How old is your fraternity/sorority?

[texas*princess]

Delta Sigma Pi celebrated their 95th birthday this year!

Founded on Nov. 7, 1907.

[Sigma Sage]

Sigma Pi Fraternity was founded February 1897 at Vincennes University in Vincennes, IN.

[MysticCat]

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia was founded on October 6, 1898, at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hail Sinfonia!

[BSUPhiSig'92]

Phi Sigma Kappa founded March 15, 1873 at Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst).

Phi Sigma Epsilon founded February 20, 1910 at Emporia Teacher's College (Now Emporia State University -Emporia, Kansas)

Phi Sigma Kappa and Phi Sigma Epsilon merged in the largest fraternity merger in history -August 1985

Epsilon Tau Chapter-Ball State University
Founded Locally as Delta Phi Sigma-1926
Chartered as the Tau Chapter of Phi Sigma Epsilon-1948
Joined the ranks of Phi Sigma Kappa-1985

[ATOtnBetaTau]

I'm a little late, but I haven't seen my Fraternity yet.

Alpha Tau Omega was born on September 11th, 1865, after the Civil War, by three young men at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The Fraternity celebrates its 138th anniversary in two days!

Tennessee Beta Tau was founded Feb. 28, 1894 at Union University, then named Southwest Baptist University, in Jackson, TN.

If you want to get picky, we should be Tennessee Iota, which was founded Nov. 15, 1867 when Union was located in Murfreesboro, TN. Union University, in Murfreesboro, closed in 1873 and later merged with Southwest Baptist University in 1875. I assume we got a different chapter name because the university was called Southwest Baptist at the time. Oh well, it's still a part of our history.

Jason

[Optimist Prime]

1856

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I am not sure if it has been posted here before.

Delta Phi Epsilon was founded on March 17, 1917 at NYU Law School.

[AlphaSigOU]

Alpha Sigma Phi was founded at Yale College (now Yale University) on December 6, 1845. It was originally created as a sophomore class literary society (at the time, many fraternities were founded as literary societies). In 1847, the fraternity's publication, The Tomahawk was first publshed. In 1860, Delta chapter at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio was founded as an all-class social fraternity. In 1864, Alpha Sigma Phi was suppressed by the Yale faculty, and for a brief time existed under the name Delta Beta Xi until it was finally shut down in 1872, leaving Delta at Marietta the only Alpha Sig chapter.

In 1907, members of the Yale Masonic Club contacted Delta Chapter and re-established Alpha at Yale. Since then over 60 chapters of the fraternity have been established nationwide.

[MSKKG]

Originally posted by chithetalove
that's interesting that pi phi and kappa girls wore their pins to church to announce the existence of their chapters cause that's how the thetas debuted too! they wore them in their hair and everything.

Kappa's founders wore their badges in their hair, too!

[polarpi]

Our oldest active chapter is the Delta chapter at University of Texas ~ Austin, founded in 1905.

My chapter, Eta Psi, just celebrated 5 years of sisterhood May 2, 2003 (we were a local who went through the colonization process with ADPi as the other local sororities on our campus went national at the same time).

Kinda sad that my chapter's no longer the baby....but so excited about Eta Omega at Centre College in Kentucky!

[MTSUGURL]

I love reading the histories of the different fraternities and sororities.

[tnxbutterfly]

Theta Nu Xi was founded April 11,1997 at the University of Carolina-Chapel Hill.

We just recently celebrated our 6th year as an organization.

My chapter Xi Delta was just recently founded

[honeychile]

Originally posted by MSKKG
Kappa's founders wore their badges in their hair, too!

We have those same funky pictures of early ADPis with the Diamond in their hair! I've also seen older pins worn like Phi Beta Kappa keys, or on stick pins.

152 years and counting...!

[Senusret I]

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

It is the oldest existing intercollegiate GLO established by African Americans.

[PsychTau]

Alpha Sigma Tau was founded November 4th, 1899 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. They also announced the sorority to the school at chapel one day. However, check out this info:

The name Alpha Sigma Tau was chosen and purple and gold were chosen for the colors. Thus it was Alpha Sigma Tau, the third oldest educational sorority, was organized. A dozen or more very enthusiastic girls were present at this meeting.

The next meeting was a little party at the home of Mrs. Depew on Forest Avenue where Helene and Adriance Rice, Eva O'Keefe and Harriet Mark roomed. The part was indeed gay and festive with decorations of gold and purple. Even the cake was golden with purple icing. Here it was decided that the next day should witness the introduction of a newly born sorority to the world at large and to the student body in particular. Accordingly the members attended chapel en masse, everyone wearing the chosen colors. Imagine their surprise and chagrin when the members of the Zeta Phi informed them that Alpha Sigma Tau had appropriated their colors. The group then chose emerald green and gold.

WHOOPS!!!! I much prefer emerald and gold, though!

Alpha Gamma chapter was chartered May 4th, 1946.