The brotherhood thrived at the Waldron house with the mortgage being burned on October 28, 1950. Forty-five men were initiated on Octoof which 38 men had been members of Phi Pi Phi Fraternity and 18 of the 45 were considered active members. Burns, Ohio Wesleyan '32, was the designated officer in charge of the installation. The initiation and installation of the Alpha Pi Chapter took place the weekend of October 20-22, 1939. The next step in the chapter's heritage was the move from Phi Pi Phi to Alpha Sigma Phi. During their nine years of existence the chapter initiated 84 men, an average of 9.33 men per year. The chapter continued from until October 21, 1939. Before this, the house was owned by Kappa Delta Rho. After being granted chapter status, the newly formed brotherhood acquired a house at 218 Waldron Street across from the Phi Mu house where the parking garage is now located.
The installation was held in the Purdue Memorial Union. Twenty-two men were initiated and the installation of Phi Chapter of Phi Pi Phi Fraternity took place in the rooms of the Purdue Harlequin Club, May 17,1930. On Apword of acceptance from the Euphemian Club's petition was received from Phi Pi Phi. Instead they petitioned a small national fraternity known as Phi Pi Phi. We do know that they petitioned a group called Trigon which later became known as Tau Kappa Epsilon, but were turned down because they were too small. Their next step was to identify the Euphemian Club with a national fraternity. Under the leadership of Louis Neubacher, growth continued and they were recognized by the Panhellenic Council, October 1929. They changed to a social fraternity in January 1928. As an honorary, the group found it tough going. University recognition was granted October 11, 1927. The idea was to form an honorary brotherhood, which stood for Love - Honor - Obey. The Euphemian Club, which was the forerunner of Phi Pi Phi and Alpha Sigma Phi, was started in the fall of 1926 by five students. Soon, the first charters were granted and the birth of Alpha Sigma Phi as a national fraternity was soon established.Īlphi Pi (Alpha Sigma Phi Purdue Chapter) History Euphemian Club (1928-1930)Īt a time when national fraternities were not allowed on Purdue's campus, the Euphemian Club lived in a house somewhere on Vine Street. Kappa Sigma Theta had The Yale Banger and Alpha Sigma Phi had The Yale Tomahawk. This rivalry was expressed in their publications. After the birth of Alpha Sigma Phi, an intense rivalry began between Alpha Sigma Phi and Kapppa Sigma Theta. The first pledge class of 14 members was initiated on June 24, 1846. Between then and Jwhen the first pledge class was announced, the constitution and ritual were written and the fraternity pin was designed. Their first official meeting was held in Manigault's room on Chapel Street on December 6, 1845. Early in his freshman year he met Stephen Ormsby Rhea who introduced him to Louis Manigault. Horace prepared himself for admission to Yale by attending a private school in New Haven in 1844-1845. He was a decendant of Conrad Weiser, also a refugee from Europe who became famous in the French and Indian Wars, representing several colonies in treaty negotiations with the Indians. The third young man who met with the two Southerneers on that memorable December 6 was Horace Spengler Weiser of York, Pennsylvania. Stephen Ormsby Rhea was the son of John Rhea, an important cotton planter of Louisiana who helped open the disputed territory of West Florida and made it a part of the U. Manigault, a wealthy South Carolinian rice planter who traced his ancestry to a Huguenot refugee who fled from Louis XIV's persecution and came to America in 1691. Paul's Prepatory School near Flushing, Long Island where both were members of the same literary society and were preparing themselves for admission to Yale. Louis Manigault and Stephen Ormsby Rhea had met at St. Three young men (the principal founder was just 17), all freshmen, met and laid down the basic principles of a society that today counts its membership in the thousands. Alpha Sigma Phi was born at Yale on December 6, 1845.
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