Alpha Delta Phi
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THIS fraternity was founded at Hamilton College in 1832 by Samuel Eells, of the class of '32. When he entered college in 1827 there were two literary societies at Hamilton, the Phoenix and the Philopeuthian, between which a bitter and active rivalry existed. He joined the Philopeuthian, to escape importunity and persecution but the struggle for supremacy became so desperate and the means of persuasion so unscrupulous that he determined to form a new society. In a history of the foundation of the fraternity, Mr. Eells says:
"The effect of this state of things on the character of the students was deplorable. It seemed to chill all the noble and generous affections of the youthful spirit and destroyed or corrupted the very elements of honorable and manly character. It was a contemplation of these and similar evils that first suggested to me the idea of establishing a society of a higher nature, and more comprehensive and better principles; one that should combine all the advantages of a union for intellectual and literary purposes and at the same time maintain the integrity of youthful character and cultivate those finer feelings which the college society extinguished or enfeebled. The new
