Chandler C. Harvey, 1890

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
Clifford C. Chandler,
1890

Q. T. V. Years

Second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, 1887-1889

"The Q. T. V. Society Hall is to be moved from its present location, which is to be the site of the new
​Natural History Building..."

Second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall is the first building on the left. It was moved in order for Coburn Hall to be built, the building in the middle on the right.

"The Q. T. V. Society Hall has been moved directly back, and sits on a line with the shop."

The recently moved Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, left, and the middle section of what would become Holmes Hall.

Third Q. T. V. Chapter Hall,
1889-1898

"The hall of the Q. T. V. Fraternity was thrown open to visitors and was well inspected."

1889
​Q. T. V. Reunion

"Scientific Institutions, C. C. Harvey, '90"

"The festivities did not end until a late hour and all voted it a most pleasant reunion."

1890
Q. T. V. Reunion

"A large number of the Alumni of the order were present, thus adding materially to the enjoyment of the occasion."

"First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Chandler C. Harvey"

"The Prisoner of Chillon.......Byron
Chandler C. Harvey, Fort Fairfield"

Highest Academic Average

"Chandler Cushman Harvey, of Fort Fairfield, who ranked 97.1."

"The Prentiss prize for the best Junior essay was given to Chandler C. Harvey, Fort Fairfield."

"the most striking attribute of the universe, that which most quickly exhausts the imagination, and gives to the inquirer a conception of the finiteness of himself and his terrestrial surroundings, and of the comparatively contracted range of the
​human intellect."

"C. C. Harvey, '90
Managing Editor"

"Valedictory....C. C. Harvey"

"....he ended with the wish eloquently expressed that in the next and final meeting they might be collected an unbroken, and unaltered band."

Master's Degree

"Thesis-Practical Hints on Railway Levelling"

Great Northern Railroad
Engineer

After graduating from the University of Maine in 1890, C. C. Harvey was a supervising engineer in building the
​Great Northern Railroad. 

Journalist

C. C. Harvey got into the newspaper business in 1902 when he took the helm of the Fort Fairfield Review when he bought the paper, and he was the editor and publisher of the paper until his death in 1940. His spirited leadership  transformed and remodeled the structure, style, and content of the  paper, and these changes made the Fort Fairfield Review one of the most respected newspapers in the state of Maine. C. C. Harvey maintained heightened sense of responsibility that  The Fort Fairfield Review's vital, primary function was keeping local citizens in Fort Fairfield fully informed about local news with accuracy about facts and clarity of writing. Moreover, C. C. Harvey believed in keeping the citizens fully informed, as much as a local paper is able to do, about national and international news. In short, the Fort Fairfield Review, under Chandler C. Harvey's indispensable leadership, was always thorough, interesting, and informative. Consequently, because of the success he achieved as the publisher and editor of the Fort Fairfield Review, he created a model of journalism that other local newspapers soon followed. 

Chandler C. Harvey was a leading journalist in Maine for 38 yeas, and because of his unswerving determination and commitment to journalistic excellence he was elected to be the president of the Maine Press Association on several occasions. It is safe to assert that in the news business, the field of journalism was blessed and honored to have such a man as Chandler C. Harvey. 

“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