Henry J. Eberth ’89 has not studied the principles of Delta Tau Delta in vain. Determined to keep Chi alive, he battled 
with unceasing ardor. A Phi Beta Kappa man and a first honor man to be, he possessed the high regard of the faculty. A one-man track team, he held many if not most of the Kenyon records of his day. Henry gained the unbounded admiration of his fellow students. His lofty sense of honor and his physical prowess were so well known that none tried to educe him from his loyalty of Delta Tau Delta.
[This statement requires a slight amplification. Brother Eberth has stated that several members of one of the stronger chapters at Kenyon presented him with a handbook descriptive of their fraternity with unspoken assurance that if he found it impossible to prolong the life of Chi Chapter, another fraternal affiliation awaited him. He interpreted this gesture as one of respect and friendship without any hostility to Delta Tau Delta. He returned the handbook to its owners without comment, and the incident was never again referred to by any of those concerned. W.C.S.]
Fearful that the charter might be withdrawn, Henry (or Hank as he was known by the students) tried to keep his lonely position at Kenyon from the notice of the Arch Chapter. He would hold a one-man chapter meeting in his room, then send to the authorities a glowing account of the harmony and good will that existed in the chapter, adding that none was ever absent from a chapter meeting, that all the dues were paid in full, and that Chi boasted 100-percent membership in Phi Beta Kappa. On occasion, Hank would buy a ham sandwich and a bottle of pop, take them to his room and consume them in solitary dignity, after which an enthusiastic report was made of the wonderful banquet enjoyed by the chapter.
In those days, the supervision of the active chapters by the general fraternity was vastly less rigid than it is now. This is one reason why Henry’s plan succeeded; another important factor was that in the ’80s, Kenyon was the only college where Delta Tau Delta coped with chapters of such powerful and well-known fraternities. The Arch Chapter refused to admit that our fraternity could not successfully meet such rivals. Also important was the presence at Gambier of Minor T. Hines, Nu ’85, and of the Beta Epsilon pledge chapter.