He not only contributed towards the purchase of the property, but in his will bequeathed his estate equally to the University for athletic scholarships, and to the chapter, which received $10,000. The impetus for building the present house was the late football coach Andy Smith. Thus, SAE has been at 2722 Bancroft for 68 years. There was a large Victorian located on the property and this served as the chapter house until the present house was built. We intend to publish a rather extensive history, with many illustrations, in the near future.įor the first 25 years the chapter was housed in rented houses, until it purchased the property at 2722 Bancroft for $22,000 in 1920. I will merely highlight some of the events in the history of the chapter, and some of the key players, as an historical capsule. I present that charter this evening to Todd Stone, president of the 1894 Alumni Association, for safekeeping.
It includes the voluminous scrapbook, which begins in 1904, the original minutes, and the original charter.
Fortunately, some years ago when I was serving as Chapter Advisor I was able to find some of the material and removed it from the house. Much of the archives were dispersed or lost.
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I might mention here that much of the history of the chapter is lost, due in no small part to what we call “the time of troubles”, i.e., the sixties of our era, when the Free Speech Movement, the anti-Viet Nam protests and campus unrest were at the height. The original minutes of the chapter exist, and they even detail the menu that was served the night of the first initiation, replete with Oysters on the half shell, rack of lamb, and all the trimmings. Cal Beta and Cal Alpha prided themselves on being the only SAE chapters in the State of California.
For many years they blocked the granting of charters to UCLA and USC as institutions unworthy of having SAE chapters, and those two chapters were not chartered until the 1920’s. Cal Beta and Stanford aligned themselves with the southerners and were anti-expansion in the early years. Cox of Stanford recruited the pledges and founded the chapter. Osmont, who was an SAE from MIT who enrolled at Cal in 1894. Cal Beta was one of the last chapters established by the famous Bunting brothers.Ĭalifornia Beta owes her origin to Vance C. But through a practice invented by the then Supreme Council, California Alpha was granted a charter in 1892 to use at Berkeley when the time came, and that is what happened. The conventions were controlled by the Southerners who were against extension. California Alpha at Stanford had been founded in 1892.īut the story was that local fraternities repeatedly went to SAE conventions petitioning for charters, only to be turned down. In the later part of the last century Sigma Alpha Epsilon was still a Southern Fraternity, albeit some extension into the north had taken place. It will spare you a lengthy dissertation of names and events about which you have never heard, and care little about, I am certain.Ĭal Beta’s origins are somewhat unique in the annals of SAE. The time limit placed upon me is fortunate for you. My assignment this evening is to capsulize one hundred years of history in ten minutes. Manolis at the Centennial Banquet of California Beta International House, University of California at Berkeley, 7 October 1994 All you have to do is request a copy.Ĭlick Here to preview various sections from The California Beta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon – A Selected History.īelow are the Remarks of Paul G. This 497-page book is available to all Cal Beta members free of charge. The incredible task of compiling the historical account of Cal Beta was a lifelong dream and the culmination of over twenty years of research by longtime chapter advisor Paul Manolis '49.
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