From collection Chi Phi Timeline List (Timeline #1)
The Chi Phi Society, known in the history of the Fraternity as the Princeton Order of Chi Phi, is established at the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) on December 24, 1824, by Robert Baird, then a tutor in the college and later a prominent Presbyterian clergyman. Also involved in the formation of this secret Chi Phi Society are several faculty members of both college and seminary as well as undergraduates of both institutions. This society ceased to be active in 1825.