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Baird's Manual (91):
Theta Nu Epsilon was founded at Wesleyan University in 1870, primarily as a social fraternity for sophomores, accepting into membership members of other fraternities. In this it was similar to other fraternities of its day that started as class societies. This society was so loosely governed nationally, however, and the behavior of its membership in many institutions so unrestrained the fraternity fell into disrepute, and most fraternities prohibited their members from joining it. Some of it's early chapters were formed as general social fraternities, but on discovering the poor reputation of the organization nationally, left it to become chapters of other nationals...
No known chapters were begun after 1929. By the time World War II started the fraternity was reduced to five chapters.
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