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A Single Letter Chapters: Poll
This thread is dedicated for all Chapters with a single letter.
Theta Delta Chi Charges Alpha - Union College Beta - Cornell University Gamma - University of Vermont Delta - Rensselaer Polytech Epsilon - College of William and Mary Zeta - Brown University Eta - Bowdoin College Theta - Kenyon College Iota - Harvard University Kappa - Tufts University Lambda - Boston University Mu - University of North Carolina Nu - University of Virginia Xi - Hobart College Omicron - Wesleyan University Pi - Washington & Jefferson College Rho - Washington & Lee University Sigma - Dickinson College Tau - Princeton University Upsilon - Bucknell University Phi - Lafayette College Chi - University of Rochester Psi - Hamilton College Omega - for the deceased brothers |
Are all these active chapters?
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No, unfortunately :(
Some Universities/Colleges listed (i.e. Harvard, Hamilton, Hobart) banned the Greek System after we were established at the institution. Like most of the other GLO, we honored the name to that specific institution. ETA. Not sure about GLO banning at Kenyon College. |
Our oldest chapter, Eta, will be celebrating 125 years on March 15!!! :D
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Alpha - Longwood College
They are the only single letter chapter we've had since our reorganization in 1914 and the only way we would have any other is if one of these became active again: 1903 [Beta] Lewisburg (WV) (inactive since 1904) 1904 [Gamma] Columbia (SC) (inactive since 1909) 1905 [Delta] Mary Baldwin (inactive since 1907) 1905 [Epsilon] Fauquier Institute (inactive since 1907) 1905 [Zeta] Fairmont Seminary (inactive since 1906) 1905 [Eta] Ward Seminary (inactive since 1909) 1910 [Nu] Shorter (inactive since 1912) 1908 [Iota] Randolph - Macon (inactive since 1913) |
Here is a list of our single letter chapters, date they were founded and where. Sadly a lot of them are inactive now :(
ALPHA March 25, 1917 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY BETA June 20, 1920 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA GAMMA February 26, 1921 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH DELTA April 17, 1921 State University of New York, Buffalo, NY EPSILON January 6, 1923 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH ZETA March 7, 1924 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA ETA April 6, 1924 University of Georgia, Athens, GA THETA May 23, 1925 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE IOTA February 20, 1926 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada KAPPA March 6, 1926 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL LAMBDA July 19,1927 University of California, Los Angeles, CA MU July 18, 1927 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA NU October 21, 1929 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN XI September 14, 1929 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OMICRON February 5, 1934 West Virginia University,Morgantown, WV PI April 8, 1933 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA RHO May 10, 1935 University of Alabama, University, AL SIGMA April 24, 1938 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL TAU March 4, 1939 University of Texas, Austin, TX UPSILON April 20, 1940 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN PHI February 20, 1943 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA CHI March 16, 1944 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI PSI December 15, 1945 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA OMEGA April 27, 1946 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY ETA.....Only the Alpha, Beta, Delta, Eta, Kappa, Rho, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi and Omega chapters are still active |
My chapter is the IN Gamma chapter. We began in 1897. :D
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Here's a list of the Theta chapters:
Alpha, Depauw 1870 - Beta, Indiana 1870 - Gamma, Butler 1874 1886, 1906 - Delta, Illinois 1895 - Epsilon, Wooster 1875 - 1913(closed) Zeta, Ohio 1876 -1886(closed) Eta, Michigan 1879 1886, 1893 - Theta, Simpson 1880 - 1891(closed) Iota, Cornell 1881 1965, 1980 - Kappa, Kansas 1881 - Lambda, Vermont 1881 - Mu, Allegheny 1876, 1881 - Nu, Hanover 1882- 1899, 1989 - Omicron, Southern California 1887 1895, 1917 - Pi, Albion 1887 1908, 1955 - Rho, Nebraska 1887 1891, 1896 - Sigma, Toronto 1887 1889, 1905 - 1941(closed) Tau, Northwestern 1887 - Upsilon, Minnesota 1889 1891, 1892 - Phi, Pacific 1889 1892, 1959 - Chi, Syracuse 1889 - Psi, Wisconsin 1890 - Omega, California-Berkeley 1890 - |
I am a proud member of the Mu chapter of Alpha Phi Omega! :D
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Alpha, Cornell University
Beta, Howard University Gamma, Virginia Union University Delta, Originally University of Toronto, moved to Houston-Tillotson College Epsilon, University of Michigan Zeta, Yale University Eta, Metropolitan New York Theta, University of Illinois - Chicago & Loyola University Iota, Morris Brown College Kappa, Ohio State University Mu, University of Minnesota Nu, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Xi, Wilberforce University Omicron, University of Pittsburgh Pi, Case Western Reserve University Rho, Philadelphia, PA Alumni Sigma, Metropolitan Boston Tau, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Upsilon, University of Kansas Phi, Ohio University Chi, Meharry Medical College Psi, University of Pennsylvania; and all schools west of the Schukyll River (But I joined Mu Lambda Chapter :)) |
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Actually, I have a few friends that go there and are very interested in restarting Greek life. I don't think it will happen, though. Administration and alums are generally opposed to it. ETA: Basically all Pi Phi chapters are single-letter, since we do the state-naming system. I know that at one time we did the method of just running through the alphabet, but that was long before my chapter colonized. I expect that some older chapters still have that on their charters, however. |
Single letter chapters of Zeta Tau Alpha. Many of the chapters at these schools went inactive because sororities were abolished at the school. I put a star next to those schools.
Alpha- Longwood College- Active Beta (old)- Richmond Woman's College- inactive* Gamma- Hannah More Academy- inactive* Delta- Randolph-Macon Woman's College- inactive* Epsilon- University of Arkansas- active Zeta- University of Tennessee at Knoxville- active Eta- Mary Baldwin College- inactive* Theta- Bethany College- active Beta (new)- Judson College- inactive* Iota- Richmond College- inactive* Kappa- University of Texas at Austin- active Lambda- Southwestern University- active Mu- Drury College- active Nu- University of Alabama- active Xi- University of Southern California- inactive Omicron- Brenau University- active Pi- Wesleyan College- inactive Rho- Boston University- inactive Sigma- Baker University- active Tau- Millikin University- inactive Upsilon- University of California, Berkeley- inactive Phi- Duke University- inactive Chi- University of Pittsburgh- inactive Omega- Southern Methodist University- inactive Psi- University of Washington- active |
Er, what about fraternities that uses the state as part of its chapter designation?
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Alpha Phi - All chapters are active except for the few that I have noted. (If any of you Alpha Phi's have any corrections, please let me know and I will update. Thanks)
Alpha - Syracuse University Beta - Northwestern University Gamma - DePauw University Delta - Cornell University Epsilon - University of Minnesota Zeta - Goucher College inactive - no Greek life Eta deuteron - Boston University Theta - University of Michigan Iota - University of Wisconsin-Madison Kappa deuteron - Stanford University inactive Lambda - UC Berkeley Mu - Barnard College inactive - no Greek life Nu - University of Nebraska Xi - University of Toronto Omicron - University of Missouri Pi - University of North Dakota Rho - Ohio State University Sigma - University of Washington Tau - University of Oregon Upsilon - Washburn University Phi - University of Oklahoma - inactive Chi - University of Montana Psi - University of South Dakota Omega - University of Texas |
Tri Delta chapters had kind of a crazy naming scheme at the beginning but here are the first 24 chapters. (Only three of them, Adrian, Barnard and Goucher, are currently inactive.)
Alpha: Boston University 1888 Delta: Simpson 1889 Epsilon: Knox 1889 Omega Delta: Iowa State 1890 Gamma: Adrian 1890-1946 Beta: St. Lawrence 1891 Zeta: Cincinnati 1892 Eta: Vermont 1893 Theta: Minnesota 1894 Iota: Michigan 1894 Kappa: Nebraska 1894 Lambda: Baker 1895 Sigma: Connecticut Wesleyan 1895 Upsilon: Northwestern 1895 Nu: Ohio State 1896 Omicron: Syracuse 1896 Mu: Wisconsin 1898 (my chapter!) Xi: Goucher 1898-1942 Pi: Cal-Berkeley 1900 Rho: Barnard 1903-1915 Tau: Bucknell 1904 Chi: Mississippi 1904 Phi: Iowa 1904 Psi: Pennsylvania 1904 |
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ALPHA GAMMA DELTA
Alpha - Syracuse U
Beta - U of Wisconsin Gamma - Weslyan U Delta - U of Minn Epsilon - U of KY Zeta - Ohio U Eta - DePauw U Theta - Goucher College Iota - U of Washington Kappa - Allegheny College Lambda- Northwestern U Mu - Brenau U Nu - Boston U Xi - Illinois Wesleyan Omicron - U of California, Berkley Pi - Coe College Rho - Iowa State U Sigma - U of Illinois Tau - U of Toronto Upsilon - U of Ok Phi - Oregon State U Chi - Michigan State Psi - U of Alabama Omega - U of Akron |
Alpha Omicron Pi chapters are able to choose their own chapter names. We do not follow a straight greek letter or state-letter system. Here's a list of our first 24 chapters:
1. Alpha -- Barnard College (January 2, 1897 to 1914) * 2. Pi -- Sophie Newcomb/Tulane (10-8-1898 to1976; 4-19-1986 to 1995)** 3. Nu -- New York University (12-26-1900 to 1961)** 4. Omicron -- U of Tennessee (4-14-1902 to present) 5. Kappa -- Randolph-Macon Woman's College (4-13-1903 to 1960)** 6. Zeta -- U of Nebraska (6-5-1903 to present) 7. Sigma -- UC Berkeley (2-6-1907 to present) 8. Theta DePauw 8-23-1907 to 1979; reinstalled 3-19-1983 to ?)** 9. Beta -- Brown (4-13-08) * 10. Delta -- Jackson College/Tufts (4-13-1908 to 1969; 4-11-1987 to present) 11. Gamma -- U Maine, Orono (4-16-1908 to present) 12. Epsilon -- Cornell (4-23-1908 to 6-1962; 5-6-1989 to present) 13. Rho -- Northwestern (6-11-1909 to 10-1973)** 14. Lambda Stanford (11-5-1910 to 1944)* 15. Iota -- U of Illinois (2-27-1911 to present) 16. Tau -- U of Minnesota (10-29-1912 to present) 17. Chi -- Syracuse (12-19-1914 to 1958; 4-14-1985 to ?)** 18. Upsilon -- U of Washington, Seattle (9-18-1915 to 1995)** 19. Nu Kappa -- SMU (9-25-1915 to 1942)** 20. Beta Phi -- Indiana University (6-13-1916 to 1998?; 2000? to present) 21. Eta -- U of Wisconsin, Madison (4-22-1908 to ?)** 22. Alpha Phi -- Montana State University (2-23-17 to present) 23. Nu Omicron -- Vanderbilt University (4-28-1917 to present) 24. Psi -- U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (4-13-1918 to 6-1958)** * Sororities/Greek Life banned by school **Chapters charter currently held in trust |
Deleted because I didn't see AGDLynn's post!
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I'm just curious, since sorority banning does not happen so often. If this is too touchy for you, please say so, I didn't mean to bash anyone/any GLO. |
Re: A Single Letter Chapters: Poll
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought Princeton does not recognize greek letter organizations. Is your chapter there a city wide chapter?
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Ok, thanks a lot.
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I don't know the dates, but some fraternities existed very early on at Princeton and then were banned (I want to say pre-1900?). Then GLOs formed in the early 1980s, without University recognition, and have really grown from then. |
Alpha Delta Pi's Single Letter Chapters:
Alpha ~ Wesleyan College (closed in 1916) Beta ~ Salem College (closed in 1909) Gamma ~ Mary Baldwin Seminary (closed in 1910) Delta ~ University of Texas-Austin Epsilon ~ Sophie Newcomb College/Tulane University (closed in 1977) Zeta ~ Southwestern University Eta ~ University of Alabama Theta ~ Lawrence College (closed in 1969) Iota ~ Florida State University Kappa ~ Samford University Lambda ~ Brenau University Mu ~ Women's College of Alabama/Huntingdon College (closed in 1913) Nu ~ Randolph-Macon Women's College (closed in 1960) Xi ~ Ohio University Omicron ~ Duke University Pi ~ Iowa State University Rho ~ Boston Univeristy Sigma ~ University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Tau ~ University of Kansas Upsilon ~ Washington State University Phi ~ Hanover College Chi ~ Whittenburg University Psi ~ University of California-Berkeley Omega ~ Louisiana State University (closed in 1985) |
Tri-Delta Legacy
Hey Sugar & Spice:
My Grammy was a Tri-Delt at your chapter so so long ago! Maybe you have her in your records. PM me and we can talk! This is such a small world! I didn't know I was a legacy until this semester. There isn't a chapter of Delta Delta Delta at my school (West Chester Univ. of PA) - but I am a Phi Mu there. Some of my best memories are from being greek! I can't wait to hear back from you! ~Ashley~ |
So sad that only eight of our single letter chapters are still active.
Alpha (1902) - Miami University of Ohio Beta (1908) - Cornell (inactive since 1932) Gamma (1923) - Minnesota (inactive since 1965) Delta (1909) - DePauw Epsilon (1909) - Indiana University Zeta (1910) - University of Nebraska (inactive since 1971) Eta (1910) - Baker (inactive since 1934) Theta (1911) - Ohio State Iota (1913) - University of Iowa (recolonized 2002) Kappa (1914) - University of Washington Lambda (1915) - Kansas (inactive since 1976) Mu (1915) - Cal Berkeley (inactive since 1969) Nu (1915) - Knox (inactive since 1964) Xi (1916) - University of Cincinnati (inactive since 1977) Omicron (1916) - University of Pittsburgh (my chapter!!! :) ) Pi (1917) - Eureka College Rho (1917) - University of Denver Sigma (1917) - Louisiana State University Tau (1918) - Wisconsin (inactive since 1971) Upsilon (1919) - North Dakota (inactive since 1988) Phi (1919) - Washington State (inactive since 1958) Chi (1919) - Oregon State (inactive since 1977) Psi (1920) - Franklin (inactive since 1990) Omega (1920) - Oregon (inactive) Sharp-eyed readers will notice that, although the University of Minnesota chapter is designated "Gamma", it was actually installed in 1923; years after the rest of the single-letter chapters. I don't remember why this is, though, so if any Delta Zetas know, feel free to chime in! :) |
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Beta chapter at Brown University began when local sorority Delta Sigma and AOII merged. The chapter was installed on 4-18-1908 but around that same time, Brown University banned all sororities for whatever reason (not just AOII.) Beta was installed but unfortunately due to that decision was never an active chapter. The Beta chapter members participated as alumnae. As for Lambda at Stanford, the Stanford Board of Trustees discontinued all sororities in 1944 (again, NOT just AOII.) I couldn't tell you why, since I wasn't alive then :D When that occurred, the chapter's charter was held in trust and still is to this day. Hope that clarifies things a bit! Fraternally, Christin ETA--the same thing goes for our Alpha chapter. Barnard College and the panhellenic there passed a series of regulations between 1907 and 1913 that limited, and finally abolished rushing. These regulations effectively killed all sororities at Barnard at that time. By 1914 all of our Alpha chapter members were alumnae and our Alpha charter is currently held in trust. |
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125 years of CONTINUED existance!!!! founders day and initiation is next sat!! damn we are old!! hehe |
Zeta Phi Beta's single letter chapters
Alpha - Howard University
Beta - Morris Brown College Gamma - Morgan State Univeristy Delta - San Antonio, TX city-wide Epsilon - New York, NY city-wide Zeta - Alcorn State University Eta - Temple University Theta - Wiley College Iota - Talladega College Kappa - Johnson C. Smith Univerity Lambda - Allen University Mu - Claflin College Nu - Virginia Union University Xi - Detroit, MI city-wide Omicron - Shaw University Pi - Knoxville College Rho - Dallas, TX city-wide Sigma - Livingstone College Tau - Philander Smith College Upsilon - Delaware State University Phi - Virginia State University Chi - Cheney University Psi - Clark Atlanta University Omega - Winston-Salem State University |
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It's amazing that AEPhi survived Barnard's crackdown; our Beta chapter was also established in 1909, but Gamma wasn't founded until 1915. It's a tribute to the tenacity of our founders and other early sisters that AEPhi kept going and is now an NPC sorority. Because I'm too lazy to cut and paste, here's our chartered chapter list: http://www.aephi.org/story/chapter.asp |
Kappa Kappa Gamma:
Alpha: Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL - 1870-1884, 1934 Beta: St. Mary's School, Knoxville, IL - 1871-1874 Gamma: Smithson COllege, Logansport, IL - 1873-1875 Delta: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - 1872 Epsilon: Illinois Wesleyan, Bloomington, IL - 1873 Zeta: Rockford Seminary, Rockford, IL - 1874-1878 Eta: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - 1875 Theta: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO - 1875 Iota: DePauw University, Greencastle, IN - 1875 Lambda: University of Akron, Akron, OH - 1877 Mu: Butler University, Indianapolis, IN - 1878 Nu: Franklin College, Franklin, IN - 1879-1884 Omicron: Simpson College, Indianola, IA - 1880-1890, 1990 Chi: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - 1880 Pi: University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA - 1880-1885, 1897 Rho: Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH - 1880-1884, 1925 Tau: Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, MA - 1881-1882 Kappa: Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI - 1881 Upsilon: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - 1882 Phi: Boston University, Boston, MA - 1882-1971 Xi: Adrian College, Adrian, MI - 1882-1944 Psi: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - 1883-1969, 1977 Omega: University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS - 1883 Sigma: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE - 1884 Beta Gamma: University of Wooster, Wooster, OH - 1876-1914 Beta Beta: St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY - 1881-1903, 1915 Beta Zeta: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA - 1882 Beta Tau: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY - 1883 Prior to 1890, chapters that were established after a previous chapter had folded were given that chapter's designation letter. Then, at the 1890 convention, it was determined the second chapters would use the letter Beta to preface the chapter letter to show they were the second chapter of that letter and closed chapter letters would not be re-used. Chapters that were closed and then later reinstated use the designation "Deuteron" (a small delta set superscript to the letter) for the Greek term meaning "second". Six of our early chapters are no longer active. All chapters that were reinstated are still active. |
<----Proud memeber of Beta Chapter, Delta Tau Delta's oldest continuous chapter. Founded at Ohio University in 1862.
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Thanks for the info, I learn new things about our house everyday! Hmm .. the time frame you gave me for Stanford and Brown GLO banning doesn't match with our active Charges record. Perhaps we went underground? Brown (Zeta Charge) 1853-1877, 1887-1971, 1975- Stanford (Eta Deuteron Charge) 1903-1990, 1993- |
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Sigma Pi's single letter chapters in order of founding date
Alpha- Vincennes University Phi- Univ of Illinois Gamma- Ohio State Univ Kappa- Temple Delta-Univ. of Pennsylvania Epsilon- Ohio University Zeta- Ohio Northern University Eta- Purdue Theta- Penn State Iota- University Of California Berkeley Lambda- Kenyon College Mu- Cornell Nu- Franklin and Marshall College Xi- University of Iowa Omicron- Tulane Pi- University of Utah Salt Lake City Rho- North Carolina State University Sigma- Iowa State Universtiy Tau-University of Wisconson Madison Upsilon- UCLA Chi-University of Pittsburgh Psi- Emory University Omega- Oregon State University Beta- Indiana University 16 of these chapters are active, with 2 of them being recently colonized, including University of Wisconsin Madison after being closed since 1932. |
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Colonizers had planned on starting the chapter for several years before it was actually established. Gamma was reserved for the chapter because of the school's fondness for the letter "G" (Golden Gophers). However, the powers-that-be didn't extend the same courtesy to Alpha Beta (U of Illinois) who requested to be the Psi chapter (Psi looking similar to the UI's logo). Of course, I heard this from a AB alum ;). |
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