Greek letter men of Philadelphia . ty to the date of its issue. Among other interesting data, the tenth catalogue gives a list of fathersand sons and other relatives who have joined Psi U. The recapitulationof this list is as follows: Father and five sons, 1 ; father and four sons, 3 ;father and three sons, 6; father and two sons, 22; father and one son, 142;seven brothers, 1; six brothers, 2; five brothers, 4; four brothers, 15; threebrothers, 77 ; two brothers, 461 ; number of fathers, 174 ; number of sons, 221 ;number of brothers, 1,252; number of related members, 1,568. There certainly see
Greek letter men of Philadelphia . ty to the date of its issue. Among other interesting data, the tenth catalogue gives a list of fathersand sons and other relatives who have joined Psi U. The recapitulationof this list is as follows: Father and five sons, 1 ; father and four sons, 3 ;father and three sons, 6; father and two sons, 22; father and one son, 142;seven brothers, 1; six brothers, 2; five brothers, 4; four brothers, 15; threebrothers, 77 ; two brothers, 461 ; number of fathers, 174 ; number of sons, 221 ;number of brothers, 1,252; number of related members, 1,568. There certainly seems to be much in that list that gives credence to one of Psi Us songs : And when the little ones come on Well brand them all Psi Upsilon. Another publication of which the Fraternity is justly proud is the PsiUpsilon Song Book. This has passed through nine editions, each larger andmore complete than the preceding. The last three contain the scores, as wellas the words, of each song. All of the words are original with Psi U. and i6o. REV. SAMUEL GOODALEVenerated as Father of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. many of the scores. These songs are prominent at all gatherings of Psi Unnen, and have helped individual members many times, When the heart Is faint and weary, And the world seems black and drear, And the stream of life floats slowly, sadly by. Professor Hjalmar H. Boyeson, one of Psi Us most noted judges ofpoetry, says this about the song book: •When I take the song book of theFraternity, and read all those songs, full of the heartiest lyrical feeling and mostbeautiful spontaneity of expression, that sort ot rousing rhythm that makes asong a song, it seems strange to me that we should not have heard of it out-side the Fraternity. ... 1 have compared it with other song books, andhave found in none so much poetical talent. To the Greek Letter Men of Philadelphia there are two events in thehistory of Psi Upsilon that are of special interest. These are the establish-ment of the corp
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