Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
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KAPPA ALPHA PSI, a
college Fraternity, now comprised of functioning Undergraduate and Alumni
Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country, is the
crystallization of a dream. It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared
commonly by the late Revered Founder
ELDER WATSON DIGGS,
"THE DREAMER";
JOHN MILTON LEE;
BYRON K. ARMSTRONG;
GUY LEVIS GRANT;
EZRA D. ALEXANDER;
HENRY T. ASHER;
MARCUS P. BLAKEMORE;
PAUL CAINE;
EDWARD G. IRVIN and
GEORGE W. EDMONDS.
It was the vision of
these astute men that enabled them in the school year 1910 - 11, more
specifically the night of January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University
at Bloomington, Indiana, to sow the seed of a fraternal tree whose fruit is
available to, and now enjoyed by, college men everywhere, regardless of their
color, religion or national origin. It is a fact of which KAPPA ALPHA PSI is
justly proud that the Constitution has never contained any clause which either
excluded or suggested the exclusion of a man from membership merely because of
his color, creed, or national origin. The Constitution of KAPPA ALPHA PSI is
predicated upon, and dedicated to, the principles of achievement through a truly
democratic Fraternity.
Chartered and incorporated originally under the laws of the State of Indiana as Kappa Alpha Nu on April 15, 1911, the name was changed to KAPPA ALPHA PSI on a resolution offered and adopted at the Grand Chapter in December 1914. This change became effective April 15, 1915, on a proclamation by the then Grand Polemarch, Elder Watson Diggs. Thus, the name acquired a distinctive Greek letter symbol and KAPPA ALPHA PSI thereby became a Greek letter Fraternity in every sense of the designation.