Delta Tau Delta Merchandise, History, and Other Information

Display Your Pride By Wearing Delta Tau Delta Merchandise

Delta Tau Delta was originally formed at Bethany College in 1858. A group of eight men started Delta Tau Delta as a secret society in order to create higher integrity in the Neotrophian Literary Society contests. They watched as a group of students collected enough votes to win the contest prize for their candidate instead of the prize being rightfully awarded to the person with the best performance. By creating their own group, Delta Tau Delta, they could ban together in the interests of academic fairness. These eight founding fathers were Richard H. Alfred, Eugene Tarr, John C. Johnson, Alexander E. Earle, William R. Cunningham, John L. N. Hunt, Jacob S. Lowe, and Henry K. Bell.

Some of the famous Alumni of Delta Tau Delta include Governor Brad Henry, Congressman Tim Johnson, U. S. Secretary of Treasury John Snow, CEO of General Motors Richard Wagner, actor Drew Carey, actor Will Ferrell, actor Matthew McConaughey, NFL quarterback John Elway, Olympic gold metal winner Al Oerter, and many more. The Delta Tau Delta official colors are royal purple, white, and gold, and can be seen on sweatshirts, hats, clothing, hoody sweatshirts, T-shirts, and other merchandise worn by members.

Delta Tau Delta members can be seen on campuses all over America helping their Universities and communities. They are involved in many different community service activities and are seen wearing Delta Tau Delta merchandise like jewelry, rings, bracelets, hats, and other merchandise. The Delta Tau Delta motto is “Labor for the Beautiful and the Good” and they work hard to honor this tradition.

Delta Tau Delta has many different funds and foundations to help their members. The Annual Delt Fund is where alumni generously make donations that allow the fraternity to have new programs for their members each year. There is the Delta Tau Delta Educational Fund with the goal of supporting the leadership and educational development of the members. This fund includes values education training, leadership development and substance abuse prevention education. They also have educational scholarship funds available for their members, such as the File Scholarship and award that offers undergraduate scholarships to members with excellent academic achievements. There is also the Johns Gustafson Scholarship which is awarded based on leadership, civic involvement, and campus involvement.

The busiest time of the year for the Delta Tau Delta chapters is during rush and pledge of new members. Delta Tau Delta pledges are seen on the campuses wearing pins, hats, shirts, and more to show their excitement and dedication in wanting to become part of this great fraternity. The induction ceremony makes new pledges into official brothers of the fraternity, and this is a memorable night for all. Delta Tau Delta party favors, and other merchandise are used at the ceremony to give this special occasion the attention it deserves. New members may even receive gifts like pins, a flask, blanket, or glass. This ceremony is part of the great tradition of Delta Tau Delta.

The Delta Tau Delta Creed honors the values of friendship, maturity, education, brotherhood, good conscience, opportunity, aspirations, self-restraint, understanding, loyalty, work, self-respect, and a love of man and country. Being a member of this outstanding fraternity is something to honor and take pride in for a lifetime.