Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ) is the fourth oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity in the United States and Canada and was founded in 1832 by Samuel Eells at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Today the name refers to both the all-male fraternity and the Alpha Delta Phi Society, which separated from the fraternity in 1992 and permits co-educated chapters. The Fraternity and the Society are both derived from Eells's vision for a "literary society,"...
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Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ) is the fourth oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity in the United States and Canada and was founded in 1832 by Samuel Eells at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Today the name refers to both the all-male fraternity and the Alpha Delta Phi Society, which separated from the fraternity in 1992 and permits co-educated chapters. The Fraternity and the Society are both derived from Eells's vision for a "literary society," with each chapter upholding its literary tradition.
From its early days, Alpha Delta Phi sought students of a decided literary orientation. In the founder's own words, the literary pursuit of the fraternity must "be built on a more comprehensive scale than other societies, ... providing for every variety of taste and talent and embracing every department of literature and science... It must be national and universal in its adaptations, so as not merely to cultivate a taste for literature or furnish the mind with knowledge, but with a true...
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