Greek letter men of Philadelphia . REPRESENTATIVE DELTA KAPPA EPSILON HOUSES HISTORICAL SKETCHESAND ROSTERS. KAPPA ALPHA THE Kappa Alpha Fraternity can justly claim the honor of being the oldestsocial and literary secret Greek letter organization in the United 1823 a secret social society was at Union College, Schenectady, as a result of discord which had arisen between two factions of a militarycompany at that place. The late Rev. John H. Hunter was the father of thisorganization and with him were a of congenial students, holdingmeetings at their respective ho
Greek letter men of Philadelphia . REPRESENTATIVE DELTA KAPPA EPSILON HOUSES HISTORICAL SKETCHESAND ROSTERS. KAPPA ALPHA THE Kappa Alpha Fraternity can justly claim the honor of being the oldestsocial and literary secret Greek letter organization in the United 1823 a secret social society was at Union College, Schenectady, as a result of discord which had arisen between two factions of a militarycompany at that place. The late Rev. John H. Hunter was the father of thisorganization and with him were a of congenial students, holdingmeetings at their respective houses. In 1825 they formally organized them-selves as a secret fraternity, known as Kappa Alpha. For some the m:embers were severely criticised and met with strongopposition. Two years later, however, two other societies sprang into exist-ence—Sigm-a Phi and Delta Phi. Dr. Hunter and his associates, among whom were Prof. Isaac W. Jacksonof Union College, Dr. Thom;as Hunn of Albany, N. Y., Rev. Leonard Woods,D. D., ex-president of Bowdoin. United States Senator Preston King from NewYork. Judge Ruf
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