History
21 Wofford students under the guidance of the Dr. James A. Chiles met in Old Main in February 1928, and founded a German Club they named Deutscher Verein. Over the next year, John Olin Eidson '29 and members of the Wofford group began contacting German clubs at other schools. Invitations were sent to active German clubs in about twelve or fifteen small colleges to form chapters of a national fraternity. This led to the formation of Delta Phi Alpha, the National Honorary German Society, on May 27, 1929. Wofford was the Alpha chapter of the society, and Dr. Chiles became its president, a position he occupied for the remainder of his active career.Chapters
The active chapters of Delta Phi Alpha (): Additionally the charters of Delta Phi Alpha as of 1939 include: *By the end of 1929: Alpha at Wofford College, Beta at Central College in Fayette, Missouri, and Gamma at Bates College in Lewiston * 1930: Vanderbilt University; Davidson College, North Carolina Berea College, Kentucky; University of Rochester; Birmingham-Southern College; University of Washington. * 1931: Rutgers University; West Virginia University; Alabama College; Wittenberg College, Ohio; University of Cincinnati; Duke University; University of Illinois; University of Pennsylvania. * 1932: University of South Carolina; New York University; Western Reserve University; Bucknell University; University of California a Los Angeles; Washington University in St. Louis. * 1933: Indiana University; Cornell University; Clark University. * 1934: University of Colorado; University of Buffalo; Southern Methodist University; University of Southern California; Union Col Schenectady, N. Y. * 1935: Colgate University; Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. * 1936: University of Oregon; University of Tennessee; Hunter College; University of Iowa. * 1937: Drake University; Capital University, Columbus, Ohio; Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio.See also
* National Honor Society *References
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