Phi Beta

Template:Infobox Fraternity Phi Beta Fraternity ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) is an American professional collegiate fraternity for the creative and performing arts. It was founded in 1912 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Phi Beta is gender inclusive and incorporates all art forms into its membership. It is a founding member of the Professional Fraternity Association.

History

Phi Beta Fraternity began as a local club at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, on May 5, 1912.<ref name=":1">Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 526-528.</ref> It was established as a women's professional fraternity for music and speech.<ref name=":1" /> Its three founders were Gladys Burnside, Josephine Mack, and Elsie Schultz.<ref name=":1" />

The fraternity was incorporated in the State of Illinois in 1914.<ref name=":1" /> Phi Beta organized its first residence, renting a house at 1928 Sherman Avenue in Evanston, Illinois.

In 1915, Phi Beta petitioned the women's social fraternity Alpha Delta Pi for a charter. Because most of Phi Beta's members were enrolled in professional two- or three-year coursework, as opposed to traditional four-year programs, that petition was denied. Also in 1915, a group of women at the Chicago Conservatory petitioned to become a chapter of Phi Beta Fraternity; Beta chapter was installed on Template:Dts.<ref name=":1" />

Helen Rowan served as Phi Beta's first national president. Phi Beta's first convention was held in the spring of 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. The fraternity became a member of the Professional Panhellenic Association when that group formed in 1925.<ref name=":1" />

By 1963, the fraternity had chartered 41 chapters (31 actives) and had 34 alumni chapters, with more than 13,000 members.<ref name=":1" />

In 1974 and 1975, its chapters voted to become co-ed, prompted by Title IX. Today, Phi Beta is gender inclusive.<ref name="PhiBeta website">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1978, Phi Beta became a founding member of the Professional Fraternity Association (PFA), with Phi Beta member Mary Ellin Frohmader serving as the first president of PFA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Phi Beta is also affiliated with the Fraternity Communication Association (FCA) and the National Interfraternity Music Council (NIMC).<ref name=":1" /> It was a member of the American Educational Theatre Association, Music Educators' National Conference, the National Federation of Music Clubs, the American Educational Theatre Association, and the Speech Association of America.<ref name=":1" />

Symbols

Phi Beta's badge is a monogram of the Greek letters {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; the outside of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} can be set with pearls and its bar can be set with pearls or diamonds.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">Shepard, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. p. 447 – via Google Books.</ref> The fraternity's pledge pin is a small gold {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> The fraternity also has a recognition pin, in the shape of a gold laurel wreath that has a baton through it middle.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Phi Beta's colors are violet and gold.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> Violet represents sincerity and gold symbolizes success.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its flower is the yellow rose, tied by a violet ribbon. Symbolically, the rose and ribbon reflect the fraternity's colors, but are also intended to represent "joy, friendship, and new beginnings."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its motto is "To be rather to seem to be".<ref name=":1" /> Its quarterly publication is The Baton.<ref name=":1" />

Membership

In the beginning, the fraternity limited its membership to women majoring in music and speech. Over time, the fraternity has grown to embrace all of the creative and performing arts and their related therapies and histories, marking this broader acceptance of art students instead of only fine arts, or only dance.<ref name="PhiBeta website" />

Philanthropy

Annually, Phi Beta awards scholarships to its collegiate members and grants to its alumni members.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Phi Beta has completed several national projects including: enlarging by hand sheet music for the visually impaired, service in USO shows, aiding music programs in Mexico, and most notably its continued work with The MacDowell (artists' residency and workshop) in Peterborough, New Hampshire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1931, the fraternity built and endowed a stone cottage at the MacDowell Colony for use by creative artists.<ref name=":1" /> Pi Sigma also built a practice studio at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan in 1934.<ref name=":1" />

Chapters

Collegiate chapters

In the following list of collegiate chapters, active chapters, and colonies are indicated in bold, and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.<ref name=":1" /> The fraternity refers to its colonies as probationary chapters.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	Template:Dts	Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Inactive
Beta	Template:Dts – 1954	Chicago Musical College	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Gamma	1919	American Conservatory of Music	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Delta	1918	University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Epsilon (First)	1920	New Orleans Conservatory of Music	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive, Reassigned	<ref name=":2" />
Zeta	1920	Cosmopolitan School of Music	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive	<ref name=":2" />
Eta	1921	Stetson University	DeLand, Florida	Inactive
Theta	1923	Rollins College	Winter Park, Florida	Inactive
Iota	1923–c. 1932	Bush Conservatory of Music	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive	Template:Efn
Kappa	1925	University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	Inactive
Lamba	1925	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Mu	1925	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Nu	1926	Knox College	Galesburg, Illinois	Inactive
Xi	1927	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Inactive
Omicron	1928	William Woods University	Fulton, Missouri	Inactive
Pi	1929	University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Inactive
Rho	1929	MacPhail School of Music	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive	Template:Efn
Sigma	1929–before 1962	University of Illinois	Champaign, Illinois	Inactive
Tau	1931	Central Methodist University	Fayette, Missouri	Inactive
Upsilon	1931–before 1962	Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	Inactive
Phi	1932	Capital University	Bexley, Ohio	Active	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Chi	1932–before 1962	Arkansas State University	Jonesboro, Arkansas	Inactive
Psi	1932–before 1962	Carroll University	Waukesha, Wisconsin	Inactive
Omega	1933–c. 1955	College of Music of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive	Template:Efn
Epsilon (Second)	1939	Loyola University New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive
Alpha Alpha	1939–before 1962	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Inactive
Alpha Beta	1939	Virginia Intermont College	Bristol, Virginia	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	1947–1961	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Inactive
Alpha Delta	1948	Transylvania University	Lexington, Kentucky	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon	1948	University of Houston	Houston, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Zeta	1950	George Pepperdine College	Los Angeles County, California	Inactive
Alpha Eta	1951–1960	Sacred Heart Dominican College	Houston, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Theta	1953	University of Portland	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
Alpha Iota	1954	Centenary University	Hackettstown, New Jersey	Inactive
Alpha Kappa	1955	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Inactive	Template:Efn
Alpha Lambda	1955	San Francisco State University	San Francisco, California	Inactive
Alpha Mu	1956	Stanford University	Stanford, California	Inactive
Alpha Nu	1959	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Monroe, Louisiana	Inactive	Template:Efn
Alpha Xi	1962	St. Mary's Dominican College	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive	Template:Efn
Alpha Omicron	1962	Louisiana Tech University	Ruston, Louisiana	Inactive
Alpha Pi	1962	Hofstra University	Hempstead and Uniondale, New York	Inactive
Alpha Rho	1962	Portland State University	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
University of Michigan		University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Colony	<ref name=":0" />Template:Efn

Alumni chapters

Following is an incomplete list of Pi Beta alumni chapters.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Location	Status	References
Pi Eta		Madison, Wisconsin	Active	<ref name=":0" />
Pi Epsilon Alpha		Virtual	Active	<ref name=":0" />
Pi Alpha Sigma		Cleveland, Ohio	Active	<ref name=":0" />
Pi Alpha Mu		Cincinnati, Ohio	Active	<ref name=":0" />
Pi Alpha Tau		Houston, Texas	Active	<ref name=":0" />

See also

• Professional fraternities and sororities

References

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