Phi Chapter History

Phi Chapter had its beginnings on Hanover's campus as the well established local sorority, Pi Alpha Tau.  On June 2, 1913,  Pi Alpha Tau became Phi Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, and the last Chapter to be  chartered before the final name change to Alpha Delta Pi.  (Phi Chapter actually has two charters, one under each name!)  The seven charter members were Eloise Millis, Elsia Tate, Stella Kehoe, Marion Miller, Helen Engle, Mary Howk, and Ruth Terril.

Phi Chapter's early years were marked by high scholarship and steady growth.  In Fall Term 1921, the Chapter absorbed some of the membership of Theta Delta Sigma, a local sorority that had decided to disband.  Phi's housing fund was begun in the 1926-1927 school year, and ground was broken a year later for what would become the college's first sorority house.  Overlooking the Ohio River, the white clapboard building featured a black diamond-shaped window above the second story.

In the early 1950s, Hanover College began work on the current Sorority Court, which features 3 brick houses around a central courtyard.  Phi Chapter was given first choice of the houses because it had the highest GPA of the sororities.  The Chapter's current house is now in the middle of Sorority Court flanked by Chi Omega and Phi Mu.  Phi's original home, now a dormitory known as College House,  still features the diamond window--a legacy of ADPi's campus presence.

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