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Fraternities - Social

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Records, 1858-1994

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG12-12
Scope and Contents The collection contains historical information, including a copy of the fraternity history from the 1897 Quips and Cranks and the manuscript "Milestones Backward Run," a detailed history of the fraternity to 1940. There are copies of the constitution, including a copy of the original constitution written by Robert Hall Morrison Jr. in 1858. This notebook also contains Morrison's notes for Dr. McPhail's "Lectures on Logic" course. There is also a notebook containing the ritual of initiation...
Dates: 1858
Found in: College Archives

Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA). Faculty Committee on Fraternities Box 30, 1951 - 1971

 Sub-Series
Identifier: RG3-1-2-043
Scope and Contents The first file contains information on the American Commons Club, a fraternity founded nationally in 1921 and which sparked the Davidsonian version, Campus Club. Correspondence file 1956 contains information on dancing at Davidson. Correspondence file 1958 contains information on faculty regulations of fraternities. Information on sophomore rush and after-dark regulations are found in correspondence files 1960-1961. The proposals made by the 12 presidents of the Davidson College...
Dates: 1951 - 1971

Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA). Social Life Evaluating Committee Box 50, 1965 - 1966

 Sub-Series
Identifier: RG03-01-02-087
Scope and Contents

The files contain the correspondence and minutes with/of the committee. One designated file contains the final report of the committee. Each of the existing fraternities also provides its own individual report concerning their role on campus. The Statements folder contains materials gathered for the committee, memos, and a typescript of a meeting held with the committee and fraternity representatives.

Dates: 1965 - 1966