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Kappa Beta Phi, Gamma chapter records

Collection — manuscript box: 48 - folder 1

Identifier: 37-4-4092m

Scope and content

Program for the April 28, 1928 initiation banquet that was held with the Alpha chapter of Hobart College. Program includes a schedule, menu, initiates list, and the national ode, which alludes to drinking behavior.

Dates

1928.

Creator

Kappa Beta Phi. Gamma Chapter (Cornell University) (Organization)

Language of Material

English.

Biographical / Historical

Kappa Beta Phi had its Alpha Chapter founded at Hobart College in 1898, followed by the Beta Chapter at the University of Minnesota in 1900. Cornell's Gamma Chapter was founded in 1902. The society is known as a social (drinking) organization. Today its Wall Street Chapter, founded in 1929 before the stock market crash, is the only remaining chapter of the society.