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Kappa Pi Kappa
ΚΠΚ
The Kappa Kappa Kappa Seal
FoundedJuly 13, 1842; 181 years ago (1842-07-13)
Dartmouth College
TypeSocial
StatusActive
ScopeLocal
MottoTui Filii Dartmuthensi Tuoque Honori Fidelis
ColorsDartmouth Green
Chapters1
Headquarters1 Webster Avenue
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
U.S.
Websitekappapikappa.org
Pi Kap, view from front lawn looking west.

Kappa Pi Kappa (ΚΠΚ), also known as Pi Kap[1] and formerly known as Tri-Kap, Kappa Chi Kappa, and Kappa Kappa Kappa, is a local men's fraternityatDartmouth CollegeinHanover, New Hampshire. The fraternity was founded in 1842 and is the second-oldest fraternity at Dartmouth College.[2] Pi Kap is the oldest local fraternity in the United States.[citation needed] It is located at 1 Webster Avenue, Hanover, New Hampshire.

History[edit]

Kappa Kappa Kappa, using from inception the Greek letter Κ repeated three times, was founded on July 13, 1842, by Harrison Carroll Hobart and two of his closest companions, Stephen Gordon Nash, and John Dudley Philbrick, all Class of 1842.[3][4] The society was based on the principles of democracy, loyalty to Dartmouth, and equality of opportunity. Originally a literary and debate society, Pi Kap officially became a social society in 1905 and has remained so ever since, making it the oldest extant local fraternity in the country.[4][5]

Pi Kap was the first student society at Dartmouth with its own meeting place, a building called The Hall, which was originally where the Hopkins Center for the Arts is today. Opened on July 28, 1860, the Hall served as Tri-Kap's home until the society moved into the Parker House in 1894.[6] Parker House was where the modern-day Silsby Hall is. In 1923, the society moved into 1 Webster Avenue, where it resides to this day.[4][7]

Over the years, Tri-Kap's name remained problematic, due to name-only similarity to the Ku Klux Klan, an unaffiliated racist organization that uses similar, but English letters. Thus, in April 1992, Kappa Kappa Kappa changed its name to Kappa Chi Kappa (ΚΧΚ). On October 23, 1995, the group changed their name back to Kappa Kappa Kappa.[8][9]

The issue persisted, and after a period of consensus-building, on May 18, 2022, Kappa Kappa Kappa again changed its name to Kappa Pi Kappa (ΚΠΚ).[10]

Notable members[edit]

Honorary alumni[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "When the Bubble Pops". The Dartmouth. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  • ^ "Greek Chapters". 9 August 2016.
  • ^ William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 15 May 2021. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
  • ^ a b c "Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity. (Dartmouth College) | Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts".
  • ^ Baird, William Raimond, ed. (1905). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (6th ed.). New York: The Alcolm Company. p. 518.
  • ^ "Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth. VI. View [index.html] for frames version". www.dartmo.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  • ^ "Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth. VII. View [index.html] for frames version". www.dartmo.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  • ^ Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth - Appendix A
  • ^ Kappa Chi votes to rename itself
  • ^ Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity changes name to Kappa Pi Kappa, The Dartmouth (5/19/22)
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