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Newspaper
Hanover College Triangle
Location
Hanover, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
4
The Union Literary Society, the oldest in Indiana, founded in 1830 for oratory and declamation, occupies Classic hall and is deteriorating. Its present constitution has grown over ninety years, but the society faces an uncertain future due to continued decline and precarious prospects for survival.
The Philalethean Society, founded in 1834 by students diverging from the crowded initial literary group, chose the motto Genius Like the Eagle is Free. It played a notable role in the college history and was among the first to return to Hanover from Madison in 1844, meeting in Northeast Hall on the second floor of Classic Hall.
A fragment from Hanover College materials references a white violet, pledge day rules for sororities, and Pan Hellenic guidelines. It recalls the Hanover College Triangle first issued in 1908 under the Press Club led by five students and Prof. Tyler, plus a brief cheer and motto emphasizing Hanover's spirit.
School song praising Hanover College on the Indiana shore with lines about fidelity and lifelong loyalty. It expresses blessing for the college to prosper and its banner to be unfurled. The lyric celebrates the alma mater and its enduring influence.
The passage notes that Phil Lit has held up well but is slowly deteriorating under compulsory conditions. It warns that the field will eventually fade, leaving a permanent mark reflecting its former usefulness to the college.
The Chrestomathean Literary Society, Hanover College’s youngest female literary group, organized in February 1888 as a daughter of the Zete. It meets every Friday afternoon in the Classic building and has carried on regular lit work amid a campus mood to avoid such duties.
The Zetelathean Society a seekers after truth group founded October 28 1881 earned an Indiana charter in 1891 and now meets in the northeast hall of Classic hall as the oldest ladies literary society at the college continuing its tradition through varied sessions.
A brief fragment features a college song inviting readers to Hanover, with chorus lines about the light of the moon and a verse referencing a well known nursery rhyme. The text blends campus sentiment with traditional melodies and moonlit imagery.
The Y. W. C. A. notes they have not let Y. M. C. A. progress, with membership rising significantly. Meetings occur each Tuesday at 7 pm in the college Y. M. C. A. building. New students urged to attend. Officers: N. Bucknell president, M. Middleton vice president, M. K. F. Downing secretary, M. Cooper treasurer.
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