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Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Gamma Delta (ΦΓΔ), commonly known as Phi Gam and sometimes written as FIJI, is a North American social fraternity with 139 active chapters and 13 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848. Along with Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta forms half of the Jefferson Duo. Since its founding, the fraternity has initiated more than 211,000 brothers.
Phi Gamma Delta was founded on April 22, 1848, at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Six students gathered in a dormitory room (known by the students as "Fort Armstrong") to establish a secret society. The society they formed was initially called "The Delta Association". The founders, referred to by members as the "Immortal Six", were Daniel Webster Crofts, James Elliott Jr., Naaman Fletcher, Ellis Bailey Gregg, John Templeton McCarty, and Samuel Beatty Wilson. Contrary to popular belief, the Immortal Six were not Freemasons when they entered Jefferson College.
The first regular meeting of Phi Gamma Delta and the adoption of the fraternity's constitution took place on May 1, 1848. Consequently, May 1 was chosen to be Founder's Day at the 43rd Convention held in 1891 and has traditionally been celebrated as the founding date of the Fraternity.
A second chapter, Beta, was established at Washington University later in 1848. In 1850, Gamma, was chartered at the University of Nashville. This was followed by Delta at the Union University and Epsilon at the University of North Carolina in 1851. Eleven of the fraternity's first sixteen chapters were in the Southern United States. By 1878, it had initiated 2,472 members.
By 1890, Phi Gamma Delta had 4,244 members, 40 active chapters, and 23 inactive chapters. It had established a club with a rented house in New York City and had graduate associations in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and New York City. In 1905, the fraternity had initiated 9,979 members and chartered 81 chapters, with 57 being active.
By 1930, Phi Gamma Delta had initiated 27,582 members and had seventy active collegiate chapters, 24 inactive collegiate chapters, 73 graduate chapters, and 37 graduate associations. All seventy of the active college chapters had houses. The fraternity had graduate club houses in New York City and Detroit, Michigan. It also had a summer camp in the Rocky Mountains.
Members of the Lambda chapter at Indiana Asbury University (now known as DePauw University) played an important role in the founding of Kappa Alpha Theta women's fraternity. Bettie Locke, the sister of George W. Locke (DePauw, 1871), was one of the first women enrolled at DePauw. Bettie Locke had many Phi Gam friends and one of them asked her to wear his badge. She contended that she would do so only if she knew the secrets behind the letters. The fraternity, after debate, declined to initiate her. So, upon the suggestion of her father, John Wesley Locke, a Beta Theta Pi, she formed Kappa Alpha Theta with a few other women enrolled at DePauw at the time. Kappa Alpha Theta was founded on January 27, 1870. Phi Gamma Delta later presented Bettie Locke with an engraved silver cake basket as a token of friendship.
The fraternity's motto is the Greek phrase Φιλότης Γλυκυτάτη Δυναστεία, which the fraternity translates as "Friendship, the sweetest influence". Its mission statement lists five core values or pillars: friendship, knowledge, service, morality, and excellence. In addition, members are encouraged to live by three priorities in this respective order: scholarship, fraternity, and self.
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Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Gamma Delta (ΦΓΔ), commonly known as Phi Gam and sometimes written as FIJI, is a North American social fraternity with 139 active chapters and 13 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848. Along with Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Gamma Delta forms half of the Jefferson Duo. Since its founding, the fraternity has initiated more than 211,000 brothers.
Phi Gamma Delta was founded on April 22, 1848, at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Six students gathered in a dormitory room (known by the students as "Fort Armstrong") to establish a secret society. The society they formed was initially called "The Delta Association". The founders, referred to by members as the "Immortal Six", were Daniel Webster Crofts, James Elliott Jr., Naaman Fletcher, Ellis Bailey Gregg, John Templeton McCarty, and Samuel Beatty Wilson. Contrary to popular belief, the Immortal Six were not Freemasons when they entered Jefferson College.
The first regular meeting of Phi Gamma Delta and the adoption of the fraternity's constitution took place on May 1, 1848. Consequently, May 1 was chosen to be Founder's Day at the 43rd Convention held in 1891 and has traditionally been celebrated as the founding date of the Fraternity.
A second chapter, Beta, was established at Washington University later in 1848. In 1850, Gamma, was chartered at the University of Nashville. This was followed by Delta at the Union University and Epsilon at the University of North Carolina in 1851. Eleven of the fraternity's first sixteen chapters were in the Southern United States. By 1878, it had initiated 2,472 members.
By 1890, Phi Gamma Delta had 4,244 members, 40 active chapters, and 23 inactive chapters. It had established a club with a rented house in New York City and had graduate associations in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and New York City. In 1905, the fraternity had initiated 9,979 members and chartered 81 chapters, with 57 being active.
By 1930, Phi Gamma Delta had initiated 27,582 members and had seventy active collegiate chapters, 24 inactive collegiate chapters, 73 graduate chapters, and 37 graduate associations. All seventy of the active college chapters had houses. The fraternity had graduate club houses in New York City and Detroit, Michigan. It also had a summer camp in the Rocky Mountains.
Members of the Lambda chapter at Indiana Asbury University (now known as DePauw University) played an important role in the founding of Kappa Alpha Theta women's fraternity. Bettie Locke, the sister of George W. Locke (DePauw, 1871), was one of the first women enrolled at DePauw. Bettie Locke had many Phi Gam friends and one of them asked her to wear his badge. She contended that she would do so only if she knew the secrets behind the letters. The fraternity, after debate, declined to initiate her. So, upon the suggestion of her father, John Wesley Locke, a Beta Theta Pi, she formed Kappa Alpha Theta with a few other women enrolled at DePauw at the time. Kappa Alpha Theta was founded on January 27, 1870. Phi Gamma Delta later presented Bettie Locke with an engraved silver cake basket as a token of friendship.
The fraternity's motto is the Greek phrase Φιλότης Γλυκυτάτη Δυναστεία, which the fraternity translates as "Friendship, the sweetest influence". Its mission statement lists five core values or pillars: friendship, knowledge, service, morality, and excellence. In addition, members are encouraged to live by three priorities in this respective order: scholarship, fraternity, and self.