Pi Upsilon Rho (ΠΥΡ) was a United States-based professional fraternity for homeopathy students established at Hahnemann Medical College in 1876 under the name Ustion. It changed its name to Pi Upsilon Rho in 1909.[1][2]
| Pi Upsilon Rho | |
|---|---|
| ΠΥΡ | |
 | |
| Founded | 1876 Hahnemann Medical College |
| Type | Professional |
| Affiliation | Independent |
| Emphasis | Homeopathy; medical |
| Scope | National (US) |
| Publication | The Torch |
| Chapters | 7 installed |
| Members | 1,194 (1879) lifetime |
| Headquarters | US |
By 1920 it had five active chapters.[2] It has been credited as one of the United States' oldest medical fraternities.[3] The fraternity's governing body, the Supreme Corpus, would meet annually at the convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy.[2][4]
Symbols and traditions edit
- The badge of the society is in the form of a diamond lozenge, with the Greek letters Π, Υ and Ρ across the middle. Above this are three torches and below this are two crossed bones. An image of the badge is at the center of the Fraternity's crest.
- The quarterly periodical of the fraternity was the Torch.
- Chapters were named "Vertebrae", and were designated by Latin numerals.
Officers were named thusly:
- Encephalon (President)
- Medulla Oblongata (Vice-president)
- Calamus Scriptorius (Secretary)
- Optic Thalamus (Treasurer)
- Torcular Herophili (Inductor)
Chapters edit
| City and State | School | Chapter | Status | Installed Date and Range | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | Hahnemann Medical College | Prima | Dormant | 1876–19xx | |
| Columbus, OH | Ohio State University | Tertia | Dormant | 1893–19xx | |
| Philadelphia, PA | Hahnemann Medical College | Quarta | Dormant | 1901–>1943 | |
| Denver, CO | Denver Homeopathic Medical College | Quinta | Dormant | 1902–1906 | |
| Detroit, MI | Detroit Homeopathic Medical College | Sexta | Dormant | 1903–19xx | [5] |
| Valhalla, NY | New York Medical College (NY Homeopathic Medical College) | Septa | Dormant | 1905–19xx | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | University of Michigan | Octa | Dormant | 1906–19xx |
References edit
- ^ "Pi Upsilon Rho". Banta's Greek Exchange. 12 (4): 376. October 1924.
- ^ a b c Baird, William Raimond (1920). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. James T. Brown. p. 532.
- ^ Becker, Barbara (25 April 2020). "How a skeleton became part of our family". Salon. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Pennsylvania". Journal of the American Institute of Homœopathy. 3: 661–662. 1910.
- ^ Merged with the Michigan chapter.