  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. Fraternally 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.C. 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. From our fraternal founding through today, we remain the premier fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine, and with equal parts of generational vision and vigilance that will continue for another 151 years. That's all. Perge. Omega Mu Portrait William Van D. Bratton, 1933  Omega Mu Years        The University of Maine Quartet picture was taken in the house, and the brothers on the quartet are Neil M. Calderwood and Herbert G. Follett. Phi Gamma Delta House Quarantined    "Kenneth B. Stone, of Augusta, was found to have a positive diphtheretic throat."  "Phi Gamma Delta, robbed for the third time, lost between fifteen and twenty dollars."    Omega Mu BRO. WILLIAM V. D. BRATTON      Seafaring Party  "About 125 members and guests were there during the evening...The refreshments were fruit salad, hot rolls, and cider. Smith Ames' Orchestra furnished the music."   "The house was decorated with colored lights. Refreshments were served for forty couples during intermission.Music was furnished by Pat Huddilston's Orchestra."     "Phi Gamma Delta gave a victrola party last Friday evening. Bridge, hearts, dancing, and eating, were among the various amusements offered."         "Editor-in-Chief....William V. D. Bratton"      "Managing Editor...William V. D. Bratton"    “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, D-Day, El Guettar, Elba, Monte Della Vedetta, the Battle of the Bulge, 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 Joseph B. Chaplin, Jr., 1945  Omega Mu Years   Mrs. Hewitt, Omega Mu Housemother                
   Joseph B. Chaplin, Jr. served in the 84th Infantry Division during World War II    The 84th Division has a history reaching back to Abraham Lincoln and the Black Hawk Indian War of 1832. The division patch is a symbol of that legacy and shows an axe splitting a log for a rail fence."  "The Germans Called Them Hatchet Men"  "They were rushed to the Siegfried Line. Then began two months of savage fighting during which the 84th took 112 German pillboxes and bunkers in the Siegfried Line, and helped crush Rundstedt's counteroffensive in the Ardennes. It was as notable a start as any fighting unit could hope to have."     St. Vith  "The 84th Infantry Division played a crucial role in the defense of St. Vith, Belgium, during the initial stages of the Battle of the Bulge. The division's troops held their positions against fierce German assaults, delaying the enemy's advance and buying time for other Allied unites to reinforce the area."  St. Vith     The 84th marching to St. Vith     The division's troops held their positions against fierce German assaults, delaying the enemy's advance and buying time for other Allied unites to reinforce the area."  "the 84th Infantry Division participated in the Rhineland Campaign. \  The division played a key role in capturing the towns of Prum, Bitburg, and Trier in Germany, which helped open the way for the Allied forces to advance toward the Rhine River." Into Germany            The Sign Reads: "Road and Shoulder Cleared of Krauts. 84th     The 84th Division and the Russian Army meet at the Elbe River   Omega Mu Sires And Sons: Joseph B. Chaplin, Jr., and James S. Chaplin  James S. Chaplin, 1971 “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 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. 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. Q. T. V, Portrait John Reed, 1889  Q. T. V. Years   The recently moved second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, left, and the recently completed center section of the Holmes Hall.   The second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall behind Coburn Hall, the Natural History building.  The second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall is the first building on the left, directly behind Coburn Hall, the Natural History building, and the site of the first Q. T. V. Chapter Hall.  The second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, center, and the center section of Holmes Hall is on the right.  The white building on the right, with one upstairs window, is the second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, directly behind Coburn Hall, the site where the first Q. T. V. Chapter Hall was built in 1876.   "The hall of the Q. T. V. Fraternity was thrown open to the visitors and was well inspected." 1888 Q. T. V. Reunion  "The Orono Chapter of the Q. T. V. Fraternity met in goodly numbers at the Chapter Hall."    "Nathaniel E. Wilson delivered the address of welcome."  "Then followed a finely written poem by Edward H. Elwell, Jr."    At the conclusion of the literary exercises the members and the alumni partook of the usual banquet."  "A. R. Saunders officiated as toast-master, and various toasts were responded to by members and alumni."  "The reunion was prolonged until a late hour, and was one of the most enjoyable for years." 1889 Q. T. V. Reunion    ..."the fifteenth annual reunion of the Orono chapter of the Q. T. V. Fraternity, at their chapter building....The festivities did not end until a late hour and all voted it a most pleasant reunion"   "Address of Welcome, John Reed"     John Reed served on the Board Of Editors of The Cadet for three years.        "Nicaraguan Ship Canal, John Reed"    Valedictorian    "Valedictory, John Reed"   Fiftieth Reunion Of The Class Of 1889  Our brothers at the reunion: Eben Haggett, John Reed, and George Freeman  Our brothers in this picture: Frederick Quincy, John Reed, John Hatch, George Gould, John S. Williams, George H. Hamlin, Calvin H. Nealley, James N. Hart.  “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 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, D-Day, El Guettar, Elba, Monte Della Vedetta, the Battle of the Bulge, 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 Terry L. Chadbourne, 1965  Omega Mu Years   Omega Mu Housemother, Mrs. Blaisdell      "Terry Chadbourne, zobe prexy this year, led the Phi Gam pledge squad into the annual Mud Bowl to maintain Phi Gam undefeated since the game started five years ago."            1962 Snow Sculpture  1963 Snow Sculpture   1965 Snow Sculpture       Terry L. Chadbourne was a captain in the 3rd Brigade, the "Golden Brigade", of 82nd Airborne Division during the Vietnam War.                  “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    Stories, as we all know, are the purple life and blood of Omega Mu, and they keep alive our Omega Mu spirit each time we see each other, and there is nothing wrong with feeling nostalgic and then saying to yourself: “Did I really say and do these interesting things while living in the house; did all those events occur in the RAM, and did I really look like that during my years in The Castle?” And the beautiful thing is that these events did occur, and you did look like that. The Castle has graced the ground of 79 College Avenue for generations of Omega Mu brothers, and our binding stories were framed within the distinctive walls of The Castle. The stories are delightful, poignant, and filled with warm memories. Our Omega Mu stories provide a clear, significant lens in appreciating our long history; second, they provide a broad generational spectrum of our brotherhood in our shared home. That is the power of authentic storytelling; not shallow prattle. Anyway, to be clear, please send me more of your stories. Each story helps each of us to appreciate and love, in new yet familiar ways, our Omega Mu brotherhood and The Castle. Thank you. Fraternally, Chip Chapman, ‘82 Perge!   Shab And Phil Jay L. Clement  “Psycho”. Did you ever see the movie Psycho, are you a fan of movies that instill mental terror? They had nothing on some of the pranks pulled by Brother Shaboski. Shab rarely slept, he was too stressed out by schoolwork and a host of other mental quirks, so he’d perpetually be up into the wee hours, after we’d all retire to the Ram. His favorite victims were Brother Hannan and Brother Emmons. Of particular note, and his escapades were many, was when he waited patiently for hours underneath Hannan’s bed for Phil to come up and go to sleep. Waiting even longer he then suddenly reached up from beneath the bed and grabbed Phil. Now Phil had his own late night demons so when he finally fell asleep and was grabbed, his screams of terror were enough to wake up the Zeroes next door.” Fraternally, Jay L. Clement, '82 Perge   Charles E. Chapman “Mysterium Tremendum”“The RAM is the Territory of mystery in Omega Mu, the place of Fables and legendary  Pranks, and not the Light fairy- Tales of the brothers’ Grimm. (above) Oh No. “It was No paradise Of innocence” Because once You put your name on The desired time nail To be waked up in the Morning, you had to be Philosophically, Emotionally, and  Psychologically Alert when you Opened the Creaky door and Felt The Descending Rush of air as you Ascended, Feeling the Curious ethereal Yet Emotionally present Quality of the Numinous realm of Static-un- time With The guiding Principle of Unknowability In the Mythological  Black Hole “Singularity” of Omega Mu’s RAM Time.  When the Nocturnal tocsin of the RAM Sounded, Simple and true, For Terror and humor To Commence, With no Program notes to prepare The wary or unwary as to What might happen, on Any given night, In RAM Cubicles Filled with generational Memory specters amidst the Miscellany of broken Furniture, RAM- Shackled bed Frames, Mattresses, piled junk, And strewn Clothes, and benefacted Goods from previous Generations of Brothers, Creating a brisk Dynamic inter- Generational commerce, Free of the dollar signs, When brothers Would Cometh to the RAM To Receiveth, Free of Charge: Papers, books, clothes, Sporting equipment, albums, And didactic and Erotic literature,  “Each according To his needs” – Ah, Marx!  After you Ascended the stairs and Opened the door And Entered the woody, dusty, Fibrous smelling Darkness of the RAM, Every clear-headed, no- Nonsense nocturnal Impulse was displayed by Brothers full of Complexities and Compulsions from Placing A dead bear in a Brother’s Bed in ’56  To Shab, mad satan of Many RAM Spells, Bringing The Nightly Winds Of Hell And Devilry That Would Put Phil Into Spluttering Anticipatory Paroxysms Of Fear and Trembling and Years Of Psycho- Analytical Treatment To cleanse his Scarred Subconscious Soil Of Shab To Regain Approximate Human Sensibility; A Work In  Progress For Phil, Still. As well as the Pleasurable, Unchecked Verbal Fiction Of pure Mysterium Absurdum Emanating Out of The “Mental Ward” –    With Brother Mao's Nightly All-or-nothing Magical Fantasy Tour of Pure “Fantasia” Of Delicately Complex Theatre- Stories Of High Baroque Saucy Smuttiness,  A Well-worn Mao Track of Habit, with The Echoing Response of gentle- Souled Laughter, In Utter Incredulity, Of Hicksy, Chip, Bart, Jughead, Joel Gar, and Rocky, Echoing Long into the Night, each And every Night, In the Mental Ward, In The RAM, And it is These Memories, Brothers, Like the Blink of An Eye, That Come Back With Ease When WE All Ponder The Treasure Of Our Shared Fraternal Home That We Love For Life: The Castle Fraternally,
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