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The Establishment of Fraternities at Georgia Tech

The Establishment of Fraternities at Georgia Tech. by Emily Beck & Meg Morris. "We're starting a fraternity...". Dr. Isaac S. Hopkins. Tech’s first President Previously President of Emory College at Oxford, GA Made honorary ATW at Emory. Alpha Tau Omega. Beta Iota Chapter

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The Establishment of Fraternities at Georgia Tech

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  1. The Establishment of Fraternities at Georgia Tech by Emily Beck & Meg Morris

  2. "We're starting a fraternity..."

  3. Dr. Isaac S. Hopkins • Tech’s first President • Previously President of Emory College at Oxford, GA • Made honorary ATW at Emory

  4. Alpha Tau Omega • Beta Iota Chapter • Founded at Tech in 1888 • Colors: Old Gold and Sky Blue • Flower: White Tea Rose • Founded in Richmond, Va • Sept. 11, 1865 • 1st chapter at Virginia Military Institute

  5. A T W The Georgia Tech 1897

  6. A T W The Blueprint 1908

  7. Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Georgia Phi Chapter • Founded at Tech in spring of 1890 • Colors: Purple and Old Gold • Flower: Violet • Founded in Tuscaloosa, Al • 1856 • 1st chapter at Univ. of Alabama

  8. S A E The Georgia Tech 1897

  9. The Blueprint 1908 SAE

  10. Kappa Sigma • Alpha Tau Chapter • Founded at Tech on Oct. 5, 1894 • Colors: Maroon, Old Gold, and Peacock Blue • Flower: Lily of the Valley • Founded in Charlottesville, Va • 1867 • 1st chapter at Univ. of Virginia

  11. Founding of KapSig Discovery of correspondence 1894 statistics: 150 Tech men 34 Greek affiliated “…A good southern frat…” Confusion with founding dates

  12. Founding of KapSig • Minutes log for KS dating 1896-1898 • The original charter for KS

  13. K S The Georgia Tech 1897

  14. The Blueprint 1908 KS

  15. Sigma Nu Phi Delta Theta Kappa Alpha 1896 1898 More Fraternities 1902

  16. Pi Kappa Alpha Phi Kappa Sigma Chi Phi 1904 1904 1904 And More Fraternities...

  17. Phi Kappa Sigma The Skull House • Alpha Nu Chapter • Founded at Tech on January 15, 1904 • Colors: Black and Gold • Founded in Philadelphia • 1867 • 1st chapter at Univ. of Pennsylvania

  18. Fraternity Life

  19. Meetings • Friday or Saturday Nights • “Leaves and Permits”

  20. Houses and House Rules • Strict rules • Most houses where I-75/85 now stands • Served as meeting place then grew into a dormitory

  21. Pledgeship • Hate Week • Rolling Pledgeship and Initiation • Short pledge periods

  22. Social • Washington Seminary • Strict social rules • Combined fraternity parties

  23. Rivalries • Intramural baseball and football • “The Frats get more and more sorry as they multiply…” • Fights between Fraternities

  24. Varsity Sports • Baseball • Football • Time Commitment Well it’s Up with the White and Gold, Down with the Red and Black

  25. AEP AFA ATW BQP CY DC DSF DTD DU KA KS LCA FDQ FIJI FKY FKS FKT FKQ FSK PKA PKF Greek Community 2K3 AGD ADP ACW AXD FM ZTA International Fraternity Council & Panhellenic YU SC SN SFE TKE QC QX ZBT

  26. Homecoming Greek Week

  27. Social

  28. Philanthropy

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