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The Kappa Alpha Society (ΚΑ), founded in 1825, was the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America.It is considered to be the oldest national, secret, Greek-letter social fraternity and was the first of the fraternities which would eventually become known as the Union Triad that pioneered the North American system of social fraternities.
The University of Michigan's Peninsular chapter was founded on August 5, 1846, and is the oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity on the campus. [8] Authorized on June 12, 1846, by the President of the Alpha Delta Phi, William Henry Goodrich (Yale 1843), seven members were the first of the chapter to be initiated as brothers. In 1847, however ...
The Upsilon Sigma Phi (ΥΣΦ) is the oldest Greek-letter organization and fraternity in Asia. It is the first student organization in the University of the Philippines and has operated since its founding in 1918. The following is a list of notable members of Upsilon Sigma Phi, the oldest Greek-letter fraternity in Asia.
Members of fraternities and sororities address members of the same organization as "brother" (in the case of fraternities) or "sister" (in the case of sororities). The names of almost all fraternities and sororities consist of a sequence of two or three Greek letters, for instance, Delta Delta Delta, Sigma Chi, Chi Omega, or Psi Upsilon.
The Greek letters Sigma Pi Phi represent the Greek words Sophia (wisdom), Pistis (faith), and Philea (brotherhood or friendship). [12] The fraternity is known as "the Boulé," which means, in ancient Greek "the Council". [13] The fraternity's badge depicts a Sphinx, symbolizing wisdom and inner spirit, sitting above the Greek letters ΣΠΦ. [14]
The fraternity's Greek letter name, Beta Epsilon Gamma Gamma Alpha Rho Sigma, was selected to spell the word Beggers. The fraternity's colors are gold, navy blue, and white. Its flower is the white carnation. Its symbols are the triangle, circle, and flash.
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity in the United States established for people of African descent, and the paragon for the Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) that followed. [132]
As with men's fraternities, women's fraternities would largely be inspired or preceded by student societies with Greek-inspired names but without Greek letters. The Adelphean Society was established in 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, making it the first secret society for collegiate women.