1913 - 1914 New Hampshire Union
On January 9, 1914 a meeting was called by President Edward Fairchild, the third president of the then New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, of non-fraternity men to form an organization with the following principles:
“To create a better and more democratic New Hampshire spirit.
To put the frat men and the nonfrat men on a common basis.
To make the non-fraternity men realize their opportunities.
To arouse the interest of the nonfrat men in the different College activities and thereby give them greater incentive to push College Spirit.”
While little is documented outside of the first few meetings of the New Hampshire Union, we know they continued to exist over the course of the spring and fall semesters of 1914, and potentially into 1915. However, by the fall of 1914 it was participating in various campus activities, including fielding sports teams against fraternities.
The first officers of the New Hampshire Union were Walter. R. Place, president; Benjamin G. Odiorne, 1st vice president; George T. Studd, secretary; and Stephen. G. Johnson, treasurer.
1914-1918 Delta Kappa (National Federation of Commons Club)
On December 19, 1914 several members of the New Hampshire Union would go on to become chartering members of the Delta Kappa Chapter of the National Federation of Commons Club. In 1906, four commons club, first began as a local
