A PETI'l'Ior; to the A LPH~ KAPPA PI FR~TE R NITY l frou ,. L P H .i D :::B T J,. G .:... l.1 1L 1. :, 0 C I E 1' y. of ,1 0 F li' 0 RD COLLEGE I Issue d by tlw r:cn.ter1:i ty ,:..J;>ril, 1940 Spartanburg , .sou·bh Carolina FORMAL PETITI O N iJo , the undersigned , members of the Alpha Be ta Gamma Society, a fraternal organization in ·,Jofford College , conscious of the advantages of a national fraternity, do hereby respect­ fully petition the Grand Officers and Collegiate Chapters , of the Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity , that a charter bo granted us as a Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity. Should our petition be granted we will thereupon recognize the Executive Council of the Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity as our supreme legislative, executive and judicial authority. He agree to abide by and obey all the laws, ordinances, and ancient customs of your fraterni i;IJ, and • obligate ourselves to promote its i.1relfare and best interests as becomes a vmrthy and acceptable Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity. For the ALPHA BET.b. G.AJ'.1MA SOCIETY J. o. Crosby, Jr.' President "\',l. T. Lander, Jr., Vice-President R. L. Dennis, Secretary E. A. Bradley , J"r.' Treasurer ~ 0 ? F O R D C O L L E G E (Foundod 1854) , ... HISTORY OF YJOFFORD Rey. Benjamin ·_,;afford, a local minister of the l1Ie thodist Episcopal Church, South, died in the tovm of Spartanburg, s. c., Dece:mb ,·n~ 2, 1850. He left in his will a legacy of onG hundrod thousand dollars to the South Carolina Conference "for the ptll'­ pose of establishing and endowing a college for literary, class­ ical, and scientific education, to be located in my native dis­ • trict, Spartanburg." One-half of the amount was to be laid aside as a permanent endowment. A charter was given by the Legislature of South Carolina, December 6, 1851. Sui table buildings having been erected, a president and professors vrere elected November 24, 1853, and the College was opened August 1, 1854. Since that t"ime it has never been suspended, though for a l)'?riod during the Civil Uar it was not above the grade of a classical school. At the closo of the war, college classes were again organized. Measures we re taken immediately after the opening of the College to add to the endov,nnent, and they were meeting with a large and gratifying success when interru1)ted by the Har Be tween the States, 1861-65 . In the general wreckage of the war the endowment was swept away, lea.vine the College only its grounds and buildings. The South Carolina Conference, hovrever, liber­ ally made arrangements to meet the emergency, and by an annual assessment kept the College from closing its doors. This ass ess­ ment has been increased from tir.1e to tirae as the needs of the College required, and has becone a fixed source of income • • The College is located in the City of Spartanburg, a r.;row­ ing comr,mni ty of approximately 30,000 inhabitants, sixty-nine miles southeast of Asheville, N. C., wi th an altitude of nearly 1,000 faet above sea level, possessing an unusually healthful and bracing all-the-year-round climate and health conditions unsurpassed. in the South. Spartanburg has also been long noted as a conn:mni t y with an exceritional social, intellectual, and r8ligious atmosphere . Though a modern comnercial city, it still retains t he cultural advantages of a college com1;mni ty, offering from time to time opportuxli tie s for entertainment that make for the highest refineme nt--'music by the best musicians and lectures by men and women of larbe achievement and world-wide reputation. The College campus is a hiGh, ·we ll-drained hill and consists of about sixty-fiYe acres. It is a l)ar k of unusual natural beauty, and is amply shaded by .noble trees of pine , oak, and elm. Few visitors to the ·OJ offord crunpus e-,rer forget the quiet charm of nature's contribution to what constitute s the 0 atmosphere 11 of the College. Wofford today has an endowment of approximately eight hundred thousand dollars. The value of the buildings and equipment is placed at approxi11ately seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Wofford's undergraduate enrollment is usually around five 'hundred. Several graduate students are accepted annually. A su:rru~er session is operated and the college holds special " classes for school teachers who live in and near Spartanburg. The College is a member of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the southern Association of' Colleges and Secondary Schools, the southern University Conference; and it is on the approved list of the American Association of Universities. The College grants the A. B., B. S, and M.A. degrees. This winter the Executive Council of the PHI BETA KAl'PA approved Wofford College for a chapter of that group and in­ stallation is expecte_d during the next session. Other honorary national fraternities at Hofford are: Blue Key, Scabbard and Blade, Be ta Pi Theta, Delta Phi Alpha, Chi Beta Phi, International Relations Club, Pi Gamma Mu, and Sigma Upsilon . • Wofford has a volunteer R. o. T. C. Infantry Unit. Each year about two hundred boys take the basic course in Tuli litary • Science and Tactics. Out of the Junior Military Class of about eighty members, twenty-five are chosen to take the Advanced Course in Military Science and Tactics. These boys of the advanced course go to R. o. T. C. Camp in the slUlllner. Wofford boys have always made very creditable records while at camp. This year Wofford vm s selected as one of the colleges for · a unit of the Civil Ae ronautics Authority's college pilot train­ ing program. The Wof ford unit is composed of twenty-three men, ranging from the Freshman to the Senior classes, and a larger unit is expected next year. On the Wofford campus are located the following buildings: Main Building Dormatories: Science Hall Archer Hall Library Carlisle Hall Y. M. C. A: Building Snyder Hall In:firmary Andrew's Field House Nine faculty residences R. 0. T. C. Building • • 0 0 LL :EGE LI BRA RY ALPHA BErA GMiMA Alpha Beta Gamma was founded at Hofford College as Phi ' . Alpha Epstlon in 1933. The original group included ma~r of the leaders of the campus. In 1935 the group became associated with two other locals and became lmown as the Kappa Sigma Kappa. This association .lasted until early in 1940 when the Wofford group, after careful deliberation, decided to dissolve its affiliation with this group. This was done and the name Alpha Beta Gamma adopted. The local group has always contained a nmnber of the eampus leaders. Since its foundation it has each year con­ tributed at least one editor or business manager to the College publications. It has also had a number of members and officers in the various honorary fraternities. · Scholastically, the fraternity has always rated very high. The chapter holds a number of social functions each year. Parties, suppers, and dances are held throughout the school year. Each spring the fraternity holds its formal dance. This year it is to be held April 26th, and it is hoped that our peti­ tion for membership in llpha Kappa Pi mi ght be promptly approved so that we might be installed at that time. ******~'****** THE COLLEGE .AND FRA.TERNITIE3 The College adJninistration is very friendly toward frater­ nities. The various fraternal groups rent halls uptown, since they are not permitted by the college to maintain houses on the campus. The uptown halls contain sufficient space for game rooms and Chapter meetings. They are the uptown headquarters of the fraternity men. Approval from the Wofford dean 1 Dr. A. Mason DuPre, was secured before submitting this petition. Seven national fraternities operate on the Wofford campus; these are: Alpha Lambda Tau Kappa Sigma Delta Sigma Phi Lambda Chi Alpha Kappa .alpha Pi Kappa J?hi Sigma Alpha Epsilon A LU EN I w. s. Allen Inman, s. c. F. R. Atkinson Mullins, s. c. Lt. Cullen Bryant Gerlacl;J., Nev . • c. L. Chapman, Jr. Savannah, Ga . J. R. Cross Cross, s. c. s. 1,i. Dannelly Hampton, s. c. G-. H. Davidson Cliffside, N. c. Rev . Sherwood Davis Janes town, s. c. ,er r;I , A . Deloach Saluda, s. c. H. c. Gossett u.s.c.' Golm11bia, s.c. D. s. Ha rtley, Jr. Darlington, s. o. w. H. He ndley, Jr. Spartanburg , s. ·c. v. R. Hickman Sall ey, s. c. c. H. Holland, Jr. Spartanburg , ,c•.:, , c. E. s. Hunt, Jr. Fountain Inn, s . c. L. c. Johnson, Jr. :i' tullins, s: c. J\ B, King Anderson, s; c. C' . E. Li~. Lander, Jri Dillon, •Ji c. "iT • D. Livingst on 9entenary, s. c. P. J. Newton Georgetovm, s. c. R. L. Norrell Pelzer, s; c. c. L. Parker :buke Div • Sch. , Dur ham, H. C. D. B, Reynolds Vanderbilt Bed . School G. I.~ . Schreyer Duke Div . School w. E. souther Vanderbilt I.Ied. School Harlan Shuler Ellenton, So c. G. 7,. j . Trakas Spartanburg, s . c. i,.I , C. -.Jay Lanes, s. c. L. c. Wilkerson Nichol s, s . c. F. H. \Jilliams I.:i:oorestown, N. J. s. A. Yelverton Siler ~ity, l'J . c. p LE D G E s B. Ahlin canton , c. -J . 7 . Brovm Ivn , s. c. s. T. Ho lland, Jr.