General register of the members of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, 1850-1920 . ALPHA CHAPTER HOUSE I niversitv of Pennsylvania Alpha Chapter UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Instituted October 19, A. D. 1850 SAMUEL BROWN WYLIE MITCHELLJAMES BAYARD HODGEALFRED VICTOR du PONTCHARLES HARE HUTCHINSONJOHN THORN STONEDUANE WILLIAMSANDREW ADAMS RIPKA History of Alpha Chapter A complete history of Alpha Chapter must of necessityinclude, to a certain extent, a history of the Fraternity itself,but as that appears elsewhere in this Register only a briefsummary can be here given of Al
General register of the members of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, 1850-1920 . ALPHA CHAPTER HOUSE I niversitv of Pennsylvania Alpha Chapter UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Instituted October 19, A. D. 1850 SAMUEL BROWN WYLIE MITCHELLJAMES BAYARD HODGEALFRED VICTOR du PONTCHARLES HARE HUTCHINSONJOHN THORN STONEDUANE WILLIAMSANDREW ADAMS RIPKA History of Alpha Chapter A complete history of Alpha Chapter must of necessityinclude, to a certain extent, a history of the Fraternity itself,but as that appears elsewhere in this Register only a briefsummary can be here given of Alphas part in the building upof our national organization. The early papers left by Dr. Mitchell in his handwritingindicate that he first conceived the idea of establishing a frater-nity at the University of Pennsylvania on the 16th of August,1850, a date that is memorable in the annals of Alpha Chapter,not only from this fact, but because August 16th was, by astrange coincidence, the date both of the birth and death of thefounder. It was with the idea of a rivalry with Delt
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