The brothers tutor young students regularly at the Kenney Center, hold a Toy Drive for the Marine Corps Reserves' Toys for Tots program, and raise money for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. Although founded to promote Jewish principles, AEPi is nondiscriminatory, and about half its membership of twenty is non-Jewish.
In 2002-2003, Alpha Delta Phi had 27 active brothers.Īlpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was founded at New York University in 1913 and began at Union in 1985. Begun as a literary society concentrating on moral, social, and academic betterment within the community, Alpha Delta Phi today hosts two to three dinners each term with professors and sponsors an annual literary competition open to the entire campus. The following Greek organizations are active today:Īlpha Delta Phi fraternity was founded at Hamilton College in 1832, and the Union chapter began in 1859. The number has varied since then, with a high of twenty-three in 1931. Also beginning at Union were Psi Upsilon (1833), Chi Psi (1841), and Theta Delta Chi (1847).Īlthough a few other colleges had older societies-The Flat Hat began at William and Mary in 1750, the Porcellian started at Harvard in 1789-no other college saw the start of so many fraternities. The modern fraternity system at colleges and universities across the nation is generally recognized as beginning with the founding of Kappa Alpha (1825), Sigma Phi (1827), and Delta Phi (1827) at Union.
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