Brother Examiner, these men who have accepted the fellowship we offer now present themselves for admission into our Brotherhood they are ready to receive instruction in the solemn and irrevocable pledges which they are about to take it is fitting that you receive instruction
In these pledges so ladden with responsibility and F fertile an opportunity they bring to you lifelong relations of friendship and with duties you will not easily avoid and with privileges you can receive on no other terms this fraternity will serve as your college home those who dwell here
Will be your brothers your counselors and your protectors your influence will mold your character in your future you rightly ask much of your brother Brotherhood to which you give yourselves without impotent or Reserve they rightly ask of you not to surrender yourselves without full
Realization of of meaning and the finality of the pledges you are to take before proceeding to such instruction however it will be it will first be necessary to make certain preliminary declarations do you on your honor declare that you are members of no college fraternity and
Are pledged to enough about this if so answer I do after your name is called Ben Burns I do Aiden Cluse I do Christian Chung I do Jake Curry
I do Jack Federer, I do. Do you also, on your honor, declare that you entertain no sentiment toward any member of this chapter that would prevent you from maintaining cordal and brotherly relations with him if so answer I do after your name is called
Ben Burns, I do Aiden Cluse, I do Christian Chung, I do Jack Federer, I do Jake Curry, I do Of those who would enter our fraternity we ask two things that they know our ideals and that they pledge themselves to help realize those ideal we have instructed you in history
And of the principles of our Brotherhood we have told you of the early secret torties of the evil that attended their control of student affairs and of the sentiment hostile to themselves which they read we have explained the origin of anti secret societies at Williams, Union, Hamilton, and
Amherst, and of the Coalition between them which in 1847 marks a vigorous advance of Delta Upsilon As Time passed the character of the secret society so altered that hostility towards them decreased Delta Upsilon recognized happier period by adopting the principle of non- secrecy
Place of anti-secrecy this modification of our ancient attitude must not be misunderstood it meant no less hatred of evil practices and secret societies it served to acknowledge to The Disappearance of those practices and sprang from The Logical Devotion to our basic
Principle t our mod of our fraternity the KY of Justice our foundation our first exercise and Justice to protest against secret society serves as purpose and is no longer necessary but the battles of Justice are infinite and her Champions are ever needed to serve her
Both in college and in the world Beyond to forward the ends of enlightened Equity demands knowledge and sympathy broad mind and large heart it is man’s work to be done best by those who have enjoyed the two-fold education of intellect and character we have therefore
Formed ourselves into a fraternity in order to Advance Justice, Promote Friendship, Develop Character maintain and Diffuse Liberal Culture and to promote in intellectual moral and social Improvement we have expounded to you our ideals because we believe them to be your
Ideals also we bring them we bring you to your initiation wherein you must Pledge Your Allegiance to Delta Upsilon must promise to be faithful in every Rel relation of Brotherhood you must solemnly declare before many witnesses your determination to stand for the principles of
Our fraternity and you must reflect that the spoken pledge is without any purpose unless your life also exemplifies your words therefore carefully consider consider carefully that you may approach not unadvisedly to your initiation the vows once taken are irrevocable
If you are not in thorough sympathy with our ideals you are at all uncertain in your desire to become a member of this eternity you now have the last opportunity to declare yourself as a manifestation of your willingness to accept the pledges
Required of members of this eternity you’ll now inscribe your name within this role book containing those promises which you are soon to make in the presence of brother we’ll call you guys up by your name you sign a number your signature the class is follow 2023 and the date and burs and close
All right as it is our duty to watch over the welfare of our fraternity is that they may continue in vorous life behooves us from time to time to add to our members such as men who will honor
Most our Bel upon these who stand before us our choice has fallen we are now assembled to receive the pledges of their devotion and to seal their acceptance into our Brotherhood not only to those who are received and to us who receive them but to also those who may come within the
Influence of this fraternity these pledges these pledges in this nation are now monumentals since our words and deeds have emerged from being common Heritage of acceptance and belief in the inre being is essential and a basic part of our tradition to turn to God prayer as our found
Brother let us pray God of our fathers and our God who inspired the formation of the Delta Upsilon fraternity with Justice as its sure found Foundation may we temper the rigor of our present world with a depend appreciation deepened appreciation of the beauty and strength
Of friendship may we encourage one another in common concern be faithful to the highest and best we know together enable us to live barely bravely amid the discouragements of Life seek to equit ourselves like men and continue to believe in the best even in the face
Of failure may we never use our Brotherhood as a means to seek selfish ends and keep us free from cynicism May no no unworthy thoughts or deeds Cloud our skies May our actions never make rough the road for others who walk with us or who follow or who would follow may we never
Fail to keep Faith with those who place their trust in us let us renew the vows once made and now share with these new brothers grant us the strength to serve and the moral courage to live more nobly and strive to achieve the maturity of independent Minds May no pettiness or pride
Of exclusiveness ever keep us from rendering to Delta Upsilon the vision of the highest and noblest purposes as they have emerged from Justice our sh foundation in all this we ask thy blessing in the knowledge that the highest ideals and noblest thoughts come from thee amen brothers and Delta
Upsilon you have unanimously elected these men to membership in our fraternity before proceeding to their initiation however it is fitting that we should examine once more our own hearts and a Brotherhood such as ours a close and Lasting friendship must unite all its members creating
Such an intimate and permanent influence as sh shall mold them to a rounded type of manhood our past is secure our future depends upon our vigilance we must jealously guard against any who may disturb the harmony of our fraternal life against any whose presence May lower
Our standards of cloud our ideals therefore will the members of our chapter please rise I now challenge each of you in the name of Delta Upsilon. Does any brother know any reason why any of these candidates should not be received into the fellowship of our fraternity
Your silence makes it your duty to remove from your minds all Prejudice or feelings which might hinder the discharge of any brotherly obligation I therefore charge you so to rule your thought and conduct that and all of your future relations with these men nothing
Should Mar the trust and brotherly affection which should ever exist between you please be seated now as to you who would join our Brotherhood this hour to all of us impressive to you gentlemen should be especially Sol we initiate you into no meaningless Secrets but
Into a Brotherhood founded upon a principle which is it is our duty to exemplify in our lives Dikaia Upotheke, Justice our foundation the relationship of Brotherhood is a sacred one its ties are noble for it for it has been divinely established
By Great Exemplar as the proper bearing of man toward man it is therefore the ideal of human relationship an ideal that we seek to realize in our fraternal life thereby learning from our fraternity the highest lessons of human Duty and
Opportunity in this Brotherhood Justice is our guiding principle and as Justice is but truth and action it is our Deeds that testify our loyalty to the ideals of our fraternity and our worthiness is to conserve the Heritage handed down to us by past generations of delta uton in three centuries
Now time has endorsed the enduring value of our principles in chapters across the United States and Canada in loyal pursuit of our our ideals we have conserved Our Heritage and have passed along to our ever increasing Brotherhood the lessons we strive to teach in uprightness and notability in
Consideration of others and fair dealing with them in constant Endeavor to promote truth and equity in every relation in which we may be cast in such ways do the lessons of our fraternity bear their righteous fruit and to such a Brotherhood we offer you the opportunity to enter but in
Entering you must pledge undying loyalty to Delta Upsilon and to its ideals it is therefore well that we should be we should here pause to consider those ideals more fully brothers and guests it’s my pleasure to introduce the speaker who will be delivering the charge to its C candidates
You guysin we’re not secret now until the very end this very point I was absolutely convinced there had to be something hopefully something cool but there had to be something secret but there’s not
This is it so for 155 years now at this chapter there’s a note and there’s a that’s all it takes so brother particularly a Brotherhood of belief as we are begins with meeting and communication and continues with education and personal growth you have to have tolerance and both a willingness
And an ability to listen and the moral courage to speak and commit when you need to Brothers do not always agree I’m sure that a you with siblings know that but they’re there for each other they
Watch out for each other they support each other they push each each other to be better friends better students better Sons better boyfriends ultimately better husbands and fathers from an old initiation manual you are right to ask much of them as they will ask much of you so
For 155 years now that started with an oath and a handshake started for me in this very room with the same oath 41 years ago my parents gave me an opportunity to go to Miami luck and essentially
A persistent roommate you wanted to free beer because PR that at 18 brought me to deal and my brothers took it from there so I believe I believe that my brothers made a difference in my life I believe that I made a difference in their life there’s a reason that Andrew
And I and the other guys you see come around we keep coming back we think we made that it made a difference for us and we want you guys to have that same opportunity for it to make a
Difference for you I am still friends and still have regular contact with brothers that I was a pledge with and brothers that were here when I was here that came after me also gotten to know guys mostly on the alumni board now well we all had this shared experience and it’s been
Great but when I see those guys and some of them I may not see for 30 35 years it’s just like it’s yesterday it’s amazing because we had that shared experience we know exactly what each other did
And what happened to us you’re going to be amazed to see what some of your brothers do some of the ones you think are the biggest Knuckleheads are going to go on if you massively suest some you
Lose content but that’s just the way of life but you’re going to be surprised so what I want you to do is because now you have this opportunity to be a difference for your brothers so I’m going to
Ask you to just take that opportunity sees that opportunity carp sees the day running forward so study when it’s time to study ask for help when it’s time to ask for help and there will be those times I certainly have them as well party when it’s time to party clean the house
Up afterwards we’ve heard you we’ve all told you guys our main goal is number one don’t get kicked off campus we’ve been here the longest continuous straight uh time of any on campus we don’t want that then number two don’t burn the house down so means clean it up maintain it up
Keep it other than that you guys are going to have different experiences than we did things that are important to you we would have no clue about 10 years from now they got things that are
Important to those guys you’ll have no clue about but believe me it all binds you together over a long period of time so be proud to be part of a tradition that’s now more than 150 years old and
Carry it forward but remember the traditions because it gives us words like this this is from Brother Frank Clark ’96 may we encourage one another and in common concern be ever faithful to the highest and best we know may we always seek to equit ourselves as men and continue to
Believe in ourselves even in the face of failure May our actions never make rough the road for others who walk with us or who would follow may we never never fail to keep Faith with those who
Place their trust in US grant us the strength to serve and the moral courage to live more nobly and strive to achieve the maturity of independent Minds May our mutual regard increase this time shall heighten our appreciation of the noble sentiments which has made us Brothers by choice
May Justice culture and morality be the motives of our lives and may the bonds forged today unite us forever and resolve to attain that goal of true Brotherhood through Manda aspiration towards which is the sign and seal of our fraternity that’s brother Frank Frank Clark 1896
130 something years ago so you got your opportunity now to do this ceremony keep the Traditions keep the ceremonies other than that have a great time enjoy your time here with the brothers and welcome to brotherhood I ask that the candidates please rise Brother Master I present to you these candidates to be
Admitted to Fellowship in the Delta Upsilon Fraternity they have made their preliminary declarations and Having learned the nature of the pledges I prepare to take them the pledges I now propose to you you must take upon your word of honor to hold them sacred and inv viable forever each C will
Individually pronounce i and their full name and then in unison repeat after me I I of my own free will and Accord owne and Accord in the presence of God and of these Witnesses the presence of God and these Witnesses do hereby solemnly declare do here
Declare that the principles of this fraternity that the principles of this fraternity as they have been explained to me as they have been explained to me Accord entirely with my own views Accord entirely with my own views and I solemnly promise and I solemnly promise that
As a member of this fraternity that as a member of this fraternity I will Faithfully adhere to those principles I will Faithfully adhere to those principles endeavoring in every way to perfect myself ending in every way to perfect myself morally in intellectually and socially
Morally intellect and socially and endeavoring also to act towards others ending also to act towards others according to that high standard of conduct according to that high standard of conduct required by the fraternity required by the fraternity I solemnly promise that I will
Be loyal I promise that I will be loyal to the Delta uton fraternity to the Delta fraternity and to this chapter to this chapter abiding by their rules abiding by the rules discharging my obligations to them faithful Faithfully discharging my obligations to them faithfully
And using all honorable means using all honorable means to promote their interests to promote their interests I solemnly promise that I will share with my brothers I Solly promise that I will share with my brothers the duties of my chapter the duties of my chapter that I will uphold and
Encourage them that I will uphold and encourage them in all that is Honorable and right and all that is Honorable and right that I will ever extend to each brother I will ever extend to each brother the right hand of sympathy right hand of sympathy and that at all times and in all
Circumstances at all times in all circumstances I will endeav to cultivate those sentiments I will to cultivate those sentiments which should ever exist between brothers ever exist Brothers all this I solemly promise upon my honor all this I Solly promise upon my without
Any equivocation without any equivocation mental reservation mental reservation or secret evasion of Mind whatsoever for secret evasion of Mind whatsoever Brothers we are all witnesses to these pledges do you before God and in the presence of these Witnesses acknowledge the signature which
You’ve subscribed herein to the pledges just now repeated if so you will answer to your name I do Jack Federer I do Christian Chung I do Aidan Cluse, I do Ben Burns ,I do Jake Curry, I do
Receive and wear this badge a token of your membership in the Delta Upsilon fraternity I extend you the right hand of Fellowship Jack Federer Christian Chung CL Ben Burns Initiates of Delta Upsilon, you have this day received a distinction which is granted to
Few men decoration with the Insignia of our fraternity it marks the confidence which we Repose in you may the ties which it symbolize his strength perpetually and may it possession instill in you the spirit of undying loyalty to Delta yelon
By virtue of this authority vested in me I now declare you members of the Delta Upsilon fraternity I ask that all brothers and Delta Upsilon please stand for as much as these men have now become your brothers it is your part and duty to Aid
Them in their struggle towards a larger life to recall to their minds with solemn pledges they have just now taken before this company to instruct reprove admonish them with all kindness according to the principles of our fraternity and the truth that is in
You and to share with them the benefits and duties of life together you may be seated and as for you who have been newly received in our fraternal Circle it is your part and duty
To bear in mind that you are now one with us in principle and purpose you are to share with us the Privileges and divide with us the responsibilities of faithful service in Delta Upsilon. may your may your Zeal and its cause never flat may your sympathy with its interest ever grow deeper
May our mutual regard increase this time shall heighten our appreciation of the noble sentiments which have made us want May Justice culture and morality be the motives of your lives as they have been the motives of our Union May the bonds forged today unite us forever and sturdy resolve
To attain that goal of true Manda aspiration towards which is the sign and seal of opportunity this concludes the right of initiation with great pride I now present our newest brothers [Applause]
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