Uncredited Lambda Chi Photo

[lenoxxx]

In the 45th edition of the Paedagogus, there is a picture of a bunch of people in a tree it is called "our heritage" on page #14. Ive seen this photo in conjunction with Lambda Chi Alpha over the years and a friend of mine asked me who the people were in that picture.

Does anyone know what the context of this "classic" uncredited photo?

(Mike Raymond *cough cough*)

Lenoxxx

[JonoBN41]

That photo first appeared in the 35th edition in 1973. The style of dress (especially the hats) suggests 19th century - perhaps even Civil War era. If so, they're not Lambda Chis.

But I could be wrong.

ZAX,
Jono

[docroc67]

Originally Posted by JonoBN41

That photo first appeared in the 35th edition in 1973. The style of dress (especially the hats) suggests 19th century - perhaps even Civil War era. If so, they're not Lambda Chis.

But I could be wrong.

ZAX,
Jono

Greetings,

A few years ago Legacy Division of Masters of Design issued a sales brochure for Lambda Chi jewelry containing this photograph.

Their photograph is much better than the one that appeared in various issues of the Paedagogus. Most of the top hats have designs on them. One has the numeral "5," another the letter "C," and the most important one displays the Greek letters Delta Upsilon!

These hats were very popular among college men throughout the 1890s. So my guess is the photograph was taken in about 1895, at a "C" college, for members of a Delta Upsilon Chapter.

Why this picture was selected for our publications is beyond me. I do think it is pretty cool... but not as cool as our group Fez photograph!

Yours in ZAX,

Mike Raymond,
ZU Zeta

[JonoBN41]

Oh Boy! I ran lickety-split to my Manual of Delta Upsilon (1926) in great anticipation, only to find...that it has no photos whatsoever.

It IS a cool photograph, wherever it came from. Come to think of it, my chapter staged a similar picture for our listing in the yearbook, with everyone climbing up in a hugh live oak in Florida. Perhaps it was inspired by that picture? I don't recall. It was around the same time it came out in the Paedagogus, and we were definitely Lambda Chis!

As for D.U., the chapter could have been Colby (founded 1852), Colgate (1866) or Cornell (1869). Maybe even Columbia (1885), if they still had big trees like that in NYC then.

Very interesting question.

ZAX,
Jono

PS - "lickety-split" adv. informal. With great speed. [Prob. alteration of LICK + SPLIT] American Heritage Dictionary

say what?

[lenoxxx]

A theory on the DU connection

what if those hats were for all fraternities on campus?

And the DU hat meant they won some kind of 1910's hat competition and each hat was from someone in a different fraternity?

It's got to mean something

Lenoxxx

[PiLambda1]

Could someone scan the photo so I can see it? I don't have a 45th
edition...:-\