  From multiple angles, our Q.T.V. and Omega Mu brothers have enriched the civic life at the University of Maine, and we are fortunate to have had many hardworking, talented brothers throughout our history. The balance between our athletic involvement, intellectual pursuits, and campus involvement is compelling. What they accomplished in their respective pursuits at the university constitutes a wonderful achievement in our fraternal history. There efforts were good and laudable, and there efforts represented the very best of our core values of persistence and determination. It is, believe me, a wonderful achievement, on the part of generations of Omega Mu brothers, for the respective gifts that they gave for the civic good at the University of Maine. In our historically calm, customary fashion, 149 years and growing, it was a rich yield for the common good of the Maine community, All of them, through their various commitments and endeavors within the University of Maine community, improved and brightened up the quality of life of the university community with their enthusiasm and dedication to their respective University of Maine teams, organizations, and clubs. They each had uniques strengths as actors, artists, musicians, athletes, and journalists, and they all embodied the shared commitment to do something well for the University of Maine community. Fraternal integrity demands that, and we are proud of all of these brothers. The noble ideals of our linked fraternal brotherhood started in 1848 and 1874, and our fraternal wheels have not stopped turning in continuing to create a generationally great brotherhood, and there will not be a breakdown in our enthusiasm and dedication to continue to build upon our unique fraternal legacy at the University of Maine for many decades come. It is exciting and rewarding to know that we will continue to have a great fraternal future because we have an undisputed claim to durable greatness in being the oldest fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine. Again, again, and again, we have always gotten on with the job of continuing to be the standard of fraternal excellence. There are many reasons for our fraternal longevity, but the primary one is the character and integrity of the men who became Q.T.V.-Omega Mu brothers, up to the present young men who recently pledged. Generations of Q.T.V. and Omega Mu Fiji brothers who have worked tirelessly for us to arrive at this historic moment of our 150th anniversary. And so, the passage of our 149 fraternal years into our 150th fraternal year will never stop us from honoring and respecting the rich legacy of the fraternal past as we look fraternally forward to the rich promise of our growing history at the University of Maine! Our fraternal path of excellence will continue for another 150 years. It is in this spirit of our honoring our past and believing in our future that we reaffirm, honor, celebrate, and give thanks to our to our Q.T.V. brothers and their noble ideal of brotherhood: "enjoyment, sociability, and the best interest of its members through life." This formative ideal tie to our Q.T.V. past and our future is absolute, and it is not insignificant; it is real. It is the enduring principle for our fraternal longevity, and it will continue to be embodied by our brotherhood in all the years that lie ahead. Put simply, our Q.T.V. - Phi Gamma Delta fraternal life matters, and it is a life-long human grace to be a brother in the oldest fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine. As we enter our 150th fraternal year as the oldest, most historically distinguished fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine, we humbly acknowledge that we are the beneficiaries of God's sustaining grace, as well as the hard work human work and sustaining human grace of generations of Q.T.V. - Phi Gamma Delta brothers. We would not be here without their collective human work, and that generational belief in promises made and promises kept has created, in large measure, our 150 years of fraternal success at Maine. It is a fraternal covenant that lasts through life, Concrete results matter in life, and we continue to be here because of all of our brothers who have shaped and guided our brotherhood during our first 150 years. Because of the work of generations of brothers, in word and deed, we remain a fraternal brotherhood of historic power, durability, resilience, and significance at the University of Maine. This brotherhood will continue to be an open-hearted gift, a human grace, to generations of young men for another 150 years. In other words, with an equal balance of fraternal heart, mind, and body, they will continue to incarnate the truth of the following snippet of wisdom by Henry David Thoreau: "action from principle, the perception and performance of the right." Most importantly, we continue to thrive with the recent pledging of some wonderful young men. They are a good match, and they will accomplish a great deal because they will take fraternal pride in achievement, value thoughtfulness towards their Omega Mu brothers, and maintain a collaborative work ethic to keep the house in good order. After all, fraternal poise and discipline have carried us this far in our history, and with fraternal unity and one common goal, our deep-rooted fraternal heritage is only going to deepen because of the present undergraduates. They will continue to prove that the good of our Omega Mu fraternal life still matters. Again and again, from our Q.T.V. fraternal founding through today, persistence and determination has defined our fraternal character and our enduring history at the University of Maine. They are our basic values, the enshrining heart of Phi Gamma Delta, and the present undergraduate brothers will continue to embody these values and add to to our history with their robust fraternal enthusiasm. These traits create the true meaning of our fraternal life, and our fraternal future rests on our generationally shared commitment to these two words in order for our trailblazing fraternal history to continue to endure and evolve into our third century at the University of Maine. To repeat, persistence and determination is the heart of our 150 years of fraternal success at Maine. Our Q.T.V. - Phi Gamma Delta story is a proud single story, and we will always remain linked together because remain the premier fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine, and that is something to celebrate. I share all this by way of saying that I hope that many of you will consider returning to our historically distinguished fraternal home, the Castle, this coming April to re-connect with many brothers during Pig Dinner. It will be wonderful, even a grace, to have as many brothers attend as possible because we will be celebrating our combined 150th Q.T.V-Phi Gamma Delta history at Maine, and our 125th Phi Gamma Delta history with considerable Omega Mu enthusiasm. Our fraternal history is distinguished, and it is worth being celebrated. There will be no shortage of pleasure at Pig Dinner this year in seeing the house full with generations of Omega Mu Fijis. It will be generationally moving, perhaps a unique historic grace, with a great deal of nostalgic reminiscing in the charm of the Castle. The Castle is a special place, and its many rooms, the Phoenix Lounge, and the front lawn internalizes the memories of every brother from 1925 to the present. We cannot think about being Omega Mu Fijis without thinking about the Castle. As the great scientist and author Lewis Thomas beautifully stated: "We leave traces of ourselves wherever we go..." Perge. Omega Mu Portrait James M. Goff, 1963  Omega Mu Years      Jim Goff is in the front row, middle.  Mrs. Tate, Omega Mu Housemother    Homecoming   Mudbowl    1962 Snow Sculpture  1963 Snow Sculpture             Jim Goff was the Station Manager for WORO, later WMEB 91.9, the University of Maine radio station.       Jim Goff greeting the incoming freshmen.   Omega Mu Brothers
Thompson L. Smalley, Jr., Martin J. McHale, Jr.
James H. Goff and Paul F. McCarron  Standing: Thompson L. Smalley, Jr; Martin J. McHale, Jr.; Seated: James H. Goff, Paul F. McCarron  “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge
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Our Omega Mu brothers who served in the military are cherished and constant fraternal friends, and we would like to say thank you for the steadfast, purposeful commitment you made to our nation to defend those four freedoms we all believe in: “Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.” For those brothers who were killed in defense of these freedoms, they will always occupy a consecrated place in our linked fraternal heart because they exemplify the idea of superlative commitment, strength, and fortitude for the good to the end itself. The greatness of their collective purpose and will, on our nation’s behalf, will never be forgotten. By their “clear-eyed faith and fearless heart,” these brothers have left us a fraternal legacy that echoes what we often say about Omega Mu Fijis: “Perseverance and determination are omnipotent.” Their code of integrity, courage, duty, responsibility, and self-sacrifice on behalf of our nation is a powerful legacy that we will always be proud of as Omega Mu Fijis. Whether it was at New Orleans, Red River, Fort Blakely, Marianna, San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba, Chateau-Thierry, Verdun, El Guettar, Elba, Monte Della Vedetta, the Battle of the Bulge, Peleliu, Okinawa, Rabaul, Inchon, Pusan, Chosin Reservoir, Pork Chop Hill, Hue, Easter Offensive, Phu Cat, The Iron Triangle, Hamburger Hill, la Drang Valley, Bien Hoa, Khe Sanh, Rumaila, Al-Batin, Medina Ridge, Kabul, Kandahar, our Omega Mu brothers have demonstrated devotion to duty in defense of freedom and liberty. They are the stability of our nation, and we, the Omega Mu brotherhood, revere, honor, and salute their persevering and determined spirit within our great nation and our historic brotherhood. We will always honor the heroism of all of our brothers who have served in the armed forces from the Civil War to the present. Thank you. Omega Mu Veteran Guy R. Bailey, 1945  Omega Mu Years    Mrs. Hewitt, Omega Mu Housemother      "Interfraternity smoker to be held from four until eight at the Phi Gamma Delta House."
  "Phi Gamma Delta will have a hay ride and a vic dance."    World War II  Guy R. Bailey fought in one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific Theater of Operations during Word War II, Okinawa.  Landing on Okinawa.      Guy R. Bailey then served in North China     Marines arriving in Taku, North China  Marines arriving in Tientsin   “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge Over the years, our Omega Mu brothers were involved in many Maine Masque productions, including Malcolm E. Fassett, Otto A. Swickert, Harry Lovely, Nathan F. True, Fernando T. Norcross, Theodore W. Haskell, Charles E. Stickney, Robert Irvine, William Demant, Evans B. Norcross, J. Richard Buck, Willam Keith, Harry P. Carle, Howard L. Farwell, Jacob M. Horne, Jr.; Bryant M. Patten, Sumner Waite, Norman D. Carlisle, Paul F. Slocum, Clifford H. George, Ernest F. Andrews, Robert S. Hussey, Elwood D. Bryant, Howard J. Stagg, III; Stanley T. Fuger, John T. Clark, John W. Ballou, George R. Berger, Robert D. Parks, Arthur B. Conner, Louis H. Thibodeau, Henry S. Simms, among many, many others! Praise for them is merited. Exhibiting diligence and discipline, these Omega Mu brothers, through many decades, brought a joyful vibrancy and communal vitality to the University of Maine community. What a superb gift to give the community, rich, alive, and inspiring. Significantly, many of our Omega Mu brothers were a driving force in many of the plays because of the impactful, leading roles that they often played, luring and capturing the imagination of the audience as they moved and glided, with apparent ease and poise, on the theater boards. By all reports in the Maine Campus and the Bangor Daily, their performances were quit affecting. The quality and depth of their disciplined art form joyfully enriched the lives of countless numbers of people. Our Omega Mu Maine Masque theater brothers, just like our athlete brothers, are an enriching testament to what it means to be a fraternity brother in Omega Mu, and we are proud of their dedication, creativity, and commitment in adding such an important historic angle in our fraternal history at the University of Maine. They exemplify the good of what it means to be a positive part of the university community, and in doing so showing the good of fraternal culture. Attending a play is a special, spirited experience, and we are proud of the legacy of these brothers for their unbending commitment to the beautiful creative art and discipline of Maine Masque theater productions. These Maine Masque theater brothers make us proud, and their legacy in Maine Masque history continues to shine. They, too, like our Omega Mu athlete brothers, continue to enrich and strengthen our perseverant and determined fraternal identity. Omega Mu Maine Masque Brother Otto A. Swickert, 1928  Omega Mu Years         
 "Fraternity songs, cards, and a fireside session were enjoyed by all."     Brother Hosea Buck     
     From multiple angles, our Q.T.V. and Omega Mu brothers have enriched the civic life at the University of Maine, and we are fortunate to have had many hardworking, talented brothers throughout our history. The balance between our athletic involvement, intellectual pursuits, and campus involvement is compelling. What they accomplished in their respective pursuits at the university constitutes a wonderful achievement in our fraternal history. There efforts were good and laudable, and there efforts represented the very best of our core values of persistence and determination. It is, believe me, a wonderful achievement, on the part of generations of Omega Mu brothers, for the respective gifts that they gave for the civic good at the University of Maine. In our historically calm, customary fashion, 149 years and growing, it was a rich yield for the common good of the Maine community, All of them, through their various commitments and endeavors within the University of Maine community, improved and brightened up the quality of life of the university community with their enthusiasm and dedication to there respective University of Maine teams, organizations, and club. They all did a good, positive job. Integrity demands that, and we are proud of all of these brothers. Over the years, many of our Omega Mu brothers held leadership roles on various University of Maine newspapers and yearbooks. Their contributions in creating something good in the university community cannot be overstated. "Good" does not, in reality, do justice in acknowledging their positive contributions. Each of them performed a vital function for the University of Maine community. They had a willingness to work, the willingness to accept challenges, in order to be focused, informative journalist in order to create daily newspapers and yearbooks that were interesting and informative. Their leadership style was authentic, and their generous, laborious work deserve praise and recognition in our brotherhood. They collected information, organized information, checked and re-checked facts, shared ideas, read and re-read every article, and proofed and re-proofed every page in the yearbook. They always gave of their time and talent in attending to each of these elements in order to write commendable, informative, and properly edited newspaper articles, and in sifting through thousands of pictures and thoughtfully crafting, shaping, and editing yearbooks. Their hard work, in turn, was to produce something, whether it was the university newspaper or yearbook, that was well-written, well-edited, and journalistically constructive, interesting, meaningful, and significant, in the short or long term. With drive and persistence, what our Q.T.V. and Omega Mu brothers achieved, in their numerous leadership roles on various newspapers and yearbooks, was complementary to everything we fraternally applaud for all of or brothers who were positively involved in the University of Maine community. What they achieved had real, enduring worth and value for the University of Maine community. They were indispensable. They made lasting contributions to the social well-being of the university community in keeping students well-informed and enlightened. These Omega Mu brothers embodied our old fraternal truth in being perseverant and determined in being faithful and generous with their gifts. In other words, our journalist brothers are a testament to our collective fraternal spirit of genuine integrity, industry, dedication, creativity, and commitment in adding to our long-standing history of civic engagement at the University of Maine. The noble ideals of our linked fraternal brotherhood started in 1848 and 1874, and our fraternal wheels have not stopped turning in continuing to create a generationally great brotherhood, and there will not be a breakdown. With enthusiasm and dedication, we will continue to build upon our unique fraternal legacy at the University of Maine for many decades come! It is exciting and rewarding to know that we will continue to have a great fraternal future because we have an undisputed claim to durable greatness in being the oldest, most dedicated fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine. Again, again, and again, we have always gotten on with the job of continuing to be the standard of fraternal excellence. And so, the passage of our 149 fraternal years will never stop us from honoring the rich legacy of those years as we look fraternally forward to the rich promise of our fraternal future! Perge.    "Art....Otto A. Swickert"     "Editor-in-Chief...Otto A. Swickert" 
      “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge Truly, since our founding in 1874 we have sustained a commendable fraternal reputation at the University of Maine, and that is a measurable fact due to the fact that we are not a static, one-dimensional brotherhood. We value that our brothers have different gifts and talents. Our brothers have been meaningfully involved in the University of Maine community since the early years of its founding. Our success-oriented fraternal mindset can be seen in the great number of brothers who were athletes, actors, artists, musicians, editors, writers, R.O.T.C, cadets, and contributing members in other clubs and organizations in the university community. They were engaged and dedicated, and they each made a personal commitment to strive to be their best in their respective commitments. Everything that they did greatly enhanced the sense of community, and that is the most valuable aspect of their respective commitments. They were impactful brothers for the greater good of the University of Maine community and, in addition, many of these brothers were recognized as top leaders. Their character and sense of responsibility spoke volumes. And, consequently, many of these brothers were chosen to to be Sophomore Owls and Senior Skulls because they exhibited remarkable qualities of leadership, integrity, reliability, and a positive spirit to undertake various responsibilities and challenges and succeed. All of these brothers understood and honestly embodied Pete Carroll's "Responsibility Quotient" that led to their individual success, as well as the success of the various teams, groups, bands, orchestras, and organizations that they were members of at the University of Maine. Amazing things can happen when spirit, mind, and body work in concert. They desired success and they worked hard for it, and they all remain a blessing in our fraternal history, and in the history of the University of Maine. With regards to the later, we remain the oldest fraternal story at Maine. Without a doubt, our collaborative fraternal effort will continue to add rich new chapters to our fraternal story, as young men continue to bring their individual talents and gifts to enrich our brotherhood and the University of Maine community because amazing things can happen when spirit, mind, and body work in concert, and we have proven that fact for 150 years. With poise, rigor, and aplomb, many of our brothers have excelled academically at the University of Maine have been tapped into Phi Beta Kappa, and one brother was the first University of Maine student to be be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. To use Pascal’s “safe wager” argument, these brothers consistently made the wager that academics mattered, that themes and ideas were worth thinking about, that words and ideas matter, that reading and writing matters, that wrestling with questions matter, that studying and being prepared for class matters, that understanding the subject matters, that creative and critical thinking matters, that taking risks matters, and that talking and asking questions in class matters. With confidence and enthusiasm, these brothers accepted the intellectual and emotional wager and won with honesty and authentic “perseverance and determination” beyond the minimal acceptable requirement. Congratulations, Senior Skull brothers, Phi Beta Kappa brothers, and our Rhodes Scholar brother. Academic and otherwise, our Omega Mu brothers continue to work hard to achieve their potential in all matters with an uncommon level of persistence and determination. Yet in the end, we have been fraternally doing this for 150 years, and we will continue to do so. There is no disputing the fact that we are the oldest unbroken fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine, and our brotherhood is still in place at 79 College Avenue with no attached chains of fraternally limiting thoughts and ideas that we will not be here for another 150 years. We are thankful for all the Q.T.V. and Phi Gamma Delta brothers who have shaped and defined our unbroken historic brotherhood, and we are thankful for hard work of the present undergraduate brothers and the new Phi Gamma Delta pledges who recently accepted the white star.  We continue to be men of fraternal good will, cordial fraternal warmth, and determinative fraternal drive in all areas. We do everything with fraternal energy and enthusiasm because we remain the pioneering, evolving brotherhood at the University of Maine. Persistence and determination encompasses everything that we have achieved as a brotherhood at the University of Maine during our first 150 years, academically, athletically, and civically. 150 years and still counting; count on it. Perge! Phi Beta Kappa  "Love of Learning is the Guide of Life."  Omega Mu Phi Beta Kappa Brothers  Whitman H. Jordan  James N. Hart  Fred C. Mitchell  Robie L. Mitchell  Edward R. Hale  Edward W. Hackett, Jr.  Lawrence T. Ronco  Eugene E. Toothaker  Thomas M. Acheson  Albert J. Ross  Alan G. Sawyer  Charles S. Bernstein  Brian L. Datson  R. Scott Sawyer  Christopher D. Larson  Thomas C. Hazzard  Timothy B. Adams  “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge Omega Mu Rhodes Scholar Ballard F. Keith  Ballard F. Keith was the first Rhodes Scholar from the University of Maine.  Truly, since our founding in 1874 we have sustained a commendable fraternal reputation at the University of Maine, and that is a measurable fact due to the fact that we are not a static, one-dimensional brotherhood. We value that our brothers have different gifts and talents. Our brothers have been meaningfully involved in the University of Maine community since the early years of its founding. Our success-oriented fraternal mindset can be seen in the great number of brothers who were athletes, actors, artists, musicians, editors, writers, R.O.T.C, cadets, and contributing members in other clubs and organizations in the university community. They were engaged and dedicated, and they each made a personal commitment to strive to be their best in their respective commitments. Everything that they did greatly enhanced the sense of community, and that is the most valuable aspect of their respective commitments. They were impactful brothers for the greater good of the University of Maine community and, in addition, many of these brothers were recognized as top leaders. Their character and sense of responsibility spoke volumes. And, consequently, many of these brothers were chosen to to be Sophomore Owls and Senior Skulls because they exhibited remarkable qualities of leadership, integrity, reliability, and a positive spirit to undertake various responsibilities and challenges and succeed. All of these brothers understood and honestly embodied Pete Carroll's "Responsibility Quotient" that led to their individual success, as well as the success of the various teams, groups, bands, orchestras, and organizations that they were members of at the University of Maine. Amazing things can happen when spirit, mind, and body work in concert. They desired success and they worked hard for it, and they all remain a blessing in our fraternal history, and in the history of the University of Maine. With regards to the later, we remain the oldest fraternal story at Maine. Without a doubt, our collaborative fraternal effort will continue to add rich new chapters to our fraternal story, as young men continue to bring their individual talents and gifts to enrich our brotherhood and the University of Maine community because amazing things can happen when spirit, mind, and body work in concert, and we have proven that fact for 150 years. With poise, rigor, and aplomb, many of our brothers have excelled academically at the University of Maine have been tapped into Phi Beta Kappa, and one brother was the first University of Maine student to be be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. To use Pascal’s “safe wager” argument, these brothers consistently made the wager that academics mattered, that themes and ideas were worth thinking about, that words and ideas matter, that reading and writing matters, that wrestling with questions matter, that studying and being prepared for class matters, that understanding the subject matters, that creative and critical thinking matters, that taking risks matters, and that talking and asking questions in class matters. With confidence and enthusiasm, these brothers accepted the intellectual and emotional wager and won with honesty and authentic “perseverance and determination” beyond the minimal acceptable requirement. Congratulations, Senior Skull brothers, Phi Beta Kappa brothers, and our Rhodes Scholar brother. Academic and otherwise, our Omega Mu brothers continue to work hard to achieve their potential in all matters with an uncommon level of persistence and determination. Yet in the end, we have been fraternally doing this for 150 years, and we will continue to do so. There is no disputing the fact that we are the oldest unbroken fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine, and our brotherhood is still in place at 79 College Avenue with no attached chains of fraternally limiting thoughts and ideas that we will not be here for another 150 years. We are thankful for all the Q.T.V. and Phi Gamma Delta brothers who have shaped and defined our unbroken historic brotherhood, and we are thankful for hard work of the present undergraduate brothers and the new Omega Mu pledges who recently accepted the white star.  We continue to be men of fraternal good will, cordial fraternal warmth, and determinative fraternal drive in all areas. We do everything with fraternal energy and enthusiasm because we remain the pioneering, evolving brotherhood at the University of Maine. Persistence and determination encompasses everything that we have achieved as a brotherhood at the University of Maine during our first 150 years, academically, athletically, and civically. 150 years and still counting; count on it. Perge! Omega Mu Rhodes Scholar "Rhodes Scholars are chosen not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and the common good, and for their potential leadership in whatever domain their careers may lead."   The Crest of Jesus College  Ballard Keith attended Jesus College, the Honors School of Jurisprudence at Oxford University that was established by Queen Elizabeth I.         “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
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