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01-20-2005, 08:38 PM
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The oldest local fraternity?
Pi Beta Sigma at Otterbein ( www.pibetasigma.org) claims the honor of being the oldest local fraternity. their founding was 1908. Anyone have anything earlier? i was just fascinated by this...anyone know off hand who the oldest local sorority is?
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01-20-2005, 09:18 PM
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I believe the oldest local fraternity is Lambda Iota - founded in 1836 at the University of Vermont.
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01-20-2005, 10:57 PM
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Oldest local
What about the Porcellin Club at Harvard founded in 1791, although Porcellin is not Greek letter it is a local fraternal group.
What about Tri Kappa at Dartmouth founded in 1842,
or IKA founded at Trinity in 1829, this local affiliated with Delta Phi in 1917 but they went local again in the mid 1960's.
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01-21-2005, 09:02 PM
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RSE was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1866
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01-22-2005, 05:39 AM
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Re: Oldest local
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Originally posted by g41965
What about Tri Kappa at Dartmouth founded in 1842,
or IKA founded at Trinity in 1829, this local affiliated with Delta Phi in 1917 but they went local again in the mid 1960's.
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01-22-2005, 07:57 AM
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I know Tri-Kappa still exist.
The Website
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01-22-2005, 08:01 AM
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I know Tri-Kappa still exist.
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Yeah, but they're not as old as Lambda Iota.
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01-22-2005, 12:46 PM
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At Ursinus College we have a local sorority, Phi Alpha Psi, which was founded in 1907 and still going strong 
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07-23-2005, 03:30 PM
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Kappa Phi Delta, a local sorority at IIT was founded in 1904
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07-23-2005, 05:57 PM
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Well at UofT up here there is the "secret society" Episkopon - they got the greek name and all... but I don't see them as a fraternity/sorority (they have both male and female branches) - but they do have many of the same traditional elements of GLOs... anyways they were founded in 1858 and count Canada's current Governor General as a member.
Link for info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...rinity_College
Link for society:
http://www.episkopon.com/
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08-17-2005, 09:15 AM
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Sigma Psi at Case Western Reserve University is a local sorority that was founded in 1897.
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Adelante Fraternity at Iowa State was founded in 1907.
www.adelante.org
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08-17-2005, 10:46 AM
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I think we've discussed this before, and Lambda Iota is the oldest.
I believe my sorority (which once was local) was the earliest local in Wisconsin in 1867.
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08-29-2005, 08:46 PM
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yes i know
As a matter fact they happen to be on the campus of which i attend.... they were founded 1868 the oldest sorority in the country by the name of Iota Kappa Omicron better known to us student at Olivet College as Soroiana.... or IKO...
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08-29-2005, 08:55 PM
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Re: yes i know
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Originally posted by D.0.7
As a matter fact they happen to be on the campus of which i attend.... they were founded 1868 the oldest sorority in the country by the name of Iota Kappa Omicron better known to us student at Olivet College as Soroiana.... or IKO...
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The oldest local sorority is Phi Nu, founded in 1853 at MacMurray College.
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