![]() ![]() ![]() In early 1930, Phi Delta Sigma chose to join the tradition of Phi Kappa Tau. For 12 years, Phi Delta Sigma existed as a local fraternity. Since the University was buying property for future expansion on Wait Avenue, the Skull house was sold and the new fraternity settled in the house on the Knoll, bringing together strong and loyal alumni members and good records in scholarship and campus activity. Shortly afterward, Phi Delta Sigma and Skull united. In 1918, Bandhu adopted Greek letters and became Phi Delta Sigma (which lives on in the name of our Housing Corporation). The expenses were too much for the small active bodies of Skull and Bandhu the house on The Knoll was made into a naval barracks and the Skull home on Wait Avenue was rented to a sorority. But after World War I, most fraternities closed, and many disbanded. On April 7, 1906, Bandhu even adopted the following motion: “That the policy of Bandhu Society be that of a close organization involving permanency.” During the first 15 years, both organizations had great success. Skull and Bandhu grew independently, without either house considering merger or affiliation with a national fraternity. This is the current home of the Alpha Tau chapter. In 1910, the members raised $3,000 and were given the opportunity to purchase a home at 106 The Knoll, belonging to Professor Tanner, a Cornell professor who was impressed by the society’s sincerity, spirit, and scholarship. They named their organization Bandhu, a Sanskrit word that means Good Fellowship, the promotion of which was the primary objective of the society.īuilt on a foundation of scholarship and good fellowship, Bandhu prospered, soon secured a home at the corner of Seneca and Stewart, and then incorporated as Bandhu in 1908. Their purpose was to form an organization that enjoyed the advantages of a fraternity but none of its less desirable features, a recurring theme in the founding of virtually every other fraternity. In the fall of 1902, eight Cornell students started the second branch of Alpha Tau at 110 Osmun Place. In 1908, the Skull Fraternity purchased a home at 96 Wait Avenue and became widely known at Cornell for their interest in campus activity. In 1901, a group of young men who roomed together decided to associate themselves on the basis of friendship, and in 1906, they incorporated as the Skull Fraternity. ![]() The Alpha Tau colony of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity was initially installed as a chapter on Octohowever, its roots go back to the turn of the century. ![]()
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