When was ATO Founded?
Where?
Where specifically? - answer• Founded→ Sept 11th, 1865
• Where→ Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, VA.
o In the back room (rear parlor) of Otis Allan Glazebrook's house→114 E Clay St.
Richmond, VA
Who was ATO founded by? - answer Otis Allan Glazebrook, Alfred Marshall, and
Erskine Mayo Ross
ATO was founded as the 1st ________ fraternity - answer national
Name the Lexington Triad founded at VMI - answer Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha Order, and
Alpha Tau Omega
Name the significance of the name "Alpha Tau Omega" - answer Founded on Christian
principles. Alpha and Omega allude to the Jesus saying, "I am the Alpha and Omega."
He is the first and last of everything. The Tau symbolizes the cross, which connects the
two.
The Grand Seal was painted in _______ by VMI Arts Instructor ________ - answer1872
, Richard N. Brooke
ATO Badge: - answerHeraldic Cross with the letters across it
• Primary Colors - answerAzure and Old Gold
• Secondary Colors - answerGreen and White
When was the crest adopted? What do the three starts across represent? -
answer1910. The three founders
Who was the badge designed by?
What do the parts represent? - answerOtis Allen Glazebrook
o Heraldic cross
o Three stars on it→three founders
o Two hands shaking
o ATO→read top to bottom
o OTA→read left to right→indicates the power of Christ
, What is the ATO Flower? What was it represented for? - answer• White Tea Rose
o Selected for its white petals and green stalk
How many active chapters across the US - answer250+
Who was the first college initiate?
Which school did he go to?
When was he initiated?
Where was it? - answer• Nathaniel Wiley Thomas
(Penn)
→(April 7, 1881)
the North at the Continental Hotel
Otis Allan Glazebrook Birthday/Deathday - answer10/13/1845
-
4/26/1931
What did Otis think about most fraternities? - answero He believed fraternities were too
Greek, and wanted it to be more Christian
Because of what did Otis know that true peace would not come from violence? What did
he want to use the fraternity to do? - answerBecause of the war. Restore bonds
between North+South
He was a ______ of rate VMI Cadet Corps - answerCadet Adjunct
After graduating from VMI, he became a counsel in ________ during WW_ where he
met ______ - answerJerusalem during WW1 where he met Woodrow Wilson
Where did he go to college? - answerRandolph-Macon College
Alfred Marshall Birthday/Deathday - answer12/25/1845
-
9/22/1870
Marshall died from _____ - answerYellow fever
How long were Marshall and Otis friends? - answerFrom boyhood
Alfred Marshall's personality: - answervery spirited, man of action
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