Kappa Kappa Kappa

Kappa Kappa Kappa, known informally as Tri-Kap, is a local men's fraternity at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The fraternity was founded in 1842 and is the second-oldest fraternity at Dartmouth College.[1]Tri-Kap is the oldest local fraternity in the United States. It is located at 1 Webster Avenue, Hanover, New Hampshire.

This article is about the fraternity. For the Indiana sorority, see Tri Kappa.
"κκκ" redirects here. For other uses, see KKK (disambiguation).
Kappa Kappa Kappa Society
ΚΚΚ
FoundedJuly 13, 1842 (1842-07-13)
Dartmouth College
TypeSocial
MottoTui Filii Dartmuthensi Tuoque Honori Fidelis
ColorsDartmouth Green
Chapters1
Headquarters1 Webster Avenue
Hanover, New Hampshire
USA
Websitehttp://www.tri-kap.com/
Tri-Kap, view from front lawn looking west.

Tri-Kap was founded on July 13, 1842, by Harrison Carroll Hobart and two of his closest companions, Stephen Gordon Nash, and John Dudley Philbrick, all Class of 1842.[2] The society was based on the principles of democracy, loyalty to Dartmouth, and equality of opportunity. Originally a literary and debate society, Tri-Kap officially became a social society in 1905 and has remained so ever since.

Tri-Kap was the first student society at Dartmouth with its own meeting place, a building called The Hall, which was originally where the Hopkins Center for the Arts is today. Opened on July 28, 1860, the Hall served as Tri-Kap's home until the society moved into the Parker House in 1894. Parker House was where the modern-day Silsby Hall is. In 1923, the society moved into 1 Webster Avenue, where it resides to this day.

Tri-Kap became an official social society in 1905.

Notable alumni

Honorary alumni
  • Daniel Clark (1834), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
  • Rufus Choate (1819), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
  • Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1842), Governor of Louisiana
  • Daniel Webster (1801), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Congressman, Ambassador to France, and Secretary of State
  • Lewis Cass, Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and presidential nominee
  • Levi Woodbury (1809), Governor of New Hampshire, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice
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See also

References
  1. https://students.dartmouth.edu/greek-life/organizations/greek-chapters-undergraduate-societies-and-senior-societies/greek-chapters
  2. https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/corporate_entities/863
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