Delta chapter at Boston for Sigma Kappa

What Boston do you mean? BU closed all their chapters for about 20 years, and I didn't think that BC had Greek life.

Boston University but I'll have to check to see if this is the chapter that's never been closed. I thought it was but now I'll do some in-depth digging to make sure. Thanks!

They have these other GLO's chapters on campus as well.

Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Kappa Delta Phi
Alpha Phi
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Kappa


Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Phi Epsilon
Phi Iota Alpha
Sigma Chi
Tau Epsilon Phi
Zeta Beta Tau
Alpha Phi Alpha
Chi Phi

I'm pretty sure our Delta Chapter was closed for a while. I think our Zeta Chapter at George Washington University is our longest continuously open chapter. They were chartered in 1906.

Thanks! :) I honestly thought it was Delta but it looks like I was wrong.

B U. did close out all Greeks.

LXA Founded there in 1909.

Looks like, and I might be wrong, they reopened to Greeks in 1970.

I'm bored at work and found this.

Sigma Nu's oldest continuing would be Beta at U. of Virginia (1871). Alpha was at VMI.

As a side note, I visited Kansas chapter (Nu 1884) back when I was in college. I was soooooo blown away when I walked into the formal dining area and the walls were all lined with Composites going back to the 1800's. Just wow..... (Hope they get their charter back soon :( )

Good news, Banditone. It looks like they are on their way!

Sigma Nu begins recolonization:

http://www.kansan.com/stories/2007/m...sigma_nu/?news

Holy Crap! Thanks Azure. I usually keep up with all that stuff, but had not heard a thing about when they would start a comeback.

Wow, that's from Today. And they are taking the house back from Alpha Gamma Delta, who was probably in it for less then 2 years. Yipes, I bet they hardly had time to unpack.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Go KU

Sigma Chi's oldest continous chapter is Lambda, University of Indiana, est. 1858. It was the 6th charter issued.

And, for those who notice, no, Lambda is not the 6th letter (it's the 11th). Sigma Chi skipped every other greek letter when establishing their charters. Their big rival at Miami was Beta Theta Pi and our founders did not want a chapter with "Beta" as its designation. After chartering the Psi chapter, Sigma Chi went back and filled in the rest of the letters.

And still left "Beta" to last - as in last single letter. Ironically, Beta (College of Wooster) is inactive (since 1913) due to the college's ban of national fraternities.

I guess if Eta of Sigma Chi wouldn't have had to close in the 1920s because Ole Miss lost their rankings in the college world, they would be the oldest continually open chapter since Eta was founded in 1857.

When was Alpha inactive?

They also closed during the War of Northern Aggression.

There is a great story in our spring magazine. One of our founders actually shut down our Alpha chapter at Miami. He did not feel that the guys coming through fit The Jordan Standard. It is supposed to be our guiding principle in membership selection.

I believe that our Delta chapter at Adelphi has been in continuous operation since it was founded in 1916... I could be wrong, though.