Excerpt from Theta of Delta Kappa Epsilon: The Story of Sixty Years, 1844-1904

In the spirit of these lines our F raternity was founded and has grown. In that spirit I have col lected upon the following pages some of the facts and figures that form the framework of the history of Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon for the past sixty years, and have supplemented them with brief biographical sketches of its members. Fortunately the little volume goes into the hands of kindly critics, for it has many imperfections. The task of preparing it has been a labor of love, in which many alumni and undergraduate members have promptly and kindly answered the frequent calls I have made upon them, but the exactions of daily newspaper work have not allowed me the time I would gladly have spent upon it, and the subject itself is one with which it is difficult todeal successfully. The real history of our Fraternity is engraved upon the hearts of its individual members, and woven with bright colors into the fabric of their lives; it is not something that can be written upon paper. For each man the history is different; for all it is perfect and precious and something to be cherished while memory counts over its richest treasures.

There are only a few things which the historian may deal with and dwell upon, and I hope that as these appear upon the following pages they will be of interest to all my fellow members - the Delta Kaps of an earlier generation whose heads, but not whose hearts, the frosts of years have, touched, and the Dekes of later times in whose possession still remains that won derful thing called youth. I hope that this volume may strengthen the bonds of our brotherhood; that its story of the early years, and the life record of our members may be an inspiration to those who are to follow us, and that it may bear a message of love and loyalty from Theta to the sister Chapters of our great Fraternity.

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