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Alpha Delta Phi

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Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ), commonly known as Alpha Delt, ADPhi, or ADP, is a North American Greek-letter secret and social college fraternity. [1]

43 relations: Animal House, Appalachian Mountains, Bowdoin College, Brown University, Chris Miller (writer), Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Columbia University, Cornell University, Crescent, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College Greek organizations, Escutcheon (heraldry), Fraternities and sororities, Hamilton College (New York), Hamilton Wright Mabie, John Curtiss Underwood, John Russell Pope, Lily of the valley, List of social fraternities and sororities, Literary society, Lorenzo Latham, Miami University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, National Register of Historic Places, North-American Interfraternity Conference, Oliver A. Morse, President of the United States, Retronym, Samuel Eells, Scroll and Key, Skull and Bones, Spear, Stanford University, Star, Supreme Court of the United States, Sword, Triad (American fraternities), United States, United States Senate, Wesleyan University, William Henry Miller (architect), Yale University.

Animal House

National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.

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Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Chris Miller (writer)

John Christian "Chris" Miller (born 1942 in Brooklyn) is an American author and screenwriter.

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Clinton, Oneida County, New York

Clinton (or Ka-dah-wis-dag, "white field" in Seneca language) is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

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Crescent

A crescent shape (British English also) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.

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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.

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Dartmouth College Greek organizations

Dartmouth College is host to many Greek organizations, and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life.

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Escutcheon (heraldry)

In heraldry, an escutcheon is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms.

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Fraternities and sororities

Fraternities and sororities, or Greek letter organizations (GLOs) (collectively referred to as "Greek life") are social organizations at colleges and universities.

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Hamilton College (New York)

Hamilton College is a private, nonsectarian liberal arts college in Clinton, New York.

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Hamilton Wright Mabie

Hamilton Wright Mabie, A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. (December 13, 1846 – December 31, 1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer.

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John Curtiss Underwood

John Curtiss Underwood (March 14, 1809 – December 7, 1873) was a lawyer, abolitionist politician, and federal judge.

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John Russell Pope

John Russell Pope (April 24, 1874 – August 27, 1937) was an American architect whose firm is widely known for designing of the National Archives and Records Administration building (completed in 1935), the Jefferson Memorial (completed in 1943) and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art (completed in 1941), all in Washington, DC.

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Lily of the valley

Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis), sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, is a sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant that is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.

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List of social fraternities and sororities

Social or general fraternities and sororities, in the North American fraternity system, are those that do not promote a particular profession (as professional fraternities are) or discipline (such as service fraternities and sororities).

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Literary society

A literary society is a group of people interested in literature.

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Lorenzo Latham

Lorenzo Latham (died 1860 in New Orleans) was during his senior year at Hamilton College a founding member of Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ), now an international literary and social fraternity, with Samuel Eells and John Curtiss Underwood, who were also seniors, and two juniors, Oliver Andrew Morse and Henry Lemuel Storrs.

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Miami University

Miami University (also referred to as Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university on a 2,138-acre campus in Oxford, Ohio, 35 miles north of Cincinnati.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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North-American Interfraternity Conference

The North-American Interfraternity Conference (or NIC; formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) is an association of collegiate men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909.

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Oliver A. Morse

Oliver Andrew Morse (March 26, 1815 – April 20, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Retronym

A retronym is a newer name for an existing thing that differentiates the original form or version from a more recent one.

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Samuel Eells

Samuel Eells (1810–1842) was a 19th-Century American lawyer, philosopher, essayist and orator who founded the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity in 1832 at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

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Scroll and Key

The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Skull and Bones

Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Spear

A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Star

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Sword

A sword is a bladed weapon intended for slashing or thrusting that is longer than a knife or dagger.

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Triad (American fraternities)

The term Triad is used to designate certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, founded in 1831.

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William Henry Miller (architect)

William Henry Miller (1848–1922) was an American architect based in Ithaca, New York.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Delta_Phi

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