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History
Alpha Chi celebrates its birthday on February 22, the day on which, in
1922, representatives from five Texas institutions of higher learning
met at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, to organize a
society that became known as The Scholarship Societies of Texas. By 1926
the organization had spread to adjacent states and therefore adopted the
name The Scholarship Societies of the South. Desiring to expand into a
national organization, in 1934 the group became Alpha Chi. Growth in
chapters was slow, however, until the 1960's and 1970's, when a new
constitution was adopted and the seven-region national organization was
finalized. To date, more than 275,000 members have been inducted into
Alpha Chi since its beginning. |
