Charles F. Colesworthy, 1875

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
Charles F. Colesworthy,
1875

Q. T. V. Years

Q. T. V. Brothers in
Orono

Charles F. Colesworthy is first on the right.

It is possible that the first brother on the left is Charles F. Colesworthy.

Our Q.T.V. Brothers in the
Coburn Corps of Cadets

W. A. Allen and J. I. Gurney

W. Balentine and R. D. Hunter

A. M. Goodale and E. F. Hitchings

Charles F. Colesworthy's sergeant stripes.

Q. T. V. Brother Sidney L. Soule, 1875

Coburn Cadet Meetings

Class Lecture Notes

Letter from the U-Mass. Amherst 
Q.T.V. Chapter to Charles F. Colesworthy

Q.T.V. was founded at University of Massachusetts in 1869

Poet

University of Maine Athlete

Q. T. V. Brothers on the 1875 baseball team: Edson F. Hitchings, Alfred M. Goodale,
Whitman H. Jordan, Sidney L. Soule,
​Wilfred A Bumps. 

Whitman H. Jordan and Wilfred A. Bumps

Nicknames

"In the botany class Colesworthy exhibited too much curiosity concerning certain abbreviations following the scientific name of a flower and he became known as "T. Pictum Pursh," which was shortened to "Pictum" and sometimes
​just "Pic.""

"Poet, C. F. Colesworthy"

Class Officer's Badge
Property of
Chas. F. Colesworthy, '75
"T. Pictum Pursh"

Class Poet of the
1875 Graduating Class

"So adieu to all that the old men say forms the happiest years of life."

Carson City, Nevada,
​1870's

After graduating from Maine StateCollege, Charles F. Colesworthy, being a courageous and determined explorer, went to live in Carson City, Nevada, but he then the moved to Pendleton, Oregon, where he established a hay and feed store. 

Letter to Albert E. Mitchell,
​Q. T. V. Brother

"Now if I have omitted anything you want to know fill it in yourself but make it look good for poor old T. Pictum, and if you don't you just look out the next time we cross lots for I'm coming east one of these daysagain yo look over the old campas. Now with the best of wishes to you and all the old classmates you see."

Q. T. V. - Phi Gamma Delta Brother,
Albert E. Mitchell

"Masonic, Odd Fellows, Camp, Woodman of the World, Q. T. V., Phi Gamma Delta."

“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