History
The Ulster Club is celebrating its 56th anniversary this year. It started with eighteen men who were looking for excellence in the Muskingum fraternity system. Failing to find it, interclub granted a charter to the new organization. The name Ulster was adopted since the ancestors of many Muskingum students came from the northern province of Ireland. Over the years, the men of Ulster have fulfilled the vision of the club's founders. We have consistently ranked high scholastically, as well as excelling athletically. We have produced leaders in virtually every phase of campus life. With the diversity and talents of its current members, this heritage will continue.
The Name and the Colors
In the eighteenth century, many of the Scots in Ireland immigrated to America where they became known as the Scots-Irish. Since a very large proportion of Muskingum College students have ancestors from this group, the name is fitting for a social club on campus. The name was suggested by Dr. William Fisk. Many settlers from Southern Scotland settled in the Ulster province before coming to America. William of Orange from Holland freed the Scots in Northern Ireland from the rule of the Stuart Kings in the Glorious Revolution that broke out in 1688. July 12 is still celebrated by the people of Northern Ireland because it was on that day in 1690 that the native Irish were defeated at the Battle of the River Boyne. Orange is the traditional color of the Ulster's because that was the color representing William of Orange. We have adopted this ceremonial color along with black to represent our fine tradition.
The Purpose of the Ulster Club is to create a true Brotherhood of Men on campus. Men who come from all different walks of life, ability, and character. Ulster joins these men together taking the unique character of each individual, and forging an unbreakable bond of friendship, trust, and Brotherhood. Each member adds part of himself to the character of the club, leaving a piece of who he is forever in the history of the Brotherhood. These pieces become the foundation for all the members that will come after us, just as we have built on the foundations of those that have come before us. As each person gives of himself into the continuing life of the club, nothing is diminished from his own person. Instead, he finds those intangible qualities that define him are mulitplied and returned by the bond that has been formed. They find out what it is that truly makes of Men.