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PHI GAMMA DELTA - TRADITIONS

SONGS

Fraternity songs have been around as long as fraternities themselves. Phi Gamma Delta printed its first of over eight songbooks in 1886, and produced at least four official albums.  Read more about Phi Gamma Delta’s reputation as the singing fraternity. 

PIG DINNER

The Norris Pig Dinner is the most widely observed and oldest chapter-based graduate event in the Greek world. The first Pig Dinner was held at the University of California @ Berkeley in 1893.

• The origin of the Norris Pig Dinner
• Discover the meaning behind "An Exile's Toast" by exploring our annotated version.
• Read about noted author Frank Norris as an undergraduate
• The Frank Norris Window at Delta Xi Chapter, and other chapter house artworks
• Phi Gam historic sites in California, including Norris grave and site of first Pig Dinner
• University of California at Berkeley: The Establishment 1881-1886

INSIGNIA & PHI GAMMA DELTA SYMBOLS 

All about the heraldic insignia and other chapter symbols that represent our values and heritage. 

SIRES AND SONS

“Fiji Sires and Sons” is composed of fathers and sons who are members of Phi Gamma Delta.  Six Fiji fathers founded Sires and Sons at the White House in Washington, DC on Founders Day, May 1, 1925.  Calvin Coolidge, then President of the United States, was one of its original members.  There is no membership fee.  Any Fiji son or Fiji sire (father) is eligible for membership by notifying the Phi gamma Delta Educational Foundation.  Read more about the Fiji Sires and Sons.