Mu Beta Psi National Honorary Musical Fraternity () is a service and music fraternity with chapters and colonies at universities throughout the eastern United States. Although an honorary fraternity, Mu Beta Psi views itself as primarily a music service group. The national fraternity and several of its chapters run scholarship programs and pride themselves on providing service to their music departments. Any member of the fraternity is referred to as a brother without regard to the member's sex. This practice comes from the fraternity's beginnings and is used in context as a designation of membership, not of gender. History Founding and early years Mu Beta Psi National Honorary Musical Fraternity was founded on November 5, 1925 at North Carolina State College by music director Percy W. "Daddy" Price and a group of 12 men from the class of 1926 who were involved in campus music organizations. The purposes of the fraternity were to promote music in its proper place as an educational subject, foster a fellowship among musicians, and stimulate interest in music across the college campus. Over the next few years, Price determined that the fraternity was different from the other music groups on campus and deemed it worthy of growing into a national organization with multiple chapters. With the addition of Beta Chapter at Davidson College in early 1929, the organization started to grow. Meetings of the two chapters in late 1929 and early 1930 resulted in the adoption of the fraternity's constitution. The national organization was founded on April 26, 1930, accompanied by the elections of the first national officers. With a strong desire for Mu Beta Psi to realize its true potential, Price pushed hard for the fraternity's expansion. Some of the earliest prospects included Wake Forest and William & Mary. Price's life was cut short by a heart attack in 1933. His successor as music director, Christian D. Kutschinski, continued to promote Mu Beta Psi. He became National Executive Secretary in the mid-1930s and sought to expand the fraternity wherever and whenever possible. Despite the challenges of the Great Depression and Beta Chapter going inactive, Delta Chapter was established at Clemson College in 1937. Alpha and Delta Chapters would remain active side-by-side for the next 68 years. World War II and the 1950s World War II brought about new challenges for Mu Beta Psi. As many students graduated and others entered the armed forces to