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A Centennial History of Alpha Phi, 1872-1972, Cover
CHAPTER TWO
1872
The Founding
O
N THE AFTERNOON of September 18, 1872,
mouth College in 1867. In 1888, its name was changed
Martha Foote (Crow) was visiting her friends, Clara
to Pi Beta Phi.
Sittser (Williams) and Kate Hogoboom (Gilbert),
The college girls of the 1870s had independence,
in their room at Syracuse University. One of them
character and ambition, for there were few girls in
mused, "Why can't we have a society as well as the
universities, and higher education was not made easy
men?"
for women. They discerned that colleges newly opened
The idea caught on, and a few days later the nine-
to them offered more than studies; they also offered
teen coeds of the college were invited to this same
life-long friendships. So these pioneers, in widely
room to discuss the matter. Clara's mother had sent
varied locations, fashioned a pattern Greek in ideal,
a roast chicken and other goodies, which were shared
American in democracy.
with the guests, who, with ruffled shirtwaists and
flowing skirts, had draped themselves on bed, chairs,
floor and windowseats. Ten hardy souls decided to
"Kate Hogoboom wrote, 'Each
try the experiment.
girl thought herself important
The girls were unaware that they were not the first
Greek letter organization for women. They had no
as a member of the greatest
idea that Kappa Alpha Theta had been established
at DePauw University in 1870 and Kappa Kappa
combination of brains, breeding
Gamma at Monmouth College in the same year. The
Adelphean Society had been established in 1851 at
and beauty on
this earth.' "
Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Georgia. It did
not adopt a Greek letter name until 1904, however,
On September 30, the "Original Ten" met at Ida
when it became Alpha Delta Phi, which in 1913 was
Gilbert's (Houghton) home and bound themselves in
changed to Alpha Delta Pi. Also in 1851 at the
sisterhood. Her mother later served the first initiation
same school, Philomathean was organized, which, in
banquet. Shortly thereafter, Florence Chidester's
1900 became Phi Mu. The first group to have more
(Lukens) parents allowed the girls to hold a reception
than one chapter was I. C. Sorosis, founded at Mon-
at their home to introduce Alpha Phi to the campus
A CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ALPHA PHI FRATERNITY-3
