Phi Delta Kappa. Delta Chapter (Stanford University)

Phi Delta Kappa, Honorary Fraternity, was organized May 23, 1911 at Stanford University. It is a chapter of Pi Kappa Mu, which was organized May 4, 1909.

From the description of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Chapter, records, 1909-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702129544

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Phi Delta Kappa, Honorary Fraternity, was organized May 23, 1911 at Stanford University. It is a chapter of Pi Kappa Mu, which was organizaed May 4, 1909. Faculty members at the time of the founding of the Delta chapter at Stanford were Ellwood P. Cubberley, Percy E. Davidson, Rufus Clarence Bentley, and Lewis Madison Terman. The nature and purpose of the club as stated in their constitution reads: Phi Delta Kappa shall be a fraternity founded upon educational principles and supporting the highest educational ideals. It shall exist for the purpose of mutual help of men of sound moral character and of recognized professional training and ability interested in the scientific study of education. It shall foster research both in and out of the university and shall ever uphold the great truth that the noblest and most efficient service to the state is that rendered through the education of her children.

From the guide to the Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Chapter (Stanford University), records, 1909-1965, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)