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High school fraternities and sororities

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 founded in 1904 at Englewood High School

Englewood Technical Prep Academy

Englewood Technical Prep Academy or sometimes referred to as simply Englewood High School , part of the Chicago Public School system, served the Englewood community on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois....

 in Chicago, Illinois.

History

On June 11, 1902, nine men at Englewood High School in Chicago, Illinois formed a club known as the Harvard Athletic Club. The club was organized for the purpose of fostering sports in the school. They designed a club pin that was a crimson diamond with a white "H" in the middle. Soon after the formation of the Harvard Athletics Club, the men constructed a cinder track near the school where they trained for track events.

In the years prior to the formation of the Harvard Athletics Club, several high school fraternities had been founded in the Chicago area, and their popularity had grown tremendously. Omicron Kappa Pi was founded in 1893, and Beta Zeta Phi and Delta Sigma

Delta Sigma Fraternity

ΔΣ was a high school fraternity founded in 1897 at Lewis Institute in Chicago, Illinois.- History :Delta Sigma was founded at Lewis Institute in September 1897, as an athletic fraternity fostering clean athletics, loyalty and high ideas. Delta Sigma was arguably the first secondary fraternity to...

 were founded in 1897. As a result of issues caused by the growing popularity of these organizations, the administration at Englewood gave numerous lectures warning against membership in fraternities, exemplifying the pitfalls and disgrace that came with membership in such organizations. The lectures against fraternity membership peaked the interest of the men of the Harvard Athletics Club, and they decided that they would like to become a fraternity. On December 31, 1903, they changed the name of their group to the Harvards, with the intention of becoming a fraternity.

On March 7, 1904, the Harvards reorganized as Kappa Alpha Pi Fraternity. The men involved at the time of reorganization are credited as being the founders of Kappa Alpha Pi. Those men were Chauncey M. Briggs, Harold R. Cossitt, U. Lloyd Hendrick, Merwin O. Hopkins, Fred G. Lee, William H. McCord, H. Russell Sherwood, R. Clifford Sherwood, and George H. Wright.

With the intention of becoming a national fraternity, Kappa Alpha Pi petitioned the State of Illinois for a charter, and it was granted, in November 1905. By 1930, Kappa Alpha Pi had more than 50 chapters across the United States, with the heaviest concentration in Illinois and California.

Kappa Alpha Pi's national publication was known as the Kappa Alpha Pi Journal.

Chapters

Chapter	Institution	Location	Date Founded
Alpha	Englewood High School Englewood Technical Prep Academy Englewood Technical Prep Academy or sometimes referred to as simply Englewood High School , part of the Chicago Public School system, served the Englewood community on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois....	Chicago, Illinois	March 7, 1904
Epsilon	Parker High School Paul Robeson High School (Chicago, Illinois) Paul Robeson High School is a public high school in the Englewood neighborhood of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of Chicago Public Schools...	Chicago, Illinois	November 7, 1907
Zeta†		Muncie, Indiana Muncie, Indiana Muncie is a city in Center Township, Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. It is the principal city of the Muncie, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 118,769...	1908
Alpha Phi	Lowell High School Lowell High School Lowell High School may refer to:*Lowell High School *Lowell High School *Lowell High School *Lowell High School *Lowell High School...	San Francisco, California San Francisco, California San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...	February 12, 1909
Alpha Theta		Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...	April 1909
Phi Gamma		Muncie, Indiana Muncie, Indiana Muncie is a city in Center Township, Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. It is the principal city of the Muncie, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 118,769...	July 21, 1909
Xi	Thornton Township High School Thornton Township High School Thornton Township High School, often simply referred to as Thornton is a public high school founded in 1899. The school is located in Harvey, Illinois one of the south suburbs of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The school is one of three schools administered by Thornton Township High Schools...	Harvey, Illinois Harvey, Illinois Harvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 30,000 at the 2000 census.Harvey is bordered by Dixmoor, Riverdale and Blue Island to the north, Posen and Markham to the west, South Holland, Phoenix, and Dolton to the east, and East Hazel Crest to the...	September 9, 1909
Phi Epsilon		Oakland, California Oakland, California Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...	May 11, 1910
Phi Kappa		Alameda, California Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...	May 27, 1910
Alpha Tau	South High School	Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...	October 30, 1910
Sigma Phi	Chico High School	Chico, California Chico, California Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census...	1911
Rho††	Central High School Central High School (Kansas City, Missouri) Central High School is a comprehensive high school located at 3221 Indiana Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri and it is part of the Kansas City, Missouri School District. Central High School was established in 1884 in order to help educate the growing population of Kansas City. The school colors are...	Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
Alpha Gamma	Jefferson High School	Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...	November 6, 1912
Gamma Beta	Yonkers High School Yonkers High School Yonkers High School is located in Yonkers, New York and offers the International Baccalaureate program of studies.Yonkers High School is ranked the 41st best American High School by U.S. News and World Report.-External links:* *...	Yonkers, New York Yonkers, New York Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...	March 21, 1914
Zeta	Central High School Central High School (Saint Joseph, Missouri) Central High School is a public secondary school in St. Joseph, Missouri. The school is a part of the St. Joseph School District. Central High School, one of the oldest high schools west of the Mississippi River, was established on May 8, 1895, when St. Joseph High School was built at 13th & Olive...	St. Joseph, Missouri	October 10, 1915
Alpha Kappa		Sacramento, California Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...	1921
Alpha Beta		Stockton, California Stockton, California Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...	February 22, 1926
Alpha Psi		Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	May 13, 1926
Alpha Xi		Marysville, California Marysville, California Marysville is the county seat of Yuba County, California, United States. The population was 12,072 at the 2010 census, down from 12,268 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area, often referred to as the Yuba-Sutter Area after the two counties, Yuba and...	October 3, 1926
Delta Phi		Springfield, Illinois Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...	January 9, 1927
Gamma Theta		Yonkers, New York Yonkers, New York Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...	January 23, 1927
Gamma Tau		New York, New York	January 23, 1927

• † The original Zeta Chapter at Muncie, Indiana gave up its charter in 1909, and the Phi Gamma Chapter was founded soon after as a replacement.
• †† Rho Chapter was moved to Southwest High School
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