Tau Kappa Epsilon
F r a t e r n i t y
Alpha Nu Chapter
Installation Banquet
Saturday, April 29, 2000
Frank Jones Center
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Order of Events
WelcomeWisam Mahra, President
Introduction of Head Table and Special GuestsDavid Lefcourt, Historian
Toast to the Colony and the ChapterDaniel P. Healey, BOA Chairman
InvocationHeath Todd, Chaplain
DINNER
International Fraternity RepresentativeThomas Castner, former Grand Prytanis of Tau Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity
Chapter Prytanis remarks Wisam Mahra, President
Presentation to the UniversityWisam Mahra, President
Presentation of the HorseshoeMichael Morin, CFC, GPA
Chapter AwardsBoard of Advisors Representatives
Wisam Mahra, President
Marc Carlson, Chapter Advisor
Presentation of Charter CertificateThomas Castner, former Grand Prytanis of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Presentation to Installing OfficerWisam Mahra, President
Closing remarksHeath Todd, Chaplain
David Lefcourt, Historian
Wisam Mahra, President
Closing CeremonyThomas Castner, former Grand Prytanis of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
O Canada
(Canadian National Anthem- English Version)
O Canada, our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
The Star Spangled Banner
(American National Anthem)
Oh! Say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched,
Were so gallantly streaming,
And the rocket’s red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there.
Oh say! Does that star spangled banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the free,
And the home of the brave!
Old Sweetheart Song
Of all the girls that I have known,
The dearest one to me,
Is the girl who wears above her heart,
The badge of T.K.E.
No other girl could be so fair,
So loyal and so true.
I pledge her my heart,
That I never shall part,
From my sweetheart in T.K.E.
Closing Ode
As fraters in the bond,
We pledge our lasting loyalty
To our belov’d Fraternity,
Tau Kappa Epsilon
By friendship’s magic wand,
This tie that binds each heart of us,
Becomes a living part of us,
Tau Kappa Epsilon
As fraters here we’ve learned
A lesson in sweet charity,
From rites of our Fraternity,
Tau Kappa Epsilon
So let us be concerned
To cherish with undying love,
Our fraters in esteem and love,
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Special Thanks
Mrs. Joan Leitzel, President University of New Hampshire
Mrs. Leila Moore, Director of Student Development
Mr. Jason Whitney, Greek Affairs Advisor
Mr. Steve Pappajohn, Greek Affairs Advisor
Mr. Paul Allen, Board of Control President
Mr. Tom Guizdala, Board of Control Treasurer
Mr. Dennis “Buckwheat” Perry, Director of Chapter Development
Frank Jones Center
University of New Hampshire
Founders of Tau Kappa Epsilon
Joseph L. SettlesC. Roy Atkinson
Owen I. TruittJames C. McNuttClarence A. Mayer
The Fraters of Tau Kappa Epsilon would like to list all of the people that are responsible for making this evening so special, but the list is too long to mention everyone. Without the efforts of so many special people, this would not have been possible.
Alpha Nu Chapter Awards
Teke of the Year
This award is presented to a Frater who has dedicated all his free time this year to Tau Kappa Epsilon. He lives by the ideals of Love, Charity and Esteem. He represents the Fraternity in all his daily duties as a brother, student and leader on the campus and in the community.
Teke of the Semester
This award is presented to a Frater who has also dedicated all his free time to the Fraternity. The ideals of Love, Charity and Esteem are intertwined with his everyday responsibilities as a brother, student and leader on the campus and in the community.
Most Brotherly
The award is presented to the Frater who displays the ideals of Love, Charity and Esteem in his everyday actions. Any Frater can count on him for assistance with anything. He is a Frater that is looked up to by others.
Top Rusher
This award is presented to the Fraters who show excellence in recruitment of new members. The chapter votes the award on. Each frater who receives this award put forth-great effort in the area of recruitment.
Academic Improvement
The award is given to the Frater who has shown the most academic improvement throughout the year. He is one who has taken hardships from a previous semester, and improved them with hard work and endless hours of studying.
Alpha Nu Chapter Awards
Best New Member
Every Frater votes on the best new member from the past two new member classes. The recipients will display the qualities essential to the success in the chapter.
Philanthropy Award
This award is presented to a Frater who has performed countless hours of community service on campus and in the community. He represents Tau Kappa Epsilon with every hour that is earned for the Fraternity.
Alumni Appreciation Award
This award is presented to the alumni that show dedication to the chapter after leaving University of New Hampshire. They must be involved with the chapter, and continue to display the qualities of a good frater.
Board of Advisors Scholarship
This new award is given to a Frater who has at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, has no unexcused absences from Chapter meetings, has completed all community service hours, and has fully paid of his dues.
Prytanis Award
Each year, the Prytanis presents an award to a Frater who has shown true brotherhood for the past year. This Frater lives by the ideals of Love, Charity and Esteem. He has put in endless hours of work for the Fraternity both as a student and leader in the house, campus and community.
Chapter Advisor Award
Declaration of Principles of Tau Kappa Epsilon
We, the members of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, hereby declaring our strict adherence and unswerving fidelity to what we believe to be the basic principles of true friendship, do ordain and adopt this our Declaration of Principles.
The object of this Declaration is to codify the settled convictions of this fraternity into abiding form to guide fraternal action and conduct for all time to come. And to the principles hereinafter enunciated, we individually and collectively pledge our unreserved allegiance.
Man is a social being. Our whole structure evidences the absolute interdependence of man. Reclusiveness is dwarfing to man's best qualities. Intimate and frequent contact with our fellows is necessary to symmetrical development. As a consequence, organizations whose purpose is to promote these ends are to be fostered and encouraged.
We believe that at no other period in the life of a man is the time more opportune for the fostering of such qualities than during the years of his college career. Then mind and heart are in their most receptive condition, for it is the formative period of life.
We regard mental development as of vital importance, but of equal consequence is the acquisition of a knowledge of men and a proper conception of their relation to one another. This is not obtained from texts and lectures, but from actual and intimate intercourse with men. To promote these ends is the avowed and earnest purpose of this fraternity. Fully realizing the burdens of this duty, we enter upon its performance with the conscientious purpose of adequately meeting its demands.
We maintain that exclusiveness is the direct antithesis of a true fraternity. We condemn the un-American policies of some of the leading college fraternities of the country in their attitude of contempt to all who are without the bonds of fraternities, regardless of character, ability or personal merits. Such policies we seek to avoid, as they are destructive of the very ends of true fraternity.
We believe that a fraternity should be a brotherhood in conduct as well as in name. "Faith without works is dead." Pledges of brotherhood not succeeded by observance in conduct are as "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal." By the tenor of our daily action we should evidence our devotion to the principles we have solemnly obligated ourselves to observe.
The duties and obligations that subsist between the sons of the same mother should subsist between brothers in the sacred bond of this fraternity. The instinct to the observance of mutual duties that common blood supplies, must be furnished by the pledges of our ritual.
We believe that the essential elements of true brotherhood are love, charity, and esteem; love, that binds our hearts with the sturdy chords of fraternal affection; charity, that is impulsive to see virtues in a brother and slow to reprove his faults; esteem, that is respectful to the honest convictions of others and that refrains from treading upon that which is sacred to spirit and conscience; these are the triple obligations of every brother in the bond.
We believe in secretism in so far as it enables a fraternity to protect the confidence of the brotherhood. Secrecy that is promoted for selfish purposes or utilized to cloak fraternal wrong-doings we unsparingly condemn. We uphold this policy in so far as it is necessary to insure the dignity of our ritualism and the privacy of our internal affairs. As secrecy is employed to protect and perpetuate the sanctity of the family relation, so we enlist the advantage of secrecy to preserve inviolate the confidences and sanctities of the brotherhood.
Toward other fraternities we believe we should maintain an attitude of dignity and respect, recognizing their merits and studiously avoiding their evils. We believe our relation to them is, in ameasure, competitive, and that we should endeavor to excel them in the fields of college activity.
We maintain that competition may become detrimental to any school. When healthy rivalry is followed by competition in which honorable methods are employed, it is a boon to the fraternity, and a benefit to the school, but when groveling and unprincipled means are employed, when school spirit and interest are subordinated to fraternal prejudice and selfishness, it becomes "a snare to the feet," and a detriment to the fraternity and to the school. Competition in such form we condemn, and pledge every effort to avoid.
Finally, above all else, this fraternity stands for Men. We believe in their equality in those things which the Creator has decreed they should equally enjoy. We consider no man from the standpoint of those qualities and advantages he has not attained by personal effort. We stand for men whose manhood has withstood the test of trying conditions. We deem sterling character and staunch uprightness to be necessary qualifications to membership in this fraternity. All else, though desirable, is secondary to these.
William L. Wilson, 1907
To our guests this evening,
The fraters of the Alpha Nu Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity would like to thank each of you for coming to help us celebrate such an exciting and moving evening. Each person assembled at this event has in some way helped ensure the success of this Chapter. Without generous support from all of you, none of tonight’s events would be possible. Please remember that the Alpha Nu Chapter has worked hard to mention all of those people who have given so much of their time and efforts. Tonight when you leave, please make sure that you know how much we appreciate everyone who has made this possible.
May you be blessed for all of your support and assistance. Remember that Tau Kappa Epsilon was founded on three essential elements; love, charity, and esteem. Thank you again for all that each of you have done for the Alpha Nu Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.