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Kappa Alpha Order (commonly known as Kappa Alpha, KA, or "the Order") is a social fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. As of 2014, the Kappa Alpha Order lists 122 active chapters, 7 provisional chapters, and 33 suspended chapters.〔 Along with Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Nu, the order represents a third of the Lexington Triad. Since its establishment in 1865, The Order has initiated more than 150,000 members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Kappa Alpha Order surpasses 150,000 initiates in its history )〕 ==History== Kappa Alpha Order was originally founded as Phi Kappa Chi on December 21, 1865, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. James Ward Wood, William Archibald Walsh, and brothers William Nelson Scott and Stanhope McClelland Scott are the founders of the fraternity.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 The Beginning... ) 〕 Soon after the founding, the local Virginia Beta chapter of Phi Kappa Psi protested the name "Phi Kappa Chi", due to the similarity of the names, leading Wood to change the name of the fraternity to K.A. by April 1866. Within one year, the order's ritual would be expanded upon by Samuel Zenas Ammen, who was dubbed the "practical founder". In the years that followed, the fraternity spread throughout the Southern United States, as well as other states such as California, Arizona and New Mexico. KA is one-third of the Lexington Triad, along with Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Nu.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 The Virginia Fraternities & The Lexington Triad ) 〕 The founders listed Robert E. Lee's chivalry and gentlemanly conduct as an inspiration. At the 1923 Convention, Lee was designated as the "Spiritual Founder" of the Order by John Temple Graves.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The mission of Kappa Alpha Order ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kappa Alpha Order」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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