Only three collegiate chapters were chartered between 19. The 1930s were the Depression years, a period of serious economic deterioration which created many problems for fraternities. By the time the next Grand Council Convention was held in 1928 the Fraternity had grown into an organization of 35 collegiate chapters. Bruce Philip, who served as the pharmaceutical Fraternity’s first Grand Regent and Grand Counselor. Richard Bliss, Jr., who served as Editor of The Mask from 1910 until 1941, and W. Eldridge, Jr., who was neither a physician nor a pharmacist, A. The pharmacy group retained the offices of Grand Regent and Grand Vice Regent and the name of the journal, The Mask.Īlthough the Fraternity would hold only one Grand Council Convention between 19, the Fraternity continued its growth as a pharmaceutical fraternity under the leadership of Preston W. The medical organization became Theta Kappa Psi Medical Fraternity. The pharmacy group retained the Greek letters “Kappa” and “Psi” and the new organization was designated as Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. Regardless of the problems experienced during the 26 years the union had existed, it must be acknowledged that the two professions created in Kappa Psi an outstanding professional fraternity. The separation of the two groups was not a simple matter, although the rather limited records of the 1924 Convention would seem to indicate that such was the case. At the time of the reorganization there were 32 active medical collegiate chapters, 27 active pharmacy collegiate chapters, and five active medical-pharmacy chapters. It was agreed the reorganization would become effective on January 15, 1925. Kappa Psi Fraternity terminated with the separation of the two professional groups, medicine and pharmacy, at the 1924 Grand Council Convention. In 1905 scarlet and gray were adopted as the Fraternity’s colors the Coat of Arms was adopted in 1916 and the first insignia in 1918 and the Grand Council Scholarship Key was introduced in 1917. The first edition of The Agora was published in 1902, The Mask in 1904, and the first constitution in 1906. Some early highlights included the first meeting of the Grand Chapter (now GCC) in New York City on March 31, 1900, and the first province assembly in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 6, 1914. On January 26, 1918, the Phi Delta Medical Fraternity, which was founded at Long Island Hospital College in 1901, was merged with Kappa Psi. On November 17, 1917, the Delta Omicron Alpha Medical Fraternity, which was founded at Tulane University in 1904, merged with Kappa Psi. On June 15, 1903, Kappa Psi was incorporated as a national fraternity and for many years thereafter it existed as a joint medical-pharmaceutical fraternity with chapters being chartered in both medical and pharmacy schools and colleges. Eldridge, Jr., representing Alpha Chapter, on November 18 and 20, respectively. Clark, and Gamma was organized by Alfred and William Kaehrle, all three former members of Hillhouse Chapter. Kappa Psi Fraternity was organized initially with two collegiate chapters, Delta Chapter in the School of Medicine at the University of Maryland and Gamma Chapter in the School of Pharmacy at the New York College of Pharmacy. Eldridge, Jr., was elected as Grand “O.” There are few records of the early meetings and other activities of Alpha Chapter as it existed during the period 1895-1898. Harvey Smith was elected as Grand “A” and Preston W. On December 10, 1895, alumni members of the three chapters organized a temporary, nonaffiliated Greek letter chapter which they named Alpha Chapter. Hillhouse was withdrawn on June 30, 1895.Īlthough Kappa Psi was conceived as a local prep school fraternity, the idea of a national organization developed in the minds of several members as these three chapters had been organized, Russell, Cheshire, Hillhouse. These two chapters were no longer in existence when a third chapter was formed at Hillhouse Academy in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 7, 1894. Harvey Smith and it was known as “Society Kappa Psi.” A second chapter was established at the Cheshire Military Academy, located at Cheshire, Connecticut, on November 30, 1879. The professional fraternity which is known today as the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc., was founded on May 30, 1879, at the Russell Military Institute, a family institute for boys in New Haven, Connecticut.
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