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Mother_of_Fraternities
Mother_of_Fraternities
Mother of Fraternities
The
Mother of Fraternities
is a term commonly used to refer to two different
universities
, each of which played a critical role in establishing the
Greek system
in the
United States of America
.
Union College
is the first of the two, seeing the foundation of the
Union Triad
from 1825 to 1827 as well as
Psi Upsilon
(1833),
Chi Psi
(1841), and
Theta Delta Chi
(1847).
Miami University
is the latter of the two, seeing the foundation of the
Miami Triad
from 1839 to 1855 as well as
Phi Kappa Tau
(1906).
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