Go Greek or Go Home
When first arriving on campus at Plymouth State University, you will find an overwhelming amount of pamphlets, flyers, and girls and guys sporting the Greek alphabet on their sweatshirts on campus. What is this all about you may ask? Greek life, although not every aspect recognized nationally, is a major population of the students that attend this University. Currently at Plymouth State University there are four fraternities and six sororities. The fraternities on campus consist of Omega Omicron, Sigma Tau Gamma, Phi Beta Upsilon, and Sigma Epsilon. Delta Zeta, Iota Delta Chi, Chi Alpha Zeta, Kappa Delta Phi, Tau Omega, and Psi Beta Epsilon make up the sorority portion of Greek life on campus. Although all Greek organizations do their part to remain connected and give back to their community, they also work well with other Greek organizations around campus.
The first fraternity Phi Mu Kappa was established by a group of men living off campus in the spring of 1963. The articles of establishment indicate it was formed on 6/11/63. It was an independent fraternity and had a house on the corner of Russell and Pleasant Street, rented from Capt. Robert Monier who taught at the college. While most of the original members lived in that house, others who joined lived in the dorms. We hired a woman who lived on Main Street to prepare dinner meals. I was the steward for the first two years, collecting funds and purchasing supplies. I think I was also the contact with Dr. Hyde when the group got into trouble!!. On line documents indicate it dissolved on 4/26/1977. Larry Coffin '64
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