If you would like to join the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, you must petition the Societies by delivering a ten-minute speech on a topic of your choice and respond to queries about your speech, Society history, and yourself. The purpose of formally petitioning the Societies for membership is to give you an opportunity to demonstrate a genuine zeal for the Societies and their purpose.
Make sure to read the DiPhi Petitioning Guide!
Additional Resources
After completing the above steps, you will have everything you need for your petition, but below are some extra resources that you may find helpful. Keep in mind that these resources go into more detail than is needed for petitioning, and the petitioning questions will come from the information in the Petitioning Guide.
- Di Phi’s Governing Documents: our updated Constitution, By-Laws, and General Statutes and the individual Society Constitutions.
- The Dis and the Phis: an epic poem about our portraits, by President Emeritus Daniel Friedman, updated by Alumnus Senator John O’Connor, 2011.
- More Portrait Resources: the Di-Phi Portrait Index, low-resolution images of our exhibited portraits, as well as the honors essay by Joseph Reckford.
- History Resources: various articles, chapters, and addresses covering the many interesting facets of the Societies’ history.
