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Originally posted by russellwarshay
The first American collegiate fraternity was the Flat Hat Club. I believe that Phi Beta Kappa was the second.
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Ah! Without resources handy, I forgot about the Flat Hat Club -- although I'm not sure whether it can properly be called a fraternity or is more accurately a secret student organization that pre-dated fraternities but gave rise to them. A distinction without a real difference, perhaps. In any event, Phi Beta Kappa was certainly the first Greek Letter Organization.
BTW, Flat Hat Club was derived from "FHC," the initials of the group's Latin motto.
Anyone interested in reading a little more might check out
Greek Zone's History Pages (modestly called "History of the Greek Empire." The Flat Hat Club is discussed on Page 2. Click on "Continue with the history of the Greeks" at the bottom of the page.)