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Fraternities, reordered by date of campus founding
[edit]This is an example of how the list looks when ordered by founding date. Other similar WP pages listing campus Greeks use a similar format. I think it honors pioneer chapters nicely. The dormant chapters are similarly ordered. Comments either way? Unless there is a chorus in objection, I'll boldly make the change in a few days, along with the sororities and MGLCs. Jax MN (talk) 21:19, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
Active Academic and Social Fraternity Chapters
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Chapters whose names changed
Dormant Fraternity Chapters
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Alternative proposal: table-ify
[edit]- Nice work, but what would be a lot more useful in my opinion is to put it into a table so that readers can sort it however they choose: by foundation date, by letters, by English name, by national conference, and so on. Additionally, this would let us list chapters by their actual founding, rather than alphabetically by founding year, at least on the initial screen. While this does make for more scrolling than the current list format, we could also save some space by integrating the lists together, as for housing. As a proof-of-concept, consider this: -- choster (talk) 19:18, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Name | Status | Activity | Conf. | House | Ownership | Notes | |
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ΖΨ | Zeta Psi | Active | 1868– | NIC | 534 Thurston Avenue | University, CURP House VIII | |
ΧΦ | Chi Phi | Active | 1868– | NIC | "Craigielea," 107 Edgemoor Lane | University, CURP House III | |
ΚΑ | Kappa Alpha Society | Dormant | 1868-1990, 2007 | NIC | 14 South Avenue | University, CURP House VII | House currently occupied by ΦΣΣ |
ΑΔΦ | Alpha Delta Phi | Active | 1869– | NIC | 777 Stewart Avenue | Private | |
ΧΨ | Chi Psi | Colony | 1869-2014, 2016 | NIC | 810 University Avenue | Private | [1][25] |
ΔΥ | Delta Upsilon | Active | 1869– | NIC | 6 South Avenue | University, CURP House VI | |
ΦΚΨ | Phi Kappa Psi | Active | 1869-1877, 1885– | NIC | "The Gables", 525 Stewart Avenue | University, CURP House VII | [1][26] |
- Circling back on this change, it seems to have been accepted with no negative comment. The page has been in its current format, with chapters listed by year of founding, for well over a year. Recently I made a slight adjustment based on early Cornellian yearbooks to correct the founding order of the first four fraternities at Cornell: Zeta Psi was the pioneer, and three more formed that same year, now listed in order of date as the yearbooks agree happened. Jax MN (talk) 22:16, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
- I like the table view. I find it easier to parse, and better to sort as mentioned. There is also precedent for tables in similar fraternity list articles. See List of fraternities and sororities at San Diego State University and List of Jewish fraternities and sororities which both use similar tables. What do we think about switching this page over (and updating some information)? Samfriedmann (talk) 06:55, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hmmm. I could be convinced that this is even more useful than the current format. Full disclosure, I did the layout of the current format. I don't necessarily support insertion of the column that declares ownership type, as the need for this information is not common for the majority of page searches. Jax MN (talk) 18:01, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
- Well you know more about this than I do. I am inclined to switch to the table if you think that's a good move. Samfriedmann (talk) 21:15, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- Hmmm. I could be convinced that this is even more useful than the current format. Full disclosure, I did the layout of the current format. I don't necessarily support insertion of the column that declares ownership type, as the need for this information is not common for the majority of page searches. Jax MN (talk) 18:01, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Aloi, Daniel (June 27, 2013), "Four Greek Chapters sanctioned, two others closed", Cornell Chronicle, retrieved 21 May 2014
- ^ Cornell Sun, 2 May 2014: University revokes recognition of Chi Psi fraternity for three years, accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ Phi Kappa Psi at Cornell, retrieved 15 May 2014
- ^ a b c d ΦΔΘ and ΚΣ nationals withdrew from the NIC in 2002. ΛΧΑ severed ties in 2015. TKE resigned its membership in 2016. ΦΣK withdrew in 2002 but rejoined in 2006.
- ^ Fiji maintains a policy for its members that severely limits use of its Greek letters to a handful of approved usages, such as their official ring, chapter plaques and memorial markers. Respecting this tradition, their letters are not shown on this page.
- ^ Phi Sigma Kappa at Cornell Alumni, retrieved 15 May 2014
- ^ Cornell's is the Founding Chapter of Delta Chi. Originally a professional law fraternity, it evolved by 1909 to become a general fraternity, disallowing new members who were already part of other fraternities. See Delta Chi History, accessed 3 June 2015
- ^ Kappa Sigma at Cornell, retrieved 15 May 2014
- ^ "Spring 2010 Pi Kappa Alpha", Hazing.Cornell.edu, retrieved 17 May 2014
- ^ Cornell Phi Psi history, accessed 3 Oct 2016.
- ^ This entire 5-chapter national fraternity, including Cornell's Beta Chapter, was absorbed into ΒΘΠ in 1879.
- ^ a b "Beta Sigma Rho Merger", PiLambdaPhi.org, retrieved 4 June 2015 Beta Sigma Rho merged into the Pi Lam chapter in 1972, then Pi Lam closed in 1976.
- ^ a b Sanua, Marianne Rachel (2003), Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945, Wayne State University Press
- ^ Cornell Pike history, accessed 3 Oct 2016. This early Cornell local is to be confused with the later formed "Alpha Theta", a 'gender inclusive' local society at Dartmouth College. Name similarity is merely coincidental.
- ^ ΟΑΤ was a national Jewish fraternity, founded at Cornell. It was noted (Sanua, p.79) as "the most Jewish of fraternities" - its house keeping a kosher kitchen. All chapters closed during the Great Depression; most of these were absorbed by Tau Delta Phi
- ^ This chapter was founded as local, Eleusis, in 1912. Becoming ΘΚΝ in 1935, only four years later this small national merged with Lambda Chi Alpha, becoming a chapter of that national fraternity.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. pp. II-45, 46. ISBN 978-0963715906.
- ^ "University revokes recognition of DKE", Cornell Chronicle, November 22, 2013, retrieved 21 May 2014
- ^ "Cornell University Revokes Recognition of Psi Upsilon Fraternity", Cornell Daily Sun, May 25, 2016, retrieved Oct 26, 2016
- ^ "Cornell withdraws recognition of Sigma Alpha Epsilon", Cornell Chronicle, March 18, 2011, retrieved 16 May 2014
- ^ Bier, Karen (November 24, 1969), "Fraternity Seeks Coed Pledges", Cornell Daily Sun, retrieved 16 May 2014
- ^ "History 1989–2004", AEPiBeta.org, retrieved 17 May 2014
- ^ "Fall 2012 Tau Epsilon Phi", Hazing.Cornell.edu, retrieved 16 May 2014
- ^ Cornell Sun: TKE Will Lose Recognition After Reported Hospitalization, accessed 17 May 2014
- ^ Cornell Sun, 2 May 2014: University revokes recognition of Chi Psi fraternity for three years, accessed 17 May 2014.
- ^ Phi Kappa Psi at Cornell, retrieved 15 May 2014
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