Background
Cole was the son of Albert Warren Cole and Mary Horton Nichols.
Cole was the son of Albert Warren Cole and Mary Horton Nichols.
Cole was the son of Albert Warren Cole and Mary Horton Nichols. He attended high school at B.M.C. Durfee High School where he graduated in 1908. While there, he was a member of Alpha Mu Chi, a fraternity that may have shaped his future views for a collegiate organization.
After graduation, a year of work, and a few weeks as a student at Brown University, Cole entered the law school at Boston University in 1909, where he became a member of the Gamma Eta Gamma law school fraternity.
Cole was viewed as a congenial man, whose dogged persistence was, no doubt, the reason succeeded. Cole started several fraternities that never caught on, including: The Lodge, Tombs, and Lambda Pi. After Lambda Pi he founded, meaning "Loyal Collegiate Associates" before its name changed in 1912.
He then set about the work of continuing to build an international fraternity.
Cole was one of the three founders of when it started on November 2, 1909. In addition to holding ’s highest office, he was the administrative and traveling secretary, and the editor and treasurer of the Purple, Green, and Gold Magazine throughout World War I. During his tenure in office, the Fraternity grew to 53 functioning chapters.
However, in 1957, he was reinstated as a member in good standing.
While there, he was a member of Alpha Mu Chi, a fraternity that may have shaped his future views for a collegiate organization. After graduation, a year of work, and a few weeks as a student at Brown University, Cole entered the law school at Boston University in 1909, where he became a member of the Gamma Eta Gamma law school fraternity. Cole resigned his membership in during 1920 under allegations of financial irregularities and the alteration of official fraternity documents by other members of the fraternity"s governing body.