Through it all Delta Upsilon loses zero chapters, and in fact, adds eight to the chapter roll between 1929 and 1935.
The first DU Initiation Ritual is officially published for the first time. The DU flag is officially adopted by the Convention.
The Indy 500 race is run for the first time.
The 50th Chapter of Delta Upsilon is established at Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh.
The "Delta Upsilon Ode", written by Edward L. Seip, Lafayette 1891, is adopted as the official DU song. The Fraternity establishes the Virginia Chapter as the first DU chapter in the "south".
The United States enters World War I.
Delta Upsilon celebrates its 100th Anniversary and places a memorial to the Fraternity in front of West College at Williams.
The stock market crashes, plunging the U.S. into the Great Depression.
The United States enters World War II after declaring war on Japan following Pearl Harbor.
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Grand Central Station opens in New York City.
Charles Lindbergh completes the first non-stop transatlantic flight. Talking pictures debut.
Canada declares war on Germany and enters World War II.
The “Star Spangled Banner” is officially adopted as the U.S. National Anthem.
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate & Brown 1881 becomes U.S. Secretary of State. The author of the DU Initiation Ritual and the Articles of DU Incorporation, returns to the high court ten years later as Chief Justice.
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The Battle of Iwo Jima is fought. World War II ends after Japanese surrender following President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb.