Alpha Delta Colony Reopens at Pennsylvania State University

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On September 13, 2012 nine men, shown below, pledged themselves to the Alpha Delta Colony of the Chi Phi Fraternity at Pennsylvania State University.  These men have been working closely with Tom Healy, a speaker and consultant for CAMPUSPEAK, in order to recruit a group of high-quality, values-driven men to re-colonize Alpha Delta.  Throughout the year these men will recruit and educate three additional New Member classes as well as lay a strong foundation for operations that will lead Alpha Delta into years of future success.  On October 9, 2012 the Colony pledged an additional 22 men to form its second New Member class.  The Colony is planning on returning to the Chi Phi House, which is currently closed for renovations, in time for the fall 2013 semester.

The Alpha Delta Chapter of Chi Phi originated in the minds of four undergraduates who roomed in the Old Main Building at Pennsylvania State College, now Pennsylvania State University.  On February 25, 1911 these men organized a local fraternity known as Alpha Delta Sigma and along with six others participated as charter members, signing the constitution on March, 29, 1911.  The Fraternity was determined to apply for a national affiliation.  Chi Phi was an obvious choice for two reasons.  First, one of the original ten members, Paul Moyer, had attended Franklin and Marshall Preparatory Academy and, expecting to enter Franklin and Marshall College, was pledged by the Zeta Chapter of Chi Phi before he left the Academy.  Second, the then President of the College, Dr. Edwin E. Sparks (Alpha-Chi Chapter, 1884) did not have a Chapter of his fraternity, Chi Phi, on campus.  After eleven years of actively petitioning by Alpha Delta Sigma to Chi Phi, favorable action was taken by the Chi Phi Congress held in Boston in November, 1923.  The new Chapter of Chi Phi was then established at Penn State on May 9, 1924, and was given the name of Alpha Delta Chapter.  Throughout its history the Alpha Delta Chapter has received numerous National awards and recognition and we believe that this group of young men can return this level of excellence to Alpha Delta.

Construction of the current Alpha Delta house began in 1931 and the first group of Chi Phis moved into the house in the fall of 1932.  The house has remained the home to Chi Phis ever since, except during World War II when the Chapter became inactive as there were not sufficient Brothers to keep it in operation and the house was rented to an Army Air Force group.  The Chapter re-occupied the house and operations in 1945.  In 2008 the house was closed to make repairs and install a sprinkler system.  The house has remained closed since that time, but the Alpha Delta Alumni Association has begun the process of renovating the property in time for the 2013-14 academic year.

How Chi Phi Got Its Crest

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While most people assume that a crest has always been part of the Chi Phi Fraternity, it was not until 1948 that the Fraternity finally adopted one. Why would the oldest social fraternity have one of the newest crests in the fraternity world? The complete story of how this widely recognized symbol was created has never been told, until now.

In today’s world, Greek letters are prominent on chapter houses and on every conceivable type of clothing, but many brothers in the early 1900s strongly objected to such outward displays. To them, it was an honor to be a Chi Phi, and a true gentleman didn’t “brag” about his status as a member of the Fraternity. The badge was symbol enough for each man; even it was worn discreetly under one’s jacket. This conservative view was widely held, so there were few public symbols of the Fraternity.

In 1915, Wyndham Stokes, Psi 1888, who had served as Grand Gamma from 1899-1906, proposed a crest, which incorporated the three basic symbols taken from the Fraternity’s three-part history, although arranged differently than today’s official crest. Brother Stokes took his creation to the 1915 Chi Phi Congress held in San Francisco, where it was referred to a committee, but eventually fell from discussion at Congress or Grand Council meetings.

The next year a simple wooden shield with the superimposed Greek letters Chi and Phi was approved for brothers to use inconspicuously in their bedrooms and later in living rooms at chapter houses. This shield was not identified as a crest of the Fraternity, but rather as a plaque indicating membership.

Another design surfaced in 1923 when Fred W. Shaw, Delta 1924, submitted his to the Grand Council and later to Congress. This time it appeared that opposition to a crest itself was weakening. However, the proposed crest was intended to be a private symbol according to this quote from the Report of the Grand Council to the Congress of 1923:

The Congresses of the past have gone on record as opposed to hat bands, pennants, or other means of advertising. It would seem that the badge, alumni emblem, and service ring constituted sufficient personal adornment in line with conservative good taste, and that the display of certain insignia should be confined to the lodge rooms. On the other hand, the desire and possible necessity for some insignia for use in the rooms of students or homes of alumni should be recognized and provided for in a uniform and authorized manner.

Unless Congress desires to take immediate action, these matters should also be referred to and considered by the proposed Committee of experts in law, heraldry, tradition, and art.

Congress agreed that the idea should be referred to a committee. The Grand Council appointed a group of six Chi Phi’s from ” all shades of opinion and sections of the country” as a Reviewing Committee to comment and improve on an official insignia report prepared by the Council itself.

Over the course of the next year, the Reviewing Committee exchanged reports with the Grand Council. These exchanges led to a recommendation to adopt a crest for use in fraternity publications and college annuals, as well as in the lodge room. Other items agreed to be acceptable for public display were the badge, the alumni emblem, the service ring (worn instead of the badge by those in military uniform) and the wall plaque approved in 1916. However, the official position still rejected the use of any fraternity insignia or the Greek letters “Chi” and “Phi” on ribbons, hatbands, stationery, or silverware.

At the Congress of 1924, a Committee on Insignia was assigned the task of considering the recommendations. There is little insight into the discussions of that committee, but their report to Congress is very clear. They approved all the previously existing insignia, but in the matter of the crest, they submitted:

The Committee wishes the thanks of the Congress extended to Brother Shaw of Delta for the design of a Coat of Arms which he submitted for adoption. Your committee does not approve the adoption of a Coat of Arms for the fraternity. It suggests for use in college annuals and fraternity publications a simple engraving of the badge.

Just when the crest seemed to find favor, the prevailing attitude of the leaders and delegates decided against the idea. For the next decade, efforts to create a crest were put aside while Fraternity leaders attended to other issues of the day.

In 1936, Donald E. Williams, Alpha-Chi 1938, having no knowledge of any of the previous efforts, took it upon himself to create and promote the idea of adopting an official Chi Phi crest. Having served as Chapter Alpha and involved in various campus activities, Brother Williams noticed that most other fraternities at Ohio Wesleyan had crests they proudly displayed. Believing that his own fraternity deserved such a symbol, Williams decided to enroll in a heraldry class in the art department and design a crest for Chi Phi as his main project for the course.

As a result, George M. Austin, Alpha-Chi 1928, described Williams’ crest elegantly in The Acorn, the alumni newsletter of the Alpha-Chi Chapter. He wrote in 1936, “The Crest itself is a work of art and shows a mastery of detail and a completeness which is almost impossible to appreciate unless the design is seen. Every symbol of the fraternity is somewhere woven into the structure of the Crest. The dates of the founding of the three orders are accorded their proper places as is the pin, the Chackett [sic] and other Chi Phi indicia.”
With his design in hand, Brother Williams attended the 1936 Chi Phi Congress in New York City as an Alpha-Chi Chapter delegate. His original artwork was displayed on and off the floor of Congress to the satisfaction of many of the delegates.

The Committee on New Jewelry included in their report a recommendation to adopt Brother Williams’ design as the official crest of the Fraternity. After discussion of the committee report, action on the crest was postponed, and later during the Congress, Crawford J. V. Rainwater, Gamma 1937, motioned that the Grand Council be given full authority to decide on the adoption of the crest. The Congress agreed and left the decision to the Grand Council.

With the help of his chapter’s alumni, a campaign to promote the crest was conducted through word-of-mouth and other means. As Brother Austin detailed in his Acorn article: ” It is planned to have printed several copies of the 8 x 10 drawing which has been completed to date and to send them to Chi Phi groups throughout the country, including active chapters, chartered alumni groups, etc. It is hoped that in this manner a universal interest in the adoption of the Crest may be manifest.”

The Grand Council considered the crest at its December 5, 1936, meeting. At that time, Benjamin Russell, Alpha 1899, who had served on the 1923 Reviewing Committee, motioned that no official crest be adopted, but the Council should express its appreciation to Brother Williams for his efforts. The Council agreed. Brother Williams continued his efforts and returned to the Chi Phi Congress when it met in 1937 in French Lick, Indiana. Again, the delegates responded favorably, but no action was taken.

” Most people who saw the design liked the idea,” recalls Williams. ” I believe one reason it was not adopted in 1936 or 1937 was because of the concern some people had for the use of the fasces. Remember, this was near the peak of fascism in Europe, and I think the leaders of the Fraternity thought that using this symbol would inadvertently connect Chi Phi to that movement.”

Having attended two consecutive Congresses without success, Brother Williams shifted his attention to his studies as he prepared for graduation. Sometimes, however, a good idea refuses to die. The crest was again discussed at the 1940 Congress. In fact, the crest idea merited its own committee.

From the Record of the Annual Congress 1940:

Theodore W. Lanman, Xi 1941, chairman of the Committee on the Crest, reported that after full discussion, 75% of the members of the committee favored the adoption of the crest, which was displayed by the committee to the Congress. Richard N. Ames, Alpha-Chi 1941, moved the adoption of the crest. Joe Frank Smith, Sigma 1941, expressed approval of the crest, stating that all the chapters at the University of Illinois had such an emblem. Robert I. Crane, Alpha-Mu 1941, opposed the adoption of the crest on the grounds that it did not identify the Chi Phi Fraternity and no one could interpret its meaning without knowing the secrets of the Fraternity. James P. Coho, Zeta 1941, asked that a vote be taken on the adoption of the crest. The motion for its adoption failed to carry.

During World War II, Congress was suspended. After the war, the Fraternity returned to business, and the crest again appeared on the Congressional agenda. Once more a committee considered the crest, and once more the committee brought to the floor of Congress a favorable motion. George L. Freeman, Xi 1949, as chairman of the Committee on the Crest, motioned that the Council be authorized to adopt a crest for the Fraternity. The motion was seconded by Kingsley Humbert Jr., Mu 1948, and was approved by the Congress.

This time, unlike 1936, the Grand Council was in favor of the crest and action occurred quickly. By the October Council meeting, the L.G. Balfour Company was working on official drawings of the crest. Balfour took Brother Williams’ original design and produced a commercial full-color printed version, as well as a bronze three-dimensional version.

Balfour’s adaptation of Brother Williams’ design was ready for the Grand Council meeting of January 28, 1948, where it was finally approved as Chi Phi’s official crest. Credit was given, along with appreciation, to Brother Williams in the official minutes of the meeting.

The crest went public at Congress that year, when Grand Alpha J. Pollard Turman, Gamma 1934, made the official announcement and noted that a ring with the crest had been added to the official jewelry of the Fraternity. The Fraternity Press, then publisher of the Chakett presented to Congress five hundred prints of the crest suitable for framing. It made its first Chakett appearance on the cover of the February 1948 issue.

Today, the crest is a public symbol for the brothers of Chi Phi, one that is instantly recognizable to members, but still appropriately obscure to outsiders. It communicates our proud history without overt bragging.

Is There a Need for Fraternities?

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By Walter Cronkite, Nu 1937 (Originally published in the September 1963 Chakett)

Editor’s Note:  In 1963, Walter Cronkite, Nu 1937 delivered a speech at a banquet sponsored by the University of Texas Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils in front of representatives of all colleges in Texas having fraternities.  His speech was recorded and then an abbreviated version was reproduced in the September 1963 Chakett.  At the time, Cronkite, was the CBS News anchor.  Many of his pointed remarks to University administrators and critics of fraternity life still ring true today. Excerpts from that speech and article are reprinted below.

In 1963, Cronkite addressed a crowd at the University of Texas about the benefits of fraternity life and the important role it plays in America.

I took a great deal more from my fraternity than I gave – but what I took was a very great deal – companionship of the highest possible order, self-confidence born of belonging to a group of which I was proud, enrichment of my personal life which gave all of my college career an added dimension and even an extra bond to seal life-long friendships that already existed.  And my high school buddies who came to college with me, after the experience of our fraternity, were bound together much tighter than they ever could have been previously.

I found certain guidance by example in gentlemanly conduct.  They call it the social graces in a girls’ school.  But gentlemanly conduct I learned.  I took off my yellow shoes and put on a tuxedo, I suppose you would say.  I was introduced to girls, most of whom I couldn’t afford.  I count that as a blessing though.  And in later years I have been provided with an introduction to some very, very pleasant people whom I might not have known if it hadn’t been for my fraternity association.

I think we all agree that fraternities cannot occupy the center of the stage at any university or college.  They may not intrude upon the principal job of getting an education any more than a man after years can let his favorite sport, bowling or golf, interfere with getting his job done.  I think our young do need guidance and the priority of things.  I think this guidance, however, need not be hard to find.  The older men in the undergraduate ranks in a fraternity certainly can provide it, and if they can’t, and if they need help themselves, certainly the counselors, the advisors to the chapter can provide it if they are doing their job.  We must assume that what we are talking about is the ideal fraternity where people do the jobs that are assigned to them and that must be done.  A fraternity can take a supplementary role in education which is disproportionate to anything that any other outside group can do on a college campus.  It can take a most important role in this area.  For the members of a fraternity there is guidance of a nature in the educational field (I am talking about the right fraternity, the well-run fraternity), that cannot be provided in any other sort of outside group or outside area.

A well-run fraternity house is a built-in tutoring system, as well.  And tell me where else you can find that on a college campus, where every man who needs some help can get it from his brothers at the fraternity house?

I do feel that the fraternities should be a retreat, as well, from the daily routine, if this is to be home in our college years.  It certainly can and must inspire and even prod the members on to greater intellectual achievement toward his goal of excellence.  But it should not lose sight that companionship is really the base of the fraternity system.

A fraternity can take a supplementary role in education which is disproportionate to anything that any other outside group can do on a college campus.

We have grown, perhaps, a little overly serious in this drive to excel in the competition particularly with the Russians.  We have almost let fun become a dirty word.  I can’t believe that at all.  I can’t believe that we can beat the Russians by imitating them.  I can’t believe that by being as stodgy and as dull as they are, by lacking a sense of humor, by keeping our nose to the grindstone until it comes out the back of our neck, we are going to really win this race for men’s minds, as well as the race in scientific achievement.

 A Right to Exist

It seems to me that we don’t need a reason to exist as fraternities.  I don’t think we have to explain ourselves away.  I don’t think that we should be forced into becoming service organizations, do-good organizations, organizations with civic responsibility.  I think it is wonderful that we can have projects that come from our heart, that we want to perform, that we see as a need, that we see a hole to be filled, a gap where we can do something.  I think it is marvelous, but we are not going to become a service organization as sort of a camouflage to avoid surveillance, nor are we going to let it be forced upon us from the outside by those who, I’m afraid, desire principally to see us not prosper as to see us falter, and to somehow or other chop away at us like Khruschev chopping away at his salami.

Don’t Demand Too Much of the Fraternity

Getting back to this extra work, taking on projects, civic responsibilities, and so forth, I don’t think too much should be demanded of the fraternity.  I don’t think that too much activity is perhaps a good idea.

It must not become so active in outside endeavor that the fraternity man is so busy with his own group that he has no time for the extracurricular activities in the University itself.  Indeed, one of the great things that fraternities do on our campuses, it seems to me, is to push their members into outside activities, into participation in extracurricular activities on the campus.  It would be a shame if we got so busy with our own little set that we didn’t have time for that kind of outside activity.

Williams College charges that isolation of fraternities is inhumane to the persons excluded by non-membership. They would solve this by the dormitory system. By golly, who says that dormitories are humane, for goodness sake?  Rejection there of the individual in a dormitory can be as highly personal as anywhere, far worse than the mere exclusion of membership in a mass organization.  There, the socially maladjusted, the misfit, is given no opportunity at social adjustment, and no help at self-improvement.  Certainly you can’t say that about any fraternities that I know of.  The help is there, from brothers, to every member of the fraternity.

It doesn’t alarm me that there apparently is a growing number of those who think for themselves and who resist the pressures of social conformity, and who do not join fraternities.  I think that is good for the fraternity system.  I think it is good that growing numbers of independents on our campuses are independents by choice.  It seems to me that it dilutes and perhaps destroys this whole charge of snobbery and social exclusion.  It helps prevent the fraternity from becoming to an individual something that the fraternity is not.  The fraternity lodge is not a shield behind which the weak man can hide.  No man is going to be a better man simply because he wears a piece of jewelry.  He is going to be a better man for the discipline of the organizational life and the enrichment of his experience that comes from fraternity life.

But let’s also not write off the fraternity’s role in this business of the making of a gentleman.  I hope that there are no educators who decry the gentlemanly virtues, and yet I know of no other source for their inculcation during the college years than in the fraternity system.  Who else on the campus today is one iota concerned with the social growth and the development of the individual in the so-called gentlemanly virtues?  I don’t know.  The Dean of Student Life can do a great deal toward making this college and this University a more pleasant place in which to live and give it the right environment.  But when it gets down to the individual problems, how can he deal with the thousands with whom he has to deal?  The fraternity can deal with the few score with which it deals, and it’s going to.  It is going to be quite sure that its men are gentlemen.  Again, don’t forget we are talking about the good fraternities.

A New Chi Phi Website

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A new website has launched! Here we outline some of the great new features available on the Chi Phi websiteThe new Chi Phi Fraternity Website.

Site design and usability. We’ve refreshed the entire look of chiphi.org. Pulling from Chi Phi colors, the Chakett sits atop a golden background. The chiphi.org website is mobile and tablet friendly. In fact, we optimized the site to as well or work better with devices that travel in your pocket or bag. When you check out the site from your phone or tablet, you will see the same content you do on a computer. We believe if it is important enough to go on our website, everyone should have access to it regardless of how they access the content. In addition to redesigning the look of the site and optimizing it for mobile audiences, the structure has been reimagined. Chi Phi’s previous site had layers and layers of pages hidden by content, the new site has seven main content areas – Join Chi Phi, Contact information, Alumni information, Upcoming Events, Chi Phi’s History, Resources, and information on the Educational Trust. Each of these pages serves as a landing for content specific to the respective heading. Finally, to ensure ease of use – we’ve implemented a site index and site search to ensure you will find what you are looking for.

New features of chiphi.org.

  • Our redesigned homepage provides quick access to important Chi Phi related information through a gorgeous photo slider.
  • The site is also social. You can tweet or “like” any of the pages to share your recommendations with your friends.
  • The Member’s only portal has never been better! A new file manager makes finding and downloading content easier than ever before.
  • All forms are now digital forms. New Members can now complete the form themselves and choose to invoice the Chapter/Colony or to pay it themselves. All other forms are either currently available or will be available in the coming weeks.
  • Photo gallery. We’ve launched a gallery to share all of those amazing memories of Chi Phi.
  • A unified calendar of upcoming events that is constituently updated with events including Chapters, Colonies, Alumni Associations, or Chi Phi Clubs. If you have an event you would like featured, please email news@chiphi.org.

Blog. The Chi Phi Fraternity has launched a blog devoted to the lives of Chi Phi men. If you would like to share a story about your Chapter/Colony or recent Alumni gathering, please do so! Information on how to submit a story can be found here.

During the coming weeks and months, Chi Phi will continue to improve its offerings of digital media. Look for a completely online accreditation submission process later this fall as well as other new features. Subscribe to the Chi Phi Fraternity blog or social media outlets to receive all of Chi Pih’s latest news.

Greek Life Museum

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This December 24th Chi Phi Fraternity will be celebrating our 188th anniversary. The world was a very different place in 1824. Chi Phi was founded in a time when the United States had only seen five Presidents, and in the same year the first technical school in the English-speaking world was created in Troy, New York (which today houses the Theta Chapter at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). Since this time the world has seen many new creations like the countries of Germany, Italy and Canada; the typewriter, computers, and the light bulb to name a very few. The Fraternity has a rich history comprised of war heroes, social revolutions and great deeds not forgotten. The Chi Phi Greek Life Museum in the William M. Byrd Chi Phi National Headquarters Building is filled with badges and jewelry once worn by men of the three founding orders, photographs of the twelve apostles of Upsilon and portraits of Chi Phi brothers dressed as Union and Confederate Officers. The Museum also houses historical documents from each Chi Phi Chapter and Chaketts dating back to the late 19th century. These items currently wait steadfastly for a time in which their splendor can be readily enjoyed. The physical records and archives of the Fraternity have resided in many locations over the years. The original home of the archives along with the National Headquarters was in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mainly located in the Zeta Chapter house basement, overseen by Dr. Theodore Appel, Zeta 1889. The National Headquarters moved to Atlanta in 1937, but the archives remained in Lancaster under Appel’s son’s supervision, Dr. James Appel, Zeta 1928. In 1938 the Grand Council voted to purchase a safe in order to store valuables and Fraternity jewelry. This safe was in use for over fifty years. In 1946, the transfer of the remainder of the archives was made from Lancaster to Atlanta. Unfortunately many photos, documents and items of memorabilia were damaged heavily by a flood in Lancaster and were unable to be saved. Due to the fact that the staff rarely used the archives and the high cost of keeping them at the headquarters, the items were housed in a storage unit in the basement of an Atlanta building not far from the office. They remained in dark silence there until the early 1980’s. The Archives were eventually joined with the headquarters when a more permanent structure was purchased in Lilburn, Georgia just a few miles north of Atlanta in 1998. Finally the records moved with the Headquarters to its current location of 1160 Satellite Boulevard in Suwanee, Georgia in 2007. In December 2009 the Fraternity hired a fine arts exhibit specialist to analyze the feasibility of the project. In turn the specialist submitted a report with his recommendations on the specifications in which the Chi Phi Greek Life Museum should be constructed. Among these guidelines were restrictions on the environment of the room itself. The temperature, humidity and lighting in the Museum must be carefully controlled. In addition, the Museum needs a fire safety system that will not damage items while extinguishing a fire. Displays for key artifacts must also be built to precise detail. Displays should include sensors that indicate when the enclosed items are approaching harmful environmental levels. Display cases that hold material deemed to be extremely sensitive need to be illuminated at low light in order to prevent damage. Fragile materials such as photos and fabric should be rotated to only be on display for a maximum of three months a year. In order to make the Museum accessible to all members, over a century and a half of documents need to be scanned and a large number of items to be photographed in order to add them to a digital archive. The task of cataloging all of these items has been estimated to take approximately three years by a professionally certified archivist. The end result will be one of the largest, on-line Greek databases where all members of Fraternities and Sororities can conduct research. The database will be a key factor in the completion of the next installment of the Chi Phi Chronicles.

Summary of 147th Chi Phi Congress

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The 147th Congress was held this year in Atlanta, GA and was a wonderful success! Much was accomplished during the Congressional sessions. The Congressional body reelected Brother James Soderquist, Alpha 1967 for another term as Grand Alpha. Amendments were made to the Chi Phi Constitution and By-Laws. Furthermore, decisions were made to support programs that will strengthen the Fraternity, in the years ahead.

An updated list of the Grand Council and Educational Trust members can be found on the Chi Phi website, as well as a copy of the minutes of Congress and the revised edition of the Chi Phi Constitution and By-Laws. Below are the key highlights to aid in your preparation for the upcoming academic year.

Legislation Highlights:

Resolution: 2371 – Alphas Academy Attendance

Whereas the 146th Congress passed a resolution encouraging all Chapters and Colonies to send at least one member to the Alpha’s Academy, and Whereas the inaugural Alpha’s Academy had over 50% attendance from all Chapters and Colonies, and Whereas those Alphas in attendance found the training, discussion, and networking tremendously beneficial, and Whereas the programming, curriculum, and experiences are specific and especially pertinent to the existing Alpha of a Chapter or Colony.  Hereby be it resolved that each Chapter or Colony be strongly encouraged to send their Alpha to every Alpha’s Academy; and be it further resolved that if the Alpha cannot attend, he is strongly encouraged to contact the National Office to discuss an appropriate alternative.

 

Motion: 2372 – Required Alumni Information

We move to require the current Chapter and Colony Alphas to send the National Office the names and contact information, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers, of all Alumni offices of their respective Alumni Associations and/or house corporations by September 15th, 2012.  Those Chapters or Colonies who do not have an Alumni Association or house corporation shall notify the National Office as such by the same date.

 

Resolution: 2373 – Brother O’Connor, Alpha-Chi Chapter

Whereas the crest of the Fraternity is emblazoned with a pair of crossed swords recognizing the value of unwavering chivalry; whereas women are considered to be at the highest risk of sexual assault within Fraternity houses; and whereas Fraternities are nationally underrepresented in the fight against sexual assault; be hereby resolved that the Chi Phi Fraternity shall hereby consider the national organization RAINN and all sexual assault crisis centers for philanthropic support.

 

Motion: 2374 – Alumni Installation Ceremony

The Heritage and Traditions Committee moves that the name of the Senior Installation Ceremony be changed to the Alumni Installation Ceremony.

 

Motion: 2375 – Fraternity Password

The Heritage and Traditions Committee moves that the password of the Fraternity be annually mailed before the following school year to all Chapters and Colonies of the Chi Phi Fraternity in a coded format to be decoded by the corresponding Alpha.