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another thing, though
TKE engraved their badges with the initials of the member,
the chapter, and the initiate (scroll number) number of THAT
chapter.
You might send a note to Katie at <TKEogc@tke.org >and ask
when this particular member was initiated....then to learn the
number of initiates of the following chapters on that date, add
'em up and you will have an approximation. HOWEVER, it seems
there was a big brouhaha over the numbering of members, so it
might not be precise. The first six chapters were
Alpha...Illinois Wesleyan
Beta.....James Millikin University
Gamma.University of Illinois, C-U
Delta.....Knox College
Epsilon..Iowa State University
Zeta......Coe College
Ames & Coe have been consistently open, and all are active now.
The chapter at Coe was installed 12-13 May 1916, and if your badge was one of the founders, then it would've been on those
dates. None of the five previous chapters were small; they had
and have relatively good histories; the Illinois chapter was a big
jock house and Iowa State was a huge one for that time.
So, if TKE hq. could tell you what the scroll numbers were on that
date for each of the five preceding ones, that'd be real close.
Golly, another filbert for frat'y (Heller's spelling) things. Again, the
door still open, friend...
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