Edward Olson, Omega 1873 (Chicago) There is a strange magic in those simple letters “Ψ Υ” which has inspired the poet’s heart, and has bound in close fraternal friendship, thousands of hearts and lives, young and old.

Samuel Goodale, Theta 1836 (Union) It is valuable in its influence, and brilliant in its record. . . . As in the past and present, so doubtless it will be in the future.

Benjamin K. Phelps, Beta 1853 (Yale) You younger brothers cannot realize how fondly our older eyes dwell upon your faces, whose eager brightness recalls to us the days when youth was hope, and hope was strength. . . . Even in the consciousness of our own defeat, we exult in the possibility of your triumphs. [...]

Alexander H. Rice, Theta 1844 (Union) I remember well how I felt when I entered college, and saw scarcely a familiar face, and then walked through the college halls, and met none but strangers. I wondered how I should ever get on, whether I should ever find a hand that would clasp mine, and a [...]