1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

16 THE HISTORY OF PHI DELT.'^ THETA.scientific fraternity, is confined to technological institutions orscientific departments of universities; the latter, called an agricultural-scientificfraternity, to agricultural colleges or scientificdepartments. 4> A *, a law fraternity, founded at Michigan, 1869,has been followed by a numerous brood of what are termed professionalfraternities, among them: ^' 2 N, medical-regular,founded at Michigan, 1882; ASA, dental, Michigan, 1882; * X,pharmacy, Michigan, 1883; .\ X 0, musical, De Pauw, 1885; A E I,medical-women's, Michigan 1890; AX, law, Cornell, 1891; * A P,medical-homeopathy. New York Homeopathic College, 1894.There is also an inter-collegiate sophomore society, 0 ^ E,founded at Wesleyan, 1870. Several fraternities have prohibitedtheir members from uniting with it, and certain chapters of otherfraternities have taken similar action.College fraternities are older than most secret orders in America.Freemasonry dates from 1717, and was introduced from Englandto America, 1730. Oddfellowship, originating in England about1745, was introduced into the United States. 1819. The UnitedAncient Order of Druids, founded in England, 1781, wasbroughttothis country, 1834. The Ancient Order of Hibernians, founded inIreland in the eighteenth century, was established here, 1836. TheAncient Order of Foresters, originating in England about 1813,was introduced here, 1832. The Improved Order of Red Menoriginated here, 1834. AH other prominent secret orders—as theKnights of Pythias, Grand Army of the Republic, Ancient Orderof United Workmen, Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen ofAmerica, Independent Order of Good Templars, Knights of theMaccabees, Patrons of Husbandry, Foresters of America, Knightsof Honor, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, etc.—areyounger than * A ©. *MIAMI UNIVERSITY.A patent to 311,682 acres of land between the Great Miami and.Little Miami Rivers was granted by President George Washingtonto John Cleves Symmes, i794.t It provided that thirty-six sections(six miles square) of the grant should be held in trust forestablishing and maintaining an academy. Ohio was admitted tothe Union, 1803; and, agreeably to an act of Congress, 1803, thelegislature in that year appointed commissioners to locate the aca-* See "American College Fraternities," 1879, 1883, 1890, 1898; "The Cyclopjedia of Fraternities."1899.t Symmes paid the Government two thirds of a dollar per acre for this land."The tract constituting what is known as 'The Symmes Purchase' comprised the present cities ofCincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. It embraced Hamilton, Butler, Preble and Montgomery Countiesand possibly Warren. Along the Ohio River it extended from the Little Miami, about twentymiles above Cincinnati, to the Big Miami, about the same distance below that city."—"Life of Gen.Ben Harrison," by Gen. Lew Wallace, 1888. The same book mentions that Judge Symmes (whohad been a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey) established his residence ap North Bend,Ohio, and that One of his daughters, wedded to William Henry Harrison, was a grandmother ofBenjamin Harrison.