Local History
 

What is some Local History about your Zeta?

LX Z
BX Local; Founded in 1965
Colonized in 1966 by Brothers from KSU
Chartered in 1969 by Brothers From Drury College

Just initiated 17 Brothers and held 4 back for F D in Feb! Have gone over 600 +.

Planning to tear down old house and build a new one. Built in 1895.

George Spasyck was in attendence at both.

First time I heard New Assoc. as opposed to Pedge!

I gave the Benediction at Chartering! Go Figure!:D

EMZ

Began as Sigma Lambda Tau Local
Chapter became LCA on Nov. 23 1933

TKN chapter here became Theta Epsilon Z

Next year is our 70th Aniv.

Former Grand High Alpha Rev. Dr. Dirghalii is EM270.

We were the first chapter at Florida to iniate a black man, Vance Primus.

We currently have 1860 initiates...

AWESOME! Way ro go!:)

Comgrratulations!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Matt,

You became EM in 1933, and TKN became Theta Epsilon in 1939? Did you have two seperate LCA chapters simultaneously at UF? How did that work? What happened to OE?

As an aside, when TKN chapters became LCA, how were they numbered zeta-wise? Did all of them get numbers, or just those who were active, or what? For instance, if a TKN chapter had say 100 members, were the instantly XXZ 1 through 100?

Inquiring minds want to know!

ZAX,
Jono

Beta-Nu Zeta, Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech), Melbourne, FL.

Began as Epsilon Kappa Delta (EKD) 1968

Colony 199, May 1970

Chartered as BN May 20, 1972.

Just celebrated our 30th Anniversary in October and initiated 14 in November bringing our number to 629. (Initiated EKD 2 during FD as BN615).

Never had a house.

No famous brothers other than yours truly :-)

Jono

All Theta Kappa Nu chapters were given a zeta designation begining with Theta Kappa or Nu. As we were one of the founding TKN chapters we became Theta Epsilon at the merger. We had both LXA and TKN chapters active here in 1939. There weren't many other campuses that had both...just kind of a wierd fact. And as for initation numbers...I have no clue...

Theta Kappa Zeta, began as Polytechnic Institute Engineering Sciences (PIES) in 1900. Joined TKN in 1925. became TKZ of LXA in 1939. We've initiated 1579 I believe, and have 28 going through in Feb.

A little info on the Zeta numbers for TKN brothers. I think they were all given a number. Our chapter roll goes back that far and under their initiation date, it just says TKN. I think our first 100 or so guys were TKN bros. The thing that sucks is that the PIES didn't get Zeta numbers, so aside from those that were PIES when we became TKN, none are included in our numbers, I'd say about 23 years worth give or take, probably 100 or so guys.

Phi Tau Zeta
 

Phi Tau Zeta
Shippensburg Univerity of Pa
Colonized 1981
Used to Be Called Shippensburg State College til 1983
Chartered Apr 3rd 1982
Initiated by the Theta Pi Chapter at Gettysburg College

Currently has 382 initiates (I believe) after the ritual in November 2002


zax

Jason Lenox
ptz 274

Kappa-Omega Zeta
Georgetown College (KY, est. 1787, charted 1829)

1906-9: KA & Pikes est. (first national GLOs to survive; Phi Delts
in 1850's and 1870's didn't)

~1920: GLO's banned by college admin; KA/PKA/local-GLOs
take on "club" names (Squirrel Club, Scarab Club, etc.)

1924: 13 guys decide to start new frat; keep it a secret until
house obtained; thus the name "Quiet Thirteen Club"

1925: Admin reverses anti-GLO policy; KA/PKA officially rechartered.
QTC takes name Gamma Tau Alpha

1928: GTA becomes KY-Alpha of Theta Kappa Nu
1939: KY-A becomes Kappa-Omega Zeta with 128 TKN's
given Zeta Numbers.
1942: All members in armed forces; chapter operations cease.
1946: Chapter operations resume; first initiation held in an
(empty) underground swimming pool (gym); some guys
had been pledges 4 years! (pledged 42, init 46)
~1953: obtain permanent house on Main St.
1971: move into new house on campus
1976: Membership over 120 actives
1988: Membership at 13 actives, 3 AMs :(

Currently around Zeta# 1300; largest frat on campus; 3 GHA
awards in past 9 years! :)

Probably more than you wanted to know! :D

"Began as Sigma Lambda Tau Local
Chapter became LCA on Nov. 23 1933

TKN chapter here became Theta Epsilon Z"

Matt,

I still don't understand what happened to the TKNs. They became Theta Epsilon Zeta, and you are now Epsilon Mu. What happened to them?

Jono

re: TKN/LCA "combo" zetas
 

Here's how the TKN chapters received their zetas, and
what happened to the "combo" zetas:

A list was made of TKN chapters (even those closed)
in order of their charter date.

The Theta, Kappa and Nu series of zetas were then assigned
down the list (ThA, ThB, ThE...ThPsi, KA, KB, KG...KPsi,NA,NG,etc.)

In the case where there was one school that had both
LCA and TKN, the LCA zeta was officially used, but the
"assigned" TKN zeta name is "eternally reserved" in honor
of the TKN chapter there...basically, for the "combo" chapters,
they have one official zeta name (the LCA one), and one
unofficial/reserved, the TKN one that WOULD have been assigned
had there NOT already been LCA there. I'm sure some of
those chapters still boast about having 2 zeta names
(unofficially)

One exception was the TKN chapter at a Maryland college
(Washington? or something that starts with W). That college
only had 3 frats: LCA, TKN and one other. AMAZINGLY, the
president of the college wanted to EXPAND the frat system,
and forbade the two chapters from merging into one.

So the TKN chapter "left" TKN before the union (technically...
their delegate to the last TKN Grand Chapter was present,
and finally abstained on the union vote so that it would
be unanymous), reverted to local status and was later
chartered as a chapter of Theta Chi (I think). So we lost
1/2 chapter to ThX.

But a couple of years later, we got a chapter _from_ ThX...
Beta Kappa national frat merged with Theta Chi (1941/2).
The Georgia Tech BK refused to merge with the GT ThX
chapter...so they became BK local, then were chartered
by LCA as Beta Kappa zeta....the only LCA chapter ever
to be given a requested zeta name (out of standard order).

All of this is in the LCA History book...sure wish Intl. office
would print that again....seems they could sell alot of them!
Mine's in a box somewhere, need to find it :)

University of Texas - San Antonio
State School, Founded 1969.
80,000 Graduates
22,000 Students
3 Campuses - 1604, Downtown and The Institute of Texan Cultures
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10 fraternities (6 NAIC, 2 FLA, 1 NPHC, 1 MC) and 8 sororities, (4 NPC, 2 NPHC, 2 MC)

Phi Upsilon Zeta
Colony Spring 1979
Chartered Sping 1983
314 initiates
2 Honary intiates
2nd largest chapter on campus.
2nd Oldest chapter
Got first house 1986.
House sold in 1995.
Move into new university greek houdsing in 2005.
1983 Phoenix Award (I never want this one again)
Reorganized in Spring 1995. Went from 50 men to 12, rebuilt to the current 60+.
6 SGA presidents
4 Homecoming Kings
1997 Winners of Greek Week.
2000 Saturn Teamwork Award
2000 Basketball champions
2001 Soccer, baseball, golf champs
1999, 2000, & 2001 Lip Sync Champs