Phi Sigma Kappa founded at Massachusetts Agricultural College

Background. The founding occurred at Massachusetts Agricultural College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The six founders were sophomores who were recognized as top students in the college. They were active in literary and academic societies, athletic groups, and campus publications. Their collective goal was to create a society dedicated to promoting morality, learning, and social culture, reflecting their status as academic leaders.

Founding Act. On March 15, 1873, the Founders met in secret to establish the fraternity. The group had banded together during the summer of 1873 in Old North Hall. This meeting formalized their intent to create a society that would promote morality, learning, and social culture, laying the groundwork for the organization's future growth.

Early Principles. The founders' stated purpose was to form a society to promote morality, learning, and social culture. This goal, articulated by the six sophomores who banded together in Old North Hall, defined the organization's founding identity. Broader patterns in the fraternity's later chapter development fall outside the scope of this founding event.