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{{Short description|Local fraternity at Dartmouth College, U.S.}}

| motto = ''{{lang|la|Tui Filii Dartmuthensi Tuoque Honori Fidelis}}''

| colors = {{color box|#00693E}} Dartmouth Green

| country = U.S.United States

[[Image:1 Webster Avenue.JPG|right|thumb|Tri-Pi Kap, view from front lawn looking west.]]

'''Kappa Pi Kappa''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΚΠΚ}}'''), also known as Pi Kap<ref>{{Cite web |title=When the Bubble Pops |url=https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2022/08/when-the-bubble-pops |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=The Dartmouth}}</ref> and formerly known as '''Tri-KapKappa Kappa Kappa''', (colloquially as '''Kappa Chi KappaTri-Kap''',) and briefly as '''Kappa KappaChi Kappa''', is a local men's [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] at [[Dartmouth College]] in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]]. The fraternity was founded in 1842 and is the second-oldest fraternity at Dartmouth College.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://students.dartmouth.edu/greek-life/organizations/greek-chapters-undergraduate-societies-and-senior-societies/greek-chapters | title=Greek Chapters | date=9 August 2016 }}</ref> Tri-Pi Kap is the oldest local fraternity in the United States.{{Citation needed leadcn|date=DecemberJune 20122022}} It is located at 1 Webster Avenue, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Tri-Kap,Kappa usingKappa from inception the Greek letter {{lang|grc|Κ}} repeated three times,Kappa was founded on July 13, 1842, by [[Harrison Carroll Hobart]] and two of his closest companions, [[Stephen Gordon Nash]], and [[John Dudley Philbrick]], all Class of 1842.<ref name="Baird's Manual Online">{{cite web|editor1=William Raimond Baird |editor2=Carroll Lurding |title=Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive) |url=https://uofi.app.box.com/v/institutions-pdf-folder/file/459790380478 |website=Student Life and Culture Archives |publisher=University of Illinois Archives |access-date=15 May 2021 |location=University of Illinois |language=English}} The main archive URL is [https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage].</ref><ref name=corp863>{{cite web | url=https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/corporate_entities/863 | title=Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity. (Dartmouth College) &#124; Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts }}</ref> The society was based on the principles of democracy, loyalty to Dartmouth, and [[equal opportunity|equality of opportunity]]. Originally a literary and debate society, Tri-Pi Kap officially became a social society in 1905 and has remained so ever since, making it the oldest extant local fraternity in the country.<ref name=":0"corp863/><ref>{{Cite webbook |title=KappaBaird's KappaManual Kappaof Fraternity. (DartmouthAmerican College) {{!}}Fraternities Dartmouth|publisher=The LibraryAlcolm ArchivesCompany & Manuscripts|year=1905 |urleditor-last=https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/corporate_entities/863Baird |accesseditor-datefirst=2022-05-31William Raimond |websiteedition=archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu6th |location=New York |pages=518}}</ref> The fraternity is the tenth oldest

Tri-Pi Kap was the first student society at Dartmouth with its own meeting place, a building called The Hall, which was originally where the [[Hopkins Center for the Arts]] is today. Opened on July 28, 1860, the Hall served as Tri-Kap's home until the society moved into the Parker House in 1894.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth. VI. View [index.html] for frames version |url=https://www.dartmo.com/halls/hallscontent6.html |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.dartmo.com}}</ref> Parker House was where the modern-day Silsby Hall is. In 1923, the society moved into 1 Webster Avenue, where it resides to this day.<ref>{{Cite web |titlename=Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity. (Dartmouth College) {{!}} Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts |url=https:corp863//archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/corporate_entities/863 |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth. VII. View [index.html] for frames version |url=https://www.dartmo.com/halls/hallscontent7.html |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.dartmo.com}}</ref>

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*[[John Barrett (diplomat)|John Barrett]] (1889), U.S.American MinisterDiplomat, toFirst Siam,Director General of the ArgentineBureau Republic,of Panama,American Republics (predecessor to [[Organization of andAmerican ColombiaStates]])

*[[Frank A. Haskell]] (1854), Colonel 36th Wisconsin Volunteers, author of famous first-hand account of the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]