Missouri Beta Chapter - Phi Delta Theta - Fulton, MO
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N 38° 50.875 W 091° 57.240
15S E 590769 N 4300419
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Waymark Code: WMXY2W
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2018
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County of fraternity: Callaway County
Location of house: 500 Westminster College & W. 5th St., Westminster College, Fulton
Founded: 1880
"During the inactivity of the Beta Theta Pi chapter Miami University, Robert Morrison with five friends founded the Phi Delta Theta fraternity there on December 26, 1848. It was entirely natural and appropriate that Morrison, financial agent of Westminster College, and its adopted son, should desire to establish a chapter of his own fraternity there. Walter B. Palmer, in his “History of Phi Delta Theta” tells the story of the entrance of the fraternity into the college.
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The charter, which entitled the chapter Missouri Beta, was secured largely through the influence of Robert Morrison, who was present at the convention, and C. B. Sebastian, the delegate from Missouri Alpha. However, only three members returned in the fall, Brown, McCoy and Yantis. They made no additions until January 8, 1881, when J. T. Montgomery, Floyd McChesney and W. Y. McChesney were initiated, after which there was an election of officers. January 17, S. B. Holmes and Zachariah Lilliard were initiated. By the end of March seven more students had been initiated and another was added in May. Meetings were held sometimes in the rooms of the members, but more frequently in the hall of one of the literary societies.” ~ Missouri Beta Chapter, Phi Delta Theta