  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. Perge. Omega Mu Portrait Louis C. Southard, 1875
               "L. C. Southard, - 1st Violin and Leader."   "First Violin"  Boston University School of Law   Louis Southard practiced law in the Boston in the firm of Southard, Gray, and O'Connell.  Lectures and Speeches  "A most interesting subject was delivered o Friday, April 4, by Hon. Louis C. Southard, of Boston, upon the subject of expert witnesses."   "Mr. Southard now took up the subject of post mortem examination and the chemical analysis of organs in cases of supposed murder by poisoning."  Massachusetts State House, center. Louis Southard also served in the Massachusetts Senate and the House of Representatives of Massachusetts.
Celebration of the Constitution, 1887  Louis C. Southard was chosen to be on the committee that represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the United States Centennial Celebration of the Constitution in 1887.      Professor at the University of Maine College of Law     Louis C. Southard was a professor at the University of Maine College of Law from 1897 - 1921.    Louis Southard wrote a delightful remembrance on the 1875 graduating class, but he focused on our Q. T. V. brothers.    "The interest which awakened among the members of the Class of 1875 by reason of correspondence over theClass Flag in 1907 and on the announcement of the decease of A. M. Goodale, December 1909, ;ed the undersigned to believe that they would be interested on this thirty-fifth anniversary of their graduation to receive a brief summary of the happenings of their fellow classmates since that eventful Commencement day on August 4th, 1875."  Our Q. T. V. Brother, Alfred M. Goodale   Our Q. T. V. Brother, Whitman H. Jordan  Our Q. T. V. Brother, Charles F. Colesworthy  Our Q. T. V. Brother, Albert E. Mitchell  Our Q. T. V. Brother, Allen E. Mitchell  Our Q. T. V. Brother, Edson F. Hitchings  "Nearly all acquainted with hard work, economical in their habits and in the main determined to accomplish something worth while in their college course."  "Acquired nicknames" 
 "One of the peculiar experiences of this class was its participation in the so-called labor system. it was our privilege during the freshman year to work three hours during five day afternoons and longer on Saturday if we desired."  Although this picture was taken at a later date, the quad area between Balentine Hall and Chadbourne Hall was the cow pasture on campus.  "Members of the class took a prominent part in establishing the Q. T. V. Society which was really the first fraternity organized at the college."     Q. T. V. Charter      "Colesworthy, Poet"  "Shaw, Orator"  "Jordan, Prophet"  "At the close of the exercise we smoked the pipe of peace, shook hands, and since that day some members of class have never met."   "Hitchings, secretary"  "...bonds of affection that will never be broken."   “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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