Features Overview

The founding members of the Sphinx Club decided to affiliate themselves with what was then a national organization with chapters on multiple campuses. A group of Wabash College juniors and seniors representing the seven fraternities on campus at the time traveled to Indiana University on December 15, 1921, to be initiated as members. The names, class years, and fraternal affiliations of the 21 founders are listed below.



The Founders

Walter H. Acheson, Class of 1923, of Delta Tau Delta

Richard H. Bostwick, Class of 1922, of Beta Theta Pi

John J. Burns, Class of 1922, of Kappa Sigma

Lloyd E. Cast, Class of 1923, of Delta Tau Delta

Frank H. Cox, Class of 1922, of Beta Theta Pi

Jasper A. Cragwall, Jr., Class of 1922, of Kappa Sigma

Richard P. Cushwa, Class of 1923, of Delta Tau Delta

Martin M. Ellingham, Class of 1923, of Phi Gamma Delta

James C. Gauld, Class of 1922, of Phi Gamma Delta

Eugene E. Gullett, Class of 1923, of Phi Gamma Delta

Nevin S. James, Class of 1923, of Phi Gamma Delta

John R. Lauman, Class of 1923, of Phi Delta Theta

Edmund K. McComb, Class of 1923, of Beta Theta Pi

Harold E. Perkins, Class of 1922, of Beta Theta Pi

Ray A. Porter, Class of 1922, of Phi Delta Theta

John K. Ruckleshaus, Class of 1922, of Beta Theta Pi

Charles N. Smith, Class of 1922, of Phi Gamma Delta

George W. Stasand, Class of 1923, of Delta Tau Delta

Fred N. Taylor, Class of 1923, of Lambda Chi Alpha

Kirby H. Wells, Class of 1922, of Sigma Chi

Philip M. White, Class of 1922, of Phi Delta Theta