ΚA – Kappa Alpha Society |
| | Founded | November 26, 1825 (1825-11-26) (age 181) Union College | | Type | Literary Society and Social Fraternity | | Scope | International | | Symbol | Kappa Alpha Key | | Flower | Carnation | | Chapters | 14 (7 active) | | Headquarters | PO Box 876 Ithaca, New York, USA | | Homepage | http://www.ka.org | The Kappa Alpha Society (ΚΑ), founded in 1825, is the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America according to Baird's Manual. As of 2007, there were seven active chapters in the United States and Canada. Front view of Kappa Alpha Society Key Kappa Alpha File links The following pages link to this file: Kappa Alpha Society ...
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History
According to Baird's Manual, nine undergraduates at Union College in Schenectady, 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 and thus is commonly referred to as the first social fraternity.[citation needed] Still keeping true to its roots, Kappa Alpha still has a structure identical to that of its founding in 1825 as a secret society. Bairds Manual of American College Fraternites was last published in its 20th edition in 1991 by the Bairds Manual Foundation. ...
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Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society which considers its mission to be fostering and recognizing excellence in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. ...
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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. This organization is not to be confused with the Kappa Alpha Order, a completely separate fraternity that operates primarily at schools in the South and border states. The Sigma Phi Society, founded on 4 March 1827 on the campus of Union College in Schenectady, New York is the second oldest Greek social fraternal organization in the United States. ...
Delta Phi (ÎΦ) is a fraternity was founded in 1827 at Union College in Schenectady, New York. ...
The Union Triad is a term used to refer to three general fraternities all founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York: the Kappa Alpha Society (established 1825), Sigma Phi (1827) and Delta Phi (1827). ...
The Kappa Alpha Order (KA) is a secret collegiate Order of Knights. ...
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The Kappa Alpha Society was distinguished by a highly selective process of chapter formation, averaging a steady pace of one a decade for the society's first 150 years.[citation needed].
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| No. | Dates | Chapter | College or University | Location | Status | | 1. | Nov. 26, 1825-2003 | New York Alpha (CC) | Union College | Schenectedy, New York | Dormant ... | | 2. | Oct. 29, 1833-1983 | Massachusettes Alpha (CG) | Williams College | Williamstown, Massachusetts | Dormant | | 3. | (As local 1842) Nov. 26, 1844-1854, 1879-present This article is about the Union College in New York. ...
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| 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 | Quebec Alpha (VM) | McGill University | Montreal, Quebec | Dormant | | 10. | (As local Apr. 1909) Apr. 26, 1913-present Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college. ...
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| Connecticut Alpha (VW) | Wesleyan University | Middletown, Connecticut | Dormant | | 13. | Nov. 5, 1988-present | Alberta Alpha (VA) | University of Alberta | Edmonton, Alberta | Active | | 14. | Nov. 23, 1991-1999 | Alberta Beta (VAC) | University of Calgary | Calgary, Alberta | Dormant | Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. ...
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Coeducation Several chapters have been co-educated (male and female members) in the past, such as the chapter at Wesleyan University, which existed from 1967 to about 1980, (there was a small co-ed group of Wesleyan initiates in 1997 but who never met as a chapter). Other chapters were co-ed as well, on a home-rule basis. The refusal of the Willimas chapter to co-educate led to the termination of that chapter. Kappa Alpha may now prohibit coeducated chapters. Kappa Alpha will not be able to re-enter those colleges, (Williams and Wesleyan) without co-educating, and is likely effectively proscribed from returning to others for the same reason.
Contributing Members John Hart Hunter is recognized as the father of the American college fraternity system. ...
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as âFitzhugh Ludlow,â (September 11, 1836 â September 12, 1870) was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857). ...
References - Kappa Alpha Society. (1881). A biographical record of the Kappa Alpha Society in Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.: From its foundation to the present time. 1831-1881. New York, NY: S. W. Green's Son.
- Kappa Alpha Society. (2002). A directory of Kappa Alpha 2002: 175th anniversary edition. Purchase, NY: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company.
- Tarleton, Robert S. (1993). The Spirit of Kappa Alpha: The oldest Greek-letter social fraternity in prose, poetry and picture. New York, NY: John Hart Hunter Press.
- The Executive Council of The Kappa Alpha Society. (1941). Kappa Alpha Record: 1825-1940. Clinton, MA: The Colonial Press.
- The Executive Council of The Kappa Alpha Society. (1950). Directory of the Kappa Alpha Society 1950. St. Albans, VT: The North Country Press.
- The Executive Council of The Kappa Alpha Society. (1960). Kappa Alpha Record 1825-1960. Utica, NY: Thomas J. Griffiths Sons.
- The Executive Council of The Kappa Alpha Society. (1976). Kappa Alpha Record 1825-1976: Sesquicentennial edition. Ithaca, NY: Art Craft Printers.
External links - The Kappa Alpha Society, The Official Website of the Kappa Alpha Society
- The Political Graveyard, U.S. Political Biographies
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