249:"After more or less talk, the suggestions, most of them very good, took shape, and Phi Sigma Kappa was the result. Only as yet, however, in embryo, the seed grew, and little by little the goodly child of today is the fruit. Let us trust it to keep on growing till it shall become a full grown man, having the strength to help and protect its members, wisdom to guide them to helpful and good things as to college life, and love so warm that all its members shall feel its kindly glow, that brotherly love may indeed be a reality and not an idea".
200:
189:
class crew (rowing team) and an officer in the Naval
Association. Hague was known to keep a pot of hot water for tea on his stove, the unpolished state of which got him into occasional trouble with his military inspector. He was a right-fielder on the college nine-man baseball team. Hague also managed the popular college store, along with his friend and fellow Founder, Brooks. His peers honored Hague by election as captain of his class.
39:
188:
While at Aggie, Hague was a member of the
Washington Irving Literary Society, a popular pastime among the undergraduates. He was a member of the Gymnastic Association, and like others of the Fraternity's Founders held the military rank of lieutenant in the College's Battalion. He was a member of the
184:
He was the most outwardly devotional. Hague's fellow
Founder Brooks reported long after that it was he who converted Hague from his native Methodism to the Episcopal fold by showing him around among the "particularly shabby Methodist churches" in his own home neighborhood. (p. 20) Records
168:
Setting aside his previous adventures, Hague enrolled as a student in the agricultural college to study religion, and, as fate would have it, he worked for the church much of his life. Slightly older than his peers when he entered college at
173:, "Aggie," he was already twenty-four by the start of his sophomore year. He proved an auspicious student; Hague graduated as the fourth ranking student in 1875, his senior year, placing behind three other Phi Sigs.
157:. He had seen and explored much prior to the day Phi Sigma Kappa began. "He had worked as a factory hand, sailor and carpenter before deciding to return to further his education at college. He even served under
217:
238:
He corresponded regularly with fraternity leaders, and while not able to assist in an administrative function, nevertheless he remained interested and engaged in the fraternity all his life.
360:
165:, having joined that Order prior to his coming to Amherst. Although Hague became a popular speaker, early in life he was known to have troubles pronouncing his h’s.
365:
370:
185:
indicate that Hague seems to have been the only one of the group to belong to the
College's Christian Union, but he held many offices therein.
380:
170:
117:
375:
227:
Hague was married in 1879 to
Harriet Davis. They had four sons, Robert, Edwin, Cuthbert and Henry. Cuthbert later attended nearby
38:
244:
Hague provided the words of a fitting benediction as he reflected in 1885 on the continuing growth of his
Fraternity:
199:
221:
85:
355:
350:
288:
224:. He served in that capacity for thirty-two years. He was also dean of the Worcester convocation.
241:
Hague attended an initiation banquet for Phi Sigma Kappa in
Amherst the winter before his death.
150:
62:
181:
Like many of his fellow
Founders, Hague participated in an array of collegiate activities.
232:
228:
193:
138:
137:(1849–1914) was an English-born American Episcopal priest who was one of six founders of
158:
293:. Northampton, Massachusetts: The Council of Phi Sigma Kappa, via The Kingsbury Print.
344:
90:
162:
21:
154:
17:
216:
Upon graduation, Hague completed seminary and was appointed as rector of
315:, vol LIII (1910 edition), p.77, accessed 12 May 2014, via Ancestry.com
264:
196:
fraternity in his
Sophomore year by which he is best remembered today.
67:
198:
255:
Rev. Hague died in
Worcester at the age of 65 on April 25, 1914.
282:
280:
328:
Rand, Frank Prentice; Ralph Watts; James E. Sefton (1993).
303:
Genealogical records, Ancestry.com, accessed 20 April 2014
231:(not to be confused with M.A.C.), and became a member of
192:
Yet among all these, it was his role as a Founder of
149:
Henry A. Hague was born in England in the village of
161:
at the end of the Civil War." (p. 17) He was a
123:
113:
105:
97:
74:
48:
29:
8:
118:Massachusetts Agricultural College (UMass)
37:
26:
361:Massachusetts Agricultural College alumni
276:
323:
321:
290:Phi Sigma Kappa: A History 1873 - 1923
265:St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church website
7:
366:People from Worcester, Massachusetts
171:Massachusetts Agricultural College
14:
127:Episcopal Diocese, Massachusetts
218:St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
1:
371:People from Ashton-under-Lyne
330:All The Phi Sigs - A History
287:Frank Prentice Rand (1923).
203:Rev. Henry Hague, Jan 1910
397:
381:United States Navy sailors
15:
36:
376:Phi Sigma Kappa founders
222:Worcester, Massachusetts
86:Worcester, Massachusetts
16:Not to be confused with
253:
208:
246:
202:
177:Collegiate activities
141:fraternity in 1873.
209:
153:, now a suburb of
332:. Self-published.
151:Ashton-Under-Lyne
131:
130:
63:Ashton-Under-Lyne
388:
335:
333:
325:
316:
313:The Amherst Olio
310:
304:
301:
295:
294:
284:
159:Admiral Farragut
81:
58:
56:
43:Rev. Henry Hague
41:
27:
396:
395:
391:
390:
389:
387:
386:
385:
341:
340:
339:
338:
327:
326:
319:
311:
307:
302:
298:
286:
285:
278:
273:
261:
233:Phi Delta Theta
229:Amherst College
214:
207:, 50 years old.
194:Phi Sigma Kappa
179:
147:
139:Phi Sigma Kappa
93:
89:
83:
79:
70:
66:
60:
54:
52:
44:
32:
25:
12:
11:
5:
394:
392:
384:
383:
378:
373:
368:
363:
358:
353:
343:
342:
337:
336:
317:
305:
296:
275:
274:
272:
269:
268:
267:
260:
259:External links
257:
213:
210:
178:
175:
146:
143:
129:
128:
125:
121:
120:
115:
111:
110:
107:
103:
102:
99:
95:
94:
84:
82:(aged 65)
78:April 25, 1914
76:
72:
71:
61:
50:
46:
45:
42:
34:
33:
30:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
393:
382:
379:
377:
374:
372:
369:
367:
364:
362:
359:
357:
354:
352:
349:
348:
346:
331:
324:
322:
318:
314:
309:
306:
300:
297:
292:
291:
283:
281:
277:
270:
266:
263:
262:
258:
256:
252:
250:
245:
242:
239:
236:
234:
230:
225:
223:
219:
211:
206:
201:
197:
195:
190:
186:
182:
176:
174:
172:
166:
164:
160:
156:
152:
144:
142:
140:
136:
126:
122:
119:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
92:
91:United States
87:
77:
73:
69:
64:
59:April 4, 1849
51:
47:
40:
35:
28:
23:
19:
329:
312:
308:
299:
289:
254:
248:
247:
243:
240:
237:
226:
215:
204:
191:
187:
183:
180:
167:
148:
134:
132:
80:(1914-04-25)
356:1914 deaths
351:1849 births
212:Later years
135:Henry Hague
124:Employer(s)
106:Citizenship
98:Nationality
31:Henry Hague
22:Henry Haigh
345:Categories
334:, page 73.
271:References
155:Manchester
145:Early life
55:1849-04-04
18:Henry Haig
163:Freemason
133:The Rev.
114:Education
109:American
101:English
68:England
251:(p.25)
205:Signet
75:Died
49:Born
220:in
20:or
347::
320:^
279:^
235:.
88:,
65:,
57:)
53:(
24:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
