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Excerpt from Chi Phi Year Book, 1902: Published for the Fraternity by the Council The founder of the chapter was George Cole Halde man, '74, a freshman at Lehigh University, who in March, 1871, was, at the instance of Frank Mehaffey (theta, initiated by the Zeta Chapter for the express purpose of founding a chapter of Chi Phi at that young and vigorous institution, then about to commence its seventh session. The idea of founding a chapter at Lehigh originated with Brother Mehaffey, and he impressed upon Halde man the necessity of going to work at once to form a chapter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.