John Reed, 1889

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