Statement of Purpose
THE PURPOSE OF THETA XI is to provide a college home environment for its active members in which fellowship and alumni guidance lead to wholesome mental, moral, physical, and spiritual growth. To that end, Theta Xi actively supports and augments college and community efforts to make individual members more mature and chapter groups more useful units of society. Through its alumni and undergraduate leadership, Theta Xi endeavors to assist each member to develop:
ONE, intellectual curiosity that assures the highest scholarship rating consistent with his ability; TWO, habits that lead to better mental and physical health; THREE, sincerity in his association with others and confidence in himself; FOUR, responsibility to chapter, college, community, and country; FIVE, leadership that comes from practicing the principles of democratic self-government; SIX, interests and activities outside regular scholastic studies that employ spare time to advantage; SEVEN, spiritual understanding that provides a reservoir of strength to draw upon when faced with conditions beyond comprehension.
ONE, intellectual curiosity that assures the highest scholarship rating consistent with his ability; TWO, habits that lead to better mental and physical health; THREE, sincerity in his association with others and confidence in himself; FOUR, responsibility to chapter, college, community, and country; FIVE, leadership that comes from practicing the principles of democratic self-government; SIX, interests and activities outside regular scholastic studies that employ spare time to advantage; SEVEN, spiritual understanding that provides a reservoir of strength to draw upon when faced with conditions beyond comprehension.
Our History
Theta Xi was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, on April 29, 1864, by Peter Henry Fox, Ralph Gooding Packard, Christopher Champlin Waite, George Bradford Brainerd, Samuel Buel Jr., Henry Harrison Farnum, Thomas Cole Raymond, and Nathaniel Henry Starbuck. Minutes of the original meeting, Constitution and Ritual have been preserved by the Fraternity to this day. Theta Xi was the only college fraternity founded during the civil war.
Theta Xi became a general social fraternity initiating men from all majors in 1924.
From its very beginning, Theta Xi was founded on the standards of equality for all members; discrimination has always been contrary to Theta Xi’s leadership and membership.
Theta Xi founded a campus chapter at Clarion in 1963. Over 500 men have been initiated into the Beta Omicron Chapter at Clarion. Challenges caused the chapter to close in 2004, but the chapter became re-established on December 14, 2012. The chapter has a goal of becoming Clarion’s premier leadership fraternity today!
Theta Xi became a general social fraternity initiating men from all majors in 1924.
From its very beginning, Theta Xi was founded on the standards of equality for all members; discrimination has always been contrary to Theta Xi’s leadership and membership.
Theta Xi founded a campus chapter at Clarion in 1963. Over 500 men have been initiated into the Beta Omicron Chapter at Clarion. Challenges caused the chapter to close in 2004, but the chapter became re-established on December 14, 2012. The chapter has a goal of becoming Clarion’s premier leadership fraternity today!