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Phi Alpha Pi

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== History ==
== History ==
The fraternity originated as '''Olivet Lyceum''' literary society at [[Olivet College]] (now the University of Olivet) in 1847.{{Cite news |date=1913-05-11 |title=Fraternity Halls at Olivet College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-fraternity-halls-at-o/141986649/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=69 |via=Newspapers.com}} Its name changed to '''Philalethian''' in 1850. The group was reorganized and became '''Phi Alpha Pi Society''' on March 20, 1861.{{Cite web |title=Phi Alpha Pi |url=https://www.uolivet.edu/greek-life/phi-alpha-pi/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=The University of Olivet |language=en-US}} Its founders were E. E. Benedict, G. W. Barney, S. F. Drury, George W. Keyes, N. J. Morrison, J. J. Scovel, S. F. White. Morrison served as its first president.Blake, C. S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=5%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-11 History]" in ''Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan''. Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via Hathi Trust. Other original officers included Barney as vice president, Scovel as treasurer, Keyes as recording secretary, Drury as corresponding secretary, White as critic, and Benedict as librarian. Meetings were held in the Chapel Recitation room on campus.
The fraternity originated as '''Olivet Lyceum''' literary society at [[Olivet College]] (now the University of Olivet) in 1847.{{Cite news |date=1913-05-11 |title=Fraternity Halls at Olivet College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-fraternity-halls-at-o/141986649/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=69 |via=Newspapers.com}} Its name changed to '''Philalethian''' in 1850. The group was reorganized and became '''Phi Alpha Pi Society''' on March 20, 1861.{{Cite web |title=Phi Alpha Pi |url=https://www.uolivet.edu/greek-life/phi-alpha-pi/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=The University of Olivet |language=en-US}} Its founders were E. E. Benedict, G. W. Barney, S. F. Drury, George W. Keyes, N. J. Morrison, J. J. Scovel, S. F. White. Morrison served as its first president.Blake, C. S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=5%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-11 History]" in ''Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan''. Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via HathiTrust. Other original officers included Barney as vice president, Scovel as treasurer, Keyes as recording secretary, Drury as corresponding secretary, White as critic, and Benedict as librarian. Meetings were held in the Chapel Recitation room on campus.


The society hosted weekly literary sessions that were open to the public.''Blake, C. S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=7%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-13 History]" in Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan.'' Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via Hathi Trust. It held an annual exercise on December 3, 1873, that featured music, oratory, readings, and debate.{{Cite news |date=1873-12-06 |title=Olivet College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college/141298260/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} Phi Alpha Pi's members participated in Inter-Collegiate Society Oratorial Association's competitions in 1875.{{Cite news |date=1875-11-13 |title=An Inter-Collegiate Oratorial Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-an-inter-collegiate-o/141298995/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} It won Michigan's first inter-fraternity oratoritorical contest in 1877. The society also competed with the Aldephic and the Soronian Societies from Olivet College.{{Cite news |date=1893-12-08 |title=Their Annual Public. Phi Alpha Pi Men Hold Their Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-their-annual-public/141304778/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}
The society hosted weekly literary sessions that were open to the public.''Blake, C. S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=7%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-13 History]" in Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan.'' Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via HathiTrust. It held an annual exercise on December 3, 1873, that featured music, oratory, readings, and debate.{{Cite news |date=1873-12-06 |title=Olivet College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college/141298260/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} Phi Alpha Pi's members participated in Inter-Collegiate Society Oratorial Association's competitions in 1875.{{Cite news |date=1875-11-13 |title=An Inter-Collegiate Oratorial Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-an-inter-collegiate-o/141298995/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} It won Michigan's first inter-fraternity oratoritorical contest in 1877. The society also competed with the Aldephic and the Soronian Societies from Olivet College.{{Cite news |date=1893-12-08 |title=Their Annual Public. Phi Alpha Pi Men Hold Their Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-their-annual-public/141304778/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}


In 1887, the literary society changed its constitution to become a "secret fraternity". However, it continued to host weekly literary sessions that were open to the public. In September 1892, it changed its name from Phi Alpha Pi Society to '''Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity'''.{{Cite news |date=1892-09-22 |title=Olivet College Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college-notes/141302417/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} By May 1896, the Phi Alpha Pi annual reception was one of the top of the Olivet College social life.{{Cite news |date=1896-05-17 |title=Olivet College. Phi Alpha Pi and Adelphic Annual Reception |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college-phi-a/141306004/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}
In 1887, the literary society changed its constitution to become a "secret fraternity". However, it continued to host weekly literary sessions that were open to the public. In September 1892, it changed its name from Phi Alpha Pi Society to '''Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity'''.{{Cite news |date=1892-09-22 |title=Olivet College Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college-notes/141302417/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} By May 1896, the Phi Alpha Pi annual reception was one of the top of the Olivet College social life.{{Cite news |date=1896-05-17 |title=Olivet College. Phi Alpha Pi and Adelphic Annual Reception |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college-phi-a/141306004/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}
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== Symbols ==
== Symbols ==
The motto of Phi Alpha Pi is "Progress, Truth, Friendship." This is the English translation of {{lang|grc|Φιλία, Αλήθεια, Πρόοδος}} (originally arranged as "Friendship, Truth, Progress") giving the Greek letter name of '''ΦΑΠ''' to the fraternity.''Blake, C. S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=8%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-14 History]" in Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan.'' Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. .6 Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via Hathi Trust.
The motto of Phi Alpha Pi is "Progress, Truth, Friendship." This is the English translation of {{lang|grc|Φιλία, Αλήθεια, Πρόοδος}} (originally arranged as "Friendship, Truth, Progress") giving the Greek letter name of '''ΦΑΠ''' to the fraternity.''Blake, C. S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=8%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-14 History]" in Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan.'' Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. .6 Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via HathiTrust.


The fraternity's colors are royal blue and white. Its nicknames are Phi Alphs, Napples, and The Gentlemen.
The fraternity's colors are royal blue and white. Its nicknames are Phi Alphs, Napples, and The Gentlemen.


== Chapter house ==
== Chapter house ==
[[File:Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity.jpg|thumb|Phi Alpha Pi chapter house]]When Parson's Hall was constructed, the fraternity leased rooms on the building's fourth floor. The group spent $2,000 upfitting their rooms with butternut and black walnut wood.Blake, C.S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=6%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-12 History]" in ''Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan''. Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. 3-4. Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via Hathi Trust.
[[File:Phi Alpha Pi Fraternity.jpg|thumb|Phi Alpha Pi chapter house]]When Parson's Hall was constructed, the fraternity leased rooms on the building's fourth floor. The group spent $2,000 upfitting their rooms with butternut and black walnut wood.Blake, C.S. "[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015071496718?urlappend=%3Bseq=6%3Bownerid=13510798896828127-12 History]" in ''Manual of the Phi Alpha Pi fraternity of Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan''. Olivet, Michigan: Phi Alpha Pi. p. 3-4. Retrieved 2024-02-17 – via HathiTrust.


The group laid the cornerstone of a chapter house on June 15, 1890, during the college's commencement week.{{Cite news |date=1890-05-28 |title=State Items |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-state-items/141299876/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} It was dedicated during commencement week on June 17, 1892.{{Cite news |date=1891-06-17 |title=Commencement at Olivet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald-commencement-at-olivet/141300478/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=The Times Herald |location=Port Huron, Michigan |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1891-06-19 |title=Olivet College. Dedication of a Society Hall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college-dedic/141301400/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} The chapter house is constructed of [[Lake Superior Sandstone|Lake Superior sandstone]] in Greek-Swiss or [[colonial style]]. It features a [[portico]] with eight red granite columns and a roof of red Spanish tiles. Its first floor includes an auditorium, cloakroom, committee room, library, reception hall, and parlor. The auditorium seats several hundred people. Its second floor includes committee rooms, a dining hall, dressing rooms, a janitor's apartment, a kitchen, a pantry, and apartments for twenty members. The chapter house cost around $24,000 to build (${{Inflation|index=US|value=24000|start_year=1890|fmt=c}} in today's money). I. C. Seely of Minneapolis was the major donor to the project; a tablet with his name and class year was placed at the house's entrance.
The group laid the cornerstone of a chapter house on June 15, 1890, during the college's commencement week.{{Cite news |date=1890-05-28 |title=State Items |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-state-items/141299876/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} It was dedicated during commencement week on June 17, 1892.{{Cite news |date=1891-06-17 |title=Commencement at Olivet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald-commencement-at-olivet/141300478/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=The Times Herald |location=Port Huron, Michigan |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1891-06-19 |title=Olivet College. Dedication of a Society Hall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-olivet-college-dedic/141301400/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} The chapter house is constructed of [[Lake Superior Sandstone|Lake Superior sandstone]] in Greek-Swiss or [[colonial style]]. It features a [[portico]] with eight red granite columns and a roof of red Spanish tiles. Its first floor includes an auditorium, cloakroom, committee room, library, reception hall, and parlor. The auditorium seats several hundred people. Its second floor includes committee rooms, a dining hall, dressing rooms, a janitor's apartment, a kitchen, a pantry, and apartments for twenty members. The chapter house cost around $24,000 to build (${{Inflation|index=US|value=24000|start_year=1890|fmt=c}} in today's money). I. C. Seely of Minneapolis was the major donor to the project; a tablet with his name and class year was placed at the house's entrance.
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