Compare the songs at the end of this pledge manual with the untitled Alpha Sigma Phi Songbook (1962), Shitty Songs Of Sigma Chi (1962), Raunchy Songs of Phi Kappa Psi (1991), Songs of Theta Xi (1992), and Theta Xi Omega Fraternity (ΘΞΩ): An Anthology of Drinking Songs (2003).
THETA EPSILON OMICROS IOTA FRATERNITY
PLEDGE MANUAL
'THIS MANUAL IS TO BE SHOWN ONLY TO THOSE
WHO HAVE A DEFINITE CONNECTION WITH THETA
EPSILON FRATERNITY
This manual' has "been prepared with the Idea of present-
ing to the pledge an -understanding of: -Ideals, symbols, met-
hods of operation* pledge instructions, arid songs of THETA
EPSILON,
It cannot be conceived that any person pledging can con-
sider that he Is doing the fraternity a favor by becoming a
member* It can be seen* obviously, that one person cannot be
greater than the organization to which he belongs• If THETA
EPSILON had initiated men who would not* or could not, become
an asset to the fraternity * the ideals and the traditions of
the oldest fraternity at Upsala College, THETA EPSILON, could
not possibly withstood the test of time.
It is assumed that when you accepted the bid of THETA
EPSILON9 you will shortly acquire membership into this frater-
nity o The importance of the next sentence should be fully re-
cognized* IF YOUR ATTITUDE IS THAT THE FRATERNITY IS NOT AN
ASSET, BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND THE FRATERNITY AND SURREN-
DER YOUR MANUAL,
Perhaps one of the ^est and important points for the
pledge to consider is that of giving and taking between the
fraternity and himself* The new member cannot expect to sit
back and contribute only hie assent or dissent to what the
fraternity proposes to do* He must willingly take an active ■
part in the undertakings of the fraternityc At the same time
the fraternity does not expect the member to give most of his
time* or even wore than his share of time, thought* and work
to the organization* What is necessary is that the member ex-
pend a proportionate amount of his efforts depending upon his
total available time* This amount of course, depends on seve~
ral things.? the office held, the type of scholastic schedule
being carried, his other campus activities, and outside inte-
rests 0
Remember* further, that the fraternity can,, and will be,
of- considerable benefit to the new member* You will make
life
long acquaintances and. many, important contacts through this
association* These contacts may be of exceptional Importance
in your later life* The ideals of brotherhood will >e instill-
ed in you as well as the other fine qualities which the frat-
ernity can afford you* Activities about the campus include
many GODS in their rolesj the brothers can help new Pledgees
establish themselves in the activities suited to their inte-
rests e
The pledges must keep in mind that the reason he is in
college is to obtain an education* This objective must come
before anything else in the mind of the student* All of the
brothers are more than willing to help you in any subject which$
at the time* might be giving you trouble«
THETA EFSILOK maintains that perseverance,, integrity, and
initiative are the outstanding characteristics upon which to
base a successful, membership, and these, along with
cooperation,
mold membership into a whole*
Now that you have shown that you desire membership in 0E
a brief period of pledging follows* During this time known
affectionately as Hell Week you will be called EEOPHYTB,
meaning beginner•
You will be asked to read the contents of this manual.
and also to learn a greater part of it* YOU WILL BE TOLD KANT
THINGS DURING THIS PERIOD OF PLEDGING WHICH KAY SEEK STRANGE
TO YOU, BUT THE FRATERNITT HAS A SPECIAL REASON IN DOING SO,
AND EXPECTS THAT YOU PERFORM THEM WITHOUT QUESTION. WHETHER
OR NOT YOU WILL BECOME A HEKBER WILL BE JUDGED CONSIDERABLY
ON THESE TESTS* Some of the tests may appear exceptionally-
difficult.- but the fraternity expects that you accomplish
them as the pledges of THETA EFSILOK have done in the past..
HISTORY OF THETA EPSILON
The oldest fraternity on the Upsala Campus was founded
in I899 by a group of students led by Rev* Nelson* Upsala was
then located in Kenilworth* N*J« The College consisted of but
one building© called Old Main* The group of men who lived on
the top floor of this towering structure called themselves
nGO'DSn
and their home wMount Olyxapus1** They consequently became known
as "Olympian Gods''1,
8* 5e*
EXCERPTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THETA
EPSILON OKICRON IOTA
ARTICLE!i NAME
The name of this fraternity shall be THETA EPSILON OKI-
CRON IOTA* commonly known as THETA EPSILON0
ARTICLE II: PURPOSE
The purpose of this fraternity shall be to*
lc foster and encourage the highest ideals of true friend-
ship and brotherhood among the brothers*
2* be of material service to all brothers whenever and how«
ever possible«
3o strive for the constant progress and welfare of Upsala
College at every given opportunity^ and to promote a harmoni-
ous and friendly atmosphere among the students of the College»
k» foster social activities of a dignified and mature nature
in order to provide entertainment for the brothers«
ARTICLE Ills MEMBERSHIP
Section Is Composition
The fraternity shall be limited to as many active brot-
hers as allowed by the College administration**
Section 2% Eligibility
To be acceptable for membership* a man musts
1« meet the scholastic requirements set by the College Admin*
20 be approved for admittance by an unanimous vote of the
active brothers,, which is to be taken at a formal meeting and
shall employ the traditional "blackball system* of declaring
an affirmative or negative vote,,
3p not have been a member at any time of any other social
fraternity at Upsala College«
ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS
Section it Kajor Officers
The major officers shall consist of Zeus, President*
Vice-Presidentv Treasurer* Recording Secretary* and Correspond-
ing Secretaryo
Section 2% Dujbjtes
Zeus shall act as a general honorary executive and assist
the president in any way possible* Zeus is the senior officer
of the fraternity» and acquires this office in the year follow-
ing his term as president of the fraternityo It shall be the
dtity of Zeus to formally Induct new members into the
fraternity*
The President shall have the following duties; to con-
duct all meetings, to appoint all committees, to represent the
fraternity socially in a worthy manner, to act as host at all
public affairs held by the fraternity, to supervise the con-
duct and policy of the fraternity*
The Vice-President shall assume the duties of the Fresl**
dent during his absence* and assist him in discharging his
duties* In the absence of both the President and Vice~Fresi«*
dent, a President pro-tem shall be elected by a two^thlrds
(2/3) vote of the membership present at the meeting* It shall
be the duty of Zeus to call such a meeting to order and super-
vise this election*
The Treasurer shall keep all financial records, collect
and record all dues, record all payments made to or by^the
fraternity, and to maintain a petty-cash {cash-on-hand/ fund
for the emergency use of the fraternity* His records shall
be permanent, and he presents an annual financial statement
at the en6, of his term of office*
The Recording Secretary shall keep a permanent record
of all proceedings at all meetings* and notify active members
of the time and place of all meetings*
The Corresponding Secretary shall keep and have charge
of all fraternity correspondence* notify alumni of functions
at which their presence Is desired* and maintain a permanent
file of all active memberfs addresses and other pertinent
information*
Section?£ Elections
If there are more than two nominees for a major office*
then a primary shall be held in which the two nominees receiv-
ing the greatest number of votes shall be the candidates for
that office*
At the following meeting each candidate shall deliver a
speech of three to five rclnutes in length* A question and
answer period will follow, after which the candidates for that
office will leave the room* A discussion period, will be held
among the brothers, afterwhich the candidates will return to
the room and a secret ballot will be taken* The President.and
Vice-President will count the votes*
To be elected to an office, one of the candidates must
receive a two-thirds vote* If, on the first ballot, a candi-
date does not receive two-thirds of the votes, then the proce-
dure is repeated without speeches until a candidate receives
the two^thirds vote.*
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AHTICIE V* KEETINGS
Sectionl* Formal Meetings
Formal meetings shall be held on a regular basis during
the school year as outlined in the by-laws. The calendar es-
tablished by the College will be adhered to as far as Is pos-
sible • Notices of a formal meeting shall be posted by the re-
cording secretary five days prior to said meeting* .
Sectlon2: Quorum
A quorum must be present in order for transacted busi-
ness to be binding* A quorum shall consist of two-thirds of
the total active membership*
ARTICLEVIs FINANCES
Assessments may be made as required to cover the costs
of social and non-social functions which create unusual ex-
pense for the fraternity* All assessments shall be presented
to the fraternity at a formal meeting* and must en^oy a posi-
tive vote of two-third3 of the members present before going
into effecto
ARTICLE VIIs AMENDMENTS
An amendment may be made by presenting it in writing at
a formal meeting* Announcement must be made at this meeting
that the proposed amendment will be read at the next two con-
secutive f^-^al meetingsc This announcement must be posted
five da,,~ or to both these meetings * At the second con-
secutive meeting after the original proposal, a vote of the
active brothers shall be taken,, A two-thirds positive vote
of the entire active membership shall be required to adopt
this amendment*
After the Notice of Amendment has been duly signed and
the seal of the fraternity placed upon ltt four copies of the
amendment shall be filed for future reference*
OFFICERS OP TESTA BPSILON OMICRON IOTA
Zeus-: Dave Patterson
President? David Timoney
Vice-Presidents Joe Scarpelli
Treasurers Dave Anderson
Recording Secretary! Paul Proko
Corresponding Secretary: Pete Lohne
Chaplains Gary Adamek
Warden: Michael Conant
Social Chairmen: Scott Schaefer* Andy Saporlto
Athletic Directors Ed Horn
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HONORARY I'EKBERS
Prof* W* Gustafson
Prof* T* Fleck
Prof* D* Heines • « * Advisor
SYKBOLS OF TIII3TA EPSILON
1 * Seal
A gold seal with raroon and white ribbons
&„ Pin
The pin is set In gold with the letters "mn on a
black onyx* which Is surrounded "by twenty pearls*
3 * Colors
Karoon and white
4* Jacket
The jacket Is maroon* with the letters n&&" on the
left breast-pocket area*
5* Fraternity Whistle
The whistle la the first line of the Seal Song*
6* The Fraternity Flowers
The flowers are maroon and white or dark red carnations-
?* Blindfold
36" • * • long
6W « » * wide
Initials ©E on right side, your initials on the left,
one inch high centered*
8 « Paddle i
Specifications.*
a** Overall length* •»»*«« ^8*
be Blade length* * * * * * « * 35"
c* Blade width • :*«***#*3 1/2w
d« Handle length »•••«% « 13w
e* Handle width* • «.***»»2"
x e „• *j. a c e s * «» # « *, ««. » ♦ •* +> % A./c*' k. x. x / *t« -?*. x /
g<» Blade thickness * * • • » » 3AW
h* Lettering
The lettering is to be two inches In height* one
and one-half inches in width* with one^quarter inch
letter lines In maroon paint9 ngBtlJl painted* allow-
Inct one-half inch between letters* ""Cut along the
outline of the letters with a rasor blade so the
paint wonft run*
1. Position
The given name Initial shall vegin seven and one*
half inches from the handle end of the paddle blade*
!?he n0Ew shall begin nineteen and one^quarter
inches from the handle end of the paddle blade*
Lettering is to appear on one side only*
j* Two red hands, one-half Inch in width around the
paddle shall he five and eisrht inches* respectively*
from the blade end of the paddle* The space bet*
ween the hands is reserved for the signature of
your Kurlos*
k* The paddle handle is to be wrapped with black
electrical tape, of the non~sticky variety* in
a manner which will he shown at the proper time*
1» The paddle is to be shellacked or varnished
after initiation and all prescribed signatures
have been obtained*
hu The pledge must construct a paddle of the" dimen-
sions and appearance stated in the time alloted
to him by the Brother in charge of pledging*
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
To maintain an organization which is active both on
and off the campus* as THETA EPSILON is* It is necessary to
provide for some method of incomeo Therefore * certain fees
have been set up with the idea in mind of keeping them as low
as possible * A pledge fee is $15° 00* This goes toward
the cost of the shingles* paddles* and pledge week expenses•
Semester dues of |20o00 paid in September and $5*00 for
each month during the school year are collected* This comes
to a total of #60*00 per yearo This money is used to defray
the running cost of the fraternity♦ The $5*00 dues will be
paid between the 1st and the 15th of the montho IP NOT PAID
A FINE WILL BE ASSESSED.
The only other expenses may be those assessments decided
upon by the fraternity for particular events* If the frater-
nity decides to promote an eventf it is up to each member
to make that event a success»
TRADITIONS OF THE FRATERNITY
lo General procedure at meetings%
It is sufficient to say that parliamentary rules prevail
at all formal meetingSo
20 Committee Systems
To enable the fraternity to efficiently develop or
pursue various activities a system of committees has
been devlsedo
Chairmen are appointed by the president and subsequently
appoint their own committee« Through this method of
organisation9 every member will have definite Juris-
diction over problems related to his committee or
committees» Responsibility for every undertaking of the
fraternity can thus be definitely placed0 The value
of such a system can readily be seen«>
Committees
ae Executive
b„ Rushing
Ce Weekend
do Social
e0 Athletic
fo Financial
go Homecoming
ho Coke
3a The Blackball System*
An important Institution in most 'fraternitiesf THETA
EPSILON INCLUDED, is the blackball system of voting*
It is used In relation to the taking**in -of new mem**
berst- Long ago small black and white balls of clayff
about the size of marbles* were used in votlng.for
nex* members into secret organizations <* If onqbr more
black balls were discovered with the white balls, the
candidate w^.s popped from consideration a This is
still the system is use today in 9E© In this way* it
is assumed that there is no brother adverse to another^
&<* The Ktirios (Sponsor) Systems
The Kurios system has been originated for several rea«»
sobs . The word Kurios* in Greek., means Lordc Master?
or advisor* and the brother has several responsible
itl&s to a pledge as Kuricso After selecting his Big
Brother6 the pledge will be required, to report to him
during initiation at certain Intervals* The Kurlos
will,, in general„ act as the individual pledgees ad«>
visor during initiation0
THE GREEK ALPHABET
The pledge is required to learn properly the Greek
Alphabet *
Alpha9 Beta, Gamma$ Delta* Epsilon* Zeta„ Etaff Theta.;>
Iota- Kappa, Lambda* Hu* Nut Xi* OmioronP P1P Bhoe
Sigmav Tata* Upsilon9 Phi* Chi, Fsi, Omega-
UPSALA* S GREEK FRATERNITIES
The pledge is required to learn properly the Greek
fraternities on the Upsala campusi
THETA EPSILOTI CKICBON IOTA, Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha
Si jsema Upsllon, Eta Delta * Kappa Beta PhiP Omega fau
Alpha, Pi Delta Phi, Hho Alpha Phi*
UPSALA*3 GREEK SORORITIES
The pledge is required to learn properly the Greet
sororities on the Upsala campus t
Chi Delta, Alpha Phi Delta, Phi Omega Chi, Tau Beta
Sigma* and Theta Beta Gamma0
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TPfETA EPSILON SONG SHEET
SEAL SONG
Just put her in a corner
And hold her tight like this,*
Just put your arms around her waist
And on her lips a kiss*
And If she starts to murmur*
Or if she starts to^towa$
Just tell her it's the sacred seal
Of THSTA EPSILON,
COKS LANDLORD
Come landlord fill the flowing bowl
Until it doth ruttover*
Come landlord fill the flowing bowl
Until it doth run over^
For the GODS will merry merry he9
For the GODS Fill merry merry be„
For the GODS will merry merry beu
Tomorrow we*11 he sober*
The man who^drinks good whiskey punch
tod goes totfed right mellow,,.
The man who drinks good whiskey punch
And goes to bed right mellows
Lives as he ought to live
Lives as he ought to live
Lives as he ought to live
And dies a jolly good fellowtt
?he man who drinks cold water pure
And goes to bed right sober»
The man who drinks coldv^feter pure
And goes to fed right sober*
Palls as the leaves do fall
Palls as the leaves do fall
Palls as the leaves do fall
So early in October*?>?»**
HOHOKOS
Down in Hohokusa TennesseeG
Tfcejfre was a Bootblack who was mee
And his father shovelled horseshit all day long*
Now one day when I was Young*
He found a diamond in the dung,.
And he sent me off to Upsie as you see0
Singing a ha&3U hall, hail
You m&sterhaters (mastercraftsman)9
Halse your pisspots (thundermugs) on high
And we*11 toast another glass
To the biggest !!C3SEfS ASS
In the brotherhood of Pi Delta Phi*
FATHER NOAH
Father Koah, Father Noahf
May we come Into the ark of the Lord
For it*s getting* very dark
Gonna rain very hard *
Tra Lu* Tra Lu^
Tra La Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu»
No you canH sir* no you can*t sir*
No you can*t go into the Ark of the Lord
Per It's getting very dark
Gonna rain very hard 5
Tra La Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu*
Go to hell then* go to hell then*
Go to hell* go to hell in your damn old skow
Per lt*s not going to rain
Very hard anyhow
Tra la Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu* HEY!
THE NEOPHYTE SONG
They always 9 always pick on me
They neireTf never let me bej
X*m so sad and lonesome* awful sadft
Itfs been a long*, long tlose since I*ve been glado
I toiow what Ifll do by and byP
I§11 eat some worms nn& thenI*Xl diet
And when Is'm gone you wait £>nd see
Theyf11 all be sorry, that they picked on me a
PORKfEM SONG
0 Theta Epsllon our name and we always do our
best
To keep the girlies satisfied we never take a
rest
And on their knees they beg us please for
sexuality
For we*re the fucking studs of the GoD
fraternity
CHORUS 0 we911 pork em in the morning
and * « * « * night
* * w " if they9re broken
« « * " if they*re tight
and on their knees they*11 beg us please in
actuality
for we*re th§ fucking studs of the GOD
fraternity
0 our services are rendered entirely for
free
And with each package deal comes a life
* time guarantee
That they®11 "be coming back next week in
hot expectancy
Cause we*re the fucking studs of the GOD
fraternity
REPEAT CHORUS