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 THE DEVELOPING UNIVERSITY 451 that the religious and benevolent activities of the University are of a wholly incidental and desultory character. The University felt that no institution ever had a Chaplain who possessed more fully or manifested more constantly the spirit of Jesus, and the chaplaincy of Dr. Charles R. Henderson was felt to be a daily benediction. His character and life commended to every heart the faith he preached, and the entire University mourned his death, which occurred on March 29, 1915. The study of the Scriptures was encouraged among the students by arranging courses of instruction in Biblical Literature for Sunday morning classes, at hours which did not interfere with church serv- ices, for work in which the student received credit toward his degree. Before the end of the quarter-century fourteen or more courses were arranged for undergraduates running through the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters, given not on Sundays only, but, like other courses, on all the regular days of instruction, and with large classes. The second year of instruction had hardly opened before new organizations began to appear. The University choir was formed to lead the singing at the chapel assemblies and the Sunday religious services. It came to be two choirs, a men's and a women's choir, and these became a real part of the University life. The University Band was organized, which came to enrol fifty members and ren- dered a constantly increasing and valuable service. The consent to the formation of chapters of the Greek-letter fraternities had been grudgingly given. But they required no more, and as soon as fraternity authorization could be secured, chapters began to be formed. The first in the field was Delta Kappa Epsi- lon, organized in December, 1893. It anticipated by only two or three weeks Phi Kappa Psi, which had all its arrangements made to be first in the field when the President requested a stay in pro- ceedings, and which was finally organized January 4, 1894. There- after chapters came into existence, not rapidly, but almost as regularly as the years. In 1915 there were nineteen undergraduate chapters, and as many more in the Law, Medical, Graduate and other departments, including chapters of the great honor frater- nities in Arts, Literature, Law, and Science. Other clubs and