History of the Delta-Chi Chapter
Kappa Sigma's 108th active chapter, Delta-Chi, was installed at Mississippi State College on March 5th and 6th, with the initiation of 55 brothers, including members of the Alpha Sigma Pi local, the president of the college and some prominent members of the faculty. Worthy Grand Master Allen G. Mills, Worthy Grand Treasurer George R. Rea, and District Grand Master Dr. Edwin L. Stephens were in charge of the ceremonies, aided by initiating teams from Delta-Xi Chapter of the University of Mississippi and Alpha-Upsilon Chapter of Millsaps College. The work was conducted without resort to the printed ritual.
Delta-Chi is the third chapter to be placed in the State of Mississippi and has a great record of usefulness to live up to in keeping pace with the other two. The fraternity was 26 years old before the Crescent and Star first appeared on a Mississippi campus, for Alpha-Upsilon was chartered at Millsaps in Jackson, late in 1895. It was 31 years later that the second charter was granted, at Ole Miss in 1926. Fortunately, but 10 years passed before we added this third, and this one, from all omens apparent at the installation, has the opportunity to become one of our best chapters for many years to come.
Included in the active group are the captain of football and head of the student body, the president of the Y.M.C.A., and men active in all the other phases of campus life. Also among the initiates are the president of the college, G. D. Humphrey, the head of the history department, Professor A. W. Garner, Professor of Finance J. B. Knight, and other successful alumni and noted faculty members.
The initiation ceremony took place in the beautiful Masonic Temple of Starkville, Mississippi, home of the college. The new chapter and the visiting Kappa Sigmas then gathered on the front steps of historic Lee Hall, named after the first president of Mississippi State College and famed kinsman of the commander of the Confederate Army, General Stephen D. Lee, and had pictures taken. After photographing several groups, all retired to the projection room in the Engineering Building, where Dr. E. L. Stephens inspired the whole group, especially the new initiates, with the explanatory lecture.
On Friday evening, March 6th, Delta-Chi Chapter entertained approximately 200 visiting Kappa Sigmas and 800 friends at the annual invitation ball, honoring Mr. and Mrs. George R. Rea and Professor and Mrs. A. W. Garner, with Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Griffin as sponsors. A Kappa Sigma crest and the scarlet green and white were the decorations. During the half-hour intermission all the Kappa Sigmas and their dates were entertained at a party in the Delta-Chi Chapter room. Then a special dance was given for the local Phi Sigma Sorority, which had just been granted a charter by Kappa Sigma's sister organization, Chi Omega. The last "no-break" on the program featured "Kappa Sigma's Sweetheart" for the Kappa Sigma lead-out, when the college received its first view of the new Delta-Chi Chapter of Kappa Sigma and it nearly 200 Kappa Sigma supporters. The beautiful affair ended at 2 o'clock a.m.
On Saturday evening a formal banquet was held in the college cafeteria for all Kappa Sigmas. This was originally scheduled as a stag affair, but a few of the special guests' wives were invited. Dr. E. L. Stevens, District Grand Master and president of Southwestern Louisiana Institute, presided as toastmaster. Speakers on the program were President G. D. Humphrey, who welcomed Kappa Sigmas to the State College campus; Worthy Grand Master Allen G. Mills who was quite complimentary to Mississippi State College and the new chapter; Dr. B. L. Parkinson, president of Mississippi State College for Women, who spoke especially of Phi Beta Kappa and encouraged the members of Kappa Sigma to promote scholarship as well as other important student activities; H. B. McNeel, Grand Master of Delta-Chi, who related the experience of the local during its quest for recognition by Kappa Sigma; Professor J. B. Knight, who introduced prominent guests and individuals who were helpful during the petitioning period; Worthy Grand Treasurer George V. Rea, who related the excellent scholarship record of Southern colleges and imparted wise counsel to the new chapter.
The banquet ended with several Kappa Sigma songs and all retired to the dance floor where a formal Kappa Sigma dancing program was held until midnight.
Alpha Sigma Pi, one of the oldest local fraternities on the campus, was organized in 1929. Its installation as a chapter brings the total number of fraternities on campus to five, the other four being Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha, Beta Kappa, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Three other social organizations to be installed later include Sigma Pi, Chi Omega, and Sigma Alpha Mu.
Addendum: This is a list of the names from the original Delta-Chi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity "Roll Book" of Delta-Chi Brothers initiated in the year of 1936.
Armstrong, Charles Horatio |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Weissinger, William Strong |
Cary, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Briscoe, William Howard |
Kosciusko, Miss |
3/6/36 |
White, Harry Edward |
Florence, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Brumfield, Jesse William |
Sallis, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Wilkey, Kenneth William |
West Point, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Butler, David Salter |
Jonestown, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Wise, Kenneth Orville |
Jonestown, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Cartledge, William Joseph |
Scott, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Wood, Dorris Durell |
Cleveland, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Ellis, Robert Pearson |
Lexington, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Eugene James Yelverton |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Fondren, William Merle |
Cleveland, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
William Howard Hubbard |
State College |
3/7/36 |
Garmon, Ollie Lorance |
Marks, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Alfred William Garner |
State College |
3/7/36 |
Graham, Ervin Montgomery |
Arlington, Va. |
3/6/36 |
James Bailey Knight |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Hoover, Charles Winston |
Wilson, Ark. |
3/6/36 |
Henry Edward Allen |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Harrison, William Morris |
Biloxi, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
James Thomas Brand |
Prairie, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Haynes, Charles Fred |
Corinth, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
William Lindsey Cabaniss |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Hight, Fred Thomas |
Kosciusko, Miss |
3/7/36 |
Gilbert Buckner Bailey |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Jenkins, Ralph Hilton |
Cullum, Ala. |
3/7/36 |
John Mark Griffith |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Majure, Troy Vertress |
Union, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
James Calhoun Stribling |
Philadelphia, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
McNeel, Harry Brantley |
Louisville, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
William Thoms Harris |
Cleveland, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
McWilliams, Robert Newton III |
Clarksdale, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Frank Marion Carpenter |
Stoneville, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Mollere, Loys Abribat |
Ponchatoula, La. |
3/7/36 |
James Willington Ward |
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3/7/36 |
Musselwhite, William Barksdale |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
George Duke Humphrey |
State College |
3/7/36 |
Phillips,Murray Ormond |
Carthage, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Clyde Quitman Sheely |
State College |
3/7/36 |
Pittman, David Morris |
Coffeeville, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Henry Irving Weeks |
Water Valley, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Pittman, John Oscar |
Coffeeville, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Shed Hill Weeks |
Walthall, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Pogue, Irvin Immanuel |
Scott, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
J. D. Richards |
Slate Springs, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
Roberts, Ray Donald |
Vicksburg, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Robert Perkins Sugg |
Eupora, Miss. |
4/25/36 |
Rucker, Lucius Owen |
Jackson, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Francis Marion Brewer |
Byhalia, Miss. |
4/25/36 |
Sanders, Harold Aubrey |
Clarksdale, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Willaim Dan Howell |
Lula, Miss. |
4/25/36 |
Scott, Vernon Willingham |
Eupora, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Henry Grady Imes |
Starkville, Miss. |
4/25/36 |
Slaughter, James Lafayette |
Jonestown, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Fisher Preston Weaver |
Corinth, Miss. |
10/18/36 |
Stone, Orville Patton |
Tremont, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Charles William McPherson |
Pickens, Miss. |
10/18/36 |
Stone, William Orlando |
Tremont, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Harvey William Hawze, Jr. |
Sledge, Miss. |
10/18/36 |
Taylor, Alton Randolph |
Clarksdale, Miss. |
3/7/36 |
William Howard Allen |
Olive Branch, Miss. |
10/18/36 |
Walker, Archie Stanley |
Starkville, Miss. |
3/6/36 |
Albert Edward McMillan |
Edinburg, Miss. |
10/18/36 |
