Triad (fraternity)
A triad is used to refer to some of the historical triplets of American fraternities .
Union triad
The Union Triad denotes three early associations that were formed at Union College in Schenectady . Kappa Alpha (since 1825), Sigma Phi (1827) and Delta Phi (1827). They are not formally organized in an overarching convent , but represent the oldest three Greek letter fraternities in North America . Union was also referred to as the mother of fraternities after Psi Upsilon (1833), Chi Psi (1841) and Theta Delta Chi ( 1847) were founded there.
Miami triad
The Miami Triad are the Beta Theta Pi (1839), Phi Delta Theta (1848) and Sigma Chi (1855) founded at Miami University in Oxford (Ohio ).
After the Delta Zeta Sorority (1902) and the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity (1906) were founded there and the Delta Sigma Epsilon (1914) merged with Delta Zeta in 1956, the Miami School was also called the mother of the fraternities .
Lexington triad
The Lexington Triad refers to three fraternities that were established there during the Reconstruction after the American Civil War .
These include Alpha Tau Omega (1865, formerly Richmond, Virginia) , Kappa Alpha Order (1865 at Washington and Lee University ) and Sigma Nu (1869). The American headquarters of the three can be found in Lexington .
The triad is sometimes combined with the Virginia Circle , which also includes Kappa Sigma , Pi Kappa Alpha at the University of Virginia and Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University of Richmond .
Jefferson Duo
The only surviving Jefferson Duo is Phi Gamma Delta (1848) and Phi Kappa Psi (1852), both of which were founded at what would later become Washington & Jefferson College in Canonsburg , Pennsylvania .
The third connection, Kappa Phi Lambda , was dissolved again in 1874.
Syracuse triad
The Syracuse Triad refers to three sororities that were founded at Syracuse University . Alpha Phi (1872) included the 10 of the first 20 women who could study there. Gamma Phi Beta (1874) was the first to adopt the term Sorority (sisterhood) instead of Women's fraternity . Alpha Gamma Delta completed the triad in 1904. The triad is present at a number of universities and occasionally organizes joint events, such as triad tea times or triad balls .
Individual references / footnotes
- ^ Order, Kappa Alpha: Greek Notes and Clippings . In: The Kappa Alpha Journal , October 1907.
- ^ The History of College Fraternities
- ↑ Complete History of the Fraternal Values Society ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ranking of the Miami School
- ↑ History of the Kappa Alpha according to their website ( memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ^ The Miami Triad In Extension . In: JM Mayer (Ed.): The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta , Volume X. Phi Delta Theta , New York 1886, p. 169: "... together with the Jefferson Triad, went beyond it in the direction most natural" South, where ... "
- ^ Phi Psi Scholarship . In: The Phi gamma delta, Volume 45 . Board of Trustees of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta , October 1922, p. 807: "... PHI GAMMA DELTA'S fellow member of the" Jefferson Duo "- Phi Kappa Psi - has taken an unusually courageous stand in the matter of .. . "
- ^ History of Greek Letter Organizations . Phi Gamma Delta . Retrieved on April 26, 2010: "These two- Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Kappa Psi - comprise the famed" Jefferson Duo. " A third fraternity, Kappa Phi Lambda, also had its genesis at old Jefferson College, where it was established in 1862, spreading to nine other colleges. "
