Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Omega Mu Chapter

Chapter Information
	Chapter Contact   Chapter Phone Number: (207) 866-4485   Advisor Contacts   Chapter Advisor: John Smith Head of Alumni Board: Jim Fasset National Representative: Matt Whitlock Live in Advisor: Faculty Advisor:   National Information   Website: http://www.phigam.org Founding Date: May 1st, 1848 Founding Location: Jefferson College, PA Founders: 6 Philanthropy: American Red Cross Nickname: FIJI Color(s): Royal Purple and White Flower: Purple Clematis Symbol(s): Black Diamond Jewel: --- Magazine: Phi Gamma Delta Motto: Friendship, the Sweetest Influence!   Local Information   Founding Date: February 28,1874(Q.T.V.) October 24th, 1899 (FIJI) Website:
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Chapter History
	In view of the attitude of the Greek letter fraternities, it was natural for a group of men at the Maine State College to accept a charter from the Q.T.V. fraternity, founded at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1869. On February 28, 1874, David P. Penhallow, M.A.C., 1873, installed the Orono chapter of Q.T.V., the second chapter of that fraternity. The charter members were John I. Gurney, 1874; David R.Huner, 1874; Charles F. Colesworthy, 1875; Alfred M. Goodale, 1875; Edson F. Hitchings, 1875; George M. Shaw, 1875; and Sidney S. Soule, 1875. The college authorities were inclined to look with doubt upon the fraternity idea, but a committee waited upon President Allen to give him information he desired. Dr. M.C. Fernald, then Professor of Mathematics and Physics, and himself a fraternity man, used his influence favorably. A statement of the principles and objects of the fraternity was laid before the trustees which proved satisfactory to that body. The pioneer fraternity prospered from the start, but it did not remain long wihtout opposition, for on September 25, 1875, the Eternal Companions (E.C.) Society was organized by William T. Haines, 1876, and eleven associates. This society was formed with a definite purpose of obtaining a charter from a Greek letter fraternity. The endorsement was secured of prominent alumni of one of the leading eastern fraternities, but it soon became apparent that the prejudice against the land grant colleges was so great as to make success impossible in this or any other of the older eastern fraternities. The idea of a charter from a Greek letter fraternity, however, was firmly fixed, and an offer was declined of a charter from D.G.K., a fraternity which, like Q.T.V., had been established at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. The members of the local chapter of Q.T.V. had become dissatisfied with that fraternity as early as 1891. It had established a third chapter at New Hampshire College, the affiliated with Dartmouth, in 1881, and a few years later entered Pennsylvania State, Worcester Polytechnic, and Cornell, but the Worcester and Cornell chapters disbanded and that at Pennsylvania State entered Kappa Sigma. The lack of success of the extension policy had much to do with the dissatisfaction of the Orono chapter, which finally, in 1899, withdrew and immediately entered Phi Gamma Delta. Most of the Q.T.V. alumni have affiliated with that fraternity.
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Symbols and Insignia
	Crest New Member's Pin Member's Badge
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Executive Officers
	President: Sumner Blatt   Treasurer: Robert Brown   Recording Secretary: Andrew Rollins   Corresponding Secretary: Charles Haritos   Historian: Nick Andrews
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Member Roster
	Alexander Morton Andrew Katon Andrew Myers Andrew Rollins Austin Fagan Ben Strickland Benjamin M. Grondin Benjamin Morton Bret Stuart Bussiere M. Cameron Cameron Dewitt Charles Haritos Clark Prince Connor Hursey Cory Nason David Kerschensteiner Ethan Eisenhaur Frankie P. Welch Hunter Sherman James Crossland Jeff Eldridge John Bilodeau Jonathan Mulderig Joseph D. Violette Lance Bradshaw Matthew Bernard Matthew McGuirk Miles Gagnon Nicholas Proscia Nick Andrews Noah Mikaelian Phillip Walker Pierson Petropoulos Robert Brown Ronald Farwell Ryan Darala Shane D. Arnold Sumner Blatt Thomas C Tripp Travis Guay Travis Sherman Tyler Picard Tyler Shortsleeve Tyson Thongsavath Zach Dyson
Indicates Pledge / New Member
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Housing
Address: 79 College Ave. House Phone: (207) 866-4485 House Capacity: 30 People in House: 25 House Cook: Cook Cost of Living      Cost of Room: Classified Parlor Fee: Classified *Parlor fees are paid by members not living in.
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