Archons are elected during meetings of each District during Woodrow Wilson Leadership Schools, held during odd-numbered years. These undergraduates, known as Archons, represent the six Districts of Phi Kappa Psi, which divide the nation into roughly equal parts based on the number of chapters represented. This unique system of governance is achieved by a governing body, the Executive Council, which is made up of a majority of elected undergraduates. Since 1886, Phi Kappa Psi has been controlled by undergraduates. The Executive Council of Phi Kappa Psi is composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and 6 Archons. On February 19, 1852, Phi Kappa Psi was founded. In the following school year, Letterman and Moore decided to found a fraternity based on 'the great joy of serving others' that they experienced during the epidemic. They chose to care for their fellow classmates who were stricken with the contagious disease, and a strong bond was formed. Among those who remained were William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore. In the Fall of 1850, a typhoid fever epidemic hit Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The Letherman home, where Phi Kappa Psi was founded