Fraternitas Estica

Fraternitas Estica
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Motto	Teos õiglane ja vahvas, ustav sulle, Eesti rahvas!

Fraternitas Estica is an all-male academic corporation at the University of Tartu, Estonia. It was founded in 1907.

History

1900. In August vil! dr. Aleksander Paldrok makes a proposal at Estonian Students' Society's general assembly to propose the Estonian Students' Society for becoming a corporation. This idea did not get the necessary support

1904. Twelve members of the Estonian Students' Society request to establish a separate corporation

1906. A plea for creating a new corporation is presented to the rector of Tartu University

9 May 1907 (26 April according to Julian calendar). Fraternitas Estica appears first time in colours to the public. This is officially considered the establishing date.

1912. Eleven active members are expelled, who then established corporation Ugala.

1918. Fraternitas Estica members volunteer in corpore to fight in the Estonian War of Independence.

1932. A plot of land with a house is acquired at Aia street 54, in Tartu (nowadays Vanemuise 54).

1988. Three students form the faculty of journalism, Vallo Nuust, Margus Sanglepp and Jaan Murumets, decide to reestablish korp! Fraternitas Estica.

March of 1989. Tartu University confirms the founding charter.

1996. The Tartu branch of the Eesti Televisioon (Estonian Television) returns the historic convent house after long negotiations.

2007. The Tallinn Chapter is formally reestablished.

Objectives and ideological grounds

To consolidate the members of Fraternitas Estica into a single fraternal family through a spiritual bond for life, which would never perish due to personal difficulties or other circumstances
To deepen mutual fraternal interaction, mutual support and sincere helpfulness in all situations
To educate our members into persons with high moral and ethical values, who prefer honesty and straightfowardness to anything else
To stimulate our members's intellectual activities by creating an organisational unity for satisfing those needs
To assist and aid in creating preconditions for obtaining higher education for Estonians in general and especially for our members in pursuit of higher education
To deepen and preserve national mentality thus preferring intelligence to power, freedom to peace and content to form
To raise our members to citizens who love, respect and want to progress the Estonian land and nation, Estonian culture and language
To progress and preserve the Estonian like and minded type of intellectual, the Estonian way of life, family and home
korp! Fraternitas Estica does not get involved in party politics
To work together with other organisations, both academic and non-academic, to achieve overlapping objectives

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 58°22′22.03″N 26°42′50.12″E / 58.3727861°N 26.7139222°E / 58.3727861; 26.7139222

Estonian Student organizations

League of Estonian Corporations:	Vironia Fraternitas Estica Sakala Ugala Rotalia Fraternitas Liviensis Leola Revelia Tehnola Fraternitas Tartuensis

Female corporations:	Filiae Patriae Indla Lembela Amicitia Sororitas Estoniae

Other male corporations:	Ave Arminia Dorpatensis

Male societies:	Estonian Students' Society Liivika Raimla

Female society:	Estonian Women Students' Society

Mixed societies:	EÜS Põhjala EYS Veljesto ÜÜ Fraternitas Fennica

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