page_title: Hampden–Sydney College
section_title: Greek life
hierarchical_section_title: Hampden–Sydney College / Student life / Greek life
caption_attribution_description: English: Morton Hall at Hampden–Sydney College.
context_page_description: Hampden–Sydney College is a private men's liberal arts college in Hampden Sydney, Virginia. Founded in 1775, Hampden–Sydney is the oldest privately chartered college in the southern United States, the tenth-oldest college in the nation, the last college founded before the American Declaration of Independence, and the oldest of only three four-year, all-male liberal arts colleges remaining in the United States. Hampden–Sydney College is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. The college was notably attended by William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States.
context_section_description: For freshmen, rush begins in the first semester and pledging takes place in the spring. If a student chooses not to rush and/or pledge as a freshman, sophomores and juniors may pledge in the fall or spring. Roughly 47% of the student body is involved in Greek life. Beta Theta Pi used Atkinson Hall (built 1834) as a fraternity house when it came to campus in 1850 possibly making it one of the first fraternity houses in North America. However, the first fraternity house built on campus would be the Chi Phi fraternity (Epsilon Chapter) founded in 1867 at H-SC. Chi Psi is widely believed to have created the first fraternity house in 1845 at the University of Michigan.
  The following Greek groups were active on campus as of December 2014:
  Chi Phi, ΧΦ
  Pi Kappa Alpha, ΠΚΑ
  Alpha Chi Sigma, ΑΧΣ
  Delta Kappa Epsilon, ΔΚΕ
  Kappa Sigma, ΚΣ
  Sigma Alpha Epsilon, ΣΑΕ
  Phi Gamma Delta, ΦΓΔ
  Kappa Alpha Order KA
  Sigma Nu, ΣΝ
  Beta Theta Pi, ΒΘΠ (inactive)
  Theta Chi, ΘΧ
  Sigma Chi, ΣΧ
  Lambda Chi Alpha, ΛΧΑ (inactive)
  In addition to the social and professional fraternities listed above, Hampden–Sydney also has chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, the Academic Honor Society; Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society; Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor Society; Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society and Alpha Psi Omega, a national honors society for theatre arts.
caption: Morton Hall, front facade
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