Pi Kappa Phi – National Membership Exam Answer Key
Where (college or meeting place) was the "Flat Hat Club" formed? What is its significance? -
ANS✔✔ - College of William & Mary
- Precursor to the modern fraternity
What was the first "modern-day fraternity" - the first group to use Greek letters in its name,
have a secret meaning, grip and Ritual of Initiation? When was this group formed? Who was this
group's founder? And, what was the group's secret meaning? - ANS✔✔ - Phi Beta Kappa
- 1776
- John Heath
- Sigma Chi
List the members of the "Miami Triad." - ANS✔✔ - Beta Theta Pi
- Phi Delta Theta
- Sigma Chi
Name the first recognized women's Greek-letter fraternity, formed in 1870 at DePauw
University? - ANS✔✔ - Kappa Alpha Theta
Greek Alphabet - ANS✔✔ alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa,
lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega
What was the Greek-letter name of hte group that later evolved into Pi Kappa Phi? What did the
letters stand for? For what purpose did this group form? - ANS✔✔ - Nu Phi
- "Non-Fraternity"
- Generate an opposing slate of officers for the chrestomathic Literary Society Elections
, Where (specific location) and when was Pi Kappa Phi founded? List the seven men at the first
meeting - ANS✔✔ - Location: 90 Broad Street OR Simon Fogarty's home
- When: December 10th, 1904
- 7 men:
Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr.
Simon Fogarty Jr.
L. Harry Mixson
Theodore Barnwell Kelly
Pelzer Wagener
Thomas F. Mosimann
James Fogarty
Name the "Honorary Fourth Founder" of Pi Kappa Phi, giving his school and chapter designation
- ANS✔✔ Durward W. Owen, Xi (Roanoke)
Write the Greek Motto of Pi Kappa Phi and its English translation - ANS✔✔ - Greek letters
- "Nothing Shall Ever Tear Us Asunder"
BONUS
Write the original Latin motto of Pi Kappa and its English translation
- Nil Separabit
- "Nothing Shall Separate Us"
Write "The Student Creed." - ANS✔✔ - I believe that the ideal chapter is made up of men
- Who are bound together in a common loyalty which transcends any personal selfishness
- Who realize that membership means personal responsibility in bearing their share of the
financial burden of the chapter and the national organization
Where (college or meeting place) was the "Flat Hat Club" formed? What is its significance? -
ANS✔✔ - College of William & Mary
- Precursor to the modern fraternity
What was the first "modern-day fraternity" - the first group to use Greek letters in its name,
have a secret meaning, grip and Ritual of Initiation? When was this group formed? Who was this
group's founder? And, what was the group's secret meaning? - ANS✔✔ - Phi Beta Kappa
- 1776
- John Heath
- Sigma Chi
List the members of the "Miami Triad." - ANS✔✔ - Beta Theta Pi
- Phi Delta Theta
- Sigma Chi
Name the first recognized women's Greek-letter fraternity, formed in 1870 at DePauw
University? - ANS✔✔ - Kappa Alpha Theta
Greek Alphabet - ANS✔✔ alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa,
lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega
What was the Greek-letter name of hte group that later evolved into Pi Kappa Phi? What did the
letters stand for? For what purpose did this group form? - ANS✔✔ - Nu Phi
- "Non-Fraternity"
- Generate an opposing slate of officers for the chrestomathic Literary Society Elections
, Where (specific location) and when was Pi Kappa Phi founded? List the seven men at the first
meeting - ANS✔✔ - Location: 90 Broad Street OR Simon Fogarty's home
- When: December 10th, 1904
- 7 men:
Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr.
Simon Fogarty Jr.
L. Harry Mixson
Theodore Barnwell Kelly
Pelzer Wagener
Thomas F. Mosimann
James Fogarty
Name the "Honorary Fourth Founder" of Pi Kappa Phi, giving his school and chapter designation
- ANS✔✔ Durward W. Owen, Xi (Roanoke)
Write the Greek Motto of Pi Kappa Phi and its English translation - ANS✔✔ - Greek letters
- "Nothing Shall Ever Tear Us Asunder"
BONUS
Write the original Latin motto of Pi Kappa and its English translation
- Nil Separabit
- "Nothing Shall Separate Us"
Write "The Student Creed." - ANS✔✔ - I believe that the ideal chapter is made up of men
- Who are bound together in a common loyalty which transcends any personal selfishness
- Who realize that membership means personal responsibility in bearing their share of the
financial burden of the chapter and the national organization
