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The number of Fraternities and Sororities at the University of Minnesota is extensive. Counting past and present, more than half of its 200 organizations remain active today, the pioneers of which have had a presence on the University of Minnesota campus for over 140 years. The University's "Greek System" includes Professional Fraternities, Honor Societies, Service Fraternities, and Religious Fraternities along with the highly visible residential undergrad Academic and Social chapters. Segmented by category, a comprehensive list of chapters follows this brief overview of what these societies are, and how they evolved. The terms "Fraternity" and "Sorority" are used somewhat interchangeably, with men's and co-ed groups always using Fraternity, and women's groups using either Fraternity or Sorority.〔There is one exception to this usage rule, where normally, men's and co-ed groups call themselves "fraternities." The music sorority Tau Beta Sigma is co-educational and its male and female members are members of the sorority.〕 For convenience, the term "Greek Letter Society" is a generic substitute. The word, "Greek," in this case refers to the use of Greek Letters for each society's name, and not to Greek ethnicity. ==Historical Sketch== The University of Minnesota Greek system is over 140 years old, having grown steadily with the rapid growth of the University. Its first men's fraternity, Chi Psi, dates to 1874, and its first women's fraternity, Kappa Kappa Gamma, dates to 1880, long before the term 'sorority' was popularized as a term for the women's 'houses'. Yet these pioneers did not themselves mark the beginnings of fraternal presence at the school. Many of Minnesota's early University presidents and department heads were fraternity men or women from'' 'back East,' ''having experienced undergraduate life in the flourishing literary societies and old line fraternities that in turn were born out of America's earliest institutions of higher learning. These include William Watts Folwell, the University's first president, who was a member of Alpha Delta Phi at Hobart College, Cyrus Northrop, who was an Alpha Sigma Phi at Yale,〔Contrary to persistent but understandable misinformation, President Northrop was NOT an Alpha Delt, but an Alpha Sig. Rather, it was Northrop's son, Cyrus JUNIOR who was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, this time at the Minnesota chapter. See (ΑΔΦ's national history ), p.392. Accessed 11 June 2014〕 Ada Comstock, Dean of Women, and a member of Delta Gamma at Minnesota, president George Vincent who was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale, and president James Morrill who was also an Alpha Sigma Phi, at Ohio State. Still, because Minnesota's is one of the oldest fraternity systems in the nation, many of the University's Greek chapters are consequently among the oldest of their respective organizations, and often have single-letter or first-series chapter names or designations. Similarly, the age, prestige, size and breadth of the University of Minnesota have resulted it its hosting many of the nation's honor and professional fraternities for most disciplines. As early as 1925, the ''Minnesota Gopher'' yearbook reported the presence of 25 national academic fraternities, 18 national academic sororities, and 33 national professional chapters on campus. Most of these, undergrad or professional, are (or were) residential. Almost 90 years later, as of 2013, Minnesota hosts 38 academic fraternities, 20 academic sororities, 56 honors societies, 31 professional societies, and 2 service-focused chapters.〔University of Minnesota, (List of student organizations ).〕 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「List of fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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