"Highest in Brotherhood, Greatest Ever Known"
Phi Kappa National Fraternity
The War Years
The war years marked the death of many secondary fraternities, and the war weakened many more to the point where they never recovered. The war, however, didn't take away Phi Kappa's life.
The 42nd Convention was held in
Laurel, Mississippi, June 1942. The
1st of May,
1943,
marked the 43rd Convention in
Jackson,
Mississippi. A few months later, on July 25,
1943, Jerry Lacy became Grand Master of the newly chartered Chi Chapter in
New Orleans.
After a false start in 1926, the fraternity at last arrived in the South’s
big city. A month following
this,
Guy Campbell (left) caused the fraternity to be incorporated under the laws of the
State of
Delaware.
This move, completed on August 3, 1943, was the most protective and
far-reaching
that
had ever been made. On the 24th day of October, 1943, the Alpha Betas banded
with boys
of
Columbia, Mississippi, and formed the Omega Chapter. It was also at this
time that Phi
Kappa
entered the national political scene by testing the anti-fraternity
legislation in
Tennessee
and
causing it to be overthrown. Congratulations were the order of the day, the
most prized
coming from members of the national councils of several other secondary
fraternities and one
from
Estes Kefauver, United States Senator.
Expansion was the password as the 19th of March found a group of boys from Bastrop, Louisiana, led by Doyle Hindmon, initiated and chartered as the Kappa Alpha Chapter of the fraternity. The fraternity held its 44th Business Meeting in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 6, 1944 and urged that war bonds and stamps be bought, that scrap metal be collected and that conventions be suspended until the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers. This was a terrific display of faith in our armies which were bottled up in the Isles and reeling in the Pacific. But a greater display of faith and sacrifice were to be made as three out of the four man council died in battle in the war.
The Founding
(1900-1916)
The Early Years
(1916-1922)
Vital Expansion
(1922-1941)
The War Years
(1942-1946)
More Battles
(1947-1957)
The Golden Era
(1957-1960)
The Sixties
(1961-1969)
The Prosperous
Years
(1970-1974)
The Diamond
Anniversary
(1975-1979)
The Decade of
Determination
(1980-1989)
The Nineties
(1990-1997)
Covington and After
(1998-2002)
A New Attitude
(2003-the future)
The History
of Phi Kappa National Fraternity
By: Robert L. Pugh &
Frank Liddell (1900-1970)
Patrick D. Thrash (1970-1985)
William Kyle Ingle (1985-1993)
Gerald Everett and Brent McCarty (1993-2004)