Phi Kappa Tau

Phi Kappa Tau was founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, on March 17, 1906. Conceived by a group of four men, William H. Shideler, Clinton D. Boyd, Taylor A. Borradaile, and Dwight I. Douglass, Phi Kappa Tau traces its earliest beginnings to the spring of 1904 when the first meetings of the founders were held to form a campus society to combat undemocratic practices and ideas of false aristocracy. The generic origins of Phi Kappa Tau lie deep in the evolution of the ideals of American Democracy. Shortly after organization, the Miami men aligned themselves with two other fraternities and independent men to reform campus elections. After completing the task of educating the student body to the value of electing logical men to office, the group realized that in its efforts it had developed all the elements of fundamental brotherhood on the highest plane and the continuance of these associations was the evolution of Phi Kappa Tau.

Colors: Harvard Red and Old Gold

Official Publication: The Laurel of Phi Kappa Tau

Philanthropy: Hole in the Wall Gang

* information regarding Phi Kappa Tau was taken from Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities

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