Kappa Alpha Theta founded at Asbury College (now Depauw University (Greencastle, Indiana)) January 27, 1870 as the first greek letter fraternity known among women. I know this is disputable, but that I what I heard from my chapter. :)

But Alpha is alive and kicking still and one of the most respected sororities on the 75% Greek campus. I think another was founded there too. But anyways, I know a couple of people that are members of Alpha chapter and they are awesome :).

It is nice to see an Alpha chapter that is still as active today as it was when it was founded. I have enjoyed this post about all the active chapters still out there. :)

I think the key is to listen to the *exact* phrasing. There are a lot of different terms.

ADPi was the first, but they *called* themselves the Adelphian Society (correct me, please, if I'm wrong.) Phi Mu wasn't far behind with the Philomathian Society. Phi Mu was founded in 1852, and I *think* ADPi was earlier that year, but they may have been the year before.

I bet Theta was the first to use greek letters, and that's where the confusion sets in.

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Yes, we were the first ones to use greek letters ADphi, phi mu and any others probably were really just "secret societies". That is the way I always percieved it. And then Theta came along and used Greek letters and so the others joined in! :) That is definitely where the confusion lies.

Correction Sigma Gamma Rho was founded on the campus of Butler University by 7 Women not Indian University. The year is correct though.

Re: Re: Our Alpha Chapter...
 

Awww man, I'm in trouble! *running and hiding* Yeah I said my piece over there all ready...

they were originally called Sigma Phi but they later changed the name to Sigma Chi because there was already a Sigma Phi.

The Adelphian Society was created in 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia; the first secret society in the world for college women. In 1852 The Philomathean Society was created, which today is known as Phi Mu. In 1904 the Adelphian Society voted to become national, and in 1905 became Alpha Delta Phi. Then in 1913 became Alpha Delta Pi, because there was already a fraternity using the letters Alpha Delta Pi. I hope that does straighten up a little of what has been said, because people were refuring to ADPi as ADPhi and what not.

Alpha Kappa Lambda’s Alpha chapter was founded at the University of California in Berkeley. As a side note, AKL was the first national fraternity founded west of the Rocky Mountains. Regretfully the Alpha chapter’s charter is held in trust (i.e. no longer active). The oldest AKL chapter currently operating is Gamma at the University of Illinois.

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“An Affiliation Kindled for Life.”

as has been mentioned, our alpha chapter is no longer in existence because wesleyan college got rid of greek life... that's also the case with our beta and gamma chapters... salem college and mary baldwin college do not have sororities either... therefore our oldest chapter is delta, at the university of texas in austin.

random: allegheny lore says the phi kappa psi chapter on our campus is the longest continuously running chapter in existence.

I never realized Phi Mu was second oldest... we don't have it at our school, and I really don't pay attention to sororities that don't have charters here (sorry, no offense!) But that's neat.

Whoever said that Lewis school was the Psi chapter of Delta Gamma... where'd you hear that? I always assumed it was Alpha, still. Anyway, Lewis school was where we were founded, and it's no longer in existance. Our Beta is at the University of Washington. I don't have my Watchwords with me (our new member ed had to borrow mine b/c I had notes) so if any of this is wrong, please correct me!:)

Yep, Carolina you're correct! I'm at Beta (UW) and it's awesome being the oldest on campus :) Except that our house is pretty ancient too, it was built in the early 1900's!