Different Chapters - Shared Housing
 

I happened to be reading an old Baird's Manual (1915 edition?) and came across this tidbit.

At the time of the publication, the Kappa Alpha Order chapters at The University of Kentucky (Theta chapter - public school) and Transylvania University (Alpha Theta chapter - private school) shared a house. While that does not seem odd since both colleges are located in Lexington, Kentucky and the campuses are not that far from each other, I had never heard of that happening before.

So other than Kettering University*, are than any other situations where two or more chapters - from different colleges - shared (or are currently sharing) the same house?


*From From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Kettering is one of the few engineering schools that prepares students for the workplace through 100% participation in a co-of program. In addition to classwork, students spend half the year acquiring full-time professional work experience. This is broken into four rotations of 11 week terms. The student body is separated into two sections, A and B. A-Section attends classes from July to September and then from January to March, while B-Section attends classes from October to December and April to June. During the three-month periods between class terms, students work full-time with one of 700 co-op employer partners. As a requirement to graduate, each student must complete five work terms and a major project for their employer in the form of a thesis. On average a student earns between $40,000 and $65,000 throughout their co-op experience. The curriculum is designed to be completed in four and one-half years, although it is possible to complete it in four years."

That's quite interesting. I would think it would depend on the size of the Greek system at the individual institution. I think it would save money in the long run for a lot of chapters.
I know in Memphis, TN there are 3 SAE chapters, with two having chapter houses, albeit the house at Rhodes College is more like a lodge. If worse came to worse, it would be something to try.

thats interesting. reminds me of an article i read about a student in Boston, i think he went to MIT, who join a fraternity at another school while attending MIT.

side question about Kettering University. if a chapter gets in trouble how does that work? would the A group be suspended or shutdown and the B group be business as usual?

I would think that would be the assumption as it actually is treated like a seperate chapter.

Strange isn't it, but seems to work!:D

I know that there used to be two different Chapters of TKE in Newark who shared a house.