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| Trinity's oldest fraternities were originally formed as secret societies beginning in the 1820s. Membership was small, kept to about six students per year, and there is much overlap and/or evolution between true "Secret Societies" and contemporary fraternities, including Greek letter naming, mottos, symbols, membership houses, and initiations. | Trinity's oldest fraternities were originally formed as secret societies beginning in the 1820s. Membership was small, kept to about six students per year, and there is much overlap and/or evolution between true "Secret Societies" and contemporary fraternities, including Greek letter naming, mottos, symbols, membership houses, and initiations. |
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| [{{ :fraternity.jpg?400|Members of Psi Upsilon outside their fraternity house, ca. 1950. Photo Credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34796120|Trinity College Archives.]]}}] | [{{ :fraternity.jpg?400|Members of Psi Upsilon outside their fraternity house, ca. 1950. Photo Credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34796120|Trinity College Archives]]}}] |
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| Fraternities became a dominating force on Trinity's campus after the [[civil_war|Civil War]]. "The fraternities were totally extracurricular...[they] offered an escape from the monotony, dreariness, and unpleasantness of the collegiate regimen." ((Weaver, p. 107)) ((Rudolph, p. 140)) By 1851, all but two of the twenty-two graduates belonged to one of the four fraternities (then-called secret societies). At the same time, debate and declamation were falling out of fashion for students, and as Trinity's curriculum became more robust, there was no longer a need for extra scholarship outside classes. Some fraternities, however, such as Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Beta Phi still delivered orations or read poetry. As the fraternities rose in fashion, the literary societies [[parthenon|The Parthenon]] and [[athenaeum|The Athenaeum]] were disbanded in 1870. | Fraternities became a dominating force on Trinity's campus after the [[civil_war|Civil War]]. "The fraternities were totally extracurricular...[they] offered an escape from the monotony, dreariness, and unpleasantness of the collegiate regimen." ((Weaver, p. 107)) ((Rudolph, p. 140)) By 1851, all but two of the twenty-two graduates belonged to one of the four fraternities (then-called secret societies). At the same time, debate and declamation were falling out of fashion for students, and as Trinity's curriculum became more robust, there was no longer a need for extra scholarship outside classes. Some fraternities, however, such as Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Beta Phi still delivered orations or read poetry. As the fraternities rose in fashion, the literary societies [[parthenon|The Parthenon]] and [[athenaeum|The Athenaeum]] were disbanded in 1870. |
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| **Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall) --suspended** | **Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall) --suspended** |
| \\ Nicknamed "The Hall," the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Psi, organized in 1850, was the first instance of a national fraternity at Trinity College. For many years, it occupied space in downtown [[hartford|Hartford]]. After the move to the [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]], the fraternity occupied its new chapter house--[[st._anthony_hall|St. Anthony Hall]]--in 1877 and later, [[ogilby_hall|Ogilby Hall]]. This extraordinary building was funded by Robert H. Coleman, Class of 1877 and designed by [[cady_josiah_cleaveland|Josiah Cleaveland Cady]] Hon. M.A. 1880, Hon. LL.D. 1905, based on [[burges_william|William Burges]]' home in London. In September, 1984, members of St. Anthony Hall voted to become the second coeducational fraternity at Trinity. In July of 2023, the College suspended the Chapter for three years based on hazing practices. Students who were members of St. Anthony Hall during the suspension period were required to vacate Ogilby Hall and St. Anthony Hall and were forbidden from participating in any Greek Life activities. The three-year timeline "ensures that any Trinity student who was a member of St. Anthony Hall will graduate before the chapter is allowed to reactivate in 2026." | \\ Nicknamed "The Hall," the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Psi, organized in 1850, was the first instance of a national fraternity at Trinity College. For many years, it occupied space in downtown [[hartford|Hartford]]. After the move to the [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]], the fraternity occupied its new chapter house--[[st._anthony_hall|St. Anthony Hall]]--in 1877 and later, [[ogilby_hall|Ogilby Hall]]. This extraordinary building was funded by Robert H. Coleman, Class of 1877 and designed by [[cady_josiah_cleaveland|Josiah Cleaveland Cady]] Hon. M.A. 1880, Hon. LL.D. 1905, based on [[burges_william|William Burges]]' home in London. In September 1984, members of St. Anthony Hall voted to become the second coeducational fraternity at Trinity. In July 2023, the College suspended the Chapter for three years based on hazing practices. Students who were members of St. Anthony Hall during the suspension period were required to vacate Ogilby Hall and St. Anthony Hall and were forbidden from participating in any Greek Life activities. The three-year timeline ensured "that any Trinity student who was a member of St. Anthony Hall will graduate before the chapter is allowed to reactivate in 2026." |
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| **Delta Upsilon** | **Delta Upsilon** |
| [[https://dsp.domains.trincoll.edu/TrinityAndSlavery/confederate-symbolism/|Trinity and Slavery - Confederate Symbolism]] (2019) by students in American Studies 406. | [[https://dsp.domains.trincoll.edu/TrinityAndSlavery/confederate-symbolism/|Trinity and Slavery - Confederate Symbolism]] (2019) by students in American Studies 406. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=trinslavery|Confederate Symbolism at Trinity College]] (2019) by Tyler Hartmeyer. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.39166763|Confederate Symbolism at Trinity College]] (2019) by Tyler Hartmeyer. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4262&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 10/26/2017. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30338920|Trinity Tripod]], 09/26/2017. |
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| [[https://tripod.domains.trincoll.edu/features/a-recap-of-the-greek-life-organizations-on-campus/|Trinity Tripod]], 10/18/2017. | [[https://tripod.domains.trincoll.edu/features/a-recap-of-the-greek-life-organizations-on-campus/|Trinity Tripod]], 10/18/2017. |
