The history of Chi Chapter is inspiring. It is the record of love and devotion to the lofty ideals of Delta Tau Delta. Moreover, it is the chronicle of toll, of hardship, of dark days endured by men who never knew defeat, even when the outlook was dreary enough to have utterly discouraged men cast in a less heroic mold. Happily, it is also the history of brilliant success, high achievement, a victory well earned as the result of a race nobly run.
Just as Old Kenyon is composed of many stones – some large, some small, but each fitting into its assigned place – so the Chi Chapter roll lists a host of men who performed their duties in such a manner as to build the solid, virile, impressive structures that is Chapter Chi.
Chi Chapter was born January 26, 1881, when the Delta Badge was pinned on the breasts of its first initiates. Chi’s founders were Edwin J. Franks ’81, William A. Childs ’83, Andrew L. Herrlinger ’83, Charles J. Suhr ’83, Alfred A. Taltavall ’83, Henry Critchfield ’84, Ichigi Sano ’84 and Charles S. Crawford ’83.
