Kappa Alpha Society

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Not to be confused with Kappa Alpha Order.

Kappa Alpha Society
ΚΑ
Founded	November 26, 1825; 190 years ago Union College
Type	Literary Society and Social Fraternity
Colors	Scarlet
Symbol	Kappa Alpha Key
Flower	Carnation
Chapters	15 (9 active)
Headquarters	PO Box 876 Ithaca, New York, US
Homepage	http://www.ka.org

The Kappa Alpha Society (ΚΑ), founded in 1825, was the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America. It was the first of the fraternities which would eventually become known as the Union Triad. In addition, Baird’s Manual states that ΚΑ, unlike other fraternities with claims to the contrary, has maintained a continuous existence since its foundation, making it the oldest undergraduate fraternity that exists today.^[1] As of 2012, there are nine active chapters in the United States and Canada.

History[edit]

According to Baird’s Manual, nine undergraduates at Union College inSchenectady, New York—John Hart Hunter, John McGeoch, Isaac W. Jackson, Thomas Hun, Orlando Meads, James Proudfit, and Joseph Anthony Constant of the class of 1826, and Arthur Burtis and Joseph Law of the Class of 1827—established the Society on November 26, 1825 from an informal group calling itself The Philosophers, which was established by Hunter, Jackson, and Hun in 1823. The organization represents the middle link between secret societies, literary societies, and Greek-letter organizations like Phi Beta Kappa. In the words of founding member Arthur Burtis:

“

After we were domiciled in our upper chamber, in the fourth story of the south section—South College—northeast corner… we now and then beguiled the long winter evenings and entertained our friends with a few baked potatoes and salt and comforted them with apples. Jackson, Hun, Meads, Constant, and McGeoch were often the genial sharers of our simple meal, which was enlivened with mirth and wit and merry song…. It was determined to raise Hunter to an elevated seat on the woodpile, which stood in the corner of the room. When he was exalted to his high eminence, with his pipe in his mouth, he became the leader of this little band. Whereupon I suggested it would be right for us to get our light from this central luminary and that I would carry it to the others…. This band was now beginning to assume shape and form and comely order.

”

The first expansion of the Society took place in 1833 at Williams College at the request of fourteen students led by Azariah S. Clark of the class of 1834.

The Kappa Alpha Society, emulated by Sigma Phi (est. 1827) and Delta Phi (est. 1827), constitute the Union Triad, the pioneers of the North American system of social fraternities.^[2]

This organization is not to be confused with the Kappa Alpha Order, a completely separate national fraternity.

Chapters[edit]

Chapters are designated with an abbreviation of the institution’s Latin name.

No.	Dates	Chapter	Institution	Location	Status
1.	Nov. 26, 1825–2003, 2011–present	New York Alpha (CC)	Union College	Schenectady, New York	Active
2.	Oct. 29, 1833–1983	Massachusetts Alpha (CG)	Williams College	Williamstown,Massachusetts	Dormant
3.	Nov. 26, 1844–1854, 1879–2003, 2005–present	New York Beta (CH)	Hobart College	Geneva, New York	Active
4.	Oct. 21, 1852–1855, 1983–1998	New Jersey Alpha (CNC)	Princeton University	Princeton, New Jersey	Dormant
5.	Jan. 8, 1857–1861	Virginia Alpha (VV)	University of Virginia	Charlottesville,Virginia	Dormant
6.	Nov. 12, 1868–1990, 2007–present	New York Gamma (VC)	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Active
7.	Feb. 19, 1892–present	Ontario Alpha (VT)	University of Toronto	Toronto, Ontario	Active
8.	Jan. 2, 1894–present	Pennsylvania Alpha (VL)	Lehigh University	Bethlehem,Pennsylvania	Active
9.	Apr. 21, 1899–1971, 1987–2006, 2012–present	Quebec Alpha (VM)	McGill University	Montreal, Quebec	Active
10.	Apr. 26, 1913 – present	Pennsylvania Beta (VP)	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania	Active
11.	Feb. 14, 1948–present	Ontario Beta (VOO)	University of Western Ontario	London, Ontario	Active
12.	Mar. 18, 1967–1993, 1994–1997	Connecticut Alpha (VW)	Wesleyan University	Middletown,Connecticut	Dormant
13.	Nov. 5, 1988–2011	Alberta Alpha (VA)	University of Alberta	Edmonton, Alberta	Dormant
14.	Nov. 23, 1991–1999	Alberta Beta (VAC)	University of Calgary	Calgary, Alberta	Dormant
15.	Nov. 21, 2009–present	Nova Scotia Alpha (VD)	Dalhousie University	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Active

Coeducation[edit]

The Union and Wesleyan chapters were co-educational (male and female members) in the recent past. The chapter at Wesleyan University, which existed from 1967 to about 1997, was at various times co-educational both as part of The Society and as a local starting in 1974. The Union Chapter was co-ed from 1991 until 2003. There are currently no co-educational chapters.

Contributing members[edit]

• John Hart Hunter, Union College, 1824. Founder.
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Union College, 1856. Song writer, author and editor.

Notable members[edit]

Main article: List of Kappa Alpha Society members

Over the course of its nearly 200-year history, The Kappa Alpha Society has produced a substantial number of notable members in widely varied fields.

Delta Phi

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The Delta Phi Fraternity
ΔΦ
Founded	November 17, 1827; 187 years ago Union College
Type	Social
Scope	National
Motto	“Semper Ubique”
Colors	Columbia Blue and White
Symbol	The Maltese Cross
Patron saint	St. Elmo
Chapters	13 Active Chapters
Headquarters	P.O. Box 4633 Chapel Hill, North Carolina,USA
Homepage	deltaphifraternity.org

Delta Phi (ΔΦ) is a fraternity founded in 1827 at Union College inSchenectady, New York. Founded as part of the Union Triad, along with theKappa Alpha Society and Sigma Phi Society, Delta Phi was the third and last member of the Triad.

History[edit]

Delta Phi and the other fraternities of the Union Triad were established during a time of strong anti-Masonic sentiment in the United States. Because fraternities were secret societies at the time, they also became targets of the anti-Masonic movement. This led Phi Beta Kappa, the original fraternity, to abandon secrecy and become an honor society.

In the early 1830s, Dr. Eliphalet Nott, president of Union College, called for the dissolution of all fraternities. Before this policy could be enacted, John Jay Hyde, a member of Delta Phi, argued the benefits of the fraternity system so convincingly that Nott relented and permitted the organizations to remain in existence. Hyde went on to design the badge still worn by members of Delta Phi, which includes a Maltese Cross, a symbol used by the Knights of Malta.

This connection to the Knights of Malta led Delta Phi to become known as “The St. Elmo Club”, a name first used by theOmicron chapter at Yale University, which since has transformed into a senior secret society known as St. Elmo Society. The brothers there used the name of St. Elmo, the patron saint of mariners and the Knights of Malta. Some of Delta Phi’s chapter houses are also known as “St. Elmo Hall”.

Delta Phi today[edit]

Delta Phi remains a small fraternity with twelve active chapters and few chapters with more than several dozen members. It has resisted expansion in order to create an “intimate, personal experience”^[1] for its members. The fraternity’s current expansion policy is to reactivate dormant chapters.^[1] As a member of the Union triad, Delta Phi is the third oldest fraternity in the United States. Sigma Phi’s recognition as a secret society as opposed to a social fraternity makes Delta Phi the oldest continuous “social” fraternity in existence, while Sigma Phi is the oldest continuous collegiate Greek letter society overall.

Governance and Organization[edit]

Owing mostly to its development in the early 19th century, Delta Phi organizes itself federally. Individual alumni chapters still exercise significant power over chapter governance. Those powers that are given in the national organization are vested in the Board of Governors.^[2] The Board consists of one member appointed from each alumni chapter plus two undergraduate representatives elected at the annual leadership conference the fraternity sponsors.^[2] Among the duties given to the board is hiring the Executive Director who oversees day-to-day management of the fraternity.^[2]

In addition to the national governing organization of the fraternity, Delta Phi alumni have also established the Saint Elmo Foundation which, among other things, sponsor’s the annual leadership weekend and provides scholarships to undergraduate members of Delta Phi.^[3]

Alumni Membership[edit]

Overall alumni participation among active chapters remains strong with chapters hosting several social events throughout the year.^[4][5]

Alumni status in Delta Phi also qualifies one to apply for membership in the Saint Elmo Club,^[6] a private social club which operates at 3 West 51st Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City.^[6]

On or about November 17 of every year, the national organization sponsors the Founder’s Day Dinner at the Saint Elmo Club where undergraduates and alumni celebrate the founding of the fraternity.^[7]

Founders[edit]

• Benjamin Burroughs, Presbyterian Minister from Savannah, Georgia
• William Hun Fondey, Attorney from Albany, New York
• Samuel Lewis Lamberson, Presbyterian Minister from Jamaica, New York
• Samuel C. Lawrison, United States Navy Surgeon from Pensacola, Florida
• David Hervey Little, New York Supreme Court Justice from Rochester, New York
• Thomas Clark McLaury, Clergyman from Lisbon, New York
• John Mason, Clergyman from Jamaica, New York
• Joseph Griffiths Masten, Mayor of Buffalo from Buffalo, New York
• William Wilson, President of College of Cincinnati from Ireland

Chapters[edit]

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Active Chapters[edit]

There are 13 active chapters of Delta Phi.^[8]

• Gamma – New York University– New York, NY – 1841
• Epsilon – Rutgers University– New Brunswick, NJ – 1845
• Eta – University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA – 1849
• Lambda – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Troy, NY – 1864
• Nu – Lehigh University – Bethlehem, PA – 1884
• Xi – Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD – 1885
• Pi – Cornell University – Ithaca, NY – 1891
• Rho – University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA – 1908
• Phi – Kenyon College – Gambier, OH – 1940
• Psi- Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA- 2015
• Chi – Hamilton College – Clinton, NY – 1950
• Omega – University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA – 1968
• Omega Alpha – College of William and Mary – Williamsburg, VA – 1987

[*] An active fraternity that is no longer affiliated with national organization

• Beta – Brown University – Providence, RI (1830-2011)^[*]

Inactive Chapters^[9][edit]

There are 14 inactive chapters of Delta Phi including the Beta Chapter.^[10]

• Alpha – Union College – Schenectady, NY (1827–1999)
• Delta – Columbia University – New York, NY (1842–2001)
• Zeta – Harvard University – Cambridge, MA (1845–1901)
• Theta – Princeton University – Princeton, NJ (1854–1877)
• Iota – University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI (1855–1936)
• Kappa – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC (1855–1861)
• Mu – Colgate University – Hamilton, NY (1874–1876)
• Omicron – Yale University – New Haven, CT (1889–1925)
• Sigma – Trinity College – Hartford, CT (1917–2001)
• Tau – University of Illinois – Champaign, IL (1920-2009)
• Upsilon – Williams College – Williamstown, MA (1926–1965)
• Psi – Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA – (1960–2007)
• Omega Beta – Wabash College – Crawfordsville, IN – (1994–2001)

Notable alumni[edit]

• John Jay Hyde – Α
• George Low – Λ – NASA administrator and 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• Garret A. Hobart– E – Vice-President of the United States under McKinley
• George C. Ludlow– E – Governor of New Jersey
• Paolo Montalbán – E – Actor of stage and screen
• Maj. Gen. George Henry Sharpe – E – Civil War spymaster
• Howard Crosby – Γ – Famous Preacher and Chancellor of NYU
• Edgar Fawcett (1847–1904) – Δ – American novelist and poet.^[11]
• The Harper Brothers – Δ – Founders of Harper & Brothers publishing group
• John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. – Ζ – Noted financier, founder of JP Morgan Bank and Morgan Stanley
• John Jacob Astor IV – Ζ – noted industrialist and philanthropist
• James Roosevelt – Ζ – General, congressman, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Halsey Minor – Ρ – Co-founder and former CEO, CNET Inc.
• Marvin Bush – Ρ – George W. Bush‘s younger brother
• Thomas B. Evans, Jr. – P – US Congressman
• Alexander Smith – T – Batman
• Stanley Forman Reed – Ρ – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Charles Scribner – Θ – Founder of Charles Scribner’s Sons publishing group
• Russell Wayne Baker – Ξ – Pulitzer Prize–winning writer and former host of PBS show Masterpiece Theatre.
• Sullivan Ballou – B – author of famous Civil War love letter at the First Battle of Bull Run.
• Finn Wentworth N – Businessman, COO/owner of NY Yankees, Founder of YES Network, Philanthropist.
• George Santayana – Z – Spanish author and philosopher famous for noting that “those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.”
• George Will – Σ – Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative American newspaper columnist, journalist, and author.
• George Macready – B – American actor
• William P. Carey – H – Founder of W. P. Carey & Co., and Established the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University, the Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland School of Law, and the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State Universit
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Chi Psi

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Chi Psi Fraternity
ΧΨ
Founded	May 20, 1841; 174 years ago Union College
Type	Social Fraternity
Scope	National
Colors	Purple and      Gold
Chapters	32
Headquarters	45 Rutledge Street Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Homepage	http://www.chipsi.org

Chi Psi Fraternity (ΧΨ) is a fraternity and secret society consisting of 32 active chapters (known as “Alphas”) at 32 American colleges and universities. The mission of the Chi Psi Fraternity is to create and maintain an enduring society which encourages the sharing of traditions and values, respect for oneself and others, and responsibility to the university and community.

Chi Psi was founded on Thursday May 20, 1841, by 10 students at Union College with the idea of emphasizing the fraternal and social principles of a brotherhood. It was the first Greek-letter organization to be founded on these grounds, rather than the literary characteristics of the seven then-existing societies. In 1854, Chi Psi was the first fraternity in the nation to establish afraternity house. The first fraternity house was located at the University of Michigan. Thanks to the building’s resemblance to a hunting lodge, Chi Psi now refers to all its houses as Lodges.^[1] Chi Psi Fraternity is the 8th fraternity to be founded in the United States.

Chi Psi’s official colors are Royal Purple and Gold. Chi Psi’s national headquarters, the Central Office, is in Nashville, Tennessee.

Contents

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• 1History
• 2Values and the Chi Psi Gentleman
  • 2.1Program for Excellence
• 3Purple & Gold
• 4Alphas (Chapters)
  • 4.1Active Alphas
  • 4.2Colonies
  • 4.3Dormant Alphas
• 5Notable alumni
• 6See also
• 7Links and references
• 8References

History[edit]

Chi Psi was founded on Thursday May 20, 1841, by 10 students at Union College with the idea of emphasizing the fraternal and social principles of a brotherhood. The 10 founding members were: Philip Spencer (later hanged on charges of mutiny aboard the brig USS Somers), Robert Heyward McFaddin (1822-1858) of Greensboro, Alabama, Jacob Henry Farrell, John Brush Jr., Samuel Titus Taber, James Lafayette Witherspoon (cousin of McFaddin), William Force Terhune, Alexander Peter Berthoud, James Chatham Duane, and Patrick Upshaw Major.

Values and the Chi Psi Gentleman[edit]

Chi Psi is founded upon the fraternal aspects of brotherhood and embraces a number of values in its pursuit to establish this brotherhood. These values were first adopted at its founding in 1841, and later, a restatement of principles was given at the 122nd National Convention in 1963. Some of these values are as follows: Chi Psi is defined by the values which are collectively accepted by its members. The extent to which these values are practiced is the measure of our fraternity; Chi Psi is committed to the growth of the individual in a social environment which nurtures integrity, dignity and maturity while enjoying shared experiences and college sociability; and Chi Psi recognizing that academic achievement is fundamental to the development of the individual, stands for intellectual growth and the attainment of human potential.^[2]

Chi Psi also embraces the idea of being a true gentleman, by following the definition of a gentleman as put forward by John Walter Wayland’s ‘The True Gentleman’:

“

The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his own; and who appears well in any company; a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.[3]

”

Program for Excellence[edit]

In pursuit of the values the fraternity put forth and in order to make up for a lack of leadership opportunities available on college campuses, the Chi Psi Educational Trust has funded the Program for Excellence. Consisting of numerous sessions and workshops the Program for Excellence focuses on instilling the members of Chi Psi with a respect for themselves, the people they are around, and their community.^[4][5]

Purple & Gold[edit]

The Chi Psi newsletter, ‘The Purple & Gold’ was first published in November 1883, and is currently received by all current brothers on a lifetime subscription.^[6]

Alphas (Chapters)[edit]

Chi Psi has 32 chapters, which are known as Alphas, at American colleges and universities.

Active Alphas[edit]

Institution	Date founded	Alpha	Active since
Union College	1841	Pi	2008
Wesleyan University	1844	Alpha	2012
Hamilton College	1845	Phi	1845
University of Michigan	1845	Epsilon	1845
University of North Carolina	1855	Sigma	1928
University of South Carolina	1858	Beta	1957
University of Mississippi	1858	Gamma	2013
University of Virginia	1860	Omicron	2015[7]
Amherst College	1864	Chi	1985
University of Minnesota	1874	Nu	1874
University of Wisconsin–Madison	1878	Iota	1878
Rutgers University	1879	Rho	2005
Stevens Institute of Technology	1883	Xi	1883
University of Georgia	1890	Alpha Delta	2011
Lehigh University	1894	Beta Delta	1894
University of California-Berkeley	1895	Delta Delta	1895
University of Illinois	1912	Zeta Delta	1912
University of Colorado at Boulder	1920	Psi Delta	2011
University of Oregon	1921	Eta Delta	1921
University of Washington	1921	Theta Delta	1921
Georgia Tech	1923	Iota Delta	1923
Yale University	1924	Kappa Delta	2013
Sewanee: The University of the South	1964	Tau Delta	1964
Clemson University	1972	Chi Delta	1972
Washington and Lee University	1977	Omicron Delta	1977
Rollins College	1977	Mu Delta	1977
Texas Tech University	1983	Xi Delta	2000
Wake Forest University	1986	Upsilon Delta	1986
Duke University	1989	Sigma Delta	1989
North Carolina State University	2001	Pi Delta	2001
George Mason University	2003	Omega Delta	2003
Miami University	2005	Rho Delta	2005

Colonies[edit]

Institution	Date founded	Alpha	Active since
University of Kentucky	<6/25/2015	Undetermined	Never previously an active Alpha

Dormant Alphas[edit]

Institution	Date founded	Alpha	Dormant since
Williams College	1842	Theta	1963
Middlebury College	1843	Mu	1994
Bowdoin College	1844	Eta	1993
Columbia University	1846	Zeta	1885
Princeton University	1851	Delta	1859
College of the City of New York	1857	Kappa	1873
Furman University	1858	Upsilon	1898
Brown University	1860	Lambda	1870
Cornell University	1869	Psi	2014[8]
Wofford College	1869	Tau	1906
University of Rochester	1884	Omega	1889
Northwestern University	1892	Epsilon Delta	2012
Stanford University	1895	Gamma Delta	1971
UCLA/UC-Irvine	1949	Lambda Delta	1994
Penn State University	1997	Nu Delta	2004

Notable alumni[edit]

Main article: List of Chi Psi brothers