, this petition 
 was not granted. Also, when Harper did not 
 return to Trinity College in the session of 1892- 
 93, Daniels, Houston, and Davis, '94, withdrew 
 from this petition. Harper was initiated into 
 Kappa Sigma at the University of Virginia on 
 October 11, 1892, and immediately he and some 
 others of the active members of Zeta Chapter 
 became active in an effort to reestablish the Chap- 
 ter formerly at Trinity, as is shown by the letters 
 quoted below: 
 
 University of Virginia, 
 Tuesday Oct. 12, '92. 
 Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 
 
 Dear Bro. Martin: — I wrote you last Saturday or 
 Sunday in regard to placing a Chapter at Trinity 
 College, N. C, but as I have received no answer from 
 you as yet, I write again and ask that you will please 
 answer by return mail. 
 
 We succeeded in convincing Mr. Harper, of Trinity 
 College, that our Fraternity was the fraternity, 
 although he was closely followed by several others, 
 and last night he was initiated into the secrets of the 
 order and right nobly did William do his part. 
 
 He is very enthusiastic and says he knows of eight 
 men who will join, if they can get a Charter, and 
 besides that we are going to try and make it open and 
 above board — no su^ rosa, if we can help it, but if 
 necessary, why then sul) rosa. I know some of the 
 men he proposes and they are good men. Now, if we 
 are going to act. it must be at once, for Phi Delta 
 Theta is trying to get there ahead of us. If this 
 meets your approbation, signify by returning to me 
 
32 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 in your letter a blank for application. If necessary 
 I think you would be justified in telegraphing the 
 S. E. C. at their expense. 
 
 And if you decide to grant the Charter, who will go 
 down and do the work? There is an old K. S. in the 
 town, so only two men would be necessary. Could 
 not you be one of them? 
 
 I hope to get better succeS'S from this than from 
 the Washington Chapter. Yours in K. S. 
 
 A. J. WiTTSON.* 
 
 University of Vieginia, 
 Department op Law, Oct. 19, '92. 
 Mr. Herhert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 
 
 Dear Brother : — I received a communication from 
 a friend of mine at Trinity College, N. C, saying he 
 has five men and wants a Chapter of K. S. I told him 
 to send the petition to you and you would attend 
 to it. 
 
 I know all the boys he mentioned save one. I 
 have attended college with all, save that one, and I 
 can most unreservedly recommend them individually 
 as the most companionable sort of fellows in this wide 
 world. They were all of them "chums" of mine while 
 1 was at Trinity. Daniels is the best all-round athlete 
 in the South undoubtedy. He is a Ph. B. from Trinity 
 and is back taking law. He is about 22 years old. 
 Houston is an A. B. from Trinity, is about 21 years 
 old, and is taking a ipost-graduate course in Political 
 Economy. His family is one of the best in Monroe, 
 N. C, as Daniels' is in New Bern. Davis is perhaps 
 the sportiest, best young fellow in Trinity today. His 
 family is all that could be desired and K. S. can't find 
 
 •Albert Jackson Wittson was an initiate of Delta Chapter 
 and a resident of Greensboro, N. C. 
 
William Streeiy 1 1 ale 
 John D. Hargrove 
 
 MEMBERS AT OLD TRIiMTY 
 
 Edmund Thomas White 
 R. B. Barefoot 
 
 Grandison Christian Edward; 
 William Parsons Ivev 
 
 Charles North Mason 
 
 Yancej' Thomas Ormond 
 
Previous Activities. 33 
 
 a better man. Rowland is another whom I will vouch 
 for most earnestly. He plays on Trinity's football 
 team and is an honor man. His family is one of the 
 best in Vance County. The other man, Harrison, I 
 do not know, but I'll answer for any man they want. 
 They say he has plenty of money and promises well in 
 college. There is but one frat in Trinity now, A. T. O. 
 (sul) rosa), but there is one S, A. E. and one Beta 
 Theta Pi, and if we want the start we had better not 
 hesitate. These boys say they want a frat and if K. S. 
 will not give them a Charter they will apply for an- 
 other, they want K. S. because I am one. 
 
 Trinity bids fair to become the best college in the 
 South, as indeed she is already in -the State. They 
 will not have to go sub rosa and I earnestly recom- 
 mend a speedy grant of a charter. Fraternally, 
 
 Feed Haepeb. 
 
 NoETH Danville, Va., Oct. 20, 1892. 
 Mr. Thos. Daniels, Trinity College. 
 
 Dear Sir: — My good friend and brother in Kappa 
 Sigma, Fred Harper, of U. of Va., has just written 
 that you, together with four friends, Messrs. Houston, 
 Davis, Rowland, and Harrison, wish to secure a char- 
 ter for a Chapter of Kappa Sigma at Trinity College. 
 Knowing Trinity to be the leading institution in the 
 State and among the best in the South, and further, 
 having a high regard for Harper's judgment of men 
 who are worthy and well qualified to enter the Kappa 
 Sigma Fraternity, I will be free to say to you that I 
 am ready for my ipart to endorse your petition for a 
 charter, and that there need be no trouble in your 
 securing the same. To this end I ask that you for- 
 ward the petition to me and I will at once take steps 
 to insure prompt action upon the part of the Supreme 
 
34 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 Executive Committee of the Fraternity. Many of the 
 preliminaries usually gone through with in regard to 
 granting a charter may be dispensed with in this 
 case, since we knoiw our ground so well. 
 
 I see no reason why your Chapter should not be in 
 good running order within the month. This, however, 
 depends in a large degree upon the promptness with 
 which you send the petition asking for the charter. 
 
 You may not have been told that one of the strong- 
 est and most successful of our Chapters was once 
 located at Trinity. It had upwards of fifty names 
 upon its roll when those iron-clad anti-fraternity laws 
 caused its death. I am rejoiced that we are soon to 
 see our old Eta Chapter revived, a thing I have long 
 been wishing to see. 
 
 Do you remember when Trinity first played the U. 
 of Va. in Richmond,* and that after the game several 
 Randolph-Macon students were up in your room at 
 the hotel? I was among the number, and am glad to 
 feel that we may hecome more fully known to each 
 other within a short time. 
 
 Awaiting an early reply from you, I remain, 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 Herbert M. Martin. 
 
 North Danville, Va., Oct. 20, 1892. 
 D7\ Jas. H. Durham, Wilmington, N. C: 
 
 Dear Sir and Brother: — We are about to revive 
 the old Eta Chapter at Trinity College and wish to 
 reissue the Charter with the names of those charter 
 
 *The first game between Trinity College and the University 
 of Virginia, played at Richmond, was in the fall of 1890. 
 Trinity was defeated, but she won from the University of Vir- 
 ginia the next year and held the championship of the South in 
 football. During the next year, session 1891-92, Thomas 
 Cowper Daniels was captain of the football team. 
 
Previous Activities. 35 
 
 members appearing who comiwsed the Chapter when 
 you established it on February 28, 1873. The records 
 do not show who were the charter members, and hence 
 I write to you, hoping that you may be able to tell me 
 who they were, since the honor was yours of establish- 
 ing the Chapter. I give below the names of those who 
 composed the Trinity Chapter during the first year of 
 its existence, and from the number you may be able to 
 pick those who were the charter members or were in- 
 itiated on the day you established the Chapter. 
 
 I will inform you of the day set for the reestablish- 
 ment of the Chapter and hope you may find it conven- 
 ient to be with us in Durham on that occasion. Await- 
 ing an early reply from you, I am. 
 
 Yours fraternally, 
 Herbert M. Martin, W. G. S. 
 
 MEMBERS OF ETA CHAPTER, TRINITY COLLEGE 
 
 Session 1873-'74. 
 
 P. S.— Thos. Taylor, Townesville, N. C. ; A. R. Wor- 
 tham, Henderson, N. C. ; Ned H. Tucker, Olive, N. C. ; 
 P. E. Hines, Toisnot, N. C. ; Geo. D. Tysor, Fair Haven, 
 N. C. ; Wm. P. Mercer, Toisnot, N. C. ; T. E. Kirkpat- 
 rick, Charlotte, N. C. ; E. B. Claywell, Morganton, N. 
 C. ; J. W. Dillon, Brunswick, Ga. ; J. L. Holmes, Trin- 
 ity College, N. C. ; R. B. Keerans, Trinity College, N. 
 C. ; J. L. Craven, Trinity College, N. C. ; W. A. Thomas, 
 Bartow, Ga. ; S. Thos. Hall, Davishoro, Ga. ; J. F. Tan- 
 ner, Sandersville, Ga. ; R. B. Barefoot, Wilson, N. C. 
 
 Henderson, N. C, Oct. 24, 1892. 
 Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 
 
 Dear Sir : — The above letter has been sent me for a 
 reply. Charter members you will find to have been 
 
36 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 Thos. Taylor, A. R. Wortham, N. H. Tucker, Hines, 
 Tysor, and Mercer.* I w;sh you may be successful. 
 
 Yours fraternally, 
 
 a. r. woetham. 
 
 Univebsity of Virginia, 
 Department op Law, Oct 21, 1892. 
 Mr. Herl)ert M. Martin, Danville, Virginia: 
 
 Dearest Brother: — Your letter jusit received and 
 will write to confirm your opinion of Daniels and 
 Rowland. You met tliem both in Richmond. As for 
 their leaving college soon — Harrison is, I think, a 
 Freshman. Houston and Daniels are both likely to be 
 connected with the college for several years yet. Row- 
 land and Davis are only Juniors. Besides, Daniels 
 wrote that he had others in view. 
 
 I am glad that you are enthusiastic in the matter, 
 for I earnestly believe that K. S. could not do better 
 than to grant this charter. 
 
 I am in daily expectation of a letter from Daniels, 
 and will write you all particulars. Let me know de- 
 velopments and I will try to 'get off to help "goat" 
 them. Fraternally yours, 
 
 Fred Harper. 
 
 ♦There is good reason to believe that Thos. Taylor, A. R. 
 Wortham, and N. H. Tucker -were the only men initiated by 
 Bro. James H. Durham on his trip to Trinity in 1873 for the 
 purpose of establishing the old Eta Chapter. Hines, Tysor, 
 and Mercer may have been initiated by Thos. Taylor, A. R. 
 "Wortham, and N. H. Tucker at their first meeting aftsr Bro. 
 Durham left, and, in that sense, may have been considered 
 charter members by the first three initiates. 
 
 NOTB. — See page 14, 
 
Previous Activities. 37 
 
 Tbinity College, Durham, N. C, 
 
 October 28, 1892. 
 Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Va.: 
 
 My Dear Sir: — Yours of the 20th came to hand a 
 few days ago. 
 
 Since writing to our old comrade Harper, one of 
 the fellows has left College — Rowland. We do not 
 want to petition with Harrison, as he is a new man 
 whom we do not know well as yet. 
 
 If the old Eta Prime Chapter can be revived by us 
 — with four men, we would be highly honored by 
 being accepted. 
 
 We are very desirous of becoming K. S.'s and would 
 be glad if you could get us a Chapter through. The 
 men will be: D. A. Houston, '91, Post-graduate work; 
 ¥. B. Davis, '91; F. G. Westbrook, '94; Tom Daniels, 
 '91, Law. 
 
 If a fifth man is required, we can get one, but would 
 prefer the establishment with the above four, as we 
 desire to fill our ranks with good men from the Fresh 
 classes. 
 
 I remember very well the R. M. students at Rich- 
 mond, and hope to be honored by being permitted to 
 become a fraternity mate of at least one of that num- 
 ber. Very truly yours, 
 
 Tom C. Daniels. 
 
 North Danville, Va., Oct. 28, 1892 
 Mr. T. C. Daniels, Trinity College: 
 
 My Dear Sir: — Your esteemed favor of the 27th 
 inst. is at hand and in reply thereto will say: Al- 
 though sorry to learn that Rowland has left college, 
 yet a charter may be granted to four, and we will be 
 glad to revive old Eta Chapter through yourself, to- 
 gether with Messrs. Houston, Davis and Westbrook. 
 
38 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 I enclose herewith a form of petition which you will 
 please sign and have each of the other three to sign 
 it, after which you will forward it to me, and upon 
 receipt of same I will proceed at once to put it 
 through the proper course, and will lose no time in 
 drawing up the charter. I would impress upon you 
 the imiportance of attending to this at once, since we 
 wish to have the Chapter in running order as soon as 
 possible. 
 
 Awaiting an early reply from you, I am, with re- 
 gards. Yours truly, 
 
 Herbert M. Martin, 
 
 Worthy Grand Scribe. 
 
 Trinity College, Durham, N. C, 
 October 29, 1892. 
 Mr. Herbert M. Martin, Danville, Va.: 
 
 My Dear Sir: — Yours to hand. We will file the 
 petition as soon as Mr. Westbrook returns from home, 
 where he has gone to register and vote. We could 
 sign for him, but as you desire the signatures we will 
 await his return. 
 
 Another matter — Last fall Harper, Houston, Davis 
 and I were placed on a petition to the Phi Gamma 
 Deltas [there is good reason to believe that Phi Delta 
 Theta is meant for Phi Gamma Delta] — ^which char- 
 ter was withheld until the institution reached Dur- 
 ham. 
 
 Houston, Davis and I withdrew from the petition; 
 and Harper, going to the University of Virginia, be- 
 came a K. S. Now what we desire to know is if that 
 will interfere with our petition to you. 
 
 We were added to the other petition when it was 
 held over for a year. We withdrew and desire a 
 Chapter of the Kappa Sigma instead. 
 
Previous Activities. 39 
 
 I thought it best to explain this matter, so that you 
 would see our previous condition. 
 
 Will send on petition as soon as Westbrook returns. 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 Tom C. Daniels. 
 
 In The Caduceus of January, 1893, appeared 
 the following by Herbert M. Martin : 
 
 Immediately after the Conclave in October, the S. 
 
 E. C. were informed by Bro. Fred Harx)er (Z), who 
 was formerly a student at Trinity, that several of 
 his most intimate friends there were desirous of enter- 
 ing K. S. and reviving the Chapter which had existed 
 there from 1873-1879. The men were communicated 
 with and in due time a petition was forwarded to the 
 S. E. C, bearing the signatures of Thomas Cowper 
 Daniels, Frank Bettis Davis, David Anderson Hous- 
 ton, and Frank Gibbons Westbrook, who were prop- 
 erly recommended and vouched for by Bro. Harper. 
 The Supreme Executive Committee, being satisfied 
 that the petitioners were worthy and well qualified to 
 become men of the fraternity, , . . granted the 
 petition, and accordingly on November 30th issued a 
 duplicate to the original chcirter, which bore the name 
 of Thomas Taylor, A. R. Wortham, N. H. Tucker, P. 
 
 F. Hines, George D. Tysor and William P. Mercer, 
 and date of February 3, 1873. 
 
 I wired Trinity that I would be there on December 
 1st. I was met in Greensboro by Brother W. W. Mor- 
 ris, '92, of Delta, and together we journeyed on to 
 Durham, where we were warmly welcomed by the 
 prospective members. 
 
 Bro. J. D. McDowell came over from Davidson Col- 
 lege on the noon train, and we found ourselves three 
 strong, and fully capable of handling the "goats," even 
 
40 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 though three of them were football players, and con- 
 sequently men of considerable size. 
 
 We were fortunate in securing the hall of the 
 Knights of Pythias for the initiation, and six stalwart 
 knights were ushered through the XXXXXX, there 
 having been added to the four petitioners two others, 
 Luther Thompson Hartsell, '94, and Sterling Black- 
 well Pierce, '95. 
 
 It gives me pleasure to introduce to the fraternity 
 the revived Eta Prime, and I am sure a cordial wel- 
 come awaits the Chapter at the hands of all. 
 
 From the standpoint of the fraternity this 
 Chapter was not considered sub rosa, as the chap- 
 ter letter appeared regularly in The Caduceus, 
 and no secrecy of the existence 
 SEMI=SUB ROSA ^f ^he Chapter was preserved 
 
 FrIteRNITIES "^y ^^^ ^' ^- p- But from the 
 standpomt of the cojlege and 
 of the general body of students the existence of 
 the Chapter was suh rosa. Even the latter state- 
 ment needs qualification, for after a short while 
 the suspicion became prevalent of the existence of 
 Greek letter fraternities in college. As time 
 passed on this suspicion grew into a certainty and 
 finally into actual knowledge. At this time a 
 chapter of Alpha Tau Omega was also living in 
 college, their chapter having been revived at Old 
 Trinity in 1890. It was commonly understood 
 among students and Faculty that both Kappa 
 Sigma and Alpha Tau Omega had chapters in 
 Trinity College. 
 
Semi-Sub Rosa Status of Fraternities. 41 
 
 However, one phase of the fraternity life at 
 Trinity was strictly sub rosa. This was the per- 
 sonnel of the members. Only one member of 
 Eta Prime wore the badge, and this was Daniels. 
 He was a post-graduate at this time, and was, of 
 course, at liberty to wear the emblem. But no 
 other member of the Chapter made himself 
 known as such, and hence, membership was 
 strictly secret. Of course, under such conditions 
 there was much curiosity among the students as 
 to who the Greek letter men were, but the mys- 
 tery remained unsolved. 
 
 A good example of how faithfully this feature 
 was preserved is found in the following episode, 
 which occurred in the spring of 1893 : Samuel 
 W. Sparger had been initiated into Kappa Sigma 
 in April, 1893, and sometime during the same 
 session Ernest J. Green had been initiated into 
 Alpha Tau Omega. Both were members of the 
 Freshman Class and Warm personal friends, but 
 neither knew that the other was a fraternity man. 
 Soon after Sparger's initiation a jeweler came 
 to Durham, and Sparger purchased a badge, 
 but kept it in his trunk almost all the time. One 
 day a short time before commencement Sparger 
 and Green were going down town together, and 
 the conversation drifted to the much discussed 
 question of the existence of fraternities in col- 
 lege. Both hesitated to confess any definite 
 knowledge on the subject, but suddenly by a sort 
 
42 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 of mental telepathy each suspected the other, and 
 by common consent each produced from his 
 pocket a fraternity badge, one a Star and Cres- 
 cent, the other a Maltese Cross. 
 
 Another episode occurred during the same 
 session which shows how the President of the 
 college and the Faculty were cognizant of condi- 
 tions. One day a member of Kappa Sigma, upon 
 returning to his room, found an envelope under 
 his door containing a notice to appear at the 
 President's office. This was the method then 
 used by the President to signify to a student his 
 desire for a conference with him. Upon receiv- 
 ing this summons the student went to the office 
 where President Crowell took him to task for a 
 very trivial affair. The student made a satisfac- 
 tory explanation and was about to leave, suppos- 
 ing the interview at an end, whereupon the presi- 
 dent said: 
 
 "Well, one moment, please. Are you a mem- 
 ber of any Greek letter fraternity?" 
 
 "Yes, sir," after a momentary hesitation. 
 
 "Of what fraternity are you a member?" 
 
 "Kappa Sigma," answered the student. 
 
 "Who are the other members of this frater- 
 nity?" asked the President. 
 
 "I cannot tell you this, sir, as I do not care for 
 them to become known." 
 
 "Do you not know, Mr. , that it is the 
 
Semi-Sub Rosa Status of Fraternities. 43 
 
 spirit of Trinity College not to allow the exist- 
 ence of secret fraternities?" 
 
 "Yes, sir, but the existence seems to be no 
 secret." 
 
 ''Well, if I ask you to resign from this frater- 
 nity, will you comply?" 
 
 "No, sir." 
 
 "Well, sir, I will bring this matter before the 
 Board of Trustees at their next meeting, and it 
 is possible that your resignation from college 
 will be demanded, unless you resign from the 
 fraternity. In this case what will you do?" 
 
 "I shall resign from the college, sir." 
 
 With this the President sought to draw out the 
 freshman concerning the object of the existence 
 of the chapter. Not being eminently successful, 
 he exclaimed: 
 
 ^ "Oh, I was a member of a secret society at 
 Yale, I know your purpose. You exist to have 
 your secret blow-outs, feeds, banquets, and wine 
 suppers." 
 
 The student then told the President that, while 
 no doubt, in his society at Yale such customs 
 were followed, in Trinity College Chapter of 
 Kappa Sigma no such features were tolerated, or 
 ever had been tolerated. 
 
 In fact, the Chapter at that time had a by-law 
 which forbade any member to come into the 
 chapter hall under the influence of intoxicants, 
 or with any upon his person. A fine of $5.00 
 
44 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 was imposed for any offense even to the extent 
 of a brother's having a flask in his pocket. It is 
 also a matter of fact that this rule was carried 
 out literally, and only once was there any ap- 
 proach to its violation. This was in the case of 
 a visiting brother who, upon approaching the 
 chapter hall, made it known that he had a flask 
 of liquor in his pocket, and accordingly, before 
 he was allowed to enter, he was compelled to 
 leave it behind. 
 
 As time went on, however, the secrecy of the 
 membership in Greek letter fraternities could not 
 be kept. In 1894, Dr. John C. Kilgo became 
 ESTARLISH= president of the college. He 
 
 MENT OF himself is a member of Kappa 
 
 ALPHA=MU Alpha ( Southern) ^ and, under- 
 
 standing students as well as fraternity activity, 
 was soon pretty well acquainted with the frater- 
 nity situation. On June 3, 1893, a sister chapter, 
 Alpha-Mu, at the University of North Carolina, 
 had been established, the charter members being 
 initiated in the Knights of Pythias Hall at Dur- 
 ham, with Eta Prime men for sole sponsors. The 
 active members for that session, 1892-93, the 
 first session of the revived Eta Prime, were 
 twelve in number, and they all participated in 
 the ceremonies of this occasion. Alpha Tau 
 Omega also had a chapter at the University of 
 North Carolina, and it became quite customary 
 for the members of these chapters to come to 
 
Establishment of Alpha-Mu. 45 
 
 Durham, a distance of twelve miles, periodically 
 for the purpose of meeting with their respective 
 "bunches" at Trinity. Since Dr. Kilgo is a man 
 of keen perception, these visible signs of frater- 
 nity activity were not lost upon him. 
 
 President Kilgo, although understanding the 
 situation thoroughly, did not consider the exist- 
 ence of the Greek letter chapters legal, as the 
 spirit incident to the anti- fraternity agitation at 
 Trinity, in 1879, still determined the attitude of 
 the college towards Greek letter societies. From 
 this standpoint the fraternities were still sub rosa, 
 and his idea was that any fraternity was suh rosa, 
 whether it did or did not proclaim itself publicly, 
 so long as it was existing contrary to the spirit 
 of the college, or so long as it was not officially 
 recognized by the college. Things went on in this 
 manner while Dr. Kilgo kept close watch on all 
 movements. 
 
 At Commencement of 1900, Dr. Kilgo was 
 unwell, so the Board of Trustees met in his 
 private study at his residence on the campus. 
 On this Board of Trustees were several frater- 
 nity men, some of whom were A. T. O.'s, and 
 two Kappa Sigmas. The Kappa Sigmas were 
 Rev. Thomas Neal Ivey, '79, and Dr. Edmund 
 Thomas White, '78. It appears from the events 
 that actually took place that the A. T. O. Chapter 
 had planned for a banquet at this Commencement. 
 Many of the alumni were informed and appeared 
 
46 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 for the occasion. Of course, this intention on 
 the part of the A. T. O. Chapter was not sup- 
 posed to be pubUcly known. But Dr. Kilgo had 
 fully divined their purpose. Accordingly, in the 
 course of events in the session 
 ACTION OF of the Board of Trustees, the 
 
 BOARD OF ^' r 4.U ■ ^ £ 
 
 TRUSTEES question of the existence of 
 
 fraternities in the college was 
 brought up. At this juncture the President of 
 the college took the floor. He stated to the Board 
 that their position was fallacious on this subject. 
 He reminded them that the Trustees were sup- 
 posed to have placed fraternities under a ban at 
 Trinity, that they met year by year in the knowl- 
 edge that secret Greek orders existed in the col- 
 lege, and did nothing to relieve the situation; he 
 further stated that several members of the Board 
 itself were about to disregard the very rules 
 which they themselves were supposed to sanction. 
 He told them that, while they were in attend- 
 ance upon this meeting, their dress suits were 
 cleaned, pressed and lay waiting in their suit- 
 cases to be donned that night for the purpose of 
 attending a fraternity banquet in the college. 
 This remark caused general laughter. 
 
 President Kilgo then proceeded to state to the 
 Board his personal position in the matter. He 
 said that he himself was a member of a Greek 
 letter fraternity and that for him to enforce 
 rigidly an anti- fraternity policy would be incon- 
 
Action of Board of Trustees. 4?7 
 
 sistent on his part as he saw it ; that to carry out 
 such a policy conscientiously he would feel com- 
 pelled to give up his fraternity association, — a 
 thing which he said he did not intend to do. He 
 then made the motion before the meeting to with- 
 draw the policy of opposition to secret orders. 
 This motion was passed. 
 
 Thus the Commencement of 1900 is the date of 
 the official reestablishment of Eta Prime Chapter 
 from the standpoint of the college. From this 
 until the present time Kappa Sigma and other 
 secret orders have enjoyed the recognition of the 
 college authorities. Upon such organizations no 
 great number of iron-bound restrictions or cur- 
 tailment of privileges is placed. The first re- 
 quirement of any organization at Trinity Col- 
 lege is to have a worthy object and secondly to 
 obey such rules as are passed for its own good 
 by the authorities in control. And never since 
 the dawning of this new century has secrecy been 
 considered a collegiate crime or held as a bar to 
 the attainment of a worthy object at this institu- 
 tion. 
 
 In accordance with their intentions, the Alpha 
 Tau Omega held their banquet that commence- 
 ment at the Carrolina Hotel. As the action of 
 the Trustees was taken, so to speak, at the 
 eleventh hour, there was no time for a fraternity 
 which had not already made its arrangements to 
 have a banquet. Hence Kappa Sigma did not 
 
48 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 make its official ''debut" until the following 
 commencement, at which time she gave her first 
 banquet under the new regime. Since that time 
 Eta Prime has never failed to hold her annual 
 banquet during the last week of the college ses- 
 sion. 
 
 As soon as it was publicly known that anti- 
 fraternity restrictions were removed, Trinity Col- 
 lege was at once considered a good field for chap- 
 ters of other orders. Accord- 
 NEW ARRIVALS ingly the following year two 
 new Greek letter chapters were 
 founded. Kappa Alpha (Southern) was estab- 
 lished on October 18, 1901, and Pi Kappa Alpha 
 on November 30, 1901. No opposition was felt 
 towards these, as both of the older chapters felt 
 that there was room for other societies of like 
 order at Trinity. During the next session, 1902- 
 03, a Junior order called the "Tombs" was organ- 
 ized, which is of peculiar interest to Eta Prime, 
 inasmuch as one of her men, Lemuel Hardy Gib- 
 bons, '04, wrote almost its entire ritual. This 
 society, presumably, was designed to level, in 
 the general round of college life, all real or im- 
 aginary barriers between fraternity and non- fra- 
 ternity men, and for purposes of good fellow- 
 ship. The *'Tombs" has maintained a high and 
 distinctive standing. in the college community. 
 
 After official recognition of fraternities by the 
 Trustees, Eta Prime continued very active. The 
 
Beta-Upsilon. 49 
 
 following year a neighboring college, the North 
 Carolina College of Agricul- 
 BETA=UPSILON ture and Mechanical Arts, peti- 
 tioned the S. E. C. for a char- 
 ter from Kappa Sigma. This charter was 
 granted, and on February 23, 1903, nine mem- 
 bers of Eta Prime went to Raleigh, N. C, where 
 the A. & M.. College is situated, and were spon- 
 sors at the installation of the new chapter under 
 the name of Beta-Upsilon. The existence of 
 Beta-Upsilon and Alpha-Mu gives Eta Prime two 
 near ^neighbors and the very best of brotherly 
 feeling has always marked their relationship. 
 
 It cannot be said with exactness that the exist- 
 ence of the fraternities at Trinity Q)llege has 
 been altogether unmolested by any anti- fraternity 
 activity, for at different times 
 
 NITY ACrTvm "^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ friction between 
 the fraternity and non- frater- 
 nity men has shown itself, although this feeling 
 has pervaded the general student body in only a 
 few instances. Peace between the two elements 
 has reigned, indeed, most of the time. An ex- 
 ample of the general status of affairs is given 
 by the following statement of a former student: 
 "When I entered Trinity College in the fall of 
 1903, there was some anti-frat feeling percep- 
 tible. I did not join a fraternity until the spring 
 term. During the period between the time I 
 
50 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 entered college and the time I joined the frater- 
 nity, I was approached by two or three non-fra- 
 ternity men, on different occasions, who solicited 
 my vote as a member of the Freshman Class and 
 as a member of one of the literary societies. 
 They stated to me that I should not vote for any 
 fraternity man, since I was not one of them, and 
 sometimes they gave other reasons." 
 
 One Sunday morning in October, 1904, there 
 were found distributed about the campus, espe- 
 cially in the Duke Building, a number of anony- 
 mous circulars of white glazed paper, about 
 nine by sixteen inches in size, on which was 
 printed a very bitter attack against the fraterni- 
 ties. An adequate , idea of this circular can be 
 gained from its head lines given below: 
 
 THE COERUPTION IN THE FRATERNITIES 
 AT TRINITY COLLEGE. 
 
 The Low Nature of These Fraternities. The 
 good-for-nothingness of their members. they 
 Try TO Predominate with Their United Force Both 
 Socially and Politically. Social Distinction Theib 
 Purpose, but Licentiousness Their End. They Re- 
 form Their Drunkards by Giving Them Wine to 
 Drink at Their Receptions. Other Colleges Have 
 Discarded Them. Dr. Kilgo Expresses Sentiment 
 Against Them. 
 
 This circular of protest was supposed to have 
 been printed at Raleigh during the State Fair. 
 The writer or writers were never found out 
 with certainty, since every precaution had been 
 
Non-Fraternity Activities. 51 
 
 taken to conceal their identity. Of course, some 
 degree of excitement followed from the reading 
 of these circulars by the student body, and a few- 
 rash statements were made by some of the fra- 
 ternity men, but on further consideration they 
 decided that it was better "to treat it with silent 
 contempt." It is certain that the student body 
 did not sanction the contents of this circular, for 
 they immediately called a meeting and passed 
 resolutions denouncing the author and the spirit 
 of the circular. Dr. Kilgo, during the following 
 week, took occasion to state to each of the Bible 
 classes, which were the only classes he taught, 
 that the publishing of such a paper without sign- 
 ing it was a cowardly act, that he hoped he 
 would never know the author, and that one 
 thing was quite certain that when a chapter had 
 an unworthy member no one was more conscious 
 of it than the chapter itself. In the wake of the 
 above related incidents there followed more har- 
 mony than ever between the two elements in 
 college. No expression to confirm the spirit of 
 the circular ever came to light till the whole epi- 
 sode was forgotten. 
 
 After the "circular" episode, as has been- re- 
 lated, there was a reaction. One form of this is 
 noticeable in the general fraternity feeling which 
 
52 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 seemed generally to take root. 
 EPSILON *^ Unconfirmed reports were fre- 
 
 quent of other Greek orders 
 entering college. Many believed that these were 
 being chartered and were existing sub rosa. It 
 was a matter of weekly occurrence for it to be 
 whispered that such and such a club or "bunch" 
 had petitioned some fraternity or other. There 
 is no reasonable doubt that there were petitions 
 for charters at this time, but up to the present 
 there has been only one evidence that any were 
 ever granted. This was in the case of Theta Nu 
 Epsilon. During the session of 1905-06 it became 
 evident that Theta Nu Epsilon would enter col- 
 lege. It is probable that men were bid from all 
 four of the general fraternities, Alpha Tau 
 Omega, Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha and 
 Kappa Sigma. In the case of Kappa Sigma it is a 
 matter of fact. But in compliance with the reso- 
 lution passed at the St. Louis Conclave, 1904, no 
 Kappa Sigma accepted this invitation. As both 
 Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Alpha have simi- 
 lar regulations, the membership of the new chap- 
 ter was confined to Pi Kappa Alphas and non- 
 fraternity men. The chapter was short-lived. 
 As far as it is known no one was ever invited into 
 the new chapter after its establishment. There is 
 good reason to believe that the Faculty, after 
 looking into Theta Nu Epsilon fully, advised the 
 charter members not to initiate any more men. 
 
Meetings of District IV. 53 
 
 No doubt the first few days of February each 
 year are of more interest to the fraternity men 
 at Trinity College than any other part of the 
 year, with the possible exception of Commence- 
 ment. Initiation of first year students before the 
 first of February has been prohibited by the col- 
 lege authorities since September, 1903. Our 
 Chapter has always had a number of new men 
 to initiate about the first of February each year. 
 
 These annual initiations have been made part 
 of the features of District IV's annual meetings. 
 The idea of these meetings at Durham was sug- 
 gested to Eta Prime by Bro. 
 MEETINGS OF jjugh T. Shockley, in the fall 
 
 DISTRICT IV r Tnf\c u i - -. . ^w 
 
 of 1905, while on a visit to this 
 
 Chapter. The members of the Chapter were 
 eager to have this idea developed into a real thing 
 of success, and accordingly appointed a commit- 
 tee to make arrangements for the same. The first 
 meeting of District IV was held in the Knights 
 of Pythias Hall on February 3, 1906. Besides 
 the members of Eta Prime and the Durham, 
 Concord, and Kinston Alumni, there were pres- 
 ent Herbert M. Martin, W. G. S.; Stanley W. 
 Martin, W. G. T. ; Hugh T. Shockley, D. G. M. 
 of District IV, and several representatives from 
 Beta-Upsilon, Alpha-Mu, Delta, and Alpha-Nu. 
 The morning session of the meeting was a busi- 
 ness one, during which reports were read from 
 each chapter of the District, questions of interest 
 
54 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 were discussed by the D. G. M. and others, and 
 much sound advice was given by the members of 
 the S. E. C. who were present. In the after- 
 noon the visiting brothers were shown about the 
 city of Durham and Trinity College, until the 
 initiation began about six o'clock in the after- 
 noon. This initiation was conducted by a picked 
 team of alumni and the D. G. M. Just after the 
 initiation a flashlight photograph of those present 
 was taken. The meeting then adjourned to the 
 Carrolina Hotel, where an excellent banquet was 
 served, toasts were given, and hearty yells and 
 songs were indulged in. 
 
 The history of the meetings of District IV in 
 1907 and 1908 is more or less a repitition of the 
 history of 1906, except that to each meeting some 
 new feature has been added and each has had the 
 advantage over the previous one in enthusiasm 
 and results obtained. A minute account of these 
 district meetings can be found in the files of The 
 Caduceus and in the Eta Prime scrap-book. On 
 account of the central location of our college and 
 the conveniences of the city of Durham, it has 
 been easier for these meetings to be held with 
 Eta Prime than with any other chapter of the 
 District, and the members of the Chapter have 
 always been glad to try their utmost to make 
 these meetings a success in every particular. 
 
 Although Eta Prime has always been accus- 
 tomed to communicate by letters with certain of 
 
Letters to Alumni. 55 
 
 her alumni at various intervals, in accordance 
 
 with the resolutions passed by 
 
 ^fVr^^? ^^ the S. E. C. and published in 
 
 ALUMNI ^j r^ , X- r r^ 
 
 The Star and Crescent of Sep- 
 tember, 1905, the Chapter has issued a circular 
 letter to her alumni every session since, and in- 
 cluding that of 1905-06. The first letter, dated 
 April 2, 1906, contains among other things an 
 announcement of the first meeting of District IV 
 which had just been held. These letters have 
 made the active Chapter feel a closer relationship 
 to her alumni. In fact, the effect of these letters 
 in this regard has been reciprocal, and it is to 
 be hoped that the custom of sending them out has 
 become well enough established to endure. 
 
 One of the chief events of fraternity life at 
 Trinity College is the annual banquet held during 
 Commencement week. All the fraternities look 
 
 ^riMMCMz-c forward to this occasion as the 
 
 COMMENCE" 
 
 MENT BAN- crowning feature of the col- 
 
 QUETS iggg year, and there is always 
 
 more or less rivalry among the fraternities at 
 this time. Commencement is the gala week at 
 Trinity. Prominent public speakers are pro- 
 cured for this occasion, and the college is practi- 
 cally given over to numerous social events and 
 other exercises. Many of the alumni of the 
 college return at this time to participate in one or 
 more of the events, and in the bringing back of 
 the alumni at Commencement the fraternity ban- 
 
56 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 quets play no small part. The college authorities 
 appreciate and encourage the work of the fra- 
 ternities and look on the annual banquets with 
 favor. 
 
 The custom of holding annual banquets began 
 at the Commencement of 1900. From 1892 to 
 1900 the Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Sigma 
 fraternities existed at Trinity College in a semi- 
 sub rosa state, and in the latter year the Board 
 of Trustees of the college removed the ban 
 from these organizations. As has been said, the 
 Alpha Tau Omega had previously arranged to 
 have a banquet that year. Eta Prime gave her 
 first banquet at Commencement, 1901. Brother 
 Samuel W. Sparger was the manager of this 
 happy occasion. The banquet was a great suc- 
 cess. Each succeeding banquet has been well 
 appointed in every respect and Eta Prime feels 
 that she has. always been unsurpassed on such 
 occasions. The loyal alumni of our Chapter have 
 always shown a disposition to be liberal with 
 their contributions, and to favor these occasions 
 with their presence and oratory. 
 
 Eta Prime gives her banquet each Commence- 
 ment on Monday night. Before the Carrolina 
 Hotel was destroyed by fire, May 1, 1907, the 
 banquet was always given there. At the Com- 
 mencement of that year, through the kindness of 
 Miss Anne Roney^ Fair View, the residence of 
 
Commencement Banquets. 57 
 
 the late Washington Duke, was thrown open to 
 the Chapter for the banquet. 
 
 There are always about thirty-five couples, in 
 attendance at these banquets, besides one or more 
 members invited from the Faculty and several 
 other invited guests. Many brother Kappa Sig- 
 mas, and young ladies from all parts of the State 
 have always enjoyed these banquets with us. 
 Representatives from Alpha-Mu, Beta-Upsilon, 
 and Delta have been present on many of these 
 occasions. 
 
 In 1904, four of the sophomores of the Chap- 
 ter were suspended from" the college just before 
 Commencement for engaging in a hazing episode 
 in which a sophomore was shot and seriously 
 injured by a freshman. The absence of these 
 men was noticeable at the ban(:iuet, since their 
 aid as escorts was needed badly. 
 
 The banquet of 1906 was perhaps the most 
 costly and elaborate in the history of the Chap- 
 ter. The Board of Trustees saw fit in 1907 to 
 place a limit on the cost of the banquets, and 
 especially on the cost of favors. A committee 
 was appointed from the Faculty to consult with 
 representatives from the four fraternities in 
 order to get an idea of what a conservative ban- 
 quet should cost. This was done and a limit 
 was promptly placed on the fraternities in this 
 regard. Eta Prime has no desire to evade these 
 regulations in any way, but she endeavors to keep 
 
58 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 the annual banquet up to the high standard 
 handed down by the old men. 
 
 A better idea of these banquets is furnished 
 by the following clipping, which is a part of an 
 account from one of the State papers, The Char- 
 lotte Daily Observer, of June 9, 1907: 
 
 "The Kappa Sigma banquet was given at Fair 
 View, the beautiful and hospitable home of Miss 
 Anne Roney, on West Main street, Durham, 
 N. C. The lawn about the house was decorated 
 in very artistic style with Japanese lanterns and 
 red, white and green electric lights, these colors 
 being those of the Fraternity. Inside the home 
 the color scheme was also well carried out, and 
 the streamers of crepe paper arranged artisti- 
 cally about the doors, the walls and chandeliers 
 made a pretty scheme. The entire first floor was 
 thrown into one apartment and a merry throng 
 of brave young men and lovely young women 
 filled every nook and corner. 
 
 "The banquet table extended the length of the 
 hall and dining room with cross sections extend- 
 ing into the music room and drawing room. 
 American beauties, red and white carnations, 
 sweet peas and smilax were the chief decorations, 
 making the table a veritable 'thing of beauty.' 
 The menu cards were enclosed in dainty lizard 
 skin card cases with the Kappa Sigma Caduceus, 
 done in gilt, on them. Miniature Dresden china 
 pianos contained bonbons and also represented 
 
Commencement Banquets. 59 
 
 the harmony of the occasion. Banks of palms, 
 ferns and roses, and other cut flowers filled every 
 corner, and the whole scene was one of rare love- 
 liness. Dughi, of Raleigh, served the banquet. 
 Rev. T. A. Smoot, pastor of Main Street Method- 
 ist Church, presided as toast master, and did it 
 in his usual entertaining way. The following 
 were the toasts responded to : 'Eta Prime,' L. G. 
 White, of Portsmouth, Va.; 'The Ladies,' T. 
 W. Smith, Jr., of Petersburg, Va. ; 'What Kappa 
 Sigma Means,' Prof. A. H. Meritt, Professor of 
 Greek, Trinity College. Impromptus were given 
 by J. E. Pegram, G. G. Greever and several 
 others. Soon the wee small hours arrived, and 
 after each had given a toast to the kind hearted 
 and hospitable hostess. Miss Roney, the guests 
 departed." 
 
 It is almost impossible to give a complete out- 
 line of the various activities of each member of 
 the Chapter while in college, or since leaving his 
 Alma Mater, and hence such a thing is not under- 
 taken, but we are sure that a record of these 
 men will compare very favorably with a record 
 of any like number who have been connected with 
 the college. It is a notable fact that no one of 
 Eta Prime's initiates has ever been expelled or 
 has withdrawn from the Fraternity. In all, the 
 Chapter has graduated forty-four men, twenty 
 in the old Eta Chapter and twenty- four in the 
 new Eta Prime. Some of the older members 
 
60 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 have sent boys to college who have become Kappa 
 Sigmas in the new Chapter. The members have 
 always shared in all the honors of the different 
 phases of college life— in the literary societies, 
 honorary societies, clubs, college publications, 
 athletic teams, class offices, and Y. M. C. A. 
 We cannot refrain from saying that our men 
 have attained success of which we are justly 
 proud. Not only is this true of the men while in 
 college, but today throughout the South, and 
 especially in North Carolina, these men are keep- 
 ing up their excellent records. We find them as 
 physicians, judges, lawyers, legislators, college 
 professors, newspaper men, bankers, business 
 men and leaders in their respective communities. 
 We find them doing their share in making the 
 world a better place, not only for Kappa Sigmas, 
 but also for mankind in general. 
 
CHAPTER ROLL 
 
 Namb Initiated 1873 Address 
 
 Thomas Taylor, Townesville, N. C 
 
 Adolphus Eichard Wortham, 
 
 Died November 4, 1897. 
 
 Ned H. Tucker, 
 
 Died April 9, 1889. 
 
 George David Tysor, Wadley, Ga. 
 
 Julius L. Holmes, 
 
 Died , 
 
 William Anderson Thomas, Bartow, Ga. 
 Thomas Edward Kirkpatrick, Charlotte, N. C. 
 Rufus Bascom Kearns, 
 
 Died January 4, 1893. 
 
 James Williamson Dillon, Thomasville, Ga. 
 
 Peter Edmund Hines, Cambridge, Md. 
 
 William Parker Mercer, Elm City, N. C. 
 
 Edward Bascom Claywell, Morganton, N. C. 
 James Lucius Craven, 
 
 Died November 12, 1885. 
 
 Sherrod Thomas Hall, Sandersville, Ga. 
 
 Initiated 1874 
 
 James F. Tanner, 
 
 
 Died 
 
 , 
 
 R. B. Barefoot, 
 
 
 Died 
 
 , 
 
 Herbert Milton Barrow, 
 
 Concord, N. C. 
 
 Herbert Edmund Norris, 
 
 Ealeigh, N. C. 
 
 Paul J. Carraway, 
 
 
 Died January 28, 1900. . 
 
 Robert Henry Hargrove, 
 
 Robertsonville, 
 
 N. C. 
 
62 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 NAMB INITIA.TED 1874 ADDRBSS 
 
 William Streety Hales, Ansonville, N. C. 
 
 John D. Hargrove, Tarboro, N. C 
 
 William Parsons Ivey, Lenoir, N. C 
 
 Charles North Mason, Harlow, N. C. 
 
 Edmund Thomas White, Oxford, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1875 
 Robert Oscar Grant, Wrightsville, N. C. 
 
 Alexander M. Long, Rockingham, N. C. 
 
 John A. Morgan, WasTiington, D. G. 
 
 Robert Paine Pell, Spartanburg, S. C. 
 
 Martin T. Penn, Floyd, Va. 
 
 Initiated 1876 
 Grandison Christian Edwards, Edwards, S. G. 
 Yancey Thomas Ormond, Kinston, N. G. 
 E. Franklin DeBerry, Mt Gilead, N. G. 
 
 Wililam Haywood Bobbitt, Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 Initiated 1877 
 William Reynolds Allen, Goldsboro, N. C. 
 
 Thomas Wesley Taylor, Soudan, Va. 
 
 Walter C. Ingram, Trinity, N. G. 
 
 Died at Trinity, N. C. 
 
 Thomas Neal Ivey, Raleigh, N. G. 
 
 Frank Haywood Taylor, Aurelian Springs, N. G. 
 
 Died at Aurelian Springs, N. C. 
 
 James A. Stallings, Henderson, N. G. 
 
 Died June 15, 1889. 
 
 William Throop Lyon, Oxford, N. G. 
 
 Thomas Davenport Wright, Durham, N. C. 
 
 Died February 25, 1901. 
 Initiated 1878 
 William Henry Nicholson, Hickory, N. C. 
 Edwin Gibhons Moore, Elm City, N. G. 
 
 Thomas Rayburn Pepper, Winston, N. G. 
 
Chapter Roll. 63 
 
 Namb Initiated 1878 Address 
 
 Dabney Belvin Reinhart, Merrill, Wis. 
 
 Flether D. Biggs, White's Springs, Fla. 
 
 DiedMay 31, 1892. 
 
 B. H. Sharpe, 
 
 Died , 
 
 Amos Frederick Becton, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 Daniel Elijah Perry, Kinston, N. 0. 
 
 Died March 27, 1897. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Lane, Wilson, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1879 
 James Clarence Fink, Concord, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1892 
 Thomas Cowper Daniels, New Bern, N. C. 
 
 Frank Bettis Davis, Morganton, N. C. 
 
 David Anderson Houston, Monroe, N. C. 
 
 Frank Gibbons Westbrook, Bay View, N. C. 
 Luther Thompson Hartsell, Concord, N. C. 
 Sterling Blackwell Pierce, Weldon, N. C. 
 John William Daniels, New Bern, N. C. 
 
 Albert Herbert Bangert, New Bern, N. C. 
 
 James Walter Wadsworth, Charlotte, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1893 
 
 Braxton Phifer, Little Rock, Ark. 
 
 Samuel W. Sparger, Durham, N. C. 
 
 William Atlas Finch, Finch, N. C. 
 
 James Franklin Shinn, Norwood, N. C. 
 
 John William McMinn, Brevard, N. C. 
 
 William Alexander Green, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Eugene Charles Rountree, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1894 
 Graham Woodard, Wilson, N. C. 
 
 Paul Vernon Anderson, Morganton, N. C. 
 
 Thomas Hall Gatlin, Jr., Tarboro, N. C. 
 
64 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 Namb Ikitiated 1894 Addsbss 
 
 William Lipscombe Dowd, Columbus, Ga. 
 Thomas Arthur Smoot, Wilmingtoiij N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1896 
 Wade Hampton Anderson, Wilson, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1897 
 John Patridge Gibbons, Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 Stephen Woodard Anderson, Wilson, N. C. 
 George Leonidas Lyon, Durham, N. O. 
 
 Robert Bruce Etheridge, Manteo, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1900 
 Hugh Forest Mims, Newport, Tenn. 
 
 Hardy Fennel Robinson, Goldsboro, N. C. 
 
 Charles Augustus Woodard, Durham, N. C. 
 Lemuel Hardy Gibbons, Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 Wilson Grinter Puryear, McKenzie, Tenn. 
 
 Matt Hicks Allen, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 Fred James Forbes, Greenville, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1901 
 William Francis Gill, Durham, N. C. 
 
 James Addison Clay well, Morganton, N. C. 
 
 Haynes Richard Mahoney, Fernandina, Fla. 
 Thomas Walter Smith, Jr., Concord, N. C. 
 Richard Earl Jordan, Durham, N. C. 
 
 Lloyd Sylvester Daniels, Wanchese, N. C. 
 
 Lawrence Archdale Tomlinson, Durham, N. C. 
 John Wesley Alspaugh, Jr., Winston, N. C. 
 Daniel Shuford Murph,* Jamison, S. C. 
 
 Initiated 1902 
 James Guy Asbury, Charlotte, N. C. 
 
 William Moseley Smith, Concord, N. C. 
 
 Died June 27, 1907. 
 
 Robert Anderson Brown, Raleigh, N. C. 
 
 ♦Affiliated from Alpha-Nu Chapter. 
 
Chapter Roll. 65 
 
 Name Initiated 1902 Address 
 
 Charles Gibbons, Hamlet, N. C. 
 
 Lloyd Kirby Wooten, Kinston, N. O. 
 
 William Archer Brown, Concord, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1903 
 Henry Clay Carter, Fairfield, N. C. 
 
 John Cooper Winslow,* Harriman, Tenn. 
 
 Initiated 1904 
 Gilmer Korner, Jr., Kernersville, N. G. 
 
 John Gilmer Dawson, Jr., Kinston, N. C. 
 Lloyd Murphy LaRoque, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 John Clyde Bostian, Albemarle, N. C. 
 
 John Reuben Woodard, Jr., Fayetteville, Tenn. 
 
 Initiated 1905 
 James Willis Bagby, Hickory, N. C. 
 
 Gustavus Garland Greever, Carthage, Mo. 
 Emsley Armfield, Monroe, N. C. 
 
 John Mack Holland, Gastonia, N. C. 
 
 William Alexander Goodson, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1906 
 Leon McTyeire Johnston, Littleton, N. C. 
 Joe Albert Hartsell, Concord, N. C. 
 
 Thomas Bayton Suiter, Garysburg, N. C. 
 
 Henry Lilly Smith, Concord, N. C. 
 
 Daniel Elijah Perry, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 Edwin Buchanan Lyon, Durham, N. C. 
 
 Luther Gehrmann White, Portsmouth, Va. 
 Charles Robey Claywell, Morganton, N. C. 
 
 Initiated 1907 
 Romulus Alonzo Whitaker, Jr., Kinston, N. C. 
 John Edward Pegram, Durham, N. C. 
 
 Samuel Jenning Asbury, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. 
 George Alexander Gray, Jr., Gastonia, N. G. 
 
 ♦Affiliated from Lambda Chapter. 
 
66 
 
 Eta Prime of Kappa Sigma. 
 
 Namb Initiated 1907 Address 
 
 Forrest Unna Lake, Jr., Florence, S. O. 
 
 Julian Jay Lane, Wilson, N. 0. 
 
 Lewis Sneed Sasser, Durham, N. C. 
 
 Robert Gaffney Laney, Monroe, N. O. 
 
 Initiated 1908 
 Richard Montgomery Norment, Lumberton, N. C. 
 Russell DeLessepp Korner, Kernersville, N. C. 
 Charles Dowd Gray, 
 Maynard Preston Daniels, 
 Donald Furman Cheatham, 
 Thomas Daniel Chatham, 
 Albert Sartor Berghauser, 
 Wilbur Alexander Mahoney, 
 
 Gastonia, N. C. 
 Wanchese, N. C. 
 Norfolk, Va. 
 Elkin, N. C. 
 Fulton, Mo. 
 Fernandina, Fla. 
 
MEMORANDA 
 
MEMORANDA 
 
MEMORANDA 
 
MEMORANDA 
 
MEMORANDA 
 
MEMORANDA 
 
FEB 8' 1909 
 
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