Greek letter men of Philadelphia . G. Norwood Comly John Chambers Hinckley. BETA THETA PI BETA THETA PI was the first so-called Western fraternity to beestablished. It was founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in1839. John Riley Knox being the man who first suggested its organizationand one of the leading spirits in its affairs from that date until his death, whichoccurred in January, 1898. The fraternity adopted from the start a very active policy, and in additionto the chapters established by itself it greatly added to its hold upon the Eastby its union in 1879 with Alpha Sigma Chi, and
Greek letter men of Philadelphia . G. Norwood Comly John Chambers Hinckley. BETA THETA PI BETA THETA PI was the first so-called Western fraternity to beestablished. It was founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in1839. John Riley Knox being the man who first suggested its organizationand one of the leading spirits in its affairs from that date until his death, whichoccurred in January, 1898. The fraternity adopted from the start a very active policy, and in additionto the chapters established by itself it greatly added to its hold upon the Eastby its union in 1879 with Alpha Sigma Chi, and in 1889 with the MysticalSeven. The former fraternity was founded at Rutgers College in 1883, andthe latter at Wesleyan University in 1837. They both had good chapter rolls,and the alumni of both were admitted into full fellowship in the Beta Theta Pi. Although liberal in its policy of extension, Beta Theta Pi has always heldhigh its standard of membership, and has an especially strong roster of activechapters. The government of the fraternity during the first eight yea
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