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The Cornell University Greek system dates to the first months of university operation during the autumn of 1868. Cornell's co-founder and first president, Andrew Dickson White , was a strong promoter of fraternities as a means of teaching self-governance to young students.
Articles and categories related to student organizations at Cornell University, an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York Pages in category "Cornell University student organizations" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The Cornell University Glee Club (CUGC), founded in 1868, is the oldest student organization at Cornell University. The CUGC is a thirty-nine member chorus for tenor and bass voices, with repertoire including classical , folk , 20th-century music , and traditional Cornell songs .
The Seal & Serpent Society is a house club located at Cornell University. Founded in 1905, the society is one of the oldest at the university. The Tudor mansion at 305 Thurston Avenue has housed the active chapter since 1927. Seal and Serpent operates as a social club rather than a secret society or final club.
Cornell's first literary society was the Irving Literary Association, later the Irving Literary Society. It held its first business meeting in Room No. 4, Cascadilla Place, on October 20, 1868, some thirteen days after Cornell University opened its doors. [23] It was named after the New York-born writer and historian Washington Irving. [24]
Sphinx Head was founded on October 11, 1890, by a group of ten men from the senior class. [3] [4] The Society was founded to "create and maintain a stronger feeling" for Cornell University and to promote "a closer and stronger friendship among members of the Senior class."
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. Since its founding, Cornell has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2023, the student body included 16,071 undergraduate and ...
Cornell University Chorus women performing at a Christmas Open House, c. 1950 The Cornell University Chorus was founded at Cornell University in 1920 as the Cornell Women's Glee Club . [ 1 ] The chorus is a 60-member treble choir with a repertoire that includes masses, motets, spirituals, classical , folk , 20th-century music , and traditional ...