Mergers then and now.

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Originally Posted by naraht

OK, additional wierdness...

The 1991 Baird's doesn't include the chapter at all. Not only doesn't it show up in the "Campuses and Their Fraternities" section under either Indiana or IUP, but the chapter is missing entirely from the chapter list for Phi Sigma Sigma.

However, the 1977 Baird's has Phi Sigma Sigma listed under IUP in the "Campuses and Their Fraternities", *but* the entry in the chapter list for Phi Sigma Sigma lists it as "Indiana". (which given the way that Baird's abbreviates, would indicate U of Indiana)

The Baird's prior to 1977 would have been 1967 at which time the chapter wouldn't have existed. In addition, the chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma at IUP was only active from 1968-1971, so looking for the chapter at either school would have been fruitless. Not sure why they didn't check with Phi Sigma Sigma itself, but with the amount of data in these books, sometimes shortcuts were taken...

(One of the editions of Baird's has a Minnesota Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Omega chapter as the first one, founded in 1902, which is 23 years prior to our actual founding at Lafayette College in 1925. We also don't include state names in our chapter designations. It turns out that is when Minnesota Alpha chapter of Alpha TAU Omega was founded.)

The 1990-91 edition of Baird's is scattered throughout with misinformation. For one, it cross-combined some Zeta Beta Tau (mens) chapters into Zeta Tau Alpha (womens) chapters.