06-08-2006, 04:09 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Omega Delta
A little snippet I found in a newspaper from Sunday, 21 February 1926. The school in question was UT...
E. P. McKinney of Nacogdoches and Trueman O'Quinn of Beaumont have been elected to membership in Omega Delta, honorary fencing fraternity, according to announcement of Melvin Williamson, president. The pledges were initiated Friday, and were forced to carry swords about the campus, challenging and fighting any other pledges they should meet on the campus. | 
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06-08-2006, 04:41 PM
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| sweeeet.
...i hope they wore masks 
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06-09-2006, 08:58 AM
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| OMG!!!!! It's just funny. | |
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06-09-2006, 10:00 AM
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#4 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| I wonder if they were allowed to coordinate schedules. | 
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06-09-2006, 10:37 AM
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| this is just so cool  | |
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06-09-2006, 11:21 AM
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#6 | | Super Shoebie
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| One can only assume they weren't carrying around schlagers... although not out of the question considering the number of Texians of German descent down there. O'Brien and McKinney must've been from the County Donegal region of Bavaria... | |
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06-09-2006, 11:27 AM
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#7 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| Ever since they brought in the House of Saxe-Coberg-Gotha the entire British Isles has been going to the Germans... | |
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06-09-2006, 11:38 AM
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#8 | | Super Shoebie
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| Haaahaaaahahaaha!
You better watch your back - The InsaNe sCoTtish feNcinG POsse might take offence at such blatant Windsorcentrism. I know I would never call a Scot a German...
*Halo appears above innocent expression* | |
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06-09-2006, 11:56 AM
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#9 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| Who owns Rolls Royce. Or Bentley. | |
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06-09-2006, 11:59 AM
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#10 | | Scrub
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| Quote: |
Originally Posted by KD5MDK Ever since they brought in the House of Saxe-Coberg-Gotha the entire British Isles has been going to the Germans... | Since the Hanovers actually. | |
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06-09-2006, 12:23 PM
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#11 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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06-09-2006, 04:49 PM
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| What the heck is "Omega Delta"?
Google was no help.
James.
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06-09-2006, 05:03 PM
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| Not sure what it was (if it ever was what it claimed to be in the first post) then but now it's a multicultural fraternity with its alpha chapter at UI-Urbana/Champagne. Evidently they enjoy poppin' their collars. http://omegadelta-alpha.com/
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06-10-2006, 02:21 AM
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| I should bring it back, except I would get tazed by cops if I walked around UT with an epee in hand. I'll let Jesus (a sabreur who's kind of nuts) know about it, he might be crazy enough to do it!
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06-12-2006, 06:34 PM
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#15 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| The problem is his craziness does not need encouraging. | |
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08-20-2007, 12:45 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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| Since some folks have already spotted it (with appropriate remarks), I updated my site and now have pictures of two Omega Delta fencers in all their splendor. Scrolling down, they are the second and third photos from the top here: Campeche Steel: A Sport Evolves
Be kind. They were college students and it was the 1920s.
Last edited by schlager7; 08-20-2007 at 12:49 PM.
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08-20-2007, 12:56 PM
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#17 | | Super Shoebie
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| Haha! I want one of those cool Crusader Jackets! I also like the 'Black Mask Fencing Club'...suave'! | |
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