My old Baird's copy has this information:

Alpha Phi--Epsilon chapter at Minnesota (not sure if they are still around) but founded in 1890.

ASA--Epsilon chapter at Fauquier Institute (not sure if active) founded in 1907.

AST--I don't see an Epsilon chapter listed

Phi Sigma Sigma--Epsilon chapter at Adelphi College (not sure if active) founded in 1920.

No real secret other than that was the way the founders chose to do it!

Like I said, it's confusing to many. The only kinda cool thing is you can get a pretty good idea of the age of the chapter looking at the second letter -- like the Psi Alpha, Chi Alpha, etc. -- The "Alphas" were right after the single letter chapters. Then next comes Psi Beta, Chi Beta, etc. (The "Betas" were installed in the 1920s mainly.)

You can't find it because Alpha Sigma Tau has never had an Epsilon chapter :)

Oh tricky! I'm glad you told me that! I was about to go to the library and go through the other Baird's Manuals!

Zeta Chapters
 

Alpha Chi Omega - New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts (1895) inactive
Alpha Delta Pi - Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas (1906) active
Alpha Epsilon Phi - New York University, New York, New York (1917) active
Alpha Gamma Delta - Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (1908) active
Alpha Omicron Pi - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (1903) active
Alpha Phi - Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland (1891) inactive
Alpha Sigma Alpha - Fairmont Seminary, Washington, District of Columbia (1905) inactive
Alpha Sigma Tau - Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (1921) active
Alpha Xi Delta - Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio (1904) inactive
Chi Omega - University of Colorado, Bolder, Colorado (1906) active
Delta Delta Delta - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (1892) active
Delta Gamma - Albion College, Albion, Michigan (1883) active
Delta Phi Epsilon - University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (1924) inactive
Delta Zeta - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (1910) inactive
Gamma Phi Beta - Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland (1893) inactive
Kappa Alpha Theta - Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (1876) inactive (disestablished)
Kappa Delta - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (1904) active
Kappa Kappa Gamma - Rockford Seminary (now College), Rockford, Illinois (1874) inactive
Phi Mu - Chevy Chase College, Chevy Chase, Maryland (1907) inactive
Phi Sigma Sigma - University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (1921) inactive
Pi Beta Phi - University of Iowa (oldest Zeta), Iowa City, Iowa (1882) active
Sigma Delta Tau - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1924) inactive
Sigma Kappa - The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia (1906) active
Sigma Sigma Sigma - College for Teachers, Buffalo, New York (1911) inactive
Theta Phi Alpha - Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (1920) inactive
Zeta Tau Alpha - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee (1904) active

Pi Phi pin guard
 

Right - the Pi Phi pin guard is traditionally the crest, done in gold filligree -a diamond shaped lozenge with a bird (Help! I forgot what kind, I believe that it is either the eagle or a phoenix, now I have to look this up) with arrows in one talon and wings stretched upward. Officer dangles may be added, but I have never seen a Pi Phi pin with a letter pin guard unless it was a very old one (pre-1930's). Excellent question - I have often thought that our pin was unique for this very reason. :)

Mine is a Gamma for my Pi Phi chapter, Alabama Gamma. Most of us had Gammas instead of the guard!

Then I was wrong & different chapters do it different ways. Thanks for the info, I always thought that every chapter used the crest. Carnation, do you know if the bird on the crest is a phoenix or an eagle?:)

I think an eagle. If it were a phoenix, I bet that it would have been widely publicized and they would have made it part of the ritual--it's so symbolic!

Alpha Phi's Epsilon chapter is currently open, although I don't know if that has been continuous or not.

Eta Chapters
 

Alpha Gamma Delta- DePauw University 1908 (inactive)
Alpha Delta Pi- Univ of Alabama 1907 (active)
Alpha Epsilon Phi- SUNY Albany (active)
Alpha Xi Delta- Syracuse University 1904 (active)
Alpha Omicron Pi- University of Wisconsin 1917 (inactive)
Alpha Sigma Alpha- Ward Seminary, Nashville, TN (inactive)
Alpha Sigma Tau- Kent State 1924 (inactive)
Alpha Phi- Eta Deuteron (I couldn't find a plain Eta) Boston University (active)
Alpha Chi Omega- Bucknell
Gamma Phi Beta- UC Berkley 1894
Delta Gamma- Univ of Akron
Delta Delta Delta- Vermont
Delta Zeta-Baker 1910 (inactive)
Delta Phi Epsilon- Pittsburgh 1925 (inactive)
Zeta Tau Alpha- Mary Baldwin 1904 (inactive)
Theta Phi Alpha- Boston University 1921 (inactive)
Kappa Alpha Theta- Univ of Michigan 1879 (active)
Kappa Delta- Hunter College 1913 (inactive)
Kappa Kappa Gamma- Univ of Wisconsin
Pi Beta Phi- California Eta- UC Irvine 1974
Illinois Eta- Milliken University 1912
Ohio Eta- Denison University 1954
Pennsylvania Eta- Lafayette College 1980
Texas Eta- Texas A&M 1985
Virginia Eta- Univ of Richmond 1987
Sigma Delta Tau- Univ of Georgia (active)
Sigma Kappa- Illinois Wesleyan University (active)
Sigma Sigma Sigma- Searcy Female School 1905 (inactive)
Phi Mu- Hardin College (inactive)
Phi Sigma Sigma- Michigan 1922 (inactive)
Chi Omega- Univ of Michigan 1905

Thank you to everyone who found the chapters that I was unable to find. I assumed the ones that OlemissGlitter found are inactive if no one told me otherwise since I didn't find them on the (inter)national websites.

Hmmm, I called the Pi Phi Express rep in StL to order a guard for my D's badge and she said everyone orders the crest guard.

Sigma Kappa's Eta is active and is at Illinois Wesleyan University.
I think it may be our oldest continuously open chapter, but I'm not sure of that. They did just celebrate their centennial.

Thanks...your groups listing of chapters is not the easiest to navigate. Neither is AOIIs for that matter!

Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Kappa#Chapters
:D

I'll do Iota, just in case someone's already looking up Theta

Phi Mu's Eta chapter was at Hardin College in Missouri, according to my history book. It was closed in 1911, one of several chapters who were ruled against in order for Phi Mu to be accepted into the NPC. Hope that helps!

Kappa Delta's Eta chapter - Hunter College 1913 – 1964

I thought I did that for all of the groups that I couldn't find. I guess I forgot one!

Thanks, y'all. I've updated the listing!

Alpha Xi Delta's Eta chapter is Syracuse University and has been active since 1904

all the Alpha Xi Delta chapters can be found here

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=53568

Alpha Xi Delta--Eta Chapter at Syracuse founded in 1904
Alpha Sigma Tau--Eta Chapter at Kent State founded in 1924
Delta Zeta--Eta Chapter at Baker founded in 1910
Delta Phi Epsilon--Eta Chapter at Pittsburgh founded in 1925
Tri Sigma--Eta Chapter founded at Searcy Female School in AR in 1905
Zeta Tau Alpha--Eta Chapter at Mary Baldwin founded in 1904
Phi Sigma Sigma--Eta Chapter at Michigan founded in 1922

http://books.google.com/books?id=5qk..._brr=0#PPR9,M1


That's the link for DDD, but you can navigate to different pages at the top - ZTA is page 461 and they're in alphabetical order. Hope that helps!

Theta Chapters!
 

Alpha Chi Omega – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1898 active
Alpha Delta Pi – Lawrence University, Appleton, WI 1908-1969 inactive
Alpha Epsilon Phi – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1917-1970 inactive
Alpha Gamma Delta – Goucher College, Baltimore, MD 1908-1950 inactive (no social GLOS)
Alpha Omicron Pi – Depauw University, Greencastle, IN 1907-1979/1983-2000 inactive
Alpha Phi – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1892 active
Alpha Sigma Alpha – no single letter chapters after Eta
Alpha Sigma Tau – Wayne State Uinversity, Detroit, MI ?-? inactive
Alpha Xi Delta – University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1905-1972/1980-? inactive
Chi Omega – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 1905 active
Delta Delta Delta – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1894-2004 inactive
Delta Gamma – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1898 active
Delta Phi Epsilon – Universtiy of Denver, Denver, CO 1926-1957 inactive
Delta Zeta – The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 1911 active
Gamma Phi Beta – Universtiy of Denver, Denver, CO 1897 active
Kappa Alpha Theta – Simpson College, Indianola, IA 1880-1891 inactive
Kappa Delta – Randolph Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, VA 1903-1960 inactive (no social GLOs)
Kappa Kappa Gamma – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 1875 active
Phi Mu – Belmont University 1907-?/1998 active
Phi Sigma Sigma – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1923-2006 inactive
Pi Beta Phi – State Thetas, active chapters:
University of California- Davis, Davis, CA 1980
Bradley Universtiy, Peoria, IL 1947
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 1998
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 1986
Villanova University, Villanova, PA 1990
Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 1992
Sigma Delta Tau – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1925-? inactive
Sigma Kappa – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1906 active
Sigma Sigma Sigma – Hood College, Frederick, MD 1906-1907 inactive (no social GLOs)
Theta Phi Alpha – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 1921-1927 inactive
Zeta Tau Alpha – Bethany College, Bethany, WV 1905 active

AOII's Theta chapter is a DePauw, founded in 1907, it is currently inactive.

Alpha Phi's Theta chapter is at Michigan, founded in 1892. (Looks to be still active from the Michigan Panhellenic website)

Alpha Sigma Alpha, don't see a Theta chapter in my Baird's Manual.

Chi Omega's Theta chapter is at West VA, founded in 1905. (Looks to still be active from the WV Panhellenic website)

Kappa Delta's Theta chapter is at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, founded in 1903.

ETA: Not sure if Alpha Phi, ASA, Chi O, and KD are active Theta chapters....but I know AOII's Theta chapter isn't active currently.

By the way, you missed AXO all together, unless I'm really missing it

AXO--Theta chapter at Michigan, founded in 1898, looks to be active still.

Iota Chapters
 

Alpha Chi Omega - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (????) active
Alpha Delta Pi - Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (1909) active
Alpha Epsilon Phi - Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York(1919) active
Alpha Gamma Delta - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1909) active
Alpha Omicron Pi -University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (1911) active
Alpha Phi - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin (1896) active
Alpha Sigma Alpha - No single letter chapters after Eta
Alpha Sigma Tau- Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas (1923) inactive
Alpha Xi Delta - West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (1905) active
Chi Omega - University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (1904) active
Delta Delta Delta - University of Michagan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (????) active
Delta Gamma - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (1906) active
Delta Phi Epsilon ????
Delta Zeta - University of Iowa (1913) active
Gamma Phi Beta - ????
Kappa Alpha Theta - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1881) active
Kappa Delta Caldwell College, Kentucky (1907) inactive
Kappa Kappa Gamma - DePauw University - Greencastle, Indiana (1875) active
Phi Mu - Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin (????) inactive
Phi Sigma Sigma - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,(1924) inactive
Pi Beta Phi - Illinois State University (oldest Iota), Bloomington-Normal, Illinois (1974) active
Sigma Delta Tau -McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1926) inactive
Sigma Kappa - University of Denver, Denver Colorado (1908) inactive Home of the Sigma Kappa Sorority, Iota Chapter Collection
Sigma Sigma Sigma - Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado (????) inactive
Theta Phi Alpha University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, (1921) inactive
Zeta Tau Alpha - University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (1905) inactive

I *think* ASA's last single-letter chapter was Eta due to the reorganization/joining NPC.

Phi Mu Iota
 

The Iota chapter of Phi Mu
Lawrence University
Appleton, WI
(inctive)

Was referring the Eta post :)

Wow...thanks SthrnZeta..I've wanted to look at a Baird's for a long time!!

Thanks you guys! I found that one last night but apparently missed it when I alphabetized the list. The Eta chapter of AXO is at Bucknell. I found them all in order of their admittance to NPC since I used the NPC site as a platform to find the websites easily. I've got everything updated and hopefully correct now!:D

Just to let you know, our Iota Chapter is very much active and doing really well. :)

by ictive i mean inactive
founded 1914 and closed in 1935

Alpha Gamma Delta is very active at University of Washington

Kappa Delta's Iota chapter is at Cadwell College (1907-1908)

Ok Benzgirl in 3 hours I expect you to have read the thread:p

Where's Cadwell College? Is it Hilary Cadwell College?

Typo (ta kala's, not yours). It was Caldwell College in Kentucky. It became Kentucky College for Women in 1913 and I'm not sure but I think it then became Centre College. Either that or it no longer exists. :confused:

There's some sketchy info about this school, both online and in KD's history books. ???

:p It's Friday, I'm Tired and I'm Cranky.