
OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY INC
CHI BETA BETA CHAPTER - BLOOMINGTON , IL“Lifting as we climb”
WELCOME
Chi Beta Beta is committed to improving the social, economic, and political issues within the Bloomington-Normal community

CHI BETA BETA CHAPTER HISTORY
MANHOOD – SCHOLARSHIP – PERSEVERANCE – UPLIFT
OMEGA HISTORY
On Friday evening, November 17, 1911, three Howard University undergraduate students, with the assistance of their faculty adviser, gave birth to the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. This event occurred in the office of biology Professor Ernest E. Just, the faculty adviser, in the Science Hall (now known as Thirkield Hall). The three liberal arts students were Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper and Frank Coleman. From the initials of the Greek phrase meaning “friendship is essential to the soul,” the name Omega Psi Phi was derived. The phrase was selected as the motto. Manhood, scholarship, perseverance and uplift were adopted as cardinal principles. A decision was made regarding the design for the pin and emblem, and thus ended the first meeting of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity .
The next meeting was conducted on November 23, 1911. Edgar Love became the first Grand Basileus (National President). Cooper and Coleman were selected Grandkeeper of the Records (National Secretary) and Grandkeeper of Seals (National Treasurer), respectively. Eleven Howard University undergraduate men were selected as charter members.
UPCOMING EVENTS
“Friendship is essential to the soul.”

