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Eclectic Society (fraternity)
The Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta (ΦΝΘ) began in 1838 as a college fraternity at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, making it one of the earliest college fraternities to be formed in the United States. In 1970, the alumni and active members split. The fraternity sold its chapter house to the university, and the Eclectic organization continued as a co-ed cooperative living space, sharing the building with Wesleyan's dance organization, Movement House. The succeeding co-op dropped the use of Greek letters.
The Eclectic society of Phi Nu Theta was founded at Wesleyan University by Jonathan Coe, Clark Titus Hinman, Chester Dormund Hubbard, Herman Merrills Johnson, and Joshua Newhall. The five founders met on September 13, 1838 to elect and initiate themselves. (Chandler Robbins was also elected that night, but was initiated a week later.) The early Wesleyan societies adopted English, rather than Greek, names. However, Eclectic adopted the Greek letters Phi Nu Theta and operated under both names.
The society has always claimed an 1837 foundation for itself, for reasons understood by the members. However, no advocate of the society has refuted the accepted date of the founding meeting, on September 13, 1838. Eclectic was Wesleyan's second fraternity, after the Mystical 7.
In the 1850s, a Beta chapter existed for ten years at Ohio Wesleyan University and a Gamma chapter enjoyed a month's existence at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, but both succumbed to the perturbations accompanying the Civil War or to anti-fraternity sentiment among faculty members. There were long discussions about a chapter at Genesee College which proved unfruitful. Thereafter, the only chapter was Alpha chapter at Wesleyan University.
As other Greek-letter societies came to Wesleyan, Eclectic did adopt a Greek motto, and has since been known as either Phi Nu Theta or Eclectic, with one or the other dominating different eras.
The society might not have survived the stresses of the Civil War without the tireless dedication of William North Rice, 1865, who was a professor at the university for 51 years and also, from time to time, acting president of the university. He was universally regarded as the guiding spirit of the society through the 1920s.
In 1863, the Eclectic society's meeting place was said to have been vandalized and robbed by rival fraternity Chi Psi, which was shut down the same year.
From about 1856 to 1865, the Eclectic Society was a partner in the Alpha Eating Club with the Mystical 7. After 1865, Eclectics controlled the club exclusively, and the Alpha Eating Club survived until 1975. The alumni organization of Eclectic was incorporated by the Connecticut legislature as the Socratic Literary Society in 1870.
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Eclectic Society (fraternity)
The Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta (ΦΝΘ) began in 1838 as a college fraternity at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, making it one of the earliest college fraternities to be formed in the United States. In 1970, the alumni and active members split. The fraternity sold its chapter house to the university, and the Eclectic organization continued as a co-ed cooperative living space, sharing the building with Wesleyan's dance organization, Movement House. The succeeding co-op dropped the use of Greek letters.
The Eclectic society of Phi Nu Theta was founded at Wesleyan University by Jonathan Coe, Clark Titus Hinman, Chester Dormund Hubbard, Herman Merrills Johnson, and Joshua Newhall. The five founders met on September 13, 1838 to elect and initiate themselves. (Chandler Robbins was also elected that night, but was initiated a week later.) The early Wesleyan societies adopted English, rather than Greek, names. However, Eclectic adopted the Greek letters Phi Nu Theta and operated under both names.
The society has always claimed an 1837 foundation for itself, for reasons understood by the members. However, no advocate of the society has refuted the accepted date of the founding meeting, on September 13, 1838. Eclectic was Wesleyan's second fraternity, after the Mystical 7.
In the 1850s, a Beta chapter existed for ten years at Ohio Wesleyan University and a Gamma chapter enjoyed a month's existence at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, but both succumbed to the perturbations accompanying the Civil War or to anti-fraternity sentiment among faculty members. There were long discussions about a chapter at Genesee College which proved unfruitful. Thereafter, the only chapter was Alpha chapter at Wesleyan University.
As other Greek-letter societies came to Wesleyan, Eclectic did adopt a Greek motto, and has since been known as either Phi Nu Theta or Eclectic, with one or the other dominating different eras.
The society might not have survived the stresses of the Civil War without the tireless dedication of William North Rice, 1865, who was a professor at the university for 51 years and also, from time to time, acting president of the university. He was universally regarded as the guiding spirit of the society through the 1920s.
In 1863, the Eclectic society's meeting place was said to have been vandalized and robbed by rival fraternity Chi Psi, which was shut down the same year.
From about 1856 to 1865, the Eclectic Society was a partner in the Alpha Eating Club with the Mystical 7. After 1865, Eclectics controlled the club exclusively, and the Alpha Eating Club survived until 1975. The alumni organization of Eclectic was incorporated by the Connecticut legislature as the Socratic Literary Society in 1870.