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Religion
Delta Upsilon was founded as a nonsecret nonsectarian organization in 1834, to some extent DU was founded as a protest against secrecy and sectarianism in the secret orders of its day , DU's ritual did have reference to a supreme being in Rite 2 of the initiation ritual, but alternate language, dispensing totally with religion, was allowed by an amendment to the ritual in 1973.
So in sum DU is based more on ethical ideals common to the intellectual ferment of the transendentalist 1830's New England Intellectual Revival than religion.
The Four Ideals of DU are :
Te Advancement of Justice, The Promotion of Friendship,The Development of Character and The Diffusion of Liberal Culture.
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