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==Symbols== ===Badge=== [[File:Delta Upsilon Member Badge.svg|thumb|right|200px|An illustrated representation of the badge, which also forms part of the crest of the arms]] The current Delta Upsilon badge was submitted to the fraternity's 1858 convention by a "badge committee", chaired by Edward Gardner. It features the Greek letter [[Delta (letter)|Delta]] superimposed on an [[Upsilon]]. The arms of the Upsilon each have a word of the Fraternity motto engraved on them in Greek letters, the left arm ''Δικαια'', the right arm ''Υποθηκη''.<ref name="hund" /> The Associate Member Pin, also known as the Pledge Pin, consists of a gold [[Delta (letter)|Delta]] on blue enamel with a gold [[Upsilon]] in the center.<ref name="cornerstone" /> ===Coat of arms=== The coat of arms were assumed following incorporation.<ref name="heraldry">{{cite book|title=College Fraternity Heraldry|last=Butterfield|first=Emily|date=1934|publisher=Banta Co.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:8qjr0e.4.7 |title=Delta Upsilon |website=uspto.gov |publisher=U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Electronic Search System |access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref> It is blazoned as ''Or, a balanced scale proper on a chief Azure, seven mullets of the first, four, and three''. The crest is ''a monogram of the Greek letter Delta surcharged upon the letter Upsilon bearing the motto in Greek letters between two scrolls, the dexter charged with the number "1834", the sinister charged with the number "1909"''. The supporters are the heraldic banners of the arms of the Undergraduate Convention (''Or, an oak tree proper on a mount in base Vert, on a chief Azure annulets (in fesse) co-joined'') and the arms of the Assembly of Trustees (''Azure, a chevron between five coronets, Or two, one and two'').<ref name="heraldry" /> ===Colors=== The colors of the Fraternity were approved as "[[Old Gold]] and [[Sapphire (color)|Sapphire Blue]]" by the 1881 Convention. In 1866, the Convention first adopted "[[chrome plating|Chrome]] and [[Blue]]" as the official colors. These were altered to simply "[[Gold (color)|Gold]] and [[Blue]]" in 1879, before taking on their current form in 1881.<ref name="cornerstone" /> ===Flag=== The current version of the Fraternity Flag was established in 1911 and consists of three vertical bars, blue, gold, and blue. The gold section is charged with the fraternity's badge. A flag of a solid gold field charged with a visual representation of the pledge pin is used by colonies.<ref name="cornerstone" /> [[File:Delta Upsilon neck ribbon.jpg|thumb|right|125px|A Delta Upsilon member wearing the fraternity ribbon with badge]] ===Hat band=== The fraternity's by-laws formerly prescribed a puggaree to band a [[boater hat]] that is black silk with the middle third occupied by alternating stripes of gold, blue, and gold. The hat band was initially only sold through the head office, however, in 1922 Delta Upsilon began licensing a small number of hatter shops, primarily in [[Manhattan]] and New England, to produce and sell the puggaree for $1 if the customer first displayed their badge to the clerk as a mark of identification.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 April 1922|title=It's as Easy to Buy Your Fraternity Hat Band as it is to Buy Your Hats |newspaper=Delta Upsilon Quarterly }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1 December 1905 |title=The Hamilton Convention |newspaper=Delta Upsilon Quarterly }}</ref> ===Motto=== The Fraternity's motto is "Dikaia Hypothēkē" which the fraternity translates from [[Ancient Greek]]—"Δικαια Ὑποθήκη"—to mean "Justice, Our Foundation". The motto was adopted in 1858. Until this time, the motto of the Williams Chapter, "''Ouden Adelon''", meaning "Nothing Secret", was used.<ref name="cornerstone" /> ===Ribbon=== The design of the ribbon is similar to the interior stripes of the hat band, but with colors reversed. It is 36-inches in length with open ends, designed to be crossed and fastened by the badge. ===Seal=== The seal of the fraternity, which is in the custody of the international headquarters in Indianapolis, is affixed to chapter charters and membership certificates. It is described in the fraternity's constitution as the shield of the coat of arms set in a circular band on which is inscribed "Delta Upsilon Fraternity 1834–1909".<ref name="cornerstone" /> ===Songs=== [[File:DU March1896.png|thumb|right|upright|Cover of the sheet music to the 1896 publishing of the ''Delta Upsilon March'']] [[File:Hail, Delta Upsilon.ogg|thumb|left|melody to ''Hail, Delta Upsilon'']] The fraternity hymn is "Hail, Delta Upsilon".<ref name="cornerstone" /> {{cquote|Hail, Delta Upsilon! Brotherhood glorious! Justice thy cornerstone, true manhood thy goal! O'er all thine enemies, forever victorious, Hail, Delta Upsilon, eternal soul! Reared in adversity, so shalt thou never Let from thy alters die the life-giving flame; Hands gripped in loving clasp, all brothers forever, Each to the other true, and ever the same. }} The "Delta Upsilon Ode" is also used for special occasions; its melody and lyrics were penned by Edward La Wall Seip of Delta Upsilon's [[Lafayette College]] chapter. "Tis the Plan of Delta U" by John Briggs and Joel Slocum, from the fraternity's [[University of Rochester]] and [[Colby College]] chapters respectively, tells of the expansion of Delta Upsilon into Canada (poetically termed "Our Lady of the Snows") leading to the hearts of Americans and Canadians being "linked together at the shrine of Delta U". The traditional air "[[Down Among the Dead Men (song)|Down Among the Dead Men]]" is used as a toasting song at formal dinners with slightly modified lyrics penned by [[Joyce Kilmer]] in which those who deny the ritual toast to "our beloved Delta U" are condemned to lay "down among the dead men". The "Delta Upsilon Sweetheart Song" is a courting song used in different ways by different chapters. At [[Ohio University]], for instance, it is performed at the chapter's spring [[cotillion]] and it has also been played at the weddings of members.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Yvonne Richardson|date=20 September 1956|newspaper=Belleville Telescope|location=[[Belleville, Kansas]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Associate Member Education Manual Fall 2010|date=2010|publisher=Ohio University Delta Upsilon|page=8}}</ref> A more extensive volume of fraternity songs is indexed in the fraternity's songbook ''Songs My Brothers Taught Me''.<ref name="cornerstone" />
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