They were generally regarded as "lops" or "long-ears", those students who considered themselves to be intellectually and morally superior. The Philo Literary Society was the Beta's sphere of influence. Beta Theta Pi had been founded at Miami, Ohio in 1839 and was instituted at Jefferson in 1842. There were two fraternities at Jefferson College at this time, Beta Theta Pi and Phi Gamma Delta. The Greek letters are the acronym for the phrase, in Greek, "Friend's Association of Honor". The term also denoted the victors in the annual Literary Society Contests.įebruary of 1852 saw the birth at Jefferson College of an organization rooted, at least ostensibly, in honor. Scholastic excellence was rewarded with "honors" at graduation. Academic use of the word is less nebulous. Letters written by Jefferson College students often contain the indefinable term. Honor is a word much used in the lexicon of the mid-nineteenth century. This is not an objective approach to the subject, but is shows more clearly the students and their politics. We will study the situation primarily from the point of view of the early members of the fraternity, making liberal use of their own words. In this issue we will look into the difficulties encountered by the second fraternity that originated at Jefferson College in its struggles to make a place for itself in the college community. The first article in this series about fraternities at Jefferson College dealt, from a statistical viewpoint, with the men who founded Phi Gamma Delta. Solobay, 514 Craighead Street, Canonsburg, PA 15317. Send membership requests and fees to Joseph A. Society membership is open to all: Individual $10 student $5 contributing $15 business or institutional $25 sustaining $50 life $150. Reprinted with the author's permission. The Jefferson College Times is a publication of the Jefferson College Historical Society. Originally published in The Jefferson College Times, Vol.
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