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'''Kappa Pi Kappa''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΚΠΚ}}'''), formerly known as '''Tri-Kap''', '''Kappa Chi Kappa''', and '''Kappa Kappa 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-Kap is the oldest local fraternity in the United States.{{Citation needed lead|date=December 2012}} It is located at 1 Webster Avenue, Hanover, New Hampshire.
==History==
Tri-Kap, using from inception the Greek letter {{lang|grc|Κ}} repeated three times, 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>{{cite web | url=https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/corporate_entities/863 | title=Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity. (Dartmouth College) | 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-Kap officially became a social society in 1905 and has remained so ever since.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
Tri-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.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
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