About Phi Kappa Sigma
A history
Phi Kappa Sigma was founded on August 16th, 1850 by Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell at the University of Pennsylvania. Between August 16th and October 19th, he brought together six other men who would become the founders of Phi Kappa Sigma: James Baynard Hodge, Alfred Victor DuPont, Charles Hare Hutchinson, John Thorne Stone, Duane Williams, and Andrew Adams Ripka. We celebrate Founder's day on October 19th every year.
More than just an organization, Phi Kappa Sigma is a brotherhood guided in part by the values and objectives created by Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell at our founding. Every member takes an oath to uphold these ideals.
The Objectives
From Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution and Acts of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity:
“The Objects of Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity shall be the promotion of good fellowship and the cultivation of the social virtues among our members; the protection of just rights and the advancement of the best interests, present and future, individual and collective, of all those who shall be associated together as members of this Fraternity; the encouragement of good scholarship and the breadth of training for our members; and cooperation in the educational and cultural programs of institutions of higher education in which our Chapters are located.”
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