Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1916 — Greek Letter Fraternities. [ARTICLE]

Greek Letter Fraternities.

The ilrs(.and oldest of any Greek letter fratcnjiiy in the United Slates was tiie Phi Beta Kappa society, founded at. William and Mary college* \ irginia.. in ITTd, from which sprang a chapter at Yale in li-SO and later chapters at other colleges. This was the only. Greek letter society in the United States until 1523, when the Kappa Alpha was formed at Union college. New York. Several other college societies were formed during this period, with such names as Philomathean, Krosophian, Ilermosurian, etc., but. these were not Greek letter societies, The first woman’s Greek letter fraternity was the Kappa Alpha Theta, founded at De Pauw university in IS7O. The record shows it was founded by Bettle Locke, class of ’7l; Alice Allen, ’7l; Bettie Tipson, ’7l, and Hanna Fitch, ’73.— Philadelphia Press.

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