Registration Certificate and Initiation Banquet Merrick's registration certificate indicating that he had submitted himself for registration in the United States Army is dated September 12, 1918. Also on this page are the lyrics to "Stabat Mater," a fraternity initiation banquet program for Merrick's sophomore year, a Phi Gamma Delta dance card, a business card for a local moving company, and a receipt showing that Merrick had submitted himself for work in a sight shop in September of 1918.