▁is ▁the ▁case ▁with ▁most ▁modern ▁frat ern ities , ▁the ▁original ▁frat ern ities ▁on ▁grounds ▁were ▁meant ▁to ▁provide ▁social ▁eng agement ▁and ▁promote ▁close ▁t ies ▁between ▁members . ▁ ▁F rat ern ity ▁growth ▁was ▁interrupted ▁by ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁as ▁men ▁from ▁many ▁Southern ▁colleg es ▁halt ed ▁their ▁studies ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁army . ▁Many ▁frat ern ity ▁chap ters ▁ceased ▁to ▁exist ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁but ▁some ▁students ▁made ▁efforts ▁to ▁preserve ▁their ▁frat ern ities ▁as ▁the ▁war ▁continued . ▁Harry ▁St . ▁John ▁D ixon , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁S igma ▁Chi ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Virginia , ▁joined ▁with ▁four ▁other ▁S igma ▁Chi ▁brothers ▁from ▁other ▁univers ities ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Const antine ▁chapter ▁of ▁the ▁frat ern ity . ▁Cre ated ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁this ▁chapter ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁b onds ▁of ▁the ▁frat ern ity ▁during ▁the ▁war , ▁promote ▁t ies ▁between ▁the ▁North ▁and ▁South , ▁and ▁ensure ▁the ▁frat ern ity ' s ▁continued ▁existence . ▁ ▁The ▁expansion ▁of ▁frat ern ity ▁life ▁res umed ▁after ▁the ▁war ; ▁by ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁there ▁were ▁eigh teen ▁frat ern ities ▁on ▁grounds . ▁F rat ern ities ▁began ▁to ▁share ▁the ▁social ▁spot light ▁with ▁rib bon ▁soci eties ▁at ▁the ▁university , ▁which ▁were ▁founded ▁in ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁frat ern ities ' ▁social ▁exclus ivity . ▁ ▁The ▁rib bon ▁soci eties