15 Facts About Henry Hague

The Rev Henry Hague was an English-born American Episcopal priest who was one of six founders of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity in 1873.

Henry A Hague was born in England in the village of Ashton-Under-Lyne, now a suburb of Manchester.

Henry Hague had seen and explored much prior to the day Phi Sigma Kappa began.

Henry Hague even served under Admiral Farragut at the end of the Civil War.

Henry Hague proved an auspicious student; Hague graduated as the fourth ranking student in 1875, his senior year, placing behind three other Phi Sigs.

Henry Hague 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.

Henry Hague was a member of the class crew and an officer in the Naval Association.

Henry 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.

Henry Hague was a right-fielder on the college nine-man baseball team.

Henry Hague managed the popular college store, along with his friend and fellow Founder, Brooks.

Henry Hague's peers honored Hague by election as captain of his class.

Henry Hague 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.

Henry Hague attended an initiation banquet for Phi Sigma Kappa in Amherst the winter before his death.

Henry Hague provided the words of a fitting benediction as he reflected in 1885 on the continuing growth of his Fraternity:.

Rev Henry Hague died in Worcester at the age of 65 on April 25,1914.