Fraternities On the Rocks.

From: Policy Review | Date: February 1, 2000| Author: SIRHAL, MAUREEN | Copyright information

JEW ENDURING INSTITUTIONS -- and certainly no collegiate institutions -- are as quintessentially American as the Greek letter fraternities and sororities. It was in 1776, emblematically enough, that the first such society, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded at the College of William and Mary. Founded chiefly to provide a forum for debate and discussion, Phi Beta Kappa was primarily concerned with enhancing the scholarship of its members. In this the organization was typical of the first f...

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