1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Nc Sir.MA Nu.Whether K .V had or not is unknown, but it is well known thatA A *, founded 1832, was quite literary in character.*K A was followed by the organization of 2 * and A $ at Unionin 1827; A A * at Hamilton, 1832; * Y at Union, 1833; A Y atWilliams, i834;t B ® II at Miami, 1839; X * at Union, 1841;A K E at Yale, 1844; A * at Columbia, 1847; Z * at the Universityof the City of New York (now New York University), 1847;* r A at Jefferson (now Washington and Jefferson), 1848; © A Xat Union, 1848; * A 0 at Miami, 1848; * K 2 at Pennsylvania,1850; * K * at Jefferson, 1852; X * at Princeton, 1854;! 2 Xat .Miami, 1855; 2 A E at Alabama, 1856; A T A at Bethany,i860; A TO at Virginia Military Institute, 1865; K A (SouthernOrder) at Washington (now Washington and Lee), 1865; K 2at Virginia, 1868; II K A at Virginia, 1868; 2 N at Virginia* "* B K and X A © must be considered preparatory to the modern fraternity movement, whichmay be said to date its origin from the organization of the K A Society at Union College in 1825.K A in its external features was an imitation of 4> B K, but the tie between its members was a muchcloser one,"—"Student Life and Customs."tAn anti-secret society, sometimes called the Social Fraternity", sometimes the "EquitableFraternity", was organized at Williams, 1834- Negotiations looking to a union witn similar societieswas begun, 1840, and the Anti-Secret Confederation" was formed. 1847. A monogram of theletters A and T was chosen as the badge, 1858, but the name A T was not incorporated in the comstitution until 1864. The convention of 1881 eUminated "anti-secret" from the constitution, substituting'non-secret".In The Century. October, 1887, C, S. Robinson, X *, Williams, '4g, said that when he was incollege the Social Fraternity combined with anti-secret associations in other colleges. Their delegatesin^convention adopted a constitution, which provided that the name of the organizadon shouldbe the "Anti-Secret Society of the United States". At an open meeting, held in the college chapel,the constitution was read, and there was an explosion of laughter from Robinson, at the reading of aclause providinif^that the badge should display the initials of the soclet>''s name in raised letters ofgold. Cries of 'Put him out" were answered by him, "Strike, but hear"; and then he explainedthat there appeared to be some incongruity in such noble and scholarly men wearing on their bosomsthe great golden letters A S S," The convention did its work better by changing the name of thesociety to the Anti-Secret Confederation."Since i860, the anti-fraternity feature of A T has for all practical purposes disappeared, and itsmethods and practices are identical with those of the other fraternities, except for the fact that itsconstitution is open to the public. For many years it was regarded with contempt by the secretfraternities, but of late this feeling has largely disappeared."—"Student Life and Customs",t A constitution for a society was found at Princeton, 1854; it bore the numerals "1824", and X *claimed 1824 as the year of its establishment, but the names of no members initiated previous to 1854are known.—See The Scroll, January, r88i; March-April, 1884; October, 1889; April and October,1890.