The Minnesota Daily, Dec 11, 1914

Heading into ceremonies to formally establish Mnesicles Colony at the University of Minnesota on Feb 9, 2013. we'll briefly resume this blog to look back nearly 100 years to the origins of APX at Minnesota. The following story appeared on Dec 11, 1914 on the cover of student newspaper, The Minnesota Daily, in the extreme lower right corner.

This is the same sort of mission statement you would expect from any local architecture fraternity of the era—or as part of applications to establish new colonies of Alpha Rho Chi in the modern day.

Two years later, 10 members of Cyma Club would leave to form Mnesicles Club and petition to become a chapter of Alpha Rho Chi. Walter F. MacGregor, their first president, would be one of the 10 original charter members of Mnesicles Chapter.

Another founder of Cyma, Samuel P. Albee, would also make the switch to APX. In fact, he would be elected as WGS by the 4th National Convention to complete the term of Chandler Cohagen, who would be serving in WWI France. Unfortunately Brother Albee would die in May of that year, leaving the office vacant until 1920.

Bonus article: Cyma would again announce their organization a month later in The Minnesota Daily on Jan, 19, 1915 (page 3). Many of their goals would still sound familiar today.