Benjamin Weston, 1900

Our brothers careers have been productive, constructive, spirited, and prosaic. They displayed impressive skills, talents, and abilities They were, and we continue to be, a beautiful and lively expression of our enduring fraternal beliefs, and that underlying harmony is far-reaching in expectation for all brothers’, undergraduate and graduate. It is the core of what our fraternal founders asserted in 1848 and 1874 and 1899: to live active, commendable, and responsible lives, and to build up community. Clearly and compellingly, they added, and continue to add, positive value at the local, state, national, global, and fraternal level because they engaged life fully and responsibly. In short, they were authoritative pillars throughout life. They were-are exemplary in their citizenship, character, and their sense of dutiful responsibility, and, in many instances, they were leading voices in their career fields. They prove that success of any kind does not occur by luck or accident, and we remember them because they continue to provide that message for our time. Their spirit permeates our brotherhood, and it always will. 

We have long been, from one generation to the next, proud to be Omega Mu Fijis. We continue to cherish our fraternal friendships, our shared memories, and our evolving, forward-focused history at the University of Maine. These things, above and beyond everything else, are the underlying rooted connections that make us proud to be Omega Mu Fijis. Why, after all, should we believe otherwise? We have always exhibited a can-do fraternal spirit since 1874. And, to be sure, all present and future generations of Omega Mu Fijis will continue to do the same, with fraternal enthusiasm and commitment. As a brotherhood, we always see the path behind us and the way forward with equal clarity, and our future remains bright at 79 College Avenue because we fearlessly move forward, always guided by sound fraternal principles, and because of that we are an exceptional brotherhood because we remain committed and hardworking to assure that our Omega Mu brotherhood will continue to be the jewel at the University of Maine. Perge.

Omega Mu Portrait
Benjamin Weston,
1900

Q. T. V. - Omega Mu Years

1899
The Year Q. T. V. Became 
The Omega Mu Chapter Of
Phi Gamma Delta

Our
Phi Gamma Delta Brother
General Lew Wallace

Union General Lew Wallace's fearless energy and erudite military leadership during the Battle of the Monocacy slowed Confederate General Jubal Early's advance on Washington for one critical day, and this allowed General Grant just enough time to bring more Union troops from Petersburg to reinforce the 23,000 Union troops that were protecting the capital. Thus, the capital of the United States was saved from possibly being taken by the Confederacy because of General Wallace's determined leadership during a critical 24 hour period in Frederick, Maryland, 1864. In point of fact, the one-day that took on July 6th, on the various farms and fields around the Monocacy River, may have been the most important battle of the Civil War, maybe, and we can thank a DePauw University Fiji brother for that: Brigadier General Lew Wallace. Perge. 

The blog writer has walked the grounds of this Civil War battle, which took place on the outskirts of Frederick, Maryland, many times with his two dogs!​

"Fraternally Yours,
​Lew Wallace, 1895"

"Gen Lew Wallace,
National President of the
​Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity"

"New Fraternity Installed
at the U. of M.
Former Q. T. V. Society Granted
a Charter in October.
Initiation and Installation Ceremonies
Recently Held at the Chapter House"

The recently built chapter house of
Omega Mu where the installation service was held.

Recently built Phi Gamma Delta house, middle. The building that is first on the right is the last Q. T. V. Chapter Hall that was extensively renovated to become a residential dorm for women, Mount Vernon House. In the middle distance, approximately near the small white building is the site where our present
​Castle would be built in 1924-1925.

#25 is the Mount Vernon House,
#26 is the site of our first
​Phi Gamma Delta Castle.

Inside the house around 1905-1907, above and below.

First Omega Mu
Phi Gamma Delta Brothers

Benjamin F. Weston, November 24, 1899

Card Party

"Phi Gamma Delta fraternity entertained their friends with whist and dancing at
​their chapter house."

"Second Lieutenant...Benjamin Thomas Weston"

Coburn Corp of Cadets,
1898

Phi Kappa Phi

Phi Kappa Phi
"It is an honorary society to which the twelve seniors having the best record in scholarship"

B. Weston

First Omega Mu Fiji
​Banquet

"Toastmaster, H. M. Estabrooke, 1876"

First Group Of Q. T. V. Brothers To Be 
Initiated Into The Omega Mu Chapter Of
Phi Gamma Delta

"Toastmaster, J. F. Gould"

"Valedictory....Benjamin F. Weston"

"The oration by Mr. McDonald (Omega Mu Fiji Brother) and the valedictory by Mr. Weston were both of a very high order and exceedingly well rendered."

​​"Mr Weston's was
especially impressive."

Graduates Receiving Special Recognition At 
Graduation

"Benjamin Thomas Weston, Madison, Mathematics"

“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