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INFORMATION: Pi Kappa Alpha was founded at the University of Virginia on March 1, 1868. At the time, the University of Virginia was the fifth largest school in the United States, surpassed in size only by Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Michigan. It all started in Room 47 West Range when Frederick Southgate Taylor turned to Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford, his cousin and roommate, for help in starting a new fraternity. Also present was James Benjamin Sclater, Jr., a schoolmate of Tazewell, and Sclater's roommate Robertson Howard. Those four men voted to add a fifth to their group and chose Julian Edward Wood. Although history is unclear, William Alexander, probably a friend of Sclater, Jr., was proposed for membership and was admitted as a founder. The first initiate was Augustus Washington Knox. The essence of the Founders' vision for Pi Kappa Alpha can be found in its Preamble. A committee was first suggested by Brother William Alexander "to draw up a statement of the origin and the organization of the Fraternity." The committee was composed of brothers Robertson Howard and Littleton Waller Tazewell. The resulting statement is now referred to as the Preamble. "For the establishment of friendship on a firmer and more lasting basis; for the promotion of brotherly love and kind feeling; for the mutual benefit and advancement of the interests of those with whom we sympathize and deem worthy of our regard; We have resolved to form a Fraternity, believing that, thus we can most successfully accomplish our object." The men who so bravely founded Pi Kappa Alpha and put its name out there as an organization are the sparks that ignited the fire of our fraternity and allowed us to expand from simply belonging to the University of Virginia in 1868 to become a nationally recognized fraternity. At the Tau Chapter located in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we strive to hold up the ideals and principles that our organization were founded upon. Any additional information that one may have about our fraternity, no matter what nature, we encourage you to approach a member of the fraternity and ask us. We all will be more than happy to aid anyone in making the right choice in choosing to rush Pi Kappa Alpha. THE PKA BROTHERS Aislinn Connolly, aislinn, samuraislinn Bradley McQueen, mcbrad, bradmeetsworld Brian James Croun, croun, croun royale Cooper Wrightman, coopman, wine coopers Coulten Gooch, coulten, a coult fiction Joaquin Souza, souz, anakin skyjoaqer Ryan Holt, rholt, power of ry Ryan Young, riy, my ryve thru Tajo Rivera, tajo, eltajablo Timothy Advanti, advanti, flickr timmy Zackary Horten, horten, zackstreets back RAFFLE: The brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha will be sponsoring a week long raffle starting Tuesday, September 6th and ending at the International Potluck on Saturday, September 10th. Tickets will be sold for $1 at any of the rush week events, from any member of PKA, or from the booth in the Student Union. The winner will receive this while the proceeds will go to the Boys and Girls Club of America. |