Truthfully, there is no fraternal brotherhood quite like Omega Mu at the University of Maine. We are proud of our history, and we are proud of the impressive number of fraternal brothers who played on many University of Maine athletic teams. In addition, we are equally proud of our brothers participated achieved national and international recognition in sports With conviction and commitment, our Omega Mu athlete brothers brought a great deal of joy and satisfaction to the university community, creating many wonderful memories since the first baseball team was established at Maine State College in the 1870's. The worked together for the success of each Maine team, and the overall civic good of the University of Maine. The sheer number of Omega Mu athlete brothers is an unqualified triumph for the University of Maine. Their positive impact on the University of Maine community cannot be overstated. They each gave their best efforts on each team, and what they achieved perfectly compliments what we fraternally believe: drive and determination. It is a heady athletic legacy. Accordingly, their accomplishments claim our fraternal attention and respect. For the eminence of their athletic success; and, above all, for being our Omega Mu brothers, we are proud. Therefore, in the linked soul and spirit of our long fraternal history, we gratefully remember and celebrate our QTV and Omega Mu brothers who participated on many varsity athletic teams at the University of Maine. Our scorecard is deep, and we appreciate, and we are proud of, all of our Omega Mu athlete brothers. Thoreau said it best: “What a difference, whether in all your walks, you meet only strangers, or in one house is one who knows you, and whom you know. To have a brother…How rare these things are.” How true that is, and we remain that way to this day. Omega Mu Athlete Karl F. Switzer, 1926 Omega Mu Years "Snappy music was supplied by Shea's four piece orchestra." Rhodes Scholar Candidate "Select Four Maine Men To Compete For Rhodes Scholarship Committee Names Barrows, Pressey, Switzer, And Engstrom." Our Omega Mu Brothers Rhodes Scholar Candidates: Switzer and Engstrom Crew Champion Although Karl F. Switzer did not play on any intercollegiate athletic team at the University of Maine, he was a member of several championship rowing teams, in fours and doubles, in Canada and the United States. Most significantly, he won the singles crew championship of eastern Canada. Also, in 1923 he competed against Arthur Belyea, the Canadian singles sculling champion, and American Garrett Gilmore, the World's single sculling champion, and he lost to both by mere inches. Both Belyea and Gilmore represented Canada and the United States in the 1924 Olympics in France. Arthur Belyea Garrett Gilmore Match Scull Race Winner: Carl Switzer "Carl Switzer of the Batchelder Barge Club, of Philadelphia, winner of the match race for single scullers...came from behind to win handily over a high class field." Charles River Basin “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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